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operas announced could not be effectively sustained. Mr. J.H. Mapleson, the new director, evidenced so large an amount of energy in his brief season of Italian Opera at the Lyceum

MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. Theatre last year, as to give us every reason to expect a

company perfected, if possible, in every branch. At present the sopranos are by far the strongest, and show, in fact, a

EIGHTY-SECOND CONCERT, ON MONDAY powerful array of talent. They are as follows:-Miles.

Evening, April 21, 1862, on which occasion

HERR JOACHIM

Will make his Sixth Appearance at these Concerts.

PROGRAMME.

PART I Quartet, in C, No. 77, for Two Violins, Viola, and Violoncello (First (Haydn). Song, "The Winter's Walk," Mile. FLORENCE LANCIA (Schubert). Romance, "The Colleen Bawn," The Lily of Killarney, Mr. SANTLEY (Benedict). Sonata Patetique, in E flat, Op. 13 (by desire), Mr. CHARLES HALLE (Beethoven).

time at the Monday Popular Concerts), MM. JOACHIM, L. RIES, H. WEBB, and Platti

PART II.-Chaconne, in D minor, for Violin Solo (Repeated by general desire), Herr JOACHIM (J. S. Bach). Song, "I'm alone," The Lily of Killarney, Mlle. FLORENCE LANCIA (J. Benedict). Stornello," Giovinettino dalla bella voce,' "Mr. Santley (Angelo Mariani). Sonata. in A, Op. 47, for Pianoforte and Violin (dedicated to Kreutzer), Mr. CHARLES HALLE and Herr JOACHIM (Beethoven).

Conductor, MR. BENEDICT. To commence at eight o'clock precisely. NOTICE. It is respectfully suggested that such persons as are not desirous of remaining till the end of the performance can leave either before the commencement of the last instrumental piece, or between any two of the movements, so that those who wish to hear the whole may do so without interruption.

ten o'clock.

Between the last vocal piece and the Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin, an interval of Five Minutes will be allowed. The Concert will finish before half-past N.B. The Programme of every Concert will henceforward include a detailed analysis, with Illustrations in musical type, of the Sonata for Pianoforte alone, at the end of

Part I.

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Titiens, Carlotta Marchisio, Louise Michal, Drusilla Fiorio, Dario, Clara Kellogg and Mad. Guerrabella. Of Mlle. Titiens it is unnecessary to say a word; her fame is worldwide, and she is the accepted successor of Mad. Grisi in the grand tragic line. Mlle. Carlotta Marchisio has spoken for herself in the concert-room. She appeared this year in England for the first time. The sensation created by herself and her sister in singing Rossini's duets cannot be soon effaced. Their worth, however, as dramatic singers has yet to be established with us. It must not be forgotten that Rossini's Semiramide was brought out expressly at the Grand Opéra of Paris for the "Sisters," and was performed for many nights, according to the press, with immense success. We English critics, nevertheless, are somewhat chary of endorsing the opinions of continental scribes, for reasons not necessary to be stated in this place. They are announced to make their first appearance on Thursday, May 1st, in Semiramide, Mlle. Carlotta as Semiramis, and Mlle. Barbara as Arsace; but who is the Assur the prospectus saith not. What a pity when Tamburini quitted the stage he should have carried off so many impersonations with him into his retirement! Shall we never have a successor to that great and versatile artist? After Mlle. Carlotta Marchisio comes Mlle. Dario, of whom we know so little that we shall say next to nothing. Mlle. Dario (or Doria?) is to appear in the part of Oscar in Verdi's Ballo in Maschera; which, by the way, was produced for the first time in this country by Mr. Mapleson, at the Lyceum, last year. Mlle. Louise Michal-a countrywoman of Jenny Lind, and strongly recommended by her to Mr. E. T. Smith-made a highly favourable impression in 1860, at Her Majesty's Theatre, as Marguerite in the Huguenots, exhibiting a voice of great brilliancy and power, and considerable art as a vocalist. As Mad. Lind-Goldschmidt, it is rumoured, has pronounced Mlle. Louisa Michal her legitimate successor, we may anticipate even greater things from her than her performance of the Queen of Navarre in Meyerbeer's opera. Mad. GuerraMr. Macfarren's Robin Hood, at the Royal English Opera, bella created so favourable an impression as Maid Marian in last winter, that she is sure to become a favourite in Italian Opera, to which it would appear her education has been more immediately directed. She will come out as Elvira in the Puritani, with, no doubt, Sig. Giuglini as Arturo, perhaps Sig. Giraldoni as Riccardo: but who is intended for Giorgio we cannot even surmise. What a pity when Lablache quitted the stage he should have carried off so many impersonations with him into his retirement! Mlle. Drusilla Florio is an utter stranger, to whose talents, in our ignorance, we take off our hat. Mlle. Kellogg, the last name in the list, would be as entire a stranger, but that we have learned something of her antecedents from the New York correspondent of Dwight's Boston Journal of Music, in which we are informed that the young lady made a highly interesting début at New York, in 1861, as Linda in Linda di Chamouni. Mlle. Kellogg will make her first appearance early in May in Linda di Chamouni, with Mlle. Trebelli as Pierotto, Sig. Giuglini, Carlo, Sig. Giraldoni, Antonio, and the Marquis, Sig. Zucchini.

