entitled The Arts under the Dominion of Love, are now exhibited at Paris by The Society of the Friends of the Arts." Vandyke and the Flemish Girl," representing Painting is already engraved the" Propertia of Rossi," representing Sculpture, is in progress; "Maria Stuart." representing Music, will be finished in about two months, by M. Pauquet and "Tasso reading to the Princess Leonora" representing Poetry, which completes the series, will be also engraved without delay.

M. Artaria purposes to publish a collection of the most celebrated living composers and professors of music and Italian singers. The portraits will be executed by the most distinguished Artists in the Academy of FINE ARTS at Brera. The collection will be divided into twelve numbers, each of which will contain four portraits. The first number has appeared and deserves the applause of amateurs.

The Society of Painters in WaterColours have at length procured a permanent establishment for their future Exhibitions at their New Gallery in Pall Mall East, next door to the University Club-house. This situation promises, from its central locality, to be one of the most eligible in London for the display of works of art; and the Society may esteem themselves fortunate in securing so desirable a position. The gallery is spacious and well lighted; the entrance is distinct and unincumbered with other exhibitions; and the visitors will no longer have their attention diverted from the contemplation of the pictures by Panharmonicans, or disturbed by auctions going on in the adjoining rooms. The two first Exhibitions of this Society were in Brook-street, the third in Pall Mall, the fourth in Bond-street, the twelve following were at Spring-Gardens, and the two last at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; and the next, which will be the nineteenth, will be opened at the New Room in Pall Mall East. The members have been making a great exertion to present an exhibition, that may impress the visitors with a favourable opinion of the New Gallery. Several new associate exhibitors were added to their former numbers at the last election; and two artists, who formerly belonged to the Society, have also been joined to the present list of members. Mr. Cristall (the President)has just completed a highly finished and successful drawing of Scotch peasantry collected round a conduit; and Mr. John Varley is about a large classical composition, from Collins' Ode on the death of Thompson.

The Arts are about to receive a considerable addition in this country by the arrival of two of the most celebrated pictures of Corregio in Europe, the Ecce Homo and l' Education de l'Amour. These pictures were in the Duc d'Albe's collection at Madrid, but taken from thence by the Queen of Spain, and brought to Rome, whence Murat became possessor of them, and they have been lately at Madame Murat's residence near Vienna. We understand they were valued by M. Braun at Vienna, when the Emperor of Austria was about to purchase them, at 10,0007. sterling; and Sir Thomas Lawrence, it is reported, remained four hours fixed in admiration before the Ecce Homo, when he paid Madame Murat a visit at Foursdorff. These chef d'œuvres are on their road to Antwerp from Vienna. Lord Londonderry has purchased these pictures, and also several of the finest of Canova's statues; amongst others, the Theseus and Minotaur and the Danzatrice.

Wilkie's Picture of The Reading of the Will, from Waverly, exhibited the season before last at SomersetHouse, is well known to have been painted for the King of Bavaria. In pursuance of this stipulation, an eminent artist is about to proceed immediately to Munich, to execute a plate of the work, who will reside in that city till it is completed, which will probably be a period of two or three years.

The monument lately erected by Mr. Westmacott to the memory of the late Mr. Perceval, in Westminster Abbey,consists of a full-length statue of that gentleman, lying on his back, in his full robes as Chancellor of the

Exchequer, with a scroll in his right hand. A full-length figure at his head mourning. Also full length figures of Truth and Virtue at his feet, weeping.-In the basso relievo, the Right Hon. Gentleman is represented in the act of falling after the act of assassination, supported by two persons; and Bellingham the assassin, is represented as being detected and secured: groupes of persons are visible, and several members are seen rushing out of the door of the House of Commons into the lobby.

Turner's large and beautiful picture The Temple of Jupiter Pannellenius (in the island of Ægina) restored, has been purchased for a very considerable sum, and is now engraving by one of our first artists. It will probably be two years before the plate is finished.

Mr. Samuel Beasley, who displayed such taste in reconstructing the interior of Drury-lane Theatre, has left town for Edinburgh, for the purpose of altering, improving, and decorating anew the Theatre of that city.

At a General Assembly of the Academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts, held at their apartments in Somerset House for the purpose of

filling up the vacancy in that body occasioned by the death of the late Joseph Farington, Esq. Mr. Ramsay Richard Reinagle was duly elected a Royal Academician.

The inhabitants of Weybridge have erected a monument. to the memory of her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. It consists of a simple column of considerable elevation, and records on its tablet, in feeling and affectionate expressions, the virtues and great benefits this village derived from the superintending care of her Royal Highness. The column is placed in the broad way opposite Lord Portmore's estate, not far from the entrance to Oatlands Park, on the Weybridge side.

Mr. Allan Cunningham, the author, has offered the Burns' Club at Dumfries a Bust of Sir Walter Scott, cut by Chantrey, as a ornament for their club-room.

The celebrated whole-length portrait of his Majesty,recently painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, having been sent to the engraver's, a halflength copy, which retains the resemblance very successfully, "has been substituted in Sir Thomas's exhibition-rooms for the gratification of his numerous visitors.

