The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

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that time wholly unprecedetted in England. Tee
lest night there was an immerse crowd and great
applause. but the pieta immediately failed to draw,
and could not keep its ground even for the short re-
minder of the leases. —._.
The character of Robert was perfroe,=' WORM
lad probably has not been so welt
e!it
en sines Noarrit. His tall and headier
hes sad noble department, sad Chivalrous
we all in ezeident keepiag with the character. He
wee therouWy master of the ,is amid send sad
an
g with Mee and mein. After Metiers great
and deserved stones in the " HmuetWo" we ex-
pected an equity seccessfal psacts of the
part of ilettroes, hat were inapposite& His very
eyed, stun be appeared, showed a menplete sleep-
of the pert. It is notably to my what
=t nanded to be, and probay the drama-
tin's ewe idsse were not very clear on the
Rik degas " son of Belial," if sot Belial himmenebr-t-
-theughreally a Seed of some sort, be isintherise of a
human beteg. Heim a noble, a knight, a warrior, who
bee gamed the affections of Albert's mother. He is
the hind of Robert himself, whom life be
has saved is battle, and who repels him
with devoted attaehmeut. His fiendlike spuit ex-
hibits itself only is the dark and Dental orpeession of
his contenanee, and the sinister sound of lois vane.
With all then iodisation Wore kin, Marini bed the
abenriity to appear with a frightful mask severing
his krehead, painted oysters _
.slanting upwards,
after the &shin of Kqehselepamm, is Retnek's
drawings of" Feast," sed a mass of black hair over
his heed and shoulder., like as Win savage i joined
Sall which was a pigeon knightly attire. In this
Way he marred a part which nett otherwise have
less entemestal ; for be was ellothe in several per
=mock
partioslarly is the serentie ey with
the human lead treats the simple Roumbotalt,
sad in the scene when Bertram makes the last despe-
rate effort to gain Robert. We leave never observed
public performers It by public) criticise, other-
wise we would admen Signor. Idesioi to resonsider
M. qesi
• o
Miesnatter Catherine Hayes was ced as the Alice,
but is the seesing of pert's. it was intimated
that she was unable, mom ' lion, to appearst
sad that Modems Donn One kiodly
aemssaste
to wawa Ile pear t, though she lied not dome sew
''.'llye years, asi SAM in Italian, and those'
lathered Win a eold and ?mind the indulgent, et
the pails Her efforts, not:psohng these dr
advantageous circumstances, did greaten boom
.to her ninth She showed f' to be thoroughly
, sonversant with the part, end with the intention of
the dramatist and the composer.. Her acting in the
ewe when Alice is exposed tathe banes of the in-
fernal caws, and clings to the crone for safety
from the bed, was true to =tare ; and in the
. =wimp else showed energy and
"panics. Her
et the sir, " Venue, dire (VaildZilet
sad " Qsando lonia, la Normandin " (
qoittai la Normandie), was finished and vocal, and tG
effects of the cold under which she ,abound were lost
slightly merest. Mademoiselle Corbari was a very
pleasing representative of the Prisms Isabella. Her
principal aim 'lona it foto" (FA van j'apie),
and " Roberto, o to ohs adore " (Robert, tai egss
laime), were sung with much grace sad sweetssm.
ma
rose
' la the latter a little more vocal z wer and forn et sz-
masa Inn wanted, es • in the lee beset
rem the Weer to the r key. But her peetems-
we on the whole was very satisfactory. Lavia's
sweet tenor voice told well in the little part of
Baineloasolt, which he acted, Widest with truth and
limp.icity.
The performance lasted from eight o'clock tills queer
ter past one in the morning, by which time the hew
was ball empty. This mu 4 be unloaded in one way
or another, either by aced rating the march of the
action or by means of curtailmenta ; or, perhaps, both
sepedieuts may be adopted. The long ballet in the
second act, it all events, ought to be out out. It is
tedious, and keeps the piece standing still. This
matter, by the way, ought to be kept in view in
preparing for the forthcoming representation of " Le
Propbett." No opera, however grand or beautiful,
will keep alive the attention of an English audience
till one o'clock in the morning.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
Co•cnino" AT TEI Usivitaiirrr .—On this subject
mrietod a pangraph, • Is w days ago, troen the Dry Post
Tlis following communication, from • corropondest. will be
read with interest :—" A cies has mound to the train:,
sty of Cembildgs which is creating MIK& essitanisst. A
!flow of Queue College has • brother who was tip and
reading with him about • year before he entered. As lack
bad it, it devolves upon the elder brother's turn, as fellow,
to •*.est-papers,' upon elite' h the allege prism are =t-
r.toad to act as examiner. His cialeague in tide task
. mathematical tutor of Queens', with whim the
brother had been reading me a private pupil. It is
=Mat another fellow of the colbue, seeing the delicacy
of the Oder brother's position, offeted to erchangs nuns with
hies la settles the papers: but that the elder brother replied
that 'be would retain the privilege.' He did as, and at
the ritaadaatios the rawer brother received ihe two list
Oen, one the mmultesatierl, the other the olerisel. At
ash=ent period he also received the chapel clerkship.
at the szamination it woe rated that the Fel-
lows muck regretted they bad nothing left to was: on
the nest Rost deserving corapemitoes for didactical.'
Much dheatillection was occasioned by all this in the wasp ;
and one undergraduate, whose independence enabled him to
do so, immediately migrated, most unegalvosely imprimis;
his opinions of the tratissctioe. It osamed, however,
Sow days C 41109 that the lower brother, beim as
a wise oarty, wee asselied upon the matter by
ow of th elogehy_yreenk GM a wastrel eutestle the eh.
easmstmess et IMO OW Win the mutlerttlea The
° =iesua wee ewstisseed, ash Ids scholirabip sod chapel
Yaw oeatageeady alba wee. It hes team a
question to wheat theme appelarsses sheald se—whether
le dem asat nett posideat sad dawavies esollimie et the last
Iffy rasamlasllsa, er is ethos. The ems is emslissiad by
=ask of crithr sehelemilly, the rats et dish the
set suppcsed Is be Istesdoe he the bank of the
sees bilk; se av step whatever hes bleu takes le ill up
the got, setkiag IN been seht as to the pressed,. It
is ostisil it the Dory Pat OM se less than forty under-
lays wowed lisle intend= of leasing tubas
retelle mWiled We medial% with."

