The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-12 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPEL!.

MUW.

TM Prophets was produced last niglot for the
first tithe this earsos, with Mario La the elamater of Joha
le Lydia, and Nana Fidoishorg (a dabillanie is this ease.
by) is that of Fides. Mario pve another proof that he is
now is faller paramion of his iscomparable powers than he
Ise bees for years, and that his parformanco of the hero of
Meyertmes most gorgeous opera is as unrivalled as ever.
He has, indeed, made the character his own, not
wily by the modest with which he he. osseeisid
it, by than singular advanteps of face sod person, mad that
pans sad dimuty of beariag which smell* him ea roinyiemly
to real* Me coomptios, but by that isdeseribable quality
of Jib' lois', which gives its mere sound se.wooderfnl
power of expressing every variety of prides sad brelivil•
Mario's voiles has lost some of its notes, and has no Longer
the flexibility of his imager days ; bat he amer was at
say time addicted to vocal display', and derived his resist-
less power over the &Hestia.," of his hearers frost
Rath higher gifts than the faculty of emitting tones beyond
the. usual nap of tenor voice". lost night the
power and volume of his voice were unimpaired. In the
Prophet's heart-ekirring address to his troops before the
battle, it ring through the theatre like the sound of s
trumpet; and the prayer, in which his single seise was
*Aped by the fall Mores, was sublime beyond descrip-
lim He was admirably supported by HMIs. Edeleborg,
whose perform/roe of Ades appeared to en oils of the
feed that we have witnessed eine* that of Madame
Via/dot, the original repressatative of the character. She
was attired with great dramatic judgment, and looked the
part perfectly. She has • rich contralto voice, and the
riabdned, but deep and coacestrated feeling which she
threw into the character shoved the genius of a
true acts:ea. The meeting of the mother and the son daring
the coronation serene in the cathedral produced the thril-
ling effect which it used to do in the early days of.the
opera, when Viardot sod Mario acted is together. Mina
Welshers Isis a high reputatioa in Germany, and seem to
be worthy of it. Maki. ilosieri was the Bertha. The part
is notian effective one, but it clostaine some briniest mos..
elefli which she sang with a Glair, thin voice, and cooside.
'able csecutioo. Joe other eltaracters were sustained an
formerly. The opera was got up with all the splendour
usual at this theatre sod the orchestra and chorus wore
saapiEcest.

THE LATE MR. E.
PUBLIC COBDEE'S FIRST ENTRY
Iwo LIFE.

The following, upon the above subject, extracted
from a private letter from the pen of Mr. Wan. Cuthrall
(few many years 00-proprietor and editor with the late Mr.
Archibald Prentice of the Manchester Tines), will he read
with special interest at the preesat moment :
Whilst my late partner end myself were earnestly
engaged as journalists, now about 30 years back, in tbe
severe struggle then entered upon by the inhabitants of
Naocheeter fur obtaining the incorporation of the town, we
received a aeries of letter upon that and other subjects of
public interest, from an anonymous oorrespoodent under
the signature "Libra." These letters, which were gene-
rally furnished alternate weeks, were marked by so much
thought and ability that we were desirous to have as inter-
view with the writer, end accordingly inserted a line
in our paper to that effect, mentioning a time for the
Purpose. About noon the same day that this notice
appeared, the publisher of our paper notified to the that
ageettlemea in the outer offioe wished to see me, when the
Itamr, on being invited into my private room, ietroduesd
las Richard Cobden. klis person nd name being
alike unknown to me, and not recollectinga for the moment
that a meager was expected in accordance with the no-
Moe inserted in our journal, I hefted be would informme
of the object of his call, when be said he was " Libra,"
adding, " I observe from your paper that you wish to sea
me." We at once became great friends. Soon after, poor
Prentice, my partner, entered the room, and on being is.
formed it was " Libra" who wee with me, warmly shook
him by thehand, and at the same time complimented him
en the skill. Stc., displayed is his letten.We pawed that he
was engaged in business in Morley-street • that he bad
only recently come to Manchester, and h;d but few sc-
quaintancre there. I well remember that in this interview
be was very diffident and somewhat nervous in tempera-
ment; at therm* time it was obvious to us, even thee,
that he wee, in ability and promise, much above
the average *temp of young men. It happen-
ing that a public meeting, under 010 presidency of
Mr. Prentice, in furtherance of the incorpora-
. toe of Manchester, was to be held that same evening at the
Cotton Free Tavern, in Alienate (a (eremite political
rendezvous of the period referred to), my partner at once
solicited Mr. Cobden to accompany him, and to take pert
in the proceedings. Although so many years have passed
since, I well recollect that Mr. Cobden declined to attend
the meeting—in fact, he evidently shrank from the task
apeekiog on the occasion, and it was not until repeatedly
pressed to do so that he oomented—altbough the meeting
was quite of minor character. " I assureyou," he rid, " I
never yet made a speech of any description, excepting,
perhaps, en after-dinner one ate commercial table Haring
at length obtained the promise of his attendance, it wag
arranged that he should take his tea at our Aloe on the
way to the meeting, which he accordingly did. After the
opening speech of the chairman, he milled upon Mr. Wide'
to move the first resolution, introducing him as
his "young friend" who had recently contributed
to the Manc,:ceer Times the able letters signed
" Libra." His speech, however, on this coma=
was a signal failure. He was nervous, confused,
and in fact practically broke does, and the chairman had
to apologise for him, but at the same time expressed his full
confidence as to the success and manhunts of his futon,
career. Snob was Mr. oobden's deb& before the Manchester
public as a speaker. So far as his own feelings were con-
cerned, for some time he was so dimoureged by his maiden
effort that I am pretty confident, had shim lamested and
remarkable man, whose oratory subsequently was of so per-
suasive a Mod, been allowed to follow the bent of his in-
ehmtioo, be never again would hare appeared sa a public
speaker. Our professional acquaintance with Mr. Cobden
thus formed, led to his introduction to the political circles
of Manchester, and in a short period he took an active part
in moat public matters affecting the interests of the town,
and was chosen one of the first members of the corporation,
whose charter he materially assisted in obtaining.

