The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-21 00:00:00

liscanse a country attorney may pond* be stopped
=sing across " Crab-lane," at Bigglerwsde,
a train puma, seems verging nearer to
the
daiitalous • than the sublimes. To sequestrate seven
asi of capital, because a oom have possibly
the interests of an to the extant
of ~ memo carrying to an extreme the principle of
Enl law for the protection of the rights of pro-
perty For the termination of this cam will probably
e apology from the company for its con-
tempt of mart, payment of exorbitantly heavy
coals to " the other side," compensation on
a l magnificently liberal scale to all the inha-
bitant. of Biggleswatle whose premises abut upon
Crab-lase, and, perhaps, the erection of a bridge
across the line for the special conveuienos of "THOMAS
CrurNsit, gent." Well, railway companies are con-
sidered fair game; and we supra, the Great North-
ern are no more to be sympathised with than any
other company that may be immensely victimised.
Bat, after all, one cannot help feeling that this
"Crab lane " case is a hard one ; and that the threat-
ened sequestration of all this property become the
railway runs across a narrow street at piggleswade,
Is lather a severe punishment for consulting the con-
rualence of the public in referees, to that of a
AistOadkvidnal.

FINE ARTS.

COPIES OF OLD MASTERS.

The annual display of copies at the British lutitu-
don is, on the whole, more 'statutory than usual. The
able* of regret is not so much, that there should be so
much time misem cloyed, and wilful waste of canvas, as
that copyists should have spent the ten weeks allotted
to them on such maim themes. With few exceptions,
the old pictures are not only of doubtful originality,
but even were this not the case, they are not
of that stamp either of splendid colouring or com-
position, which should be held up as models
to Juvenile students, being maim composed of
the productions of secondary such se the
Lombards and the Neapolitans. There are, however, 1
a few exceptions, and chief amongst these is the por-
trait of the Duchess of Lorraine, by Rembrandt,
whose simple soils of colour, admirable traosparency
of tone, and skilful gradation of light has attracted
some diren copyists. Amongst the moat assideous
and by no means the least advanced in the art, it is
pleasing to observe feminine names; with equally in-
tuitive perceptions of colour, they seem to unite more
reverence for the touches of the old master, and per-
haps more patience to execute them. But in all the
great end and aim is to mimic the colouring too often
at the sacrifice of the drudgery, as it le considered, of
draughtamanship.
Amongst the most snocessful and complete of these
competitions, are two works by Mr. Baba, the one a
copy from the aforesaid Rembrandt, the other from a
piece of minstrelsy by Jordan, evincing as truthful
an acquaintance with the technical art of Dutch or
Flemisi painters, as vigorous mode of handling.
Besides this, we noticed a very solid sad honest piece
of painting by Miss 11il1, in which the puckered
visage of Rembrandt's "Duchess" is very sew
oully. rendered. The same number of copy-
ists, vie., twelve, have rallied round the
" Magdalen " by Titian, with but partial suc-
cess; copyists evidently need to be reminded that
impost° does not mean paint that has the consistency
of putty ; be the canvas of the old masters ever so
much covered with paint, they never " starved their
canvas of vehicle," as Wilkie formerly remarked.
The "Sybil," by Spegnoletto, is • tender virgin,
treated with those forcible lights and shades which
distinguish the Neapolitan school. Miss C. Cowell
has skilfully adapted its hues to water colour. The
same remarks apply to Miss Oreener's copy from
Ocercino of the " St. John in the Wilderness we
believe a commission from the Archbishop of Linter-
Ifery. Beteg lib ass, like the original, it is
with difficulty distinguishable from as oil painting.
It is, however, with anything but grWfioation that
one is compelled to notice how muck more a pretty
subject weighs in the Wanes at imitation than
any Intrinsic merits of a picture. This picture beers
all.the stamp of a spurious and decidedly bed work of
art, and yet it has attracted the greatest number of
copyists. No wonder that our legislators and com-
mittees of taste should show some qualms of con-
science. The beautihl portrait of " Queen Mary," by
Sir A. More, simple in modelling and fashion in
drawing, bas only had one hand to cop her, that
of Mr. Plus, wise may be successful.
The tender greys of a "landscape," by Seleator, have
baffled dosen raw palettes. More succeeded
are the attemps at " Berghent and his dog," which, by
the way, has all the finesse of a Mersa. But two re-
markable sculptural sleights of hand demand especial
praise. They are skilful rededicate to statuette sees
of two large compositions, use by Paduanino, a
" Nuns and Nantes," the other the " Toilet of
Venus," by A. Cuacci, and are from the hand of Mr.
C. A. Rivers. Ilia modelling of the figures is per-
fect, and the original lines are as much adhered to as
the requirements of sculpture will admit.

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