The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

TIT, PRESS.

A Bou•a4.l:uls "BENEvo Ear TiEATRIcAI. Su. ILI v
has been formed at Perigneux. The members pur-
pose to give theatrical representations the whole
year roml,l, with the view of tlevoting the profits in
aid of the distressvd classes. The pieces for per
formative are to be selected from among the play:
highest in point of taste and morality to be found in
the ancient or modern repertoires of the French
drama.

CAUF:IIE, the celebrated cook to George the
Marquis of Londonderry, Baran Rothschild, Laud
Prince Paul of Wurteinberg, left behind him at his
death the result of his labours? in the shape of a
series of volumes, respectively entitled " French
Culinary Art in the Nineteenth Century ;" the
" Cuisinier Parisien ;" the" Patissier Rival Purisien ;"
the " Patissier Pittwesque;" and the " Alaitre
- splendid edition of this work has just
appeared iu Paris with a multitude of supplementary
receipts, and learned disquisitions upon entrees mid
preserves, by M. Paul (lambert.
THE Hitless of his son, the Doc de Chablais, will
prevent the King of Sardinia from making his pro-
jected visit Li, Genoa, on the °erasion of the opening
of ilau remaining, portion of the Turin and Genoa
Railway, which is expeensi to take place about the
middle of next month ; lint the Exhilaition of Nei-
Heusi Industry, which was intended to have been
114111 at l irnou St the same time, has been postimmed,
in rensequent•e of the King's iiitthility to attend
until the end of January. The ixperitatents all eady
testae on the incline near (lawn, where there is an
ascent of 1 in 1H 1, have been most satisfactory.
With two locomotives attached together, drawing
train sit six caniage., loaded with saint, which
weighed altogether about fifty-six tons, and each
locomotive weighing shout twenty two tons, ineluding
the NMI and water, a Speed of IlillaCWl English
miles an hour was easily aceomplished, although,
from the length of the tunnels and the dampness of
the atmosphere, the rails were excessively greasy
stool slippery. The engines used were built by
Messrs. Stephenson, after plans sent by the Mt.&
!wttest, engineers ; and, us this is at present the
steepest ascent on any railway in Europe, the result.
reflects the highest praise sal all t•oncernisl, partieu•
!arty considering the signal failnre of the former
engine, " La Bavaria," fer which the Austrian 6o-
vernment paid so highly for crossing the Simmering,
and whirl' OM hardly levee its own crushing weight of
tfifilY tons tip an incline of I in 40. When this last
piece of railway is 'won between Turin anal Genoa,
and the Swill Railway finished to the foot of the
Cenis pass, which it Will ho in a few mouths,
it may lee expected that this will latemne the high
read to Italy for our migratory compatriots. On the
other silo of the Alps a railway has already been
asmainesieed between Chambery and Lanslehourg,
and Air. I lenfrey, the engineer of the St's& bile, leis
submitted a plan to the Piedimattese tiovernment
for laying a horse railway alougsisle of the common
road over the pass, with carriages so constnicted
that they may he run either on the rails or ordinary
ro4ll. This plan has been favourably received, and,
it is stipposed, will he utitta.astaloat iu the spring.
Opiiiione of Twin states that floe convent-km
concluded with Anstria for the junction of the
lines of Sardinia and Lombardy has been
I'atitle,l at Vienna. It is thelieved the jalict•tal will
have been elfeeteal 110140 the end of this year.
hltus EFFENDI, ts Turkish poet, has composed a
national sung in the style of the " Alarseillaise," and
it is spry pipular at Constantinople.
briers nerit v.—Dern:o the fortnight which the
Igaliim opera in Paris has been now epee, under the war
nagemrsll la' NI. Itae•suai, the patronage the new director
has met with SlBlll4 to prianise a brilliAnt eall•CetiS to his
firm season. The autlienee is every night as brilliant
as it mast te he the good old times before the ren.lia-
lion of Issls destroyed so many enterprises of that class.
All the first tier of (saws and a great portion of the stalls
we let Air the season. and to ry night the house is erevolell
to the ceiling. Thu artistes whole M. Itagani has had the
geed fortune no secure are tirst.rate, and wieldy account
for the renewed favour sheet' the Italian theatre has se-
quins!. Itesides and Mario, P.ossi. mail the veteran
Tunaletrini, he has tapered the serviees of several new ean-
didates for public. flavour, among whom are Mesdames de
PetrowiteloWalter. Parish, All'ifli, ite. The season opened
witlo i'eserellieba, in which Madame Allsmi, of effltEN4',
support's' the principal character. Afterwards that opera
was ehangell for brew:ifs Borgia. in whielt Mario appeared
as fiesnar.,, Abel:ante Alhoni as tirosi. Mail • Pau-Isle its
Luereziu, and Tainhtnini as Das ..I(finfse. With such a
vast the seeress was couplets, WO the 11111:11411St! incessant.
(hi the fith neaten the ope; a of Mimeo e (ritiliella is to he
ensinee.l for the Masi of Abulemokelle de Peirewitch.
Walter, who takes the part of Maw", and who, besides her
higrineses.,which exeitesinterem beingthegemililaughter
of brince Alexander Petmwitch, at nee e • liospodar of
Wallaelaia I. at possessed of great tibias, whirl) have al-
really a tsblished her fame. Mailemeiselle Anoint is to
make her dilnrl ou the same °evasion as tiOtlielti‘. Tliis
young hilly is the 'waive, of the Empress, who hod tie-
auently.seeu and admire,' heraat Madrid. Next week the
l'urii.vit is to he ghee, with Nbidasne• Fri.:v.44nd in the
part oif the hereine. It is upwards of ten years mince
Malone. Erezzolini appearetl on the Willa stage in Paris.
In short, the season premises to he by' far the most bril-
liant that has been for the last sii years'.

