The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-28 00:00:00

Grisi appeared on Saturday night, for the first
time, in the character it Fides, in the I'rsphi•te." This
was the part in which Mailenvistlle Wagner was to have
made her hebut, had not Mr. Luntliy's "injunction"
dragged her from the hoards of Covent-garden to the bar of
the V ice.o hancellnee Court, and given us f-•tr int, rtaintur lit,
nstead of he► sweet notes, the strife of lawyers' tongues.
The moment Grisi epts•ared on the stage as Johq ut ►.ey-
den's nigher, leading her ean's betrothed into the presence
of their haughty feudal lord, it was evident that she was
the very personage imagined by the dramatist. The
scene in the third act, where /dr.{ appears as •
forlorn wanderer, b, gging alms in the market-'
place of Mullett r, mama most beautifully acted
Beneath her mean anal squalid attire there was
still that air of distinction which so remarkable a
heroine ran never lose; and the tone in which elle repeated
her simple supplication. " Pieta, pieta' " was pathos itself.
The meeting with Bertha, a wandering pilgrim like herself
—the subdued, matt moat tenderness of Fides, contrasted
with the young woman's buret of girlish raoture—wils
finely represented on leith si t s, NlailaineCastellan's Bertha
being throughout a charming performance. But it was in
the great seene in the cathedral that Orisi's triumph wait
complete. The mothet's wild scream, when she sees in the
splendid fitun• of the Prophet—the imiustor, the object of
her utter al-natation—her own lost sou—tho struggling
passions with which she hears him, looking in ha r face,
coldly ask the bystanders what "this woman' wants; and
her utter helplrssnes, when she sinks on the ground, and
entrees him to wring from her a contirrnetion of his de-
nial that he is her son—were given with that intensity of
power which Grisi, of all our musical tragedian•, alone
possesses. The audience seemed electrified ; and, when
tha sass dosed, their enthusiasms bunt lime siesta of app•
plans', welter ited fur many minutes.
In regard to the vocal part of the performance, it was
some disadvantage that the music ma written for • voice of
a beast. register than Grisi's ; hut this disadvantage was
much slighter than we had expected. tier voice, though a
soprano, never was a high one ; it. quality has always been
full and voluminous, and its low Soles particularly rich
and mellow. It has lest something of its flexibility and
brilliancy in the upper part of the scale; but its lower
notes are better than ever. anal it m•y now be
regarded as the finest neescn.n,•rasw on the stage.
The opera was performed with all its usual splendour.
Mario was labouring under a hoarseness, and the indul-
Reneger the audience was r•qus steat for him on that score.
But, except for a little while at the out et, these wan no
occasion fur it. When he got warmed b)• his part, his
voice recovered its power, and he sang as well as acted with
his accustomed energy and beauty.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

I.to►aroob, 2f,.—Our share market has been fiat
to-day, and eloses with a declining asp et. Aberdeen, 141—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (lace Chester and
Birkenhead), 181—Blackburn (late B. C. and W. Y.), 6i
—Caledonian. 211—Eastern Counties, 101—East Lanca-
shire, 191-444,a4 w,an.rn. 961—Lanraslore anti York-
shire, 741—llitto (fifth shares), 4 3 16 d.—Lancaster and
Carlisle (third shares), 11 p.—Lteerpoul, Crosby, and South-
port, 201—London and North Western, 129 81—Ditto (new
sharesl, 61 p.—llitto (fifth shares), 41 p.—Manchester,
Sheltield, and Lincoln, 34—Midland, 721 t —North SW-
, fordshire, 6 1.16 d.—North Union, A (guranteed by Lon-
don and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire),
260—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (pref. shares
guaraiitt ed 6 per cent.), 2p.—Shrewsbury and Chester
(Oswestry and Chester), 14.
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MANCHEIMISR, Jexn --We have had no change of
prime, and but little business. Birkenhead, Lancashire., and
Cheshire Junctions, 101 d. ; Blackburn, (No. 1), 61 ; East-
ern Counties, 101 .i. 16 : Kendal and Windermere, 121
Manchester, Bunton Matbek, and Midlands, 3A ; North
B ' ' ti, 141 ; South 'Yorkshire Railway mud River Dun
Company, tp.
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BIEMINCIN•3B, JUNE 26.—There was not much doing
in this markt t to-day, but prices were firm. London and
North Westerns closed at 1231 94 , Midl.tutis at 72 3 ;
Great Northern. at 91i 2 • North Stafford% nt 64 54 die;
Shrewsbury and Birmingham A's at Sj j dip. ; anti South
Staffurds et I dim.

Liens, June 26 —We have had a better market again
this morning. Prtees again advanced. Midlands were done
at 73, with a still upw►rd tendenev. North liritish were
dune at 9 ; North Wisterias at 9 ; 'York, Newcastle, and
Berwuks, at lbj ; and Leeds Northerns at 171.

