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neither givqs one th 6 I 3 ea of hayingbeen executed from a cartoon carefully prepared , as : was that master ' s custom ^ nor does it resemble the , works of Eerugino in colouring or finish . The evidence as to its ; history consists of an old German inscription , written on a piece of paper on the back of the panel , to the . effect that the picture used to hang on a pillar in the dining-room of the Castle of Seifersdorf * belonging to the parish of Glaesendorf , in the principality of Neisse , and wa . 3 held in great estirha ^ tion by : the inmates and visitors there . The castle was afterwards destroyed by fire , but the pillar with this picture remained uninjured ; The estate of Seifersdorf belonged at that time to
the family of Eckwricht . Then there are some papers certifying that by the tombstone of Bernhard ¦ von Eckwricht and his wife Barbara , it appears that the latter died in 16-23 . It is stated that the ¦ wife of the present possessor is a descendant of the family , and that tradition ascribes the picture to Raphael ; but the inscription , which has no date , contains nothing as to the name of the painter . The above are all the documents now produced , and they do net accord with the statement in the circular that the picture was recently discovered in an old castle in Silesia ; this , however * be a verbal errorj but it is obvious that the pedigree might be more fully traced , at least from 1623 , and we are
left very ; much to the in terna ! evidence of the picture , which has no very marked character . There aie some indistinct letters in the corner , over and upon the edge of the paper on the cross which is without inscrip ? tion ; those may be' read as R . followed by V , and on the Upright of the R is a mark which may be ia small T > reversed , or the top of an Si The latter would agree with an inscription recorded by Mbfcelli ; B . S . V . A . A . XVII . ( P . Raphael Sanctus TJrbinensis , Anno . ffitatis XVII . Pinxit . ) But in this ease the letters are sp dubious that , no reliance can be placed on them . There is a trace of gold margin at the bottom of the picture . The same thing may be seen in Raphael's little " Vision of a Knight "
in the National Gallery ; but a gold border is too slight a circumstance to carry any weight ; and the drawing and colouring of the present picture are very inferior 'io those of the " Vision . " Tier number of naiis ( three instead of four ) corresponds with a picture of the entombment by Perugirio in the Palazzo pitii ; but this is a very trifling coincidence , and , but for the signature and the family tradition that the picture is by Raphael , it might with equal propriety be ascribed to another painter . It shows signs of restoration , wliicty it is said , was recently effected by Hcrr Von Billow , of
the Royal Academy , Berlin ; and it was stated in the room that Dr . Waagen had expressed his opinion that it was undoubtedly by Raphael , but had declined to give a certificate to that effect ; and that Xeler Cornelius , and others , were of the same opinion . None of our own recognised authorities had as yet seen it . Whatever question there may be as to the . painter , there appears no reason to doubt that the picture is an old one . It very probably belongs to the period assigned to it ; " but its authorship is doomed , we imagine , to remain . for ever a matter of speculation for the dilettanti . ,
The Memorial in Waterloo-place to the braves of the Guards brigade , who perished in the Crimea , is making progress . We are indebted to our contemporary , the Builder , which must be the best of authority on such a matter , for the following particulars :- <—It will be some 37 or 38 feet high . The front pf the pedestal , at some 11 feet from the ground , will be occupied by three soldiers-r-a Grenadier , a Fusilier , and a Colastrenin of her Majesty ' s brigade of Guards , in their full marching costume as they fought at Inkermann . These figures will be about 8 feet 6 inches in height . Their respective flags ¦ will be behind' them : thus altogether forming a pyramidal group . These flags rest against a second
granite pedestal , on which , and . above the nags , will stand a figure of Honour , with her arms extended wide , and in her hands and on her arms will be wreaths of honour . This figure will be 10 'feet high . The inscription Loneath her will be " Honour to the Bravo ; " and beneath the guards ' Trjia juricta in uno , " the niOMo of the brigades The four figures will be cast out of brass cannon tuken at SebastopoJ , and given by Government . Behind , oh the near face , will be a pile of actual broken Russian gune , burst ami mutilated , as they were found in
Sevastopol , which is a new . feature in a monument . These aro the general characteristics of the momojfittl , but on the sides will bo introduced a slight degree of decoration in the sorts of sunk relievo used by ' the Egyptians , who wore so accustomed to deal with large surfaces of granite , and which , with duo attontionj might bo introduced with good © fleet occasionally into our own' granite treatment , The foundation ia in , up to tho ground lino , and ia a mass of ooncrote son > o 17 foot by 15 , by 10 feet deep . No portion of the granite pedestal has yet beqn placed , noirwMl any portion or the ) vork bo hurried . Tho xnemorJn ] is favoured with a most conspicuous place
in the metropolis , and of course every possible care must be taken to render it in some degree worthy of the site . ,
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HER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE . A statement lias obtained very extensive currency to the effect that the opera house in the Haymarket was on the eve of certain and immediate conversion into an hotel . The site would undoubtedly be an admirable one ; but , beyond this , and the wish , possibly , of the original circulators of tlie tale , we believe the tale to be baseless as a , vision . The hotel in the colonnade ( late Feuillades ) is , it is true , making as rapid progress as tlie slow collection of even " limited " ioint-stock capital now-a-days
permits : but the noble lord who . is just now the fortunate holder of the opera house , has , we are given to understand upon very good authority , no ambition to outvie the joint-stock project by becoming the landlord of an hostelry , were it grandiose even as that of the "Louvre . He happens , about this time , to be in Italy j Mr . Lumley is there too ; and the product of simple addition is a guess that ; the old house , whose prestige will always command a subscription listi will open for the performance t » f Italian operas after Easter .
