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Notes On Music And The Drama.
The Bach Society , having for tho last four years confined its operations to private performances and practice for the gratification of its members , announces the Grosse Passions-Mimic " ( the version according to the text of St . Matthew's Gospel ) for Saturday evening next . Limited in numbers , and consequently in means , this little association has been quietly and unobtrusively serving the cause ofthe art for mail } ' years . " Lucia di Lammermoor" was produced on Tuesday evening
at Her Majesty's Theatre , for the debut of Sig . Arinandi in the part of Edgardo . " This gentleman , " says the Musical World , " is not wholly a stranger to the English jiublic , having appeared some years since , iu the course of a short operatic season , ai Drury Lane Theatre , under the management of Air . E . T . Smith . A ' robust' tenor , in the most literal acceptation of the term , Sig . Armandi sings with an energy that imparts to his performance tbe semblanceif not the realityof earnestnessand in
, , , phrases where impassioned delivery is required atones in a groat measure for a singular want of refinement . His voice , no doubt , at one time powerful , is now so worn throughout the greater part of its register , that whatever purely musical qnality it may originally have possessed is almost irretrievably lost . In his acting Sig . Armandi exhibits precisely the same qualities that characterise his singing ; he is emphatic , vigorous , and demonstrativebut devoid of grace and natural ease . Thus his
, performance generally is without charm . At the same time it must be added that , in the present dearth of operatic tenors , the audience were unanimously eager to welcome the new aspirant , and to hail the advent of a genuine addition to the very meagre stock .
The reappearance of the Afarehisios at Her Majesty's—which , after the legitimate success they obtained in Rosiini ' s " Semiramide , " was looked forward to with interest—took place ou Thursday . The Sisters were received with enthusiasm , both in their duets ancl their solos . On Friday evening , the 9 th inst ., a grand concert was given in St . James's Hall , by the Military Band of Jlessrs . Broadwood's famous establishment . The programme was of much
interest , the band , conducted by Air . Sullivan , on whom , as the instructor , great credit is reflected , playing three jiieces in the course of the evening with precision and spirit , and gaining an encore in Rene : Favarger's " Pas Redouble , " which was comjiosed expressly for it . The immediate patrons of the concert were Earl Grosvenor and Lord Gerald Fitzgerald , the Lieut .-Colonels of the Queen ' s ( Westminster ) Volunteers , to ivhich
regiment Messrs . Broadwood ' s eminent firm supjilies a strong company , with which the bands , in suitable unl'onus , frequently appear . The numerous assembly in the Hall showed the interest taken in the success of tho concert ; and frequent encores , honourably earned by the distinguished artists who gave ttheir services , prolonged the performance , nearly the whole of the audience remaining until tho end . The rumour that Air . Boucicault has taken the Princess's
isre-, ports the Critic , to say the least , premature . Air . Boucicault ' s engagement with Air . AA ebster is far from having expired , and , if any theatre , we taken at all , we expect it will be in conjunction with that gentleman . Aladame AVekerlin , the daughter of that exquisite sh . ser , Aladame Cinti-Damoreau , is engased at the Grand O-. iurn .
