The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-29 00:00:00

ARMITAL OF ilia BNIACHAN.
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NEW TOIL. MAncn 19, 1 A.m.
General Great telegraphs the following extracts
from the Richmond papers
" The Confederate Congress has adjourned.
The James River canal is being repaired,
and President Davis has called upon the
farmers to aid in the work. Vigorous
efforts are being made at Richmond to organise
coloured troops. Mobile despatches of the 14th
inst. state that the city was strongly mensoed
21 of the enemy's vessels were in sight. Great
activity prevailed among the enemy in the Lower
Bay. Maury recommends the inhabitants to pre-
pare for an attack, and has ordered non-combatants
to leave. Southern journals admit that Sheridan's
raid has been very destructive."
The Swedish frigate Venedas has arrived.
OOMXIROIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW TOSE. Ewa 19, 11 P.n.
Money easy. Gold 165 i. Irehange on London,
1133}. Stooks slightly firmer ; New York Central,
106} ; Illinois, IMT ; Erie, 651 ; 5-90 United
States Bonds, 1081. Cotton dull ; middling Up-
land, 68. Flour heavy. Wheat dull. Corn
slightly firmer. Provisions declining. Coffee
declining. Sugar, tnehrece, and petroleum dull.
Crude, 36 ; refined, 561

FRANCE.
PARIS, Mimi 20.

The Marquis de IS Isealstie,senatec, has been
appointed Minister of the Interior, in plaoe of M.
Bondet, whose resignation bas been accepted.
M. Bondet hes been created a senates.

MUSIC.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Covent-garden opened last night for the Royal
Win Opera semen. A few dart ego we gays a summary
of Mr. Gye's prospectus of his arsangemeste for the mason.
We And that his begiesiag is not OW is meesdanee with
that pension& Be easonseed that Pawl woad be pro.
&seed, with three ddlerent stars is secession is the else-
meter of Margeret—Mictisa-Oarvalin, Patti, and Lucca ;
but he has now nosed the theatre with that opera, and
with akar* Keepers, Milne. Reda, • lady whose name's
sot insaticeed in tie prespestes. We meetion this.
Not by way of ladies say fault with the reneger, for a
emernseder cannot slums muster J bin hem at the W-
eaning of • campaign ; sad, moreover. the performance of
lest eight was perhaps more splendid es • whole than it has
saw bass before. Itse 11.estre, though it was vacated by
the Royal Pmelleh Opera Clempany may tee days has
hiss repented sad eedermated with modern' despatch,
and, filled with • fashionble sedisems, kedged delightfully
dem, bright, and esinfertable. The epos was pet sport
the siege with nee mere thee the wee sad Whiny of
hit erne. The regressetetion of the Zeman or fair,
ie the essrket-plaes, whisk was enriched with many sew
sod fearifst groups, at I. gay sad samba movement,
was ems of the prettiest spectacles we have sass cm the
stage, sad is like risenear Mariann paha. with its
walks. Mask sad slink, was subsisted with sash • nasty
if WWII& &dells ma almost to produce the illmion
reality. These stoma platens were self sail delightful is
themans, bet had • wonderful effect is ethancing the
meth sad spirit of thetheseable action.
Marie was the Faust, sad it must have gratiAed every on
poet to And this iseemparable pad arms/ is seas
escapist* possession of all his faculties, physical and
mental. We have sot for yam hoard hi beautiful
voice to greater mina**. It bed all its ninth
fame, sad freshness: all its power of passionta Gunn-
Moe which gives it sash an enbosedee soseunand over the
feelhtp of an who Issas it ; sad, what was pleasanter Ain,
that Arm and healthy tom which dispelled all fear of
failure, and gave sesiwasee al strength aed persimmon. We
felt that the tenor of Maas was metered to IN, and that
the public greyestks oe enjoying for a beg thee to come
me a the great pleasures that musks ate bestow. As to
his perfcmasoce of Pasta, we need not sepia what has been
so fully acknowledged, that hi, plane of tbe character
in all its various phases, is absolutely vague sad unrivaled.
Wills. build led en arduous task to eseonatar is
appearing in a part which has been Alla es the same beards
by three of the most renowned artists el the day ; sad she
evidently laboured wider the seam et her trying position.
Nevertheless, she showed mach merit, and was received
with a gratifying amount of favour. Her voice is thin, and
somewhat French is its quality hert it is clear and flexible,
and, as she gradually regained self -posesedoe, she wog
like an aocomplithed musician. Si. looked the character
well ; and, in the great garden scese—esoosd only to the
manias. sane la the Hugnenoir—she skewed that she pos-
sessed not only mush feeling, but also the pewee to exprem it.
The small, but pleasing and iaterestieg, part of Bina was
sustained by another stranger, than& sore, who also
deserved and chanted • favourable nesptioe. She is young
aadhandsome, ism a sweet contralto voice, sad is a
pretty
aid Waive{ mama. Signor Attri, who is already
known
to the Pasties public, wait an ezcallent Mephistophiles, and
the parts of Vahan* and Wagner were well supported by
Omani sad Tagliafioc.
The Promisee is to be given cm Thursday, when
Priori will appear mLeonora, Weelitel as Naafi" M
Mille.
Ramon as Anemia, and Omani as the (bunt di Luna.

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