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U nderhill , with their usual points of rherit , ™ ™< ' * SS Shortcomings , which , though t fiey are too v . lpvpr to ignore , they are too contented to lemeciy . « Tpicnfe »^ isk \ is remarkable for Us elaborate batkirdund ; a twelvemonth ' s work , perhaps , marred £ ? figures that destroy it , and P ^ Jyjgg-Stor Two clever works by Burgess , one of which , * Out of To , ™ , " is a long way ahead of this painter s Avork shownhere last . year , a clever HougJ *^ * ££ by John Morgan ; two Rossiter ' s ( a pamter Avhose fereis a certainty ) , will all prove attracgve . A work by Morten ( a F . IU 3 . ) is ** ™ ™ H ™* 1 ™ ,: ** dirty handling and bad drawing as for . its > finrfeehng for colour Lewis has some perfect bits ol old stone worSwd 4 ile the " commonp lace completeness " of Mr Buskin is amply represented the l , x-h bition is , on the whole , to liberal minds , satisfactorily
pro-Mr . Jacob Bell , Esq ., with praiseworthy ^ erahtj , has lent the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , of which-, he is the President ,. his collection of pictures , contammg ,. probably some of the very best specimens of modem English masters . Among the gems of art in it may be mentioned ' < The Maid and the Magpie , « ' Shoeing-, " " The Sleeping Bloodhound , " "^ Alexander and Diogenes , " and several more by Sir Edwin Lauclseer ; " The Horse Fair , " by Kosa Bonheur ; " The Derby Day , " by Frith ; and a host of other celebrated works by F . K . Lee , It . A ., T . S . Cooper , A . R . A ., E . M . Ward , R . A-, A Kgg , A . R . A ., OB . O'Neil , A . Klmore , It . A ., the late \ V . Collins , A R . A ., C . K , Leslie , R . A ., &c . The collection will be on view from Friday , March 25 th , till Saturday . ApriL 9 th , inclusive , and the proceeds Avill be devoted to the funds of the Institution .
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ENGLISH OI'ERA , COVKXT . OARDE . \ . On Friday last , as we were going to press , her most gracious Majesty and the Prince .. ' Consort were enjoying the deliglitful strains of Auber ' s " Diamans de la Coiironne , " of which Mr . Tully ' s lOnglish version was produced that evening , by royal request , with all the siiperb appliances at the disposal pf the maiingcment . The exertions of tho managerial stars were rewarded by royalty with no stinting hand ; and , Ave may add , the hoiiour Avon AVas fairly earned . The great feat lire of the performance Avere IJodc ' s air varie , Avhieh Miss Pyne introduced sit the close of the opera , the < luet betAvcen Cytarina and tlie Countess , and the interpolated KnjrKsh ballad , " Oh , Avhisper Avhat thou
ieeicst ; " which Mi * . Harrison sings Avith so much taste , and so little-drawback of any kind , as to Avarraut hearty commendation . Messrs . Corri , St . Albyn , and Honey ( the buffo value of the former avc think more of than do many of our contemporaries ) lent efficient aid towards the cnsimbh , Avliicli Mr . Mellon and his highly trained followers of the orchestra completed . On Monday last Fio'tow's elegant little work * "Martini , " for AA-hieh all the talciit ' nnd exertion of this excellent company failed , at prury-lanc , to extort due appreciation from middle - class audiences , Avas performed for the benefit of Mr . W
Harrison . This artiste ' s Lionel we take the liberty of imagining to be his best part . The graceful ballads allotted to it are more thoroughly within Jus rang , e > and afford room for those inflections of feeling he is so avcII able to supply . The trpops pf friends who thronged the house on the occasion undor notice , and Avho encored every solo enthusiastically , anay hardly , perhaps , be relied upon for unbiassed comment ; but avo may yonturo to add that there was applause enough elicited from the genuinely critical to warrant the reproduction of the opera during the next season of ,, this munugoment .