PUZZLED wiiicir TO CHOOSE . —A picture , vividly embodying an illustration of this old saying , excited great notice at one of Our recent exhibitions ; but wc doubt whether the saying could be more forcibly made manifest than when visiting the establishment of some of our fashionable London tradespeople , particularly of those where the excellencies of English workmanship unite with the elegancies of Continental taste . At such an
establishment , for exainjile , as that of Afessrs . T . A . Simpson and Co ., 154 , Regent-street , where , " ever-changing and ever new , " the senses are really at first confused at the multiplicity and novelty of articles displayed to the astonished gaze . In ladies ' dressing-cases , of every choice description of fancy-wood , and of every variety of ornamental construction ; in French clocks of elegant design and correctness of time ; indeed , of every variety "
of jewellery , the intending purchaser will truly far atime be " puzzled which to choose . " The safest plan in such a ease would be to indicate the nature of the article required . The probity of the establishment , and the matured judgment of Alossrs . Simpson in consulting the wishes and tastes of their customers , haxe invariably tended to ensure an approval of the articles there selected for those " puzzled which to choose . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COVET . —Preparations are being made at Osborne for the approaching marriage of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt . The ceremony is expected to take place about tho 9 th of June , but the exact date has not been fixed , as Her Alajesty , it is stated , is anxious that the King of the Belgians , who is at present in feeble health , should give away the . royal bride . The Prince of AAliles arrived at Constantinople on Tuesday evening . 'Hie Turkish fleet saluted and manned
yards , and the Grand A'izier went on board the vessel of the Prince , who was received upon landing by the Sultan at the steps of the Imperial palace . The Prince was then conveyed to the British Embassy , where he was visited shortly after by the Sultan . IacpjiEiAi PAELIAMEKT . —On Thursday , the loth , the Register of Voters Bill , after a long discussion , passed through Committee of the House of Lords The first clause ( which authorised the
Court of Quarter Sessions in counties , and the local authoritiesin cities and boroughs , to require an alphabetical list of voters to be prepared ) being so amended as to render it permissive instead of compulsory . On Friday there was no business of importance transancted—neither was there oi \ Alonday . On . Tuesday Lord Russell laid on the table the treaty between-England and the United States for the suppression of tho slave trade . The American government , said the noble Earl , hacl
adopted the most vigorous measures for preventing the fitting out of slavers at New York and Boston , ancl he cited the execution of Cajitah . Gordon as additional evidence of the desire of President Lincoln to repress this odious traffic . The Bishop of Oxford , and Lords Stanhope and Grey expressed their great , satisfaction at the conclusion of this treaty , Lord Grey stating , that he believed it would lead to the establishment of a large . trade with Africaparticularlin the all-important article of
, y cotton . On Thursday , tho 15 th , Air . Layard stated , in reply to . Air . Buxton , that her Majesty ' s Government had made representations to tire governments of Portugal , Spain , and France , respecting the traffic in slaves carried un in some of the colonial settlements of thoso countries . Air . Digby Seymour called attention to the Maidstone game case , in which a little boy had . been fined £ o and costs , with the alternative of three months '
imprisonment . Sir George Grey said he had inquired into the matter , and the report of the magistrates was to the effect that the sentence was intended not so much for the boy as for his parents , who had been repeatedly convicted of offences against the Game Laws , and under whose instigation he had acted . The House went into Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill , the various clauses of which were discussed at great length . On Friday Air . Augustus Smith gave notice of his intention to
movc , ; On the introduction of Air . Berkeley ' s ballot motian , that the system of secret voting be adopted at municipal as well as parliamentary elections . Lord Palmerston promised , in reply to a question from Sir George Bowyer , to lay on the table all the documents in the hands of tbe Government relating to the Mexican expedition and the intentions of France with regard to Alexico . In reply to Air . DarbGriffithAir . Layard stated that
y , there could bo no doubt that a large body of the people of Egypthad been condemned to forced labour on the works in connection with the Suez canal , and that these wretched serfs were subjected to great liardahips . After some further business of no great interest , the House went into Committee of Supply . On Alonday , Air . Sotheron Estcourt intimated that on Friday , he should follow up his successful church rates amendmentby
, a notice on this vexed question , with the view of affording the House another opportunity of endeavouring to settle this controversy , —by a compromise , of course . Air . Afaguire having given notice of another speech on the distress iu Ireland , Air .. Disraeli rose on tiie motion for the third reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill , to favour the House , or rather the Conservative party , with a new and revised edition of his recent
disastrous oration on the foreign ancl financial policy of the Government . Judging from the telegraphic summary of his speech , which will be found in another column , the right lion , gentleman hit on this occasion at Lord Palmerston rather than at Mr . Gladstone , —winding up with a sneer at "the Foreign Minister for whom ' Jicfoimers gave up reform , and Economists surrendered retrenchment , and ' whose claim to popularity was his lavish expenditure . " Tiie Premier replied at some length , and after a few words from Sir II . AVilloughby , the bill was read a third time and jiassed . A rather serious reverse , however awaited the Government . Mr . Gladstone ' s motion for the se-
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Notes On Music And The Drama.
