Madame de Genlis died almost suddenly, and was employing herself as usual, when death struck her.  She leaves two works, which will, no doubt, be published as soon as a bookseller is found to put them together, and idlers seem disposed to read them.  The King offered her rooms in the Tuileries, and she had replied to his gracious proposal the evening before she died.

Louis Philip never forgot his preceptor—­Madame de Genlis is said to have had some desire to be forgotten by her pupil.—­New Monthly Magazine.

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FINE ARTS.

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EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF LIVING ARTISTS AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.

(From a Correspondent.)

This attractive Exhibition opened for the season on Monday, the 31st ult., and contains five hundred and fifty-two works of art.  The display of pictures is certainly very splendid; and, as no portraits are admitted, the respective artists have employed their talents in representing pleasing and interesting subjects, some of which contain high poetical feeling—­while others possess the power of raising our risibility by their novelty and genuine humour—­a valuable quality in painting, to attain which, the artist treads an extremely difficult path.  We must now select a few of the most sparkling gems of the collection.

No. 1.  Lavinia, from Thomson’s Seasons, painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, is a chaste production.  Lavinia is portrayed as a perfect rustic beauty.

3.  A subject from.  “The Lost Pleiad” of Miss L.E.L. is beautifully embodied by Henry Howard, R.A.

12.  Part of the Corn-market at Caen, formerly the Church of St. Sauveur; painted by Roberts, in his peculiar and fascinating style.

36.  The Auld Friends—­

  “Then here’s a fig for snarling time,
    Wi’ features long and grim,
  Come prime the cup, my gude auld friend,
    And pledge me brim to brim.”

Painted carefully by J.P.  Knight, son of the late comedian.

59.  Titania, Puck, and Bottom; by Mr. Partridge.  This is a commanding work, and extremely rich in the colouring.  The Queen of the Fairies is represented reposing on a grassy bed, and near her is seated the formidable Bottom, in his ludicrous metamorphosis:  he is placed in such a situation, that her majesty must see him before any other object when she awakes.  At a little distance Puck is displayed laughing at the trick he has played on the queen, and seems to anticipate with delight the amusement that is to ensue.

95.  Falstaff’s Assignation with Mrs. Ford—­from the Merry Wives of Windsor—­is remarkably delicate in the execution, possesses good colouring, and is altogether creditable to the painter, Mr. Clint.

153.  Interior of the Painted Hall.  Greenwich Hospital; by John S. Davis.  This is an admirable specimen of rising genius, as it contains much knowledge of perspective, and great correctness in the distribution of light and shade.—­Some portraits, and a statue of Nelson, are judiciously introduced.