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    510 THE X.EADEB. [No. 375,,Saturday ,

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    Three Visits To The Manchester Art Treas...

    picture , in which the mirror behind the throne of the monarch has all the appearance of being inlaid mother-of-pearl ; and a-very fine ' Landscape , ' belonging to Lord Overstone ( 664 )—a landscape by this master being alwavs ' . a great rarity . But at the same time it must " be admitted that the effect of these fine masterpieces is somewhat deadened by being placed in juxtaposition with works of most inferior merit which are pretended to be by the same hand . What can be said of such a production as the ' Belshazzar's Eeast' ( 683 ) , when it comes under the sanction of Lord Derby ' s judgment and taste ? The French school is very riob , there hiing no less than sixteen specimens of Nicolas Poussinand five of Gaspar—some of ihem very fine ;

    , sixteen of Claude de Lorraine , illustrating several styles adopted by that master ; two good examples of Mi" -nard ; three of Philip de Champagne ; two of Watteau ; one of Lancret ; four of Greuze-, and a Paterre . The Spanish , also , is particularly rich ; containing some splendid examples of Zurbaran ; twentyeight of MurHlo , among which are the two pictures brought over by Mr . Ford , and sold to Lord Overstone , and which must certainly be ranked among the most priceless gems in the collection ; we refer of course to 1040 , •* Virgin and Child , ' and 1027 , 'A Head of the Saviour . ' Words are impotent to describe the matchless beauties of this latter masterpiece . It is , indeed , ' the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief . ' himself 100

    There is a fine portrait of El Mudo , by ( S ) . The collection of the works of Velasquez is particularly rich ; the four in the Hertford collection being certainly among the finest ; but there are also some good specimens to be found in Saloon C , at the east end of the building . notably , 1066 , ' Duke Olivarez on Horseback ; ' 1057 , ' Philip IV . when a Boy -, ' 1056 , ' Adrian Palido Pareja . ' A Monk , by Zurbaran , in the same saloon , is among the gems of the Spanish school . Lastly , we come to the Dutch school , and the lover of genuinely humorous illustration of simple rusticity will find enough to feast upon to his heart ' s content in the saloon called ' The Hertford Gallery , ' at the extreme west end of the building , beyond the transept . There is a screen in the room which " is hung with gems , every one worth a Jew ' s

    eye : Gerard Dow ' s ' La Meaagfere , ' ( 684 ); three dehcious little pieces by Maas ( 696 , 697 , 698 ); ' The Intruder , ' by Metzu ; two . beautiful little cabinetpictures by Franz and William Mieris , ( 746 and 748 ) , and ' The Satin Gown , ' by Terburg . Paul Potter is not so well represented as he might have been , but there are ten fine specimens of Cuyp , and twenty magnificent landscapes with water by Buysdael , all of which will repay the most careful examination . O £ Hobbemae , too ( wherein foreign collections usually fall shortthere is not even one in the Louvre ) , there are eight fine examples , that in the Hertford collection being probably the masterpiece of the master . Under the names of Vandervelde , Wowerman , Bakhtriseu and Bergbem , too , the visitor will find much to admire .

    Crossing over the nave at the east end , and beginning the English school with Hogarth , Gainsborough , and Reynolds , the visitor will find himself in Saloon D . If he be much pressed for time we cannot recommend him to extend his researches much beyond the Lawrence period , inasmuch as if he be a connoisseur , almost all the modern pictures will recal nothing but souvenirs of former exhibitions of the ltoyal Academy , and if he be not , but merely a critic guided by his own emotions and sense of the beautiful , the visit to the old masters will have put him greatly out of conceit with our modern gentlemen . We fear that Turner himself ( especially as represented in the Art Treasures Exhibition ) will scarcely do after Claude Lorraine , that Maclise will look but

