The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-28 00:00:00

APRIL 28, 1855. rehearsal will easily give, the arrangements will be complete. The house has been very well and fully at tended upon each opera-night; and all who wish to see a cheap and good opera established should accord their support to an undertaking which well deserves every encouragement. HAYMA.RKE T. THE rage for combining the opera with the drama has even seized upon Mr. Buckstone, and, if we may judge from the applause of the audience upon the nights of both performances, we may congratulate him upon the success of his experiment. On Monday and on alternate nights during the week Miss Cushman has reappeared in her favorite charac ter of Romeo, her impersonation of which is so well known that any description would be superfluous. She performed the character with her usual excel lence, and was very warmly applauded. Of the Juliet, physically speaking one of the most perfect we have seen upon the stage, we yet cannot speak so highly. Miss Swanborough, though handsome and graceful, yet possesses such a defective voice that the music and melody of her words are completely lost. She looks Juliet to the life, but the illusion is destroyed the moment she speaks. Much may be done to remedy this evil by practice, which we trust so talented and so promising a young actress will not neglect. On Tuesday night the opera of Fra Diavolo was produced for the first time. The cast was excellent. Mr. Sims Reeves was the hero; Mrs. Reeves, Zerlina ; Mr. and Mme. Weiss were Lord and Lady Allcash; Mr. Manvers was Lorenzo ; and the ruffians, Beppo and Giacomo, were represented by Mr. Farquharson and Mr. W. Farren. Never did Mr. Sims Reeves play Fra Diavolo finer than upon this occasion. The music and character suit him admirably, and his execution of " Young Agnes " elicited the most enthusiastic encore, which was attempted but not replied to after his delivery of the great scene in the last act. Mrs. Reeves, as Zerlina, played and sang charmingly ; while Mr. and Mme. Weiss, in the concerted pieces, were most effective. In short, the opera was admirably performed throughout, and the applause very vehement at the fall of the curtain. The house was very fully and fashionably attended. The company of literary gentlemen who lately gave a dramatic representation at the Olympic Theatre, in aid of a brother author, are to appear on Friday, the 11th of May (a fortnight hence), at the Drury•lane Theatre, by the desire of her Majesty. The piece for presentation is Mr. Planche's Romantic Idea, to be followed by the pantomime. The pro ceeds of the evening will be added to the funds of the Wellington College. The gentlemen composing the amateur company, who all belong to the Garrick and Fielding Clubs, have not authorised the an nouncement of their appearance upon any other oc casion than the one just stated. THE pretty English danseuse, Miss Lydia Thomp son, who lately attracted a large share of public favour at St. James's Theatre by her clever and graceful imitations of the Spanish dance, and at the Haymarket by the performance of Silver Hair and 80-Peep, is creating quite a sensation at the Frede rick-Wilhelmstadtisches Theatre in Berlin. The Berlin journals speak specially of the effect produced by the English hornpipe as a marvel of grace, spirit, and originality, and hail the birth of a "new sensa tion." Applause, encores, and bouquets, reward the fair danseuse nightly. One journalist remarks naively that while concurring in acknowledging and doing homage to the personal charms of Albion's daughters, he had no notion that they could dance, and prophesies that on whatever other subjects there may be a disagreement there will be long a cordial consentaneity of opinion among the powers of the West as to the beauty and merits of our fair country women. THE PRESS. pug Malta ad titg luttilignut. FaIDAT EVENTNO. THE daily register of changes in the Consol Market has presented little else but a continued record of depression throughout the past week. Various causes successively operating have contributed to this result. On Saturday, the financial statement given on the previous evening by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing, as it did, an exhibition of heavy deficit, and demand for new resources by way of loan and taxation, threw prices down fully half per cent. below their previous quotations. Monday morning brought the announcement that the Vienna conferences were broken off, and that the bombardment of Sebastopol had been continued from the 9th to the 17th without result. A further fall was thus occasioned, the market being extremely flat, and the price of Consols drooping until there were sellers at 