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      ENGLISH OI'ERA , COVi : XT . GAKDEX . Ox Friday last , as we were going to press , her most gracious Majesty and the Prince .. ' Consort were eiijoyin" - the deliglitful strains of Auber ' s " Diamans de la Coiironne , " of which Mr . Tully ' s English version was produced that evening , by royal request , with all the ¦ superb appliances at the disposal pf the management . The exertions of ' the managerial stars were rewarded by royalty ' with no stinting hand ; and , we may add , the honour won was fairly earned . The great'feature of tile performance were ] Jode ' s air varic , which Bliss Pyne introduced tit the close of the opera , the duet between Catarina and the Countess , and the interpolated KiuarKsh ballad , " Oh , whisper what thou feelcst ; " which Mr . Harrison sings with so much taste , and so little drawback of any kind , as to warrant hearty commendation . Messrs . Corri , St . Albyn , and Honey ( the bv , ffo value of the former we think more of than < lo many of our contemporaries ) , lent efficient aid towards the ensemble , which Mr . Mellon and his highly ' trained followers of the orchestra completed . (> n Monday last Flotow ' s elegant little workj . " 'Martha , " for which all the talent and exertion of this excellent company failed , at Drury-lane , to extort due ¦ appreciation from . middle - class audiences , was performed for the benefit of Mr . W . Harrison . This artiste ' s Lionel we take the liberty of imagining to be his best part . The graceful ballads allotted to it are more thoroughly within Jus rang , e > and afford , room for those inflections of feeling he is so well able to supply . The trpop ' s pf friends who thronged the house on the occasion undor notice , and who encored every solo enthusiastically may'hardly , perhaps , be relied'upon for unbiassed comment ; but we may vonturo to add that there was applause enough elicited from the genuinely critical to warrant the reproduction of the opor-a during the next season of- ,, this management . Miss Pyno takes , her bemoflt to-night as Catarina , when wo need hardly say a well-deserved . oporaLic ovation may bo expected to wind up a campaign , which is supposed ( and , for our fraternity we may add , the wiali iUtliora the thought ) to have been one unbroken success , The Pyno and Harrison management have , to use a sporting oppression , " made all the running" with English opera . On two or three particular occasions they have brought foreign works to the front , but having declared to win with a nutivo composer , thoy have done so . They have boon undoviatlng from thoir engagements to their supporters , and have liberally staked upon thoir venture—both grand recommendations in the oyos of a sport-loving public . They have merited tho good opinion of thoir follow professionals , by showing how nn inuneuso number of mouths could bo filled well and regularly , during what has boon boforo a dull season . Having organised , thoy have kept together n numerous and splendid band , undor a native conductor , whom hln poors have already placodlur above our criticism , and a no loss numerous and olibctivo array of choristers . Tho umuigomonts—horeloforo doemod imponslblo—¦ for tho real comfort of thoir visitors which wove

      ! originated , we believe , and have been certainly > carried but by their hardworking and popular right hand Mr . Edward Murray , must , last not least , re-- main a permanent feather in their managerial -cap . ' . Immunity fromboxkeepers' fees ; free play-bills ; ' numbered and retainable seats ; regulated charges for attendants , have here succeeded those arbitary I - ' claims which , were once the curse of constant , and , the terror of occasional playgoers . 1 lie example . Jias found imitators ; no loss has been found to ' result to managers ; and we hope soon , to number ' playhouse extortions among tilings of- the past , thou-h not the recollection to whom the public were ¦ indebted for the grand step towards their abolition . ROYAL ITALIAN' OPERA . ¦ T lie programme of Mr . Gyc's ensuing season is : now before us , and furnishes the following facts :--The opening ni-ht is that of Saturday , the 2 nd of April . The principal artists engaged arc , Mesdames Grisi , Bosio , art < l Taglifiaco ; Mesdemoiselles l ) idioe ; Maroi ; an ¦ aurora borealis from St . Petersburg ; Mademoiselle Lotti de la Santa ; and Mademoiselle D-lphine Calderon , from the Venice Opera . Among the gentlemen are Signori Mario , I-. uchesi , l ^ ssi , Xeri Baraldi , G .: irdpni , Tamberlik , Ronconi , lagli .