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to see millions of worthy people the playthings of * brainless head decorated with a bauble . Prance having a frontier of 200 miles next Pied- niont , and Austria only about sixty , and the Freneh people being excitable , and rilled bv one who has none of what may be styled the puddle of _tegitbnacy in his circulation ; that fluid _^ alone ennobling the veins of the recent sovereign of . Naples and * the present Austrian ruler , accord- ing to some weak headed people , it was natural to expect that Piedmont would make the French nation disaffected , and that _IsTapoleon would have seen their free constitution with as much disap- probation as Austria , instead of which he is in alliance with the contumacious Piedinontese . How this arises , and how the alliance is to be character- ised , I have not space to detail , and must reserve it , having something to say upon the difference between a line of policy in union with-reason and justice , and one which , disregarding both , hopes to profit , if only by the chapter of accidents . Paolo .
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: OUR MATERIEL OF AVAR IN DAXGER . The St Martin ' s Hall _meeting on mtion » l de- j _ H . h < _oi . i > _xaiiin s J . 1 UU meeung on luuuuui u _« - fences and rine volunteers , summoned some nine weeks since , at which Sir Charles _Nailer presided , and for ' . which the country was indebted to Mr . Alfred 13 . Richards , was followed by an immediate movement which has now grown into enthusiasm on the subject . So far so " _-ood . There is however an important _^ supplementary need . The youth and manhood Yf the coun- try are ready and _willing to do their duty _lijr < _uc _iw auvi wu . 1111 _^ iu w « - " < - " Liut < > , but will the rifles be ready , should an em- ergency , ere long , arise ? We have reason to beUeve that some of our own gunmakers are more _'* _n » _An 4--. _;«»« * l _* _- _~ _ti _* , r + v- \ _i _i _mteiuVupon violating-the neutrality wlucli 1 ms been proclaimed _^ than fulfilling home contracts _TJn- questionably , large quantities . of improved arms have found theu-way , dunng the last few months , to Franee : and Sardinia , Of course , the great Austrian navy has a discretionary power to cap- ture these , as well as _Eno-lish steam-slaps , Welsh steam coal , aiid , possibly , provisions _arid'horses ! At least we are _m-ettv certain that the French _woulddcTso were the 7 _ciseReversed and were the wouui uo _& o wue tue case lever & ea , ami weie _inq Austrians being supplied by us with tie mattnel _¥ S _? stren _S _^ u- _ . . , . . We are _assiu-ed by a British steam-ship owner that a short time ago , he could not procure 300 tons of Welsh steam coal in the port of London , In the case of the Mauritius , can there be any doubt as to her fate , were she to be at this mo- ment off Marseilles on her way to Trieste or Venice , with corn and other stores for Austria ? Mr _Brio-ht nrobablv sees no hirm in sun » lvin « r France with Brit _^ rrance wiui _iiiiu _& n gooas . lie sees nothing _^ to dread in the _tremeudoua steam naval armament of * ranee , and _hqr supplementary _transpoi ; t power , He would not object to sell ships , guns , rifles , coal and all , especiallv if some cotton prints were in- eluded . Mr . Bright is the open advocate of re- liance on the pacific intentions of the Emperor Napoleon . We remember how he became sponsor with Mr . Sturge for- those of the late Emperor _Nicholas . \ Ve ° see no reason to suspect thopre- _went _Ministers of an undue leaning _towarda Austria . We presume that they have been more _incjjned to leave the strict observation of our _neu- trahty to chance , lost they should provoke the insinuations ot such men us Sir James Grahnm . We think , however , that both our . own honour and safety are deeply concerned in preserving the neutrality of this country inviolate . l ° Againf tho proceedings of Spain _dumld be care- fully watched . Why is Spain increasing her navy _dt such a rate P Why has she refused to sign a treatv of alliance with Portiiffal P A _nhnvt timft _^ nl _iS n nJSlnirVSv ! JS _^^ _o _, T 2 a _i _Tv T ' _ff ! " _^) " d < y ! V ° temporal _^ , headed , "A _Jlcet ; m _Ponl , which in- formed tho public that a Manchester manufac- _turer , Mr . _lhomas Howard , and Mr . John Orrell _luover , M . P ., the eutoi _< prising projector of the Galway line , had just purchased , on speculation , eight magnificent screw steamers , formerly bo- longing to the European and American Company , We ourselves poJntod tho fact out to the notice of our readers Since then wo _havo obaorved that the _SnaS Governn ! enUas _rmroLscTfoiS _^ large _Sm _« v « : _Simi _^ TniJ _^ t P £ _^ _inJ v _^ n li _^ _f _^ f belonging to ft Liverpool _ooqipan . v _. We have not heard what » s about to bo < lono with the eight Btcam-Blups ot which wo mado mention ; but wo . wft J'" * " ° vjrovcrinnQnt and nation _ncainst parting with tho materials of war , and especially our Htoum-
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ship reserve , upon which we have been taught to setgreat Value , should an emergency arise . We have supported Mr . Lever in his great national , postal , and commercial undertaking at Galway , because we thought it worthy of support on its own merits ; ' but we confess that we should alter our opinion of him if we thought him capable of becoming , a direct , or voluntary indirect instrument of parting with the strength and resources of this country , __ at such a time ' and crisis . We admit that a ship- owner labours under great difficulties if he can neither be chartered by nor sell to foreign countries , and is h _' able to be run ofithe water , by American ships . But we should blame the authorities even more , should it be found , at the hour of need , that we are without precisely those means , concerning the pos- session of which we have been so grandiosely congratulated by the Times and other journals , and which we undoubtedly might command , were they __ not insidiously stolen out of the country by foreign and rival States . On the subject of the Galway Line , we would say one word with re- ference to Sir James Graham's speech last night . Does the right hon . baronet venture to assert that ¦' & he were in power he would attempt to annul the i i . . grant , which he makes the subject of his ill-natured and incorrect statements ? He knows that he could not , and would not . lie knows that Ireland would be in arms . . He knows that no amount of Whig bribery would conciliate the Irishmembers or constituents , whom he pretends are so base , and that he would , if once on the Treasury benches , never open his lips against the Galway grant . Is , then , his conduct—or is it riot . _¦¦« . _£ _? _nntonnnism _nf + 1 »< = > _mnet _HooTirlpil — -factious antagonism , oi tiie most aegraueu kind ? ¦ ¦ .
