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342 THE LEABEB, [No. 468, March 12, 1859...
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HER MAJESTT8 THEATRE. A statement has ob...
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DEATH OF LORD MURRAY. Lord Murray died a...
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neither , gives one the idea of haying been executed from a cartoon carefully prepared , as was that master ' s custom , nor does it resemble the works of Perugano in colouring or finish . The evidence as to its history consists of an old German inscription , written on a piece of paper oa the back of the panel , tothe effect that the picture used to hang on a pillar in tie diningrroom of the Castle of Seifersdorf , belonging to the parish of Glaesendorf , in the principality of Neisse , and wa 3 held in great estimation 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 BernhaTd von Eckwricht and his wife Barbara , it appears that the latter-died in 1623 . 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 not accord with the statement in the circular that the picture was recently discovered in an old castle in Silesia ; this , however , may be a verbal error , but it is obvious that the pedigree might be more fully t raced , at least from 1623 , and we are
in the metropolis ; and of course every possible care must be taken to render it in some degree worthy of the site . ¦ " . ' : ; ¦ / . - ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ . . . ¦ '¦ " . ' .
left very much to the internal evidence of the picture , ¦ which has ho very iiiarkqd character . There are some indistinct letters inthe corner , over and upon the edge of the paper on the cross which iis without inscription ; those mj vy be ' read as R followed by "V , and on the upright ofthe R is a mark -which may be a small D reversed , or the top of an S , The latter would agree with an inscription recorded by Moreelli ; R . S . "V . A . A . XVII . ( P . Raphael Sanctus trfbinensis , Anno ^ Etatis XVII . Pinxit . ) But in this case the letters are so 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 to those ; of the " Vision . " The number of nails ( three instead of four ) corresponds with a picture of the . entombment by Peruginb in the Palazzo Pitti ; 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 , which , it is said , iras recently effected by JFIerr . Von Biilow , of
the Royal Academj' -, Berlin ; and it was stated in the room that Dr . Waagen had expressed his opinion that it was undoubtedly by Raphael ,. but had der clined 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 ofthe Guards brigade * who perished in the Crimea , is snaking progress . We are indebted to pur , 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 . 'JChe float of the pedestal , at some 11 feet from the ground , will "be occupied by three soldiers—a Grenadier , a Eusilier , and a Coldstream of lier Majesty ' s brigade of Guards , in their full marching costume as they fought at Inkerniann . These figures will be about 8 feet 6 inches in height . Their respective flags will be behind them : thus altogether forming a pyxnmidal group . These flags vest against a second
granite pedestal , on which , and above the flags , will stand a figure' of Honour , with her arms extended wide , and in her hands and on her arms will be wepths of honour . This figu . ro will bo 10 feet high . Th . 0 inscription Lonenth her will bo ?* Honour to the Brave } " and beneath the guards " Tria juncta in uno , " the wot to of the brigade . The four figures will be cast out of brass cannon taken at Sebnstopo | , and « iven by Government . Behind , on the near face , will bo a pile of actual broken Russian guns , burst and mutilated , as they were found in BoTbaetopol , which is a new fonturo in a monument .
These nro tho general characteristics of the memorial , but on tho sides will Tbe introduced a slight de-Sree of decoration jn the sorts qf sunk roliovo used y the Egyptians , who wore so nccustoniod to cloal ¦ with large Burfaceo of granite ,, and which , with tlup attention , might ) bo introduced / with good effect occasionally into our own granite treat ment . Tho foundation is in , up to the ground line , and is a mass of ooncreto eoma 17 fee * by 10 , by 10 foot deep , No portion of tile granite nedostal hue yut been placed , riorwi ] U uny portion of tho vt orlc bo hurried . Tho memorial is favoured with a most consplouous place
342 The Leabeb, [No. 468, March 12, 1859...
342 THE LEABEB , [ No . 468 , March 12 , 1859 .
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Her Majestt8 Theatre. A Statement Has Ob...
HER MAJESTT 8 THEATRE . A statement has 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 the tale , we believe the tale to be baseless as a vision . The hotel in the colonnade ( late Feuillades ) is , it is true , making as rapici progress as the slow collection of even " limited "joint-stock capital now-a-days
percapable of even better things than they have vet done— -as evidence that Molly Doolan , Sdina Sinqlcheart , The Modern Ladies' Man , and the now celebrated imitation of Sims Reeves , have not lost their attractions . ¦ ; . THE POLTTKCHNlC . We were much diverted , jf not much enlightened on a second visit . to this excellent institution , by * the humourous running commentary , wherewith Mr . Lennox Home accompanies a long set of dissolving views , founded upon the adventures of Don Quixote . The position thus assumed by this clever gentleman is . nominally not a high one—nowpattering in obscurity , now for a while bathed in the light of a magic lantern— -he yet contrives by Ills pleasing deli very of the mad knight ' s adventures
to elevate the shownian ' s office . We relished intensely the high coloured copies and compositions after Smirke and Stothard , which illustrate the lecture , or which the lecture illustrated ; no half hour with Cervantes can he wasted . We are telling here what is possibly stale news in every nursery in town ; but . 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 our proper peek of dirt , in the shortest possible lifetime , that , should those worthies find our reprisals taking tlie form of obdurate insolvency , they may know whom they have partly to thank for it .