Miss Pyno takes . her benefit to-night as Caiarina , when avo need hardly say a Avoll-deservcd . oporalic ovation may bo expected to wind up a campaign , which is supposed ( and , for our fraternity avo may add , the Avisli fathers the thought ) to have been one \ mbrokon success , The Pyno and Harrison management have , to use a sporting expression , " made all the running" Avith . Knglish' opera . On tAvo or three particular occasions they have brought foreign Avorka to the front , but having declared to win with a native ccmiposor , they have done so . They have boon undoviating I ' rointhoir engagements
to their supporters , and have liberally staked upon their vonturt' -rljotli grand recommendations in tho oyos of a sport-loving public . They have merited the good opinion of tholr follow professionals , by shoAving how nn immonso number of mouths could "bo filled wqll and regularly , during what has boon before a dull season . Having organised , thoy have kept together n numerous ami splendid band , undor a native conductor , whom his poors have already plucod far aliovo our criticism , and a no loss numerous and olibetivo array of choristers . The HrrangoinontB—horcloforo doomod imponslblofor tho real comfort of their visitors wliioh avovg
originated ; Ave believe , and have been certainly carried but by their liardAvorking and popular right hand , Mr . EdArard Murray , must , last riot least , remain a permanent feather in their managerial cap . Immunity froni boxkeepers' fees ; free play-bills ; numbered and retainable seats ; regulated charges for attendants , have here succeeded -those , arbitary claims . which , were once the curse of constant , and the terror of occasional playgoers . Tlie example has found iniitators ; . no loss has been found to result to managers ; and Ave hope soon to number playhouse extortions among tilings of- the past , though not the . recollection to ' whom the public Avere indebted for the grand step toAvards their abolition ;
ROYAL .. ITALIAN' OPERA . The programme - of Mr . Gyc ' s ensuing season is now before us , and furnishes the following facts : — The opening niqrht is that of Saturday , the 2 nd of April . Tho principal artists engaged arc Mesdames Grisi , Bosio , art < l Taglifiaco ; Mesdemoiselles Didioe ; Marai ; an aurora borealis from St . Petersburg ; Mademoiselle Lotti de la Santa ; and Mademoiselle Dilphine CaiJerpn , from the Venice Opera . Among the gentlemen are Signori Mario , Luchesii Rossi , Xeri Baraldi , Gurdoni , Tamberlik , Ronconi , Tagliafico , &c , &c . Mr . Costa is to conduct . Mr . William Beverlev , nnd the no less eminent painters
Grieve and Telbin , are engaged for scenery . " Giovanni , " " Martha , " "La Gazza Ladra , " and the * ' Giuramento" of Mereadadantc , are the operas announced as certainties ; and , by way of promise , the acquisition of leave to perform a yet unfinished Avork of Meyerbeer ' s , is hinted at . with proper reserve . The ' band and chorus , of late so admirably kept in training at this house , ¦ will , of course be available , and , Ave presunie , are continued . -A neAV luxury will , it is hoped , be placed at tlie disposal of VisitPrs , by the completion of the neAV Flower Hall , ¦ winch it is in contemplation to use as a kind of lobby .- Its fairy-like girders are already in course of erection , and the glazing will speedily follow .
