The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-25 00:00:00

LITURARI AND PHILOSOTHICAL SOCIITY

This society met on Monday, the 14th instant ; J. B.
Yates, Esq., V.P., in the chair, and a full attendance of mem-
bers. Two papers were announced, one by Mr. Winstanley
on the splendid paintings of the Caracci, at present exhibited
here ; the other by Mr. Brett, on a recondite subject of
Chemical Philosophy. Its title was "The Theory and Con-
stitution of Ethers of the Alcoholic Series." As the author
of this paper will, doubtless, place it before the public in a
perfect form, in a strictly scientific periodical, the present
notice of the society's proceedings may be confined to Mr.
Winstmley's paper on THE THREE CARRACI.
" Under this unusual, though not inappropriate title, three
of the finest works of the pictorial art, known in this or in
any other country, have been for some time exhibited in
the to of Liverpool.
ift
,Tt,i not often that the lovers of the art, resident in pro-
vinci owns, are gratified with the sight of such pictures,
and ley cannotfail of making a strong impression on the
min oevery person who sees them, perhaps it may not be
amiss to apply a small portion of the time of an evening de-
voted to intellectual pursuits—to the history of these pictures
—a notice of the great artists whose productions they are,
and of the School of Italian Art to which they belong.
The history of the pictures is this,—they were painted for
the Giustiniani family, and hung in their splendid collection
at Rome, until, by the calamities occasioned by the French
in Italy, the family, like many others, were reduced to the
painful necessity of alienating their treasures. The whole
Giustiniani collection, with the exception of a few pictures,
were purchased for a considerable sum by the king of Prus-
sia, and those not so purchased, the bite Lucien Buonaparte,
a man of distinguished taste and judgment in the arts, had
bought bef 're the sale of the whole of the gallery was con-
cluded. From the possession of Lucien they became the
property of the late Queen of Etruria, and afterwards of her
son, the Duke of Lucca. Further political changes induced
the duke to part with these pictures ; from him they were
purchased by the present owner, by Mr. Buchanan, a gentle-
man well known for his taste and judgment in the arts, and
to whom this country is indebted for the importation of many
of its finest pictures. While the agents of our government,
as well as those of others, were haggling about the bargain,
Mr. Buchanan gave at once the sum asked, as a matter of
private speculation. Whatever may have been his motive
or intention, it is to him that we are indebted for the sight
of these splendid works of art, and we owe him our thanks
for taking upon himself the great risk of removal into this
empire.
To proceed—we must describe the pictures as they hang
in Liverpool. The first of them (on the left), is Christ
Raising the Widow's Son, painted by AGOSTINO CARACCI,
who died in 1601, aged 48 years. The second is Christ with
the Woman of Canaan, by ANNIBALE CARACCI, who died
in 1609, aged 49 ; and the third is Christ Healing the Blind,
by LUDOVICO CARACCI, the cousin of the two former, and
who died in 1619, aged 64.
From this short description we are naturally led to the
artists who have produced these splendid works, and in our
notice of them, to follow their history chronologically, we
must reverse the order in which those works are now placed,
and begin with the painter of the last.
Ludovico Caracci was the elder cousin of Augustin° and
Annibale, and a painter by profession. His first instructors
were Prospero Fontano, at Bologna, and Tintoretto, at
Venice, both of whom advised him to seek some other pro-
fession, as he was quite unqualified to be a painter. His fel-
low students called him " the ox," in allusion to his dulness,
—indeed; everthing seemed to conspire to discourage him.
He alone did not despair, and it will appear that his dilatory
character did not spring from a confined genius, but from
deep penetration. Resolute to his purpose, after having stu-
died under the best native artists at Bologna, he proceeded to
Venice, where he became the follower of Titian and Tinto-
retto. From thence he went to Florence, where he studied
the works of Michael Angelo, Andrea del Sarto, and others
of the Florentine artists, whom he found, at that period, with
a view of carrying their art to a higher degree of perfection,
were turning towards the models of Corregio and his school.
This induced Ludovico to follow them to Parma, where he
carefully studied and faithfully copied the pictures of Cors
reggio and Parinegiano.
Having made the circuit of the principal towns in Italy,
studying and copying the most celebrated oictures and fres-
coes, he returned to Bologna where he established an academy
of painting, in which he placed Agostino and Annibale as
students ; the dispo:sitionsla, rid tempers of the two brothers
