The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-01 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Since our last notice of the performances at this
establishment Signor Cotogni has appeared in the part of
Valentine, in Gounod's Faust, in lieu of Signor Guada-
gnini, essayed the character three or four weeks since.
Valentine has little opportunity for display, either
dramatic or vocal, until the duel scene in the fourth act,
and here a dramatic singer of sufficient powers has an
opening for producing a profound effect in ocie of
the best musical, and one of the most affecting
dramatic, situations in the opera. Of Signor Cotogni's
great merits we spoke in high terms on the occasion
of his first appearance as Neluako, in L'Afrienine,
two or three weeks since, and his performance in l'aleat
fully confirms the favourable impression we then recorded.
His sonorous and sympathetic voice and fluent and finished
vocalisation, combined with his undoubted dramatic
power, render him • valuable accession to the already
strong company of this house. His dying scene at the end
of the duel trio was most powerfully given without the
least tendency to e Con_ We look with much
interest for the promised appearance of this artist in the
more important parts of Don Giovanni, and Figaro in
Rossini's II Barbieri. Lest night Auber's Masseid/o was
given with all that splendour of scenery and costume, and
that marvellous triumph of stage management, as espe-
cially displayed in the insurrection in the market scene,
which have rendered its representation at the Royal
Italian Opera an altogether unique performance. The
cast was the same as that of last season, with the excep-
tion of Madame Lemzuens-Sherrington's filet appearance as
Elvira.

Tuz HZALTII or LONDON.—It appears from the
Registrar-General's return that in the week that ended ea
Saturday April 27th the births registered in London and
12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,766;
the deaths registered, 2,768. The annual rate of mortality
was 23 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of
1,240 boys and 1,145 girls, in all 2,3115 children, were re-
gistered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten
years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,097. The deaths registered in London
during the week were 1,240. It was the 17th week of the
year; and the average number of deaths for the week is,
with • correction for increase of population, 1,404.
I The deaths in the present return are less by 124
' than the estimated number. Thirty-four deaths from
small-pox were registered last week ; 3 in the sub-
district Islington Enst, 2 in St. Giles South, 2 in Bethnal.
green Town, 2 in Bow, 7 in Poplar, 2 in Lambeth Church
second part, and 16 in other sub-districts. Typhus was
fatal to 42 persona 2 of whom .lied in the sub-district of
St. John, Paddington, 4 in St. Paul, Hammersmith, 2in
Regent's-perk sub-district of Pancras, 2 in Mile-end Old
Town West, and 32 in other sub-districts. 19 deaths
occurred from scarlatina, 4 from diphtheria, 44 from
whooping-cough, and 12 from diarrhma. One death from
cholera was recorded. The deaths from phthiais were
185; from bronchitis, 123; and from pneumonia, 55. Four
children died from bum+ or scalds, and 6 from suffocation.
Holborn, St. Andrew, Eastern—At 10, Cottrell-plaoe, on
25th April, a tin-foil beater, aged 41 years, " diarrhoea (4
days), cholera (12 hours)." The deaths of 3 persons
who were killed by horses or carriages in the streets
were registered :—A gentleman, aged 77 years, knocked
down by a horse in Berkeley-square. Died on 13th April
in St. Georges Hospital. (Inquest.) The wife of a car-
penter, aged 54 years run over by en omnibus. Died on
22nd April in the Himpetead-road, near Ampthill-square.
(Inquest.) A baker, aged 74 years, fell from a cart. Died
on 21st April at West-end, Hampstead- (Inquest.) The
annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per 1,000 in Lon-
don, 25 in Edinburgh. and 28 in Dublin ; 21 in Bristol,
20 in Birmingham, 24 in Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 22ii.
Salford, 24 in Sheffield, 20 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 32 in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week ending the 20th
inst., when the mean temperature was 0.2 deg. Fahrenheit
lower than in the same week in London, where the rate
was 21. _ _

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