The southern press., 1851-10-31
Foysign Correspond. .,lee Qf Ms Boston Po,..

one shilling days, knowing them to be the last,
has produced, surprising all belief. ! stood
upon the roof of the exhibition at III o'clock on
Tuesday, that might look down the Park over
the multtudes or ,wdng towards the places OF
entrance to the building The sight was one
not often to be witnessed, perhaps never, in
times of peace, witnessed before Far as the
eye could reach, pouring into Hyde Park from
Knightsbridge, through the Albert gate, under
the marble areh round the noble mansion of
Apsley, from Camberwe and Brixton and Is
lington and Chelsea and Eaton, along every
patio, in every kind of vehicle, across the bridge
OF the Serpentne, along by the Horse Guards,
through Rotten Row, they came--that great
multitude which none could number, thronging
every avenue, pouring through every defle, ssu-
ing from every street, till l09 ,720 souls had en-
tered beneath the archways and stood beneath
the shelter of this building for all nations On
Wedneed iy the number exceeded this by few
hundreds On Thursday, the last shilling day,
they again fell below 100000 When Rome in
her palmiest days boosted of her Coliseum, it
held but 60,000 and that number all seated
Here almost twice that number were gathered,
and all moving around in every direction.
The Duke of Wellington entered the building
on Tuesday, and passed through the whole
length Of the nave. AS soon as il was rumored
no was PiSoohe, tuo PcoPIo otip" ClOWutu
around and cheered him enthusiastically The
noise started the visitors in the galleries, and so
great and sudden was the rush that much appre-
hension was felt lest they should not sustain
the immense weight. The duke, whose visit
was certainly inopportune, seemed to share the
fear, and he submitted himself to the police to
be hastened as fast as his feeble steps would
carry him to the door Of exit. Next to the
Queen, and hardly less than her, does popular
enthusiasm always greet the old duke. 1t is
not very uncharitable to find in his evidently
growing fondness for popular applause an evi.
dence Of the mental infirmities Of advanced
years
Among the visitors yesterday was Prince Ma
poleon Bonaparte whose appearance, however
excited less attention than that of young giant
from the Highlands of Scotland The individual
in question seemed to be not over three and
twenty years old, and to have grown up in some
remote part of the country; at least such might
be inferred from the astonshment with which
he regarded the universal wonder that attended
the crowds around him. policeman requested
the favor of his measurement in height, and IA
rule being produced it was found that he was
feet inches tall His frame was very ath-
letic, his muscular sytem compact and his
proportions of the hugest kind. 1t is rumored
that he is on his way to that transatlantic rem
deyous where the wonderful productions of ma
ture gain such world wide renown.
The receipts of the exhibition for the last four
days have been as follows, viz;
Monday .E5,I75 Is
Tuesday 5,23I 10 0
"Wednesday 1888 0
Thursday 4,344 10
Several favorable notices of American works
Of art have appeared in the monthly magazines
Of the last issue. One Of them thus speaks of
Stephenson's statue of the Dying Indian, and
the Greek Slave;
while in France we thus find art an inse
parable element of that polished luxury which
il the EXTREMIST point of social refinement, in
America it would be equally vain as unreason-
able to look for similar result. 1t is CRAFTY
ing, however to see some of her citizens devot-
ing their genius to the execution of works by
which their fellow countrymen may be gradually
led to that innocent and elevated source of en-.
joyment which they can yet be scarcely ex-
pected to appreciate. The reputation of Mr..
Powers is, we conceive, somewhat too great for
his merits. His Greek Slave is certainly grace
ful and feminine, but it by no means displays
that vigor Of treatment which we should have
expected from rising sculptor of a compara-
lively new country We are bound to confess
Lllal TIE IMPRESSION IL has pTOuuCeu upon our
Imagination is but feeble, and that we consider
its attitude and treatment at once stiff and nam
by panty.
" In contrasting it with such n figure as either
De Bays Eve or Wyatts 'Gy ycera,' the mearre
ness of its proportions must be at once ap, a.
rent. Although, however, it does not convey to
US pleasing sensation it may not the less fol-
low that IT Justly merits the admiration of those
who are content with a delicately executed and
refined imitation of somewhat feeble nature
There are, perhaps, few statues which have en-
loved greater popularity than 'the Greek Slave.
Casts of it in variety of materials are hawked
about the streets; every Italian boy carries it on
his board and it YVES but the other day that we
recognized it in a sweetmeat shop in Tottenham-
court-road nicely executed in species of bar
ley sugar-a substance which not inelegantly
rendered, in glowing flesh color, its sentimental
graces.
In the figure of A Fisher Boy listening to a
She'll (the property of Mr.. Robert Stephenson,
the eminent engineer,) Mr.. Powers has been
much more successful. Although there is still
want of easy action about the figure, its pro-
portions are very good and its forms are re-
fined and modelled with considerable dexterity.
Mr.. Stephenson, young American artist, ia
his DYING Indian rnanifests considerable pow
er. Dscarding altogether conventional arrange.
ments, he has aimed only at producing a vivid
realization of striking incident. 1t is indeed
work of great promise, and although it be-
trays a somewhat to- pre-Raphaelite imitation
Of nalure, il still possesses degree of vigor far
more likely to originate natural school of sculp.
ture for America than the more studied graces
of Mr.. Powers"
The Morning Chronicle Of to-day gives body
to a rumor which has been current in the tor
eign department of the Exhibition for several
weeks in the following manner -
"Inhuenced by the marvellous success which
has attended this great undertaking, and CON
vinced of the benefits which must accrue to the
citizens of the United States from an exhibition
of similar character in that country, steps have
been taken for holding a preparatory one at
New York in the next year. 1t may be remem-
bered that some time since we published the cir
cuar issued by committee e gentlemen at
New York on the subject of this projected
worlds fair, and we stated that the proposition
submitted to the various continental govern
ments had met with considerable appreciation.
It's not contemplated in the present instance
10 arrange for nm exhibition upon 90 gigantic a