The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

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and the laughable eccentricities of Mr. Bucksto
.Agricola Green, as well as at the rather outrdcosturr
that " stormy-winded woman," Mrs. Portia Luc,

Green, the determined advo'i

women

LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY.

PERFORMANCE OF "ISAIAH."

On Tuesday evening Mr. JaCkson's new oratorio, Isaiah,
was performed at the Music-hall, Bold-street; and there being
some desire on the part of the musical public to listen to and
welcome a new aspirant for public favour, there_was a very

numerous attendanc
Mr. Jackson. of Ma

c,. The composer conauci
;ham, has been favourably

musical world for some year or two by his Oratorio of Th
Deliverance, respecting the merits of which there I

good deal of controversy

Isaiah opens with an overture, representing the prophet ex-
postulating with the people There were some good descrip-
tive points in this, which would have told well but for the
wretched time and tune of the band, which was so defective as
to withdraw the attention from the overture, and concentrate
it on the musicians. This was folloived.by two recitatives, the
first of which (" In the days of Hoshen,' sung by Mr. Ryalls)
was in the same predicament as the overture. The st-coed
recitative," Ye man of Israel," undertaken by Mr. Armstrong,
was not only better accompanied by the band, but was well
sung. The composition was decidedly an improvement on its
predecessor. The solo and chorus, " Clash the cymbals high
in air," is a spirited composition, and the chorus gave it with
great energy. It has a good deal at beauty, and was decidedly
the best chorus of the oratorio. " Hail, Astarte 1 heav'nly
Queen," sung by Mrs. Sunderland, is not particularly deserv-
ing of notice. The subsequent march and invocation, '6 Oh,
Baal l thou sire of heaven and earth," sung by Mr. Armstrong,
was noticeable principally for its solidity and massiveness;
and the same remark will apply to the following chorus,
" Shout ye abroad their names," which was very spirited.
The solo and chorus, " Holy is the Lord of Hosts." was

massive, and was spiritedly sung.
" Oh, Israel I bast thou then forgot,

An fir, sung by Mr:Ryall
" is too fnll of modulatio

to prOduce any marked effect,

'Of the remaining pi

the first part there was little worthy of m
concluding chorus, " The earth is utterly

which the chorus bestowed much pains. In the running." pas.
sages this was very observable : they were really admirably
done. The composition of this dot

ly good

.....
expressive, more especially in the passage " The moon was
darkened," which was excellent but in the succeeding pas-
sage, " and the sun ashamed," there was a double forte, where
e think a double piano would Faye been far more appropriate.
The second part commences with an overture, which" paints
re in the feelings of the people." This we did not

admire much, nor did we like the recitative which followed,
" Thus saith the high and lofty one," sung by Mr. Ryalls. In
this Mr. Ryalls and the band were unfortunately at issue
almost throughout, and in the latter part of it there was a
general scramble, arising either from defective rehearsal or
inattention on the part of the band. The succeeding air,
" Seek the Lord," was rather pretty; and the chorus, " Be-
hold, 0 God ! thou art wroth," was good. " Hearken unto

me," an air sung by Mrs. Sunderland, was likewise good; and
a trio, " The Lord shall comfort Zion," was also commend-
able, though far more secular than sacred in its character. Of
the remaining ni, ces the most noticeable were—the chorus,
" In the Lord Jehovah," which was spirited, but coarse, Loth
in composition and performance; the air, " Oh ! let the na-
tions rejoice," by Mrs. Sunderland, which was the best sung
of all her portion of the oratorio, though not of very great

intrinsic merit ; and the two choruses, " The Lord shall
reign," and " Amen." both of which were of fair average
merit, the latter reminding us very much of Handel's "Amen"
chorus in 'lke Messiah.

One opportunity of hearing this oratorio is insufficient
to enable us to form a conclusive opinion on its merits;
but it appears to be wanting iu dramatic interest, and the
expectation that this deficiency will be compensated for by
the increased effectiveness in the music is certainly doomed to
disappointment, for Isaiah is throughout of a very common-
place character, never rising beyond respectable mediocrity ;
yet the work, as a whole, must be commended as a meritorious
effort on the part of a self-taught musician, which we presume
Mr. Jackson to be, and was perhaps an earnest of that future
exertion which may stamp him as a composer of decided merit.
In conclusion we would say, that the Choral Society deserve
great credit for undertaking the responsibility of introducing
a new work like Isaiah to the Liverpool public ; and it is.to be
regretted that the structure of the Music-hall is so detrimenta:
to musical sounds as to destroy in a great measure the plea-
sure of hearing a performance.

WARRINGTON,

The Grand Protestant Assoi

Lodge 143

held their aunt

evening last, at the house of Brother Woods, the Black
Boy Inn, to commemorate the deliverance from the 1
powder treason. Upwards of one hundred brethren
their friends partook of the good
William Al!card, Esq., was
mously elected to the offi

cheer I
erday (Monday) unani-

of Mayor

There have been several popular pieces performed at
the theatre during the week; the company is much
superior to any which has previously appeared in the

excess, the performances helm
the Mayor, Joseph Stubbs, Es

under the patron

A memorial is -in cow

tnre by the ratepayers

to the Town Cou

the pub

baths under their control

fiered by the recto.

Phillimore,Warren, Mellor, Pashley, Bramwell, Athertc
Hugh Hill, Hargreave, and Headlam, of the common I
bar. have been elevated to the rank of Queen's coons
•

dless, Elmsley, Wilcock, Coulson, W.
Bailey, Glasse, Craig, and J. Anderson
THE REFORMATION IN ITALY.—The Progresso of Tu
rin, of the 21st ult., announces that the first ston
Protestant temple was laid with great solemni
city on the 19th. Among the persons of distir
assisted at the ceremony were Monsignor Lac__..
Hon. Mr. Abercromby, the English minister ; Coi
Redern, minister of Prussia; Mr. Kinney, the Arr
minister ; and M. Bert, a Protestant clergyman at 'I

,niel, J

ty in that
ction who

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Sunday morn
dent happened to Lady Ht

accompanied

daught

in a four-wheel carriage, ti
Christchurch, one of the t
the horse that it started o

hen near Boscomt

which so fri el; t€

y was taken to the
iristchurch, where
er arrival.—Poo7e

The unfortunate I

surge°

seriously injured
residence of Mr. Pococl
she expired within 10 minutes after h
Herald.
TILAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for ti

ending th

lines of rail

s follows

London an
Midland...

15,853

London and Brightor

Great Western

South Eastern . .
York and North Midland
Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincoln-

shire
Bristol and Exe
York, Newcastl

iury and Chester

Shrewsbury an(
Eastern Counti(
Great Northern

North Staffordsi
Leeds Northern

South Wa

]5,472
1,515

lending week of 1
,IRI. The ni

The total receipts on the a, ye It
',lst £193,097 in the corresi 3n
-Pass is shown to be £l3
ICINI 4.1591

per. per week
185®,mile £49 6s. lld

£49 16s. 6d
of the traffi
is of the corm

past .week are

was, in 1851
The return

bove the rec

week of year, and this is-su

tional traffic which w

_s brought on to the;

11.764

1 the clOWoijtheii;ii

Great Industrial Exhibition. Uri,
yearly accounts we should not bo just,.
the surplus traffic had not affected the regu

Ilk, but
will be