Wagner’s “ Huldigung’s ” march, and in Mendelssohn’s overture to “ A Mid¬ 
summer Night’s Dream,” and in the second part of the concert an excellent 
rendering was given of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s incidental music to Shakespeare’s 
“ Henry VIII.,” as well as of an arrangement by Gaevaert of the rigadoon from 
the opera “ Dardanus,” by Rameau, the contemporary of Bach and Handel, as 
well as of a tarantelle by Joachim Half, the vors.piel to Remecke’s opera £t King 
Manfred,” and of the “ Tannhauser ” overture, the several items being conducted 
with much discrimination by Cavaliere L. Zavertal. 
BLACK AND WHITE.—December 10th, 
There is a good deal of good music to be heard for money just now in London, 
but the vain public loves the music best that can be heard for love, and not money. 
Of this kind was the Royal Artillery Concert at the St. James’s Hall of Friday 
last. A hundred artillerymen in uniform in the orchestra made a splendid show, 
and the music, all through, for “go” and precision, was hard to beat. The 
band have in Cavaliere Zavertal a conductor whom I should like to praise in pro¬ 
per technical language, but I will only repeat and adopt the over-heard remark 
of a young gunner, “ He does pick ’em up.” 
THE ATHBNEUM.—December 10th. 
An interesting programme was offered at the second of the Royal Artillery 
Band’s Concerts .at St. James’s Hall on Friday afternoon last week, one of the items 
being Weber’s rarely heard “ Symphony in C, No. 2.”. The two symphonies by 
the composer of <c Der Freischiitz ” are early works, and lie probably recognised 
that his gifts did not lie in this direction. The themes in the second symphony 
are bright and Flaydnesque ; but the development is poor and patchy. The 
rendering of the whole of the selections, under Cavaliere Zavertal, was highly 
commendable. 
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.—December 10th. 
The concert given at St. James’s Hall last Friday by the band of the Royal 
Artillery was an extremely good oi^e, and the gunner officers must be. congratu¬ 
lated on having such an excellent "and efficient band. The band, which, under 
the direction of Cavaliere Zavertal, had been playing the night before at Welbeck, 
arrived -in London in plenty of time to commence the concert at 3 o’clock. The 
audience were most enthusiastic, and a very enjoyable afternoon was passed. 
iDOVER. 
A very successful performance took place in the Town Hall on 7th December, 
when “ The Private Secretary ” was represented. The Royal Artillery fully bore 
their share of the parts; Captain Stone acquitted himself with discretion and 
excellent taste as “ Harry Marsland ; ” Captain Breakey, the C£ Hunting Squire,” 
is entitled to praise for an excellent impersonation; Captain Moore-Lane played 
“The Tailor of Bond Street” in very clever and characteristic fashion; and 
among the minor characters were Messrs Parken and Hutchinson, who were 
equally of service to the piece. Mr. Clement Walter (Surgeon-Colonel of the 
Kent Artillery) took'the character of the irate but good-hearted “Mr. Catlermole;” 
as a character sketch nothing in the play excelled in artistic quality this imper¬ 
sonation, which was particularly deserving of praise. 
Recruiting appears to be very brisk in the Militia just now, two subalterns 
having joined for duty at the Depot from the Kent Artillery, Lieutenants Hassell 
and Schlesinger, and several of the permanent staff have had to be called upon to 
assist as drill instructors. It seems a great pity the'Garrison Artillery is so 
