The public now forgot all about the trouble of the high prices, and the second concert, given in the same place on the 10th, was so well attended that the receipts were about £1,200. On this occasion Paganini played his Concerto in B minor, and Lablache struck the little silver bell in the Rondo. He also gave his variations on "The Carnival of Venice," and a Sonata on the fourth string, in which the Prayer from _Mosé in Egitto_ was introduced. The third concert took place on the 13th, when Paganini brought out another new Concerto. Something like £900 was realised. At the fourth concert, on the 16th, Paganini played a _Cantabile_ on two strings, a _Rondo Scherzoso_, by Rodolphe Kreutzer--a detail to be noticed,--a _Larghetto gajo_, the Military Sonata, and the variations on "Non più mesta," from Rossini's _La Cenerentola_. The fifth and last Concert was on the 22nd, when the house was crowded to excess, and the enthusiasm greater than ever. But Paganini, or his astute manager, began to presume a little too much on the good nature of the public. Parting was "such sweet sorrow," that, like another Juliet, Paganini was inclined to prolong that process as long as possible. Final concerts succeeded each other--much like the "Farewells" of popular singers--until the audiences began to dwindle. At one, at the King's Theatre on July 4th, Paganini played a new Concerto in E major, "all expression and grace," and by far the best proof given of his talent since his arrival in London. Paganini gave two concerts at the London Tavern in July. The first was well attended, but at the second there was no orchestra. The concert was a failure--"and no wonder, for the Signor tried an experiment on the forbearance of the citizens, and actually took only a pianist and one or two second-rate singers with him to make up a half-guinea concert! This was too much even for John Bull to submit to."[23] What a curious side-light this shows upon concert matters in the first half of the nineteenth century! Now-a-days the "experiment" is for the _virtuoso_ to engage an orchestra.[24]