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1112 THE LEADER L-No . 497 Oct . 1 , 185 Q . ^ tg—we—ci ^ a ¦ ¦¦—¦« m— —MaiMMgaaMPtMm—w—M ^ saap—^ ma ^^^ stnm ^ Ms ¦ ¦ iiiii ^ w ^^ bmbi . iiiiib —
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cious and able conductorship of the lessee , Mr . Schallehn , who deserves much credit for the pains and attention he has , during the past season , devoted to the spread of good and simple inusic , which , renders these concerts at all times worthy of a visit . The overture to "La GazzaLadra " was played in a manner which did not fail to elicit applause ; as , also , the . overture toAuber ' s charming ' opera , " Gustavus . " Miss Lizzie Wilson sang Bishop ' s ballad , " Tell me , my Heart , " with much feeling and excellent taste , and Dr . Arne ' s " Where the Bee Sucks . " Mr . Paul Standish gave Hatton ' s new ballad , " The True Hearts constancy , " and Mori ' s ballad , " Rose of the Morn , " which
displayed the qualities of a rich and deeptoned voice , whilst Mr . Bartleman , engaged for Covent garden , was very successful in the buffo song from " H Barbiere , " "Largo al Factotum . " We must not omit the comic effect produced by Pell ' s Coloured Opera Troupe , who sang a selection of their most popular gems of Ethiopian melody , and created much mirth . Jungla , the far-famed fighting tiger , under the care of Mr . Isaacson , the naturalist , continues to attract a numerous class of visitors and admirers . This is , perhaps , the most extraordinary animal that India , or any other country , has ever been known to produce . He is double striped * horn each
bears on his forehead the stag ' s , over eye . His exploits at LucknOw and his habits are freely communicated to alt who honour him with their presence . An admirable addendum to this establishment is the American Smoking Saloon , under the superintendence of Mr . Martin , of the Haymarket ; and the refreshment department is likewise conducted on a scale of superiority , and economy . We trust that the arrangements now under contemplation for a winter season for the performance of music in the " Surrey Music Hall" will be completed , as it must inevitably prove a source of much amusement- and literary attraction to the respectable class of residents around the Gardens . We would
Princess ' s Theatre . ^ willingly have deferred pur notice of the Princess ' s opening . Our contemporaries , daily and weekly , were nearly all of our opinion : but the spirited lessee took counsel as most men do , with the wrong persons , and rushed too soon into the willing arms of Messrs . Oxenford and Pldnche . Would he had waited but a little month . The critics might have finished their holidays in peace , . the carpenters and supernumeraries might have been ready ( though this hardly credible ); the actors might have learnt to work together a genuine instead of a picked public might have applauded something dramatic instead of deriding many things absurd ; the playwrights
engaged for the opening might have settled down to write readable stuff in their dressing-gowns before their autumnal fires , instead of vamping up delirious rubbish in the intervals of midsummmer droughts ; the Times itself , finally , might have dared to puff " Ivy Hall , " instead of damning with reluctant blame ; and Mr . Augustus Harris might have been saved from an avalanche of unpleasant truths which he may yet regard , like a true man of business , as only so many advertisements . Many of our readers will already have become aware , through the medium of the daily press , that the London critics seem delighted to have shuffled off the fetters of loving-kindness , &c , wherewith they
were bound to the late management of" this theatre , and have spoken their minds pretty plainly about the entertainments presented at . the Princess ' s on Saturday night . We may briefly say , and that -without a particle of ill-will to lessee or artist , that for the most part , their strictures were far under , rather than over-done . They have prettily disguised the dissatisfaction— -not to say disgust- —they experienced at Mr . Oxen ford ' s mis-adaptation of a French story to the English stage , but had they roundly spoken their whole opinions , they would have bewailed far more bitterly than they did their wasted time and plundered rest . " Ivy Hall " . drama in four acts , of which two are superfluous , and the rest , with little exception , feebly soporific . Its hero . Sir Gilbert Castleton , is a high-born
gentleman , who is driven by stress of trouble to turn an honest penny , under a false name , in the tentri of an old paralytic buccaneer of fortune . He falls in love with Amoret , grand-daughter of the latter , and a rnosfc disagreeable girl , whom Mrs . Charles Young did her best to render interesting , and is loved in return . But each of the pair is too high-minded ( as were the horo and heroine of Mr . Falconer ' s M Extremes" ) to own the flame ; and they play at cross-purposes until the poor baronet comes into the Ivy Jdall property , through bequest of the conscience-stricken old Hawkcsworth , who himself had acquired it , with the spoils of a former Castleton . The hero , now forced by circumstances to bo an eligible match , is , of course , nothing loth to marry his Amoret t and she , flying to his arms from those of a rival with most pleasant facility , the usual tmpnlnens Ib attained at last . Wo have no space to detail the plot , ana but little to be-luud the artists ,
of whom several are , as all the world knows , persons of extreme merit , or much promise . Of the former , we have no doubt , is Mr . Harcourt Bland , a gentlemanlike man and easy actor , whom it would , however , be absurd to make stand or fall by such a part as that of Sir Gilbert . Of him we would fain see more ; and that in some character affording opportunity for those excellencies of which we could discern traces the other night . Mr . ' . Widdicomb a clever low comedian from the Surrey , was a fish out of water , as the conventional bumpkin squire of genteel comedy . He must be better fitted , or he will add little to the strength of Mr . Harris ' s company . Mrs . C . Young , though a
