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

KR, DAWSON'S CONCERT.

On Friday evening Mr. Dawson (of Westminster
Abbey) gave his second anneal concert in St.
James's Hall, which, despite the unfavourable state
of the weather, was very fully and fashionably at-
tended. The non-appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves,
who it was announced had been seized with sudden
hoarseness, and was therefore 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
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tisfied that he was not to blame for the non-
appearance of the great tenor. The opening of the
concert w s Ca.Lo.t's glee for five voices, " Queen
of the Valley," by Messrs. Smith, Thomas, Cum-
ming, Dawson, and Winn; and certainly we
have never beard 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 length of the programme, We sup-
pose, prevented the wish being complied with. Miss
Eyes' 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 tasteful rendering of Lindley's
pretty ballad "The Seasons of Love." Aladlle.
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 "I'm a roamer."
We had two young
pianists,
Miss Rate Price and Miss Summer-
hayes, both of whom played with great taste
and briltlhiaensceyie,abtujotnwoef cpaineeneestbhy the young ladieselp but remarking
that if
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; and in the two-part ballad, very
nicely sang by Miss Florence De Conroy and Mr.
Thomas, he also played an obligate in the most mas-
terly manner. Taken as a whole, the concert was
a perfect success, and afforded the highest delight
to every one present.

Dr. Sterndale Bennett'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 Monsteur, that the numerous
humour with complaints (reek/mations) 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 seeing the rejected
. works in the same
building (Palais de I'lndustrie) 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 Alai prooliain"—i.e: yesterday (Friday). The
history of this to our insular notions
. araavag affair is, that
the Emperor,—moved by the indignation of many luckless
artists whose works hod 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) distinctions had been awarded.
In justice to all concerned, the above Ukase appeared in
sad expansive
To fit this last with
colm?taiezisennat es
lriso:tfle vaudevillle at the Varieties
the 11Ioniteur. Deep is. the wrathexopfantshievejuthrye,
delight
the
which hits the the flying
'LweithClaunbezdtersa sßtienfgusteso,t'he chopfallen jury of the
atghnl glee e
freedom
expression,e thedom reprievedlvo loving
ge
Conceive, says the 4 th,neu, m 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-
mises 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 ?

OR
effnl: recently I t
comedietta,redci "The Spitalfields
Ph—eat:sr., Toole
3', in one evening, in
" Janet Pride;" and in the farce of
PLAYING OR WORKING
W Com-
mencingt h
foureeapvdo eipsrut:l
distinct
tcrhttechco
ehamafetredaric Surrey
wat near,rsdal
afterwards
telhtaaheryereded a a
usual, at the Adelphi,
and concluded at Sadler's Wells
with the comicalities 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
In' IctiloensePraiorilles Fprlaayncaise ;"
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, in England,
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 France,--
(ialignani.