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very extensive scale of improvement. Boston has long enjoyed the reputa- tion of a neat city, and it bids fair in- · deed to gain the additional reputation
of being a handsome one. Court street is to be widened in such a man- ner, where it opens into Washington street, that it will be directly opposite State street. This will necessarily bring down a large brick building, standing upon the south west corner. facing the old state-house, now occu- pied for a jeweller's shop, &c. When the block in the centre of Market square, Scollay's in Court street, and an ill shapen tenement at the lower end of Staniford street, with a few others, are demolished, Boston will merit the appellation of a beautiful city.
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARACTERS. (Continued from p. 166.) THOMAS MELVILLE.
" Maj. Thos. Melville, a distinguish- ed veteran of the revolution, is en- titled to the gratitude and respect of all Bostonians. As a man of honesty, sobriety, and correct moral habits, he stands conspicuously above many, who have figured on the American theatre. It is said, but I am uncer- tain of the truth of the assertion, that Maj. Melville was born in Boston. So long ago, as when the tea was thrown overboard, in this harbour, I find an honourable mention of his name, but whether he was actually engaged in that marvelous transac- tion, remains for the statement of a future Biographer. After the close of the war, and consequently after the adoption of the Constitution, he receiv- ed an appointment in the custom-house, where I believe he has retained a situation, ever since. As an officer of the town, he merits the thanks of the inhabitants, for the faithfulness with which he has discharged his duties. For forty years in succession, in the fire department, he held an important office, and when he resigned it, the last season, he received a valuable piece of plate, as an expression of the gratitude of his associates,
I should suppose Maj. Melville to be about seventy years of age. His constitution must have been, orig- inally, exceedingly good-if the firm- ness of his step, and present fine com- plexion, is any evidence of health and vigour in youth.
In height, he is about five feet, seven inches -- stoops a little, but walks with energy and strength. His face is strictly roman, I should call it : his nose is not only large, but aquiline, and his general expression, calm and ami- able
Perpaps we have but a few solitary instances of men, at the present day, when fashions have such influence with society, as to make a man's clothes of much more importance than his intellectual qualifications, that strictly adhere to the good old customs of antiquity. Here is a man, who consults his own personal com- fort and convenience, in preference to the distortions in dress, which are the great objects of solicitude in modern circles.
With accustomed regularity, I see him at the usual morning hour, going to the Custom-house, as intent upon the business of the day, as when he possessed the elasticity of youth.
In the course of my next package of letters, I shall endeavour to favour you with the items of his life :- his exact age, and particularize some of those acts of public life, which gives him a claim upon the citizens of Boston, and the General Government."
(To be continued.)
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Perhaps, sir, you may have scruples about answering these questions, or too much pride to acknowledge that there has been a great cry and little wool.
Were I at all disposed to scrutinize, or find particular fault with the enter- prize, there would be no trouble in pointing out the defects which mark the progress of the monument associ- ation. Another thing ; pray inform me what the association are doing ; how many members are enrolled in their catalogue of associates ? A cer- tain great general, distinguished for slow movements, had a pair of spurs presented him : what would be the harm of giving the building committee a few pairs ? B. W.
MYOLOGY.
Myology-or Views of the Human Muscles, for the use of painters and engravers, consisting of a fasciculus of two folio plates, with half a dozen pages of explanations, has just been given the world, by E. W. Toson, Horse Surgeon to the Middlesex Hos- pital, London. From what is related of the mode of exhibiting the muscles, in this publication, there is considera- ble merit, as well as ingenuity in the work. Each muscle is separately en- graved aud then fastened in its proper place, both as it respects the bones and the contiguous muscles. Not- withstanding the facilities of studying anatomy, in this country, our painters have but a faint knowledge of the sub- ject, and more than this, no provision has ever been made, to our knowl- edge, by any society of artists, for hav- ing public demonstrations of this all- important science, on their account. Perhaps the department of myology, with only a general knowledge of the bones, is all that can be profitable to the artist, and hence there is no diffi- culty in supplying this great defect in the United States. If we would have our artists distinguished, give them the means of becoming so.
MASTER HUBARD.
