Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

CLOSE OF THE ART TREASITRE3 EXHIBITION
AT MANCHESTER.

The Exhibition of Art-Treasures was brought to a close
on Saturday evening, amidst the vain regrets of many that
the grand undertaking should so so have become a thing
of the past. Brief as has been the career of the exhibitioe,
it has succeeded in gathering round it a host of attach-
ments and sympathies which will long live in the memories
of those who have been delighted and instructed by the
unrivalled treasures of art which it contained. Numerous
applice ions ware made to the executive committee to ex-
tend the term of the existence of the exhibition, but all
these representations have been very wisely, as we think,
disregarded—the undertaking has closed in the tide of
its prosperity, at a moment when it was most
popular and best appreciated ; and punctuality
and good faith has been observed towards those
to whose liberali y the great undertaking
.owed
its completion. Of the results of the exhibition in an
educational tense it ie as yet too soon to speak. It may
be that to the great bulk of the working classes many of
the finest works of art failed to impart those lessons and
inspire those ideas which it was hoped would have re.
suited from their contempla ion, but of this there can be
no doubt, that nearly a million of visitors could not have
walked through the various courts of the exhibiti .n, and
g.z.Nl upon the treasures of art before them, without
feeling an increased reverence for art, and a desire to know
and learn still more of the beauties which they enshrine,
and of the great men by wh ,m they were produced. We
see no reason to altar in the slightest deg'ee the favouraVe
opinion which we exp essed previous to and at the opening
of the Exhibition, respecting the beauty, the comprehen-
siveness, and the ueefulness of the undertaking. Great
prai a is due to all those who have aided in carrying the
affair safely through all its stages, and who by their energy,
experience, and ability, have, unaided by any Government
influence, succeeded in accomplishing results which are in
the highest degree creditable to Manchester, and which
afferds additional evidence of that private wealth and
enterprise which are characteristic of Priglishmen.
In a financial point of view the Exhibition does not
close with incumbrance of a surplus fund, like that which
the Great Exhibition of 1831 bequeathed to the commis-
sioners. There is no fund of a quarter of a million to
promote art, or invest in the purchase of "nursery
g-ounds," for national galleries, or industrial cellegeo,
bat it is satisfactory to know the receipts will be sufficient
to cover all expenses of the undertaking. What is the
exact amount of the receipts or of the surplus, if there be
any, is not yet known, nor can it be finally ascertained
until it is known what sum the building will realise, and
what will be the expense .incurred in tending the works of
art back to their owners. It will be no small credit to
the promoters of the undertaking ie. it should be found that
the receipts from the exhibition have been sufficient to
defray all the expenses. This is more than has been
accomplished at any exhibition since that of 1851—those
of Cork, Dahlia, New York, and Paris, have each left very
considerable detioiencies to be provided for, and the
opinion was fast gaining ground that exhibitions of
art and industry were among the things that would not
The close of the Exhibition on Saturday was not marked
by any great ceremony, and there was little in the pro-
ceedings of the closing day to distinguish it from any
others A trophy of flags and banners, and some works of
art, was erected, which covered the whole of the organ
front. In addition to the usual number of performers,
under Mr. Halle, the bands of the 4th Dragoon Guard,,
(Colonel Hodge), and the 36th Regiment of Infantry, were
in attendance, and during a portion of the programme, the
whole of the bands were united. The performance of the
selection of music commenced at tw ) o'clock, Mr. Hello
conducting. and after a selection of classical and operatic
music, the united band played the National Anthem. The
number of visitors exceeded that of any day during the
past week. " The last man " left the building shortly
after sunset. This day, the solitude of the building will,
no doubt, be disturbed for the last time by visitors The
members of the committe and their own immediate friends
will take the opportunity of taking a private, a quiet, and,
we doubt no', a satisfied look at those treasures which
they have adopted the line of Heats to describe—
" A. thing of beauty, is a joy for ever."
The number of visitors on Friday, the day previous to
the closing, was 10.108, and among them were the Duke
and Duchess of Rox'eurghe, Lady Charlotte Ker, Lord
Ward, Mr. R. N. Pnilips, M P., Francis Pulsky, the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, when Kossath
was g vernor : Mr. David Roberts, Mr. Clarksen Staufield,
Mr. 'need, and others.
The executive committee have announced that they are
prepared to receive tenders for the purchase of the exhi-
b:tion building. There is reason to believe that the Alt-
ringham Junction Railway Company or soma of the nume-
rous companies connected with Manchester, will purchase
the building for warehouses or stores, the site being very
commodious for such an application of the building. There
is one point to which, we understand, the attention of
the executive committee has been strongly directed by
Mr. Deane, the manager, and that is, the absolute
necessity which exists that every care shall be taken in
packing and returning the works of art to the owners, who
have so rnuniCcently consented to part with them for a
time. There are many very unpleasant reminiscences con-
nected with the Exhibitions of Dublin and New York, res-
pecting 'the manner in which the works which had been
lent were returned. Not only will a great and serious
wrong be inflicted upon the owners of these treasures if
everything that care and prudence can suggest be not
adopted to prevent injury to them, but by neglecting to
take these precautione, the executive committee will render
exhibitions of a similar character for ever after impos-
sible, and will leave an indelible stain upon the character
of the leading men of Manchester.

