The Press. — London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

I 166 mrslcAr. f'NTON. Philhartnonie hand never performed with greater force, brilliancy. and genenil effect, though, from Nome cansc log explained. her Majesty and the Court were iireve•Ated front attending the concert. To our mind, the execution of the scherzo in Nietidelssolin's Michastoucc Night's Dream, unani mously reilenninded, was the most perfect piece of orchestral pla lug we ever heard. Madame Garcia iardot WA. received with the applause and favour to the greatest dramatic singer of the day ; and it k matter of regret that we shoal I lie com pelled to listen to her this year in the concert-room Miss Tyne was unfortunately absent, from ~..were in lisposition ; her plae was but inn leiptately .applied by 31allaine CaAtellati awl a Misty Chamber, who 4-. iiervonslie , o4, though most excusable, wa, split. , pailful to see. An extra enneert i. to -ken on Momlay, tho I.llt of .fttl.‘, by le.r Nltie4q*, oanntand. pro.zrainmo of the convert on Tites(l iy :I 41.11% : Ili 001.1 1 (Nu. IN). 11[600—Trio, hi 1). Op. 70, Plano, Rye- II Nrt (X , ,.51. Menilehimilin—Phincifortii %ulu, , 4111:1L14, rp. to I F. I I filen - • . . The quartet of Haydn, which is practically nothing 'wire than a solo for the tirst violin. was excellently led by M. Nieuxtemps. We do not agree with Mr. Ella that the trio of Beethoven is ilitfienit to he un derstood, and we think that the slow movement contains melodies as striking and enMiliaßtinaa as beautiful a. any to lie found in the composer's works of the seine class. We must say we were rather ilisnp pointed with the execntion of the trio, for, although the slow movement was well given, the di(fleidt awl rapid passages in the first, and last movements re quire a force and distinctness of violoncello-playing which M. I'iatti does not. possess. Mendelssohn's qnartett was very successful. M. Vienxtemps' vigo rous playing and magnificent tone are well calculated to display to advantage the works of a composer whose style awl character it is obvious ho has studied with deep and earnest attention. in all these quartett parties we greatly miss Mr. Hill, who, we are sorry to hear, still continues seriously indisposed. We are inclined to think that. the instrument upon which Mr. Blagmve played at this concert is not a very good one. M. Hiller is undoubtedly an excel lent pianist, but the music he performed was not, in our judgment, either interesting or . judiciously seleeted. We are sorry for this, as he is in reality a %ery clever writer, and we trust we may have the op portunity of hearing him under more favourable cir- COLOGNE UNION. A CONCERT, partly sawed in character and partly secular, was given by the Cologne Union at Exeter hall on Monday last. The admirable performances of this society are daih increasing in 'similarity ; and we trust they will be rewarded for their exer tions. not only in a pecuniary point of view, but by the improvement which, it is to be hoped, their ex ample will effect in choral singing in this eonntry, and which, as true artists, they will doubtless rejoice to have assisted in aecomplishing. We are of opinion that the music performed by the Cologne company is monotonons in eharacter. and generally inferior to the best compositions of the English school of vocal writing : and it seems strange that so much eager ness should be displayed on the part of the upper classes to hear a species of music whose native dwelling-place is so much nearer their own homes than the soil of I lerinany. Hut fashion is all-,mower rid, and those who would not listen to a glee or a madrigal, however perfectly performed. will rush in crowds to hear II foreign company, whose exeellences they do nut understand, and whose defects they are unable to see. An organ performance by M. Schnei der of Dresden was a Very moderate affair. Our English organists are so superior a race that he must be a hold malt (as Menolelssohn was wont to say) who puts himself in comparison with them. It is, however, hardly fair to criticise severely ate per former who has no other means of exhibiting his ;dent than by playing on the wretched and worthless instrnment which has for years been a disgnwe to Exeter hail and the Sacred Harmonic Swim). foreign artistic Cossip. (From our o Correspondout.) BRUSSEts, JUn( 16. Oroat.i: SAND has aetually an inedited eometly, Nato, ue the. Chateau de MethMarl, in rehearsal at the St. Hubert Theatre in Brussels. Mme. Brohan. now Mme. linehard, will shortly reappear at the Theittre Francais in the part of relintene. Mme. Emile de Girardin's Lady Tortuffe, translated into tierman, was performed with moderate sticeess at Berlin. Ira Aldridge, the black tragedian, embarked at Lubeck for Copenhagen, and is engaged for the winter at Petersburg. Philippe