of the piety of the day; and as the Musel- extract the most interesting particulars re- so elevated a spot beholds ranges of mounmans in their consciences believed that it was lating to these giants of the east, from whose tains, confounded in shapeless irregularity, the will of licaven that the religion of Muham-foot the mighty peninsula of India stretches and raising their mural crests high into the ined should be propagated by the sword, so to Cape Comorin.

circle of perpetual winter. The view to the the Christians were under the mental delu- The travellers ascended the slope of the northward baffles description; nor is the sion that they were the ininister's of God's parent ridge of the Himalayah, until they nearer prospect at all inferior; for here you wrath on disobedient man. The Latins, on reached a plain, whose height above the stand encompassed with wreck and desolation the day after the victory, massacred three level of the sea, as measured by the barome- on every side; and the straining eye, at last hundred men to whom Tancred and Gaston ter, was 13,500 fcet. On the surface of this dim with the snowy splendour of the more de Bearn had promised protection, and had plain, vegetation was abundant, and the distant landscape, finds no relief in the surgiven a standard as a warrant for their safety; carth productive; and about a quarter of a rounding objects, which show no trace of Though the religion of Tancred was as cruel mile from their path was seen the river Puuh industry, no vestige of animated existence, as that of his comrades, though his deadly bur making its first burst from impenetrable except a scanty growth of moss that studs sword had explored every corner of the obscurity, and flowing over an upright wall the last remains of soil, and a few lichens mosqne of Omar, yet he respected the sa- of shattered rock of six or seven hindred that appear more elevated in the crevices of credness of liis word; and nothing but the feet in height, forcing its way into the valley, the rusty crags, while the last stage of orinterposition of the other chiefs prevented where it is joined by a stream froin the pass. ganic life is recognized in the birds that have him from retaliating on the murlerers. It After a series of difficulties, amidst the their dwelling in the snow. was resolved that no pity should be shewn wild beauties of the most grand and terrific Those monuments of primitive creation, to the Muselmans-; and the most humane scenery, they ascended still higher, with the though of iron texture, yield to the slow injustified the determination by the opinion vegetation progressively declining, until they fluence of destructive time, so that the most that, in conjunction with the Saracens of reached a pass where the letter says, “We durable of the productions of nature are seen Figypt, they inight molest the Christians and arrived at half past three P. M. The wind hurrying into decay ; yet so gigantie, so recover the city. The subjugated people blew from the north, and as it sivept up the solid, and so imposing, is the aspect of these were therefore dragged into the public vast surface of sno:v was extremely cold. mountains, that it is difficult to reconcile the places, and slain as victims. Women with The therinometer stood at 40° a higher tem- mind to any idea of a period for their entire children at the breast, girls and boys, all perature than was looked for, considering destruction. were slaughtered. The squares, the streets, the latitule and elevation at which we were; The first object of attraction to the specand even the uninhabited places of Jerusa- the snow had melted from off the southern tator, is the singular and extraordinary aplem again were strewed with the dead bo- face of the range, and disclosed the slope of pearance of the peaks, their magnitude, lies of men and women, and the mangled the crest, upon which we pitched our tent, height, and variety of figures and forms. limbs of children. No heart melted into of no great size, yet including within its There are some with spiry summits; these coinpassion or expanded into benevolence. area part of the inferior boundary of snow show their naked granite sides, shattered and The city was washerl

, and the melancholy that extended contiguous to the summit of warped by the action of interminable frost ; task was performed by some Saracenian the castern peak or wall of the pass. We a groupe of these rises from the bed of the slaves.

No contemporary rejoiced out of were only four yarıls from the ridge which Sutluj, and attain an elevation of about general regard to humanity; but every one was clothed with unfathomed snow and ice, 20,000 feet; they rise pyramidally, and condemned the count of Tholouse, whose descending in one sheet along a declivity shoot into spires, while thousands of feet avarice was more alive than his superstition, which terminates with the Sutlúj, at the pro- are occupied in such steep slopes as to be and whose favourite passion made him save digious depth of 9,000 feet.

unable to sustain the snow but in the hollows and conduct to Ascalon the only few Mus- It is impossible to describe the scene of that have been formed in them. The porelmans, except the slaves, who escaped the almiration and wonder that presents itself to tions of the bare surface consequently suffer general butchery. The synagogues were set the astonished eve of the traveller, who from most from the efforts of unceasing frost, on fire, and the Jews perished in the flames.

