The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-12


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you viii help to have them ans sered and have the
honor to remain, dear SIR, yours faithfully,
Captain Mayne Reid, IA Alpha road, Regents PARK
Walters from Europe to the New York Ex-
hlbithon.
From the London Times, April 27l
Besides the Earl Of Eesmere, Sir Charles Lyel and
Mr. Dixie, the royal commission which is about be a.
sued for the American International Exhibition will
Mr. Whitworth, and Mr. Wallis. II will thus consist of
six MEMBERS and form body well calculated not only
Atlantic but to bring back, in the shape Of official
ports the results Of the approaching industrial display
The Lobleman who is placed at the head of the com
mission is thoroughly qualified to pronounce judgment
upon the merits Of the fine arts section while he unitss
with highly cultivated taste the prestige of rank and
dues and mineralssy, could not 6nd in this country
worther representative than Sir Charles Lyell and Mr.
Dixie the least rewarded and certainly not the least yau
able member Of our own Executive Committee in Hyde
Park by his practical good sense his business habits
and his experience, may fairly be expected to stamp
the new commission with useful well merely
dignihed character. Professor Wilson is favorably
known to the public from the attention which he has
paid 70 scientific sgrouture; and it may be antici
much useful information to his countrymen In that
and Kindred branches Of knowledge The appointment Of
most valuable and active officers employed in HYDE Park
in 1851, and, apart altogether rom his Is
rare and extensive with the merits ne Of
tile fabrics in every branch Of their manufacture Per.
haps however for the material interests of this country
SO Tar as they are likely to be affected BY the New York
exhibition the valuable member of the commits
sion ia Mr. Whworth the leading maker In this country
Is the very best man that could be selected to
trate into report the mechanical results of the New
York exhibition; and, ingenious and inventive as the
send to them, reporter the mechanic who can
by the unaded exercise Of his craft the mil
carrying with it souvenirs of the display Of 1851 with
which all Its members have been intimately asso
eated It accredited neither to the committee Of the
New York exhibition to the government for the
mer is private commercial body which this country
could not officially acknowledge and the latter only nd
recty patronizes the undertaking. 1t has, however
ample powers and useful and dignfed mission 1t is
charged with the duty Of representing the industrial in
terests OF England the forthcoming display and OF re-
porting, in authoritative manner upon the results
thereof The governments have have issued 1t upon the
suggestion of the plus Commissioners and they have
further shown their zeal in the matter by getting several
OF the chief departments of the State to contribute
The ordnance the admiralty the mint and the board
articles for exhibition and it is worthy of remark that
little q; we may show compared with the constituted
Of Other we have
bition than We did for In Hyde Park the
government showed itself chiefly active in snubbng
the royal commission and worrying it, through Lord
Seymour. DR.. Royle Is busily engaged in selecting,
on the part Of the East India Company, q
brilliant show of Oriental manufactures where
exhibitors comprising the leading houses in important
departments Of national industry have sent contr
competition which embraces paintings and among the
champions Of national industry included the of
the Duke Of Buceeugh. Considering the extent to which
other European States well intend support
ing the approaching Exhibition, It matter of
surprise that the building in which the display takes
which 1t stands Is not than FIVE hundred feet square,
and the structure II been already supplemented By
additions for machinery We Londoners grumble at the
Ava or and ha
Of the late Exhibition has been sunk in lump
secure more elbow room for public institutions but
evil seems TO be still severely felt and they appear
there to have been driven into situation not much
display Of 1861 when IT vas seriously proposed to hold
In Leicester square Only third Of the has
reserved for native exhibitors the rest being devoted to
the products Of European industry and art The opening
IL postponed till the first Of June.
Mario 1t the Royal Italian Opera.
From the London Times, April 81
The first appearance Of Mario brought another over
flowing audience to the theatre last night The opera
was Bellnrs IL Puritani." II in "Arturo'' that
Mario made his earliest impression upon the English
public He Rubnis legitimate follower in the part
Though at first decidedly inferior to his celebrated pre-
decessor in the process OF time his improvement was
the "Arturo" Of Mario In many respects equaed
andhin some even surpassed that Of Rubin How great
has been Maro progress Of late years need not be told
tsDors the Italian stage have aspired; WHILE
though he cannot challenge comparison with Rubini
tqorro singer, or IS master of ornament or toritur
he has acquired perfection in the art of phrasing,
command Of vocal defamation and what may be justly
eomnli.bnents Rubin could hardly law claim. Those
qualities united to voice which has rarely been ap.
preached in richness Of tone, and person singulary
helped Mario TO the position he maintains Of
the admirable dramatic singers whom the history
Of the art makes mention.
The reception given to Mario by the audience last night
such as is only accorded to special favorite The
applause continued for some minutes, until it was at
length hushed by those anxious to hear the A te o
cara" The manner in which the first staDza Of this
nowned quartet delivered by the great tenor proved
to the of the audience that the keen winds
Of Russia had not frozen up the springs when:e the
melody dra that mparts such power and beauty to
his voice. II sung BY Mario in Aarios best style;
and the result unanimous for the quartet
the second stanza Of which repeated. Throughout
the whole Of the Arst the singing of Mario worthy
livery OF the passage sarai saliva sventurata y
where Arturo to the Queen at the risk Of his
e-was full Of passion; while in that whore Arturo dc.
fees his rival Ricardo, his acting dignAed and
noble bis singing instinct with sentiment. In the
econd act Arturo does not appear but in the third the
beautiful air. Cerca Il . notte," and the well
known phrase, "ven fra lie mic braccia, in the last
duet with Eyra gave two more opportunities to Mario,
a.to tones might have been Objected 70 in the air. but
this than redeemed by the exquisite feeling and
refined expression Of the whole At the conclusion Mario
plaused II Is of NO eight consequence to the Italian
Opera that so sreata avorte has come back in the
ION nOse resources 10 Wnlcn theatre
has been indebted for many Of it's successes.
Mde Boso appeared last season In the part Of Evra
and greatly admired The music which Bellini has
allotted to the heroine is extremely we'll suited to this
ladys voice and While In other operas she has
readily acknowledged vocalist of more than
mon accomplishments, IN the ''Puritan" she almost
rss to the highest rank Her performance last night
revived the favorable impression previously created Her
singing was finished and Artists throughout and in the
favorite polacca .Son vergin Vezxosan she created
real furore The facility with which she executed the
fod passages not less to be admired than the agree
able freshness Of her voice, particularly In the
higher tones, which produced for the most part
with ease and certainty Of information that endowed
the m with Fecal charm In the popular air. Qui Ia
Voice. the qualities we have euogzed united to the
still Of expression and after tho cdbaieita
"yien. Diletto" which executed with great brlian
Cyl although little too slowly Mde Boso deservedly
honored by recall. An occasional tendency TO sharp
ness of the only drawback to Mde Bosios
performance This is worth the most srduous study to
conquer since until is erAdcated per ction is mpos
sibe The Giorgo Of Fomes and the Ricardo of Ron.
conf were worthy Of the Purani in the meridian Of its
popularity. The famous duet, which terminates wit
the noisy oatead, suomi Ia Trombs could hardly have
The ahsence of That collaboration which many engers