FINE ARTS.

Number in Catalogue. Subject of Cartoon. Name of Artist. 131 The First Trial by Jury Charles West Cope.

14 Cremes First Invasion of Britain Edward Armitage.

56 Caractacus led in Triumph through the

Streets of Rome George Frederick Watts. Second Class—Premiums of 200/.

51 Cardinal Bourchier urging the Dowager Queen of Edward the Fourth to give rip from Sanctuary the Duke of York John Z. Bell.

130 St. Augustine preaching to Ethelbert and his Christ's), Queen J. Callcott Horsley. 113 The Fight for the Beacon. Descent of Pirates on the English Coast, in the

reign of Henry the Sixth • J. H. Townsend.

Third Class—Premiums of 100/. 41 Joseph of Arimathea converting the Bri-

tons Edmund Theism Parris.

55 Boadicea haranguing the leeni H. C. Mous. 112 Una alarmed by the Satyrs W. E. Brost.

THE CARTOON COMPETITION: AWARD OF PRIZES. THE prizes have been awarded to the successful competitors by the judges appointed by the Royal Commission ; and we are enabled, through the politeness of Mr. EASTLAKE, to publish the names of the artists and the subjects of their cartoons.

First Class—Premiums of 300/.

128 Eleanor saves the life of her Husband (afterwards Edward the First) by sucking the poison from the wound

in his arm Joseph Severn. 135 Alfred submitting his Code of Laws for

the approval of the Wittenagemote John Bridges.

It is a notable circumstance, and one that will forcibly strike the public mind, that not one member of the Academy should have re- ceived a prize, though it is known that several are among the competitors. We ourselves are not surprised at it ; having anticipated that the result of this competition would show that the talent for design is, with a few individual exceptions, not to be sought for in the Academic body. One half the names of the successful competitors are unknown to the fre- quenters of exhibitions ; and Mr. COPE, whose pictures are less popular than they deserve to be, is the only one of the three artists to whom premiums of the first class are awarded who is at all celebrated : indeed, we had never heard the names of the other two till now. Mr. Amax- MACE, we hear, studied for some time in the atelier of DELAROGHE, the celebrated French painter, where his talent became conspicuous. Mr. WATTS has acquired all his knowledge of art in England, and was one of the most promising students at the Royal Academy—though he must have learned more without its walls than is taught within them. Mr. JOHN Z. BELL has exhibited occasionally ; and his merits secured him the appointment of Teacher of Drawing in the Liverpool Institution for the Fine Arts. Messrs. J. C. HORSLEY and J. H. TOWNSHEND are popularly known as members of the Etching Club ; to which Mr. COPE also belongs. Mr. PARRIS'S name is familiar to the public in conse- quence of his picture of the Queen's Coronation, and his illustrations of the Book of Beauty,—not very favourable preparation for design of high character. Mr. SEVERN, though he has contributed constantly to the Academy exhibition since he returned from Rome, is appreciated by the few only, for his graceful design and refined sentiment. Mr. SELOUS is only known as the coadjutor of Mr. BURFORD, in whose Panoramas he paints the groups of figures, and other portions of the work ; and he it is who gained the prize offered by the Art-Union for a series of designs in outline. The names of Messrs. FROST and BRIDGES are entirely new to us.

There are other cartoons of merit little inferior, to which the judges would fain have awarded premiums ; and it is not unlikely, we under- stand, that the proceeds of the exhibition may be appropriated to re- ward the most worthy among the unsuccessful competitors for the prizes before announced. The exhibition will be opened to the public on Monday next, for a fortnight, from nine in the morning until seven in the evening ; with a payment of one shilling from each person. Afterwards it will be freely open to all comers, for a certain time, during the same hours—Satur- days excepted ; on which day the admission will be from two o'clock to seven only, on payment of one shilling. By this arrangement, ar- tists and amateurs, desirous of examining attentively the various de- signs, will have an opportunity of inspecting them without the over- crowding incidental to a free admission at first ; while the mass of the public, by waiting a short time, will be enabled to gratify their curiosity without expense. There is a private view today, to which distinguished connoisseurs and the press have been invited. We may perhaps find room for a few remarks on the cartoons M our second edition.