-afico , & c , Sec . Mr . Costa is to conduct . Miv YVil"Tia-ni Beverley , mid the no less eminent painters Grieve and Telbin , are engaged for scenery- " l ) pn Giovanni , " "Martha , " "La Gazza Ladra , and the * ' Giuramento" of Mereadadante , are the operas announced as certainties ; and , by way of promise , the acquisition of leave to perform a yet unfinished work of Meverbeer's , is hinted at with proper reserve The ' band and chorus , of late so admirably ' kept ' in training at this house , will , of course be available , and , we presume , are continued . -A new luxury will , it is hoped , be placed at the disposal of Visitors , by the completion of the new Flower Hall , ¦ which it is in contemplation to use as a kir . d ot lobby .- Its fairy-like girders are already in course of erection , and the glazing will speedily follow . THE VGCAT , ASSOCIATION , ST . JAMES-S HALL . At the " undress concert" of this Society , on Tuesday : ' ¦ even-ins , the selection , with the . exception of a violin solcTby llerr J . David , and a pianoforte fantasia On Irish airs by Miss "Ward , consisted of vocal music onlv . Of the former of these instrumental works-we are , we candidly regret , to say , in no position to speak ; of the latter we . may observe that the composer of the music , M . Benedict , lias combined a charming reverence for the themes ., "Oh believe me , of nil those endearing young charms , and "the Minstrel Boy , " with an elegant , but not oppressive , amount of musical tracery ; while the fair young pianist , Miss Ward ,, displayed accuracy and thorough freedom Of fingering , which mark her . as a player of considerable , promise . Mo speak of . the vocal pieces—Mrs . Torrington ' s voice , 111 Mendelssohn ' s , "Now tlie dreary , winter flics "—a rapid and qraceful song—showed some throat notes ot the true " nightingale" quality . Callcott ' s "Inend of tho brave , " sung by Mr . Xitchfield , was dreary . Miss OhiuperfleUl ' s voice , in " JLa ci . dareni , showed adequate flexibility and sweetness . 'Hie qu . mtett from " Cosi sfau Tutte " was well executed , though we hardly enjoy it in the concert-hall . This seems for Mozart ' s gay strains hardly a happy medium between the bustle of the stage aud the repose ot the drawing-room , in either of which atmospheres we qan enjoy them more . "In Donizetti's " Mille , Volti , which contain several beautifully expressive passages , Miss Gordon's voice was heard to advantage . Wo , can hardly encourage the repetition of "Ihc Grove ' s of Blarney " in its new disguise ot tho " Bay of Dublin "; but Miss Harder ,. whose courage and flexibility wore severely tested by M . Benedict s elaborate "Skylark , " is worth encouragement to persevere ; and to restrain her ambition . Tho solo encore of the ovening was justly given to the pure and unassuming execution by Miss Saundors ot the solo , " Beautiful May , " fromMapfarrenV May-day . " It is a fascinating melody ; it was very nicely sung ; and all present enjoyed it . First in order , and least in interest , among the part spngs was " Hie Sfclnino Horn" of Franz Abt ; after which a glorious madrigal , by old Luca Marenzi 6 , was a relief . A pnrt song , by Hatton , " Jack Frost , " phrascil hero rnost lugitiinatuly and thoro most occcntrieully , rich in harmony , and delicately sung , was enthusiastically ro-doinandod . Essor ' s part song , Tho Morn' in-r Stroll " ( with piano accompaniment ^) , a strictly loyal composition , admirably , and , even imposingly , given by tho principal malo vocalists , was , to us , tho best of all tho long concort , which was , in a few words , none tho less delightful to a large aucliunoo of sympathetic amateurs than to tho strong body of singing members , by whose unassisted otterts it Avas oarriod to a vory satisfactory conclusion . ST , JAMES ' S HAlr . L . 'JMio groat suGcoss which attundod the porformnnoo of Mondolssohn ' s "Avo Maria , " by tho Vooal Association , liaa indueuil tho directors to repeat t » e vorlc on Wodnosduy ovoning , March S . lrd . Hundol ' s ' ?' Acls untl Galatea' ( with Mozart ' s additional

