

July 20, J 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



appears that six arched compartments in the House of 

 Lords, each measuring 9 feet 3 in. wide, by 16 feet high 

 to the point of the arch, are to be decorated with fresco 

 paintings, illustrative of the functions of the House of 

 Lords and of the relation in which it stands to the 

 Sovereign ; that the subjects of three of the paintings 

 are to be personifications or abstract representations of 

 religion, justice, and the spirit of chivalry ; and that the 

 three remaining subjects corresponding with such repre- 

 sentations, and expressing the relation of the Sovereign 

 to the Church, to the law, and, as the fountain of honour, 

 to the State, are to be — the Baptism of Ethelbert ; 

 Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknowledging the 

 authority of Chief Justice Gascoigne ; and Edward the 

 Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter from 

 Edward III. Each of the six artists is to be remune- 

 rated with the sum of 400/. ; but the Commissioners do 

 not bind themselves to employ them finally on the fresco 

 paintings in the House of Lords. The six subjects are 

 distributed among the six artists as follows : — The subject 

 of Religion is given to Mr. Horsley ; Justice to Mr. Tho- 

 mas ; Chivalry to Mr. Maclise; the Baptism of Ethel- 

 bert to Mr. Dyce ; Prince Henry acknowledging the 

 authority of the Chief Justice to Mr. Redgrave ; Edward 

 the Black Prince receiving the Garter to Mr. Cope. A 

 general competition is also invited, and, as an encourage- 

 ment to artists who have not been selected, the Commis- 

 sioners offer three premiums of 200/. each, for the best 

 subjects produced. Thus another exhibition, doubtless 

 far exceeding in interest either of those already opened, 

 will take place in the summer of next year. In addition 

 to the selection of the above artists to execute designs 

 for frescoes, the Commissioners have chosen three sculp- 

 tors from among the number contributing to the exhibi- 

 tion in Westminster-hall, whom they recommend for em- 

 ployment on such works as may hereafter be required for 

 the purposes of decoration in the New Palace. The artists 

 selected are Mr. W. C. Marshall, Mr. John Bell, and 

 Mr. J. H. Foley. In reference to the various works 

 of these painters and sculptors, we may here observe 

 that Mr. Cope, the first-named painter, received a 

 first-class prize for his cartoon of "The First Trial 

 "by Jury," in the exhibition of 1843. He has only 

 one subject in the present exhibition, a fresco, and 

 entitled " The Meeting of Jaeob and Rachael." Mr. 

 Horsley received a second-class prize of 200/. in 1843, 

 for his cartoon of u St. Augustine Preaching to Ethelbert 

 and Bertha, his Christian Queen." He has two frescoes in 

 the present exhibition, the one entitled " Prayer," the 

 border to which was designed and painted by Mr. 

 Owen Jones, and the other entitled " Peace." Mr. 

 Dyce's name did not appear in the catalogue of the 

 Cartoon Exhibition last year, but he has a subject 

 among the frescoes now exhibiting, entitled " Two 

 Heads from a Composition representing the Consecration 

 of Archbishop Parker in Lambeth Chapel, a.d. 1559. " 

 Mr. Maclise, the well-known academician, contributes to 

 the present exhibition a fresco, described in the catalogue 

 " " The Knight." Mr. Redgrave, another name which 





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does not appear in the catalogue of'l843, is the artist of 

 a fresco now exhibiting, and entitled " Loyalty "— 

 Catherine Douglas barring the door with her arm to 

 withstand the assassins of James I. of Scotland. Mr. 

 Thomas was a successful competitor in 1843, having re- 

 ceived an additional premium of 100/. for his cartoon 

 of " St. Augustine preaching to the Britons." He con- 

 tributes to the present exhibition three subjects, a car- 

 toon, a fresco, and an oil- painting, respectively marked 

 —"The Throne of Intellect," " Philosophy," "The 

 Throne of Intellect." Of the sculptors selected, Mr. 

 Marshall has two works in the present exhibition, the 

 one a full length of " GeofTry Chaucer," the father of 

 English poetry, and the other a figure of u Eve." Mr. 

