New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-06

4 pndertaser's sssjstant and 10 1--we in o
e.e IN which even ruubeams are forbidden BY
h,:ods and curtains from cheering the minds ana
disturbing the musings Of the inmates, cOhsuuOes
The ne Plus ultra Of British happiness Inc ac'1ss
follow. then. merely q national tendency, ana me
mbjic seem delighted with these performances, and
prefer solitary entertainments 10 good piece acee
In common by troop Of comedians. linus, TINS
way Of performing has become more Prohlaoie ,hail
taking Office under q manager. Not 10 SPEAK oil
Mr.. Albert Smith and bis Mont Blanc, OF Tor
don Cumming the Eon-slayer, OF Charles Saio,
man and bis interesting lecture on MedlTVM
val Music and Dancing, We have to reckon WodIhs
"OGo Of Oddities, Okey's Paris, Mr. and MIS-
Drayton's /" Illustrated Proverbs Valentine vons,
6ris Unity ofNatOns, "LOee's VentrilOqulsm,
Mr. and Mrs G. Reids Popular Illustrations, Mr.
Cotton sand Mr.. Fosters Experiences" and Miss
St. Georges "Ex-Prince of the Olympic, VINO
has quilted the sceptre Of the fairy fcl the mono
logue. What will become of English literature II
this preference for solitary, unneanng scenes IL "
take root on the GROUND that they are more or less
ceyerly acted by an individual accustomed 10 as,
sune different characters 10 a Jingle hour At all
events, true art will gain nothing by them.
The great Handel festival has been postponed
few weeks on account Of the position OF the Queen
In fhe mean while, the Sydenhsm Palace Company
il organizing concerts and exhibitions, when rem
der that spot the most attractive upon EARTH L
have never seen more Deduuiul pnoeoRidPnIs Pic-
lures than those which have recently been added to
the CRY stsl building; but must again say that the
artists are nearly all reigners-FreDchmen and
BeQiaus. The cOnoOisseurs admire some aehci0us
copies of Rembrandts paintings, part of magnh.
cent work which will be published by eide and
Bauary Of Paris. This collection will be composer
of two series of hundred plates each, and com
prise all the masterpieces OF the great Dutch
painter The result is wonderful indeed; these
photographs surpass the marvels of engraving, and
the lights and shades are rendered with astonishing
accuracy. This circumstance is the more precious
because every che is aware OF the TACT that no
painter has ever equaled Rembrandt in the art OF
dfusiDg light. There are also, at Sydenham, beau
tiful landscapes and specimens OF architecture
taken by the degerreotype in the Holy Land Egypt
and syria. have especially remarked twenty-five
views of the famous Temple of Karnak. Thanks
to this excellent collection, everybody Is now able
to form an accurate idea of the immensely and
splendor of that antique temple OF the Pharaohs:
III may conclude this brief sketch of English life
with few words on social manners and habits, 1
find that during the year 1885, $50 sonvlc-
tons have taken place at the various Police Courts
of the metropolis alone for aggravated assaults on
women and children. What fearful insight into
the morals of the lower class the more 50, if one
reflects that simple assaults are much more numer-
Gus, and that twO.thirds of the offenders are I'M
known or never prosecuted The British working
man seems decidedly degradedtO ferOcious brute.
In high life, accidents have never been more nu-
merOus at hunting parties, as has been amply
proved by the cases of Lord Hardwood, Lord EAes-
mere and others. There is always something savage
in the pleasures of this country; but let US say
with Bells Life in London:
"All Rail to the land where the foxes are flyers,
Where the fences are larger than anywhere else;
Where none value their Decbs and If the horse tires
Decline for the sDimsl, not for Themselves
4 Oh ha oharupd with 0ulck
translation Of every comedy or vaudeville which is
brought forth with success at any Of the Partisan
tbeattrr the French deserve the contrary reproach
that of affecting sn1D6ferent ignorance of foreign
masterpieces. 1t rs about thirty years slsce
premature death carried away Karl Maria Won
Weber, one of the greatest musicians OF our age,
and fortnight ago, Paris, the proud metropolis
"of modern civilization" was not yet acquainted
with the most marvellous, perhaps, OF the compost
tions of the German maestro, "Oberon." Inc
orchestra Of the Conservative had it is true made
the overture and the barearolle popular, but the
dilefanti alone could well appreciate the remaining
psrts of the opera. While the Italian and the
Er,nd Opera Of Paris are at the feet of the fabby
Verdi. the yrc-a heater has for the first time II
tie French capital executed the whole poem.
take the word eIeeuted in the good sense, without
the smallest intention of dOubie-entendre or an
allusion 10 the unpleasant work OF the h.ngman
The Lyric. Theaer has well deserved the THANKS Oh
the public for nothing was found wanting-nelther
the enthusiasm of the hearers, nor the spendor OF
the seer ery nor the goodwill of the singers and
musicians. The overture was encOred with rap
tre and the same sign of admiration was shown to
the aria of Puck and to the song of Fatiue.
| call Webers "ObsrOn" poem, without fear
of contradiction. Madame de Girardin said OF
Frederic Chopin, that he was the poet OF the piano
and might say with equal justice OF Mari Maria
Won Weber, that Ne was the poet Of the orchestra.
His music is so original sOpenetratng, so luxuriant-
" harmonious that it at once speaks to the heart
and eleyates the mind There breathes through tia
| true German sprit-a wonderful mixture OF PhilO-
sophical feeling and sentimental pstaphysics but,
| while listening to his tunefu melodies, the breast
vail heaye and the eye will be mOistened.
| 1t is well known that the opera of Oberon'' is
not founded on Shakespeares "Summer Nights
| Dream but on Wielands charming heroic poem.
If ever a subject was well fitted for al opera, it is
the marvellous story of the wandering knight Huon
of Bordeaux who pulls out the teeth of the Sultan,
| and wins Rezzia with the aid of OberORs little
bugle horn. There is room for the romantic and
| the tragical the cOmcsl and the mOurnful; there
are dancing Turks and seragos filled with cap
tivatng hours, sangunsry pasta and tempest
| on the lonely ocean. In one word II Is German
poem with Shakesperian music.
Fetes and banquets are still the order OF
| the day in the Partisan world, but after
the mionares come the wits, after the
bankers the men Of letters-that is. those
of them whom their elastic conscience has allowed
to become rich enough TO give dinners, aud who
think with the poet Merry, that man is alwa,
wrong not to be wealthy. Emile de Girardin is
one of those fortunate mortals who never found
any thing like a principle an impeachment in their
way, and he is, in consequence enabled to follow
in the path opened by Mes.ieurs Millaud and Mi
res. am bound 10 confess that his party was re-
markabh for good taste, though it was curious
botch-potch of all kinds of celebrities and consisted