-
Articles/Ads
Article THE CRYSTAL PALACE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Page 2 of 2 Article NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Page 1 of 1 Article LITERARY EXTRACTS. Page 1 of 2 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Crystal Palace.
looking the entire grounds aud gardens of the Palace The upper galleries have been set apart for the representatives of the press , who have been invited from all parts of the country and abroad ; these galleries are especially adapted to afford their occupants the greatest facilities for the discharge of their important functions . Two hundred gentlemen have undertaken to act as
Stewards , and on each day , as heretofore , conduct visitors to their allotted seats in the respective blocks . Somo months ago the directors entered into contracts for 10 , 000 additional chairs , "which have now nearly all been delivered at the Palace .
Permission has been graciously accorded for the exhibition at the Crystal Palace , during the festival , of Handel ' s own MS . score of the " Messiah , " from the Eoyal library , at Buckingham Palace . Connected with this will be a very curious and interesting collection of the numerous printed editions of the sacred oratorio ; and it is expected that the display of these will prove the
immense popularity of this immortal work in a manner which the general public little suspect . A marked feature in the arrangements for the present Festival is the facility which will be granted for access to London by the leading railway companies . The managers of all the great lines entering London have agreed to issue return day tickets for the rehearsalfor distances
, between thirty and one hundred miles from London , at such low fares ( including admission to the Palace on the rehearsal day ) as will place the Festival within tho reach of thousands who have hitherto been debarred from being present . Similar tickets for excursions , available for three days , will be issued for distances exceeding 100 miles from London . Return
ticketsex-, tending over the whole of the Festival , i . e ., from Saturday to Saturday , will also be issued . The directors of tho Festival have issued notices to the above effect , but coupled with the announcement that residents in the country will do well to consult the special time bills and scales of fares of the companies in their respective localities .
Considering the great influx of country visitors who will swell tho numbers attending on the rehearsal day , the directors have stopped the issue of any more admission tickets for that day at 5 s . The second issue for the metropolis , at 7 s . 6 d ., is now on sale , and the price will shortly be raised to 10 s . 6 d . That persons at a distance and abroad may form some
conception of the Great Orchestra ( double the width of tho dome of St . Paul ' s ) when filled with performers , a photograph in various sizes , ranging from 3 ft . to 2 in . in in length , has been circulated in London , in the countiy , and on the continent , by hundreds of thousands . The sale of tickets up to the present time has been considerably more than ivas anticipatedand as the
al-, teration of tho side galleries , with other improvements , have rendered available many thousand additional seats in eligible situations , there is every prospect of a highly successful pecuniary result flowing from the coming Festival . It is , moreover , satisfactory to note , that the Festival has in no wise interfered with the usual run of
prosperity at the Crystal Palace . In the report of the directors for the last half year , just issued , it is stated that the sale of season tickets has been greater than it has been for some years past , and that the number of visitors generally up to the present time has been in excess of any former year . It may be well to remind intending visitors that no
more than the four day ' s performances can possibly be given . Extensions have often been suggested , but the arrangements necessary for assembling so vast a number of persons , at a distance from their homes and the interruption of their ordinary avocations ' , renders this impossible . The rehearsal on the 23 rd ; and the performances of " Messiah" on the 26 th , the Selection on the 28 th , and " Israel in Egypt" on the 30 th inst ., aro , therefore , the only occasions on which this unparalleled
The Crystal Palace.
assemblage of musical ability can be again heard , until another Triennial Festival ( if ever undertaken ) draws a similar musical force together again .
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION . The season of the Opera di Camera has been brought to a successful close with the performance of" The Soldier ' s Legacy , " and the last effective and melodious novelty , " A Fair Exchange . " A new Opera , however , taken from the French , and adapted by Mr . GERMAN REED , will inaugurate a fresh campaign in about a week
or a fortnight . Although the new Entertainment by Mr . BKOUGII , called " A Peculiar Family , " fills the Gallery to an overflow , Mr . PAKRY is , we hear , about to give us a new descriptive song . The representations therefore of " Mrs . Roseleaf by the Seaside " are limited , aud only extend over a few more nights .
