The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

HOLMAN HUNT'S PICTURES.

The After Glow" and "London Bridge."
These two wonderful pictures, by one of the most
gifted of living artists—the " London B ridge,"
picture, simply remarkable to our mind as a curio-
sity, " The Atter Glow in Egypt," a marvel of the
beautiful as well as of the extraordinary—are still
on view at the New Gallery, 16, Hanover-street,
Regent-s►reet, and are yet likely to remain there
upon view for two or three months longer. The
genuine London scene, commemorative of the Night
of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of
\Vales, is, in its way, a pictorial pheno-
menon. It excites one's astonishment, but
fails altogether—at any rate, we may speak
thus for ourselves—it fails altogether to afford
one any tense of real pleasure. Nut so the
grander, nobler work from the hand of the same
rare colourist. " The After Glow in Egypt" takes
rank immediately after "The Finding of the
Saviour in the Temple," as among Mr. Holman
Hunt's masterpieces. Of itself it is an instant and
triumphant attestation of the genius of the Painter,
not only as a great master among colourists, but
intensely and essentially as an Artist—as a Poet.
The picture itself is like the realisation
visibly of a dream of Poetry. It was in obedi-
eßce to the true thought and feeling of a poet that
Mr Holman Hunt selected the subjeet of this picture,
the season of it, the hour of it, one might almost
say the very moment of it. For, is it not during the
evanescent " After Glow of an Egyptian sunset—
that after glow that divides by a luminous haze of
10 minutes' duration the light of day from the dark-
ness of night—is it not during those fast fleeting
moments that he has here in this wonderful picture
revealed to view, the Egyptian maiden standing on
the banks of the river Nile, bearing upon her head
a golden sheaf of ripe corn and scarlet poppies,
raising aloft in her right hand the green glazed
ghooleh or water-bottle, while the Barbary pigeons
cluster about her feet pecking the grain, one of the
more adventurous of them selecting the unshaked
corn from the sheaf itself, close to which the bird is
fluttering all but audibly, half clinging with its
talons, half hovering upon the wing ? Those who
have not yet seen this marvellous painting should
on no account omit doing so before the time arrives
for its removal from the Gallery. The visitor will
be yet further rewarded for his attendance there by
seeing in the apartment containing the " London
Bridge" commemorative picture of Mr. Hunt, the
very masterly and pathetic painting by Mr R. B.
Martineau of " The Last Day in the Old Home," a
picture that tells its tale as distinctly and as im-
pressively, and as completely in its way, as any one
of our great Hogarth's masterpieces.

WHALLEY THE WISE.

(Fiona Puielk.)