There are three contraltos, Mlle. Barbara Marchisio, Mad.

Lemaire, and Mlle. Trebelli. The first has been already alluded to, and her representations, no doubt, will be restricted to operas in which she and her sister will appear. Mad. Lemaire is an extremely useful artist. Mlle. Trebelli comes to England with a high reputation. She made her first appearance in Madrid as Rosina in the Barbiere, in the winter of 1859, with Sig. Mario. From Madrid she went back to Paris, where she resumed her studies, and was engaged by Sig. Merelli for his Berlin troupe, in July,

1860.

The tenors comprise Sigs. Armandi, Cappello, Soldi and Giuglini. The last alone is noteworthy. Sig. Armandi may, or may not, be remembered as singing at the Royal Italian Opera some seasons since. Of Sig. Cappello we know nothing, and of Sig. Soldi a great deal, as do also the subscribers to both operas. If the list of tenors be not reinforced, poor Signor Giuglini will have his hands full.

The barytones are Sigs. Giraldoni and Casaboni, and M. Gassier; the basses, Sigs. La Terza, Bossi, Castelli and Zucchini. Sig. Giraldoni would seem to be an artist of mark, seeing that Verdi wrote the part of Renato in the Ballo in Maschera expressly for him. M. Gassier is an artist in the truest sense of the word, an honest, straightforward singer, capable of undertaking the highest parts without discredit. The first bass, Sig. La Terza, is unknown to us; Sigs. Bossi and Castelli are both known to us. Sig. Zucchini has enjoyed for some years in Paris no inconsiderable reputation as a buffo singer.

The orchestra, the prospectus tells us, "with the most especial care to secure thorough efficiency in every department, has been selected from the magnificent band of the Philharmonic Society." Signor Arditi is to be the conductor. The choral force has been selected with great care and discrimination, with numerous additions from the Italian operas of Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, and the direction confided to Signor Chiaromonte, chorus master of the Théâtre Italien, Paris." From the ballet alone-once the chief spell of attraction at Her Majesty's Theatre — has the glory departed. However, grand operas necessitate divertissements, and so we have Mlles. Lamoureaux, Morlacchi, and Bioletta for the leading danseuses, and Signor Garbagnati, from the Scala, Milan, as principal danseur.

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The repertory for the season is highly attractive. addition to the operas already named, we are promised Oberon-brought out with so much splendour and completeness by Mr. E. T. Smith in 1860; Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable, got up expressly for Mlle. Titiens. Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, with Mlle. Titiens, as the Countess, Mlle. Trebelli, the Page, and Mlle. Kellogg, Susanna; and, "should time permit," Der Freischütz.

For the list of officials we must refer those deeply concerned in the matter to the prospectus itself, merely calling attention to the fact-which, we are sure, cannot fail to afford unqualified gratification to the subscribers and the public-that Mr. Nugent, the attentive and polite, is again at his place in the box-office.

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with Haydn I do not know. But, besides the value of a manuscript in a critical revision of a work for publication, there are often points about it, even if undated, which may render a description certainly worth putting upon record in some periodical publication. There must be many of Haydn's MSS. scattered about in England: why not have descriptions of them put into the possession of the public through the medium of your press? Personally I am at present more interested in Beethoven's MSS., and would heartily thank any person who would aid in making known what there is from his pen in England, and whether any peculiarities are presented worthy of note. As specimens of such descriptions aid to show what interest such MSS. may have, I copy from my notes the following, in relation to two MSS. kindly offered me for inspection by Herr Johann Nepomek Kafka, a teacher and composer of this city. I translate the remarks of Beethoven on the MS., as the original German would have few charms for most of your readers.

