The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

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,AND. TRH" DRAMA.

F ITALIAN ()PHILA.% AT THE THEA.TEE-ROYAL.-OEr
1 of last week. relative to the thin attendance at these admira-
bly. got up operas,-have called for a letter from Mr. Copeland!
the manager and:lessee of the Theat•e.Royal, in which, he, in.
wtemperate 'and rikery getitlemanly raznuer, .explains the reri:
sans which actuated, him in fixing the rates of admission at
the high priCes referred to. He does-more than this,. He
enters upon a defence- of his conduct, relative to those prices,-
amain doing late lorgets, or appears to forget, that no one.
oared the -slightest impeachment of: ds- conduct, or even
quastioned the motives of it. We found;:the question in this.
pcekinn. With every attraction whichought to have induced'.
an attendanCe;
.the'-house was meagrely attended night aftOr
night, . The parties- who did attend were obviously pleased-i
with the treat provided far them ; bit still the audience did.
not increase in number.- A knowledge-of these facts, backed.
by numerous observations. as to the 'rates of admissEen;
and». coupled withsthe fact. that air, opera company of;
similar professional, standing to that which was performing- here • was giving a series of operas in Dublin, at
charges -for admission: greatly lower than those demanded-
here,- induced us- to throw out a hint that some =di'.
ficatian ief the Lirerpoot tariff might,: have a tendency to.
fill the Mime. hrthis ease, the matter for.cansideration was,
obribusly whettern house filled at lower charges would not
tellibtAter upon the treasury than one comparatively empty at
high. rates: If three-hal-Aired people lad been admitted to the,
it, (its complement as.asstuned by Mr. Copeland,) at four all&
liege- that *Mkt:have-produced £6O, whteeas about one Inn-
dreci,.(thonuini‘er-which seemed to attand.,). at seven shi'l'ingti
eaoh. would produce only £35. We clo not, and never did pee-,
tench to dictate to-Mr. Copeland what charges he ought to,
make for admission to the performances at his theatres. We
contented ourselves-with the less invidious. task of suggesting_
that lower rates. might, and in all probability would, produce
larger audiences) and that in a sufficient degree to more than
counterbalance the-less upon the presumed difference of price.
IBM it would have done more than thick, i it had been peodue-
tiVe of larger audiences. It would have- afforded a high grafi-
Snation to a greathe number of the public, and so have tended
as disseminate a. taste for the highest class of musicrk per-
fiarmances.. The eoraparisoh we sought to draw was rather
between ,the full and the half-empty Mach in Williamson-
sqnare,.thanbetween that and any other theatre, metrecolitan
or provincial : As we, in common with the other members of
the Liverpool press, bore willing testimony to the efficiency
with which the operas were placed upon the stage, Nir: Cope-
stating that he had been actuated ,solely by a desire fer.s` their
efficient representation."
land might,:without risk, have spared himself the trouble of
AT. TRH -ROYAL AMPRITHELLULE: the performances during
the past week have consisted a great degree of a represen-
tation of the drama of " Janet Pride," the startling, interest
of whichhas been as before mainly supported by the, able
actingotMadame Celeste ani:3l.r. B. Webster, wit efforts
have been cordially and cleverly aided by the talent and
judgment of Messrs. B. Baker• and Villiers. Daring the
present week, Miss Vandenhoff leads the business at this
establishment, supported LOU talent of the resident com-
pany.. To-morrow evening Miss Vandenhoff;' appears in
Robsoies new play of " Love and Loyalty." On„Wednesday,
the 3rd proximo; a grand.miscellaneous concert is to be given
at the house by the leading members of the company which
gave- the last series of Italian operas in the Theatre Royal,
including Madame Grisi-and Madame Gassier,-;„ together with
Signors Mario, Susini,Uassier, and Li Calsi. The programme
already issued is a very attractive one, and-, such an oppor-
tunity of hearing those charming artistes, will not in all
probability again occur.

Sir W. Molesworth, has appointed Mr.. Julian Panneekte
his Private Secretary at the Colonial-office.

Dn. BARTII, thesAirican traveller, has. arrived in London,
and dined on Monday with Viscount saimerston.
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IT is said that after the allied fleet left Sweaborg, at Hel -
singfors even the Greek priests returned thanks before the
altars intheir, churches to the commanders of the allied forces
for their forbearance in not attacking private property.
THE CETIEBAATED ATROLE GAM:KERING came off at Blair
Castle on Wednesday last with the greatest possible eclat.
The weather was highly favourable for the performance of the
games.. The Athole guardsmen: numbered about 180 stalwart
Highlanders, and there were- about 5,000 persons present..
Among them was his Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Singh.
FATAL COLLISIONS.—The Norwegian steamship Norge,
with. seventy of her passengers and crew, was lost by a colli-
sion with the steamer Bergen, on the night of the 11th, about
one mile and a-half from Christina, near Oxhoe Lighthouse.
The weather was at the time hazy, and the Bergen struck
the Norge with such force as to cut her nearly in two amid-
ships, and she foundered in deep water immediately. About
thirty passengers and crew saved themselves by scrambling
on board the other steamer. Another collision was reported
on Saturday, between the steamer Mongibello and the barque
Santa Annuniata, near Hyeres Islands. The latter sunk
instantly. The crew were saved, but two passengers who
were asleep in the cabin perished.
THE "SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS." The Maidstone
Journal publishesthe scheme, approved by the Court of Chan-
cery, for the regulation and management of Watt's Charity at
Rochester. The provisions relating to the poor travellers are
as follow :--" The trustees, as heretofore, to provide every
night suitable and convenient lodgings for six poor travellers.
To appoint a master and matron at a salary not to exceed £25
per 'annum each. The house shall be open every evening for
the reception of six poor travellers, or wayfaring men, not
being common rogues or vagabonds. Application for admis-
sion shall be made to the master before the hour of six o'clock
in the evening; and, in selecting the persons to be admitted,
care shall be taken that, unless under special circumstances,
the same person be not admitted for more than one night, and
in no case for more than two consecutive nights. Every
poor traveller admitted to the house shall have a lodging for
the night in a room by himself. A supper to be provided in
the common room every evening at 7 o'clock for the poor tra-
vellers' each of whom shall depart from the house by ten
o'clock in the morning, and shall on his departure receive
from the master the sum of 4d." The first meeting of the
new trustees was held on Monday last, when it was agreed,
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