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900 THE LEADER. [No. 491. Aug. 20, 1859.
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CRYSTAL PALACE. The Saturday Concert of ...
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At tho fourtli annual meeting of the Dra...
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Leader Office, Friday Evening, August 19...
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INDIA. The following telegram has been r...
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THE TRIAL OF SMETHITRST. This (Friday) a...
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FRANCE. A i ^ ettek from Paris says of t...
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FRANCE AND RUSSIA. A Vienna letter in th...
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TUSCANY. A letter from Florence states t...
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their singings and doings is plainly out of the question . But we have space to allude to the delicious 'Jjo 1 here the gentle lark , " of the late Sir Henry Bishop , which the beneficiare sang admirably to the strains of the marvellous young flautist , Drew Dean . She subsequently gave a Scottish melody , and took part with Rdsina Pico , in Donizetti ' s duo , " Al bel distin . " Madame Rudersdorff was encored in a song by A . Foster , " The Skylark /? and nearly so in the ' * Robert toi que j ' aime , " of Meyerbeer . Miss Louisa Vinhing was delightful in " Where the bee sucks / ' and " Vedrai Carino , "— -so delightful , indeed , as to elicit , as a matter of course , those storms of applause that are ever in store for even mediocre versions of these justly favoured morceaux .
900 The Leader. [No. 491. Aug. 20, 1859.
900 THE LEADER . [ No . 491 . Aug . 20 , 1859 .
Crystal Palace. The Saturday Concert Of ...
CRYSTAL PALACE . The Saturday Concert of last week was supported , pursuant to announcement , by Madame Anna Bishop and Mademoiselle Artot . Notwithstanding the absence from town of all but the regular notabilities , except , by the way , a few odd grand duchesses , or so , a numerous gathering of resident season ticketholders , besides Londoners of taste , attended to hear the last strains , at Sydenham , of the first-named favourite cantatrici :, before her departure for America . They were not disappointed . Madame Bishop gave the " Come e cielo " of Donizetti , and " On the Banks of Guadalquiver " in her best style , and was rapturously applauded . No less favour was shown
to the admirable young Belgian singer , whose " Ah monFils / ' from the " Prophete , " produced a marked sensation . No musical amateur who has not yet had the advantage of hearing Mademoiselle Artot , should neglect the first opportunity of so doing that may present itself . The great annual festival of the J ? oresters will be held on Tuesday next . Some nervous readers may be apt to thank us for the news , as it were a caution ; but those who would see these charming grounds to the best advantage , and are neither ashamed or frightened at an assemblage of 50 , 000 holiday seekers of humble degree , will thank
us for the reminder . We were present at the last similar festival , when the official return numbered the Foresters and their friends at 45 , 738 souls , and have pleasing recollection of the effect produced by the apparently adequate peopling of the extensive space , both under cover and out of doors . On Wednesday the Vocal Association , under the direction of Mr . Benedict , held a brilliant meeting at the Palace . The chorus was 1 , 000 strong , and performed a number of popular madrigals , glees and harmonised airs , including " The Last Rose of Summer , " and " The Blue Bells of Scotland . "
Following the example of Madame Bishop who , on Monday , had a benefit concert at the Surrey Music Hall , Mr . Sims Reeves announces a monster benefit concert to take place this day . He will be assisted , among others , by Mademoiselle Artot , Mrs . Sims Beeves , and Signor Belletti , and will sing among the solos his *? Good bye , Sweetheart , " " Sound an Alarm , " and * 'Come into the Garden ., Maud . " The gardens are now in splendid order . On Monday they were well attended to witness a full performance by the fountains , which conducted themselves with unusual rectitude . There was hardly a breath of wind , and the grand jets were able consequently to go unwonted lengths . Upper and lower basins , temples , water steps , all , in fact , were in full
work or pl * y > the case may be ; and seemed to confer for a time the only feature that nature has denied to an otherwise beautiful landscape . The chief attraction within the palace just now is the large show-case of the , Crystal Palace Art Union prizes . The works purchased for distribution by the committee are of rich material and workmanship , by the most renowned decorative manufacturers of the da 3 , and , in the majority of instances , of singularly felicitous forms . There are goblets and shields , and jewel-boxes , dishes , plates , vases enough , by various Urmg , to show that a large sum has been expended , and that a goodly number of middle-class drawingrooms will derive an additional attraction , thanks to this Art Union , which their owners might hardly have been possessed of without its assistance .
At Tho Fourtli Annual Meeting Of The Dra...