SATURDAY.

THE (Ht.,.‘Npir CHMST Ci f24I4I4RuAL.
Dr. Corfe, has announced a public performance et
Antigone, with the music awl chomp es of Moutkls-
,ollo, to take place at Oxford op Tuesday, Dye.
The dialogue of the tragedy will he read by that end
cent tragedian, Mr. Vatidenhoff, who has been en-
gaged for the occasion.
TILE ANNITEESART OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY was
held on Wednesday, the Earl ut Uosse, pre„ident„ iu
the cbisir. His lordship delivered his Anima
it,ltiress, after which the Copley medal was presented
to M. Dove, of Berlin, for his work on the distribu-
tion of heat over the surface of the earth ; and the
Royal medal to Mr. Charles Darwin, the eminent
naturalist, for his works on natural history and
geology. After the meeting the fellows of the
society and their Mends dined together at the Free-
nuisints' Tavern.

SIR EDWARD 11311.WF.11 LYTTON, who was during bet
session unanimously elected to the office of Honor:ivy
President of the Associated Societies of the Edin-
burgh Fitiversity, will deliver his inaugural address
about the middle of January.
1111t..10sEI'll Routlersos,llie present editor of the
Edinburgh Courant, has been appointed to an otlice
in the Register-house aa Searcher of Records for
Literary Purposes.
Tilt: exertions lately making to establish an 'Winn
opera in Edinburgh promise to he entirely suceess-
fah The performers already engaged include Mes-
dames Cat* Auglois, Bassi, lallle. Crespi, and
Miss 1 lutlart, Signori Denial and Alaneusi, and
{lemon Reichardt, Kuchler, and r onites ; in addition
to these, the services oflitailanie Zimmerman, Herren
4101der, firegorio, and 1.13 11 atm have been secured
for the performance of German opera. Signor
will be conductor of the Italian and Herr Euchniz
of the German Iterat It is said that the orchestra
will be very complete, and will comprehend the
famous flute-player lliteciafltli, from Ajilaua. Ilmitour
atnibutes very eminent talent to most of the per-
formers, who bare already achieved some renown on
foreign stages. The season will comments) on hjit.
110 of December, and last for about two months.
Resides the opera, at least one oratorio—that of
Flijuh—is promised by the entrepreneurs to the
citisens of Modern Athens.
NUTICE has been given to the subscribers of one
guinea and upwards for the purpose of erecting a
statue to the memory of the late Lord George Ben-
tinek, informing them that they are each entitled to
a bronze medal of this distinguished statesman, and
that they may receive it upon application to Mr.
Wyon, in Regent-street.