The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

WALK THE SECOND,

We commence our peregrinations this day where last
week we ended them, viz., at the Water Colour portion
of the Exhibition, which contains several pictures, be-
sides those already noticed, of great merit. .1-3ut firs
let us dispose of one of the piciores in oil, contaiped in
the same room—

No. 544. " Morbid Sympathy," by E. Prentis. The
subject here is happily chosen, as a hit at one of the
most revoltin:4: follies of toe day. The painting is divided
into two scenes. In the first we see a ruffian just issainA
from the house in which he has be Ai committing aII feed
of bleod. The features of the murderer, the midnight
scene, With' the dark laute!'n shedding its balehil light
through the, open door from which he steals, are power-
fully painted.. In the second scene we see the same
figure in the cell of a prison, in Which he is visited, us
an object °fele " morbid sympathy" of the ivesent day,
by two philanthropic ladies, end. au eldely sentimental
male tabby of the same species. The features of the
hero of the dungeon, in the first scene expressing valgar
brutality combined with nai;aral horror,•are here screwed
up into an ugly expression of self-satisfied vanity. 'f he
,
murderer had oecome a "lion " for a time, and is eni-
dehtly niaking the most of his bad eminence. The
whole painting is one of the most cutting and wholesome
satires,seriovsly conveyed, which We have lately seen.
Nos. 432,T403, 501,'and 502,—portraitsin crayons of
HoPvndocl, Esq. of Hopwood, Lancashire, the Hon.
Caryl Molyneux, Miss Hopwood of Knowsley, and
Viscount Molyneur, by E. Warren,—are excellent
specimens of,' the art.
507, " Durham from the New Bridge," and 498,
" Durham," are very spi-tted drawings. The latter is
very I,ood. The old abbey, standing out in bold relief
in the cent re"of the picture, is a noble object.
494, " The Pass of Llanberis," by W. Coilidgwood,
is a spirited picture.
473, " Work and Play," by Mrs. W. Hawkins, is
very pretty subject, well conceived, and executed with
great skill and taste.
•4 0, " Newhaven Pier," by aye!' Fieldiilg, is a
picture of great merit, by an artist who seldom fails to
produce something worthy of praise.
396, " The Pedlar," by Mis: l'airim-st, is a very
pleasing painting. The boy, who is bartering his old
shoe for some of the wares carried by the old crone, is
quite a character; and the girl, watching the result of
her brother's bargain, is well painted.
380, " The Firstborn," by G. H. Harrison, is a ra
mantic affair, well painted, but not very natural. The
rustic felicity pourtrayed here is not met with in these
hard, utilitarian times. Bowers of roses are seldom the
lot of agricultural labourers, or even of small farmers,
nowadays.
354, "Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene," by
W. S. P. Hende,-son, a painting in three compartments,
is the story of the old ballad excellently told. The
ghostly lgure of Alonzo, in the third scene, is ably and
effectively conceived.

293, " The Ferry Dom at Butterhy, near Durham,'•
by E. Hast.nA is a pleasingly'-drawn picture of a very
fine landscape. The sky, however, is a little too
" beautifully blue" for our northern climate.— The same
artist has two other paintings in the exhibition, 23l and
144 ; the latter of which, " The Gamekeeper's Lodge,'
is infinitely the most talented. The older of the two
figures in this picture is a.Very racy specimen of the fine
Old English class of sportsmen to which he belongs ;
and the whole subject is well treated. The dog, how-
ever, is a sad drawback upon the picture. It is neither
a game dog nor adv other breed with which we are ac-
quainted. We understand that this is the first time dutt
Mr. Hastings has contributed any paintings to the
Liverpool ; and we trust that he will be ;e-
-duced i.o favour us with further specimens of his pencil.
1.56, "The Fr.ends," by W. Davis, (a Liverpool ar •
t:,-t.) who will rise if he devotes himself to the high, r
branches of his profession, is a pleasing piece of domes-
tic painting. Another picture, however, by the same
artist, 3i9, "The Recovery," is much the best speci.
men of- his. powers. The drawing of the figures in the
foreground is very. fine, and the colouring only wants
time to render them perfect. The artist has succeeded,
in the female figure' in rendering features of tbe ordi-
nary C. aStPVitirai* b,elong to 'those of her class in life,
n, t hnly interestietg and. intellectual, but even beautiful.
Theoul, in the, act ot, thanksgiving, 'looks out in•grace•
froth the ce`ry humble case in' which it is shrined. A
little more finish in the background would.ve rendered
this a very tine painting.

