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sky, with its light fleecy clouds. “‘ The Old Mill at Bettws-y- 
Coed,” the place of which Cox was so fond, is a striking canvas 
painted when he was sixty-four years of age. The tiny ‘“‘ Lane 
near Rowley Regis”’ is very characteristic, showing markedly 
the vivacity of the artist and his purity of style. 
There is a pleasing composition by the veteran Frederick 
Goodall, ‘‘ An Episode in the Happier Days of Charles I,” 
well known by its engraving; as are also Thomas Webster’s 
“ Boy with many Friends,’ and James Sant’s “ Infant 
Samuel,’ the latter perhaps better known as “ Speak, Lord, 
for thy servant heareth.’”’ Probably the best known and most 
celebrated picture in the gallery is Landseer’s ‘‘ Random Shot,” 
and it is possibly the most pathetic work he ever painted. Of 
Paul Falconer Poole’s work we possess no fewer than three 
examples in oils. Besides Sant’s “‘ Infant Samuel” already 
mentioned, there are two other works by him, “ The 
Infant Timothy unfolding the Scriptures’’ and “‘ Contem- 
plation.”” Thomas Faed’s “A listener ne’er hears guid o’ 
himself ’’ is full of broad Scotch humour. The “ Apollo” 
by Briton Riviere is very different from the picture some- 
times confused with it, ‘‘ Phoebus Apollo,’ which is at Bir- 
mingham. 
The Sculpture collection is small, but interesting, and in- 
cludes two pieces by Canova, ‘“‘ Hebe”’ and “‘A Bacchante ;”’ 
John H. Foley’s “ Egeria;’’ and J. C. Marin’s “ Hagar and 
Ishmael,’ a very pathetic group, executed in 1808. 
The Wedgwood consists of three plaques in blue and white 
jasper, representing a Bacchanalian Sacrifice, a unique piece 
of unusual size, designed by Flaxman. It is engraved in 
Metezard’s ‘‘ Life of Wedgwood,” and described in Chaffer’s 
“Marks and Monograms.” The ‘“ Choice of Hercules,” and 
a group of six cupids, which were formerly in the Bagshaw 
collection, complete the noble gift to the borough of Bury 
by the Wrigley family. 
Before the Lecture commenced, Mr. F. Hudson, LL.B., was 
elected secretary of the Club, his father, Mr. J. H. Hudson, M.A., 
H.M.I., being at the same time elected an honorary member 
of the Club. 
