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generals-In-ohiefv portraits of many eminent persons in the two staffs . The heroes are both mounted , their officers surround them ; outside * again , are the German military band and a party of English troopers Our correspondent states that exception can ot course be taken to . portions of the work . The authority for the slaughter going on in the back ground is certainly questionable . But the sleek and elegant turn-out of the horses , to which he also objects , need not , we are disposed to fancy , be an object of imagination . When men have ridden their best or Woodbattle of
favourite horses throughout a y ! one their first calls is for a fresh steed , not as a matter of vanity , but as a relief to the fatigued one . It is probable , then , that the Eng lish staff , at least , were fresh mounted as soon after the hour of victory had struck as at the meeting at La Belle Alliance ; the ¦ well-eroomed animals dep icted are , therefore , excusable / The introduction of the ophieleide among the musical instruments which has been objected to , is sanctioned upon investigation — that instrument being , it appears , not by any means such a novelty in Prussia as in England .
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BOOKS RECEIVED . Moore ' s National Airs , No . 2 . Longman and Co ~ The National Magazine , Part 33 . Kent and Co . Casscll ' s III list ratal Family Paper , Part 10 . Citsscll ' s Illustrated Family Bible , Part 2 , CossclVs Popular Natural History , Part 4 . Ca ^ sel / . , Putter , and tialpin . The Journal of Psychological Medicine ,. New £ ? tries ,. JN o . 15 . John Cliurchhill . The Constitutional Press . New Series . No , 4 . launders and Otloy . The Westminster Review , No . 31 . J . Chapman . The Insurance Magazine , No . 36 . E . and E . Laytor * The Eclectic for July , Judd and Glass . Ttiit ' s Edinburgh' Magazine , No . 307 . Partridge and Co . Le Follet , No . 154 . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Revue Britanniquc , No . 0 , Juin , ISoO . Paris : An Bureau de la Kovue , Rue Neuve , { Saint Aucrustin , 60 . Rovuo Indepeudante , Juillet , 1859 . \ V . Jeffs . The , Edinburgh Review , No . 223 . Longman & Co . J&untloi /' fi Quarterly Review , No . 2 . li . licntley . The I ' ool of Quality , or tho History of Henry Ears of'Morvfand . 2 vols . Smith , Elder , and Co . Tite Italian Campaigns of General JJuon (( j >« rts , <» 1700-7 and 1800 . Smith , Elder , and Co . Cousin Stella , or Conflict . 3 vols . Smith , Elder , and
To Cuba and Bach : a Vacation Voyage . By It . U . Dana , Jun . Smith , Elder , and Co . ' The Parents . Cabinet , No . S . Smith . Lljlov , nnd Co . Rifle Clubs and Volunteer C ' vrpa . Uy W . U . JJusseil . Houtlcdgo , Wnvnos , nnd Cu . _ „ Ididla of the King . By Alfred Tunnyflon , DX . L ., , Poet Laureate . Edward Moxon ami C " ., .. Advanced Text-book of Gvvluuu . Hy Davil . Ii » e , F . G . S . 2 nd edition . > Vllllniu JJiHckwood nnd &on « . Gilbert Marlowe , and othor Po << ms . \ ' ninbvl < 3 gc : Mac * miUnn , nnd Co . , „ , *„„ . / . •*/ . .,. „ n f On Foreign Jurisdiction , and the Extraction w . Criminals . J . W . Parker nnd Son . < Bandy Bwk of the Law of Husband awl W ^ rnfftfVt'baad , and other Poe . ns . Robert Thl New Quarterly Review . No . 00 . Robert HardpYmpMorphy , tho Chess Chunmion . William Lny . T / wofini frelfoiisivo History of England . Parts 31 « % M 5 ttwfl « l * to the North Western , Railway . By Goor , ge Mensom , W . H . Smith wart Son . aim A . Hall , Virtue and Co . > Tho Of / ioUtl Xllmtratud Guide to the LanooaUr a / tcf Curfiale . Edinburgh and Qlasgow . and Caladomm * Jtallwaym , Hy George Measom , W . JU . SinJXh »» . <* tion . ftud A . Hall , Virtue , and Co .
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I . and in . respectively is an amusing feature in the piece , aAd will no doubt aid the audacity and wit of the genial mis-adaptor to obtain a prosperous run for this last new-and-oftginal-never-before-acted novelty . ' . At the Hatmaeket Mr . Buckstone takes his benefit this evening , and requires no novelty to make his friends and fervent admirers assemble to greet hint right cordially . He does , however , give a new ballet on the occasion , and promises an address , which We shall duly record , hereaftei' . At the Suuket Theatre , where Mr . Hermann
Vezin ( who is a specimen of that rara avis , an amateur who has made a hit as a professional ) has recently been playing with success in leading characters , ah engagement of Mr . Leigh Murray has strengthened the hands of the management . This highly-finished actor , whom we are rejoiced to see himself again , is taking a series of his best parts for benefits of the principal Surrey performers . On Tuesday and Thursday he appeared as Raphael Duchatelet in the thrilling drama of "The Marble Heart , " and on Wednesday as Faulconbridye in Shakspeare ' s " King John , " received no warmer welcome than his artistic merits entitle him to , though more so , perhaps , than the transpontines are accustomed to award to other than indigenous artists . „ . ......