Galli, formerly a celebrity of the Italian Opera, died at Paris a THE PRIESS. madman. Meyerbeer came to Paris to receive his copyright dues, an operation the maestri never omits. A meeting of German directors of theatres will open at Leipsic in July, to settle the question of copy tight to authors and obligations on the part of actors and actresses. Rachel will perform at ltrussels from the 10th to the :10th of July. The monument to be erected in Brussels in com memoration of the Constitution has escaped all danger from the opposition of the Catholic party. and its completion was decided last week by the Belgian Chambers. At Turin, the ob tlisk in com uemoration of the last religions reform is finished, and will be inaugurated forthwith. A Norwegian eantheon is to be erected at Eidsvold, a little town in the vicinity of Christiania, with the busts and nertraits of all Norwegian ce'ebrities, binning with King Ohms, who introduced Christianity into the conntry. The great barman poet Uhland is at present et Berlin, engaged in scientific research The Mar leis Lae bo t einequelin has publishe 1, miler the 'itle of " France in 11453," a work on the public men actually governing Franc'. Another curious book has just appearel—" A Ilist , iry tit' the Netherlands, from the Invasion of the Bomans to the Reign of Leopold 1.," written and printed in Algiers. The author is M. Roland de Hussy. This period of the year is the dead season for the theatres on the Continent. it is the time when the actors and singers leave to spend their furlough in the provinces. or seeking for new engagements. The most eminent cross over to London, and will return to Paris, Petersburg, and Vienna by way of Fraoce, Germany, and Belgium. The Opera Comique at Paris, and the Grand Opera at Brussels, are closed for repairs. The latter will he completely renmated. and placed on a footing of internal luxury which will make it the rival of' the Opera at Berlin. It is the pro p erty of the municipal corporation, which has all owed the sums necessary the w:orks. Vernet returned for a day from Algiers to Paris to deposit in t oupil's museum a grand picture, "Joseph Sold by his Brothers," for which he got his inspira tions in the midst of the African scenery through which he is following the French army in the expedi tion agaist the Kabyls. Goupil's museum contains already three capital pieces—Paul Delaroche's " Sepulture of Christ" and "The Mater Dolorosa," the latter painted at Nice by the great master, and Duhufe's " The Farthing of the Widow." A Hanoverian hanker presented. some days kn., to the Nutnisnintieal Museum at Hanover a curious medal. it is of silver, of the size of a Pmssian dol lar, showing on one side the bust of a stately man, with full beard and the carreth, and the inscription, in bad German, " John of Leyden, King of Anabap tists at Minister.' His left hand holds a roll of paper, the right a globe, surmounted with the cross. On the left side are the weapons adopted by the prophet, a globe on two swords crossed, and the inscription, " God's power my force." BY WAY OF MEMORIAL OF THE GIVIAT EXHIBITION, it has been proposed to purchase by public subscrip tion the famous statue of (our de Lion, by the Baron Marochetii, which formed so conspicuous a feature in the nave while the Crystal Palace remained open. Iler Majesty has contributed lOW. to this object, and Prince Albert 100/. _ A New GuAxo IsEAND has been discovered by Cap tain Sinclair, of the Helen, on his voyage from Liver 'tool to San Francisco. The island is five miles long by one and a half broad, and is covered with guano to the depth of about eight feet. It is not laid down in any chart. SHEEP'S Root. was imnorted into England in WO to the amount of 01,692,14641h5., of which 11.266.9:191b5. were re-exported, leaving 80,425,0251b5. Of goats' hair or w001,1,564,3301b5. were imported last year, and the quantity re-exported 717311b5., leaving 2A:459611 N . BRITISH WOOLLEN MixriviciTitEs and woollen yarn were exported in to the declared value of 10.1111,0741. THE \TIMER OF CoNVirrs removed to the Austra lian colonies in the seven years IS-16-52 were 15,P.461- 13,785 males, and 5,076 females. On the 81st 31arch last there were 1,134 prisoners in the eonviet prisons and hulks of this country eligible for tickets of leave, of which 145 who have been engaged on public works will be entitled to consideration, at the expiration of " , eir sentence, with a view to their receiving a pardon. THE RouNn BRIoIiToN.