The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

MRS. FANNY ZEMBLE'S READINGS,

A numerous audience assembled yesterday at
Willis's Rooms, fit. Jame's, to hear Mrs. Fanny
Amble re.d Othello. The wrapt attention with
which the reading was listened to, the grave de-
light modest/4 in the countenances of all, showed
the depth of the sympathy whioh the accomplished
reader had excited. The explanation of this effect
le not quite so simple as might at first sight be ima-
gined; for we may be sure that not one-third of the
"tedious would have moved trona their dwellings for
the purpose of seeing the play acted. The asses of this
indifference towards ociedepartment of theologians*
is that which lies at the bottom of what is tsamally but
falsely called the &olio* of the stags. The &alias
of the stage means, properly, nothing more than the
refusal of the public to support two great national
theatre, devoted to the purpose of the represeutation
of high dramatic works. There is no sock thingsti a
gm/4 decline of the stage. Omitting the fact that
noted operas are more popular than ever, it is retest
that theatrical performances of certain clues§ wow
amt more sought after t ban now. At the Hay
the public crowd to wittiest' genuine comedy and
farce. At the Princess's, Shakspeare's plays turned
into spectacle are still popular. At the Olympic,
amused houses testify to the delight given by
plays in which delicate traits of pathos and humour
are exquisitely rendered by accomplished actors. At
the Adelphi, good sterling melodrama and farce meet
with as much appreciation as in the cloyed 0. Smith
sad Jobe Reeve. Nevertheless, it is still true that
any messier who opened one of the great national
theatres, or even one of the minor theatres, upon the
priaelple of representing regularly what is vaguely
styled the legitimate drama, would find his seseW
he empty boxes. The reason is evident. In works
of lofty imagination the Inner sense is appealed
to far more po .erfully than either the eye or the ear.
We are ell of us so tar Platonist/ that we recognise
that there is au ideal beauty far beyond that of the
V.. di Medici, an ideal power far above that evi-
dent in the Moses of Michael Aar.* as ideal pathos
more affesting, mons terrible than that suss in the face
of the Lessees. And yet these weeks are the very
highest types of the ideal whisk hums artists of
seponmineet geodes have been abieesprodeos Bet
weeds are far more faithful expostulate of ideas than
either colour or marble. Shakers,' eammeniestes
▪ ow: minds, by means of lespere, imps sines
infinitely more vivid than theme essemseisible
by the painter or sculptor. Bat the ease is dimmed
whoa Shalrepeare's language is to be presumed
to we by Mr. Ronne Jones, his songs to be eeng
by lir. Orpheus Smith, his ideal scenery I. be
panted by Mr. Ciande Lorraine Breve, his ideal
beauty to be persoadied by Miss Waitaki*
Ameba Skew Robinson. Shakopee» has se
esstrol, like Raphael or Michael Angelo, ever
the material by which his thoughts are put
fate vivid representation. Stiakepeare's lan-
gur I. most marvellously suggestive. It not
ealy tells so what is and what was, but what, in the
eternal possibilities, may be. By no possibility can any
play or Seekepsere'e, except those of which the
mesas is wit sod humour, and which do not appeal to
the higher faculties of the imagination, be adequately
;Egsited. Imbibes lovers of Shakspeare recognise
Tlty shrink with terror from what is called a
led representation of a play d Shakspeare, for
=edireow that every figure, action, and toes co-
in their inaginatioo, will become vulgarised.
There may be one actor who, in virtue of genies,
Istre, sad study, has elevated himself to the height
et the argument, and who will satisty—perhspeeven,
eels the ease of a Seldom, a Kean, a Rachel, more than
TIII• &IMO& el the imagination, but the
tag figures will be dwarfed or caricatured.
They, therefore, will not sacrifice three hours to see
ell the Axiom of cherished hours with their beloved
pest mattered. Thomism many, who will not risk
Meng their taste wounded by looking upon Shek.
meted. are well easiest Mbear Sliskspeers read. I,
;or Mrs. Keehn has all the regents' of a geed