THE DII+PITri IN THE I/14,N TRADE. —WOLVER.
TOZBDILY.—This morning, seventeen unionist
Ironworkers attended at the Town-hall in this town, in so•
isordance with an arrangement come to with the mayor of
the borough (sr. J. Ford), expecting to obtain an interview
with their masters to lay before them their desire for the
istablishment of a court of arbitration. The deputation
were appointed at a ineetiog held yesterday, and they leper
Dented the several works in the Wolverbamptou district.
The Mayor Laving stated the result of his communication
with the masters as reported yesterday, it was imaged that
he should renew Lis efforts to procure an interview between
the masters and men at or after the meeting of the former
to-morrow. The general body of paddlers have again passed
the meiotic* of Saturday, and have telegraphed to Lord
Lichfield, at Shogborough, requesting his lordship to
act in conjunction with the mayor and town clerk to palms
them an interview with tbo masters to-morrow.

THE LocK-OUT IN THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE.—
The lock-out of the ironworkers in all the works in the
vest of Scotland, with but few exception., commenced oe ,
Yooday. The desultory half attempts at negotiation made
during the past fortnight while the notice was pending, have
resulted, as might have been anticipated, in nothing, the
declioatare of arbitration on the part of the masters 'arrow-
keg the qucation to absolute acceptance or refusal of their
proposals. The number of men thus thrown idle is esti.
mated at about 4,800, of whom about ono•fiftb will be Pad-
dlers, the large proportion being %filmes and labourers.
Whether the lock-out will be of short &intim,
terminating in tbe acquiescence of the men to the term@ of
their employers, or leading to a loos end arduous struggle,
Is yet doubtful, the representative delegates free. the
names districts still confuting themselves to discussing
the question of arbitratuse, and being apparently loath
to weeps the :ate decision of the masters as an ultima-
tum. The number of works whose proprietors gave
notice of reduction is sixteen, amongst which are—The
L. Rollo: Works, Parkhead Forge Works, Port
Bandits Works, Moeseod Works, Muirkirk Works,
Ttoohsolloch Works, Coats Works. Dundyvan Works, Gomm
Bar Works, ?dockland Works, Drumpellar Works, Phalli:
'Works, Clifton Works, and Coatbridge Works. The warn-
ing at two of these works-I>undy van and Crampons/t—
-ikes sot expire till Saturday first. The workmen at Muir-
kirk Works have been, we understand, allowed to go on at
the old wage pending the settlement of the dispute. having I
agreed to pay back the balance of their wages should the
ireduetioo be finally consented to. A meeting of the
delegates was held yesterday forenoon in Whyte's
Temperance Hotel, when reports were beard from the
various districts ; and we understand that they met
again io the nfternooo, when it was intimated that the
men employed at the various works where the notice had
expired having offered to resume at the customary wags
nem sot permitted to begin work. Another meeting of the
iroemuters will be held tomorrow ; but there is no proba-
bility of say °anomalous to the men even being dimmed at
It. The announcement lately made that the owners of
ken pits had been diseurieg • proposal to redoes the
mega of the miners yesterday evoked • deningstestion
the part of the men, wbo met in the Lyceum roomy, and
warmly resolved to stand out against the rednetios.—
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