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1112 THE LEADER j No. 497 , Oct. ¦ l, 18...
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CRYSTAL PALACE. Wednesday, the 28th inst...
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Anniversart of the Death op Manin.— At M...
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dious 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 music , which renders these concerts at all times worthy of a visit . The overture to "La Gazza Ladra " was played in a manner which did not fail to elicit applause ; as , also , the overture to Auber ' s charming opera , * ' Gustavus . " Miss L « izzie "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 Stnndish 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 . Bartlemah , engaged for Covent garden , was very successful in the buffo song from "II 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 ev e r been known to produce . He is double striped , and
bears on his forehead the stag ' s horn , over each eye . His exploits at Lucknow arid his habits are freely communicated to all 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 .
Pkixcess ' s Theatre . —We would willingly have deferred our 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 Planehe . 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 for
engaged 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 midsumramer 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 pf this theatre , and have spoken their minds pretty plainly about the entertainments presented at the Princess ' 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 . Qxenford ' s mis-adaptation of a French story to the English stage , but had they roundly spoken their whole opinions , they would have bewailed for more bitterly than they did their wasted time and plundered rest . " Ivy Hall " is a drama in four acts , of which two are superfluous , and the rest , with little exception , feebly soporific . Its hero , Sir Gilbert Cast Won , is a high-born
gentleman , who is driven by stress of trouble to turn an honest penny , under a false name , in the tents of an old paralytic buccaneer of fortune . He falls in love with Amoret , grand-daughter of the latter , and a most 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 hero and heroine of Mr . Falconer ' s " Extremes" ) to own the flame ; and they play at cross-purposes until the poor baronet comes into the Ivy Hall property , through bequest of tho conscience-stricken old Hawkcsworth , who himself had acquired it , with the spoils of a former Caatleton . The hero , now forced by circumstances to be nn eligible matoh , is , of course , nothing loth to marry hin Amoret f and ahe , flying to his arras from those of a rival with most pleasant facility , the usual na-PPjneBB Is attained at last . Wo have no space to detail the plot , and but little to be-laud 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 , bfe absurd to make stand or fall by such a part as that of Sir Gilbert .. Of him we would fain see more ; arid 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 . O . 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 Wile ?/ 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 Hawkeawortk 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 by old Hawkeswortii ) was introduced in the drawingroom scene ; and the stage . arrangements generally attested the master hand of the experienced director . A witless fragment by Mr . Planehe , 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 of
be taken by a flat , colourless , flavourless bit rococo labelled Planehe , which only a few dilettanti can understand , and fewer still enjoy . Messrs . Grieve and Telbin have painted an excellent garden scene , and the costumier has peopled it with captivating shepherdesses in clocked stockings and high-heeled shoes , with persons of quality in the pretty male and fernale frippery of the Watteau-epoch , and with the Harlequin , Columbine , Pierrot , and Oassandre of Gallo-Italian pantomime . But of the witnesses , of Saturday night ' 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 coiffie , 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 redecorated , 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 " Love and Fortune , " ho may be relied upon to keep en the rail of safety and the line to success .
Adelphi Theatre . — Mr . Webster opened his winter campaign on Monday night with a new and amusing farce from the pen of Mr . I . M . Morton . " Lore 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 Bagster 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-innrringe of the heroine Caroline ( Miss Lftidlaw ) involves a loss to hcrsolf and family of . £ 30 , 000 , the latter are anxious to bo punctual , and willing to put up with such a fldgetty 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 are frustrated , and he is
Hterivlly compelled to marry an heiress and her fortirao to avoid a miserable death by inanition . As Bagster , Mr . David Fisher ( late of tho Princess ' s Theatre ) was full of vivacity and bustle , ho was cordially welcomed , and enthusiastically applauded at the fall of the curtain . Mr . Paul Bedford gave an liighly-flnished 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 tho Wood , " and trust that this estimable lady has recovered from her accident . Tho author of " Tho Poor Strollers" has a piece in preparation here , entitled " The Dead Heart , " The excellent $ ketoh , " One Touch of Nature , " which produced so marked a sensation on tho occasion of the lessee ' s benefit , when it was announced , as the reader may
remember , " for one night only , " has found a permanent place on the bills ; 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 coming season ' s prosperity .
1112 The Leader J No. 497 , Oct. ¦ L, 18...
1112 THE LEADER j No . 497 , Oct . ¦ l , 1850 .
Crystal Palace. Wednesday, The 28th Inst...
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 very successful 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 Coldstrearn Guards was in attendance .
The Children of the Licensed "Victualler s' 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 shininar 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 pneej despatching them by the pehfull 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 .
Anniversart Of The Death Op Manin.— At M...
Anniversart of the Death op Manin . — At Milan on the 22 nd of September all the population was in mourning . The Duomo , where the ceremony was to take place , was the chief 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 fourdmui and Lombardy ; Massimo d'Azeglio , with the elite Of Sardinia . The lawyer Tomnmseo , who stood out to the last with , the illustrious deceased in defence ox Venice , headed the Venetian deputation . Legouvo and Henri Martin represented Franco on the occasion , and several Englishmen camo purposely ro
Milan . The place of honour was npproprinten w Giorgio Manin , the son of the deceased , whose tutlier , mother , and sister , all died in exile An . inunenso and splendid catafalque occupied the nave ot uu . church . It was surmounted by a colossal statues oi Venice weeping for her hero , and scattering o «>™»» of laurel on his tomb . . An enormous wreath , wmmmj was smuggled from Venice through tho Austrwn frontiers , encircled the coffin , and contained tho xoilowing : — " This pledge of affection and gnot lifts been sent by Venice for the tomb of Daniel Mamn . The Milanese matrons , dressed in black , wjiuceam procession to tho catafalque , and kissed t »» 3 symbol of the grief of Venice . Tho priest of San-PeOwo read a funeral oration . Whilst the venerablo clorgyman was recounting the sufferings of Vonwo in passionate and moving language , a ,, cry " » Venice i
" Soocorsoci . Venezia ! " (" Help to ;» - « tanoously burst forth from one of the officers pwsonr , and produced a strong effect on the entire Msonw When tho ceremony concluded nothing wns nci « u but cries of " Evvlva Manin ! ovviva Man n I The arrival of Marshal Niel ut 'JTpulouso was made tho occasion of a great Me . AH the houao \ jn tho streets through which the cortige P a 8 a 0 . . " " decorated with flags and flowers . The Marsha JJ received by the mayor , tho muniolpal authortMJJ and the general In command of tho division , nnu WftB saluted by the population with loud oliecre .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01101859/page/20/
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