The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

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SPECIAL CONSTABLES IN MANCIUMTIIIt.—A esteni-1
'pendent says. " The anxiety of the magistrates for the
tranquillity of this city and its suburbs is not yet allayed.
The agitators of the working classes are more and more
industriously engaged in getting up m.ctings, and the pre-
sent week bids fair to try the disposition of the people to
encourage these attempts. Lost night there was to be •
great open-air meeting in Stevenson-square ; this, Tuesday
evening, there is to be • public meeting of operatives
and
and
chartists to petition for the pardon of 1. rat, Williams,
Jones; and to-morrow, IYednesday evening, is met aside
for • meeting to propose the " organisation of labour " (by
trades unions); to limit the hours of labour, to promote
sanitary reform, the abolition of middlemen, the establish-
ment of a paramount industrial board of trade, with local
beards in all cities, towns, end Isoroughs, to promote an ex-
tension of the suffrage, and other object'. The number of
special constables sworn in up to last evening from the ranks
of the ehopacepers, and warehousemen and clerks, was
nearly 4,000; those sworn in in the mills, out of a total of
44,000 people, yming and old, do not exceed 1,500. Our
correspondent was in the Town-hall a short time only
beore ou exress left, and the officials had then present
about oner hunpdred young men, all well dressed and of re-
spectable appearance, evidencing them to be chi, fly of the
class of clerk' and Ulesmen, whose silaries robably.
nistrange
from 1001. or 1501. to 5001., to whom they were admier-
ing the oath as special constables."
HAMPSIHRE.
THE FATAL AFFRAY AT CADLANDS.-00 Thursday
Alex. Cavell gnu C. Breather, two of the men against
whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned at the in-
quest upon C. Payne, assistant gamekeeper to Mr. A. R.
Drummond, of Cadlands, gave themselves up to the police.
Knapp, the ..then man, is still at large. Upon the prisoners
being taken into custody they gave as a reason for surren-
dering, that they had been nearly starved, and stated that
they had not been sworn to ; but Knapp, who had been
sworn to, would not surrender, but was determined to beep
out of the way for the present, and they would, therefore,
say nothing as to his whereabouts. They were lodged in
Winchester gaol the same day.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
THE ABUSES IN THE CHELTENHAM GRAMMAR
SegooL are thus spoken of by a correspondent of the Chel-
tenham, Examiner :--" Oar Grammar School has for a great
number of years past been by no means tbe benefit to the
town that was intended by the noble donor, whose will ought
to be carried out to the full extent ; but the funds have been,
I am afraid, terribly perverted to other purposes far
different to that originally intended. It is called • free
school, but I cann find out in what way it deiserves
that name. Loak ot
, for instince, to the seat" in the
parish church which belong to the school, and to the school
alone. What have become of them ? They were originally
intended fur the scholars; but to my certain knowledge not
one has eat in them for the last eight or ten years, and yet
without any sense of shame on the part of the managers ;
but, no doubt very profitably to th, in, these seats have been
occupied by other individuals. Your correspondents have
h.thrr to hint ed that violent measures should be taken to
•to t! • pew er from out of the howls of these trustees ; but
that plan 1 by no means approve ot, well knowing that
they have the power, and that they will not give it up,
and in short nothing less than an act of parliament concern-
ing all grammar schools throughout England could compel
them. Look to the Bristol Grammar School; now, after
years of uselessness and mismanagement, it has been re-
vived, and is at present equal to any in the kingdom.
Does not that set an example to Cheltenham, what can be
,effected by perseverance ?—and mark me, if every one were
to unite hand to hand in the good cause, we should soon
see our own school flourishing, an honour to the town,
and a source of benefit to ourselves and children."—Another
writer, in reference to the same institution rays (in the
Cheltenham Journal);—"The Cheltenham and Oxford Rail-
way Coral:may, in making their line, will require the
school house, in High.street, and have agreed to purchase
the same, so that the present is a most favourable opportu-
nity for 'Vending the benefits of the school, not only in the
system of education but also by the erection of a suitable
building or school-house."

