The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-13 00:00:00

of which State s'it Was executed. 7 Such a wish,
though not unnatural, considering the patriotic feel-
. ings and almost- deyoliorral love of the people here far
the memory of Washington, could not be gratified,
withent great hazard and inconvenience. The Statue
consists of two parts—the pedestal and the figure—and
to be seen to advantage must be viewed as it will ap-
pear when erected. The figure weighs about 8000 lbs.
land the pedestal as much more.' The Statue, there-
fore, is very large in its dimensions, and Las been
carefully packed by those persons in Italy whose pro-
fession it is to perform such labour. It might perhaps
be ultimately safe to open the case or cases, and view
the work of M. CiltlOVil; but it certainly would be a
hazardous attempt even if we could obtain the consent
of the Governor of N. Carolina, which it would be
unreasonable to expect.
We have seen an elegant engraving of this Statue,
brought out by an officer of the Columbus, said. ter be
a very excellent resemblance of the marble. if this
be tree, we have no doubt the whrk will. gralifk. the
public fur its classical elegance and mastefly exttelttion ;
but it will not convey to posterity a just idea 'd f the
likeness err costume of our Washington. It is the
more extraordinary that Canova should have failed in
the likeness, as pedlars no distinguished character
of modern times, 'has ever been More faithfully re-
presented, both painting and sculpture, than Wash-
ington. His portraits by Stuart, and Isis best by
Hudon, the French artist, are illustrations of each
other, and are finished likenesses of the briginal
head. It could not have been difficult for Canova to
have obtained copies of both. This likeness, it is re-
ported, was taken from a portrait of General Washing-
ton, in possession of the Amnions Consul atbeglsorn.
Tice question respecting- the costume of thie figure,
we suppose, will excite swirls warmth of cootroversv.
According to the theory of the modern Italiau school,
all statuary should be in the antique taste.—Canova
has represented Washington seated, his body erect,
with a tablet resting on his knee, and a style in his
hand, composing as may be supposed, the farewell ad-
dress to his fellow citizens. Ihe sword lays neglected
at Isis feet. His arms and legs arc bare, and he has
some louse drapery thrown over lihn in Grecian folds.
The Statue is noble and dignified—but it is neither
Washington, nor the figure of a modern personage.

There is a great deal to he said in favour of a cos-
tume which is never out of fashion, and the beauty of
which will last for ever. To attain to such an unso-
phisticated resemblance of an individual, as to secure
present popularity and future renown, is a work diffi-
cult of execution. This, Canova has .attempted, and
the present popularity of the work, we suspect, will
not be surpassed by its future renown.
Cbantry, the English Sculptor, is engage 4 on the
Statue of Washington, fur the inhabit:tow of this
state; but we understand he thinks it 411Iee. fitartcep
clothe his figures in the motley and changing fashions
of the age in which the subject fiuncislied.
To this style of drapery we have a very decided
objection. There is an air of, the grotesque in old fa-
mily pictures arising from the oddity of ancient' fa-
shion and dresses. And in some respects, the strange-
ness of the costume becomes absolutely .xitUcalous.
No drapery, we apprehend, is faster approaching to
this point of the ludicrous than the old continental
military uniform. It is amusing to be told that we
must adhere to the triangular hat because it is true to
nature. All modern personages must of course be co-
vered, but there is no necessity for covering them gro-
tesquely. Duriug some period of a long life, every
individual will probably have worn a becomieg dress,
a dress distinguished by no extravagance of 'local fa-
shion, but indicating both elegance and good taste.
Such a costume should be selected fur Washington—
and in such a costume, whether it be a plain robe or
a military cloak, would his fignre he transmitted to
posterity to the admiration of all beholders.

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are fair enough. That we are not indisposed to join
itediTti the laugh,. We shall shey by a few elegant
eXtracts, taken from one of our contemporaries, who,
when he sees the Bowers of his rhetoric culled for the
purpose, and collected into a bouquet, " cannot 'choose
but smile," as they used to say in Queen Anne's time.
The Freeman's Journal hiving complained that the
management of the Dublin Society House prevented it
from giving an account of the entertainment which the
Members of that useful Institution gave to the King
—by the by, we have not forgotten the Society—
The Patriot exclaimed it was " quite a mistake," and
for the following substantial reasons :

We partook of the excellent viands with which the va-
rious tables were covered ; we detholished our castle ;
ate, like a Nero, of the sweet jewels which decorated
most costly crowns of pastry ; we had our dirltes of
jelly and blase-mange; we drank our bottle of cham-
paigne, and warmed ourselves with wine, and cooled
ourselves with ice, until the hospitalities of the Society
would have laid tribute on our powers of perception,
when we retired, in the ordinary phrase, "highly grati-
fied by the flattering civilities and urbanity of our nu-
merous hosts."—( Patriot.) •

Not only Neto.'s man, but Helinahulus. We de-
molished castles—me gobbled up costly crowns--ice ate
jellies—we drank Cliampaig,ne---ree warmed ourselves
with wine—we cooled ourselves with ice. The devil
you did. Now, if you gave the Society an Irish lilt
in return, or a jig upon the sal, it would be only the
uatural conclusion of the scence.

Perhaps the Irish public do not know sho the Es-1
terhazys are. The Patriot shall tell them:—
" To describe the splendour of the equipages of Prince
Esterhazy, his numernus retinue, his grand establish-
ment, his amazing and unbounded wealth, would tax
credulity. We believe he keeps more than 20 carriages
in London, with such a multitude of servants, that they
have more the appearance of a little army than a suit
of domestics. And yet there is as little of persoual va-
ni;y, as little of importance in the air and manner of
this illustrious and wealthy family, as though they were
the humblest persons in the land. On Thursday even-
ing we sat in the same box with the Prince Paul, the
Princess, and the Count Esterhazy, at the Theatre, and
we were for a considerable time unconscious of the rank
of the personages immediately beside us. Certain it is,
neither the dignity nor the wealth of this, powerful fa-
mily influences a demeanour, remarkable only 'for its
elegance and suavity."—(Patriot.)
What a fortunate chance !—What a proud night
for 7%e Patriot, s• happy man is his dole." Only
think of his sitting in a box with a Prince and
Princess, with a man who keeps twenty carriages, and*
an army, yea. a whole army of servants—whose
wealth, moreover, is not only amazing but unbounded.
When next with Esterhazy's might
The Patriot sits so free—
With Prince and Princess, Count and Knight,
May I be there to see !
We thought we ba,l given a tolerably correct ac-
count of his Majesty's visit to Powerscourt ; at least
we eptkaveond to detail. what came under our observa-
„eo d, for we happened to he id the noble mansion dur-
ing his Majesty's stay. It appears, however, by the
following extract from 7%e Patriot, that though we
told the truth, we did not tell it all :

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