The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

OLYMPIC.

The varied attractions promised in the play-bill
did not bring together a very 'avocados audience this
theatre. In spite of the proclaim, of a melodrama, .01 tptL d
by Mr. Morris Barnett, with a celebrated farce,- and an

s duel, sew ballet to follow, neither p,t, gallery, nor homes
were qnite as full as os previous similar accretions.
The hurt piece was a melodrama, with th., very
melsoinessane name of Nascaturs ; or, Me &wiles
Da .94, ." Toe bandit Salutort (Mr. Meru, M.rs
ass, mho in the alms of the Brun Bra-
me iv tin wit nary ruffian, robbing or murdering
for filthy lucre --hut a magnanimous 'meager. animated by a
deadly lhate against the gerveromedt seder which he lives.
What toe rojury 111 whims has excited pine gene. aunt very
plaisly come oust in the course of the ploy. Salv.tori has
• daughter Bootee (flux Anderton). to whom he is the
kindest of father.. tide however knows her sire naly as I
the Berm de B•smsti. To her Salvatore i. as much a
we ot terror so to others. The Baron is visited at his
castle by Inure Alphonse. Loneredini (Mr. Deities.). the
Marchrxwes Meseldv.ena (Miss Harriett Gordon), Signor
Beset a BecAtel i (Mr. Itolson), mid the Primer • nephew,
Comet Lorre.a 1 (Mr. Morsel.), jute at the time when the
government 14 mektne every ed,rt to apprehend the dar-
ing rohher chieftain. Here he rota rtains them with great
bmpitalitv, unit the Count Lorenz, and Bianca tall despe-
rately is love. The It.ron ev.resse. himself perfectly satis-
fied with the reciprocAted attachment of the young people,
and to humour his daughter agrees to take her to a grand
ball at Pri.:es Lantredini's. When the eventrht tor tar
ball arrives, her we pose over some days between the first
and second net (And the unities are the (sat thing we ex.
peet is nisi a production mi this), there is a rumour
that the dre.ded Selvatori has expressed his intention to be
present, and yet defy detection. And so he is in the per-
son of the Barra de ilTlMlliti, and after bAling all their
tents fur win., time, be is at let detected by • Franciscan
fri er, who had lKes takes by the chieftain some time be
fore but heel escaped. lbe discovery, however, is made, sot
n the presence .1 the company at large, but...-4 catastrophe
which lie far more .!tended—in that of his daughter. The
friar iv at ware by some of S ilvatorea band, who
are in attesdnace; Bianca At first faints, but after a terrific
struggle wit'• her feelings gives up her lover for bee bandit
nether, and 4,1 ends set two. The third set gives what the
play bid till. " the bridal, the eonfet•rton, and the death."
All the eiraninea per our are in some mysterietm way cap-
tared by the agents of Salratori, and brought to the " Ban-
dit. HAusit. Sigeor Beentelli, who, throughout the
piece, makes unseadinp love to the Marche...nem, iv now
united to her. ranch to his joy and h. r senoyance, by the
worthy Fror.eier.n. The l'rinee sod Couht Lortnito are
among others brought to the " haunt," and Bianca has
liwin Ink 01.14,1 them, and is I:Poch:need Queen of the
Bandits. Finally, use scarcely knows why, except that it
wan necessary that the piece should ultimately end, 8 diratori
fsmorto II y wounded behind t he see nes.Wben dy ins he informs
Bianca that she I. set hi. daughter at all, but the child of
another, show he had found by the side of her murdered
mother in int incy, and whom ha had brought up with
paternal affection. We wish that Mr. Marston had hail a
better opportunity for the display of hi. talent, but he made
the most of his port. Mr. V. Itobsoe, of the Theatre Royal, •
Dublin, made a decided hit so the timid but owaggering
eaptsis of dansketeers sad the constant lover. It is the
best wrist's' part in the piece, and this promising actor'
played it with considerable drollery. The play met with a
fair swam
. _ . . .

The melodrama was feloared by • farce, entitled Catching
an Heins,—wlerly improbable and impossible in plot;
and a ballet, brief but not brilliant.

