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Foueiqn. From Paris, Saturday, April 14,...
near Jalapa . General Villalba ( Liberal ) defeated 500 Reactionists at San Martin , near Peubla , taking- seven pieces of artillery . , arms , and a in munition . .
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3 g 6 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . ] April 21 , 18 C 0 .
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ENTERTAINMENTS . As the continued run of the Easter pieces relieves our columns of the pressure of theatrical matters , we avail ourselves of the opportunity to speak at greater length than usual of the Crystal Palace . The Directors are energetically bestirring 1 themselves in , quest of remunerative popularity . The spirit . with which they try experiment iafter experiment in new directions , without either the parsimony that ensures failures or the recklessness that makes these ridiculous when they do occur , as sometimes occur they must , ought in justice to be recognised both by their constituent shareholders and the publie whose favour they so diligently cultivate . A recent series of Saturday Concerts , involving ; considerable outlay , was , it is well known , unproductive to the exchequer , though rio doubt a conat the Palace
siderable boon to the gentility of the opulent subui-bs foot , and to the season admission holders . But , nothing daunted , our friends resolved , while decreasing their outlay on the halfcrown days , iipoh adding- to their Eiister tide attractions a daily concert , at which every " shilling" visitor might have the treat of hearing the Piccolomirii almost oh the eve of her retirement from the profession ; The consequence has been that since Good Friday immense numbers have enjoyed , despite the fitful weather , a liberal banquet of vocal and instrumental delicacies , in addition to the spring-Ing charms of the gardens , the indoor vegetation , the well furnished picture gallery , and the interminable collections of interesting objects of art and taste which now literally crowd an area that seemed to bid defiance to all schemes for covering : its nakedness . An interesting
assemblage are the holiday makers at Sydenham . It was cheerful to note , on Monday , the thousands of those who truly earn bread by sweat of brow studying ' , with might and main , the objects that at all might cc-me within scope of their philosophy : and cheerful to think—let us add , ere we quit our momentary reflective digression—rhow many a practical notion of value , or , better still , idea of beauty , might not be carried home , stored up , and even bequeathed as heritage by the . many intelligent Tnen we saw about us . The holiday concert selection was an eminently popular one . Even the Organ forgot its sublimity in ' ' Home ! sweet home !" " Farewell to the mountain , " "The brave old oak , " and the like . The Coldstream Band played from the "Huguenots" and "Zampa , " and the " Sonnambula . " Mdlle . Piccolomirii was . of course , the
heroine of each day , pouring- put with lark-like prodigality her neverending- treasure of sweet liquid notes , and seeming 1 to weave a spell of enchantment about the . myriad unskilled listeners , who never were so sweetly thrailed before . They were tumultuous in their applause , wild in their calls for more , and Mr ; Patey ( a promisingsinger last year in the English Opera Company , but of deli--eate physique ) , came in for a good deal of honestly ^ ear ned applause , as her companion irt the old favpurite , " La ci darem ;' It is but iair to the zealous management that , at the opening of the season , we should place before our readers—though it must be , we fear , very briefly—a sketch of their plans for the summer , as far as they have come to pur knowledge , The season ¦ proper is to commence on the 2 nd of May , when , at a Mendelssohn Festival on a
vast scale , the composer ' s " Elijah" will be performed , and his bronze memorial statue will be inaugurated . The Oratorio is to be directed by tlie Sacred Harmonic Society , and led by Signor Costa . At dusk , there will be a torchlight procession in the garden , as on the occasion of the Schiller festival . Six grand opera concerts and a " Wallace" concert—the latter led by this favourite national maestro—will take place during 1 the three next months . The festival of the metropolitan charity schools , heretofore hplden annually in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , will this year be at tho Crystal Palace in June j as well as the Tonic Sol- fa and metropolitan schools choral society anniversaries . Four thousand members of the Trench pnrt-sing-ing- society " Les Grph ^ pnistes " are to give one or more concerts oh days to be announced : and a " contest " ( a
word better understopd in Lancashire atjcl Yorkshire than in town ) of brass bunds will not , we nppyehend , bo one of the least attractive things pf the season . Shows (" contests" again ) of birds , beasts , flowers , and fruit , there will be , as usual , and unlimited gatherings { without contest it is to be hoped ) of volunteers and archers , with , of course , their strong following 1 of friends , countrymen , and lovers , The Crystal Palace Art-Union of last year was financially successful , and wo havq every reason to believe thoroughly satisfactory to the public , who ore nboufc weary of tho Godwin-Pocook offuir , with its " sack and bread" distribution pf pictures and artless prints . There- is every promise of its being- oven more popular this season , Mr . Caldcr Marshall has designed for execution in porcelain , by Copelnnd and Co ., a bust of 'VLesbia" not inferior to his
" Ophelia" and " Miranda , winch ornament tho homos pt so niftuy of tho five thousand who subscribed lnst year , Messrs . Bnttnin nnd Son have produced somo oleg-nnt Etruscan vasos , from which members may select . Bllcing'tons furnish for tho same purpose their vases in chased metal j JMtes a porcoltiin reproduction of " Tho Dying- Gladiator 5 " Pelamotto , n variety of stereoscopic views , sing-lo and in sots , « nd Hanhnrfc some excellent ohromo-ljthogruphB , So much for tho ' * consolation prizes / ' -none of thorn purchasable , under ordinary circumstances , for ono pound one ; and with respect tp tho prizes proper , we need only pay commissions have been given among tho artists to Foloy , Marshall , Durham , Miller , Munro , and among tradesmen to ElUington and Minton , to justify tho conjecture that allottees will havo no roaison to complain pf failure in tusto or exooution .
