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    More recent news from Naples informs us that the main body of th « Royal army was keeping guard over the capital , and that skirmishes between the troops and the lazzavoni were taking place . ' G-aribaldi was said tor be at PalixLL at a distance by water which admits of Ins ¦ ke&m . ng Kis promise to' be at Naples by Saturday . At Sapri , m the trult oj Policastro , midway between Palmi and Salorno , G-eneral lorre Had effected a landing with 4 , 000 men . It was in this neighbourhood that significant indications of a popular leaning in favour of Victor EmanueJ recently took place . * , ¦ , . n * . By the Levant Herald of the 29 th . August , published a Constantinople , we see under the heading of « The Syrian Belief Fund that the preliminary meeting announced to be held witbva now to the formation of adefinitive Committee took place on the previous Friday , at Missene s Hotel , and was adjourned till Thursday , when a general meeting was _ be held at the same place , with his Excellency the Ambassador , in the chair . At Friday ' s meeting Mr . Privilegio presided , and after a short statement bv the convener as to . the object of the eflor . fr which it was sought to organise , several influential names were added to the list previously , published . „ ,, ,,, - ,- News from Madrid , dated the -tth instant , informs us that tjio iving of Naples has been . Pitered a congenial retreat by the Queen ot fcspain , in her dominions , which lie has accepted ; for it seems to be considered that the King ' s " retirement" from his own realm is only . a question of time .

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    790 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Sept . 8 , 1860

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    Fxobai Hall . —Mr . Alfred Mellon ' s series of Concerts ( the ter mination of which is a matter of serious regret to the music loving portion of the metropolitan public ) , arc brought to a brilliant . Climax this week , which closes the month ' s . performances , as originally announced . Handel ' s ¦ ' « Messiah , " which was given on Friday , the 31 st ultimo , deserves , as we mentioned in our last impression , a more detailed analysis than could be given in the passing notice to winch we were then restricted by the length of our weekly resit > ue and consequent want of space . This work , then , the master piece ot tJie great founder-of what may be termed the Sacred Drama , and which in grandeur of conception as a whole , if not in melodic beauty , and the highest attributes of modern orchestration , has hardly been surpassed or even equalled , was given entire , allowance being made for the unimportant curtailments , in the original work with which it . is usually presented . The solp voices ( Misses Parepa , Leffler , and Thompson , Mme . L . Baxter , and Messrs . W . Cooper and Thomas ) were well chosen ;¦ pf the . baud not a word need be said , i ts position , as the first in the world being well known . The chorus was excellent in all that appertains to training , and vocal , if not numericalefficiency , considering that a thousarrcl voices are not topmuch to give . efloc . t to this stnpendous composition . Madame I ,. Baxter's " Thou who bringest glad tidings , " tmd " He was despised ( encored ) , were dtnong the most effective of the solo pieces . Monduv last was set apart as the " English night . " The , chief features of interest being Mr . Howard Glover ' s cantata of " Tarn O'Shanter , an interpretation from poetry into music—from language into soundwhich for fidelity , combined with invention , being at once literaL and yet free , and uniting as it does , the higher manifestations of genius , with the careful elaboration of what may be called the mechanics ot composition , deserves the highest commendation . The solo part was assigned to Mr . "Wilbye Cooper , who did ample justice to it , and elicited well-earned and cordial applause , Tlio musical public will , doubtless , remember the eclat with which this work was performed at " the concert of the season , " given by its talented author at St . James s Hall , during the past summer . The trio from Mr . J . 13 amott a " Mountain Sylph , " was excellently given by Mile . Parepa , and Messrs . W Copper , and X . Thomas . Nor must , wo onqit in the vocal part oi the programme Mr . Kingsbury ' s " Sailor ' s Wife , " Mr . A . Mellon ' a " Bright were my Visions " ( Victorine ) , aud " Every Man join , heart and soul ; " Mr . Hatton ' s part song" Ah ! could I with fancy stray , and Bishop ' s glee " The Chough and Crow , " respectively allotted to Miss Lefller , Miss Parepa , Mr . W . Cooper , and the two last to the chorus . The instrumental portion comprised Dr . Arno's "Soldier tired , ( Mr , T . Harper ' s famous trumpet solo ) , which ia invariably encored ) , and Mr . W . Mellon ' a " Isabella Waltz , " and Overture , entitled " Romulus , " the march from Mr . 