* Sinee this article, for which we are indebted which acts upon them in such a way as that

to the Calcutta Journal, was prepared for the when viewed with a glass, they have the sinThus closed the First Crusade ; and press, six weeks ago, the attention of the public gular appearance of shelves or layers of banks we shall only add, that, by a curious has been more directly called to the subject by heaped one upon the other. coincidence, the publication of Mr. That paper appears to subvert entirely not only magnitude is seen north of the pass. The

an interesting paper in the Quarterly Review. Others form perfect cones; one of vast Mills' admirable account of it is almost Baron De Humboldt's theory of “ Isothermal surfaces of these are so entirely incased, that to a day contemporary with the arrival lines,” but also Professor Leslie's system, re- they appear, not snowy mountains, but of letters from Genoa, which state that lative to climate, and the lines of perpetual con mountains of pure snow. Then come the the Pasha of Egypt has entered Palestine, relation. It is evident that in Asia at least we inclined planes, of astonishing grandeur, de

have , and tiken Jerusalem !!

Our analysis trines, we ought to have nothing but frost; and scending from the highest peaks, breaking of this portion of Mr. Mills' labours will bad not M. De Humboldt given up his design

off with a precipitous fall of many hundred afford very competent grounds whereon of travelling in the east, he must have had feet, and backed upon their northern side by to form a fair opinion of the remoining ocular demonstration of the fact.

a mural face of great depth. Two of these two thirds of Mr. Mills' excellent work. Quarterly Reriew, verifics many of Mr. Moor- the declining slopes of the eastern range of

Captain Webb, the correspondent of the remarkable appearances are seen amongst We shall therefore perhaps only very croft's observations. He finds two species of the hills and even from the plains. briefly run over in a future Number, cedar, one creeping along the ground; the deo- The obliquity of their position, while it the principal features of the events sub-dar, a very large tree; the pinus strobus; the exposes them to a heavy coat of snow, presequently described.

cypress, the berry-bearing yew; the walnut, vents their being divested of it by an avahazel, birch, poplar, rhubarb, several new and lanche, and at all seasons they exhibit the

stately pines and junipers, and some highly in same appearance ; but in May and June, ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

teresting sorts of grain, used by the Tartars; till the commencement of the rains, they are

especially a species of barley or wheat, called HIMALAYAH MOUNTAINS.

Ooa, cultivated by the Booteas on the southern open to the influence of a cloudless sky, In the months of October, November, This gruin grows 15,000 feet above the level of which encrusts their surface, and produces

ridge, and forming the bread of the natives. with a thawing and freezing alternately, and December, 1818, a young traveller from the sea. The highest clevation stated by Cap. the sparkling beauty of a glacier, forming Subathuo ascended the prodigious chain of tain Webb, is nearly 17,000 feet. Fossil bones certainly the grandest scenery of the Himathe Himalaya Mountains; and from his let- of the deer kind, and organic remains, have layah. Of all the singular and imposing forins, ters (lated Subathoo, Ilth June, 1819,), we been brought from the Himalayah.-Edit. the most magnificent are the table summits,

One of thesc enormous masses rises near | whole extent of the last inountains of Hima- 1 snow must be great; the general quality of Wangtoo ; its summit is perfectly level, and layahı, runs south-west, to about thirty or the rock of the pass and its surrounding throws down a precipitous rugged front, thirty-five miles from its source, then at one peaks is gneiss and quartz, but it is difficult which stretches out into a slope or bosom bend flowing casterly, nearly parallel with to ascertain the true substance, as all the covered with snow. Upon its table surface the great chain, receiving many supplies, it pieces within reach are detached from above; is a vertical layer of great depth, and the finally joins the Jans.

no real granite was observed, so that we may line of union of this wall of snow with its The descent upon the Pubbur side is very conclude none exists upon the more lofty craggy face, is well defined, and has a very abrupt, much exceeding in extent that on eminences that rise on cảch side. strange effect. The base of this mountain the north side, and seems to owe it to a The ridge of the pass, according to the sends forth a river, whose channel of solid southern aspect, ploughed and torn by the formula of congelation is 4000 feet within that granite is cooped and worn into cavities, re- loosened fragments, and its surface swept by limit, yet this prodigious altitude is not cording the violence and turbulence of its rushing streams, which, descending abruptly abandoned by nature; tufts of moss and stream.

