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to be desired , and in voice and in feeling , not mere noting of pass ' io , she ansivereA all the demands of the most fastidious aud exacting . The Manrico of Signor Giuglini was excellent , and Badiali was far above mediocrity . At the Haymarket , last night , the bill of fare was diversified by the eccentricities of Messrs . Compton and Buckstone , in the " Honeymoon , " which ive need hardly say was received with responsive laughter from their audience . The St . James ' s Theatre , we learn , is about to open under the management of Air . Augustus Braham and

Signor Marques , and new operas will be produced in succession , several on the list being by Mr . G . A . Macfarren . The day of opening is the 12 th of Juno , when the new opera of " Raymond and Agnes , " by E . Loder , will be performed , and the celebrated Spanish ballet troupe , immortalised by Alex . Dumas , will appear . At the Olympic on Monday , a new farce by Mr . Oxenford , called " Retained for the Defence , " received the applause of a very crowded house , and must be considered completely successful , since the audience were in a continual roar of laughter from the rising to the fall of the curtain . The character of one Pawl-ins ,

an honest but intensely stupid individual , who is accused of being a thief , and afterwards turns out to be honest and quite estimable , affords Mv . Robson tbe opportunity of producing those severe side-aohes among his audience , to ivhich he has been in the habit of treating them as Jem Bags or Jacob Earwig , He was excellently supported by Mr . Cook , Mr . G . Vlning , aud Air . H . AVigan , in their various character bits , aud by Miss Cottrell , who had nothing to do but to look pretty , and who did that remarkably well . That admirably conducted and commodious place of amusementthe Britannia Theatre in Hoxtonis

, , nightly crammed to the ceiling by an audience of the most demonstrative kind , who are roused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm by the singing of Mrs . Howard Paul , so long well known in AVest-end musical circles . -At the National Standard Theatre , Mr . Douglass has secured an enormous attraction in Miss Glyn . who next week will be reinforced by Mr . Phelps , fresh from his German trip .

CRYSTAL PALACE . THE first flower show of the season came off this day week , when the floral amateurs , strolled , flirted and dissertated among treasures that would have satiated even an oriental flower worshipper . Those entrusted with the arrangement certainly acquitted themselves with consummate taste . All along the nave were avenues of every hue , from central banks of heaths ivhich were disposed in the transept . All about the statues were charming groups , their brilliant colours

forcibly contrasting with the marble . AVe may speak with confidence and pleasure of the high gratification , to sight , smell and hearing derived from a happy hour or two ive passed , listening to the excellent bauds of the Palace , and the Guards iii tliis giant conservatory . As the time draws near for the Handel Festival , it is certain that the rush for places will be far beyond the extent available even at the Crystal Palace ; and as the occasion is one that cannot again offer , those who desire to attend will do well at once to secure tickets . At the last Saturday concert Herr Leopold de Meyer made his first appearance . The remarkable talents of this

player were fully recognised when he first came to London in 1845 , and was the rage of the season . In 1851 he paid a second visit to this country , but did not perform in public , the sole purport of his visit then being to witness the Great Exhibition . The redoubtable pianist has rather gained than lost in those qualities which , twelve years since , made him famous among the greatest instrumentalists .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1859-05-25, Page 47” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 11 June 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_25051859/page/47/.
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THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS. Article 6
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER. Article 12
THE GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL. Article 17
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 18
THE SWEDISH RITE. Article 19
THE CONSECRATION AT GUILDFORD. Article 20
MASONIC HALLS. Article 21
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 22
METROPOLITAN. Article 30
PROVINCIAL. Article 32
OXFORDSHIRE. Article 36
ROYAL ARCH. Article 41
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 42
AMERICA. Article 42
THE WEEK. Article 43
Untitled Article 48
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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The Week.

to be desired , and in voice and in feeling , not mere noting of pass ' io , she ansivereA all the demands of the most fastidious aud exacting . The Manrico of Signor Giuglini was excellent , and Badiali was far above mediocrity . At the Haymarket , last night , the bill of fare was diversified by the eccentricities of Messrs . Compton and Buckstone , in the " Honeymoon , " which ive need hardly say was received with responsive laughter from their audience . The St . James ' s Theatre , we learn , is about to open under the management of Air . Augustus Braham and

Signor Marques , and new operas will be produced in succession , several on the list being by Mr . G . A . Macfarren . The day of opening is the 12 th of Juno , when the new opera of " Raymond and Agnes , " by E . Loder , will be performed , and the celebrated Spanish ballet troupe , immortalised by Alex . Dumas , will appear . At the Olympic on Monday , a new farce by Mr . Oxenford , called " Retained for the Defence , " received the applause of a very crowded house , and must be considered completely successful , since the audience were in a continual roar of laughter from the rising to the fall of the curtain . The character of one Pawl-ins ,

an honest but intensely stupid individual , who is accused of being a thief , and afterwards turns out to be honest and quite estimable , affords Mv . Robson tbe opportunity of producing those severe side-aohes among his audience , to ivhich he has been in the habit of treating them as Jem Bags or Jacob Earwig , He was excellently supported by Mr . Cook , Mr . G . Vlning , aud Air . H . AVigan , in their various character bits , aud by Miss Cottrell , who had nothing to do but to look pretty , and who did that remarkably well . That admirably conducted and commodious place of amusementthe Britannia Theatre in Hoxtonis

, , nightly crammed to the ceiling by an audience of the most demonstrative kind , who are roused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm by the singing of Mrs . Howard Paul , so long well known in AVest-end musical circles . -At the National Standard Theatre , Mr . Douglass has secured an enormous attraction in Miss Glyn . who next week will be reinforced by Mr . Phelps , fresh from his German trip .

CRYSTAL PALACE . THE first flower show of the season came off this day week , when the floral amateurs , strolled , flirted and dissertated among treasures that would have satiated even an oriental flower worshipper . Those entrusted with the arrangement certainly acquitted themselves with consummate taste . All along the nave were avenues of every hue , from central banks of heaths ivhich were disposed in the transept . All about the statues were charming groups , their brilliant colours

forcibly contrasting with the marble . AVe may speak with confidence and pleasure of the high gratification , to sight , smell and hearing derived from a happy hour or two ive passed , listening to the excellent bauds of the Palace , and the Guards iii tliis giant conservatory . As the time draws near for the Handel Festival , it is certain that the rush for places will be far beyond the extent available even at the Crystal Palace ; and as the occasion is one that cannot again offer , those who desire to attend will do well at once to secure tickets . At the last Saturday concert Herr Leopold de Meyer made his first appearance . The remarkable talents of this

player were fully recognised when he first came to London in 1845 , and was the rage of the season . In 1851 he paid a second visit to this country , but did not perform in public , the sole purport of his visit then being to witness the Great Exhibition . The redoubtable pianist has rather gained than lost in those qualities which , twelve years since , made him famous among the greatest instrumentalists .

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