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mand that such accounts of the affair of Montebello have been dished up . They are likewise permitting the alarm to be propagated by the press , that it is the object of Prussia , with the aid of England , to annex , by indirect process , all the minor states of the Confederation , ' and that her first move to this end is to obtain the supreme command of all the Federal troops , by which She wpuh be rendered virtually the mistress of all Germany , and the princes reduced to a state of vassalage . At any rate , the people would be thereby accustomed to regard Prussia as the head and front of Deutscliland . Now , however welcome this would be to the . German people and to England , it must naturally be viewed with fear and jealousy by all the princes , and more especially by those rivals of Prussia , Austria , Bavaria , Saxonyy and
Hanover . , __ Last week the good people of the Elbe and Weser were startled by the appearance of two or three French gun-boats . It was supposed they had run in to see whether any Austrian vessels were in the ports or about to sail . Some imagine their object was to pick up some knowledge of the coast , and take bearings and soundings . It is said that they could not obtain a pilot from the mainland ; all refused to go . < This is doubtless a newspaper file ; arid they were obliged to put across to Heligoland , where they procured enough . They are still cruising about off the coast . — Business is bad .
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- » - : : . ' . ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA , COVENT GAEDEX . The novelty of the week has been the revival of " ¦ Martha , " " on Tuesday , with a vast amount of splendour in costume and decoration , and with Lotti Santa as the heroine . All constant readers of our operatic notes must be pretty familiar with Flotow ' s work , of which , as performed by the Pyne and Harrison company , we have given more than one report . Musically speaking , it is now , as ever , trivial ; ad popuLum it may bs styled very pleasing . The " Last Rose of Summer "—called in Italian , " sola vergen rosa ' —with which it is bolted together from beginning to end , would , in the hands of an infinitely less able , prima donna than Mdlle . Lotti , redeem all faults ; and the " M'Apparai , " Lionel , ending with his- passionate inquiry , " Why his Martha left him , " is a gem whose lustre even . Mario ' s cold failed to tarnish . The " Spinning Qiiartett , " again , is a charming morceau ; and the talented Nan tier made as much as it allows of Nancy . Graziani—condemned ^ it may be , for his contumacj ' , to enact the miserable part of Plunket—was not received with the precise kind of welcome one might have supposed in store for so covetted a treasure . He sang well , however , in that very dull lay about beer , which so little smacks of the genuine drinking song , that one fears the composer may have sought inspiration rather in ehauipague glasses of "Preston Pans , " than in deep pots of "jolly good ale and old . " Her Majesty anil the Princess Frederick William honoured Herr Flotow by assisting at the representation of his work .
ITALIAN Ol'ERA , DRCRT LANE . The handsome Gmmlucci has made a success at this opera-house as Itasina in Rossini ' s " Barbicrc , " proving herself fully up to the high standund promised by her performances as Gilda and LaFuvorita . In Dunqu' io son , " and " Una voce , " she was delightful ; and in the music-losson she introduced an air by Mercailante , " A'i , s ' estinto , " which was encored with enthusaism ! At the end of tlie opera she was loudly called for . The Figaro was ce cficr Badiale . The veteran ' s astonishing vivacity as the Barber we have before taken occasion to notice , and we have only to repeat our general approval of his exceedingly level performance . As the Count Almaviva , Signor Monglni hardly maintained his laurels ; but Signor Mnrini , on the other hand , makes an excellent Dr . Bartolo . We have heard , and it was by no means surprising , that the draught charter of the Dramatic College , as prepared for the autocratic gentlemen who lately insulted Mr . Dodd and common sonso , as well as betrayed their trust as stewards of charity , contains clauses very similar indued to tliosu they so churlishly refused to hear of from their would-be benefactor .
