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with effect ; and , thirdly , the tune is not capable of an easy and convenient arrangement into parts , so that it can be sung , in chorus , by male voices ; for it is , of course , by such that it must be given , as a general thing . The English Anthem is much better in all these respects , though it lacks the fire and spirit of ' The Starspangled Banner . '"
Twelve Wednesday concerts , with a most liberal list of singers and players , are about to be given at the Surrey Garden Concert - Toom ; conducted by that remarkable amateur and excellent head of an orchestra , Prince George Galitzin . Miss Anna Whitty is again in England , and has been singing at a concert in her own town , Liverpool ; local journals declare with great success .
Signor Biletta , one of the most graceful Italian composers now writing , has just , according to report , finished one of those drawingroom operettas which the performance of such polished artists as Madame Sabatier and St . Jules Lefort has made popular in Paris . The words , it is said , are by Mr . Palgrave Simpson . The more of this sort of entertainments the better . All who trace the course of the wind by straws must be aware that the popularity of the
aimless , disconnected concert , whether private or public , made up of familiar pieces , spiritlessly performed , is on . the decline . Purpose and connection—we are happy to add , neatness of preparation—are increasingly in request . The artists disposed to bewail themselves because the world will change , and their hackneyed airs and graces no longer charm , may be re-assured that never , at any period of our social history , was England so bent on amusing itself with music as now . Let them try for variety , in place of sighing over their ' old songs'at home . —Athenceum . [ In the present state of the law , such operettas , however ennobling , dare not be performed in the English concert-room or hal . ll
The Gazette Musicale informs us that the project of reviving Gluck ' s 'Alceste' at the Grand Opera at Paris , with Madame Viardot for heroine , has been abandoned . AVhat a tale of the power of Glnck and of his interpreter is conveyed in the fact that , after " a rnn" which began in November , 1859 , the Theatre Lyrique seems still unable to let go " Orphee "an opera without tenor or bass ! The number of its last
representations which have been advertised outnumbers even the farewells of Madame Grisi . In the meantime , if 'Alceste' is not to be at the Grand Opera , Gluck ' s second ' Iphigenia' ( states the aforesaid Gazette ) is to be given—with Mdlle . Sax , MM . Michot and Paure . Dr . Marschner has been in court against M . Aulagnier , the wellknown French publisher , on the following quarrel : —Some years
ago a Belgian composer added recitatives to his opera , 'Der Vampyr / wdiich were purchased and published , together with the original music , by M . Aulagnier . Dr . Marschner has applied for the suppression of all the copies so amplified , and the Tribunal de Premiere Instance has decreed that this should be done ; and , further , that M . Aulagnier should pay damages to the amount of 500 francs . The defendant has announced his intention of appealing .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —On Saturday evening Her Majesty , who was accompanied by the King of the Belgians , the Prince Consort , and the junior members of the Royal family , arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Isle of Wight . Prince Louis of Hesse , who has recovered from his indisposition , also formed one of the Royal party . On AA ' ednesday , the 19 th inst ., the Queen holds her ; first drawing-room for the season , at St . James ' s Palace . On AVednesday morninf visited the Horticultural GardensSouth
Her Majesty now , Kensington , and ' in the afternoon they were formally opened by the Prince Consort , who afterwards presided at the meeting of the Society of Arts , in the evening . An Irish paper states that the Prince of AVales has accepted an invitation to a ball which will shortly he given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OE LORDS on Thursday ,
May 30 th , the Lord Chancellor laid on the table the report of the Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill , and stated that he should ask their Lordships to consider the subject on Monday week . The Government-bill , providing for tho creation of a reserve of naval officers from among the captains and mates of the merchant service was opposed by Lord Hardwicke , who moved that it be read a second time that day six months . Lord Grey strongly supported the
measure , which , on a division , was read a second time , by a majority of three . On Friday a short conversation took place on the subject of the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the salmon fisheries—Lord Malmesbury objecting to some of the proposals made for the preservation of salmon . The Marquis of Tweeddale presented a petition from the Cotton Supply Association , and took occasion to urge upon the Government the policy of
