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. Exhibition Of The Rotal Academy. The E...
great poet or artist ; it was the moral greatness ^ of Shakeipeare which rendered the creations of his Senius immortal . The dramas of Beaumont and fletSier have long been banished from the stage because of their immoral tone , and tendency , while " Macbeth" and " Othello" enjoy their mghtiy triumphs . In the works of Shakespeare , where the language seemed to be indelicate the moral principle wJf still preserved . The same thing might be said of Miltonf Michael Angelo , and Flaxman . They were immaculate writers and artists . _ In Plato music ana wisdom were synonymous . Poetry was It in silence
closely allied with philosophy . was and solitude that all great ideas were nourished , until from small seeds they germinated into stately trees , bearing golden fruits , or graceful stems , adorned with' many-coloured flowers . The more ideal the source , the more beautiful the result , lne greatest poets and artists were also great philosophers—such as Coleridge , Shelley , Wordsworth , Michael Angelo , and Flaxman . "The world shut out " was the command which every artist readily Obeyed while engaged in his spiritual work . This was the season of his creative joy ; his pains commenced when the task was completed and appealed
to public admiration . -.. „ .., A concert , conducted by Mr . Alfred Gilbert , then followed , in which Madame Enderssohn , Mrs . Alfred Gilbert , Miss Susanna Cole , and Messrs . Alfred and Henry Holmes and Herr Schloesser took part . The company separated shortly after eleven o'clock . - — ¦ -
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One of the most remarkable specimens of portrait sculpture we have lately seen , is the bust of Lord Brougham , by Mr . Jones * in the Exhibition of the Eoyal Academy . It is a trite criticism on works of this class , that if the face is one which requires flattery from the chisel in order to give it suitable dignity , the vraisemblance is wanting ; and if upon the other hand the features are such as tempt the artist , as in the case of Fox and Burke , to render them literally , the essential characteristic of historic sculpture is lost . There have been countenances like those of Milton , Chatham , Wellesley , and Canning , where the delineator in marble has had little to do but to copy with photographic faithful ^ ness the loveable lineations of genius . But there are rare exceptions to the general rule , and the physiognomy of the venerable ex-chancellor is certain ly riot one of them . It may , indeed , be taken as the
most striking illustration of the difficulty referred to . When Cobbett had expended every other epithet of vituperation upon the illustrious object of his spleen , he capped the climax of abuse by calling him " the ugliest-bom of men . " What is perhaps still more to the purpose , there has not been in our time a iace made so familiar to the laughing eye of the public in every form of caricature . The man that can give us a life-like image of such a countenance , and yet , without any appreciable variation from truth , confer upon it the earnestness of enthusiasm , the steadfastness of high purpose , and the elevated character of science and of statemanship , must bo a genuine artist . Faults the work may have , in certain subordinate details ; but the triumph is there , and it is a conspicuous one . No man of his own generation can fail to recognise the likeness as admirable ; no one in the next who looks upon this bust will regard it without interest and pleasure .
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Royal Italian Opera. The Re-Appearance O...
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA . The re-appearance of Mario as IlJOuca in Verdi ' s " Rigoletto , " demands notice but not criticism . For Mario is unmistakeably what he was , though it pleases some of those wiseacres , who must ever bo gnawing at the heels of merit and success , to swear the contrary . To re-examine , therefore , his impersonation , or to reiterate the praises that have been lavished on him annually , lor time almost out of mind , would be simply vam and vexatious . Madame tiotti Santa Young , charming and tuneful though She bo , has a long course before her ore she achieve renown in apart like OUda , so interwoven with tho memory of Madame Boslo . The Maddalena of tho present cast is the talented Nantier Didie ' e , in every way an adequate representative of the part , and the Rigoletto of Ronconi has lost never a whit of its renowned excellence . * PRURY LANfl THEATRE . On Tuesday Madame Titiens . the soprano of tho day , beyond all question , positively electrified tho crowd of her enthusiastic admirers who mustered to welcome her in " Lucrezla Borgia . " Signor Giuglinl , unscathed as yet , it seems , by tho blasts of pur mid-spring winter , which hare of late pierced mo triple-flannelled chests of tho Great Britons , « ang as finely as ever , as Qennaro . His JDiPescatore WM faultless , ana , with tho gifted heroine of tho
evening , he was rapturously encored m the poisonscene duo The handsome Maddle Guarducci took Mdffeo Orsini , and the " Brindisi , " and Signor Badiali made a very satisfactory Duke Alfonso . On Wednesday Miss Victoire Balfe made her first appearance here as Lucia di Lamvicrmoor . ST . JAMES ' S HALL .-MOXDAY POPULAR CONCERTS . Last Monday was a " Mozart" night , and the second of a new series of selections from great masters , of which we noticed the inauguration on the ' 18 th ult . The programme so successfully combined—as was part of the directors' plan—symmetry with variety , that the only question—viz ., whether a miscellaneous audience could be enchained and