were so much at variance dint Ludovica found it proper to
separate them, and placed Agostino with Fontano, and Anni-
bale with Tintoretto, qnder whose tuition they continued
their studies until their talents were found to be equal to the
same laborious task that their cousin had previously imposed
upon himself—that of studying the works of the great masters
in the different cities in Italy. This task they accomplished
with such assiduity and ability that their copies and studies
are purchased at high prices even at this day.
Agostino, who was the most learned of the brothers, hav-
ing been at first intended for the profession of a gold-smith
or worker in gold), practised the art of engraving and study-
ing at Venice, under Cornelius Cort, became the first engra-
ver of his day of the works of the great masters. He subse-
quently quitted the buries for the,pencit, and became wholly a
painter, pursuing the same line of study with his brother
Annibale, and uniting with him in giving a new and more
exalted character to The Bologna school, and it may be said to
the arts in Italy.
So perfectly had the three cousins made themselves masters
of the different manners of the works that they had studied,
that connoisseurs even now can trace in the pictures of the
Caracci the style of the painter that they had imitated.
Returning to their native city, having, like industrious
bees, " culled sweets from every flour," and having their
taste refined, their judgment matured, and their professional
powers unrivalled, they there found themselves contemned
by their opponents, and their works calumniated and de-
spised by the masters who had been content to practice what
may be called the old style, but some fine frescoes being ex-
ecuted by the Caracci, from the history of Eneas, in the
Casa Magani, at once confirmed their claim to public appro-
bation and applause. Their triumph being so far complete,
they immediately established an academy of painting, which
they stored with antique statues, designs, and pictures, and
where Agostino gave lectures on perspective, &c., and to
which academy the younger artists Clocked in numbers,
amongst whom were several of subsequent fame, of whom
notice will be taken hereafter. All other academies at Bologna
were closed, and the Caracci triumphed.
Before attempting to explain the extent and nature of the
school of the Carracci, it will be well to call to your recol-
lection, that for nearly a century the arts in Italy had, from
various reasons, divided themselves into schools, the princi-
pal ones of which were the Florentine, characterised and sup-
ported by the great talents of Michael Angelo, Leonardo da
Vinci, Andrea del Sarto, &c. The Roman School by Raf-
faello D'Urbino, his able pupils and imitators. The Lom-
bard School by Correggio and Parmegiano. The Venetian
School by Giorgione, Titian, Paul Veronese, and others.
Bologna had at that period but feeble claims to a school of
art, although she may boast of the talents of such painters as
Francis, Nicolo, Abate, and Pellegrini de Tibaldi.
The painters thus quoted in their different schools, lived
in the 15th and 16th centuries ; at a later period, (early in
the 17th) the Caracci shone forth in their splendour, uniting
those high qualities of the art in their works, which were only
to be found and admired separately in the earlier paintings of
Italy.
Thus did the school of Bologna become eminept and im-
portant. The works of the Carracci were dispersed over the
whole continent, where they are now to be found, and hold a
high rank among strangers, and we shall now see the result
of the extended and powerful talents of these artists in their
native city.
lei the academy before mentioned, as conducted by the
Carracci, studied Guido, Albano, Domenichino, Guercino,
and many other artists of great fame, whose labours as well
as those of whom they, in their turn, became the instructors,
gave to the arts a character of excellence and perfection
which, wholly emanating froin the Carracci family, displayed
a competent knowledge of every branch of the pictorial art.
From their well-grounded knowledge of the arts arises our
approbation of the works of Domenichino, of Cantvrini, of
Guido, of Guercino, the Serani, Lanfranco Tiarini, and the
widely-spread beauties of their pencils. Their pictures are
always considered the elite of a collection, and formed a
charming contrast to the old school of art, as the works of
the older masters are now termed. The amateur, who looks
at a picture because it pleases him, and the connoiseur, who
compares the merits of different artists of different ages. alike
find gratification in the works of the Caracci and their nu-
merous followers. In a society like this it may be thought
arrogant to attempt a criticism on the extraordinary pictures
now exhibiting in Liverpool ' • but we must venture at a de-
scription of them, and may thus be led into giving some of
the opinions of the connoiseurs of different countries respect-
