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    HBB . liAirB 9 Ty / si Thbat-Re ..- —Den Gioxamu . was peov foarmed fontUe first tim ^ this seasoa on . Tweaday ^ Atade .-raaiselleTitiena wao the Donna Anita , and both in her * acting and singing was evidently , at , home in ,. the music and in the personation . She looked nobly-, acted with fervent energy aad intensity , and . saag with a . conseientious fidelity .-worthy of a true disciple of . Mozart .. fSignor Beneyentano reappeared as the Don ., ; but ,-we cannot accept him as our . beaurideal . of the . character . Mademoiselle Piccolomioi is a , be-yvitehiB &^ er & Via warbling like a bird , and as adorably cruel and capricious as the lea-iUe dM . diobk . can be . at eighteen . Madame ; Szarvady ' s ; Matinee . —There was something more- than the ordinary reception of a celebrity ift the welcome giv « n to Madame Szarvady in Willis ' s Rooms on . Monday Hec appearance on the platform was looked foi ? with all the interest of affection .

    Tbe-reinembran . ee of Wilhelmine- Clauss , as she- first appeared in England in 1852 , was- fresh and vivid , and a sort of electric sympathy between the audience and the artist was visibly and audibly current in the room . Say what you will of other great and justly eminent players , the rarest gift of all—the gift of charm—belongs to Wilhelmine Clauss «— -we shall be pardoned for calling her still by her maiden , name , as we think of that gentle and inspired girl whose fair , spiritual , and " ever harmless" looks ( like Shelley's Sensitive Plant incarnate ) took us all captive six years ago . How curious we all were to see the promisa of the girl transformed into the rich maturity of-the woman ' s genius ! How anxious to be assured that the cares and trials of marriage and

    maternity had not clouded that open , guileless brow on which the fine and sad insouciance of the true artist Nature-was mirrored like an April sun , and had not dulled the airy fresh-ness and most tender and subtle grace of that enchanting touch . The programme was itself a proof that the characteristics of thepianist were unchanged by-time and circumstance . Mendlessobn ' s trio in C minor , ami Beethoven ' s sonata in G , / Were equally well chosen , to display the round and liquid fulness of-tone ( like the fall of pearls on velvet ) , the irreproachable purity and refinement of style , the finished , method , the brilliant ; and decided accent , the caressing delicacy- ! of the touch . Bach ' s " Fantaisie Chromatique and Eugue in D minor" was doubtless selected by Madame Szarvady to convince her English admirera

    that m . respect of mechanism and mastery six years had taught her all that devoted study and conscientious practice can acquire . But it was in the lighter occasional pieces , in Stephen Heller ' s " Feuilles d'Album" and " Promenades d ' uoi Solitaire , " in Chopin ' s " Etude , G sharp minor , " Ms " Fantaisie Impromptu , " that what we may call the idiosyncrasy of the fair artist ' s genius most triumphantly asserted itself . In these her playing had all the effect of a marvellous improvisation . Every one -was delighted to find in the Madame Szarvady of 1858 a . perfect development of the Wilhelmine Clauss of 1862 ; and at the close of the concert the applause was enthusiastic and prolonged- Mr . Mitchell , to whose auspices Madame Szarvady ' s present engagements in London are entrusted , announces her second Matine ' Willis ' s Rooms on Monday , the 24 th inst .

    Musioaii Union . —Rubinstein . —The following was the programme of Mr . Ella's third Matine ' e on Tuesday last at St ; James ' s Hall : —Quartet , " God preserve the Emperor , " Haydn ; Grand trio , B flat , Op . 97 , Beethoven ; Quartet ( Brilliant ) in E major , Op . 43 , Spohr . Solos—Pianoforte ^—Romance , in P , 6-8 , Op . 26 ; Tarantella , B minor , Op . 6 , Hubinstein . The special attraction of this matinee was the return of Rubinstein , the fac-simile- on- a reduced scale of Beethoven , and not unworthy of the responsibility of such a likeness . This yonny Russian pianist has renewed and incrensed the extraordinary sensation he created last year in London , whilst in continental celebrity he ha 3 taken up the mantle of Lizt ; throughout Europe he is regarded by the

    highest authorities as surpassed by no living player in that 1 perfect union of profound feeling and amazing foTco , of easy strength and tmaffectcd grace , which is not to be acquired like mere brilliancy of execution , butrmistber the result of a richly organized musical nature , strengthened by conscientious study , subdued and regulated by consummate art . Ho is anxious , however ; Mr . Ella tells us ; "to establish liis fame rather on his creative jiower than his executive skill , " and has for some time devoted himself to composition . The JRdmnnce and Tarantella played by him on Tuesday cannotof l

