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      critics get through in one word—cMar-oscuro ; a remarkable fact being that there is no such thing in any of his pictures . The mistake of attributing this quality to Lee is the mistake of unison for harmony . The slender stream of blue that winds across the picture is , we know from its place there , a river ; but what nuance can you find in the dull , uniform streak , to give you the faintest idea of water winding through several modifications of light and other influences . The water in Boddingtori ' s scene lurks darkly in deep , still pools , eddies round the weeds ' bulrushes , glides smoothly over the mossy shallows ; and anon flashes out into the sunlight . There are a thousand variations in this landscape of Boddington ' s , and among them all we cannot detect one trivial accident . By this avoidance of what Nature in effect avoids—the result only of a fixed view such as you cannot get in Nature—we are alone able to

      appreciate the value of cliiar-oscuro . Yet if Lee had abandoned his mono-chromatic style , to produce as wonderful a concord of diverse effects as is this picture by Boddington , what would some critics have said ? An artist—especially a landscapepainter—may come , in time , to acquire a certain handwriting—style is strictly the expression here—by which not only he himself , but what he means , is recognised ; as we become familiar with the vile scrawl of a friend ' s letters , particularly when they are all on the same subject . In fact , the spectator of a work , the style of which he knows very well , is , to a great extent , the delineator of what he sees in it . Are we hasty in assuming that this fact is often overlooked , to a painter ' s undeserved reproach , and that it was so overlooked by the critic who wrote thus of Creswick ' s " Happy Spring Time" ?

      " Mr . Creswick , we think , has on this occasion hardly done justice to his great powers of depicting English scenery . At all events , No . 375 , which he entitles * The Happy Spring Time / reminds us far more forcibly of a cheerless and backward season , like the present , than of those genial attributes of Nature which befit that hopeful period of the year . Mr . Creswick is eminently a landscape painter , and has therefore the le « s excuse for neglecting to pourtray some at least of the characteristic features of the season which he undertakes to delineate .... some of Nature's tokens which we look for in a correct delineation of spring , and of

      which the absence is ill supplied in Mr . Creswick ' s picture by tall , nal-wi i trees , devoid of foliage , and a few fallen trunks , the very emblems of desokf , ° decay . "—Zta , April 30 , 1853 . SOlatl o » and The length to which our paper has run obliges us to defer noticing « , works of Jutsum , Percy , Gilbert , the WiUiamses , T . Danby , the vonn and a long list of rising painters . J un ger ,

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      BIRTHS , MARIUAGKS , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 17 th of August , the wife of \ V . N " . Forbes , Esq ., of 17 , Beuufoy-terraoe , miu of Auchornuch and Dumiottar , N . 11 .: a son . On the 10 th , at Edglmnton , Birmingham , Iho wifo of Captain Henry Uuokloy Jonnor Wynward , Brigade-Major : a ( laughter . Ou ' tho 21 st , ut Itichmoud-hill , tho wil ' o of Arthur J . Otwny , Enq ., M . I * ., prematurely : a daughter , Htillborn . On tho 22 nd , ut Cobliam-hull , tlio OountcMH of Darnley : n daughter . On the 23 rd , at tlio , Iioubc of her father , in tho Britinh Mu »(; uin , the wife of J . 11 . Konyon , liaq . : a Hon . MATtKIAOES . On tlio 20 th of Juno , at St . 1 ' aul ' n Cathedral , Calcutta , Jervomu John Cirey , Knq ., C . S . Bocond hou of the Itight Hon . Hir Charles Edward Qrt-y , to Elizabeth , eldcut daughter of Henry Holroyd , Una ., imrriHter-at-hiw . On tlio 15 th of Auguat , ut Florence , in the Kpitieopal Palnco , tho Marquiu of iticci Puruecino , of Komo , and Montopulcino , in TiiHcany , to Jto . ialio Eustiuio , only daughter of the late Lieuteniiut-Gonorul Henry Kustaoo . On tho 10 th , 'it the Church of St . Tliomaa d'Aquin , Parin , tho Bnron Amablo do Montaigiino d <» Chauvanet ! , : ion of Iho Vjcomto . do Montuiguao do Clmnviinoo , to Mary , daughter of Owon Davion , liaq ., formerly of Chihvoll-hull , JVotty , and AubHeqiiently of ICton-houHO , Kont . On the 18 th , at Moiikuli / wn Churohj Captain Alexander Murray , Eighty-aevonth Koyal Irish FumlierH , nooond hoii of Iho ~»_ lii ( £ ht Hon . Lord Cringlotio , to Eugenia ( Jra <;« , clriont daughter ^» il ( fv nl > ti / itfyu » tfC (> lonel CurttH . C . it ., Iniii ' . iniore . < Wft ^ aiV < jK » it Kolhley Church , Archibald Hmitli , Ehq ., of / '"^' " ¦> ro ? "Tfl ^^^^ ri ^ JbarriBtOr-Ut-hlW , l ° NllBaM I ' "" 1 " 1 . yolUlgOHl , Is r ~'?/**¦ 4 l WM ] W $ K X l » to Vioe-Ohancellor Sir Jumoa 1 ' urker , of y * " / 3 Yl > l , i ^ 0 «« y t * mwlfl \ TjoiooNl ;« rHhiro . uh ~ f ' ' )*? I ) . p ^ u \* 2 flWl £ ^ Wt . Jiimob ' s I * iid < lincloii , CliiirloH JiunoH M <> nk , < W- « | * ' i '\ ' \ y A : 5 E » q ., oq « ffcMofllio Lord Minium or Qloucodter and Bribtol , to 'loV' ' '¦' ' JWi » i ^ wly ^ UBMforofri » utiuHttlH , 3 J » q ., OroekOoii 8 ul-Qoner « l .

