The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

FINE ARTS

There is at present a collection of very fine pictures exhi
biting at Mr. Lacey's, Bold-street, to which we beg to draw
the attention of amateurs, not only from the excellence but
the rarity of many of the specimens. There are two or
three to which special notice ought to be given. There is a
Raffaelle of extraordinary beauty and brilliance, representing
the Virgin, Child, and St. John. This is a picture well known
as // sonno di Gesu. The Virgin is exquisitely painted. This
is a work of high class. There is also a Titian possessing
great merit. There is also " The Laura," of Raffaelle, a
brilliant and beautiful picture. A Carlo Dolci will also give
great delight. There is a drawing by Raffaelle of the Battle
between Constantine the Great and Maxentius, that will be
greatly admired for its vigour, boldness, spirit, and execu-
tion.
Besides these, there are works from the Dutch and Flemish
schools. Two magnificent landscapes by Ruvsdael. A cu-
rious and elaborate Watteau, representing a Eal Masque-, in
which hundreds of figures are introduced. " A Breeze," by
Backhuysen, is a charming picture. " A Vandyke" will
greatly please the admirers of this artist, as also a powerful
Rembrandt. From the Spanish school there are several works
of great merit, in which an Alonzo Cans and a Murillo are
greatly distinguished. One by the latter ought to be
looked at by every painter in this town with the most
minute attention, as showing the mode adopted by Mu-
rillo in the working and handling of his subjects. This
picture represents the Assumption of the Virgin, and
is half finished. The Spanish school ha* a gravity and
majesty about it that cannot fail to be admired by the man of
taste. Its masters may not be so correct as the Roman
school, but their knowledge of effect quite compensates for
what they otherwise want. Amongst the mighty ones of the
Spanish school may be reckoned Murillo, the painter of the
work above alluded to. A word or two respecting him will
not be out of place. The history of the Spanish school is as
full of picturesque situations and animated recitals as the
best romances, which we owe to the authors of our own
country. Every master has a character proper to him, and
every event in the life of the painter reveals one of the quali-
ties of his talents.
Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo was born of a wealthy fa-
mily at Silas, a little village in Andalusia, in 1613. To his
uncle he was indebted for the first notions of his art. In a
journey he made to Madrid, Velasquez showed him the
Escurial and the Royal Palaces, and obtained for him per-
mission to copy the works of Titian, Rubens, and Van Dyck;
he combined in his work the study of the beautiful and the
antique ; and on returning to Seville, obedient to the good
counsel of Velasquez, lie copied nature. Ills first works are
his chefs d'a?uvre, and in the rest of his career the first traces
of his early education may be found. The labours of Murillo
are immense ; he has decorated nearly all the edifices at Se-
ville, and we find evidences of his genius at Cadiz, Cordova,
Grenada, and Madrid. A little more correctness and noble-
ness in his style would have elevated Murillo to the very
summit of that art, which he has, amongst others, rendered
so celebrated. The picture of the " Death of Saint Clair,"
which he painted for the cloister of St. Francis, of Seville,
is,so without
question, the ter-piece of Murillo :it was
al his stion in th Gallery Ago ado at Paris,
which possessed fifty-two pictures attributed to him. This
gallery has lately been sold—several works from it are in this
collection, which, taken altogether, has many more than
common claims to the notice and attention of the connois-
seurs and collectors.

RECONSTRUCTION OF TH F. CONSTELLATIONS. NO but those that have bed experience of it have the least idea
of the confusion which prevails in astronomical catalogues.
A common globe will show that the boundaries of the
con'stel: latious are zig-zagged in all directions, and that sometimes a
long strip from one constellation passes direct into the region
occupied be another. This confusion is necessary to recon-
cile the irregular manner in which observers have registered
their results, and the occasional misplacement of stars by er-
ror of calculation or by confounding one star with another,
pge
is this
notice
that,
Mr. F. Bailey, President of the Royal Astronomical Society,
extensive attack u Mr. hear, meditates all
_
, he will attempt
system •, and Sir .1. Herschel has. already
as far as the southern hemisphercisconcerned
the utter eradication of the existing constellations. Even
• that would he hardly possible to remodel the
supposingit
northern hemisphere entirely, we
like
hope it might he
introduce something plain and easy boun-
dariespracticable to
no one has so pod u d
ggarloluziffri;irsre,
vaissintlgie,
and, surely, , -. right. to make the
;
attempt, or so fair a pro,sipect,taos rburonki.tetins
) Ano -
-nearly all the catalogues which
reformer (Mr. Bailey
comparing, and reprinting
have been given by constel a i
those who formed 1 t ons._
A thenceum.

