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    more than 13 * guineas . For all this , the sale . was -well " tended , and few if any of the lots went below their ^ M ^ IrthtV Ashpitel , RS . A ., a gentleman whose classical scholarship is perhaps unsurpassed in his profession gave a lecture on Tuesday evening at the Architectural Photographic Society on the Ancient , Buildings « f Korae , illustrated by more thati -100 photographs from the Eternal City , taken by Mr . Macpherson . The discourse branched" into consideration of the temples , aqueducts , the Forizm , the Cloaca Maxima , The latter apnears to have been composed of three rings of masonry , some of the stones being five feet long by three feet thick . The Mausoleum of Hadrian , now the Castle of St . Angelb , and the ancient statuary were the next and concluding topics of this instructive lecture , which was listened to throughout with the attention it deserved .

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    . ¦ » LYCEUM . On Saturday evening last Mr . Falconer ' s comedy , Extremes ; or , Men of the Day , was produced at the Lyceum , and , to do that gentleman justice , seems to have been as well received by a full house as though it had not been performed on ninety previous occasions . The truth is that , in spite of certain defects , the comedy offers the public the luxury ( not an every day one ) of at least one character" ' over and above the usual number of parts fitted with " characteristics . " The original cast will be well remembered , and Mrs . Weston , who , as Dapie Wildbriar , is the prop of the piece , is still included in it . The substitutions are , Miss Portman for Mrs . Mellon , in . Lucy Vavasour , Mr . G . Murray for Mr . F , Charles in The lion . A . Adolphus , and Mr . Falconer is announced to play the part of Frank Hawthorne , the hero , alternately with Mr . Vandenhoff , for the present . That there is plenty of " run" yet in Extremes we are aware , and for the fortunes of this favourite theatre we hope it will juiccessfully stop the gap until the lessee shall have diligently crystallised and polished up the new Work of his own which that poor authority , Gossip , tells us is on tire stocks .

    OLYMPIC THEATRE . The Olympic management seem doomed to fail in getting up ' quite a successful comedietta or faree exclusive of Mr . Rbbson . But as that gentleman cannot per ^ form in every piece every night , the desideratum must still be sought for , and hence the necessity of " writing to Browne . " I ' ve Written to Browne , . which , the " Browne" of the managerial difficulty has supplied on this occasion is not the best specimen of that author ' s

    , being a ,, specially gentish , though inoffensive , English . The hero , Peregrin Dotts ( Mr . Lewis Ball ) , and the heroine , Mrs . Walsingham ( Mrs . Leigh Murray ) , find , after pledging their troth , that they have mistaken the nature of their sentiments . While Dotts goes abroad , Mrs . Walsingham gives her heart to & Mr . It etherington , and the former , on his retnrn , falls in love with h is fiancee ' s sister Laura . Each is puzzled how to announce the change 5 and each believes in tho other ' s continued affection * This protracted situation becoming intolerable to Dotts , he sends for his friend , Otway Sheridan Browne ( Mr . George Vining ) , a London dramatist , who can get any number of charactors into and out of any extent of complications .

    Ho instanter suggests that Dotts shall extricate himself b y pleading ruin . This does but deepen the poor Wai * Binyham ' a eensO of honour . She resolves to sacrifice herself , but is relieved by the accidental discovery of ' Lines to Laura , " written by the inconstant . An explanation ensues ; the parties change corners , and Browne , as bold as if successful , mounted on a drawing-room chair , bestows a blessing with outspread arms . Mr . Vining arid Mrs . Murray between them carried tho little piece to a not unsuccessful conclusion . The splendid flowing mane ( not head of hair ) and Byron collar of the former was tolling to bogin with . His importance , conceit , and assurance ,

    secondly , wore very good . Tho smart things of tho piece . scorned all to fall to him , and , he did tho boat ho « ould for it . Mr . Ball did his best with Dotts , but that was little . There was not much to be done , it is true ; but ' , partly from his superior power , partly bocause tho public indulge their habit of laughing—cause or no cause—at thoir favourites , Mr . Robson would have made the house scream . Tho public in question laughed a Mttlo and gaped a good deal at this now uomedietta . Some braved it out , they dirt not know why ; somo because their carriages had not coino . Many wont homo jn peace during Us performance , and those who saw tho » aat of it novor thought of applauding , or of inquiring for the author .