At tho fourtli annual meeting of the Dramatic , Equestrian , and Musical Sick Fund Association , last week , the accounts submitted , and since published , Beem to show that the institution is not half supported , and that , from tho nature of tho relief it oiferu , and tho encouragement it holds out to provident members of tho profession , It is worthy of warmer countenance . The money lont and distributed during the year ending on tho 4 th July was 181 / ., and tho machinery of tho society , during tho pam e period , cost 2322 ., or thereabouts . This would remind us of the Literary Fund , wore wo not aware that , however email tho income of tho body , tho outlay in rent , salaries , stamps , collectors , and adverttsemontB ,, Is a necessity . But thoro can bo no aouut that tho same machinery could work a far larger concern , and wo think n larger " duty "
should , somehow , be got out of it . We entirely agree with our spirited and entertaining little contemporary The Entr ' acte , to whom we are indebted for the above figures , as to the value of the institution arid its claims upon public sympathy and larger support by the profession .
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Leader Office, Friday Evening, August 19...
Leader Office , Friday Evening , August 19 th . .
India. The Following Telegram Has Been R...
INDIA . The following telegram has been received from A den , dated August 8 th . The Nubia , with Calcutta mails of the 16 th ult . ; arrived yesterday . About 5 , 0 OQ of the local European force in Bengal and the provinces have their discharge ; only one man of the 5 th Europeans at Berhampore remains under arrest . New duties on stamps , receipts , and banknotes have been proposed in Council . The King of Oude has been released .
The Trial Of Smethitrst. This (Friday) A...
THE TRIAL OF SMETHITRST . This ( Friday ) afternoon , at ten minutes to four the Lord Chief Baron completed his summing up , which was decidedly unfavourable to the prisoner . The jury then retired to consider their verdict ; and after an absence of three-quarters of an hour returned-a verdict of Guilty . . The Lord Chief Baron then put on the black cap , and the Clerk of the Arraigns asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why judgment should not be passed on him . The prisoner said the whole of the witnesses had distorted the true facts of the case in such a manner that his life had been sacrificed . Dr . Julius he especially condemned ; and the assertion of the sister of the deceased , that she was never able to see her sister Isabella alone , except for two or three minutes at a time , was totally and entirely false . With respect to the motive for the crime attributed to him—rnainely , wishing to obtain possession of the money belonging to the deceased , such was false and untrue , as he had no occasion to seek the death of the lady , as he could have obtained her money , if such had been his object , without committing murder . Throughout the trial it had been said that it was not his intention to remain with Miss Bankes after he had obtained all she was possessed of . His attachment to her was strong , and the marriage at Kennington Church was as much the act ; of the deceased as his , and it was only done in order that she might appear to her friends as a married woman . The Lord Chief Baron , after repeated interruptions from the prisoner , proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner . In doing so his lordship said it was one of the most horrible cases of murder ever heard of . The prisoner left the dock exclaiming that Dr . Julius was his murderer , and calling the Almighty to witness that he was innocent of the crime of which he had been found guilty .
France. A I ^ Ettek From Paris Says Of T...
FRANCE . A i ^ ettek from Paris says of the amnesty : — " It relieves all persons from the action of the law of public safety so long as they shall not have incurred fresh condemnation from the tribunals . The satisfaction it gives is great and general , not only here , but , according to a telegraphic correspondence , among the majority of the exiles in London and Brussels , who arc particularly pleased with the absence of all conditions , and many of the principal of whom , It is said , propose immediately returning to France . The measure , it appears , extends not only to refugees , but to persons suffering banishment in the French penal settlements , and two steamers have started , or are on th . e point of starting , for Algeria and Guiana , in order to boar the good nova speedily to the unfortunate men who have at various times been transported thither on acc 6 unt of real or alleged political offences . " Another correspondent pays : — "A rumour has been in circulation this afternoon respecting a duel between Canrobert and Niel , the formor marshal having been killed by his opponent . I am bound to notice it from its general diffusion over town . " According to letters received from Paris to-day , the rumour Is current that the Empress is again prognant .
France And Russia. A Vienna Letter In Th...
FRANCE AND RUSSIA . A Vienna letter in the Cologne Gazette says : — " A very active exchange of despatches is taking place between France and Russia . ' It is stated in diplomatic circles that the latter insists on the 'definitive regulation of tho Italian question being confided to a European Congross . She involves tho convention agreed to , at the beginning of tho war , between her and tho French Government , by which
she undertook to maintain neutrality favourable to France , and the latter undertook in return to labour after the war to obtain , the meeting of a Congress , which should decide not only on the Italian question , but on modify ing , in conformity with the wishes of Russia , the treaty of Paris of 1856 . Russia has faithfully fulfilled her engagement , and France is nowbound tofulfil hers . "
Tuscany. A Letter From Florence States T...
TUSCANY . A letter from Florence states that there are two parties in the National Assembly of Tuscany , one which holds that the union with Piedmont should be voted with a clause that , should there be political reasons against its realisation , Tuscany would accept other : princes not belonging to the house of Lorraine ; the other proposes to vote the union with Piedmont without any clause , and let the powers settle the question otherwise , should that course meet with difficulties . The former are called union-. ists of the hypothesis , and the latter pure unionists . The former , on the election of the President , mustered 75 strong in . favour of Lambruschini ; the latter only 74 in favour of Coppi ; but a second ballot gave 100 Votes to Coppi , and 73 to Lambrus - chini , showing that at the first ballot several members had abstained from voting .