    , courBe , > e accepted as evidences of his powers aril attainments as a composer ; still , brief and alight af » they are , they display an originality , a versatility , ana a command of the resources of the instrument , which arc a Bufflcicnt enrnest of' grander things to como . Altitongh Rubinstein took the lion ' s share of the npplausa on Tncsday Inst , Mr . Sainton ' H admirable playing in Spohr ' s quartet was' thoroughly enjoyed and very wnniily npplnuded . Jonchim and Hubinstcln are announced to play nt tlio fourth Miitineo on the 25 th , and' Madame Sxarvndy ( Wilhelmine Clnnss" ) at t !> c fifth-Matinee . J

    Miss Arabktxa Gour » AnT )' s Soiuuks . —The most notable of our English pianists closed her series or three soirees on Wednesday evening , with a programme wftll ¦ worthy of her high reputation . A plancc at tlio BeW > ction of pieces ia sufficient to distinguish such n performance , from the mass of concorta which arc now setting

    in . . with . , sumnxet severity . Air Vatic , pianoforte and violoncello , Ou . 17 , Mendlessohn ; . grand ¦ sonata ia . Bnj . ia . or , Op . 70 , Weber ; fugue ia G minor , Scarlatti ; pwlude : and fugue , ia G major ( clavier biea terapere ) , J . S ., B . ach ; fug ^ a in D major , " Kraftig und : Feurig . " ( seven characteristic pieces ) , Mendlessohii ; nottiumo in B flat , pianoforte , and . violin , DusBek ; grand ; soaata- in B-flLat , Op . 106 , Beethoven * Miss Arabella Goddard was assisted . on this occasion by M ;» Saiaton . ( violin ) , and Mj . Horatio Cbipp ( violoncello ) . These soirees , will long be . remembered by true lovers of the best-, music ,,. and they have , secured , to Mliss . Goddaid an indisputable pre-emiuence la hec . art . .

    Adevljphi TtiSA . TBE . r-Rie engagement of Mr . and Mrs . Keeley at the Adelphi has beeu . < J . uite an event in the play-going , world , and has given a look of old times to this .- famous little theatre . In . Mark Lemon ' s domestic faxce " That Blessed Baby " the house , has been . kept . in a roar every night this week , for- thirty minutes a * a stretch , by the inlnaitable , humour of Mr . Keeley as the father , and Mrs . Keeley as the mother , of an' infant , whose existence ia the . lover regions ^ f ahouse- ( ia which they are . living as . footmau and housekeeper to a .

    childhating bachelor ) , must , needs baa . furtive one . Those who . are acquainted with , the best comic acting ia Paris , the classic city of dramatic art , well know what y > : e mean , in saying thatJKeeley has all the breadth and unction of Arnal , and much of the subtlety and ,, finesse of liouffe ' , while he is fa * less conventional than , the former , and far more spontaneous and unforced than the latter of the tivo celebrated Preach actors we have named- Mrsw Ikeeley is the type of true- dramatic instinct . Jmgiu'au bout des doiqts .

    Miss Burj > ete Couxts has signified , through Mr . John Cheethain r : M : P ., her intention , to contribute a donation of 200 / ., and to give an annual subscription of 100 ? .,. to the Lancashire Cotton Supply Association ; . Habiptox Court . —An improvement has been devised at Hampton . Court Palace in the display of the Raphael Cartoons . They are all to be lowered to the level of the eye , and this will be a great boon , shice notoriously , in apartments built at the period of this portion of the palace , all the upper two-thirds of the walls -are in perpetual glooua ^—JitfteniBum . The Society of Arts held a conversazione last Saturday at the South . Kensington Museum .

