On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (9)
-
5ga ., THE LEADED [lSTo. 32%^tpkpayJ
-
~ ~~ - : T. : : jftf Lj » (fi ^ t ft ((£bJj£ ^IXIH* ^
-
]JI ADLLE. PICCOLOMENI.—I/A TRAVIATA. tt...
-
Thundkbstokm.—A very heavy thunderstorm ...
-
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, May 27...
-
THE AMATEUR PANTOMIME. This event is to ...
-
Madlle. Cebito has made her rentrec at t...
-
MADAME RISTORI. SIOMOR FUSCO's READINGS....
-
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. A...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Swedenborg On Love And Marriage. Conjugi...
ev € fry ! v « 5 ety of * m * gniEcent ! and splendid objects , and sncb ^ things ^ as the « ye had nevS seen ^ thera Jabo virgins and youri £ * nen ; virgins of ¦»* * - >»* « J » . JjJ may W called iwrsoxflficatibns -of i » eaotv , and young men of such ™ £ llty *** « Jg t o ^ SSS" SiSSt the two novitiates asked , " Are there in heaven human fornt ^ ibSSethersSSS ? to those in the natural world ? " And it was replied , " They £ K £ SS ££ 3 Sr ; nothing is wanting in the male , and nothing in the female ; in fword ? SeiSrie is a male , and the female a female , in all the perfection of form in wSVeV were created : retire , if you p lease , and examine if you are deficient in anytMn £ andTwhether you were not a complete man as before . " Again , the novitiates said , " We have been told in the world we have left , that in heaven they are not given £ marriage , because they are angels ; -is there then the love of the sex there ? And theange ^ spirit replied ; "In heaven your love of the-sex does not exist ; but we have the ^ Tngdic love of the sex , which is chaste , and devoid all libidinous alluremettt . " ...
The book before us is very curious . It contains amidst its fantastic visions and statements many wise and some queer notions . Conjugial Love is painted as BWaven and Adulterous Love as Hell . ; Religious writers , however , are privileged to handle topics which journalists shrink from ; and we dare not even altude to some of the sections in this work ; not that Sweden- ; bor * is to be blamed for them—his purpose is moral and sincere—but our modern exclusiveness on such matters forbids their being mentioned . While great stress is laid on the delights of the bodily senses , they are everywhere proclaimedinfferior to those of the soul :- — But what are the delights of the bodily senses without those of the soul ? The former are animated by the latter . The delights of the soul in themselves are imperceptible beatitudes ; but , as they descend into the thoughts of the mind , and thence into the sensations of the body , they become more and more perceptible : in the thoughts of the mind they are perceived as satisfactions , in the sensations of the body is derived from t &
as delights , and in the body itself as pleasures .. Eternal happiness e latter and the former taken together ; but from the latter alone there results a happiness not eternal but temporary , which quickly comes to an end and passes away , and in some cases becomes unhappiness . Much of the book is unintelligible because it implies a knowledge of Swedenborg ' s doctrines , but any one may turn over its pages and pick out many curious passages . It is not a book to read , but a book to read in . On the shelf devoted to curiosities it deserves a place .
5ga ., The Leaded [Lsto. 32%^Tpkpayj
5 ga ., THE LEADED [ lSTo . 32 % ^ tpkpayJ
~ ~~ - : T. : : Jftf Lj » (Fi ^ T Ft ((£Bjj£ ^Ixih* ^
€ }) t Mxti . —?—
]Ji Adlle. Piccolomeni.—I/A Traviata. Tt...