0 . Horaloy ' e Oratorio ot MGHdeon , " and Mr . Oalloott'a " Artiste ' s Oovp Polka , " played by the band . Tuesday was the " Mozart night , " when the Hull , us on the preceding evening , was crowded in every part , the numbers present being ostunated at about 5 , 000 . The groat orchestral works given , woro the overture to the " JZauboruaute , " tho most perfect of its kind , and the ever-fresh and immortal "Jupiter , " which for the eeaonco and soul ot melody that runs in one delioious , unbroken stream from tho first noto oi the opening to the finale , and tho unapproachable felicity of harmonic garniture and or . ohe . str . at effects , clustered and interwoven , so to speak , round the ideal type , of what must be regarded as the vory poetry of sound , is still without orival among tho greatest works of the greatest masters , and is universally acknowledged as the finost symphony ever written . Mr . Mellon'a admirable selection from " Don Giovanni , " comprising tlio favourite melodies of "La oi durom , " "II mio teaaoro , " " JDoh vieni , " &o ., descrvos special notice , The vooal pieces wore , " Vodrai Ourino , ( M 1 K Parepa ) ; " Oara Imagino , " ( Mr . W . Cooper ) j " Qui a'dogno , " ( Mr . lewis . Thomas ) 5 whilo Poesonti Nunii , "and " IMaoido 0 il i ; uar , " were rospeotiv . ely givon by Mr . Xt . Thomas and chorus , and Mile . Paropa and chorus . The second part of the concert commenced with tho ovorture to " William Toll , " given for the last time , and bosidoa an excellent mieooUaneoue selection , contained Arditi ' a favourite vnlso , * ' 11 Baoio , " which Mile . Pnropa singe with , auoh superlative grace and eilV'uti aa zievor ho fail in eliciting « n enthusiastic enopro , ana wound up with Mi . Browne ' s " Garibaldi Polka . " On Wednesday , tho iirsfc part of tho consert oonsjsted of a portion of Haydn's « Creation , " from tho opening repreeentation of Ohapa , " up to " Tho Hoavena arc telling , " Ml 0 . Parent * ( Gabriel ) , Messrs . W . Cooper ( Uriel ) , and U Thomas ( Raphael ) , mstaiuing tho aolo parts , With that peculiar species of simplicity which forme , whether in wmslo , painting , sculpture ,, or poetry an asseafal condition pf tho sublime , and ftMtogroe oi ¦ fao » le case in . his . jroheafcrol combinations entirely hia own , Kf oyclu umtoa a vein of rloh

    » and original melody , never previously equalled , and % yhich reached its 3 culminating point in the greatest- of composers , Mozart . Ho w deeply 1 we hare regrettecr that the latter did not compose any operas , which he - ¦ ¦ certainly lived long enough to accomplish , and then the former was cut < '• off before he had produced any oratorios , winch he . would certainly i r have done had he lived , and of which " lost works , so to speak , his ; j incomparable "Requiem" and Masses make us form so high an estimate . In ( lie second part of tho programme we had . a repetition of Arditi ' s "II Bacio , " in which Mdlle . Parepa was encored according to custom . Mr- George Perron was , also encored m Shield s seldomheard but , nevertheless , favourite old song , " The Thorn , and Mr . Mellon ' a selection from "II Trovatore " Was given for the last time but one . The " Beethoven Night" was Thursday , when the magmncent and profound " Choral Symphony" was given as the entire first part of the concert , Misses Parepa and leffler , and Messrs . W . Cooper and Thomas , being the solo vocalists . The second part opened with a selection from " Dinorah , " and comprised another of Mdlle . Parepa s famous pieces—the- « Shadow . Song " ( Dinorah ) . IViday having been fixed for an " Oratorio Night , " Mendelssohn ' s chef-d aevre of Elijah i was selected for tho occasion ; while Saturday , the last night ot the series , is set apart for a miscellaneous selection and Mr . A Mellon s benefit . The importance of these performances this week , induces us to rrive our critique in considerable detail . . Norwich Festival . —Madame Titiens and Signor Giughm are , we understand , engaged for the Norwich Festival . A rehearsal of Mr . Benedict ' s new cantata " Undine , " and some of the other new works to be produced at Norwich , has been arranged to take place at the Hanover-square Rooms on . Saturday , the 8 th instant . Of this cantata we are in a position to speak with unqualified praise . Herr Mohque s new Oratorio of t : Abraham , " a work of considerablemerit , will also I be performed for the first time on the occasion in question . ' CnvsTALPAl . ACE .