The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-29 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1868.

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seen.

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MUSIC.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The Huguenots was produced last night with greet
splendour and evens' ; though the ideal d the perform-
ance was materially injured by its excessive length : the
opera having been spun out to the unusual hour of half-
put twelve. The consequence was, that the audience,
though highly interested and excited during the greater
part of the performance, were untried before it ended ; and
when the curtain fell, three•fourthe of the own'
pante of the boxes and stalls bad taken their departure.
This opera, magnificent and beautiful as it is, has
the fault common to almost all the " lyrical tragedies " of
the French stein. It is too loos is itself, and care ought
to be taken to avoid needless delays and impatinest addi-
tions. Meyerbeer, in compliance with the Parisian taste,
hes interlarded his scenes with an ample allowance of spec-
tacle and dancing, and certainly never contemplated the
insertion of more. Bat last night the action wee made to
stand still, in order that Mlle. Ferraris, in defiance of
all dramatic propriety, might introduce a long " pas," which
she vat present in the habit of dancing every night. To
make up for this and other wadies prolong•-
iron, the last act wee cut down to a skeleton,
and galloped through as it the performers were
running a race ag►inst time—which, indeed, they found
themselves compelled to do; and the touching catastrophe
was lost by being rendered unintelligible. We, too, are
compelled to cut short our remarks on the performance,
which was in some respects one of the finest we have ever
seen. Titian is now unrivalled in the part of Valentine,
sad the lame may be said of Ginglines Raoul.
The terrible and most pathetic scene of passion,
agony, and despair, when Bernd thieve himself
among his enemies, leaving Valentine feinting on the
ground, wan given with a power which probably has never
bent summated. The character of Mania was sustained by
Signor Fricas, who made his fint appearance in England.
His name has been thus absurdly Italianised ; for he is
Herr Fricke, of the Royal Opera, Berlin, where he holds •
distinguished position. He livery tall, with a robust per-
son, sad a voice of the deepest bass. He completely
realised the idea of the stalwart Puritan trooper, and, by
his singing as well u acting, gave great effect to the cha-
racter. Marguerite of Navarre was exceedingly well sup.
ported by Mille. Louise Michel, who is a blonde
beauty of the Scandinavian type, and sang the
very florid music of the part with remarkable finish and
brilliancy. Mdlle. Trebelli was delightful as Urban. She
was the handsomest page imaginable, and sang the music as
well as Alboni—to sing it better is impossible. Smith/
gave great importance to the young Count de Nevers, to
whose chivalrous character he gave much interest; and
Gassier was excellent as the stern and obdurate Saint Brie.
The concerted pieces and choruses were admirably snug, and
the orchestra did its duty in a manner highly zreditable to
its members and the able conduotor, Signor Arditi.

1 TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE'.

REPULSE OF THE FRENCH AP PUEBLA.
SOUTHAMPTON TEIIIIBDAY Niour.

Advioes brought by the Tasmanian state that the
French have sustained two serious repulses before
Puebla. They have only taken two insignificant
forts, and have lost 3,000 men in killed and
wounded. Nearly all the wounded have died, owing
to climate. The rainy season was setting in,
and the French themselves do not expect to reach
Mexico before the autumn.
General Comonfort is in the rear of the French
with, it is said, 8,000 cavalry, and nothing can be
sent to the French army from Vera Cruz except
under a strong escort. The French themselves are
much disheartened. There are shout 400 of their
troops in Vera Cruz. The Mexicans allow mails
to go up to Mexico, but none from that city have
readied the coast for four months. This prevents
intelligence respecting 'the interior from reaching
the French. The Mexicans are fighting with the
Mist determined obstinacy. The houses in Puebla
are flat-roofed, and every house is a fortress.

(3WPM'S TZLIIIIIIMB.)
IND!A.
(BY Wary* from Saar.)

SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN'S BUDGET.
BOMBAY, *Ay 12.

Sir Charles Trevelyan's Indian budget bas base
published, and shows a surplus for the year 186243
of 937,0001., and for 1863-04 of 816,0004 _

. .
The following are the principal features of the
budget :
The duty on iron is reduced to one per cent. ;
that on beer to three-halfpence per gallon ; and
that on wine to two shillings per gallon. One per
sent. is taken off the income tax. The sum of
6,000,0001. appears for public works, and 500,0007.
for education. The salt manufacture is abandoned.

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, MAT 28, Emma.
Prince Czartoriski was received to-day by the
King, and dined with his Majesty.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

The Royal Mail steamship Tasmanian arrived at
Southampton last night with the above mails, 258 wear
germ, 2,413,477 dots. fa specie, and 2,739 pickups of cargo.
According to advice' from St. Thomas to the 14th imtank
seven Federal vessels of war were then lying it that bar.
boor, composing the squadron of Admiral Wilkes, who In-
tended, it was thought, flaking idt. Thomas the metre of
operations in the West Indian nag. St. Thomas is a poems-
Rion of the Danish mown. The Wachusett remained at St.
Thomas Parton the endainp of the other vessels, always
having steam up, in readiness to overhaul any vessel leaving
the harbour. The ship of war Gemsbok had been die.
mantled, and made a stationary oral balk. Four vessels
with coal ware there from the States supplying the dart.
Other storm for the Federal squadron were to follow.
latelligence from Mexico states that a battle had been
fought in which the French were great sufferers. The re-
ports, however, are meagre and uncertain.

•
News from Savannah announces that within the lest
mouth two @hips. with 600 cad 345 awe slaves re.
spectively on board, had bee. captured just previous to t,be
slaves being landed. The ship Drew bad arrived at Colon.
The captain reports his vessel having bees blockaded at
Beirsoouta. Upon a gunboat being sent to his assistacos,
however, the Federal ship immediately withdrew, leaving
the Dream to prosecute her voyage.
At Trinidad the sager crop will fall far short of what was
anticipated in consequence of heavy rains. The cocoa crop
will be unusually large, exceeding the previous years by
2,000,000 pounds. Trade wee generally dull, and commercial
distrait great. The bank ride of exchange was, buying at
470 dole., and selling at 485.
The interior of the republic of Carthagena wee tranquil.
The Jerez revolution in Nicaragua wee not progressing, his
army having been badly defeated at Leon.
The congress of Costa Rica had been convened for the let
of May. _ _

_ .
The coffee crop in Costa Mica was larger than anticipated
by 10,000 quintals.
The Whitehead difficulty in Chili had been settled by the
withdrawal of claims in consequence of the unanimous
expression of opinion by the British residents in Chili that
it had not been properly represented to its government,
and that the demand was nojustifiable.
A great fire occurred at Valparaiso on the 10th ultimo.
Property was consumed to the value of 30,000 dollars.
The Jamaica legislature had been prorogued by the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, in the absence of Sir Charles Darling.
In accordance with the act which has been passed, the for-
tifications were to be placed in an efficient state.
The Ron. G. Phillips had resigned his mates member of
the executive committee, which poet he took to enable the
Westmoreland Ministry to close the medal.
Business, though doll, showed signs of more activity.
At Barbadoee the weather was fine. The reaping of the
Old Mlle crop proceeded vigorously, but was expected to
fall short of previous years. In business matters there was
so alteration. Exchange on London, 90 days, 482 d. 50e.
The Demerara Court of Policy was to meet on the 12th.
The weather was showery, and favourable to the crops.
Tonnage was ample, and freights were unaltered. Busi-
ness no change.

VACCINATION.