from the snows, roll away the soil that can grass, with a light soil, are seen all the way Such are a few of those remarkable natu- hardly be renewed.

to the top, and even rise on each side to 2 ral appearances which bafile all attempts at A bright and even powerful sun in the day, and 300 feet, while higher up, on the rugged faithful description ; and if within the range thaws the snow that soaks into the crevices, cliffs that are doomed to sustain perpetual of vision, which is not extensive, such sin- and this freezing with the approach of night, snow, animated nature finds a habitation, gularly striking objects arrest the eye, what bursts the rocks asunder with a tremendous and ravens and small birds have their nests may not be anticipated throughout a chain of noise. This is the season when the vast there. such extent. A vertical wall of 3000 feet crashes happen, yet they are equally liable On our arrival here we found it necessary, has in rain been searched for amongst the to occur in the spring, when the supporting from the scanty supply of fire wood brought European Alps ; yet here, where nature ledge, already shattered, is borne down by with us, to part with the best proportion of astonishes by her unparalleled magnitude, the load of snow. From the bulk of some of our serrants, who had just time to reach the she may present eren something more won the pieces now at the foot of the mountains, wooded valley. It would have been a fine derful, in the deep valleys which every where an idea may be formed of their destructive task for a painter, to have sketched the phy. intersect the great ridges of this stupendous conflict when in full motion; some are de- siognomy of our serrants. Although the sun range.

tached with their supporting bed, and in their shone brightly, the wind chilled the temperaBy a series of barometrical observations, course, carrying before them all that they ture, which was at 40°; the sudden transition the extre me altitude of the pass is not under meet in their way, bring down even whole was strongly experienced by them, and now 15,100 feet, a height, according to theory, fields, which settle in the soil of the first the warmest hour o: the day produced some abandoned by animal and vegetable life. The level in their way; others, more remotely thoughts of the rigour of approaching night. peaks or walls on each side shew the rava- displaced, and perhaps of greater magnitude, Those who had to remain, shewed miserable yes of time and weather.

set off with a bound, and their superior ve- contortions, while the others, who had the The eastern wall rises with a considerable locity and impelling massireness, as they prospect of comfort below, forced into a betinclination for five or six hundred feet ; thence strike against other rocks in their passage, ter shape their spasmodic visages of despair

. starting backwards, it terminates in a crown instead of loosening them, only wedge them As evening advanced, clouds gathered, of snow perhaps one thousand five hundred into greater firmness ; so that, unincumbered, which threw down a light shower of snow, or two thousand feet higher.

they keep on, till opposed by masses which and when these elcared away, they left a sky The western peak, or rather wall, is lite are fixed in immoveable security, when they of deep azure. By sun set the thermoineter rally a pile of mouldering fragments, and are shivered into thousands of fragments; had fallen to 32°; before it grew dark, we rises to about five or six hundred feet; the others again, meeting in their route with no banked ourselves round with snow, and our ascent is impracticable, higher than thirty or obstacles, acquirc an overwhelming impulse, proximity to it, (being inside) we thought forty feet, where are the usual emblems of which their length of passage increases, and extremely lucky: The tent was very crazy, adoration ; so that a spectator, standing on these tear up the grassy slope, and sweep and we were obliged to load it with snow to the crest, is not forcibly attracted by the before them every thing in their way;

keep it from being blown away; a single imposing figure or magnitude of the bending The soil near the summit of the pass bundle of wood had to last for the night, and cliffs

. Beyond the west wall, is another break certainly cannot be generated; the scanty part of next day, till fresh supplies ar. or pass, which the work of ruin has not yet growth of inorganic life is insufficient to rived. People of all sorts and descriptions, made traversable ; but so rapid is the decay maintain a re-production, as is the case along crowded into the tent, and added to the temthat a few years must level the dividing ridge, the slope near the base, where the exuber- perature; as we could not afford a blaze, we and leave a grand breach. Its western side ance of vegetation replenishes the waste, and sat in a cloud of smoke, which the frosty rises to a towering summit deeply clad in produces noble trees of thirty and thirty-six wind forced into our eyes, and down our snow, and corresponds with the opposite or feet circumference ; and the rock of the throats ; yet this, however disagreeable, was castern one, being about two thousand feet Himalayah, even if decomposed, is quite un- more adapted to our feelings than the biting in height. The space within these may ex- favourable to vegetation.

