Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-07 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

TIIIC GREAT PICTURE OF THE RESTORATION OF THE
Resoeurx TO THE QUEEN.—One of the most graceful acts
of our Yankee cousins has been the restoration of the Arctic
ship Resolute to our good and truly noble, virtuous and
patriotic Queen. The Yankee nation are brave, hospitable
and generous—springing from us they cannot avoid the
generous nature which they inherit, and which, despite of
manners and customs, they will practice whenever there
is occasion for itef,.The public are generally aware of
the interesting !I'.fact of the restoration of the
Resolute torlthe;Queen, 'and
,in order to give a
better notion of the Taffeir, it may:be 'stated that
in May, 1553, the Resolute, commanded by Captain
Kellett, R.N., went to sea with Sir Edward Belcher's
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. For one year
she pursued her career in the northern seas when the
wintry elements combined for her destruction. She was
abandoned. Her friends forsook her3and fled. Alone she
lay on her snow-white bed, where no brave heart remained
to combat her danger, or; strive to rescue her from the
destiny that seemed to have doomed her to a grave where
many an Arctic wanderer before had perished. The
Resolute, double-decked and double-planked, confident in
her own excellence, withstoo I the icebergs that gathered
round her with their crystal poignards, to make her well_
ribbed sides gape with wounds, and then to crush her in
their tightened grasp. Her own strength was her salve.
tion. For sixteen months she lay alone, :struggling with
her fate. Summer, autumn, winter,:and spring, all came
and went, but still she baffl her enemies, bravely defiant
of the wrath and treachery of the elements. Her ropes
and cordage were frozen into hardness like to chains ;
her rigging no longer bent before the wind, but, motion_
less, hung paralysed about her spars; her masts that had
been the limbs of her'life, and borne her over the ocean,
were shattered. At last the Arctic storms that had cast
her on her icy pillow relented; more"genial weather came,
and milder breezes fanned her _frozen form. Then from
her bed she rose and forth upon the ocean walked, as if to
seek the companions and friends that had deserted her
sixteen months ago. It was when she was drifting on
her solitary voyage, in September, 1855, that Captain
Buddington discovered her. She must at first have looked
1 ke a " phantom ship," the spirit of some ocean-child
risen from the deep, and stalking forth upon the sea, still
wrapped in its snow-white gravecloths. So silent, so
statuesceted, so lifeless:a thing can never before have
floated on the deep. She was a " marvel and a mystery."
Over twelve hundred miles of wilderness of water she had
glided, unmanned, unruddered, and untrimmed. Around
her wheel was inscribed the immortal motto " England
expects that every man will do his duty," but none were
there to fulfil the behest; she steered no course, for she
had no course to steer ; no pole-star was her guide, but
where the current led she followed; and, where the wind
wafted, in stateliness she went, like Evangeline she sought
her friend, and wandered onward in homeless vagrancy
At last, the crew of the George Henry took her into
their care and, among the minor incidents of the presets
age. it would be hard to produce one mere strange or
touching, than the ,spectacle which the decks and
cabins of the Resolute presented, when for six-
teen months no human foot had trod her planks.
Restored, and put thoroughly "ship shape," she was
despatched to Europe under command of Capt. llartstene
as a gift from
.the American nation to England. Imme
diately on her arrival at Portsmouth, information was
communicated to har Majesty, who, with her Court,
visited the Resolute, and upon her deck the Ambassador
of peace, of brotherly feeling, and good will had the
honour, in the name of his country, to present to the
Queen of England, and throngh her to the nation at large ,
the saved ship, as a token of affection, of union of
interests, and of regard for the common language and
origin of the people of the old and of the new country. So
the Resolute became an ark of peace, in which, across the
wide Atlantic, the United States sent to England th
olive branch of commercial fidelity and national fraternity.
The picture, which has been painted by Mr. Simpson,
represents the scene on board the deck of the Resolute at
that precise moment when Cept. Hartstene is presenting
the Resolute in the name of America to the Queen of Eag
land. Every detail in the painting is an exact representa-
tion of the Resolute, and the various portraits have all been
taken from life. Such a picture, representing so unique and
interesting an episode in the history of the two nations,
must prove acceptable to the people of both countries.
As a work of art, we have seldom observed anything
more truly graceful ; and as for the fidelity of the
portraits, we can vouch—knowing most of them by
observation. The colouring is natural, the positions
correct, and the tout enseinb'e excellenly,i'managed. The
proprietors have received testimonials from Dr. Macoon
and Lieutenant Wills, of the American Navy, as to th
fidelity of the picture, and without these honourable
recognitions, we can say that a more interesting
historical picture has not been exhibited in Liverpool. It
includes portraits of her Majesty, H.R.H. Prince Albert,
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the
Princess Alice, the Duchess of Athol!, the Honourable
Emily Cathcart, Captain the Honourable D. De Ros,
Major-General Bouverie, Colonel the Honourable C. B.
Phipps. Sir James Clark, Dr. Becker, F. Gibbs, Esq.,
Admiral Sir George Seymour, Captain Hartstene, U.S.
Navy, J. R Croskey, Esq.,;U.S. Consul, Chevalier Pap•
palardo, U.S. Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, T. Harling,
Esq., U.S. Vice-Consul at Cowes, Lieutenants C. H.
Wells, E. E Stone, and Davidson, Dr. Macoon, Dr. Otis,
of the U.S. Navy, C Grinnell, Esq., of New York, and
Captain Higgins, of the U.S. mail steam-ship Hermann.
The moment selected is that in which Captain Hartstene,
having delivered ,in ever-memorable language, the message
of goodwill with which he had been charged by his country-
men, received her Majesty's emphatic reply:—" Sir, I thank
you." Amongst the subscribers for the engraving from this
exquisite picture, are the names of the majority of the
" prince merchants,' and other respectable classeslo f
Liverpool, and it will bo an engraving worth having.,

