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LES BOUFFES. The brief season of this ch...
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THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION AT THE CRYSTAL PAL...
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Sohbffer and Mbissonnier are of the party . Several of the pictures are very remarkable- we take them almost in the order of the catalogue . BiIrd has Tcharacteristic picture , « Clearing for Action on Board an English Mau-of-War , ' full of energy , activity , and vigorous relief . A strange scene is t £ e ' Sunday Prayers in Xapland , '—divine service under difficulties , m the midst of a village ' scarcely perceptible for the snow that confounds it with tlie ground . . * * i j ' t . The portrait of Rosa Bonheur which stood in the room at an early day ^ ias been removed , but is well rep laced in the collection by her brown ' Bouncairos crossing the Pyrenees , '—ass-drivers coming over the mountain , with a large drove of their beasts , two of the men singing in duet . Like the Horse-lair , it is full of action and expression ; the individuality of the asinine countenance is wonderfully preserved , and closely as the picture comes to the roughness and freedom of nature , it is so firmly handled and so carefully finished that its force is seen out better under the magnifying glass . ' The Denizens of the Highlands is a smaller picture , —a group of the small Scotch cuttle on a piece of raised ground , apparently looking out at the spectator : from the breath of the cattle to the slowly moving clouds and the heather , every object has the touch ot
reality . . . , To our eye , a still greater master than Rosa is Aijguste Bonheur , whose landscape , Going to Market—a scene in Auvergne-, ' is so true that it is as if the frame opened upon the country itself , where you can see the wind stirring among the leaves , and the sun lighting up the whole prospect . Glancing round the room , it appears , in comparison with the rest , the one picture in which there is real light . There is great variety of very small cabinet pictures , which will be studied with interest . Amongst the most remarkable are the landscapes of Gudin ; of IjAMBINet , whose flat Dutch scenery is perfect ; of Tkoton , a master of coast scenery . Meissonnier has three pictures—the ' Chess player , ' the ' . Lansquenet , ' and the ' Mousquetaire , ' miniature looking-glasses of the reality ; Horace Vernet , * the Combat , ' between two knights in armour , in which one can almost hear the ring of the battle-axe ; and Ary Scheffer contributes a beautiful picture of' Christ crowned with Thorns . ' .
Considerable How Great The Influence Of ...
considerable how great the influence of that THE L E A P E B . [ No . 380 , July 4 , 1857 . O 3 l 3 f . J ^ m ^ «^—r ——— - ^—_^^—^—^ m I .... i . — ^ j _ ^ ^ ^—^—^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ , m •* ¦ . « ' 1 _ . _ Jl 1-. ^ . ¦ j . _ A . —«« * m Ala « ¦• - * 4 ^ I 1 AI 1 AA * X ^ ^ L * A A .
Les Bouffes. The Brief Season Of This Ch...
LES BOUFFES . The brief season of this choice and merry little company is rapidly coming to a close . Next week is positively the last of the Botjffes in London for this season ; we heartily hope they may be tempted by their present success to come again .
The Vocal Association At The Crystal Pal...
THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The first public Concert given by The Vocal Association , under the eminent direction of Mr . Benedict , at the Crystal Palace , on Saturday last , was a complete and well-deserved success . A brilliant audience of rather more than six thousand persons , interspersed with toilettes rivalling all the colours of the azaleas , listened to the performances with rapt attention , only interrupted by applause , from the first piece of the selection to the last ; and although it was one of the hottest afternoons in the hottest June we have known for many years , there was no isign of impatience or fatigue . Four favourite pieces were encored . Between the vocal performances the Crystal Palace Band played operatic music , and Mr . Benedict ' s overture to the Crusaders was received with marked enthusiasm . So great was the success of the Concert , that at the special request of the Crystal Palace Directors the Vocal Association will give two more concerts in the Central Transept befbre the close of the season . The second will take place on the 25 th inst ., and the third probably on the 8 th of August .
