The New York herald., 1876-02-27

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TEE LONDON sEAsoN RAUoURATED BY THE QUEEN.
week by court held by the Queen in Buckingham
Palace. vast crowds gathered 10 greet Her Majesty
ana the Princess Of wales, as they drove from
Paddington station 70 the palace.
AMERICA REPRRsENTED.
Minister schencE and the Misses schencE were
present at court
TIE COSTUMES AND ORNAMENTS.
il may interest your lady readers 10 describe the
dresses which were considered the most elegant
Tney were:-A rich black poult de sole, en- train,
trimmed with orecaded game and Spanish lace;
diamond necklace veil and plume
Another, was black taneta en- train over black
tule dress trimmed with white hyacinths, a wreath
OF hyacinths, tnlle veil and plume
Another was rich poult de sole train o. pale
ananas, a tule dress Of the same tint trimmed with
shaded oak leaves acorns and birds headdress Of
OAR leaves a tune veil and plume.
rnF QUEEN AT A CONCERT.
On Friday Her Majesty attended a concert al Al
bert Han As spectacle il was failure The vast
area OF the hall was thrown into gloom by unpro-
pitions weather and the usual sombre attire OF
British audience.
The royal party was in mourning for the Grand
Duchess Marie, OF Russia.
THE Music
The musical programme, which was chieny by for
eirn composers gave umorage TO the Anglomaniacs,
and the British Orchestral Society declined to take
part in what paper calls sthe Duke OF Edinburghs
practical joke"
The early departure OF Her Majesty before the
conclusion dampened the enthusiasm OF the audi
ence. ~
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Speaking Of music and royalty reminds me that
attention has been directed to recent meeting held
at the Mansion House under the auspices Of the
Lord Mayor and the Duke OF Edinburgh for the pur-
pose of founding school Of music to the exclusion
Of the Royal Academy Of Music in Tenterden street.
which has for a long period been quietly but steadily
promoting musical culture. This new national music
movement has apparently been taken under the
Dukes protection, while the Royal Academy's claims
have been overlooked.
WHAT is THOUGHT OF 1T.
The Conoordia hardly believes in such phenome-
non as the Lord Mayor advocating music culture,
the Common Council founding ten scholarships and
the sherlfs OF London and Middlesex following suit.
CARNIVAL SPORTS.
Tho prp Al N y,<a from, tha con,;part
is full Of reports Of the Carnival retes.
AN ART FESTIVAL IN MUNICH.
The Munich artists have just celebrated grand
art festival, at which the wedding OF the Emperor
Charles V. was represented in costume. There
were 400 participants in the procession and 1000
persons altogether took part in the performance.
Kaulbach's son represented the Emperor and Nine
Ploty the Empress.
THE COSTUMES.
The costumes were made from sketches supplied
by artists. No costumes were admitted without hav-
ing been FIRST approved es.aps pszgastic committed.
THE cHARACTEss.
Among the historical personages who were called
to life were Albrecht Durer Holbein, Hans Sachs,
Ulrich Won Hutten, Goetz Won Berichingen, Tetzel,
electors, princes warriors prelates, monks citi-
zens ladies' and madens OF the sixteenth century.
"a MONK WOULD BB.n
King Ludwig himself was supposed to have been
present in a monks garb. The American colony put
in full appearance 1t was true art festival such
as Munich has not seen since the days OF Ludwig l.
THE THEATRES orHEILo STRICKEN.
The directors and actors OF the London theatres
have apparently gone Othello mad. Irving started
the mania, aided by tolerably good cast Last
Thursday Herr Bandmann played otheno and Miss
Genevieve Ward Emilia at the Gaiety. On Monday
Creswick win play otheno at the same theatre. On
Thursday Hermann Vein will play Othero at the
Alexandra Palace, and, to cap the folly, Byron's
dramatic skt entitled The Rival othellos,n written
when G. V. Brooke and Fechter were creating
similar Juror over ten years ago. is to be revived
the Strand.
Irving, We hear is shortly to play Iago, when Mr..
swinburne will take the part Of othello. The Lon
don dramatic people hope soon to see the end OF
the Otheno mania.
'QUBEN MARY"
They are longing for "Queen Mary" about which
Irving and Tennyson are in constant communication,
cutting and fashioning 1t for the stage.
"BLEAK HoUsEn
great theatrical surprise has been the success OF
Jennie Lee in Burnet's new adaptation OF Dickens
"Bleak House, in the character Of Jo Miss Lee,
who has hitherto been performing the part Of Jack
the Giant Killer in the Surrey Theatre pantomime
suddenly becomes famous, and all London is talking
ofher.
LENEIE AUTINEERs.
The eleven mutineers OF the British ship Lennie
were given up to the British authorities yesterday
at Calais. They we're brought up at Bow street to-