The New York herald., 1850-04-25

in distress as they do about the moon, that Is what
Why not let ship-mastsrs fill those places (or some
| OF them at least) when you see one OF good chsx-
ncier and business habits, that has beat and buffet
ed The sea for twenty or thirty years land there are
many such)! Give him place, let him live and
! cultivate character worth living for. You Thea
put your merchant service "A firm footing with
other occupations and professions, induce young
men OF good education and families to enter II,
soon having majority of our own country boys on
board; then in room OF the steam board Of the
merchant service which il now has, you will see il
go ahead, become popular and honorable, il ever
was, and far above other nations.
Should the foregoing remarks meet the public
eye favorably, hope they will act immediately by
calling meetings in all the commercial towns and
cities of the United States, condense the views
and facts within their knowledge and publish them;
that will give the opinion of the public, and that IL
all we want, as public opinion is the director and
governor OF all active laws
| Thirty YEARS ADAPT THE MAINMAsr.
Our London Musical Correspondence.
| LONDON, March %, 1850.
| Jenny Lind.
When closed my last letter, | left the fair Swede
in Stockholm. She had returned to the home of
her parents, no longer girl struggling with the
| defects of her voice. and beaten down and bruised
in spirit by the deficiencies in the organ so neces-
| sary to her ultimate success. Her destiny had now
changed. Within the course of the next three
England as the greatest singer then living upon
continental Europe. The public in the Swedish
capital we've now to hear her-not as she had for
merly been, girl singing from the inefficient
teaching which she had then had, nor as an accom-
pshed vocalist without the primary requisite in her
professionalism strong and exquisite voice, which
has rendered her the most wonderful Of modern
singers. She now possessed all which nature and
| art could give her; and her voce-chastened and
refined by the long and arduous labors she had un-
| dertaken, when there seemed but slight chance
of overcoming the difficulties which it threw upon
| her PATHWAYS equal to all and everything which
might be required by the stage. As purely scien-
/ tho singer, she had, before this, no equal. Her
voice now equal to the task imposed upon her
by her skill, ard she was destined to make this OBJ
vous to the most musical nations of the world, for
such Germany and England in their tastes IN
: doubleday are.
A strange excitement pevaded Stockholm
everyone was on the qui Uiue TO hear Jenny sing.
''When will she appear in public p
"When shall we again have the chance OF hear
ing our little favorite Of past years = were the
questions everywhere heard.
| Meanwhile, the manager Of the Court Theatre
had called upon her, to arrange for the rst night oil
, her appearance.
Agatha, in "Der Freyschutz," the character in
which, when yet a child she had fascinated the
ears of Stockholm. AT length the night drew near
such tumulf as then took place IN the streets OF
the Swedish capital, was, possibly, never before
heard in them. Al -four O'Clock, the avenues lead
| ing to the theatre We're crowded, and when the
/ doors were opened, at SIX o'clock, the people
| crowded into il with great rush as they were
subsequently TO exhibit on similar occasions in Lon
don. Her reception was 40 warm and enthusiastic.
| that for several minutes the attempt to commence
her part would have been useless IN the extreme.
| And when her first air had been sung, such burst
| Of applause welcomed II az has rarely been heard
within the walls of theatre Criticism of such an
appearance would be worse than useless. IL was
| tfip nlnh he haI In Al -
with applause. Her talents as an actress were also
now observed more keenly than they had before
| been; and when a burst OF Weber.s melody came
| from her, il seemed as though those who heard
would have never ceased from their cxtacy Such
was the first public reception OF this great singer,
| on her return to her own native ciiy; ana when,
hat night, she retired TO rest, II must have been
with keen feeling that she had for the iirst time
drunken, and drunken deeply, from that cup which
was for the remainder Of her lfc TO be ever hlled
with that most precious Of wincs--'he wine oil po-
| pular celebrity.
On the following day, she was waited upon by
the Chamberlain of his Swedish Majesty. who
| came to request her to sing AT Court
| This she did IN the following week, and then Tor
| The first time she received personal compim ents
from many of those who had promoted thc chid'e
early interests. She. moreover had the Satisfaction
of hearing from the swedish hing the first pTophe-
cy Of that after which was 10 make her the
most celebrated singer OF modern Europe:
'Go on as you have begun, Mademoselle Lind"
said the monarch, 'and tell you that your repu-
tafion will not be limited TO Germany and 10 SSe-
den. You will enrapture the whole Of the musical
| continent"
| such prediction She must have often thought
Of in after years, when borse upon the wings Of
her own genius. she had assembled to the toPmoa
| pinnacle Of fame.
| But she was now again TO quit Stockholm and re-
turn to Berlin. She had performed, during her 30
joun IN her native city, In four operas These were
| the "Sonnambula" and Z" Norma" OF Bellini, Mey-
| crbcer's "Robert lc Dable," and Weber's " Der
! Frcyschulz." In all of them her success had been
as triumphant as in the three iirst II had been in
| Berlin. In the last she was To appear IN the Sue
ceediDg season, and by II 10 beighten, n that were
I possible. the enthusiasm which her former success
had there excited She accordingly returned to
Berlin in the sprng OF the succeeding year. The
! popular enthusiasm for her whit nbsted.
Ii had rather increased during her absence. The
| box Office Of the theatre was beslcgcd during
| the irsi few days after her return with inquiries
| ~ 20 her first appearance; and when the h1bt-
fvts Of the theatre leaned that u would not
| take place for fortnight. complaints were loudly
! made Of the dilatonncss and careessneas Of the
management, who ought, as they said, 10 have
been better prepared for her return. Nevertheless
when she at length appeared in the Der Flrysrts'=.
4 all had changed. SO enrapturcd were they with
her exquisite singing in this OPERA that compliment
| efter compliment was hcaped upon the mtuarc-
/ mcnt. for having compelled them 10 wait while
I they were preparing a. such, indeed, was the
hcklcncss exhibited by the public that u was pro-
! posed 10 present MeyeThcef, who was TIC director
appointed by the court ~ the theatre, with rsti
monia for his care and assidui'y IA preparing the
J novelty-an opera, indeed, which could, in any
town in Germany have been produced upon the
stage IN lces than three days. Such are the benc
fts produced by the opposition Of slight bar to the
oxccsses Ut popular enthusiasm.
We need net say that the reputation which hat
been acquired by Jenny. had now spread 10 Paris
and 10 London. Garcia had, Therefore. the or
pcrtuny Of rejoicing IN the success Of his pnpil.
Meanwhile, II was IN London that the success of
Jenny destined 10 take an abiding and deep
root. Mr.. Bum. who was, at ihis time, the mans
ger of the Drury Lane Theatre. had heard wonder
iul reports oi the talents of the fair Swcc, and he
thought that Il he could allure her o. has theatre.
he would be enabled to produce the same. or
somewhat similar degree Of attraction n that hom
which he had iragrd srch golden harvest IN the
days of Malibun lie accordingly sent TO make
an offer 10 Jenny Lind. II was an exceedingly
liberal one at this period. Jenny Lind feli. how
| ever. somc difficulty IN accepting u. Her ac-
qua,ntance with the English language was, at the
/ was apytbinp rather than sufficient 10 enable
| her 10 nnrenf ,nnn the STARE with any chtnce