The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING/4 OCTOEFak

MUSIC.

OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.

The new joint-stock Company, formed for the
establishment of what thia ooluria7 has sent really had--e
National Opera—annmenoad its fleet MGM on Saturday

evening. The theatre was crowded, and the performances of
the evening were received with loud and continuonej
applause. We record this circumrance simply r a!
fact, without regarding it as affording any in&
cation as to the prospects of the enterprise. That
the theatre should be full was a matter of Doors; sad the
applause of a first night, whether its object be • new theatre,
• new piece, ors sew performer, is so much a matter of i
management, that it affords ground for no inference what.
ever. We moat look to the performances themselves; and,
doing so, we are led to conclude, on the whole, that this
new enterprise deserves publie favour, and has • good
prospect of obtaining it.
The performance of Muramieito on Saturday, in its as-
amble, was precisely similar to thew magnificent repress-
Wire of this piece which have bee* so often witnessed at
the Boyd Italian Opera. By an arrangement with Mr. ,
Gye, the company have at their disposal the whole " pro-
perties' of that vast establishmeat, sad also the complete
and thoroughly disciplined chorus, mid the orchestra, not ,
excelled in any therm in the world, wider
its excellent chief, Mr. Alfred Mellon. In regard,
therefore, to the beauty of the scenery, the richness of the
decorations— he attention to local correctness in every part
of the spectacle—the life, movement, and dramatic illusion
yen toe estimated groans Offing the stage—the grace
ir—d—ciareetei-of We Spanish and Neapolitan danor—the
pare harmony of the choruses, end the blended fire and
dollar, of the orchestra—we can only my that, in all these
respects, this performance was not only never excelled, but
seemed to derive a new degree of tramlines from the novelty
of the' occasion.

We derived, too, front this performance a favourable int-
preesina of the drength of the company. The hero was
personated by • performer hitherto unknown even by name
to the English public—Mr. ('.h•rir Adams, an Esglishman,
who having been born at Leeds left this country in
his infancy for America, where be lived till the present civil
war broke out. He has since appeared on the stage in
Boated, Germany, and Hungary, and has just finished
a successful engagement as principal tenor at the Royal
Opera, Berlin. He is a handsome young man, slender in
figure, of • pleasing countenance, and easy and graceful
deportment. Oar impression is that he is one of those
singed who delight rather than surprise—whose triumph it
is to reach the soul " by teoder strokes of art," rather than
to astound the ear by displays of vocal power. For this
reason, we doubt whether Idasaniallo was the most ad-
vantageous part for his ditui.
The part of Elvira has never had a better representative
than Psrapa, and very few so good. The character lacks inte-
rest; but Anber has in some measuremade up for this defect
by the brilliancy of the music, which the fair singer displayed
in all Ms maitre, while by her earnestness she gave the cha-
meter more dramatic importance than it has generally re-
ceived. The dumb girt, Fenella, was exquisitely performed
by Mdlle. Rosa Gir•ud, • pretty girl, with one
of the most intelligent faces we have ever beheld. Her
looks, her gestures, her whole pantomimic language was so
clear, expressive, and pathetic, that speech seemed for the
momeot something superfluous. The character of her lover,
Alfonso, was assigned to Mr. Bond, a performer who has a
good person and a good voice, bat has as yet everything to
learn as an actor. Weiss wee the Pietro, and the pert could
not have been in better bands. He looked the stalwart
lazzarons to admiration, and his acting And singing ware fall
of force and character.

Flotow'a Martaa is announced for to-morrow, with
Madame Lemmeos-Sherrington and Mr. Henry Haigh in
the principal characters. And next week we are to have
Madame's Heftv/Tyia, from which much is expected by the
musical public.

