The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1858.

DRAMA.

4. -

LYCEUM.

Last evening, Belpheyor, which continues to inn
its deservedly successful course, wee followed by a sew
dramatic romance," In three seta, nand TA* King's
Mrsthetesrs. ♦ll ruins of French sarels an acquisted
with Lu 71nis Mestiginfaives, one of the innumerable off-
spring of the prolific ♦laaadn Durum ♦ drama called
Ls Amuse ars Yorpsefsi►ss, founded on that work,
hsvir.g become popular la rule, Ilea row, is the
usual mune of things, been adapted to the En-
glish stage, and produced under the auspices of hir-
Dill's. Mush of the pavformasto went heavily off, the
audience seining cold end west y ; but the 'Wain fell maid
sonelderable applesee, and the piece, therefore, mut be at
dews as surseinfol.

MUSIC IN THE PROVINCES.

(7110 X

The predilection which has for sons 'inn existed
maw oar meant celebrities for manse perrissial tests
seems tin year to have malted a climax. Coasters urns, '
operadeparties, quartette parties, glee tad madrigal parties,
uo litorally shouldering *soh other at the punt same&
la the larger provienal towns. Bine tho Bradford and
Gloseester Festival Composite dispersed, the sosatry has
been noun by homes of vocalists sad lartnimeatalista,
eagerly seeking • volt from the dame with whisk mule
is unman by the public mind. Alban, with Bottesisir
Pirko, Fiorentinl, Clara Novollo, Formes, sad J. L.
Hatton started first, under migagenseat to Mesas.
Crasser, Hoak, sad Co.; thus Miss Dolby sad her
sister, together with Lindsay Bloper and Balsam. Next Pia
colomini with the "light brigade" of Her Majesty's Theatre.
After this same (or rather went) the Drat, Lana opera
employ, mantis, of Luey Esoott, Braham, de. The.
Balk, with Madame Eaden7bs, Mir Haddad, 111111
Arabella Goddard, sad Si.. Ream (ender engagement to
Dowry sad Boot). Then the Orchestral Units, with
Alfred Mello. sa redactor; then Miss P. Horton, with her
very popular " Popular Illustration ;" tad after this the
Veal Colon monad its sway. But the memory gets
Seatased by the neollectios of the ausseross sad varied
enenalaments which have been provided for the lovers
in lassie throughout t►e country. la so other
lead thou Milan would it be possible Ise 10
many musks' commies to be got t.gethar at on
sad the sum time, with a safikkat mutat *lmmo
to pay eves their betel bills sad travelling expenses. That
the " sidetiu" hat shams pecularly its ewe may well be
supposed from the fast that so large a somber of die-
tlegained artistes an &dosed to follow It; but it is to be
leered that la the pretest mans *nesse ems tarlatans'
spenistore who may here to their temerity &offering
apposition to their moo =urinal' Witham fa the trade.
Bat we had aloft forgotten to allude with bookslag
psalm to the most importaat anabluatisa of ma-
nn West that his beta brought bakes a provincial
aseasse this you. Is somparion with the ►avy
MINI of artillery nesposing this phalsaz (the phrase
is sot =Mad, bat It my be the mars asseptahle
that wont, ming that to be over-technical Is to be over-
tedious), the variant sompaales previously emosented my
be regarded esly as light skirmishers, the sleet of whose
°perukes was many tO bank the ground. We refer to
the seasod Beale party (Alban being tens head of the
Am), whin &slake the same of Odd, Mario, the Gas-
sier*, Amadei, Gianni, Fenno" the Lona& Tosses*
flathaseli, Boron, LI Cain, and a bed sad clo-
ne ham the Royal 'talks Opera. Ban es asensele fs
someasses to be met with la Loads., but atm before ban
to may essabbsed sttreedess bets seta la the provisoes. The
Bret represestadoss ware gives is Dublin, where "Mensal,"
" La Favorite," " II Trusters," " Norma," " II Basbiers,"
"La Bossuebsla," " Lawn& Borgia," said " Doa Pas-
quale," were performed la rapid eneamies. After twelve
repreentstioss at the theatre sad one moesiss sewed
(which latter woe the moot numerously etteadsd estsuida-
rust ever knows la the sky el Denis), the party, less a
few of its origlaal mambas, renamed the Chinni, sad
onmessed a series of " opera recitals" at Chatter, Liver-
pool, Measkestot, ad Wm large towse. Thosgbout
tour these opera rental' hare mat with mask more decided
sneer this wee expected—a result whip is as muds to be
attributed to the envy sad judgmsat of the Ina by
whoa exerting they were organised OS to the abilities of
the artist's tpacessod la the performances. It was
doubtlate a bold step to enter "pm len an experiment la
the proviness, the salary expeum, together with

“ Thst wont at Imma 111 s.
The ialanaece ut the tray'Uag MN.”

Mug sea stalag fearfal to eistatoplata, sad still sere so to
liquidate. Lad sot eosrageou was it to wudertake the
saaagessat cf suc► leflassable soa*erials as prise dorm,
twirl easobsti, sad beet robs/ill, under the basudoss
elmastease that a proviacial tour presents. Lungs
sad Amiss, Chaser* and Pollio, Oroesse and Yips, fere
we► other at the Maser table daily, &slag the libel*
period of the eagagennt. Tbe.y travel topther, son the
water la the sae boat together, are roustautly
to tepther, sad ere easpelled to share is
the varlets vielesitudee, &memos. Gad psrplultlss whisk
us eau= to all perms similarly situated. It Is sot to
be wondered at, therefore, that dieseustess should ettmetbsee
arise exempt is saay selebritier, when jealousy of sea
ether is proverbially halms; bet of this we are areurod,
that, satousista is It may sprat. the oespousy of w►ose we
mew spook ere fulfill* Stair resat eastgeusesie with aa
mord de awn whisk betakes' et asusal stemma part,
Wing" mid proterksal pigs,.