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800 THE LEA DEB. L&Q- 484. Jply 2, 1859.
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CRYSTAL PALACE. The performance of "Hand...
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motherland-two children seeking a husband , and outraged at finding him false after she has sacrificed kith , kin , country , and character to him , -will continue to raise sympathy , even when ' ' Mr . Macaulay s New Zealander shall in vain look for . the drama elsewhere than in the South Sea Islands . This -was fully proved * on Monday night , when Miss Heraud ' s powerful and pathetic delineation of the ancient heroine excited the deepest interest and sympathy . This young actress ' s performance of this varied , violent , and grand part will add greatly to her reputation , and help to fix her as a metropolitan artist . MissHeraud is slight , but by no means insignificant in figure ; her action is full of grace , and her gestures are statuesque and effective . Her reading is more than intelligent , it is poetical ; and of her
long practice has now given to the utterance conceptions great freedom and power . She was much applauded ; and completely enchained her audience from the first scene to the last . Miss Adelaide Downing , as Creusa , was intelligent ; and Mr . Johnstone as JEgeus , and Mr . Rayner as Jason , effective . The scenery was pretty , and the dresses tasteful and appropriate . The exquisite taste of the Greek mind is shown in the various grouping and arranging the dramatis persona ; and chorus , every movement producing a fresh and beautiful picture , the materials , however , being nothing more than snowy cambric , scarlet and purple cloth , white marble , ruddy flowers , and rocky scenery . Such simplicities , however , if tastefully used , outlast and surpass all the gorgeous displays that are said to be necessary to uphold the Shakspearean drama .
800 The Lea Deb. L&Q- 484. Jply 2, 1859.
800 THE LEA DEB . L & Q- 484 . Jply 2 , 1859 .
Crystal Palace. The Performance Of "Hand...
CRYSTAL PALACE . The performance of "Handel ' s Israel in Egypt , " which t ook place too late for lengthened notice in our last number , drew , if possible , a yet more fashionable attendance than graced the preceding concerts . According to the courteous functionaries of the . statistical department , 26 , 287 persons were present , against 17 , 292 . who attended the same oratorio in 1857 . The total number of visitors at the Handel Festival of 1859 was 80 , 720 , while that of 1857 was but 48 , 414 ; . a fact on which we may congratulate
both the Sacred Harmonic Society and those spirited members of , the Palace direction , who have so earnestly , despite the inertia * of their confreres , advocated " popularisation "— coin a phrase—as the grand means to attain success for their heavy enterprise . We are not far from the truth when we state that the receipts were about 30 , 000 / ., of which 15 , 000 / . is net profit ; and of this the Crystal Palace treasury takes 10 , 000 / ., besides the value of the now completed orchestra .
In the " Israel" Mr . Sims Reeves exerted himself loyally , though he had less to do than might have been wished ; Signor Belletti and Mr . Weiss were encored in " The Lord is a Man of War . " The lady soloists were Mesdaraes C . Nbvello and Lemmens Sherrington , and Miss Dolby . Their varied excellencies are too well known to justify detail here . The sublime choruses , " Thy Right Hand , O Lord , " " The People shall Hear , " and «* The Horse and his Rider , "—all in the second part—created immense sensation ; and that called " And with tlie Blast , " ¦ wa s received with loud applause . The oratorio over , the grand waterworks and the refreshments divided the public attention . Hard by the upper basin , too
megatherium ; and the gentle knots of chorahsts dispersed through the grounds began to sing homeward madrigals . So we left the giant edifice asleep among the roses , and strolling thoughtfully through the heavy scented alley of orange trees , mechanically saluted the last policeman , and so gained the last train . , . . We should not omit to speak of the choice collection of Handel Relics which comprise , besides the the anvil and
antique spinet we mentioned Lost week , hammer of William Powell , the original . " ¦ Harmomus Blacksmith" ; the original score of Judas " Maccabeus lent by Mr . V . Schoelcher ; that of the " Dettingen Te Deum / 'Jent by her Majesty , and that of " Acis and Galatea , " lent by Mr . Weatherhead . These , with a number of portraits and caricatures of the great master , lent by the Sacred Harmonic Society , are shown in handsome cases at the western extremity of the edifice .
