New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-25
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.


goes through the world, assuming on a., vi ',"'P'
lien and arrosstioD, procialUiog blh,eh 70 pS ono
- ~. .h,.en ,eo,. and induging 10 the belief that
tNsryeyious history Of mankind bad No Other ann
Nat - urepare the way for his universal DOMINION
EAmexshat nke the rat III the liable, winch though'
Hhe globe to be comprised IN the Dutcn cheese
wbe, Elm it had established ITS abode, our naughty
insslar not only thinks, with Emerson, that his
slsbd il the center o. the habtable world, bu also
Mat all other countries have uGquesiionsbly been
crested solely to CRAFTY his own cravings
French saiirist once remarked that the strongest
reason which induced EDg ,hmen to be good
Christians was ,he assumption that our SAVIOR had
come CD earth f, their benefit alone. Wed not go
no far, although We must admit that the oriiiiadO
and manly qualities for bch the English are 50 re-
nsrkable are much dar%ned by their unbedraole
disAainiulness, which the French call Ia morgxe
BsitGunique. must leave it to your pohuca cor
Respond nts 10 dwell the historical consequences
q This proud disposition which has ydst no" l1-
dsced the EngIi,h Government to ihter'ere 10 al
meet every quarter OF the GLOBE ana couhne my
self into a narrower circle.
We were quite accustomed TO hear True En-
pEsbman pretend that he the most piOus, clever
and ebterprsiDg man upon earth, and that he alone
was ripe ior and worthy of liberty; but had never
heard any one claim for his country superiority IN
the fine arts. They INDUCED e5en III Oil ,ddl"Iui
sarcasms against the nations OF contlnt nta Europe
occupied in artistcal pursuits, and sald willingly,
with Virgil
"Tu reseIe imperio poBulos' Romano m'men'oi
But one must despair of nothing in this world,
for Low Birmingham correspondent OF the Lon
don Musical World marvels how France aud Italy
still dare TO assume any proficiency In music aud
disregard the claims Of Great Britain III that branch
Of refinement He does not even conde@ceud to
pane the country Of Beethoven, Nozart, Mendels.
sehn and Aeyerbeer. La Italy he hears nothing but
et-bawliDg, and the French are merely ad1d-
some dancers. The Euelioh, ptaudhe eioes, the
English alone arc good musicians; the English alone
are competent judges Of good music.
brave hearts! to Bnt4in's pride
At 81 faithful aud 50 tiue''
But the reader will ask, on what ground is that
marvellous artistica. claim founded WHAT Bnust
muster piece has echpsed tidello, Don Juan, Will
lam Tell Lucia dI LammermOOr, The HuguedOts,
The Jewess, Che Mute of PORTER Nonsense
Our faithful and true b" E0gIisbuan has practl-
cal turn mind, and knows but facts; faces are the
masters Of the world and it is fact that Rigotttto
has only been represented fortnight ago 10 Paris
while the LOndOners have been favored as far back
rs two three years with Vetdis fiat music
There is nothing to say IN answer to such telling
circumstance although il is humble opinion
that the ParisaDs would have shown II much better
taste if they had lot represented the new opera at
sl IL gives Us, however, great pleasure to inform
the Birmingham patriot OF Il fact OF which he seems
hnOrant The ibretto of Rig Ietto is close i'm
itation of Victor Hueos drama, lie ROi s'AmuSe."
Counter fetDg being Offense pre- SCI bed by French
hw, and subject TO prosecution any time within
three Year,, the director OF the Italian Opera IN
Paris acted wisely iii allowing these hree years to
pass quietly away. In fact, the eXued poet who
claimed his right has Just been non-suited Alas
II England has no better claim than "Rigoletio,"
abe will not yet Nrest the artstica scepter out OF
the b,nds Of Italy, Germany and France. A coun.
try which boasts Rossul, DOnizetu and even
Verdi, not to speak of all he singers who are APP
pauded in the whole world ia concerts and operas,
has BY 40 means reached the age of decline, In Il
musical point of view at least. France has, beside
Auber whom even our birmingham criac procldluis
. great composer aud whom his country duly APP
precates wbateye be said 10 the contrary Halevy,
BerhOz, and a number of minor lumiuaries. We
are well aware Of The fact that the French are
neither equal to The Germans in harmony 70 the
Italians 10 melody, aud that they deserve their re-
nOwn as an artsIica people for their general taste
rather than account, f any particular proficiency
They may be handsome dancers, and please our
English enthusias s in that capacity, but we beg
kaye 10 ask Of what extraction is that graceless
"IanceIs quadrllle,' which has ust been intrO-
Suced into French society. Things are reversed,
and the French alas initiate now the British llgs.
Tie English claim Haydn because they perform
his oratoros, and Weber because they DO not per-
form his operas. They believe themselves t. be
The artists because they listen to compositions writ
Gen by foreign masters and sung by foreign singers
Where are the English chefs cure They can
not even pretend to their national anthem, which Is
TIE work of Lulli, and "Tno Rat-catcher IS Daugh-
ter" and Wilkins and his ID nah, the popular
songs of the last years. prove anything out good
taste. If foreign great artists ot to the hosPtaoe
shores of England it is simply-as one OF chem, the
father of Johanna Wagner, confessed III an EVIL
hOur-On account of large suEIs OF m0Ley. ASH
those who hear in the concerts eiven by the Sacred
Harmonic Society, the English Sims Reeves per-
form in ROssini's "Stabat Mdtcr," what difference
there exists between him aud the Italians kuoini,
Mario and GardOni, who have formerly executed
The same part! The j4ckdaw which put ON pea
cocks plumage made hiulself ridiculous, aud the
Enalish have claims enough upon the admiration
Of the world TO abstain from putting forward one
Which every one will deny them. Such attempts as
that Of The Musical Borid 20 against Their obJect,
Er, to speak with old and wise La fOntalne;
o"Ri,n nest plus dsneccux qoan imPrudeu' smi
Mieux yaui un flame cnpenii .
Madame de Tracy, whose Essays, Letters and
Thoughts have just beea published in Paris, began
In the days Of her youth 10 write down every day
what she Was thinking, "in order 10 ascertain
"wbetber she was stupid How many " lords of
"the Creation" the birmingham Enslshman i'll
sluded 90 not stand in need Of that experiment to
snake sure Of the fact.
Another correspondent of the same stamp has
Introduced himself 10 our notice IN The Sheffield
Simes. According to him, history, III the shape of
Mr. Thackerdy' lectures on the -Four Georges, must
De- offensive to the Queen of ngand and injurious
"tO her people" A French Jesuit Father Lori
auet actually wrote under the Restoration school
history of Gromley, in which Napoleon l. was
called the Marquis de Buonapsrt, gcneralssimo of
tie armies Of his Majesty kiug Louis ANill. W
advise the loyal Sheffield Inan 10 try the same OK
peIimenI, by eDdeaF0rlng not only 10 restore
GeOtge ". the proud position of "the first gcale-