The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

Herr Ernst's Coming Concert,

O the 30th of May—that is to say.
upona ''n
nextlodallLenvdeang
yinweek—there will be given at the
St. James's Hall a concert of unusual attractiveness.
It will be one of the Monday Popular Concerts—
justly so called—but it will be one in many respects
in a. word, be ERNST'S.
Kerr Ernst, the most ac-
vlterwyieuxbceeptthioencaoln.celrtt will,of
ac-
complished eta the most rarely-gifted of living
violinists. Not, alas ! that the great artist will
then himself be once mere enabled to make
his appearance, violin and bow in band, in
front of the orchestra—he being still unhappily
precluded from giving that crowning attraction to
his own concert, to this concert associated with his
distinguished name. But—if his own wonderful
tones, his own magical touch, his own well-remem-
bered wiz irdry over his instrument, cannot be
listened to on this occasion—his last imsginings
;gill at least there be given expression to, by
congenial artists, among others by his eminent
pupil, Herr Joachim: Of the sentiments of profound
regard and of affectionate admiration inspired to-
wards himself by Herr Ernst, and that too among
those the most capable of appreciating, at once,
the value of his friendship and the fascination of his
genius, the public had signal evidence afforded
to them last year through the charming de-
dicatory lines prefixed to « Caxtoniana," In
corroboration of what was there so,exquisitely ex-
pressed in the few but alcquent words of Sir
Edward Bulwer Lytton, we find in a recent
plumber of the Musical "World the following Extract
from a Private Letter, headed " Joseph Joachim to
Heinrich Ernst :"—" Dear and Honoured Friend,"
says the younger Violinist, the gifted Pupil to the
yet more
after you are beginning to get better, your patience
should be gifted
again A
ster,"However sorry I am that
subjected to so hard a trial, the
confidence expressed by your medical man affords
me consolation. I certainly had hoped, from the
ia
accounts my brother now and then gave me of you
that, on the occasion, soardentiv desired on my part,
again, this spring, I should have once
m
pleasure of hearing the magnifi-
cento oor2e enjoyed
t
tones meeting
onesofyOeu r violin ! Providence, however,
decrees otherwise. lam not destined, dear Master,
to hear you, and thus to me, thanks to your confi-
dence, is entrusted the noble task of making the
musical world of London acquainted with your
newest creation. I need scarcely say with what
deep love I shall devote myself to the service of
your Muse. Command me as you will, and let me
place.soo I ara
nknowon what day your concert can take
exceedingly anxious to see your
Etudes,' though I am really afraid of your finger-
ing [a foot-note in the Musical World here adds,
44' Grippe,' Grips,' Grasps'—in allusion, we pre-
sume, to the uncommon grasp of Herr Ernst's left
hand"]— but, whatever comes from your pen,
I will, at all events, practice, even
though I may not succeed in doing it
justice." This charming communication is dated
" Hanover, April 13th"—and signed " your
truly devoted friend, Joseph Joachim." Added to
wbat has thus been so touchingly and gracefully
said by Herr Joachim, let us yet further remark in
regard to the feeling inspired towards himself
among his brother-artists by Herr Ernst—that
Signor Sivori wig return to England from
Paris expressly to take part in the coming
Entertainment ! And that our great English
Tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, with an "esprit" worthy of
himself and of the man to whom he thus offered
this graceful tribute of his artistic sympathy, volun-
teered to Herr Ernst his eager co-operation.
Altogether among the distinguished artistes whose
names are already down in the programme for Herr
Ernst's Concert, on Monday evening, the 30th inst.,
we observe, in regard to the pianoforte, the names
of Madame Arabella Goddard and Mr. Charles
Halle, and in regard to the violin, those of Herr
Joachim and Signor Sivori. The vocalists including
Madlle. Bettelheirn, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims
Reeves—with M. Jules. Benedict as the Conductor-
The chief attraction of all during the evening will
be, however, the fact, that a New Quartett and
other compositions, by Herr Ernst himself, will
then and there, for the first time, be Performed!

The Peace Society.