] JI ADLLE . PICCOLOMENI . —I / A TRAVIATA . ttiiiitt . PibdoxowiNi has succeeded in fluttering -the somewhat jaded pulses of the audiences at Her Majesty ' s Theatre . If she has not been called , forward thirty ox forty times of an evening , or serenaded af terwards , we can only attribute it to the difference between London and Sienna in population and in temperature . Cer tainly she has achieved a success not merely due to her romantic story and her noble birth . She has made a sensation , and in the intervals of the Old Bailey , the fireworks , and Epsom , La Traviata has been almost the talk of the town . Some interest was occasioned by the production of that forbidden play La Dame aux Cornelias in the thin disguise of an Italian libretto , which follows the French original scene by scene , and , in some places , word for word . The absurdity of throwing back the action to the year 1700 ; for the sake of the costume , we suppose , since a Traviata of a . d . 1700 very much resembles morally , at least , a Traviata of the year 1856 , involved the ludicrous discrepancy of beards . ' The critic of the Times , who , we observe , has recently taken to the moral as well as the musical sciences , and wj * 5-has nearly as fine an eye for virtue as ear for Vebjot , regrets that tiut ' Traviata was not converted into a young lady of fashion , brpfeen-hear ' ted by a gay deceiver , in the conventional way of good society For our own wicked part , we cannot see how that vulgar kind ot infifleUty ' in love would be more moral or more affecting than a " lost one" purified by sacrifice and redeemed by death . More than one great writer has shown us the profoundly touching and tragic aspect of the tille PubHaue S and unless , with the critic of the Times , ve are to ignore these creatures of our civilization altogether , they wiU always invite the sympathy of the drama , and of romance . We do not wish to be understood as approving the subject of the Dame aux CanuSlias— in the novel there are incidents that disgust—but we protest against this prudery about the story of a Travtata in the thick of our dramatic atmosphere of seductions and adulteries . With this preface let iis say , in spite of the howl of the scientific objectors to YEHMi that the . rauBie © f La Traviata is pleasant and bri liant throughout , and if there is nothing ' s * distinctively popular as the " Donna e mobile and the " Jgefte ' 6 gUa d ' amors" in Rigolctto , still there ia more than enough
of melody to send the audience home huint p tng tip their 'beds ; This is recommendation we are weak and ignorant enough to acknowledge . ' Madlle Piccolomini has two defects as a dramatic artist on so large a stage : she is too petite in person , and she is . weak in voice , and the result is a degree of effort in her singingsometimes painful . But she has youth , beauty , ardent sympathy and a deep devotion to her art ; she can be tender ^ nd spirituelle as w ell as pathetic and powerful ; and in the last act of the Traviata , a very touching situation , she acts and sings with real passion , and carries away the audience in a manner not evidenced by bouquets and applause , but . by a holding of the breath , by silence , and by tears . What a pity that Madlle . Piccolomini should not be singing at the Lyceum ! We fear that with such exertions as she is obliged to employ at Her Majesty ' s Theatrb , her voice cannot last three years it is already hard and piercing in the high notes : only the exquisite method * will preserve it . The reception of this distinguished and interesting young lady has been most cordial , and La Traviata is thoroughly . enjoyed .
Thundkbstokm.—A Very Heavy Thunderstorm ...
Thundkbstokm . —A very heavy thunderstorm passed over the West Biding of Yorkshire on Thursday week . At Bradford-moor , the thunder and lightning were fearful , and a man named John Blakey , aged sixty-three , was struck deatt ' as he was coming out of a public-house . ThO . Midland Railway was flooded in two or three places , and , ; the- traffic -was . obstructed at Calverley-brldgo . Several villngea ia low situations were also temporarily inundated .