M. Jullien And The Belgian Guides. M. Ju...
M . JULLIEN AND THE BELGIAN GUIDES . M . Jullien having brought his monster musical' Congress' to a close after we know not how many repetitions of the ' Verdi night , ' has departed on a three weeks' tour into the provinces , but he has found it impossible to leave town without a proclamation , after the manner of other potentates . And we are bound to say a more pretentious piece of hlagxie than * Jcllien ' s last' we have never encountered even under his hand and seal . M . Julhen evidently sets no limits to the gullibility and gobemoucherie of the British public . Here is a sample of what we may call the Fiddle-stick Sublime . M . Jullien is announcing the engagement of the band of the Belgian ? Guides' at the Royal Surrey Gardens , and he leads off into the following tirade of pretentious impertinence , which we may entitle JULLIEN ON THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF MUSIC . " The influence of music in education , civilization , and even in politics , is not sufficiently appreciated . M . Julltcn has passed his life in studying its effect upon the people . After the continental revolutions of 1848 he witnessed every
evening , and for a period , was magnificent and immortal hymn ' God Save the Queen , ' in consolidating and aug . menting the affection and respect of the English nation for their beloved Sovereign . On the other hand , he saw , midst the unfortunate events in his own country , the enormous power exercised over the masses by the terrible effects of the ' Marseillaise . ' But the present occasion will not admit of further dissertation on the influence of the divine art over nations and their rulers . M . Jullien hopes and desires that eome more able pen will take up a question of such public importance . " We do not for a moment presume to wield the ' able pen' evoked by M . Jullien , but we take the liberty to say , in reply to this patronizing invitation , that M . Jullien will do well in future to blow his own trumpet with more modest variations on his accustomed airs . We have only to add that the Belgian ' Guides' have played during the week , and that a finer military band is not to be heard in Europe .
This Murder Of Mr. Price, At Melbourne, ...
This Murder of Mr . Price , at Melbourne , Australia . —This crime , which has already been briefly noticed in the Leader , is variously regarded by the colonists . Some attribute it to the alleged morbid sympathy exhibited by Beveral persons in respect of the convicts ; others assert that the convicts have been goaded into a kind of madness by a long series of cruelties , and by the relentless tyranny of Mr . Price himself in his capacity of Inspector-General of convicts . During the recent triul of eome conviota for murder (« , trial which ended in an acquittal on some legal point ) , disclosures were made showing the existence of very great abuses of power on the part of tho officials ; and meetings wore held at Melbourne expressing tho indignation of the citizens . " Tho murder of Mr . Price , " saya tho Sydney Herald , " seems to have bcon premeditated among a baud of long-sentenced men , who , according to tho evidonco given of them , uro more like a herd of wild boasts than a body of human beings , Having got him in the midat of themselves upon tho pretext of making various complaints , ono of thorn fulled him with a shovol . Tho whole party thon sot unpn him with hands andjfoot , with their own inanaolca , with stones and spades , and everything eleo -within thoir roach ; speedily injuring him to such an extant as to render recovery impossible . Others who wore with him -wore handled with groat roughnoss ,
although receiving no fatal injuries . This done , the murderous crew divested themselves of their manacles with a degree of celerity which showed that they must previously have had some files at work , and prepared to ' rush' their guard , and escape . But those men stood so firm that tho attempt was not made . Tho people of Williams-town , too , soon turned out in arms to assist , if necessary . Finally , a body of military arrived on the spot . " Mr . John Frost , tho Chartist , has written to tho Times to say that Mr . Price -was a man of u most brutal and savage nature . Removal op the Conventual Establishment , Winchester . —A special train , which left at fin early hour a few mornings ago , convoyed from Winchester tho religious community of English nuns of tho ordor of St . Benedict , who havo occupied for more than sixty years past tho promises in St . Peter-atrcot , lately known as 1 Tho Convent , ' but in former times by tho namo of "Iho Bishop's House '
Theatrical Notes. The First And Second F...
THEATRICAL NOTES . The First and Second Floor is the title of an amusing little piece , something between a farce and a small comedy , which was produced on Monday night at the Haymarket . The story is one of intrigue , and of blunders arising from a certain Mrs . Nankin having changed her residence from the first to the second floor of a lodging-house during the absence abroad of her husband . Mr . Buckstone , the husband in question , returns from California after he is supposed to be dead , and is thrown into that state of perplexity and grotesque indignation which no actor can represent with such rich and highly-coloured humour . The other chief characters are sustained by Miss Tai . bot , Mrs . E . Fitzwilliam , and Miss A \^ tt Tnv The humours of ' Yankee gal ' -ism and ' Irish boy ' -ism have been exhibited in a fresh form this week at the Adelphi by the production of a piece written by Mr . Stirling Coyne , and called Latest from New York . Mr . and Mrs . Barney Williams act herein with all their wonted wildness and animal spirits ; and two new songs are introduced , ' to compete for popularity with * My Mary Anne' and ' Bobbing Around . '
Another of Mr . Kean ' s gorgeous Shakspearean revivals was first exhibited to the public on Wednesday evening at the Princess ' s . The Tempest was then produced with the usual amount of scenic grace and beauty and of mechanical ingenuity . But , if any final proof were needed of the radical mistake of thus overloading a great author with extraneous ornament , it would be found in an annoucement which Mr . Kean found it necessary to post up in his theatre , and which ran thus : —" The kind indulgence of the public is requested should any lengthened delay take place between the acts during the first representations of the Tempest . This appeal is made with greater confidence when it is stated that the scenic appliances of the play are of a more extensive and complicated nature than have ever yet been attempted in any theatre in Europe , requiring the aid of above one hundred and forty operatives nightly , who ( unseen by the audience ) are engaged in working the machinery , and in carrying out the various effects . " The ¦* lengthened delay' did take place , there being a pause of more than half an be done to
hour between each of the acts . What justice can a play , as a playhow can actors do their best—how can the interest of the audience in the story , in the play of the emotions , or in the exposition of the characters , be maintained—with these long and dreary gaps ? What , but the anticipation of seeing some more than usually stimulating piece of show , would induce any one to sit out a performance conducted in such a . jerking and abrupt fashion as this ? Clearly , the frequenters of the Princess's merely go to witness the Bpectacle ; and they are willing to wait any length of time if they are treated to something pretty at the end . Something more than pretty—something very beautiful and original in its way—they no doubt get ; but it is unpleasant to find SHAksPEAUE popularized with ' the aid of one hundred and forty ( unseen ) operatives . ' We recollect , when Mackead y produced the same play at Covent Garden in 1839 , how exquisitely the feeling of the play was carried out in the scenery , and yet what an entire absence there was of the ballet master . This is what we desire to see again . Next -week , we shall speak more specifically of the new revival .
