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LES BOUFFES. The brief season of this ch...
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M. JULLIEN AND THE BELGIAN GUIDES. M. Jc...
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The Murder op Mr. Price, at Melbourne, A...
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BIRTHS, MAKRIAGKS, AND l3lSATHS. FRYER.—...
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The French Exhibition. A Cou.Kct.0n .M* ...
Sohbffer and Meissonnier are of party . are very remarkable : we take them almost in the order of the catalogue . Biabd has a characteristic picture , < Clearing for Action on Board an English Man-of-War , ' full of energy , activity , and vigorous relief . A strange scene is the « Sunday Prayers in Lapland , '—divine service under difficulties , in the midst of a village ' scarcely perceptible for the snow that confounds it with the ground . ' , , , The portrait of Rosa Bonhecr which stood in the room at an early day has been removed , but is well replaced in the collection by her brown « Bouncairos crossing the Pyrenees , '—ass-drivers coming over the mountain , with a large drove of their beasts , two of the men singing in duet . Like the 'Horse-fair , it is full of action and expression ; the individuality of the asinine countenance is wonderfully preserved , and closely as the picture comes to the roughness and freedom of nature , it is so firmly handled and so carefully finished that its force is seen out better under the magnifying glass . ' The Denizens of the Highlands n - . _ _ r il . A n « n |] Os * j-tfsili nofila r \ n *> niPrft OI F < 11 S 6 ( 1 ui i ^^/ iv" *** % *•*» ^ ^^ ,
is a sr aauer picture , —a group ww amau v , - « , « , *• , ..- ground , apparently looking out at the spectator : from the breath of the cattle to the slowly moving clouds and the heather , every object has the touch of To our eye , a still greater master than Rosa is Augusts Boniieur , whose landscape , ' Going to Market—a scene in Auvergne , ' is so true that it is as if the frame opened upon the country itself , where you can see the wind stirring among the leaves , and the sun lighting up the whole prospect . Glancing round the room , it appears , in comparison with the rest , the one picture in which there is real light . ,., . „¦ . « . j . j There is great variety of very small cabinet pictures , which will be studied with interest . Amongst the most remarkable are the landscapes of Gudin ; of Lambinet , whose flat Dutch scenery is perfect ; of TnoroN , a master of coast scenery . Meissonnieu has three pictures—the ' Chess player , ' the ' Lansquenet , ' and the ' Mousquetaire , ' miniature looking-glasses of the reality ; Horace Vernet , ' the Combat , ' between two knights in armour , in which one can almost hear the ring of the battle-axe ; and Arx Scheffer contributes a beautiful picture of' Christ crowned with Thorns . '
The Several Of The Pictures Eveningand F...
the Several of the pictures eveningand for a considerable period , how great was the influence of that mag 644 . THE LEADS H . [ No . 380 , 3 toy 4 , 1857 . 1 „ .. . <¦ , i _ j xi : ~> „ »~~ . „ , » .., ovonincr and for ft considerable period , how great was the influence of that rnasr
Les Bouffes. The Brief Season Of This Ch...
LES BOUFFES . The brief season of this choice and merry little company is rapidly coming to a close . Next week is positively the last of the Botjffes in London for this season ; we heartily hope they may be tempted by their present success to come again .
The Vocat Association At T1ie Crystal Pa...
THE VOCAt ASSOCIATION AT T 1 IE CRYSTAL PALACE . The first public Concert given by The Vocal Association , under the eminent direction of Mr . Benedict , at the Crystal Palace , on Saturday last , was a complete and well ^ eserved success . A brilliant audience of rather more than six thousand persons , interspersed with toilettes rivalling all the colours of the azaleas , listened to the performances with rapt attention , only interrupted by applause , from the first piece of the selection to the last ; and although it was one of the hottest afternoons in the hottest June we have known for many years , there was no sign of impatience or fatigue . Four favourite pieces were encored . Between the vocal performances the Crystal Palace Band played operatic music , and Mr . Benedict ' s overture to the Crusaders was received with marked enthusiasm . So great was the success of the Concert , that at the special request of the Crystal Palace Directors the Vocal Association will give two more concerts in the Central Transept before the close of the season . The second will take place on the 25 th inst ., and the third probabl y ^ ou the 8 th of August .
