Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

olosing at 67f. 5c., and fell 10e. for cash, closing at
66f. 770 e. Mobilier rose 2f. 50c. The railways
were from 2f 50e. to sr. lower. The Pattie, in a
paragraph meant to be regarded as semi-official,
announces that the government, out of regard to
the petitions of several chambers of commerce, is
taking into serious consideration the propriety of
altering the usury laws.
There has been a great escape from a casus belli
between 'France and Switzerland. Swiss artillery
practising, inadvertently on ignorantly, shot a few
balls over tha frontier, and they fell harmlessy on
Fteach. soil. Instantly the just susceptibility of
the French Legation at Berne was aroused ; ex-
planations were demanded and given, and the poor
Swiss artillery officer has been duly punished for
the insult and injury inflicted upon the French
territory. Is it not ridiculous?
Letters from Copenhagen announce, what might
have been expected, namely, that the Danish
Government, in case a Federal army should enter
Holstein, will not oppose its march, and will only
do so should the frontier between Holstein and
Sleswick be crossed, which certainly will not take
place. The Danish government is preparing a new
note, or probably a diplomatic circular, to its acents
in which it intends to prove that scme ofb the
complaints brought by the Duchies under the
cognizance of the German Diet, are unfounded.
As for the rest, it will, declare its readiness to come
to an arrangement, to be sanctioned by the whole
of Europe.
M. Rogiers, at Brussels, is now in consultation
with M. Frere Orbon, for the formation of a
ministry of decided liberalism. The whole liberal
party of Belgium demands the dissolution of the
Chambers.

TIIE intensity of the Money Panic has caused
Liverpool to move, at ;last. A deputation has
really gone from this great commercial empo.
rium to London, to confer with our ever-united
political and monetary authorities on the present
direful position of the industry, trade, and com-
merce of this country. They will meet in the
southern Metropolis the afflicted manufacturers
of Scotland and Manchester—men who, though
few in number, represent an amount of pro-
ductive power Worth hundreds of millions an-
nually, and an amount of realised wealth never
before known, or to be found in any other part of
the world. What an instructive incident !
What a palpable admission of the vanity and
utter valuelessness of all things human'! What
a magnificent practical illustration of the axiom
that, accumulative political power, like physical
forces, can only reach a certain density, when by
explosion, or some other agency, they
must returnto their original or negative state !
That England is reduced materially and poli-
tically to a perfectly ephemeral condition,
not fortunately by explosion, but by collapse,
cannot be denied. Suppose the Sate
required 50,000,000/. to resist invasion, how could
it be procured, when a fifth of that sum cannot
be given for the relief of trade without, according
to the Bullionist's doctrine, doing outrage to all
the first and great principles which give stability
to the national finances and commerce ? " Who,"
says the State casuist and quasi Liberal politician,
would think of resorting to' one of the most
widely condemned expedients of ancient despot-
ism, and compel an enlightened people to
receive legal tender' rags. which some folk call

money?" This strain of reasDning is very
comical, Money should hf. ;„
the whims of political maniacs, and •the san-
guinary desires of some abapdoned tyrant, and
the inhuman consequences, are not unfrequently
referred to, as a salutary warning.