This young gentleman has become eminently distinguished in an art, which he originated ; and since his cuttings were first exhibited in Eng- land, he has travelled very extensive- ly, both in Europe and in this coun- try. Ile is now seventeen years of age, and it is very certain, there are but a few persons who have acquired so much reputation in so short a peri- od. Perhaps this is a precosity of genius, and his reputation is at its me- ridian ; but we hope otherwise.
Mr. Hubard has been several years under the guidance of an interesting and gentlemanly man, Mr. Smith, who appears to be the owner of all the pic- tures the young man has produced. Since his arrival in Boston, Mr. Hu- bard has discovered a taste for paint- ing, and we hear that the fine collec- tion of pictures, from his scissors, have gone to Montreal, and from thence, are destined for England again, while he will remain in this City, to prose- cute a new line of business. It is not at all probable he will ever rise to so much eminence in another profession, although Mr. Coombe of Edinburgh, has predicted to the contrary, by the phrenological characteristics of his head.
In order to make an historical mem- orandum of the exhibition, we have introduced these remarks, in connec- tion with the following biographical sketch of Mr. Hubard's life and parent- age, chiefly extracted from a pamphlet which was issued by the proprietor of the Papyrotomia.
From authentic information, we learn that he was born at Whitechurch, in Shropshire, England, in the year 1809. Reinhardt, the celebrated German sculptor, who settled with his family in England, was his maternal grandfather. That exquisitely sub- lime piece of sculpture, the Shipwreck, in Westminster Abbey, is the well known production of Reinhardt's ge- nius. One of his descendants is rising into great eminence as a statuary in London ; indeed, the graphic art seems inherent in the family, for all its
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members possess considerable talent, either in the use of the pencil or chisel. A tasteful union of the two arts was reserved for the subject of our present memoir. The terms 'paper sculpture, and embossed paintings,' have not in- appropriately been applied to Master Hubard's productions.
He had been with his parents to the village church, and was observed to be remarkably attentive during the service. They were pleased at such an early appearance of devotion : and, wishing to see it continued, made no remarks to him respecting it. Great, however, was their surprise shortly af- ter his return home, to observe their pious boy cutting pictures from a sheet of bland paper ; and how much was that surprise increased, when they saw the most striking likenesses of their minister, his palpit, and his precentor !
Nature had so strongly spoken out in this instance, that she could not be mistaken. His talent was encouraged, until he arrived at that acmé of per- fection in which we now behold him.
Master Hubard made his debat at Ramsgate in the September of 1822. In his very outset he attracted the no- tice of Royalty. The Duchess of Kent being at that time with her family at Townly House, (the seat of Lady Townly,) her Royal Highness honour- ed him with a particular attention, and has preserved one of his most delicate cuttings, a swan in bulrushes, as a val- uable relic. He took portraits of the whole establishment, and as might be expected from such a distinguished introduction, was visited by all the nobility and fashion then in Ramsgate. The portraits of the Duchess of Kent, her son Prince Charles, and his sister Princess Feodor, with the little Prin cess Victorine, the future queen of England, are in the Gallery, and gen- erally undergo a scrutinizing inspec- tion by the connoisseurs, as in addition to the interest excited by their striking resemblance to the originals, they are among Master H.'s earliest produc- tions. Her Royal Highness was pleas- ed to intimate a wish that Master Hu- bard should spend his first winter in
the vicinity of her palace, at Kensing- ton ; but as suitable accommodations could not be readily obtained in that quarter, he visited Cambridge, just at that season when its strongly contested election attracted all the most distin- guished political characters in England. During his visit to that University, he was constantly surrounded by admir- ing crowds, and enriched his exhibi- tion by portraits of the most eminent literary characters in the country. At this period his brilliant talents, con- trasted with the extreme childishness of his appearances, made him an ob- ject of universal admiration ; and, perhaps, no child was ever more ac- customed to the voice of adulation, and those general attentions which are giv- en by the wealthy and munificent, when their taste is gratified by extra- ordinary talent.
Master Hubard has since visited all the principal towns in Britain. His productions have invariably excited the admiration of all persons of taste, and he has usually formed a topic of conversation for the philosophers, who have been at a loss to account for his peculiar talent.
Having previously spent some time in Manchester, he made his first visit to Liverpool during the festival. Many residents in New-York were at that time in Liverpool, and witnessed the astonishing eagerness which was shown by the fashionable visiters who had assembled there at that gay sea- son, and, indeed, by all classes, to vis- it the gallery of cuttings, and possess his portraits.