 Bell contributes two models of sculpture, one called 

 " The Archer, or Eagle-slayer," and the other a figure 

 of "Jane Shore." . Mr. Bell also exhibits a cartoon, 

 entitled " The Angel of the Pillar." Mr. Foley has 

 also two subjects, the first being the figure of 4 * A Youth 

 at a Stream," and the second, a group of " Ino and the 

 Infant Bacchus." On Monday the exhibition of the 

 works of art placed in Westminster-hall was for the first 

 time thrown open for the gratuitous admission of the 

 public. Though it was not generally understood that 

 the exhibition would be free so soon after its first open- 

 ing, the hall was numerously attended, the great majority 

 being well attired. All conducted themselves throughout 

 the day with perfect propriety and decorum, and quietly 

 paced up and down the avenues on either side of the 

 hall, viewing with attention the cartoons, frescoes, and 

 sculptures. 



Diocese of London.— The Bishop of London has 

 addressed a letter to the rural deans of his diocese, in 

 which he directs attention to the advantages which might 

 be expected to result from periodical meetings of incum- 

 bents of parishes within the respective deaneries for the 

 purposes of conference. His Lordship states that many 



t X a Sy haVe ex P ressed to him a strong opinion as 

 to trie desirableness of more frequent personal commu- 

 nication between those who are connected with each 

 other by being intrusted with the care of souls in the 

 ™*erent parishes of the same diocese, and have regretted 

 that they seldom meet together in their ministerial 



Archdeacon, to be reported by him, if necessary, to the 

 Bishop. By the same channel the clergy might be made 

 acquainted, on particular emergencies, with the wishes of 

 their diocesan. The Bishop also suggests that the 

 subjects of conference at such meetings should be strictly 

 of a practical kind, in no case touching upon theological 

 controversy, but relating to the management of parishes, 

 the methods of performing the ministrations of the 

 clergy in public and in private — the advancement of 

 local, diocesan, and general charities connected with 

 the Church — the various modes of bettering the con- 

 dition of the poor, the formation and conduct of 

 schools, and such occasional questions affecting the 

 interests or usefulness of the Church as may be sub- 

 mitted by authority to their consideration. Here there 

 might be, the Bishop says, ample matter for profitable 

 and friendly conference, without the introduction of 

 those doctrinal questions which would be apt to give to 

 such meetings a polemic instead of a pacific character, 

 and to make them, before long, centres of mutual repul- 

 sion rather than of attract ion. The following rules for 

 the regulation of the Ruridecanal Chapters in the diocese 

 have been submitted :— 1. The Rural Dean, with consent 

 of the Archdeacon, and under the authority of the Bishop, 

 shall call a meeting of the incumbents within his deanery 

 once in every quarter. 2. The Archdeacon shall preside 

 at such meetings, if present, otherwise the Rural Dean : 

 or, in his absence, some incumbent in the deanery ap- 

 pointed by him. 3. At every quarterly meeting the 

 Rural Dean shall request information from the clergy as 

 to the method in which the various offices of the 

 Church are performed, the state of their various 

 parishes with respect to their churches, church services, 

 and schools ; the means employed in their parishes to 

 promote the interest of the Church Societies, diocesan or 

 national, and the funds collected for local or general pur- 

 poses of charity ; also conferring with them upon such 

 other points as he may be instructed or shall think fit to 

 submit to them. 4. A register shall be kept by every 

 Rural Dean, in which shall be recorded the proceedings 

 of every meeting, and a brief report thereof shall be made 

 to the Bishop by the Archdeacon. 5. One of the in- 

 cumbents of the deanery shall be appointed by the Rural 

 Dean to act as secretary, if necessary. 6. Every meet- 

 ing of the Rural Chapters shall be preceded by attend- 

 ance at morning prayer in the parish church. 



Court of Common Council. — At a meeting of the 

 Court on Thursday, a portrait of Lord Denman, who 

 was Common Sergeant of the City previous to his promo- 

 tion as a Judge, was presented to the Corporation by Mrs. 

 C. Pearson, wife of the City Solicitor. The portrait was 

 painted by Mrs. Pearson, who received the unanimous 

 thanks of the Corporation for her present.— In the 

 course of the meeting, it was stated that the new Roval 



Exchange will be opened during the present Mayoralty. 

 Review in Hyde Park. — The 1st Life Guards, sta- 

 tioned at Regent's-park barracks, the 2d Life Guards, at 

 Hyde-park barracks, the 2d battalion of the Grenadier 

 Guards, at St. George's barracks, the 3d battalion of the 

 Grenadier Guards, at St. John's Wood barracks, the 1st 

 battalion of the Coldstream Guards, at Portman-street 

 barracks, and the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, 

 at Wellington barracks, were reviewed by the Duke of 

 Wellington on Saturday morning in Hyde-park, the 

 ground being kept by the 17th Lancers from Hounslow. 

