The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-26 00:00:00

ncluding water-colours,) some of:them introduced for

course, some exceptions to the
riority ; but, as a whole, we
may be considered one of the
yet brought forward by the Ac

if not the very best,

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cursory view, more
beginning with the large roor
No. 49, " A Child Sleepin_
i❑ a round frame, is soft and pleasin
in colouring. 65, by the same artis'
52, " A Girl reading a Ballad, at a Brook
puddling in the water at her feet
happily executed, both in the f 4
We have before noticed 106
Elias Arnaud, Esq., the re
Customs at this port.
able ; but the likeness
attained by this artist. It does n
ginal. The same may be said
Jackson, Esq., (84,) by Illidg
of a lady, by J. Wood. Th
life-like, and the colouring su
" Colebrook Mill, Devonsl

chid
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not so

by Pat

f William

R.A., is one of the best lands,
pears to have been finished N
telling, as that of a master. '1
is quite picturesque. The die
well maintained

a spirited portrait

[midst tall woods

A youth told his father that a situation was a tie to him
and that he wished to be emancipated from it, and to go
into business for himself, "Ah Dick I" replied his fa-
ther, " business is precarious ; and though your situation
is a tie, yet it is a certainty.
A bailiff, calling at the house of a distressed Quaker to 180—A Scene in Bolton P.
serve a writ was refused admittance. He said to the ser- large landscape. The foreground t;.want, " Your master is at home, but will not see me." the vista " through embowering trees,
He has seen thee, friend," said Abigail, " but does in the distance. There are two figures, ho.
not like thy appearance." ing a slight eminence on a road, which appeL..
A TEMPERANCE ARGUMENT.—It is said that of all a little faulty. They are receding, and have h,
those who have been engaged in making and vending in- gone only a few paces from the top of the heig.
toxicating drinks in the state of New York, for 49 years, their legs are intercepted up the rise to the knee,
nine-tenths have become insolvent, and that two-thirds they were cut off, or had fallen into a hole. Are we rigl
of them were intemperate. No. 173 is called " innocence," by Dabziel. Afe
A remarkable phenomenon occurred a few days ago on is represented in a very awkward att
the Brighton railway. A gentleman and lady were sitting op- questionable virgin " innocence," in '
posite to each other, the lady having a piece of court ther figure (the sex we cannot define)
plaster on her lip. On emerging from one of the dark more awkwardly. We hold the committee gm
tunnels, marvellous to relate, the court plaster was ob- discretion in giving a place to such " innoce
served to have passed over to the gentleman's lip, collection.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE REDNESS IN THE SKY 185, 11 A Roadside Inn," by Boddir,—
and pleasing, as are most of this author's productions
AT SUNSET ?—The air being then dry, refracts more red Windsor, or heat-making rays; and as dry air is not perfectly • , with a canal lock, la7arge,.figures,i&c.,
a distant view of the castle, by \\ itherington, i.A
transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. considered a very successful effort. 202 near,
it,
Such is the explanation given by Sir Humphry Davy in
Bosom Friend,,, (an old man grasping a Bible,) is totally
his beautiful Salmonia.
devoid of the character and devotion purposed to be con-
SHEARING EXTRAORDINARY.—WiIIiam Greenhalgh, veyed.
alias Deaf Bill, 75 years of age, resident at Wrigley Brook, We now pass to the second room. " The Translation
Heywood, near Bury, sheared in six days, last week, 252 of Elijah," a large picture by Wood, is a good concep-
riders of wheat, in a field belonging to Mr. Robert Ker- tion, and well painted. 217, " A Scene in Wales," by J.
