The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

DAY

EPTEMBER

12, 1854.

OF THE LIVERPOOL
ACADEMY

s established in his mind the

iree leading el

ontinually adding

to his vocabulary of them, and learning at the same b.—
how they are combined with others, the practical use of
which is exemplified in a similar manner. In this way,
by the gradual leadings of an organised system, with
much ingenuity, patient labour, and steady perseverance,
the end to be attained is slowly worked up to, sa that, at
last, the child who knew no language, may be able to con-
vey his thoughts in the tongue of his native country ; and
he who was ignorant of almost everything which language
conveys to us, may have such a general knowledge of ordi-
nary subjects as may qualify him to get his own living,
almost, if not quite, as well as those who possess the pre-
cious faculty of hearing. Nor is this all. That knowledge
which the most gifted of our race could only sigh for and
dream of,—which comes to mankind by Divine revelation
alone, must, more than anything else, be beyond the
attainment of the deaf. Yet this, too, is placed within
their reach. By the education given to them, and by the
influences which are brought to bear upon them during
its progress, they are humanised, civilised, christianised.
They could be little better than animals otherwise. The
moral influence which is exercised in a well-ordered school
is, indeed, one of its greatest benefits, and can scarcely be
overrated. It is direct and immediate; it is felt at once,
and its fruits appear at the very first sight. We, at least,
have no hesitation in making this remark, after seeing the
reverence of these children at church, and their rapt
attention during the devotions in the school-room, all
conducted in their own silent language of signs, they
themselves repeating the Lord's Prayer, after their in-
structor, in the same touching manner, and adding their
mute "Amen" upon their fingers, after each prayer.
These circumstances, together with their order, obedience,
and cheerfulness, we take to be ample proofs of the
success of the system under which they are trained, and
of the happy influences under which they live. With
great truth is it said in the Report of the Institution for
the present year

°
THE opening of the annual exhibition of works
ong
is always a period fraught with lively emotion
000 or
circles having any pretension to intellectual cult i with
mental refinement. To the artist it is one preguari"ool
hope not unembarrassed by misgiving. He has esilehodieti
countless hours and anxious days in reducing to ell:-Aferi
form ideas which have enlivened his dreams and
animation to his waking thoughts ; and now he is 111/—te.
with apprehension, or elated by anticipation, as to thme of
ception which his labours will meet with at the haritriej
the public,—whose good opinion he has assiduottsb..e re
to deserve and to secure,—from whom he is to reeeto' ti;
ward or suffer condemnation • or, probably, snore
orde
lizing still, to endure neglect. 'No'r is this the oulYtk
to which he must submit ; in the first instance, hispiiit
lectual toil and its fruits have to receive the itidgl'i-worlil
his compeers, and in accordance with their fiat his. of
are presented to the public, not only with the iritPrtic its
of their estimate of its worth, as that is displged 130c04
position on the walls, but more important still, its cs,blic for
of being noticed, or even at all seen, by that Pa'
whose good opinion he has been content

