The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

'—We had an op-
)le portion of Mr. Hors-
orio, at the general rehearsal on Saturday
vening, at which all the principals were present, with the
,xception of Herr Carl Formes. It would be premature
to criticise the work until we have heard it complete; but
we shall next week be in a position to give an account of
its performance last evening. In the meantime we may
say that it appears to be an improvement on Mr. Hors-
ley's previous work, " David," and so far, therefore, the
Committee of the Philharmonic Society will be justified in
the somewhat hazardous experiment of giving a commis-
sion for a new work, with a promise to perform it when
written. It appeared to us that the band and chorus had
been carefully rehearsed ; and though the first perform-
ances of new works are proverbially defective, we trust
that Mr. Horsley will have nothing to compiain of on its
first representation. Herr Carl Formes is stated to have
expressed himself very much pleased with the portions of
the oratorio allotted to him, and we may therefore antici-
pate a spirited interpretation from him. The composer,
who has himself been in town for the last week or two
rehearsing, was to conduct the performance last evening.
Atnom sailed from Southampton, on Wednesday, for
New York. •

THE NEW ORATORIO OF 66 JC

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LUMLEY V. WAGNER.—The arguments in this case
were resumed in the Court. of Chancery, on Wednesday.
and after the reply of counsel, the Lord Chancellor said
the case arose out of a very simple contract. It was, that
the lady should sing at her Majesty's Theatre, and no—
where else. The true duty and object of the court was
to enforce the literal per:'ormance of every contract, and
to bind all parties, as far as the court could, to perform
what they had undertaken to do ; and he believed that
was done in England more than in any other country.
All the court had to do was to prevent the young lady
from singing at Covent-garden; and the natural conse—
quence would be, that she might go to Mr. Lumley, or
enable him to bring his action at law. If she went to
Covent-garden and sang there, she would be committed
at once for contempt of court, and leave the parties their
remedy at law. The court clearly had jurisdiction, and
he was determined to exercise the authority, and prevent
the young lady from singing at Covent-garden. After
some further observations, his lordship dismissed the
motion with costs. [There is therefore every probability
that Mademoiselle Wagner and ber parent will reap
nothing from their visit to this country beyond a toleroblst
heavy bill of costs, ea a lesson time the taw is strong
enough in England to check the unprincipled rapacity of
foreign adventurers of every class.l

ANNUAL EXA.MINATIONc,F THE CHILDREN
OF THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.

The annual examination of the children of the Deaf
and Dumb Institution took place on Thursday, at the
Lecture-room of the Royal Institution. Amongst those
present were Mr. Richard Rathbone, Mr. 11. Banner
Mr. E. Banner, Mr. A North, Mr. A. Thompson, Mr.
R. Rathbone, jun., the Rev. W. Brewster, and some of
our most influential supporters of charitable institutions.
A number of ladies were also present, and in the gallery
were the children of the Boys' Orphan Asylum.—Mr-
Richard Rathbone read the annual report and introduced
to the meeting the present head teacher, Mr. David Bux-
ton, who, after a brief address explanatory of the mode of
imparting instruction to the unfortunate class of deaf and
dumb, proceeded to exhibit the various degrees of intel-
ligence which bad been attained by the children present.
We have attended meetings in previous years, and cer-
tainly were never more gratified by the success which had
been realized than on the present occasion. The children.
as a body, looked well in health, and appeared t.io possess
a degree of intelligence, wonderful when we consider the
important organs of which they are deprived the use; and
it was evident that they were impressed with a feeling of
respect and affection towards their teacher, Mr. Buxton.
They were examined in their knowledge of the names
and qualities of objects, passing thence to pronouns„
verbs, &c. and writing down, from the signs of the Prin-
cipal, the distinctions of number, person, tense, and
mood, with perfect accuracy. Several questions were
written upon the black-board, which they answered with-
out any hesitation—their replies being given in good plain
handwriting, and spewing a creditable amount of acquire-
ment in general and scriptural knowledge. Some pro-
gress appears to have been made in teaching articulation ;
several of the younger children went through a preliminary
lesson, and one of the boys enumerated some words and
names very distinctly, and repeated intelligibly the Lord's
Prayer.

Drawing has also been recently added to the subje,ts of
instruction with very remarkable success. At the close
of the proceedings, the chairman paid a compliment to
Mr. and Mrs. Buxton, which the appearance of the chil-
dren showed to be well deserved. It was stated that the
present management of the institution affords the com-
mittee the most valuable means of applying the benevo-
lence of the subscribers ; and that a general improvement
has taken place in the school, which was never more suc-
cessful in carrying out its objects at any period since Its
foundation. The number of the deaf and dumb under
instruction is fifty, of whom one-third have been admitted.
within the last twelve months. The day scholars, who
are provided with their dinner at the school, as well as
educated gratuitously, are more numerous than at any
former period. We trust these facts will be borne in
mind by our charitable and wealthy neighbours, and that
an institution so deserving will meet with a continued and
increased measure of public support.

N ENV

SOUTH WALES AND POPERY.
MAYNOOTH MISSIONARIES.

(FROM THE PROTESTANT MAGAZI \ E FOR MAY.)

uotCinrwi
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In the Tablet of April 10 is a letter from New South
Wales, from which the following is extracted :
" The Catholic religion, we are happy to say, is in a
most flourishing condition in New South Wales. The
census has been lately taken, according to which we
Catholics are in number 56,899. This number is presided
over by forty clergymen, viz., an archbishop,
dbiasnhogi
coadjutor, a vicar-general, an archdeacon,
priests. Sydney,
* lrural
our deans,
future
communications r
an u2rn thirty-twoeigewifaoofiSouth
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edification
to give the names of those
`Vales."
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We would commend t to the
this statement .... consideration
propagate
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co ntlhyedsaemveeteedutoorsintostrthuectvethrye
Protestant countrymen. If the Roman Catholics
of our Protes
educate and send out to one colony so
of Ireland can
of your Irish readers, as the .great majority of them are
state—they
many priests,
Maynooth by the State ? Does not this show that the
people of Ireland in the tenets of a soul-destroying
rpnseai sent,:
pre
aacsnos
Was Maynooth College intended
fbutit'ealSsotattoe
to be a Alissienary
College ? Is it not virtually so ? Would certain of our
senators, who have hitherto voted for Maynooth on the
erfenuldnigsdisoonfo,the earth ?
~.,,und that it was politic to educate the priesthood for
people at home, vote for it upon the ground that
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:14 1' ;,, JANE PRATT,
ifiNiti JOHN C. CLARE, Commander,
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,

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