DRAMA.

lURYLEBONL

The great success of the Streets of London at the
Princes'''. Theatre—a piece in which the smallest amount of
literary and dramatic art is given with the largest amount
of scenic illustration, appears likely to encourage the growth
of what we may all panoramic dramas. Plays of this kind
seem peculiarly adapted to please large popular audiences,
and we can therefore hardly wonder that some of the
managers of local theatres are striving to improve their
scenery and mechanical effects. Mr. Cave, who is one of the
most practical managers in London, is now showing at the
Marylebone Theatre whet may be done with ►n extensive
stage in illustrating an ordinary drama. He has produced •
nautical play that is neither better nor worse than Black-
!hest Sewn, which he has most liberally and daringly em-
bellished with solid ships, and acre of painted canvas. His
stage is the largest in England, being 125 fast in depth, and
on this he lama not only put a pummels covering many
thouninds of square feet of canna, but he has given are of
the best repreeentatious of a sea-fight and a storm at sea
which we ever remember seeing. The solid moving vowels
—the combats in front on the deck of a man-of-war, and the
blowing-up and burning of ships in the distance, produce
the utmost excitement in the audience. The prior at this
house are low—the pit is only sixpence and the gallery
threepence—but no theatre is better regulated. The gallery
visitors, after long drilling, have now become as well-be-
haved as those who fill the galleries at Drury-lane or the
Haymarket.

THE PRINCE'S THEATRE, MANCHESTER.
The new Manchester theatre, erected near St.
Peter's-equate by the "Manchester Public Entertainment
Company," was opened on Satunlay night, and tilled in every
part with a brilliant and enthusiastic audience. Many hours
beforethe meats were even placed in the interior. or the floor-
ing in many parts wee even nailed down, the pit and gallery
entrances were besieged by eager crowds, anxious to gain
admission. A !strong feeling has [prevailed in Man-
chester for some time that the eliding theatre accommo-
date:lo of the town is not sufficient, mad from this feeling
origiamted the present joint-stock cemegmay.

THE BIRKENHEAD THEATRE.
This theatre—the first ever built on the Cheshire
nide of. the Mersey—is nearly Iluished, sod. as at peasant
arranged, it will be opened on the 31st of October. It hsa
been leased to Mr. Henderson, whose energetic management
of the Prince of Witles's Theatre, has produced some-
thing like a dramatic revival in Liverpool. Birkenhead has
still many of the features of a raw colonial town, though it
has improved very much lately ; and the exterior archi-
tecture of the new theatre certaisly shows no advance upon
the building taste of the dish Jct. The joint-stock company,
who have erected this bnow, have • found .Birkenhead
brick, and they have left ck ; but they are entitled to
some credit for not investing their money In stow,. Inside
the new house is remarkably well arranged, with every lion-
venieoce for the audience. •The entrance ball is spacious,
the staircases are broad and loot too steep, the boxes have
good cloak and refreshment rooms, pied a very spacious
saloon, and comfortable seats 'are pro. Ad for about 1,500
persons. The effect of the theatre is Hot and pleasing, the
decorations being white, gold, and crimson. The stone is
well constructed, and the whole Use of the house, we ghoul
nay, is about equal to that of the Olympic Theatre.
A company has been formed in Liverpool, with a capital
of 40,0r01., to build an Opera House in Lime-street, near
the railway station, aid the first stone, we believe, will be
laid before the close of the year. The architect is Kr.
&lemons, of Manchester.

Mien& BARCLAY AND Co.'s PREIII6IB, Lost-
asap-Brant —Amapa the new buildings now programing
in Lombard-street, to which we hare recently pointed. is the
Dew stone-fronted bank for Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Trittee,
and Co. This building is being erected from the design, of
Yr. P. C. Hardwick. It occupies a site of 85 feet frontage'
on the earth side of the street (besides the gateway, which
L covered over above the level of the ground floor), and is
about 88 feet deep. The whole of the front part of the offloe
will be devoted to the ordinary business of the bank. The
exterior is arranged with a view to show clearly the object
for which it is built. Foe this purpose the greatest import-
ance and dignity possible are given t 7 the ground door,
which is 22 feet in height inside. The windows lighting
the back are 12 feet wide, divided by • mullion. The en. •
trestle-door, the jambs of which will be of red granite, will
be 7 feet wide and 14 feet high. The upper parts of the
front are comparatively small from the neoesemrily lower
height of the stories ; but the main piers are carried up to
the principal cornice at the top of the building, so me to give I
tusitr to the whole composition—Builder.
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OPENING OP TEI MUNI) MEM BALL.

