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      purchaser may get a fairish equivalent fronv the Councillors , a W excellent one from the Deco , rator , but from the Graduate a wretched groat s ¦ worth—a parcel of waifs and strays from . Hr . Ruskin ' s blotting book , hooped or coupled together by a few sound criticisms on pictures most capriciously selected , . . .

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      DEUBT 1 ANE THEATEE . On * Monday Mdlle . Brambilla appeared as Gilda , in " Rigoletto , '' apart intimately associated with the name and fame of one still dear to opera goers . The impression left by her performance was , that although a eantatrice of much capability , she had still a steep road before her . She was called for after the third act , in which her duo with Rigoletto ( Signor Fagotti ) . a painstaking and agreeable vocalist—was very nicely sung . Signor Mongini added to his already marked popularity by his version of the Duke of Mantua . His great air in the first act was given in his best manner , as was the famous " Donna e Mobile , " which was most warmly and genuinely encored , as was the gem of the opera , the quartett in the same act . . .

      create considerable interest in legal circles , where her father was well known and much esteemed .

      On Tuesday a repetition of the still fresh and everimproving " Trovatore " introduced Mdlle . Titiens as JLeonora . In all the opportunities offered during the first three acts to a real prima-donria , the charming Hungarian was no less admirable than in her last season at the old Hayrriarket Opera-house . In the fourth act , -where the " Miserere "is the prelude to a magnificent series of lyric opportunities , she rose , if possible , above her former excellence . In voice and in feeling , not mere acting of passion , Mdlle . Titiens

      answered on Tuesday all the demands of the most fastidious and exacting . The Manrico of Signor Giuglini was , we need hardly say , an excellent one . His " Mai ireggendo jV " Di quella pira , ? ' and " Deserfto euFla . terra" were the genis of his performance . The Azucena of La Guarducci was an : excellent one ; and our old friend Badiali was far above mediocrity in the one great sold , "II balen , " and the concerted music allotted , to the representative of the Conde di Luna . ' ¦ ¦

      Popular Concerts , St . James ' s Hall . —The first part of last Monday ' s concert consisted entirely of compositions by the song-poet of modern Germatny-r- ^ Schubert , the beloved of his great countryman , the pleasant cynic of Paris , Henry Heine , and . the admired of that truly kindred spirit , Jean Paul . A quartett in A minor headed the programme ; Messrs . Joachim , Ries , Schreurs , and Piatti , the quartett players of these admirably orthodox , ' and as admirably managed evenings , were the performers . The lovely " Ave Maria / ' the senti ^ mental " Wanderer , " and the melo-dramatic " King , " three of the composer ' s acknowledged masterpieces , were given by Miss Theresa Jefferys ( whom

      we are glad to see so kindly and judiciously put forward ) ; Mr . Santley , a most capable interpreter ; and the ever delightful Miss Palmer , whom we still would have rather heard in other of Schubert ' s works . Mr . Charles Halle , with that exquisite touch and intelligence ibr which he is renowned , played the grand sonata in D major on the pianoforte ; and , again , a duo for that instrument and violin , with Joachim . The latter unrivalled violinist was heard to every advantage in the second part , with Mr . Lindsay Sloper , in a violin and piano

      barcarole , by Spohr ; and other works of this master wore as excellently given by the various artists already named . Miss Palmer ' s solo sorig , and Miss Jefferys' "In the Silver Beams of Luna , " were received with the gratification that such able vocalists cart afford in the illustration of such intellectual works as are all of Dr . Spohr ; and , on the whole , the concert , which may be considered an experiment , consisting , as it did , entirely of modern German classical works , proved once more the sympathy between the Britannic and the Teuton mind .

      Miss Emma Bushy gave a well attended concort on Friday last , at the Hanover Rooms . She was assisted by Mrs . Santley ( late Miss Kenable ) , Miss Behrens , and . Messrs , Joachim , Piatti , and Santloy . The programme was short as regards the number of pieces ' , but comprised some high class music . The fair henejloiare successfully f layed a trio by Mendelssohn , with Messrs . Joachim and Piatti for pianoforte , violin and violoncello ; and also a sonata by Beethoven with the same able coadjutors . She also displayed to advantage her facility and excellent taate in 01 * 0 of Chopin ' s fantasias , with which the concert was brought to a close ,