On the 22nd of last Month, at the Freemason's Tavern, was presented to Wm. Mulready, Esq. R. A. a Silver Cup by the Members of the Artists' Joint Stock Fund, for his unwearied zeal and attention to the interest of that valuable Institution, from its formation to the present time. The Cup was presented to him by Mr. Charles Warren, accompanied by a very appropriate speech; after which the persons present partook of a handsome supper, and the evening terminated with the "feast of reason and the flow of soul."Among the painters present were A. Cooper, Esq. R. A. (in the Chair) H. Howard, Esq. R.A.; E. H. Bailey, Esq. R.A.; Wm. Daniell, Esq. R. A.; G. Clint, Esq. A. R. A.; Messrs. Charles Muss, J. Varley, C. V. Fielding, &c. &c. Among the engravers were Messrs. John Pye, E. Scriven, W. Finden, E. Finden, T. Agar, &c. &c. &c.

We feel a high gratification in being able to lay before our readers the substance of the address delivered on this occasion. It does equal honour to the gentlemen whose sentiments it conveys, and to the eminent artist to whom it was so justly presented. Nothing can be more grateful to our feelings than a record of this description; it is a sure presage of the prosperity of this excellent Institution, which must flourish while it is conducted under such happy auspices. In the following address, unwearied zeal, eminent talent, and constant services, are honoured with their greatest and purest reward:-the admiration and gratitude of those, to whom that zeal is an incentive, that talent an example, and those services permanent benefits.

Address spoken to W. Mulready,- . Esq. R. A. at Freemason's Tavern, January the 22nd, 1823, on pre

senting him with the Cup subscribed for by the Members of the Artists' Fund.

"Mr. Mulready-we have assembled this evening to gratify one of the best feelings of our nature. It is to pay a heartfelt tribute of esteem to you, for important services rendered to our useful Institution-The Artists' Joint Stock and Benevolent Fund. It devolves on me to convey the sentiments of this Meeting on the occasion; many might have been -chosen who could have done it with more ability, but no one who could more justly estimate the value of those services; for no one has had a better opportunity of observing how highly your conduct has merited the mark of attention we are about to bestow on it. I have been your companion in nearly all the sitnations in which you have been placed, from the origin of the Society to the present time, and therefore best know the great exertions you have made for its advantage.

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You may justly claim the honour of being one of the Founders of this Society, for you were one of the nine Artist's chosen by the general meeting of the profession at the Gray's-ina Coffee-house, to form a constitution for it; also one of the four selected with the late Messrs. Devis, Randal, and myself, to perfect and arrange the laws for publication. Time and experience have proved their value.

"The Society, when formed, sensible of your zeal in the cause, elected you on their first committee, when much remained to be done to consolidate our infant Institution, much more than the members at this period can conceive. When it was our anxious wish to call the better part of our plan into action, I mean that branch for the relief of our widows and children, by appealing to the public to make it effective, you were amongst the foremost to promote that object, by becoming a steward at our first dinner. Six times have you filled that office of trouble and expense with unabated ardour, to the great advantage of the Fund, derived alike from your own purse and the influence you possess with your friends.

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To you, sir, the Fund is indebted for the powerful support it receives

from one of the best men in, or out of, the society, (I allude to Sir John Edward Swinburne.) Wishing to keep you in active service, we appointed you one of our representatives in the Benevolent Fund Committee, (a choice which has been justified by your usefulness) and our annual votes have retained you in that station to the present time. Sensible of your value, you were placed by the Society in the highest situation which was their's to bestow:-they appointed you chairman of the Institution-your conduct in that office induced them to call you to it a second time, as soon as their regulations permitted. Your unremitted attention to the duties of the chair and the urbanity of your manners have deserved, and received our undivided approbation. It is by exertions, such as I have noticed, that the Society has at length attained its present prosperity and stability; and, though ordinary means may now be adequate to support it, the members sensible how much its flourishing state has been promoted by you, and to shew that your services are not forgotten, have resolved on presenting you with a lasting memento of their sense of your merit.

"Mr. Mulready-accept this cup from the Members whose names are inscribed upon it; not as a reward for your exertions-that, you will feel in the success that has crowned them but as a testimony of our approbation and regard for the important services rendered by you to our Institution from its commencement to the present time. And I am sure I express the sentiments of all present, when I wish you long life and the greatest blessings that Providence can bestowhealth, and a cheerful frame of mind to enjoy it. I may be allowed to add, we hope, when many of us cease to feel any interest in what passes on earth, and you are participating with your friends in those moments of conviviality of which this cup is a symbol, you will recollect with pleasurable feelings it was the spontaneous gift of seventythree brother artists, who, while they admired your high professional attainments, knew how to appreciate your moral worth as a man."

Voyage en Suisse, &c.

Travels in Switzerland, made in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, by L. Simond, 2 vol. 8vo. 1822.

We must not class, this work among the multitude of descriptions of Switzerland given by superficial observers. The author has already published his travels in England, which obtained a merited success, and this new work cannot but encrease his reputation, notwithstanding a few singular opinions and slight inaccuracies.