Mr G. H, Whalley has lost no time in giving an account
of his Parliamentary Stewardship to the intelligent electors
of Feterborou;h, who do themselves so much honour, and
so thoroughly vindicate their title to the franchise, by re-
turning that determined enemy of Popery. We regret we
can find room only tor a portion of his admirable address to
his constituents.
lair Whalley, after a sketch of the past session, and refer-
ences to his introduction of a protest against the Church of
Rome on the Thild Reading of every Railway Bill and
other domestic measures, proceeded : "I shall continue
this course. I am asked what Popery has to do with
railways ? I answer, Everything. I know that nearly
every stationmaster is a Jesuit iu disguise, and some day
when there is a Roman Catholic rebellion, and troops ate
wanted, the lines will be blocked, and probably collisions
will be arranged for the destruction of the Queen's
soldiers. The Jesuits are everywhere, Do you know
why the Nelson Column is not complete ? Be-
cause Popery obstructs homage to the victor of
Roman Catholic fleets, and Sir Edwin Landseer has been
converted. (Cheers.) Do ysu know that the Lord Chan-
cellor of England, in utter defiance of the law that the
keeper of the Queen's conscience shall have no Popish
leanings, has favoured the interests of Mrs Yelverton ?
Why ? Because that lady is a Catholic. (Sensation.) Do
you know that the Queen of Spain has ordered a statue to
Columbus ? 'Why ? Because the Emperor of the French
has founded a new Catholic empire in America, and that
in ten years Federals and Confederates will lie at the feet
of the Pope. Gentlemen, I have often felt the pangs of
conscience at representing a borough called atter St. Peter,
and I do wish you would change the name of your town.
(Cheers,) Are you aware that in the heart of London, in
front of the most magnificent railway terminus we have, is
rising a beautiful and costly copy of an Eleanor's Cross,
the superstitious monument erected by a Popish king? Do
you know that the conductor of the music at our noblest
opera house (visited I am sorry to say by the Heir
to the Throne) is M. Costa, a Catholic, and that
he has got a dispensation fur leading the Hugue-
nots and the National Anthem ? Have you heard
that Earl Russell, the pretended enemy of Popery, is going
to bring in a blll for restoring to his relative's property its
old Popish name of Convent Garden ? You knew, gentle-
men, that the London General Omnibus Company was a
foreign speculation, hut do you know that all the conduc-
tors are Jesuit priests, that they charge half fares to pas-
sengers who cross themselves, and misdirect to Catholic
chapels those who inquire their way to Protestant places of
worship. (Shame.) Yes, gentlemen, and can you hear
with patience that a Catholic .tract Society has obtained
leave trom Mr Panizzi, of the British Museum, to insert a
tract in every volume of the library? Does Mr Panizzi's
name remind you of England or of Italy? Was there a
word, gentlemen, in the Queen's Speech last week to re-
mind us that the Sovereign is a Protestant? Not one.
But the Queen was made to go out of her way to express
satisfaction that she is on good terms with the
Emperor of China, Who cares for the Emperor
of China in himself ? But what so-called Chris-
tian religionists have had for hundreds of years the
greatest sway in the Chinese Empire—who have been tole-
rated when Protestants have been excluded ? Why, the
Jesuits. (Cheers.) Again, do you note that it is made
matter of boast that the French and English are drawing
into closer alliance, Catholic with Protestant ? (Cheers.)
Ay, you cheer, but that is not all. Who is our friend's
friend? Who, at this moment of the increased amity is
about to visit theTuileries. The King of Spain. Does that
anti-Protestant bigot comejor nothing ?,Will,Lord Cowley
see him ? We live in awful and perilous times, gentle-
men. I know for a fact that there were hundreds of
Catholics among the Riflemen at Wimbledon, and that if
one of them had been the best marksman of the meeting,
Lady Elcho would have unhesitatingiy presented him with
the Queen's Prize. (Sensation.) Yes, and how soon
would that silver vase have become the ornament of a
Popish mass-house? It was providential that it fell to
Mr Wyatt, who is a Protestant, but no thanks to the
authorities. Why have passports just been so universally
abolished on the Continent ? In order to entrap English-
men and Englishwomen into Catholic countries in order
to promote proselytism? Why has the cross on St. Paul's
just been ostentatiously and splendidly regilt ? Look at that.
And why is a magnificent bridge being constructed, a t vast
expense, at Blackfriars—and observe that Popish natnqt
gentlemen. Because Blackfriars-bridge will open a tempt•
ing and delightful toad Pram mid •Lincion to Cardinal I

Wiseman's Popish cathedral, St. George's. Lastly, gen-
tlemen, though I could give you a hundred similarly alarm-
ing C.emonstrations, hear this. You have heard of Mr
Banting. His system is artfully promulgated all over the
country. It is pretended that he merely desires to reduce
the over-corpulent. Bah 1 He is a Jesuit priest, and his
object is to introduce and make popular the Popish practice
of regular fasting. Yes, gentlemen, I repeat that we live
iu perilous times, and the Triple Crown will soon domi-
nate the Three Kingdoms."

Mr Whalley sat down amidst loud cheers and passionate

cries of "No Popery I"

SUDDEN DEATH DURING A HONEYMOON.—A
terribly sudden death occurred on Sunday fortnight
to Mrs. Arthy, wife of Captain Arthy, whose maiden name
was Miss Winstanley, and who had been married at
Beverley only on the previous Tuesday week, They re-
paired to Scarborough to spend a portion of the honeymoon,
and were residing at one of the hotels. On Sunday morn-
ing Captain Arthy awoke about his usual hour and found
his wife a corpse by his side. A coroner's inquest was held
the same evening, and a verdict of " Death from natural
causes" was returned,