The first of these MSS. has, in Beethoven's own hand, the following title, in which, it will be noticed, the first word wants a letter or two:

"Gran Sonate, Op. 28, 1801, da L. v. Beethoven."

Fifty-one pages, ob. 4to. In the rondo, in two cases, a new page is sewed over the original, and very different music written. The corrections and alterations in the first movement are very numerous; in the andante and scherzo comparatively few, the principal ones in the latter being an erasure of seven bars in the scherzo, and of eight in the trio. The rondo again is much cut up.

On the blank page, after the close of the sonata, Beethoven has written part of a canon (?) to the words "Hol' dich der Teufel," after which is a short piece for two voices and chorus, in which the violinist Schuppanzigh is called an scamp," a "swine-stomach," &c., and the chorus

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53. You no doubt remember what Ries says of this (see The second of the MSS. is the "Waldstein Sonata," Op. ii. p. 297):- The sonata in C major (Op. 53), dedicated Schindler's Life of Beethoven, edited by Moscheles, vol. to his first patron, Count Waldstein, had originally a long be too long, which brought him a volley of abuse in return. andante. A friend of Beethoven pronounced this sonata to Upon quietly weighing the matter, however, my master convinced himself of the truth of this assertion. He then published the grand Andante in F major, three-eight time, separately, and afterwards composed the highly interesting introduction to the rondo such as it now stands." See now how the MS. confirms Ries, as appears from my notes.

This MS. has no title other than "Sonata Grande," in very small letters, and is without date; thirty-two leaves, ob. 4to. On the margin of the first page of the allegro is written, in Beethoven's own hand, "N.B. Where Ped. stands all the dampers are to be raised, both bass and descant. 'O' signifies that they are allowed to fall again." The first movement fills thirteen leaves, and has few corrections -for Beethoven. Then follow three and a half pages of

"Introduzione" adagio, of which half a page has been crossed out. This is in a totally different ink. Half a leaf is sewed to the lower half of the fourth page of this "Introduzione," and contains the beginning of the rondo, and thenceforth the ink is the same as that of the first movement. On the last page Beethoven has written, "For those to whom the shake, where the theme and the shake occur together, is too difficult, the passage may be made easier thus:

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NEW MUSIC HALL. It is reported, we believe on good grounds, that the premises opposite the Lyceum Theatre have been purchased by a company for the purpose of erecting a new Music Hall, and that one of the largest shareholders is Mad. Goldschmidt-Lind, who has advanced capital to the enormous amount of 40,0007.

MR. BENEDICT. This accomplished musician has announced a benefit to take place this evening at Drury-lane Theatre. His deservedly-successful opera, The Lily of Killarney, will be performed on the occasion, with, with one exception, the same cast as at the Royal English Opera, namely. Miss Louisa Pyne as Eily O'Connor, Miss Jessie M'Lean as Ann Chute, Miss Susan Pyne as Mrs. Cregan, Mr. Santley as Danny Man, and Mr. W. Harrison as Myles-na-Coppaleen, the exception being Mr. St. Albyn in place of Mr. Haigh as Hardress. The opera will be preceded by Mr. Howard Glover's operetta, Once too Often, and will be followed by the third act of The Dublin Boy, with Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault in the principal parts. Taking into consideration both the attractiveness of such a bill of fare and the claims which Mr. Benedict has upon all lovers of music, we can have no doubt that a full house will greet him on the occasion.

JENNY LIND AGAIN.-Mad. Otto Goldschmidt is about to give a series of grand concerts during the International Exhibition, prefaced (as usual) by three performances for the especial benefit of charities; the first for the Distressed Needlewomen, the second for the Consumptive Hospital in Brompton, already so greatly indebted to her; the third for the Royal Society of Musicians and the Society of Female Musicians.

THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION, having obtained the consent of Miss Louisa Pyne and W. Harrison, Esq., to give a Selection from Mr. Benedict's Lily of Killarney, will introduce, for the first time in the concert room, a Selection from this delightful Opera, on Wednesday evening next, April 9th, St. James's Hall. The solo singers are Miss Banks, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mr. Swift, Mr. Tennant, and Mr. Santley. The choir (of 200 voices) will sing the Boatmen's Chorus. Mr. Benedict will conduct the performance.