      Miss Le Died will give a SoirG * Musicale at the Beethoven Rooms , No . 70 , Hurley-street , on the 6 th of Juno next , on which occasion she will bo assisted by Miss Louisa Van Noordon , Mies Palmer , Mrs . Benthirf , M . Regaldi , and other eminent artists . Miss Louisa Stoller will also make her first appoaraacoift public No doubt ua this is Miss Lo Clou ' s first concert it will be well supported , and will

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      Ax > EtrHi Theatre . —Opinions are varied as to the permanent successor Mr . Tom Taylor ' s new drama , " The House , or , the Home ? " produced on Monday . That it will be ibr a time attractive the name and repute of the author are sufficient guarantees . The leading character of the piece , the Hon . Horace Chetwt / nde ( Mr . Alfred Wigan ) , a diplomate and M . P ., is represented as one of those laborious spokes in the wheel of Government who sacrifices domestic pleasure to Downing-streot duties and ambitions . Mrs . Chetwynde , his neglected , but not unloved , wife , whom Miss Henrietta Simrus very fairly represented , has a narrow escape from the dangers which attend ladies in her position who seek sympathy , through entrusting her confidence to Mr . Frederick Wardour ( Mx .

      BilJing-Wigan adorn their parts . As the absorbed Secretary of State in the earlier part of the play , and as the man of heart and passion towards its close , Mr . Wigan showed the greatest vigour and intelligence ; while Mrs . Wigan ' s . impersonation of the true lady and true mother , Mrs . Wardour , was as highly wrought and as touching as any of . the most successful of . this actress ' s former successes . The General Witherington of Mr . Selby was of the Mr * Potter class of old gentlemen , and perhaps , therefore , hardly high enough in tone for the stilted society in which the general is supposed to move . Mr . Selby , however , employing all the tact and excellence in " make-up " for which he is renowned , made , we are bound to add , a very excellent impression upon the audience , and contributed by his exertions to secure the warm demonstrations of approval with which the piece was received .

      St . James ' s Theatre . —This theatre opens under the management of Mr . Augustus Braham and Signor Marques , and new operas will be produced in succession , the next on the list being by Mr . G . A . Macfarren . The day of opening is the 11 th of June , when the new opera of " Raymond and Agnes , " by E . Loder , and the celebrated Spanish ballet troupe immortalised by the critiques and writings of Victor Hugo , Dumas , &c ., will be performed . Willis ' s Rooms . —On . Tuesday , Mr . T . M . Jones delivered a lecture , or—no aid to memory being visible —an oration on Byron . The audience was large and well composed ; the whole room was full , and the applause was considerable . The orator is a moralist ,

      and will become , we venture to predict , highly popular . He traced the vicious career of Byron with the intensity of a detective , and charmed his hearers by hunting him down through his baseness , pettiness , paltriness , contempt of society , fear of criticism , love of puff , pomp , sin , arid vanity , to his hopeless , Godless end . In his contrast between the moral attitudes of Lord Byron and Martin Luther at the death beds of their respective daughters , the lecturer powerfully impressed the majority present . Here his tall figure and flashing eyes told to advantage ; he threw himself with energy into the parallel ; and ^ we could see , made at once a host of fervent admirers , who will rapidly carry . hinx into popularity .

      The marriage of our prima pianista assoluta , Miss Arabella Goddard ; with Mr . J . W . Davison , one of the most eminent musical critics of our , or of any other time , was announced in theMusical World of Saturday last . Ma dlle . PiecoLOMiNi has , according to the American correspondence of our contemporary , The Bulletin , issued a valedictory address to the people of America , couched in the most florid terms , and signed , " The people ' s devoted , Maria Piccolomini . "

      ton ) , a young man of fashion , who becomes so deliriously enamoured of her that he for a , while abandons his prospects of a foreign appointment and elects to remain in London . Mrs , Wardour , his mother ( Mrs . AlfredrWigan ) , 8 Opn fathoms his mystery , finds that the lady m the case is the wife of her friend , and saves them both . A subordinate character in the plot , the fussy old General Witherington , C . B . ( Mr . C . Selby ) , contrives , inadvertently , to open Chetwynd ' aeyeB to his perilous situations and this gentleman , wisely appreciating his own share in its creation , and in mercy to the feelings of his friend Mrs , Wardour , pardons the youth , and resolves for the future to prefer Tho Home to The House .

