The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-24 00:00:00

THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTI
TUTION.

belong to the society, as it was based on loyalty- and on good
feeling.

Mr. R. JONES, jun., in returning tii

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prinCiplei were the basis

et this society every ye

L.= cuucation of
❑ciples they would not be

rued thanks, and said that he
with increased pleasure. He

he could give to the society he would gladly render it.
The PRESIDENT next gave—" The President and Steward
of the society."

Mr. Nimm'o, the chairman of th
FIRTH, one of the stewards, returi

and Mr. ROBT

The remaining toasts wer
Douglas, members for Liverpool

the sur

ir ; which was taken by Mr

bject of very general

" Christ in the d;rcie;;;'"'
young artist in this town
hung with tapestry and c

Rowlands

of grata

were t
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games, and ceremonies

tion was expressed by all who

sited it

Lnd muc

This success de-

termined the committee to open t

institution for a sin

lar purpose during the present holidays. They have been
more than ordinarily fortunate, not only in the number of
objects, but also in their quality. In one, of the lower rooms
we found several looms, from Messrs. Woollright and Chid-
son's fringe and lace manufactory, in full work. In another,
copperplate and lithographic printing are going on, as well as
engraving and bookbinding. We observed several very ex-
►nks. cellent specimens of seal engravin
Sandon and Sir Howard sions, executed by Mr. Isa
" The Mayor and Cor- • •

pictures—one of John Kemble

,d copperplate impres-

.
In this room are several
s Hamlet, a well-known

ae celebrated pt
by Mr. Hyland,
Ither room the v

curious antique chairs and carved cabinets, a stocking wea-
vers frame, and Indian couches. In the next room are a
great variety of objects, including many beautiful models of
steam-engines, and one particularly of a saw-mill, worth
_

especial. nonce. nere are some fine models of ships of war,
steam-boats, and other craft, most of which have been made
by Mr. Melling. The centre of the room is occupied by
ironwork from Mr. Bennett's foundry, cutlery by Rodgers
and Son of Sheffield, gas-meters, and skeleton clocks. At
the end of the room are different galvanising batteries and
scientific instruments, with which occasional experiments
are tried. Professor Espy's chimney-top, for the cure of
smoky chimneys, as manufactured by Mr. Bennett, is an
object worth the notice of those who are troubled with such
" plague of life." Here are also some neatly-executed mo-
dels of locomotives, and specimens of Andrew Smith's pa-
tent wire rope. In the adjoining chamber are cases of
stuffed animals, birds, and fishes ; fossils, shells, and mine-
rals ; butterflies and petrifactions. In the room allotted to
the display of works by Liverpool artists, we observe several
paintings already familiar to the public. Daniels has two or
three looking blacker and smokier than ever, but still full of
talent and genius. Walters exhibits a few clever little views
of the Cheshire shore ; Herdman.some bold, broadly painted
sketches. The Hargreaves' have several exquisitely finished
miniatures ; one of Mr. Roscoe, by Mr. Hargreaves the elder,
is worthy of notice as a faithful likeness othat clever man.
Bishop has two or three good pictures ; Webster, one ;
Westcott, a portrait; Huggins, several studies of animals,
painted with his usual ability : he lion and lioness are capi-
tal. Here are portraits of Dr. Formby, Rev. Hugh M'Neile,
Mr. Mulleneux, Mr. Raymond, &c. In the lobby. Rippen-
gille's pathetic pictures, illustrating the progress of drunken-
ness, are objects of much notice. The next apartment con-
tains curious manuscripts, cases of wax figures, Chinese
dresses, armour and arms, and iron ornaments from the Cole-
brookedale Company. The cast room is replete with inter-
esting objects. The picture gallery and statue room neces-
sarily excite great attention. In the latter are numbers of
fine plaster casts. One marble figure, by Gibson, of Cupid,
is a beautiful and graceful specimen of this master's art. A.
fountain, in the middle of the room, diffuses a delightful
freshness to the room. A stand for refreshments, supplied
by Mr. Horsfall, appears to be well patronised. In the pic-
ture gallery we noticed many works of art of a good quality,
but very few of what may be termed high art. A head of
Christ, by Da Vinci, from the collection of Mr. Humble, is
worthy of remark. We noticed several Morland',s ; " Hunt
the Slipper," by Maclise •, the " Bird's Nest," by Webster ;
several Canaletto's, one Linton, a Gainsborongh, and many
works of the German, Dutch, and Italian masters. The two
largest pictures are by Haydon. They are remarkable—one for
its surprising effects, the other for its outrageous vulgarity in
style and composition. The former represents "The Duke of
Wellington and his Charger," the latter " The Anti-slavery.
Convention." Besides these attractions, Mr. Robinson ex-
hibits twice a-day his dissolving views, and a railroad and
canal are also constructed, on which experiments arc tried.