      On the 23 rd , at Rydal Chapel , John TVakefield Cropper , Esq ., second son of John Cropper , Esq ., Dingle-bank , Liverpool , to 1 Susanna . Elizabeth Lydia , third danghter of the late Dr . Arnold , i of Rugby . On the 2-lth , at All Souls Church , Langham-place , the Eev . . John Rowlands , Fellow of Queen's . College , Cambridge , and rector of Grimston , Norfolk , to Georgians , youngest daughter of Sir George Jackson , K . C . H ., her Majesty ' s Commissary Judge at Loando . DEATHS . On the 16 th of April , -while fordiDg the river near Nelson , New Zealand , the Hon . Constantino A , Dillon , fourth son of the late Viscount Dillon , in his thirty-ninth year . On the 14 th of August , at his residence , Wimbledon , Mr . James Paxton , aged sixty-two , brother of Sir Joseph Paxton , and many 3 ears confidential servant to his Grace the Duke of Somerset , at Wimbledon-park , Surrey . On the ISth , at Auchinroath , near Rothes , N . B ., Lieutenant General Lord Saltoun , K . T ., and Colonel of H . M . Second Regiment , in the sixty-ninth year of his age . On the 18 th , accidentally drowned in Loch Aise , Scotland , Edward Bethell Codrington , aged seven years and ten months , only son of Colonel Codrington , Coldstream Guards . On the 10 th , at Rogate-lodge , the seat of Colonel C . Wyndham , Harriet Dowager Lady Polwarth , daughter of Count Briihl and Alicia Maria , Countess of Egremont , aged eighty-one . On the 19 th , at Leamington Spa , the Eight Hon . Sir George Coekburn , Bart ., of Langton , G . C . B ., Admiral of the Fleet , Major-General of Marines , and Rear Admiral of tho United Kingdom , in his eighty-second year . On tho 20 th , at Hcwshot-hill , near Liphook , Hants , the Hon . A . R . Tumour , Commander R . N ., in the sixty-sixth year of his age . On tho 20 th , at Hushvr Hospital , at the houhe of his brotherin-law , Commander . lumen Howard Turner , R . N ., aged fiftyeight . When a Lieutenant ho commanded H . M . brig llanqer , on the Falmouth station , and II . M . steam-vessel Merlin , in ' tho Mediterranean . On the 20 th , at 20 , Upper Harloy-streot , after a fow days illness , J . P . Morier , Esq ., in his seventy-mxl'li year . On tho 22 nd , the Eight Hon . Edward Vornon , Lord Suflield , aged forty . On the 21 th , at his residence , 14 ., Hawley-road , Kentish-town , Commander Charles Ro 3 ' « r , Royal Navy , aged Hoventy-Hoven .