MADAME TCSSAUI > S EXHIBITION . We noticed the waxwork at Madame Tussaud ' s so very recently that we must almost ai > o ] ogise to our readers for again alluding to it . Having been summoned * however , in a very complimentary manner ,, along with other jurymen , to try the ^ chronological arrangement of the collection , which used to be , to say truth , in a very higgledy-piggledy state ( though we did not say so ) , we have every ; pleasure in certifying , with all the solemnity 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 jand the 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 .
mits : but the noble lord who is just now the fortunate holder , of the opera house , lias , 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 ; Mr . Lumley is there too ; and the product of simple addition is a guess that the old house , whose prestige will always command a sub ^ scription list , will open for the performance of Italian operas after Easter . ¦ ¦ ¦
• ' LYCEuar . . . • . " The Fairy Circle ; or , Con O'Caralan ' s Dream " —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 . JAMES ' S HALL . , ' . ' Tiie " Popular " concert of Monday last added a leaf to the laurel wreath of the entrepreneurs . The standard of " Popular" music has so much advanced— --we are not ashamed to speak our honest
conviction—since Jullien and Hullah 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 the 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-Jullienite . 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 assem--bly home fully content . The favourite vocal morceaux . of the evening were of course the " Adelaida , " sung by Mr . Wilbj ' e 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 . Wieriiawski , were heard to advantage . The quartett of the Rasomouffski set ; , in C Minor , for two violins , viola , and violincollo was played to
perfection by Messrs . Wieniawski , Ries , Schreurs , and Piatti ; and a quartett of grand beauty from that glorious , but too little popularised opera , Fidelio , was classically sung at the end of the first part , by Madame Enderssohn , Mddle . JBehrens , Mr . Wilbye Cooper , and Mr . J . G , Patoy , a promising vocalist , who was recently a roomb & r of Mr . Harrison ' s operatic Cornpany , at Prury Lnne . On Wednesday the Mozart selection was repeatod to a full audience , composed partly , no doubt , of baffled country folk and cockney pleasure-seekers , who , being denied access to the playhouses by that great and glorious institution tlie Lord Chamberlain ,
came to break their compulsory fast , a la Barmecide , on the delicious strains of " Ah , perdona , " the nervous bacchanalian *? Su breviam del bon licore , " and the sontimental » Dalla sua pace , " which poor Mr . Sims Rcovos , who continues it sad invalid , did not sing ; , as announced . Tho greatost " popular" attraction of the soiree was Miss Arabella Goddard , who is deservedly dear to urtists and amateurs , scientific and unscientific alike . The virtuosi woro consulted by the selection of tho G minor stringed quintott ( of the Haydn sot ) , wliiah Sain ton , Rlos , Poylo , Sohrours , and Fiatti executed in their best , which is unqueetionably the bast * manner . HOWAKD I ? AUr- 'd BN'JPEB'X'AJMMJiNT , & T . JAMKfl ' S 1 IALL .
The flitting— -wo hopo for a . sea ' son only—of this Uvoly pair of "entertainers" i 8 announood for the 26 tl » Insti . Wo Imvo not observed of late any feature in their bill of fare of sufllcieut nwvolty to cfomand ft notice } but we can only take this—as tho pair aro
Death Of Lord Murray. Lord Murray Died A...
DEATH OF LORD MURRAY . Lord Murray died at his house , hi Uveat Stuartstreet , on Monday afternoon . Not in Edinburgh only , of whose society lie was the brilliant and acknowledged head , but throughout the wide circle of the illustrious in intellect in every part of Europe to which his friendships extended , will the loss be deplored . Lord Murray ' s withdrawal makes a blank which cannot be supplied . Venerable age , 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 session discharged his judicial duties
without interruption , Though premonitory symptoms had previously exhibited themselves , his illness became serious only ten days since , and he had not been a week confined to bed , Portwoor thruednys , however , scarcely any hope of recovery hml buen entertained ; the venerable sufferer waited with patienco and fortitude the inevitable stroke , mul met it with Christian resolution and resignation . Among all classes in Edinburgh the utmost svnipathy and unxioty havo boon manifested since it became generally known that Lord Murray was seriously ill , mid tho announcement of his death , though not » u ^ - pected , will spread a gloom over tho eily such as ims seldom been experienced . His death will he Jolt noo only as tho departure of u man universally bulovc *! and esteemed us a munificent public lienelai'i <»' i « lH usefulness
the honoured head of many schemes of , the patron of every worthy charity , and the wnniisupportor of all improvement , but as tho lu « t of tluu JiWi y distinguished band who throughout tlie tlr . it tinny or forty years of tho cpntury reflected more Iiih reo » Edinburgh than did ovon the groat iiilelleetuu ! lltf "" of an older day—and which included sucli names us Jeffrey , IMuyiuir , fckluuy Smith , Fnmein i ornor , Tlioinus Brown , Henry Coekburn , and the Hiill survlTing XJroughaui . Our yonoratioJi can liuvenosuui loss again to deplore—no sueli man is lult among i »• Lqrd Murray was lnliie" 81 st yoar . Ho was r « ww to the bonoh in 1830 , huviiig jirovlously J > u «« lvoU ,, V l S honour of knighthood ; Ho was culled to the NiottiBii bar in 171 ) 0 j succeeded tho Right Hon . H l ' lc' » ( afterwards Lord ) JortVoy us Lord Advocate in 1 W-U butt resigned in the November of tho same year j » again appointed Lord Advocate in April , 1830 j was
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Leader (1850-1860), March 12, 1859, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12031859/page/22/
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