New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-13
CITY ITEMS.

FIVE OIL P.lyTIS6S-There IS now exhibiting
TO, n charge At the corner OF Broadway snd Chsn-
49,. v.rv me collection .; modern Paintings al o;
,e are TO D. sold at public auction on Thursday and
Saturday Of iris week Many OF these Paintings are
os bv eminent: artists from originals n the LoaSrs
d for Par1o, Paintings think no collection equal TO
,bis has been offered for sale for long period As the
Painting. NAV De carefully examined at leisure we sd
r. those WHO intend purchasing to make their selec
dons to-day or tomorrow.
TIE NEv Musical WoNpER.-Sisnor SNoRi
made hs drst appearance last nigh; to Only tosFaoy
ae: hoasc-owin: principally TO the Too eaoofa'e pre-
putting to which ujudicious friends have subjected nIr
and partly to the uca-erness OF MS programme Surely
ne should haze Afforded his sudience the prssde Oh
listening 10 some popular c1Eas.Tid an scSno"leuseu
farori,e in musical and fashionable circles Miss MOSS
sang her ,lc songs with very good skill but this was
not the kind OF laos work 10 in.erweare with 20 eAqs
;,e and delicate fabric the playing OF Sivor Inc
TaberracIe too Is wretchsd place for vicln-uiuse-
many of the ner and nicer effects OF outline and blend
inss o: color being completely los; IN the ooscuy oil Is
foru,less and caveruous eNPsnse
But with all these disadvantages, Siycri proved HIM
self c-ea, a-s;-a perfect master of the Intoxicating
wchery of the violin His music is so beautiful mat Il
seems as if i, proceed directly from the fingers OF
Creative power-the soul of The listener being reluctant
to adn, that it could have emsnatcd from any mere
mortal and physical agency 1t as ii the far, uniath
onable beauty of starlight uinglins in the heavens
should be brought ard become tangible presence
or as If pleasant dream OF the first sweet sleep oil
night should gradually change itself 70 sound and boat
bv upon sea of music His tone IS the laughter OF
troop of fairies prolonged by moonlight echoes-his eS
f'i,~ nj
beams Every phrase ne utters lies like living thinS
of beauty in the brain ore be astonshed- to
remember the immense difficulties he overcomes-and
ia conscious only ths, the Spirit OF Grace is nsns her
dvnest entertainments upon the very air he 5reathes
We feel that i, would be simply absurd while thus Civ
ing expression TO our delight to steup an analysis
of Sivors plsyincyet for fear OF being misunderstood
hereafter VIC viii say that with much in his favor ne
lacks that ovc-whe Inning magnetic force by which Ole
Bull and De Meyer make the will helpless and draw US
INTERESTINGLY wherever they may. This opinion will
draw a wclbred sheer from the Partisan and Italian
critics and coquoscei who undertake the modest office
OF directing and controlling public taste IN the Meropo
-bu, is simply the truth, for all that evor' dii
crs from Ole Bull as fairies from women. The fairies
both OF Shakespeare and OF Svori more cxquisely
and tau!tlessly bcautiful-but THEY have no souls
Svoris reception in the highest degree hatierns
and the audience very fashionable and distsae. We
don't know when before we have seen such uagniH-
cent collection OF moustachcs.