In the yard of the institution Mr. Catlin has erected a ca-
pacious shed, in which his gallery of paintings, made in the
far west, are exhibited. This is truly an extraordinary and
interesting sight. We are here made acquainted with the
life of the red man, whose race is fast disappearing. Mr.
Catlin has spent many years amongst the Indian tribes, and
we cannot but feel grateful to him, while we admire his per-
severance and industry, for thus placing before us matter for
deep reflection. The paintings, or rather sketches

mount

to some 500 in number, and are all characteristic—they repre-
sent portraits of chiefs and warriors, fights, dE
A beautiful model of

Niagara stands

in the middle of the room. A tent is an object of great cu-
riosity. There are cases of implements used in war and
agriculture, fossils, &c., in different parts of the gallery.
Two persons in Indian dresses walk constantly about, and
describe the various objects. This exhibition is well worthy
the notice of every man, woman, and child, possessing a
grain of intelligence or education.—Mr. Catlin is an Ame-
rican artist, who, after eight years' toilsome travel, during
which he visited forty-eight tribes of the aborigines of his
native land, and traversed many thousands of miles, appear-
ing to have crossed in nearly every direction the vast plains
which lie between the semi-civilized border and the Rocky
Mountains, has succeeded in forming a collection which he
truly terms " unique," and which ought to be so secured by
the purchase of some government or other as to be rendered
what he fondly calls it, " imperishable." He thus explains
the motives which induced him to undertake this labour :
" Having some years since become fully convinced of the
rapid decline and certain e;tinction of the numerous tribes
of the North American Indians, and seeing also the vast im-
portance and value which a full pictorial history of these in-
teresting but dying people might be to future ages, I set out
alone, unaided and unadvised, resolved (if my life should be
spared), by the aid of my brush and my pen, to rescue from
oblivion so much of their primitive looks and customs
as the industry and ardent enthusiasm of one lifetime
could accomplish, and set them up in a gallery, unique
and imperishable, for the use and benefit of future ages."
A proof of the utility of his undertaking is the fact that one
of the most singularly interesting tribes which he visited,
the Mandans, who numbered 2,000 souls in 1834, have been
since wholly destroyed, not a remant of their race left, name,

and line, and language utterly extinct. Of the other tribes,
too, many thousands have perished since the period of his
visit, by the smallpox, which deadly disease sweeps them off
by wholesale, by ardent spirits, still deadlier, introduced
among them by the traders and by war. The red man
seems doomed to inevitable destruction ; and despite the
philanthropist, no long period of time, it is to be feared, will
elapse before he will exist only by the aid of the " brush and
pen." Mr. Catlin has made 310 portraits of distinguished
individuals of the various tribes, and 200 other paintings
illustrative of their manners, games, religious and other
customs, as well as portraying some of the most remarkable
scenery of the prairies and wilderness. They are roughly
executed, but are the more valuable as being evidently faith-
ful transcripts from the life. They occupy the entire of the
large room of the Egyptian Hall, covering the walls on
either side, whilst in the centre a long table is covered with
Indian habiliments and weapons, which likewise hang with
bears' and other skins in profusion from the ceiling, whilst
the whole is crowned by a wigwam, a veritable wigwam,
brought from the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Will or
can any one with a spark of curiosity, not to name enthusi-
asm, in his composition, begrudge a shilling for the sight?

The election of town-clerk of London took place yesterday
(Thursday) afternoon. It was confidently expected that Mr.
Sergeant Merewether would obtain the appointment.

It is stated that Sir John Guest is about to erect and put
into blast two new furnaces. This augurs improvement in
the iron trade.

Alderman Hooper and Mr. Jeremiah Pilcher, the extensive
oil and lead merchant, of Southwark, will be proposed as
sheriffs of London for the ensuing year.

LIGHTNING.—On Sunday evening two fine boys, about
10 and 11 years ;old, sons of a man !lamed Cahel, of the
parish of Kilmichael, were killed by lightning. They were
sitting by the fire with the remainder of the family, when
they were struck with the flash and instantly killed. James
Ryan was also killed about three miles distant ; the shock
passed through his head and burned his hat both in front
and behind.—Clare Journal.

FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—One day this week a well-
known disciple of Isaac \\Talton, residing in this city, while
trolling (with a dead gorge) in the river Thames, caught a
splendid trout of the extraordinary weight of 711bs.—Oxford
Chronicle.

