The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

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A über's For periuruied here last
might. with the cane cast as that of last mason, excepting
(sly the aubstitution of 141111.1 lot Kigur Rouconi
ht the pert of Lord liobu,,; Ithe Load Allzash of the
Ihiglialt aerials of the opera). anal of Siam.- C,:pponi f
Signor Ciampt as Giacomo. ho Sold to he
we of the Osier of Auher's ne,ny st..ge works which will
bold th, :ougest and carat In the ea,:vt.lll of both
audiences and critics---the other two b.-mg and
• D. Many of his (steer wor,a cast...s.in incidental
ps•• !.ei,..ilciequal in beauty to an) !au of the three
lost usenCono.l. lost scarcely any et! c .are. sal ti. oughout.
and a., eon tin, ,HIA in musical in torts:. "i• hes .• Lipleteneos
of ill ucture too. and a power it ei.daaration in the con-
gested pieces of those these opt. an whit Auber as
acarcely e-j certainly 1.- vea r !.-p•ssed, elsewhere.
Ink'.o Mut especially, the COlO.0111:10,0 of mastetly
power with inexhaustible melody mot exquisitely relined
mace of style is almost-worthy of )Iloysrt ; while the dis-
tinctly French character that pervades it throughout
belong. to a phase of art that is rapidly .lisappear-
iag in that gradual fusion of notional charac-
teristics which has long been going on, :anal
has bail re ally as much r;!!• on music at
tro name manifestatio As Auber is the
composer by whom French music has been 1//04.:
thoroughly ze. well ar most worthily developed, so he ap-
pears likely t he the last to ha, preserv,l that na-
tionality of ..tyle unaltered I.y :hum It Gentian
influences which have lately so powerfully modified the
characteristics of the French school. Ira Mamie) still
remains, and will apparently long re...-tin, one of the most
exquisite 'specimens of that charming form of stoge music.
the oper:;.r.m. ; and enhanced as it is by the excellence
of the pert°, mance at the iloyal Opera. it is
impossible to conceive anything e charming and
satisfactory. &Mlle. Pauline 'Attn.'s Zarlina is as
Winnable for the refined comedy ad b,r .acting as for the
finished maze of her singing. The well-known air, "On
yonder roe', iceining" (" lo:no al hero aspetto-).
was on exquisitely delivered as to ft, et with mi unanimous
ware. the it-petition of the strain by :4:cur Newlin
also calaing down general :.ppL,use. Thao.ghout the
spent, inked, Millie. Lucca's log-formulae displayed
Stet rare union of finished acting, with vocal excellence.
which hut season rendered the p..rt one of the most
attractive anions the various impersonations of this
admirable and versatile artist. Signor Nundin gives the true
French reading to the music of the rubber chief, anal bears
himself gallantly in his brigand costume in the final scenes.
Bin serenade, "Agnese la Zitells,- so long and well known
is English a ernions as " Young Agnes," was given with
groat refinement of style and expression, cud was one of
the several encores of the evening. Signor Ciampi's Lord
'Coburg, if loss richly comic than S'gnor Itonconi's
tore of the inane travelling EnKlishrbm, u Aimn after
the original Parisian model in its dry and quaint
kumour —if a little bard therefore all the less open
is the chance of exaggeration, while hie ringing was
that of a careful and efficient artist Signor Taglia-
ico'n Demo is an admirable picture of a masking
villain, and Signor Capponi's Giacomo a capitol portrait
of a sturdy ruffian—the two making a meet picturesque pair
of stage handits. Their mock bravura duet, in falsetto, in
the last scene—by which imitation of Zerlina's unconscious
warbling* they betray themselves—was a rich bit of
musical comedy, that called down such applause as almost
to atop the action of the scene. Moreno', as the
lady of the travelling nobleman, is :LS imperious and
handsome as could be desired; while Signor Neri-Baraldi
as Loren:o, the lover of Ztrlina, and Signor Polonini
as Matte°, the innkeeper, complete the efficient , cast of
Amber's charming opera. The exquisitely varied details
of the orchestral accompaniments derive added import-
ance from the splendour of the I .nal of this establish.
silent ; while the final scene, also. with its mountain apace
and rocky defiles, and interpolated ballet, presents such
accessories as have
where, even on its own ground—at the Paris Opera
Comique.

The Passion Week performance of Handel's
Messiai will he given by the National Choral Society,
nailer the direction of Mr. 0. W. Martin, to•marrow.

Ottbal attic arilitztry.

ADXIRALTY, APRIL 16.—ATIVINTMENTS.—Sub-
Lieutenaut C. J. Whitelook, to the Prince Consort
Militant Paymasters P. J. Mould. to the Victoria, u
seretery's clerk ; F. P. Line, to the Fisgerd ; A. B. Conic,
to the Racoon.