ing them. In doing this, to avoid confusion we shall take
the pictures as they hang in the room where they are now
exhibited. The first, which is the subject of Christ raising
the Widow's Son, is thought by the judges of art in Italy,
where experience and a means of judging is so easy of attain-
ment, to take the lead, as the most difficult of accomplish-
ment, the most learned, and to display the power of the
painter to struggle with and to overcome difficulties of the
most complicated and diversified kind ; the style seems to
partake of that of both the Lombard and Roman schools.
The expression given to the different characters, especially to
the anxious mother, has all the powerful effect and simplicity
of truth. The drawing and composition are worthy of the
most able of the Caracci ; but the casual observer may think
that the subject of this sublime work of art is not the most
pleasing, at the same time confessing that its effect is that of
nature felt and displayed with no common power.
The same objection cannot be made to the second or cen-
tre picture— Christ with the Woman of Canaan—painted
by Annibale Carracci. Here the rich harvest of beauties,
gleaned by the study of the different schools of Italy, is,
frely displayed ; the " woman of Canaan," who is kneeling
is a splendid portrait of a lady of the Giustiniani family, but
so beautiful, so full of divine expression, that it might have
been considered to have been the painter's beau-ideal of
grace and loveliness, with the expression of a deeply-felt
piety, ardent faith, and confident devotion; the form and at-
titude are full of elegance, while the figure of Christ is ap-
parently in motion, turning to express that "it is not meet
to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs." The
heads of the Apostles, Peter and John, are in a grand style
of art; the back-ground of the picture which, in the noble
edifices as well as the landscape, are truly Caracciesque, giv-
ing a powerful and harmonious effect to the whole of this
fascinating work of art ; the colour is rich and admirable.
The noble mind of Ludovico would not censure us for not
thus bestowing our warmest arses on the works of his ju-
nior cousins, of whom he wade guardian and friend as well
as the instructor, but we shodl not do justice to our own
judgment if we did not approach the next and last picture
with feelings of admiration and of awe. The subject is
Christ healing the Blind.
It is impossible to stand before this sublime composition
and contemplate, without a deep and serious feeling of the
dignified yet benignant character of Christ, while in the act
of healing the misery of the blind. Here we see no theatrical
display or attempt to produce effect, but the simple record of
the miracle. The position of the hand of Christ upon the
eyes of the blind, his attention, as well as the solemn dignity
of his figure, shows the perfection of the art. The apparent
dsubt, mingled with pious hope and gratitude in the figure of
the blind, is admirable. The heads of the Apostles in the
back ground, and the pillars of the Temple bear their part in
produsung the interest of this noble work of pictorial power ;
the story is told with propriety, and the whole is in the
quietude of fine feeling.
It is said that the Caracci often painted their pictures in
the same studio, each giving to the other the assistance or
advice that might be wanting. It appears that a certain com-
munity of tastefs through the whole of these three pic-
tures, which fo matchless series, evincing a combined
power of the art, produced by three of the greatest masters,
and which series should never be separated.
It cannot be supposed that any of our hearers would refuse
to join their sentiments to those of their friends in expressing
a wish that our government would place these splendid works
sthhaere character ra
acdtevanr. of
before the British public, in the National Gallery, where they
may be seen, and their beauties enjoyed by the whole of the
British public, as well as by strangers, as objects of the first
the importance;nation,
a nsuch r i
t treasuresish artia t
awouldmight
tages formerly afforded by the works of the Caracci to the
arts of Italy. Many of our hearers, no doubt, have seen,
and some may have not seen, these important pictures; to
elevatethen
those who have seen them we appeal for the truth of our
observations. Those who have not we can only respectfully,
but with earnestness, advise not to lose such an opportunity
as they now offer of contemplating at their leisure what the
art of painting can produce. •
Mr. Buchanan (who knows not of this humble attempt
to bring his treasures into notice), with the feelings of an
Englishman is willing to place them in our National Gallery
on terms of a moderate profit upon his liberal outlay, but
he has assured the writer of this, that such are the offers of
foreign sovereigns, that he has much reason to doubt the
Continuance of the pictures in this country. At •any- rite,