It would be hard, however, to take from our

metallic money its representative character. It
is composed of foreign products, which can only
be procured at imminent risk of life and
property ; and if it were the fashion to reward
commercial intrepidity with medals and decora-
tions, none more appropriate could be found than
a sovereign and a silver shilling for a clasp. But
gold and silver constitute only a small portion of
our wealth, and cannot therefore be supposed to
represent the whole of our realised property and
accumulated riches.; and it is a frightful thing to
say that a man who can only command 10,000/.
worth of these foreign metals, while iu native
products and substance he is worth ten or
twenty times that amount, should be declared
bankrupt, and have all :his property taken from
him and passed to others. A. worse order of
despotism than this Dever existed, let its advocates
attempt to disguise it as they may. Our money
laws to be equitable and -safe, should define the
minimum amount of legal tender, or representa-
.tive mosey, the property cf the nation entitles
its stlbjec;',3 to; and, if we at any time possess
ten or twenty millions of bullion, we are. entitled
to so much more credit; but let the mini-mum of
legal tender he wholly independent of the amount
we hold of that most necessary and useful ex-
portable commodity—;old. If Bankers are to
be the .agents through whom we are to receiYe
the issues ,of legal tender, let the Bank of England
double its capital. It could find abundance of
employment for its increased means, and pay a
dividend of 7 per cent. to its old and new stock-
holders. It is preposterous to think that we can
find relief from an increase in the number of our
Banks, whilst the fountain from which they are
supplied is incapable of expansion. Look at the
six Joint-Stock Banks of London, Their deposits
have increased, in the aggregate, from 4,156,322/.
in 1841, to 33 819,671/. in 1856.

These banks not having the power to issue
legal tender or any other description of notes,
have only served to divert gold and silver from
those institutions which have a riLiht to issue
notes; and in the absence of returns which
would show the public the amount of bullion
they have in their cofF:rs, we are left to suffei
from a repu'ed scarcity of gold, when, in fact.
we may have more of that metal on hand than
we were ever known to have before. The Bank
of England and country banks of issue, are the
only bankingestablishments which are at present
required to publish periodical returns of the

bullion they hold. It is quite impossible, there-
fore, for the public to tell whether there is any
real scarcity of gold at this moment or not, We
must take all we hear on the subject for granted.
Meanwhile labour is thrown out of employment,
and our commerce is going headlong to destruc-
tion. Still, if the bank returns do fairly repre-
sent the amount of bullion in the country, which
is quite impossible, then we may say they only
show the startling absurdity, of supposing that
trade can be carried on with self-evident
pauper means, The " available means of trade"
are at this moment reduced to 20,266,745/. of
legal tender, and this is represented by
8,497,7801. in bullion, which is 185,7801, more
than the bank's reserve in October 1847, when
the rate of discount was only eight per cent. The
bank is now charging nine per cent with more
bullion positively in its vaults, and all the gold
that has been produced at a nominal cost, goes
for nothing. It has all gone, no one seems to
know where ! Will not all this serve to show the
dangers of the course we are on, and the incal-
culable risks we are running ? It has been said
that, "we have as many notes in circulation this
year,as we had at this time twelve months; and
consequently, the present disastrous panic can-
not be attributed to a scarcity of money." This
is as much as to say we have no right to increase
our trade, or receive that of other countries when
it comes to us; for it is all of no use unless we can
find gold, wherewith it is not only to be con-
verted into money, but held until called for to
employ our industry.
The practical issue of an application from the
manufacturing and maritime districts to Govern-
ment for relief, will, however, satisfy the whole
country as to the cruel and arbitrary operation of
our existing monetary system. No relief can be
given except by the open violation of all " cardi-
nal principles." If the issue of legal tender be
enlarged, it will prove that all the public wanted
to sustain confidence and credit was more repre-
sentative money, and that the banks and high
mercantile firms which have recently suspended
business are victims to the worst order of legisla-
tive quackery. If immediate relief should follow
an increase of two or three millions of Bank of
England notes, and a return to a fair commercial
rate of discount, it is to be hoped that the sup-
porters of sudden contractions in the circulation
and usury will for ever hold their tongues ; and
that the public will insist on having full, fair, and
impartial banking returns published weekly, that
we may have an opportunity of seeing whether
the evils, arising from contractions of the circu-
lation and usury, are justified, even according to
Bullionists' doctrine, by an actual scarcity of gold.
If it be necessary for a commercial c3mmunity
to know the condition of one bank, it must be
equally necessary for them to have some know-
ledge of how all the other banks stand ; and
until we are enabled to get at this information,

ro arca
and to the still more unpardonable designs of our

money-mongers.