At LEWI3 & 0 NfPANY'S, Rane'agh-s.reet.
BOYS are C ~01 tI ED from Vid Ages of Six to Twanty Years.

Not, a single case of cholera has oac+tered during the
eninna,r in Teheran—a circurnstanca Worthy of attention
from its excessive rarity.

The Cambridge Independent states that the entries this
y-ar—term basing c:Amnericed—are not so large by about
a hundred as last year, so many punt men bring gone to
lndi.. The Uciversity business is commencing ; the
eoune'l has a'ready met s6veral tinis. The Fellows of
Frinity, King's, and Clare are busily em;loyei revising
'hair statut .s, while most of the College Lectures will
begin next week. _

The Time, says—Lori Canning's clemency to the cir-
cular cf the Governor-General of India, promulgating the
resolutio 13 of the Government, as an attempt to confound
prompt and summary justice with wanton inhumanity, and
imposes a number of rules for the persecution of humanity
and the preservation cf the Sepoy, which would take fifty
judges, fifty juries, and as many months, at least, to carry
sut, with a probability of a general failure of justice in the
end. As a general rule, the suppression of a mutiny ought
to be left to the united hands of the military authorities,
and, after some of the stuff that has been talked on this
su)-ject, it feels very grateful to Lord J. Russell for the
manly and sensible tone of hie remarks at Birmingham, on
Wednesday.
Tha Daily News describes the Governor-General's circu-
lar as an extraordinary document, while the fires of
rebellion are still raging, Lord Canning and his council to
.aim tran'ferring all power of dealing with deserters and
mutineers from the military to the civil authorities. The
objet of these instructions is palpable ; they meant to
deter military officers from the infliction of summary and
exemplary punishments. To paralyse their efforts to
crush the insurrection by holding over them a threat of
reprimands or worse from the supreme government. The
Daily News concludes in the following words—lt is
scarcely too strong an expression to say that, to leave our
Indian empire at the mercy of those who now wi..ld the
supreme local authority would be almost enough to ensure
its destruction, even without the aid of a revolted army
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY.—An accident, which
resulted in fetal consequences, and has plunged the rela-
tions of the deceased lady into grief and moniping, cccurred
at Broadf,rd, cot.ley Clare, on ThurstLy evening last.
Miss J Arlo Patterson, aunt o!. Wyndham quirt Going, Esq..
J.P., of Violet Hill, was p o :ceding from his residence
between six and seven o'cltc;, to the house of Mr. Richard
Bentley, of noon, near Broadford. scc mpanied by the
mother of Mr. Going and a young bey who drove the car
upon which they were travelling, ashen, by some unaccount-
able ca'sliap, the vehicle got a sudden jerk against a s•one,
which tteew Patterson, an ellerly and rather f eble
female, off upon the road, She fill with violence up in her
head, and asQistance Le‘a aalcavd, she was raised sense-
less from the gro- -1•3 ti ea:trepd bck at ore° to the
residence of Mr 3).n.e, ernere :fleeted aid was promptly
provided, but injuries were of so severe a na' ure that
she never spoke afterwards, and dlel after a few hours'
suffering. Miss Patterson. who was daughter of the late
Marcus reit° son, Esq , of the &bbey, Ennis, was highly
esteemed by the lea ling &milks of the district, and the
poor have cause to lament the sudden an unexpected
demise of a most benevolent and charitAb'e la ly.

The Bishop of Segovia, accompanied by a deputation of
clergymen and gentlemen, had orbited on the Queen of
Spain, and had presented her Majesty with the " holy raff
of St. Dorsini,o de Silos," which belongs to Segovia, and
which is suppose) to possess great tifiJacy for worn. n in
childbirth. Saint Domingo bring a speci-d intercessor for
them. The Quern, says the Espana, " adored the holy
relic," and then caused it to be placed in her oratory.

At LEWIS 8s omriirs, Ranalagh-atre'st,
DOTS are CL(Rtigl) from the Agov of Slit to Treaty Years.