The Bach Society , having for tho last four years confined its operations to private performances and practice for the gratification of its members , announces the Grosse Passions-Mimic " ( the version according to the text of St . Matthew's Gospel ) for Saturday evening next . Limited in numbers , and consequently in means , this little association has been quietly and unobtrusively serving the cause ofthe art for mail } ' years . " Lucia di Lammermoor" was produced on Tuesday evening
at Her Majesty's Theatre , for the debut of Sig . Arinandi in the part of Edgardo . " This gentleman , " says the Musical World , " is not wholly a stranger to the English jiublic , having appeared some years since , iu the course of a short operatic season , ai Drury Lane Theatre , under the management of Air . E . T . Smith . A ' robust' tenor , in the most literal acceptation of the term , Sig . Armandi sings with an energy that imparts to his performance tbe semblanceif not the realityof earnestnessand in
, , , phrases where impassioned delivery is required atones in a groat measure for a singular want of refinement . His voice , no doubt , at one time powerful , is now so worn throughout the greater part of its register , that whatever purely musical qnality it may originally have possessed is almost irretrievably lost . In his acting Sig . Armandi exhibits precisely the same qualities that characterise his singing ; he is emphatic , vigorous , and demonstrativebut devoid of grace and natural ease . Thus his
, performance generally is without charm . At the same time it must be added that , in the present dearth of operatic tenors , the audience were unanimously eager to welcome the new aspirant , and to hail the advent of a genuine addition to the very meagre stock .
The reappearance of the Afarehisios at Her Majesty's—which , after the legitimate success they obtained in Rosiini ' s " Semiramide , " was looked forward to with interest—took place ou Thursday . The Sisters were received with enthusiasm , both in their duets ancl their solos . On Friday evening , the 9 th inst ., a grand concert was given in St . James's Hall , by the Military Band of Jlessrs . Broadwood's famous establishment . The programme was of much
interest , the band , conducted by Air . Sullivan , on whom , as the instructor , great credit is reflected , playing three jiieces in the course of the evening with precision and spirit , and gaining an encore in Rene : Favarger's " Pas Redouble , " which was comjiosed expressly for it . The immediate patrons of the concert were Earl Grosvenor and Lord Gerald Fitzgerald , the Lieut .-Colonels of the Queen ' s ( Westminster ) Volunteers , to ivhich
regiment Messrs . Broadwood ' s eminent firm supjilies a strong company , with which the bands , in suitable unl'onus , frequently appear . The numerous assembly in the Hall showed the interest taken in the success of tho concert ; and frequent encores , honourably earned by the distinguished artists who gave ttheir services , prolonged the performance , nearly the whole of the audience remaining until tho end . The rumour that Air . Boucicault has taken the Princess's
isre-, ports the Critic , to say the least , premature . Air . Boucicault ' s engagement with Air . AA ebster is far from having expired , and , if any theatre , we taken at all , we expect it will be in conjunction with that gentleman . Aladame AVekerlin , the daughter of that exquisite sh . ser , Aladame Cinti-Damoreau , is engased at the Grand O-. iurn .
