The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-06 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPM-THEATIM

SIR WILLIAM DON, DART., AND LADY DON.
" Never ITIXt Late to Mend " (Tom Robinson by Sir
William Don), "Peggy Green" (Peggy Green by Lady
Don), and the burlesque of " Kenilworth" (Sir William
as the Queen, and Lady Don as the Earl) are the pieces
of to-night, and as usual will, no doubt, command a
good house.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, as the Prince-
ton was coming up the river the fib, boom fell down
upon one of the seamen, inAictiug fatal injuries. He
died soon after the accident, and was removed to the
deadhouse. Au inquest will be held to-day.
ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, James Connolly, a labourer,
residing in Harrison-street, fell into the hold of the ship
Victory, in the Wellington Dock Basin, and sustained a
severe contused back. He was remove to the Northern
Hospital.

intoxication,Marsh-lane
station,
NARROW ESCAPE.—A man endeavouring to cross the
Lancashire
Yorkshireevenin g i Railway, 1
la i I:vay, state
at
of
fell across the line lust as a train was coming up at full
2 la
speed.' lie would have inevitably been killed had net
at 9 ando
st
the Station-Master and an official, with the greatest
promptitude and presence of mind rushed forward and
rescued the unfortunate man from his perilous position.
INTRODUDING SPIRITS INTO THE WORKHOUSE.—
On Saturday, before the county magistrates, an old man
named John Hughes, an inmate of the Toxteth-park
Workhouse, was brought up for introducing spirits into
the house. He was caught by the porter While climb-
ing over the wall with a bottle of rum in the breast of
his coat. The prisoner pleaded that he was sent for it
by the cook. He was fined lOs and costs, which, of
course, he could not pay; and, in default, was sent to
gaol for a month.

LIVERPOOL ROTAL INvinplitny.—Return for week
eliding 4th August, 1860: Admitted, in-patients, 53 ;
out-patients, 34; surgical casualties, 40. Discharged,
cured, 14 ; relieved, and at own request, 19; made out-
patients, 1 ; irregular, 1 ; dead 4 ; remain in the house,
197. For the ensuing week (visitors) : Rev. R. Leicester
and Richard Brooke, Esq. ; physician, Dr. Inman; sur-
geon, Mr. Long; house surgeon, Mr. R. garrison;
junior house surgeon, Mr. H. Q. Rawdon ; chaplain,
Rev. Edward Pusie ; treasurer, Mr. C. Wilson.
Tux Doc BOARD EXCURSION—PILOT BOAT RACE.
—During the'excursion of the Dock Board, last week,
a very exciting race, from the Rock to the North-West
Lightship, came off between pilot-boats 2,5, and 10.
No. 1 boat, which was to have entered for the race, vgas
towed out by' the Iron Duke (s), but dA4 not rats, and
the match was, therefore, restricted to the three first
...r No. C, captain
Williams, was everything' that -.could be desired ; and
she came in a winner by about three miles, thus sus-
taining her character as a crack boat.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday the Coroner held
an inquest on the body of Mr. lobu Ulric Anderson,
agent for the Norwioh
Union Fire Mee, who nnfortu-
nately lost his life at the. fire at the Manley Dock
Warehouses on Wednesday night, by falling between
the bridge and the wall. Ile was sixty-four years of
age, stud-was-highly respected. The jury, in returning-
a verdiet of accidental death, made the following-pre-
sentment,—(, They request that the Dock Surveyor's
attentitcn be drawn to the place, with a view of a better
protection, and also to the state of the light." -
MADEMOISELLE ROSL CSILLAG.—This great actress
and singer was born in 1836, near Pesth. Rer;.nyusical
talent showed itself at a very early age. At ten years
of age she viaa 9go,pcl at the National Theatre of
Pesth. At fifteen, she obtained an engagement at
Vienna. She has continued to hold her V 44 at Vienna
to the present time ; but, baTiAg avery year leave of
absence for thrvt Of four months, she made excursions
to other countries, and everywhere met with the greatest
success. At present she is at our Royal Italian Opera,
and her brilliant triumphs on the Covent Garden boards
must be fresh in the 'memory of our musical readers.
Csillag's range of characters is very extensive.
In "Don Giovanni" she has appeared at Covent Garden,
giving new interest and, importance to a part which has
never been sufficiently understood in this country,
Mdlle. Csillag appears at the Philharmonic. hall
to-
morrow night.

