44.0 



])est, is sliamefiiUy hung below stairs, 

 immediately opposite to tiie liglit. 

 Nasmytli's beautifully (inisbed, and 

 only picture, shares the same fate. 

 We wonder what H.R.H. of Sussex 

 Siiys to the impudent consignment of 

 his clever portrait by Lonsdale to so 

 ungracious a situation. Kichardson, 

 of Newcastle, has some very pr(3mising 

 river scenes. Holland has several 

 interesting landscapes. Martin is as 

 absurd as unnatural, and as uppoetical 

 as before. Vincent, we are glad to 

 see, (395,) is again on the improving 

 list. Linton, if wc may judge from the 

 beautiful specimens in the Inner 

 Room, as well as from the distinguished 

 appearance whic!> he made at tiic 

 British Institution, is also among the 

 sufferers, in his large picture at the 

 very top of the Great Room. Where 

 will this monstrous system of oppres- 

 sion cease? Burnet, whose sweetly- 

 coloured pictures are no sooner painted 

 than sold, we observe in an obscure 

 corner at the top of the Anti-Room ; 

 whilst a very opaque and poor [)icturc 

 by a Mr. Rogers, has a prominent 

 situation in the Inner Room. Jackson 

 has some finely coloured portraits. 

 His imitation of the Chapeau de 

 Paille is beautiful in colour, but not 

 remarkable for loveliness. Ward has 

 a horse in the Anti-Room very nearly 

 allied to perfection itself. Steplianotl's 

 Reconciliation is an interesting and 

 carefully (lainted subject. Drummond's 

 large allegorical picture is full of ima- 

 gination. Diana and AcUcon is, we 

 think, Arnald's happiest clVort.— Among 

 the miniatures, tliosc of Denning are 

 pre-eminent. Muss has an exquisite 

 enamel after Wilkie's "Duncan Gray;" 

 and Wilkie, himself, has a masterly 

 drawing of a Dutch Blerchant. — In the 

 Sculpture Room we again hail Mr. 

 Bailey: his groupe of Affection is full 

 of sentintent, natural grace, and beauty 

 of form : his busts of Flaxmnn, Hurt 

 Davis, S)-c. are inimitably fine. Cano- 

 va's Danzatrice is extremely elegant in 

 form, but too fantastic in character. 

 Behnes' Statve of Mr. Lambton's Son is 

 a very clever performance. Tunierilli 

 has a fine bust of Sir R. Phillips. 

 There are also excellent busts by 

 Flaxuian, Gahagan, and others. 



WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY, 

 PAIX-MALL EAST. 



This delightful little exhibition is 

 again open in a new and elegant room ; 

 and we are happy to see, that an en- 

 lightened patronage has rewarded iis 

 1 



Proceedings of Public Societies. [June I, 



highly-gifted members for their strenu- 

 ous exertions to form an interesting 

 display, very few of the pictures re- 

 maining unsold. Barrett, Fielding, 

 Front, llobson, Cox,Cristall, Harding, 

 Varley, Rieliter, Wild, Sec. arc among 

 the leading exhibitors. 



ItRITISH INSTITUTION. 



The exhibition of the works of- mo- 

 dern artists lias closed for the season; 

 and, out of the 12001. or l-'iOOl. re- 

 ceived for admission, not a shilling has 

 been given in the way of premiums or 

 rewards to any of those whose works 

 formed the most effectual sources of 

 attraction to the public ! How long 

 will the body of governors and artists 

 sufl'er themselves to be opjiressed by 

 such an odious system of aj)atliy and 

 injustice ? 



" Oil! tlie otrence is rank, — it smells to 

 Heaven !" 



HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMITTEES. 



It may be in the recollection of most 

 of our readers, that the flx-Vicc-Pre- 

 sident of our Board of I'rade, at llie 

 commencement of the present session 

 of parliament, on moving for the 

 revival of a Conimiltt" on Foreign 

 Trade, expatiated largely on the very 

 prosperous condition of our commerce 

 and manuracturcs. At page ;JGO to 

 3G3 of our last Number, we iuserled 

 several statemenls relating to the 

 commerce with our colonies and set- 

 tlements in liie East and West Indies; 

 and here follow several other slatt;- 

 ments, to the Mhole of which we most 

 earnesdy entreat the attention of our 

 readers, as, accortiing to the best judg- 

 ment which wo can bestow upon them, 

 (and they are returns made to parlia- 

 ment, be it remembeied,) they do not 

 seem to justify the concurrence which 

 parliament and the city of London* 

 bestowed on the Right Hon. Thomas 

 Wallace, as Ex-Vice-President of the 

 Board of Trade. 



Statement of the quantity of Su/far 

 imported into Great Britain from the 

 5tli January, 1822, to the 5th January, 

 1823, as per return made to parliament 

 the present session. — (Paper No. 63.) 



Cwt. 



From Jamaica' ••••• •••• 1,413,718 



]3rniera ra .030,948 



St. Vincent's 2G1,160 



Carried forward 2,203,326 



* The merchants of the city of London 

 rewarded Mr. Wallace with a service of 

 plate, value 5001. 



Grenada 



