The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-05 00:00:00

THE NELSON COLUMN.

(PRIVATE VIEW—THIS DAY.)
At length we have had the gratification of beholding
the completion of one of the bronze bassi relieso, which
are destined within the present century to adorn the
noble column erected in Trafalgar-square to the
glory of the darling hero of England. Mr. Carew,
the artist, has nobly achieved the task entrusted to
his ability—a task worthy of evoking his very highest
capacities—that of portraying to a remote posterity
the last heroic scene in the career of the im-
mortal Nelson. He has selected for illus-
tration the simple but thrilling narrative
of Southey ; and the point of time chosen for repre-
sentation is the moment when Nelson was being
carried from the quarter-deck, after he had received
the terrible wound which deprived England of her
greatest sea captain and the world of one of its most
dauntless heroes. " Captain Hardy," says the nar-
rator, " who had been in conversation with him only
a few moments before, on turning round, saw him
lifted from the deck by a marine and two seamen.
Well, Hardy,' said Nelson to his captain,
they have done for me at last." I hope
nclt; was the reply. ' Yes, they have
6,4 me through the back-bone.' Immediately
alterwards, on observing that the tiller ropes were
81-11,°,t away, he said, Let new ones be rove.'
1
d"? was the last order that the hero gave on the
eel( of the Victory."
Cif the whole conception of the passage, as given
by the sculptor, we can speak only in terms of the
est full and complete admiration. The figure of
N
elson in particular betrays at once the languor of
°lle mortally wounded, and the vigilance of *great
Warrior clinging to the last to his duties and responsi-
bilities,y It was a noble thought on the part of Mr.
Carew to depict Lord Nelson at the moment when
c.°leg his last orders on the quarter-deck, prior to
ena being borne down to the cockpit, which has be-
V" sacred by the remembrance of his decease.
?di', the captain of the Victory, is, we believe, the
I,'''Y other portrait in this group so eminently historic.
111 he favourite figure, it would seem, of the artist, and
tot Undeservedly so, is that of the negro who, while
erhrePring to level his musket, is looking eagerly aloft
fatal to discover the man who bad fired the
I:41 bullet. Another figure in the opposite corner
4._,verY nearly as felicitous, and the bodies of the
erl or dying marines, in the foreground, are
b:vcerlY disposed. At the same time it must
Under
Premised that we viewed this work of art
inlet' somewhat disadvantageous circumstances,
Were
that from the position of the scaffolding we
ere compelled to observe the effect of the whole
composition at once too near, and at too
great an elevation. Notwithstanding this
drawback however, it was impossible not to recognize
II a glance the power, grace, and ability lavished
.Pen its every detail. If one thing more than
`anther struck us on the occasion of this first in-
spection, it was the extraordinary boldness of the
/thele basso relievo This, nevertheless,
_though the
most conspicuous, is far from being its only ad-
4iiralzsle characteristic.

WARWICK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

MY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LEAMINGTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
srain consEquenee of the frost, and a slight fall of
the Stewards have made the following order :
the‘ We are of opinion that the ground is unfit for
e -Steeple Chase to-day, and, therefore, it is poet-
med until to-morrow, Thursday.
(Signed)
LURGAN.
STRATHMORE (for C. T. Carew, EN.)

PUtation of merchants, connected with the
%rn and western districts of Ireland, had tan
ICll—rview yesterday with Lord John Russell and the
hancellor of the Exchequer.
It deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr.
iastertnan MT Mr. Deputy Harrison, and the
Cit
-,emembrancer, had an interview with the Chan-
t'd;":)r of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
ace, in Downing-street.
the auditors of the London and North• Western
alsval
ai4t. y have determined to avail themselves of the as-
of ,t2Ce of a professional accountant in the making up
".le accounts preparatory to the ensuing general
i't'ng in February next, and Mr. J. E. Coleman has
eeu selected for the duty.
GE [ADVERTISEMENT.]
eiaNERAL MOURNING.—As the Gazette enjoins all
Classcb
tO Put themselves into deep mourning for the
buse of
',noi:thontrestintghe Queen Dowager, it may be interesting to
re how far such commands may be carried out.
the prices of mourning ut present with
fallen of but twenty years since, more than one-half has
• “ert in the cost. This fact in itself will enable an
14:villet'nso number of persons to exhibit their outward
_ renca for the memory of practical virtue, and, in the
not be
of which, it is gratifying to:learn, they will
be frustrated by " the cupidity of trade to take ad-
, "ago of demand, ' as there exists the positive assu-
.l4l t
Ina the purveyors of mourning to her lute
ituJlatY will supply the humblest admtre rs of their
ZoY AlLtress the means of testifying their respect at
,Z 1 o greater cost than existed before this national afllic-
ot! guarantee of the Messrs. Jay made the more
t development by the forestalment of the mar-
'ut , alluded to some time since.