The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

WALKS THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF THE
LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. 1844.
We have already given a very brief, and necessarily very
imperfect, notice of this exhibition, at the time of writing
which we had only been favoured, by the kindness of the
secretary, with half an hour's glance through the rooms
previous to their being opened to the public. We now
propose going through the catalogue more in detail, in a
series of papers, giving to our readers the impressions
made upon our mind during the various walks which we
shall make from time to time amidst this extensive collec-
tion. We begin this day will
WALK THE FIRST.
On entering an exhibition, catalogue in band, we natu-
rally turn to No. 1, conceiving that it must have been
honoured with this prominence from some superior merit,
real or supposed. We cannot, however, pay the commit-
tee the poor compliment of attributing this as their motive
for assigning its present place to Mr. Leahy's painting of
" Lady Jane Grey Summoned to her Execution," but ra-
ther conclude that it is ranked first from its being the
largest in the collection. We find no fault with it as a
painting. The grouping and colouring are good, and the
figure and face of Lady Grey herself, " in countenance
nothing cast down, neither her eyes moistened with tears,"
as described by her historian, but raised in humble confi-
dence and hope to Heaven, are beautifully given. But
there is nothing of striking genius throughout the compo-
sition ; and in part, perhaps, on account of its great pre-
tension, the impression with which we leave it is one of
disappointment.
No. 4.—A Portrait of a Lady, by Gambendella, is a
vivid painting, which cannot escape notice. The colour-
ing, however, might, with advantage, have been a little •
subdued.
No. 6.—A little painting, called " The Standard Com-
bat," by H. Melling, is full of spirit and boldness of de-
sign and execution. It is, in parts, rather hastily drawn,
however, and affords us rather a specimen of what the
artist might be than of his present powers.
No. 10.—" The Ferry—Evening," by E.
sen., is a pleasing composition.
No. 11.—" The Highland Lament," by H. Johnston,
is a very striking picture. The colouring, which is singu-
larly gloomy, is in keeping with the wildness of the scenery
and the solemnity of the occasion. The figures are very
correct, and the piper in the foreground especially
imposing.
No. 21.—" Endymion's Dream," by P. Westcolt,
could only have been painted by one capable of appreciat-
ing the beautiful conceptions of the lamented Keats. The
dreamy nature of the poet has here entered into the artist's
pencil; and the effect is a vision on canvas as etherial as
was ever presented to the wildest imagination. The spirit
of the moon—" that completed form of all loveliness"—
which visits the slumbering hunter, is beautifully painted,
as are the moon herself and the sky out of whose blue
depths she appears to have sprung, the untangible sub-
stance of beauty. The dreaming Endymion is scarcely
less beautiful in conception and artistic finish. The
moonlight is thrown upon his features with great skill and
effect. His tired dogs, in the foreground, are the only
objects in the picture which seem to belong to earth.
No. 37 is a very pleasing " Portrait of a Child," by
Patten, who has several other fine paintings in the exhi-
bition.

No. 49.—" Mount St. Michael, Cornwall," by C.
Stansfield, is a fine painting, displaying great artistic
power, and will be a favourite with all lovers of marine
views. The troubled ocean in the foreground is painted
with great skill, whilst the mist shrouded mount, and the
indistinct filling in of the background, are magnificent.
No. 95.—" The Lassie's Supply from the Spring," by
E. A. Giffard, is a beautiful little picture. The faces,
and one in particular of great archness, are perfect gems
of painting. The colouring and light are well managed.
No. 115.—" Facing the Enemy," by J. T. Eglinton,
is a pleasing picture. We presume the spaniel is a
portrait.
No. 116.—" Cattle- returning—Evening,"—by J. Wil-
son, Junr., is a pretty pastoral composition.
No. 123.—" The Fortune Tellers," by H. Room is a
pleasing portrait of one of the beautiful faces and forms
occasionally to be met with amongst the Gipsy race.
No. 125.—" The Gipsy," a sketch by T. Crane, is
drawn with force, but a somewhat forbidding picture. It
might serve for the opposite of No. 123.
No. 160.—" A scene on the Clyde," by Thomas Cres-
wick, is finely painted. The rocks in the foreground are
beautifully done.
No. 161.—" Rebecca unvailing," by C. A. Dowal, is a
pleaant composition.
No. 242.—" The Embarkation of James II," by H.
Oates, is a very fine historical painting. The galley of
Louis XIV., in which the deposed king is being conveyed
on board te Soleil Royal, in which he sailed with his
armanent to Ireland, is beautifully drawn; and the group-
ing of the illustrious passengers on board very good, s
well as that of the figures in the foreground who appear
spectators of the scene. The magnificent vessel itself,
the Soleil Royal, is a striking object; the colouring may
be objected to as somewhat too fresh,—a fault which time
in part will remedy. Altogether, this picture is highly
creditable to the artist.
No. 276 and 279.—Tw0 pleasing pictures by our towns-
man Mr. S. Walters.
No. 280.—" Castle Craig Borrowdale," and 281 `• Por-
tencross Castle, Ayrshire," the former by Miss Charlotte
Nasrnyth and the latter by Miss Barbara Nasmyth, are
excellent specimens of two delightful Artistes.
No. 474.—" The Ploughboy," by W. Hunt—a Water
Colour Drawing of very first-rate merit. It is one of
the gems of this portion of the exhibition.
No. 538.—" Portraits of Mrs. Adey and the Misses
Adey," by Miss Al. Gillus, is a highly finished and beau-
tiful painting. The colouring is fine and very rich.