    poorly after Kubons , that Goodall will be no great account after Rembrandt , and that Grant will scarcely aeem like the great portrait-painter wo thought him when our eyes are yet full of Velasquez and Van Dyck . But in Sir Jo 3 hua , Gainsborough , and Lawrence , we have nothing to be ashamed of . These arc our three great painters ; these aro the men with whom , after all , wo must make head against the world . Of those , Sir Joehua ia perhaps the boat represented in this collection . "Without mentioning the matchless ' Strawberry Girl ' and ' Nelly O'Brien , ' in the Hertford Gallery , thero are some thirty-three good specimens of Sir Joshua to be found in Saloon D , and these include some of his finest and most celebrated works : 44 , ' Mra . Tollomacho as Miranda-, ' 45 , ¦* Tho Captive ; ' 48 , the Royal Academy Portrait of Himself ; ' 02 , ' The JJraddyl Family ; ' 75 ;

    tho celebrated Tuck , ' from the Uogora collection ; 118 , ' Miss Bertie as Thais ; ' and 365 , ' Mrs . AndorNon Polham feeding Chickens . ' Three pictures arranged Bide by eido at the east end of Saloon D challenge admiration 5 tho centre one iu tho famous ' Hlue Boy ot Gainsborough ; on tho right Btands ' Mib . Graham , ' by tho same artist ; and ou tho loft Sir Joslrim ' t ) ' Mra . Pelham . * Tho ' Blue Boy , especially , is a work whioli proves that in Gainsborough wo have not only tho first of fandsoapo painters , but ( mo of tho fiuost portraitpaintors that tho world cvor saw . Wo havo lUtlo to say about tho pictures which die . figure tho north wall of Saloon D and Illustrate tho decadence of art in England after Reynolds—the pompous nothings ) , the pretoutioue failures of Woafc , Norfchcoto , Sir Martin Sheo , and their compeers . Joyfully wo

    hasten on to the Lawrences , of which there is a fine collection in "Vestibule 8 and Saloon E . Here we find ' Lady Leicester as Hope , ' ' JouuKemble as Coriolauus , ' ' Miss Farren , Countess of Derby , ' and the well-known ' Portrait of Master Lambton , ' the very beau ideal of high-bred youth . In the same vestibule with'Johu Kcmblo as ' Coriolanus' the visitor will not fail to notice Ward ' s splendid , picture of a ' Bull , Cow , and Calfperhaps the finest piece of animal painting in the Exhibition . And here , leaving the visitor who wishes to make a more hrtimate acquaintance with our ' modern masters ' to pursue his own sweet will , we turn into the nave , and take , a brief survey of Mr . Peter Cunningham ' s wellarranged British Portrait Gallery . Here the object is rather variety and importance of subject than excellence of painting . Yet there are some line pictures

    hereportraits by Holbein , by Van Dyck , by Knellcr , by Lelv , by Sir Joshua , by Gainsborough , ami by Sir Thomas " Lawrence . The subjects , too , are as various as could be desired . The Eton portrait of Jane Shore smiles down upon us with its small mouth , large front , and golden hair ; Anna Boleyn too , the reverse of pretty , bluff Hal , the most murderous of Bluebeards ; Sir Chris topher Hatton , of saltatory memory ; Holbein ' s ' Sir Walter Raleigh , ' gravely pondering over a map . Halfway up the nave , on the left side , is the Chandos portrait of Shakspeare , brown and grave , and with earrings in liis ears . Of poets and actors , there is ( as Mr . Cunningham expresses it ) quite a nest of singing Lirds , " witness the names which bring up the list of the more modern portion of the collection—Scott , Byron , Crabbe , Soubhey , Coleridge , Giftbrd , Lockhart , Rogers , aud Keats .

    The collection of Miniatures and Enamels wall be found arranged in frames upon the wall of the staircase leading up to the gallery on the south side of the transept . If the visitor have the lime and material to spell the identities out of his own knowledge , this oolleotion may be very interesting ; but for the present it is rendered all butuseless by the fact that it is only generally described in the catalogue . A few general notes are given as to the period supposed to be embraced ; but that is alL The Sculpture occupying tho nave next claims attention . It may be that tbe collection is as good as could possiblv be managed , but it must be admitted that there and scarcel