'FRE proceedings in our local Parliament to-
day, will, in a great measure, determine whether we
are to experience a truce, if not a total, suspen-
sion, of that factious warfare which has hitherto
proved so discreditable to our Municipality, as
well as being injurious to the town at large.
To-day will decide whether reason and justice
are to guide the Councils of our Municipal rulers
in their selection of a Chief Magistrate, or
ignorance and partizanship to enjoy a temporary
triumph, regardless of every other consideration.
It is humiliating to think that there should exist
even the shadow of a doubt on the subject. Yet
so it is. Reason and justice alike proclaim aloud
on whom the election ought to fall. But the
demon faction rushes forward, yelling, ‘` down
with reason and justice, Let party be exalted !"
and party may, for the moment, attain its ends,
but it may rest assured that its days are num-
bered—that the time is not far distant when the
righteous aspirations of the many shall not be
spurned with impunity, as they now are, to gra-
tify the lust for power on the part of the design- '
ing few. If the Tory party in the Council suc-
ceed in carrying their nominee to-day, it will be
a convincing proof of the utter hollowness of all
their professions, and we trust it will operate as
a wholesome lesson to those Liberals who have
hitherto been'weak enough to listen to the bland-
ishments and ;allurements held out to them by
many of teat party when soliciting their
suffrages.

It is a mysterious fact\ that many of the Tory,
—or, if they will have it, Conservative—
members of the Council owe their seats to Libe-
ral votes obtained by such professions ; and it
is equally a fact that one of the recently
appointed members is indebted for his return
mainly, if not solely, to the influence exercised
on his behalf by one of our Liberal cotempo-
raries. We shall be curious enough to know
how the gentleman in question will justify, by his
acts, the high eulogiums heaped upon him when
his canvass was in progress, and whether by his
vote to-day, he will disprove the allegation so
often urged against him, and which at the time
he so stoutly denied, namely, that he was a mere
nominee of certain parties. Will the newly
elected member for Scotland Ward prove his
attachment to Liberal principles, and his perfect
independence of personal, or any other influence,
by recording his vote in favour of Mr. Alderman
Preston, as the gentleman most entitled to the
honour of the Mayoralty on the present
occasion ? We shall see. Did the election of

Mayor de,pend on the public voice, or was it left
even to 'the calm and unbiassed judgement of the
members of the Council themselves, there can be
no droubt as to the result; but no, party must be
appeased despite every other consideration. Its
ravenous maw is equal to that of the monster in
Vethek, gorge as you may it is never satisfied,
the cry is still—more, more. We repeat here
what we have stated elsewhere, despite good
faith and justice the Tories may carry Mr.
HOLME'S election, and thus secure a momentary
triumph, but in so doing they would do no honour
to Mr. UOLME, whose elevation, under such
circumstances, will not carry with it that prestige
which we should wish to see Mr. HOLME enjoy
when his turn for the office comes fairly. It is
one thing to be elected to the civic chair by the
spontaneous voice of all parties in the Council,
and another, and very different affair, to be thrust
into it by a bare majority of a faction, who
happen at the moment to be in the ascendant as
regards numbers.