 Piccadilly Improvements. — On Saturday, the Govern- 

 ment Bill to ■• widen and improve Piccadilly," was 

 printed. It is proposed that the Commissioners of Woods 

 and Forests be empowered to widen Piccadilly between 

 Bolton-street and Park-lane, of the uniform width of 70 

 feet. The portion of the Green Park required is to be 

 taken from St. Martin's parish, and annexed to that of 

 St. George's, Hanover-square ; and after the improve- 

 ments of the Commissioners, the repairs are to be 

 done by the latter parish. The Commissioners are 

 empowered to obtain possession of the scheduled pro- 

 perty ; but the only property thus put down is the 

 " tenement and garden" of Baron Rothschild, held on 

 lease from the Crown* 



New Exeter Change. — Exeter Change, the once 

 famous mart for all articles of cutlery and the toilet, is 

 about to be renovated near the spot of its former exist- 

 ence. The Marquis of Exeter has connected Catherine- 

 street, Strand, and Wellington-street North, by an arcade 

 consisting of ten shops, with convenient dwellings at- 

 tached, designed by Mr. Sidney Smirke, the architect, 

 and tastefully decorated with arabesque ornaments, by 

 Mr. Colimann. The roof consists entirely of glass, and 

 when the shops are occupied and fitted up, the New 



" Altona, July 10. — From Busum we learn that six bo 

 dies have been found, amongst which are Capt. Dudley' 

 who was interred in Wesselburen churchyard, Mr. G* 

 Smith, Mrs. Smith, and those of two seamen, one o 

 which was picked up with a thick rope round his body." 

 The bodies of the Stewardess and two others, making 

 altogether eleven, have also been found. 



Marylebone and Padding ton Hospital. — A public meet- 

 ing was held on Thursday at the Marylebone Literary and 

 Scientific Association, for the purpose, amongstother things, 

 of completing the funds considered necessary to be secured 

 before entering upon the building of this hospital. The 

 Earl of Manvers took the chair, supported by the Earl of 

 Beverley, Sir T. Philips, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, and several 

 friends and patrons of the hospital. The Secretary read 

 the report, which exhibited the prospects of the institu- 

 tion in an encouraging sta'e. In money and other pro- 

 perty, the committee had already in their hands upwards 

 of 13,000/., and the sum of 1224/. only was required to 

 make up the necessary sum of 15,000/. As soon as the 

 last-mentioned sum was obtained, and also the proposed 

 site for the institution, the necessary buildings for the 

 hospital would be commenced. The site proposed was 

 in the vicinity of the buildings of the West Middlesex 

 Water-works, and was the gift of the Bishop of London, 

 T. Thistlethwaite, Esq., and the other trustees of the 

 Paddington estate, and comprised upwards of three quar- 

 ters of an acre of ground. The Earl of Beverley moved 

 that the report be adopted, the motion was seconded by 

 Mr. Bontifre, and carried. Mr. Rose, a county magis- 

 trate, in moving the second resolution, pressed upon the 

 meeting the necessity which existed for the establishment 

 of the hospital. More medical aid was wanting in the 

 north-western districts of London than was received from 

 the Northern Dispensary. The resolution was to the 

 effect "that the buildings be commenced as soon as 

 practicable, after the sum constituting the deficiency 

 should be subscribed, and the possession of the site ob- 

 tained." The Rev. Mr. Boone seconded the motion, and 

 it was unanimously adopted. Some other routine reso- 

 lutions having been adopted, thanks were voted to the 

 trustees of the Paddington Estate, and to the chairman. 