The commissariat of the peaceful host has already made public its return of rations ^ served out , and the multitudinous detail of loaves and fishes shows the justice of our recent arguments , that however sublime the pursuits of the million , their material instinct for the dinner table , like the belles lettres of Cicero , go abroad with them in townand country . Mr . Strangers expense account mentions only 1 , 600 dozen sandwiches , 1 , 200 dozen pork pies , 400 dozen Sydenham pasties , 800 veal and ham pies , 650 pigeon
pies , 480 hams , 3 , 509 chickens , 120 balontme of lamb , 240 fore quarters of lamb , 15 O galantines of chicken , 60 raised game pies , 3 , 052 lobster salads , 3 , 825 dishes of salmon mayonnaise , 306 score of lettuce , 40 , 000 buns , at a penny each , 25 , 000 ditto at twopence , 32 ; 249 ices , 2 , 419 dozen " beverages * " 1 , 152 ditto ale and stout , 403 Crystal Palace puddings , 400 jellies , nine tons of roast and boiled beef , 400 creams , 350 fruit tarts , 3 , 506 quarts of tea , coffee , and chocolate , and 485 tongues .
Of course there was no trifle of sack to this intolerable quantity of eatables ; but of this all report is , perhaps deferentially to the ladies ( whose tongues are not counted ) , altogether suppressed . Such general actions as this Handel Commemoration take place but once a year—such voluminous despatches as the present not -so often . So , while mentioning all concerned , let us remember the Brighton Railway Company , whose arrangements were really admirable . Sixty-thousand souls and upwards , nearly all of them in terrible excitement , did they carry to and fro on the four festival days without accident or even peril ; and , as far as has been reported to us , without a greater hurricane of " letters to the Times " than our contemporary has been able to make head against .
On Saturday there was a final half-crown concert , at which 2 , 500 persons paid ; as many more wore present by season tickets ; and an equal number in virtue of orchestral and press admissions—a boon kindly conceded by the directors . In the course of the day was issued the annual report of the directors . The prospects of the undertaking seem brightening , but without fever , according to this document . The working ^ directors , arc , of course , learning thoir arduous business . The dilettante ones , or some of
them , are retiring . The working of the establishment is becoming easier and more economical , and the take " progresses adequately . The number of visitors during the year ending with April last was 1 , 432 , 013 , being an increase of 38 , 078 over the preceding twelve months ; and the dividends on the debenture stock and preference capital , as well as on the outstanding debenture debt are safe . We hope soon to hear the same with regard to the ordinary share capital .
was stationed the band of the Royal Artillery , girt by a belt of musical gourmands , in whom , not even a whole day with Handel could obliterate the fancy for Verdi , Auber , Labitszky and Lanner . One experiment more convinced ourselves that the comestible , department lias worked hard to shuffle off the coil of unpopularity that , has so long hung about it ; and we adjourned to the back-wood of the Palace park , for we had been advised of sundry accessories there , which , having found to exist in fact , we may aa well note here for the advantage of our readers . Breast the rose-embowered Mamelon near the railway terminus } descend upon and skirt the great pools of the lower waterworks , and scale again the glacis that leads to the antediluvian world ; then , render , if you go forward you will find a gymnastic ground , and
a lake studded with pleasure boats ; or , if you turn sharp to the left over a gentle hill and by a winding path , you will find a cricket field , quoit ground , iv skittle alley , a rifle gallery , and a bowling green , all in first-rate order . Not one of these liaunts but was thronged with votaries of the various amusements named ; and beautiful as are the views from the gentle eminences , there was none of them that did not borrow a charm from the merry laugh , the healthy erica of Bport , the agile movements of the players , and the . gentle wave of tho over present mauve drapery . In nooka and corners like these we lingered happily—may many of our readers do the HKe—until at sundown the crack of the ardont rifleman waa hushed } tho myrmidon of the cricket ground struck his flag , the wheel of tho velocipede ( ono Bliilllng per hour ) \ ma as utM as tho adjacent
Tho Following Distinguished Persons Have...
Tho following distinguished persons have honoured tho Drury-Lane Royal Italian Opera with their presence during the past week : —Prince Leuchtcnberg , the Russian , Ambassador , his Excellency the Baron Brunow , the' Baroness Brunow , and party ; the Dowager Countess of Essox ; tho Lord Exinouth , his Grace the Duke of Bedford and party , the Duchess of Richmond , Prince Vogoriqea , tho Earl' and Countess of Hardwicke , Lady Knatchbull , Miss Burdett Coutts and party , Lady Gloncurry , Major Williams , Colonel Granvillo , Lady Chattoi'ton , Colonel ¦ Williams , Captain O'Hara , Captain Oust , Major Pole , Major Aneon , Captain Hill , Mrs . Pearco Williams , tho Hon . Colonel Sir Charlou Phipps , J . , T . Anstoy , Esq ., W . M . VlUlors , Esq ., J . Walters , Esq ., M . Forbes , Esq ., & c .
