The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-06

Prince de la Moskava, attract the greatest notice
At prese9 they are very crowded and afford to
ing TO the glorious Inspirations OF Handel, Bach
Pergolese, Marcelo, Palastrina, masters, who are
entirely forgotten IN the present trvolity ct the
state Of music. The orchestra principally consists
of amateurs, but the solos are IN the hands OF our
greatest singers; the whole musical department ~
remarkably well managed by Nieder Mayer, the
Prince makes the honnews. Ismpora matantr;
the father of the Prince, Marshal Ney, led armies
into the battles, and followed .NaPoleonss star
through Europc the son Is living IN the era OF raiI-
ways, conferences and political nrigues, and ga
theirs on the field OF arts and sciences those lan-
rels which his father wrung from Mars and Bello-
ma. Under these circumstances, you can easily
imagine that professional artists have poor pros
pect OF ma king money with concerts when one Is
enabled to hear much and good music for nothing.
We tlattered ourselves in the beginning OF the sea-
son, that public concerts would be few and lar be-
tween; but Fhomnie propose ct Diem propose whole
armies of vonlsts, pianlsts, tenoTsts, futists,
carionettlsts, and heaven knows how many more
| beings in lists, are said to be on their route for
Paris, the colorado OF all artists Ernst Sivon,
| Molique, Prudent, Todesco, Dreyschock, who
| knocks SO well on the piano, as Hector Berlioz
doubtful whether they will take If they do not
make money they may console themselves with
| the hlgl-soundlng titles bestowed upon them by
crowned heads. Meyerbeer is maestro of the
Lucca, Dreyschock TO the Emperor OF Russia, and
| so on but the greatest honor was conferred on
Liszt, whose bad compositions are only eqnaled by
his good playlng-he has been made a councillor
to the Duke of Weimar. Ii would have been much
better he had been created a colonel, beng
already IN possession OF magnificent sword, win
which his Hungarian countrymen have presented
him. may perhaps inform you in my next letter that
| Fanny Essler has been made an archbishop
Cerlto a dame d'honneir, and Taglien beauty.
Don't you laugh-worse things have happeaed, and
may happen. DO not read in German papers
/ how the qMOndam celebrated singer, Carl had the
distinguished honor Of singing in the sragtio before
the Sultan Mile Carl belongs to the old school,
and need not be under any apprehension for her
| good name, old Oddiiskas not said TO be
highly esteemed in Turkey, If report speaks true
There may, be some exaggeration IN 1t, but can
guarantee that they prefer the young ones.
| Leon Plllet, the director OF the opera, has ar
| rived in Milan, on his voyage of discovery for
tenor and .prima donna. lie came in time TO
witness a dreadful fasco Of Pacini's Opera
Maria" and Taglions grand ballet 6 II patio IN
female The present Italian composers arc
very monotonous and hurdy-gurdy. that Italy, the
loan of Robert lie Dlable, Tampa, Masaniello, and
Der Freischutz the dllettanti dread little the in
fluence OF this " musca ultra, montana" but the
Change; so Robert has made f.rore in Trieste, and
the Huguenots are, under another title, very much
liked in Florence. Poor Pillet is in dreadful
plight. Every year MsyenTbeef comes on visit TO
tenor and prima donna r' "Can conjure up to-
nors ? do prma donnas grow on the palm of my
/
shoulders, and departs right away for Berlin, where
he is engaged in writing the music to Teck's "Puss
in Boots" This is the history of that musical pill
| grimage, which hone will enable him to find
| tenor, who will make up his mind to accept the
hundred thousand francs, with benefit valued at
fifteen thousand more, for eight months. Till now,
he has not yet succeeded in finding one; but he has
in the meantime engaged Cerito, who receives
twenty thousand francs for SIX weeks Skipping
poor girl pironet,e for the high and the cat
choutcha for the Prophet The Italian Opera IL
not m "a lacs sad 10 M tenn TAX
Rubinl's place. Savi Is toerably well liked, but
he is inferior to Mario. Marian is engaged in Italy
and Vienna for the next three years Where are
tenOrs? a kingdom for a tenor? tenor has, IN
deed, greater income than many German
prince. Mario, who belongs only to the juste-,nt-
lieu, receives fifty thousand francs for five months,
and RoncOni not much less. Even the good old
proverbs do not stand the test Of time artists
who fifty years ago were obliged TO starve upon
nectar and ambrosa and to sing the twenty -four
scales to keep the cold out, have now Villas horses
and carriages, and yearly exported and import
ed like foreign dellcacies. You may depend upon
it, that you will read in ten years-expored sing
ers, twenty-three imported do. forty.fve. This
would be very well, if government would make
managers pay duty upon them, where on the con-
trary, the opera receives now three hundred thou
sand francs year to enable 1t 10 carry on the busi
} ness Yours very respectfully u b.
MARRIEp-In New York, on the 18th February
Mr. samuel s. Gardiner OF Shelter Island, to Mrs. Susan
How strangely my serous the ways Of Providence
While these nupals were being celebrated at New York
beloved brother accompanying his daughters on gay
pleasure party upon the Potomac lay maDgled corpse
the deck OF the steam frigate Princeton
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rohHhkf IN OAno. Lille seIiee VI 'oIscHes'
NJ T. Eager. painter in Cabotve, sprinSheld in this
State discovered last week He in the habit OF
forging the names Oh ehaosers upon notes whch he nal
discounted AZ tne pahk anu negec.mg 10 .aKe up one
which ne suPposeu 'u Nv. ooss a. n lew oal al
ter the supposed endorsers were notified and exposed the
fraud before the lorgeles naa peeh Iny supsta,ised
he collected between two days" about $50 which
due 10 MIN IN small amounts, ana ie lot parts un-
known lie was seen at creemo"Ah 'he Jay ne it "a
botville- Boston Transcript March9.
FIRE AT MIsu.wAKA IYp-The Toscin con-
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the evening Of the 9th inst The buildings DESTROY ed
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