The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

GRAND CONCERT AT THE AMPHITHEATRE.

On Wednesday evening the pul-lic of Liverpool were
afforded, by Miss Hamilton, with an opportunity of hear-
ing for the first time the performances of the celebrated
violinist, Ernst. whose claims as a professor of that diffi-
cult and beautiful instrument have created so much
interest in the musical world; and if the crowded and
fashionable audience which filled the Amphitheatre on
the occasion went with minds prepared for a high musical
treat, they were not disappointed. Ernst is not, in some,
or, indeed, in any of the tricks of his instrument, the
equal of his great predecessor in the art, Paganini,
and scarcely even of Sivori. But in purity and full-
ness of tone, and precision of touch, he is, in
our judgment, the superior of the latter, and the
equal of the former. He possesses a highly cultivated
musical taste ; and is destined to become, when his powers
are ripened, if he is not now, the acknowledged maestro
of the instrument to which he has devoted himself.
The same concert introduced favorably to a Liverpool
audience, in the person of Miss Keel, we believe a pupil
of Mr. Wrenshall, a very accomplished pianiste ; and a
very promising singer in that of Mr. John Reeve, from
the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane. This gentleman pos-
sesses a tenor voice of good quality and great cultivation ;
and elicited considerable and well-merited applause, as
did the singing of Signor Paltoni, the Misses Hamilton
and Miss Whitnall. As a whole the concert went off
well, and must have been highly gratifying to its fair and
enterprising projector.

THE ORANGEMEN.-At a meeting of the Committee
of the Toxteth-park Protestant Operative Association on
Friday last, the thanks of the committee were voted to
Richard Harbord, Esq., " for his manly and uncom-
promising defence in the council, of the most loyal and
constitutional men in her Majesty's dominions."

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Show, the Cat Merchant, the Punishment of the Bastinado,
Dramatic Entertainments, the Punishment of the Teha,
&c. &c. The number of figures is indeed astonishing, if
not indeed perplexing, the artists having spared no pains
to gratify the British visiter in the remotest point. An
interesting descriptive pamphlet may be had at the theatre
for a small sum, and we recommend an early visit to the
establishment.