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YOURS, gratefully. ANTONY pE BRA1Arz
The battle Of Agineourt was fougAs frId.x,
81 Crispin's day, October Is, 1tlb, The frsncn
and surrounded with all the pomp and elorT tbs
unlimited wealth could give ae4ryI Ore
numbered 1000 horse and io,OOo infentry, an1
they were in an almost starving conditioa. Ine
hrsf great advantage he gained was In skillfuny
Opposing Il gently ascending slope, - repre-
iented on the stage last night, which had oslore
Il meadow In which the French cavalry We
mired while attempting the nrst charge; IT,
centre and rear, unable 10 see what was goirg %
The SoS and soon IT the entire French forcs was 10
one mass Of inextricsble confusion. II was
then that Sir Thomas Erpingham's srchsrs
added Immensely to the slaughter. The
battle lasted nearly four hours, and while
witnesses do not agree a. % The
places the loss Of the English above 600 shsks-
peare places the English loss at and the French
At 1000: Hume, historian seldom doubted,
not dispute this, and Froissart differs but little
from Hume. It is the historian Of the battle in
piscss tbe EpTi,h ioss Al co. and SSmits the loss
Of the French as claimed by Shakespeare. King
Henry ascribes the result to Divine Proyldence,
and this remarkable battle holds equal rank In
this regard with that Of Crecy and Poictiers. Mr..
n. QuacKenbos, in the New York Evening Posfof
June z, when answering o similar objection 10
that of Mons. Brabant from the pen OF Mr.. Geo.
Wilkes, says:
"The battle of Crecy was In many respects
more extraordinary even than that OF Agincourt.
latter light, and whereas 1t Agincourt the French
lost 10000, at Crecy more than $1,000 were LETT
slain on the field of battle. FroIssart, whose
statement Ia followed by Hume and others, esti-
mates the respective forces at 1000 English
and 10, goo French. Turner, In his History OF
England during the u,i Middle Ages; says Of
In three divisions; the first under the Black
Prince-Edwsrd, Prince OF Wales-comprised
the second, under the Earl Of Northamp-
ton, 500 men-at arms, and l. 200 archers; and the
reserve, under the King, not engaged In
Allowing for retainers, the total may be COM
puted at Il, 600. Reducing the estimate OF the
French in the same ratio, we may assume the
Iish and e0,0e0 French According 10 Hume,
there fell on the day Of battle and on the en-
French Knights. /. 400 gentlemep 1000 men-at-
arms, besides about &c, 900 OF inferior rank. The
historian ADDS: The action may seem no less re-
English than for the great slaughter Of the
French. There were killed in IL only one esquire
and three knights, and very few ofinferior rank"
Thus it lie seen how historians nearly agree on
this subject, and how they all coincide In regard
ing It as something most extraordinary. The en-.
trapping Sfthe French into the bog was the real
Of skspeare to carefully study this play before
going to the theatre, especially the character OF
King Henry, and then they will the better appre-
ciate the mental and physical assumption oil the
role by Mr.. Rignold.
The Fri nsh Charity Concert.
The concert for the benefit Of the French suffer-
ers by the foods under the auspices Of the French
residents and the patronage Of III. Bartholdi,
Minister Of France, at Lincoln hall last night,
was fairly attended. The French residents turned
out in considerable force, but the cause for
which the concert was given and the talent en-
gagged should have nIled every seat Il is to be
hoped that many tickets were sold that were not
represented. The programme was an excellent
one, and was well rendered throughout by the
ladies and gentlemen who volunteered their SER
Prot. Colliere, MessIs. Louis and Lorenzo Schnei-
der, together with the full Marine band. Miss
meDermott being indisposed, Mr.. Lorenzo Schnel.
Ger played flute solo, 10 her stead, "Eulalie,
by Clinton, and for an encore gave the LAST
Rose OF Summer" Mr.. S. proved himself thor
ough master oil the technique Of the highest
school.
Prof Colliere's voice maintains its purity and
evennsss, and is as fresh as it was ten years ago
due probably to the excellence Of his msthod-
which year by year the musical public OF wash
ington are more fully sppreciating; HIS rendering
were wonderful performances, full Of dramatic
nre, and the tone pure, round and smooth through
out.
4 Miss Lucas has superb mezzo soprano voice,
and was deseryedly eneored; The gem Of the
evening was the aria form "Huguenots," "Nooil
Donna, fanto," by Miss Zaidee Jones, which
she sang in style to remind Us OF Canissa In her
pest days: Even the solid old trombone and luoa
players Of the Marine band Joined the audiences
In an enthusiastic demand for an encore. II this
young lady is allowed to pursue her studies, by
her many admirers she may aspire TO the highest
rank IN the concertroom. The concert altogether
unsteady was grand success, and reflects great
credit on its projectors.