    An Improved Omnibus . — Now that , the Saloon Om .-r nibus Company has been brought to the Bankruptcy Court , w emust look in some other . direction for rescue from that unconscionable Anglo-French Company , which promised so much , and has done so little . We are , therefore , glad to see it announced that Mr . Ayshford , the omnibus builder , of "Walham-green and Dmry-laue , has patented a new vehicle , which seems to promise great comfort to the passengers . Although no longer than the omnibus now id vogue , it accommodates thirteen passengers inside , and sufficient room is left down the middle to allow passengers to pass and repass without annoying their neighbours , while the height is such

    that a man of average altitude may walk along the centre with his hat on , without stooping . Thus the , size is larger than that of the ordinary omnibuses , but the weight is considerably less , being exactly one ton ; and the draught is very easy , owing to the way in which the vehicle is put on its wheels . The greatest apparent novelty is in the seats for outsida passengers , all of which have round them an oaken rail , dividing the one from tho other . This rail on the seat , usually called the knife-boar « l , takes a zig-zag direction along its entire length , by which half the passengers sit in an opposite direction to the other ' half alternately , the Beats being similar to a series of conversational couches . Of thafmic

    seats on the front , the two on the outside are thrown back about ten inches from the other two , thus allowing persons occupying these seats much more freedom than they now can have on the ordinary omnibuiea . This last nrraugeuient is favoured by the formation of tho front of the omnibus , which is of a . half-octagonal shape , and allows the foot-board to come round in a- way very convenient for ascending and descending . CliUMCH-RATK CoMTKST AT IlAimOltOUGIt . — A VCry singular contest , has just been concluded at the town of Market Harborough . Mr . Nunueley , a Dissenter—who may in truth bo culled a looal Hampdcn , " who , witbj dauntless brcoat , " withstoo d his " petty tyrants "—refused to pay a levy of 11 . IGa ., and was summoned before a local bench of magistrates in petty sessions . Through

    his legal o . dviaer , ho demanded tho production of the book containing , the miuutes of the meeting at , which the rate was said to have been levied , on the ground that , unless that wore done , thero would bo no suiEeient proof of the actual levy . Tho magistrates ruled against this ; but , at a subsequent atuge of the proceedings , tho prosecutors consented to the production of the book . Mr . Nunncley then asserted that the minutes were not con-cot , biweo they made no wontion of an important motion proposed at the parish meeting . The point waa argued -with much elaboration of legal subtlety and learning ; but , in the end , it was decided against Mr . Nunnolcy . llo then suggested that tlio c « su should bo adjourn oil , in order that counsel ' s opinion . should bo taken on it ; but this nlao wan overruled , and an order was miidcs for payment .

    Inn CrTCitMAN UosviTAT .,. —A l > nll , under Ihe anspiccn of her Eoynl Highness tho DucIiohs of Cambridge and her Uoynl Highness tho Princess Mary of Cambridge .

    took , place ,. by permission of . the Commissioners , qp Woods and . Forests , at St . James ' s Hall , on the . eyeaia » of Uriday week . It . was h « ld .. inaid . of the fundsoftjk ? German Hospital—a-charity greatly needed , in thk metropolis ,. since * , of the foreigners living in London , no leas . than .. sbt-sevenths , or upwards of 3 . 0 , 000 , are luwtives of Germany or , of German provinces , subject to other States . A , May-Day Scusg . —A / correspondent sends us the followiag parody on Milton's : Song on May . Morning ; written under the influence of the east : wind ^ and

    slewing a , vehement dissent froia JVIr * Kingsley ' s : opinions ia fayoiar of . that . keen and . arid influence : — --Now the . bleak , morning : star , day's : harbinger , Ckwnes . shiv ' ring from . the east , acd . leads withhj er Tl » ' i « dei » ie « t- ; Ma {> , > vho froan heriicer-lap throws . The tort ' ring ague , and the vernal snows .. Hail , ; fearful May , that dost inspire 3 ? o > gs » and coughs ,, and a . big coal-fire ; Pills mad di-awghts . - are of thy gi ving , House and street , feel thy . deceiving . Thus I salute-thea with a- ; Stingii > g : sttort , And , treuibiing at , thee , wish thee . short .