-

The 43:h anniversary meeting of the Peace
Society was held last evening in Finsbury Chepel,
Moorfieldr—Mr Joseph Pease, M.P., in the chair.
Amongst those, present were Mr R. Charton, Mr
S. Rowley, Mr E. Burritt, Rev. J. Long, Mr H.
Russell, Rey. A. Good, Rev. E. P. Wood. Mr J.
Jones, Mr T. Tegore and Mr M. Ghose (India), Mr
W. Holmes Calton, Rev. Dr Bowry, Dr Corner,
Rev. Dr Campbell, Mr F. Thorp, Mr J. Cooper, Mr
W. H. Bonner, Mr J. Priestman, Mr R. Alsop, Mr
J. Clark, Mr J. Stewart (Croydon), Mr C. Fry, and
rainy others.

The Rev. Mr RICHARDS, the secretary, read the
oerro
report of the society, which stated that the princi-
ples oi
into
ttoh the
society,
wwheertehegrrathdousae principles
llyforcing theirwere
good
tbe
na, or bad
Ttahoe committee
ordinary operations
determined
of in
the society
w
had been carried on muchsame as usual,
although somewhat restricted for want of funds.
The committee had three lecturers
in the field, and
several auxiliaries of the society had be
en formed in
the country. The committee
deeply deplore the
unhappy war in America, and they believe that
while the combatants were filled with passion any
attempt at remonstrance would only lead to an ex-
tension of the evil. The committee were also of
opinion that if the news which had lately reached
this country that the Southerners were beginning
to murder the black soldiers of the North and their
white effi3ers were true, the war would lead to an
indiscriminate butchery on both sides. The report
then adverted to the late events in
the ed ts o stick
to
Japan, and
strongly condemned the conduct of our officials in
destroying Prince Satsuma's town. The committeefelt that the cordial thanks of the society were due
to her Majesty's Government for withstanding all
inducements to interfere in the 'American, Polish,
and the Germanic-Danish wars. The cash state-
ment showed that the balance at the bankers' on the
16th of May last was £441 lie. ld. The income
for the past year amounted to £1,492 53., and the
expenditure to £1,879 12s. 3d. The balance in
hand amounted to £54 3s. 10d.
The CLIAIRAINN then addressed the meeting, and
in the course of a long address said that war and
slaughter stood in the way of the circulation of the
Bible. lie commended the society to them bemuse
he loved it and believed in its principles. No one
out of the metropolis could tell the amount of injury
done in the country by the
spread of the martial
the men were taken from
Sunday schools, the churches, spirit; numbers of our young
In conclusion he urches, and from agri-
cultural and other eallings• con-
gratulated them upon the amount of success which
had been achieved by the society's operations.
Addresses having been delivered in which the
principles of the society were
advanced by Mr.
raxtou Hood, Rev. Jas.
Samuel Bowley, Rev. E.
Long, Mr. Eiihu Banat, and others, the following
resolution was carried :--
" That this meeting gratefully acknowledges the
wisdom and firmness with which her Majesty's
interfering by force
or nano-German
Ministers have abstained from
of arms in the American, goliehl
wars, which could only in each ease have extended
the area and aggravated the horrors of the conflict.
It earnestly hopes that the Government will not
adhere to this policy of forbearance as respects
Europe and America, but that it will extend the
same to our Eastern relations, so that England may
not again have to blush before the world for such
acts es those recently perpetrated in her name in
China and Japan, acts all the more indefensible, as
our recent experience in'lndia has proved that in
the East as in the West the most conciliatory and
humane policy is also the most successful."
A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
meeting,

THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE PARIS.—
IC)aucicihzeps
sapdeersmsoanytptehnes
jeorbjteoe tv
ngland is to be present at the of the visit of the Duke and
is to be celebrated on the 30th
trnoatrhreiacgeouonf
tthdeeirpdaaruisg,hwtheirc,hDona Maria Isi-bel d'Orlcans,
inst. The Spanish Minister in London has also been
directed by royal order to be present as a witness of the
marriage.