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      GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION . Two cities , rather out of the way of the " Ocean Mail to India 11 a Australia , " have been painted by Messrs . Grieve and Telbin for t Gallery of Illustration . They are Constantinople and St . Petersburg The first was exhibited two or three weeks ago ; the second , onl 7 ] S Monday . We have missed seeing Constantinople , but , as we hear that the , city appears in all the glowing splendour of reality , it is easy fOVx . l to believe the universal remark that a fine contrast is produced by tU change to St . Petersburgh , moonlit , and terrible in its Gorgon beauty seen across the frozen Neva . - *' " Illustrations" are nearly always exaggerated pictures ; indeed , a little exaggeration is sometimes requisite to give a good idea of reality . ]} ut here is a quiet look of truth which disposes us to take for granted as much accuracy as any one would desire . At all events , we can speak with positive approbation of the painting—of its general truth of effect We have learnt to prize such merit more highly since the stage Las shown us that ever so much readingup in the departments of the scenepainter , the property-man , the perruquier , &c , does not generall y assist the touch of nature , and that even the actors- —those abstract and brief chronicles of the costume of the period—can be formidably accurate without being the least reaK To be sure , there would be no end gained or trouble saved in giving an incorrect view of a city which has never been buried , and consequently has not to be dug up before it can be Paguerreotyped . But the picture is worth seeing , if only as a picture . The illusive effects are as skilfully adapted to the painting as they could have been by Bouton or Daguerre . Q .

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      838 . .. T H E LE A D E R ^ [ Satxtrday

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      COEN MARKET . 1 Mark Lane , Friday , August 25 , 1853 . With moderate supplies , our wheat trade is 2 s . dearer than Monday . Barley is firm , and rather more ready sale . Oats are also the turn dearer . Beans and peas without alteration .

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      MO 1 STEV MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , August 2 ( 5 , 1853 . Conhoi , h closed on Friday last at OSfr to i for Hlh September account , and have , during the week pas I ,, varied from that price to i ) H J to J , i ) 8 . | („ -J , {) M J to I , \) Hi to J , opening yesterday ( Friday ) at US to $ ; the market weak , and leaving off at . 1 IHJ for iitoney and account . Tlie wet weather , no doubt , lian hocii one great uuuhc in tlwi duliic : ^ of tho quotatioiiH . ICiifil , (> rn Countien HliarcH have at laot hIiowii a ( lisposition lo rino from th < i l «» w price they have ho long |) t ><> n at . YoHtordny they clo . scd at ll < 4 to i , humnctm having l >» M » n donn at a i and llvo-nixtocnthH . Tho heavy railway nlinreH during tho week Imvo Hliglitly ( luctuatod from tlio qiiotatioim of laol , «<<« lf , and goncrHlly with a downward tend < Mioy . Littlo l > U 8 iii ( w « Jias Iwieii dono in tho Gold Mining Market , and tlio bargainn transacted ohiofly in n fmv OornpanioH ; tho prieoH quoted of tlio othcri * dinplaying Hinull alteration . TIum *» Ivan l )«« n Rome inquiry and buninr . su done in Poltimoro Mining KharcH , which , in coiihochhiuco of tho favourablo report Mtnuiil by Mut Company , havo been dealt in at ononixtoon and i prcmiuiv ) , with a greater inclination for puivhaso than Halo . Tho eloping priced y ^ Hlorday wcrc . —CalcdoiiianH ( I « J ( . o « 7 J ; Cork and ltaudon , iwj to 2 <>|; I'laHtcun Coiiuticti , l . 'Jt lo i ( Jrcat Northern , HIl-H-t ; Groat WoMtoni , HH \ -U ; Latu-aHliiro and Yorkshire , 75-J ; Tondou an < l Norllr WoHtorn , 111 . J to 112 it . d London and Houth Wentwii . Hn . i to HfiJ : London mid Urighlon ; 101-102 ; York , . NmvoiiMtlo , and Itorwick , < ii » . J , 7 (> i ; 'York and Worth Midland , 08 , 5 , f >(» i ; Groat Central of Franco , 2 J-J promtuin ; Woithcrn of It ' ranrn , : i ( l-4 ; Pariti and Lyoim , IN ? , ll ) f prom . ; I ' arw and OrloauH , fil-JJ j Vnvin and Htnwbourg , ! M » -4 ; H . K . J'raiui «» , J to » prom . ; Ujipor India Herip , i to 3 prom . ; WtiNtcrn of Franco , S ) J to |(> . t ; AuHtralian Agnoulfuro , IJ 5-37 : Cryntal Palace , l . * t ( o 2 piom . ; Dii . lo of Franco , \ to I pnmi . ; N . li . AuHtralian Coiiip / my , par to J : J ' eol Jtivor , # to 1 prom . ; Vim Diomau'd Laud , 10-17 .

