18 JANUARY 1851, Page 9

molt.O.M.4. OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

The interest felt in the Franklin expedition has begun to fall within -the province of art; a: fact attested by the opening of its second dioramic record at the Western Institution, Leicester Square. It is an exhibition well worthy of a visit on many accounts; for the interest of its subject, and 'the artistic qualities distinguishing many of the views, with their freedom from quaekery of treatment. The portraits introduced are less adaptedto this mode Of representation; and the kaleidoscopic frame might be dispensed with. ' -