M. Jullien And The Belgian Guides. M. Jc...
M . JULLIEN AND THE BELGIAN GUIDES . M . Jcjllien having brought his monster musical' Congress' to aclose after we know not how many repetitions of the ' Verdi night , ' has departed on a three weeks' tour into the provinces , but he has found it impossible to leave town without a proclamation , after the manner of other potentates . And we are bound to say a more pretentious piece of blague than ' Jullien ' s last' we have never encountered even under his hand and seal . M . Julliicn evidently sets no limits to the gullibility and gobemoucherie of the British public . Here is a sample of what we may call tho Fiddle-stick Sublime . M . Jui . libn is announcing the engagement of the band of the Belgian ' Guides' at the Eoyal Surrey Gardens , and lie leads off into the following tirade of pretentious impertinence , which we may entitle JULI-IKN ON THIS POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF MDSIO . ' ? The influence of music in education , civilization , and even in politics , is not sufficiently appreciated . M . Julliisn has passed his life in studying its effect upon the people . After the continental revolutions of 1848 ho witnessed every
, . nificent a nd immortal hymn ' God Save the Queen , ' in consolidating and aug . menting the affection and respect of the English nation for their beloved Sovereign . On the other hand , he saw , midst the unfortunate events in his own country , the enormous power exercised over the masses by the terrible effects of the ' Marseillaise . ' But the present occasion will not admit of further dissertation on the " influence of the divine art over nations and their rulers , M . Jullien hopes and desires that some mo re able pen will take up a question of such public importance . " We do not for a moment presume to wield the ' able pen' evoked by M . Jullien , but we take the liberty to say , in reply to this patronizing invitation , that M . Jullien will do well in future to blow his own trumpet with more modest variations on his accustomed airs . We have only to add that the Belgian 1 Guides' have played during the week , and that a finer military band is not to be heard in Europe . .
The Murder Op Mr. Price, At Melbourne, A...
The Murder op Mr . Price , at Melbourne , Australia . —This crime , which lias already been briefly noticed in the Leader , is variously regarded by the colonists . Some attribute it to tho alleged morbid sympathy exhibited by several persons in respect of the convicts ; others assort that tho convicts have been goaded into a kind of madness by a long series of cruelties , and by the relentless tyranny of Mr . Price himself in his capacity of Inspector-General of convicts . During the recent trial of some convicts for murder ( a trial which ended in an acquittal on some legal point ) , disclosures wore made showing tho existence * of very groat abusos of power on tho part of tho officials ; and meetings were held at Melbourne expressing the indignation of tho citizens . " The murder of Mr , Price , " says tho Sydney Herald , ' sooms to have boon premeditated among a bund of long-sontonced men , who , according to the evidence given of them , aro more like a hord of wild beasts than a body of human beings . Having got him in tho midst of themselves upon tho pretext of making various complaints , one of thorn foiled him with a shovel . The whole party then sot upon him with hands andjfeot , with thoir own manacles , with stones and spades , and ovarything else within thoir reach , spoedily injuring him to such an extent as to render recovory imposniblo . Others who were with him -were handled with groat roughness ,
although receiving no fatal injuries . This done , tho murderous crow divested themselves of their manacles with a degree of celerity which showed that they must previously have had some files at work , and prepurod to 1 rush' thoir guard , and escape . But those men stood so firm that the attempt was not made . The people of Williams-town , too , soon turned out in arms to assist , if necessary . Finally , a body of military arrived on tho spot . " Mr . John Frost , tho Chartist , has written to tho Times to say that Mr . Price was a man of a most brutal and savage nature . Removal op the Conventual Establishment , Winoiiesticr . —A special train , which loft at an early hour a few mornings ago , conveyed from Winchester tho religious community of English nuns of tho order of St . Benedict , who have occupied for more than sixty years past tho promieos in St . Potor-stroot , lately known as ' The Couvont , ' but in former times by tho name of "JLho Bishop's House '
Theatrical Notes. The First And Second F...
THEATRICAL NOTES . The First and Second Floor is the title of « in amusing little piece , something between a farce and a small comedy , which was produced on Monday night at the Haymarket . The story is one of intrigue , and of blunders arising from a certain Mrs . Nankin having changed her residence from the first to the second floor of a lodging-house during the absence abroad of her husband . Mr . Buckstone , the husband in question , returnsfrom California after he is supposed to be dead , and is thrown into that state of perplexity and grotesque indignation which no actor can represent with such rich and highly-coloured humour . The other chief characters are sustained by Miss Talbot , Mrs . E . Fitzwilliam , and Miss Wilton . The humours of ' Yankee gal' -ism and ' Irish boy ' -ism have been exhibited in a fresh form this week at the Adelpiii by the production of a piece written by Mr . Stirling Coyne , and called Latest from Neto York . Mr . and Mrs . Barney Williams act herein with all their wonted wildness and animal spirits ; and two new songs are introduced , to compete for popularity with 'My Mary Anne' and ' Bobbing Around . ' Another of Mr . Kean ' s eoreeous Shakspearean revivals was first exhibited to