shave, farmer and cotton manufacturer, Pilsworth, being Wilson, jun., is an effective effort, combining the sterile
21 riders per day, at 2d. each, for which he received the and stony with the partially verdant. The trees, and the
sum of 21s. water from the mountains, are well depicted.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Monday evening, the 214, " The Spirit of the Dream," (Leigh,) a female,
men employed at Woodhead, in cutting the tunnel for the with a glory, is apparently intended to represent stained
Manchester and Sheffield Railway, were much alarmed glass. This is by no means a hit. 245, a landscape with
by the falling-in of some portion of the roof. Three of figures, by J. Meabeth, is well designed and painted.
the men were getting supper just under the roof, which " Satan addressing the hated' Sun," (246,) a very
fell in about twelve o'clock at night, and the men were large picture, the subject from Milton, is not much to
killed on the spot. our taste, anatomically or otherwise. It wants that fiend-
A COSTLY DISH.—In an old manuscript journal of ish expression which belongs to his sable majesty, and is
David Plenderleath, cousin of the Rev. David Plender-
moreover too youthful in appearance.
leath, sometime minister of the Tolbooth Church, Edin-
No. 260, " A Cottage in Kent," by Miss Nasnayth, is
burgh, there is the following entry :—" London, Friday,
a sweet little piece, showing much taste and talent. 267,
" "
3d June, 1757.—We have green peas for this fortnight A Coast Scene near Liverpool, by H. Melling, is
past in the markets : the first that came to market sold good, but too lightly and brightly coloured. The ship-
as I am told, at ten guineas a pint." ,
ping is well drawn. 275, " A Lady visiting a Prisoner,"
is not happy. The lady should not have visited a prison
THE BUSY BEE.—Having some difficulty, of late, to in so rich a silk dress, which overdoes the contrast with
unfasten a warehouse door, I found it necessary to em- the surrounding gloom.
ploy my carpenter to take off the lock, and to our great 272, " Peel Castle, from the Bay, Isle of Man," a
surprise found it nearly filled with honeycomb, and that small long picture by S. Walters, has a good effect. 235,
a small swarm of bees had actually converted the cavity " Dudley Castle," by Hunt, is also good. " Going to
of the lock into a hive, and had there deposited, in part, Market," with flocks and herds crossing a river, (287,)
the produce of their laborious gleanings.—Bath Journal. by Boddington, is very clever and pleasing. The trees
A REPLY.—The Duke of Marlborongh, struck with are beautiful, and the distant landscape soft and fine ; but
the warlike air and fine figure of a soldier taken prisoner bow happens it that two of the sheep are drinking ?
at the battle of Blenheim, exclaimed, " Had the French 286, " The Sixth Age"—" the lean and slippered pan-
army contained 50,000 men similar to that grenadier, it taloon," chuckling a pretty girl under the chin, is one of
would not have been beaten." " Eh! moableu," said the best in the room, both in character and execution. It
the soldier. " there were men enough like me, but the is by A. Solomon. The lights are well managed. 292,
army needed a general like you. Military Anecdotes " Scarborough," with its castle, the sea, &c., by Clint,
in the United Service Gazette. is a fine picturesque semblance f that remarkable town
WOMAN'S FIRMNESS OF OPINION.—A wife, let her and rocky promontory. 291, "An old Castle on Loch
assert against her husband what she will, and argue as Tyne, in Scotland," by C. Fielding, is a very pleasing
she will, the husband is not at all in the condition to re- representation of northern lake and mountain scenery.
fute or conquer her. For when he thinks to hold her fast Amongst the portraits, many of which are very good,
by a chain of reasoning, it is very much as when he at- is 326, " A Magdalene," by a lady, who (we beg pardon