This little house re-opened last night under the
lemembip of Mr. Allerof,, with Miss Rebecca Isaacs as
directress, and a very efficient company for the purposes
to which the theatre is to be devoted—the performance of
Hoglists ballad opera and ada!itations of the lighter descrip-
tion of foreign musical pieces. The performances of last
eight leausitse,d with Love in o Village, Mr. Leffler being
the Hawthorn ; Mr. Henry Manley, Young Meadows; sad
Mier lease.. Kowa*. The pretty and simple music of the
opera was very sleety given, and the subordinate parts r-
urally well sustain •d; while the dresses, in the style of
the period, appeared to be new for the occasion. The evas-
ion coaelacied with the musical fares of The Invincible., in
which Mr. G. Modems (from the Dublin Theatre) was very
suocerisful iu the part of O'rldash. By avoiding all attempts at
grand open, and keeping within the range for which hie
resources are really well adapted, Mr. Allcroft will have a
much better rhanoe of success in his tersest undertaking
than was afforded by the more ambitious tffort of his
Christmas sewn.

ASIATIC GALLEHT.--The numbers who, yesterday.
visited the diorama of Ilindoatun, in raker-street, testified
to the attraction which it continues to hold in public esti.
minion. As a piece of painting it is not interior to the
many cumpetiters which the public relish for this species of
amusement has called forth on every side. The East ap-
pears to be the favourite repertory of the dioramic artist.
We can travel at the smallest not, and at the least possible
amount of discomfort, from Corabill to Cairo, or from
Cheepside is Calcutta hy the overland route • we can see the
"holy places" in Piccadilly and at Vie Baker-street Ha
tsar we are able to travel in little more than an hour 2,000
miles up the Ganges from Fort William to the magnificent
range of the Himalayas. In fact as much may be learned
in title pleasant way ut eastern matincra and scenery as
could be gleaned in a whole month from mere books, and
dna who are in the least but d in our Indian empire.
ant the straugs still scenery of the east, would do well to
pay this diorama a visit.
REGENT GALLERY.—THE NAPOLEON CAMPAIGNS.
—Mr. Charles Manball's diorama of the chief events in the
lite of Napoleon, during the Easter week, will be open
every dal. at 12 o'clock, in addition to the usual hours of
three anu eight. This, although one of the most recent of
the numerous dioramas, has taken a high rank amongst
them, and is remarkable for the happy choice of subjects,
the boldness of the general effects, accompanied by little
artistic touches here and there, which agreeably relieve the
broader treatment of the several battle pieces of which it
chiefly consists. It is well worthy of a visit, both for its in-
trinsic merit and its being a biting " pendant" to the Wel-
lington Campaigns. It was numerously attended yestentay.

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DIORAMA 0? JERUSALEM AND TUE HOLY LAND.
—A goodly number of the holiday folks were attracted to
this deserving exhibition, which has just now a peculiar
iaterest, arising from the pending disputes with Turkey as
to the custody of ths holy shrines. In Raster week the
devotee* of both the Romish and Greek churches perform
their pcculiazoeremonies at theirsaninuaries,vivid represen-
tations of which are presented in the dioramas, sad are
lucidly explained by the lecturer. At the close of the
exhibition it area announced that it would close in ► few
wapiti, to be transferred to the provinces, having b-eat open
to the public in London for two years std s quarter.

BARTLETT'S DIORAMA OF THE HOLY LAND AND
JIIIIVIIALILM.—Tbie very interesting series of pictures of
the Holy Land had its filll share of visitors yesterday. Its
merits as a well.exectited diorama have lung been acknow-
ledged, and as it will only continue open until the 9th of
neat m ,nth, those who are desirous of forming t notion of
the real character of the scenery of the Emt, and especially
of those localities which are emaciated with the most
cherished recollections of scripture history, would do well
to avail themselves of the opportunity.
TIM PANORAMA OF PALESTINE at the Egyptian
Hall has received souse additional attractions. the Holy
Shrines which have formed • feature in the present ember-
?memento( the Ottoman Empire have been introduced, and
the history of the qsaircl between Russia and Propos re-
specting them is told in a succinct manner by Mr. Peron
Hingston.
BURFORD'S PANORAMAS.—The panoramas of Mr.
Burford, in Liecester-square are jut now particularly
attractive. That of the Berne., Alps presents a variety of
charming views, with which every admirer of the grand
sad the beautiful in nature cannot fail to be delighted. The
picture of Grenada, with thy Alambra, is a triumph of
artistic genius ; while that of the Plains of Nimroud, and
the excavations of Dr. Layard, awaken Associations of the':
most pleasing kind.
PANORAMA OF TUE GOLD FIELDS.—Mr. Pront's
Inhibition of Australia and its diggings was crowded both
morning and evening. Since our last notice of this oppor-
tens representation three new pictures have been added.
In the first the spectator gets a glimpse of " Life in Mel-
bounty," being • view of the two principal streets of the
tows animated by a population of successful diggers. The
grotesque tastes and whimsical eatravagancies of the mid-
: delay enriched people are shown in • scent, the most pre.
unseat feature of which is a gold digger's wedding. Life
at the Diggings," u the second picture is called, is a view
of Forest Creek, the original Bold, and represents the sun-
burnt, hairy-faced diggers, earning with hard toil the
wealth which at Melbourne they speed so freely. The vi-
vaeises energy of the men as they rend the earth sad sent-
tinier the soil in search of the glistening pains is very
striking. The lest new picture is a " Bird's-eye View of the
Gold Fields." The addition of these three paiatinp make
the Panorama of the Gold Fields as eahibltion as ems-
pastel, instructive is it is amusing and opportune.

