The Press.
London, England, 1858-01-09 00:00:00

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GENERALS HAVELOCK AND NICHOLSON.
Two excellent engravings from original portraits of
these distinguished generals have just been pub-
lished by Messrs. Gimbal.' and Co.) of Beroers!

street. As works of art they are both excellent, and
as portraits they are accurate. The engraving of
General Havelock is taken from a picture painted
some years since ; but it is a striking likenebs.
There is in it that expression of calm confidence,
which the habitual approbation of an upright mind
ever confers. It speaks to us of that mild but firm
discipline which won for him the love of his soldiers,
and of that determined valour which has attached im-
perishable glories to his name. The portrait of
Nicholson is equally striking. It is a thoroughly
English face, in which high courage, extreme good
humour, and great determination are agreeably
blended. From such a face every one would predicate
a character which would make opportunities and per•
form such deeds as won for Nicholson among Orientals
that brief but expressive title, " The Lion of the
Punjaub." The moment for the publication of these
engravings is happily chosen, for there are few
among us :who will not wish to preserve some
memento of men who have conferred such lustre on
their country. We trust that the series will be con•
tinued—we fear it may have to be extended.

ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION.—The Architectural
Exhibition in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, has
opened to the public for the season. The exhibition
is decidedly an improvement over those of previous
years. A large portion of the walls is occupied with
drawings and designs for competition for public
works, among which ther3 are fifty-four drawings of
the competition for the Government offices, and
thirty-six for the memorial church at Constantinople,
exception having been math), in favour of the
designs for those works, to the general rule that
none before exhibited in London are admissible.
There are also designs, smaller in number and in
size, sent in for competition for the Blackburn In-
firmary, for the Ulster Bank at Belfast, for Bowden
Church, for Islington Vestry-hall, for the Crimean
and Brotherton memorials, for Brighton Pavilion
alterations, and for Lille Cathedral. Among the
general designs exhibited there are comparatively
few for dwelling houses, and in no instance is the
cost of erection attached to such designs. One of
the principal novelties in architectural design and
construction is an iron corrugated and cellular
church, designed by Mr. Digby Wyatt, and built by
Messrs. Tupper and Co., by order of the East India
Company, for exportation to Rangoon. A series of
seven studies in Magna Grecia, by Mr. F. P.
Cockerell, were much admired. The selection of
sketches by the class of design in the Architectural
Association is highly creditable, and will show to
what practical purposes the studies of rising artists
are directed. The present exhibition contains 453
subjects, exclusive of the patents and inventions,
&c., connected with the building, of which there are
several.

THE ARCEHTECTTJRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC/ ASSOCIA-
TION.--The first conversazione of this excellent
society was held on Thursday evening, at the
galleries in Suffolk-street, Fall -mall East, and was
very numerously attended. The chair was taken by
Mr. Cockerell, R.A., who observed that, although the
association had been only ten months in existence, it
already numbered as many as 750 subscribers, and
it was probable that, in the course of the present
year, the list would be greatly extended. The
association bad now collected 360 subjects, taken
from Greece, Constantinople, Malta, Italy, Spain,
France, and England, and the committee hoped tbat
in another year they would be enabled to extend
their travels into Egypt, Syria, Asia, and many other
countries, so that they might have in their portfolios,
iu the course of a year or two, as faithful pictures as
it was possible to produce of all the most interesting
buildings in the world :
There was no practical mode whereby they could
become possessed of the beauties of architecture in
foreign parts except through .tbe instrumentality of the
photograph, which gave not only light, shade, and furm,
but all surrounding objects and minute accessories
with unerring fidelity. By this means they would
obtain a perfect history of architecture from the earliest
times to our own days, and they would be able to compare
all varieties of styles and effects. No doubt the photo-
graph had its defects as well as its merits, and the time
might come when, as a pictorial art, it would sink in their
estimation ; but as an auxiliary of art it was invaluable,
and never would it fail in its efficiency to reproduce facts
with that absolute accuracy so essential to the artist.
The happy idea of establishing an Architectural Photo-
graphic Association had not, he grieved to say, originated
with him. The honour belonged to Mi. Robert Hesketh,
their honorary secretary, who was best entitled to preside
that evening. He was, so to speak, sole proprietor of the
notion, and it was to him that the merit also belonged of
having carried it to a successful issue.
In conclusion, Mr. Cockerell explained that the
subscribers would be entitled to select their own
photographs ; and, that they might be the better
enabled to do so, he invited them to examine care-
fully the works then on view. The photographs are
chiefly illustrative of ecclesiastical architecture.
They are extremely beautiful, and attract admira-
tion, not only by their minute fidelity, but also by