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N " kw Fink-Aut Sooieti ' . —Wo are glad to be enabled to announce tho formation , under high and influential auspices , of a " Society fur tho Encouragement of tho Fine Arts . " The programme will , we believe , bo issued in the course of a few days ; meantime we may say a few words concerning the objocts of tho society , which , include tho following : —To create a true sympathy between artists and those to whom they minister , and to elevate tho aspirations of both in tho mutual relations so established ; towards this end to attempt tho diffusion of sound principles of art and criticism amongst tho public by means of lectures , discussions , and classes for study , illustrated by important examples selected from the works of eminent mustors of all schools ; to award annually prizes , medals of honour , and other testimonials to tho producers of works in painting , sculpture , architecture , music , and poetry , Such works having boon produced in public within tho twelvemonth preceding the distribution ; conversaziones to bo hold monthly during tho season , to which ladies will be admitted ; two exhibitions of paintings , sculpture , & « ., in oaoh year—one of ancient the othor of modurn art—to bo opoii IVoo to tho public on ooi'Uln days of tho weolc , and curtain days on payment ; a pormanont ( inhibition of eiitfravintf » i and a library of lofuronco illu . stmlivo of tho aria of dwtign ot nil ages ; tho ostnbjishmout of provbicflfll coxtnvlla , wltlt honorary secretaries , umlor wIiobo aimriiaaa w II occasionnllv be hula ' inuutliitfi «'" l oxh Mtfoiw , with distnbution ' of iirlKoa , In tliolr ro ^ oullyu loonlitI < m . We wish succoss to this project , wliloh will usefully occupy new uroumU—Iltusirutad London News .
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Photographic Visitino CARi > s . ~ -We are often annoyed by people's reluctance to " leave their names . " Like others , we are subject * in our private as well as in our public capacity , to visitors , and once or twice a week we are driven into a fever of excitement by our laundress ' s' announcement of " Please , sir , a gentleman's—or , worse still—that gentleman ' s been : but he wouldn't leave his name . " Not he : our enemy—for a bitter one he is—knows too well the disagreeable sense that crawls over one who has nameless visitors , to put us out of our misery by coming when we are at home , or by dropping his incognito . He must positively watch us off our premises , and then make his pestilent calls . Entreaties
are in vain—eye of laundress aforesaid never retains his image—she don't know that she ever saw him before—she wouldn ' t know him again—she didn't " partickler" notice his height . Noneof our familiar friends ever own to having met him on the staircase . He never left a letter , a card , or a message : but he said always " it was no matter . " " Mysterious being , be manifest , " we are apt to cry in our desperation . " Do thine office . Present thy long-forgotten unpaid bill . Demand calls upon our scrip in dead companies , arrears of income-tax , or surcherge in respect of unenumerated Dog Tray when we lived in the country three years ago . Ply the craft of the detective upon us . Investigate us about the last
runaway match we abetted , or about the anonymous letters that have scandalised the neighbourhood , but for Heaven ' s sake , fiend of the door-mat , have a name ! For thou liast one , perch ance , tormentor . But what a name it must be that thou art so chary of it . It may be , being Paul , Redpath , or Archer , thqu art not sweet upon it ; or as Snook , Pook , or Snodgrass , thou abominatest it . It may be De Roppell , or Plantagenet , that thou wouldst not have it noised abroad that thou art of our acquaintance . But whoever tliou art- —whatever be thy business , for pity ' s sake , say thou art somebody . If thou wilt but say Smith or Jones , there is a possibility we may arrive by the exhaustive process at
assisted at the opening of Messrs . Phelps and Greenwood ' s season , and there-revival of Shakspeares King Henry . the Fifth ; and we are bound . to add that the management have , ne ' er a jot abated the title to high renown for thorough dramatic comp leteness which their long exertions have extorted for them from the public . The principal parts were cast as follows : — King Henry V . Mr . Phelps FUellen . Mr . Frederick Robinson Jr « m Mr . C . Fenton xirdolph Mr . Williams JPiacf ¦ "Jr . Charles Young Williams Mr . J . W . Ray Dame Quickly . Mrs . H . Marston
Katharine Miss Grace Egerton while Mr , Henry Marston , as chorus , in the guise of ¦ " Old Time , " posed with much dignity amid his traditionary emblems in a gothic niche , most appropriately delivered his commentary and coupled up the story , after the manner of the ancients . As Henry the Fifth , we may briedy say , and that , too , after reflection , that Mr . Phelps was " every inch a King , " , except in apparent age ( a defect for which a remedy might be suggested without difficulty ) , the King of the play . He brought before his and
