The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

OXFORD MUSIC HALL.

" The Oxford" celebrated its second Easter Mon-
day last night, and although Brighton had its
myriads at the review, the Crystal Palace its tens
of thousands, and the theatres and other music halls
their quota, the inexhaustible thoroughfare of
Oxford-street pourel in a stream of visitors to this
hall, who filled it in every nook and corner. The
amusements commenced earlier than usual, to gra-
tify the eager curiosity of those " out for the day,"
and were kept up without intermission to the close.
It was not found necessary radically to change the
programme, which is always undergoing modifica-
tion. Thus, tho new cantata lounden upon The
Jolly Beggars" of Burns, and composed expressly
for this hall by Mr. George Linley, remained a
prominent feature in the musical arrangements.
This work has already received notice at
our hands, and it will be sufficient to say
that it goes with increased spirit and effect, now
that the singers are warmed up to the music. The
cantata made an unmistakeable impression upon a
holiday, and, therefore, impressionable audience.
They seemed thoroughly to seize the vein in which
Burns wrote, and to enjoy his contraband fun.
Some of the familiar airs, the best of them being
sung with great vocal power and dramatic effect by
Mr. Albert, went immensely. In great contrast, bf
course, with Scottish national airs, appeared the
strains of Verdi's " Trovatore," admirably interpre-
ted by Miss Russell, Mr. Albert, &o. We may
here remark upon the revival of " Norma," played
on the last occasion of our visiting this hall, and
particularly on the exquisite rendering of the duet
between Norma and Adalgisa, Miss Russell and
Madame Maria vieing with each other for ascen-
dancy wilth the audience, and ending in that sortjof
vocal duet in which most Normas and Adalgisaslof
not widely unbalanced merit have engaged
honour of art of course. The set music, under 11"
Jonghmans' baton, was relieved by the us-

sprinkling of comic and sentimental singing. S
celebrities as Mr. Sam Collins, Mr. W. Rant

Mr. 3, 0. Porde, in the former category, need (
be mentioned to excite a smile by proxy. Th(
artist we have named gave fresh proof of abilii

a " patter" vocalist. As a finale, the youths H
and Pfau appeared on the flying trapeze, and ti
daring little artists carried all before them. N

tally speaking, they have " changed their tac
up aloft. Many eccentric and astounding m
ments in the air wore last night performed wl

did not enter into the original scheme, and w1i..1
were greeted with much applause.

ALHAMBRA PALACE.
The proprietor of this establishment, being an'
ous to enable the masses to witness the pm*
antes of Leotard and the other attractions of

Palace, yesterday gave a day performance, at a
form charge of sixpence only for admission, an,
will extend that arrangement to this day. The
formances commenced with Auber's overture '1
Diavolo," followed by a grand operatic sele.
from" La Sonnambula,"songs, duets, four-part at
&c. miss Rebecca Isaacs sang a very pretty
lad, " Forget thee," the words by Frederic 1
ranee, Esq., the music by W. H. Montgomery.
usual entertainments were given—Leotard
formed, Steve Ethair, Dupont (the Gorilla),
D'Alberte, the rival of Blondin—each surprisei
delighted an audience who were in the best pos
humour. Leotard's engagement will soon term
here, and hence the anxiety of a large pertic
the people to witness his marvellous feats in 4
splendid building.