A STRANGE rumour has been current during the
last few days, to the effect that a proposition is
to be made in Council, to-day, that all the Com-
mittees remain as at present constituted until the
first meeting of the Council in January next,
when extensive modifications are contemplated in
regard to several of them. The reason assigned
for this extraordinary proposition being that as
the new Dock Trust comes into operation on the
Ist of January, involving an entire re-modelling
of the Dock Committee, it is thought desirable
that all contemplated modifications in the other
Committees should take place simultaneously
with that of the Dock Trust. Such, we are
informed, is the ostensible reason assigned for
the proposed departure from a rule which has
been in operation, both here-and elsewhere, ever
since the passing of the Municipal Corporation
Reform Act. Whether such a proposition, if
carried into effect, would be legal or otherwise, we
are not prepared to say. That, at the present
moment, it would be highly improper and inex-
pedient on any such pretext to depart from what
has hitherto been the universal practice, we are
convinced. What have any of the other Commit-
tees of the Council to do with the re-construction
of the Dock Trust ? Absolutely nothing ! And we
hope, should such a proposition be seriously
brought forward to-day, it will meet with the most
strenuous opposition from independent members
of all shades or politics. It is well known that the
only Committee likely to undergo any organic
change on the present occasion is the Water
Committee; and, certainly, the time has arrived
when that change can brook no further delay.
The present Committee have executed the trust
with which they lwere charged, no doubt,
to the best of their abilities, but that they have
failed in giving satisfaction either to the Council
or the town, is notorious, and others ought now
tc% A)" n.p.c rn.; t t .1"-izecl plum— ,pertorrriiii
Surely, the proposed delay is not with a view of
keping the present committee in power until
such time as all the Rivington accounts accruing
due at the end of the financial year, shall have
been passed by them without being subjected to
the searching scrutiny of some of those whom
the public have a right to expect will be
placed on the next Committee. We may be
wrong, but, w arned by the past, we have grave
suspicions that either this or some other similarly
sinister object is at the bottom of the proposed
We all know how the Water

arrangemente.

accounts have on previous occasions been mixed,
up, so as to mislead the Council and the
town at large, the great object being to keep
down, in appearance at least, the frightful cost
of the Pike. As there must now, however, be a
winding-up of the whole of the Riviugton con-
tracts, on some of which it is stated large sums
are accruing due, in addition to heavy amounts
to be paid contractors for extra work done and
Other items, besides a large account for salaries,
wages, &c., &c., in connection with the Millstone
Bank leakage, and many other etcetras, amount-
ing in the aggregate to a very large gross total,
It is said to be much desired in certain quarters
that the whole of these accounts should be passed
by the present Committee, who in all matters of
this description have hitherto proved most
plastic and accommodating. Hence, a new
Committee, or an infusion of blood into the
old one, is not at the present moment at all to
be wished for by those who dislike to be troubled
answering unpleasant questions, and giving
explanations as to how the money is goinf-, and
has gone. The game of deception has nearly
been played out, but a desperate effort may yet
be made to prolong it a little longer, and we
know from the past that there is no artifice to
which certain parties would not scruple to resort
in order to delay the evil hour when exposure
must take place. The Pikeists may have another
reason for desiring to prolong the existence of
the present Committee. Same of them still cling
to the vain delusion that a method may yet be
discovered by which the bog-wash may be ren-
dered less repulsive to the inhabitants than it has
hitherto proved. The whole of the well water, it
is now said, is pumped into the mains ? and, as
the Pike water is not so abominable in winter as
in summer, there are fewer complaints of bad
water. The inhabitants are becoming quiescent,
they will by degrees become reconciled to our
filthy wash, and in despair give up all agitation
as hopeless. If we can. only find one excuse
after another for keeping the present authorities
in power, our object is attained. It will be a
great point gained if we can •nly continue the

present Committee in office until January, when
some God-send may turn up which will induce the
Council to prolong their services until the fol-
lowing spring, for instance, that they may then
report the result of the experiment making under
their direction on the filtration schemes; then
another excuse may be found to postpone the
catastrophe until summer; and so on. Thus, in
all probability, reason the Pikeists; but they will
find they calculate without their host. Their
specious abuses and protests have been tolerated
too long already. They must be endured no
longer, and we trust that the Council will to-day
introduce such elements into that important
body, the Water Committee as will at once give
evidence of their singleness of purpose, and prove
satisfactory to the public. We believe that many
of the old members of the Committee rejoice
that their tenure of office has expired, and it
would only be an act of cruelty to them for
others to attempt to prolong it, on any pretence
whatever, and the Pikeists may rest assured, that
until justice, full and complete, is rendered to the
town, they need not flatter themselves that there
shall be any cessation of that agitation which has
proved so distasteful to them. On the contrary,
any attempt whatever, which may have for its
object the longer evasion of a satisfactory solu-
tion of this question, be the pretext what it may,
will only tend to provoke increased bitterness
of feeling towards the scheme and its authors—
and will in the end defeat itself.