Midahi nE. P. Toakineon and J. KT. Nicoll", to
the EoFal Alfred.
Naval Cadets Inominatedl C. F. Daniell. F. E. Penner,
O.E. F. C. G. ;tontine, F. W. Shortle.l.l. P. C.
11. IL Elliot. W. W. H. Fitz/Ninon, F. Oranf,hidek
Hooper, C. Vincent, H. W. Hemel]. A. C. Heatheote, W.
Lambert. R. A. '. Montague, J. A. B. Milton, M. R. P.
Oldfield, H. O. Pavia, H. F. A. Robinson.
Engineer' H. H. Mothersole, to the Dauntlom ; A.
Wood, to the Irresistible.

Tee DIOIT.AE or Rocursrra.—A memorial, very
extensively and numerously signe.l, Mahout to bepresented
to the Karl of Derby from the inhabitants of Rochester
and Chatham, requesting that on the appointment of the
Bishop of Rochester it may be made a condition that the
new prelate shall reside in that city, it being hitherto the
custom for the Bishop of Rochester to reside in a remote
part of his diocese. The last of the Bishops of Rochester
who had his residence in that city was Cardinal Fisher,
who was beheaded by Henry VIII. in flit. Some short
time sines the building known as the bishop's Joalace at
Rochester was sold by private contract. by the r.cclesiasti.
sal Commissioners._

SEARCH Or PASSENGERS' BACOAGE.—Further
correspondence between the Treasin7 and the Commis-
stoners of Customs respecting the examination of pas-
sengers' baggage during the Paris Exhibition was named
yesterday. Mr. G. W. Hunt, in a letter from the Treasury,
slated the 4th inst., gives the sanction of the Lords Com-
missioners to the following plan, which they are of opinion
will tend to remove all reasonable ground of complaint on
the part of the public :—" AU the registered baggage to be
sorted under their registered numbers, and one of each num-
b r on the counter. When the baggage immerged, and
previously to the admission of the passenger*, thuisitiveyor of
Customs will elect, at his entire discretion, such resister
numbers as he thinks fit for the usual examination,
placing an officer at the counter, at;ainat the packages
bearing such number. All the passengers to be admitted
"Dgether. Those whose number, are not selected fur open-
inig will at once obtain their packages. on producing to the
officer their baggage tickets, which will be initialled by
the officer on their stating to him that their packages con-
tain no goods liable to duty. Those whose numbers are
selected will not be detained many udnutes funks* they
have duty to pay on cigars or spirits), as the staff of
of well he proportionate to the number of packages to
lie examined."

THY HEALTH OF LONDON. —lt appears from the
return issued by authority of the Registrar-General
that in the week that ended en Saturday, April 13,
the births registered in London and twelve other
large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,383 • the
deaths registered. 2,996. The animal rate of mortality
was 25 per 1,000 persona living. In London the births of
1,018 buys and 1,057 girLi, in all 2,105 children, were
registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks
of ten years, 1357-63, the average number' corrected for
increase of population, is 2,157. The deaths registered in
London during the week were 1,372. It was the
fifteenth week of the year ; and the average number of
deaths for the week 1., with a correction for increase of
population, 1,481. The deaths in rise present return are
der by 109 than the estimated number. The deaths in
the metropolis have greatly des..-tmard since the week
.. which ended March —I, when 1,731 persons died. In the
three following weeks the numbers were 1,601, 1,453, 1,372.
The deaths from zymotia diseases last week were 282;
from diseases of the brain and nervous system, 182 • from
diseases of the respiratory organ', 248 ; from damages of
the organs of circulation, 64. Forty-five deaths from
small-pot occurred last week ; 3 in the west, 7 in the
north, 6 in the centiftl,l9 in the east, and 10in the south
districts. Fifty-four persona dial from typhus 12in the
wad, Bin the north, 9in the central, 15 in the east, sad
10 in the south districts. Deaths in the Small-pox and
London Fever Hospitals are referred to the districts from
which the patients were brought. The deaths of 5 persons
wbo were killed by horses or carriages in the streets were
registered. The annual rate of mortality left week was 23
per 1,000 in London, 30 in Edinburgh, and :15 in Dublin ;
18 in Bristol, 22 in Birmingham, in Liverpool, 29 in
Manchester, 29 in Salford, Z 2 in Sheffield, Et in Leeds, 17
in Hull, 221 in Neweistle-upon-Tyne. nnd 34 in Glasgow.
The rate in Vienna was 34 per 1,000 during the week
ending the 6th instant, when the mean temperature was
49 deg. Fahrenbrit lower than in the same week in Iron-
don, where the rate was 23.
HEALTH ftItsTORED BY Dt BARRY*3 FOOD TO TIM
STOMACH, nerves. lunge, and liver. cluing dyspepsia ithtligew.
tion,, constipation, Martian, acidity. headache, neuralgia, Aye. I
gavia, palpitation, Mastitis's:wee. dentlity, wasting. cough. '
asthma, fever., consumption, low spirits, 1.0.00) manual cures i
which had r,-Jet's' all inedidnes, including that of his Holiness
thi• Tope —Tien, at le lid. ; Ile., 2s. %L. 1216., IDS ; 241t0. 40e
—ls. Ks,' sal 71, Regent-street, London also at Fortnum
and us•on's end at at. Grarechurch ettvrt 4, Cheepelde • GI '
and pA, Alford street . and all grocers and chennsts.-lAdver
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