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.

sent at the weekly meeting yesterday:—Messrs. ,00-den,
The following members of the Dock CommitsteaenwaserebParier:
man,) Barclay, Holt, Holmes,• Adon, "
Bold, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, Ripley, Tobin,
Evans. • ended N-
ile Sub-committee of Works presented their am
~ .. recoul•
Smith. Nlolyneu. Y _a
port on the subject of the warehouses, eructedwhich "I'be rin-
mended that all the floors should be con on e . ‘ _ ,e
ciple of the brick arch, according to a model prepared D01,t.',..
Surveyor. Some discussion ensued on the proprine )ia
_itVat
mediately adopting the report, Mr. Evans contelaidd
before
an estimate of the entire expense should Surveyorbe
the committee. The Chairman said the
the cost, according to the plan now submitted, the
report wa°
square yard. On the motion of Mr. RIPLEY the
confirmed. • structed
On the motion of Mr. RIPLEY the Surveyor was in- • A
' lEUCtIng
to inquire and report upon the best mode or cons
fire-proof roof to the new warehouses. he 0,134°61,-
In
compliance
with a recommendation of t
atemen.6
mittee, it was directed that all the reports and st
recorded
3e6stisrnsapteer
made upon the subject of the new warehouses be
in the books of the committee.
subTmheittSeclib-acolmet ro° ittee
mteirttreeeefeoivretchi the Marine SEtildrceeyoßrr'est
Trinity House, in reply to an application from the c°ll'thTie°
to place a floating beacon upon the end of
corner of Hoyle Bank, and another at the end of Con I u...`t. ,
Bank. The Elder Brethren concurred in the proprietl_y_fa
buoy with regard to Constable's Bank, as it would be tiP't;id
dberepnartfogthate
to the trade and navigation of the river Dee, and heY.",..sce
direct one to be put down in that position. With rele:74.
to the buoy on the north-west corner of Hoyle Balt,itea
the nortoiLie,,
peared to the Elder Brethren that its utility would b (Orel, en
to the trade of the port of Liverpool, and it would Tider
the,e
Dodo
appendage to it ; under these circumstances,
Brethren had no objection to the Trustees of tl . a A
puttin down and maintaining a buoy in that positio , "4
the sanction of the Corporation of the Trinity House w'
consequently given to the Dock Trustees so doing. ,or
The
own
eCrrAr a
expense.
recedent for us to seen
uarAN.—That is, they allow us to do it i"
Mr. EvANs.—And they also get a p
our mo
T OBney within their distances.
Mr. IN thought the Trinity House very ababbY', tion
Mr. RIPLEY observed, that as this was a recornmen°3
essari to
from their own Marine Surveyor, it was hardly nec
refer the subject back again.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE thought that as the r•-- ft ropi•
Dock ‘.'
the proposed buoy was out of the limits of the .irn tion 4
mittee, they had no power to place it there. wed 0
Mr. RIPLEY considered that the buoy should be P ge
'
recommended. The expense would be a mere 'Agate t
in guts.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the expense not
"
ttihoeiziltrbiutowyass:t.he principle it involved.
. TOBIN —'fhey might as well ask us to maint3i° all
Mr. Array said this refusal on the part 0t .the''arr-ri:billt
House was doubly vexatious, when it was reconeci.s fro
etiiileormous surplus funds they had accurnulated, derifelhoe
shipping interest. The masters of the TrinitY "old
gave splendid dinners to dukes and noblemen, and thineierrot
snafiling excursions, all at the expense of the shipPipg ,-ernet
this and other ports, and now that a little impro, their
was suggested they told the Dock Committee to do it at '
own expense. # Ot
Mr. BRAMLEY-NIOORE again said the question 00,,ier
otone of expense, but one in which the committee hal, tnois
o beyond the bounds of the port. If they accedeu t", g 0
.a.now,_ they might, at some future time, be called upon
h If a mile further
Mr. HOLMES mentioned that the North-west . Light's
was out of the boundaries of the port. LIP
Mr. Arms replied that that was under an act of
nitl‘ylrß.uTnoyn. Priii.
went.the Tri'
Tonle.—lf we must do it, let it be called'` ''''
( rtberr
communication Aft erso m efurther l
d
with
decided th
Trinitya that a - ';3 0s r'
tbel'
upon the subject. list
The Harbour Masters' Sub-committee reported t 4 ,s, to
could not recommend the use of wood instead of %tor
e recommended, and it was adopted,
signalisetntte the condition of the docks. The same ,11 e
tc
written. fire vil'i 1
that o,itter,
stones over the house-doors of the South Harbour ',NO
" Master of
andthe Mastersof King's
Queen'sHarbour a
Dock,"st Master blastershnnld of
he " South
Kings pock,
ch
The
.North Harbour Master reported a tritlia ,00°
took
place on the evening of the 14th instant, in the '
the flat Sarah. fi,etter
The CHAIRMAN ° 6
wished the committee to state itt
they would I d " iv
en the model of the frigate at the hea_ hotit
stairs, to the intended exhibition at the Collegiat° ,
lion ,
.3 . (Cries of " Yes, yes.") 1„,. It,
Mr. ARCLAY Ti pilot J.'.
ey must send down a
(Laughter.) . uie it
The CHAIRMAN said, this model was wanted beca;tbi
was one of the articles which had been saved at the tiro
Exchange The was burnt down.
On thipeplication was then granted. the s"te
representation of Mr. BgAmt,l,:y -Mooss, , rod t()
of the
crossings
to the several dock bridges was r,c'e-
the Sury •
Surveyor; after which the committee separteo•