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it was in courting her that the flame of genius was first caught; and her most favoured votaries have left us their works, to encourage our addresses to the liberal goddess, who will be equally propitious, in every age, to those who are assiduous in their attentions to her.

240. The Inside of the Earl of Darlington's Kennel, with his Lordship's Huntsman, Dog-Feeder, and some of the most celebrated Hounds of the Raby Pack.-H. B. Cha→ lon.

This is one of the many pictures which Mr. Chalon has painted for his liberal patron, the Earl of Darlington, and we doubt not but the resemblances are equally faithful with those which we have seen, and compared with the originals from which they were taken. There is thorough knowledge of anatomy, accompanied with excellent drawing, exhibited in this picture; the painting is bold and masterly, and the colouring natural and harmo

It is no small relief amidst this emporium of portraits, to be enabled to fix one's regard upon some poetic subject, whether of landscape, history, or other work of immagination for it must be deplored, to find so much talent constantly wasted in pourtraying everyday countenances of persons, who, to say nothing worse of, are of little importance to society. Mr. Arnald has chosen for the exercise of his ingenious pencil, a subject replete with difficulties, which he has surmounted in the production of this well designed and admirably coloured picture. It would appear invidious to make comparison between this artist and some of his cotemporaries, men of talent also; but we cannot too much applaud Mr. Arnald for his steadiness in pursuing his art agreeably to his own unsophisticated views. His style is bold and rich, his colouringnious. glowing and natural, and his penciling is perspicuous. It would be viewing the graphic art with very contracted notions, were the professors thereof required to follow any particular style or mode of painting, according to rules drawn from any master or any school of art. We admire originality of feeling, and admit of an exccutive manner that best displays that feeling. Yet we cannot approve, when, aiming at originality, the painter becomes affected, or in cndeavouring to astonish, he becomes obscure. The best school for study is nature:

580. Phæbe, a famous Spaniel, the Property of G. Vere, Esq.-H. B. Chalon.

Much animation and truth of character mark this fine portrait of the faithful dog. The pencilling is broad and free, the colouring transparent, and the whole effect strikingly bold. This rising artist has manifested considerable study in his pictures since the last year's Exhibition, and we congratulate him on the rapid advances which he is making to the attainment of excellence in his department of art.

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PLATE 1.-THE DON COSSACK.

So great has been the curiosi-ter of the Scotch Highlander. His

ty excited throughout the country in consequence of the arrival of this interesting stranger, that the proprietor of the Monthly Repository has been induced to give a portrait of him, from an original drawing which was made in the New Library in the Strand; and which it is hoped may be acceptable to his readers, particularly those whose residences are distant from London.

deportment whilst here was manly and respectable; perhaps it is not too much to say, it was not unfrequently dignified.

Colonel de Bock, the officer who brought him to England, was charged with dispatches to our government. It was deemed unsafe for this gentleman to travel from the Polish frontier to Cuxhaven without a Cossack. These men are selected for their probity and bravery, and serve as a passport, without which the colonel might have been suspected of being a spy.

curred to him to bring the Cossack to England, from no other motive than that persons here might feel gratified on beholding an individual of the corps who had so recently assisted by its bravery in expelling the Corsican invader from the Russian territory.

Alexander Zemlenutin, of the regiment of Don Cossacks Sulin the 9th, a native of Tschirkasko, about two thousand wersts south-When arrived at Cuxhaven, it oceast of Moscow, upon the borders of the river Don, may be numbered as one amongst the hardiest of the various tribes of Cossacks, whose bravery, loyalty, and patriotism have, from the time of Peter the Great to the present epoch, contributed so materially to the martial glory of the Russian empire. These soldiers have been represented by their vanquished enemies as fierce and merciless barbarians; brutal in their manners, and disgusting in their habits. This character, however, is falsely drawn, for those who had sufficient opportunities of judging of their manners and conduct, since their arrival in Prussia and on the frontiers of Germany, give a totally different and very favourable account of the Cossack tribes.

In stature Zemlenutin is about five fect ten inches high, stout and muscular, but not unwieldy; his countenance is ingenuous and open, very much resembling the charac

The great attention that was shewn to this humble person, who is but a private soldier, during his residence here, made a sensible impression upon his mind. He formed the highest possible opinion of the abilities, the wealth, and generosity of the English nation. It would no doubt be very amusing to hear him recount to his martial comrades, on his return to camp, the wonders which he witnessed in London, every person appearing anxious to excite his surprise by a display of whatever was curious. At Mr. Ackermann's he was much struck by the gas lights; he was allowed to ignite the gas himself, and thought it effected by magic.

Upon being presented with an ap- || the metropolis. He received a

paratus for producing an instantaneous light, by dipping a match in a liquid, he said, "When I tell my comrades of what I have seen, of fire," meaning the gas, "coming out of nothing, and they will not believe me, I will shew them this," pointing to his magic tinderbox.

message, in the name of a foreign nobleman, requesting his attendance at his house: the summons was instantly obeyed, and he was conducted in an elegant chariot to a magnificent house in one of the great squares, and introduced into a nobly furnished apartment illuminated by means of lustres, where he was received by six beautiful

covered with scarce fruits and rich wines. The nobleman not appearing, he indulged in rather too copi

His astonishment was excited on hearing and seeing the Panharmo-young ladies, and seated at a table nicon at Spring-Gardens, wherein the effect of a full band is produced, upon trumpets, French horns, hautboys, kettle-drums, flutes, bas-ous libations, and, fascinated by the soons, and other instruments, which are operated upon by bellows set in motion by mechanical means.

attractions of " Clusters of pearls" and "Heart's ease," he sunk, like Abou Hassan, into a profound slumber, which lasted more than twelve hours. He was conveyed the following evening to his own lodging, and declared, that the whole transaction appeared to him involved in extreme mystery.

When at Spring-Gardens the Albiness expressed a desire to see him. The interview took place in a private apartment, in presence of a few witnesses, and nothing could be more amusing than the mutual gazing of these two curious persons; she eyeing his venerable beard, and he looking with astonishment at the beautiful texture of her long and glossy hair. His gallantry was manifested on this occasion, in begging to know, by his interpreter, whether she would condescend to favour him with a small portion of her beautiful hair. The fair lady answered, that the same request had frequently been made, but had never been granted; yet the brave Cossack should not ask in vain. She shook her silken locks, and, with a pair of scissars, separated a small portion, and very gracefully presented it to the vete-soldier, but also plied him with ran soldier.

A whimsical deception, known to a few persons only, was practised upon our hero during his stay in

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His officer accepted an invitation to dine at the Free-Masons' Tavern. A private carriage conveyed him and his friends. The invitation included the Cossack. A hackney coach was called in, which was to follow his master. The rogue of a driver knowing that he was unacquainted with the geography of London, and equally ignorant of our language, pretended to have something to adjust before he followed, when, mounting his box, hẹ purposely drove into another track, and alighted with his fare at an alehouse, where he not only made a booty by an exhibition of the old

liquor, and left him intoxicated to the care of any one who might feel disposed to take him home.

All ranks of persons were anxi

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