THE ROYAL ACADEMY.

(_From a Correspondent._)

The exhibition of works of art in the Royal Academy this year is equal to
any preceding, except in the department of portraiture; nor is this
deficiency by any means extraordinary, when we consider the severe loss the
arts have sustained by the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence. We much regret
that, out of one thousand two hundred and thirty-four productions, we can
only enumerate a very small number for want of space:

No. 11. _Dutch Coast_--very fine and transparent in the colouring; painted
by A. W. Callcott, R. A.

16. _A Subject from the Winter's Tale_--good. W. H. Worthington.

55. _Progress of Civilization_--painted for the Mechanics' Institute at
Hull. This work is admirably conceived, and reflects great credit on the
talents of Mr. H. P. Briggs.

56. _Mary Queen of Scots meeting the Earl of Bothwell between Stirling and
Edinburgh._ Mr. Cooper has treated this subject with his usual care, and
appears to have delineated the costume very accurately. The horses are
spirited, and finely executed.

62. _Portrait of Lady Lyndhurst_--painted very much in the manner of
Rembrandt, by D. Wilkie, R. A.

65 and 66. _Portraits of their Majesties_--painted for the Corporation of
the Trinity House, by Sir William Beechy.

78. _An Italian Family_, by C. L. Eastlake, is an interesting picture, and
extremely rich in colour.

79. _The Maid of Judith waiting outside the tent of Holofernes, till her
Mistress had consummated the deed that delivered her country from its
invaders:_ a wonderful production, by Etty.

84. _Scene near Hastings._ Rev. T. J. Judkin.

86. _Interior of a Highlander's House_--very fine. Edwin Landseer.

105. _Portrait of Miss Eliza Cooper_--a chaste and highly-finished
production, by Sir M. A. Shee.

Messrs. Pickersgill, Turner, Reinagle, Hilton, Newton, Constable, Good,
Daniell, Clint, Kidd, Howard, Phillips, and Elford, have also some
excellent pictures in the exhibition.

_May_ 14, 1831.

G. W. N.

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

BILLINGTON.

(Print her name in grand capitals, Mr. Compositor)--Billington returned
from Italy! My father, who remembered, I suspect, the beautiful woman more
than the accomplished singer, determined to hear again her _Mandane_; and
sorely against my will, I rather think to prevent the chance of my doing
mischief at home, forced me to go along with him.