the public on Wednesday evening at the Princess ' s . The Tempest was then produced with the usual amount of scenic grace and beauty and of mechanical ingenuity . But , if any final proof were needed of the radical mistake of thus overloading a , great author with extraneous ornament , it would be found in an annoucement which Mr . K ean found it necessary to post up in his theatre , and which ran thus : — " The kind indulgence of the public is requested should any l ^ n ^ Vi nnnrl / I ^ lnir 4-nlrA nlana Kof ivaDII tliO € 1 nfo A \ 1 Fl n OP tYlt * fl T ^ fff" . TAnrPS ^ n f" « t . inn fl Cif t . VlP
Tempest . This appeal is made with greater confidence when it is stated that the scenic appliances of the play are of a more extensive and complicated nature than have ever yet been attempted in any theatre in Europe , requiring the aid of above one hundred and forty operatives nightly , who Cunseen by the audience ) are engaged in working the machinery , and in carrying out the various effects . " The ' lengthened delay' did take place , there being a pause of more than half an hour between each of the acts . What justice can be done to a play , as a playhow can actors do their best—how can the interest of the audience in the story , in the play of the emotions , or in the exposition of the characters , be maintained—with these long and dreary gaps ? AVhat , but the anticipation of seeing some more than usually stimulating piece of show , would induce any one to sit out a performance conducted in such a jerking and abrupt fashion as this ? Clearly , the frequenters of the Princess ' s merely go to witness the spectacle ; and they are willing to wait any length of time if they are treated to something pretty at the end . Something more than pretty—something very beautiful and original in its way—they no doubt get ; but it is unpleasant to find Shakspeare popularized with ' the aid of one hundred and forty ( unseen ) operatives . ' We when tne uovent in
recollect , JVIacready produced same piay ac garden ioay , how exquisitely the feeling of the play was carried out in the scenery , and yet what an entire absence there was of the ballet master . This is what we desire to see again . Next week , we shall speak more specifically of the new revival . Our notice of Madamo Ristori as Lady Macbeth in the Italian version of the tragedy is reserved until next week . Mr . Robson has achieved another success in a burlesque of Masaniello , produced on Thursday night at the Olympic . The piece is written by Mr . Robert Brough—a gentleman who sports in these airy regions with a great deal of sparkling wit and roistering- fun , and who has now added another to his laurels . The wild Neapolitan fisherman is performed by Mr . Robson with a true Southern -warmth and overgrowth of blackguardism , and he sings some capital parodies . Towards the conclusion of the piece , his mad scene exhibits him in all his startling and peculiar power of linking the terrible and the ludicrous in strange companionship . Miss Swanborough , Miss Tuirlwall , and a new actress—Mademoiselle Hkckbian , who appeared as the dumb Fenella—gave grace to the piece j and the other actors discharged their various parts with humour and effect .
Births, Makriagks, And L3lsaths. Fryer.—...
BIRTHS , MAKRIAGKS , AND l 3 lSATHS . FRYER . —On tho 20 th Juno , at Noodham Hntl , near Win-1 rV « Vi ? AT ^ vlro , F > Dl Fl ' » Es W' n B 0 ' > - ' lllPKlN .-On tlio 22 nd Juno , at Aldorahot , tho wifo of T . W . Hlpkln , Esq ., 04 th llogt . ; a son .
SHERVINTON .-Oii thoj 24 th Juno , at Hornold , near Clifton , tho wifo of Mnjor Shorvinton , Brlffndo Major , Military Train : a son . MARRIAGES . MOORE-ATKINSON .-. On the 30 th Juno , at St . George ' s Church , llanovor-squaro , London , by Itov . H . Urackeubiiry , M . A ., uiiolo of tho brido , Charles WHflon Mooro , Onpt . . ' 3 rd M . M . Itoglmont , to Iaabolla , oldest surviving daughter of tho Into John Atkinson , Esq .. of Auathoruo Lodge , in tho county of York , and granddaughter of G . Hodgson , Esq ., of Louth , Lincolnshire . WOOLL—COLE .-On tho 2 nd July , 1857 , nt Newton , near Wlsboch , by tho 1 U ) V . J . W . Honyman , Jolui , only aon of Hugh Wool " , Rsq ., of Upwoll llali , Oiunbrklgoahlro , to "Martha Elizabeth , only daughter of tho lato John Colo , Esq ., of Guanoclc Guto House , Sutton St . Edmunds , Lincolnshire . DEATHS . COMPORT . —On tho 10 th May , on his way from Calcutta to Tirhoot , Ohni'luH ( Jomporl ; , second surviving sou of John Mui'toii , Esq ., of Oouling CatUlo , Roohostur , Kent , used twonty-nlne . HENDBKSON . - ' Miisflncrod , with other officers , at Mwrur , on Sunday , tho lOtli May , in tho revolt of the nntlvo troop * at l ^ hat Station , Llout . David Honry MtnidorHon , of tho 20 th Iloiignl N . I ., only aon of Llout . Dnvld Henderson , R . N ., of St . John ' s-wood-road , Uogont'H-park . MARLliOROUGIL—On tho 1 st inst ., at lllonholm Palaoo , his Clraco thu Dulto of Marl borough , agod . slxty-four .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04071857/page/20/
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