The Directors have , moreover , made known that still further ' -to utilize the large resources at their command , and we hope , for their sakes , to popularize their noble institution , they propose to found an educational establishment on a large scale . The scheme comprises classes , select and open , for the instruction of both sexes in art , science , and literature . They have already ari excellent library , ample space for school and reading-rooms , and illustrative collections , as all the world knows , far beyond the requirements of elementary students . Professors of English , Greek , German , French ,. history , geography , astronomy , physical g-epgraphy , and of landscape and figure-drawing , have already been . chosen ; and committees of ladies and gentlemen are to be appointed to head , and where useful , to
superintend , the institution . The scheme is liberal , and in the right direction ; we , hope ere long we may have the pleasure of recording its prosperity . The railway connection of the Crystal . Palace with the West End via Chelsea and also via Hung-erford , is now secured , and will be in practical action in a year or two . That with the East depends iipoir the progress of Mr . MeClean ' s ingenious plan for turning the Thames Tunnel to railway use . When this is done , the Palace placed en rappori with the North London " Girdle Railway , " and its comparative independence of the Brighton Terminus and the straits of London Bridge also secured , its future , whether as a place of instruction or of mere amuseinent , will become much less matter of speculation to lookers on , and much , less a subject of anxiety to its proprietors .
Parliament. Rphetr Lordships Did Not Mee...
PARLIAMENT . rpHETR Lordships did not meet until Tuesday , one day after the Com-4 mons , it being the *¦ ' time-honoured " custom of allowing the Lower House to get well into harness before the aristocratic " Upper " addresses itself in earnest to public business . The Lord Chancellor pushed forward , one step , his Divorce Bill , the main object of which is to do away with the inconvenience of having , as at present , to wait for a full court of judges before sentence can be pronounced in a particular class of cases . The Bill was encountered by Lord St . Leonards . with a negative , as he wislied the measure to be referred to a select committee .. Lord Lykdhcrst thought the present Court niight be reformed , and made more in harmon y with the business and the wants of the public . After a little more discussion the Bill was read a second time . —On Tuesday Parliament , " like a giant refreshed , " assembled for the despatch of business . No and Ministers at
time was lost by eager oratorical Members , were once assailed by complaints and questions . After a regular fire of petitions e om » ii «» ' reJws , Sir Chaiiles Napier opened business , ofrerin ' g a variety of suggestions for the amendment of the unsatisfactory condition of the navy . He wanted to see the Channel fleet made more efficient ; he wanted to have a greater number of petty officers ; he wanted corporal punishment to be diminished thpugh not abolished ; he wanted an alteration in the paying-off of ships ; he wanted a greater saving in ships' stores ; he wanted block-ships to be done away with ; he wanted the coastguard and volunteers to be strengthened ; and be wanted tp see the reserve augmented with many more minor wants of the -same sort . Mr . J . EtPHiNSTOMComplained of the conduct used towards post captains on the reserved list . Mr . Lindsay objected to our increasing naval armaments . A brisk discussion followed on this increase , Mr . Henley complaining of the quality and insufficient quantity of the timber in our dockyards ; and after a few words from Mr . Wililiams , Sir H . Lkeke , and Mr .
BesNTiNCK , the House went into Committee of Supply on the naval estimates , upon which several votes were taken . The only business of real public interest on Tuesday was * the passing the third reading of the Adulteration of Food Bill . The Conveyance of Voters Bill , the second reading of which was moved by Mr . Collier , gave rise to no little debate , in which the widest difference of opinion on the principle of the Bill was ventilated . The Bill proposed to get rid of the expense to candidates of conveying voters to the poll . Mr . Nkwdkgatis , as Mr . Hunt ' s proxy , moved that the Bill be read that day six mouths ; this amendment was , however , withdrawn in favour of another amendment by Mr . Henley , to the effect that the debate should be adjourned until the report of the Select Committee was before the House . The adjournment ¦ was eventually carried by 94 tp 81 . The Attornies and Solicitors practice BUI , a purely class Bill , the object of which was to widen the door . for the admission of attornies , and at the samp time to require a higher standard of qualification for candidates , went to a divis i on , and the second reading was carried by 117 to 75 .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 21, 1860, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21041860/page/22/
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