The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-13 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND, .MARKM..

LIVERPOOL CORWMARKET.—THIS DAY.
(IT menirric .1113108/1.11.)
(1,11011 018 ovnt Cowitzaeownzur.)
The attendance of dealers at eur corn market this morrt-
ing was moderate, and the business limited, and 'almost
every article without the slightest alteration from Friday's
priest.

MINCING-WPM—THIS
Suoaa.—The public iaes;ehietly consistiog of Matiritius„
are going off briskly at .4 slight advance: The refined
market firm, brown lumps 425. 6d., grocery 45,. to 48s. 61.
Coma.—The public sales went off heavily, width. bulk'
of the plantation Ceylon Ayes bought in.. Native ',Coyle@ •
quoted 46e. to 465. 6d. • ... .
Tll.—The market stbadr, but
Corrox.-100 bales sold yesterday on 'Change.
SALTPITRE has bees In fair demand, and last week's
pries* are fully sapportad. •
Rl:Tn.—This article is more firm, Government took
120,000 gallons in the lilt 'contrast supplied by variona
tenders.
Brien are without alteration.
Rica,—This article has bean in improved demand.
In other articles no material alteration.
TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The market is dull, with vsry.little disposition to °peril,
at the following reduced quotations, viz.:—Town tallow,
665. nett cash ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 665. 6d:to
9d. ; Feb. and March, 665. 13d.,- sellers; March and' April,
67e. ; April sad May, 675. 6d.

HAY MARKET.--THIS DAY.
Mr. B. J. Davis remits Made without alteration, exempt-
ing for the bast groan hay, which is in good dernead at
higher prices. Prime meadow hay, 70s. to 60s. ; superior,
86e. to 975. 6d. ; interior, 60s. to 60e. ; rows., 60s. to 801.;
glom, 901. to 1161. i otfread ass 991. to 105 s. ;. straw, 231.
to 28s.

MUSIC.

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ADELPHT;

Last night Aubetir bidiet opera, Le Dien. et la
Boyodsre, was produesd id this theabn adder
UnAnoson and tlacalyotiere. It had thd disaaviritiec
of being introduced as an afterpim to the very' long nide.
drama, Janet l'rido; eo that when its yerformanoe Was
it was almost eleven o'clock, by which time the attentions 01.
the audience was of coarse a good deal fatigued. It, wri
well received, bat not with so mach warmth as the iplen4
manner in which it wrirgetty dessried.

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The original piece was produced at Paris five and twenty
years ago, and was very`popular fiir a time, owing, in a
great mum», to the attractions of the dansense (Iddlle.
Deurney, if we remember rightly) whit performed the
part of the heroine, in addition to the brilliancy, of the
spectacle and the prettiness of the music. The subject,* .
exceedingly slight—olie orthose fanciful thine that ballets
are made of. The Hindoo deity, Brahma, hu beep be. ,
Welted from h , entraondenined to wander on earth
till he can meet with a being' who loves him with .
a pure and heavenly love, untainted by selfish cc r„
interested feeling. Seth being lie findi in the pontos „,
of a poor dancing girl.' Believing hiM to be a stronger
youth, friendless and yirsectited, she becomes attached
to him, gives him shelter in her cottage, minis-
ters to his wants, sad shields him from danger. To
try her love, be affects to treat her slightingly, and
to neglect her for one of, her companions; she bean his
coldness with sorrow bat unaltered sweetneu, serves him
with the devotion of a slave, sad is about to sacrifice
life for his safety, when he suddenly appears in celest!il
radiance, and sounds ace he'r tb the

Persona aocustomed.•ts leech
imagine the kind of :vase, Which a ballet-maker Would
construct out of a subject like this. The heroine, the
dancing girl, is a mutat who bears her part of the sane by
means of expressive *utopias; and her companion
Birders' form a corps is ballet. The Unknown is a
tenor-singer ; and a ridiculous old dotard, a grand jiidge,
the base; and the gnatile, male and Aimee attendants,
famish the chorus.

i• ein easel I

The muic is in Aube?s gayest and lightest manner.
consists chiefly of ebonite', "concerted pieces, and asps*,
tunes ; and indeed the choruses and cearerted.pisam era ,
themselves dance-tuaes.,
.for most of them are .ae.cent•
panied with dancing; and they are all in .thaf
sendillaist style which is the general chaacteristit
Auber's music. There are a few airs for ths solo voice', ~1
but they are not by any 'pits= renterkeble. It is. in short, ..
music which can be tolerably performed even la a theatre
which, like the Adelphi, does not profess to be musical.: ,
The part of the Unknown, properly for a tenet, vote., Iran ,
assigned to Miss Woolgir ; and thje clog; and intelligent
performer, though not a vocalist, acquitted herself won-
derfully well, singing with a tunable mezzo soprano voice
and very good tuts. Miss Mary Keeley is making progress
as a singer; she executekiente florid mama= very neatly
Mr. Paul Bedford is really an excellent singer, and quite
at have in a musical part. Mdlle. Maraquits, who per-
formed the part of the Bagsdeee, is • a danger "'the first
aka, who would io honour to' any theatre. She is of laud .:.
stature, aced slightly made; bat nothing an be.naom sir
gent than her figure. Her lace, too, is pretty atad•itspoort fl
sive, and she is an excellent wine. This other yrincifit
dancer was Mdlle. Benonil likewise an excellent artist.
These two ladies, it apposes are in equal In polite of position,
that they perform the firsti:id second parts alternately. The
corps de ballet was Moog, end the mercers= frameable
were brilliantly executed. The scenery, coatinses,tebleaux
—everything belonging to the spectacle—were magnificent ;
sad the vocal chorus woe Try satisfactory.' • . ,

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..T • 1 • • InlrlAirrik..
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Tics NEW Pamir,'worm • •
cz „tit_ , ,
that its first concert will take plate •
nerds next, the 14th of Feiwpary. .t. d
her Majesty; the prociede am to .11e .V 47-1*r
fonds of the Asylum for Idiots. ;:ip— d
Sheriffs hare signified **it intenticf b
* portion of the hall in front of th vr • 9.
propriated to their st/il and tkom:of
Choral Work in C of Cheribial
first time in this country. Beath, 4, • i 7,74
in at, and overtures by
be given. Herr Ernst'emnso noommes. ry •
The orchestra sad chores I consist of nearly 500 per-
formers. The friends of the Asylum are strenuously es-
ertiag theamelves in order to render the performance bene-
ficial to the fools of the Charity.