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Drtjby Lane Theatre. The Crown Diamonds ...
His exec ution of the airs , " Consume them all !'' and "O Jjori , have mercy ! " elicited warm marks of approbation from a very crowded audience , which quite overflowed the Hall . EGTPTIAST BTALI ,. —AXBERT SMITH ' S " CHINA . "MR . AND MKS . HOWARD PATTl / a " PATCHWORK . " The ink was hardly dry with which we prophesied last week the approaching flit of the Howard Pauls and the impending arrival of Mr . Albert Smith from his semi-circumnavigation of the globe , than the former of these events was rendered a certainty by the absolute accomplishment of the latter . On Sunday morning the excited neighbourhood of the
great travelling humourist spread the glad news far and wide through town that he had dropped down amongst ; them , from Cathay , with a freight of Oriental dresses , drawings , and rattletraps of all sorts . We will be bound for it—although some of our faineant friends at Hong-Ivohg declared there were no such things as curiosities to be had in the place , and as for Chinese porcelain it was to be had ever so much cheaper in Hanway-yard and Wardourstreet than at the five open ports of the Celestial Cmpire—that our friend of the Egyptian Hall has come home loaded with objects of interest and amusement , and with a budget of literary material for a thousand-and-one Chinese nights . Patchwork , we were therefore sure , would at once be ousted from its temporary home by . the willow-pattern plate , and
the show-room handed over to the scene painters , whose hands must just now , by the way , be pretty full . Mr . and Mrs . Howard Paul , in fact , announce that their season closes this day week , after which we believe it to be their intention to migrate country wards with , the other song-birds of the drawingroom entertainment class . We are happy to wish them every success * Thousands have been delighted with their talented performances here , and we doubt not that the provinces will confirm the verdict of the metropolitan public . Mrs . Paul ' s Seltna Singleheart and Molly Doolan must be seen to be appreciated , and her imitation of Mr . Sims Reeves , steering clear as it does of all offence , cannot fail to furnish the greatest amusement in all places which have been visited on his starring expeditions by that deservedly celebrated artist himself .
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BRITISH INSTITUTION . COPIES BY STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS . Copying the works of great painters is a sort of imitation little above that of mimics , who ape the peculiarities of popular actors . And what is the use of either ? Did the professed imitator of Kemble or Kean ever grace the stage as an actor ? Will the copyist of Murillo or Titian ever , by copy . hag , become a painter ? We have a decided opinion to the contrary , and therefore we consider copying , as a part of art-education , to be an error , a
delusion , and a fraud . We arc led to make these remarks a prqpos of the exposition of copies by the students in the British Institution , which has just been opened in the gallery in Pall-mall . Every year a similar display of art-aping is made , and every year to ourdeep regret—regret at seeing a certain amount of talent misapplied and misdirected—regret at seeing great originals abominably travestied—regret to think how the stream of patronage / which tends toWardourstreet , will be swollen by it , bringing great gains to picture-jobbers , and great loss to the public and
to the art of the country . The young painter , perhaps , may ask us , " Would you not have us study the great masters—how else are we to get on P" To which we answer , " Study them by nil means ; imitate them , too , it' you , can ; but study and imitate , not what they did , but how they did it . " And as for copies of pictures , wo havo no objection to food ones ; but to be good , they should bo painted y the hands of masters , not of tyros . Beseech the directors of the British Institution that it be a condition of these competitions , undertaken under
their auspices , tliat when the relativo merits ( h of the various performances have been accurately gauged and reported upon , the interesting productions themselves may be destroyed . Fancy , for instance , a scoro of copies of each of three of Murillo ' s works- ^ the " St . Bupina , " tha " St . Justft" ( the Puke of Sutherland ' s ) , and the " Infant Christ , sleeping on the Emblems of his Passion "fancy some sutyMurillos thus atone fell swoop added to the arUreasures of the country , mid fanoy
twenty odd copies—twenty odd , and very odd—ot Reynolds ' s " Nelly O'Brien" turned loose upon society , and a dozen " Lady Beaumonts , " after Sir Joshua ; to say nothing of other smaller contributions of Salvator Bosas , and Boths , and Annibal Caraccis , and Guides ! Of the performances themselves , we have no wish to say a word , for they really are below criticism . We observe that a large proportion of these copyists are ladies . Could they not be better employed ? Do they imagine that by their efforts they are doing anything towards the increased renown of the Society of Female Artists ?
