profile, and partially concealed by the saint's drapery.

No. 6. No shadow appears on the foreground on the left. In the picture

over the door the characters of the two figures are entirely different; they have wigs instead of caps, and the further one has no pot in his hand. There are no letters on the last dying speech on the floor, on which the gallows only can be distinguished, and the word "laudanum" is not on the label of the bottle. The "Almanack "" on the wall appears to be merely a plain piece of paper. The nurse has not any tears on her face. The clock has no figures on the dial plate, nor are there any vacant pegs on the wall. The pipe and tobacco box are not introduced in the window; and the table, with the silver tankard, dishes, &c. is painted in an exceedingly unfinished and sketchy manner. This picture, though painted with infinite spirit, is much less finished than any of the preceding.

STAINED GLASS IN WYKE REGIS
CHURCH, DORSETSHIRE.

MR. URBAN,-A large window in Wyke Regis Church, Dorsetshire, has lately been filled with stained glass, under circumstances which cannot fail to afford great satisfaction and encouragement to all who love our beautiful old Churches, and would see them restored, as far as may be, to something of their former splendour and propriety.

In the course of the last year, a sepulchral monument was on the point of being erected by a gentleman in the neighbourhood (Mr. Swaffield), to the memory of a deceased relative; when it was suggested by his Rector, that some painted glass might serve all the purpose of a memorial, and at the same time be a considerable ornament to their Church.* The idea was readily caught at; and now a beautiful window, executed in his usual correct style by Mr. Willement, has just been completed; and what is more, I am told, is likely to be followed by another for the same Church, and by the same able hands, under precisely similar circumstances. And I have no doubt that when the thing is known, the example will be everywhere followed.

It is now high time to describe the window, premising that from its size, and the number of the compartments, and its being the altar window, it was not altogether so well adapted for the purpose as could have been wished.

On a general ground of decorated quar

* Vide Mr. Markland's Letter to the Oxford Architectural Society.

ries, intersected by diagonal bands, bearing a continued inscription, that beautiful portion of our burial service, "I know that my Redeemer liveth," &c. there is placed in the centre light the holy Lamb, bearing the banner of the Cross, within a visicated quatrefoil; and in the other four lights, whole-length figures of the Evangelists within canopied panels. In the smaller compartments, above the springing line of the window arch, are various sacred emblems and ornaments in rich and powerful colours; amongst them, perhaps, the angel of St. Matthew is the most beautiful; there are also, higher up, silver crosses, flowers, &c.

Near the bottom of the window is a label which passes through the five lights, and is thus inscribed: "In memoriam Josephi Swaffield, arm' qui obiit xxiij die Januarii, MDCCc. æt. LXXXIV ;" and on a small shield in the centre are the family arms, Per chevron gules, and or, three lions rampant counterchanged.

A few words of caution on the subject of memorial windows seem necessary. It will be observed that the inscription just given is made as short as possible, and as it would have been in olden times. The arms also, instead of being made the principal object, are placed at the bottom, and come in very naturally, after the word "arm'." Coats of arms may also be repeated alternately with a cross or cipher, as a border round the several lights; and, notwithstanding the minuteness of the shields, the effect would be very rich.

Bearings, however, of a strictly religious cast, such as the Lamb, the various kinds of Cross, the Pelican in her piety, the Phæon, &c. are, or at least ought to be, objects which a Christian congregation might contemplate to their profit. And the same may be said of mottoes, which indeed are generally of a religious character, the older ones invariably so. And these may be multiplied with good effect over the whole of the window. But nothing would seem so fitting for, at any rate, the first window of the sort in a Church, as the verse already mentioned to have been used at Wyke, and which is so often found upon tombs and brasses of the middle ages.

But I must stop; although there is much left to be said, especially on the difficult subject of effigies. I would only hint that it appears safer to admit none but those of the Rector or Vicar of a Church, whose surplice and scarf and clasped hands might be arranged after the models of the ancient Brasses, and who would thus seem still to watch over the Church in which he formerly ministered.

Yours, &c.

J. P. H.

THE ENGLISH GALLERY AT THE LOUVRE.

Although the bequest of the fine collection of pictures of the late Mr. Standish to the King of the French may, in a certain sense, be considered as a loss to this country, yet the purpose to which his Majesty has applied the legacy amply compensates for the change of owners.

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The reputation of this collection will henceforth be European, as a separate gallery has been devoted to its exhibition in the palace of the Louvre, which will very shortly be thrown open to the world. The King has given Mr. Standish's collection the name of "The English Gallery, der which designation there is little doubt of its being better known to our countrymen than if it had remained in that gentleman's family. It occupies the étage above the Musée de la Marine, extending along that front of the palace which faces the Rue St. Honoré.

DRAWINGS OF M. ANGELO & RAFFAELLE.

A subscription has been commenced at Oxford, to purchase the drawings of Michael Angelo and Raffaelle, formerly in Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection, with a view of placing them in the new galleries now in the course of erection in the university. Upwards of 500l. was subscribed at the first meeting in the Radcliffe Library, and we have little doubt but that the object will be accomplished. The country will thus be saved the disgrace of suffering these first-rate studies of the two greatest masters in the art of design to be sold to a foreign court, or even dispersed into various collections.

FRESCO PAINTING.

At the church of San Marino, at Bologna, a cupola has recently been painted by a young artist, called Vincenzo Piz zoli. He has adopted the style of Guido and Domenichino in the lightness of his transparent tints, in the lovely symmetry of the composition, and in the beautiful expression of the figures. The subject is a group of angels poised on their wings, listening to the prayers of mortals that they may bear them to heaven. The allegory is well expressed both in the esthetic and material parts of art; presenting graceful movement, good drawing, pure style, bold foreshortening, but not of that exaggerated kind it is disagreeable to look

at.