The New REFORM BILL.—The Leader says thats.a. new
Reform Bill was "passed" the other night at the Guild_
hall C ,flee-house. The Bill is asserted to be the result of
a conference of parli:mentary reformers held in June last
at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, Westminster, under the
presidency of Mr. Roebuck, 'and to have been moulded
into shape by a committee who have communicated with
all sections of Liberals throughout the country. Tue
Leader, after inveighing against the mode of getting up so
comprehensive and important a measure as reform in
holes and corner,,, observes It is not a bad bill. It
confers a large extension of the suffrage on all occupants,
owners, or tenants, in part or whole, of premises rated
for the relief of the poor ; it establishes the principle of
secret voting, on the Australian plan ; it redistributes the
constituencies, so as to give a majority of representative;
to a majority of electors ; it abolishes the property
qualification for members ; and it calls a new Parliament
every three years."

THE RAILWAYS AND THE MONEY 31 illKET.—lferaparh
says :—" Nine por cent. is a fearful time for railways
having debentures falling due. We should advise al
that are iu this plight, if called on to pay high rates, to
contract loans for very short periods, and thus tide over
their difficulties for a while. This present state of
things cannot last long. Money will presently be cheap
enough. At this time large sums must have accumulated
and be in the companies' hands on traffic account. For
things not to be avoided, these sums can, and no doubt
will, be used. Pressing claims for debentures may be
liquidated by these surpluses, and we have no doubt
shareholders would not (object to have their dividends
paid a month or two after the usual times, or in two or
more parts with intervals, rather than saddle the com-
panies with an excess of in' crest, which for years would
diminish their dividends, and reduce the value of their
property."

MORALITY v. LEGALITY.

mTT n UU-N-o.aNylr-ul "WOKKIIOtt-E.

It will be in the recollection of our readers, that last
week we gave an ample report of the proceedings which
took place before the magistrates at the Policy-court on
Tuesday last, when Mr. Eiward Gough, the governor of
the West Derby Workhouse, appeared to answer a
summons issued agaiust hits, charging him with being the
father of a child of which a married woman, named
Margaret Clarke, hal given birth to. On that occasion
the child was not affiliated, but in giving the decission
of the bench of magistrates, Mr. Alderman Holrne
stated that they;were of opinion that,;the: evidence was
too weak to bring the case clearly home to Mr. Gough
"legally "—placing mach emphasis on the word " legally."
At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians, held
en the following day, the sabject of the investigation was
introduced by the Rev. Mr. Tattersall. After referring
to the ob3ervation made by Mr. Aid. flelnae,, said :—Under
these circumstances the board could not allow the matter
to stand al at present ; nor in justice to Mr. Gantt would
it be their duty to do so. Toe guardians could never
feel comfortabe or sa:isfie•l is the management of Mr.
Gough in that house,. with a charge, however slight it
might be, resting on his character-1 charge which they
they must all admit was a very grave one, especial ly for
a man in Mr. Gough's circumstances, and concluded by
moving the following resolution, which was seconded by
Mr. Ledger, an l unanina )usly agreed to :—" Considering
the issue of Mr. Gough's trial yesterday, and the remarks
which the presiding magistrate felt himself jastified in
making at the termination with regard to the defendant,
' that he was only legally acquitted,' and also taking it
into consideration that this remark was In tde previous to
the examination of any witness for the defence—before
even the defence had been entered into—this board cannot
rest satistifie.l with the moral imputalon resting upon
their governor's character. He must not only be legally
but morally acquittel from so grave a ch arge ; it be
therefore resolved that a special attain; of the general
board be held on an early day for the purpose of a
thorough investigation into the matter."