From The London Gazette. Tuesday, May 27...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , May 27 . BANKRUPTS— William Hawks , 8 , GroatQueen-street . IAncoln ' s-inn-neldB , Middlesex , builder and flxturo dealer—OxAmjaa Pa . WZ . et , Vi , Stock Orchard-orescent , tlolloway . end Harder ' a-ro & d . Pcckham , builder—Gboiujb Rued , 228 , HJgh-. atreet , Shoreditch , Middlesex , corn dealer—Jamkh WAiK * jf rjfxtfjnc * , Hteh-ritrobfc , Tunbrldgo Wells , Kent , watchmaker « nd jowelior —Gkohgb Wh-mams , Wolverhithpton ; ' 1 M * tfora 7 paper dealer—John Youic , Burtouu 0 on-TrantrSUfl 6 rd , brewor—Jamkb Gibbabd . SI . Mary-¦ treot , C & rdifr , GuunorgAp , victualler— Cijukmiw Gjumuy , ItrfedB , cabinetmaker ¦ and furniture broker — Thomas FBAHMEHOtrGH . DOre , Dtorby . scythe manufacturer—John Bdte , 8 t . Heltin'fl-mUU , St-HolpVii . Lancaster , miller and flour , dealer — Owfcw Owctfa , Baugor , Carnarvon , Hour dealer . B 0 OTCH BANKRUPTS - AttntAUDBft Mix . HH and
James IlEirar Ddwoan , Queen-street , Glasgow , tailors and clothiers— Wiixiam Pathick Mackenzie , Avlomoro Lynvuilg . tacksman , and Aviomorc , Elgin , innkeeper . Friday , May SO . BANKRUPTS . —JAMEa \ VAi , KHttNiNNB 8 ( and not James Waxkbk Mimwbs , as formerly advertized ) Tunbridgo Wells , watchmaker' —Bknjamin Ridok , Putney , apothecary — Qkouok Tindali . and Ransom Gbokok wilkinbon , Great St . Helen's , insurance brokora—Alfrbd QuiiiTKU , Maldon , grocer—RrciiARn Pabiit Jonbb , Whftchurch , Salop , Borivenor—Gbokob Wimn , Bottosford . Leicestershire , builder—Jamkb Sbddon , Liverpool , sculptor—Augustus Buchanan , Plymouth , baker— Gbohgb Binnb and God-Fnar Biwnb , Hartshcad Moor , PopploweH-iniU , Yorkshire , cloth manufaeturoni—Cathkkink Solomon , Bristol , outfltter—Pubdbhiok Gbobok Bmaios , Gloucester , bill broker —William Dodds , Wcnlook-road , and of 28 , jjcadenhall-Btreot , ironfoundcr—GBonau Rowianb , Erith , brewer — Thomas Ckavbn , Birmingham , builder—William Hill , Cleobury , Salop , timber merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —Tiiomab Jeffs . March-Dumfries , contractor—Hoby , Kbnnbdv , and Co , Glasgow , engineers—William Kbrneuv andMaboabkxKbnnkuy , Glasgow , bakers and provision merchants .
The Amateur Pantomime. This Event Is To ...
THE AMATEUR PANTOMIME . This event is to come off on Monday evening , at the Lyceum Theatbe . Every seat is taken , and , we believe , the tickets applied for would fill a theatre of twice the size of the Lyceum . The Court is to . be present , and no sort of eclat will be wanting to the performance . The subject of the pantomime is " William Tell ;" the introduction , which is almost a play in itself , is the work of many hands , The comic business is very highly spoken of , and the Epilogue is said to be very neatly and happily written . Not so the Prologue , which , we regret to hear , is written in the tone of the court rhymers of the second French Empire , consisting mainly of a series of personifications of the European revolutions , with a good
deal of vapid sneering at patriots and republicans , and an equal dose ot flatteries to all royalties , past , present , and to come . Now this may be , for aught we kn o , a very ingenious and felicitous appeal to the approbation of the Courtbox , with its sprinkling of German princes , but we take leave to ; doubt if it be a tone that tells much for the self-respect of English writers ( be they even comic writers ) , or that will be found most agreeable to an intelligent English audience . The English nation , without being revolutionary or republican , is not , in spite of unpleasant appearances , a nation of sycophants , and will hardly tolerate a burlesque of its great historical figure of Oliver Cromweio , because it may be good " business" in the presence of a Court-box .
We have heard of a certain foolish couplet in this Prologue , which , besides being sufficiently stale and weak , is a libel on a noble nation . It is neither very courageous nor very apropos just now to be levelling compliments at the Emperor of the French at the expense of the French people ; and if this silly couplet gets wafted over the water to the ears of the Parisians , it will not , we are persuaded , contribute much to that good feeling between the educated classes in the two countries which can alone enable the alliance to survive the present form of government in France . We trust this couplet may be omitted in the representation , it has neither novelty nor wit of thought to recommend it , and can only disgust every man in the audience who is not a valet at heart . Having discharged an unpleasant duty , let us add that Mr . Albert Smith ' s William Tell is admirably funny , and that an eminent High Sheriff is made a great hit of as the Applk . .
