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    in the former work was sustained by the gifted little , prima donna in a manner -entirely her own and that petrified the enthusiasts , ; who believed that after the inspired Bosio and the florid Persiani new readings were impossible to accomplish if not sacrilegious to attempt . The Edgardo was Signor Belart , a Spanish artist of feeling and con < - eiderable accomplishments . His " Fra Ppco " was warmly applauded , and the ensemble secured by the exertions of his colleagues * Borsi , Aldigheri , Mercuriali , Ponti , and Annoni * was altogether satisfactory ; The same can hardly be said of the chorus , but the schemers of these spasmodic little seasons , not the poor singers should toe blamed for any ,

    Dhury IiAXe Theatre . —The large attendances of the middle classes on the evenings Thursday and yesterday certainly prove—if the previous successes both of Mr . Smith and Mr . Harrison had not already done sp- ^ that opera can flourish in iLondon independently of ^ he countenanance of the upper or , even the second , third , fourth , or fifth , ten thousand . Madame Piccblomini , too , though she has long been acknowledged by the warmest partisans to owe her success less to her singing than to her > agrterfes cpntiniies—we take it , on the same evidence—to " draw " well as ever . The " JLuqia di . Iiammermbbr 1 " was € he opera oh Thursday , that of last night the " Traviata" The part of the heroine

    shortcomings in this department . It were , indeed , distressing . evidence-of ? an overstocked ehoral ^ lnarl ^ et itsi dorps d ' elite were fqurid at liberty whenever some great singer or opera troupe -may happen to flutter through town and be arrested for a while by the gilded novelty trap of that vigilant amusement caterer , Mr . E . T . Smith . Last iiight- ' s perforntance of the " Trkviata , "by the same artists was no less successful . Thehouse was crowded and enthusiastic . The Piccblomini sang " Ah fors * e : lui , " " Iiibiamo , " and ** Semprei Mbera / 'in Her captivating vaud ^ iiBtic ;; styfe » while Signori ^ iartaud Aldi & hieri may ! be set ddwri-as real acquisitions for next ^ seasbn . VbOAt . AssbciATibN . — -The Miisicxtl World , a

    contemporary not apt tb . be misled " ' in . such matters , has ' given currency to the' ruinour that the above named progressive society at many of whose . pleasing sorjeesyre had the pleasure to assist during the last muJrical season . Is about , to be reinforced by the addition of an instrumental department , and will henceforth abbpt the style and title of •« The Vocal and ] Instrumental Association . " M . Benedict , whose former exertions as conductor , . until his services were , demanded in the more responsible conduct ;';' , of the iJJrury JLane Operatic band , were the tneme of many , a ! commendatory paragraphr ha ^ undertaken jjjiie new organisation in o ^^ cRon with ; Dr . James Pesch y the band is to cpnsiBt'jmaJnly ' of amateurs V and the selection « f

    musjlp , comprising overture ^ WBympuonies , with cantat ^ asLmk , 8 ^ es anthems , and iplinfer music suitable for bahd and chorjus conjbintly , Will of course , be at first unambitiou ^ ' of , & ifflcul . ty f The step ' is , as our c ^ n ^ mp brary . silggestB , in the , right direction , and a yast attaint of talent , at present but . fragmentary . ^ Htlj , ' wehjvve' nodbiipt , be ; fowj $ ' tb mass itself r ^ buttd the ' , two accomplished musicians in whpra- t-he existiqjpf ; ^^ e ^ y (! j ) t opbse \ jo ; ves {; , $ tye paus | cal direction of the exp ^ er | rjient , ,, . , ... lSl - ' " , Frinckss ? s Thbawkb .- "Mr . Harris , the lessee , has now inaugurated 'his 'season , in so far as that consists in an iippeal to the public at large . - In producing « f Ivy Hall V > arid " Iiove and OFbrtune " we should pay