      This hare analysis of the story oan afford no more idea of tho numerous involutions of Mr . Taylor ' s artistically constructed plot than can any moderately lengthy criticism acquaint the redder with the broad touches of character sot down for the actors , or the manifold dollcaolos with which Mr . and Mrs .

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      The Great Northern Hospital . —TMs admirable institution is situated close to the railway terminus at King ' s Cross , in a very populous and also a very poor neighbourhood . It has been the means , during the few . years of its existence , of effecting an amount of good which cannot but be considered remarkable when its limited resources are taken into consideration . From its propinquity to the cattle market , and the Great Northern liiulway , it affords a ready resource in numerous cases of accident ; but its principal value is found in the relief which it dispenses daily to a vast number of the sick poor , who would otherwise be deprived entirely of medical assistance . At tho hospital every day in the week are to be found some of the most eminent members of the medical profession , generously devoting their valuable time for tho good of their suffering fellow-creatures , by whom their services are most gratefully appreciated . We regret to not

      be compelled to add that , Hitherto , the public has given to the hospital thai support which it deserves ; and indeed it has more than oncp been on tho point of closing its doors for want of , the necessary funds to pay the current expenses . Strenuous efforts are now being made by a few benevolent individuals to place the institution on a firmer footing ; and as a means to this end Miss Annie Goddard has generously undertaken to give iv concort at TSt , Martin s Hall , on the 31 st instant , the entire profits of which are to be given to the hospital . To say nothing of the excellence of tho object ; , which in itaoIf ought to prove an attraction , Mies Annio Goddard has ( secured the most eminent artists in London tor the occasion ^ and we trust our renders will do what they can to support her in her « oou work .

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      Tho Freeman's Journal says : — ' Wo regret to loarn that ' small-pox prevails to a largo extent in SubUn at present . In some families as many as flveor Bix members have boon stricken down simulta ° " rootory of jsforth Bovoy , near Chuaieigh , 500 / is vacant by the death of tho Rov . J . F . C&urtonayj patron , the Earl of Devon .

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      CRYSTAL PALACE . The first flower show of the season came off on Wednesday , when a select if not numerous body of floral amateurs , strolled , flirted and dissertated among treasures of roses and posies that would have satiated even an oriental flower worshipper . Those entrusted with the arrangement of these lovely children of the sun , had certainly acquitted themselves with consummate taste . AH along the nave were radiated avenues of every hue , from central banks of heaths ' , which were disposed in the . transept . All

      about the statues were charming groups , their brilliant colours forcibly contrasting with the white of the marble or the plaister . Horticulturally ,. cannot descant upon the beauties of the scene . We have no atom of right to approve or dissent from the verdicts passed on rose , azalea , pelargonium , or orchid . But we may speak with confidence and pleasure of the high gratification , to sight , smell and hearing derived from a happy hour or two we passed , listening to the glorious bands of the Palace and the Guards , among the lasses and the flowers in the giant conservatory . ¦ the GreatHandel

      As the time draws near for . Festival it is certain that the rush for places will be far beyond the extent available even at the Crystal Palace ; and as the occasion is one that cannot again offer , those who desire to attend will do well at once to secure tickets . The London choral rehearsals at Exeter Hall have i * econimenced after a short suspension . On Monday , the second day ' s music ( comprising the " Dettingen Te Deura , " and a selection from several oratorios ) was rehearsed . The varietyand interest thrown into this day promises to make it the favourite performance with the public . On Friday , " Israel in Egypt" was gone through . The precision attained by the 1 , 600 voices , comprising the

      Metropolitan Amateurs contingent , elicited the heartiest applause ; from the distinguished visitors present , and evidently afforded the most entire satisfaction to Mr . Costa , the conductor of this gigantic musical gatherings During the past week the engagements for the instrumental portion of the orchestra have been completed . It comprises 242 first violins and violas , and 120 violoncellos and double basses . Above one thousand provincial and continental choral engagements have also been made . To enumerate all the cathedral choirs , choral societies , and other musical institutions which will furnish their respective contingents , would be almost tantamount to giving a complete list of those bodies .

      Considerable additions , principally unison stops , are being made to the Festival Organ , and some gigantic steel kettle drums , far exceeding in size any yet in use , and some deep-toned brass instruments , are being built for the occasion . In all these points , however , it is not mere noise which is sought , but solid addition to that deep , ponderous , grand tone which is associated with the efforts of a great choral orchestra .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 651, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2295/page/19/