The Press.
London, England, 1858-06-19 00:00:00

THE PRESS, JUNE 10, 1858.

Lints.
Thongh bright as morning star
711 v Calais' beaming brow ;
Though more inconstant far
And easier chard than Adria's billows thou ;
With thee my life I'd gladly spend,
Content with thee that life to end?
We should be glad to give further extracts from
this elegant and charming volume. But we
must have done. We have only to add that it
is a beautiful specimen of typography, and that
we think his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, to whom the work is dedicated, was
wisely counselled, when he was advised to permit
so graceful a production to be ushered into the
world under his auspices.

ERRATUNI.—We regret that in our second notice of the
" (Wind Essays," by a slip of the pen we gave Mr. Dasent's
name instead of Mr. J. ti. PhiUM:lore's, as the author of
au article upon the Canon Law.

PUBLICATIONS lICCEIVED.—JUNE 17.
BOOKS.
The Poor Relation. A Novel. Miss Pardoe. Three Vols.
Hurst and Blackett.
The Cardinal. A Novel. Archibald Boyd. Bentley.
The Ladies of Bever Hollow. By the Author of " Mary
Powell." Two Vols. Bentley.
A Loal Love. Ashdown Owen. Smith and Elder.
The New Zealander's Bradshaw; or, Guide to the Britain of

the South. E. Stanford.
The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors. By the Meiquis
of Kildare. Third Edition. Hodges, Smith, end Co.
Mg Three Aunts. By the Author.of " Long, Long, Ago."
J. and C. Mozley.
Royal Rosebuds. Ditto.
The People in Church, their Rights and Duties. Josiah
Pittman. Bell and Wkly.
Hartley doll. A Novel. James Hastings. One Vol.

J. Blackwood.
The Confessions of a Catholic Priest. T. Chapman.
The amnion inThelemarken ; or. Notes of Travel in South-
Western Norway. The Rev. F. Metcalfe, M.A. Two
Vola. Hurst and 'Beckett.

A New Yorker in the Foreign—office, and his Adventures in
Paris. H. Wikoff. Trainer.
Er Oriente. S3nnets on the Indian Rebellion.

J. Chapman.
Preaching, Printing, and Puseyisna, with other Peas of the
Pod. Faithful) Burphley. J. F. Hope.
A Handbook of Dorking. With Numerous Illustralions-
Second Edition. Wills and Sotheran.
The Ballads of Scotland. Edited by W. E. Aytoun. Two
Vol& Blackwood&
The History of France. A. B. Edwards. G. lloutledge.

PERIODIC OS.

Cassell's Art Treasures Exhibition. Kent and Co.—The
Ladies' Treasury. Ward and Lock—The Intelligible
Railway Guide. Kent and (;o.—The National Magazine.
Kent and Co.—Jour/to/ of the Statistical Society of London.
J. W. Parker.

PAMPHLETS.

Four Letters to Sir J. Clarke, Bart., M.D., on Adminix-
tratice Reform. J. Churchill—The Indian Mutiny. Bos-
worth—The Five P's. Bosworth—Joseph Addison and
Sir Andrew Fountaine ; or, the Romance of a Portrait.
Simpkin and Marshall—The Dwellings of the Poor. By
Henry Leach, M.A. Heylin—Collectione of the Surrey
Archeological Society. Part I. and It. L. Reeves— Vervi
SceUi E Iscririoni. Di Antonio Giuffrer—The Equalisation
of the Poor-rates. B. Hardwicke.

MR. CHARLES DICKENS' reading on Thursday last
consisted of " ['he Poor Traveller," " Boots at the
Holly-tree Inn," and certain passages from

