At the Crystal Palace, the Gallery of which we spoke
in its undeve- loped infancy has now assumed shape, consistency, and arrangement, and presents a Teat collection, which, though disfigured by far too lax an admission of mediocrity and rubbish, must be on the whole in no mean degree valuable to those not familiarized with its contents by previous exhibitions, and possesses interest for all. We are pleased to see that some of its attractions have already disappeared, as we infer that the disappear- ance is due to purchasers. Among the English pictures which have been added to the collection, are two by that rare exhibitor Mr, G. F. Watts— a symbolic embodiment of "Morning," and a study of an old man's head ; and, among the French, two heads, unfortunately far from satis- tory, of St. Jude and St. Barnabas, by Ingres. The Indian Court at the Palace is also in a state of considerable advancement; and a Ceramic Court, not yet completed, has been added, where the visitor may ac- quaint himself with Samian ware the dark positive colour. of Della Rob- bie and Raffaelle ware, the strong relief of Palissy, the manly stone pottery of the Rhine, the exquisite tints and well-adapted design of Chi- nese china, the changeful effects of the lustrous Majolica, the white and grey relief of Old Wedgwood, the shining white and solidity of Dresden porcelain bird and beast, and the skill of our own Copelands and Min- ton&
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