Our notice of Madame Ristori as Lady Macbeth in the Italian version of the tragedy 5 s reserved until next week . Mr . Robson has achieved another success in a burlesque of Masaniello , produced on Thursday night at the Olympic . The piece is written by Mr . Robiskt Brougu—a gentleman who sports in these airy regions with a great deal of sparkling wit and roistering fun , and who has now added another to his laurels . The wild Neapolitan fisherman is performed by Mr . Robson with a true Southern warmth aud overgrowth of blackguardism , and he sings some capital parodies . Towards the conclusion of the piece , his mad scene exhibits him in all his startling and peculiar power of linking the terrible and the ludicrous in strange companionship , Miss Swanborough , Miss Thirlwall , and a newactress—Mademoiselle IIicckman , who appeared as the dumb Fenella—gave grace to the piece ; and the other actors discharged their various parts with mmour and effect .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. 1uuths. 1...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . 1 UUTHS . 1 ? RYBR .-On tho 20 th Juno , nt Noodham Hall , noar WIhbonoh , tho wlfo of 1 ? . D . l ' r , voi \ IShq . : a Hon . ' HU'KIN .- On tho 23 ud Juno , nt Aider-shot , tho wife of T . W . Hlpkln , Esq ., 01 th ltogt . i a son .
SHERVINTON .-On tho ] 2-ith Juno , at Horfield , ncarCll - ton , tho wife of Major Shcrvluton , Urigndo Major , Military Train : a son . MARRIAGES . MOORE—ATKINSON .- On tho 80 th Juno , at St . George's Church , Hanovcr-squaro , London , by Rov . H . Braokciibury , M . A ., unolo' or tho brldo , Charles Wilson Mooro , Oiipt . 3 rd M . M . Regiment , to Isabollo , oldewt survivingdaughter of tho Into John Atkinson , Esq ., of Auuthorpo LodKo , in tho county of York , nnd granddaughter of 0 . Hodgnon , Esq ., of Louth , Lincolnshire . WOOLL—COLH . —On tho 2 nd July , 1857 , at Nowton , near wiubooh . by the Rov . J . W . Dorryman , John , only son of Hugh Wool ) , Esq ., or Unwell Hall , Catubridgtmhiro , to Martha Elizabeth , only dauKhtor of tho late John Colo , Esq ., or Guauock Gato Houtio , Button St . Edmunds , Lincolnshire DEATHS . COMPORT . —On the 10 th May , on liia way from Calcutta It ) Tlrhoot , Gharlos Uomnort , hoooikI tiurvlvlng hou <>! ' John Murtou , E « q ., of Cooling ( Jawtlo , Rochester , Kent , aged tvvonty-nino . HENDERSON .-Massaorod , with oilier ofllcorH , ato Meoriit , on Sunday , tho 10 th May , in Uio revolt ol' tho liutlvi ) troorm nt . that Station , Lieut . David Henry Henderson , of tho 'ZOth BonKiil N . I ., only hoh of Lieut . David Henderson , R . N ., of St > . John ' a-wood-road , ltogent ' s-parlc . MARL / BOROUGH . —On tho 1 h 6 Jnafc ., at Iilontiblm l ' alaco , hlu Grace tho Diiko of Marl borough , ngod sixty-four .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 644, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_04071857/page/20/
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