    is not a chef d ' auvre to be found , y a great master represented . Gibson ' s 'Hunter' ( 7 ) is , perhaps , the finest piece in the palace ; and surely when we remember the value of these easily-broken treasures , and the impossibility of repair , instead-of feeling surprised that there are so few we ought only to be astonished that so manv have been brought , together . And here we should mention that the greatest credit is due to Mr . Dudley and Mr . Redford , not only for the collection and arrangement of the Statuary , but also for having organised and superintended the whole system of packing and transit by which the entire collection of Ornamental Art has been brought to the palace . So efficiently has this work been accomp lished , that it is a positive fact that not a single important case of damage has as yet

    occurred . The general collection of miscellanea , called the Museum of Ornamental Art , is arranged in cases aguinst the hall and upon either side of tho nave , and it is uuiformly good . Hero , also , tho catalogue is very meagre , and renders very little assistance to the visitor in discovering the chief objects of interest . The classification of the objects is into Glass , Enamels , Porccluiu , Oriental China , Majolica , Goldsmiths' Work , Sculpture iu Bronze and Terra Ootfcu , Medallions and Glyptics , Carvings in Ivory , and Armour and Anns . Tho Soulages collection north sido of tho

    is arranged in throe cases on the nave ; Lord Hnstinys sends a line collection of Majolica und Kaffaolle ware , which ill Is a largo oase ; and tho Government contribution from Marlborough House is arranged in five cusos on tho north side . When wo remind tho reader that the Museum of Ornamental Art consists often thousand articles , and that each separate object is worthy of being made tho subject of upooinl romark , it will bo understood why we can do no moro than refer to tho collection in tho moat general terms . Even to indicate tho tilings of more prominent interest would oouupy un entire itri invasion of the Lvmlw .

    Wo do not quite understand tho propriety of including iirmour at ull in a collection of Art Treasures , and tho prominence hero given to it in oorUlnly u groat mistake . Nothing oun bo uglier or more out of placo ( howovor curious or in pluoo thoy may bo in tho Horso Armoury , ut tho Tower ) than tho row of mounted bkelutoiw on either sido of tho west extremity of the nave . Thero are some lino pioooa of tapestry , whioh have boon well urrungod by Mr . Hertford , to bo found against tho north

    wall of tuo transept Passing once more through tho Ilortitort Gallery wo come to tho strip of room extending all along tho wo « t end of tho building , and allotted to tho rich collection of Modern Water Colours . Most of the works horo found will bo roeo « ninod by bho habit ui of witter-colour oschlbltlonB , and all our beHt men aro well represented . At tho time vovieitod this collection it w »>» remarkable , however , for nothing ma » o than tho deplorable want oi oaro and Judgment with which it was arranged .

    The same remark which we applied to the annoi collection may be directed with tenfold force against th collection of Indian Curiosities . . They are curious rich and well arranged ; but have about us good a title t admission into a . collection of Art Treasures as the " ° jected preparations from Surgeons' Hull or the uiuiumie " from the British Museum would have . In the galleries over the transept will be found fit- , collection of engravings and photographs . To tli ¦ amateur the former will prove immensely attractive " for it is really full of gems and rarities . The latter collection is well arranged , and the features of many wellknown persons will become popularly known through its means . The specimens sent by Mr . Herbert Watkb / of liegent-street , take a decided lead in the collection '

    Such is a general outline of the mighty collection at Old Trafiord ; au outline which we would willingly fill in did time and opportunity offer ; an outline which , as perfect as it may be , includes within its sweepin g boundaries the whole domain of Art . The scheme ol ' the Exhibition is grand aud comprehensive , aud if tothtexecution some objections may be fairly taken , the preponderance is certainly in favour of the yood which has been done .

    510 The X.Eadeb. [No. 375,,Saturday ,

    510 THE X . EADEB . [ No . 375 ,, Saturday ,

    State Of Trade. This Trade Reports For T...

    STATE OF TRADE . This trade reports for the week ending last Satuxdn \ show increasing dulness iit Manchester , and a furthei disposition on the part of the manufacturers to avoid tlu risks of production at the present price of the raw material . From Birmingham , the advices describe steadiness in the iron-market , and no alteration in the general trades of the place . The hosiery business at Leicester and elsewhere is inactive . In the -woollen districts there lias been a slight increase of firmness . and the Irish linen-markets arc without animation . — Times .

