The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-16 00:00:00

CLOSING PRICES.

BRITISH FUNDS.
...249
sank Stock 1634 India Stock ..... ...... 2prD
3 per Cent Red. 89,1 Ditto Bonds ........ ....•••
..._
3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red 984 Ditte New Annuities... """P
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old 10
New 3i per Cent Ex. Bills, 1,0001- •••"'• 1001
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001.. ....... ~ 0
Long Annuitiestoexpire Ditto Small. ' '
Jan 1860 ... 12i Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct..... 0-'4

IC.Onsols -for Acct .........
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent 109 ,Portuguese 5 per cent.
'321
Belgian, 5 per cent !Ditto, New Ditto ...••••"
Brazilian 80nd5.... 63i Prussian, 5 per cent. ..•
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cex Russian, 5 per cent ....•
Chilian, 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic ........•••'
Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent.....
Ditto, 1824.
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Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent-
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ............
Mexican, 5 per cent 26 French, 3 per cent' 0
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i per cent. ......
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .....

Jan. 1860.

SHARES. •d) 21
Cheltenham and Great Western (72k Paid) 28
Eastern Counties Railway (23 rai) ........... 101 95 ;L.
Ditto Debentures ( paid) .....•...•• •'• 881
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) ...........59
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ..... .••••••" 9
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ................ ...... 381
Liverpool and Manchester (100 paid) .•••• 3611
London and Brighton (50 paid)...........
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ....• 23
Ditto Quarter Shares ( b paid) .........•••
Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...................... 51
idr- W- •

...ondon and South rvestern ..................66
Blanchester and Leeds (70 paid) ......••• •••• Si
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) ........ 831
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ... •..
North Midland Railway (100) ............. •• 16
Ditto Thirds (15 paid) ..................... 15

South Eastern and liove; Oa paid)... ••;• 89
York and North Midland Railway (50 Pal' 501
Ditto New Shares (15 paid............ •....

