The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-18 00:00:00

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Weston's Music Hall.

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great improvements they have effected in this popular
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the fact, because both gentlemen entered on their place of amusement. It is a very gratifying task to record
dif-
ficult undertaking at a time when energy and spirit
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were most required. All objectionable matters have
been removed, and in their stead new and better
have been made; the company, both vocal
and instrumental, has been reorganied ; the attendants
arrangements
have been well and sensibly instructed, the creature com-
forts supplied aro now of the best possible description, and
the whole of the arrangements are carried out under the
personal superintendence of the proprietors. When so
great a desire to cater for the comfort of the public is
exemplified, it is, as we Save already said, a pleasing duty
to note the satisfactory manner in which such exertions
are appreciated. The vocalists comprise amongst them
Miss Harriet Coveney, lliiss Tremaine, Miss Brougham,
Miss Ellen Reid, Miss Villiers, Mr. Arthur Lloyd, Mr. H.
Macarthy, and Mr. George Hodson ; whilst there are also
the clever gymnasts Moratorio and Le Brong,
a very clever one-legged Pierrot, a petite Taglioni, and a
splendid orchestra unequalled in any theatre in London,
excepting of course the two Italian opera houses. The great
feature of the evening's entertainment at the present time
is the performance of Locke's magnificent music to Mac-
beth, under the direction of Mr. P. Corrie, and a more satis-
factory performance cannot be imagined. It is something
beyond anything hitherto attempted at this place of enter-
tainment, and the care with which it is executed both by vo-
calists and instrumentalists is deserving of the highestpraise.
The different choruses are given with the greatest steadiness
and precision ; whilst the solos are all admirably sung.
We would, however, in the kindest spirit, recommend Miss
Tremaine to adhere strictly to the score of Locke, and to
dispense with the ill-placed cadence in the last bar of her
solo ; it spoils the whole of her performance, which other-
wise would be of the highest excellence. The manner in
which the splendid overture to " Oberon" was rendered by
the band is another matter calling forth high praise,
because it is a great step in the right direction ; and we
trust the time may arrive when the taste of the frequenters
of Weston's will be so advanced that they may become
attentive listeners and great appreciators of the works of
Beethoven, Mozart, and the other classic masters. The comic
element is in very strong force; Mr. George Hodson elicits
the greatest merriment by his performance ; and this, also,
is a matter of congratulation, because it is entirely devoid
of vulgarity. Mr. Arthur Lloyd also must be com-
plimented ; but here our praise must stop, be-
cause, clever in some things as Mr. Harry Macarthy is, wo
cannot countenance such bad taste (to use a very mild term)
as he exhibited, on the evening of our visit, is addressing
the audience because some one choose to take exception to
his banjo solo ! Comic singers are petted and pampered a
great deal now-a-days, but they must be told they will not
be allowed to address coarse' and vulgar observations from
the stage with impunity, because every person cannot ap-
preciate their self-supposed ability. There aro a great
variety of attractions we should have felt pleased to hare
brought under the attention of our readers, but we must
defer them to another opportunity, and bring our present
notice to a close by wishing Messrs, S weasey and Holland
every success in their endeavours to amuse and elevate the
taste of the musical public.

- -
Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The market opens with a, very good demand,
Sales probably 10,000 bales or more,

If it be true, as appeais all but certain, that
kaldy,
,he Monarch of the Seas has perished with all on
board—one of the most awful shipwrecks has oc-
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passengers,
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for New York on the 19-thThoifs
afterl Vessel
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withshesleil became due,
insurance rose till it reached
impossible to effect any insurance
per cent. ; but it has
at all. A life-boat believed to be her's has been
long since been
washed up on the coast of Kerry, and the bodies of
seventy-fiveothef. pAresm itimeu ofe
guineaslall s e
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the state in which they
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rendered
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an American ship, 1,980 tons, owned by a New
York firm. It was supposed that she foundered
i
among the ice-bergs. The tragic fate of the London
filled every mind with horror, because the picture
emigrants,
r a identitynts , though p
. The vessel was
of the catastrophe—painted in all its appalling
colours—was presented by the survivors, and seized
on by the imagination. The mind grasped the
whole tableau. The group in the cabin on their
knees, awaiting their deliverence from the pro-
tracted agony ; the women clinging to their hus-
bands, the children silent under a weight of dread,
whose import they did not fully understand ; the
young men, with pistol in hand, doubtful which
death to choose ; the captain, in silent despair, pac-
ing the quarter-deck
.of the sinking ship ; a few
sailors taking their leap for life in the almost hope-
less task of riding out a heavy gale in a cockle-shell
—we had it all, in all its horror. But here, nearly
three times the number perish, and give no sign.
All has closed in utter darkness, and the Monarch
of the Seas passes into that category with the Pre-
sident and other doomed ships, whose end is
known to Him alone, whom even the winds and the
sea obey.