Mr. Griiner, the eminent engraver, who is well known in
this country, and is now the keeper of the prints in the Dresden Musuem, has most em- phatically added his attestation to the authorship of the Moore Raphael.
Mr. Morris Moore has lately made an offer which ought to have tested the good feeling of the authorities at Berlin, but it seems only to have es- tablished evidence of the opposite qualities. In 1856 Mr. Moore was sub- jected to a domiciliary visit at night, detained, and examined, apparently on the ground of some political suspicions. Having wholly abstained from any interference in politics, he challenged investigation, and his permit of residence was restored. Nevertheless, almost immediately afterwards he received orders to quit Prussia. He now volunteered to accept a disinterested reparation for that wanton indignity, by offering that his picture, which had received the most admiring attention from Bing Louis and King Maxi- milian of Bavaria, and King John of Saxony, should be exhibited in Berlin if the Government would provide a suitable place, all proceeds of the ex- hibition to go towards the Schiller Fund. It does not seem that the Prussian authorities had a feeling elevated enough to appreciate this offer.
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