FINE ARTS.
HULLMANDEDS LITHOTINT A.---
TlONS.—[SEconn Novcs.] 00 000 e
We noticed these admirable illustrati°o time
weeks since in The Sun, and at the B;oprOVe'
took occasion to speak of the important! yearn
merit which Mr. Hullrnandel, after ina°Yedea
of unwearied perseverance, had snece.,d
effecting in lithography. As we autiriPaT.:4o
improvement has excited the attention e`dTetaot
in no ordinary degree, and bids fair, at 11%4 0
period, to make the humbler classes of se'. Brest
familiar with the chefs d'ceuvre of tlictoeratin
masters of Art, as the wealth and arisiotbior
connoisseurs and amateurs now are.
at draft f
more effectually contributes to elevate a
taste o
the mind of a nation than the spread of Baaite,
this sort; pictures are nearly, if net nie; 111114
serviceable to public teachers, as bc„eeyeriY,
thanks to Mr. Hullmandel's valuable ow es of
cottag •tji
the day is not far remote when the 00
our peasants and artisans maybe embelliskeo
the
cheap and first-rate engraving's fillobess°l
Master-pieces of Raphael, Titian, ho haVo
Claude, and those other gifted sPiritelirt
done so much to instruct and delight
nity. And here, before we commence elO no/
of the handsome Lithotint Illustratiranity of
lying before us, we will take the oPPer our for'
correcting a mistake which appeared lagrondel°
mer criticism. In alluding to Mr. 111 where
we spoke of him as a tc German artist,'"noy add',
it seems he is an Englishman and wey. years
too, that he has shown by his tweet jo net
strenuous devotion to Art, that :firing (lure
sparingly endowed with those well-lr'-,twee, ta"
lities of courage, patience, and perqlf c' ak able'
which John Bull has always been re to ef°
Such being the case, time only is needed °t o'
all the effect he could desire to his Pre, se t bird
provements in the art of Lithography.
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go on then with unabated zeal, for assureVooo‘
will soon reap the full reward of all his 1810 Fe
And now to the Illustrations before ; one.
dian
Scene is in every respect ach ter's-
broil'
In the foreground we see two native India° at the
ing the day's meal before a wood fire, jtotledioe
edge of a thick jungle, and in the jail:0; 004
neighbourhood of a small tank or streaurrtree,
behind them rises the tall, graceful plle du";
apparently motionless, for *OOl oin
e -°-
sultry look of the fixed clouds/ d enough
easily see that there is not "4:ltist, with
to stir even a leaf. The i tao
cae. o
imp Part
na
consummate skill, has contrive"
thoroughly oriental aspect to his lap dhs jog
almost expects to see a tiger erotic d prep"
the tangled underwood of the jungle, anecting
,fkg for a deadly spring on the unsnsPketeh of at
'Mans. A Mountain Village is a,;!le
totally different complexion. The lit a 1 100-'
with its quaint, old-fashioned, patriarcut. lefi:
ing tenements, is nestling at the fo°t alter of
precipitous crag, and under the Ellie reciplee,
castle which crowns the summit of thegeir rc
In the distance, huge mountains rear
tool&
backs to the sky; and right in front, a coulle,'
mountain stream dashes in its headle.ligo. gentiJ
with one or two cottage-gardens sheivls'e tiO°
acefa ft
down to it. Nothing can be more Pei mve.
the character of this picturesque lanagniner.
is the very emblem of repose and COara7io th
The broken shadows of the dark c died with
restless waters of the streamlet are 'it'll 0 0
masterly adroitness. A. Groupe la of 00e
English Baronial Hall, reminds us jt.
Leslie's clever pictures. An elderly dos '°e
the Court dress, apparently of the d by tho
Charles the Second, is dragging forwal,,ee of t%
arm a reluctant youngster into the Presej: e at 11w
arch-looking dame of quality, who laud 010 Yr
fellow's evident bashfulness—and well si'cotion'
for he looks as if he would rather face e
101;
than the bright, perilous black eyes of truer to
Nothing can be more humourous, orawkwart
character, than the constrained and festince
position of the embarrassed stripling.
addres' are
would prompt him to go up and .iities
laughing dame; but his nervous sensih.:_ ; so be
too strong for the promptings of iinPu.l,_°g,o for'
hangs back, perfectly convinced that tu_osioa
ward, will be—to quote Falstaff's. eltlllo grew'
DO'
"to write himself down an ass.'
and and a1).11,i5
merit of this sketch is its happiness ding 1'
fry fee -- re'
priateness of expression. Dalged to;
favourite war-horse, Gustavus, will insentert9iiri
most
Leg
0
mind the spectator of one of the
ing incidents in Sir Walter Scott's tel's°
Montrose !" The shrewd, worldly,
trooper, whose days of romance and heu
,;9 slf°l
are for ever gone by, and who drawn minleateS.
for that party only who offer him the tah et, tte
amount of pay, is pourtrayed with great Theeit°
fully works out the novelist's conceptiont•winkjitig
pression,in particular, of the sly, small' reseat°
eye is capital. A. Scene in a Cathedral rep
slog
veil
efia
floatinglein
bdeeheipadmhoeur,rning attire, with_ h full
and'
some mausoleum, on winhoicvhingrte7lanrec: :21tht the
length, the effigy of a mailed warrior, w:s
banner of his house suspended above his
of the
The attitude and half-averted countenan.c_euelog
solitary mourning lady, have a verY
intended to 1)e
character, and realize the idea intenttZde our
conveyed by the artist. We here conc_in our
brief, imperfect sketch of these adinira.ble,
xamnaea d,
itb
trations, which must be seen and e
_ciao
attention, before they can be truly aPPr; lithe
They haevie l g
ra littlevingisn, commonforthe lights
with s
atnhde
a ass' v
graphic et:
defined with extraordinary beauty and of
of the
ness, and the perspectives, some _
veaesrey
adaidffiacuplrtaperlileatrya,ctoefr.
wahreiehmafenwagewdow,i,djiastaiirso
pose lithography was capable. Arfile:eedd.:l,ovrori.4o:
mightdtaianace,iathkey
sketches,l3
show to as much advantage as P of o
hope shortly to see the master-piece
pass for
wthheenbestaisnetpinpvia.
outivir
linlll/1'
great painters engraved by 11r•
01'
who, by means of his improved system, % -
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nod 01
the originals with the closest fidelity,
tiply his copies almost ad infinitum.