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is also entitled to claim as proved , his allegation which in our last impression we took leave to corro borate , that the British public are now prepared enjoy quality where formerly only quantity of sound could attract them . The mo 3 t classical pieces he has produced this season have been , perhaps , the most enjoyed by the very numerous audiences he has gathered round him . The " Andante" from Beethoven ' s " Pastoral Symphony , " the Overture to JRuy Bias , by Mendelssohn , and the same composer ' violin concerto , seem to us to be more grateful to the more refined ears of the present generation of amateurs than would be the repetition of such ex travagances as the " Havelock ' s March , " , in--deed , than the endless repetition of the " Carnaval de Venise , " as tormented by M . Wieniawski on the ¦ vi olin . In this latter performance there is nothing . really to admire . One may wonder , perhaps , at the folly of a man Who would devote years to the mastery of three or four pieces of wonderful execution , and at the iguorance of a crowd who will accept such as evidences of talent or as music ; but we cannot help regretting to see taste , and power , and time , so thrown away , and the Muse herself so out-Taged . Of M . Wieniawski , whose name figures so prominently in the bills that we cannot . pass him over , xre have to saj * , that though not too rich in tone , his execution is marvellous ; but as with other marvellous players , seeing him is more than half the battle . We ¦ are always tempted to think , that if the most undis- tinguished performer in any first-class London band were to sacrifice himself for a few years of his life to the acquisition of one or two peculiar violin tricks , he would be just as wonderful a man as any of these Herrs and Signors who are introduced to the ground- lings to be gaped at ; and therefore we protest against their being received by the public or recognised by the press as anything more than wonders of mis- placed perseverance and retarders of good taste . Miss Louisa Vinhing has delighted us on each occasion of our preseace at Jullien ' s . Her " Tacea la Notte , " from II Trovatore , " Vedrai Carino , " from Don Gio- vanni , and "I ' m a laughing Zingarella , " are all ex- eellent , and her " Home , sweet home" is worth a pilgrimage . M . Jullien ' s new compositions , the " Jetty Treffz" and " TheCampbells arecomin' " qua- drilles , and the " Fern Leaves" waltz , show great care and talent ; the efiects introduced into the latter are peculiar and pleasing . The grand selec- tion from Meyerbeer ' s Huynenots is no less than ever popular , and is rather improved than otherwise by the curtailment of the band . Mr . Hughes ' s version of the " PiffiPaff" upon the ophicleide is an imposing one , and was deservedly applauded , as was the beau- tiful ( as well as wonderful ) performance of Duhem on the cornet obligate in the " Fern Leaves . " In conclusion , while we do not scruple to note points in which the arrangements do not accord with , our notions , and , we think , the public ' s now advanced ideas of sound taste , we shall have marked pleasure in recording the further progress of these pleasing and innocent entertainments , and the success of the worthy entrepreneur . PRINCESS'S THEATRE On Monday last Mr . Kean reproduced Macbeth , with the same profusion of effects and decorations as distinguished its revival by him on this stage in 1853 , and succeeded , with Mrs . Kean ' s invaluable aid , in rousing his audience to a degree of enthusiasm equal to that manifested on the occasion referred to . He has thus perfectly succeeded , becnuse , in spite of an unfavourable physique , his impersonation bo well realises the con- ception of the great dramatist ' s coherent intention , which familiarity with the play hag now deeply graven in the public understanding . His Macbeth is no marvel of wickedness , audacity , or ferocity , but one the yarn of whose character is a tangled mass of generous impulses , sound convictions , and evil St passions . The artist reminds us that the infirmity of the thane's own character might have balanced for ever the good and evil in him , and might even have neutralised the evil promptings of his ambitious w » f © » out for the pressure of the antique fate , intr . o- uuced by Shakspeare in the shape of his ever am- bient witch chorus . This boars him down , and liaving long marked him for its victim , over throws itself into the scale of evil , tearing and rending his nature unt liq has taken his desperate plunge ? and then