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is indebted to this gifted actor for the beginning of a revolution in histronic art which is already beginning to bear precious fruits ; and it is a source of real satisfaction to find that the unequivocal success of his second venture in the Shakesperian drama justifies us in anticipating from him many rich treats in time to come . Mr . Ryder fairly took us by surprise . It is scarcely xiossible
that the part could have been better played . Miss Carlotta Leclercq was a very charming Desdemona , full of playful gentleness and innocent fondness in the earlier acts , touchingly intei * - preting the overwhelming sorrow generated by her husband's cruelty , and in the last act developing considerable tragic power . Miss Elsworthy , as Emilia , earned hearty and merited applause by
the heartfelt energy with which , in the last act , she vindicated her mistress's slandered fame , ancl her admirable though perhaps a little over-vehement elocution . Mr . J . G . Shore was an excellent Roderigo ; Mr . Basil Potter an effective Brabantio ; ancl Mr . George Jordan a very unsatisfactory Cassio . . The scenery , which is all new , is extremely beautiful . The harbour of Cyprus ,
painted by Mr . AV . Telbin , is a marvel of picturesque effect ; ancl the scene in which Roderigo is killed is artistically planned and most effectively painted . The recalls were numerous , and we may note that Mr . Fechter , whenever he was summoned , invariably brought on Mr . Ryder ivith him , and at last , when he was again called for at the eud of the tragedy , after he and Mr .
Ryder , and Miss Carlotta Leclercq and Miss Elsworthy , had received their complimentary ovations , he brought Mr . A . Harris forward to receive his just share of the final plaudits which crowned a triumphant success .
Notes On Music And The Drama.
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .
The Hanover-square Rooms have changed owners , and we understand that a considerable sum of money is to be spent on their decoration . It would be well if some re-arrangement was attempted —such , for instance , as would throw the side room into the concert hall . An architect of taste and fancy might do this , so as to produce a good effect , though with the inevitable sacrifice of
symmetry . We ( the Queen ) hear that Miss Jane Coombs , who has for some two or three years past been a star at the principal theatres of the United States , will shortly make her first appearance before an English audience , Mr . Buekstone having engaged her for the Haymarket Theatre . The abilities of Miss Coombs are very highly
spoken of ; and she is reported to be handsome ancl graceful . She will appear , we understand , in the course of next month . Mr . E . T . Smith is aboufc fco "be up ancl doing" again at Drury Lane , at which theatre Mr . G . A " . Brooke , with some Australian celebrities , and subsequently Mr . and Mrs . C . Kean , are to appear . AVe ( Critic ) are informed , that Mr . George Davenport Coleman ,
a young actor of much promise , and a pupil of Mr . Henry Marston , will shortly appear afc one of the principal metropolitan theatres . Mr . John Drew , the eminent Irish actor , was suddenly seized with a dangerous illness while performing at the Liverpool Ampitheatre . AVe { Literary Gazette ) regret to say that the authorities of the
AVestminster School have thought fit to suspend the performance of the usual Latin play afc Christmas , on the ground of the Duchess of Kent ' s death in the early part of the year I The director ofthe Italian Opera , Paris , has concluded an engagement with the young American vocalist , who will shortly make her debut as Azucena in " II Trovatore , " with Mario as Manrico . She is announced as Mcldle . Fillippi , being , it is said , her family name , slightly Italianised . She proceeds to Italy to sing afc the close of
Notes On Music And The Drama.
her Paris engagement , and it appears the Italian public are not partial to English or American names , in which they seem to resemble the English themselves . Rumours are already wandering about the Boulevards of Paris as to Mr . Gye's plans ancl engagements for next ssason . Signer Graziani , it is said , will not return to the Royal Italian Opera .
Treaties are described as being on foot with Madame Gueymard ancl with M . Obin , of the Grand Opera , it being intended to revive M . Meyerbeer ' s " Robert , " although that opera has never been fortunate in England , even when it had " the lift" of Mdlle . Jenny Liud's first appearance .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty left her Highland residence afc Balmoral on Tuesday , on her return to Windsor . She spent a day or two in her northern capital , where the Prince Consort laid the foundation-stone of the new Edinburgh Post-office , and of an Industrial Museum . Her Majesty is now at AVindsor . The Prince of AVales left the Duke of Newcastle ' s seat on Saturday , and
proceeded to Cambridge , where he will resume his studies . Prince Louis of Hesse , the affianced of the Princess Alice , took his leave of the Court , and proceeded to the Continent on Saturday . The ancient Earldom of Cromartie , attainted in 1746 , has been revived , with its subsidiary honours , in the person of the Duchess of Sutherland , the representative of the last Earl . On the death of Her Grace , the titles will descend to her second son ; ancl thus another distinct peerage will fall to the house of Gower .
GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The metropolis continues in a healthy state . The mortality for last week is less by fifty than it was for the corresponding week on the average of the last ten years , even after allowing for the epidemics that have swept over London during that period . The birth rate is also on the increase . From the quarterly return on the sanitary condition of the City ,
by Dr . Letheby , we learn that the mortality within the walls has been considerably below the average all through the quarter . At the meeting of the City Court of Sewers , the increased charge for gas made by all the metropolitan companies , and especially by the Great Central , which was established to keep down the price , was severely commented on . An important statement was made
hy Alderman Copeland—a man not given to rash predictions—thafc he was satisfied from certain experiments he had lately seen , that before twelve months were over gas for general purposes would be manufactured at the pit's mouth , and chartered companies would he extinguished . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has taken a holiday from his vice-regal duties , to spend a few days on his York
shire estates . His old constituents at Leeds pressed him into their service on Monday to open some local benevolent institutions , where his lordship displayed that amenity and genial eloquence which gives him so much social popularity . On the evening of the same day , a much more important address was delivered by Lord Stanley , at a meeting ofthe Leeds Mechanics' Institute , where his
lordship took a survey of the whole ground of our pojiular educationits defects and its remedies . Among the many important features of this comprehensive address , we may notice that Lord Stanley pronounced in favour of the pirinciple of the new minute on education . AVe regret to learn that Lord Brougham is suffering from illness . The noble Lord had consented to preside at the
annual meeting of the United Kingdom Alliance , announced to take place in Manchester ; but a letter has been received by the Secretary of the Alliance , in which His Lordship states thafc he cannot fulfil his engagement— " having been under Mr . Taylor ' s treatmeat these two clays , and getting worse instead of better . " Lord Elcho , in distributing the prizes won at the meeting of the Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian Rifle Association , addressed a few earnest
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Public Amusements.
is indebted to this gifted actor for the beginning of a revolution in histronic art which is already beginning to bear precious fruits ; and it is a source of real satisfaction to find that the unequivocal success of his second venture in the Shakesperian drama justifies us in anticipating from him many rich treats in time to come . Mr . Ryder fairly took us by surprise . It is scarcely xiossible
that the part could have been better played . Miss Carlotta Leclercq was a very charming Desdemona , full of playful gentleness and innocent fondness in the earlier acts , touchingly intei * - preting the overwhelming sorrow generated by her husband's cruelty , and in the last act developing considerable tragic power . Miss Elsworthy , as Emilia , earned hearty and merited applause by
the heartfelt energy with which , in the last act , she vindicated her mistress's slandered fame , ancl her admirable though perhaps a little over-vehement elocution . Mr . J . G . Shore was an excellent Roderigo ; Mr . Basil Potter an effective Brabantio ; ancl Mr . George Jordan a very unsatisfactory Cassio . . The scenery , which is all new , is extremely beautiful . The harbour of Cyprus ,
painted by Mr . AV . Telbin , is a marvel of picturesque effect ; ancl the scene in which Roderigo is killed is artistically planned and most effectively painted . The recalls were numerous , and we may note that Mr . Fechter , whenever he was summoned , invariably brought on Mr . Ryder ivith him , and at last , when he was again called for at the eud of the tragedy , after he and Mr .
Ryder , and Miss Carlotta Leclercq and Miss Elsworthy , had received their complimentary ovations , he brought Mr . A . Harris forward to receive his just share of the final plaudits which crowned a triumphant success .
Notes On Music And The Drama.
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .
