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There is a proposal in Blachwood's 41Iagazine for October, to

form an Exhibition of pictures by amateur artists, which we should be glad to see carried into effect. Amateurs are, it seems, restricted to one spe- cimen of their talent in contributing to the public exhibitions —a must illiberal regulation. There are many dilettanti who unite great antis. tical skill with taste and refinement. Among the foremost is Mr. BODDINGTON ; whose pictures we have often had occasion to notice, as prominent objects among the crowd of works by first.rate painters, without reference to their being the production of an amateur. The non-professional practitioners would, we dare say, make a good display of talent : not, however, if they implicitly obey Mr. FRANK Howalio's directions.