we trust that Mr. Baolianan will receive an ample reward
for the risk, the'trouble, and the expense of bridging theta
to Liverpool.

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

STATE OF PARTIES IN FRANCE,
(From the Morning Herald.)

The aspect of affairs in France is far from denoting
stability. M. Thiers has, it is true, been discomfitted ;
and the funeral of Napoleon has not led to an insur-
rection, nor to a massacre of the English resident in
Paris. Still, doubt and uncertainty hang over the po-
licy of France nor can the most acute observer fur-
nish any very strong grounds for anticipating the ad-
vent of one series of possibilities rather than another.
Some persons speculate on great changes, as a con-
sequence of the insecure position of the royal family
in France. Louis Philip, it is argued, possesses abili-
ties of a very high order—abilities which have not des
scended to any of his sons; and if Louis Philip has
scarcely been able to make head against the revolu-
tionary movements, which have distinguished the last
seven years, how, it is asked, may his descendants hope
to struggle with difficulties that are likely to become
more formidable every (lay ? On the strength of a
knowledge of the complexities that surround the King
of the French, speculators have imputed to him pro-
jects of the most startling kind. Some have alleged,
that he desires an intimate alliance with Russia, as a
means of propitiating the advocates of legitimacy in '
every part of Europe. Others, again, maintain that
Louis Philip contemplates involving France in a gene-
ral war, and by securing to his sons occasions for
achieving glory, securing to them, at the same time,
the opportunity of acquiring a hold on the affections
of the French people.
To the soundness of these ingenious calculations,
there exists sundry somewhat cogent objections. Still
the speculations in question, whether sound or un-
sound, serve their purpose. They amuse the quid-
nuncs ; and the undeniable truth still remains—that
affairs in France are extremely unsettled.
The state of parties in France is, of course, the
cause of that insecurity which attaches to the reigning
dynasty. The throne of France wants its natural
props. It wants an aristocracy. It wants that aid
which the law of primogeniture .alone can impart to
royalty. To surround a throne with republican insti-
tutions, is to leave to that throne as little of dignity
and usefulness as attaches to a joint-stool. The
" three glorious days" blotted France out of the list
of monarchies, in the true sense of the term. The
" three glorious days" completed what the French law
of succession to landed property began. The peerage
of France is a mere mockery. The Chamber of De-
puties does not represent the real strength nor the
truest interests of France. The moneyed classes are
paramount in the Chamber of Deputies ; and the mo-
neyed classes are connected with the towns, not with
the rural districts. Yet the true sources of French
greatness ought to be looked for in connection with
agriculture, not with trade, nor with any of the avoca-
tions which have their seats in towns. No aristocracy
nor monarchy can exist in a state of efficiency for the
discharge of those functions which appertain to mo-
narchical and aristocratic institutions, excepting in a
country where agricultural industry is predotninant
over all other forms of industry. Trade and manu-
factures are generated in towns ; and in towns is ge-
nerated, of course, the spirit of democracy. To state
of any country, therefore, that its most favoured pur-
suits are connected with manufactures and trade, is to
state that the prevailing temper of that country is de-
mocratic. .A throne, however, surrounded with demo-
cratic institutions, is a contradiction in terms. The
influence of the throne must, of necessity, neutralise
the influence of the democratic institutions ; or, on the
other hand, the democratic institutions must deprive
the throne of all its usefulness as an instrument of go-
vernment. Since the revolution of 1830, the institu-
tion of monarchy in France has been redeemed from
contempt only by the genius of Lous Philip.
The elements of government in France are, in short,
in a state, not of harmonious combination, but of an-
tagonism. In such circumstances, it becomes almost
impossible to predict, with certainty, the policy of
France from week to week. Of Russia, on the other
hand, the policy is found to remain unaltered during
many successive generations.
The overthrow of M• Thiers was one of the many
little revolutions to which the revolution of 1830 has
given rise; but the overthrow of M. Thiers has not
given assured permanence to the government of M.
Guizot. Already there are rumours of another change
in the French cabinet ; and hints as to the probability of
an alliance between Russia and France begin to be cir-
culated.