AVHHOL
STRAND TREATRE.--We were induced to visit this
theatre last evening by the announcement of Auher's new
opera "Haydee," which was produced some three months ago
at the Opera Comique, and is about to be brought out at our
Royal Italian Opera. Such an attempt to forestall a per-
formance at another theatre is of very questionable pro-
priety, though not without example. We remember, after
the production of Meyerheer's " Robert le Diable" in Paris, ,
both the great London theatres brought out English versions
of it, not only without the composer's sanction, but in such
manner as was most injurious to his music ; for, not being
a able to obtain the genuine score, they got certain musical
workmen to vamp up the orchestral parts from
the publi‘hed pianoforte edition of the op. ra. Both
the spurious versions, however, had a considerable run, and
contributed to hurt the success of the genuine opera when it
was produced at the Italian Opera-house by Mr. Monck
Mason. We cannot suppose that M. Auber, who, we be-
lieve, is at present employed in preparing " Haydie " (or
performance at our Covent garden Opera in an Italian dress,
would communicate his score, in the meantime, to any other
London theatre ; and we must conclude, therefore, that the
Strand theatre has got up this opera in the same way as
Drury-lane and Covent-garden got up " Robert le Diable."
Being unacquainted with the music, we could not ascertain
how far the original score agreed with or differed from
what we heard last night. The instrumentation was
evidently very lame and imperfect ; but this would
have been the case even had the author's own
p irts been used, the orchestra being utterly incompetent
to execute them. We shall make no remarks on an
opera got up in this manner, but shall wait till it is legiti-
mately produced with the author's unction. We shall only
say that the music bore ternal evidence of being broken
down and mutilated ; and that the strength of the company
was quite inadequate to do anything like justice either to
the characters of the drama or to the music, whether airs,
concerted pieces, or choruses. We must, however, except
Miss Pule, who represented the heroine with much spirit
and intelligence, and sang several airs very prettily.
Vibe *taw.
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FRENCH PLATS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—There
were given here last night one reappearance, one new ap-
pearance, and two new pieces. The reappearance (in itself
a sufficient attraction for one cycling) was that of M. La-
font, who although, like most other people, not looking
younger than he did last year, retains all his joyous vivacity
of manner and airiness of mien. His reception, as was to by
I expected, was most cordial. The new appearance was that ,
of Madame Paul Ernest, of the Theatre des Varietda, 1
a valuable accession to the company. She is young„
handsome, in her person, eleg..nt in her carriage,
I and, as far as we could judge from the slight sketch in which '
she appeared, an accomplished actress of genteel comedy.
Her manner is animated without exuberance, and effective
in its entire freedom from affectation; her voice highly
pk...sing, and her enunciation excedent. Ti.e first of ti:e
new pieces produced, " Let Extremes se Touchent," is, ea
we have observed, a intro sketch. but it is a very pleasant
one. The personages are M. Lafont and Madame Paul
Ernest as the Chevalier Julliers and La Comte:se BOUM,
and the plot of the sketch is a little stratagem
which, after a lovers' quarrel, brings about a lovers'
reconciliation. It is a pleasant affair, pleasantly acted. The
other novelty. " Un MouPguetaire Grip," is, in its English
form, no novelty to our readers, being the original of the
1 " Two Dragoons," so successfully produced a few weeks
back at the Lyceum. Mane. Nathafie, we observe, makes
her last appearance on Wednesday, when she will be the
bin,- ficiaire of the evening. We are scaly to hear that we
3re about to lose M. Cartircey, an artist of the most consum_ 1
mate and various ability, and an especial favourite with the
frequenters of this theatre. We do not at all see how his
place is to be supplied.
WILLP4': Rowes.—ine KEMBLE READINGS.—
Fanny Kemble, for so we would have Mrs. Butler still called,
' that the name of Kemble may not, in her time, at least, be-
' come but es one of the departed glories of our stage, has
commence I a series of readings, at present limited to two,
but we arc confident to be extended to many more—from
• i Sbakspeare. The play selected for illustration yesterday wee
i ! the " Merchant of Venice." We need not Teak of the
l I elegant and effective manner is which the reading was exe-
cuted, for the artist's power to do
The
to her subject is
matter of public knowledge. room was literally
crowded, and the composition of
will the companMuch y most 'elect.
The next reading, on Thursday,Ado about
Nothing."

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UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
Dt.BUN.—At the erring Commedoement, Vite-Chancel• ;
loft prim were awarded to the following students for composition le I
prose and in verse :—J. Rogers, 8.A., sett., English prose and C. Robin-
son, 8.A., English and Latin prom; W. R. Scott, 8.. ;T. W.
Barnes, 8.A., soh., F.nglish poise. T. E. Webb, Rh., 11. W. Haden,
and F. Brown, English verse. T. F. Webb, tch., and E. MacNangti.
ten, Greek verve and Latin met.
The objects for Vine-Chanetllofe prises at the simmer commence.
meat are—toe graduates: Greek, Latin, or Ilogliati prose, "The
influence of free-trade in promoting and extending the pacific rela-
tions of mates." For underimitioatea: Greek, Latin, or English
verse, "The Rajah of Sarawak."
The Primate's Hebrew prizes kw Into term have been awarded as
followt :—Senfor Clam: S. Synnoti, A. 8.; I. Moore, M., A.B.—
Junior Clod I. Williams; F. C. Morton: W. R. Weir, eel.; F. G.
Walker, sch.; 11. MacSorlel, sch.—The Biblical Greek prizes to S. W.
Davis, 8.A., ach. ; U. MaMorley, @eh. ; T. W. Evans, soh. (addl.
tiortal).—The prizes in Modem Uittory to Dunbar, Eaton, Shaw.

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MILITARY.
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since 1b57, has just anir‘d in the thsrostl, snd as the depCA (.4
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