New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-31

were in the view OF unraveled amateurs sort Of CO.
temrorancous myth living Sappho Cecilia, or Or
,hcus This wondcrment az stars sfsr of now las
e. ased; the musiofl armament, has come down 10
csuh II is hard TO believe but at this instant, are
there among us and ready 20 stny among the two
most admired vocalists Of Europe.
If the full and enthusiastic house which greeted Al.
bon last night the Broadway thostcr be an evidence
If Tho attractions of the artist for the public and Of the
public for the artist; may hope that the one will
continue &c be drawn 20 the thcater and the other made
fat 70 cur shores To person capable ofapprccsting
the rise ard ripencss Of Art il privilege to live IN
time when the mot perfect model for the production Of
Italian music il produced in that OF Kossni and The
Nineteenth Century when voice combined with
the rational genius and superadded culture Is found
among us 10 interpret them. Before Rossni Italian
music he'd not the ravishing brilliancy which now
attaches 70 it, Eminent for the sobriety and depth
Of Church music and Catsas, slgnaliscd by the gen
tie breathing Of Pasiello with his tima harmonfes
and nofensiye Instrumentation, the classic beauty
of Cinaross, there was SILL no such bounding
pulse of melody as Di Placer Won pin Nesta, AMI
that class of melodies whose clearly cut forms IN.
dom,atable rythmc beauty transparent elegance and
rnbroken continuity of utterance constitute the char
ac,erstic Of Rossnis muse. We may praise the sim.
pretty much fudge so far /, is found pure m any
author Even Gluck after adopting theory OF the
simply decema,ory style violates il in the midst Of the
woes of his Orphers and the music of Handel 50 far
from being simple sbounds in passages of embroidery
us, as far from the simple Rossini; without the
measured certainty which makes the latter so suppos
tously reducibe TO simple elements and hence easily
grssred by the ear What mean to hs that the
ford melodies of Rossini presuppose simpler melody
around which they woven while the horii passages
ofHandel entities ofthemselves generally separated
from the simple melody and not In keeping with It or
the severe .chool so too, the simplicity OF Aozsr
rrss ed but il must be this side OF the measured ca
denza in II mic iesoro the soprano air in Zds6er0ie,
or the Astounding trples in Cose fan tuni. There Is
certain way Of speaking OF Rossns music as II ii was
light because il was fc:d-thst is because it had many
notes to few sylabes. That is his style, before he
wrote for the French stage but does not presuppose
lghinc.s of itself in him any than in anybody
else The air OF Cinderella, Non pia mesta IL hord,
but It is not light and least of all does it earnest
feeling. The most rapid passages vigorously di-
yieed into groups Of Jour- which, ii reduced to their
under form Of two, would present decisive decsms-
tory force.
in regard 20 the Opera performance last night VIC
have but little to add our remarks of previous day
Coletti did their parts fairly The chorus steader
and except in one place where they bured cut beyond
the bounds Of musical sound sowed the advantage of
additional experience The orchestra improved on the
fret night.
1.-THE NewYork public are disposed to support Ial.
ian Operas problem which several times has stopped
short of solution, solved the wrong way-,hey
have the opportunity of showing it. Ifthey do not
encourage the Broadway Theater now it may be ques.
toned if they will sustain y Italian lyrical establish.
men unless for fashions sake The theater 10 every
way eligible the boxes arc accessible and airy and the
rsrquette good place likewise for ladies' vr
We may pirate of ensemble requirements, but the
public little for them A single great singer at
tracts ate ntion than all the greatest parade of
secondary artists orchestra and chorus, and that
singer We have now and unless the full houses Of the
establishment in question endure, may suppose that
for the present opera Is out of the question.
More ALDERMANIc INTERFEREvCE.-MayOr
Westervelt hes fallen into the hands Of the Phstines
of the City Hall. He had the temerity, some weeks
ago. signify his desire that certain in the
Mayors Bureau. should continue in Office during his
term, because he a faithful and valuable public
servants The wish hardly expressed before
deputation from the Board of Aldermen waited upon
II
not turn the said man ont of Office, peremptory, they
the Aldermen-would annoy and embarras his ad.
ministration much lay in their power OF course
the Mayor elect surrendered. The why the Al
dermen demand the discharge of this man is because
he has done considerable and would do toward
suppressng illegal selling and the issue Of licenses
by the Aldermen to keepers of brothels, gambling
houses and resorts for thieves and prosttues There
many record where the keepers of
such poces after having been reported dangerous and
vicious by the police have been licensed sell rum by
the Alderman of the Ward, in defiance of remon.
strances from every quarter
WALKER-sTREET.-An number of citizens OF
the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eighth and Fourteenth Wards
met en- Wednesday evening the North American Hotel
Bowery to take into liberation the best reans of op.
posing the contemplated alterations of these streets
Mr. Joseph Pigott in the Chair Isaac p Whitehead Jr
was appointed Secretary. Committees were appoint.
ed from the several Wards to employ counsel to apply
for stay OF proceedings and generally to facilitate the
opposition to the above project. Papers distrb
utcd for signature and determined that those who
attached their names should contribute per cent.
upon thousand dollars to meet the expense of EN-.
poying counsel sc. The meeting then adjourned.
subject to the Gull Of the Executive and Special Com
niitees.
MAMMOTH SHgEP.-Mr. Joseph Beers, OF
Keyport, has five large sheep in his flock (of the
leicester English breed) which he intends to have on
exhibition during the continuance of the Worlds
Fair, during next summer The aggregate of the five
sheep is ,j6o lbs the largest being 37s lbs In weight
The largest sheep in England which Mr. b. has any
account Of weighed 36s lbs This large sheep of Mr.
Be yielded fleece this past weighing - lbs
al ordinary fleece weighing from to 4 lbs. The
above five sheep are now in town. on Introductory
exclusion, and visited several of the newspaper Offices
yesterday, in their farm csrrirgc The owner intends
TO keep them in good order until the Worlds Fair
opens, when he expects that their .izc and weight will
be come what increased.