The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

On Saturday evening the new opera, Lara, was
performed for the fifth time. The house was crowded, u,
indeed, It hes been ever since the first night, and the Mr
car of the opera it, now folly confirmed. This SUOMI Yr.
Harrison well deservon, not only for his discernment and
judgment in bringing so excellent a work on the English
stage, bet for the extraordinary are which he evidently
has bestowed on its preparation. We have seldom seen •
dram►tic piece better performed is an its parts, or mere
complete and satisfactory in its ensemble. The only fault
we bad to find with the first sight's performance was, that it
was too long. Bat this objection has sow been removed ;
not so much by the process of excision (which has bees
adopted but to • small extent) as by quickening the march
of the action, whereby the performance has been rendered
oat only shorter, but more spirited and effective.

Exam-HALL—The National Choral Society
will give a (mad performer" of Judas ifsccabasa op
Wednesday out, wider the direction of Kr. G. W. Martin.
The principal soloists engaged are Madame Radendoiff,
Km Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. W. Bud and
chaos 700 performers.

NEWSPAPER STATISTICA.—From the " Newspaper
Press Directory ^ for 1865 we extract the following on the
motet position of the newspaper peer :—" There are now
published in the UMW Kande,' 1,271 messes dis-
tributed as fellows :—Eriglend, 944 ; Wales, 41;
140 ; Ireland, 132 ; British isles. 14. Of these there are-
-48 daily papers published is Esgleed. 1 io Wales, 11 in
Scotland, 12 io Ireland. and Ihi the British isles. On
ref to the edition of this useful directory for 1886,
we Gad the following interesting facts, that is
that year there were published is the United Kingdom 799
journal+, ; of these 37 papers were issued dady—viz., 15 in
Losslon, 10 ia the preemies, 7 in Scotland, and sre Ire-
land ; but is 1865 there are now established and circulated
1,271 papers, of which ao lees then 73 are knead daily,
showing that the press of the +matey has largely extended
in the interval, end the daily *um standing 73 against
37 in 1856. The megasioes now in course of publication.
including the quarterly reviews, number 554, of these 208
are of a decidedly religions character, and by which the
church of England, Wideman, Methodists, Septa* In-
dependents, end other Christian communities are duly
represented.
STRANOR Deevff.—A few weeks ago • young
gentleman named Penne, son of a magistrate in Galway,
end a student is the Quese's College there, suddenly and
mysteriously disappeered. it was supposed that he had
enlisted or gone to A 02016011. But his body was discovered
on Friday morning floating down the canal towards the
point et which it falls into the river Carrib. Although
mewing since the week before Christmas. the features were
but slightly disfigured. de inquest was held in the after-
noon, when Dr. Brows, uncle of the demand, deposed
that be had +waisted at a post-nsortern examination.
There were no marks whatever of violence. There were
some marks on the head, but they were only scalp deep.
Believed he was alive when be got Into the water, is them
was mod under his sails, as if he made a sirs.ggle to emir
himself. Could not tell from the state of the hinge whether
he was dead when he fell in. Martin Morrissey depeeed
that he was in the neighbourhood of the easel oe the
Thursday before Christmas, at 12 o'clock, end saw Mr.
Peruse with two gentlemen there. Mr. Penes and one of
them went into the house of a mama armed Sarah Holmes.
Neither of them came mriduring the two hours he remained
there. He heard no scuffle diming the time ha was there.
SUPPOSED CONFEDERATE CRUISZE.—The Phare
de in Loire states that the suspicions of Me Preach govern-
meet have been excited as to the real ohmmeter of the
stases-ram Mode. which recently arrived at the Isle of
Roost a
gesistity of under
coals from the the Danish flag, mad left semis after receirieg
Free& Meam-tug Ereedad,
end trinsferrieg to the latter mead the Danish mew, cos-
siding of 42 persons. Some of Use crew of this hest-named
vessel Wed the Olisde as an iron-clad rem recently
ee at Bordeaux for Denmark, and they state
that soon after leaving the Olin& they saw sabltilish
steamer approach bee and treasfer es
greet number of large memo aid barrels. ;
the *Seen oe board the Made offered the crew of
the Expeditif 17M. per mouth to ewes on board the ram,
first to Lisboa, sad theses for a five nalithe voyage. The
stoker and • sailor named Ormeche accepted the offer, bet
whoa the latter toned the Oliad• was • leer vessel, and
that all the men, on board wen armed with revolvers, cut-
hem, Sm. he jumped into • beast sad encoseded is getting
back to the Expedilif. Wlew Ude het-meted mod »-
turned to Nantes the sew stated what they bed sees, sod
were afterwards examined by Viscount de Beaufeeds, Corn-
ationery-Genend of Marine, wbo immediately commnui-
sated with the Danish amid. The real ammeter of the
Olinds will, we doubt, soon ha sesertsinsd. The mew of
the Made are gewerally of opiates that she is a Con-
federate cruiser.—Oaliviani.
Tag G ANOMIE/3 AT SNZIPTUILD.—After a pro-
tracted delay, the Sheffield polies hem succeeded is laicise
iertm etweedy two of the men who semaitted the atrocious
=epee Mr. Denby. mel asset to Bent Yitswillism.
respeetimly Duals Cam sad Hersey Smith. They
were brought before the
CannSbsfeldwas
magiespriathates esSaturday
charged
ham. Another of tie mar" armed Ideeed Bell,
seeded elm after the robbery, aid eseened set of Me
heads of lialf-a-dosow polies Akers in Bimelloglislatt IMAM .
behind Mtn ample proof to convict him of several maims
Grimes. The evideace against Con sad Buda was goers late
at ma length. The ere wee adjouraed met fl Theseday
tor winehoesties whims+