air without. ceed a mile. In the descent on either side, For half a mile, the declivity upon the The fire was a source of comfort to look the cliffs recede, forming a dell; upon the Pubbur side is amazingly steep, and then it at, for warmth was generated only by the north carrying the stream from the thawing softens into a plain, thickly studded with the exertion necessary to keep it alive. Spirits snow to the Sutluj, and on the south sending hardiest productions of the earth, yet it is seemed really to have lost their strength, a branch to the Pubbur.

not of a less elevation than 13 or 14,000 and had scarcely any effect in keeping us The prospect towards that stream is bank- feet, which in latitude 31° 23° is much above warm. Having to inhale the smoky atinosed up by an arm of the grand range, which the line of perpetual frost, as laid down the phere, we forined a circle around the fire, is crossed by the pass. "The Pubbur has its oretically. This, and other observations which only appeared at times, and then by source at the junction, and washes its base more prominent, must considerably affect the application of the blow-pipe. The snow. in its primitive form, for ten or twelve miles the foundation of the general principles of within the tent was very convenient for a sup, to Junglegh, where it loses its peaked congelation.

ply of water, of which we ascertained the exand disordered figure, exchanging its cap of Upon the northern declivity of the pass cellent qualities in punch. To avert in some snow for a coat of grass, and continuing a lies a vast unbroken sheet of snow, which degree the annoyance of the smoke, we used few miles at a height of twelve thousand feet, never melts; it descends from the crest tobacco; but this too, like the spirits, fell with a surface of partial vegetation and in a wall form, and is thence expanded short of its usual stimulating powers, and patehes of snow.

over the whole of the valley for about a was only of some benefit when burning as The Pubbur, now'strengthened by the nu- mile, where this astonishing mass reclines fuel. merous streams that roll down from the against the brow of the pass. The depth of The wind blew in puffs, and shook off the

Above the mural portion, which is of considerable height, the rocks slant towards the summit, and upon the slope lie banks of congealed snow and ice, having a perpendicular brow of packed appearance, so much resembling blocks of marble and quartz, that I doubted for some time of their reality. No fragments of rock lay upon the ice, or within the circle, which argues that this structure crumbles at its surface, and is nof fractured or split into shelves. Upon the expanse of it were ridges of pebbles and sand mixed, shaped into the figure of graves. The pebbles were of all varieties, not so much worn as those found upon a sea-shore, but singularly smooth; by what action is difficult to say, for no river falls over them. The sand was exactly the same as sea-sand. Upon the ice grew a solitary violet surrounded by a tuft of earth, far from either bank; how it came there, and by what means it flourished, it would be difficult to say. It was the only living thing upon the ice, and truly might be said to be among the flowers that the poet describes as

