The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-08 00:00:00

MB. JOHN PARRY'S SKETCHES.

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No one will be very much surprised to find that
the mowed John Parry is a self4anght pate* of ao
mean faculty. The strong dramatic instinct taros ia quiet
momenta with genuine met towards the kindred art, sad
yeses in the reillsetioa of sketches sad drawings' by Mr.
Jain Parry, sows:bibbed at Ifaelesa's, to the Haymarket,
, how resting has for messy years hese a some* of peat
enjoyment to him, while in another vela be his bag de.
lishting tidarada through a toes life la emote &swiss
jgt parry appears:to Itivergaseed himself, sad many of these
sketches shows wadeable& WM& Ida it sarprigssly(ood
eye for correctness of form. Some trainee of water-colour
drawings are fall of spirit and nice colour. Same copies of
eograviege in Indian fair are really wonderfully well
execiabsd, preesteise the light sad shade sad the geoe•
ral teas with earwigs( sad debit. The humorous
is of come to biotite/mg es lorpdy &MAW is many of
the drawler., sodomy droll they fire Then are rows of
company to be mot with in omnibuses, sad • meet curious
picture of old bone n near the Tower, painted in 1844, full
of placards of the oddest possible croweedinge ; sad •
large drawing to which be la represented seated at a grand
piano, with a oasis looking enhance before him ranged on
the lid a the Wino, le elms be bee bees desist from 1835
to 1265, sad in the sir are the impish spirits of all his wogs,
all bowies scull, with the name of the favourite song of
their day. Oae of his best, however, is 91. "Fon! just
oat'—s tall, red-nosed, extremely wretched-looking, shabby
genteel sandwich man carrying the placard of Pun. The
drawings of "John Penny's Musical Manual," or musical
terms ilinatirsted la a" manise•ridieoloso Inform avarice of
capital caricatures in the broadest style, sod the sollectios
i. sliegstitetourisernaly well worths visit to sajoy • hearty
' laugh at oar old favourite is s new part.

MUSIC.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Mdlie Titian, whose re-appearance in Lucretia
Borgia on Thursday last aacited so much enthusiasm,
schieved on Saturday a still pester triumph, if possible, in
Norms. It is not enough to say that Thiess is the petted
Norma sow living ; there ie so doubt that ohs is the greatest
that has ever appeared since the esightal creator of the part,
the Saddam of the musical stage, the illustrious
Pests. For these forty pan Norma has been
seen numberless times offerer, prob4ly, than any
other opera,—in every musical theatre in Europe ; yet
Titans gives to the heroine all the deep and tragic interest
which she bee ever inspired, end to the beautiful melody of
Belliui all the freshness of novelty. Os Saturday she " out-
did all her former outdoinp," far this great artist, long as
she has been beton the public,, appears still to be in a
state of progress ; and the andante seemed eager, by
thunders of applause end showers of wreaths and
bouquets, to express their admiratioo of so grand and
beautiful a performance. She we. well supported. Made-
moiselle Moro was a pleasing and interesting Adalgisa.
digoor Clanks, who is rising is public f►vour, did jostice to
the character of Polliou, singing the music in that pure
Italian style which, we regret to may, is becoming more and
more rare. And Signor Juan, by his imposing presence
and powerful succors voice, gave great effect to the cha•
rooter of Crouse.