The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-03 00:00:00

INDIA.

BOMBAY. JUNE 9.

There is no policical news of importance. All
markets close much firmer. Cotton firm, and
active. • Opium, Malwa, 1,630 rs. per chest. Er-
'hangs on London—first class credits, 2s. Old.
Government securities—Four per Cents., 100} ;
Ave per Cents., 1091 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1191. Freights to Liverpool, for cotton, 575. 6d.
The !nglish mail of the 18th May arrived here
en the Bth June.

CALCUTTA, TONE 8.

Grey shirting; and mule twist active. Copper
quiet. I:change on London—first class credits,
2s. 00. Government securities—Four per Cents.,
1001 ; Five par Cents., 109 i ; Five-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1183. Freights to London, for seeds, 80s.

BRITISH ROLE IN THE lONIAN ISLANDS.—TiIe
Dibata of yesterday may. :—" For the first time since the
fall of the Eastern Empire the lonian' obtained—thanks to
the protectorate of England—a national existence; and
thanks also to that protectorate they were able to serve
their apprenticeship, peacefully and under ► tranquil dis-
cipline, not only as an independent nation but as a free
nation. The formation of a kingdom of Greece naturally
rendered them more impatient of the slight bonds. which bound
them to England, and Engkind, who understands them, isuow
finishing her work by permitting them to return to the
common country. To acquit England of the declamatory
accusations which have been heaped upon her on account of
the lonian Islands, we need only compare the present state
of those islands with that el Greece. They form a
flourishing, rich, prosperous, peaceful country, practically
familiarised with the parliamentary system, and they are to
be annexed to • country wasted and consumed by thirty
years of anarchy, unable hitherto to maintain either
monarchy or a republic, and described as all but barbarous
by it. latest historian, M. Grenier, in a work full of facta.
Free England may therefore take credit to herself. She has
initiated into public life those who will become the political
teachers of Athens. She has made the lonians, and they, by
God's help, will make Greece."
" ENOLISH SPOREN Hiaz."—ln the telegraphic
reports of the debate on Mr. Roebuck's motion which appear
in the Paris journals of yesterday there are some thoroughly
French version. of English name'. Thus, the mover of the
amendment is shorn of all nobility in one paper by being
called simply M. Montague, while in most of the other papers
he is invested with the ludicrously impossible title of Sir
Montague. The Word calls him Sir Montagne. This
tinguished nobleman having led the way Sir eliffort follows
as a. matter of WWI&

DESPATCH OP THE WEPT INDIA MAILS. —The
Royal Mail Company's steam ship Seine, Captain Reset;
sailed from Southampton yesterday at 3 p.m. with the fort.
nightly mails for the British sod Foreign West Indies, the
Pacific, California, Central America, &c. The Seine took oat
WS passengers. and on freight English specie, 7,9481. ;
jewellery, 1,9681. ; French specie, 8,400/. ; jewellery,
8,9001. ; also 300 bottles quicksilver, vales 2,1001., 25
boxes copper coin, and a full cargo of French and English
merchandise.

IRISH SYMPATHY WITH POLAND.—OH Wednewlay
Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, wbo has Jost returned from Poland,
gave a lecture on that country, before • densely-crowded
audience, in the Dublin Rotunda. Professor Kavanagh
read • letter from Archbishop Cullen, upraising sympathy
with the Poles, regretting his inability to attend the lecture,
and promising his mite should • subacriptioa be opened in
aid of the heroic sod suffering Poles. Mr. Dillon, barrister,
one of the " men of '48." in moving a vote of thanks to
Mr. S. O'Brien, expressed his regret that Ireland could not
send a division of 10,000 men to the aid of the Poles, who
on the plains of Poland could test the merits of their
national weapon the pike. There seemed to be •
magic in the lest word for some of the audience, for it
excited their enthusiasm to the highest pitch. Mr. Crane.
a former lieutenant in the Pope's Irish Brigade, seconded the
motion. Mr. J. O'Donnell, of Limerick, moved that com-
mittees be formed in the towns of Ireland, end that the ladies
should be solicited to give their aid, following the example
of Mrs. Wilde, who was on the platform, and whose presence
was bailed with loud applause. Professor Hennessy, of the
Catholic University, brother to the hon. member for King's
County, attempted to address the meeting, but he could
not get • bearing. The fact is significaut, as it was
understood that he condemned the conduct of the students
on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
This, it seems, is not forgotten. The report of the meeting
states that the learned gentleman was received with • volley
of roars and hire; which lasted some minutes. There
were load cries from the audience of "Illuminations !"
and, although Mr. Hennessy endeavoured by sutures to
gain • hear*, the groaning and hissing, and shouting of
the word "Illuminations !" continued, so that he could not
speak. The professor, finding be would not be heard, re-
sumed his seat, and the people cheered with renewed
vigour at their triumph.
142/BBURY PARK EOONOMY.—A committee of the
Meteepoliteo Board of Works having proceeded to view the
site of lirinsbury.perk, the bills—for their conveyance,
71. ilk. ; and explains. 251. 6s. 6d.; total, 324 16a. &d.—
b.a., been paid,—Cary Prem.

