New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-21
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brought ont in German, at the Royal Opera House
AT Berlin. The ehoruses are now being composed
by Aeyerbeer.
-Aa unknown picture by Raphael has just
been discovered at Cremona. 1t represents the
Virgin kneeling and adoring the infant SAVIOR
81. Joseph 10 in the back ground Ia one corner
ere the initials Of Raphael, 8. Il. V.
1t il said in the MessagieTe Of Modena' thaI tne
naked statues In the charches at Rome are TO De
covered from motives of modesty. Canovas Ge-
pias ef Desth ia the Monument 10 Pope Clement
"a "A be TINS adorned and the many little cherubs
vh;cb abound in various churches are no longer
no be left In state Of improper exposure. The
,,au Oldest pictures are also TO be improved.
The new opera Of La Dame de PlqHe, just
brought out by Scribe and Halevy at the Opera
Gemigae at Paris, occupies five hours and half
10 the representation. 1t is in three acts
Miss Catharine Hayes, the English singer,
was 70 appear in Italian Opera at Rome after
Christmas.
The Paris exhibition Of Modern Artists open
ed on Monday Dec. 80, in the new building which
stands in the Coay dkOnneur Of the Palais Royal.
The building is not yet completed and is some
what inconvenient, bat this will soon be rene
died. The plan was conceived by NJ. de Guizard
the chief of the division of Fine Arts in the De-
partment Of the Interior; the architect il M
Chabrol, and the decorator, M. Sechan. Ar inno-
walton in the arrangement of the exhibitions the
putting of paintings and sculptures together In the
same rooms Five thousand eight hundred aud
twenty works were offered for exhibition six
Teen hundred were rejected. Owing to the in
completeness of the rooms only 1862 works are
vet exhibited. The following are among the most
prominent; An Assumption, tie Ocean'deS. and
several portraits by Lehman; The Glrond'sts,
by Charles Muller; a Scene from the Song Of Sol
ONION, by Ziegler; The Last Repast Of the GirO"-
dists, by Philippoteauxi Portrait Of Louis Napo.
leon, by Horace Vernet; Reading Of the Tesla
meat Of Louis XIV. by Alaux; The Volunteers Of
1922, by Vinchon; arabs, by Chasseriau; MaSSa-
ere of the MamelukeS, by Oder A Village Fa-
neral, by Courbert Rebecca, by Decsmps Jane
Shore and The Senate Of Venice by Robert Fleu-
ny; The Raising of Lazarus and THE GtaOur, by G.
Delacroix; Roman Peasants, by HILBERT; Car
sival at Rome, by Karl Muller; Battle in Russia
by won. Among anecdotic or familiar subjects
are pictures by Diaz, Tony Johannot, Giroux, Le-
leu, Riesner, CHI. Giraud, Jeanson and others
Couture exhibits a number Of sketches, but no
picture. Indeed the older and more eminent
painters are almost entirely wanting. The num-
Der Of German names among the exhibitors is
striking In sculpture there is an Atlantis, by
Pradier; figure in marble by Pollet, which is
said to be charming; Hero, in marble, by Loi.
son a Erigone, by Jouffroy Tragedy and Come
dy, two busts, by Clesnger The exhibition even
IN its present imperfect state, is crowded daily.
The first exhibition at Paris of works of Liv.
ing Artists took place in 1878. There were iif
iy artists in the catalogue, among them Lebrun
Philippe de Champagne and Wander Mealen. The
exhibition was held in the open air in the Court o.
the Paais Royal. Out Of the City artists ten still
retain areputaton. The exhibition OF 1910 is re
membered as perhaps the most successful tina
has ever taken place. There were above five
hundred exhibitors. Among them were David
Gros Guern, Prud hon, earle Vetnet, Gravel
Gerard, &c. Some twenty of the artists are all
who are not row forgotten, the proportion being
smaller than in 1913. Genius does not seem 10
increase in proportion to the number Of those who
would fain be thought to possess it.
Count d'Orsay is, it is said, engaged on a
painting Of some magnitude, which is likely
70 excite a sensation. The President Of the Re-
public, from old acquaintance, was disposed to APP
point him as ambassador TO one of the Courts OF
Italy, but the Minister for Foreign Affairs remon-
strated against the appointment, and the intention
was abandoned.
George Sand has met with severe check IN
the refusal of the authorities to allow play from
her pen to be produced at the Theater St. Martin,
entitled Claudia" Everything had been pre-
pared for it, and considerable expense had been
incurred, when the Censor stepped In, and politely
announced his refusalof license.
An Indian officer who has recently come home
states that Cairo is extremely full of Italian em
grants, many men of high rank, who are Obliged
80 perform the most mental Offices for the means
Of living. They were recently watching the ne
gotiations Of Austria and Prussia with good deal
Of interest and had decided on returning to Italy
the instant war should be declared
The educational cause is making rapid pro
gTess both at Bombay and Calcutta. Schools are
rising in ell directions, and under the most lnhuen
sial auspices, for the improvement of the poorer
clauses.
The Courier de Lyons states that between
midnight and AN. of the 25th Dec. at the time
the mass of Christmas was being celebrated 10
the churches in the presence of great number Of
people, about thirty Police agents surrounded 6
Cafe, penetrated into the interior, and arrested
about twenty persons who were just sitting down
TO enjoy Q copious banquet, which is customary
on that night and known by the name OF rsceillOs
bat which on this occasion, according to informa
ton received by the police, was to serve as an ex
ease for meeting Of q very different character.
"A specimen OF the wild Cotton plAnt, with
fan bolls plucked within Fifty yards of the sea on
The west coast of Africa in August last, has been
exhibited at Liverpool. The quality is foe, aud
this specimen shows that there would be no diff