THE NELSON MONUMENT . If we are to believe report , this tall protracted job is to submit-to fresh vicissitudes and further degradation . It seems that it has been discovered ( wonderful discovery !)—discovered when too late— - that Sir Edwin Landseeiy the painter of poodles and parrots to the Court and the nobility , and to whom was therefore entrusted the fashioning of the four British lions which are to grace and guard the pedestal of this granite pillar , cannot carve in stone , in short , knows nothing of the sculptor ' s art . Nooody denies Landseer ' s powers in the delineation of animal character : but why attempt it
through a medium in which , according to all public knowledge , he has had no experience . Many amateurs , as we all know , can dabble a little in modelling , and Sir Edwin probably has some small talent in this way ; and accordingly he is to model , or will be supposed to model , poor Nelson ' lions , which are afterwards to be cast in bronze . The patchwork resulting will surpass anything of the kind before attempted or dreamed of . Nelson up aloft carved out in solid granite , cocked hat , and all ; the lions below in hollow bronze . Probably advantage may be taken of their hollowness , to make them roar , steam power being
borrowed from the pumping machinery close by ; and this would , to a certain extent , serve as a blind to the sad reality of the case . Of the insult thus offered to art and to public opinion we will say nothing—to urge anything on that score would be raiu . For the sake of posterity , however , let the protest be entered , and the . ' fact recorded . Yes , when after generations of Englishmen rub their eyes , and gaping foreigners turn up their noses at this monstrous incongruity , and ask the cause of it , let them be told that in the ninetecth century there were no sculptors in England save one ( nascitur , non fit ) , and that lie could not use the chisel .
ward ' s new fresco in the house of commons . Mr . E . Ward , R . A ., has just completed his third fresco in the corridor of tlic House of Commons ; the subject being the "LastSlcepof Argyll , " in other words , the Earl of Argyll sleeping in his cell in Edinburgh Castle the night before his execution for high treason . Something of the previous history of this Argyll must be told to enable one to understand the picture , for the picture itself tells no story , has none to tell . Archibald Campbell , second Earl of Argyll , was the most determined opponent , first of the succession of James 11 ., and afterwards of his acts as king . He was
attainted and convicted of high treason early in the reign of James , but managed to escape to Holland , though assured that he should not suffer any of the penalties attached to the convictions . He afterwards connected himself with the party of the Duke of Mprunouth , made a descent on the north of Scotland , was taken , and put to death without further trial , in virtue of the existing sentence against him . Wishad relates that , on the night before his execution , a great , personage , whom he does not name , but whom Macaulay thinks was ono of his former associivtes , visited his cell , and found him sleeping soundly , and rushed away oonscicnccstruok from the sccno . This is the incident selected
by Mr . Ward for treatment ; and it must bo admitted that it was not a fortunate one , because not nn easy ono to make anything of . In the lmnds of tlio poet or the moralist , such a subject might bo expatiated on very effectively ,, but the painter cannot expatiate upon what is passing in a man ' s mind ; lie must toll a story involving action , and has only an instant to toll it in . How is tuo spectutor to know from the mere contemplation of this picture whether ho sees tlio Earl of Argyll in his last sleep , or his first sleep ? And as lor the two gentlemen in black at tlio door , what possible business can they havo there P The presence of ono of thorn might have been accounted for — wiljiout irreverence , be it suggested— -if he carried iii his hand a jug of hot water for shaving .
