New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-13
Miscellaneous.


A meeting of Booksellers and Music Publishers
has been held IN London - consider the propuety Of
appealing to the House of Lords for final decision
upon the Copyright Question. 1t was resolved 10 DC
measure incumbent upon the interests represented
in the meeting MI Bonn, the famous cheap pub
Usher presided, and said that the recent decision
granted authors and composers rights which other
countries would not probably rcciprocate fjOO
stated to be the necessary 10 cover the expense
of carrying the matter up 10 the House OF Lords.
subscription was opened and several gentlemen en-
tered their names We hope that this yc1ed question
may thus receive a final solution.
Bonn, the cheap publisher, g. Pirate" Punch
would call him, If ne were an Americana has just IS
sued Mr.. Hawhome's Seven Gables and Mr.. VII
hiss " Hurry Graphs each at Is Cd
"A Mldlandef" in letter to the Daily Nsirs
says thatthe Great Exhibition hardly recognises suf-
fcently the literature of England or Of other coun
tries Booksellers appear, but not authors It pro-
posed therefore, that dunng the exhibition season.
monster trip" be made 10 Litchfeld IN honor Of
SAMUEL JOHNSON, with procession and soiree, IN
stead Of dinner and ioasts and ditto, ditto, to STRAIT
ford-on-Ayon, all for the love of SHAKsPERE Andu
IS further suggested that on both occasions the De-
yonshire Corps Dranatiqr,e perform
A second performance had taken place at Devon
shire House before large and fashionable audience
Mr Dickens won the honors and especially farce
which followed, called Nr. Nightngaie's Diary" on
which u critic remarks:
Mr.. Dickens, in the divers DISCUSSES he assumes
during the farce shows how well he can assume diff
lerent characters. ryalng Levas>or Ia varying hls
features, Mathews IN the gllbneSS of his speech, and
boufe IN the mode Of Initiating age.'
MIR THAoEERAY had delivered his second lecture
20 "a larger audience even, and with greater satsfac-
ton. The subjects were Congreye and Addison. The
latter he greatly adnires. The Tribune VIII find room
N a day two for sketch Of this admirable lecture
1t Is a musical fact ana triumph entirely without
precedent that Beethoyens FIdell0 IS now PLAYING
al both the London opera houses. Signora Crlrelh
reneWs her surprising successes at her Maesty's and
at Covent Garden, Nine Castsiian Is essaying the
Ioie of Leonora, uuhappily a role much beyond
her powers She does fragments well, but Is not
equal TO the whole character Tagjsrik the Tenor
j. triumphant IN this opera the orchestra as per
feet as could be, and the close Of the opera Mr
costa the Director, was unanimously summoned TO
receive the honOrs
The Judicious critic Of The Tines says OF Cruel,Ts
Leonora, IN tins Opera:
We rise thoroughly assured that Beethoyen's
LoonoTa has never been more entirely Understood,
or more perfectly embodied than 10y MalemClseLe
CuyeiL We except neither Schroeder Devr.ent nor
Malbran With this conviction We entertain no
apprehension whatever for the result of her next al
tempt which We understand Is 20 be Norma She
who can realize the aspirations OF Beethoven has
nothing fear from tie more graceful ali fam lar
bit lar less loity and deal sentiment OF Beilini."
The latter portion OF this extract We commend TO
domestic meditation.
The catalogue Of he 52lst Leips.c book fair,
held TIE Easter Of tbs rear, presents variety of
some importance on the $50 catalogues which have
preceded j.. The books are classed not Only alpha
teucaly, according 10 the authors names, but also
Systematically IN the order OF the subjects Accord
ing to Tins catalogue the number Of books printed IN
Germany in the SIX months since the last far
amounts TO 1864, ami l. 1856 more are IN the press
A Constant Reader writes 20 the DAILY Ns'rs:
Let The promoters of the Exhibition struggle as
they VIII, 70 does not appear that the subscriptions
otclcuons telng made for expenses Of collection
Will exceed 10000 Il is calculated that half a mil