New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06
NEw.Yop,x DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 1861.

WIN lpG best advantages "a "'S' ~ -
Of fac voice, and fine Instrumental effects, drilled
70 nor e,ct,on nv months of rehearsal, the manage
men, of the Grand Opera did. Per contra, every
tbine that excess of preliminary pliicry by hs
friends and ut least seeming arrogance u percussion
of its anthor could do, was done. Rem the bifea
clagre whose mercenary applause mlgi't nave eaSeu
the fall of TannbGustr Tor ~" evenings was I
dismissed; ballet danced ny snoi,-rooeu !Inph.'
which would have carried approval, or, at WORST
aroniescencc. by the eyes of numerous boX-hrcTs,
Tho 90 70 the Grand Opera 10 see, not 10 hear,
yVoc,.r p,rsistently refused te have Introduced.
lie nc,rity Of adhesion to music as music IN tins
regard. IN honorable TO him. But the muse alone, !
national prejudice. and all other accdeuts apart
,,os very sincerely condemned by the general mass
and the critical specialists who heard At. 1t Is
ro,;cenIl, as a trait of French courtesy stronger
a. N nreudicc that the best 81 tho writing
c-;,ics an agree in according to Dir. Wagner
,reat talent, even genius, az a composer;
End they all agree that be- has mainly wasted this
talent in mad Interpretation TO hs iaho pi0cruseah
theory of music. Had the Jdnnhausef Deen only
y.vclv disrelishcd il might have been carried OIL to
sort Of success of curiosity, helped out by an arts
tc beauty and perfection of mise en- scene rare even
AZ the Grand Opera But there is a certain passage
wherein the vions of the orchestra utter long
sor.ccb os thouch the dead cords of their iustru-
ncuts were suddenly made quick with the passed
vituIty of chorus of eats in the passion OF dis
eubo1elIment This kriagionkee,ao% repre- repre-
,eots. In the Wagneran theory Il moral and ments
a transition in Taunhausea's moCd OF mlnd, and
ser.es of historical facts, and other things 70
BOOT. In the French opera-house 1t sct
everybody a-laughing, lympathlc Malesy inciuGed
Non, TO be- laughed ~ is worse tGan To be- COZ
den,ned in a French theatcr, for it Is to be damned
without benefit of sympathy. As tie administration
of the Grand Opera had laid out more than $1,000
on The getting mp Of the scenic effects ~ Mr..
Wauer's mus.c-incuding in these Effects half
dezer or so of artiscally trained hunng-dogs, who
quite Guido the CaUels OF The No'sacreS dc "yre as
GuadYupedal histrions-the Tannhauser may be re-
sumed vet u few times. But a. music, the Parls!an
public have decided, without appeal that its per
iormance be adjourned TO the future, for the
aurrciativc public of which ind, finite period
Nagner and hrs admirers proclaim that II - adapted
Beside the opera, his Majesty attends TO aLciont
history Last week was launched INTO the Seine,
near Asni6rcs a classic trireme OF ms orden z, a
very pretty and archrO0glcly interesting reproduc-
ton OF the old Roman thrcc-bcnchedg galley. Asy"u
NAV see n wcll-eUgraycd old0On OF this clasgc play
thing in the last number of the illustration, III not
enlarge IN verbal description of It's features. More
closely bearing on bis Majesty's classical studies,
devoted TO the pcricctiug Of his Life ol Julns
Caesar. is the curious aud really valuable map oi
Guu as it was IN Casar's time, which has been
drawn up under bis high encouragement.
And apropos of maps, here arU two lately pub
Isbcd of large worth. The fHds dE Cosmos ~
meant 70 accompany the works Of Humboldt and
Araao Ii is made up or rather % be composed
Hr the first !irraison only Is yet issued OF charts oil
astronomy geology, 81 magnetic ana thcruc charts
i'll nc Of charts representing all the varied DO
main of physics. The subterranean geological
chart of Paris in two colored sheets apart rom its
special value to the geological student ul the Pans
basin has peculiar merit as new model chart
In TIA kind lis disposition Of tuts ard lines IS
such that scientific geOlogst, engineer, architect,
quarry man sees al glance the position, order, reia
tive proportion and quality Of oil the strata Of TIE
suJs0ii Of Paris.
Here is "a photographic space Of blank paper I'M
filed. Let me occupy il with general statements.
always in place corrective Of important news"
worth general needing.
The little conspiracy, Of which conspirator Blan-
! qui, who was arrested the other oay, Was at
! the hrnd il OF very little consequence, and does
! not, did not, cannot, much excite sensible French
| folks. The Emperor never beats the Empress; the
Empress does not Try to poison the Emperor. Both
these stories are internationally reported by well in
| formed correspondents, and sst true rs that
the Emperor purposes 10 divorce himself from the
| Empress. Nste that, as general rule, the witrs
| brother of the niece of the EmperOrs bOOtblIcks
servants friend is not diaphouUusly pure, though
cmincnily original source 81 information. Note,
furthermore, that should the coming Summer pass
of quietly in Europe, you will be sure 10 hear az
yna did, on " good authority" IN leJ6-57, that
Napoleon is filling under The IL ucDcc of an ncura
bic nalady that the Empress - eacs,H,e; that ''al
Paris" il excited, Interested, etc. about some non
sebse or other the existence OF which sixteen out
Of The sixteen and a-hali inhabitants Of Paris are
not aware Of