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Public Amusements.
The brief aud passionate utterances of the distracted father serve merely to give colour to the stern repose of the scene . Now , it is tho want of this quality in his " motley" scenes that render them less effective than they might otherwise be . Sarcasm is never so cutting as when delivered with perfect calmness and
self-possession . The forced gesticulation and querulous impatience with which Mr . Phelps gives out the cynical jokes of the jester somewhat mar their effect . In tho last scene , in which , iu tho midst of his fury at having discovered that ho has betrayed his daughter into the snare in which he had expected to entangle his enemy ,
he tries to wheedle the attendants and others to admit him into the fatal chamber , there is too much wheedling and not sufficient rage and madness . At the fall of the curtain Mr . Phelps was called forward in an uproar of applause . The child-like simplicity of the character of Fiordclisa exactly suits Mrs . Herman Vezin , nor do we
remember ever to have seen her play or look better . Mr . Edmund Phelps was the lover , Scraphino . Tho part is all straightforward work enough , but the actor being young , handsome , of a gentlemanly demeanour , and a favourite with the fair portion of the audience , a . fitter representative of the character could hardly have been found . The rest of the parts wore respectably filled .
CRYSTAL PALACE . The art-treasures of this always attractive buildinghave just been increased by a remarkable acquisition . A collection of porcelain , jade , jewels , silks , furs , and Chinese curiosities , formed by Captain de Negroni out of the contents of the famous Summer Palace at Pekiu , is
now on view in a substantial pagoda erected for the purpose in front of the French ¦ court . The variety and value of the articles thus exhibited will be -understood
from the announcement that they are nearly five hundred in number , and are estimated to be worth more than three hundred thousand pounds . At the time the allied forces were advancing on their victorious inarch towards Pekin , Captain de Negroni was in command of a French regiment at Ynen-min-Yuen , a kind of Chinese
Versailles . It was here , it will be remembered , the Summer Palace of tho Emperor was sacrificed to the wrath of tho allies , who had encountered such terrible proofs of the perfidy of their foes , and it was then the captain had the good fortune to acquire , by gift and purchase , the highly interesting materials for tho present collection , which is
now for the first time exhibited in public . Amongst such a multitude of objects , each worthy of the closest inspection , and all possessing distinct claims to attention , it is obviously impossible to do more than indicate some of the more prominent attractions . Tho bare list of the articles in the collection reads like a page from
the "Arabian Nights . " Many will here probably see for the first time specimens of that highly-prized stone called "jade , " which , if wrought up by an artist in an unsatisfactory manner , dooms him to instant decapitation . A fine example of ingenious carving in this equally hard and beautiful substance will be found in the model of the celebrated Imperial junk , where the poetic mind ofthe artificer is displayed in the poise of the
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rowers , the table covered with fruit and flowers , and the miniature birds at the side . The specimens of porcelain , or artificial jade , are evidently of the finest manufacture , and many are masterpieces of ceramic art . ' With the European jewels , presented at various times to
the successive emperors , some singularly ingenious devices will be found associated . The two little birds " who sing and flutter in their golden filagree cage , by means of mechanism composed of two thousand five hundred distinct pieces , will make the tiny warbler that used to attract such large audiences at the last
Exhibition shut itself up into its box with a diminished head . The connisseur in gems will behold a profusion of rubies and other precious stones , but his special admiration will , no doubt , bo centred in a splendid sapphire , said to be the largest in the world , weighing 74-2 carats , and valued at £ 160 , 000 . A great curiosity , which only to would have laddened the heart of the
xragaze upon g descauts of the seventeenth century , is a little bottle containing tho essence of crocodile , which is reported to be the strongest stimulant in existence , and , when used , terminating life through the excessive action of the emotions , ' / 'he only other bottle of crocodile essence is said to be in the hands of tho Sultan of Turkey , who , it is to be hoped , considers tho rarity more ornamental
than useful . The philosopher may ponder over a curious history of the illustrious Confucius , said to havo been composed in the lifetime of that great reformer ; and the imagination may find inexhaustible food for speculation iu tho meaning of thoso quaint pictures illustrative of domestic customs and religious ceremonies , which , through such a series of strango chances , have been thus unexpectedly revealed to the gaze of barbarians . The collection is , indeed , singularly interesting , and must prove exceedingly attractive .
Fine Arts. Drawings Of Painted Glass.
FINE ARTS . DRAWINGS OF PAINTED GLASS .
The late Mr . Charles Winston , of tho Middle Temple , apart from his duties as special pleader , found leisure and uncommon energy for the study of ancient painted windows . The Archceological Institute has done honour to his memory by an exhibition of 770 of the drawings which he made of curious pictures on glass preserved in churches , cathedrals , and old mansions in various parts
of England . Mr . AVinston was a zealous antiquary , and something more . Faithful transcripts of so many objects of interest speak for his industry ; the goodness of the drawings themselves attest his taste and genius as an artist . His researches and widely-extended labours were not given to the revival of an ancient art in a spirit of pedantry . While he gloried in the quaint
designs and imperishable lustre of the old glass , his aim was to combine with these qualities the refinements of high art , fair-proportioned forms and shapes , and lifelike delineations of passion and sentiment . AVe learn from an able preface to the catalogue , written by Mr . J . B . Waring , that in addition to his drawings and writings on his favourite themeMr . AVinston made
, many experiments with the view to improve the manufacture of glass , and that he rendered much practical service in this way , as practical men have borne witness . Those who take a deep interest in the productions of the old limners on glass , with their quaint ornamentationarmsportraitsand effigieswould do well to visit
, , , , the rooms of the Arundel Society , in old Bond-street , where the drawings referred to , so ably illustrating the historv of glass painting , may be seen , properly classified . "
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Public Amusements.