M. Simond entered Switzerland by Pontarlier and Val-Traver; he travelled afterwards in different directions which it would be difficult to explain to the reader,

It appears to us that he has not observed much order in his travels, which, perhaps, is the best way of studying a country; for, if a traveller never deviates from the high roads, it is impossible for him to be acquainted with the physical and moral state of the country.

Bat Switzerland is not the only object of M. Simond's remarks; he gives us some interesting observations upon that part of France through which he travelled in his way from Paris to the frontiers. Arriving at Sens during the miserable famine of 1817, he was witness of some popular excesses, caused by the high prices of corn.

Here M. Simond makes some judicious remarks on monopoly. He truly thinks that, far from being unfavourable to the general interest, this system, on the contrary, is highly advantageous to it; and the vulgar prejudice existing against those who are engaged in the corn trade ought to be done away with. We

recommend the examination of this opinion to our political economists, We shall only state that it is supfor it is worthy of their attention. ported by two of the ablest economists of France and England, Adam Smith and M. Say.

M. Simond's work contains some good observations upon the manners and history of Switzerland. He gives fewer descriptions of the glaciers and other picturesque views of Helvetia than most travellers, but he enlarges more on the present state of society in that country; and Geneva particularly attracted his attention. This industrious city was well worthy of engaging the notice of such a traveller.

M. Simond, who lived there for some months, judges of the inhabitants impartially. The following characteristic trait will be sufficient to shew the taste of the Genevese for the arts and sciences. The celebrated Professor of botany, M. de Candolles, made use, in his lessons, of a considerable collection of drawings, representing the plants of Spanish America, which had been lent him by a learned Spanish botanist, M. Mosino. As he was obliged to return them almost directly, he expressed his regret to his audience. Some ladies who were present offered to copy them, or to have them copied by their friends in eight days. The work was finished in the given time, and contains thirteen folio volumes. Everybody was eager to peform the task; and thus eight hundred and sixty drawings were executed by a hundred and fourteen ladies in eight days; they considered it a pleasure to contribute in this manner to their own instruction, and to shew their gratitude to their learned professor. Perhaps there

does not exist another city in the world, containing only 23,000 souls, where this could have been performed.

The political constitution of Geneva also claims the attention of all who desire to study the social institutions of a people, though ever so small. M. Simond dwells upon it, and gives us his remarks. The new constitution of Geneva offers the singular spectacle of a democracy, tempered by a strong aristocracy, without a superior power to serve as an equilibrium between the two heterogeneous elements, and to protect the weaker against the stronger party.

One would think, in such a political system, there would be, as in the Roman republic, a continual and active struggle between the patricians and plebeians.

This state of things is, however, preferable to the ancient constitution; one of the principal resources of which, was a general Council, whose authority was often tyrannical.

At this time, the publicity of criminal prosecutions, the protection of individual liberty by a sort of Habeas Corpus, the publication of the annual budget, and the liberty of the press, procure for the Genevese the principal advantages of a good constitutional system: but many of them still very properly demand a better representation, and the publicity of the debates of the Council.

M. Simond perceives a radical defect in the judiciary power, as it is established at Geneva.

The judges are taken from the councils, and return to it after exercising their functions for à stated time, being subject to a sort of elimination, called grabeau, which deprives them of the advantages of being irremovable. They do not enjoy that perfect independance so necessary to the administration of justice. The tribunals are, therefore, properly speaking, only committees of Government, or temporary commissions ; an inefficient guarantee to public confidence and to the rights of the accused.

As to criminal procedures, the author has given us a description which bears the impress of truth. He was present at a judgment

where two young thieves were under accusation. After reading the act of reference and the first interrogatory of the accused, the witnesses were examined by the President, the Attorney General, and the accused, or their defenders. This examination lasted three hours; after which, observations were heard on the part of the prosecution, and advocates, named by the Court, presented the defence. It appears that the deliberation of the judges, which lasted two hours, appeared long to M. Simond. The two accused were condemned, one to six, and the other to five years' imprisonment. Their sentence, says our author, was accompanied by an admonition to this effect: "My children, you are two little rogues; and, in order to correct you, we intend to confine you for five or six years in a place where you will have no other society than people as wicked as yourselves, and nothing to do from morning to night but listen to their conversation. We flatter ourselves, my children, that, profitting by the lesson thus given, you will come from prison wiser and more industrious!

We may gather from this simple narrative of the sitting of a criminal tribunal, that the trial by jury is not now existing in this Republic. It was introduced there during the prevalence of the French power; but, on account of the hatred they bear to the French, the Genevese abolished it; at least this is what some of them confessed to M. Simond. Every thing has been said in favour of this noble institution; and the author of the work before us says, with great truth, that nothing can exceed the value of trials by jury.

In spite of the want of juries, the proceedings in criminal matters at Geneva are much preferable to those at Zurich. Nothing,can be more cruel, nor at the same time more absurd than the Criminal Courts in this canton.

M. Simond relates what was told him on this subject. "Criminal processes are still conducted in a very arbitrary manner in this canton: there is no security for the accused against the ill-will or ignorance of his judge, who may keep him in prison as long as he pleases