audience all the noble , brave , impulsive , affectionate nature wherewith the poet meant to clothe the monarch who had thrown away , on the throne ' steps , all the scurf of levity and debauchery that had befouled the Prince Hal . We remember—and , indeed , we shall seek none—no better illustration of what was the chivalry of old than that furnished by Mr . Phelps in his interpretation of Henry V . Not in support of this position , which may -only be maintained or disputed by such as will loyally ¦ w atch the actor and the play , from his first appearance on the stage to the fall of the curtain , but as a
is as well advised as he was when in his earlier days he wielded his enchanter ' s wand to gather the British public into a circle where quadrilles and waltzes were the pieces de resistance . ¦ Musical people though we may be , it must be owned that ten years ago the Symphonies of Beethoven and Mozart , and other classical compositions , were no acceptable pabulum to the public at largo . Strong meat is not for babes ; and we were indeed ungenerous did we omit M . Jullien from the list of those who have materially helped to strengthen the national stomach . He may now reckon on an attentive and—he must not forget this—a discriminating audience for the works of Mendelssohn and of Beethoven , where , in the days
we speak of , he could have expected only empty benches or well-bred tolerance . He now , he tells us , proposes to consolidate an orchestra d ' elite and , "thus making up for quantity by quality ( N . B . this is hardly fair to the capabilities of his former bands ) , to aim at the realisation of the dream of Beethoven , who said , ' Mon reve du beau pour l'exe ' - cution de mes symphonies e ' est un orchestre de soixante . ' " Since M . Jullien and his nuniberless imitators and competitors have created an immense demand for executive talent , there is no doubt that , though the theatres and many other musical
establishments will be in full swing this whiter , there will still be a fine orchestra at the command of the popular cheif . He has already made ure of some eminent talent . Miss Vinning will commence the season , and will be followed by Mesdames RudersdorflF , Stabbach , Enderssohn , and Madlle . Jetty Treffz . The " Choral Symphony" of Beethoven , Mendelssohn's " Xobgesang , " and the " Fuga Fugarum" of Gregory I . are among the compositions of pretension promised , as well as several lighter novelties , and a grand march , introducing the national hymns of every country under the sun , and descriptive of the convocation and assembly of the Universal
most choice specimen of his elocutionary power , we must refer to the King ' s soliloquy , which ends the singular quasi-political discussion with Williams in the camp scene of the fourth act : — Upon the king ! let us our lives , our souls , Our debts , our careful wives , our children , and Our sins , lay on the king . Passion and declamation , again , often make a most unholy alliance ; but in the celebrated address to- " my cousin Westmoreland , " the actor is great and inspiring ; he is such a leader as all would love to follow , and such a one that the success of his handful of invalids in the ensuing battle against the ¦ whole chivalry of Charles VI . is foreseen . In the love scene with Katharine , the dignity of the king , the simplicity of the wooer , and the conqueror ' s sense of his laughable position , with the honesty that could not bear to be misunderstood in the matter , were as finely
corn-Congress of International Harmony . CRYSTAL . PAX . ACE . — Bal . ak . lava Festival . —A large number of persons , as we ventured in our . last number to predict , assembled at the Palace oil Monday last to" assist at the commemoration of the jdeath-ride at Balaklava . Not less than 1500 decorated Crimeans , who had availed themselves of the Company ' s invitation , formed , we need hardly say , the chief attraction , and the bands of the Scots Fusiliers , the Grenadiers , and the Coldstreams , led respectively by Messrs . Boose , D . Godfrey , and C . Godfrey , joined that of the Crystal Palace Company in delighting the visitors . The intervals were filled
up by Highland reels , sword dancing , and pibroch playing , and the last display for the season of the whole system of waterworks took place about three p . m .. The most inspiring feature of the programme was the performance of the following selection by the united bands : — 1 . " Tho Coronation , " March Meyerbeer . 2 . Overture " The Camp" Lindpaintner . 3 . Quadrille " Alliance" Manns . 4 . Selection " William Tell" Rossini . 5 . " Annie Laurie , " MaTch CavallinL C . " Rule Britannia , " " Partant pour la Syne , " " God Save the Queen . "
bined and shaded by the artist as by the dramatist . Of the less prominent characters , who are as the sands of the sea in number , we have little to say beyond that all were satisfactory in their parts . Of those mentioned above , Mr . Robinson makes a very gentlemanlike and p leasant Fluellen ; of his Wel s confess ourselves incompetent to speak . Mrs . Marston has iu Dame Quickly but slight field for her genius . Mr . Kay was judiciously sententious and John Bullish as the soldier Williams , and the comicality of the late General Falstaff ' s three retainers was too heavy for the three gentlemen named to be really successful in . The costume of the play was admirably got up and the scenery very beautiful . The view of Southampton harbour , the landscapes of the camp and battle-fields , were superior works of scenic art , and tho splendid panorama of the siege of Harfleur merits all tho praise we could bestow on it as a work of elaborate mechanism as well as a pictorial