    Song ; " and Madlle . Behrens in "By the sad sea wave . " Miss Kemble succeeded but moderately in Schubert ' s two songs , " Hark , the lark , " and " Who is Sylvia . " Mr . W ilbye Cooper sang the tenor solo from " The May Queen" very elegantly , and Mr . Santley gave Robinson ' s ballad , " Tears and Smiles , " ' with- ' truly artistic , feeling . The programme Vas a long one , but we have not space to record more than the above , the' more striking features of'tKe evening ' s entertainment . ST . JAMES'S IIALt . — THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION . The first of the series of six " dress concerts " of the Vocal Association was given , under Mr . Benedict ' s direction , on Wednesday evening , at which several of the choral pieces given at the " undress concert , " noticed

    in our paper of the 29 th , were repeated . In Meyerbeer s difficult " Lord ' s Prayer , " and Mendelssohn ' s " In the forest , " there was marked improvement . The " Festival Overture " of Mr . Benedict , which is amply scored , and abounds with difficulties , was played triumphantly , and cordially received . The vocal soloists were Misses Stabbach and Palmer , with Messrs . Santley and Wilbye Cooper . The latter gentleman sang for Mr . Sims Reeves , unable to appear . Without stopping to notice their detached morceaux , we must now briefly touch upon the Society ' performance , with their assistance , of Dr . Sterndale Bennett ' s beautiful cantata , " The May Queen . " The classic overture to this work . is succeeded by a pastoral chorus of rare and original beauty , " Wake

    with a smile , O month of May , " given with all the lungpower of the Society . The plaintive aria ( No . 2 ) , " O meadow , clad in early green , " which follows , was purely delivered by Mr . Wilbye Cooper , whose training would seem to have eminently fitted him for such art air . This vocalist ' s simple , and unaffected style is as good as several , points in his favour . His . taste is fine , and his slightiy veiled voice has an excellent quality , and can be brought out powerfully when requisite . In the next piece , " O melancholy plight , " there was a decided vacillation on the part of the chorus . The-No . 4 solo and chorus" With a laugh as we go round . " is a

    , glorious operatic one , and was alike creditable to Miss Stabbaclrand the society . The racing time by which the spiritoso of the composer was interpreted was certainly unfavourable to both . Amateur choruses should not , in jiistice , be driven at a gallop ; and this tempo must have made the successful opening of Miss Stabbach ' s air a matter of some difficulty . In the duo , " Can I not find thee a warrant for changing ? " this lady and Mr . Cooper displayed great- industry and intelligence ; and in Mr . Santley ' s splendid bass solo , ¦ " Tis jolly to hunt , " the certainty and crispness of his notes Were most effective . The No . 7 trio for soprano , tenor , and

    bass , " . The hawthorn in the glade , " which opens with a fine bass air , was over-accompanied , but still enjoyable . The " Pageant music , " lost by speed , again , much of the legitimate effect of the antique measure in which it is written , and which should be indicated by the composer ' s andante graziozo . In this respect it must have been teacful to the latter in spite of the general , accuracy , of the band as to the mere notes . The charming chorus , " Hark , their notes , " although similarly defrauded of much beautiful shading , was , as it could hardly fail to be , much admired , and Miss Stabbach ' s tour , de force brought the cantata to a successful conclusion . While we have pointed out one blemish running through which

    the performance—namely , exaggerated speed , , adopted , perhaps , to conceal defects , only makes them obvious and creates new ones , we must own to having much enjoyed it . That having much we would have moro is not unnatural , and we are sure that tho band and chorus of tho Vocal Association arc fully capable , under their present zealous guide , and with the aid of such vocalists as those above mentioned , of affording all that their friends or the public have a right to look for from a body composed mainly of amateurs , The hall was crowded with an evening dress company , whose gratification was extreme , and by whom tho singers , tho conductor , and Vr . Storndale Bennett wore all enthusiastically applauded .

    averse to dramatic readings and operatic recitations , resuscitated , or revived , the good old Beggars Opera .. He has associated with himself Miss Roden and Mr * Thorpe Peed ( of WhOm the latter takes the piano ) , and preluding with a short life of Gay and history of the opera , treats the audience to the series of charming airs it comprises . The old melodies , which seem to grow more , rather than less , into favour from their million-and- ^ one massacres , disseptions , variations , pot-pourri-ations , pasticcio-factions , and reverie-ments by native and foreign music ^ masters for scholas tic purposes , were received with delight . " Cease your funning , " and half

    a dozen more of them , were very perfectly sung by the artists named , and rapturously encored . Some couplets , very well set as a trio for the occasion by Mr . Thorpe Peed , concluded the performancej which afforded much gratification to a numerous audience . We may congratulate the indefatigable managers upon haying struck a vein which will , in our opinion , be found . as remunera * - tive as it is intrinsically rich . The works of the old composers abound with melodies which may never be heard again upon the stage , but will always please if woven into concert-room entertainments by such judicious hands as those of Mr . Home .

