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AMtAonB' Mri Chabebb Bickbns , junior , " made much of a small part by hia ^ Setic acting , a « did Messrs . Edwa&d Hooaktit , Webstbb , and Ajkger ^ muBt Mr . Be& < iee * 8 fidjnirable rirasical accompaniments to the piece be nagged over without high praise . * "fo * Lighthouse vox followed by the play of The Wonderful Woman , acted with fl + tfit ' care and completeness by another company of unmistakable amateurs , who ^ formed fine ladies and gentlemen with agreeable relish and vivacity . Mr- Ashe , however , who acted the Cobbler , is something more than a surnfisrriC copy '& Comptom ; he displayed real ( comic instinct , and lie sang a ballad onthe Sunday trading question to the tune of " Villikins , " the words his own , jtftb . genuine humour and gusto .
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OPERATIC GOSSIP . We believe we may now confidently announce that the Etoile du Nbrd will be produced on Thursday next . It will certainly be in the bills for that day : it may possibly be deferred till the Saturday , if only out of consideration , for the conscientious critics of the daily journals , but we incline to believe that ! Thursday evening next—nothing unforeseen occurring—will be a memorable 1 evening , even for Mbyerbebr , who must long ago have exhausted the sensa-| tions of success . The Maestro himself—who , we are assured by the early rising I Musical World , is seen to be taking a " constitutional" every morning at seven , in ' the Park , to shake off the fatigues of the fetes and compliments he has to en-\ counter of an evening—Meyerbeeii has been unremitting in his attention to > the band rehearsals through the week . For some time the chief singers have ' ' been perfect in their parts , and the chorus has been efficiently drilled : the orchestra has been the admiration of the great composer . We are glad to hear that he is equally surprised and delighted at the lavish splendour of the decorations and appointments , the marvellous series of hfe-iike pictures contributed by Mr . BEVERLEY . and , not least , at the care and completeness of the mise en scene , under the superintendence of Mr . A . Harris , who has almost surpassed himself in that artist-like zeal and prodigious fertility ot invention which almost convert himself into an astonished spectator of the illusions he creates . Among other flying rumours we hear that Madlle . Jenntt Bader , who performed Catherine in Mr . E . T . Smith ' s diversion cf the Etoile da JVord , is very graceful and piquante as one of the Vivandieres in the tent scene , Madame Rudbrsdojrff , a rather formidable fille du regiment , being the other assailant of Peter ' s virtue . We hear that Lablache ' s Russian Corporal is one of the finest creations even of that colossal buffo . We hear , too , that among Peter's army some of the actual heroes of Alma and Inkerman will appear as Russian soldiers . We hear But we must not be too confidential , and we have said quite enough to sharpen the anticipations of our operatic readers .
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Mademoiselle Rachel will leave Europe for America early in August . Before ! her departure , the celebrated tragedian will give four performances at the b-r . i James ' s Theatre , commencing on the 28 th inst ., under the excellent auspices ! of Mr . Mitchell .
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M Jcllifn announces a series of grand patriotic and military concerts at the Surrey Zoological Gardens , with all the effects ( and none of the alarms ) of war .
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i At the ADELPiir , the extravaganza of Open Sesame , translated from the Lyckcm , has been revived , by way of a relief to the dog days .
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? . THE MUSICAL . UNION . Mb . Ezxa brought * tne eleventh season of this admirable Society to a close on Tuesday last successfully and brilliantly . Mr- Ella ia to the aristocracy what Jtfi Jcjlxjen is to the democracy of music . We speak of the aristocracy of taste , culture , and accomplishment . M . Jullien , by infinite courage and ingenuity , and by a . profound diagnosis of the popular temperament , has created a musical piAlic in England . Mr . Ella , by a sagacious union of zeal , discrimination , and rfefiiied experience haa created a musical aristocracy , select , rather than exclusive , to which he administers only the choicest and most delicate fruits of art in the highest perfection . He has redeemed England from tho vulgar presumption of foreigners , who are only now beginning to bo aware that the finest music played by consummate artists is to be heard in London , and not only heard , but listened
i to in religious silence by an audience of critics . ' But we cannot hope to express . the obligations of the musical profession , we should say of all lovers of music ! to Mr . Ella , better than the illustrious Meyerbeer , who , after being present at a Concert of the Musical Union , addressed the following letter to the Director : ( Translation . ) " London , July 9 , 1855 . v " My Dear Mr . Ella , —I thank you with all my heart for the great pleasure you have afforded me in giving me the opportunity of being present at a seance of the ' « Musical Union . " To hear admirable masterpieces executed In so admirable a manner that the most delicate beauties and the finest niceties are brought cut into relief by the talent and the ensemble of the executants , this is a keen musical enjoyment . But to me it was quite as keen an enjoyment to remark with what intelligence and with what interest your numerous audience was listening , and to see so many ladies following the music score in hand . The analyses which you give of the works executed at your meetings are written with equal science and fine observation ; and they contain excellent criticisms . They must powerfully aid such of the audience as are not professional musicians to note instantly the severer beauties of the morceaux , which , without that guide would probably have eseaped them at a first hearing . ILet me add , that you deserve to be congratulated Upon having created , and upon the direction of bo noble an institution , which must have contributed already , and will yet contribute to the general propagation of a taste for the classical music of the immortal masters . Accept the expression of my most distinguished consideration , " G . Meyerbeer . " Mr . Ella may well deposit this letter with a just pride among the titledeeds of the " Musical Union . "