SPORTING.

TATTERSALL'B.—NoxDAT.

The °ally betting to any anionat, or to whisk it is nacos-
eery to refer, was on the Northumptewakire Stake*, for
which sevens new favourites wee* istrodeced, the princi-
pal outlay being on Dabchick, Happy Joe, Kingston, Alp,
and Tobohki; llabehick leaving of only second in com-
mand. Dories the greater part of the afternoon the quota-
tions against Defiance and Hobbyhorse were 4 to 1 and 7 to 1
but at the dine she seers wen to ley 9 to 2 and 8 to I, and
no one ensued disposed to support them. Time room nu
fully ausseid, but business doll.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
9 to 2 apt Mr. Parrs Delano*
7 to 1 Dake of Bedford's Dabehiek (8 to 1
taken freely)
8 to 1 Lord Derby's Hobbyhono
12 to 1 Mr. J. Shepherd's Alp (t)
12 to 1 Mr. Snow's Postulant (t)
12 to I Mr. Barnard's Tobolslu (t and aft oe)
12 to 1 Mr. Morris's Kiapton (t and aft of 1)
12 to 1 Mr. Rowden's Happy Joe (t and aft oll)
16 to 1 Lady Blanch*
WHITTLEBURY STAKES.
3 to 1 apt Lord J. Scott's Lady Audrey (t)
7 to 2 Cipt. Line's Charley (t)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
6 to 1 apt Mr. T. Parr 's Contentment (t)
7 to 1 Mr. Kiusberley's Snowdon Dunhill
1$ to 1 Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (t)
16 to 1 Mr. Farranee's Terpsichore
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
10 to I apt Mons. Lupin's 'Gonne. (t and aft off)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 apt West Australian and Sittingbourne (t)
Offers to take 7 to 2 about either
CHESTER CUP.
12 to apt Mr. T. Parr's Trills
35 to Captain Key's Little Jack
DERBY.
9to apt Mr. Bowes's West Australian
12 to Baron Rothsebild's Orestes (t)
12 to Mr. Powoey's Cinema
16 to Mr. Sudan nd Honaywood
16 to Lord John Scott's The &icor

BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES.-MONDAY.
STEEPLECHASE FUER HANDICAP Of 6 SOTO Oath, A 11124
added. Three miles. (12 sobs)
The Screw (301.), lOst 71b.
Nom de (ismer, (60 son.), 10st Cb
Four others started.
BIRMINGHAM ANNVAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP
STARS, of 20 SOT., each, h ft, and 6 only if declared, with
100 stirs. added. Four miles. (26 subs., Bof whom de
dared.)
Shinrone, 9st 91b 1
Tipperary Boy, 10st.31b 2
Four others started.
SraarLecuasa STAILIS Of 3 110•11. each and 100
added. Four miles.
Ch c by Bulwark, 4 yrs, llst 71b 1
Stinger, aged, 13st 2
Twelve others ran.
SELLING STEEPLECHASE STARR. o(2 som. each, and
added, were won by Tom Bowling, beating Vestress.

OLDHAM STEEPLECHASES.—MONDAY.
BROAD/15NT 8 33333 NCHASII HANDICAP of 3 SOW each,
and 25 added. (7 sans.)
Flying Back. sgrd, lOot 61b
Countess, I Ist 61b
OLDHAM BTIVPIIICNAOS BTAILIII Of 7 ion. each, 3 It,
and 100 added. (20 sobs )
Ringleader, 5 yrs 9st 121 b
Quickstep, aged, Pet 10lb
Four °then started.