satisfied by what is called " chamber music "—may be considered as set at rest . The first part opened with a Mozart graceful quartett ( ISTo . l , op . 10 ) for two violins , violo , and violoncello . In this Messrs . Wiemawski , Bernard , Schreurs , and Piatti showed all their skill , especially in their delicious rendering of the andante can tabile or third movement . In the allegro molto of the fourth the playing of the first named artist was astonishing . The grand quintett , in D major , for two violins , two violas , and a violoncello , was played finely by the same , with the addition of M . Bernard , The first movement of this work is rich in most wonderful modulations , but differing from similar efforts of the modern spasmodics , in that those without
of Mozart ' s are ever graceful and tuneful , a trace of awkwardness , clumsiness , or inharmonious discord . Not satisfied or overstrained with the preceding triumphs , Wieniawski came up fresh again for a sonata for pianoforte and violin , supposed to have been written for a female violinist . His companion was Mr . Charles Halle , an equally able interpreter of their ingenious author ; and , thanks to the marvellous bowing of the one , and the no less agile fingering of the other , the audience , though it was late , positively insisted upon encoring the third movement . This was , indeed , a great and a well-deserved compliment , and a satisfactory proof that the chamber music of Mozart , at all events , can captivate the masses as well as the musician and the
half-professional amateur . The vocalists of the evening were ah excellent troupe . Miss Palmer sang the lovely " Addio" with intense passion , and a degree of feeling of which she hardly seemed to have under control . She gave the refrain , " Vivi piu felici , & C ; , " with exquisite and soiil-stirring sentiment . In the harmonious burden of the quartett , from thejiiialeto "II Seraglio " ( called in the bill " Each budding flower its leaf discloses " ) , her beautiful voice told with fine effect ; nor did the others fail in j ustice to the strain . Miss Theresa Jeffcrys , one of them , also gave the simple " Dove soiio " and its recitative very clearly , The basso
Goldschmidtfsadoption of the old-fashioned " beat , " instead of that in use by Mr . Benedict . In the trying chorus , " Ill-fated boy , " -which is seldom too well done , they were even further abroad than usual . The second part of the concert introduced a pianoforte solo on the " Sonnambula" finale , "Ah non Pensiero , " in which Heir W . Ganz artistically gave the effect of the two solos and the chorus . Mrs . Lee , and Mignon ' s song , " Kennst du da land , " shared the honours which ever wait on that passionate lyric when treated with , modesty and sentiment ; and the ladies' chorus , " Come see what pleasures , " ably led by Mrs . Forrington , was the greatest treat of the evening . IIERR JOACHIM ' S CONCERTS . The first of a short series of classical concerts took place on Wednesday , at Willis ' s Rooms . The programme numbered but three pieces , all quartetts , and all by Beethoven . Herr Joachim , the arch-interpreter of the master , and an executant of the very highest Order , took the first violin , of course . Herr Hies , Signor Piatti , and Mr . Webb , whose selection for the second violin , viola * and violoncello at once designate their high position in the musical world , were his associates . The result was one of unalloyed delight to a considerable audience of accomplished amateurs and musicians , who were by ho means niggardly of their applause . We look anxiously , in common with all admirers of the gifted and modest beneficiare , and of the school of music in which he is a leader , to the second of the series , which takes place on the 18 th instant .
The following distinguished persons honoured the Royal Italian Opera , Drury Lane , last week , with their presence : —ThePrince Vogairdos ; his Grace the Duke of Somerset and party ; the Countess of Glengall ; the Earl of Lonsdale ; the Earl of Hopetoun ; Countess of Westmeath ; Lord Hamilton ; Lord Archibald St . Maur ; the Lady Lee ; Lady Otway ; Lord and Lady Stamford and Warrington ; the Count Chatek ; Le Chevalier de Gatella ; Sir Roby Cautley ; Sir John Lowther , Bart ; Hon . Mrr Boyle ; L . Edwards , Esq . ; J . Franklyn , Esq . r ACumming , Esq . ; -- Ehumer , Esq . ; E , Ashford , Esq . ; N . Joseph , Esq . ; Major Blake ; Major Lyon ; Major Wheeler
Pole ;^ -Joel , Esq . ;—Maxwell , Esq . ;—Mrs . ; Madame Favard d' 1 ' Anglade ; — Arcedeckne , Esq . ; Charles Martyn , Esq . and Mrs . Martyn : Hon M . Otway ; — Posno , Esq . ; — Carati , Esq . ; — Murdock , Esq . ; M . Lane Fox ; Charles Goding , Esq . ; Mrs . Carpenter ; Miss Beauclerk j Sir John Lister Kaye ; the Dowager Countess of Harrington ; his Grace the Duke of Bedford and parity ; — Drum-: morid , Esq . ; Capt . Woodgate ; Capt . Parnther ; Lord William Lennox ; Mrs . Gage ; J . Arden , Esq y Hon . Otway Toler ; £ Japt . Fielding ; Sir Alexander and Lady Woodford ; — Petre , Esq . ; — Clay , Esq . ; R . Dick , Esq . ; — Jobnstone , Esq . ; P . George , Esq ., & c .