TII 13 VOCAL ASSOCIATION , SI . JAJIES S H . U . L . At the " undress . concert" of this Society , on Tuesdav evening , the selection , Avith the exception of a violin solcTby llerr J . 3 > avid , and a . pianoforte fantasia -on Iris . li airs by Miss "Ward , consisted of vocal music only . Of tlie former of these instrumental works-we are , avo candidly regret to say , in no position to speak ; of the latter we . may observe tliat the composer of the inusic , M . IJenedict , has combined a charming reverence for the themes , "Oh believe me , of nil those endearing j ^ oung charms , " and " the Minstrel Boy , " with an elegant , but not oppressive , amount of musical , tracery ; Avhile the fair young pianist , Miss Ward , displayed accuracy
and thorough freedom bf fingering , which mark her as a player of considerable promise . To speak of the vocal pieces- —Mrs . Torrington ' s voict 1 , in Mendelssohn ' s , - "Now the dreary . Avinter flics "—a rapid and graceful song—showed some throat notes of the true ' " nightingale" quality . Callcott ' s " Friend of tho brave , " sung by Mr . Litchfield , Avas dreary . IMiss ChipperHelil ' s voice , in "La ci . darem , " showed adequate flexibility and sweetness . The ( juintett from " Cosi sfan Tutte " Avas avoII executed , though we hardly enjoy it in the concert-hall . This seems for Mozart's gay strains hardly a happy medium between the bustle of the stage aud the repose of the drawing-room , in either of which atmospheres avo Mille Volti
can enjoy them more . "In Donizetti ' s " , " which contain several beautifully expressive passages , Miss Gordon ' s voice Avas heard to advantage ' Wo can hardly encourage the repetition of " The Grove ' s of Blarney " in its new disguise of the " Bay of Dublin "; but Miss Harder , avhose courage and flexibility Avoro severely tested by M . Benedict's elaborate "Skylurk , " is worth encouragement to persevere ; and to restrain her ambition . Tho solo encore of the ovening was justly given to the pure innd unassuming execution by Miss Saunders of the solo , " Beautiful May , " frbmMapfnrrenV May-day . " It is a fascinating melody ; it Avas very nicely sung ; and all present enjoyed it . First in order , and least in interest , among the part spngs was " T-he iVilpino
Horn" of Franz Abt ; after which- a glorious madrigal , by old Luoa Maren' 46 , was n relief . A pnrt song , by IXwtton , " Jack Frost , " phrased hero most lugltinuituly and there most oecentrieally , rich in harmony , and delicately sung , Avas onth-usiasticiilly ro-doiimndod . 32 ssor ' s part sonif , ' Tho Morning Stroll" ( with i ) iano acuompanimoiit ) , a strictly loyal composition , admirably , ancl even imposingly , given by tho principal male vocalists , Avas , to us , tho Lest of all tho long concort , which was , iu a feAv words , none tho less delightful to a large audience of sympathetic amateurs than to tho strong bod ^ v of singing members , by whose unassisted , efforts it Avas onrriodl to a vary satisfaotory conclusion . ST . . TAMlilS ' S lt \ i . U
Tho grout sugcoss which attondod the performnnoo of Mondolssohn ' s " Avo Maria , " by tlio Vooal Association , has induced the directors to repeat tlno vork on NVodnoscliiy ovoning , March S . ' ) r < l . Hijnclel's ? 'Acls and aalatou ( wlt ' li Mozart ' s additional
accompaniments ) Avill also be performed . The band and choir , ' under -. the direction of M . Benedict , will number 400 performers . ¦ ¦ JUYMARKET THEATRE . A new three act ; comedy , entitled " The World and the Stage , " by Mr . PalgraA * e Simpson 5 was produGed liere on Saturday last . The author has tilted with infinite stage' success against the cordon of suspicion Avith which-society' has surrounded the virtue of theatrical ladies , and has aimed at thawing the cold-shoulder " Avhich is somehow the result . He has Avrritten ai > parently con amore upon the theme , and has produced a Avork Avhich is confidently predicted to take the toArn by storm after Easter , arid to