89. On Tuesday the Ministerial confessions of their failure in the Vienna negotia tions brought Stocks down to 881 ; though a partial recovery took place in the course of the day's busi ness. On Wednesday, the negative influence exercised by the continued absence of definite news from the Crimea produced a renewed depression, which has prevailed throughout yesterday and to day, although no very marked effect is noticed in the rate of the quotations. The public, it may be observed, has continued to buy largely, and this influx of real purchases tend to give buoyancy to the market after every decline. Money, also, is abundant, and, in fact, accumulates far beyond the present means of finding employment. Enterprise is languid, and the demand for cash very slack, so that even the reduced rates have not enabled the Bank of England to obtain much extension in its discount business. The Omnium of the new loan came out on Saturday morning at If to 1 premium ; but the heavier aspect of the market, and of affairs generally, has much reduced the margin of profit offered to the holders of Scrip. The quotations to-day ranged only to 1, 1 premium. The New Thirty Years Annuities have been quoted at 18 3-10ths. SHARES. The Railway Share Market has been inanimate, but prices are well supported. The weekly returns of tratlic receipts, published this morning, present a more favorable result than for some time past. FOREIGN. Then has been very little done in Foreign Stocks, speculation being quite in abeyance. BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATION. Mond. nerd. Wed. Thurs. Friday. 89 89 ' - 691 '81: 1 89i sb i 64 8 I 41871 8 irt }Bea 18874 88 488 884 4 884 4 2114 3 2114 8 218 4 2111 3114 ivi 7 4 7 417 8 10 3 6 7 15 12 -- per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cants Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stook, 7 per Cent Omnium Exch. Bills, 20. per diem India Bonds, (1,00014 BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 82 for the week ending on Saturday, the 41st day of April, 1681. ISSUL DILPARTWENT. i Notesissued .... e12d,872,290 Goverument Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,954,900 Gold Cotn it Bullion 10:2,220 Silver Bullion .... -- FO] Per Cent. Brazilian e Danish 6 Web. (Ez 12 0 uil )2g French S Do. 4e Do. Bank Stock llenioan S Peruvian 4l Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish S Turkish Serip(Ase )0 36} 73a i Rl,l LWATIS— A bordeen Binn. Wolv.i Stour Val Bristol and Exeter Caledouian ' Frid. 19 20 81 If 8 10 SSt 9! 12 3 Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast J unc last Anglian Eastern 0 mon (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Crest Northern Ot. 6th. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lou., Tilbury, &Stheud Lon., Brightonokc London and Blackwell London and Nrth- West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. 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MACNEIL—On the 21st instant, at Southampton, Isabel% Caroline, wife of Lieut.-General Roderick Maeneil. TERkg OF REIM . A 1 (intl., itit 30c )3t c 3:100f. j ,Tuesd., 88! 10e : 94(25c . 290Ut. 2O 17$T el SLUES. Mond. l 10 21)1 la_ 10 Pt ii 114 8 4 3.; 114 0 71a 8 11 t 64 V 94 • 119 it) 0;1 Ya 1111 8 ;4 3d 14 6 40 2 71i 24 11 s tk4 9 111 Od I it 8 , e7} 8 2 47 V 2 411/ 97 9 03 6 124 84 du 8 17 d It 41 oi 4 rt d Jv* l ~+t .9 t 1 9 I —J 24 4 ibi diq 4O 7 97 9 83 8 191 di dO ui U list i Wed. 62i t r Wed. 49 90 I:I: vs 4 1 -3; 114 5 40 71. 76a 144 . i I, lit it Ltd 9 !I 4 1/ 3 9 4 2ti :I Ala 33 f 27tur. 119 20 N! j 9; &di 9, 8; 4 3 d 14 5 20 2 Zlg Ag 11 a es J 4 4 176 i " 11 1 4 i 48 1 i 1 27‘ 13i4 U 07 0 03 12& 31 cO a $1 2 , 31 71 147 i .... la Ig I SIR HENRY BISSOP'S CONCERTS.—The first of the afteznoon vocal concerts takes place this after noon at the Hanover-square Rooms. M. MEYERBEER, the composer, has been decorated with the cross of commander of the order of Saxe- Coburg Gotha. A FEW days before the departure of the King of Portugal for Italy, a concert took place at the Neces stdades Palace, in which his Maje3ty sang a duet with Madame Ca.stellan, an aria from " I Lombardi," and several other morceaux with the artistes of the Italian Opera. His Majesty's voice is a baritone, and he is said to be an excellent musician. AT Vienna, on the evening of the 18th, the Em press of Austria visited the Italian Opera for the first time since her confinement. The public, who were taken by surprise, received' her with much enthusiasm. AN ingenious inquirer has discovered that the initials of our late imperial guests and of their royal hosts spell the name of the river of the Russian capital, " N. E. V. A." BANKING DZPLETWINT. 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