The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-18 00:00:00

MR. DAWSON'S CONCERT.

On Friday evening Mr. Dawson (of Westminster
Abbey) gave his second annual concert in St.
James's Hall, which, despie the unfavourable state
of the weather, was very gully and fashionably at
tended. The non-appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves,
who it was announced hat been seized with sudden
hoarseness, and was theiVore unable to sing a note,
was a great disappointment. Such a circumstance
caused Mr. Dawson the greatest regret, but the
audience took the reading of the medical certificate
with good humour, and ,eft Mr. Dawson quite sa-
tisfied that he was not to blame for the non-
appearance of the great talon The opening of the
ooncert W a Ca 12o,t'a ghe for five voices, " Queen
of the Valley," by Meesrs. Smith, Thomas, Cum-
ming, Dawson, and Winn; and certainly we
have never heard this deliciously-melodious
composition given with finer taste. The
audience was quite enraptured, and a strong
opinion was expressed in favour of its re-
petition, but the lengtl, of the programme, we sup-
pose, prevented the
wise being complied with. Mies
Er es' song " The Lady of the Lea " followed, and
greatly pleased the assembly, but the honour of the
first encore of the evening was received by Mr.
Dawson for his tasttiul rendering of Lindley's
pretty ballad "The Seasons of Love." Madlle.
Parepa's " Sing, birdie, sing," won an unanimous
encore, and the same honour was conferred upon
Mr. Lewis Thomas's rendering of Mendelssohn's
difficult song " a roamer." We had two young
pianists, Miss Kate Price and Miss Summer-
hayes, both of whoto played with great taste
and brilliancy, but we cannot help but remarking
that if the selection of pieces by the young ladies
had been more melodious and less difficult of execu-
tion they would have pleased quite as well. Mons.
Paque's fantasia on the violoncello from " Norma"
was a great treat; ald in the two-part ballad, very
nicely
Miss Florence De Courcy and
Thomas,Mr by
sanghe also played an obligato in the most mas-
terly manner. Taken as a whole, the concert was
a perfect success,
and afforded the highest delight
to every one pi esent.

Dr. Sterndale Bentett's overture, " Paradise and
the Peri," composed for last year's Jubilee Concert of the
Philharmonic Society, is to be repeated at the concert of
this evening.
The Emperor Napoleon has recently caused to be
notified through the Montleur, that the numerous
complaints (reelamattoni) which have reached his Majesty
upon the Subject of the refusal of works of Art by the jury
of the Exposition have led him to decide that the public
shall have an opportunity of determining the justice of
those complaints by seeng the rejected works in the same
building (Palais de l'lnlustrie) in which those accepted are
hung. The Director-General of the Imperial Musees has,
therefore, the honour to inform MM. the artists whose
works have not been accepted, that an exhibitition of such
as are not withdrawn before the 7th instant will open inthe
Palais, le 15 Mai prochain"—i.e. yesterday (Friday). The
history of this to our insular notions amazing affair is, that
the Emperor,—moved by the indignation of many luckless
artists whose works had been treated somewhat like those
our Royal Academy Council has rejected,—went to the
Palais, and, to the disgust of the officials, demanded a
sight of the victimized pictures. Produced, they turned out
to comprise works by men to whom medals, honourable
mentions, and other public distinct!ons had been awarded.
In justice to all concened, the above Ukase appeared in
the lfloniteur. Deep is the wrath of the jury, great the
glee of the reprieved painters, and expansive the delight of
the freedom loving citizens of Paris. To fit this last with
an expression, out comes a little vaudevillle at the Varieties
styled, 'Le Club des Refuses,' which hits the the flying
humour with an extra sting to the chopfallen jury of the
Exposition. Conceive, says the Athatneum, the looks of
the Royal Academy Council and hangers—whose doings
have raised the present storm among the painters—.if some
incarnate Public Opinion walked into the national pre-
m;ses in Trafalgar Square, questioned the authorities' de-
cisions in this effectual manner, and set up face to
face with the accepted the rejected works. Conceive the
Adelphi crammed to see the translated vaudeville, and
we have the situation ?

PLAYING OR WORKING—OR BOTII P—Mr. Toole,
the popular comedian, appeared recently, in one evening, in
four distinct characters, at three different theatres. Com-
mencing at the Surrey in the comedietta, " The Spitalfields
Weaver," he afterwards played, as usual, at the Adelphi,
in the serious play "Janet Pride;" and in the farce of
" Id on Parle Franiaise ;" and concluded at Sadler's Wells
with the cumicalities of the showman in the drama of "The
Green Bushes." Mr. Toole in two of these cases performed
gratuitously for deserving benefits, making his vehicle a
dressing room for the economy of time.—Observer.
" WITHOUT PRoFEssioN."—Among the notices
of marriages of the first arrondissement is the following :
" Ferdinand d'Orleans, Duke de Chartres, without profes-
sion, aged 22, of the Palace of Claremont, in England, and
of the Palace of the Tuileries, in France. Mdlle: Amelie,
Princess of Orleans, without profession, aged 18, with her
father and mother, of the Palace of Claremont,
and in France of the Palace of the Tuileries." The last
mention is evidently made only to obey the law, which re-
quires for French persons marrying in a foreign country
the, indication of ,the last place of residence in Frax",—
(laltinani. in England,