WHAT WARDS SHALL WE WIN ?
" What Wards shall we win ?" Papist journals say seven,
Whilst others, more gen'rous, give ten or eleven;
But both are at fault, as will plainly be seen—
We shall win our old number, " the glorious thirteen."
Thirteen, and one more,—for Exchange we shall gain ;
To contest it with us would be " labour in vain":
This to HOLMES is well known, so he flies from his post;
If he reckons on Lime-street, 'tis " without his host."
And thus to the Radical faction will fall
That spicy Arabia. delightful Vauxhall!
'Tis swamp'd by Repealers ;—and Castle-street, too,
Is held in its hands by a like ragged crew.
But WOOLLRIGHT, 'tis said, will St. Peter's obtain!
We have beaten him once, and shall beat him again :
Whilst St. Anne's—who'll believe it?—must fall to that pearl,
That pink of politeness, ex-Alderman EARLE!!!
Then, Tories, at once the red banner unfold,
Unite it with ensigns of purple and gold;
For combin'd with King William's true Protestant lads,
You'll triumph o'er Papists, Socinians, and Rads !
Roscommon-street, 14th October, 1844

E. M.

THE WEATHER.--We have had those alternations of
rain, wind, and sunshine, within the past week which may
be expected at this advanced period of the autumn. The
rain has, for the most part, fallen (and heavily too) du-
ring the night, the day being generally fine, with a drying
breeze. Yesterday evening, shortly after five o'clock,
this town and neighbourhood were visited by a brief but
violent storm of wind and heavy rain, accompanied by
several vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of
thunder, which last excited no little alarm amongst the
timid. At the time of our writing (Monday night) the
weather is still stormy, and inclined to squally. Hap-
pily the field crops, with the exception of the potatoes,
which are yet in no danger, have nearly all been housed
in good order. The after-grass in the vicinity has been
in all warm and well treated grounds, more abundant
than was expected, and this accession to cattle food will
do much to make up for the deficiency of the first hay.
crop. The turnips also look well,—particularly the
Swedes, of which we have seen many fields—the bulbs of
a large size. We have also seen some fields of young
Wheat, presenting a very verdant and promising appear-
ance for the season.

A HORSE KILLED IN THE STREET.—On Sunday even-
ing. about five o'clock, as a phaeton, drawn by a fine gray
horse, and a car were driving rapidly along Pembroke-
place, the two animals and vehicles came into sudden and
violent collision, and the horse in the phaeton was so
much injured that he instantly dropped, and died in about
three minutes. There were four persons in the car, and
several also in the phaeton, none of whom were, happily,
seriously hurt. We have been unable to learn whether
blame was to be attached to one or both drivers, or whe-
ther the contact was the effect of accident.

GRADUATES OF DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—The Dublin
Statesman of Friday announces the following. We at
present doubt its truth. "We understand that more than
one of the English bishops actually refuse to ordain gradu-
ates of Trinity College, Dublin, though duly qualified in
every theological, and moral, and other respect. This
conduct is truly deplorable, and replete with danger iu the
present state of the united church of England and Ireland.
We have heard of one English prelate who goes further
still, and actually refuses to license as a curate in his dio-
cese any graduate of Dublin ordained by an lii h bishop,
though in full priest's orders."

CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY, -On Saturday
se'nnight, a meeting was held at Bandon, to take into
consideration a proposition to construct a railway on the
above line. Viscount Bernard took the chair. Mr. Bil-
ling of London produced estimates of traffic which showed
a certain profit of 10 per cent., and declared he was ready
to prove it would be much nearer 15 per cent. The line
would open a market at Bandon for all the Western Dis-
tricts of that great County, which had a large produce
from its agriculture, its mines, its fisheries, and other
sources—all of which would be concentrated into Bandon
as the great terminus for Cork. Mr. Sullivan said, that,
with regard to the farmers taking their produce from
Bandon on to Cork, he apprehended it would be much
more advantageous to the commercial interests of Ban-
don to have the line t) go on to Cork than if a line was
merely constructed to deep water, but when gentlemen
came forward to advocate that project, the reply to them
was, we make, on this main line, two miles of the rail for
you to deep water, and it is not reasonable to suppose
that the line will be continued to the deep water. Now
on that part of the subject he would just mention one
fact, and it was truly said that one fact was worth a
thousand arguments. At this moment, and for the last
fortnight, his stores were full of corn. He had been try-
ing at Kinsale to obtain a vessel, and he could not under a
very high freight, and he did obtain one at Cork at two
shillings per ton less than he could at Kinsale. Ile had
consequently been obliged to refuse purchasing any
more within the last two days. If the railway
was established and he had the facility of transit,
he could of course purchase from the farmers on
better terms than he could now. Bandon was unques-
tionably the great point of attraction for the whole
west of Cork, and it was the natural outlet for the whole
of its agricultural produce. Do what they would, the
town of Bandon stood in such a geographical position that
nothing could interfere with it. If they had lines from
Dublin to Cashel, and from Cashel to Cork and Limerick
and Waterford, was it reasonable to suppose that mer-
chants and capitalists would not find their way to Bandon
when they had a railway there? Several other speeches
were made.