—ThO ninth pur chase of land for the Conservative Land Society has jest been made at Brighton. The, estate is known as the Round Mil, not far from St. Peter's Church, at the top of the Steyne, and commands extensive views of the sea, town and surrounling country. The property is close to the new promenade called, " The Level," and is at. a short distance from the station from which the estate can be seen. The Bound Bill being withn the limits of the borough, gives votes both to Brighton and the eastern division of the county of Sussex, SATURDAY, Q:ontintrtial. rItIDAY NIGHT. There has been a better feeling in the City during the past week, both as regards the Eastern question, and the advance made in the rate of interest by the Bank. The previous week of excitement has been succeeded by one of comparative repose. In the Stock Market, from Saturday up to the close of busi ness last night, the fluctuations in Consols have been inconsiderable, ranging from OS to 94 ex. div., occa sionally touching !Isl. The other funded securities have generally been well sustained. The new Three and-a-quarter per Cs!nts. have ruled from 101 to 1011; the Three per Cents. lteducel from OSi to 901. Bank Stock has stood at about 22..4,1, India Bonds at 335. pin., and Exchequer Bills at from Is. to 4s. pm. The market for the foreign funds has also slightly Unproved, and the fall in Russian stock has been checked; the operations are, however, limited. Railway shares have been to some extAit in- thtenced by the same causes as haw. operated upon the At ids; the tendency has, however, been upwards ; the settlement has prevented and• marked improve ment taking place in price-, nor have th , ! operations been to any extent. So little has been positively known regarding the intention: of the Emperor of Russia upon the Turkish question, that any operations made in reference ta peace or war have been purely speculative. It, may. however, be remarked that capitalists and merchants have been generally disposed to look upon the pacific solution of the Eastern question as more probable than war, and have therefore refrained from extensive operations. The market is just. now in that state that the re ceipt of any favourable news would at once produce a rapid advance in every description of security. Money is abundant both on the Stock Exchange and in Lombard•street, and is easily obtainable at rates below those charged by the Bank of England. The voluntary conversion has this week been almost nil. This may be caused, to some extent, by the un certainty regarding our foreign relations ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial scheme cer tainly does not meet with much public favour. In the colonial markets the leading articles of produce have been steady, but the operations are by no means extensive, and prices are barely main tained. The war question naturally creates anxiety in all branches of trade, and some impatience is ex pressed that our Govertnnent has not taken lunch earlier the decisive attitude which they have recently assumed upon the Turkish question, it being believed that by sn doing the present complication would have been avoided, as at this moment the merchants en gaged in the Baltic and Levant trade are compelled to suspend in a great measure their usual operations, for fear of being involved in serious embarrassment by any sudden outbreak or hostilities in those quay• ten. In the manufacturing districts the same causes have operated uufavonrabl•. and the markets at Man chester, Leeds, and Nottingham have been dull, and the business transacted comparatively limited. To-day the English Stock Market opened heavily. and prices were hardly so firm as yesterday; but the announcement in the second edition of the Morn big Chronicle (upon the authority of its 'Vienna cor respondent), that Russia had accepted the mediation of Austria in the Turkish question. produced a re action, and Consols at once advanced from Ski to 9$Z, at one time touching 09; they afterwards re ceded to 9SI, closing at that price. The foreign funds have not been sensibly affected by this► report, and prices do not present any im portant change. The market, however, closed firm. The Railway Market has to some extent partici pated in the improvement in Consols; but it, is more evident in French shares, which have been done at a small advance upon yesterday's prices. Until, however, the information announced to-day receives further confirmation, it is hardly probable that any very important advance will be maintained in any of the markets. The last quotations of Reduced Three per Cents. were 001 to 90i; of New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 1011 to 101 i ; Bank Stock, 2281 to 2291; Exchequer Bills, Js. to as. pm. 4111rhtts. 6 ('MIN EXCIIANtir. Filin \V.—Then . lsatslieen a good arrival of foreign wheat this week. fair IX English, and of other grain small. To•day's market was moderately at reinleil only, but including some distant purchasers t nevertheless the sales of foreign wheat were confined to necessitous buyer*. oe to parcels which, from particular circumstances, wen , comparatively cheap. The value of English is also. an.