In Glasgow, the members of the Philosophical Society presented him with the silver palette which is seen in the exhibition. It contains the fol- lowing inscription :
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and was accompanied with the follow- ing address :---
" TO MASTER JAMES HUBARD.
" The lovers of the fine arts in Glasgow, recognising in your produc- tions the strong impress of genius. have the highest gratification in pre- senting you with this Palette, which, they trust, will incite you to improve your powers, so as ultimately to be- come a distinguished artist. Pursue the pleasing path you have chosen, and be assured that your success, in its higher branches, will be a most ample recompence to those, who, by marking their sense of what you are at present, would induce you to vigorous- ly strive for that excellence which can only be the result of honourable exer- tion and virtuous emulation "
The members of the Phrenological Society, in Glasgow, contended that Master Hubard afforded a strong con- firmation of the truth of their princi- ples, the organs which are developed on his head being precisely those which might be expected to produce his peculiar talent. One of their most distinguished orators gave a particular lecture, which treated solely of Mas- ter Hubard's developments. On his visit to Edinburgh he was introduced to Mr. Coombe, the most eminent phrenologist in that philosophical city. Mr C. had never before seen Master H., and though he expected a visit from him when he arrived, was not at that time apprised of his arrival in Edinburgh. At the request of the gentleman who introduced him, he took Master Hubard's developments, and drew his character.
He observed that he had never be- fore seen a combination so favourable to the formation of a great artist ; and predicted that he would soon begin to astonish his friends, by some unexpect- ed proof of extraordinary talent. Af- ter all this had passed, and not till then, was Mr Coombe informed who the young stranger was. Ilis head again became the subject of a phren- ological lecture ; and the supporters of the system consider the meeting be- tween Mr.Coombe and Master Hubard
a triumphant argument for their cause.
Any phrenological gentleman may see the written statement of his devel- opments, as they were drawn in Ed- inburgh.
Master Hubard landed at New-York shortly after the arrival of La Fayette.
Since his arrival in America, he has conceived a strong passion for painting in oil.
We understand Mr. Hubard is now under the instruction of our celebrat- ed Stuart.
The exhibition of the Papyrotomia was opened in Boston, at the Julien Hall on 18 Nov. 1825, and closed on Friday 31 March, 1826.
In the person of a young man un- der the patronage of Mr. Smith, all the genius which has distinguished Hu- bard, it is said, has been discovered, and hence the interest of the gallery, wherever it may be exhibited, cannot suffer for a want of the same talent, which first produced it.
Mr. Smith deserves well of the pub- lic, wherever he may travel. In Bos- ton, he has shown a liberality on sev- eral occasions, towards suffering indi- viduals, and institutions, which merit our thanks, and we earnestly wish him all the success which his character, public spirit and gentlemanly deport- ment entitles him to expect in any country.
Human Skeleton .- The men now employed in digging down the hill on Lechmere Point, on which a fort was erected at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, came upon a hu- man skeleton a few days since, which they were not careful to preserve, excepting the skull bone, which is kept in nearly the same condition in which it was found. There are sixteen sound tecth in each jaw-bone. The proba- bility is, that these are the remains of one of those hardy sons of liberty, who helped to build and guard that fort about fifty years ago ; and that he either died there of disease, or was slain by a shot from the British, who then had possession of Bunker and Breed's hills in Charlestown, and
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GENERAL LAFAYETTE.
The following extract of a letter from Paris, dated January 17, 1826, will be read with attention, and is worth preserving : "I have been at Gen. Lafayette's chateau, La Grange, where I remained two days and three nights, spending the most agreeable time I ever spent any where. I did not expect to remain more than a day, but could not get away sooner. I was particularly fortunate in the time when all the General's children and grand-children were assembled together, preparatory to the observ- ance of some religious ceremony, to keep in recollection the death of the General's wife and George Washing- ton Lafayette's mother-in-law. There were about twenty or thirty persons at table every day, the greater part of whom were ladies, the two daugh- ters and the grand-daughters of the General, with an extremely interesting young lady, miss Segur, daughter of the Count, who wrote the Russian Campaign. I had a large chamber, with every convenience allotted to me, in which a fire was kept, and where were books and papers ; about ten o'clock a large bell in the castle as- sembled every body in the parlour, from whence we proceeded to break- fast ; after breakfast, all of us, except the General, took a stroll over the grounds, after which it was the usage to retire into the chambers until about six, when another bell assembled us to dinner. In the intermediate time, however, I was mostly with the gen- eral, who was showing me on one day in the library, the immense number of presents he had received from Amer- ica ; on another, what he calls his farm, which we would call stables. barn, and barn-yard ; here he has all of his stock, poultry, &c. brought in the evening into their respective sta- bles and folds ; some pigs, wild geese
and turkies, brought from America. His flock of sheep counts upwards of eight hundred, and are genuine meri- no, raised from a part of the flock sent by the king of Spain to Louis XVI. who gave them to him. After dinner, we all continued in the parlour together, where we had coffee, and music from the young ladies ; about nine or ten, a cup of tea, and retired about eleven or twelve to bed.
