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THE DRAMA AND MUSIC.
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At the O lympic the fertile Mr. Tom Tayl...
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The Second Report On The National Portra...
eenerals-in-chief , portraits of many eminent persons in the two staffs . The heroes are both mounted , their officers surround them ; outside , again ^ arethe German military band and a party of English troopers Our correspondent states that exception can of course be taken to portions of the work . The authority for the slaughter going on in the back g ^ nmd 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 favourite horses throughout a bloody battle , one of 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 English 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-groomed animals depicted are , therefore , excusable . The introduction of the ophicleide 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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The Drama And Music.
THE DRAMA AND MUSIC .
At The O Lympic The Fertile Mr. Tom Tayl...
At the O lympic 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 , the Israelitish hero , Reuben Goldsched , torn by cupidity and natural affection ; and he brings 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 intelligence makes a feature of Horatius Codes JBricabrac , a . revolutionary and curiosity dealer ; and Mr . G . Cooke is no less able as another of the former
class . The love " business" is carried on 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 , hot strong enough for Lina Goldsched , the Jew s wife in the first act ( twenty years before the second ) whom she also impersonates } in this part we naturally looked for Mrs . Stirling , for whom , possibly , tlie author designed it , and for whom Miss Wyndham is not expected to be a substitute . Our fractious
Ii and III . respectively is an amusing feature in the piece , and will no doubt aid the audacity and wit of the genial mis-adaptor to obtain a prosperous run for this last new-and-original-never-befbre-acted novelty . . ,. At the Hatmarket Mr . Buckstone takes his benefit this evening , and requires no novelty to make his friends and fervent admirers assemble to greet him right cordially . He does , however , give a new ballet on the occasion , and promises an address * which we shall duly record hereafter . where
At the Sttkrey Theatre , Mr . Hermann Vezin ( who is a specimen of that rara avis , an amateur who lias made a hit as a professional ) has recently been playing with success in leading characters , an 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 lie appeared as Raphael Duchatelet in the thrilling drama of " The Marble Heart , " and on Wednesday as Faulconbndge in Shakspeare ' s " King . John , " and received no warmer welcome than his artistic merits entitle him to , though more so , perhaps , than the transpontine ? are accustomed to award to other than indigenous ¦
artists . ' , , . ,.,. At the Adsi / phi 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 lot
story , we believe , and a microscopic p . Any thing more , 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 . Loder , and the sparkling and brisk performance of Mr . and Sirs . Drayton , proved just the thing for the time and season . A duet . " Good Night , " the cabaletta , " Hope now brightly beaming , " were much applauded ; and the Drawing Room Opera was voted a success by a steaming house . ojf
The grand concert of the Royal Academy 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 Bankes , Miss Laura Baxter , Mr . Wilbye Cooper , and Mr . Allan Irving . Among the other items were Mr . Hullah ' s « Three Fishers , " set to Mr . Kingsley ' s poem , and well sung , we need hardly say , by Miss Palmer ; the lovely chorus , " Sancta Maria , " from Meyerbeer ' s " Pardon de Ploermel ; " 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 . The Sukrett Gardens have , we are most glad to see , again opened their doors ; and ear-tickling takes plage on week days as well as on Sundays in Mr . Horace Jones ' s beautiful music hall . Mr . Schallehn , some time loader of the famous brass band at the Crystal Palace , is the lessee , and director . Concerts take place 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 bo wanting . Tlie former are to take place nightly j the latter , i . e Anna Bishop , Sims Reeves , nnd the London Madrigal Union , occasionally .
reader may thank atmospheric pressure , as well as our own well-worn and ever-true excuse , press of matter , for these meagre remarks . A resume 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 mise en scene is as perfect as was that of Mr . Collins' play , with which the season opened ; and with so many strong endorsements as vre have alluded to , the author ' s bill upon public approbation was of course paid on demand .
At the Strand Theatre wo have been well pleased to greet the fair lessee , > vho has long been an invalid . We can hardly say less about " The School fyr Coquettes , " a comedietta , composed of tlirice-threo-hundred-times-used good , old , respectable , washing , wearing , and lasting materials , thrown by a kaleidoscopic twist of the hand into a now and ephemeral form by Mr . Palgrave Simpson . Others may quarrel with it , if they will , for being old ; wo like it all the better . The " bran now and never acted" is certainly " bill stickers ' license , " but as the dramatic authors of tho day aro , according to 'themselves , all more or loss chiffoniers ( and certainly they do play the detective upon one another
to admiration ) , wo have long since ceased to put faith in mere announcements of theatrical novelties unsupported by affidavit . The author has it appears . kept well in the old groove , and left the actors" and actresses to p \} t in the novelties if thoy can . Miss Swanborougli , as Lady Amaranth , mistress of the art of coquetry , and Miss Oliver , as her pupil , Lady Ghnmorris , who puts the precious lessons in practice ( as in oorpore vili ) upon her spouse , Sir Archibald Olemnorris ( Mr . ParseUo ) , are . both very charming . Mr . Parsello , Mr , Swanborough , and Mr . Bland are thoroughly cflfoctiro in their parts , and all contribute ) to a noat
ensemble quite worthy of this now elegant and popular little house . Mr , Byron , of " Maid and Magpie " celebrity , lias produced ; hero a felonious attempt upon tho Lady of I » yons with intent—not to impair nor now antique popularity , but to borrow lustre from her . Tlie burlesque Pauline Desohapclha Is Miss Olivort Miss Charlotte Suunders is Claiule Mdnotte , and Mr . J . Clarice , tho rising and clever low comedian of this theatre , doos JBcausdant . The taste and talents of this trio aro bo well known , and have so often drawn forth our encomium , when alluding to their efforts In other burlesques . Tho make-up ofthe C / awrfcand Z ? e « Kffcan * ae the Enaperors Napoleon
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his labours is . He cannot join them in their address . it seems , because he has left no address of his own—a trackless , directionless director of sucli an establishment as the Crystal Palace ! Cest irop fort . He and his collegues , however , will be , supported strongly by the old , or obstructive party , who worked the concern so ingeniously down Lill , until the shareholders , after much stirring , rose en masse to look into their own affairs . Now , who are their opponents ? One of the popular candidates — -put forward by the enlightened faction who , being determined to , make dividends and to work ior thein , have gained their object once , and will do 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 sympathies . in his train , as well as a fund of technical knswledge of the deepest importance . Well and good . The third is essentially a people ' s candidate—a man who bore a prominent part in that organisation of the shareholders which has already so mightily profited them , and which , in fact , saved the aifair from utter immediate ruin . As to his deserts , there can be no two opinions . The fight will be over before these lines are printed , and the industrials , we hope , triumphant over the guinea-pigs . But , should fortune favour the wrong side this time , let us have at least the satisfaction of casting pur mite into the losing scale : for the balance must be redressed hereafter . — r ~ - —
Madame Tussaud ' s—A very interesting addition has within a few days been made to the celebrated collection of curiosities in the Baker-street gallery ; it is the figure of the remarkable victim of despotic government , Poerio . This effigy of the Neapolitan patriot and statesrnen has not been obtained without considerable difficulty and at great cost ; and certainly the energy and enterprise ofthe proprietor of the gallery are entitled to the remunerative patronage of' the public . 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 Hord Palmerston recently placed amongst a group of statesmen and monarchs , which is a very faithful likeness of the veteran premier .