, .
THE FD NEIg: SATURbAYNIGHT.—In the English funds
the amount of business transacted to-day *was not consi-
derable, and pric,s continue rather flat, in consequence
of the increased demand for cash, which has not in the
least abated. The absorption of capital by the new
schemes of railway in all directions appearing before the
public, will account in a measure for the temporary tight-
nesS of the money market, PS a great number of the first
calls made on the allotment of shares are now in course
of payment. ,This applies not only to English, but like-
wise to continental projects, which have found very ready
support among our capitalists at home. Consols for
money left off this afternoon at 100 k to 4-; and for the
account. 1004 to ; Exchequer bills, 73e. to 755. pre-
mium; Bank Stock, 2044 to 2054; India Stock, 287 to
289 ; Three per Cents. lieduced, 994 to ?,-; New Three-
and-a-Quat ter per Cents., 1021 to 4 ; India Bonds, 94 to
96 premium ; and Long Annuities, l2k The increasing
demand for money is also felt out of the Stock Exchange.
The discount houses came yesterday to the determination
that they would take money at 2 per cent., and lend it at
21. In the foreign' securities there was scarcely a bar-
gain. Speculation is quite at a stand, and prices, sympa-
thizing with the state of affairs in the English house, are
certainly heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. left off 234 to
' • the Three per tents., 34 4 to 4 ; Portugue,e, 50 to 51 ;
Mexican, 34.,. to 4; the Deferred, 154 to 4; Dutch Two-
and•a. alf per Cents., 621 to 4; the Five per Cents-981
to 4 ; Danish, 88 to 89 ; Colombian, 141 to 4 ; Chilian,
101 to 103 ; Buenos Ayres, 36 to 37 ; Brazilian, 814 to
854 ; and 13,1gian, 1031 to 1044.
FOOD FOR CATTLE.—The Treasury have given permis-
sion for upwards of 20 tons of the Lotus nut to be ad-
mitten without payment of any duty for Earl Spencer,
which he is about to import for the purpose of the article
beiny tried as an experiment as fond for cattle.
FOREIGN CATTLE.—One hundred and ten head of
horned cattle have been imported by the steamers from
Hamburgh and Rotterdam since our last.—Hull puke.

[The following, which appeared last week, in our
'own Edition, is re-inserted for the perusal of
distant Subscribers.]

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP

BRITANNIA.

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.

The steam-ship Britannia, Captain Heaitt. which was
telegraphed eff Holyhead, yesterday afternoon, arrived at
ten o'clock last night. She sailed from Boston on thelst,
and from Halifax on the 3d instant, and has made an ex-
cellent passage. She has brought 50 passengers, the names
of whom we subjoin.
LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE BRITANNIA.—From
Boston:—Mr. J. S. Petrie and lady, Mr. Ward, Mr. C.
Moran, Mr. R. J. Thomas, Mr. A. F. D. Gifford, Mr.
E. J. Forstall, Mr. Schefer, Mr. A. W. Jafftay, Mr. P.
Arkly (bearer of despatches), Sir George simpson, Mr.
W. H. Smith, Mr. Duchastell, Mr. F. linumer, Mr. H.
Raumer, Mr. Thomas Richardson, Mr. J. S. Lovering,
Miss Ogden, Mr. A. Denny, Mr. W. Woodville, Mr. P.
S. Ogden, Mr. Outram, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. F. R. Sears,
Mr. E. M. Hopkins, Mr. A. H. Tinlay, Mr. H. Woods,
Mr. J. H. Bryden, Mr. J. Tennant, Mr. W. Jones, Mr.
Gunter, Master G. Harrison, Mr. R. 0. Williams, Mr.
H. Farnutn, Mrs. Jeffreys, Mr. P. Hammond, and Mr.
Mills. From Halifax :—Sir Henry Caldwell and Lady
Caldwell, Hon. P. Barrington, Mr. M'Gee, Mr. Carrier,
lion. James Tobin, Capt. Monckton, Mr. Arthur Jones,
Mr. Grubb and two Misses Grubb, Lieut.-Col. Stewart.
and Mr. Phillips.

The news brought by the Britannia is of very little im-
portance (except the markets.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Monday, Sept. 30.—
The Stock Market was very firm to-day. The sales were
to a very fair extent, and the feeling in Wall-street much
better than we have noticed for some time past. The
domestic trade of the country has become established
principally upon ao exchange of products instead of an
exchange of bank bills, and the exchanges of merchandize
has much reduced brokerage in the city. The market
closes with a fair demand for sterling exchange. The
closing rates range as high as at any time through the
season, with every probability of rising still higher.
There is so large a proportion of our import trade carried
on by foreign commission houses, that they are com-
pelled to use their own business paper to make remittances
as soon as their owners on the other side require. This
will brobably advance rates for bills, and may compel
drawers to make remittances. There is a great difficulty
experienced in obtaining Mexican dollars, all the Canadian
banks having been dra ned for Europe as well as the Uni-
ted States, on which the New York Herald makes some
very pungent remarks—asserting that it is a daneerous
expedient to arrest the ruin that to many was fast ap-
proaching, the result of which might be ten-fold more
injurious than the evil itself.
COTTON TRADE AT NEW YORK.—This market has,
within the last fortnight, exhibited a firmer tone than
for some time previous. The receipts at this port have
been limited, and the rates have been gradually improv-
ing. Business is quite active in the southern markets,
and we may soon expect activity in this.
The receipts at ports of the U S. since Sept. 1, 1844,
have been 26,700 bales, and were in the same period last
year 11,850 bales, which was however, about 7,000 hales
less than the previous year. The receipts at the New
York markets from the Ist were 7,563 bales; the exports
24,380 hales, of which 4,800 were taken by spinners, and
36t) by speculators. The stock on hand amounts to
35,000 bales, and that on sale to 7,000.
We annex quotations now current in this market :
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.

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