reader in se hi& a degree se meet peek She
hes a voice of marvellous power sad Erni.
bility, and she has cultivated this organ end!
she has it under complete control. Bhe has a deep
feeling of the beauties of poetry, and beings to a
lenity amongst whom the veneration and study
Sharpens have become a tradition. When oho se
denehm to read a_ play she has the whole slit under '
berms entrel. fibs will mak so part to less its sig.
Muses by thestspidity of theater. Thies is a grand
unity tbas beeves ink the apreentaties, aad the
mini of the Itattart boot aboobod by odds against
Ls
at Topordoo with Is as atotrioary to be mak.
matt the ef the drama. This
re meetaiweaned throughout the
ef Odds
Thaw ate, \reevyese' y.
, several blemishes fa Mrs.
UMW naaring of the play which are worthy
et adios There Is on., which is more or less
visible, not only in Mrs. Semble, bat in every
ester who attempts to represest Shakspeere. They
mew pay attention to the feet that in Shakopee:*
the &erecters are most always In a mate of develop-
mot Neither Othello nor lags ate the same men
in the touch eat es they are in the first. Equally
%Mfg of remark is it that they act differently
diaotoot emotions. When Othello in the lint set
@eye %Brabant» sad his frinds—
. Keep up year bright swards, fee the dew will rut them,
be talks almost entempteorly, with the calm self.
pasemelee of one who, although powerless against a
girl's smile, was steel Itself against steel. But when
be enters hastily in the second set amocipt the
brawlers, and exclaims, '
Held, for your lives
be speaks as a great commander loaded with repos-
• and indignant that the state should be insulted
Ishii es. The tones in which these two sentences
should be uttered, are as distinct from each other as
than which mask cool contempt and hot passion.
Yet Mrs. Kemble gave each in the same sepulchral
voles. Again, in the first portion of the famous
epee& to the sonatas, Othello evidently speaks in a
tone of home humility. He does not think mu hof
what he has done, and has still less faith in the
words that be has to deliver than in the actions be
km performed,—
Little shall I gram my striae
Is movskteg her myself.
Bat mark how jubilant he becomes, bow his confi-
dence rises, es he narrates the causes of his swam
with Desdemona, with whatpridehe lingers over the
details of the story which woe her heart. Observe
the mingled &Endes and humour with which the
necks IS told:
She wished she bed est bawd It, yet she whiled
That brawn bed made her each a moo.
How, of these three chords of feeling and passion the
seeress only struck one, Again, the passionate dreamy
antkosissaa of the pumps in the third act, beginning-
-Oh, my seal'. joy.
If altos enry tempest ems itch calm., &e.;
Which we may suppose to have been almost mur-
mured to Desdersons es utterances too sacred to be
lung heedlessly out into the open air, was most ba-
y express d. Mrs Kemble gave this peessp
rttetietones of a triumphant declaration. Perhaps,
however, the gnat error in the reederiog of Othello',
sherester was that of representing him throughout
se prow to jealousy. Othello is not a jealous man,
be b the most unsuspicious, open-hearted creature in
the play. He allows has wife to sail in another vessel
to Cyprus without a moment's hesitation. It is only
when proofs are heaped upon him to such an extent
that it is impossible not to yield credence to them
- e ia. Aas who has proof, or what he
be proof, that his wife is an adaltress
e put down on that account ea a
He only is jos/ow who is ever without
lapdog haunted by the fear that his
to deceive him. We are afraid that
fails more otmpletely in the represen-
developroest of logo's character than
hello. We may add by the bye that the
o motives of decorum ot the pump which
• light on lago's wish for revenge wake;
purposeless. Not that lago would have
t goad to drive him on to mischief, if gala
connected with It. Still there was a eases,
suspicion, and suspicion gen-
e is or shall casual ay end,
a ma with him wife fee wile.
we see, came the desire to revenge.
s noting in the storms of evil which
and controls. He revels in it like a
saccerive stages of emotion on which
,re missed in the representation of
• example of a misconception of the