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f ¦ '" Lkadkr Office , Friday Night , November I 9 th FRANCE . The Mbniteur of yesterday contains a decree relating the supply of bread to be kept in reserve by the bakp The principal article obliges all the bakers in the tow mentioned in the appendix to the decree to lay in astort equivalent to their manufacture of bread during at let three months . The second article confers the dutv of determining—after consultation with the municipal ad ministrations—1 . In what period of time the reserve ought to be collected ; 2 . Whether they shall be grain or flour , or both conjointly . M . de Thouvenel arrived at , Marseilles yesterday . The Presse d'Orient states that the Sultan had received M de Thouvenel in solemn audience , and expressed to him his best thanks for having always laboured for the maintenance of friendly relations between France and Turkey . "
Prussia. A Berlin Letter Says :—" The Qu...
PRUSSIA . A Berlin letter says : — " The question of the day is whether Berlin shall elect . Ministers or not ? This question is variously decided , but opinion , on th e whole seems to incline to the negative . It will be better for both parties—for the representatives and the electorsthat the capital should send independent men to the Chamber . The Ministers will have no difficulty in finding seats elsewhere—indeed their chief difficulty will be to avoid being returned in a great many places at once . There is iio doubt , apparently , of the return of Heinrich von Arnim , the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1848 , and of President Lette . A desire prevails to have some Protestant clergy in the Chamber , to balance the number of priests who are sure to be returned by the Catholic districts . " The so-called ' Gotha party is preparing to take the field again , and we may soon expect to hear from the Berlin correspondents that the agitation against the " Sovereign Bund ' s has recommenced . Amonjj the leaders of the Gotha party are tlie reigning Duke of Coburg and M . Henry von Gagern , and the two principal features of their programme are : —The abolition of the present . Diet , and the formation of a North-German Bund , with Prussia at its head .. The Princess of Prussia is expected at Berlin from Coblentz , and the Prince of Wales to-morrow , in time to keep the birthday of the Princess Frederick-William oh the 21 st .
Austria. The Monument Erected At Prague ...
AUSTRIA . The monument erected at Prague to the memory of the late Marshal Kadetzky was uncovered on Saturday , tlio 13 th irmt ., in presence of a great concourse of spectators of high and low degree . Among the persons present were the Cardinal-Archbishop of Prague , Marshals Frince Windischgriitz and Count Wrntislaw , the Generals who served under Kadetzky in Italy , the Estates of Bohemia , and the Burgomaster of the city of Prague . Sliortlv before eleven , the Archdukes h arrivednd Hie
AJbrecht , Ernest , and Josep , a as clock struck the hour , their Majesties made their appearance in a carriage drawn by six beautiful bays . The Empress was conducted to a box which h » d been prepared for her , but the Emperor went with his suite into an open tent . As soon as their mnjosties , who wore received with loud and prolonged acclamations , w « seated , Count Erwein NostiU , the President of the bociety of the Friends of Art , addressed the Lmperor , anj requested him to put his signature to the document »/ which the friends of art in Bohemia made over to Uu of tiw
city or Prague the monument to the memory aeccased Marshal . The deed of gift having been read aloud , the bands struck up the national antliom , « n « salutes were iired while the linen covering was being Wl A hSSr n from Vienna says :- « The Sue , Canal project , as a speculation , doca not find favour with the Vienna public , and the chances are that not 20 , 000 / . tfi « Jj subscribed in this city . The Austrians are exce d . ngiy desirous that tho canul should bo made , but t hey row too wise to invest capitul in an undertaking whlcU can not possibly pay . Tho Weser Zytvng has * tcnty had some hrticles on tho Suez Canal wHiol h « o greatly cooled tho courage of tho German fli ; wJ « "JJ Tho Bremen people would bo delighted to eeo I . r -I « J « J of tho world connected by moans of tho canal , Luting are sharp mon of business , and foel convinced tiiw » persona who may meddle in tho mutter ? will bum tuei lingers . '"
Spain. A Telegraphic Despatch From Madri...
SPAIN . A telegraphic despatch from Madrid , dated l ^ Z tlo informs us that tho Govornmcnt ifl pushing wpw * "j t 0 preparations for 8 «»< H » g troops and »«<« " •' Ilavunna .
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CnvsxAi . Palace—Kcturn fpr « ix ^¦ "iJHdlng day , Nov . lUtli , 1858 ;—Number admitted , lnel « M u aoaaon-tickot holders , 588 G .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111858/page/16/
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