In the erection at a new the Strand
by a joint4toek inaqieny. druid ea the principle at
limited liability, eon wen as siellinalino of the doctrine or
wetly laid down by Mr. Olialatane, that Moilinand eiwnent
ought to be combined with kiMarmekl adaprini. For
several years wet mania ken Irked as Inportent and in-
creasing portion of the axle at the OWNS, the wet
at which it has been rendered anewelhis having made it
available to all ; sad the speeded= of the last eighteen
:soothe has revolted in another Witten to the mierepo-
Man mudoballekhich, both exteroally and internally, is
marked by considerable architectural 'drachms. Oa Bator-
' day evening Wins wee an inane:al concert—preparatory to
the public opening this (Monday) evening—the invitations
to which wen private, and several hundred persons had thus
an opportunity of viewing the building, and of forming at
the same time some opinion se to the character of the musi-
cal ankrtainmeat offered to the public.
The directors of the new Music Hall Company aim high, as
' shown by their printed promisee, and • first tentative night,
without the proverbially neciessery stimulus of pay to
swore perfect eMcieney, can hardly be regarded as • fair
or immolate specimen of the future. The orchestra, oom-
.
rrinnearly 40 instruments, ww decidedly effective.
mi 3 be observed, in paining. that an •mgeomo mechanical
contrivance introduced the orchestra to the earwax The
hack of the stage having suddenly opened, the whale
apparatus of the orchestra glided, se oa a railway, to he
proper position on the stage. The performance having sun-,
mewed with an instrumental rendering 1111 the National
Anthem, this was followed by the overture to Masaniella.
To this =resided • vocal operatic ode from Mdlis.
Molidoff, who wee well received. and who at
once showed that as regards the tillkuica of wood
sound the building is all that maid be disked.
Then came • pianoforte solo from Moor Tito Mead,
described as "pianist to the King at Italy," which
abated great applause There were afterwerde some
operatic gems, including the owatina " Bel R
he which Mdlle. Bra Wilke, of the Conservatoire Itao;te
of Music at Brussels, gave entire satiates:Coo • end the
aerating. "Le si Barbara," in which Mdlle. Oartta Mayer
embalmed a decided moms, ratified recequentl b her
execution of the well-known solo " 1113egroto" of
A cornet solo by M. Dohem, professor at the Conservatoire
at Brussels, was else very succesehd ; while Signor 010Vaillli
Adelman, of the Mika Ososerratoire, gave who violin
solos very happily. Unfortunately, there wee one cow
spienons and irredeemable failure. The generally recognised
want of some relief to clearic music, and the Amoco —probably
as the result of deliberation—of any buffo i ngug, led
the muagement to put forward, wader the appellation of
" %Wish Hun," an English repressoktive of the pane
Persian story-teller, who appeared in full costume to make
"wonderful relations," the result, however, being so de-
cidedly unamosing that no amount of good nature could
tolerate it, and the performer had to retail). It were little
to say that every tooth man in the audience could have
jumped on the stage and improvised something infinitely
s,
better. The story appeared, amid the interruptions, to mi-
dst of • rambling and dreary hopodge of Romeo and
which, happily for the aienos, was not finished.
With this exception the company waned amply satisfied
with the fare provided. The moaned director, Mr. Frederick
Kingsbury ; the general manager. Mr. Lea ; and acting
architect, Mr. Keeling, were severally called for sad ener-
getically applauded.

FINE AT THE STRAND MUSIC-HALL—This newly-
eroded and splendidly appointed building, which is to be
opened to the public this evening, had a very narrow escape
from being destroyed by fire yesterday morning. About a
quarter peat 1 o'clock a police-constable in passing aloes his
beat had his attention directed to smoke issuing from the
basement Dearest Exeter-et:est. Imagining that • fire had
taken place within some part of the building, be sent off
for the ansistance of the esespensen and the engine. In the
coarse of a few minutes Conductors Inpeall and Christianson
Wooded with the Royal Society's escapes from St. Clement's
Churchyard and Bovi,etweet stations. The conductors at
ones entered the lower part of the building, and found a
large quantity of shavings and wood on fire, and the flames
were penetrating the flooring and rising through the racks
containing bottles of spirits. A plentiful supply of the New
River Company's water having been obtained, the firemen
managed to get the flames confined to that part of the
building in which it commenced. The fire, it is @opposed,
was caused by some one dropping the end of • lighted cigar
amongst the shavings. A similar mishap need not be appre-
hended, as the whole of the 'borings sad lumber have been
removed.