—to wake by nights,
And live laborious days. o ele
Different sections of the public look with Ull'e'cifty
upon the treasures deposited within the saloon, ribition
exhibition. To one class, the opening of the eiculi.,s of
art
productive of unmixed delight : the ardent lace folio'
for its own sake ; those who, like the duke and his
ers, in the forest of Ardennes, 14
Find tongues in trees, books in the running bro-
Sermons in stones, and good in everything ;.
te
sot
—to another class the exhibition opens up a series it
less interesting attractions in the varied obi"— et a t':„;
Bents for the interchange of mutual emotion; ---1 Ow.
will derive not less sincere pleasure from it as tire lig
place of resort, in which to escape from the sevf aad
tations of arduous business occupation. To each is
of these classes the opening of the annual &lib; 003
source of pleasurable emotion, and from each of pie"
claims, and will no doubt receive, more thall
ephemeral consideration. r
On Saturday last, obedient to the courteous it oPP°
of the academy, we availed ourselves of the fill,„,es the
tunity afforded to inspect the collection which criletc'li,
exhibition-rooms, and were gratified to find u (106 b
,
array of ladies and gentlemen present, whichde'rtitio;
would have been even greater, but for the surroted,,v
introduction, on previous days, of some more fu! 11 '
they were mose early, visitors than those invited ot
academy.
The collection of this year is numerous, congt of
less than seven hundred and seventy-three viru,r,llll,
which include three delightful specimens "J,.,),51
generously contributed for exhibition from the, 1114
lery at Buckingham Palace, by Her Ma.ie,s,',3% Pell, a
consist of the celebrated pictures of "The Scou''''with
Wedding" and " Blind Man's Buff," together_4et
of his Spanish pictures. The collection is fu''. Fr)
•
riched by four of Landseer's first-class Inctor°
r pets ; Dll
_,
likewise contributes four of his speaking slu -siclo'd
Ansdell two. G. H. Thomas has a picture of 09r1 d
size and much merit ; Crabb contributes two, Ittire4
strangers of note have also sent interesting Plus 00;i5
augment the charms 'of the collection, consPieu,° Satv,,,eti
whom is M. Anthony, to whose picture No.oll 't,ot
Mirror, a landscape, the Academy prize of` a," ting
'awarded. Boddington is also strong, coutribg
less than four of his fine, fresh, sunny landsra
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Pes.;o3, c 4
the academicians J. W. Oakes is strong alla_' 141
tributing four pictures of great merit, and, if 1-10"
greater promise. In portraits the ex' „,„ss
exhibition iso6t:
equal to that of last year in either number or (P of
there are some good specimens in that stylehiel
miniatures and cabinet portraits are in considtwitieot
ber, and in not a few instances evince much P's st 'or
sculpture, the contributions are more numerVolet.,l
so far as memory serves, and of decidedly u ° '421
racter. In this collection there are specirne'A's bonatetr
Miller, and Davies, deserving of high commends
as in this very cursory glance it is no part of wor1;,
ere
tion to enter upon the merits of any individwat thateor
shall abstain from further comment, premie , ivrotiti,
long we shall pay the collection another 5 it,e
mence a more minute investigation of the var'letisw re'
labours. In the mean time we have great highar
commending the Exhibition to public notice, fi pli6aso4
eminently deserves ; great labour and well abrt;jad
dustry are manifested in all the departments ° 51„ici
to that labour and industry, in many instaneeTio
a large infusion of artistic genius. As a selw°
mental culture and intellectual discipline are, sftip
tamed in an easy and enduring, as well us roof icier,
ing form, it would be difficult to point o,ltted ceat,
more worthy of general regard than a well-seTcoattesll
tion of the works of living artists, combined fore„;•oi
with those of the mighty men who have gone
here we have those advantages conferred infoefie..4
degree. The treasures it contains will be ol'y
worthy of study, and that study will result
pleasing after-thought.

"No one can attentively regard the original and inevit-
able condition of the uneducated deaf and dumb—or see the
pointfrom which they start—the intellect blank and barren,
the soul torpid and hopeless —and then observe the point
to which, through God's blessing, they may be brought
by judicious training, without arriving at the conclusion,
that there is no work of philanthropy, or of Christian
beneficence, more laudable, or more necessary, than that
of affording education to this deeply afflicted portion of
the community."

We can only add, in conclusion, that the British Insti-
tutions—the oldest of which was established only sixty
years ago—are now twenty in number ; that the opening
of new schools, though it has lessened the area of demand
upon the old ones, has not diminished their usefulness;
the number of pupils in the English schools exhibiting
uniformly a gradual increase; that these Institutions are
supported exclusively by private liberality ; and that,
whereas, in France and the United States —where the
education of the deaf and dumb is carried on at the public
cost—the sum of twenty-four thousand pounds sterling is
annually granted in each country for that purpose; in
Great Britain the same sum is raised for the same object,
from the ever-fluent source of private beneficence alone.
'We take these facts from a paper read before the Historic
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire within the present
year, by Mr. David Buxton, the principal of the Institution
at Liverpool, of which we have been speaking.

ST. ' JOHN'S CHURCH AND THE

CHURCH-RATE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR, I read your article of last Tuesday, on the above
subject, with great satisfaction, and would take the opportu-
nity of making a few remarks upon some of the principal
_ .