Ia
consevence of that resolution, a special meeting o
the Guardians has been convened for this day, to make
a full, fair, an 1 impartial investigation into the whole
circumstances of the case, for the purpose of ascertaining,
if possible, the " msral," as well as the "legal," innocence
of the governor of this workhouse. Guardian of
the Union have been specially summoned, and it is to be
hoped that all will feel it their duty to attend on this
occasion, as, perhaps, it is one of the most important
matters that has ever, or will ever come under their
consideration, being an investigation, held for the
purpose of " morally" (should he be guiltless) of exone-
rating the governor of the Workhouse from the aspersions
cast upon his character with reference to a charge,
which, at present, he has bean only " legally" acquitted,
and which has become known not alone to the ratepayers,
of this Union, but also to the public in general, througout
the kingdom.

BUST OF THE LATE Mr. BROTHERTON.—A very striking
and be utifully executed bu-t of the late Joseph Bf otherto',,
Esq., M.P., has just been placed is the Manchester Town
Hsll, it having been executed by Mr. M. Nob'e, on a
commission soon given after Mr. Brotherton's death, on
behalf of some of his personal friends and admirers. The
bust is of white marble on a pedestal of black.
PURCHASE OF THE Isramus or PANAMA. —A. despatch
from New York, published by the Currie” do Paris,
containing_ the extraoriinary news that the Isthmus of
Panama has been purchased by the United States, is thus
explained by the Pays—" The terms of this despatch
must be incorrect. An American company has been formed
for the purpose of substituting a canal across the Isthmus
for the railway, which is admitted to be insufficient for the
commercial warts of the world. The scheme is believed to
be favourably regarded by the maritime powers of Europe
A demand for the concession of the canal has been made
at B ,gota. and it must ba this concession, and not the sale
of the territory of the Isthmus, which the Government of
New G:anaqa ham been authorised to make. We may add
that according to the original idea of the project, the canal
w.s to be a neutral property placed under the protection
of the powers interested in in; formation."

THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION-

NOTICZ.
the es3rifente
We have not as yet madeFIFTII any reference to
ss
, and
of the second room in which, nevertheless, there are:nre„
raise or °en
paintings deserving of especial notice, for prat Ase.
We cannot pass by without remark a fine likeneeg' by., er
T. M. B. Marshall, of Mr. Vandenhoff, in the charario,
•• hylock, a painting in which the visitor will
to eat, partly because it has high merit and
to
its own, but yet more because
an• actor and an impersonation which, P 044
will soon cease to be seen upon re noblest
Mr. Vandenhoff Shylock was one of the
,st, of
of his performances, and in the present
tsot
it recallsroblolao,
to
the tragic stage, it would be bat a slight honour
_Pftee
ffetteilthnifuill:ss of
him, if we were to say that when he retires wv_c;2l,,
1°,5%110'
boards he will leave behind him no equal and
335. " Faust and Mephistopheles in Auerbach no,® Cell
This is a very dark picture, the artist having to the
more literally than we think at all needful' barlITS
probable state of grim duskiness which the
, fool!
lighted, dingy drinking-cellar in LeiPz
have presented. Being hung verY ssses tra
is placed at cantoaditnal disadvantage as ree-, of 1
sectator. One just discern that the fOrie,loo
company gathered around the tables seem steephs,ls'
characteristically outlined, and that the attitude se osaiewa
topheles is striking and life-like. 'No visitor 0;
esioo°'
vision can do justice to the features and eltPtscese,
Faust. But -why do no'. artists seize EOMe other. or foot
they will keep illustrating Faust, than the the The Ol's
which have become the spoil of every pencil ? %forge
garden, e; shoe:
pact scene, Margaret and Faust in the
coming from church, and this cellar adrenareth prat
seem to be the only portions of the poem lo"'"70,0r:
themselves to the minds of artists. Ary ffelleie%boet.7
painting of the " King in Thule," exhibited heraey *Of,
year ago, is indeed a splendid exception to t nke,,,Te
unraried monotony of subject. And why o,°;,stror" f
occasional subject from others of the great 7. Some of
Why not remember Egmcent and Gotz ? pests,
Gee he's ballads too are outlined pictures in theta,:•fe
tho
distinct as ne.zch's, and c illy wanting a painter tofre,,,
thh
colour and outward life. The " God and the Bar' tlitetigto
"New Pansies ;" anywhere the reader will turn seem
the leaves, he will find tlasmes abounding whiertaesel
invite the pencil of an appreciative artist. 13,114 h
thing which is said of Gcethe may be said 01 'a-a 'ow"
Pei attr
from a very few of whose most popularised scenes seb-
are producing every day repetitions apparently tonitt
tible, bat certaenly to the beholder at least very
It is gratifying to remark, that in this present °Die
there is, we believe, no " Hamlet with the Grace
of
and not mere than three or four "Rmalinds."
429: " Canute listening to the Monks of 33,1,11:0011,41
many pictures in the exhibition fill the visitor 0" Voi,
is tru‘ bae'
sense of beauty as this fine painting. It
well as beautiful. Not truthful merely because til°,9tores
of the oars or the fringe of the King's robe ersterse te"
patterns of wooden oars and gold lace, but hee,dio;
idea which the artist meant to convey, is expres7,oo.e,
fulness upon the canvass. So quiet is the scene. OF'
the evening air—so euggestive the attitudes le latent.
the rowers rest and the King stands UP t° of thy
that one can almost fancy he hears the v°lo
chanting monks borne across the still waters• lit
of Canute is exquisitely painted—full of thong staid
earnest feeling. It is well contrasted without aueof gOOJ.B,'
ling, inharmonious and vulgar effect, with then of
humoured, careless, uncontempiative visages a ow
alss
oarsmen/ t ro I°l of
417. " The Sale of a Heart." This is a P.' 'l,OO 0
moral purpose. We look int, a room, in the S-00, ,
which is a table, at which four figures are stun tsP
gbi
old man holds round the waist a young girl, /1 e
: slit
away her face and clasps her hand in what a T.erdet
knowledge of the stage and the art-exhibition wrotivaa
indicate as suppressed agony, and conflicting of 19" cf
Close to theme stands, determinedly unconscioueoeglito
very evident struggle, one who reminds us etrtal-eed.
the " curled and perfumed Assyrian bull," isad I°-.;
in this instance we know that we have the aceePis A-15
and not the brother before us. The four h fig °64,s
important one, and we find by the ac
parchments lying before him on the
tool
that he is a notary who conducts the e
which the title of the painting describes. Au thisu g jjyt
together, constitutes the sale of a heart. The rty 04
makes the trensfer, partly in consideration of nasserslie
father who now sustains her, and partly 10 "It% es
of weighty advantages which are to be sagas or, to •
documents on the table. There is more, 110weLeoltereet
seen; for on looking through a window e're ""„- eisti
dismal figure skulking away from the perch,
which might. to ordinary minds, suggest deteetessaecosad
