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with. It is in this spirit she is able to deepen '
the pathos of the " Batti Batti," and give a
more earnest expression to the tender plead-
ings of the " Vedrai Carino." Her suecess
in both cases was decisive, the audience rewarding
her exertions with a very general encore. These
three features of this performance were quite
sufficient to account for the crowded house which
it attracted and the very great satisfac-
tion which it yielded to its auditors. The Don
Giovanni and Leporello of Signors Gassier and
Vialetti were also, we are bound to add, very able
impersonations ; the chorus and band, we must also
say, were admirable throughout.

OXFORD MUSIC HALL,

MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CANTATA.

Prim.

Mr. Leslie composed this cantata in honour of the mar-
riage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice ; and
although it had been performed by Mr. Leslie's choir once
at the Crystal Palace and once at the Queen's Concert
Room, its production at the Oxford Music Hall on the
day of the august ceremony was an appropriate and inte-
resting record of the event. We may assume that our
musical readers already know something about this grace-
ful composition, and that nearly all that is necessary is to
record its complete success at the Oxford Music Hall, In-
deed, at certain portions of the cantata, where the allegory
makes pointed allusion to the Royal nuptials, the sympa-
thies of the audience were awakened to enthusiasm. The
cantata has evidently been got up with great care by Mr.
Jonghmans, the Oxford " choir" exhibiting its well-trained
powers in the concerted music, and the band evincing great
delicacy in the accompaniments. The somewhat Mendel-
sohnian chorus, " Bring ye huge branches from oaks of
old England," which brilliantly opens the composition,
was sung with force and expression. The succeeding deli-
ciously flowing air, "The roseate blush of morn," allotted to
" The Knight" (the Prince Louis of the allegory) was
more especially well sung by Mr. Bervon, considering that
gentleman undertook the music at a very short notice, in
the absence of Mr. Lawrence from indisposition. Miss
Russell (the " Bride" in the cantata) sang the recitative
and air, " Wakes the morning from the day spring," with
much feeling ; and this lady obtained a rapturous encore in
the prayer, "Fount of love, how I adore thee I" in which
she fully entered into the devotional spirit of the music,
singing throughout with the greatest impressiveness. In
immediate contrast with this beautiful composition comes
the jubilant chorale, "Let the joy-bells, clear and merry"
(announcing the completion of the bridal ceremony), and
the paraphrase of a verse in the National Anthem, with
which the cantata closes, worked the audience up to
positive enthusiasm, which finally merged into calls
for Mr. Leslie, for whose absence an apology
was made by Mr. Caulfield. The part song,
" From your coral chambers speed ye" (a deliciously
undulating air) was greatly applauded, and the fine bridal
march—a thoroughly martial strain, splendidly dashed off
by the band—also narrowly escaped a well-deserved encore.
The words of the cantata, by Mr. Arthur Matthison, are
far above the average of ordinary libretti. This makes the
third cantata which has recently achieved a brilliant suc-
cess at this music hall, Verdi's International is promised
forthwith.

E WS.

PARIS, JULY 2.

The Senate having passed the Budget, the ses-
sion of the Chambers will close to-day,

TURIN, JULY 2.
It is stated that Garibaldi will arrive at Naples
on Thursday next.

MADRID, JULY 1.

The statements made in the French Chambers
by M. Billault with regard to Mexico have aroused
great indignation among the friends of General

NEW YORK, JUNE 21.

According to news received here the route from
Vera Cruz to Orizaba is open, and supplies have
been forwarded to the French troops.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 1.
Intelligence from the Mauritius states that the
cholera still continues tc prevail in the island.