The Press.
London, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

PERIODICALS.

West of Scotland Magazine. Hall and Virtue—The
British Expedition to the Crimea. Routledge—Rout/edge's
Shakepeare, King Richard the Second. Routledge —The
Train—Tail's Edinburgh Magazine. Groombridge—Coe-
sell's Art Treasures' Exhibition. Partridge, Kent, and Co.—
The Ladies' Treasury. Ward and Lock—London niiversity
Magazine. Hall and Virtue—The Commercial Travellers'
Magazine. Kent and Co.—The National Magazine—Kent
and Co.—The Art Journal. Virtue and Hall—North British
Review. Kennedy and Co.

PAMPHLETS.

On the Defence of London. .CIV. Parker—A Handbook
to the Waxed paper Process of Photography. Chapman
and Hall—Documents pour Servir a l'Histoire de !'Appli-
cation de l' Article 24 du Trade de Paris. Bradbnry and
Evans Metropolitan IVorkhoisees and their Inmates.
Longmans.

PUBIC.

THE OPERA SE tSON, 1857.

HERMAJESTYITHEATRE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA
LIST OF CHIEF SINGERS. LIST OF CHIEF SINGERS.
CONTRALTO SOPRANO: PRIME. DONNE:
Mme. Alboni. Mme. Grisi.
PRIME DONNE : Mme. Rosa Devries.
Mlle. Spezia 11111 e. l'arepa.
Mlle. Ortolani. Mlle. Victoire Balfe.
SECONDF. DONNE AND Mme. Bosio.
COMPRIMARIA : CoMPRIMARIA :
Mile. Berti. Mlle. Mara*.
Mlle. Puma. CONTRALTO :
Mlle. Ramos. Mme. Di.liee.
PRIMA DONNA ASSoLITTA : SECONDA DONNA:
Mlle. Piccolomini. Mme. Tiigliiitico.
TENOR, : TENORS
Signor Giuglini. Signor Mario.
Signor Bottardi. Signor Gardoni.
Herr Reichardt. Signor Neri Baraldi.
Mr. Charles Braham. SECOND TENOR:
Signor Belart. Signor Soldi.
Signor Mercuriali. BARITONES :
BARITONES Signor Ronconi.
Signor Belled. Signor Graziani.
Signor Beneventano, BASSI-pRoFoNIM :
BUFFO : Signor Tagliafico.
Signor Rossi. Signor Polonini.
BARITONE : M. Zelger.
Signor Corsi. Herr Formes.
UNKNOWN: DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC,
Signor Baillon. COMPOSER, AND CONDUCTOR.
Signor ile Soros. Mr. Costs.
Signor Gariboldi. SCENIC ARTIST.
n %Sso Mr. William Beverley.
Signor Vialetti.
DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC
AND CONDUCTOR:
/Moor Bonetti.
SCENIC ARTIST:
Mr. Charles Marshall.

HER MAJESTY'SITHEATRE.
SUMMARY OF THE SEASON.

THE Haymarket " Restoration" dates from the 10th
of May, 1850, when, after a lapse of three years, Mr.
Lu nley resumed his functions as director of Her
Majesty's Theatre. The renewal of the operatic per-
formances within the ancient arena afforded general
flati,faction, and it was hoped that the experience of
the past woul I not have been lost, but that a sincere
spirit sf art worship would be the leading feature in
the future policy at the old Opera-house. Every in•
dulgence and allowance were made, therefore, for
the—as it were—improvised campaign of 1850, and
it was utterly impossible for a theatre to have re-
opened under more flattering auspices. Amongst
the old favourites and faces Alboni, Signor Calzolari,
Signor Bocarde, and Signor Belletti were seen; and
amongst the new artistes were the truant Johanna
Wagner, Mile. Piccolomini, Mme. Albertini (the
English prima donna., Mme. Amadei (the English
contralto), Mlle. Rizza, Mile. Finoli, Mlle. Berti,
Signor Beneventano, Signor Zucconi, and Signor
Salviani. According to the duly recorded recitals of
the debuts of all these new-comers, in the diurnal
journals of 1850, every new artist was a prize—there
was not a single failure—quite the contrary,
transcendent was the triumph of each artist ; and
such was bis or her reception that in furore, as