illu-The superb effect of this ensemble , and the enthusiasm with which it was received , fully justify our often recorded impression that the Crystal Palace is well adapted for military music , and that stringed orchestras of any moderate dimensions are thrown away in its vast reverberating area . Tho assemblage of nearly fifteen thousand persons to hear three brass bands shows clearly enough that the public have formed the same opinion , and will no doubt encourage Mr . Bowloy to provide the same class of to
mon . KOYAL STRAND THEATRE . —Good houses continue to endorse our oft-repeated verdict of approval of tho entertainments offered by Miss Swan borough to her patrons . The Last of the Pit / tails , now worn a little threadbare , fills up well enough the Interval between tho first and second pieces ; but tho Bonnie Fishw \ fe is as attractive as ever , and Mr . Byron ' a Maid and the Magpie , which runs perfectly smooth , is beginning to be admired as it deserves . We have already said so much about tho varied excellencies of this burlosquo and its performance that wo will not risk our readers' fatigue , by a reoapitulation , but content ourselves with general praise of
entertainment next season , without misgiving as its remuuerativeness . We must not omit ti notice of tlio Balaklava trophy , constructed out of various fine-art properties belonging to the company , under tho direction of Mr . Hayes , of tho Arts department . It consists of a columnar shaft forty feet in height , standing on a base from four to five yards square . It is flanked by casts from the four " Victory " statues of Rauch in the Walhnlla , enriched with tho colours of tho Allies and captured Russian ordnance , and surmounted by a figure of Victory .
SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM . —Amongst objects of Art recently lent to this Museum is a beautiful scries of crystal vases , cups , mvX spoons , &c , mounted in enamelled gold mid jewels , belonging to the Marquis of Salisbury , and by him deposited there . They wore contained in a silvor-mountcd case which was found at Hatflyld , aoriio years ago , in a chest unclor a bed . Judging from the case , which 'is , howovor , of a later workmanship , thoy appear to have come from Spain ; not improbably a trophy of war in Queen Elizabeth ' s reign . Togothor with thoBe is a pair of silk stockings , the first made in England , and presented to Queen Elizuhath ; those also oamo from , llatnold .. Dr . Bishop has also lout for exhibition a very beautiful baa-rolief of Italian Art of tho fourteenth century , a Virg in and Child slightly coloured and gilt , supposed to bo the work of Giotto . Both have boon placed iu the division of Ornamental Arta
the piece , the performers , the stage management , and of those important and often neglected requisites to the success ot such works , the music and singing . MONS . JULLIKN'S CONCERTS . —We have received an elegant official programme j > rilliminaire of M . Jullien ' s arrangements for the forthcoming series of Concerts at tho Lyceum Theatre , to which we have already more than onco alluded in in our columns . It would appear that after duo consideration of tho limited area at his disposal , our versatile conductor has turned his attention rather to tho Illustration of several high-class works in a etylo of perfect finish than to tho elaboration of musical " sound and Airy . " Herein , wo think , ho
the fact that thou art a stranger ; but pray ^ pray never again say , " it ' s no matter . * ' We have a suggestion to offer to sucli as so afflict their friends . We invite their attention to the photographic portrait cards which Herbert Watkins , of Regentstreet , contrives somehow to multiply ., ad infinitum , and which Mr . Marion , of the Papeterie shop in Regent-street also , is able to sell at the ridiculous price of a guinea and a half for a hundred . Of these portrait cards again , other interesting applications must occur to every one . How much waste , curiosity , and suspense we should be saved if , instead of the usual pasty-faced intimation that our familiar friends had dropped out of our orbit into matrimony , they would send us on a plain card the likell be
ness of the happy pair , or ^—a we should curious about—of the happy fair . How easy , again , are they of enclosure to friends abroad ; how ready a way do they offer of exchanging Vows between parted lovers , of chiding neglect , preferring humble suit , prettily asking forgiveness ; how sweetly , last of all , by their help , may tho relatives of the departed pay vicariously the last call of all ! We have been so much struck by the evident suitability of photographic portraiture to birth , marriage , and death announcements , that even at the risk of prolixity we have not been able to refrain from helping —though the talented artist stands far above the need of our tiny aid—to make public what we may almost dignify with the title of an invention .
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No . 44 , 9 , October 30 , 1858 . 1 THE LEADER . 1169
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1858, page 1159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2266/page/15/
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