The Earl and Countess of I)erby had a dinner party
on Saturday, at their residence in St. James's-square. The
company consisted of the Duke and Duchess of Duceleach,
the Karl and Countess of Clamedthan and Lady Selina
Meade, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord and Lady
Barrington and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Lord and Lsdy
Benham, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Lord Somerton, Lord
Anna, Lord Forester, Vi.couut Canterbury, Lord Alexan-
der Lassos, and Lard Stanley.
THF. TsPEAKER'S OFFICIAL DINNER took place on
Baterday. The following gentlemen were present: Lord
Charles Russell, Mr. J. O. ,Shaw Lefeere, C.B. (Deputy
Caber of Parliament), Mr. C. Hominy, Mr. N. ley,
Mr. Henry Ley, Mr. Clemeoston, Mr. Onset, Mr. Doering-
ton," Me. Vardoa, Mr. Gudgc, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Whiten,
Mr.. Erskine Ney, Mr. S. Smith, Mr. (Mahon, Mr. Welds-
grave, liar. Arthur Jones, Mr. Peedethwaite, Mr. G. Gun-
nell, Mr. Rickards, Mr. Leroy, and the Rev. Thomas
Oarnier. Sir Dennis Le Merchant, Mr. Rowland, and Mr.
John Rose were prevented from attending.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER s' BENEVOLENT
The usual half yearly general meeting of the
governors and rubecriben to this charity, founded for the
purpose of granting annuities to aged and decayed members
of the above commune y, which was advertised to take place
on Saturday, at the City of London Tavern, Ilishepsgate-
street, was adjourned, there not being sufficient members
present at the hour appoinnil to lorm a quorum. The report
to have been submitted to the meeting stated that the re-
ceipts fir the halflear had amounted to 11S1. 113 s.
making the total amount received from the commencement
of the institution to the present time, 951/. d,. The dis-
bursements during the same period had been 3161. 1.1.. hal.,
leaving a balance in the hands of the bepkers of 6541. 95.4 d.
The report, after noticing the establishment of a new branch
at Bristol, concluded by urging the necessity of active and
persevering efforts being made, it being the intention of the
committee to have an election at Christmas next. The
meeting was then adjourned for a week.
INFANT St:1100LS OF CHRIST CHURCH, NIARYLE-
IIONS.—Miss Lewis, a benevolent lady, of the congrega-
tion of the Rev. Robert Walpole, Christ Church, St.
Marylebene, recently placed at the disposal of the rector
and of the gentlemen acting with him the ruin of 4,9001, to
be applied, in conjunction with other subscriptions collected,
M the purchase of suitable ground and the erection of a
building for the purpose of providing for the Christ Church
district (one of the poorest and most populous in London)
that school accommodation ot which it has long been in
great need. On Saturday afternoon the interesting ecru-
=t laying the foundation stone of the building was
d by the Bishop of London, in the presence of a
crowd of lanes and gentlemen, members act the Christ
Church congregation. The site of the intended schools Is
• large plot of land dowdy adjoining to Christ Church,
and funning the corner of Lis/cm-greet and Stafford-street,
Lisson-grove. The schools are designed to accommodate
about TiO children, and will also contain apartments fur
all the masters, mistresses, and teachers engaged in the
education of the poor.
FREQUENCY or ExrtosioNs IN COAL 11iINES.—
On Saturday was printed in a parliamentary paper a report
from the select committee of the Ileum of Commons on coal
minus. The committee was "appointed to inquire into the
causes of the frequency of explosions in coal mines, with a
view to prevent the appalling lout of life arising from
them." It would seem that the deaths from explosion
have latterly increased to the fearful number of about 1,000
yew annum, and the committee proceeded to examine wh-
ams of the highest and most experienced character, in
the hope that they night be able to devise sound informs-
! tion which to recommend additional means for the
prevention of such wide spread calamities during
the percent session. It seems that the Dave lamp
requires increased ventilation in mines and the
committee consider that the steam jet is the most
powerful and at the same time host expensive
method for the ventilation of mines. It was stated
in evidence that 70 per rent. of the dtaths from explosion
were occasioned, not by the explosion of tire damp, bat by
the "after damp," which succeeds it. Ailtlitiontl iuspaw
ton On; r, commended to he appointed, as some mines are
visited. The establishment of a central board is re-
commended. It is suggested that to "the board should be
given a power to enforce ;Rimini, under ordinary circum-
stances of neglect—and, in eases of death, a power to en-
force penalties under ordinary circumstances of neglect—
and, in eau., of death, a power to facilitate an enforcement
of justice to the homilies of the victims through the onlinary
chant,, la of law, the survivors theme Ives hein• in a condi-
tion of life which renders them comparatively helpless to ob-
tain their just redreew.**
THE NEw ASYIUM Volt FATHERLESS CHILDREN.
A bazaar in aid of the funds of this excellent
charity was held on Friday and Saturday in the large suite
of rooms of the London Tavern. 'the attendance of the
public was large on le.th iluys ; and upwards of lOW. worth
of goods were sold, the uhole of the proceeds of the sale
going to the funds; so that, altogether, the enterprise will
realise about 7001 to the charity. The total sum required
for the new building at Stamford-hill is 10,0001.; and not
quite half that amount is now in hand. Another hazer is
to he held in the course of the summer; and if the goods
collected arc as varied and ingenious as they were on this
occasion, and if the sale sw,.men are equally pertinaeenus,
there can be no doubt that the result will be quite so setts-
&story.