PUZZLED wiiicir TO CHOOSE . —A picture , vividly embodying an illustration of this old saying , excited great notice at one of Our recent exhibitions ; but wc doubt whether the saying could be more forcibly made manifest than when visiting the establishment of some of our fashionable London tradespeople , particularly of those where the excellencies of English workmanship unite with the elegancies of Continental taste . At such an
establishment , for exainjile , as that of Afessrs . T . A . Simpson and Co ., 154 , Regent-street , where , " ever-changing and ever new , " the senses are really at first confused at the multiplicity and novelty of articles displayed to the astonished gaze . In ladies ' dressing-cases , of every choice description of fancy-wood , and of every variety of ornamental construction ; in French clocks of elegant design and correctness of time ; indeed , of every variety "
of jewellery , the intending purchaser will truly far atime be " puzzled which to choose . " The safest plan in such a ease would be to indicate the nature of the article required . The probity of the establishment , and the matured judgment of Alossrs . Simpson in consulting the wishes and tastes of their customers , haxe invariably tended to ensure an approval of the articles there selected for those " puzzled which to choose . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COVET . —Preparations are being made at Osborne for the approaching marriage of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt . The ceremony is expected to take place about tho 9 th of June , but the exact date has not been fixed , as Her Alajesty , it is stated , is anxious that the King of the Belgians , who is at present in feeble health , should give away the . royal bride . The Prince of AAliles arrived at Constantinople on Tuesday evening . 'Hie Turkish fleet saluted and manned
yards , and the Grand A'izier went on board the vessel of the Prince , who was received upon landing by the Sultan at the steps of the Imperial palace . The Prince was then conveyed to the British Embassy , where he was visited shortly after by the Sultan . IacpjiEiAi PAELIAMEKT . —On Thursday , the loth , the Register of Voters Bill , after a long discussion , passed through Committee of the House of Lords The first clause ( which authorised the
Court of Quarter Sessions in counties , and the local authoritiesin cities and boroughs , to require an alphabetical list of voters to be prepared ) being so amended as to render it permissive instead of compulsory . On Friday there was no business of importance transancted—neither was there oi \ Alonday . On . Tuesday Lord Russell laid on the table the treaty between-England and the United States for the suppression of tho slave trade . The American government , said the noble Earl , hacl
adopted the most vigorous measures for preventing the fitting out of slavers at New York and Boston , ancl he cited the execution of Cajitah . Gordon as additional evidence of the desire of President Lincoln to repress this odious traffic . The Bishop of Oxford , and Lords Stanhope and Grey expressed their great , satisfaction at the conclusion of this treaty , Lord Grey stating , that he believed it would lead to the establishment of a large . trade with Africaparticularlin the all-important article of
, y cotton . On Thursday , tho 15 th , Air . Layard stated , in reply to . Air . Buxton , that her Majesty ' s Government had made representations to tire governments of Portugal , Spain , and France , respecting the traffic in slaves carried un in some of the colonial settlements of thoso countries . Air . Digby Seymour called attention to the Maidstone game case , in which a little boy had . been fined £ o and costs , with the alternative of three months '
imprisonment . Sir George Grey said he had inquired into the matter , and the report of the magistrates was to the effect that the sentence was intended not so much for the boy as for his parents , who had been repeatedly convicted of offences against the Game Laws , and under whose instigation he had acted . The House went into Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill , the various clauses of which were discussed at great length . On Friday Air . Augustus Smith gave notice of his intention to
movc , ; On the introduction of Air . Berkeley ' s ballot motian , that the system of secret voting be adopted at municipal as well as parliamentary elections . Lord Palmerston promised , in reply to a question from Sir George Bowyer , to lay on the table all the documents in the hands of tbe Government relating to the Mexican expedition and the intentions of France with regard to Alexico . In reply to Air . DarbGriffithAir . Layard stated that
y , there could bo no doubt that a large body of the people of Egypthad been condemned to forced labour on the works in connection with the Suez canal , and that these wretched serfs were subjected to great liardahips . After some further business of no great interest , the House went into Committee of Supply . On Alonday , Air . Sotheron Estcourt intimated that on Friday , he should follow up his successful church rates amendmentby
, a notice on this vexed question , with the view of affording the House another opportunity of endeavouring to settle this controversy , —by a compromise , of course . Air . Afaguire having given notice of another speech on the distress iu Ireland , Air .. Disraeli rose on tiie motion for the third reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill , to favour the House , or rather the Conservative party , with a new and revised edition of his recent
disastrous oration on the foreign ancl financial policy of the Government . Judging from the telegraphic summary of his speech , which will be found in another column , the right lion , gentleman hit on this occasion at Lord Palmerston rather than at Mr . Gladstone , —winding up with a sneer at "the Foreign Minister for whom ' Jicfoimers gave up reform , and Economists surrendered retrenchment , and ' whose claim to popularity was his lavish expenditure . " Tiie Premier replied at some length , and after a few words from Sir II . AVilloughby , the bill was read a third time and jiassed . A rather serious reverse , however awaited the Government . Mr . Gladstone ' s motion for the se-