THE LABOUR MARK ET.-SIONS OF THE TIM Efl.—
Some of the establishmeuts in Southampton are endem
voaring to prevent their alert. leaving than by induct%
them to enter into bonds to remain with them a certair
. number of yesr. Mr. Mare, the eminent shipbuilder, whc
" has commenced the building of works close to Southampton
fi„. wmitlng In,. steamer of the Qeuersl dorm Venal any,
is about w head 100 cottages for his woricateit 1
cA2vertilddlelti.)--THE CURATIVE PROPERTIES
Ipr towse's Onsvesnar Asa ham atm DAILY arrow au.—All
resOs al sporty and =NNW men, bOll St Beam and skro.l, speak of
tse.- • reonaparsbla madielomin tbantoit Sattertaa to Ine. ono avert
A., 1,. Out severest NM of dineis Om% dlos. em n which were con-
adonis 1,..,7ab1e. II ices Mara Nes Men u_uly eelmerotra
„Ain imd: ...4 dim le Rodlepolle, tim Ant thad BoUuway's Pins
Salt wry bp. .may =Min mar Imm at Mod. The asb
isiraminiadkum ."11 pin Sii.ft... bowie bstfaNtedy di, nand:
suellbgs, sad the Num ea-
lbstelee Alms& allrllll/4Wzr, itria by 'R&M."
ohms plum itswrg.
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W Si rasamssonammigli M IPA itrama, Liam

What tffect may have been produced on the crop in
the ground by the frequent change* of temperature to
which the plant has been subjected it is at present im-
possible to says In many parts of the country the as-
pect of the fields is far from primiaing ; and we have
hoard of instances where autumn-sown wheat ha been
ploughed up. The wheat plant is naturally very hardy,
and is not easily injured by frost ; but the sun has now
gained emsiderable power, and the difference in tem-
perature during midday and night has been so great, that it
is not unreasonable to suppose the changes may have been
productive of evil consequences. It must be recolleeted, at
the same time, that the breadth of land ender wheat cul-
ture is unusually short ; only about three-fourths of the
land was, it is estimated. seeded in the autumn ; and the
charactee of the weather thus far has certainly mot been
favourable for bringing up the arrears. Many farmers who
intended to sow spring wheat have, we are given to un-
dcretind, abandoned t..e idea; and there can scarcely be •
doubt that the growth in the Cni-ed Kingdom will be very
materially short in quantity of average seasons. If, there-
fore, the last erop had been satisfactory in quality and large
in yield, there would still be cause for considerable uncial.
nem. This, it is well known, was nut the ease. The deficieucy
in quantity may, perhaps, not have been so serious as WAS
believed at harvest time; but in regard to the inferiority
of the quality the re can be no dispute. The country may
therefore be said to be in a somewhat precarious position.
Considerable supplies from abroad will iniqueationably be
required all through the sumnser ; indeed, only • small pro-
portion of the last crop is of suitable quality to be used
without being mixed with old. Thus far the impottations
have kept pace with our requirements, and prices have,
contrary to general expectation, given way rather than im-
proved during the last three menthe.
The experience of the last six years has rendered our
merchants and speculators cautious. The foreign supplies
have, during the greater part of that time, been in excess of
what has been required, and importing from abroad has,
in the majority of cases, been attended with lose. There is
eonsequently now, and has for some time bean, a decided
tanwillingnws to enter into speculative investments, and
stocks have been allowed to run low. Another deficient
crop might, therefore, place us in an awkward predicament;
but it will require a very strong probability of such an ue•
currence before buyers will regain confidence.
The sowing of Lent corn has not progressed so rapidly ea
c0..1d be desired. The mercury having fallen regularly
each night several degrees below freezing point, the land
has in the early portion of the day been too hard to work
kindly, and ploughing, sowing, &c., have been attended
with a good deal of difficulty. Out-door labours are likely,
therefor", to occupy our farmers for some weeks to come ;
and the deliveries of home-grown grain will, is all proba-
bility, prove short throughout April.
At most of the markets in the agricultural districts held
during the week, the supplies have been very small; and
theloTh the reports from the large consuming towns have
eertmely not been of the most encouraging character,
sellers had demanded, and have succeeded in obtaining,
fall prices for the finer kinds of wheat, as well as for such
samples of barley, oats, &c., as were of suitable quality for
wed.