I / TCETJM . " The Pairy Circle ; or , Con O'Caralan ' sDream " —an Adelphi piece in bygone days—was revived here on Monday , by Mr . and Mrs . Barney Williams , with great success . Mr . Williams is , to use a common but expressive phrase * " very well worth seeing" in his Irish . characters ; and his betterhalf , without the same extent of vis comica , fairly supports him . '¦" ¦ ' . ST . JAJHES ' S HAXIi . The " Popular" concert of Monday last added a leaf to the laurel wreath of the entrepreneurs . The standard of " Popular" music has so rnuch ad- ? vaneed—we are not ashamed to speak our honest .
conviction— -since Jullien and Etullah began to wield the conductor ' s wand before the masses , that the programmes now presented under that denomination bear but faint points of resemblance to those with which , in t \\ e status ante those celebrities used to call a few amateurs together , not without difficulty . A Frenchman of some smartness has observed that we English are determined , " the nature be hanged , " ( so he expresses himself ) to be a musical people ; but were that writer to find it compatible with his own versatility to attend a series of the gatherings at St . James ' s Hall he would observe that his notions of English musical nature are decidedly pre-JuUienite . The announcement of a night
with Beethoven filled the room on Monday , and though Mr . Sims Reeves' absence could not but be felt , the riches of the programme , and the excellence of the performance generally were such as to send a very large assembly home fully content . The favourite vocal morcen . iijc of the evening were of course the " Adelaida , " swrg by Mr . Wilbyp Cooper , and the " Kennst du das Land , " which was charmingly sung by Madame Enderssohn . In the sonata in C Major , Mr . Charles Halle , one , of our most renowned classical pianistes , and M . Wieniawski , were heard to advantage . The quartett of the Rasornouffski set , in C Minor , for two violins , viola * and violincello wad played to per * -
fection by Messrs . Wieniawski , Ries , Schreurs , and Piotti ; and a quartett of grand beauty from that glorious , but too little popularised opera , Fiddio , was classically sung at the ejid of the first part , by Madame Enderssohn , Mddle . Behrens , Ma . Wilbye Cooper , and Mr . J . G . Patoy , a promising vocalist , who was recently , a member of Mr . Harrison ' s operatic Company , at Drury Lane . On Wednesday the Mozart selection was repeated to a , full audience , composed partly , no doubt , of baffled . country folk and cockney pleasuxe-seekers , who , being denied access to the playhouses by that great and glorious institution the Lord Chamberlain ,
cntne to break their compulsory fust , « la Barmecide , on the delicious strains of " Ah pordona ,. " the nervous bacchanalian " $ u breviam del bon licore , " and tlie sentimental Palla sua pace , " which poor Mr . Sims Reeves , who continues a sad invalid , did not sing 1 , as announced . Tho greatest " popular" attraction of tho soiree was Miss Arabella Goddard , wlio is deservedly dear to artists and amateurs , scientific and unscientific alike . The virtuosi woro consulted by the selection of the G minor stringed qulntett ( of the Haydn set ) , whiph Snlnton , Rlos , Dpyle , Schroiirs , and Piatt * executed in their best , which is unquestionably the best , manner .
HQWAKD TAUf / S BNX ^ UTAINMKNT , ST . JAMES ' S UAI . L . The flirting—Two hope for a season only—of this Uvoly pair of" entertainers " is announced for tho 2 Pth inst . Wo havo not observed of late nny feature in their bill of fare of sufficient novelty to cfomand a notice j but wo can only take this—as tlie pair are
capable of even better things than they have vet done ^—as evidence that Molly Doblav , Selina Sitwlehearty The Modern Ladies' Man , and the now celebrated imitation of Sims Reeves , Lave not lost their attractions .
