FINE ARTS.
ROYAL ACADEMY.
THE two new Academicians elected ii place of BONE and NEwrom, are JOHN GIBSON, sculptor, and CHARLES Rooster COCKERELL, archi- tect. Giasom is the finest sculptor of his time. For simplicity and classic elegance of design, correct modelling, and finished execution, we think him superior to BAILY. It has been objected to GIBSON that be lives at Rome : but he exhibits his works at the Academy, and electing him a member of it is one of the means to bring him to England. We are glad to see a sculptor and an architect added to the list of Academicians; and, as we have said before, since it is impossible for the Academy to elect one man of talent without being guilty of injustice to others, we will not cavil at the exclusion of others equally worthy. The day of reform is at hand. We hear the Academy is preparing to open its arms wider to the throng of artists, by way of gracing its entrance into a National Gallery. This is politic—two years ago we might have said liberal.
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