 Houses of Parliament. — The following report, with 

 the evidence on which it is framed, has been issued this 

 week. The select committee appointed to inquire into 

 the present state of the building of the New Houses of 

 Parliament, and to report thereon to the House, have, 

 pursuant to the order of the House, examined the mat- 

 ters to them referred, and have agreed to the following 

 report : — Your committee have examined Mr. Barry, as 

 to the progress already made in the buildings of the new 

 Houses of Parliament, and have endeavoured to ascer- 

 tain from him the probable time that will elapse before 

 the whole of the works can be completed, and the period 

 at which the two Houses may be occupied for the trans- 

 action of public business. He has stated to them, that 

 were it urgently required, the Houses, and a certain 

 number of committee-rooms, and other offices, might be 

 prepared for occupation at the commencement of the 

 year 1846 ; but your committee do not feel themselves 

 justified in affirming that such occupation could take 

 place without inconvenience to the Members, or impe- 

 diment to the further progress and satisfactory comple- 

 tion of the building ; and they think it right to observe, 

 that the general arrangements for ventilation cannot be 

 completed till the commencement of the year 1847. Your 

 committee have examined the Speaker, the Clerk of the 

 House, and the Sergeant-at- Arms, as to various alterations 

 which have been lately proposed in the interior arrange- 

 ments of the House of Commons and of some portions of 

 the building immediately adjoining, and have to report that. 

 Mr. Barry will be able to adopt several valuable sugges- 

 tions which the experience of the officers of the House has 

 enabled them to offer, without any increase of the ex- 

 penditure already authorised. Your committee have 

 examined various parties as to the course hitherto 

 adopted by Mr. Barry, with reference to alterations 

 of the interior arrangements shown in the plan approved 

 by committees of both Houses in 1836. They impute 

 no blame to Mr. Barry for that course, and have every 

 reason to believe that all the alterations hitherto made 

 have conduced to the convenience and general effect of 

 the building ; but, looking to the misapprehension 

 that appears to have prevailed as to these proceedings 

 hitherto, they are prepared to recommend that, in future, 

 Mr. Barry should make a half-yearly report of the pro- 

 gress of the works to the Commissioners of Woods and 

 Forests ; and should also submit to that board any al- 

 terations which may hereafter be deemed advisable, and 



Exeter Change will form the most elegantly-finished accompany such report with plans of the alterations pro- 

 mart of the kind in London. The continuation of Wei- posed. Your committee further recommend that, as 



• opacity, except at the visitation of the Bishop or the 

 A^tlT n \ i he . Bi8h °P jesses his opinion that this 

 tinn ,3 d u° f Unlon > and re *dier means of communica- 



inrumh?, I S w CUred by P €ri °dical meetings of the 

 where th ° f k a11 . the P^es in a rural deanery, or, 

 u^der tl , nUm ^ r ,S sma,, > in *»<> «djacent deaneries, 



lington-street to Holborn, which is in progress of com- 

 pletion, will, no doubt, make this arcade a favouiite 

 thoroughfare. 



Model of Venice.— Last week an interesting model of 

 the city of Venice, recently exhibited in Pall-mall, was 

 brought to the hammer, at Messrs. Rushworth and 

 Jarvis's, Saville-row. Twenty guineas was the first offer. 

 An advance of five guineas was then made ; and, after 

 four other biddings of one guinea each, the Model was 

 knocked down to Mr. Tyler, proprietor of the Royal 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens, for 31 guineas. It was the 

 result of years of labour, and cost many hundred pounds. 



The Loss of the Manchester.— The following extracts 



several alterations, entailing more or less expense, have 

 recently been sanctioned by the Government, the Chief 

 Commissioner of Woods shall, at the commencement of 

 the next session of Parliament, lay upon the table of the 

 House of Commons a statement of the total estimated 

 cost of the building, according to the latest plan ap- 

 proved. Your committee also suggest that a plan, pre- 

 pared by Mr. Barry under their direction, and exhibiting 

 the present state of the building, and the alterations 

 adopted up to the present time, shall be signed by the 

 Chief Commissioner of Woods, and deposited iu the 

 libraries of both Houses.— July 4, 1844. 



The Convict Dalmas.—On Mondav last, Mr. Keene, 



of letters from Cuxhaven and Altona furnish additional the governor of Horsemonger-lane gaol", received an order 

 particulars respecting the fate of this ill-fated steam- from Sir J. Graham, the Home Secretary, directing that 



the convict Dalmas 'should be immediately removed to 

 the Millbank prison. It was stated that this step was 

 preparatory to his being transported for life, and that 

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packet:— "Cuxhaven, July 11. — The bodies of two of 

 the passengers have been found, and brought in here in 

 a decomposed state. The bodies have been recognised 



proceeding .k^u ! i ~ % " ,CT1 ^ ca "» «y wuum mcir » uvw.., r , tu t i aic , iuc uouies db»c ureu iwjiiiku preparatory to bis being transportcu n« 



gs snouid be made known at intervals to the I to be those of Mr. P. Rothery and Miss Emily Smith." information had been conveyed to the convict that 