;natters it contains.
I fully agree with you, that the public of Liverpool could
hardly have foreseen the very serious consequences which
would result from the refusal to grant a Church-rate. Had
they dome so, the Churchmen of Liverpool would surely not
have allowed the Radicals to obtain a temporary triumph,
through their own apathy and indifference, whilst the cause
of the poor was thus receiving a serious injury. I say the
cause of the poor, for the parish Churches are, emphatically,
the Churches of the poor. We look in vain for them, either
in dissenting meeting-houses, or those Churches in the town
which are, unhappily, conducted on the dissenting model,
i. e., seats for those who can pay. Let it not be said in reply,
that there are many free seats for the poor in these Churches
—seats which are unoccupied. Sir, it requires no great
knowledge of human nature to enable one to affirm, with
confidence, that these seats never will be occupied by the
poor. Why should they ? The poor have feelings as well as
their betters—feelings which ought not to be violated. Is it
not a fact, that in such places of worship the poor are pointed
out as an inferior caste—sent up to a top gallery--stowed
away in nooks and corners, behind pillars, huddled together
near the porch, or lining the narrow aisles on forms placed
for their use—whilst a few more may he ranged around the
Communion-table, or on the pulpit steps? No, Sir, the poor
will not frequent the. House of God, if their poverty be made
the badge of insult and shame: they have a sense of English
independence and proper self-respect, of which I, for one,
should be sorry to see them destitute. The proper Churches
for the poor are parish Churches, where all the seats are
free : four or five such in the lowest parts of the town,mode- of the rio
THE ITALIAN' OPERAS.—The lovers - t sreel,,, safely endowed, and served by zealous, active clergymen— class of dramatic music have during oft sill' men animated by the love of the Go,spel of Christ, and ample opportunities of gratification. Five o.e boo(
warmly attached to the doctrines of our Reformed Faith, which the working-day week furnishes ,hagnset'..clool; ft; _would, under the Divine blessing, be the m...a of areatty voted to the representation of operas of the .---,, tfie" lof;
promoting the cause of morality and virtue in the town, formed by artists of the best reputatioll •,,- o,:Sii,'
especially amongst the working-classes, at present sunk to a spective lines. The operas presented sioc'by 13e 111`
fearful extent in degradation and vice. have been Verdi's Ernani ; La Sonnambula, ,oee
Beethoven's magnificent opera of Fidelio ; hooey
/
It is to be earnestly hoped that before the next Vestry a in these Ppe
better spirit may be diffused amongst the ratepayers, and Otello of Rossini. The characters
supported by Mane Cruvelli, prima ulibiniAr that, should Dissenters unhappily still persevere in their Masai and Mad'lle Albini ; and Madame s'har'd'
Tv, V,
endeavours to deprive the poor of the means of public worship tenor and bass parts being sustained by Sign:'. schili'll'
without payment, the Churchmen, who have an overwhelming lik, Luchesi, Tagliafico, Fortini and Fob:mini lit 1,
numerical majority in this town, will go to the poll in their general effect and musical power were
ibere,;lF,,al , 4
thousands, if need be, and decide the question of the Poor most efficient chorus selected from the ';,',,hie"ll
Opera, Covent Garden, and by an orchestra' wiliorr,
Man's Church for ever.
' 01 Ph sides'
prised the leading talent of the Liverpool '
Your proposal to take down St. John's Church, and build band, conducted pinci all by Mr. Alfred .''' pvi,
another of superior ecclesiastical architecture, more in keep- ably led by Signor Nadapud.y The leading sollfe-Crldr: ing with St. George's Hall, is one well worthy the considers- four of the five operas were sustained by 3,1a14„wer":„4,i ',„'•,5 tion of the Town Council; and, indeed, there can be but little whose appearance, style of vocalization and I);,iiti'tiv
doubt that such will eventually be the case. The present matic representation created a lively and cite'lo6l.,,eo;
building is an eye-sore, and completely destroys the effect of prise, notwithstanding the high expectation 094er0,`,;;11
the hall on the west side ; but what could be more appropriate encomiums of the London critics, and thelTer tPe'sil ,
mendations of those who had listened to i.',4,eriV;6
than a noble temple dedicated to the service of Almighty
To a voice of great compass and P°,..`,164 ,tdh,"
God, and thus, as it were, throwing the sanctions of religion strains.
asweeness and delicacy of expression, conwi,i ool'ei