To PREVENT CATERPILLARS FROM DESTROY IN G
GOOSEBERRY AND OTHER BUSH ES.—Sprigs of broom en-
twined around the branches puts an effectual stop to the
further destructive operations of this noxious insect. The
above has been tried with success in some gardens in Suther-
landshire.

A gentleman who was very lame in one of his legs, without
any outward show of any thing, having sent for the surgeon,
he, more honest than ordinary, told him it was in vain to
meddle with it, for it was only old age that was the cause.
" But why, then ?" said the gentleman, " should not my
other leg be as lame as this, seeing that the one is no older
than the other ?"

---
AN EMPEROR BECOME A BEGGAR AND A VAGRANT.--
The emperor Henry the Fourth, after having been deposed
and imprisoned by his son, Henry the Fifth, escaped from
prison ; poor, vagrant, and without aid, he intreated the
Bishop of Spires to grant him a Lay Prebend in his church.
" I have studied," said he, " and learned to sing, and may
therefore be of some service to you." The request was de-
nied, and he died miserably and obscurely at Liege, after
having drawn the attention of Europe to his victories and
his grandeur. We may couple with this the daughter eof
James the First (who married the Elector Palatine), in her
attempts to get her husband crowned—she was reduced to
imnnants there-
the utmost distress, and wandered frequently
a mere vagrant.—Recollections of Royalty.
in judgment,
Those whom God bath freed from the bond
should strive to free themselves from all the
God,
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bringif tthheey
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sound argument betwixt Popery and the profession of the
Gospel, no more than betwixt light and darkness, falsehood
and truth, God and Belial ; and therefore no reconciliation
can be devised betwixt them.—Manyignorant people harbour
in their minds Popish conceits,
especiallythrsatthcebrayampeteeinsnilntoa,dneodetiayla
;oder grace upon all by the work. done,
fe
ink no higher.—The difference between a a
sacrifice is this, that in a sacrifice there is an offering made
to God • in a sacrament there is an offer made by God to 115.
—Archbishop Usher.

ii , INTERESTING ANECDOTE OF SIR ROBERT raE^-' The
ade
following authentic anecdote deserves, we think, to
r hmmay
public, both for its own sake and for the TO'.
cry, and
ensue. A certain distinguished Irish lawfunt
the most inti-
conservative member of parliament, who is on th.m
Kolb
one day
mate terms with Sir Robert Peel, calling P 3
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°Robert's study
(some months ago), made his way into
Sirier on his knees,
without being announced. Seeing the pre noiselessly as he
he stood still for a moment, and then as After a short
could, retreated into the outer apartrn
•neeacl him ; and, con-
period had elapsed, Sir Robert Peel joi
arked, " You were
scious that he had been discovered, rem; but the truth is,
perhaps surprised to find me at pray
the
shoulders,
weight of the
dear —, I find that in reality
my shoulders, which are
affairs of this people is laid up
°therefore, been to the only
too weak to sustain it. 1 havne,d I find it continually requi-
source of strength for help,
there: We give this anecdote
site, and only to be obtained
utbentic source. It is truly de-
as weul rec
hear it; eived it from an a now would impress it upon all
Christian people to aid
lightf to _
an
d Sir
Robert Peel in this most effectual
asst is their duty and privilege to
species of conservatism,
do.—Statesman.
EaitoEs.._.
In some of the French journals
BLEACHING N
to gi yen ,as from the island of Cuba we find the probable
has lately been practised here. A pre-
,, A strange cheatn
slave-trader arrived with a cargo of 600
tended AMerica whom he quickly disposed f• b *
all of 0 , but in about
negroes,
afterwards the whole of these new slaves dis-
three weeks
and were ne •
:one night, vet seen again. It was
appeared ,n
that, on the mot. • Meg following their
afterwards recollected. .
sailed .
for
the American Jamaica, with 600 Euro-
invasion,
passengers. On making inquiries pean pas es among the planters
who had bought these negroes, it was learnt that most of
them bad
•become apparently subject to a disease, which
caused various parts of their body to turn wl • AA • t
white. c y rum
also deposed that he had furnished the American captain
with a large quantity of citrate of silver. Hence it is con-
fi
thdan ently in
manyferred that the pretended negroes were no other
so
vagabonds of all countries collected in the
American ports, who lent themselves to this new species of
fraud. This is the most likely, as, from their all speaking
either English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese, none were
sent to work in the fields, but were employed in domestic
services. Some few were appointed to be overseer or drivers,
and were remarked for the severity with which they treated
the negroes placed under them.—Galipsani's Messenger.