      accompaniments ) will also be performed . and choir , under the direction of M . Benedict , will number 400 performers . 1 IAYMARKET THEATRE . A new three act ; comedy , entitled " The World and the Stage , " by Mr . ¦ Falgtaye Simpson 5 was produced here on Saturday last . The author has tilted with infinite stage' success against the cordon of suspicion with which society has surrounded the virtue of theatrical ladies , and has aimed at thawing the " cold shoulder " . which is somehow the result . He has written apparently coji amove upon the theme , and has produced a work which is confidently predicted to take the town b y storm after Easter , arid to hold the stage as a favourite for years to come . Thou"h it is almost considered necessary to have at hand , or invent a French original for every dramatic performance produced in London , we confess we are at a loss for one on this occasion . The authors ^ of " Masks and Faces' * have handled , the same subject it is true ; and for all we know every coulisse haunter on town may have thought ot it as a likely one to take witli the spooney portion of the public , and to catch the fancy or display the talents of the AVoifington of the hour . But originality in story , aud the merit due to its treatment , must be conceded for once to the British author who has been fortunate m finding such able interpreters of his pretty sentiments as Miss ¦ Se'dgWick , and the rest of the talents at the Haviiiarkct , The prejudice against which he contends , mayor may not be founded in reason ; it is certainly often carried to excess—but this is no place for such questions . An author may have had two motives in raising them . He may have aimed , lor the manager ' s sake , ' at the . collection of innumerable folks into a playhouse ; and , for his own , at the cynical amusement derived from watching how a , well constructed and acted play : will blind the said multitude to shaky premises and shaky conclusions . But not being Jjoun-a \ to analyse these motives , we will quit , for-, tlie . present , the moral ot tlie tale , arid , according to custom , condense , as . well as we may , its plot , for our render ' s benefit : —Alary Sumers ( Miss Amy Sedgwick ) , a poor and nobleminded girl of gentle birth , has ¦ become a famous actress . Her sister , Lady Cdsllccrcuj ( Miss & . ± ernaii ) , is , as her name imports , a lady of position , Tho hitter ' s husband , Sir Norman Custlecrag ( Mr . lloo-ers ) , is a snob , who objects to his actress-sister- ^ in-faw , clenics his lady her society , forbids her his house , and arms society against her . 1 he poorheroine , though too devoted to her calling to-abanr don . it , is attaclied enough to her own flesh and blood to feel acutely the insults cast upon her bhe is subject , moreover , to the detestable gallantries ot a fashionable gentleman and his attendant gent , well and amusingly , played by Mr . W . Farren and Mr . Compton . She is beloved by a model sweetheart , Leonard Aslitou ( Mr . Howe ) , and watched over by a sort of servant-monster or luimble satellite , Daniel Dewlap , into whoso representation Mr . Buckstone threw all his vast comic power . Her cup of sorrow seems nearly full when she discovers that her own persecutor , Malpas , is also assailing her sister a lonour . She defeats his schemes , and saves the bilronet ' s ' -wife ; but , in doing so , falls herselt under damning suspicion , and loses her lover . The pile of agony thus accumulated must , pt course , come down sooner or later ; ^ and its fall is effected by the repentance of Ma pas , the roue whose abhorrent intention ( which should hardly , wo think , bo depicted on the stage ) against the honour of the sisters is followed by a generous extrication of both from trouble . Miss Amy Sedgwiok is an actress of wrosont powor and soiuo promise . Mr . ljuekstono , Mr . Compton , and Mr . Farren aro everything , or nearly everything , that can be desired in their respective lines . Tho play was so good , and tho immense audience ( it wus Miss Sedgwick ' s benefit ) so ' good-natured , that anything but vast success waa out ot tlie question . Its " tag" consisted of tho following lines , which were delivered by the heroine ;—oft ns tho actress , friendless , and iilone , Bcoklni Ui « " spark Olvlno " »» o'd cull Her own , , 'Vo weary Htudy , wcarlor euro , tor priilHO « . , , Tliu woi'fa nor knowtf , nor ln ?« d » hur MtriipSloB » o ' . 'GluiiiHt Hpvcrty , touiptullun , luroa oi youi i Wliiit li ! uid « npDliuul , tlio brunth of hoiuiUuI rnlle , Tho pwblio luuda , but pi' « Jinli « u uhbi ' - ssmsissst :: ESSin '« SrS . ! JS « kindlS JXtf . " that no unimportant step toward it inltf 1 »> 0 taken from within tho groonroom ¦ Wo iTl urtu to the more regular adoption ot tho i ' i , roi > 0 p s ylM W nmrrlod Imllua . JIavo . natrons who , C £ Jy won ? their nuiUlcn-namos behind tho Iiii . Xw article of dross or decoration , any Su of Jlniiplalnt if thoy arc sneered at by tho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19031859/page/21/