At the Adelphi the usual complexion of the bills has been varied by the introduction of Mr . and Mrs . Henri Drayton ' s " Drawing Room Opera . " This order of entertainment is of limited capability , and its'liability , therefore , to criticism , shall be limited also . It is about as much like an opera as a drawing room charade , acted by Mr . Robson and Mrs . Sterling , " * would be like a comedy . It has an infinitesimal story , we believe , and a microscopic plot . Any thing m , indeed , would have been superfluous , for , gossamer as they were , we were too hot and indolent to unravel them . But the easy flowing strains of Mr . Lbder , and the sparkling and brisk performance of Mr . and Mrs . Drayton , proved just the thing for
At the Oltmpic the fertile Mr . Tom Taylor has been fortunate enough to cap the still glittering success of his late production at the Haymarket with a new one , that of his " Payable on Demand . " It is another Jew story . Mr . Robson is , of course , th * Isfaelitish hero , Reuben Goldsched , torn by cupidity and natural affection | and he briDgs to the illustration of his part all the power he has applied before in similar cases , and which the well-informed reader can entirely appreciate without the aid of tepid suggestions from ourselves ; Mr . H . Wigan ' s immense of Horatius Codes
intelligence makes a feature Bricabrac , a revolutionary and curiosity dealer ; and Mi ? . G . Cooke is no less able as another of the former class . Tl . ie love " business " is carried oh satisfactorily by Mr . W . Gordon as Victor de St . Cast , an aristocrat whom the times have made music-master to the Jew ' s daughter , Lina , and Miss Wyndham as the young lady in question . This actress is , however , not strong enough for Linct Goldsched , the Jew ' s wife in the first act ( twenty years before the second ) whom she also impersonates ; in thisparib we naturally looked for Mrs . Stirling , for whom , possibly ,
designed , ana rwnom > v ynanam is not expected to be a substitute . Our fractious reader may thank atmospheric pressure , as well as our own well-worn and ever-true excuse , press of matter , for these meagre remarks . A resumd of the plot would take just one column ; which is not at the service of the Royal Olympic Theatre this week . The drama is somewhat lengthy , and presents incidents of needless extravagance . The tniseeri sceneis as perfect as was that of Mr . Collins' play , with which the season opened ; and with so many strong endorsements as we have alluded to , the author ' s bill upon public approbation was of course paid on demand . At the Strand Tiieathe we have been well
pleased to greet the fair lessee , who has long beon an invalid . We can hardly say less about " The Sohool for Coquettes , " a comedietta , composed . thrice-three-hundred-times-used goo 4 , old , respectable , washing , wearing , and lasting materials , thrown by a kaleidoscopic twist of the hand into a new and ephemeral form by Mi * . Palgrave Simpson . Others may quarrel with it , if they will , for being old : wo like it all the better . The " bran riW and never noted" is certainly "bill stickers ' license , " but as the dramatic authors of tho day arc , according to themselves , all more or less chiffoniers ( and certainly the } ' do play the detective upon . one another to admiration ) , we have long Bincc ceased to put faith in moro announcements of thoatrical
novelties unsupported by affidavit . The author lias it appears ,. kept well in tho old groove , and left tho actors' and actresses to put in the novelties if they can . Miss . Swanborough , as Lady Amaranth , mistress of tho art of coquetry , and Miss Oliver , as her pupil , Lady Ghnmorris , who puts tho precious lessons in practice ( as iy corpora vi ( ij upon her spouse , Sir Archibald Glanmorris ( Mr . Parscllo ) , arc both very charming . Mr . Parsolle , Mr . Swanborough , and Mr . Bland are thoroughly effective in their parts , and all contribute to a neat ensemble quito worthy of this now elegant and
popular little house . Mr . Byron , of " Maid and Magpio " celebrity , lias produced here a felonious attempt upon tho Lady of Lyons with intent—not to impair hor now antique popularity , but to borrow lustre from hor , Tho burlesque Pauline Deschapcllcs is Miss Oliver ; Miss Charlotte Sivundors is ' Claude Melnotte , and Mr . J . Glarkb , tho rising and clovojc low comedian of tliis theatre , does JBeauedant , Tito taste and talents of this trio are so vrell known , and have so often drawn forth our encomium , when alluding to their efforts in other burlesques . Tho mako-up of the Claude und . Bcauseant as the Emperors Napoleop
the time and season . A dxiet . " Good Night , " the cabaletta , " Hope now brightly beaming , " were much applauded ; and the Drawing Room Opera was voted a success by a steaming house . The grand concert of the Royal Academy or Music came off on Tuesday , when , with the exception of an overture ( Don Quixote ) by Mr . Macfarren , the programme contained no compositions by past or present students . The piece " de resistance , " admirably may it so be named , was a . heavy selection from "L ' eroe di Lancaster , " by Lord