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—* The exhibition of works of the Elder and Ancient Masters , lent by ; the members of the British Institu- _ti ° n » _^&\ 1 Mall , is now open . It is peculiarly rich in works by Gainsborough—a compliment to M . Sil- v _^ stre , the French Imperial Pine Art Commissioner , whose recent lecture before the Society of Arts has done _. mU _- cl _i r _^ _ive interest in the works of the great painter , whom the French critic terms the father of modern English art . A _3 Tatue of JLord Clive has been placed on a tern- pprary pedestal on the grounds of the Duke of Buccleuch , between the Whitehall railings and the debris of the mansion . It is a fine work , and sup- posing it to be the property of the peer above- named , and that he proposes to establish it perma- nently on its present site , we are disposed to honour him "for his . public spirit . The statue of the ex- clerk , statesman and conqiieror sliould long ere tins hav decorated London . Some superfine popinj ay in the Council Office—it may be an employe , whose biIe ha 8 been rou _^ ed by recent caH for « more scholarship , " or it may be a-polite and popular past grand official in that department—has written' to a contemporary , abusing the statue and the site in no measured terms . As a climax to his diatribe he actually hints a plaint that it comes between the Council Office and the River Thames . What a pity the salutary emanations from that already _footid sjeam should bo interceptedJn . their course to his _^ _g _^ fs hours " of _kUehess la on _^ _* _£%£ _,. _™ _rnatrfotism S we _lionc tins _evSnt mat uo _JSStof _C wS t _^ _olTemn _^ LZ _^ of " Waverley » erected by tho k > ld Buccleuch also on his own land , beyond control of committees and commissioners . We should _cvon like to see the graven image of one Cromwell sot up in Whitehall also , at tho cost of a private citizen , f * or men of this and future times to admire and to think upon with- out owing such a favour to tho gracious condesccn- won of the upper ton thousand . Society fok the _MNOocRAOBajNT ov this Fjnjc _AitTS . _—This society , which is gradually attaining very considerable importance , held a conversazione yesterday evening ; at tho rooms of the Archltco- tural Association , in Conduit-street . Mr . II . Ottley read a highly interesting paper on tho Old Masters , illustrated by engravings from some of tho most celebrated works of the great Italian and Flemish painters , and embracing tho whole history of pic- torial art , fronm the Byzantines nnd their immediate followers down to the Caraeel j and again from the docadence of tho groat school to tho recent signs of ft r t _ovWft 1 ' _? ho 4 lootu _' or P _olnted out how > wn _" n re' ' li _S lon coa 8 od to _b ( L the P _^^ o motive of art , painting , na ln tho . onSo of _tlnhons , was mado a more vehicle for the glorification of potentates , or , as in that of WMteau , for the decoration of _bouaolrs . WlmC the now mobile would bo It was _Imposalblo to foresee j but art was juflt now being cultivated so sincerely
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and so earnestly by a large number of young 1 men that it was evident some great and important change was at hand . After a concert of vocal and instrumental music , which included Gounod ' s " Me- _<" tat ;<> n . on one of Bach ' s fugues for violin ( Mdlle . _ft ? _T 5 f ?! ' P _^ noforte ( Mr Gilberp , and harmonium _^^^ S _^ i _^^^ V _^^^ merhayes , Mr . Patey , & c . _/ Mr . Ellis read a valuaSe paper on the subject of the " Poetry of Art" that is to say , on the poetic feeling as exhibited in true art of every kind . The rooms were fully and fashionably attended . '
