The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-24


Muaical.
sr GroReE's CoHcEnr.-rhe annual concert 10 aid Of
the charitable funds Of the et Georges and brtish Pr
sctve Emisrsnt Society, Of New York, was given al
night in Metropolitan Hail. The programme pr ..,t.a
great attractions, comprising Mile. Urso, MAJ me Anna
Bhhop, Miss Rosa Jacques, Messrs. p aham. Is,cb
6uai &c. Inc seiecuons were e' lrsly Of English
character sThe Death Of Nese y and uoore,s hasuti.
full ballad, loft in the st',,y Nshtn were sung With
great spirit and effect py Mr. Bfahsm. aHome, Sweet
Home" Comm PRO, the Rye,n sc. Sc, were given
by Madame bnop in her best style and the British
tonal snthSn sung by her and Messrs Braham and
Leach me concert passed off with great eca but the
atsefaFace was not so good might have wished
MADAME SonTAe's NEW SERIES CoscERTs-Wo
believe that this distinguished artistic is determined that
her next series Of concerts which to
Monday next will far eclipse all that has yet been pre-
sented here in that line She is to assisted by Badia
Pczzoni, Carl Eckert, Paul julien and Luigi Rocco,
while her orchestral and choral arrangements made
most magnificent scale Madame son.ag expected
arrive in this city to day This choir rehearsal takes
place at Metropolitan Hall this evening.
Rev. N. H. Hudson's Second Lecture.
sHAKsPEARE's HENRY THE ToURTH-PALsTAFF AND
COMPANIONS.
The New England course Of lectures, at the Brooklyn
tendance yesterday evening being very toerable not
withstandipg the inclement state Of the weather
The lecture the third of the series the Presi
dent Mr. Low, announced that the fourth would be de-
livered on Tuesday next by Hon Horace Mann. Sub
ject. Woman
Mr.. HupsoN then forward lie had had,
he Observed occasion 10 remark in his former lecture
that the first and second parts Of King Henry the Fourth
formed an reality but continuous whole and the unity
aid chiefly in the tracing the character Of Prince Henry
and in showing how he had contradiced all he had given
promise Of whiie Prince Of Wales, and jumped at
from the wild and thoughtless mad cap Prnce' Hal,
into the brave wise gentle and heroic Henry the Fitch
In investigating the qualities of Sir John Falstad
could easily how the Prince might be the mad cap
reveler that history gave him out and yet be all the
while secretly storing preparations for wisdom and virtue
needing other conversion than the duty and
the opportunity for nohsr enterprise. Falstaf was
very imPractcable subject for criticism to deal
with. His character was too conpex aud manifold TO
be well dgeted into the forms of logical statement
what he Diverse and op poste the quail
ties which met in him. yet that only enriched, de-
sroyed, the operation OF their working IN him. and
saw their fusion 50 happily Blended together evenly
balanced, and so inttwoveD that geuerates could
be used TO set him off aud II undertook to grasp him
in formal conclusion the best part still escaped between
our fingers SO that the only to give idea OF him
to take the man along and show him, and he
real and too plump in bis reality 10 render that easy
Witty above all other be not wit and with
more sensuaity than could be found in most men, he
could not wi justice, be called sensuaiist.
He had certainly lively regard for his own safety.
vein Of cowaroice. or something very ike 1t,
through bis actions; but he was not coward Braggng
and lying prodgiousy, he could not, with justice BIS
called braggart a liar There sort of dramatic
necessity for the 'unimitatei and nimtAble Falsa,
whose character stamped Itself thoroughly the
ceediDgs at Eastcheap that of the King did those
at the palace Whatever might have been the fact there
strong artistic for this marvellous combina
ton Of charms and vices None but old could
have been so dissolite and discernng appear
think 20 like wise man, when talking most
unnsely aud he must have world Of wit and to
ce md Of such native rectiude and penetration
His immorares mostly such wherein the udicrous
elements most prominent, and In this he lost and ade
us lose sigh of bis other qualities The animal suscep
Utilities Of nature in MIN carried up to the highest
pitch Of nature. His several appetes had their
srectve objects and INDUCED with exclusive gusto
Possessing fund Of good it all devoted to the
service OF sensuaIlty w.t. to be reshed should always
be sparipgly used but none could ever tire of Fasta
peculiar wit 1t like clear cold wafer which always
tasted good because was tasteess seemed that
rather thnD wit good quckened to have the Of
feet of wit What Fasta said always fitted all round and
twas in this proud consciousness Of his hat II
was always SO much at his exerting himself
but firmly relying the strength of HE invention la
this security he let 60 all regard to prudence and got
uncornered and uncaught His lies were told evidently
without any idea that they would be believed an in
telling mem ne appeared 70 have SOUGHT studied OK
he eeemed in the tolls, always made sudden spring
and made good his defence. This he instanced
by ZONE pastages-as whefe he asserts that he
knew the Prince through his disguise, and the
scene between them and the hostess, Dame Quickly
in which 1t is worthy of remark. that all his
replies contained just all that TO be said aud
were let OF just at the moment when they would produce
the best effect lie was the cause Of wiz in others
and this Observable in the Prince Who though
voube enough ut ether times and with other characcr
witty with Sir John The Prince under
stood Falstaf although Talstsf, who so clearly
rough every ele did not to under the
Prince. The character of Falsta not to be
from his expressions for he like other people did
not himself Others him. and il he did he
spoke from art and not for truth and this character
possessed high neral scope in not creating any respect
-Falstan not having even self respect No per-
son merely as being anusers objects of
respect--a remark which applied to all actors
as mere actors, though they were entitled to respect
as men and gentlemen Fastsrs abuse of Justice Shall.
low hospitality let into the worst traits Of his cbara,
ter snd shielded the Prince in degree from the
chsrge that might be made OF uphandsome copd uct
towards him Fastaf appeared to be public brain from
which shot forth through oil the limbs of the
monysalth, and through him the vision led forth
into long perspective OF cid English life and manners
The orbs which Ievolved around him all shone by his
light from the immediate heir Of England ard the
ghteouB Lord Chief Justice to Robin Osler who lived
one idea and never ed since oats This train OF
deneation led to the other characters
as hrs. Quickly. Justice ehalow, and Silence, parttcu
larry that Of The boateEs whs with all her and
with a her moral and intellectual passvcness sho we'd
SO much Of womans nature Taking NIL the characters
in connection the lecturer concluded by saying in the
words OF DR. Johnson, author, probably in any two
plays, produced SO much delight.
Police Intelligence.
Biting of an EoT on Monday night an alteration
took place between two men, named Francis Williams
and ilisn Smith al the of Water and Oliver
streets, which resulted in personal contest and in the