snow from our tent, so as to render it less cing with rock and soil mixed, the latter soon | preserves an elevation of between fifteen and stable. The only chair we had, served to disappeared, and left unsupported, the jutting sixteen thousand feet, to near Junglegh. The support the barometer, and we sat upon the crags rent to their centre; blocks of quartz, nature of the rock appears to be gueiss, graground. We formed altogether a motley and gneiss veined with quartz, lay loose. nite, and quartz; and it has a most curious groupe, but such a scene was neither foreign Passing these, we came to shelves of black rusty aspect. to our experience or feelings, and was not horizontally disposed strata now leaning on without its interest. For a while, indeed, each other for support. A dyke of these we might have forgotten our lofty situation, appeared so threatening as to destroy my guarded by frowning peaks with their eter-resolution of proceeding; but the Goorkali nal winter, till the faint sound of a distant mounted, and we followed, not however crash broke the silence, and the noise of without reflection that we had no business nearer destruction pressed closely upon our there. thoughts, while the hard texture of our After ascending what appeared the most beds often acutely reminded us of our posi- formidable bar to our advance, we held on, tion, and obliged us to shift about for more now meeting with the snow, which lay in accommodation rest, so that there was a patches and yielded at first slightly to the perpetual stirring and agitation inside as foot; for awhile we followed as much as well as out. A blink of the fire occasionally possible the line of it, hoping in this manner to shewed us the self-arranged fragments that reach the slope of the hardened suminit; but had perhaps once crowned the walls of the this deepening with the increasing altitude, we pass. The ground upon which we sat was tried the nature of the tract beneath. We encrusted with the ice, and thawing by the still kept on, sinking as we rose: all before fire, gave to some uneasiness, and to others us was jumble of points of rock, the space amusement. Every thing had its time, and at between being filled up with snow, which length the scene changed into one more dis- latterly became a treacherous guide, giving tressing than I can describe. An unplea- way to our knees, and appalled us from prosant sensation of drowsiness felt in the even-ceeding. Yet I think the passage to the ing gradually increased after dusk, and by frozen summit might be effected with caunine o'clock had almost overpowered any tion, and the prospect enlarged. A series attempt to sit up. The whole party but my- of bearings taken from either of the peaks self lay asleep; the fire hardly threw a faint would be of vast importance towards fixing shadow, and the cold increased with the the relative positions of many principal night I had hoped for some relief from my points. We had risen about four hundred head-ache by rest, but the deep pain and ful-feet, and seemed level with the western wall ness about my temples became more violent, with a tightness across my eyes; and a reclining posture seemed to add to it. Towards inidnight the pain grew insupportable, and occasioned loud sighs and groans. I can compare it to nothing less than what could arise from an iron hoop screwed to its last hold. It was a sensation unlike to any thing I ever before experienced. There was no affection of the breathing. At daylight the acuteness of the pain passed into a confused numbness, and all the next day my head was like a burthen of lead; I in vain tried to trace it to the punch we had drank; I recollected Mr. Moorcroft's similar situation, and that I had felt it myself in a small degree at our preceding encampment at an elevation of 12,000 feet. I was aware of the rarefaction of the atmosphere, and of the poisonous plants said (but I believe erroneously) to be the cause of the tenuity of the air. Was this the sole cause, we should expect to find the effeet more regularly present; the Goorkalies and servants suffered slightly: the former were aware of the circumstance, but ascribed it to the influence of a plant that flourishes

born to blush unseen,

The route of our return was not without considerable difficulty and danger, frequently crossing the paths of avalanches, and of loose masses of rock. Some of the passages were extremely hazardous to get over, and the delay and caution necessary for our security brought to a nearer view the effect of those ponderous messengers of destruction. Notwithstanding we took what we conceived to be a road that would land us high upon the slope of the pass, we were brought to the grassy plain, and finding a flock of birds of novel appearance, we loitered amongst then till sunset, without having a single shot.

In ascending to the tent, which we did not reach till dark, although the perpendicular height could not have exceeded 1,500 feet, I was quite exhausted. The oppression which interrupted respiration and affected me with giddiness, together with a general lassitude and sluggishness, obliged ine to rest about twenty times. A light headache and throbbing in the temples was also occasioned. These, and other symptoms far more decisive, which I shall hereafter mention, strengthen the supposition that the subtilty of the atmosphere at these altitudes is the direct cause which acts in different degrees on the human constitution, proportionally to the susceptibility of the individual subjected to it. gent

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MASTERS of ARTS.-Rev. James Evans Philips, of Queen's College; Stephen Creyke, Scholar of Corpus Christi College; John Blake Kirby, of Magdalen Hall; Rev. Samuel Hollinsed Burrows, of Pembroke College.

BACHELORS of ARTS.-William Armistead, of Brasennose College; Duncombe Steele Perkins, of Trinity College.

25th, Wednesday last, the Rev. Charles Crane, M. A. of Wadham College, was admitted to the degrees of Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity. Same day Thomas Bracken, Scholar of Queen's College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 17. The Chancellor's Medallists for the present year (Messrs. Waddington and Platt, of Trinity College) have been decided by the examiners to be equal.

The Rev. William Jones, Fellow of St. John's College, has presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum, a beautiful set of casts, taken from a collection of antique medals, which he brought with him from Greece.

No. 263. The Old Piper.-J. G. Strutt.
Mr. Strutt's is a very excellent perform-
We think the head of the old man
would have had still more interest without
the introduction of the child, which is very
inferior in its execution, and takes from the
effect of the picture.
No. 266-4 View in Rotterdam.-J. B.
Crome, Jun.