promoting the cultivation of cotton in India . The noble Marquis threw out several suggestions which were highly approved by Lords Harris , Brougham , and Ellenborough ; Lord De Grey and Eipon assured the House that the Government was most desirous to further this great object , but he thought that In many respects private enterprise would be more effectual than official interference . On Monday Lord Chelmsford intimated his intention of
moving a clause in Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill , preventing the measure from operating retrospectively with regard to nontraders . Lord Normauby presented a petition praying for the continuance of the Galway contract and also moved for certain official correspondence relative to the cancelling of the subsidy . On Tuesday Lord Clanricarde made a statement on behalf of Father Daly , with the view of showing that the Rev . gentleman had made no corrupt proposals to Lord Palmerston on the subject of the
Galway contract . Lord Brougham said he was not satisfied with the explanation ; and there the matter was allowed to drop . Three bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . In the HOUSE OE COMMONS on Thursday , May 30 th , several questions were addressed to Lord Palmerston on the subject of the Galway contract . The noble Viscount explained that an elaborate document , embodying the case of the Galway company , was still under consideration . The adjourned debate on the paper dut
y clause of the customs and Inland Revenue Bill was resumed by Mr . Mellor , wdio supported the Government proposals . Mr . ' Disraeli followed , and while accepting the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that a surplus freally existed , he urged that other taxes had a preferential claim to remission . The Right Hon . gentleman strongly opposed the proposed repeal of the paper dutv ,
and sketched out the financial policy he should adopt if placed in Mr . Gladstone ' s shoes . He repudiated the insinuation that he had become bold in consequence of the supjiosed hostility of the Irish Libera' members to the Government , and totally denied the existence of a Tory-Irish intrigue to upset Lord ' Palmerston . Lord John Russell warmly contradicted the assertion that the Government had sought to gain a majority by yielding to the representations on behalf of the Galway contract . The debate was continued by Mr .
Peacocke , Captain Talbot , Sir AV . Jolliffe , and Sir M . Farquhar , all of whom opposed the clause , which was supported by Sir J . Shelley , Mr . Lindsay , and Mr . Bernal Osborne . Mr . Cobden , Mr . Thomas Baring , Mr . Gladstone , and other speakers followed , and , on a division , the numbers were : —For the clause , 296 ; against , 281 ; majority for Government , 15 . The other clauses were then agreed to , and the bill passed through committee . Lord Palmerston gave a laughable account of an interview he had had with Father
Daly , who wished him to receive a deputation of Irish members relative to the Galway Steam Packet Contract ( put an end to by the Government ) and who stated if his Lordship did not do so , the Irish members must take " action" in the House of Commons , i . e . opposethebudget bill . On Friday , SirC . AA' " oodstated , inreply to Sir G . Bowyer / that a commission had , on economic ' grounds , reported in favour of a wholesale reduction of the Indian army , but as yet , no decision had been arrived at on the subject by the Home
Government . Sir John Pakington then drewattention totherelativestrength of England and France in iron-cased ships of war , and stated , on the authority of Admiral Elliot , who had recently visited the French dockyards , that our allies had fifteen vessels of this class either afloat or in course'of construction , besides nine floating batteries—on an improved principle . In this respect France was far ahead of this country , and he urged the Government to lose no time in taking steps to secure our naval supremacy . Lord Clarence
Paget , while admitting that the French Government were making vigorous efforts to increase their naval forces , thought the capabilities of the ships in course of construction were greatly exaggerated . The intention of the Admiralty at present was to build five additional armour-plated vessels . The House then went into Committee of Supply . On Monday , Lord John Russell stated , in reply to Mr . A \ . E . Forster , that Her Majesty's Government had determined to prohibit the privateers and armed vessels of both the
Northern and Southern States of America from bringing prizes into British ports . He had also communicated with the French Government on the subject , and had ascertained that privateers would not ; be permitted to remain inPrench ports beyond twenty-four hours , and that while there , they would be strictly prohibited from disposing of their prizes or cargoes . On Tuesday , the Lord Mayor of Dublin , availing himself of an exofficio privilege , appeared at the bar , and presented a petition in favour of the restoration of the Galway subsidy .