but to more sympathizing hearts indicates at a i:S._fitiri;
rejected lover. Not content with harrowing- :ids 8004
more miserable, by covering the groan 11 bola
through which the heart-stricken outcast enteeveaa
make his way, until, at all events, he sueceeoe "Thatll°,„"9
a passing cab. This is the story of the pietstree.o ergo
having the strongest possible objection to " tu°ll7,6l)r e
pictures, aid the most entire want of faith in —sit 0'
agency to cure eccial evils, we must, at lee-tieet
much justice to the artist, as to a 'lniteeth A-3
wasted the power of a skilful pencil with
1-s
best possible intention. Artistically, !lei": oelliltacta
leaving out the question of purpose, nw-aselto
help thinking this picture a total failure. "-t° Igaior%o
story intelligible, the painter has made his grouPh;,i9bl,4l
The exp-ession in the face of the young lady--41; oteasi'".
means a being of much external attractions- at sf
contortion, and indicates, if anything at all, rathef -de /to
of physical pain than mental emotion. Her alt,`,ttille
the approved penny-theatre style. The facee 0i seto;fi
individuals are to-ally divested of any expression lairs 0
Some points in the painting are indeed, 114,-SOOO
rendered. The table-cover is so exact an lujni' on ent
almost to amount to illusion. The documeeweed?
table are very like parchment and ink—you eatie,-'s ato(ti •
engrossing on the heck. Portions of the Ant
might set ye as patterns to a milliner. If Oeteigs-ener to•
meritorious in success in such art as this, the Piseet.
this picture must be allowed to command our r°
the highest degree. helPhi
While making this remark, one can Well/ etreell
0 on
pressing some surprise at the peculiar tertiorPos,
the art of the painters appears, in our
cry
is of
Exhibition at least, to be taking. Art-mil"': stets
only phrase we can employ to designate a reel/nen
painting which is now, to use a very er'to °ot
term, coming into fashion. It would not be es the sty
the number of pictures in the .e rooms, in whiebt eo,'-eff
has altogether flat g array thought, beauty of fbr 6'6l'
sion of feature, suggestion of motion and life sad
ef
other objece to devote his skill to the elaborati°,loo,,`..
vets, limes, and fringes. ice have,indeed O: ,
mantled that a man must know something at A66a.etgr
ology and botany before he attempts landscaped the eo
bu we do not know that any one has sugg°etne 0014
cessity of a minute study of bonnet-riMnia, anr,t"ofi'lant
fringes as an indispensable requisite for the ar:';ores-001l
nature. Surely no man's time cal be weste",•ooos,
than in working out with photographic namo%. Osseo!,
details as these, and to admiration can be I:o°_;cleir
ingly bestowed than that which one hears etrori,
bto pictures only remarkable for this peculiarivfilreete`
cause they are so remarkable. There are se/ek'se entoo
in these rooms which are nothing more t•-ele;o0
counterfeits of modern article, of gem ill ~s9
worked up sometimes almost to tu; e
point. In what degree the occupation the
who can only produce each im'laCe3,-. sell be
alted beyond that of the men who make 1;1'0 "de
genuine articles, we cannot post ibly conceive't coloorio •
work of art to copy on canvass the outlines al''',-evolt es°
petticoat edging, we claim the title of eel' 11101 for
higher df gee 3 for the individual male or fernal,the 17,1 tos.
gifted enough to work the pattern If it be 00'
and '°;"do'
to reali'e a thought, and translate it into colottliselAeno
which makes the artist, the accurate aril 15- tw-
ee e allot
painter may reasonably claim to have a the e r
the results of his uteful labours on the wall; Of t;tlto et,:s9
mies. Any visitor who bel eves that trathfdlles-noss,i, of
has anything to do with minute copying unolelleaerce'left
well be ecstatic in admiration of some of we slap o;
imitation which art exhibitions now so frequentilarEeit-4
Young artists, who may be led away into the Posey
such a skill. may, however,
threwing away their capabilities upon the aceuili4oselaf *
profi which ill, to use an expression of i‘eiseeing
feel assured that oat 0:6
a kettle or -
" as purely mechanical as mending
horse." 011 elf
291. " The Gambler " This is aWY n 11
cuted painting, by a female hand. We cat Whine
blame such an artist if this picture is 11411.011m0
free from evidesce of the bad taste to ael the
just alluded. It has, however, re.; ie
and striking qualities. The haggard delsang l-the ca•-eici
features of the male figure, and the anxiety 1 01th o
ho
tenance of the woman are unexaggerated, a•teiste isle of
and deeply impressive. Not very aPloar,:ihe
quotation from Shakspeare waich accompaule' tigir
this picture in the catalae his I°oe.l‘
431: 'Mellen reading his Comedies to ;dee et
keeper." 00,
of
oTohrispatuihojteecrts.isTfbaset becoming one ° nor
themes .0 - oa.
pie ure before
of tb 4,
nevertheless, many merits of its own The her, Perbdserr
housekeeper is excellent, although her latlk At
rest o• f 4111'-
19 sime h
w at too extravagant; and the g
ressioa
pietist looks up from his page with a exp
humour very happily depicted.