Martin Chuzzlewit," selected for the purpose of ex-
hibiting the celebrated Mrs. Gamp. The two first
are short stories from the Christmas numbers of the
Household Words, strongly contrasted in style—the
one all sentiment and the other all fun. Mrs. Gamp
labours under the misfortune of too great notoriety ;
her remarks have lost something of their point from
having been so long in everybody's mouth. "Boots "
has the advantage of greater freshness, and the ex-
quisite prettiness of his story and the geniality of his
character gained him a very warm reception. There
was a fair attendance, though the room was not full.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—CLOSE OF M1.1.E.
TtTIENS' ENGAGEMENT.—UntiI within the last day or
two it was hoped that Mlle. Titiens' engagement,
which expires on Saturday, the ::6th of June, might
have been prolonged. It appears, however, that her
talents are as highly appreciated in Vienna as in
this country; and the direction of the Imperial
Theatre, with which Mlle. Titiens has an engage-
ment of long standing, have refused to dispense
with her services for a single day after the 20th of
June. The consequence of this will be that Mlle.
Titiens' performances will be brought to a close on
Saturday the 26th. Mlle. Titiens will appear on
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday next.
MME. ItisTom, who is engaged for twelve nights,
made her first appearance on Wednesday. We shall
notice her performances in our next number.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
A VERY full house was present on Thursday, to
witness the first representation of Lucretia Borgia,
with the present cast. The success of the per:
formance was complete.
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satisfaction to the rendering of those parts by any
other living artistes. But,
than this—we can say that Signor Giuglini gave us
great pleasure as Gennaro, and that Mlle. Titiens as
Lucretia excited our warmest admiration. We sill
not institute comparistms between the Lucretia of
Covent Garden and the Lucrezia of Her Majesty's
Theatre, though we might, perhaps, do so without
disparaging either prima donna. With feelings
towards and opinions of our old friend Mme. Grisi
unaltered, we hail, with more than pleasure, the
advent into the musical world of a new first-rate
Lucrezia, in the person of Mlle. Titiens, whose
early departure from this country all lovers of music
will deeply regret. This young artiste evidently
belongs to that class of individuals who rise with the
difficulty they have to contend with. Somewhat
tame and languid in the weaker portions of her part
on Thursday, she was more than a match for its
loftier flights. Her tenderness in scene 3of the
prologue—her agitation in scene 5 of act i., when
she dissevers that the person whom she has made
her husband swear to put to death, in her presence,
is no other than her own son—her agonized
entreaties, in the following scene, assuming, alter-
nately, the forms of gentle but earnest supplication,
and passionate, frantic menace—her overwhelming
grief when, the duke being inflexible, she is com-
pelled (scene 7) to administer with her own hand
the deadly poison to her beloved son, and the deep
anxiety with which, in soul-stirring accents, sho
implores him to swallow the antidote immediately
afterwards—her unutterable anguish (scene 6, act U.
when she learns from his own lips that the poisoned
cup which she had caused to be sipped by the
Negroni-feast guests had been partaken by him
also—her uhrinking from his upraised knife—the
earnest vehemence with which she, for the second
time, beseeches him to drink off the antidote—and,
finally, her heart-rending delivery of "Era desso it
figlio mio "—are sufficient to entitle Mlle. Titiens to
a place in the highest walk of dramatic merit. It
is quite clear that this lady's musical powers have
been very much underrated. For our own part, we
readily confess that, whilst a very short acquaintance
enabled us to pronounce a eulogium on her dramatic
capabilities, we had, until we heard her in Lucretia,
to learn the extent of her vocal cultivation. Her
execution, on Thursday, of some florid and most
brilliant passages was so finished, so honest, and so
decided, as evidently to belong to one capable of
even greater things. It is itrpossible to conceive
any interpretation of the music of Mnffio Orsint s
part more delicious than that of Mme. Ateoni; and,
if anything could ever render the impersonation of a
soldier by a female thoroughly palatable, it would
be the full rich voice of this charming cantatrice.
A double encore and a shower of bouquets was the
homage paid to her " Il segreto per esser felice.,
Both she and Mlle. Titiens received most uproarious
applause. Signor Giuglini aid justice neither to?
himself nor the music in "Di pescatore ignobile?
and, generally, we thought him somewhat below hie
usual self in his solo parts ; but concerted music
seemed to revive him. In the delightful trio, in
scene 7 act i. (which was most deservedly encored',
he threw in his silvery voice with beautiful effect.
In the scenes, too, representing his first and second
poisoning, be acted well and sang better. Signor
Belletti, as usual, left no room for any but favourable
criticism of his singing. A little more earnestness.
of manner, however, in the scenes 5 and 6 act
t.
would be far from amiss.