THE POLYTECHNIC . We were much diverted , if not much enlightened on a second visit to this excellent institution , by the humourous running comrn < iiitary , wherewith Mr . Lennox Horne accompanies a long set of dissolving viewsj founded upon the adventures of Don Quixote . The position thus assumed by this clever gentleman is nominally not a high one ^ -now pattering in obscurity , how for a while bathed in the light of a magic lantern—he yet contrives 1 his pleasing delivery of the mad knight ' s adventure s to . elevate the showman ' s office ; We relished in * tensely the high coloured copies and compositions and Stothard
after Smirke , which illustrate the lecture , or which the lecture illustrated ; no half hour with Cervantes can . be wasted . We are telling here what is possibly stale news in every nursery in . town ; but k we may as well go so far as to say , we were both amused and instructed by the practical lecture on submarine blasting , and diving apparatus . The Professor of Chemistry , too , exposes in such a painfully clear convincing manner the fine arts whereby our tradesmen force us to eat oui proper peck o f dirt , in the shortest possible li ' tetime , that , should those worthies find bur reprisals taking * the form of obdurate insolvency , t hey may know whom they have partly to thank for it .
MADAME TUSSACD ' S EXHIBITION . We noticed the waxwork at Madame Tussaud ' s so very recently that we must almost apologise to oiir readers for again alluding to it . Having been summoned j however , in a very coniplimentary manner , along with other jurymen , to try the chronological arrangement of the collection , ¦ whicli used to be , to say truth , in a , very higgledy-piggledy state ( though we did not say So ) , we . have : every pleasure in certify ing , with all the soleranity of professional experts ^ that order is established among the waxy potentates . The chronology of the wardrobe is pleasingly illustrated on a lifelike set of dummy kings , British and foreign ; and tlie group representing her present Majesty and the Royal Family , complete , with all the additions and corrections to the latest period , is * of course not the least attractive feature of the show .
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DEATH OF LORD MLURKAY . Lord Murk at died at his house , in Great Stuartstreet , on Monday afternoon , ' ^ ot in Edi nburgh only , of whose society he was the brilliant and acknowledged head , but throughout the wide circle of the illustrious in intellect in every part pf Europe to which his friendships extended , will the loss be deplored . Lord Murray ' s withdrawal makes a blank which cannot be supplied . Venerable ago , extending to the fourscore years that mark the human term , had not impaired either the activity of his intellect or the warmth of his affectionate nature ; and as his health had been in the early part of the
winter unusually vigorous , it was natural to look to his having not a few active and beneficent years yet to spend among us . It is only a fortnight since he last occupied his accustomed seat in court , having throughout the sqssion discharged his judicial duties without interruption . Though . premonitory symptoms had previously exhihited themselves , his illness became serious only ten days since , and he had not been a week confined to . bed . l 1 or two or throe days , however , scarcely any hope of recovery luul been entertained ; the venerable sufferer waited with patience it with
and fortitude the inevitable stroke , ' and met Christian resolution and resignation . Among all classes in Edinburgh the utmost sympathy nn < i anxiety have been manifested since it became generally known that Lord Murray was seriously ill , imci the announcement of his death , though not unexpected , will spread n gloom over the fity such as l )« s seldom been experienced . , His clcu ' th will bu 1 ' clt- not only as tlie departure of a man univcrailly bulovcci and . esteemed as a munificent public * bonothctov , « s tho honoured head of many schomes t > f usoi ' itlness , us
tho patron of qvory worthy charity , ami the wiivw supporter of all improvement , but as t ho last oft Iw t nig" v distinguished band who throughout tho i 1 r *« r tlllrI ^ or forty years of the century rclleeted more M" *' J ' " Edinburgh than did oven tho tfrent iiKollcclnnl llyflw of an elder dny— -and wliieh inelude < l finch uiunos i > H Jeflrey , Plnyiiiir , ( Sidney Bmith , i-Viuu-ls j"'" ^ Thomas Brown , Henry Cockburn , nnd the still sinviving' Broutfhnni . Our { jenonition can havo nosuui loss again to doploro— -no such man is left nmonK «»• Lord Murray was in his 81 st yom \ Uo was rnisoji to the bench In 183 » , having previously » ' * - <^ lvoa . / i « i , honour of knighthood . Ho was called to tho ^ co" " bar in 1791 ) 5 succeeded tho Ulglit Hon . . J' ™" - ™ ( aftorwards Lord ) JoifVey as Lord Advocnte in l « j ; » but resigned in tho November of tho same your 1 w » ogauVappointed Lord Advocate in April , 18 . 'J /> i «»»
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34 ^ THIS tiE AfiE lL [ No . 468 > March 12 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 12, 1859, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2285/page/22/
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