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SIGNOlt MONTI'S LECTURES . Lvis * Wednesday night , Signor Monti concluded his Beries of lectures on Ancient and Modern Sculptnte . ' r'After having briefly adverted to the subject of the previous lecture , in which b&hfld introduced the development of Christian art out of the Roman decadence , gjii the-Byzahtine sculpture that followed it—and having re-exhibited the diagrams with which , he had illustrated those schools and their offshoots , the BSnlaBesque , the Gothic , and Tosco-Italian sculpture— -the lecturer resumed bit fiaHfiysis with the period of the Italian Cinquecento , where modern art ceased trfWairictly Christian or religious , and embraced the wider field of history and ^ A ripid and brilliant sketch of the political and moral condition of Italy , introduced Michael . Anoelo . Upon this great master the lecturer dwelt at length : and in the enthusiastic affection with which he treated the character of the man and the works of the artist , it was easy and delightful to recognise the symttathies of the Italian patriot , and the kindred worship of the sculptor . Having defended Michael Anoelo from the accusation of causing the ruin of his art by the intense vitality with which he impressed his creations , by stowing in the works of his immediate Italian imitators a great deal of animation but no excessive exaggeration—the lecturer traced the development of the French Renaissance , and examined the works of that period , both of France and df the Low Countries . Then , resuming the notice of Italian art with the excesses of Bbrkini , and alluding to the similar deformities of taste in France and in England , as exemplified by Puoet and Roubillac , the leturer introduced the modern reform brought about by the efforts of Pacetti , Canova , Thorwal » sen , and Flaxman , to whose names Mr . Monti associated those of the Roman critic Milizia ., and the English painter Hamilton . Tlie historical sketch concluded with a notice of tht ? more modern masters , as Raucm and the German School , the importance of which the lecturer took pains to impress upon his audience . Gibson and the English sculptors of whose merit * he spoke as the most warm and brotherly admiration , not unmerited , we truBt ;—Pradiek and the French Art , in which he lamented to find , with but few exceptions , so much esprit and skill , debased to subordinate decoration , or lost in trivial materialism;—and finally Bartolint and the new Italian , or romantic school , of which , by-the-by , Mr . Monti himself is an adept . In a brief , but admirable summary of the course of lectures , Signor Monti said that the symbolic phase of Art offered mere conventional representations , important only fbr the idea attached to them—that Art reaches its climax only when it is the unfettered embodiment of national free expression—and that it sinks into emasculated and meretricious display when serving despotism and bigotry . Signor Monti concluded by expressing his ardent desire for a new and more full opportunity of labouring to promote a just and liberal appreciation of his Art , a noble and unaffected wish , evidently shared by his audience , if we may fcrlist tho warm applause that crowned the lecturer as he retired from the desk .
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JPI * J 4 > 1855 . ] THE LEAPEB ; 681
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'ff !>' . " ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ '¦ r - ^ r ~^ r /' iAmbrica . —The latest advices from America do not bring any news of' great importance . Tho Knownothing agitation progresses ; the national party having bald large and enthusiastic meetings at Baltimore , Washington , and ICaaton , at which places tho Phila-^ t&fhia M platform" of principles was adopted . The partisans of Know-notlungiam , however , liave met with soboe disastrous reverses in tho municipal elections at 8 < a » . Francisco in ( Jalifornfli , where all factions com-Mrifed to defeat them . The affairs of the bankrupt Quakers , Pago , Bncon , and Co ., were undergoing investigation . Notwithstanding tho efforts of Governtaent , ¦ six hundred of Colonel Kinney ' s > nen hovo touted for San Juan dol Norte , and it ia thought likely ftat they havo ofl ' ected a junction with three hundred tjnnpathuors from California . Colonel Kinnoy in looked jfofiiiourly at Nicaragua . In Peru , tho ministerial party have triumphed at tho elections , and General Costilla is likely to be declared President . The ao-% Binta of tho growing crops continue favourable . In $ ta \ v :, Y © rk , money is t * till very abundant , and of easy Access At low rates . iiilJhat Election roit the Ambhjcan Puksimotcy . •¦ - il / hb work for tho next Presidential election has seriously flpjumenced between tho three parties anxious- for tho ' taKpQHsion . The cliainpion of tho American party it * XJeorge Law , of Now York 5 of tho Steward Coalition < WMty » W . II ., SowaJvl , of New York ; and of the Dmno'ptHtifl party , Henry A Wine , of Virginia . ¦~ -ICu « Wanixiwoktii Di . stili . khy was on liro fi > r some , hotu >« on Saturday last . A corn-house , a granary , and < t |» 0 mills wore destroyed . At the » aine time , a tiro broke J *»| i at the goodn < loi ) Hrtmont of tlio Brighton imd South lQOftflt Railway , iioartbo Brickluyora' Anna Station . The froraUoe vforo . ooinplotulv burned down .
