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sECEPTIoN OF THE ETHIOPIAN SERENA
DERS IN LONDON.
The numerous friends and admirers Of the
Ethiopian Serenaders in Baltimore, as we'll as
throughout the Union, will be pleased to learn
nat since their arrival in Europe, under charge
their gentlemanly manager, Mr.. Dumbleton,
hey have met with the warmest reception and
aost fiattering success. Several London pa
,ers, now before US, contain highly commen-
latory notices oftheir inimitable performances,
bse of which, from the Morning Herald, of the
2oth ult., we copy. tits as follows:
4 The Ethiopian SerenaderS. Various enterpris-
no buffoons have, of late years, given ANA
eurs in this country a tolerable insight into
The style and quality of the niger music, and
Illustrated it in so mirth-moving manner as
10 kindle great enthusiasm among the unso-
phisticated classes ofthe metropolis. Jim Crow
Rice was the first who tlckled the apprentice
Fancy by his examples of the ebony school Of
art, and the incompatible Sweeny-a ripe
cholar on the banio-added no little to the
commen stock Of knowledge; while the success
#of these sprghtly and original individuals ma
suraly enough begot imitation, and the minor
a heatres supplied each its artist who, with
kmutted faces, striped pantaloons, and budget
ytf doggrels, grnned from ear to ear, emitted
4 harp compulsory laughs, dug his heels into the
\ ground, and performed divers other prescribed
EIeaks, with rare and astonishing eclat. Chas.
Horn and Henry Russell have, however, trea-
ted the matter more seriously. Their acquaint-
ance with the American negroes enabled the m
10 ascertain that a vein Of sweet musical feel
ng existed among them, and that it discover
cd itself in melody of an artless and simple
ilnd-eXamples Of which were collected and
embodied some of them becoming exceedingly
popular, not only with the trequenters of the
!heatre-taverns and pot-houses, but in any
/ quarter where naive and unaffected music was
accustomed to find favor.
quintet Of painted niggers Of the Sweeny
school (Messrs, Germon, StanWood, HaIring-
ton, Pelham and White,) have now set foot in
this country; and we were invited to private
hearing of their performances last night at the
Hanover Square Rooms. They are loosely
styled Ethiopian Serenaders,' and come arm
ed with testimonials of approval from the
treasury and post-office departments of the
! United States, and with flattering endorsements
| from Presidents ladies and government Off
cials. They are wonderfully expert practi-
| TONERS, and gave samples of their at in all its
varieties; namely, "songs, geeS, chorusses, CO.
mic sayings, and burlesque lectures" accom-
y panying themselves to perfection on the janjo
1 congo tambo, accordian, and bones! To de-
I Nscrbe them would be impossible, for they
would defy the most ingenious master of pen
and ink to do that: their grimaces, their att-
tudes, their groans and noises were ludicrous
in the extreme, and the audience roared again
!. and again at the extravagancies they witness
ed. The five tSerenaders" ranged themselves
in a line upon chairs, headed by one who act
ed as a sort of interocutor, and who played
strange and irresistible antics with the congo
tambo. The pieces named in the printed pro-
gramme were united by riddles and With
cisms, banded rapidly from one to the other;
and these lnteriectonal colloqules were in
tensely diyerting. But the performer on the
bone castanets was the cream OF the fun. This
person (pity we cannot name hlm) outstrpped
all his coadiutors. He played with surprising
execution accompanying the volube shower OF
rattles with looks and movements comic be-
yond conception. He seemed animated by
a savage energy; and extracted notes with a
staccato vince which nearly wrung him of
his seat. His white eyes rolled in a curious
frenzy while he manipulated the bones; and
his hiccupping chuckles were unsurpassable
There was an artst-lke favour about the fel
low which made him stand out in prominent
relief; and every twist he had was saturated
with native and unctuous drollery.
SC fhn hat thacn
people performed is we'll known here; but thu
pieces are newly embellished, and are invested
with humclr exclusively belonging to thu
" Ethiopian Serenaders. The glees and chorus
ses were really sung with great taste and neat
q ness, and even with delicacy and feeling. Ii
some cases the combination of voices was per
! fectly beautiful, while the harmonies were de
veloped with perfect accuracy. Nothing, 10
instance could be more effective, or be NOR
/ sweetly and touchingly managed than the voca
union the chorus to ''Lucy Neal" The musi
was often quoted from European sources, s lc
as from the bohemian Girl" and the "Sor
nambula" The parody on the Phantor
chorus in the latter was capitally sung, an
most comically acted the burlesque fear
the "debbil' being expressed by the qulnter
terms and actions richly farcical The "fai
road Overture" was also great triumph, tn
greatest perhaps of the evening. The china
Of noise and motion which was reached, an
the gradual relaxing of the congo tambo ger
teman into quietude, threw the audience ln'
ecstases of mirthful delight; it would indee
have melted the gravity of stole to see tt
arms and limbs flying about, and to hear Il
clatter of the wheels, and the ear-spllttir
= sEriek of the steam whistle. The execute
of all this was as funny as the idea itself, al
the "Ethiopians, breathless as they were, we
unanimously solicited to do it again. We ca
not specially allude to anything else, exceptir
to express wonder, in common with the aud
ence, at the executive dexterity displayed
tha duet On thn nccnrdian and the hones