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comprises. We o pre- Should the job go on, we will return to its further exposure. attack should have been opposed energy, veal. knowledge, and i"delity. It has little to fear fro:n sloth, ignoranee, and treaehery. TUE FREE PORT OF SLITO. It might have been anticipated that, with such a prosneet before, them, the Directors would have mustered up a little show of diligence. But no! As if unaware that apathy on the part of public catsrers begets corresponding apathy on the part of those for whom they have to provide, they slumber and dream on as heretofore. Not a single in- g
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Quatette, , ,...., r; . ti e have litul r NH 111 Mis NI B. II mM ANVERS. :Ilia Mt. l'Ill!.1.1I,, " I, : :.TAI.-11.• 1 B, esseses of persons. Supposing this to be true, perhaps it at be quite as well ' Taught by former experience, perhaps the if:rectors judeva wi:I:ly in that the offices of Minister and Consul were ttbolished, and the expense selecting, for the night of Sir G' LOMA: SM A RT.'S CO1ldttetor,tii).:•nfonias thereof saved. We tire not yet persuaded, however, that the interests of and Overtures which the band loiew by heart, alai in which 11:e time English trade have been as well watched over by Lord Patonatterox's It('ater's office was, unless he chose to do mischief, but a sin ee are. 13euting stop-gaps; and having a Benthande partiality for the principle of aso the time of Baieruoves in I) or MOZART ill (! to the Philhasmonie band, countability, we should be very glad to see a regular Consul and is somewhat a superfluous waste of power. The difficulty wilt them Minister recognized at Stockholm, and held accountable to the British would be to play any other time or any other notes than such as Ire- Government for the way in which their ditties are discharged there. (went repetition has imprinted on their memories. In BEY NETT 'S Mr. P. Tnomsos took fresh ground in his reply ; protesting that it Overture taieltief was done ; the time being eiven nearly a crotchet in would be inconvenient to reveal what had passed ; and the Morning the bar slower than that of the composer. Reerauosos's Pluto con- Ceresiek parrots forth its lement that the House should receive, with eerto was a umst finished display of the powers ttf his iestrenent, anv ;Ialing short of awe and respect, such an assurance front a Cabinet limited though they be. Ile is a pupil of Nue toes we and it was almost lkIinister. like a revival of NwInMeON himself—the same brilliant, silver Owe; Mr. GROTE supported Mr. GIBSON in a cordial manner ; thus testify.- the same faultless execution: his NJ/as:undo alone „..., emits.; e to make more intelligent Liberals would oftener pursue an independent course. Miss Bitten evinced her capability to encounter MOZART.,1 " Per The "imbeciles" might by this means find it necessary to justify their pieta." Her liquid notes and extensive range fitted her to execute this conduct with somewhat less of' the official nonehalance they habitually betuttiful seena ; and had she omitted all the alterations which we pre- play off in replying to questions addressed to them by Members in the mune, were pencilled into her song, she would have been heard with an -
House. This Slito business must be followed up. mingled pleasure ; but these, often vulgar aml always commonplace addenda, ntaterially detracteub from the general excellence of the per-
PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS. formattee. The accompaniment of the first movement was: strageling and totsteady. Plitt,Li es 's song was respectable, Illtt ROI ltRire. SVollIt'S Tar present state and prospects of the Philharmonic Coneerts nmst be very sweet duet, plucked front one of his hymns, was sung in eecellent a subject of regret to all who witnessed their vigorous youth and proud taste. Masvnes fully sustaioed tlte character we gave hint 1:vt :eoson, maturity—to those who remember the honourable motives which called and is rising to be one of our best tenor-singers. The general (fleet of the Society into existence, and the honoured names enrolled among its this fragment was marred by the offensive prominence a liatenass's members—who recall the time when CLE3IENTI, CROTCH, CRAMER, and fuzzy tone on the bassoon; which, throughout, gave us not the round, ATTwoov, (men whose talents would have adorned any profession, and full, and distinct notes of the instrument, but somethins. more re- whose feelings towards music were those of the true artist,) presided over scudding the noise which a child makes with a comb nod itpiece of its counsels and gave the weight of their character and the benefit of their paper. BauitaNN'S style of playing, though occasionally fine, is marred knowledge to its proceedings—when the Concerts were thronged with by the effort, at all hazards and under all circumstances, to be promi- eager and delighted listeners, and every year produced some accession nently heard. Few persons remained to hear the Quintet ; and, before to the musical pleasure and improvement of the Society and its unprofes- the Overture finished, the Conductor was left alone in his glory. e
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