    he nrade / a dashing and perhaps costly bid for powerfuljpress-support and * clique interest ; both of which had . been , as the world . knows > of considerable consequence to his predecessor . But , as » we ventured to predict in our notice pf the ? opening anight , 'those ' influehces wore tob glad of- repose to rally to & duc-Am ^ teven eb' fiimihar and severally successful as ? 'Oxenford and Planche . " The attendance of the payingipublic dwindled ominously , andhadtheexperiment been prolonged , Mrs . Young and Mr . Bland misrht have in time © laved their true-lovers' game of

    cross pu ^^ togtl « C ? iflM ^« iftalo | ^'^ tremes " to a deserted pit and a gallery with elbow-room . Fron ^ hjsj ppin ^ , of view , then , the revival on Monday levenftwf ftfpretty epmjc drama , love ' s Tele-$ mhtfmy < Pm 9 PV % re ^ an , opportune move ^ q » jfcKq , jnauager > a paijt ,, { fftoliRfo M certainly . ft rel ^ f , | o . th ^ wX $ o lyrqfW , eager , . ^ fti fiM t fipn » e peg whereon to BW ^ IW ; P « ^»* l » t tUe . menwMjy qf |; he Qlder fewiSffMWite ^

    Princess Blanche ( Mrs . Charles Young ) finds herself called suddenly from the seclusion of a convent to the care of a state . Her confidants are Arthur de Solberg , her secretary , ; and son of her father ' s favourite minister ( Mr . Harcourt Bland ) , and Alice , sometime her fellow novice- ( Miss Kate Saville ) . These are affianced lovers ,. but the fear of court scandal compels them to adopt a clandestine system of telegraphy , to which the drama owes its title . In the council chamber and the ball room alike , they discourse on everything and nothing with . the assembled cburt , but the sentences intended for one another—the soft reproach , the burning protestation , the co n vert assignation- —arc ' accompanied , though

    uttered with apparent indifference , by the flutter of a fart or the wave' of a glove , and thus are endowed with ( to lovers ) intense importance . This scheme is successful enough to blind the Princess Blanche , who cherishes a deep-seated passion for her secre-. tary , and only , waits a dispensation froin the Holy See to declare herself marriageable and make him an ofler . ' Biit while she reposes in fancied security the sly and timeworn old Baron Punipiernickel ( Mr . F . Matthews ) , who . would fain be Prince Consort himself , and a maid of honour ,, Marguerite ( Miss Emma Wadham ) , who has views of her own upon De Solberg , discover the lovers' secret , and aim at their ruin . Hardly , in fact , has the dispensation arrived

    from Rome , and Princess .. Blanche thrown herself at tile head of the impenetrable Arthur , when the Pumr pernickel party explode their grenade among the apparatus and the ^ engineers with effect . Banishment for the secretary and a cloister for the maid of honour are the first ideas of the outraged Grand Duchess ; but being well lectured by the former , in his capacity of executor and trustee , upon the evils of unequal matches ^ she co mmutes the sentence , it may be with refined cruelty , into matrimony , and puts up , herself , with the Gros-herzog of an adjacent principality , who , having loved . her , also hi secret , iiadbe « 2 n sunning hinaself . in her smiles , and watching his . opportunity while visiting ' . her . court under

    an assumed name . The acting on Monday , night may be fairly praised . Mrs . Young invested the slight part of the Princess with all the interest . of which it is susceptible , and threw due emotion into the eclaircissemehi scene , wherein she represented wounded pride and disappointed love with ability and to the delight of the audience . If the part of De . Solberg is new to . Mr . Bland he has , beyond doul » t , ably ana rayialy jumped nt a succedsfal conception . If , on the contrary , it be an old favourite with him , he still retains the . merit-. of having mastered and retained its minutest details . And—though this is somewhat delicate ground—could he condescend to aid his other gifts at the expense of arbitrary

    stage costume enactments , he . might obliterate , we fency , the sole but potent mark that time has set against hiS assumption of youtliful characters . As the young ladies of the German . ** resident , " Misses Saville ) and Wadhaim looked extremely pretty in patches , ; powder , and appropriate hoops ; and Mr . Frank . MathewB , as the stilted Pumpernickel , not addressing himself , ia the . manner of a Farren , to the select , but loyally launching into , senile grotepquery to iJle ^ ae the million and secure the piece , gained both bis ends and , considerable applause to boot . The mounting-of the piece was as elegant as might be expected from the known taste of the manager and the large resources , of the theatre . / ' Love and