    Chips . —Within the last few days a stage veteran of some mark has shuffled off the coiL Charles Farley , of the . Theatre Royal , Covent Garden , who was born in 1771 , and died on the 28 th ulfc ., was connected with that theatre from his mere infancy until his retirement from the boards in 1834 . His dramatic experience was , of course , large . He was the call-boy of the theatre when the School for Scandal w ; as first produced ; taught Joseph Grimaldi the pantomime business ; witnessed the entrance and exit from the profession of the great Kembles , G . F . Cooke , YOyng , Keah , and Macready ; saw gas introduced into playhouses , and the patents taken away from them . He assisted at the birth of melodrama in this country by the production of the Tale of Mystery ;

    was the arch representative of Grhidoff , of the renowned Miller and his Men , a . drama which still reigns supreme in the miniature stage of juvenile theatricals . It were a long task to frame a list of the heroes , magicians , and diabolical characters he in his time . enacted in such pieces as The Cherry and Fair Star , T 7 f Magician of the Ebon Wand , & c . & c ., the glories of bygone Easters and Christmases , but it were unjust to his memory to suppress mention of his ability in connexion with the more regular drama . He was in his day a noted inventor and arranger of pantomimes and spectacles , and , somewhat contrary to the custom of his profession , was in very easy circumstances for many years previous to his death . —Mr . Webster has been so fortunate as to secure ! the

    services of Mr . and Mrs . Alfred Wigart for the summer season at the Adelphi Theatre . —We would with pleasure draw attention to Madame Celeste ' s announcement of her approaching benefit at the Lyceum , when will be produced a ; new drama entitled The Last Hope , from . the graceful pen of Mr . Oxenford , and the old Adelphi drama , The Child of the Wreck . —The Brussels Ind 6-j > e ? idance hears from Turin that tho Milan police have prohibited the repetition of Norma at La Scala . The Signori Soncins , Olerici , Ronnerj and Caroli had been severely reprimanded by the Director of Police for their conduct there . The first three were forbidden to enter any of the Milanese theatres , and the latter had been ordered to leave for , Bergamo forthwith . —Mr . Sims Reeves has been forbidden to risk a public appearance for another fortnight ; an engagement at Drury Lane is etill at his disposal , but the state of his health would

    seem to forbid any hopes of his accepting the arduous work of singing in opera . —The Invisible Prince , by Mr Planchtf , an old Haymarket favourite , was revived on Thursday at tho Adelphi , and , on the same ^ evening , Fra Diavolo was performed at Covent Garden . — In the matter of lowering the diapason in Franco , to which we referred laat week , the Daily Newt informs us that the Commission has decided upon a fall of a quarter of a to « o . This is not enough . Lpvasseur , tho eminent basso , avers that ho can recollect tho day when the pitch was a full tone lower than at present . Conductors , composers , and musical instrument makers , have , in combination , raised it as much in London , almost within , our own memory ,- and the " concert pitch" ia higher in Dublin than even hero . French vocalists- — those especially who are a little past their prime—will be much relieved by a reduction ; but instrumental brilliancy will correspondingly suffer .

    HAN » EL OHOUAL SOCJKTY—FOUNDLING HOSPITAL . On Monday evouing a meeting took place at the Foundling Hospital to inaugurate a new musical society , under the name of th , e Handel Choral Society . The time , said tho President , Mr . John Benjamin Ilouth , was auspicious , for it was just about a century ago that Handel had doathlessly associated the Hospital with his name , by preparing within its walls for the execution of his oratorio the Meaaia / i , and by presenting it with tho organ on which ho then played , litilos wore adopted , and it was resolved that spuce should bo lent for tho meetings by the institution ; that their OUapel-mastor , Mr . Willing , should bo musical direotor ; and that tho first practice mooting should tako place on Monday next . Then will be submitted tho names of tho commit too , and a soUoniro will bu considered for touting tho vooal competency of candidates for singing membership .

    POkYTKOHNJO INSTITUTION . A now , very pleasing , and , we are glad to say , a very successful ontortainmonb has boon commenced at this popular rosort . Mr . Lennox Homo , a very good lecturer and slagor , has , for tho benefit of the immense public , who , though they favour not stage players and opera singers , ballets , and ballot dancers , are not

    ST , JAMES 8 HALL ,: —MONDAY BVJBNINO OONOI 3 UT 3 . At tho last of these ontertainmonta , M . Wioniawski , tuo Polish violinist , so well known in conuoxion with M , Jumon ! slaBt sorios of concerts , made a favourable imprewlon In his old favourite , Vieuxttrnps ' s " Air varid , " « naii » a trio wttu Mr . Benedict ( pianoforte ) and M . W « ol ( harmonium ) , based on one of Bach ' s preludes . J » ftoamo Bishop was encored in Sohubort ' a beautiful A Maria ; " Miss Poolo in Haydn ' s " Mermaid'a

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    Puumoation op Official Indian DocuMisNra .- —We ljavo been informed—and tho information has afforded us much satiBfaotion-r-that among other beneficial practices introduced by Lord Stanley into tho system of conducting buainoss at tho India-ofilco , is one intended to secure a larger amount of publicity for tho acts of the Indian Govommont , both at homo and abroad , than has hitherto been accorded to them . Orders have , wo aro told , boon issued to the dilForont secretaries , directing them to select for publication every year all tho moat important papers fn their department not of a nature to dofnnnd secrooy . "Wo may oxpoot , therefore , every year iv collection of flur moro valuable Indian Blue Books than . Parliament haa ever extracted from an unwilling Govornmont .- ^ Ovorland Mail .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/23/