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BRITISH OFFICERS.
We lately published a short sketch of the principal characters of the American army. This week we pre- sent our readers with a similar account. of the most distinguished of the Brit- ish officers engaged in our country during the war of the revolution.
SIR WILLIAM HOWE was a finc figure, full six feet high, and admira- bly well proportioned. In person, he a good deal resembles Washington, and at a little distance might have been casily mistaken for the Ameri- can general ; but his features, though good, were more pointed, and the ex- pression of his countenance was less benignant. Ilis manners were polish- ed, graceful and dignified.
SIR HENRY CLINTON was short and fat, with a full face, prominent nose, and an animated intelligent counte- nance. In his manners he was polite and courtly, but more formal and dis- tant than Howe, and in his intercourse with his officers was rather punctili- ous and not inclined to intimacy.
LORD CORNWALLIS in person was short and thick set, but not so corpu- lent as Sir Henry. He had a hand- some aquiline nose, and hair, when young, light and rather inclined to sandy ; but at the time of his being here, it had become somewhat grey. His face was well formed and agree- able, and would have been altogether fine had he not blinked badly with his left eye. He was uncommonly easy and affable in his manner, and always accessible to the lowest of his soldiers, by whom he was greatly beloved. With his officers he used the utmost
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familiarity. When busy in giving di- rections and making preparations for a battle, he had a habit of raising his hand to his head and shifting the posi- tion of his hat every moment ; by which certain signs, his men always knew when to expect business. For some days before the battle of Guil- ford Court House, the General was extremely active, and his hat and his hand were observed to be unusually agitated. The whisper, " Corncob has blood in his eye," which ran through the ranks, showed that these indications were perfectly understood.
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TARLETON was rather below the middle size, stout, strong, heavily made, with large legs, but uncommonly ac- tive. His eye was small, black, and piercing, his face smooth, and his complexion dark ; at the time of his assuming the command of the troop, he was quite young, probably about twenty-five.
COL. ABERCROMBIE, who after- wards gained so much fame in Egypt, where he fell, was one of the finest built men in the army ; tall, straight. and elegantly proportioned. His coun- tenance was strong and manly, but his face was much pitted by the small pox. When here he appeared to be about forty.
CITY RECORD.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
April 2d .- The Common Council met on Monday, present, the Presi- dent and forty-four members. Ab- sent, Messrs. 'Tracy, Gray and Bar- nard.
A petition of Engine Company No. 4, praying for a bounty to be paid them, notwithstanding their deficiency of numbers, might be paid them.
A report on the subject of a sea wall, at South Boston, was read and referred to a committee.
An ordinance for the regulation of horses and carriages, &c. within the city, was taken by sections, some amendments adopted, and left for fur- ther consideration.
An ordinance to provide for the management of the fire fund, was read and ordered to be printed.
A sum of money was granted the widow and children of Jonathan Houghton
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
Gentlemen of the City Council, It appears by repeated applications to this office of citizens to be admitted to the voting lists during the elections of this day, that great errors have occur- red in those lists. The same course has been adopted the present year, as in all former years, and as is prescrib- ed by law. The Mayor and Aldermen directed the Assessors to make out and deliver to them, correct and alphabet- ical lists of all the inhabitants of the city qualified by the Constitution to vote : those lists were deposited in the Mayor and Aldermen's room, more than ten days previous to the election, for revision and correction ; and they were revised and corrected from time to time, according to law, as to them appeared necessary.
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