Notes On Music And The Drama.
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .
Anew tradegy is spoken of as in course of publication . The author is W . C . Russell , son of the famous composer , Henry Russell , whose knightage has recently been discussed in the newspapers . Mr . Walter Montgomery , well known as an actor , has , we believe , purchased this drama with a view to its production very shortly on the boards of one of the London theatres .
Two unpublished comedies by Talma , entitled " La Meprise" aud "L'Erreur Agreable , " were recently sold at the book auction rooms in the Rue des Bons-Enfans . They aro in reality but ono , for the names of the personages constitute the only difference between them . It is said that a perusal of these works would satisfy any ono that Talma acted wisely in remaining a
tragedian instead of turning author . Meyerbeer ' s posthumous opera " L'Africaine " is in active preparation at Covent Garden , and will be produced the last week bub one of the season . There will be numerous " cuts " in the second aud third acts , and great scenic alterations in the third act , the celebrated " sensation ship" having proved a failure in Paris . Mr . and Mrs . Charles Kean , on their return to this countiy , will [ perform first of all at Edinburgh , and afterwards at the Princess's Theatre , in London
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
TIIE SHALL TBADES OP LONDON . —The metropolis is a wonderful hive of w-ork and wealth , where , though thero are numerous drones , the labouring bees are far in excess , and queen bee Industry is the recognised mistress of all . We worship capital . Can anything be done without it ? Much ! Many thousands rise from their flock
or straw beds every morning to toil for food , and to win it , whose capital is restricted to a few poor coppers , aud yet battle with their difficulties without a murmur . Nor are these despised members of society useless . Each in his turn contributes something to the general good ; and not seldom , while starving himself , increases
the full- abundance of the rich . We hardly class the eostermonger's trade in fish and vegetables with small trades , for probably two-thirds of all the fish and vegetables brought to market is distributed to the countless consumers by them . When tho choicer specimens of cod , turbot , and salmon are appropriated by well-to-do dealers —when the carefully pulled peas , beans , and broccoli have found buyers—Bob and his donkey , Bet aud her basket ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Crystal Palace.
looking the entire grounds aud gardens of the Palace The upper galleries have been set apart for the representatives of the press , who have been invited from all parts of the country and abroad ; these galleries are especially adapted to afford their occupants the greatest facilities for the discharge of their important functions . Two hundred gentlemen have undertaken to act as
Stewards , and on each day , as heretofore , conduct visitors to their allotted seats in the respective blocks . Somo months ago the directors entered into contracts for 10 , 000 additional chairs , "which have now nearly all been delivered at the Palace .
Permission has been graciously accorded for the exhibition at the Crystal Palace , during the festival , of Handel ' s own MS . score of the " Messiah , " from the Eoyal library , at Buckingham Palace . Connected with this will be a very curious and interesting collection of the numerous printed editions of the sacred oratorio ; and it is expected that the display of these will prove the
immense popularity of this immortal work in a manner which the general public little suspect . A marked feature in the arrangements for the present Festival is the facility which will be granted for access to London by the leading railway companies . The managers of all the great lines entering London have agreed to issue return day tickets for the rehearsalfor distances
, between thirty and one hundred miles from London , at such low fares ( including admission to the Palace on the rehearsal day ) as will place the Festival within tho reach of thousands who have hitherto been debarred from being present . Similar tickets for excursions , available for three days , will be issued for distances exceeding 100 miles from London . Return
ticketsex-, tending over the whole of the Festival , i . e ., from Saturday to Saturday , will also be issued . The directors of tho Festival have issued notices to the above effect , but coupled with the announcement that residents in the country will do well to consult the special time bills and scales of fares of the companies in their respective localities .