"ANGELINA "

THE "NE PLUS ULTRA" AND THE "PLUS ULTRA."-In contrasting the Ne Plus Ultra of Woelfl with the Plus Ultra of Dussek, the superiority of Woelf as a musician has sometimes been cited, in contradistinction to Dussek's far higher claims as an imaginative and poetical composer. "See "-argue the Woelflites -how clear and symmetrical is Woelfl's first move ent compared with that of Dussek." "Granting this to be true "-retort the adherents of Dussek-"see with what different materials they had to deal: Woelfl was trimming a garden-Dussek clearing a forest."-Dussek's "Plus Ultra"-edited by J. W. Davison. AND BENNETT'S FOURTH CONCERTO.-But the gem of the concert was, unquestionably, Mad. Goetz's charming and irreproachable rendering of the slow movement from Dr. Sterndale Bennett's concerto in F minor, the last of the four which we owe to his reluctant pen. It is also the most popular, if the word can be rightly applied to the compositions of a man whose writings, however cherished though they must always be by the musician, are shaped in too delicate a fashion to become "popular," in the widest sense of the word. If the fourth is better known than Dr. Bennett's earlier concertos, it is because the unelaborated grace of the barcarole engages the attention of all listeners; and certainly the masterly but unaffected manner in which its reposeful beauty was on Tuesday night elicited would have satisfied the composer himself. The lady, indeed, has every requisite for a great performer. Displaying so complete a command over the mechanical difficulties of the instrument as many can never attain after a whole lifetime of constant practice; possessing a touch of singular delicacy, and evidently sympathising, to a rare degree, with the intentions of the composer whom she interprets; Mad. Angelina Goetz might well assume, did she choose to do so, a high position among the pianists of Europe. Whether it was their estimation of the lady's powers that led the instrumentalists to take unusual care, we know not; but it is certain that the accompaniments to the barcarole constituted the best orchestral performance of the evening. It is to be regretted, however, that the first and last movements were omitted. Strangely enough, the concerto has only been played four times, even at the Philharmonic Concerts, in the space of twenty-three years. Of course, few pianists would like to attempt it, while the remembrance of Dr. Bennett's own playing is still fresh; but this reason could scarcely apply in the present instance, and it is a pity that the extreme length of the programme did not permit of the performance of the entire work. -Daily Telegraph.

MLLE. KELLOGG (From Dwight's Journal of Music, March, 1862). LOUISE KELLOGG, on Tuesday evening. The sweet simplicity of the -Linda di Chamouni was selected for the début of Miss CLARA young Savoyard peasant girl is easily reproduced by the powers of a young girl, coming within the sphere of her experience and not forcing her to counterfeit passions of which youth and innocence can have but small conception. The opera is thus well adapted for a debutante.

We have rarely had occasion to record a more complete and genuine success than was won by Miss Kellogg on this occasion. An entire novice upon all, coming to us almost unheralded and unpuffed, indeed almost unthe stage, having appeared only some half dozen times in known, she has stepped into the position of a public favourite at a single bound. In person she is slender and graceful, with a pleasing face, intelligent and intellectual, rather than a beautiful one, capable of the most varied expression. Her voice is a pure high soprano, of that thin and penetrating quality that cuts the air with the keen glitter of a Damascus blade, wanting now, of course, in that volume and power which age and time will give, yet sufficient for all practical purposes; of course, furthermore, not so full in the lower register as it will be in time. She reminds us much of Adelina Patti as to the quality of her artistic, savouring little of the novice, but worthy of the experience of voice, and indeed in Fer execution, which is finished and thoroughly a longer study and maturer age. Every thing attempted is done with admirable precision, neatness and brilliancy that leave little to be desired. In the opening cavatina, "O luce di quest' anima," she exhibited at once these qualities, giving the air in a way that brought down the house in spontaneous applause. As she proceeded she evinced a rare dramatic talent and an apparent familiarity with the business of the stage that was truly remarkable. The grace and simplicity of manner that mark her, are, however, native and not acquired, and seem a real gift of nature. Through all the changes of the opera, she showed herself should set her down as possessed of a rare instinct, if not, indeed, of always equal to the demands of the scene, so that, as an actress, we positive genius. We do not remember any one in the character of Linda who has given it more acceptably than she.