gleefully abandons him to be harrowed by con- rnlTn ? V" th ? , Be of , comin ff K"ef , until the mere 5 ? S n-L ?' K for . r J B 5 m of drftm « "o Justice , are is < Juposod of by Macduff , The alternate breathless- f ? °% w * ' i lult , of crowded audiences on Monday f « i ? rt . ? eSd ( Vy s lft 8 t may go further than any the laboured panegyric of ours to show that tho exer- tions of tho principal performer to depict tho various phases of character , of which tho abovo well- received argument" demands tho development , . TmT W ™> i * to * - In fho sterner passages of Lady spe 'Macbeth . Mm Kean was all that could bo desired > and in the sleep-talking scene she contdvod to east such a ft spell upon the audience , that their utter still- new during that celobratod passage was a far greater tribute to her merit than their subsequent plaudits ,
- to s - i i < j , \ t \ p p £ g j , a S ( a ' . \\ V ( sc a e st cc di cc m ra tn \ x \ in fei ov Ha » t an tai cr < pei nu Mj wii ter nie ths « i ne : ncc the thii feet peo bar oxr the heii six ' ing , t eon the ! bet wer pier hun ( selv m wou esta inus n In conclusion of our remarks upon the dramatis » - sonce , we may add that Mr . Ryder ' s Mactkrff o thoroughly effective , and the witch-choristers , M d Poole and Mr . Wall worth especially , very accurate e and satisfactory . We perfectly coincide with e views of the talented manager upon the subject e costume . That which he has sepniifc to adopta we regret , for our non-playgoihg , readers' sake , a we cannot quote the text of his critical essay distri s buted with the playbills—is infinitely preferable 3 the full suit of tartan , ostrich-feathered bonnet , Z claymore handed down to us by theatrical authori - ties as the stage costume of the last century - Though it is unfortunately too true that th . more we elaborate our scenery and our attempts > secenic illusion , the more painfully and ungratefully become susceptible of irremediable short-comings , is necessary to draw attention to the superb " effects produced at this theatre . The half-illumined shade of Banquo at the feast , the moving forest of Birnam and the " Pit of Acheron , " where the fiendish choru of the fourth act stretches Macbeth on an intellectual rack with visions and oracular prophecies , are mar vels in their way that will be remembered when the present direction has passed away , and will long indispose the town towards managerial efforts less intellectually conceived or less intelligently worked but . CANTERBURY HALL , LAMBETH , is one of the great facts" of transpontine London , which when found , should be made a note of . Nestling in a corner under the railway bridge that crosses the Westminster-road , there was , a few years ago , an unpretending tavern , whose landlord , Charles Morton by name , having more fancy for music and pictures than for bull-dogs , fast trotters , and betting lists hung his public parlour round with fairish prints and an unpretending painting or two , and engaged some professionals to sing for the amusement of the com pany there . His neighbours—mostly manufacturing people—yielded to the mollifying attractions of the gentle arts , and presently overflowed the said par- lour . It was , therefore , enlarged : so was the choir ; . and the host continued to cover his walls with pretty " bits" of this and that modern master , and copies of some of the elders . The number of visitors increased as the squares of the space opened to them , until , some five years ago , Mr . Morton made a long pull and a strong pull , built a very handsome , ' well-ventilated hall , lighted it by the most elegant lustres ventilated it well , got together a corps of vocalists sometimes eminent , always satisfactory , and won a position of mark among London pleasure-ca terers . The popularity and well-known financial success of Evans's renowned supper-rooms en couraged " our host to think that the mere eating and drinking of his guests would pay for the gratuitous concert ; but herein he erred , and was obliged to make a small charge , which has been subsequently raised to sixpence a head . With each advance in the entrance fee he has heightened the quality of his entertainment , until his music hall has become in the eyes of country folks , if not of Cockneys , a feature of London . Is worth the attention , more over , of social economists , for the chiefest of its pecu liarities is the admission of both sexes : and we ' take it that Mr . Morton has established the fact—gall und wormwood though it must be to a cer- Lain chief magistrate we could mention—that jrowds of males and females , neither intern- ¦> erate nor immoral , but respectable enough and nodest enough to rub shoulders even with a Mayor , and to regard his magnificent propriety vithout blenching , may bo furnished with ma- erial for intellectual enjoyment and even improve- nont , in a place which , in truth , is no more nor less han a tavern . A tavern-keeper turned instructor ! Starched gentility , open your eyes , und wonder what icxt ! It is found by tho police that no disorder ccrues to tho neighbourhood from the gatherings nt ho Hall , and the officers on duty thorc seem to liink a " scene" or a " row" would be almost a re- reshing variety . The notion that tho thousands of eoplo above tho artisan class , whoso homes are arely worth tho name , and to whom theatres are an xponsive luxury , can be induced by tho prayers of logonteel and virtuous to immure themselves , with eavy and improving books and a halfpenny " short . x" lor company , night after night , between work- > g hours and bed time , is pretty well exploded . It i , at all ovonts , seldom advanced by rellectivo per- > na ; and the difficulty is , of course , how and where » oy are to amuso themselves . It would eeem that jese music halls have furnished a happy medium - 'tween tho Caainos and mure street-prowling . We ere at all events , to make a long story short , very leased to pbsorve , on Wcdnosduy week , that twelve andred persons of both sexes , and of tho most re- leutable appearance ,, w . evo really onjoving thom- lvea at Canterbury Mull In so , orderly and becoming manner , that to suggoat tho contrary possibility ould aeom almost an insult to them nnd to the tabllshment . We havo not epaeu to notice tho usioal programnio in detail . It mainly consisted ,
perwas iss I the ] of . and that - to arid - . e at , we ; it i " i ( , t s } « - J I < j a d P , v t 1 t ] ti tl C , A a E - ci SI re ac - jo vrl an ha ay vo > er- however , of a very fair operatic selection , varied by » as one or two humorous songs of an innocent character . -iss But the ' occasion of our visit was the inauguration ate I of a new feature . Mr . Morton's collection of picine ) tures . has marched ,, it appears , pari passu with his oi . enterprise . He now owns some two hundred , and nu as his musie hall became incouveniently crowded , he iat has relieved it , and found a permanent home for his « hobby by building a very handsome exhibition-room , to For a penny we purchased a regular catalogue , and na for an hour or two found pleasure in renewing our " - acquaintance with some -well-remembered works of y- art , and in musing on the singular concatenation of he attractions at " the Canterbury" and the no less at singular enlightenment of the modest host , who ^ e richly deserves to enjoy the honest pride he claims it to feel at the completion of his work . The most * prominent of the pictures are—Haydon ' s " Marcus Je Curtius ; " No . 5 , the " Noah ' s Sacrifice , " by Maclise , n > exhibited four years ago in the Royal Academy ; is No . 4 , " The Disconsolate , " by T . Couture ; No . 36 , * l " Fidelity—a hound oh his master ' s grave , " by T . r- Earle ; No . 49 , "The Marche' des Innocents" at n Paris , by G . Prieur . No . 51 is an admirable " Bull-S dog ' s Head , " by Gerard . No . 57 is the well-known is and very elaborate specimen of what we should call d the true pre-Raphael-ite school , called the " Fontaine de Jouvence , " by Hausouillier . Mr . Niemann is f pleasingly represented by ( No . 72 ) " A Rocky ., Waterfall , " and several other works . Devedeuxhas a two , of which " The Pearl Necklace" ( No . 112 ) is e the more interesting . Mr . Anthony ' s large " Beechi trees in Windsor Forest" ( No . 162 ) occupies one of i the centres ; near it are Wallis ' s " Henry Martin in s Chepstow Castle , " a " Flemish Fair" of merit by , , Adolf Dilling , two of Mr . JSant ' e well-known works , i a clever Le Poittevin , and a small Skye Terrier , by j Rosa Bonheur . Mr . Morton has also genuine spe-. cimens of Poole , Frith , Danby , Bright , Chas . Pettitt , * t Shalders , O ' Connor , and a host of other artists of > repute . He is bent , we hear , upon making further . acquisitions , and has no idea of picture-dealing or jobbing . Our readers will , judge for themselves whether his undertaking is or is not interesting , 1 and worthy of ' public attention for the reason we have indicated . That Ave are warmly with the ayes may be inferred from the space we have devoted to this notice of it .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06111858/page/15/
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