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Tiif . following pictures have been purchased by priaoholders in tho Art Union of . London . From the Koyal Academy- — " Morning on tho Lugo Maggioro , " by G . 1 >\ Herring , for 170 / . j " Milton visiting Galileo , " by E . Crowo , for 03 / . From tho Society of British Artists— " Tho Blade Tool on the Llodr , " by J . 1 \ I ' ottkfc , 7 , r )/ . ; " Tho Rock Quarry , " by I . 'Pennant , 7 fl /} " Whliby from Upgang , " E . Nioniann , ( 50 / . ; " Tho Nut-gattherers , " 10 . 1 . Cohbott , 03 / . From tliq British Institution—" Tho Mother ' s Hope , " J . W . Hayncs , 40 / . From tho Portland Gallery" Farm Yard , " byJIIemng and Rolfe , 4 B * . From the Now Wntor-Colour Society—" Tho Koad through Borvowdalo , " 1 ) . If . McKowan , 3 W . 10 s . From tho Old Water-Colour Society— "A Branch of tho Thames , " W . W . Gosling , 30 / ,
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CRYSTAL PALACE . Handel Commemoration . —The engagement of the host of performers for this great festival has now been completed by the Sacred Harmonic Society . The extent of the orchestra will be appreciated when it'it stated that it will comprise 242 violins and violas , 120 violoncellos and double basses , with about 100 wind and other instruments , which , with 2 , 700 choralists—all efficient and most carefully selected —will form an aggregate considerably beyond three thousand performers . " . The orchestra itself is 216 feet wide , or double the diameter of the dome of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . It is capable of containing many hundreds more than the numbers above stated ; but as it has been the express object of the managers of the festival todevelope the tone produced by this gigantic assemblage of musicians under the most favourable conditions , such a
liberal allowance of spape has been given to each performer , and so many wide avenues intersect and divide each portion of the chorus , that it has been found absolutely imperative—despite the many thousands of efficient applicants now registered in the books kept by the Sacred Harmonic Societyto limit the performers to the number above stated . The rehearsals of the metropolitan division of the chorus , at Exeter Hull , will be brought to a conclusion on Friday , the loth inst . Rehearsals in the provincial towns will be continued up to Friday , the 17 th of June , on which evening as many of the chorus as Exeter Hall will contain will be assembled
ST . james's theatre . . Among the post-Epsomite diversions of "Wednesday was a performance at this theatre for the benefit of Mr . F . B . Chatterton , some time a wellknown official at the Lyceum Theatre . The entertainments consisted of the favorite comedy of " Still Waters Run Deep , " very ably played by Mrs . Seymour as ' Mrs . Hector Stemhold , Mr . Leigh Murray as John Mildmay , Mr . Fitzjames as Hawkestey , and Mr . Barrett as Mr . Potter . To begin backwards , the last named gentleman ' s version of our prosy old friend ,, is by no means a bad one . It is distinct from the original
interpretation bv Mr . Emery , whose Potter was , if we remember " right , fussy , while Mr . Barrett ' s is drivelling . Mr . Fitzjames is perfectly intelligent , but too attentive to his delivery to be smooth or easy . Mrs . Seymour ' s strong-minded lady ( by the way , for that characteristic for which she substitutes the wholly . feminine ) , was very pleasing ; and Mr . Murray was entirely at home , without annoying parade of sentimentality , as the stalwart high - minded Mildmay . A ballet succeeded the play ; and an act of " Gustavus III ., " in which the audience to their delight , figured on the scene with the coryphees , wound up the evening ' s entertainment .
miss palmer's concert . This accomplished lady gave her first concert on Wednesday evening , at St . Martin ' s Hall . Notwithstanding its being the Derby day , a crowd of fashion- ; able admirers Avere * present , and testified their appreciation of her abilities . Miss Palmer was deservedly encored in Mr . Hullah ' s new song , " The Storm , " and much applauded in Mozart ' s " Addio , " in When I was Young , " by Mr . Chorley , and in the duet from " II Trovatore , " with Mr . Sims Reeves . The programme included . the names of Madame Rudersdorf , Miss Banks ? , Miss Bradshaw , 1 lerr Molique , Messrs . Harper , Hausser , Mayeock , Nicholson , and Miss Arabella Goddard , The concert was perfectly successful . . JAMES ' S HALL .
On Tuesday , the St . James ' s Hall was crowded with amateurs , attracted by the . programme of the Musical Union , which comprised quartets by Ilaydii and Mendelssohn , a pianoforte trio by- Beethoven , and solos for this instrument by Chopin an . 1 Liszt . In the latter works , which afford room now for the display of the greatest pathos , and now the most forcible execution , M . Rutenstem , the Russian pianist , or—as it is , for the titne , fashionable to _ sayand to
virtuoso , proved his poetic genius dexterity the loudly expressed delights of the company . The first violinist in the quartets was Wieniawski , who surprised many of his hearers by displaying a great deal of the former quality , as well as that extent ot the latter for which all have lor . g given him credit . It is almost superfluous to add , that his distinguished coadjutors , Gofflie , Blagrove , and Piatti , contributed duly to the ensemble , and participated in the honours of the eveni ng .