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ARRANGEMENTS fob WEEK ENDING SATURDAY , AUGUST 27 th . Monday—Open at 9 . . Tuesday , for the FORESTER'S ANNUAL FETE and DISPLAY OF GREAT FOUNTAINS . The doors will be opened at half-past 8 o ' clock . Special trains running : at an early hour from the London-bridge and l * inilico stations . ' . Wednesda y to Fnii > AY—Open at 10 . Admission—One Shilling- ; Children under twelve , Sixpence . . . Saturday—Open at 10—CONCERT . Admission—Half-a-Crown ; . Children , One Shilling . Orchestral Band , Great Organ , and display of Upper Fount ilns daily . Military Band in the grounds oh Wednesday and Saturday evenings . Sunday—Open at 1-30 to Shareholders gratuitously , by tickets . ¦ ¦'
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THEATRE ROYAL , HAYMARKET . ( Under the Management of Sir . Buckstonc . ) Mr . and Mrs . Charles Mathews in the New Comedy of The Contested Election , every evening ' . ' On Monday , August 22 nd , and Tuesday , August 23 rd , the Comedy of THE CONTESTED , ELECTION , which will commence on the nbove evening at 7 o ' clock precisely , and in which- iBIr . Charles , Mathows , Mr . Compton , Mr . W . Farren , Mr , Rogers , Mr . Clark , andMr . Buckstone and Mrs . Charles Mathews will appear . _ After which , by desire , for these two nights only , THE CRITIC . On Wednesday , August 24 th , Thursday , August 25 th , and Friday , Autnist 26 th , to commence at 7 , with Mr . JRuckstonc !} Petite Comedy , of the HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE . After which , nt eight o'clock , THE CONTESTED ELECTION . To be followed by the newfarco of OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND . Concluding with , each evening-, HALLOWE'EN . On SATURDAY / AUGUST 27 th , for % he BENEFIT of MRS . CHARLES MATHEWS , when will be performed ( first time these seven yearB at thJs theatre ) , the Comedy of MASKS AND FACES , in which MR . BENJA » IIN WEBSTER will appear , ou this occasion only , in hiaoriglnal eharaoter of Triplet . Pegr WoiHugton ( first time in London ) , Mrs . Charles Mathowe . To bo preceded , at 7 o ' clock , by THE CONTESTED ELECTION . The whole to conotude with WALLOWE'EN .
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KOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE . LAST SKVEN NIGHTS OF Mil . CIIAS . KEAN'S MANAGEMENT . Monday , and during the week will be presented Mr . Loveli h 1 'lnyof TIIJB WIFE'S SECR 13 T $ commencing- at Sevon o'clock . Sir Walter and Lady Amyot , by Mr . nnd Mrs . 0 . Koaii . To conoluclo with A MU > SUMMKIt NIGHTS DUJOAM . —And on Monday ,. August 29 th ( tho Last Night of tho Souson ) , which will conclude Mr . C . KottnV management , KING HENKY VIII . will bo performed , for whioh Boxes , Stalls , and places can now bo scoured at tho Kox O / llco . .
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MR . JOHN BENNETT'S NEW LECTURES . Mil . JOHN inSNNETTiF . R . A . S ., Member of the Niitionnl Academy of I ' arla , i » proparod to rooulvo nppUoiitiona lor ENGAGEMENTS FOR HIS NEW LKOTUKKS on 1 . " Tim Chronomoter—Jts past—present—and futuroi aim ' i . ' A Mouth among tho Wntchmakorfl of Switzerland . Or for those on "ThoWfttoh , " and " Women and Watchwork . " Tho Lectures will bo profuHoly . iUHMtrijtoa by Models , Diagrams , and Specimen ** of Clooks nnU Wntohce . Applications to John Bennett , Watch-inuiuiinotor ) . 05 , Chenpsldo .
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I / VDVEUTJfaBMENT . 1 „ . _ , „ , PAUL JERRARD AND SON'S NNW FINE ART GALLERY Choicest engravings , nt noniinn ) prices ; first class frames « t wholesale prices . Gont ' < j i ;} S { J furnishing their wnlte may select from more tlinn 10 , ww first clous engravings ot Landsocr , Turner and others , ntless than a , quarter of tho published ' prices , tromou and uiiframod , In every style—Viz . those published at SJ s . for ( Ja . Od , Frames of every description nt wholcanlo prices . Shippers and oxpovtor 8 supplied . Catalogues of 2 , 000 vvorfca on recolpt of stamp , —Paul Jkukaro ami Son * 170 Fleot street , E . G . London .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081859/page/12/
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