hold the stage as a faA-ourite for years to come . Though it is almost considered necessary to have at hand , or inA'ent a French original for every dramatic performance produced in London , avc confess Ave are at a loss for one on this occasion . Tlie authors of "Masks and Paces' * haA-e handled , the same subject it is true ; and for all avc knoAV .-every coulisse haunter on tOAvn may have thought of it as a likely one to take Avitli the spooney portion of the public ,, and to catch the fancy or display the talents of the AVoifington of the hour . But originality in story , aud the merit due to its treatment , must be conceded for once to the British author Avho has been fortunate in finding
such able interpreters of his pretty sentiments as Miss ¦ Sedgwick , and the rest of the talents at the Hayrharkut , The prejudice against Avhich he conteiuls , may or may not be founded in reason ; it is certainly often carried to excess—but this is no place for such questions . An aiithor may have had tAvo motives in raising them . He may have aimed , for the manager ' s sake / at the . collection of innumerable folks into a playhouse ; and , for his own , at the cynical amusement derived from watching how a well constructed and acted play Avill blind the said multitude to shaky premises and shaky conclusions . But not being b / oi ™ - analyse these motives , avc aviII quit , lor-, the . present , the moral of Avell
the tale , arid , according to custom , condense , as as Ave may , its plot , for our render ' s benefit -. —Mary Sumers ( Miss Amy Sedgwick > , a poor arid nobleminded girl of gentle birth , has become a fkinous actress . Her sister , Lady Ciistlecrag ( Miss K . Ternan ) , is , as her name imports , a lady of position , The hitter ' s husband , Sir Norman CusllecragQSx Rogers ) , is a snob , who objects to his actress-sisterin-law , denies his lady her society , forbids her his house , and arms society against her . The poor heroine , though too devoted to her calling to abanr don it , is attached enough to her own flesh and blood to feel acutely the insults cast upon her . She is subjectmoreover , to tlie detestable gallantries of a
, fashionable gentleman and his attendant gent , well and amusingly played by Mr . W . barren and Mr . Compton . She is beloved by a model SAveetheart , Leonard Aslito n ( Mr . Hoavc ) , and Avatched over by a sort of servant-monster or humble satellite , Daniel Dewlap , into whoso representation Mr . Buekstone threAV all his A-ust comic power . Her cup of sorroAV seems nearly full Avhen she aiseovers that her own persecutor , Malpas , is also assailing her sister ' s honour . She defeats his schemes , and saves tho baronet ' s Avife ; but , in doing so , tails herself under damning suspjoion , and loses her lover . The pile of agony thus accumulated must , of course , come down sooner ar later ; and its fall Mal the
is effected by tho repentance of pas , roue , Avhose abhorrent intention ( Avhich should hardly , ' wo think , be depicted on the stage ) against the honour of the sisters is folioAved by a generous extrication of both Irom trouble . Miss Amy ScdgAviek is an aotrcss of present poAvor and soiuo promise . Mr . Ihiukstonc , Mr . Compton , and Mr . barren aro ovorytliing , or nearly pverything , that can be desired in thoir rospoctivo lines . Tho play atos so good , and tho immense audience ( it avus Miss tfedgwick ' s boncflt ) so good-natured , that anything but vast success Avas out of-the question . Its " tag" oonsisteil of the following lines , which were delivered by tho heroine ;—. Dft na tho actress , friendless , and iilone ,
BookliiH' tho "spark Ulvlno " »»> o'd cull Her own , iJuvotuu hor Hlgoplcus iiIkUIu , l » or anxious Uiivh , To weary Htudy , wcjiHor euro , i ' oz ; pral » o f Tliu AVOi'lU nor icnoAVtf , nor ln ?« d » hor Mtriipft'loB bold , 'OiiliiHt povwrty , toniptalloii , luroa oi yoUl s ¦ NVhiltit luuidrt appliuul , tlio brimth ol HoanUal mils . - TJ » o nwbllolaudH , but pi-vJtuliuw tiHmUd . Ksws ffi & «« r ^ »« i ««»
Thoy mot Avith rapturous ai )]> lanso . But lot us submit , in all Kocl-imtiiro , it . thoro are any in tho profession wl » o tovl tho iibswioo or tl ant t this " kindlier fooling , " that no unlmj ) ortunt stop toav ids i mltf t Do taken ih > m within the greenroom \ Vo ullurlo to tho inoro roguliir adoption ot ho r propor . lylp by marrlod ladioa . Have . natrons who ik'slim-Uly wour tholr miiUlon-ntunos boliind the J a .,, s lUiu w article of . Ivoss or docon . t on , any cause of coniiiUUnt ii thoy arc sneered at by tho
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2286/page/21/
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