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Notes On Music And The Drama.
with effect ; and , thirdly , the tune is not capable of an easy and convenient arrangement into parts , so that it can be sung , in chorus , by male voices ; for it is , of course , by such that it must be given , as a general thing . The English Anthem is much better in all these respects , though it lacks the fire and spirit of ' The Starspangled Banner . '"
Twelve Wednesday concerts , with a most liberal list of singers and players , are about to be given at the Surrey Garden Concert - Toom ; conducted by that remarkable amateur and excellent head of an orchestra , Prince George Galitzin . Miss Anna Whitty is again in England , and has been singing at a concert in her own town , Liverpool ; local journals declare with great success .
Signor Biletta , one of the most graceful Italian composers now writing , has just , according to report , finished one of those drawingroom operettas which the performance of such polished artists as Madame Sabatier and St . Jules Lefort has made popular in Paris . The words , it is said , are by Mr . Palgrave Simpson . The more of this sort of entertainments the better . All who trace the course of the wind by straws must be aware that the popularity of the
aimless , disconnected concert , whether private or public , made up of familiar pieces , spiritlessly performed , is on . the decline . Purpose and connection—we are happy to add , neatness of preparation—are increasingly in request . The artists disposed to bewail themselves because the world will change , and their hackneyed airs and graces no longer charm , may be re-assured that never , at any period of our social history , was England so bent on amusing itself with music as now . Let them try for variety , in place of sighing over their ' old songs'at home . —Athenceum . [ In the present state of the law , such operettas , however ennobling , dare not be performed in the English concert-room or hal . ll
The Gazette Musicale informs us that the project of reviving Gluck ' s 'Alceste' at the Grand Opera at Paris , with Madame Viardot for heroine , has been abandoned . AVhat a tale of the power of Glnck and of his interpreter is conveyed in the fact that , after " a rnn" which began in November , 1859 , the Theatre Lyrique seems still unable to let go " Orphee "an opera without tenor or bass ! The number of its last
representations which have been advertised outnumbers even the farewells of Madame Grisi . In the meantime , if 'Alceste' is not to be at the Grand Opera , Gluck ' s second ' Iphigenia' ( states the aforesaid Gazette ) is to be given—with Mdlle . Sax , MM . Michot and Paure . Dr . Marschner has been in court against M . Aulagnier , the wellknown French publisher , on the following quarrel : —Some years
ago a Belgian composer added recitatives to his opera , 'Der Vampyr / wdiich were purchased and published , together with the original music , by M . Aulagnier . Dr . Marschner has applied for the suppression of all the copies so amplified , and the Tribunal de Premiere Instance has decreed that this should be done ; and , further , that M . Aulagnier should pay damages to the amount of 500 francs . The defendant has announced his intention of appealing .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —On Saturday evening Her Majesty , who was accompanied by the King of the Belgians , the Prince Consort , and the junior members of the Royal family , arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Isle of Wight . Prince Louis of Hesse , who has recovered from his indisposition , also formed one of the Royal party . On AA ' ednesday , the 19 th inst ., the Queen holds her ; first drawing-room for the season , at St . James ' s Palace . On AVednesday morninf visited the Horticultural GardensSouth
Her Majesty now , Kensington , and ' in the afternoon they were formally opened by the Prince Consort , who afterwards presided at the meeting of the Society of Arts , in the evening . An Irish paper states that the Prince of AVales has accepted an invitation to a ball which will shortly he given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OE LORDS on Thursday ,
May 30 th , the Lord Chancellor laid on the table the report of the Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill , and stated that he should ask their Lordships to consider the subject on Monday week . The Government-bill , providing for tho creation of a reserve of naval officers from among the captains and mates of the merchant service was opposed by Lord Hardwicke , who moved that it be read a second time that day six months . Lord Grey strongly supported the
measure , which , on a division , was read a second time , by a majority of three . On Friday a short conversation took place on the subject of the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the salmon fisheries—Lord Malmesbury objecting to some of the proposals made for the preservation of salmon . The Marquis of Tweeddale presented a petition from the Cotton Supply Association , and took occasion to urge upon the Government the policy of