In the four angles formed by the arches supporting the cupola, the four Cardinal Virtues are painted.

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The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, oblong 8vo. This book of fantastic extravagances is copied from one by a clever French artist, who amuses his leisure moments in sketching the like absurGENT. MAG. VOL. XVII.

dities. Such merit as they had, however, in the original Vieux-Bois, has we think pretty well evaporated in the transcription; besides which, the adventures are chiefly peculiar to continental habits, and do not suit the English name. It would have been better to have called it, the New Munchausen. We are chiefly induced to notice the book as a specimen of a new art, called "Gypsography," the effect of which is somewhat between etching and wood-engraving, and possibly combines some of the advantages of both.

New Gold Coin.-A new five-pound gold-piece, the production of William Wyon, Esq. R.A. is about to be issued from the Mint, which, for chasteness of design and beauty of execution, is said to exceed anything that has hitherto been designed. The head of the Queen is clearly and carefully defined; and on the reverse Mr. Wyon has happily identified her Majesty with the exquisite fable of Una guiding the lion.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has given Mr. Alfred Stothard several sittings for a medal, which the artist proposes to strike in commemoration of the Prince's laying the first stone of the New Royal Exchange. We trust the Corporation will properly estimate this record of the Prince's condescension and good will on the important occasion, by a liberal patronage.

An arrangement has been made with Mr. Baily, R. A., for a statue of the late Very Rev. James Wood, D.D., Master of St. John's college, Cambridge, to be placed in the chapel of that society. The figure will be in a sitting posture, of white marble, and larger than life. The sum of 1,000 guineas has been agreed upon as the price, which will be raised by subscription among the members of the. college.

The Oxford Almanack for the new year is a view of old Magdalene Hall, the greater part of which was some years since pulled down, now forming part of the garden appropriated to the President of Magdalene, and a school for the chorist

ers.

It is an admirable subject, very well treated by Mr. Mackenzie, and very well engraved by Mr. Radclyffe, and will excite great interest with those who remember what Oxford was five-and-twenty years ago.

The Cambridge Almanack is embellished with a view of the Entrance Hall and Statue Gallery of the Fitzwilliam Mu

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The entire collection of Early English Poetry and books of the Elizabethan period, formed by Mr. Edward Skegg, has also been placed in the hands of Mr. Leigh Sotheby for sale by auction.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

Nov. 18. In Convocation it was agreed to grant out of the University chest the sum of £150, to be expended in books printed at the University Press, for the Library of Codrington college, Barbadoes; and a like sum of £150 to be expended in Theological Books printed at the Univer sity Press, towards the formation of a Library in the Colony of New Zealand. The selection of the books to be left to the Bishops of Barbadoes and New Zealand.

Nov. 27. In a Convocation holden this day, the University Seal was affixed to a receipt from the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford to the executors of the late R. Mason, D.D., of Queen's College, for the sum of 40,000l. Red. 3 per Cent. Annuities, bequeathed by him to the Bodleian Library. (See our March number, p. 326.)

The Emperor of Russia has been pleased to present to the University, a copy of a work by Professor Postels and Dr. Ruprecht, on the Maritime Plants of the Northern Coasts of the Pacific Ocean. This splendid volume consists of a series of lithographic plates, exquisitely and most faithfully coloured after the original plants,

with descriptive letter-prese in Russian and Latin.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Oct. 22. The Rev. John Hymers, D.D. of St. John's College, was elected into the office of Lady Margaret's Preacher, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Richard Newton Adams, D.D. of Sidney Sussex College.

The Seatonian Prize-subject, "The Call of Abraham," has been adjudged to the Rev. Thomas Edwards Hankinson, M.A. of Corpus Christi College. Mr. Hankinson has now obtained this prize eight times, namely, in 1831, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 40, and 41.

The following subjects are announced for the Prizes of the present year.

1. Chancellor's gold medal for the best Poem on the "The Birth of the Prince of Wales.”

2. Marquess Camden's Prize, a gold medal, for the best exercise in Latin Hexameters,-subject, "Cæsar ad Rubiconem constitit."

3. Members' Prizes. First, two prizes of fifteen guineas each for Latin Prose, for the Bachelors; and two prizes of the same amount for Undergraduates. The subjects are, for the Bachelors, "Sanctiusque ac reverentius visum de Actis Deorum credere quam scire." For the Undergraduates,- -"Argentum et Aurum propitii an irati Dii negaverint dubito.”

4. Sir W. Browne's prizes of three gold medals of five guineas value; 1. For best Greek Ode in imitation of Sappho. 2. Best Latin Ode in imitation of Horace. 3. Best Greek Epigram after the model of the Anthologia; and the best Latin Epigram after Martial. The subjects are, for the Greek Ode: "Ad dextram de Viá declinavi, ut ad Periclis Sepulchrum accederem." 2. For the Latin Ode: "Navis ornata atque armata in Aquam deducitur." 3. For the Greek Epigram: "Is solus nescit omnia." 4. For the Latin Epigram, "Pari incepto Eventus dispar."

5. The Porson prize. Interest of 4001. stock. The subject, Shakspere, Henry V. act iv. scene 1, beginning: "O Ceremony!" and ending, "Whose hours the Peasant best advantage."

6. Seatonian prize poem: subject," The Cross planted on the Himalaya Mountains."

7. Norrisian Prize, "The Apostolical Epistles afford internal evidence that the persons to whom they were severally addressed had already been made acquainted with the great truths which those epistles inculcate."