    Forstate of JEthiopiam tremehs , or nigger fever such as has not been experienced in any postal district within the ken of the registrars general of public amusements since the days of the founder of the order ' •** Jim Crow , " " Sweeny , the Banjoisfe } " Or , the " Renowned Bones " of the glorious company of serenaders who reigned from 1844 to 1850 . . The " proprietors ' , * . ( for ,. < sncli they insist on terming themselves , ^ . as if in spite sof ' Exeter Hall and its canons ) of recdntnfggdr importations have relied rather upon choral neatness and sweet melody than upon tlie brpadiy , farcial caricatures , of theu : predecessors' : nd < 3 atn ' pbell * s bompatiy ' , though not abandoning the former , have yet ^ by givirig ' considerable to the latterstruck

    prominence ^ upon what , after so long a lapse-of time , is almost equal to a new vein . Mr . Fox ( the Charley Fox of the yellow posters ) is a clever low comedian ; Mr . Mert Sexton is a boneless posturist , or contortionist , of . physiological as well as . gymnastic interest ; and Mr . Theodore Donaldson seems to liave a mission to elevate the banjo to a place which misconception of its capabilities , or the unfounded jealousy of Costa and Mellon , may have denied it in the grand orchestras . Some of the choral music is of the pathetic school , so widely popularised by the Christy brethren , and the comic songs no more arid no less than up to the average in point of both words and music

    CBTrsTAii Palace . —The appearance of Madame Catherine Hayes , who sang the plaintive and delicious " Come per me sereno , " from the " Soniiiunbula ; " in her best style , was the principal feature of last Saturday's concert . This gifted artist also gave the Irish : ballad , "Savourneen Peelish " ( fwliieU was vivaciously encored ) and Jdx . Macfarren ' s " When we two parted . " The other novelty of the day was . the pianoforte playing of Mr . E . Silas , an excellent musician and instrumentalist , whom we took , occasion to notice during the last musical season at St . James ' s Hall . His performance of Beethoven ' s concerto in E flat was appreciated by one of those select audiences that seem to assemble by consent , or even appointment ,

    at tlie Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts , particularly in autumn , when the short days do not attract the million , and the fashionable world is for the most part touring or lounging at the sea . side . On Thursday , the fi ne weather permitted- a number of visitors to enjor the display of the' Upp ? r Fountains . This afternoon ' s instrumental concert will present anew attraction in the shape , of the Yorkshire Hand-bell Ringers , of whom two " companies ' * will perform a selection of operatic pieces , & c . In our next impression we shall have some opinion to offer upon their quality , and some arrangements to announce of the interesting contours of bird fanciers , projeoted for the 19 th of November , and three following days . ¦ . ' : ¦¦

    We had almost forgotten to notice that on Tueaday next , the 18 th , Mr . Coxwell , the woll-known aei-o » aut , editor of the Aerostatic Magazine , projector of aerial strategy , and , in fact , a scientific mernber pf his dangerous profession , is , on the occasion of a grand autumnal gala to be held on that day , to ascend from the grounds in his large balloon the Queen . This ascent will be Mr . Coxwelre 307 th , one of his most celebrated preceding trips having' been from Woolwich to Tavistock , a distance of 250 miles—as the balloon flew—in five hpura .