011/011), MAT n —MELTON COLLIOIL—As dieting cf
three postmesmrs will take place at Xenon College on Jane
6. la the election of Gas of ese postanoterships, • pear
Mee will be gives to attainments in inatlasmatice.
'ripsaw Cottaos.—T here will be as elegiac is this
Mlles, of two wholes, ou llondcy, Jane 4.
ELDON LAW SCROLARINIP.—n• Madam of the Edam
tostimosiel bam Riven amine that the wrath election of aa
Elks scholar will taint place oa the 4th of Jane seat, at the
W.lllBOl of the Date of diamond, 61, Perdemil-plase,
Lestlest, penises to whisk day ell applications must be
trunsmitted to the honorary sewretary. sealed ap sad ea-
domed " Eldoa scholarship, eandidate's applinatim," and
with the candidate's name also endorsed.

Pionnurauts.—Rev I. Rotten's, to Rusidleby V.,
dia Lire. ; 1181.: pet., Lard W. D'Emeby.
Bev. H. 1.. Bxxxstr, to Tisane V., Henn ; dia. Win. ;
1411 : pat., Lord Chareeller.
Rev. J. Moto to Itokeseitureh P.C., Hs Other ;
1351., with resider; pat., Lord Cherverer.
Rev. W. Wa.uests, W Pyle sad Les* V., die. Liao. ;
951. : pet Lord Cireserer.
Rev. T. Corrtranee
sawderiset V., Isle el Wight, ;
1271.: pat., Lost
Rev. C. Paresert, W Eska w. Ramage V., Rat..
had, die. Prothro' ; 1101.; Rev. H. Chaplin, dee. : pat.,
Marquis of Exeter.
Rev. C. Draw?, to Beata V., Suer, d Obithater ;
TPA , • Rev. George Gay, dee. : pat., the Bishop of Chi-
ebsetar.Bev. W. H. Jowls, X.A., liesused essisteat crate of
Cbeiley.stio. Chichester.
Rev. k. J. Ooze, linseed as eadreat war of
Rosser, dia. Chichester.
Ardideere Mourns" will held a Visitatra at Chdelheiter,
es Terday„ Jai 10 leer the Reentries of Hastrove and
Mawr; s 4
at ea ea Thursday, hay 12, Ike the
Asasseise et Armada sad fltoiviaataa.

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