    fitttNDiciTYSooiety .- —A" meeting of the patrons- of this-, society took place at the orriceein Red Lion-s < iuarey when the Mat ^ ttia of- ' Westminster , who--is the president , occttpietl the chaiirt From the report it appeared that the . association is in ¦ a > very thiriving' state . Th >& chief object of the society is the detection ¦ ami punishment of begging impostom . When a solicitatiooi fav eharityij nwde to any one-o € the members , it is sent to the oflice , and placed in the hands of oae of the constables . Tt » case is then investigated , and , if genuine * the- ap-plicant is relieved ; iffalse , he is prosecuted . The report having been received and adoptedi and other business transacted , the meeting broke up .

    Astron ' omi ' cax Exprditiok . — -Sir John Pakingtonj witli prompt and sagacious liberality , has offered to place ; vessels at the disposal of science for observation of the great : eclipse of next September—the points for seeing which to astronomical advantage lies in South America , and particularly about Lima . An astronomical « xpedi « tion may perhaps be organized , and , if so , foreign astronomers are invited to join the expedition . — -AtkenaMrtu Sir Henry Bulweu has been appointed to succeed Lord Stratford de RcdcUffe as Ambassador at Constantinople . ¦ The Brsnor » of Calcutta was consecrated on Thursday- ¦ at Westminster Abbey ; the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding . The Late . Lieutenant G . D . Willougiiby . —The

    East India Company have granted to the mother of the gallant young Lieutenant Willoughby , of the . Bengal Artillery , who blew up the magazine at Delhi , an ' . annuity of 150 / ., commencing from the date-of bier sons decease . A Tornado in Lambeth . ^—A sort of tornado swept over Lambeth and Southwark between three mid four o ' clock on Thursday afternoon . A stack of chimneys was blown down through the roof of the Surrey Theatre ; people were lifted off their feet , anil some of them were seriously injured ; some men painting a house-front -were swept off the ladder ; windows were blown in , penthouses carried away , and tho air filled with tiles and ; various articles from shops ; -while many of the vessels on the river were driven agiiinst one another with great violence .

    Tjsstimonial to Snt G . B . Pjechell , Bakt ., M . I ! . —A largo and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Brighton , presided , ovor by the Mayor , resolved , on Wednesday , to perpetuate the long , faithful , and indefatigable services of the Vice-Admiral Sir George Brooke Fecholl , Baronet , as , one of the members for the borough for a period of time , approaching a ; quarter of a century , by placing liis portrait in the Town Hall , and presenting one also to the Honourubk-Lady Brooke Pechell , as a lasting memorial of the esteem of his constituents .

    Discover . v in tiik South Ati ^ ntic , —A letter written by Captain Cubins of the Caribou , belonging to Liverpool , to the Secretary of . the Admiralty , speaks of a cluster of islands not laid , down in the cliarts , and which lie in tlio direct track to Australia . The attention of the-owners and' masters of ships ought to be called to the subject , as many vessels of which aio tidings Jhnvo been honr-d may have been wrecked on them . Tire captain of an . American schooner has got possession of the islands , and derives a great profit from the oil yielded by tho " sea elephants" which fre < uumt tho Shores .

    Tiik IiA-nc RxriiOsioN at Maykncr . —Tlio Germanic Diet , in the sitting of Monday , adopted a resolution to the effect , that it could not admit the pretension of the Municipal Council of Miiycnco that the CJennanic Confederation should give an indemnity for tlio dainngo done b } r tho explosion of' the powder mngn / . ino i" ' '"{'' city last November ; but that from motives of equity it would contribute l (> 0 , O 0 O florins to the subscription made on behalf of tho sufferers . Mit . Rakicv has been horse-taming in Paris , and lias given the utmost satisfaction .

    Lord St . Luonaih > s ' s ITandy Book . "—A H ' ixt " edition of < hcse inestimable Law-letters hns ju « t been published by Mesars . TUackwood ; Tnii Ma-yok ' s Oatic to Oxford TTNrvisn « tTV . —At

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• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15051858/page/10/