    In the general business of the port of London during the same week , there has been considerable activitv . Owing to the favourable change of wind , the arrivals have been large . The number of vessels reported inward was 303 , being 111 more than , in the previous week . These included 33 with cargoes of corn , rice . & c . ; 4 with cargoes of coffee ; 4 with cargoes of tea , amounting in all to 57 , 107 packages , in addition to 773 bales of silk ; and the unusually large number of 44 cargoes of sugar , the gre itcr portion being from the West Indies . The number of ships cleared outward

    was 103 , including 9 in ballast , showing a decrease of 38 . The number of vessels on the berth loading i ' or the Australian colonies is 07 , beiny JO more than at tho last account . Of these , S are for Adelaide , i for Geolong , 3 for Hobart Town , 4 for Lauuceston , 2 for Melbourne , 1 for IVJoretoii Bay , 5 fur Kew Zealand , 14 for Port Philip , 2 for Portland Bay , 1 for l ' ort Fairy , ami 13 for Svdney . " —Jdun . The board ' of Trade returns for the past month -were issued on Tuesday , and again show a large increase in the declared value of our exportatious , although , not to the extraordinary extent observable diu-intf the thrcu preceding months . The augmentation is juO , i ) 18 / ., ur with the period

    live percent ., as compared corresponding of last year , and 1 , 81 ) 9 , 880 / ., or twenly-Uiree per cent ., as compared with April , 1865 . With ivgurd to imported commodities , a decrease continues to be shown in uk arrivals of wheat and flour . Indian coin , however , t ola been largely tulten . In animals and siiluwl provision * there haa again been an increase , consequent "J > o » tJ « advancing prices of meat . The importuuon * ol cole , and tea thow a reduction , while iu il . o deliveries loi home consumption there has been an immense in « c ^ ' owing to tho dealers Imvii . tf waited till the commuiu .-nu-nt of the month for the reduction oi uuue * , _ win . * , npiritc , and tobacco , the arrivals have W » « large , but tho consumption hua not cxcuJdcu iuu u age . —Jiltnt .

    ' S I Uk Land. A Tiactot.Vu Luc-Rums Kuo...

    ' S I UK LAND . A TiacTOT . vu Luc-rums kuom this Bkn 7 ' " ^\; S Crampton , a noted advocate of letMotaI ,, i . u-g - u occasion , in his chargo to tho grand Ji . ru-.. nl ^ Friday week , to make so . no ^ "' ""{ "SX ^ number of public-houses in Ireland . , " ^ o . th j "Jj u with which crime is-bcKotloii by drmk . 1 . 1 - '" much rovonuo !* derivable from th <; »|; . r t > ^ , tlunul oxj . on . liti . ro necessary to collect the u \* £ , o groat itH to absorb tho larger part ; ami Jit « U « J uvu .. if much V voat , / iJ * ucmo to \^ ? " ; ^ J ^ ] , ; is entirely nn . ntorbaluuoed by the injuis i ; « ' . " . t * • * . ¦ 1 t . i in i I'M . i 11 * -1 *» " unle of lrituoiw 1 i (| uij *

    inniilty by tho up ... " bltvucI , coiiHldi-r the millions ol ban-.-U > ' »« ' ^ bwtid corn which muaL of iieeowliv bo o , m . » n ^ ^ making of Hliirlla ' l' « proeoedud : — ,., you , eontlumun , that tlio i """^ ' « . ' , ' ^ '\ , \ , hr Dublin , and in ovory town uiul <\ Mr «/ t ¦ }* ' oxuoedH Ibo number of buliew uml viulum t » i Iium boon oomputud upon tho bo » L aiitho * u not au ovorujfo throi . trl . oiit tl . « U' tod K . ^ oU low tlwm uiie i . l . ico at which Intoxlc 11 a J lllit . for ovory twenty familloa . A Hturill » B I ; - tltl offll 1 noml not my , Ufon . foiV , that fliroutf o . our ^ country far greater facilities aro ufloruoc . ' f » J ll 0 uoIsoiivuh In dulgence than i ' ot tho » m > h' ^ W 0

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30051857/page/6/