The inquiry for malt has slackened within the last eight
or ten days, and the rates previously current have been
paid with more or leas reluctance.
The arrivals of oats of home growth hays been trillieg ;
. sal from abroad only a few hundred quarters have been
reported. Most of the Irish supply received in the early
part of the month has been Metre/ off, and the market
has become very bare of good fore;ga corn. The dealers'
stocks are, we believe, light ; but 'hey appear determined to
hold off as long es possible, is expectation of early supplies
from some of the near continental ports. In aria, how-
ever, they may be disappointed. as most of the rivers are
still frozen up, and shipments are therefore at present im-
possible. There was a little more inquiry (or good qualities
of oats on Wednesday, but the demand was not sufficiently
active ro enable sellers to obtain better prices.
The quantity of beans brought forward this week has
about equalled what has been required, and prices have
remained precisely the same as they were before.
The value of peas has also remained stationary, though
the oentioued cold weather has had the effect of facressing
the consumption of this article.
FOREIGN.

The most recently received advice. from the north
of Europe inform us that the weather had bees very severe
for the advanced period of the season, and it may be re-
garded as nearly certain that the opening of the Baltic
shipping season will be delayed fee some weeks.
An immense quantity of saow appears to have fallen in
different parts of Germany, rendering the communisation
with the interior difficult ; hence but moderate supplies
bed been brought forward at the shipping ports on the
coast; and notwithstanding the dull tone of the reports
from hence, previous prices had been very firmly supported.
Danzig letters of the 22nd inst., state that so much snow
had fallen in that neighbourhood as to render many of the
streets impassable, the roads were perfectly so; and sup-
plies from the country had been almost suspended. The
trassestiess in wheat bad not been important during the
week, holders having asked higher terms than
terinaltd been disposed to pay, equal to 60e per qr , free
on :beard, having been demanded for fine 62 lbs. high-
mined quality. Some days previous a °Distract had been
shred, fltr haenuni delivery, for • parcel of very ordinary
melething 'sly about 601 W. per bush., at 43.. per
fir. free maJbaud. The Polish merchants had remained
is Arm, and there had been very few offers from
themaiserV. mewls had been inquired for, and for the few in
the partite. 6d. per v. freight to London had been asked.
Advisee from Konigsberg, of the 22nd inst., inform us
that the cold was not quite so intense as it had been the
week before; still the mercury had sunk 14 dega. belsw
If:easing point the night previous. The navigation would
not, it was thought, be hoe before the middle of April.
Wheat had been held firmly, but the inquiry had not been
by any MHOS active. Quotations were much the same as
before, say 46e. 3d. for high-mixed, 43e. 3d. for mixed, and
425. 9d. per qr., free on board, for red, weight 6111ba. per
bush. The quantity of spring corn brought forward bad
scarcely sufficed for the local consumption. Ships were
wanted, and freights were rather tending upwards.
At Stettin on Monday last a Feat quantity of snow fell,
with esadased frost. Few, if any, foreign orders for
wheat had bees umeived there the previous week, and the
treassettees in the article had been unimportant; holders
had, however, remained very firm, and prices were then
quite as high as they had been before. It was the prevail-
ing opinion that the shipments in spring would fall some-
what short of expectation, as there was little disposition to
consign, sellers calculating on an English demand sooner
or later. Vessels were seams; for A 1 ship 3s. 641. had
been offered and refused, and 4s. per qr. was naked.
We have nothing new to report from Rostock, Wismar,
or Stralsund. Holders of wheat were generally firm at all
those places.
Hamburg letters of Tuesday date that the frost had
abated somewhat in severity. Very little had been done
is wheat since the previous poet day, and prices had un-
dergone no change. The terms asked by shippers of Danish
barley and oats had also been *bout the same as before,
say for the former 23e. 9d. to 24e. 6d., and the latter 16e. to
16. 6d. per qr. free on board in spring.
In the Dutch markets prices of wheat appear to have
remained very nearly stationary ; and but little change h
lately taken place in quotations of wheat or flour at 'as
any
of the principal shipping ports, the tendency to decline
which prices exhibited earlier in the month having been
checked.
From the Mediterranean the reports for the moutrat are
of little interest; and we have nothing fresh to notice from
the Black Bea.

Advises from America per the last steamer Humboldt
state that, after • temporary depression and a decline in
prices of flour, the demand for the article had again re-
vived. The latest accounts from New York are of the 12th
inst. ; during the preceding three days 26,000 te 27,000
bile. of flour hail changed hands, partly for home use and
partly export. The prices paid fur approved qualities had
ranged from 4 dole. 76c. to 5 dolt. per hrl. The shipments
from that port from the lat to Bth of March had amounted
to 42,088 brim. Freights had come down to 2s. to 2s. 6d.
per but for Liverpool.