    tune"tvBs still ' continuing at the beginning of the weett to drag Put nightly its length of gentle dulness . * Though ^ he playgoing world and the newspaper reporters are pretty unanimous in ascribing the 'wit of the -piece to the mute personage' Pierrot ( M . Petit ); it niay be yet upon the bills for some time . But V The Two Polts , " Surrey farce , in whicjv , > Wr . Hen ^ y VViddicomb is extremely clever and . atu using , . is an excellent reinforcement ; and whate-ver the verdict of ( bhe tawn on ^} ° pieces that precede i |^> y ^ l secure for Mr , Harris that consolation under the res drduoe of management , " a good half ^ jrlc ^ , ** ' '' " ' . ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ^ iC i A ' nd Mns . KiiAN hiiVo bben playing at Exeter to 0 hbrhiouisKPusefr ; in « ' the Gameater , ""Xi 0 uia 2 £ l !" attd tU ' e Wife ' s'Secret . " ¦ The crpVd r was so great that tbe management were able'to dispense with the

    TmsJDAiivv DmECxon a « d Entji 'Actb , an interesting daily pTint , devPted to dramatic criticism and gossip , lias an interesting budget of news from Paris , The " Italieris " has opened with Madame Peruo and the Signori Graziani and Gardoiu , in the Trovlata . " The former , whom we narrowly missed seeing at Covent GardomlnBt season , wns in , superb voice , and bids fair to be a , greutGr favourite this season than even last , Gardoni is to ropiace Mar * o on , the stage of tlie Italiens , and thongh perhaps hardlv , as a general rule , impassioned enough , U deflcieht neither in voice or grace . Madatme A ^ bpni has appeared in J / Xtanain in AlglerV , " witlv Gardoni and Zucchini . Madame mioian uarvaiuo utjutjutmB ^ 7

    was ««« ,, T » n " Les Noces de Figaro" at the Xyrique . lhe-autodiluvian Dejazet has assumed the man agemeno oi one of tl » o f ? rpup of little playhouses In the "o ^" vard du Temple ; and some goodmktureU ian » critica over she has either forgtten to grow oia or has eluded the keen eye of old teimms caaz > . Madame fVestiall in the now famous suit oi . aiuniinium plute armour ( that coat , wo believe , w . vw franc «) , continues to gather laurels as Konwp . f ™ j Frnn 9 ivia has given a first rppresontation <& a Qllv ~ act comedy in verso , said to bo a success , Sqvtu . KwNeiNO * ON Mv 9 RVM .-rOn ' X * *^ Pvenji ^ a Mr . William ElUs delivered n lo « t v 'Jf flWt pf « series pf »* x ) » t South Konsingtpi * M «» ' in cp ^ n * otion with the Science and Ar ^ P *™" " of tho Committee pf Council on Bduo « Uion , on « Social Science ob a Branch of School Instruclion .

    eenvlceB ! of . the orchestra and allot the apace so gained as woU , as part , of the stage , to tho public in tho shape , of stills and , boxes . On tho SOtli inst . the play ¦ of .,, " , Hamlet ' - ' is announced , by spocial request pf jiiftny ; < c ^( li , ng inhabitants . On , Wednesday Itheso Ar ^ sts ( cpininenced a short engagement at Plymouth wliero ^ hey will give , in addition to the above nrthicdplays ' , ' the " Much ndo about Nothing . " Tho n < i 3 it hivlting place' In the ' player king ' s t > fogress Will , it Is uhde > tood , be Stmtlm . hptton . CAMa * jiBttt' s 'AMHntoAN MmSx Kat 8 .--Thl 8 new company of jQthiopian brothers , fifteen strong , under the ¦ nia ' nagieineiit of -Mir . O * Hi Voxj who llav e , during theiMt itiPrtthl been announced ns <• coming / ' through the ^ ediaini pf aft /» ilngul (» r postjinff biU as ever graced tjbe ^ f , a . \ le pf Lpndon , have at length landed in Lambethi The habitue * of the Surrey 'Theatre are in a

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101859/page/20/