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      , HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The total number of deaths registered in LonJon , whicl : in tho preceding week was 984 > , rose in the week thai ended on Saturday to 1053 . Excluding 1 from the comparison the corresponding week of 1849 , in which cholera raised the mortality from all causes to 2456 , it appears that the result of lasfc week does not differ materially from the average as corrected for increase of population . Summer cholera and diarrhoea exhibit a small decrease in the present as compared with the previous return . The deaths ascribed to diarrhoea are 126 , of which 115 occurred amongst children . The tender ago of nearly all the sufferers , 97 of them not having completed their first year , is sufficient to dispel the popular error that the use of fruit is the exciting cause . Small-pox was fatal in only 6 cases , measles in 13 , scarlatina in 27 , hooping-cough in 28 , ague in 1 , typhus in 48 . Last week the births of 776 hoys and 743 girls , in all 1518 children , were registered in London . In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1348 . At the lloyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-736 in . The reading of the barometer decreaRed from 29 * 97 in . at the beginning of tho week to 29-40 in . by 9 h . p . m . on tho lGth ; increased to 29 - 83 in . by the morning of the 18 th : then decreased to 29 - 77 in . hy 3 h . p . m . on the 19 th ; and increased to 29-81 in . by the end of the week . Tho mean temperature of tho week was G 0-4 clegs ., which is slightly below th < 4 average of the same week in 38 years . It was below the average on tho first five dayH of the week , but on Friday and Saturday roso about 4 dogs , above it . Tlio highest temperature of tho week was 77 * 5 degs ., and occurred on l ' riday ; the lowest was 45-8 dega ., and occurred on Thursday , The greatest difference between tho dow 5 mint temperature and air temperature was 154 degs . on Triday ; tho least 0-9 deg . on Tuesday ; tho mean differenco of tho week was ( V' 3 degs . Tho wind blew from tho north and south-west .

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      Cnnnnmra ! Affairs .

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      Satur . Monti . Tues . Wedn . Thun . Frid . Bank Stock ~ 229 223 J 229 229 3 per Cent . Red . ...... 99 99 * 99 J 99 j 99 J 3 per Cent . Con . Ans . 98 * 98 f 9 S 1 98 i 984 Consols for Account ... 98 J 98 ^ 98 J 98 J 98 } 31 per Cent . An . lOlf 101 J ; - 101 £ 101 ^ 1011 I New 5 per Cents Long Ans ., 1860 515-16 G 0 India Stock 257 Ditto Bonds , £ 1000 ... j 20 Ditto , under £ 1000 ... ! Ex . Bills , £ 1000 ! 2 p 2 p 3 p par 3 p Ditto , £ 500 1 3 p 2 . V Ditto , Small I 2 p 2 p 3 p 1 dia

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Pkicbs . )

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation bubino tub Wbek undino TiruKSDAT Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 102 Portuguese 4 per Cents . 45 Ecuador 5 $ Russian 5 p . Cents , 1822 ll » t Granada , ex Dec , 1849 , Venezuela 34 per Cents . 3 «| coupon 23 Venezuela-1 p . Cent . Def . l » i Granada Deferred 10 Dutch 2 i per Cents . ...... <» £ Peruvian 44 per Cents .... 85 Dutch 4 per Cent . Certii . !«« Peruvian 3 per Cent . Def . 00

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 838, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2001/page/22/