tempts to draw up to himself a ball of yarn by one of its if our justice overcomes our gallantry) would be better
threads. He will get more and more thread in his hands, employed in her hot,isehold affairs than in wasting canvas
but the ball will roll about, and still remain upon the and paint.
earth.
" Pharaoh dividing the Spoil among the Tribe," (316,)
A youth about sixteen Michael
by Clater, has a good effect. 315, a 'landscape by a lady,
Sullivan, gardener to Arthur Lloyd Saunders, Esq., was is a clever painting, showing
lntb
position.e '
bitten by a cat, about ten weeks since, which was straying
from his father's house, and which he pursued into a field. . Third Room, will also" be found some good
"
The animal was immediately killed, and the wound clalens • A Village Festival, (349,) is a fine
promptly dressed and healed quickly. No danger was
ip,icture—rni!ch in the style,and character of Wilkie.
apprehended, until the usual and languishing symptons
Boys playing at Marbles, ' rusticlookers-on, asses,
set in on Thursday, and became hourly more violent, ti 11 &c., is effective; but the faces have rather too much of
death ended all the torments of the frightful disease. The the minute miniature touch about them. " A Group of
bay was of excellent character, and a great assistance to Water Carriers"—men and camels, on the Syrian shore,
his industrious parents.—Tralee Chronicle. by R. Dadd, exhibits, in a favourable manner the pecu-
liar genius of that unfortunate young man.
drawing and proportions are, we think, altc
" The Skirts of a Wood. 1367,) by H. J. Both,
a fine landscape; and 371, by J. Stark, is also goon,
though the artist might well have availed himself of a
stronger infringement of the light upon some of the pro-
minent objects. " The Footway through the Marsh,"
(372) by A. Montague, pleases us much. The far extent
of the plain is well managed, as are the travellers and more
proximate objects. The " Portrait of Count D'Orsay,"
en profile, is one of the most beautiful of its kind in the
room, and is, we are informed by one who has seen the
" original," an admirable likeness. It is by John Wood
who has contributed six excellent i ietures to vii
tion, showing a rare versatility of talent. .A.monast them
in this room, are 412, " An Adventuie of Prince Henry"
(afterwards Henry I.),—visiting the forester's cottage,
after leaving the hunting party in which Rufus was slain,
to get the broken string of his cross• bow mended,—and
where he is saluted as king by an old woman. The figure
and countenance of the old female, who, having quitted
her spinning-wheel, holds up her hands in prophetic as-
tonishment and respect, and also those of the daughter
who kneels in fealty and fear, are
painted.
" A Scene on the Rhine," (408,) by F.
finished in fine smooth tints, is a clever production.
Old Mill," (422,) by the same, is also good.
" Devonshire Market Girls," (422,) by W. Shayer
•
will be acknowledged to be of much merit. The girls, the
two horses, the child, and the dog, are characteristically
represented and well grouped, and the landscape (particu-
larly to the right) is altogether pleasing.
" The Castle of Indolence," (396)—from Thompson's
poem—and painted by A. J. Woolmer, has a good scenic
effect ; and (400) " Emigrants," by R. Farrier, making
their way to the shore,—the ship seen at anchor in the
distance,—is well conceived, and may be pronounced a
good painting. There is perhaps, however, rather too
much of a gloomy and impoverished character imparted
to the group, which would seem to imply that they were
" The Expatriated," rather than voluntary and hope-en-
livened family about to proceed to " a land of promise."
But this is a mere suggestion.
There are many beautiful water-colour pictures in the
adjoining room and lobbies, some of them of large size
and unquestionable talent ; but these we must make the
subject of a subsequent notice. Meantime, we would
particularly point out 449, 472, 466, and 467.