! Imfkovbmkjtts in India-kubbkr . — An action has j been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench against a I Mr . Handcock , with a view to rescinding his patent in I a certain improved kind of India-rubber . Tho allcgaj tion was , that a Mr . Moulton , an English gentleman , residing in America , had left specimens of improved caoutchouc , made by Mr . Goodyear of New York , in the hands of Mr . Handcock , who is a partner in the house of Messrs . Macintosh of Manchester ; and that from these specimens Mr . Handcock derived the prin-| ciples of his own patent . On the other side , Mr . Iland-1 cock-asserted that his discovery was the result of original ! investigations made by himself ; but it would appear ! that ho vxis put upon inquiring in a given direction by examining the specimens left with him . He obtained a I verdict in his favour . A Crystal Pala » -k at Sunowbi . and . — The ( , atesheati Obserrtr informs us that Mr . Edward . Backhouse , jun ., contemplates erecting a Crystal Palaco at Sunderland , which is to include , among its other features , a school of design , a museum , a large hall for bazaars ami "ten meetings , " and also a winter garden . A design for the edifice , which , it . is said , will cost 7500 f ., has been laid before the Building Hill Committee . A Fatal Accioknt took place at the Caindew-town station of tho London , and North-Western Hallway on Saturday , when a porter , who was leading a horse- across the line , was run down by a train of ballast wnggons , ! and killoil almost instantaneously . 1 <\> . h » i m / . iu > Mammoth Honks , of vory groat rti / . c , havo boon discovered at Kingston-on-Tluimc * . 1 Tun Broszr Statiik or Si ^ Kohkut Pki-x , by Mr . Bolnuw , was on Monday placed on its pedestal at the I west oml of Cheapsido , and was greeted with much \ cheering .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . j Tuesday , July 10 . BANKRUPTS .-Emilio Pistrucci . late of Windsortorrace , Piunlico , genoral commission ageut—Jambs Hbnky L . ANODON , Exoter . merchant-Aahon Mabks and Nahum Su . amos , S heffield , merchants—Thomas Wade , Nowlay , Yorkshire , stone merchant—Jojtn Tatlob , Mancliester , chemist-David Mackechnie , West Hartlepool , Durham , Ch SCOTblI SEQUESTRATIONS—N . Morrisoit .. Patrick , near Glasgow , provision merchant—J . Neiu » aa » -.. > . IlKKKt 7 P , Lcith , merchants—J . Christie , Glasgow , clothier I — R . HODGE , late of Edinburgh , coppersmith — T . C . M ' lNDOE , Glasgow , commission agent—J . Tabdat , Dundee , merchant . Friday , July 13 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — William BBineEWATBit . Portland-street , Cheltenham , coal merchant . BAN ! KllUPTS . — Kdwakd Titcomd , Clowr , Berks , builder - ¦\ Vii . i . i am AValterS , Chester . . coal and commission a ^ a ^^ s ^ - ^ s ^ 'SafflE'srXs ^ : fesrifsss ^^ jassTb-sssa ^^ 5 ^^ ss « . « f ; ' ^ s ^ ri ^ s Dkjlokmk . London , merchant-Jambs hnwABi > J * utciii . ^ WU . WAM 8 . Whitstable , Kent , surgeon- iuin H ^«] i ^ isr ^^^^ y'B ^ B gsss ^^ ss ^^ si ^ anagstr--—HmvAUJU Ovi-. K , Bothnal-greon , oil « uid coiouniiu .
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BIUTIIS , MARRIAGES , AND DfcAiuo . OART . 1 ? R .-July 10 . at ^^ 1 ^^ , ^^^^ thowlft ^ of . 1 . llmilmm _ <>» << £ ' ^ ; , 7 » f Willinmnttilno , of , MILN !¦ : .-. > »> ' ;« a V } t r TiVr t-law : twin dau B htors . ^ jiBB ^ BB ^^^^
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1855, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2099/page/21/
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