Considering the great influx of country visitors who will swell tho numbers attending on the rehearsal day , the directors have stopped the issue of any more admission tickets for that day at 5 s . The second issue for the metropolis , at 7 s . 6 d ., is now on sale , and the price will shortly be raised to 10 s . 6 d . That persons at a distance and abroad may form some
conception of the Great Orchestra ( double the width of tho dome of St . Paul ' s ) when filled with performers , a photograph in various sizes , ranging from 3 ft . to 2 in . in in length , has been circulated in London , in the countiy , and on the continent , by hundreds of thousands . The sale of tickets up to the present time has been considerably more than ivas anticipatedand as the
al-, teration of tho side galleries , with other improvements , have rendered available many thousand additional seats in eligible situations , there is every prospect of a highly successful pecuniary result flowing from the coming Festival . It is , moreover , satisfactory to note , that the Festival has in no wise interfered with the usual run of
prosperity at the Crystal Palace . In the report of the directors for the last half year , just issued , it is stated that the sale of season tickets has been greater than it has been for some years past , and that the number of visitors generally up to the present time has been in excess of any former year . It may be well to remind intending visitors that no
more than the four day ' s performances can possibly be given . Extensions have often been suggested , but the arrangements necessary for assembling so vast a number of persons , at a distance from their homes and the interruption of their ordinary avocations ' , renders this impossible . The rehearsal on the 23 rd ; and the performances of " Messiah" on the 26 th , the Selection on the 28 th , and " Israel in Egypt" on the 30 th inst ., aro , therefore , the only occasions on which this unparalleled
The Crystal Palace.
assemblage of musical ability can be again heard , until another Triennial Festival ( if ever undertaken ) draws a similar musical force together again .
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION . The season of the Opera di Camera has been brought to a successful close with the performance of" The Soldier ' s Legacy , " and the last effective and melodious novelty , " A Fair Exchange . " A new Opera , however , taken from the French , and adapted by Mr . GERMAN REED , will inaugurate a fresh campaign in about a week
or a fortnight . Although the new Entertainment by Mr . BKOUGII , called " A Peculiar Family , " fills the Gallery to an overflow , Mr . PAKRY is , we hear , about to give us a new descriptive song . The representations therefore of " Mrs . Roseleaf by the Seaside " are limited , aud only extend over a few more nights .
Notes On Music And The Drama.
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .
Anew tradegy is spoken of as in course of publication . The author is W . C . Russell , son of the famous composer , Henry Russell , whose knightage has recently been discussed in the newspapers . Mr . Walter Montgomery , well known as an actor , has , we believe , purchased this drama with a view to its production very shortly on the boards of one of the London theatres .
Two unpublished comedies by Talma , entitled " La Meprise" aud "L'Erreur Agreable , " were recently sold at the book auction rooms in the Rue des Bons-Enfans . They aro in reality but ono , for the names of the personages constitute the only difference between them . It is said that a perusal of these works would satisfy any ono that Talma acted wisely in remaining a
tragedian instead of turning author . Meyerbeer ' s posthumous opera " L'Africaine " is in active preparation at Covent Garden , and will be produced the last week bub one of the season . There will be numerous " cuts " in the second aud third acts , and great scenic alterations in the third act , the celebrated " sensation ship" having proved a failure in Paris . Mr . and Mrs . Charles Kean , on their return to this countiy , will [ perform first of all at Edinburgh , and afterwards at the Princess's Theatre , in London
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
TIIE SHALL TBADES OP LONDON . —The metropolis is a wonderful hive of w-ork and wealth , where , though thero are numerous drones , the labouring bees are far in excess , and queen bee Industry is the recognised mistress of all . We worship capital . Can anything be done without it ? Much ! Many thousands rise from their flock
or straw beds every morning to toil for food , and to win it , whose capital is restricted to a few poor coppers , aud yet battle with their difficulties without a murmur . Nor are these despised members of society useless . Each in his turn contributes something to the general good ; and not seldom , while starving himself , increases
the full- abundance of the rich . We hardly class the eostermonger's trade in fish and vegetables with small trades , for probably two-thirds of all the fish and vegetables brought to market is distributed to the countless consumers by them . When tho choicer specimens of cod , turbot , and salmon are appropriated by well-to-do dealers —when the carefully pulled peas , beans , and broccoli have found buyers—Bob and his donkey , Bet aud her basket ,