and with sufficient tone and -power . , Mr . Santley , was no less admirable in the quartett , which was redemanded , than in his solo , " Se voul ballare , " from the " Nozze . " In the duo with Miss Jefferys , "Crudel , Perche , " he was somewhat too marked ; but he and Mr . Tennant , who was a good Pedrillo , were much applauded in the Bacchic duet from the " Seraglio . " The concert was well attended , and new regulations have been devised for adding to the comfort of stall visitors without diminishing that of the audience at large . The next concert takes place on Monday the 16 th , on which occasion Herr Joachim will appear . VOCAL ASSOCIATION , ST . JAMES ' S HALL . On Tuesday this young and enterprising body took advantage of their learned conductor ' s absence and Mr . Otto Goldschmidt ' s good nature , to attempt the performance of Dr . Sterndalo Bennett ' s beautiful " May Queen , " substituting one , and , in parts , two pianofortes for the band . As amateurs , even though challenging criticism , and professing to charge admission money , should not be too heavily dealt with , we suppose we must be " to their faults a little blind . " Let us say , then , that the pleasures derived from the recital wore mostly those of memory . The pianists who did their part to perfection , showed how de « ljghtful the music of the " May Queen " is , even shorn of orchestral effects , and the vocalists , who bv no stretch of courtesy may be called perfect , simply
did their best under the circumstances . During this universal reign of oatarrh , which even singers cannot defy , we apprehend that considerable allowance may bo fairly claimed by the Vocal Association . The soprano part of the " May Queen " was boldly taken by Miss Saundors , a progressive young artist , who bus travelled so far well on a long steep road . Diffidence and short experience are , of course , against her . in the important part under notice . She sang nicely in " O , my liege lady I " but in tho finale , when supported by the chorus , she gave rein to her voice , and was heard to tho best advantage . Mr . Lawler not Heeling at home in the fine bass song , " 'Tis jolly to hunt , " did his flao organ no justice . Mr . Frond , who took the tenor airs , may at present be considered a nice drawing-room singer , with a voice , in parts , of eminently rich quality . Tho chorus , unless very clever , must have bgen somewhat puzzled by Mr .
The Thanksgiving.—Sunday Being The Day A...
The Thanksgiving . —Sunday being the day appointed for a General Thanksgiving for the suppression of the Indian rebellion , most of the churches and chapels were crowded , and sermons appropriate to the occasion were delivered by the respective preachers . In most cases collections were made in aid of charities . New Colonial Appointments . —It has been decided to erect into a colony the district of Moreton
Bay , now a portion of the Government of New-South Wales . The colony thus created , will take the name of Queensland . The governor selected to preside over the new colony is Sir George F . Bowen , Chief Secretary at the Ionian Islands . Sir Benjamin Pine , now governor of the Gold Coast , has been appointed Lieuteriant-Governor of St . Christopher ' s . The name of the capital of British . Columbia is to bo New Westminotcr . i—levies .
The Clock at the New Palace of Westminster . — -The actual cost of clock , dial , illuminating , & c , amounts to 8 , 279 / ., the bells to 5 , 966 * ., and'the expenses connected with tho clock and bella to 6 , 06 U ., making a gross total of 20 , 3077 . Tho further amount required is , 1 , 750 / . Mr . E . B . Demson says z—The clock is now in the room , ready to be fixed as soon as the place is clear of bricklayers and plasterers , which I understand jt will bo in a few days ! If so , lam assured that tho clock w » U bo going , and showing tho time on all tho dials , before the new Parliament meets "
Public Hbalth .-TIio roporfc of the Rog ^™* - Gcneral on tho state of tho public Ijealth iai not bo favourable as it lms been of late . Tho number of deaths last week was 1 , 207 , being an increase of 81 over the previous week , and 40 above the average . Tho number of births was 1 , 692 . In tho City , tho mortality during the last fortnight ( has been a little above tho avoragei but below that of tho season generally , being 185 , whereas the averagft fofc the time is 115 .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 7, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07051859/page/9/
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