Let us not forget to praise the spirit which presides over this union of men of wit and pleasure in the service of charity . It is proposed to devote the proceeds of this and of future performances of a similar character to the collection of a fund t for the instant and unquestioning relief of literary men who may be overcome by sudden and peremptory needs , without exposing them to the necessary , but often painful formalities through which- the benefits of an Institution are reached . This appears to us a most noble purpose , and we heartily wish its promoters and abettors every success in theix good works .
Madlle. Cebito Has Made Her Rentrec At T...
Madlle . Cebito has made her rentrec at the Royal Italian Opeba in the ballet of Eva , which has been restored for the occasion .
Madame Ristori. Siomor Fusco's Readings....
MADAME RISTORI . SIOMOR FUSCO ' s READINGS . Last week we announced Count Arrivabkne ' s intended series of illustrative readings on the Italian drama at the Dudley Gallery , preparatory to and illustrative of Madame Ristori ' s performances . This week we find Signor E . Fosco , an Italian exile , a gentleman of superior culture and a remarkable linguist ( he is now Italian master at Eton ) , announcing a series of four explanatory readings of the plays in which the Italian tragedienne is about to perform in London . , These explanatory readings will be delivered on the days preceding Madame Ristori ' s performances . They will " not be critical , " Signor Fusco tells us , " either as regards the artist or the authors , but will have for their object to give a brief sketch of the plot , to elucidate the meaning of die poet , and occasionally to translate the more difficult passages . " This is a happy thought , and we are glad to find that it will not be the fault of her compatriots if Madame kibtoki should ftiil to make the same sensation in London as in Paris . At all events , our Italian friends are patriotically resclved that their eminent countrywoman shall not suffer from our constitutional ignorance of foreign languages .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. A...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . ABINGDON . —la GroBvenor-strooi , the Countess of Ablngdon : a uon . OAVE . —On tho 23 rd lnnt .. at the residence of her father .
the Newark © . Leicester , the wife of Sir Mylles Cave Browne Cavo . Bart .: a daughter ,. t ^ Oa « LB CRON 1 ER .-On the 2 bchTriat ., at St . Holier , Jersey , tho wife of John Lo Cronior , Esq .. M . D .: a son . LUSHINGTON . — On tho 2 « h iust .. at Lyndhurst . lauij Margaret Luahington : a son . MARRIAGES . , CAWSTON-HELM . —On tho 22 nd lust .. » fc . St . JwnM « Church . Bury St . Edmund ' s , the Rev . John piston . Chaplain Royal Navy , to Sophia Agnes , oldest daughter oi tho Into Rev . Joseph Charles Helm . M . A . «_ -, '« CHAPMAN-CURLING . —On the 22 nd inst j at St . Mary * Bryaiiston-square , David , eon of Charles Ohapmai , Jl ( % formerly of Balham . Surrey , to Jane , oldest daughter oi the lato Thomas cSakloy Curling , Esq ., of tho Iale oi COoftCRAPT-PAYNE-On tho 22 nd iust . at Wyke Regis . Colonel Cockoraft , to Annie J- Payne , youngest daughter of th « lato Admiral Charles Payne , of Woymoutli . DEATHS . , lfArOf BROUGHAM .-On tho 25 th inst ., ^ Vfary , only daughter J the lato H . Brougham . Esq ., of Brougham . wca trnorcJanu . LITTL . K . — On tho 2 ftth inst .. at Teignmouth , C » P »»» Thomas Sargent Little , lato 10 th Husuars . aged 37 . LUCAS . —On the Z 3 rd inst ., at Pau , Basses lV * n £ « ^ , '( tt ho had gone for tho benefit of his health . Phillip Boiinow Luoaa , Esq ., F . R . O . S . E ., Ac . in tho C 2 nd year of his » 8 ° - MON 1 CY . —Lost , on hit ) passage to Bombay , in tho » l » i |> »•¦• Abba , iu Juno , 1800 , William Ironside Money , Cadet in in " H . H . l . C . S . Borvlce . oldest hoii of tho lfcov- William Money , aged 10 .
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31051856/page/20/
-