19 FEBRUARY 1859, page 11

Opera And Concerts.

The English opera company at Covent Garden are rehearsing an opera called Rip van Winkle, by Bristow, an American composer of trans- atlantic repute. This opera was performed by......

Ps ,ueialc Theatricals.

While Mr. Charles Kean in London has been gaining new applause by his admirable performance in M. Casimir Delavigne's play, Louis XI., his French predecessor, M. Ligier, has......

Societe Des J Eu Nes Artistes.

A new musical society in Paris, called the " Societe des Jeunes Art- istes," formed for the purpose of giving concerts of a high order, gave a performance, last week, of The......

Rossini, Who For Some Time After His Return To Paris

seemed to entertain an indifference for his art almost amounting to aversion, has latterly re- covered his musical feeling. On Saturday evenings his doors are thrown open to his......

Muth.

NEW PIANOFORTE. MUSIC. As the season advances, the publication of music increases in activity. The following are among the most remarkable new works, which have come under our......

Trttrr To Or Cahn.

LABOUR IN THE WEST INDIES. Walbrook Irottee,16th February 1859. Sin—No West Indian will oppose the inquiry you suggest, the results of which would not perhaps differ materially......