`That such an alliance should actually be formed is,
in the highest degree, improbable; yet of such impro-
babilitiesis modern political history composed. Nor
are there wanting circumstances, which to those who
are curious in speculations on the course of public
events, might seem to furnish some colour for believing
in the rumour, however incredible it may appear.
That there exists, can the part of a large section of
French
.society, the deepest hatred of England is ob-
vious enough ; and, in order to secure the gratification
of that hatred, even an alliance with Russia might,
perhaps, be tolerated. To many observers, besides,
it appears that France and Russia have many common
interests to promote, by crippling the power of England.
England is the great obstacle to the success of those
ambitious projects in which both Russia and France
indulge. Russia longs to possess Asiatic as well as
European Turkey; and the influence of England
alone has, hitherto, prevented Russia from realising
her schemes in reference to that great object. If, how-
ever, the influence of Engla.n. d might be so far set
aside, as to admit of the addition of the Turkish do-
minions to the vast empire of Russia, is it not tolerably
certain that the influence of England would speedily
prove insufficient to preserve her Indian empire from
the grasp of the great northern empire ?
France has objects of ambition scarcely less com-
prehensive than those which Russia has long enter-
tained. France longs to establish a mighty colonial
empire. Witness her attempts to occupy the shores
of Algiers, and to indulge her " instinctive" attach-
ment to Egypt ! The plot,
.besides, to wrest Majorca
and Minorca from Spain is an instructive incident.
France has, however, has no. such obstacle to the
attainment of a colonial empire that which the
power of England presents. /dem vale, idem
id demum firma amicitia est," France and Russia have
the bond of friendship to which Sallust has alluded.
Not that any alliance between France and Russia could
ost injurious to France.
be lasting, or other than m
Still the mischievous character of the ultimate results
to which such an alliance would lead, is no reason why
that alliance should not be formed by statesmen, whose
schemes of policy would seem to comprehend only the
interests of a day. We do not believe in the probabi-
lity of such an arrangement; yet a country which
commits her destinies to the hands of such rulers as
M. Thiers may be guilty of the folly of mixing her
destinies with those of Russia.

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float off next flood.

HONDURAS, .30th Dec.—Mary Brock, from Truxillo to England,'
put in here yesterday, being short of water, without any spare
sails, and Master dead, and crew sick, but will be supplied, and pro-
ceed in a few days. The Palinurus, Simpson, from Otnoa to this
port, which was on shore in Tom Owen's Chaunel, has been assisted
off leaky, after beir g lightened, and carried into Omoa by H.M.S.
Census, and will discharge to be hove down.
PLYMOUTH, 20th Dec.—Sophia, Johns,, arrived at this port from
Sincapore, experienced a hurricane at S.S.W. which lasted 12 hours,
on the Bth instant in lat. ,ty 0, lon. 11 0. On the 16th, the Start
N.B. about 24 miles, saw a large ship to leeward, with loss of
mainmast. A barque, of about 320 tons, water-logged and
abandoned, the name off the stern, and with the loss of inizenmast
head, was past in lat. 47 0, lon. 14 0, West by the Sophia.