Since the conviction of William Frewen for harbouring the murderer
Ryan Puck, a great change has taken place, and wandering strangers are not admitted into a house if there be any reason to suspect that they are trying to avoid being ob- served by the authorities. This has been ascertained in numerous instances.— Dublin Correspondent of the Globe.
The Government School of Design seems at last to be efficiently at work, with a promise of further improvement. Last night, Mr. J. C. Horsley, one of the Professors, delivered a lecture introductory to a course on painting and colour. It was general in its scope, but clear, practical, and specific in its teaching. We were particularly struck with the manner in which Mr. Horsley put some essential truths, which are often made to pass in language so loose and vague as to be use- less, into a very intelligible and cogent form. For example, the fact that " genius " is not independent of industry and laborious study is often assert: Mr. Horsley explained with great force, and some admirable illustrations, how the facili ty and power of execution ascribed to genius are developed by pa- tient and modest devotion to study and practice. He exhibited, among many other works, the elaborate and painstaking beginning of a Landseer, together with a more advanced specimen, and a third example showing the artist's mature power. Mr. Horsley insisted on a workmanlike method as the great clue to guide- the pupil through the mazes of study and the difficulties of practice to trim mits- tery over his art. The language of the lecture throughout, though animated, was plain, distinct, reasoning, and, above all, specific. Mr. Horsley spoke of a Life class as a probable addition to the school.
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