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London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.

Fourth Edition, price 1s. cloth .

GRANT & GRIFFITH, Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard.

THE ORIGINAL QUADRILLES, composed for the PIANO FORTE by MRS. AMBROSE MERTON.

London: Published for the Proprietor and may be had of C. LONSDALE, 26. Old Bond Street; and by Order of all Music Sellers.

PRICE THREE SHILLINGS.

Important Sale by Auction of the whole of the remaining Copies of that splendid National Work, known as "FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART," the engraved Plates of which will be destroyed during the Progress of the Sale, and in the presence of the Purchasers.

SOUTHGATE & BARRETT have received instructions from MR. HOGARTH, of the Haymarket, to Sell by Public Auction at their Fine Art and Book Auction Rooms, 22. Fleet Street, London, on Wednesday Evening, June 7th, and following Evenings,

THE WHOLE OF THE REMAINING COPIES

Of the very Celebrated Work, known as

FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART,

Consisting of a limited number of Artists' and other choice proofs, and the print impressions, which are all in an exceedingly fine state. The work consists of 48 plates, the whole of which are engraved in line by the most eminent men in that branch of art, and the pictures selected will at once show that the great artists--Turner, Eastlake, Landseer, Stanfield, Webster, Roberts, Wilkie, Maclise, Mulready, and more than thirty other British Masters, are represented by the works which established and upheld them in public favour, and by themes which appeal to universal sympathy and happiest affections, or which delineate the peculiar glories of our country, and commemorate its worthiest and most honourable achievements.

Under these circumstances, therefore, SOUTHGATE & BARRETT presume to demand for this Sale the attention of all lovers of art--the amateur, the artist, and the public;--believing that no opportunity has ever offered so happily calculated to promote taste and to extend knowledge, while ministering to the purest and best enjoyments which the artist conveys to the hearts and homes of all who covet intellectual pleasures.

Framed Copies of the work can be seen at MR. HOGARTH'S, 5. Haymarket; MESSRS. LLOYD, BROTHERS, & CO., 22. Ludgate Hill; and at the AUCTIONEERS, 22. Fleet Street, by whom all Communications and Commissions will be promptly and faithfully attended to.

Sale by Auction of the Stocks of extremely Valuable Modern Engravings, the engraved Plates of which will be destroyed in the presence of the Purchasers at the Time of Sale.

SOUTHGATE & BARRETT beg to announce that they will include in their Sale by Auction of "FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY," and other Valuable Works of Art of a similar character, to take place at their Fine Art and Book Auction Rooms, 22. Fleet Street, London, on Wednesday Evening, June 7th, and Seventeen following Evenings , the whole of the STOCKS OF PROOFS AND PRINTS of the following HIGHLY IMPORTANT ENGRAVINGS, published by MR. HOGARTH and MESSRS. LLOYD & CO.

"Ehrenbreitstein," painted by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., engraved by John Pye. "Ecce Homo," from the picture by Correggio, engraved by G. T. Doo. "The Dame School," painted by T. Webster, R.A., engraved by L. Stocks. "Eton Montem," two views illustrative of, from pictures by Evans of Eton, engraved by Charles Lewis. "Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry," engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A. from a picture by George Richmond. "Portraits of eminent Persons," by George Richmond and C. Baugniet. "Portrait of W. C. Macready, Esq., as Werner," painted by D. Maclise, R.A., engraved by Sharpe. Flowers of German Art, a series of 20 plates by the most eminent engravers. Cranstone's Fugitive Etchings, 17 plates. Turner and Girtin's River Scenery, 30 plates. "Cottage Piety," painted by Thomas Faed, engraved by Henry Lemon . "See Saw," painted by T. Webster, R.A., engraved by Holl . "Village Pastor," painted by W. P. Frith, R.A., engraved by Holl. "The Immaculate Conception," painted by Guido, engraved in line by W. H. Watt. "Harvey demonstrating to Charles the First his Theory of the Circulation of the Blood," painted by Hannah, engraved by Lemon. "The Origin of Music," painted by Selous, engraved by Wass. "The First Step," painted by Faed, engraved by Sharpe. "The Prize Cartoons," published by Messrs. Longmans & Co. And numerous other highly interesting and valuable works of Art.

ALL THE ENGRAVED PLATES of the above-mentioned engravings WILL BE DESTROYED in the presence of the purchasers at the time of sale, which will thereby secure to the purchasers the same advantages as are mentioned in the advertisement given above, of the sale of the remaining copies of "Finden's Royal Gallery."

Framed Impressions of each of the plates can be seen at MR. HOGARTH'S, 5. Haymarket; at MESSRS. LLOYD, BROTHERS, & CO., 22. Ludgate Hill; and at the AUCTIONEERS, 22. Fleet Street, by whom all communications and commissions will be promptly and faithfully attended to.