promoting the cultivation of cotton in India . The noble Marquis threw out several suggestions which were highly approved by Lords Harris , Brougham , and Ellenborough ; Lord De Grey and Eipon assured the House that the Government was most desirous to further this great object , but he thought that In many respects private enterprise would be more effectual than official interference . On Monday Lord Chelmsford intimated his intention of
moving a clause in Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill , preventing the measure from operating retrospectively with regard to nontraders . Lord Normauby presented a petition praying for the continuance of the Galway contract and also moved for certain official correspondence relative to the cancelling of the subsidy . On Tuesday Lord Clanricarde made a statement on behalf of Father Daly , with the view of showing that the Rev . gentleman had made no corrupt proposals to Lord Palmerston on the subject of the
Galway contract . Lord Brougham said he was not satisfied with the explanation ; and there the matter was allowed to drop . Three bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . In the HOUSE OE COMMONS on Thursday , May 30 th , several questions were addressed to Lord Palmerston on the subject of the Galway contract . The noble Viscount explained that an elaborate document , embodying the case of the Galway company , was still under consideration . The adjourned debate on the paper dut
y clause of the customs and Inland Revenue Bill was resumed by Mr . Mellor , wdio supported the Government proposals . Mr . ' Disraeli followed , and while accepting the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that a surplus freally existed , he urged that other taxes had a preferential claim to remission . The Right Hon . gentleman strongly opposed the proposed repeal of the paper dutv ,
and sketched out the financial policy he should adopt if placed in Mr . Gladstone ' s shoes . He repudiated the insinuation that he had become bold in consequence of the supjiosed hostility of the Irish Libera' members to the Government , and totally denied the existence of a Tory-Irish intrigue to upset Lord ' Palmerston . Lord John Russell warmly contradicted the assertion that the Government had sought to gain a majority by yielding to the representations on behalf of the Galway contract . The debate was continued by Mr .
Peacocke , Captain Talbot , Sir AV . Jolliffe , and Sir M . Farquhar , all of whom opposed the clause , which was supported by Sir J . Shelley , Mr . Lindsay , and Mr . Bernal Osborne . Mr . Cobden , Mr . Thomas Baring , Mr . Gladstone , and other speakers followed , and , on a division , the numbers were : —For the clause , 296 ; against , 281 ; majority for Government , 15 . The other clauses were then agreed to , and the bill passed through committee . Lord Palmerston gave a laughable account of an interview he had had with Father
Daly , who wished him to receive a deputation of Irish members relative to the Galway Steam Packet Contract ( put an end to by the Government ) and who stated if his Lordship did not do so , the Irish members must take " action" in the House of Commons , i . e . opposethebudget bill . On Friday , SirC . AA' " oodstated , inreply to Sir G . Bowyer / that a commission had , on economic ' grounds , reported in favour of a wholesale reduction of the Indian army , but as yet , no decision had been arrived at on the subject by the Home
Government . Sir John Pakington then drewattention totherelativestrength of England and France in iron-cased ships of war , and stated , on the authority of Admiral Elliot , who had recently visited the French dockyards , that our allies had fifteen vessels of this class either afloat or in course'of construction , besides nine floating batteries—on an improved principle . In this respect France was far ahead of this country , and he urged the Government to lose no time in taking steps to secure our naval supremacy . Lord Clarence
Paget , while admitting that the French Government were making vigorous efforts to increase their naval forces , thought the capabilities of the ships in course of construction were greatly exaggerated . The intention of the Admiralty at present was to build five additional armour-plated vessels . The House then went into Committee of Supply . On Monday , Lord John Russell stated , in reply to Mr . A \ . E . Forster , that Her Majesty's Government had determined to prohibit the privateers and armed vessels of both the
Northern and Southern States of America from bringing prizes into British ports . He had also communicated with the French Government on the subject , and had ascertained that privateers would not ; be permitted to remain inPrench ports beyond twenty-four hours , and that while there , they would be strictly prohibited from disposing of their prizes or cargoes . On Tuesday , the Lord Mayor of Dublin , availing himself of an exofficio privilege , appeared at the bar , and presented a petition in favour of the restoration of the Galway subsidy .