ATTIMPYLD WIPE MURDER AT WAXEFIIELD.—On
Friday night a shocking crime was perpetrated at Fart-
moor, a suburb of WakAeld, which is inhabited chiefly by
working men ; and in can dwelling, badly and meanly fur-
, Dished, situated in Websters;dyard, there had been living
' fora fortnight a woman, thirty, named Mary Ann
Atkinson, and a youthful-looking collier, named
John Young. Mrs. Atkinson is the daughter of Mr. Joshua
Rayner, teller, of Primrose-hill, and about thirteen years
ago she married Gems Atkisson, who at that time worked
in a dyehouse at Leeds, but who since has been employed as
a collier, and who recently has worked for Messrs. Pope and
Pearson, and lived at Poppleholes, near idetliley.
perte4
had lived together daring the greater part of this
and have hid several children, bat have now only one our.
viviog. They have had, it is said, many separations, and
the relations is which they stood to each other were shown
by a case which was beard at the Wakefield Courthouse
on the sth September, which resulted in Atkinsoa being
bound over to keep the peace for era months towards his
wife. She charged him with haviag assaulted her six weeks
before and with having threatend her life, and )he charged
her with immoral conduct. She was at that time living in
Whitwood or the neighbourhood, but apart from her hus-
band, and a fortnight ago she west to the house at East-
moor with John Young, who is a collier, from Triarloa,
Durham. On Wednesday, the husband visited his wife, sad
asked her to return home, but she refused, and he threat-
ened to "do her job" for her. On Friday night he
again paid her • visit, It was 8 o'clock when he entered
the house at Eastman, and Mrs. Atkinson was preparing
supper for John Young, who was with her in the house.
Atkinson asked his wile if she intended to go borne, and
her reply was that she would go on Monday. Be said that
ho would not go out of the house roles his wife went with
him, and Young said that the home was hiss and that
Atkinson would have to go. Atkinson's reply still was that
he would not, but Young says there was no anger manifested
on any side, and that Mrs. Atkinson est down quietly at
the table to partake of sapper. Without another word
Atkinson went behind his wife, put one hand on one
shoulder, sod then, suddenly grasping ber hair, be
drew her bead back, and with a razor, which he took
from one pocket, cut her throat. The worm started
screaming. Young seized the braband, and tripped him
up, and Mrs. Atkinson " clicked " the razor from his
hand, and rushed out of the house. Atkisson then
knocked Young down, and followed his wife into the yard ;
but then, even if he had intended to do her any further
harm, the opportunity was happily gone, for the shrieks and
screams and the confusion that had taken place had brought
assistance. The woman, who was bleeding from the wound
in her throat, was lifted up at the top of the yard by Wm.
Nicholson (a neighbour), and by him and Young was taken
back into the house, sod Mr. Seeker, surgeon, was sent for.
When the medical man arrived he found that the wound
was not a serious one, and that the razor had only cut
through the skin and the cellular finite and did not touch
any important vessel. Mr. Seeker stitched up the wound,
and rendered the sufferer all other necessary assistance, and
it was his impression that if no disturbing cense intervened
she would soon recover. When the buihand had committed
the crime he it. away, bat was cattail by two men and
given in charge to Policeman Wood. tie said that the blame
rested on bn wife, and that he intended to give himself up ;
and at the police station, whither he was conveyed, he ex-
pressed deep regret for the crime he had ontainitied.—Loode
Mercury.