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MUSIC.

PROFESSOR STERiDALE
CONCERT&

meaning of a apse& met snake. The terrible
hlusologne et I•go at the and of the third net, be-
ginning. r And what's he then that says I play the
villain P" are the words of • man rejoicing in the con-
sciousness of • tremendous power of evil, of
triumphant memo is ill4leing. The awful euale-
m•tion,
Diviaity of hell
when dells will shier blithest ma oat Oa,
Tao, do maim at lest with hems* &bows
as do aw—
ls really meant to signify a devilish exultation in
being on an equality with the power, of darkness.
Mrs. Hemble, however, uttered this in • tone of
horror, as if the man were rather shocked at the
magnitude of his own crimes. Enough of objec-
tio•s. The beauties of the performance far exceeded
the faults. The teat act was indeed a masterpiece.
The actreessoared to the very summit of her art, and
the perfect modulations of her voice in the midst of •
storm of passion were marvellous. At the conclu-
sion of the performance she received the enthusiastic
applause of • crowded room.

IRELAND.

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DUBLIN, NAT S.
A Mr. Shouldhani, of 13allymahon, has addressed
the elector. of Longford as a liberal conservative, a
supporter of the Maynooth grant, and an advocate of
a fair tenant right meanies. His is the only address
yet before the constituency, but no doubt is enter-
tained that Mr. Hughes, Q.C., will contest the eke-
tion with a good chance of swam against any
opponent.
Ihe proposed appeal by writ of error oo the part
Dunne, convicted at the Cavan Special Commission
for inciting others to the murder of Miss Hinds, will
not t 9 proceeded with, the Attorney-General having
refined to give his flat. The objection which was to
have been relied on was that one of the jurors having
been withdrawn on account of lamas, alter the pri-
soner had exercised his right of challenge, another
woe sworn in his place without any objection, tie
prisoner not having been again put to his chalk:ogee
in the form that would have been adopted with. a
new jury. The law will now take its course, and
the two convicted prisoners will be executed on the
16th inst.
In the ease of Pierce Somerset Butler against Lord
Mountgerrett, the plaintiff was once more toiled yes-
terday by a judgment in the Court of Exchequer.
The case, it may be recollected, isms. of ejectment on
the title against the defendant on the ground of
ille-
gitimaoy it being alleged that the marriage between
Henry Butler and Miss Harrison, the parents of his
lordship, was invalid by reason of a Scotch marriage
between the said Henry Butler and a Mrs. Colebrooke,
who was still alive. At the last trial of the are there
war a verdict fee the defendant, against which 'seep-
dons were taken by the plaintiff. The court yester-
day gave judgrnen, for the defendant on all the ex-
ceptions, the Chief Baron differing however from his
learned brothers in the case of one exception. The
verdict, therefore, remains undisturbed.
The officers of the French ships at Einptown
were entertained at dinner last evening by Arch-
Whop Callan.

Mr. Bennett pee his second performanoe of deesi-
eat trte meek et the Hanover Kure ROOMS lot
'maim. It was, se area, mast elegem sad lute readmit. It
began with Mr. Beamett's Chamber Trio. Op 26, for the
time. Mahe, sad violets:4Mo : a flee specimen of this dose
el mask. It was Oiled by himself, with Meows. heap 11
mad Keehn Gass, • violin sad violoacellc-plsyer j est 'trivet
anglemi. They ere from the C tart of Berlin, whin
dm* West, ere held is high ettimetista. They
pep' their puts very delieetely, sad pee elect
Awl to this boaatiful piece. Mr. Bassett pl god
Derek% &este la C Meer, Op. 35, sae of the
most asamaoriy works of ais silsalsobto oompoow. Ws kaow
hw greater crease thee • masts of Dessek's, played es Mr.
Hausa eia play it. Ho was a emperor sarivalled soma(
his ceatemperairtee sad werpresed by few of his esesessees.

MM M de sakes the brillisasy satkvarisry of the modem
arsel, with the dear dolga sad regular onstreetioa of
I Me eider masters. We dun had a sperm of one of t►.
most arras composaes, the eelebrate4 sad anketrate
Mart Berman; as msdmik with variations foe two
Markets; played by Madam* &humans sad Hearn.
kumigatiss, as may be supposed, was perfect, sad every-
body vs 'harmed with it. Its theme is a simple,
Wray wiry, which is treated with lairs variety sad
I wy. esadarig u that Sehosisoo is wril worthy tl his
high (asthenia reputation. Madame fiebusaaa's masks
was mithrisatia Mesdelroba's Somata la B fist for O.
pier and violoneelle was played by dr. Hearts sad Herr
Masks Gus ; sad luny, a solution from ilehamaua's
Markets pre% a par emir was played by Madame
Ilebamen sad Mr. Beard. MU* Pols Loudon, a pug
contralto daps; whore rue la mew to as, meg Clurnbini's
Ise sawed mat, "0 easter best*" with sweeter and
prrownesiag modssty. Mad as esteediaaly boautdal erg
of Mr. Bassett's. "Stag, Welk.. dal" (Barry Colowill.•
pretty mese), was suag, for t►e lint time ia public, by
M. Beesoa, sad mat warmly sad deservedly eppl mud.
The room was crowded es anal et thou istareerg ereerto.

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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1856.

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