--THE LaST OF PT CIERY'AI; 'E9I".--The German
le lastble-bodie been disbanded, and permission is
kdmen to enlist into any of her
granted
any at
a
Majesty's regiments, but it does not seem that many have
accepted this offer, A large portion of the legion is
spreading over the country, and obtaining employment
in the several towns and amongst the rural population.
An attempt has been made to draw them towards cape
Town, by offering 300 men employmen; on the Cape
Town and Wellington Railn... • i•
, Y Tian the original
object of the ;clime is defeated. They were sent to
Cal raria as a means of defence to the colony ; portions
of land were allotted to them, but very few succeeded. •
The whole scheme is, therefore, little
iaikare.—Cape and Natal Newf. irtter. than k 11

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARTS, Saturday, August 4, 1860.

The first representation of M. Ponsard's new
play, Ce qui plait aux Femines, took place early
in the week in the presence of a very brilliant
audience. In spite of not a few attempts to con-
demn it in advance, the success which attended the
first performance was as complete as any success
could be at this season of the year. The utmost
interest prevailed respecting the probable fate of
the piece, on which, as I have already mentioned,
the deepest attention of the dramatic public,
among whom the author numbers a great many
friends as well as a great many enemies, has been
so long fixed. It is a strange and most captivating
coni&lie, but I am not by any means sure that it
is a work that will please everybody. The first act
is merely an explanation, a little too free, per-
haps, of the general idea of the piece. It is a
preface which has the fault of disclosing with
far too much plainness, the remainder of the
story. The exquisite style of acting and superior
skill of a great artiste, Mademoiselle Fargueil,
and the experienced ability of M. Brindeau have,
however, imparted a tone to this first act, which
quite makes up for what is wanting in it of the
perfume of French comedy. The second act
carries us straight to the opera. It is a play by
itself, introduced into another piece : a poem in
a prosaic drama,—and a charming poem, too—
eliminating an opera, or a ballet subject,—without
a single flaw. Beauties of the first order abound
in every one of the couplets, and in each of the

graceful and powerful stanzas which run through
the vocal music and the ballet ; verses brimful of
music and overpowering in grandeur, a language
at once free and yet discreet, a poetry brilliant
and yet chaste, more brilliant than could have
been expected from the pen of the serious author of
"Charlotte Corday,"—was accorded the heartiest
applause from all parts of the house. Whatever
be the fate of the piece, the beautiful and ravish-
ing verses of this second act will undoubtedly
confirm M. Ponsard in the rank which he has
already attained as an author, while it will im-
mensely raise his reputation in the eyes of those
people who are wont to accuse him of indulging
in a style too exclusively grave and majestic.
Madlle. Marguet as a fairy, and Madlle. Pierson as
a waggish hobgoblin, sustained admirably the prin-
cipal burden of this act, which abounds in splendid
costumes and decorations, and yet is quite as
simple in its conception as the plot of the piece
itself. The subject is as follows :—A fairy loves,
what is called in the language of the ballet, " a
child of earth," which means in prosaic French,
a young and handsome " Monsieur," who has
attained his majority, and " knows a thing or
two." To this favoured youth (M. Candeil), the
fairy, shows herself whilst he is asleep ; she
draws him, by one dream after another, even to
the remote Isle of Dreams, where she reigns
as Queen. He comes to seek her there. To put him
to the proof, the prudent fairy causes successively
to appear before his eyes, all the false Loves—the
love of pleasure, the love of gold, the love of
power itself,—the child of earth resists them all,
and his merit in so doing is not small, for it is
the paradise of Mahomet which is repre-
sented at the Vaudeville, during the whole
of this tempting act. The fairy having
thus thoroughly satisfied herself as to the
character of her terrestrial loved one, discovers
herself to him. The happy mortal espouses his
ideal in the ideal person of the fair Mdlle Marquet ;
and it is the lively, sparkling, and not
less pretty Mdlle. Pierson who blesses them. The
only fault of this act is, that there is a little too
much dancing at the end of it, and the singing
at the beginning is entrusted to a lady who is
not quite up to the mark ; but this latter circum-
stance, especially at this season, when so many
famous 'chanteuses are at liberty, can easily be
remedied.

