The Press.
London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

MUSICAL UNIoN.

THE engag,emeht of Messrs. Itottesini and Webb,
in addition to Lis usual party. enabled Ntr. halo, at
his fotuilt concert on Tuesday last, to vary his
ptsigramitte by the performance of two quintetts.
tinslow's quintett in It, No. 5, was exceedingly well
perform( d, although, to use Mr. lahis own epithet,
the dottb.e-bass was rather "too deep and sonorous"
in the slow movement. The great object or interest
was, however, Nlendelssolas /whiten in } fiat, one
or the last chamber compositions of the great musi-
cian, and infetior to none of his works in imagination
and intellectual ismer.
M. Vieuxtemps' abilities were fully developed by
these /whitens, and Beethoven's sonata in E flat, for
violin and pianoforte; but in this last composition he
was not well supported by Mlle. Clams, whose power
of execution does not compensate for her want of
expression and musical feeling.
A sonata by Tartini, performed by Messrs. l'iatti
and ltottesini, was a decided failnre. if these gentle-
men were well advised they would refrain front
attempting to perform a class of music which they
certainly do not understand, and which is but little
calculated to display their great and unquestionable
talent. The execution of this sonata, especially in
the quick movement. was most unsatisfactory, and
M. l'iutti's intonation in the double-stopping pas-
sages and in the ascending shakes was ut blues very
imperfect.

AnnNo the forthcoming dramatic novelties is the
announced return of Rachel. for a limited number of
dramatic ►erforrnances at the St..lames's Theatre.
Mr. Mitchell, too, whose unces,ing enterprise and
general good taste provides the public with so rapid
a succession of exot►c talent, takes, we presume, his
annual benefit.

WITH 1111. !Willed Welttilt-1* I•4lllii.S i1i,,,11111,.!
Vaitxllllll, nil the evening of tlir •• A
bat isteoia umiuttnipti on the I

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Tut: %tit. I(Arins.-11'ilil enough not to interfere
with our ideas of .al age life. yet so disetptine,t, and
seemingly t.o well ilispo oil. as to preeltule fear in the
most timid, the lulu Karin; now exhibiting at the
St. tioorge's ;itller • at lark (the seeno of Mr.
Cordon Cumming's exhibition), present au vitt4 rituu
meta as interesting as it is rare. The
ereated by their strange and uncouth talk and ges-
tures. and seaul cOstlllllo. is 101,401141 find 0111111101 A
by the Set'lliTy, painted from sketelies math' in
Eastern Africa. and the general Emboli:blamer of the
tuvessorioi. These litith.s•—this party e nsi‘ta of
eloveit men. a 11'4'1111Ra. 1111,1 a child---pertiNtal a perfri'l
little representation of their ordinary life, t I their
ilomestie habits, their nuptial ceremonies, sttpermi.
lions, and enstoms of war. The whole is mitt neted
with great spirit, and it constitutes an entertainment
of a inert' than usually *Maldive mid instrneti‘e
kind.

THE 1.; utTimps.-__ In waterloo place an, to b
seen two little models of humanity—a girl of six
teen, nail a youth of fourteen; who are said to belong
to the mei, of Earthmen." Those who go to tleo
the katirs may Mid it interesting also to pay a visit
to these spvcalleas a a race the Wks are rapidly
exterminating; the hunters and the limited ars
almost side by sido. 'l hese little peotile ill !With k
s)unnetry, anal paSsess much More altuniaelice
than we hail necustomed ourselves to attribute to the
Eiteo •• ;" whether they are as old as
they are supposed to be must. depend mainly on
conjecture ; us they are, they are interesting enough
well to repay the trouble of a visit.

TIII: EARLo► EI.I.ESMERE has again liberally dints it
open the Itritl.gewater titillery to vi%itorpi on two dos a
Mess.. smolt, of New liond•stroct. lone tliu
issuing of the yank of ntinti•aull.