The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

THE HOLY >

Painted by Murillo ;

engraved by Bridoux.

M'Lean.

A superb line engraving of this celebrated master-
piece has very recently been issued from the esta-
blishment of Mr. Thomas MeLean of the Haymarket.
Of late peers the graver hes been so generally super-
seded by the mezz Ainto-rubber, and the etching.
needle, that we regard with very peculiar satisfaction
its employMent 'in the highest department "of
what may be called in a twofold sense'
the "imitative art" par excellence. More particu-
larly are we rejoiced to witness the appearance of a
line engraving with anything like superior preten-
sions about it, when the artist hes selected for
representation some more than usually remarkable
original. Precisely thus is it with reference to the
magnificent production before us, in which the mas-
ter-skill of A. 13ridoux has admirably interpreted the
master-genius of Murillo. It is now many years
since the "Holy Family," painted by Murillo some-
where about 1660 (namely, in the forty-seventh
year of his age, and twenty-five years -before his
demise), came to he regarded as amongst the noblest
evidences of his powers by the people of this country.
Produced originally at Cadiz for the Marquis of
Pedroso, the picture was valued according to Cean
13-roaudez at 800 pesos of 15 reels or 600 crowns,
being ultimately bought for the Eeglish
nation in 1837, together with Rubens'
" Brazen Serpent, " for the sum of 7,3501.,
and deposited in the National Gallery by order of the
Government. Every one who has visited that melati-'
choly repository of the artistic treasures of Great
Britain must have paused before that, if before no
other picture in the collection, in admiration. It'is
numbered, indeed, with the masterpieces, of the
whole gallery, with the "St. JAI)," also bY Mu 7
rtti,arith the " Ecce Homo" and the "Mercury.
tihog Cupid,"
and of Correggio," with the "Sussnnah
oe Elders,"- and the "Lot and his Daughters,"
the Guido; with it •
Christ and the Doctors" of
Leonardo da V' loci' and with the " Raising of La-
zarus" of -Sebastian del.
i.he more conspitaio Piomho." To expatiate on,
of Murillo—the cells beauties of this " Holy Family'
Child, the-lovely fea"tauireel countenance of ' the Divine
he BleSsed Virgin; the s and maternal tenderness of
of St. Joseph—the' :rene and. meditaiive aspect'
matchless grouping.
thexquisibte colouring, the
and all the other gloratune, the solemnity,
s pedhliarit.
the composition would be wo superfluous' ise than p f
would be even oat of place here, brit that,
t,we;are en
ribled toremark that they are all of there transferred
to the engraving by the skilful hand of.Bridoux—eau,
with one exception, of course—Aliat of colourige 'The
plate, 23 inches high by rt 4 -e
plate, whict. is 2- Wicie; (Wig
signs: honour to Mr. Bridoux, while no inconsiderable
portion of credit will he Talented upon-the, establish-
ment of Mr. M‘Lean by the issue of every stiocessivci
rasion.

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left
accomplished about twenty-.
before at 2 30 P.M., and had thus
hour—bound with the mails for
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she would have cro4sed the Channel and hate six miles in sixteen liotirs. Had she sailedh from Plymouth
the
trance to the Bay of BiScay, while she was threading
ditfiolt .navigation- rof the Southampton waters and the
Needles Passage. On Sunday morning, the 2d instant, at
halfrpaifs
ten o'clock, the Peninsular and Oriental Company'
steamer. Aladrid, Captain Weeks, from Spain, was seen by a
ti' matt to =the southward of .the :Eddystone, within two
houra.,s4l, of Plymouth. She . arrived -at Southampton on
Monday night, and her mails reached London on Tuesday
forenoon. Had the Madrid come into Plymouth, her letters
would have reached the metropolis on Monday—more than
twenty-C?ar 119%4 earlier than by the c9nrke adopted.

LON

PARLIAII,,I,I62.iT. ARV DIVISIONS

(From the Votes a.; i frvcee.( 7.
.QI the llowe of Commons )
AvEl):. Esatir , 3ia.i. 5.
• - TENANT, RIGIIiT (IRELAND) BILL.
Orcler read,-,for- .resumin'g'7 the Further proceeding on
Amendment proposed to Question, " That the Bill be
now • re.id a,, second,: time,," :nd which Amendment
was Co leave otit time iva:'d " noiV," and at the end of the
Question to add the ,words" upon this day six, months:"—
Question egain prtCpoicd, " That the word'' now' stand part
of the Question." Further proceeding resumed ; Question
put. Tue House divi,'ed :,--
BIINORITY7- AYES, 57.
Adair, It. A. Heard, .J. I. 'O'Brien, John
Barron, Sir A. Henrys. lexander O'Brien, Sir T.
Barron, Sir 11. Higgin, George - O'Connell, M, .T.
Ilass,'M. T. Howard, P. 11. O'Flaherty, Anthony
Bellew, R. M. - HoWard, Sir It: . Perfect, Robert
IlLike, M. J. , . Keating, Robert . - Power, N cholas
Brigh, John Keogh,, William . Rawdon, Colonel
Burke, Sir T. J. Karshaw, James • Reynolds, John •
i;utler, P. S. Lawless,"Cectt sadietr, John
Castlereagh, Vise. M'Cullagh, W. T. ' Scrope, G. T.
Cobden, Richard Maga[]; W. 11. Scully, Francis.
Cogan, W. 11. Maher, N. ' - Scully, Vincent
Corbally, M. E. Meagh c, Thomas Sullivan, Michael
Devereux, J. T. Mahon, o'4ierrnan Tetment, R. J.
Fox, Richard M. 3111,uraTI. Robe,t Thompson, Colonel
French, F. Mensell, William \Val:ley, T.,
Gould, Wyndham Moore, G. IL : Walinsicy, Sir S. .
Grace.o D. J. Murphy, F. S. ', - . TELLEtiA.
Grattan, usury Norreys, Sir D. Crawford, W. S. •
Greene, John Nugent, bir Percy Roche, E. B. ..