At the Hanover-square Rooms , also , onTuesday , Herr Loopold de Meyer , another " wonder player " on the pianoforte , gave , not a taste , but a banquet of his quality , assisted by Horr Reichardt , the German sympathetic tenor ,. whom we were glad to hear again , and Madlle . Vancri , of the Theatre Hoyal , Drury-lane . 'The idem given of Leopold de Meyer by the caricatures in plaster and lithography , in which the French artists are so happy , and of winch foreign musicians arc so proud , is by no means an overstrained one . Ho lias a good deal of the "Piano-tamer" about him ; and as tho instruments ! submitted for experiment arc generally Btiff-bauked ones , one has little opportunity of observing him except in tours da force , lie whould , however , bo seen and heard by all pianoforte amateurs , as he is , perhaps , tho arch-rcpresentativo of « - peculiar
school . Miss Lk J ) ibi : announces a soiroa mushale for Monday next , at tho Beethoven-rooms , UurJeystroet , when she will play a Mozart pianoforte and violin sonata with Mr . Dando . A solo sonata by Haydn , and a March duot by Buothovon , with Madame do Vauobcran . Miss Palmor ami Mr . Thomas are among tho vocalists who wUl u-wist . Ox Wednesday next tho Han-lel Chor . il Society , an amateur body , of which wo recently noticed tJia foundation , unri ^ Vncos an evening concert tn l « . kuplnco at tho Foiindlliiff'Hoap tul . Among tho features will bo found Van IJrcoa ' amtata , " bt . Cecilia a Day ? " Mendelsohn * "Atbalio , " an . a part song by duller ? " May Pay : " Mr . Willing , Chapel Master of tho Foundling , conducts . . W-. ! have pleasure In noticing tm am able project llnnuoi
for an Asylum , to bo called the < joiio 8 o , « tho orphans of muslolniw of all classes and countries resident In Grout Britain . Tho prospectus , signed by Sir J . E . Harrington , a well-known amateur , and M . Benedict , after gracefully alluding to tho d stlnotion conferred , upon tho country through its having boon tluo chosen homo of tho illustrious
together for the first time . The full rehearsal of the entire orchestra will take place at the Crystal Palace , at from half-past ten to eleven o ' clock on the morning of Saturday , the 18 th of June . This rehearsal will be open to the public by tickets at seven shillings and sixpence each , if purchased some time beforehand ; and as the orchestra will be as comple te as on the days of the festival , and as the rehearsal will comprise the most effective portions of each day ' s porformance , there is no doubt but that the attendance will be very great , particularly by those persons froni the country , unable to remain in town for the whole / of the festival week .
Arrangements are now in progress at the Crystal Palace for the exhibition of various relics and memorials of Handel , ' in a court arranged for the purpose . This collection gives promise of great interest . Handel ' s autograph scores of " Messiah . " " Israel in Egypt , " and the " Dettingen Te Deura " ( works to be regarded with the deepest veneration ) , now in the Royal Library , and the portrait of the composer , presented by Smith ( his amanuensis ) to George III ., now at Buckingham Palace , will be graciously lent for the occasion by her Majesty the Queen , and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; the statue of Handel by Roubiliac , his portrait by Denner ( the one most prized by the composer , and kept by him in his own house ) , miniatures ,
pitchpipe used by Handel at his performances ( interesting as showing the rise in musical pitch in the last century ) , autograph letters , & c , belonging to the Sacred Harmonic Society ; the MS . scores from which ho conducted his oratorios , kindly lent for tliis occasion by Handel ' s biographer , Mr , Victor Schcelchor ; his harpsichord , contributed by the Messrs . Bi-oa I wood , the eminent pianoforte manufacturers , in whose house , in Great Pulteney-strect , when in the occupation of Tscbudi , the harpsichord maker—tho Broad wood of his day—Handel was a frequent visitor ; numerous engraved portraits of Handel un . l his principal performers -, early , curious , and recent editions of his works , biographies , & c , will be added to the collection .
Enough has been stated to show its interesting nature , and as the Sacred Harmonic Society has issued a notification of their desire to avail themselves of tho loan of any other contemporary musical objects—an intimation which is sure to bo widely responded to—there can bo no doubt but that tho " Handel Court" nt tho Crystal Palaco will bo a source of much gratification to tho thousands of admirers of the great musician who will be brought together from all parts . Tho wide-spread intorcst exalted has led tho directors to apply to the Commandor-in-Chief to give facilities to oHlccrs in the army for attending the Festival ; and with pleasure it is announced an official intimation has been given that , on application , leave of absenco will bo given for tho Festival week to such officers as may desire to bo present .
Stops have also been taken for affording tho opportunity for attending the Festival to inombors of tho provincial press . At the preliminary 1857 festival many provincial and other journals wero represented , tuul an amount of original musical criticism was thereby elicited beyond precedent . Several of tho daily country journals published daily tolegraphic reports of tho Festival , which kopt tho inhabitants of tho principal towns well informed of its progross . Tho telegraphic arrangements being made on the present occasion will offor ncronsed facilities over those in 1857 .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/17/
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