over the courts of justice? Such would, indeed, be a suitable 'force of contrast such as is rarely to be foul': orede°,,,
thank.offering to the Most High for the blessings He has the organ of one vocalist. Her lower note'coieeititth showered down upon this wealthy community; and it would sonorous, and clear ; the middle range of hera. ove",,olt',
he the most effectual means whereby His continued favour almost the perfection of melodious sound; a",s wino leer
might be secured. "Them that honour me, I will honour; highest notes of her comprehensive register SP „npr ie.
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." ease, freedom, and generally with exact alidillie,..lioptil,l!'
gs o•
~-, ,
'expression. She appears perfectly mistress
is st.u.4o.ey,
I confess I entertain scrims doubts whether it would be
advisable to establish a Daily Morning Service, in the present and delicate in sentiment and feeling, ando, lies, tPfO,Ol/:
.of the wildest outbursts of passion. One 1 is : $ state of society, and in a community like Liverpool, where for they were many, was in the dungeon seen tse l ie,
every moment is of such importance, both to the mercantile in which pathetic sorrow and high-minded 9,e,t1if;163 ftf.,
and working classes—i. e., whether the attendance could be dued grief could hardly have been more tr:soll,,e;,,
reasonably expected to be such as would justify the necessary pressed. In her Desdemona, in another and le!: liveleletl,fia
additional expense and labour - and also whether it would her delineation of pure and tender sentinel iseoo lite
tion, and bewildering grief were also exceroat "tiog or
not involve such an additional tax on the time of the Clergy,
tion, and beautifully rendered. How dlue mtite„ete,,4
as might be far more profitably employed in visiting the poor struggling passions and lofty declamation ecw-,.igtiiely and sick of the district. On all these points serious doubts leading peculiarities and chief attractions in he.delilie'iftti
might be entertained ; but, at all events, a Daily Evening tion of Norma, yet, in all these widely different, chsClot td,ll
Service might be attempted, with a Lecture twice a week, say -of character, she was perfectly successfg`„ io ;1 iii ~
on Wednesdays and Fridays. In the evenings the poor are delightful—overpowering. Entire perfecti,,°e's a dlie,r,
disengaged, and many of them, lam sure, would gladly looked for among human agents ; but to!, ber, ist'
attend a central Church of good accommodation, if the ser- estimating her brilliant powers of executviefderf",e'lli IL!:
vice were not too long. Several hundreds do already attend and truthfulness of perception, and her I.„T'crit!thQ
nic skill, notwithstandinG• trivial drawbacg'' rof iono
Sr. John's Church on Tuesday evening, and there is every
reason to believe that, _with a proper system of effective pas- le
-deservedly be ranked as*the dramatic singethe tr it r
and OR her shoulders in reality were borne ; Oar, 01,
torah visitation, their numbers might be largely increased. of the opera on this occasion. The singi7atalicogetar
I may add that, from what I know of the Incumbent of Mademoiselle Marai improve upon aectais—iogiveael:eil
of St. John's Church, I believe that he would be quite Amina in the " SONNAMBULA." was Pie' t. P,. ,
willing to enter into the ideas of those who would desire to sweet; not dazzling, and by no means greanial oil A
make that Church a model, where the system of the Church less, there was a captivating simpliritY:cilicli_t olf,
of England might be carried out in its completeness. He isttsirtriLngmmemeloordyyainndmwaN
up
pf
ilycer passage`, of ortoeovorgrol,
enjoys the confidence of the working-classes, for his known all the more gratifying that they are sPen,oice Dc
y)°,
attachment to the Protestant principles of the National unsought for. Mademoiselle Albini, with a teclestOocit
Church, and is, therefore, favourably circumstanced to make sweetness and one which has obviously 1),1,,1t eleleto Ovett,
the experiment, whether a Church might not be at once cious culture, appears to lac:; several of t","„tre a or f l'
strictly rubrical in all that pertains to Divine worship, and, quisite in a great operatic singer ; she uPP`Oielicrel
at the same time, decidedly evangalical in matters of doctrine. greater advantage as a concert singer, tbr witlo! itia;ol
ing a character on the stage., Her duetair:; o.
present It cannot be denied that the censure lately cast on the near the opening of "Otello,' was a chaste,.o far e Yfie.
present mode of conducting Divine worship in some of the most successful effort, and would of itself,tiajottlo 0 rig'
Churches of this town is but too well founded. Still it should her as a vocalist of very high character. ' •e, biIOPO Ybe borne in mind that these irregularities are not always the though of a somewhat unprepossessing irdliscreeely
