Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-14

l. he beGu ideai OF Lille chosen few y
What demon toss thee upon Cobden's croupe
Thou Cavalier among that Roundhead troop
Take my advice and sleep rose-leaves still
Play Cleopatra on thy glded poop
Breathe odors, toy with pencil, string, and quill,
But cut without delay the Cycops Of the Mill
LORDS STANLEY, GREY, AND THE Duke. ,
" Then grim pause then follows st--nl-y's clever
Solid, yet bright-a diamond-facet mind.
R-chm-nd talks gallanty. Young Cry for ever
Forgetting (a,oays) that zoe have not dined.
The Duke not Time itself that glance can blind "
Those who love suble in Art and Antiquities
will not fail TO be pleased with the following ex-
tracts, taken from various sources:
In addition to the marbles of Zanthus and the late spen
did shipment from Hacarnassus says letter from Constan-
tnope, Sir s. Canning has obtained permission explore
and appropriate some still extraordinary specimens of
ancient sculpture which have been recently discovered by Mr.
Henry Austin Layard in the neghbohood of Mosul Long
before NJ Boa the French Consul that place. had thought
of excavang the of Khorsabad Mr. Layard had
ceiVed the idea OF searching for Asan remains in that quar-
ter Sir s. Canning, convinced of the business of his views
determined to withhold assistance by which they could be
realized, and undertook it said the Of another
mound at his personal risk The influence which OBJ
tanned the Suans rman for extracting the marbles from the
walls of the fortress of Bondroom now exerted favor
OF Mr. Layads operations at NimoudIsuch is the of
the mound which he is now engaged in excavatng at few
miles distance from Mosu The he has hitherto
with seems to have exceeded his angune expectations He
believes the mound of Nmroud well that of Khosabad
upon the site of Oriental Nneveh. The mound of MINI
oud is very large, perhaps eight the size of that
excavated by the French As at Khorsabad part Of the pa
lace appears have been burnt and the sculptures are
much damaged as not to permit of removal But by far the
largest portion win prove perfect preservation the sculp
lures even IN the smallest Details being sharp and fresh
they had been chseed yesterday. There are
raj fine specimens. A pair of winged lions with human
heads which have just been uncovered truly magnificent
They form entrance into temple and are about twelve
9th Of
some with eagles heads others entirely human but winged
and battle pieces &c, at Khorsabad So little has yet
been excavaed that positive idea be formed of the ge
neral plan of the building 1t appears however, consist of
vast series OF chambers all built of marble and covered with
sculptures and inscriptions As the age Of the building,
Mr. Layad at present declines giving any positive opinion.
The only point which he feels certain is that tho edice
built under dynasty prior the overthrow Of the Assy
rian Empire"
1t seems that Aries, where exist such noble and
pertecty-preserved specimens of the public archi-
lecture OF Roman times is about, to French attempts
to rival her antique grandeur of monuments:
The following is short extract of the projects for the
present buildings The vaduct railway of the Durance
river will have length Of 423 between the sbumens
at each sd which will give absolute extension of 533
metres Its height is be 936 metes computed FROM low
water to the level OF the rails its breadth is beween
the Paapes 1t is to be supported by 20 piers of 3 80 me-
tres thickness, combined together by 81 elliptic arches 20
metres opening The elegance of the PIERS the graceful
opening OF the arches and the imposing mass of the yauc
VIII make It one of the finest structures of the whole ne
After tins immense art structure the thing worthy adj
miralon is the cutting Of the rock of la Roque-an immense
mass OF sone which be through from top to bot
tom to the extent of l25 by 25 which yielded mass
oil cube metres of debris of rock Especially, also
to be noticed the nicely the nineteen cottages of the guards
oil the line, between Aries and Durance To each little
garden has been annexed employ protaby the leisure of
the men and families. Follows then the monumental vaduct
OF the hone which will connect by the way of Tarascon
the AWgnon line with that of Bordeaux Cee. This 81
gantc structure already begun. II is only $40 metres
the suspension bridge of Beaucae thus two of the finest and
huges modern structures will be erected short distance
from each other The activity the railways in the south
oil France is now great that in the reimbursement of AK
alone l,39O workmen are employed"
The following, we fear, may beget strange suspi-
clons OF his own treasures in the breast of many a
vlrtuoso, TO whom the intelligence is new. Manu-
factories OF this sort are, however, by no means
new thing:
MODERN ASTIauEs.-There exist at Rome secret work
rooms OF sculpture where the works manufactured broken
arms heads of the god feet of satyr and broken torso
nobody BY means of liquid there used color of the finest
antiquity is communicated the marble. Scattered about the
country are goaheds, who feed their ocks in the vicinity
runs and look out for foreigners To these they speak Incl
denay of the treasures found by digging few feet deep in
such neghborhoods. The English, in particular the VIC
tms OF such justification, and freely yield their money to the
shepherds, who are agents TO the General artificial Ruin
'''ut, ana KNOW well Where TO apply the pckaxe. They
are CAREFUL however, TO spend much time and labor in fruit
less Search before they finally upon the treasure-or
winch The foreigner willingly pays England is full Of these
antiquities OF six months age. Nor do the amateur numis-
mass leave Rome with empty hands for in that city are
daily coined without fear Of the law, the money Of Cesar
Adrian, Titus, Helogabalus and all the Antonines-fhd
pnched and corroded to give the look of age Paris nav
be SAID TO have hitherto, b comparison with London escaed
TINS demy Tor the youthful antiquities of bronze and mar
bic but she devoured by the orgers of antes
1t notorious with what skill and impudencc certain cabinet
makers manufacture chairs tables and oostoos of the ff
teenth century, and how readily they find dupes Young
antiquarian showed lately with great PRIDE an artist
friend OF his very fine article Gothic furniture which he
bad just bought at great Its very fine said his friend
after examination, and will last you long, for is ge
aeto. "-li0nitev DIES Arts.
In a late picture sale in London, we note some
instances of price, which look as if the appreciation
Of the Masters was not yet entirely lost. For
example:
"The miraculous Murillo, 'The Alteration of the Sben
herds, bought by Mr. Theobads supposed to be m The
Marques of HEREFORD for 1875 guineas while the next pic
ure Wynans, carried away 400 guneas The lar,e Van
der Vede, fresh and vigorous picture purchased by
Mr. Farrer while since the Earl of LcheIps sole
Scarborough, for about $780, was here carried off y
the Marques Of HEREFORD for guneas and the Ruben:
The Holy Family, glowing evidence of startling genius
which was at one period in the imperial gallery of VIENNA
until the Emperor Joseph H. presented it the Counsellor
Burn, OF Brussels, rose TO 2, 800 guincas.
The latter picture likewise for the Marques Of Her
iord who laid out the pncey sum- during this days sale