The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

The pretty but unfortunate little St. James's
Theatre is once again tenanted by a French troupe, though
this time the artists ars all stringers to the London public,
and, with one exception, holding but second rank in their
own country. The "Par" is Wills Localise, from the
Gait, s tank lady, who may be ranked with Mbs Elsa
Terry on our own stage, and whose style of acting la much
p the same school, where breadth rather than neatness le
anted at, end where, so long that the laugh be raked, no
samples stand in the way of the mane for extracting It. With
an extraordinarily quaint face and demo, with capital animal
spirits and much expromtve pantomime, Mdlle. Leonine
rattled throes:l the scene, and received immenas appliense
from her compatriots, who crowded the gallery and the slips.
From the large type accorded in the bills to two other artists,
Y. Maim and Mdlle Anna Delia, their talents would ap-
pear le be mare appreciated by the manager than they were
by the public ; but while them le no mum for medal praise
to a g leavldesl, It le but fair to my that all, even
the melba chsesetere, are aptly and conscientiously
Mild, while the minor details of the stage an
awed for with that meolaion which innritbly
distinguishes the French theatrioli artiste. Two
picas. were played laet night, the fere, du ',WWI. being
1 a MI act vaudeville calk d Zoos. Chopolard,the ton of which
is whop a little two highly-spiced for English palates.
Tee staple dish of the evming, " the admired drum. rand.-

dile in ire acts, entitled Mark; do, la Pork dr Savoie," is
well known is Loading. IJuder its original title of La Beam
sts:lhesi, with Madame Albert for tea heroics ; in ita operatic
form of Liam di Chassoswix ; at in Mr. Albert Smith's
adaptation of it which wee produced some ten pore seer
sailed The Atari ej Chassorni, with Mot R. Hamar in the
goloalpal character—the story of the poor Savoyard girl
whom troahlos sad temptations i• Faris are virtuously over.
coos, mad finally asset with t►eir proper reward, has been
listened to by all deems of the ploy-going public. It M a
very pretty little piece, end loot Right excited se much into-
red as though It were a perfect novelty.
The French oompasy will Tema& for eta weeks, during
which period le ithisrnir dr Lem, lm Crochets do Pies
Marti; (Tha Porter's Ilse), and other pieces of celebrity,
will kie produced.

MUSIC.

lONIC 130CIITY.

The Phillsarmomio Society Ms tegua its forty-
mesa sum ; sad we lam with plume teat at Iles tad
d warty by a Notary, tail hsk he& Si. wooing
plass Ratan the mulakel ilwitatleor d Ziespe, tidi-
est a sign of wealtassi or decay. Tires ere one
who try to reptant the Philharmonic Society as
antiquated, beidml th• spkit of the rise, and usable to sow
tend with rm., eel mere energetic bodies. It la tree that
the aosiely Y efl„ bat it le equally true that It
*toys 1e • pen aid se ;". • fast ealltdently proved by the
cassinelve alreemiewee, eat, fa spite of the eager rivalry
alaildribrnekesigiiimisis sad In spite, too, of the do.
praeles Winona of Wills slam the subeceiption of this
mason considerably mons& those et hat and several preview
yearn As to the principle which pawns the adminietration

ef the Philbarmonie EiCciety, we ham often expeeseed our
eglikat of le. It O simply this That the prime object is
the prodoctias of what is best and greatest in mask, sad
that interior works ars mot to to brought forward In order to
gratify • teethes craving for novelty, which, after all, among
the &meet wpm:stared the Pldllimmoole canterts, does not
mist. Were • aan Beethoven sr a now Mandebeela to
arin, tbsa the Pidibrarrie Bedell yeah! be the lint to
predonlis wain, as ibey awls Int to rodeos the woke
el Dwiltswa awl themselves. Bet we, far
sou part. see van is esnion ourselves with the immortal
samba el Ns" Mess" Beethoven, Bpohr, sad
et lent mill swore any star shall be added to that
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pactut -Profemor Damen. Mr. D.
Bayda's eighth epophosy, one of those written in London
201011104.1 concerts, I. one of the great master's mole
benieltal orchestral works; so clear, natural, Ample, and
pm la wary pieces so grand and vigorous, Heat its freshness
ma arm Ihda. We cameos oreadve musical taste err
fig late a state when such works as this shall no longs
Oren And the same Wag try be said of the other ryes-
"bow of last night, Besthemen's in D, which, though one of
tho esseporea early welts, is full of breathes which mut
le pontastol. Probably three two fine symphonies never
were batter performed than on this occasion. Dr. Boma
took the time of every movement moat judiciously, end'
beerght out adm'rably the meet delicate abodes
et air and expression. Joachim's new Oacerto
was ealwalwtod to exhibit all the wonders of his
tamearleat strutter, err full of original and striking
Yon, end as a piece of orchestral writing, dieplieyed the
aUU of a coneenunste musician, rich in all the reeonrces et
hie art. There were pose e full of fir* and peaclue, with
many arsine of sweet and expressive melody ; but, taking
the work with reference to its general design and the propor-
tion and symmetry of Its structure, we feel that we must
beer it oft.ner than once before we can form a clear app..
bunion of it as a whole. The performance of Bash's
ameteme, In which be drew from hie unaccompanied Loam
mat foil and complicated hammier, wee one of the..
month of execution which probably no other violinist could
tibia,. The vocal pieces are all well known, and roortived
maple justice Irma the two sooospllard performers.

ESCHEW:I2 BONDS. TILIASDIT CHMIBINS,
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