The Hanover-square Rooms have changed owners , and we understand that a considerable sum of money is to be spent on their decoration . It would be well if some re-arrangement was attempted —such , for instance , as would throw the side room into the concert hall . An architect of taste and fancy might do this , so as to produce a good effect , though with the inevitable sacrifice of
symmetry . We ( the Queen ) hear that Miss Jane Coombs , who has for some two or three years past been a star at the principal theatres of the United States , will shortly make her first appearance before an English audience , Mr . Buekstone having engaged her for the Haymarket Theatre . The abilities of Miss Coombs are very highly
spoken of ; and she is reported to be handsome ancl graceful . She will appear , we understand , in the course of next month . Mr . E . T . Smith is aboufc fco "be up ancl doing" again at Drury Lane , at which theatre Mr . G . A " . Brooke , with some Australian celebrities , and subsequently Mr . and Mrs . C . Kean , are to appear . AVe ( Critic ) are informed , that Mr . George Davenport Coleman ,
a young actor of much promise , and a pupil of Mr . Henry Marston , will shortly appear afc one of the principal metropolitan theatres . Mr . John Drew , the eminent Irish actor , was suddenly seized with a dangerous illness while performing at the Liverpool Ampitheatre . AVe { Literary Gazette ) regret to say that the authorities of the
AVestminster School have thought fit to suspend the performance of the usual Latin play afc Christmas , on the ground of the Duchess of Kent ' s death in the early part of the year I The director ofthe Italian Opera , Paris , has concluded an engagement with the young American vocalist , who will shortly make her debut as Azucena in " II Trovatore , " with Mario as Manrico . She is announced as Mcldle . Fillippi , being , it is said , her family name , slightly Italianised . She proceeds to Italy to sing afc the close of
Notes On Music And The Drama.
her Paris engagement , and it appears the Italian public are not partial to English or American names , in which they seem to resemble the English themselves . Rumours are already wandering about the Boulevards of Paris as to Mr . Gye's plans ancl engagements for next ssason . Signer Graziani , it is said , will not return to the Royal Italian Opera .
Treaties are described as being on foot with Madame Gueymard ancl with M . Obin , of the Grand Opera , it being intended to revive M . Meyerbeer ' s " Robert , " although that opera has never been fortunate in England , even when it had " the lift" of Mdlle . Jenny Liud's first appearance .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty left her Highland residence afc Balmoral on Tuesday , on her return to Windsor . She spent a day or two in her northern capital , where the Prince Consort laid the foundation-stone of the new Edinburgh Post-office , and of an Industrial Museum . Her Majesty is now at AVindsor . The Prince of AVales left the Duke of Newcastle ' s seat on Saturday , and
proceeded to Cambridge , where he will resume his studies . Prince Louis of Hesse , the affianced of the Princess Alice , took his leave of the Court , and proceeded to the Continent on Saturday . The ancient Earldom of Cromartie , attainted in 1746 , has been revived , with its subsidiary honours , in the person of the Duchess of Sutherland , the representative of the last Earl . On the death of Her Grace , the titles will descend to her second son ; ancl thus another distinct peerage will fall to the house of Gower .
GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The metropolis continues in a healthy state . The mortality for last week is less by fifty than it was for the corresponding week on the average of the last ten years , even after allowing for the epidemics that have swept over London during that period . The birth rate is also on the increase . From the quarterly return on the sanitary condition of the City ,
by Dr . Letheby , we learn that the mortality within the walls has been considerably below the average all through the quarter . At the meeting of the City Court of Sewers , the increased charge for gas made by all the metropolitan companies , and especially by the Great Central , which was established to keep down the price , was severely commented on . An important statement was made
hy Alderman Copeland—a man not given to rash predictions—thafc he was satisfied from certain experiments he had lately seen , that before twelve months were over gas for general purposes would be manufactured at the pit's mouth , and chartered companies would he extinguished . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has taken a holiday from his vice-regal duties , to spend a few days on his York
shire estates . His old constituents at Leeds pressed him into their service on Monday to open some local benevolent institutions , where his lordship displayed that amenity and genial eloquence which gives him so much social popularity . On the evening of the same day , a much more important address was delivered by Lord Stanley , at a meeting ofthe Leeds Mechanics' Institute , where his
lordship took a survey of the whole ground of our pojiular educationits defects and its remedies . Among the many important features of this comprehensive address , we may notice that Lord Stanley pronounced in favour of the pirinciple of the new minute on education . AVe regret to learn that Lord Brougham is suffering from illness . The noble Lord had consented to preside at the
annual meeting of the United Kingdom Alliance , announced to take place in Manchester ; but a letter has been received by the Secretary of the Alliance , in which His Lordship states thafc he cannot fulfil his engagement— " having been under Mr . Taylor ' s treatmeat these two clays , and getting worse instead of better . " Lord Elcho , in distributing the prizes won at the meeting of the Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian Rifle Association , addressed a few earnest