19 FEBRUARY 1831, Page 18

NATIONAL GALLERY, PALL MAT-L.—One of the most important events in

the world of art, during the last month, has been the acces- sion to the National Gallery of the late Rev. Holwell Carr's very splen- did collection of paintings, bequeathed by him to the nation. It is a truly munificent bequest, worthy of the exalted taste and disinterested attachment to the arts for which the testator was so distinguished ; and the example, we trust, will not be lost on many we could name who shared the same feelings with him.—Lthrory of Fine Arts, Feb.