ind a small span of the sky see;
the branches, verifies the words of the poet, tha
" Light, in unattained lustre clear,
Sends objects far away or brinzs them nea

k, by A

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" The

A SHARP TRICK.—The other day one of the coroners
of Yorkshire was holding an inquest at Ferrybride, and
requiring the New Testament on which to swear the wit-
nesses, requested the landlord to get him one. Boniface
obtained, and laid on the table without a word, a book,
and then took himself away with much celerity. The
foreman of the jury stood up to be sworn, and the coro-
ner was about to hand him the supposed Testament, but,
as was his usual custom, he examined the book to see if
the gospels were all there, and discovered that it was a
Directory ! Minelhost was recalled, and asked how it was
that he had brought that, and unblushingly avowed, "1
thowt ye wad'nt naw ne better."

s:)iritEd
356,

In 343, the
gether bad.

QUARTERING ON THE ENEMY. The chambers of
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Q. C., at No. 1, Elm-street,
Temple, London, were entered by thieves, by means of
skeleton keys, between the night of Saturday week and
Monday morning. A number of boxes were ransacked,
and a tin cash-box was broken to pieces in an unsuccess-
ful search for money. A gold-chased seal, belonging to
Mr. J. W. Attride, clerk to Sir G. Lewin, a Dutch do-
mestic quarrel, carved in wood, and a bunch of keys,were
carried of by the thieves ; but a gold chain and seal, con-
tained in a secret drawer, escaped their notice. The da-
mage done to the premises, it is said, will not be less than
£2O.

admirably d

s

THE PEACEABLE R EPEALERS.—During a recent pas-
sage of the Aurora steamer from Glasgow to Belfast, a
number of the Irish Repealers attacked some of their com-
panions and beat them in a most shameful manner. The
sole cause of the attack was that they were Protestants
and had no Repeal cards. One man was savagely beaten,
because he could not bless himself, another because, hav-
ing falsely declared himself a repealer, he could not any
saver some pass words put to him. The murderous work
did not cease until Capt. Henderson, who courageously
rushed into the midst, threatened to put the hose on the
engine and discharge scalding water on the savages, and
it became buzzed about that, (as was the fact,) the cabin
passengers, who were principally sportsmen, had gotten
their rifles in readiness.--Newry Telegraph.

To LAW STUDENTS.—The Law Times, in answer to a
correspondent who requests some advice as to his studies
as an articled clerk, has the following pithy language :
" Live like an hermit—work like a slave—learn every-
thing—read men as well as books—mingle in all business
—shun all pleasure—for one hour you dedicate to reading
give two• to reflection, three to observation. Deem no
art nor science worthless—accustom yourself to act as
well as to deliberate—to speak as well as to think—con-
firm reading by practice, and improve practice by reading
—store your mind with all sorts of knowledge ; you never
know when it will be required, and even that which is not
useful will always prove ornamental—for methods, make
your own—adopt those you find most apt; experience in
this will be the best teacher, your own habits the best
adviser. There is no royal road to knowledge, and but
one golden rule—work ! work ! work !"

W. Wa t

NEW FRUlT.—Several small importations of new
Foreign fruit have lately taken place, a quantity of the
choicest of which, comprising every delicacy the Western
Isles and Spain produce, is now on sale at Mr. Chadwic
in Ranelagh-place and Mill-st

CHARLES MATHEWS IN BOYHOOD.—The embryo co-
median's education commenced at St. Martin's free
school, and the period of his attendance at it is selected
for that invariable anecdote of early manifestations of
after-genius, which few " memoirs" are without. There
was a man who hawked eels for sale in a drawling gut-
tural voice, with which, as Mathews tells us, he elongated
the word e-e-e-e-eels, from one street to another, till
people cried " What a long eel !" The young mimic imi-
tated him too well to please the original ; and one unlucky
day he was caught in the act, hunted into his father's
shop, and felled with a blow from the insulted hawker.
" Next time," said the perambulating fishmonger, " as you
twists your little wry mouth about, and cuts your mugs
at a respectable tradesman, I'll skin you like an e-e "
and snatching up his basket, finishing the monosyllable
about nine doors off.

WELLINGTON AND BONAPARTE.—The Duke of Wel-
lington on his return from India occupied the house in St.
Helena which was assigned to Bonaparte on his being
exiled there ; and subsequently the duke, during the oc-
cupation of Paris by the allied troops, occupied Bona-
parte's palace, which gave rise to the following letter to
Admiral Malcolm, who commanded at St. Helena. It is
a literary curiosity, and ought to shame idlers :—" Paris,
April 3, 1816. My dear Malcolm,—l am very much
obliged to you for Mr. Simpson's book, which I will read
when I shall have a moment's leisure. lam glad you
have taken the command at St. Helena, and upon which
I congratulate you—tve must never be idle if we can
avoid it. You may tell ` Bony' that I find his apartments
at the Elysee Bourbon very convenient, and that I hope
he likes mine at Mr. Balcolm's. It is a droll sequel
enough to the affairs of Europe that we should change
places of residence.—l am yours most sincerely, War,
LINGTON,—Rear-Adwiral Sir P. Malcolm."

savour for such viands may here b
MILITARY PREACHING.-
bled on Saturday evening, a
phant and Castle, listenim
Guards, who harangued then