person of some talent , and in many respects charming , has yet some obtrusive little faults in style to get over . Still , her Amoret was as good as the part allowed . Miss Saville ' s performance of Camilla WiUy left a very favourable impression ; she will presently be an actress of some repute . Mrs . Weston ( of Dame Wildbriar celebrity ) made another hit as testy old Mrs . Grumbleton ., and Mr . Meadows so photographically rendered the palsied old Hawke $ worth as to draw the censure of the discerning on to the author-translator for holding up so painful a mirror to nature . Much was done for the piece by the scene-painters . Real upholstery ( some church furniture among it , we may suppose , had been stolen in the
by old Hawhesicortli ) was introduced drawingroom scene ; and the stage arrangements generally attested the master hand of the experienced director . A witless fragment by Mr .- Planche , entitled " Love and Fortune , " followed the play ; and , as we imagine it will just as little advance the fortunes of the management , we shall say so without circumlocution . Either the admirable author or the generally far-seeing Mr . Harris has here fallen into a total mistake , and has fancied that the whole town could be taken by a flat , colourless , flavourless bit of rococo labelled Planche , which only a few dilettanti can understand , and fewer still enjoy . Messrs . Grieve and Telbin have painted an excellent garden scene , led it with
and the costumier has peop captivating shepherdesses in clocked stockings and high-heeled shoes , with persons of quality in the . pretty male and female frippery of the Watteau-epoch , and with the Harlequin , Columbine , Pierrot , and Cassandre of Gallo-Italian pantomime . But of the witnesses of Saturday nig-ht ' s performance of this tableau , few we fancy can record—none that we know have attempted to do so—what was said , sung , or done by the dramatis personce , " Love and Fortune" is , indeed , little more than the " tableau" it professes to be ; and the " introduction , " in which a clever Miss Keeley , most tastelessly and unbecomingly coiffee , made a satisfactory debut as a singing actress ,
is only not quite as vapid as the " tableau . " When the above mentioned pieces have enjoyed the very limited run to which their merits entitle them , they will no doubt be succeeded by entertainments of interest , upon which we believe Mr . Harris has an eye ; and this gentleman has our best wishes for his success . The theatre , which he has very handsomely and tastefully re-decorated , is well placed in a quarter of the town able to support it ; and when he has found out the class of drama that will gather a public of its own to an Oxford-street playhouse , and paid sufficiently for the advantages purchased with " Ivy Hall , " and "Lpve and Fortune , " he may be relied upon to keep on the rail of safety and the line to success .
Adejuphi Theatre .-r-Mr . Webster opened his winter campaign on Monday night with a new and amusing farce from the pen of Mr . I . M . Morton . " Love and Hunger , " which might be supposed , at first sight , to be the title of some harrowing tale , is , in fact , the narrative of a conflict between the anxiety of Mr . John Bagstcr to gratify his appetite for dinner , and that of some other characters in the piece to effect his marriage , before noon on a certain day . As the non-marringe of the heroine Caroline ( Miss Laidlaw ) involves a loss to herself and family of £ 30 , 000 , the latter are anxious to bo punctual , and willing to put up with such a fidgctty , suitor as Bagster . Having , then , once hooked him by a mere chance , they will not even allow him time to dine . All his attempts to do so arc frustrated , and he is
literally compelled to marry an heiress and her fortune to avoid a miserable death by inanition . As Bagster , Mr . David Fisher ( late of the Princess ' s Theatre ) was full of vivacity and bustle , he was cordially . welcomed , and enthusiastically applauded at the fall of the curtain . Mr . Paul Bedford gave an highly-finished portrait of an ancient coachman , and all the other characters were adequately sustained . We were glad to see Mrs . Mellon once more in Good for Nothing , " and in " The Babes in the Wood , " and trust that this entimablo lady has recovered , from her accident . The author of " The Poor Strollers" has a piece in preparation here , entitled " The Dead Heart , " The excellent sketch , " One Touch of Nature , " which produced so marked a sensation on the occasion of the lessee ' s benefit , when it was announced , as the reader may
remember , " for one night only , " has found a permane nt place on the bills j and what with novelties present and contemplated , the new and beautiful theatre and the admirable arrangements for the comfort of the audience which Mr . Webster has adopted there seems no room for doubt of the conrino- season ' s prosperity . °
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CRYSTAL PALACE . Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., was a great day at Sydenham . Mr . Strange , the contractor of the refreshment department , gave his first fete , and a verysuccessful affair it was , so far as the public were concerned , who must have had enough amusement for one day , for seldom are so many attractions concentrated at one spot and on one day . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr . P . Corri ; and the vocalists , though not of the class usually met with at Crystal Palace concerts , succeeded in delighting the audience , who testified their approbation by encoring almost every song . Mr . Kimberley ' s singing was an especial success , and ' Mr . Mackney ' s negro delineations were loudly applauded . The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance .
The Children of the Licensed Victuallers' and the Freemasons' schools were entertained with a handsome dinner of the roast beef of Old England and plenty of plum - pudding . All the great fountains played soon after four o ' clock for a longer period than usual , and the sun shining brightly , the effect was beautiful At half-past five , the " Prince of Wales " balloon ascended from the valley near the lake , a sort of triumphant procession of 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons accompanying it from the place where it was filled with gas to its starting-point .
Mr . Strange ' s banquet came off at 6 o ' clock , when nearly 450 gentlemen sat down , presided over by Mr . R . Newbon ; and the remainder of the evening passed off exceedingly Well with toasts and music , The railway station appears to want some controlling head , for surely so many hundreds of passengers should not be kept for twenty and thirty minutes at a time , in a close lobby . ; It has been suggested to place some gates and rails across the platforms , and pass down enough for two or three trains at once , despatching them by the penfull from each division of the platform between the gates . Some such plan would save much annoyance and ill-feeling , and probable insult—if not robbery . We hope next season some better plan than the present will be devised .
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Anniversary of the Death of Manin . —Afc Milan on the 22 nd of September all the population was in mourning . The Duomo , where the ceremony was to take place , was the cliief point of attraction . From its lofty roofs was suspended mourning flags with the initial letters of Manin ' s name , whilst the escutcheons of the different Italian cities lighted up the spacious nave . Over the entrance -was the following inscription : — " Anniversary of the death of Daniel Manin ; the desire of an immortal hope . When the bells commenced to toll the funeral peal , the cathedral doors were opened , and in a moment the church was filled . Conspicuous amongst the rest
were to be seen the high functionaries of bardmia and Lombardy ; Massimo d'Azeglio , with the elite of Sardinia . The lawyer Tommaseo , who stood oil * to the last with the illustrious deceased in defence oi Venice , headed the Venetian deputation . ^ S 0 ^ and Henri Martin represented Franco on the occasion , and several Englishmen came purposely w Milan . The place of honour was ftpi )™! 1 ™ ™* Giorgio Manin , the spn of the deceased , whoso tatl er , mother , and sister , all died in exilo . An « nny » 80 and splendid catafalque occupied the nave of tiw church . It was surmounted by a colossal statue w Venice weeping for her hero , and scattering cuwiw of laurel on his tomb . An enormous wreath , when was smuRgled from Venice through , the AMWmih frontiers , encircled the coffin , and contained tne w » - lowinff : — " This nledtre of affection and _ gne » »»»
been sont by Venice for the tomb of Daniel Man u . The Milanese matrons , dressed in bli » ck , » w ' procession to the catafalque , and kissed tnissyi " bol of the grief of Venice . The priest of San-Aoaow read a , funeral oration . Whilst the venerable wWff man was recounting the sufferings of vomw in passionate und moving language , a cry ¦ * " Soccorsod Venczia 1 " ( " Help to Venice ) spon taneously burst forth from one of the officers P «» oni , and produced a strong effect on the oiUire asBOWWhen the ceremony conoluded . nothing was hcaru but orioa of " Evviva Manin ! evviva Manm i The arrival of Marshal fftel «* 'roulouBO wj » mndn thn nr > nn « lnn nfn crponfc fate . All M » 0 » 0 UBUB '"
the streets through which the oortUge PWWJ * JJJ decorated with flags and flowers . The Marshal wo » received by the mayor , the municipal ftuthorMjj and the general in command of the dlylelon , » na was saluted by the population with loud onooM .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1859, page 1112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2314/page/20/
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