The brief aud passionate utterances of the distracted father serve merely to give colour to the stern repose of the scene . Now , it is tho want of this quality in his " motley" scenes that render them less effective than they might otherwise be . Sarcasm is never so cutting as when delivered with perfect calmness and
self-possession . The forced gesticulation and querulous impatience with which Mr . Phelps gives out the cynical jokes of the jester somewhat mar their effect . In tho last scene , in which , iu tho midst of his fury at having discovered that ho has betrayed his daughter into the snare in which he had expected to entangle his enemy ,
he tries to wheedle the attendants and others to admit him into the fatal chamber , there is too much wheedling and not sufficient rage and madness . At the fall of the curtain Mr . Phelps was called forward in an uproar of applause . The child-like simplicity of the character of Fiordclisa exactly suits Mrs . Herman Vezin , nor do we
remember ever to have seen her play or look better . Mr . Edmund Phelps was the lover , Scraphino . Tho part is all straightforward work enough , but the actor being young , handsome , of a gentlemanly demeanour , and a favourite with the fair portion of the audience , a . fitter representative of the character could hardly have been found . The rest of the parts wore respectably filled .
CRYSTAL PALACE . The art-treasures of this always attractive buildinghave just been increased by a remarkable acquisition . A collection of porcelain , jade , jewels , silks , furs , and Chinese curiosities , formed by Captain de Negroni out of the contents of the famous Summer Palace at Pekiu , is
now on view in a substantial pagoda erected for the purpose in front of the French ¦ court . The variety and value of the articles thus exhibited will be -understood
from the announcement that they are nearly five hundred in number , and are estimated to be worth more than three hundred thousand pounds . At the time the allied forces were advancing on their victorious inarch towards Pekin , Captain de Negroni was in command of a French regiment at Ynen-min-Yuen , a kind of Chinese
Versailles . It was here , it will be remembered , the Summer Palace of tho Emperor was sacrificed to the wrath of tho allies , who had encountered such terrible proofs of the perfidy of their foes , and it was then the captain had the good fortune to acquire , by gift and purchase , the highly interesting materials for tho present collection , which is
now for the first time exhibited in public . Amongst such a multitude of objects , each worthy of the closest inspection , and all possessing distinct claims to attention , it is obviously impossible to do more than indicate some of the more prominent attractions . Tho bare list of the articles in the collection reads like a page from
the "Arabian Nights . " Many will here probably see for the first time specimens of that highly-prized stone called "jade , " which , if wrought up by an artist in an unsatisfactory manner , dooms him to instant decapitation . A fine example of ingenious carving in this equally hard and beautiful substance will be found in the model of the celebrated Imperial junk , where the poetic mind ofthe artificer is displayed in the poise of the
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rowers , the table covered with fruit and flowers , and the miniature birds at the side . The specimens of porcelain , or artificial jade , are evidently of the finest manufacture , and many are masterpieces of ceramic art . ' With the European jewels , presented at various times to
the successive emperors , some singularly ingenious devices will be found associated . The two little birds " who sing and flutter in their golden filagree cage , by means of mechanism composed of two thousand five hundred distinct pieces , will make the tiny warbler that used to attract such large audiences at the last
Exhibition shut itself up into its box with a diminished head . The connisseur in gems will behold a profusion of rubies and other precious stones , but his special admiration will , no doubt , bo centred in a splendid sapphire , said to be the largest in the world , weighing 74-2 carats , and valued at £ 160 , 000 . A great curiosity , which only to would have laddened the heart of the
xragaze upon g descauts of the seventeenth century , is a little bottle containing tho essence of crocodile , which is reported to be the strongest stimulant in existence , and , when used , terminating life through the excessive action of the emotions , ' / 'he only other bottle of crocodile essence is said to be in the hands of tho Sultan of Turkey , who , it is to be hoped , considers tho rarity more ornamental
than useful . The philosopher may ponder over a curious history of the illustrious Confucius , said to havo been composed in the lifetime of that great reformer ; and the imagination may find inexhaustible food for speculation iu tho meaning of thoso quaint pictures illustrative of domestic customs and religious ceremonies , which , through such a series of strango chances , have been thus unexpectedly revealed to the gaze of barbarians . The collection is , indeed , singularly interesting , and must prove exceedingly attractive .
Fine Arts. Drawings Of Painted Glass.
FINE ARTS . DRAWINGS OF PAINTED GLASS .
The late Mr . Charles Winston , of tho Middle Temple , apart from his duties as special pleader , found leisure and uncommon energy for the study of ancient painted windows . The Archceological Institute has done honour to his memory by an exhibition of 770 of the drawings which he made of curious pictures on glass preserved in churches , cathedrals , and old mansions in various parts
of England . Mr . AVinston was a zealous antiquary , and something more . Faithful transcripts of so many objects of interest speak for his industry ; the goodness of the drawings themselves attest his taste and genius as an artist . His researches and widely-extended labours were not given to the revival of an ancient art in a spirit of pedantry . While he gloried in the quaint
designs and imperishable lustre of the old glass , his aim was to combine with these qualities the refinements of high art , fair-proportioned forms and shapes , and lifelike delineations of passion and sentiment . AVe learn from an able preface to the catalogue , written by Mr . J . B . Waring , that in addition to his drawings and writings on his favourite themeMr . AVinston made
, many experiments with the view to improve the manufacture of glass , and that he rendered much practical service in this way , as practical men have borne witness . Those who take a deep interest in the productions of the old limners on glass , with their quaint ornamentationarmsportraitsand effigieswould do well to visit
, , , , the rooms of the Arundel Society , in old Bond-street , where the drawings referred to , so ably illustrating the historv of glass painting , may be seen , properly classified . "