Mr, Ayrton, The Member For The Tower Ham...
Mr , Ayrton , the member for the Tower Hamlets , will , at a rery early period of the session , bring forward a resolution on tho aul > j « pt of the paper duty . The Bishop of London hold a confirmation at St . Anne ' s , Suho , last Sundny . There wne a vory largo congregation . Tho Bishop of London dollvorod a most impressive address to the candidates , 140 in number , 39 of whom wore mules ( mnny being working men of Soho ) , and 70 females .
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¦ ¦ , — « » : . TRADE OP MAY . W E were enabled , when we had to notice the trade of ApriL , to congratulate our readers on the national prosperity . The official report of the trade of May is not so favourable as that of April . Then we could state that the declared value of the exports : —the most definite test of our trade—was , in April , 1859 , 11 * , 7302 , against 9 , 451 , 438 / . in April , 1858 , and against 9 , 985 , 84-4 / . in April , 1857 . For May the value of the exports is 10 , 485 , 744 / . against 10 , 264 , 648 / . in May , 1858 , and against 11 , 382 , 204 / . in May , 1857 . As against May , 1858 , the only reason for regret is , that then trade had not recovered from the effects of the
convulsion of 1857 , and , therefore , it was expected that the exports should have exceeded in May , 1859 , those of May , 1858 , as mucli as they exceeded in April those of April , 1858 . The defeat of Our expectations is in some measure due to the war . There is , as against April , a considerable falling off in the exports to the Hanse Towns and Holland , through which a large part of Germany , including Austria , obtains supplies from us . For example , cotton yarn , of the value of 242 , 241 / ., less was exported in May than in April , and of this diminution 144 , 000 / . occurs in those two places . So it is with several other articles ; and , unfortunately from the same cause , we may expect a continued decline in our trade to these parts in
the present— -and , should the war continue , m every subsequent—month . The Prussian army has been called out , which has taken many hands from productive labour . The Germans , then , will have less to give in exchange , and will buy less from us . But the war is riot the only cause of the decline of our exports in May . To British ' North America , from some unexplained cause , the exports of almost every article have decreased very considerably as against the exports in April , so as to make up a large part of the 844 , 986 / . deficiency . ^ This , and a decline in some articles in " cottons" " mae 7 iinery " exported to India , together with the decline to the Continent on account of the war " ,
are the chief items in the decline in May as against April ; as against May , 1858 , there is a small , hut not wholly satisfactory , increase , which requires no explanation . The imports of May wove of a full averagiamount , and some , such as wheat and Hour , and flax , were much increased . The whole of tho increase , both in wheat and flour , came from France , or 204 , 179 quarters out of a total <> l 507 , 547 quarters of wheat , and 547 , 587 cwts . of flour out of a total of 585 , 505 cwts . It is a testimony to the great resources of France , and the goodness of the harvest there hist your , t hat s 1 k >
continues to send hither such large quantities oi these articles , and in the main feeds her viidt army in Italy from her own produce . Of the large increase of flax imported in May the bulk caino from Russia , and though she supplied , too , ' some of thu increase of hemp , it came chiefly from ( he l'hillipine Islands and Austrian Italy . Nothing is , in truth , more pleasant in looking over those dry figures than to find almost nil the nations of the world down in our books as our customers . They not only buy from lis , they sell to us ; they not nly take away what we have suporlluoua—what * wo make to soll ,. but they bring or send hither what we want—what they grow or make to sull , and both parties arc enriched and blessed 1 >> tho
exchange . As yet , wo have not got tho totnl value of imports for May , but in April the vnluo was 10 , 146 , 541 / . against 12 , 524 , 658 / ., the value in April , 1858 , and against 14 , 440 , 022 / . in April , 185 7 * In April , 1857 j however , prices wcru inflated , and the quantities of the article * imported then do not show , an excess equal to tliu larger value . In April , 1858 , wo wore yet bringing homo some of the purchases of the year bof ' oro , anil tho quantities of imports were in that month vory considerable . On tho whole , however , thu ynhio of our imports in tlic first four lnoiitli . t of the pivcsont year , 33 , 534 , 934 / ., oxeoodn thut of the four months of 1858 , 30 , 647 , 701 / ., but fulls . short of that of tho fow months of 1857 , 4 O , « 74 , 7 i ) H / ., tho difference in value being in the liuun duo to augmented prices in 1857 , not to ( ho greater quantities imported .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 2, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02071859/page/20/
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