- -In consequence of the great success attending the performance bv the " Tonic Sol fa Association" last Tuesday , the Edinburgh " detachment , " under the command of Mr . Henot , Avas " retained" for two more performances for Wednesday and ¦ 1 riday . These consisted of favourite Scotch pieces , such as " Auld Lang byne , " We ' re all a Noddin , ' " Scots Wha ha , " " John Grundie , ' Over the i Sea , " . " There was a man , " &c , thei applause being uprorious ,, and the ¦ encores extending to almost every song given . _ ' ¦ HavSiaeket Theatre . — " The Overland Route ' still enjoys nn' . fla ^ ffiBg- ' toopularity during , " the last week but One , " and has been playcd during the week to tho increasing sstisfaction of the intellectual audiences who frequent this time-honoured , seat of the legitimato drama Mr . Cliarles Muthews and Mr . Buekstonc sustaining their ¦ ¦ ordinal characters . In " A Game of Speculation , " which yvas also _ ' , plavc ' tl after " The Overland Route , " during the first hull of the week , ' . ¦ ¦ Mr- Cliarlea Mathews hat appeared in the leading part of Mr . -iff able Muicl : The latter half of the week has been devoted , to ' Used bn ! ( after « Tho Overland Route" ) , in which Air . Charles Mathews has j sustained his original character of Sir Charles Coldstream with _ his I inimitable powers of delineation . The afterpieces given have been Ihe I Christening " and " The King ' s Gardener . " STA > DA . iir > Theatkje . —On the opening night of the 1 avilion , on Saturday week , Mr . Douglass , the Proprietor ot both these ' ¦ Houses , in ' the address he delivered , in obedience to the call ot ono j of the fullest audiences we ever saw assembled within the walls ot a 1 Theatre , roferrod to his past endeavours to meet the rcquireme-nts ot I an improved public taste in placing on his stage the groat master-pieces i of the higher drama , interpreted by some of the iirsfc actors and ] actresses of the age , as a pledge , of his fixture efforts -with regard to his now enterprise of permanently establishing the lyric drama . 111 Us most porfeet form , hitherto confined to . the West End , in tho Custom districts of the metropolis . And tho cheers which followed were at onoa a ratification of thejustico and truth of the appeal , and a sigmiicivnt indication how well his enterprise was appreciated . An example ot Mr . Douglass ' s excellent catering for tho public ia now in progress at tho Standard , where Mr . Barry Sullivan is performing wglitJy to crowded audiences . Mr . Barry Sullivan ' s powers as a delineator ot the higher characterisations ot the « lugitiiuajp drama" arowdj known . For example , in parts to various as " Humlel , " " llichhou , " Iho Lady of Lyons , " his conception of tho ideal presented by theso Uillicult rniw of dramatic ) portraiture , ovinoe a high degree of inteUuctiml origmjvuty and versatility , combined with a facile aptitude of slago-ucltiplation . Miss Marriott , who sustains tho loading female parts , ia an actress 01 great talent and powor , and deservedly shares tlio woll-moritoa aim hoarty nppluuso bostowod by audiencos who can woll undoratand and appreciate-when it is interpreted , by really cpmpotent oxpononts , tlmi umvorsal language of tho feelings , of which our grcnt dramatists avo such consummate masters . ' * ,. ¦>* c <» ,. Eastern- Oi > iska House . — " Proverbs , " as Eugono Sno tells « b w « tho wisdom of nationa , " and ono of the most practical and trutuiul 01 provorba informs ua that " variety ia charming . " In tiiet , cliango of air , ohtingo of diet , change of ooono , of soasona , unct oliango of a good many moro things than people hko to oonxoss , do in honest truth go to mako up tho charm of existence , and oonstituto tho soul of all that rondorslije worth having . Diversity in short , js naturo ' s law , and gushes in oxuborant abundance ancl multiformity from tho looming bosom of tho groat mother . ? In tho name of tho pvophot < - — -, llga . " No disparagement to Mr . Douglass s most oflloiontly conductod , and attruotivo opera house , but o m « poetically and unpractically minded , it ronlly may soom somowliat 01 an anliolimux » ftor rcvoaling ono of tho secrets of tho great q-odttoas wno boasted in her oluwn tomplo , that " no mortal had ovoiv drawn asitm hur voil" tooomo souse down behind tho scones at tho 1 ' avUion , i \ im diacmsa dry matters of stage business . But tho , paint wo ura oommt , ' " ia this : —That tlio most judloioui variety elMiraoteriBes Hioporlpnnijnccrt at , this now opom liouso . lPor ' instanop , we had " Muritana , ^ Monday 1 "La Xruviata , " on Tuesday ; ?• SonnainbuW on Ww ^! lc *; day : "Ifprffitt . " Thursday i followed , by siutublo alter-piefles . *« J 3 > iavolo , " tioraos Put on Satura » y . rXlio parts are appropriately <'"( omoiontly ailed by the mc-mbora of tho " double oommmy , whom naraoe wo havo already-givon , ancl whoso , quali float Ions vro hn > o spooialisoa . Tho-lyrio , dmma so roconlly intrpduoed mlo tho Uv cost

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 8, 1860, page 790, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2364/page/14/