CRYSTAL PALACE . Wb have no space this week to chronicle spccialjy tho success of concerts and great fountains . The opportunities offered by the present magnificent woathor for seeing Sydonham Palace aright should bo lost eight of by no one of sense or taste 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 throe gentlemen who go out are , we believe , three of tho genuine old guinea-pig class—men of that elass which will take infinite attendance fees and infinitesimal trouble j which will work for a few days at a pinch to make things look pleasant in anticipation of a general meeting ; but which , from its general insufficiency , except at cash-books and ledgers , has made joint-stock management a , byword and a scorn . One of these parties , wo observe , cannot even take the trouble to bo in the way at the election timo j so his follows , Messrs . IoniUes and Ogilvy , plead for him . He is , they darkly hint , in the ftir north , on some mission of n ^ rxjy , benevolence . That this docs him great ovem , they are sure ; their circular says so j but for the ww of them they cannot tell whore tho scene o *
Books Received. Moore's National Airs, N...
BOOKS RECEIVED . Moore ' s National Airs , No . 2 . Longman and Co . TJre National Magazine , Part 33 . Kent and Co . Casscll ' s Illustrated Family Paper , Vaxt 10 . Casscll ' s Illustrated Family Bible , Part 2 . Casscll ' s Popular Natural History , Part 4 . Cas 3 ell , Petter , and Galpin . The Journal of Psychological Medicine , New Series , IS " o . 15 . John Churchbill . The Constitutional Press . New Series . No . 4 . Saunders and Otley . The Westminster Review , No . 31 . J . Chapman . The Insurance Magazine , No . 36 . E . aad E . Lay ton The Eclectic for July . Judd and Glass . Tait ' s Edinburgh Magazine , No . 307 . Partrid & c
and Co . Le Follet , No . Ip 4 . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Revue Britannique , No . Q , Juin , 1809 . Paris ; Au Bureau de la Revue , Rue Neuve , Snint Augustin , GO . Revue Indvpendante , Juillet , 1859 . W . Jefts . The Edinburgh Review , No . 223 . Longman & Co . Bvntlny ' s . ( Quarterly Review , No . 2 . li , Bentley . The Fool ofQuality , or the History of Henry Earl ofMoreland . 2 vote . Smith , Elder , and Co . The Italian Campaigns of General Buonaparte ,-m 1700-7 and 1800 . Smith , Elder , nnd Co . Cousin Stella , or Covfiht . 3 vols . SitiUJi , Elder , and
To Cuba and Bach : a Vacation Voyage . By R . tl Dann , Jun . Smith , Elder , nnd Op . The Parent ' s Cabinet , No . 8 , Smith , Elder , and Co .. Rifio Clubs and Volunteer Corps . By V . II . Ku & aeU . Jlioutledge , Wwnes , and Co . n r , T Idylls of the King . By Alfred lonnyaon , . U . C .. L ., Poet Laureate . Edward Moxon n "" . } - ' ^ .,, Pftm , Advanced Text-book of Geology . Vy J" ^ d Pago * F G e . 2 nd edition . \ Villinm JJlnclovood and Sons . Gilbert Marlowe , and other P ^ , /^ Cambridge : Mnc-On * Fo } e ™ t ° Juri 8 < iiction , and the tradition of Criminals J . W . Parkor and Son . , Handy Boole aftho Z < t < v tf Husband and Wife . T ^ cty ofVt bcacl , and other Poems . Robert
Thl * Nvw Quarterly Review . No . 30 . Robert Hard-Pmitiforph )/ , the Chose Clianpioii . ' William Lay . Tho & mprSM ? i * tvo ** latory W England . Parts 31 aC & iTmuatTa tfaGvido to tho North Western RaWoay . ByGeorge Measom . W . II . Smith ana Son « nd A . Wall , Virtue nnU Co . Tha Official Illustrated Guide to the Lancaster and Carlisle , Edinburgh and Glasgow , and Caledonian Railway a . By George Measom , W . II . Smith and Son , and . A . Hall , Virtue , and Co .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 16, 1859, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16071859/page/11/
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