The Press.
London, England, 1854-12-30 00:00:00

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VERDI'S much-talked-of opera of If Troeaterf
was produced at the Italian theatre in hide on
Saturday last, in presence of a crowded and distin-
guished audience, and with triumphant success. The
opera has been got up with great care, Verdi him.
self having come from Italy to superintend the re
bearsals. The piece is described as a deep tragedy,
filled with beautiful choruses, solos, and concerted
pieces, in the peculiar style of which Verdi has se-
cured to himself the monopoly. Judges pronounce
the music of It Trovatore finer even than that of
Ernani, the opera upon which the reputation of this
maestro on this side of the Alps has hitherto rested.
In the course of the evening several of the pieces
were encored. M. Verdi was called forward to
receive the congratulations of the company no less
than three times, and at the end of the play was
almost suffocated with bouquets. The principal
parts were supported by Mine. Frezzolini, MM.
Graziani, Baucardi, and Gassier. M. Baucardi is a
new tenor, who on this occasion made his debtit be.
fore a Parisian audience. He has acquired a high
reputation in Italy, which he supported well on
Saturday, notwithstanding some symptoms of weak-
ness, produced, it is said, by the fatigues of travel-
ling, and of an unusual number of rehearsals since
his arrival. His success was very great, and he was
not only loudly applauded and encored, but several
times called forward. His voice is rich and melo-
dious, and he showed himself to have a perfect coin.
mend of it, and to be a complete musician. The
Emperor and Empress were present, and remained
to the last. The Empress was among the most
enthuSiastic of 'the applauders, and threw her
bouquet to M. Verdi, when he was called forward
with the performers at the end of the opera. There
is no doubt that /I Trovators will have a long run.
The manner in which it has been produced does
immense credit to M. Alary's direction.
" THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT," the new oratorio by
M. Berlioz, was produced some days since in Paris
with much success, and a second performance took
place on Christmas-eve.
AMONG the curiosities which will be sent from Aus-
tralia to the Paris Exhibition is part of the trunk of
a gum tree, now growing at Botany Bay, on which
the great navigator La Perouse carved his name
when he anchored off that part of the coast. The
governor-general has given permission for its removal.
The French will be delighted with a memorial of
their great countryman in all probability carved by
his own hand.
Wortituzu are employed' it the Jardines des
Plantes of Paris in making the necessary prepara-
tions for accommodating a female hippopotamus
which has already arrived at Cairo, en route for
Fratioe.

THIS FRENCH AwnsTs are working hard for the
exhibition of next year. M. Jerome has en " Apoth-
eosis of Augustus" in hand; Yvon, a " Retreat i4•om
Moscow;" Couture, a "Carnival Sapper Scene ;"
Scheirer, a " Cbrist tempted by Satan."
AT the sale of the late Baron de Meilemburg's
collection of pictures, in l'aris, the crowd of amateurs
was so great after the first five minutes that it WAS
impossible to enter the room. A landscape by Hob-
berna fetched 80,000 f.; " The Horse Market," by
Wouvermans, 72,000 f.; and a landscape, bt Both,
28,500 f.

THZ VARIETIES THEATRE AT Nrw ORLEANS Was
totally destroyed by fire on the morning of the 21st
nit. The loss was estimated at 90,000 dollars.
MR. RANDOLPH ROOERS the young American
sculptor, has lately returned from Rome, where he
has his studio, and expects to go back in a few weeks.
He was employed in a New York goods store foi
several years. Mr. Steward, the proprietor, discover-
ing his talent, gave him the mgana to go to Italy,
where he has been for the last six years. He proves
on his return to the United States that his patron
was not rokitaken. industry and perseverance have
developed his talents, as his worics now on exhibition
fully show. His pieces are—" Rutb," full life size,
for Mr. John Steward, jun.; "Truant Schoolboy
Skating," for a gentleman in Philadelphia; Cupid
Breaking his Bow ;" bas-relief of "Jacob and Rachel
at the. Well," the property of Miss Pratt, of this city;
and a bust of a young lady of this city—a most
truthful likeness, and greatly appreciated by her
friends,--Nebo York Journal of Cowunercc.

THE following is the daily circulation of the prin-
cipal political journals of Paris :—The Presse, 41,000
copies ; Si2cie, 38,000; Constitutionnel, 90,000; Pays,
10,000; Patrie, 15,000; Journal des J:libats, 9,000;
Univers, 6,000; Assenalie Nationale, 5,04)0 ; Union,
1,,000; Gazette de France, 3,000. The principal
journals, therefore, alone circulate 152,000 a day.

)T.,,cipiraß 30, 1854.

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