To the breadth and clearness by which this
view is distinguished, we may add that it
possesses a tone of colour equally advanta-
geous to its character and effect. We have
seldom seen water painted so truly transpa-
rent, or reflections more just.
High finishing and great labour is often
No. 150 and 159. The Cobler, &c.-Kidd.
exercised upon subjects little deserving the
pains bestowed; and where effect is wanting,
whether it arise from the failure of just ex-
pression, or the ill management of the light
and shade, the means, however excellent,
will by the judicious be overlooked: we do
not mean to apply these remarks directly to
this artist, who is young and extremely cle-
ver; but something of them we think attaches
No. 19. A celebrated Scotch Stag Hound,
to his works.
&c.-G. Hayter.

There is great interest given to the por trait of this dog, as well by the judicious ac

THE LITERARY GAZETTE, AND cessories, as by the contrast of colour. The No. 58. Danger.-W. Willes. tion, by every intelligent mind. Yet, notback ground is in a bold and appropriate As we are not acquainted with the per- withstanding this excellence, and the notion style, and the whole presents fidelity of imi formances of this artist, we take occasion to of Mr. Haydon, respecting his principal tation with a sufficient union of the pictu- say that this work displays considerable pow- figure, we cannot help considering it to be resque. The action is however very feeble : ers of imagination, and originality of compo- the least felicitous part of his design. The the dog is quite destitute of the animation sition. The effect of light and shade is also salmon colour of the dress does not accord which its situation requires. well suited to the subject.

with our taste; nor can we imagine that No. 29. Bitch and Puppies.— T. Christmass. No. 69. View near the Beach.-S. Wood- either in broad simplicity of drapery, in A beautiful group, highly finished, and

din, Jun.

personal dignity, or in divine expression of displaying great skill in the variety of form A very picturesque assemblage of build countenance, the Christ is equal to that ideal and character.

ings, with a good deal of the Flemish School perfection which we require from a master's No. 158. Earthen Ware. No. 174. Still in it. The children at fun in the water, are hand. The forms of the features do not

Life. No. 178. The Combat: and 181, whimsically employed, and impart comic in- seem to us to be physiognomically fine ; and
Battle, a Study. -A. B. Cooper. R. A. terest to the scene; which wants a little air- the light hair, by depriving the painter of

There is little to distinguish these several tint alone to render it uniformly honourable all those accessory powers which are seated
performances, from preceding productions of to the young painter.

in the eye-brows has confirmed the infethis artist. He has contrasted the objects of No. 140. A Cottage nenr Sudbury, by the rior cast of the face. We reluctantly say domestic and still life, with those of war and same Artist-is in a fine mellow tone of colour, this, because, if we are correct, it is a blemish destruction. The battle and the combat and shows his powers to great advantage. of no slight magnitude ; and if not well have great energy of character, with more Mr. Rippingill's picture of the Razor founded it is a double wrong, contrary to that appears like locality, than generally be- Grinder, is placed far below the level of its our inclination, depreciating Mr. Haydon's longs to subjects of this class. "His still life merits; and Mr. Vincent's View of Edinburgh skill, and impeaching our own judgement. might vie with the best productions of the is obtruded upon the eye with equal disad- We shall endeavour, however, to get briefly Flemish School. That of earthen ware is vantage to its effect. We have no hesitation over our other critical objections. The gésweetly pencilled, but we think is wanting in in pronouncing it an extraordinary work, if neral tone of colour is undoubtedly too effect. The drawing of some of Mr. Coo- it could be seen in its properplace, which re- crude and harsh for any picture ;—and above per's horses is faulty, which must be the requires a greater distance than has been al- all, for a sacred subjeét, the gauds of a bed sult of carelessness, for he possesses high lowed.

of tulips are unappropriate. But a few years powers in this line.

will, we presume, do much in remedying No. 75. The Coolin from Loch Seavigh. Christ's Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem, this defect ; and then the eye of the spectator No. 123. Dunrobin Castle.-W. Daniel.

and other Pictures.-by Mr. Haydon. will find that necessary repose which is now A.R.A.