MR. PITTMAN'S LECTURES ON THE OPERA.-Mr. Pittman's second course of Lectures on the Opera, delivered before the members of the London Institution, was concluded on Monday last. An investigation into the Vocal forms of the Opera as influenced by the Instrumental forms therein was the subject of the course which has been most favourably received by the subscribers. The theatre has been crowded nightly, and the interest of the lectures much enhanced by the superb manner, in which the illustrations have been rendered by Miss Augusta Thomson, Mr. Patey, Mr. Perren, Mr. Theodore Distin, Mr. Smythson, and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chorus of the Royal Italian Opera. M. SAINTON'S SOIREES. The third and last of these interesting performances took place on Tuesday evening. The programme contained two noveltiesa quartet for stringed instruments, by Herr Meyer Lutz, and a trio for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, by Auber. The quartet of Herr Lutz exhibits that earnest endeavour to do well which must always command respect. Every movement betrays the evidence of careful consideration, and, besides this, a resolution on the part of the author to be indebted to no other than his own inspiration for ideas. When it is remembered how few, even of the most practised and laborious among musicians, have succeeded in producing a quartet worthy to be ranked, at however great a distance, with the models which the genuine masters of the art have bequeathed us, the applause due to a new aspirant for so creditable an effort will hardly be withheld. Herr Lutz was lucky in having such exponents as M. Sainton, Herr Pollitzer, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Paque, who all did their best to realize his intentions, and obtained very general and hearty approval for his work. The trio of Auber is delicious, from one end to the other a "pastoral," in the truest and most graceful sense. We can single out no particular feature for praise, inasmuch as each of the four movements is, in its way, perfection. That the style which the ripening of years matured into the musical embodiment of France itself is apparent throughout, may readily be surmised; but when it is stated that this trio is the composer's Opus I."-written at least 20 years before Masaniello and Fra Diavolo -many amateurs, indifferent, more or less, to the seductions of the opera, are likely to express regret that Auber should ever have been induced to devote his exclusive attention to dramatic music. It is fair to add, that in bringing forward this trio which was played to perfection by Mr. Charles Hallé, at the piano (M. Sainton being violin, and Mr. Paque violoncello), the giver of these soirées has forestalled the Monday Popular Concerts - Mr. Arthur Chappell having announced it, months ago, as one of the "novelties" of the present season. The grand piece of the evening, however, was Mendelssohn's quartet in A minor (by the performers already named)-a work to the merits of which we have recently alluded, in appropriate terms of admiration. Often as M. Sainton's quartet-playing has been eulogised, he never, in our remembrance, has stood out so conspicuously as a thoroughly accomplished master. The whole quartet created an impression upon the audience, the genuine nature of which was not to be mistaken; and, irresistible as is the quaint and (taking into account the time at which it was written) unprecedented scherzo, the plaudits it elicited were scarcely more warm and unanimous than those accorded to the other three movements. M. Sainton's associates were quite up to the mark. Herr Pollitzer, as second violin, and M. Paque, as violoncello, sustained their well-earned reputation; but it would be unjust not to bestow a special word of praise upon the admirable playing of Mr. Doyle-a performer on the viola (as the frequenters of the Royal Italian Opera are aware) of equal capacity and intelligence. That a pianist like Mr. Hallé was not engaged exclusively to take part in a trio, may be well imagined. He joined M. Sainton in three of those exquisite pieces for pianoforte and violin, which a quarter of a century since-under the title of Pensées Fugitives-were conjointly written by M. Stephen Heller and Herr Ernst, and, as "solo," delighted his hearers with a Sarabande, Gavotte and Musette of J. S. Bach, followed by one of the liveliest "pièces de Clavecin" of Domenico Scarlatti-that very prolific composer (contemporary of Handel), of whose works scarcely more than a fourth have been perpetuated in type. The last of the Pensées Fugitives and the presto (a "presto" without compromise, as rendered by Mr. Hallé such a "presto" as would have astonished the worthy Domenico, in his quiet domicile at madrid) were both encored and repeated, with, if possible, increased effect. The music of Herr Ernst is too rarely introduced now-a-days; but with one who can enter into its spirit so enthusiastically as M. Sainton, there is no reason why it should not be frequently heard. These soirées have been attractive for two reasons. - first, as excellent performances of high-class music; and, secondly, as the medium of bringing forward several unknown compositions among which the Trio of Auber, and the Sonata, for pianoforte and violin, of Mr. Lindsay Sloper (at the second soirée), may be cited, as likely to be heard again and again, at concerts where sterling music is looked upon as the chief desideratum.

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Letters to the Editor.

THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING LIFE AND MUSIC HALL

SIR, There has recently appeared a new journal, having the title of "The Illustrated Sporting Life and Musical Review." The association in this "heading" being peculiar, I am led to consider in what sense music is a sport. Taking the word "sport" to be a pastime, there might at first sight appear to be something in it, but only with respect to those who regard music from its very lowest point of view. Seen by the eye of the soul, or felt as it is by all who know it to be a Divine spark, such as was kindled in the breast of a Beethoven, a Mozart, or a Handel, it is very far from being a pastime. Thus regarded, music bears no relation at all to sport of any kind. A common principle links together such diversions as fighting, running, shooting, boxing, horse racing, and the like; but far as the poles are asunder is music from any and all of these. To imagine a sentiment in which there is sympathy between such a man as Joachim and "Dutch Sam," or " 'Brighton Bill," is to generalise to an extent that even Aristotle would not have allowed.

Musicians may go to the " Derby," but they do so, not because Blondin or Tom Sayers goes there, but because everybody is to be seen there. It is London's "day out." It is the Wednesday popular holiday. Horse racing strikes no particular chord in the musician's breast. He has no sympathy with the flats, naturals, or sharpers that abound on Epsom Downs. His accidentals are necessary, but they do not play upon each other. Whatever discords he may introduce, he never forgets to resolve harmoniously. I repeat our vocation is not a sport, nor are the frequenters of the Philharmonic Concerts the patrons of the "prize ring;" nor is the pit of the Opera identical with what is called a "cock pit." Those who take an interest in the "performances" of "Deaf Burke can find none in those of Beethoven, though it was his affliction to be deaf.

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For these reasons I protest against the title of this new journal; and I beg to suggest, as a less inappropriate name, that the paper be called "The Illustrated Sporting Life and Music Hall' (not Musical) Review."

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This suggestion illumines my mind with another, which I offer for the benefit of those whom it may concern. We occasionally see announcements to the effect that a "Staleybridge infant," or some other defeated pugilist, will take a benefit, when he respectfully invites his friends to rally round him," assuring them that some excellent "sparring" will be exhibited. I do not remember where these displays usually take place; but I would venture to suggest the "boxing "element as being worthy the serious consideration of the proprietors of "music halls," when the "wondrous," the "inimitable," the "enchanted," and the "perfect" cease to draw. The change of title in the new journal which I have suggested will then be thoroughly applicable.

MUSICUS.

MLLE. ELENA CONRAN.-A concert was given on Thursday last, in the Salle Herz (Paris), at which Mad. Grisi and her protégée Miss Ellen Conran assisted, in conjunction with M. M. Graziani, Nandin, and other artists of celebrity. Miss Conran produced a great effect in several favourite morceaux, and in the English ballad, "Little Bertha," was loudly encored. She also received a similar compliment with Mad. Grisi, in the well-known duet from Norma.

ance,

DUSSEK'S PLUS ULTRA.-This was altogether a truly great performbut still not finer than Miss Arabella Goddard's rendering of Dussek's "Plus Ultra," which is as superior to the "Ne Plus Ultra" of Woelf (to rival which it is supposed to have been written) as sunlight to fireworks. How chastely and beautifully she sang on her instrument the lovely second subject of the first movement; with what clearness, accent and force, she gave the ascending syncopated melodic outline, and its accompanying florid passages divided between both hands, which follow this second subject; how sweetly, tenderly, and passionately she rendered the delightful adagio, the exquisite delicacy and fancy that characterised her performance of the dreamy and poetical scherzo, together with the spirit and refined taste which distinguished her reading of the sportive and elegant finale, would tempt us to write an eulogistic essay, if time, space, and the patience of our readers might permit it. The simple statement, however, that this was one of the very finest specimens of pianoforte playing we ever listened to must suffice. Miss Arabella Goddard, with all her long list of artistic successes, never distinguished herself more honourably.

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OF KILLARNEY,

A ROMANTIC OPERA,

SINGING FISIL-M. de Thoron says that being in the Bay of Palion, THE LILY situated north of the province of Esmeralda, in the Republic of Ecuador, he was suddenly startled by a deep humming noise, which he at first attributed to some large insect, but which upon inquiry turned out to be a kind of fish called Musicos by the people of the country. On proceeding further the sounds became so strong as to remind him of the strains of a church organ. These fish live both in salt and fresh water, since they are also met with in the river Mataja. They are not more than ten inches long, their colour is white, sprinkled with blue spots, and they will continue their music for hours without minding any interruption.

WRITTEN BY

DION BOUCICAULT AND JOHN OXENFORD,

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