Tae YELVERTON CASE. —After the opinions in
this case ware delivered in the House of Lords, on the 28th
of July, a draft of the intended judgment was transmitted to
the solicitors for the periled, whereby it was proposed, in
the action of decimator of marriage, to reverse the judgment
of the First Dtvision of the Court of Session, and to absolve
the appellant, Major Teiverton, from the conclusions
of the summon.; and in the action of decimator of free-
dom and putting to silence to give judgment in
!moor of Major Yelverton in terms of both con-
i of the summons, as had been done by
I lard Ardmillan in the Lust judgment in the
came; but in both cases without expunges. The
summons of decimator of freedom and putting to silence
contained not only the leading ooncluaion to have the
defender, Mrs. Yelverton, put to silence, but also a
• second conclusion to have her found beige to the appel.
• lank Major Yelverton, in 50/. of damages. It was main-
tained for Mrs. Yelverton, first before the Chief-Clark of the
House of Lords, end afterwards before Sir John S. Lettere,
but without success, that not only was it not the intention of
the House of Lords to award damages against the re.
spoodent, bat that it was incompetent to do so,
as no judgment for damages could be given without the
intervention of a jury to mama them, according to the pro•
visions of the 6th Geo. IV., cap. 120, sec. 28, which appro.
priates all such questions for trial by jury. Having failed
to get the draft judgment altered according to the reopen
dent's contention, the matter was refined to the Lord .
Chancellor; and on Thursday last his lordship, after hearing
i Mr. Tip its for the appellant, and Mr. Wakeford, of Simeon
and Wakeford. for Mrs. Yelverton, ruled that in the action
of decimator of freedom and putting to silence judgment
ought to be made in conformity with the first conclusion of
the summons only, thus giving effect to the view ornitended
for by the respondent, and disallowing say award of
damages. Misjudgment of the house has now been lamed '
se we settled by his lordship.—Scofrisas.
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GREAT trim Ar Prima).

About 4 o'clock Yesterday morning the neigh-
bourhood of the King's-road, Pimhko, and the Victoria Rail-
way Statioo, was thrown into a rate of great alarm and
exitteesst by the sodden oafish of a fire in the ellemire
manufactory of the Messrs. Sot& sod (b., situate in the
King's-tad, sad well bawls se the Bram Nisei Wheel
Works. The premiss@ occupy seedy so ors of ground, with
a fiesta., to the Kinee-road, and the me *bearing on the
Grosveaos•tesin,oe the opposite beak of which runs the
glass-covered tunnel of the various line* of railway depart-
lag from the Victoria terminus, end running parallel with
which for some distance are the extensive building yank of
Yews. Trollops and 00., the acetrectora, filled
with large stacks of timber. Oa the eastern side
Moira. Smith's works were lionaded by the railway
bridge leading to the Belgreve.rcad, and on the
western side by a large number of factories aid whams
in the occupation of Mews. Reed, Magnus, ha, all filled
with valuable property. The alarm and excitement, there-
fore, may be easily imagined when at one time the desks°
lion of this surrounding property seemed inevitable. At the
hoer Acne stated police constable 261 B was paring along
hie beat in the King's-read, when looking up the gateway
leading to the wheel factory he observed a dreg light in
the large weekshop known as the "spoke-loom." Snowing
that none of the trams could be employed on the works
at that hoer upon Sunday morning, he at once concluded that
the place was on fire, and rind an alarm weir speedily
brought assistanes. Ia the MUSS et • few minutes minis-
takle evidence of fin was given by volumes of smoke and
sheeted( flame springiog from the factory wisdoms, sod in
ler than 20 minutes the wholed this portion of the works,
consisting of several loom containing &beet 500 leads of
timber made into wheel spokes, we* one tam al which
fireLetory
was rapidly extending over the other park of the
By this tune several of the brigade mines both steam
and manor had arrived on the spot, sad being enabled
to obtain a plentiful supply of water trim the mains in
the King's-road, end front the Grosvenor-basisi in the
rear, the firemen set heartily to week, being assisted
by a large body of the wortren belooging to the fac-
tory, who mostly reside in the neighbourhood, and who had
by this time assembled. All their united efforts were vain,
however, to stem the progress of the dames, which by this
time had seised bold of the fitting and firing departments of
the works filled with the most extensive, complicated, and
valuable machinery, and large store* of iron and steel for
making the tires of the wheels. These departments, to-
gether with their costly machinery and contents, were in
lees than halt an hour transformed into a heap of burning
ruins, and the walls having fallen disclosed to the view of
the spectator a mass of glowing and red hot metal, a large
portion of it in • state of fusion, and the whole throwing oat
such hot bleats sate revisit the firemen getting within any
practical reach of it. About this time (half-past 5 o'clock),
the roof and floors of the main building, together
with nearly the whole of the walla, fell in with
a tremeodowi crash, and the immense volume of
smoke and showers of sparks from the burning timbee that
filled the air for some minutes compelled the firemen alto-
gether to suspend their labours for a time. On the top of
the roof was a large iron tank filled with several hundred
gaffer of water, but which, in its fall, made no impression
upon the fire. On the smoke in some douse subsiding it
was discovered that the timber stacks on the eastern side of
the factory, containing nearly 6,000 loads of timber, had
caught fire, and the effort. of a portion of the brigade
were directed to save this portion of the property, in
which they were partially successful. On the extinguish-
ment of the fire in this quarter depended the safety of the
Victoria Railway station and the Grosvenor Hotel, for had
it obtained a firm hold of these timber stacks it would have
been almost an impossibility to have saved the above places
from destruction. As it was, a portion of the roofing of
the station caught fire, and was damaged. Scarcely
bad the llama been arrested in this quarter than
a new danger presented itself in another portion of the
premises—the coal stores, which had been filled so recently
as Saturday last with 100 tons of oral, the con-
eamptiou of this article on the works being very large.
These stores bad ignited, and presented the appearance of a
huge mountain of fire, throwing up showers of coal dust as
from a volcano. The firemen, however, worked ener-
getically, and about 12 o'clock were enabled to pronounce,
although the fire was still burning fiercely amongst the
heaps of ruins of timber, bricks, coals, and iron, that all
danger of its extending to any of the surrounding premises
was at as sad. The railway communication, however, is
still threatened, from a hose mass of the rear wall of the
factory still left standing is a tottering condition, and com-
prising many tone of brickwork. The wall, at 8 o'clock last
night, was surrounded with a mountain of burning
timber and coals and red hot iron, upon which two of the
steam-sogines have been playing since 12 o'clock yes-
today, with the object of cooling the burning mass, so as
to earls the firemen to throw down the wall, inwards
end thus cave the railway.
As ma be supposed, while this terrible fire wee raging,
Messes.', Read, and the owners of the surrounding
works, as well as the railway authorities, were taking all
possible measures to keep the fire away from them; seed , in
addition to engines playing upon the premises to keep them
as cool as possible, large gangs of labourers were kept fully
employed in removing all inflammable and combustible ma-
terials as much out of the way as possible, and owing to
these timely precautions the amount of damagei dose to the
surrounding property is comparatively inconsiderable.
During the whole of yesterday the railway stations, and the
whole district for about half a mile round, were en-
, veloped in dense clouds of amok* issuing from
the boning raise, and at a late boar last night the en-
gioes were still playing upon them, in the attempt to ex-
, tinguish the large war of fire still in existence. Several