result of intentional violation of the Church's order, but of contralto voice, which she used with great theoe 0, elefee
the laxity which prevailed in years gone by; and they are ing effectively the general business ,:u _ „,,oiVe,., 0 Ijoiefr
now persevered in simply because of an unwillingness to which she was called on to exercise he' r
depart from established usage. In one particular especially tbielerlleik, with a voice of no remarkable, or sj 0
tenor. Ini e ~
ce
eces
is this the case. I mean the Offertory. Some of the Clergy Ressisnsi a
valuablehe seems more. at home than ""nt 0 ~,
would gladly resu;na it, were they not deterred from so derous and sustained musical creations 1 liZ
doing, lest it should be esteemed an innovation. I need not hence his representation of Flor an t'eog:o-45
point out what an inestimable blessing it would prove, if our than his Otello, in some portions of h„„c 3 1 ', 0 Y,
congregations were trained according to the Apostolic ter he was really great. As an operatici_v`loas " ;,
exhortation, "Let every one of you, on the first day of is not impressive. He
the week, by by him in store as God bath prospered him, a correct and not inexpressive a 0 e 117
rlo ti
generally fails tarouse the passionsoa
__, 0 ;.: 4r rj that there be no gatherings when I come." It would do away
csertset.tat,inte Is: 8;10,cl:11111
itell
ilije?ettettsi‘i, e„s:f
ree loetjseitibrei,eo
tifteli :0 ;
with that very questionable excitement connected with annual orti pattiesni
is
decidedlyl li s audience, nacne p,
artist, o
asts e se' aeassut
and
forPle in;dsei.;:ti.;l ti,t:
sermons and popular appeals, from which our people are now as the gaoler in " kIDELIO ;" lie was also,,n I,tisiii
„ft,'l,l
hardly ever free. Trained to give every Sabbath Day, they and pleasing as Elmira in “arEi-oii.a 0.1,t o„otko,t4t
would soon learn to do so on principle. It should be charged Polonini are each well-trained artists', °oast ac' f,
upon them, from time to time, to make it a matter of con- than great singers. The efficiency 01 Lb "dego-thioilj of
science before God, how much each could spare out of the every one knows, depends in a lug and 111 wi;,eCt,eil
earnings or profits of the past week. Thus a habit of giving strength and capability of the chorus,
for the glory of God would be established in them, and the
coffers of our religious institutions would be filled to over- They
recent representations
numerous,representatlivoenlsl
dlerftilieldittiratioloebvecroliAl4/
tornyed to their work. ln their hands itiat se" orrboild
flowing. Nor need this do away with occasional sermons, or off with charming unity of effect ; the 19°.f tilt to 0,14
meetings, for the purpose of imparting information on the the music being well brought out: justice
los
t0j13,4i,
workings and success of the various societies. The disposal portion of the performances it is °PolficierriviOrii ele'l''
of the moneys thus collected would be, of course, left to the commendatory terms ;'in general time ..icerre e°,l ?If el':
discretion of the clergy and wardens, who would not only and gratifying, and it followeddnducting vcoy:ritslticeo,,,e,
have enough for the poor, but at the end of the year might lielactritya Tldieer. Itemaeding
1 able :onnducting °l?fle.ttil Pfii`lit'
appropriate a large surplus to the general cause of Chris- theli lent, and
of Mr. Benedict was nlinft ' e, t" o',E,'
tianity, according to the exigencies and claims of the various_whilefealrrra.
1131gaeesliatliietorft,101;1i
servable. In conclusion,.
and
judgment
minetneltligaenidice
spiritand elnvteerpoir:eset!au
the ''‘)e ca'jrlitl ; .o''
series and artistic combination of in a Pereo, 1 eoL.,,p t
matter of regret for us to learn that___, sac ~,eol_,,r,nt
of view the undertaking has not De,e_ilss has_..'ts
~,v;,:1;.0:,,
in fact, a positive, and considerabl;l_"„irecarr.oie, lel'
tered by Mr. Copeland. With suciti) the
_Pfroyir.o,
us, it leads almost inevitabl t I.•.esent_lol:o
t 4
I
chwl i
lin:
soMpt
ellbr
sse i camar lea
bruited entertainments,sou rteoe
tho
ef
effectcuundernt a iv:poor oi,e,
eor
if i
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co
lot;
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tion operas are about to be get
co sect'
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excellence. If the rumour prove c
• vioPt, tJ
oontllner vste te„, it will be successful.
place ll ll
oEf gßenferAall andAm attractivePn i T g
getter with those of their talent_':idefic.npls
female, aided by the ability of the _ r;,1.0 "l
of Madame Celeste, Miss WAoToilEngstaeri:!herntea.anLr;trordej:'l°'
drawn good houses and elicited "

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