F. UPLOTMENT IN CANAD .-Mr. Buchanan, the Government
Agent of Fm;gra. ion at Quebec, has i.surd a notice dated the Bth of
July, 1857, stating I h •.t in consequence of the recent large emigra-
tion to Toronto and Hamilton, the demand for labourers and me-
chanics at these places 1,, for the present, reduced. He recommends
parties to proceed t the country districts, and p rtieularly to the
Ottawa aed to the neighbourhood of Belleville, Trenton, ort Hope,
and Cobourg. Mr. Buchanan also specially refers to the urgent
applications he has received for labourers, at high ra•es of wages,
from the township of Otanabes, county of Peterborough, and from
certain parts of the Ottawa country. Full particulars as to the best
route to these districts, as well as the pamphlet of the Canadian
Government upon the resources of Canada, with maps of the rail-
ways, (showing their connecticn with those of the United States,
continue to be issued gratuitously to all persons who apply for them,
personally or by le,ter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company, 21, Old Broad street, London, E,C.

Coninurcrai Sated

THIS DAY.

This DAT. the 7 h instant, at Twelve o'ct ck, at the
Brokers' Of-e, 7, Ex hange-chambe-s,
14 Kegs HONEY,
now landing ex Cintra (s.), from'Lisbon.—Apply to
FR ANCI , J. EATON, Enker.

THIS DAT, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings,
100 Baga LINSEED,
landins ex Euphrates.— Apply to John H. Them E.q , Merchant;
or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers.

Tais DAv, the 7th invent. at Twelve o'clock, at the
Broker's Office, Exchange•str.et West,
A Qnant ty Splintered BAItWOOD,
ox James; in Stanley Do:k.—Apply to
MACGREGOR LAIRD, JUN., Broker.

Tll,B Day, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' o:fice, Colonial-ball lin rs. Da'e•street,
1031 Rags Bengal RICE,
ex Turco, from Cilcutta ; in Albert Dock warehons^s.—For fartner
par icalars ap to BLTIII3Y & CO., Brokers.

Tale DAY, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Broker's offic ,18, Hackie's-hey,
500 Barrels Lt' SIN,
ex John Fraser and John Raven:-1, from Charleston.—Apply to Messrs.
Fraser, T. eaholm &Co Merchants ; or ta
SILL & MEUGEN;, Brokers.