narrow escape...occurred amongst the firemen from the
falling brickwork, and molten metal running about in all
directions, and some of them received injuries, though hap-
pily none of a serious character.
The amount of property destroyed is estimated to be at
least 100,0001., and it is ridded that there was no insurance
existing onlast the premises or stook. The origin of the fire up
to late night could not be ascertained. _

Immease cro—"wisolpeopre visited the scene of &mime-
deo yesterday, • report having extensively prevailed that
the Victoria Station had been destroyed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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Sitting days appointed tat tie proms' WOOL
WESTIMSTIM, Bt. Martin'elsos.—Yonday, Oct. 17; Tuesday.
18; Wednesday, 19; Thursday, WA
BtoolinCht, rasilaud-rosti—Wedistaday, Oct. 11; Thdrsday,
10; Friday. IL
Yaryiebons-road.—Tuesday, Oct. 18 Wanes-
-10.
Duncsn-terrace.—Monday, Oct. 17 TuesdaY.
18; Wednesday, 19; Friday, IL
Bilisaantna.Otdetreeticad.—Tuesday, Oct. 18 , Thursday, 20.
Bow, Bow-roact—Monday, Oct. 17 ; Friday,
Bountwah2, Ihrametreet.—Tuteday, Oct. 18; Thursday, 10;
Friday, 21.
Orr or Lana., Onildhall-buildhigu—Monday, Oct 17; nal-
day, 18 ; Thursday, 10; Saturday, 71.