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royal italiax _opee . 4 , covkxi garden . The appearance last Thursday of Madame Peneo as Zerlina , in the " Don Giovanni , " should not pass without a word of remark , coupled , as it was with another event of interest , the " _rentrC-e of Taniberlik , -A number of encores , among which were " 11 mio lesoro , " sung splendidly by the latter artist , by Mano , and " _\ _edraiCarma by the former and " Deh vieni alia finestra by Mario , _prolonged the tierformance until past midnight . P _TheS _; * _vas _^ - tremely strong , comprising the names above given with ¦ Madame Grisi ( Donna Anna ) , Mdlle . Marai ( . Donna Elvira ') , Signor _lioneoni ( Leporcllo ) , and Signor Tagliafico (// _Commciudatorc ) . The house was crammed to the ceiling , and the ensemble—despite mutilations and transpositions offensive to ears hypercritical—was superb . The performances of the P _^ ent ; week have _ been the « Huguenots , " and Martha , " and on Tuesday Madame Grisi appeared _^ ' _]> f orma . . . t ¦ ' _ ' , ¦ . _ . . . - ' At _theTiAUA _^ Opera , _DriwyLane ,. _weliav . eha < l . the Trovatore , " Madame Titiens as Leonora ; also the " Barber of Seville" and » Don GiovanmV with the same casts as previously reported on . The opera revived on Thursday night at _Bruryiane- — ' <¦ II Giuramento , * ' by Mercadante—does - not contain any music of peculiar merit , but much that j s pleasing , and which , although not rising in any place - much above mediocrity , at any rate never falls below it . The plot of the opera , looked at as a dramatic work , teas'bad as it can be , and confused bevon d descrjpt ion , but though this exercises an iniurious effect upon the whole it is a matter of very _^^ _SSi _^ S _^^ _S . Giia _^ ucci and Mdml \ yeiser took the two principal female parts , and acquitted themselves admirably—the former lady executing some rather difficult music in the beginning ofthe second act with the consummate skill for which she is so remarkable . The musical knowledge exhibited by both herself and Signor L . Graziani deserved much praise . A duet by Madlle . Guarducci and Mdme . Weiser , " Dolce conforta , " was very sweetiy sung . Mdmc . _Weiser , indeed , t h roughout the opera was in excellent voice , nnd sung most power _, fuuv an ( i effectively . Signor Fagotti only just _l" _* _^ _™ an encore inI the beginning of tho third act , where he sang a long solo with great effect . Several instrumental solos also are _introduced , a contrivance not altogether legitimate in an opera , though onethat on the _vioUmcellOjWas executed with great skill and fluency . Tllp _Vorvi Association- cave an undress con- ; _^ _J 1 _^^^^^ Hall . _gj _^ 3 _^ _5 _^^ fo 5 amM Abbot and _ForringtonrMisses Clari _Fraser , Jessie Cole , and _Gor-<*<> n , and Mr . Sharp . Mddle , Humlor played one ot her ' delightful solos P on the violin _wltli _^; _- _^ v e o x ; t _*»""© finish an 1 modesty ; ixu dMus * biecn gave a P _™ 1 _" _^ _*> y Bach , and rondo by C . M . _> on _wcoer _^!> ° _choraUneccs-one or * _J ° _JJ _™ ° l « . Uiy _™ a n _g * Wlth _** _" f _°° 'ff _^ _K _JSSft _hulv » _S ' _oSusu Henry B _. _shoz s _^ Sleep , gentle lady , uw ,, oi : « nim jot tl jo least _r _t _^ _$ _Jf _^^^ » lOknm _! Mr "oisloy conducted tor sar . _^ _tnccutr Mu . _Benj . u , ict ' b annoancemon o i _Ai > i Monster Concert , at bt . Jamos Hall , on xvionuay next , wo should have ploiwuro ii > printing , in _» lo hope of attracting visitors to honour this amiable man and able musician , wore it not of an excellence to forbid extract and of a length to defy insortion entire . It embraces tho names of _Mesdamas Warn , Novollo , _Lemmons Sherrlngton ; _Mdllcu . ( _lunrducoi and _jSaroltu , _Dosirtio Artot , with _Hignon Mongini , Badiali , Marlni , Ludovieo _Graziani , _lleichardt , J > cilotti , Jules Btockhausen , Jules Lefort , and _fj ftn" ° y as vocalists . Leopold do Mover and _Uffiodlot iviu play on tho piano j _J'iatti on tlio vJoloncollo | > Vlon . ' " _ftWflkl _on-tho violin , and the Vocal Association will lend tho aid of Us numorous choir in some ot tlioir happiest _morocaux . Tho _ban _^ v iaro has our warm wishes for a full audience to enjoy tlw banquet ho lias provided , one of whoso most pleasing and novol features will bo found to bo a selection from Meyerbeor ' s new opera _"Lo Pardon do I'loermel . "
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Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1859, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/sldr_11061859/page/16/
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