The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

and cheerfulness, we take to be_ ample proOfs of tl

influences under which they live. With
it said in the Report of the Institution for

No one can attentively regard the original and inevit-
condition of the uneducated deaf and dumb—or see the

le soul toi

that there is no work of philanthropy, or of Christian
beneficence, more laudable, or more necessary, than that
of affording education to this deeply afflicted portion of

,clusion

s, though it has lessened the area of demand
ipon the old ones, has not diminished their usefulness ;
the number of pupils in the English schools exhibiting
uniformly a gradual increase; that these Institutions are
supported exclusively by private liberality
whereas, in France and the United States

ind that

educatio-n of the deaf and dumb is carried on at the public
cost—the sum of twenty-four thousand pounds sterling is
annually granted in each country for that purpose; in
Great Britain the same sum is raised for the same object,
from the ever-fluent source of private beneficence alone.
We take these factsfrom a paper read before the Historic
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire within the present
year, by Mr. David Buxton, the principal of the Institution
at Liverpool, of which we have been speaking.

AND THE

degree.

MUSIC

nutauu, Mill from each of --- ,co
claims, and will no doubt receive, more than a '"
.at ephemeral consideration.
ins'
.',ion of On Saturday last, obedient to the courteous ins' 001
id the British Insti hi academy, we availed ourselves of the first
_TO
tun,* afforded to inspect the collection which gra'

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array of ladies and gentlemen present, which, 11° ,•tiov
would have been even greater, but for the surreli`lA, 0
introduction, on previous days, of some more favour the
they were mose early, visitors than those invited bY
academy. , ._,,, not

less than seven hundred and seventy-three works
which include three delightful specimens by 1 gik
generously contributed for exhibition from the roYarrbese
lery at Buckingham Palace, by Her Majesty- 4001
consist of the celebrated pictures of "The Scottislq 008
Wedding" and " Blind Man's Buff," together with err
of his Spanish pictures. The collection is furthert.l.o
riched by four of Landseer's first-class pictures ; od
likewise contributes four of his speaking subject.scie;oble
Ansdell two. G. H. Thomas has a picture of cons; ottier
size and much merit ; Crabb contributes two, aniu.,res
strangers of note have also sent interesting Picb7,pioni,
augment the charms of the collection, conspicuou.;,"ttifi'
whom is M. Anthony, to whose picture No. 21, P 3 beer!
Mirror, a landscape, the Academy prize of £5O has o°'
awarded. Boddington is also strong, contribute aOB
less than four of his fine, fresh, sunny landscapes' ."‘";c011;
the academicians J. W. Oakes is strong and g°° ,'L. ye"
tributing four nietnrpq m-4 ;r

greater promise. In portraits the exhibition is sc ytilJ
equal to that of last year in either number or clusn'arti
there are some good specimens in that style ,° pally
miniatures and cabinet portraits are in considerable 10
ber, and in not a few instances evince much talewi.jeo
sculpture, the contributions are more numerous, at el
so far as memory serves, and of decidedly a higile-alel
In this collection there are specimens

-e, and Davies, deserving of high cOmmendation.;iter
as in this very cursory glance it is no part of our riig, rpt
tion to enter upon the merits of any individual vi at ere
shall abstain from further comment, premising tr
we shall pay the collection another visit, an'i.tisn'
a more minute investigation of the varions,:o
-ye have great 191.e'"it pPt
which
ea
vdic notice,
ifl
our and well apPll . Bpd
dustry are manifested in all the departments of arvOr,
to that labour and industry, in many instances, isOlt
a large infusion of artistic genius. As a school in,e or
mental culture and intellectual discipline are, to ,iieor
tamed in an easy and enduring, as well as in thin%
in g form, it would be difficult to point out o,tl/6,116
more worthy of general regard than a well-selected
tion of the works of living artists, combined and eouLo.l
with those of the mighty men who have gone bef°l'et,iiotri
have those advantages conferred in no a 00
The treasures it contains will be fon° itul
cny of study, and that study will result in In
pleasing after-thought.

AND THE DRA3fA•
•
THE ITALIAN OPERAS. —The lovers of
class of dramatic music have during the Pas' six nigil
ample opportunities of gratification. Five of the been
which the workine-dav week furniAlips havi,ni°

first-c''
voted to the representation o operas o the
formed by artists of the best- rerrutetion '"
spective lines. The operas presented
have been Verdi's I

since elililP,;
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Beethoven's magnificent opera of Fidelio
Otello of Rossini. The characters in these Pa'Aiscr'e
supported by Mad'lle Cruvelli, prima donna; 0
Marai and Mad'lle Albini ; and Madame Albinl'ober'
To
tenor and bass parts being sustained by Signors hue #
lik, Luchesi, Tagliafico, Fortini and Polonim ; bf,
general effect and musical power were brought °OP'
most efficient chorus selected from the WV'', h cec
Opera, Covent Garden, and by an orchestra whi_ic rooP3
prised the leading talent of the Liverpool Philt 00,
band,• conducted principally by Mr. Alfred Meop-Ar"ts
ably led by Signor Nadaud. The leading soprall chore
four of the five operas were sustained by Mad'lle of
whose appearance, style of vocalization and pewergaiil
matic representation created a lively and delighnby
prise, notwithstanding the high expectation forill!"oco.,,1
encomiums of the London critics, and the univeThrilTey
mendations of those who had listened to her ""
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strains. To a voice of great compass and power VW;
a sweetness and delicacy of expression, combineu.,ite
ford of contrast such as is rarely to be found 11," ticog
the organ of one vocalist. Her lower notes re See
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sonorous, and clear ; the middle range of her vOco
almost the perfection of melodious sound ; and er.e.„crso:,o
highest notes of her comprehensive register she si'„roprl'Aet

She, appears perfectly mistress of ti—egrio,
,e in sentiment and feeling, and is anotePQ,
Lest outbursts of passion. One of her pr 05,
ere many, was in the dungeon scene 111,0100,
mthetic sorrow and high-minded Yet,_7,1119,g