MUSIC.

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

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The Covent-garden Faust was produced last
night. The performance, as usual in the cam of an opera
of the French stage—a trag&lie lyrique—was a great deal
too long. It did not terminate till half an hour put mid-
night., by which time the boxes and stalls were half empty,
and the audience were so intent upon hurrying away, that,
though the piece was quite successful, the curtain fell in
silence, without a hand in the way of applause. It is a
pity to damp a flue performance by thus bringing
it to "a lame and impotent conclusion:' and
Iwe have often thought that such a result
might easily be avoided by a little considers-
lion and calculation. On the opera itself—both
I drama and music—we have already ventured to eirpreon
' an opinion carefully formed, which we do not see any muse
to alter or modify. The piece is, scene for scene, the same
with that previously performed at Her Majesty's Theatre.
We understood that some scenes, omitted there, were now
to be restored, but this has not been done ; and it is better as 1
it is, for those scenes were not necessary to the continuity of
the story, and the opera, as it stands, is more than long
enough. There was an immense audience, every corner of
the theatre being crammed. The character of Faust was ens-
' tained by Tainberlik ; Margaret, by. Madame Miolan-Oar-
valho, the original Margaret at the Theatre Lyrique ;
Meptthrtophiles, by Paws ; sad Vslanise (limpreCa.
brother), by Grariani. This coat proved highly satisfactory,
and all thole performers were warmly applauded, and called
before the curtain, an honour also done to M. Gonnod, the
composer. The opera has been put upon the stage with •
degree of splendour and magnificence extraordinary even for
the Royal Italian Opera. The scenery is most picturesque
and beautiful, and the optical contrivances for giving effect
to the scenes of diablerie are new and ingenious. We
may mention the scene where Mephistophilea first appears
Ito Faust in his undisguised diabolical aspect. By means

(we suppose) of electric light thrown on his person wherever
he moves, Lis body seems to be luminous, as that of en
incarnate fiend may be imagined to be. Margaret's garden
I exquisitely beautiful, and the cathedral scene in the last
act is a grand architectural display ; but the great scenic
achievement is the arrival of the .oldiers in the city square,
followed and surrounded by crowds of men, women, boys,
and girls gambolling and shouting. We have never seen a
happier approach to the reality of such a scene. The ma-
nagement, in short, are entitled to great credit for the
manner in which this opera is got up, and the only thing
that remains is to reduce the performance to a reasonable
length.

pRAMA.
EITILAND.

A two-act piece, described in the bill as a
"comedy drama," and entitled While there's Life there's
Hope, was produced at this house last night with the
success which always attends a Strand venture. Though
it is far more remarkable for the laboured pomposity of its
language than the novelty of its incidents, the truthful.
near of its character, or the clearness of its plot, we are
bound to say that it appeared to afford the highest delight
to the audience. The plot is essentially French in tone,
and reminds us of the Dark Cloud, lately played at the
St. James's. A young lady who, in this OW, has married an
old man with only one fault—excessive geniality—is haunted
by the appearance of a former lover—an unsuccessful gold-
digger from Australia—with a bundle of her letters.
Much villany of the good old stage type takes
place with regard to these letters, the chief plotter being a
nephew of the old husband, who tries to make a tool of
the returned emigrant. Everything is made right at the
end by the exposure of this nephew, the repentance of the
emigrant, and the reconciliation of the old husband to his
young wife, after a few minutes of estrangement. Flutter-
ing round these serious characters are a Paul Pry-iah gentle-
men, played with extravagant ecoentriaity by Mr. Hooey ;
• well-meaning young widow, pleasingly represented by Miss
Bufton ; and a boy and girl who get married to give the drama
its comedy, played with some spirit by Min Ada Swan-
borough and Miss Fanny Hughes. The old husband was
fairly acted by Mr. Vollaire (his first appearanoe here). Mr.
Panel @ was condemned to fill the part of the returned
emigrant ; and Mr. W. H. Sirinborough did his beet as the
villanons nephew. The rest of the characters merit no
notice. We have seen far better pieces at this theatre, and
should like this one more if all the big words in it were
taken out along with a number of small sarcasms sgaiast the
world, which ere only tolerated when written by a Thackeray
or a Sheridan.
The author of the piece is Mr. John Brougham.