The third act constitutes of itself a drama, and
is a picture of terrible simplicity. After the
sweet dream and the enchantment of the preced-
ing act, it has something severe, almost harsh,
about it. From fairyland, from poetry, from
music and dancing—in short, from the world of
the ideal—we are all at once plunged into the
lowest strata of mundane reality. The contrast
is so great as for a moment quite to stun the
spectator. But emotion succeeds, tears come, and
who can resist when this is the case ?—Given :
the scene an attic ; a young woman busy
with her needle, and 4 sick sister by her side ;
no fire, the window presenting no defence
against the inclemency of the weather ; hun-
ger, cold, a picture of toil, severe, but
ill-requited. Enter Mdlle. Guillemin, as a woman
who sells second-hand trinkets and dresses, and
who tempts the poor creature with her gaudy
wares. She speaks to her of shawls of unheard-
of magnificence, of fine dresses, of grand equipages,
of rich..and titled lovers ; she insinuates that
Mdlle. would look so well in a box at the opera,
and so forth. The poor girl, however, though
sorely tempted, remains deaf to all these appeals ;
when, just at this opportune moment, charity
arrives iu the person of Mdlle. Fargueil and M.
Brindeau, by whom her necessities are relieved.
This incident threatened to be too much for the
spectators. Never before were handkerchiefs in
such request ; the delicate little lace ones in the
hands of the fair sympathisers evidently were
never intended to wipe away so many tears !
Mdlle. Jane Esler, as the poor needle girl,
executed her part to perfection ; on this every-
body is agreed. '
I have already put you in possession of the
denouement of the piece. The lady.einisin (Mdlle.
Fargueil), who is repre*entßci in the first act as
suffering so Much from ennui, is moved, her
bosointrembles, she turns towards her companion
(M‘ Biindeau) and gives him her hand—that is to
say, makes him a happy man.

Tli nase_ (514, aocaae surpasses "erStillug that
was ever before witnessed at the 'Vaudeville.
The representati,o,n lasted eve hours aid a half,
and the q3Artßin fell amidst the loudest calls for
the author, and demonstrations of approval of his
really great work,

After the play was over the people formed
themselves into groups, and remained discussing
its merits till a late hour in the morning. On
the whole, its chief characteristic is, perhaps, its
uncommonness ; and this circumstance will con-
tinue for some time
tck puzzle the critic, as well
as to ex.eiteand attract the public.
Every succeed-
ing representation has, if possible, been better
attended and more highly thought of than the
preceding one.
PARts, Sunday, August 5, 1860.

On Friday afternoon the following announce-
ment
was posted Up at
the Bourse :—" Cabinet
du Ministre d'Etat—All the Powers are at
one as to the conditions of the European
in Syria. A Conference took
intervention •
place to-day at three o'clock, et the Ministry
for Foreign
Affairs, to, carry into immediate exe-
cution (rewhe in mediatement executoires) the
measures resolved on in common." What these
precise measures are is still not definitely known
Or understood. But it is very important to
keep in view, that an undertaking to sign a con-
vention,
and the actual signing of it, are, in a
case of this kind, twq very different things. A
statement in yesterday's Mont:tett r on this subject,
explains that the foregoing notice, to which more
importance was attached than the real nature of
it granted, referred merely, to the signature of
a protocol or memorandum, which the representa-
tives off' the Powers met on the "
previousday for
the, purpose pf signing, stipulating that certain
#iings shOlAd be done, and among the number,

GARIBALDI IN ITALY.

LANDING OF 1,500 GARIBALDIANS IN
CALABRIA.

PARIS, August 5._

The Pattie and Pays of this evening state that
a despatch has been received in Paris announcing
the unopposed disembarkation of 1,500 Gari-
baldian volunteers in Calabria. According to the
same despatch, Garibaldi is expected to arrive
very shortly at Naples, he having been summoned
thither by the Garibaldi committee of that city
to assume the direction of the Government.