Westmoreland . The principal parts were taken by Miss Palmer , Miss Eankes , Miss Laura Baxter , Mr . Wilbye Cooper , and Mr . Allan Irring . Among the other items Avere Mr . Hullah ' s " Three Fishers , " set to Mr . Kingsley ' s poem , and well sung , we need hardly say , by Miss Palmer ; tho lovely chorus , " Sancta Maria , " from Meyerbeer ' s "Pardon de Plocrniel ; " Beethoven ' s choral fantasia for the pianoforte ( Miss Lindley ) , and other classical pieces . But the hero of Lancaster overweighted all , and rolled them out to one flat paste of dulness . to
The SunnEY Gardens have , we are most glad see , again opened their doors ; and oar-tickling takes place on week days as well as on Sundays in Mr . Horace Jones ' s beautiful music hall . Mr . Schallehn , some time leader , of the famous brass band at the Crystal Palace , is the lessee and director . Concerts take jilace at 3 p . m ., and , again at night , with an orchestra of fifty and a chorus of two hundred performers . Nor , according to the announcements , are fireworks literal and musical to be wanting . The former are to take place nightly ; tho latter , i . e . Anna Bishop , Sims Reeves , and the London Madrigal Union ,, occasionally .
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his labours is . He cannot join them in their addresSv it seems , because he has left no address of his : Own—a trackless , directionless director of such an establishment as the Crystal Palace ! Cest ( rap . furt . He and his collegues , ¦ ¦ h owever , will be ' . supported strongly ' bj- the old , or obstructive party , who worked , the concern so ingeniously down hill ,, until the shareholders , after much stirring , rose- t /» masse . ' to look into their own affairs . Now , who ure their opponents ? One of the popular candielates —put forward by ¦ the enlightened faction - - -ho , being determined to make dividends and to work for them , have gained their object once , and will d < . > it again—is the largest stakeholder in the concern . Well and good . The next is a rich mechanical who
engineer , of . world-wide renown , can bring long purses and stout north-country sympatii- ' es . in his train , as well as a fund of technical knowledge of the deepest importance . Well and good . The third is essentially a people ' s candidate—a man . who bore a prominent part , in Jhat . organisation of the shareholders which has already so mightily profited them , and which , in fact , saved the r . tfairfrom utter immediate ruin . As to his deserts , ijic-ro can be no two opinions . The fight will be over before these lines are printed , and the industrial ? , we hope , triumphant over the guinea-pigs . But , should fortune favour the wrong side this time , let us hav . o at least the satisfaction of casting our mite into ^ tho losing scale : for the balance must he redressed It ereoften - — - —
MAi > AarE Tc-ssattd's—A-very interesting addition has within a few days been made to the celebrated collection of curiosities in the Baker-street gallery j . it is the figure of the remarkable victim of despotic government , Pderio . This effigy of the jSTeapolitaii patriot and statesmen has not been obtained without considerable difficulty and at great cost ; and certainly the energy and enterprise of the proprietor © t the gallery are entitled to the remunerative patronage of the publicv The effigy is remarkable for the felicity of portraiture , and for the peculiar character of the appearance of the original which it conveys There is , moreover , a figure of Lord Pahnersion recently placed amongst a group of statesmen nnd monarchs , which is a very faithful likeness of the veteran premier .
CRYSTAL PALACE . We have no space this week to chronicle specially the success of concerts and great fountains . The opportunities oflered by tho present magnificent weather for seeing Sydenham Palace fright shquld bo lost sight of by no one of sense or tasto having time and moans to dispose of . That which most interests us just at present , in . relation to the Palace , is the contest for three vacancies in tho Direction . The three geutlemen who go out are , wo bolieve , three of tho genuine old guinea-pig class—men of that class which will take infinite attendance fees
and infinitesimal trouble ; which will work for a fow days at a pinch to make things look . pleasant in anticipation of a general mooting s but which , from its general insufficiency , except at cash-books and ledgers , has made joint- stock management a byword and a scorn . Ono of those parties , wo observe , cannot oven tako the trouble to be in the way at the election timid } so his fellows , Messrs . Ionides and Ogilvy , plead for him . He is , they darkly hint , in the far north , on some mission of mercy or benevolence , That this does him groat credit , they are sure t their circular says so > but for tho lite of them thoy cannot toll whero tho scene oi
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No . 486 . Jply 16 , 1859-1 THE LEADER 83 »
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Leader (1850-1860), July 16, 1859, page 839, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2303/page/11/
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