Few pictures have come before the public denied it. We must believe that Mr. HayThe first of these is a stupendous speci- under more disadvantage than Mr. Haydon's don has been trying experiments in colouring, men of the sublime in nature, brought into Triumphant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, and it is not unlikely that what now appears view by the power of art, displaying the now exhibiting in Mr. Bullock's Great violent, may, by time, be sobered down till skill of the artist equally in the choice and Room : it has been much spoken of, long as exquisite as parts of the Judgement of Soin the management of his subject. Clothed delayed, and an object of high expectation. lomon, or that sleeping Page in Macbeth, with a gloomy grandeur, the effect of light The artist has also some adversaries in the one of the finest things, in every respect, of and shade is made to bear both upon the Royal Academy, with which body he has ancient or modern art. Having honestly near and distant objects, but in a manner been at war ; and, as a general controver-stated our chief objections, it is with unmixwell suited to the romantic appearance of sialist on subjects of art, he has further ex-ed satisfaction that we turn to the merits of the scene.

posed his pretensions to individual oppo- this performance, many of which are of the No. 201. Idea of Jupiter Pluvius, 8c.- sition. His claims may therefore look to highest order. The whole conception is J. M. Gandy. be critically canvassed.

grand, and full of genius. The Saviour is in This picture has already had our remarks At the same time there are some consider the centre, riding on an ass, surrounded

by in the last exhibition at the Royal Academy. ations peculiar to the present time, on his groups celebrated in the history of his earthly Mr. Gandy has no fewer than nine other sub- side. He puts forth his strength most op mission and celestial miracles. On the forejects at this Institution, all of them so much portunely, at the very moment when our ground are colossal figures of the Canaanalike in character (though upon a smaller National School is deploring the loss of such itish woman, spreading her garment on his scale), that they appear as satellites to the abilities as those of Mr. West, unrivalled as, path, and the centurion, laying his civic

Pluvian Jupiter. There is something too in many respects, his historical compositions crown and sword at his feet, and Lazarus inuch of this; and the want of variety in style undoubtedly were. At such an epoch it is prostrate in adoration. On the left of the is no advantage to abundance. We inention consoling to the admirers of British art to beholder, a mother bringing a black-haired This rather as a hint, that the talents of this witness the exhibition of other talents sup- and repentant daughter for pardon ; behind artist (ubicli are acknowledged to be of the plying to the public regard an assurance of whom is a married sister, with a child, and highest class in this walk of art) ought to be the sustentation of our faine.

another female friend. The attitudes and reserved and cherished, and not made cheap The grandeur of the attempt is another expression in these are truly admirable. A by frequency or number,

fact favourable to the artist; and it is to be little further on is Joseph of Arimathea. On No. 105. A Country Girl. No.52. 1 Stu- hoped, that whenever we have painters who the right are the disciples, of whom John is dent.

No. 143. A Pastoral.-H. P. Bone aim at the noblest achievements in their pro- a delightful head, replete with beautiful enThe first of these is a clear and pleasing fession, we shall find a sentiment in the thusiasm, and Peter a powerful study. On the

a spécimen of Mr. Bone's pencil, and also pos- country kind towards them, and encouraging right of these, among the Spectators, are sesses that character of simplicity and inno- towards their arduous exertions. In this portraits of Newton, Voltaire, and Wordscence which should belong to the character. spirit, at least, we shall speak of this superb worth-intelligence, scepticism, and patriThe situation of this, as well as No. 52, is work, and where we happen to differ from archal simplicity personified. A little lower very unfavorable to investigation. The pas- the genius which conceived and executed it, toral is a congenial scene : the composition that opinion shall be expressed not only with

To show what different opinions may exist is well imagined, and executed with much candour leaning to partiality, but with de- on this subject, it may suffice to mention that skill. ference allied to doubt. That the picture is jestic and awful) expressed her decided admira

Mrs. Siddons (no incompetent judge of the maNo. 24. Attachment.-W. Davison. splendid and imposing, every eye will confess tion of the Christ. Quite unlike any other

A pretty picture of a child and dog, with at the first glance ; that it is one of the most representation of his divinity, it would be assome clever colouring. This young artist sublime productions of this age and country, tonishing if all connoisseurs agreed upon its chadoes well in looking so attentively to Sir will, we think, be acknowledged on reflec-racter. Joshua.