The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

THE FINE ARTS.

" The Queen of the Ocean" yacht going to the rescue of
" The Ocean Monarch" emigrant-ship.
a.This is a very truthful representation of the Ocean.
,enarch and the surrounding objects, and has been de-
signed and drawn by Mr. Henry Melling, who was him-
self an eyewitness of the distressing event, and is, more-
over a nautical man. He has painted a picture of the ca-
lamity with great fidelity and accuracy of proportion. The
etne combines the real state of things at the time. The
.._1) is represented with her anchors down, and with her
!uasts and sails all standing, the latter aback and shiver-
Zito the wind, as they appeared just before the more fu-
dejs Stage of the combustion. That remarkably large
Ignating letter T is seen on her foretopgail; and the
thgnal of distress (the American jack half-mast high) at
e fore. The fire is sweeping her deck abaft and mid-
4.PIPS, and the immense number of emigrants, and most of
Lae crew, crowding the forecastle, bowsprit, and jibboom.
The yacht was the first that went up, and was there
Tendering assistance a full hour before the steamers. She
Is shown as making a tack to windward, with her boat
ready loosened to launch overboard on the next tack, as
She rounded the bow of the ship.
The Ocean Monarch was a noble and frigate-like vessel,
and was under full sail, with all her courses down, just
Previous to the fire. A dense mass of dark brown smoke
Was the first indication of the combustion, as seen from
the yacht ; and shortly afterwards the ship's mizen-mast
and mainmast fell successively overboard in flames. The
Yacht is represented as affected by that peculiar heave of
the waves, (with about twelve feet scud of a sea,) which is
a° especially characteristic of fast-sailing cratt of her de-
scription. She was hauled close to the wind—which she
was previously running before from Beaumaris—with her
gaff-topsail and square-sail set. The commodore's broad
pendant is at her mast-head, and the R. M. Y. C. ensign
at the peak. The Gem, a fine small yacht belonging to
alr- Melling, on her return from Beaumaris regatta,
Passed the burni.ig hull of the Ocean Monarch at 6 p.m.,
en the day of the calamity. There was not then a single
creature to be seen about the wreck ; and, but for the
fouling of the Gem's anchor and cable, at starting, which
retarded her departure, she would have been amongst the
first to render some assistance.
The seaway, and the general perspective of the vessels
in,
the picture, are well carried out, and the mastery of the
artist in his peculiar line will be obvious to all nautical
Men who see the print.

EXHIBITION OF THE LIVARPOOL ACADEMY,

(THIRD NOTICE.)
We resume our remarks on this interesting exhibition
ni the second room, where are to be met with some paint-
ings of a very first-class character. Amongst these we
must begin with
281. The Funeral Procession of Henry the Seventh.
E. A. Goodall. An interior of great merit. The fore-
ground contains some excellent painting ; and the manage-
nient of the distance, disclosing the long aisle, crowded
with gorgeously-dressed churchmen and mourners, is very
clever.

289. Pilot Boatmen looking out (Coast of Dover—
:_ Hollins, A.R.A.--is a very striking little picture. The
ngure on the ground, in particular, is excellently fore-
shortened, and is a gem in itself.
Bringing a Stag from the Mountain—R. Ansdell
;V ine of those efforts in which this artist is inferior only
Landseer. It is a very clever picture.
Portrait of Thomas Muncaster, Esq.—D. Wil-
-18.0n —the work of a young artist, we believe, is a
striking likeness of a very well known gentleman. It
chews great promise.
8 315 and 316. Miniatures—by J. B. Cros—are exquisite
ecimens cf the art. The latter especially, a portrait of
',lBg ICeele, the pianist, is an unmistakeable likeness.
ovv, e return to the first room, where we find
°1- Entrance to the Menai Straits. H. B. Pyne. A
neSpecimen of the artist. The rainy sky opposite the
sunset is delightfully painted. Another painting by this
artist is
135. A Heath Scene. The view in the distance is one
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f the most talented bits of painting in the exhibition.
05. Ruins of the Temple of Eunout, Ancient Her-
Ton:his, Upper Egypt—D. Roberts, R.A.—is a noble
ricture, finely conceived, and betraying great power of
tiNination and of artistic skill.
i. 50. Roadside Forge : Moonlight—E. Williams, sen.—
giver and icture. The glow of the forge upon the
res objects near is very skilfully painted.

FASHIONABLE SOCIETY IN THE UNITED
STATES-PAINTED ON THE SPOT.

(From the New York Sun.)
The leading characteristic of the fashionable society of
the United States, as it is called at the present day, is its
intense vulgarity. We shall presently explain the cause
of this ; but, in the meantime, let us, unmoved by the
awful howl of snobdom, glance at the manner in which
fashionable vulgarity displays itself. It grieves us very
much to say, that amongst the women, who regard them-
selves as the leaders of fashion, there is a brusqueness of
manner, which is probably intended to be taken for self.
Possession and smartness, but which is really nothing but
Positive rudeness. Loud talking at table—impertinent
staring at strangers—a disregard of those little civilities
an d
11 decencies of life which are always respected by the
Z'e,-bred person—lead us to suppose that the fashionable
ales of this day imagine that the best way to prove their
,auPeriority in the scale of refinement, is to despi.e all the
Zprtesies and politeness which characterise the demeanour
In tit:e 'masses, which they affect to call low and vulgar.
...s, certainly, these fashionable people are eminently
exclusives."style people" of America, as
tr,ese Pseudo-fashionables the masses of their coun-
h-Jtnen and countrywomen, are amongst the politest
'"l°Ple in the world, and have the nicest sense and appre-
ttion of those thousand nameless amenities which give
glace and refinement to society.
Of the bewhiskered and moustached snobs who flutter
.111_110, that's not exactly the word—who dandle around
13,11_se female " exclusives"—of gawky fellows, who have
pcci tile manliness to avow the shop or the desk—of stu-
tiu rones, living on their relatives, with loins admirably
poalifYing them to officiate usfully and honourably as
hairiters, but who are too lazy toe work, and to beg are not
atned—of silly chaps who have inherited the well-
trrned dollars of successful hodmen, or indefatigable
ge"ers, and now ape the air and manners of the finished
ventletean ; of all these bipeds, it is hardly worth our
while to speak. It is enough to say, that they are quite
/t rtilY of the society of such women as we have described.
:`as amusing enough to observe the little antics which
fe animals played off at Newport, or the Springs—the
fantastic tricks which made the waiters snigger—the
•enug,i,able attempts at courtly ease and self-possession,
ArlY successful as those of the elated supernumerary
l
t finds himself invested, on the Broadway boards, with
I,lae glory of tinsel!
tear great secret of all the vulgarity, coarseness, silli-
41e' and insolence which characterise American fashion-
er, aociety, is to be found in the fact, that mere wealth,
fashion-
tut is just as good, the reputation of wealth, consti.
Is a 'a open sesame" to its delectable precincts. This
?luiPpbarent in all directions. Wit, genius, talent, grace,
mighty dollar,"
all pass for nought in comparison with the
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