The very extensive, highly important, and extremely choice Stock of MODERN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ENGRAVINGS, WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS, and expensive Books of Prints, of MR. HOGARTH of the Haymarket.

SOUTHGATE & BARRETT will Sell by Auction at their Fine Art and Book Auction Rooms, 22. Fleet Street, on Wednesday Evening, June 7th, and Seventeen following Evenings , in the same sale as the "FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART," this extremely valuable and highly interesting Stock. Amongst the ENGRAVINGS will be found in the BEST STATES OF ARTISTS' and other CHOICE PROOFS, nearly all the popular plates that have been published during the last quarter of a century; also an Important Collection of Foreign Line Engravings in the best states; a large variety of Portraits and other subjects after Sir Joshua Reynolds, some very rare; an extensive series of prints by Hogarth, in early proofs, and with curious variations; a most complete series of artists' proofs of the works of George Cruikshank, including nearly all his early productions, many unique; a number of scarce Old Prints, and a series in fine states by Sir Robert Strange. The Stock is peculiarly rich in the works of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., and comprises artists' proofs and the choicest states of all his important productions, and matchless copies of the England and Wales and Southern Coast. The Collection of HIGH-CLASS WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS consists of examples of the most eminent artists , as well as a great variety of the early English School, and some by the Ancient Masters; also a most interesting Collection by Members of the Sketching Society. Of the Modern School are examples by--

Absolon Austin Barrett Cattermole Collins Fielding, C. Holland Hunt Landseer, E. Leslie Lewis, J. Liverseege Maclise Muller Nesfield Prout Tayler, F. Uwins Webster Wilkie

Catalogues of the entire Sale will be forwarded on receipt of 12 postage stamps, and all communication and commissions promptly and faithfully attended to.

ARUNDEL SOCIETY.--The Publication of the Fourth Year , consisting of Eight Wood Engravings by MESSRS. DALZIEL, from Mr. W. Oliver Williams' Drawings after GIOTTO'S Frescos at PADUA, is now ready; and Members who have not paid their Subscriptions are requested to forward them to the Treasurer by Post-Office Order, payable at the Charing Cross Office.

JOHN J. ROGERS, Treasurer and Hon. Sec. 13. & 14. Pall Mall East. March, 1854.

PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION.

THE EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, by the most eminent English and Continental Artists, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Five. Free Admission.

? s. d. A Portrait by Mr. Talbot's Patent Process 1 1 0 Additional Copies 0 5 0 A Coloured Portrait, highly finished 3 3 0 A Coloured Portrait, highly finished 5 5 0

Miniatures, Oil Paintings, Water-Colour, and Chalk Drawings, Photographed and Coloured in imitation of the Originals. Views of Country Mansions, Churches, &c., taken at a short notice.

Cameras, Lenses, and all the necessary Photographic Apparatus and Chemicals, are supplied, tested, and guaranteed.

Gratuitous Instruction is given to Purchasers of Sets of Apparatus.

PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 168. New Bond Street.

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Sold Wholesale and Retail, in bottles, labelled with Dr. de Jongh's Stamp and Signature, by ANSAR, HARFORD, & CO., 77. Strand, Sole Consignees and Agents for the United Kingdom and British Possessions; and by all respectable Chemists and Venders of Medicine in Town and Country, at the following prices:--Imperial Measure, Half-pints, 2s. 6d.; Pints, 4s. 9d.

Notes.

ST. AUGUSTINE ON CLAIRVOYANCE.

Augustine's remarks on these and similar phenomena are well worth reading. He begs the learned not to mock him as speaking confidently, and the unlearned not to take what he says on trust, but hopes that both will regard him simply as an inquirer. He compares these visions to those in dreams. Some come true, and some false; some are clear, others obscure. But men love to search into what is singular, neglecting what is usual, though even more inexplicable; just as when a man hears a word whose sound is new to him, he is curious to know its meaning; while he never thinks of asking the meaning of words familiar to his ear, however little he may really understand them. If any one then wishes for a satisfactory account of these strange phenomena, let him first explain the phenomena of dreams, or let him show how the images of material objects reach the mind through the eyes.

J. E. B. MAYOR.

St. John's College, Cambridge.

EDWARD GIBBON, FATHER AND SON.

"My stay at Beriton was always voluntary ... I never handled a gun, I seldom mounted a horse; and my philosophic walks were soon terminated by a shady bench, where I was long detained by the sedentary amusement of reading or meditation."

It appears however, by this letter, that on one occasion he trespassed on some neighbour's game preserves, and received a hint on the subject:

Beriton, Nov. 16, 1758.

SIR,

As I am extremely well convinced of your politeness, and your readiness to grant your neighbours any reasonable liberty with regard to country sports, so I should be very sorry if either myself or my servants had taken any improper ones.

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