The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-22 00:00:00

THE RAW ADELPHI THEATRE.

In a very few evenings the Adelphi Theatre, an
entirely new building on the old familiar site, will be opened
to the public. The re-beildieg of tiny of our popular theatres,
WIMP en telecasting epoch of oar metropolitan world,
lesemses additionally interesting in the present inseams, as
the alterations which have been made in the Adelphi have
trandormed the most comfortless, tatallielS, and lactonvenisat
theatre in London into one of the most shalembly arranged
and one of the prettiest. The old edifice has during the ter
few years been several times threatened with destruction,
and doubtless would have bees rebuilt long ago bet that the
difficulties of extending a building in our crowded oily,
where there is a vested interest in every cable foot of
sir and ray of daylight, were found to be bee
greet to be lightly encountered. The manner in which
these difeculdes have been evaded or met in the ardrellt•
tics of the new building certainly says much fler
fertility and ingenuity of Mr. Wyatt, the white*
A larger house wee Imperatively demanded, yet se
eltention could be made In the position of three
at the daakieg walls without trespassing upon
inillessis it would not 100 adviaable to disturb ;
'WON the whole extension of the building bad to be made
by estrebog the wall an the right as far se 801 l lon-
iser& To accord with the some twenty or thirty feet of
Width thus p'ord, the structr-e would naturally require,
lideticeal loftiness, but it was found impossible to raise the
ref without incurring numerous notions ftom the inhabitant.
liptennding, for obstruction of light and air. Mr. Wyatt, thew
Om as he could not make the roof higher, resolved to &Sala hil
died by making the door lower. This was fortunately malle
eaximpliebed, for the floor of the old betiding, it wee he yr
membered, stood some ten fast above the level of the Sneed.
Though these sr the sely 11X61111110116 It was found possible
to make on the ground plea of the old edifice, the whale
structure has been rebuilt from the foundation upwards, sod
the interior so transformed and altered as to assume • per-
fectly different aspect. The stage le spacious, indeed nearly
double it. former area, and the proecenium of course both
lofty and wide in proportion. The depth of the audience
portion of the hour, from the front of the boxes to the
proscenium, Is precisely the same rln the old building; but
the segment of the circle described by the front of the boxes
is so mach widened, that from almost every part of the house
a can** view of the whole stage can be obtained. But
one of the principal and important alterations which
have been made in the plan of the old building is • greatly
increased height between the tiers of boxes, by which that
sense of suffocation and oppression, eto commonly felt in
theatres, will be in a great measure obviated both by the ap-
parent freedom and actual ventilation which the increased
apace will give. There will be at least 11 last clear between
the pit and the dress circle, and an equal height between the
two tiers above the dram circle, and between the gallery and
the reel. This great loftiness, combined with the broadness
and width of the boxes, give, an erre of freedom and ele-
gactos to the whole interior, far surpassing any existing
theatre in London. The pit, which of rums is enlarged in
proportion to the rest of the house, is portioned into three
divisions. The first comprises the orchestra stalls; the
second the pit stalls, and the third the ordinary pit rah
The orchestra 'rile, of which there are four rows plead
8 fest apart, will accommodate 74 persona, bat valid
hold • greet many more were not each seat coa-
sters:led like • spacious arm-attar, 2 feet wide, and
one foot four inches deep. The remainder of the pit rows
are placed two feet one inch apart, and the individual rate
en one foot eight tinelies wide, the accommodation being
coasiderably greater than that of any other theatre in Lon-
don. The whole area, inolusive of the stalls, will accommo-
date 640 peaces. The dress circle in construction differs
very much from, bat at the lame time la a great improve-
ment upon, what we ere seemstosed to me in English
theatres. What is usually the dress circle is occupied by
eseni-prieste boxes, to bold four, while in front of them, at
• slightly lower level, extending over the pit, isa wide cps
bskony, fitted up la every reaper like the orchestra rails.
It is frosted with an open-work balustrade, width,
together with the lightness of the other dames-
none, prevents it from in any way appearing to
somber the body of the home. This el seem
will be the reel dress dram, far the °repents can ill 1.11111111.•
interrupted view of every pert of the house, as wen as CM
stage, and oonsequently are equally well situated hi befog
obeyed. The idea is evidently entirely takes 64. re
Opera Consiglio, Ia Park. The upper deco of bear Is ar-
ray* Both after the style of the erne below, there being
Chess rows of seats—sad room for 136 prose. The
Palm partition between the old boxes, which wise s.,
dated la nothing bat midair up epees end elesseelles ran
view, are on this tier entirely dose away with. In the heat
oaths gallery tier, immediassfy over the upper boxes, hie'
are two rows of stalls. The whole hors, with private
boxes, will mat about 1,600 persons ; though, on what
la called • crowded night, at least 2,000 person*
could obtain • fair view of the performances. One of the
great advantages of having a gallery of such shallow depth'
ie that It allows of • nearly flat roof. The ceiling Is oar•
posed of • very shallow dome, though the Italian style of its
areamentatics makes it look in reality deep ; it le dereated
by four allegorical figures of the masons, sad the portraits ef
easily all the Webersd dramatic authors who have written
for the Adelphi. The remainder of the decoration of the
theatre will be entirely of white mad gold, arranged in what
la called the Froth Benaireass style, which wall aconite
with the general lightens id the ierseture. There is one
emetrivance which is borrowed from the French theatres
which, though apparently trifling, Is not without its
importance, giving a protection to those la the
pit and stalls front the risk to which, in all Bog.
Ilah theatres, they are exposed from tenderly handled opera
glasses. The whole of the audience portion of the streams
will be Manifested, Ilk* many of the principal club-mar,
by a mialight, manufactured by Spode. This, placed in the

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central opeelag of the cellig, abets • briniest dee
modified eat hissed over the hose by Akin through a
series of eat-ghee prismatic teethes. White ere We
by ill imaged faeocee of Weglass drupe sad
eisegles, raft globe tt the appeaser ef • eheaddier.
Maws. J. DOW wed floe an the waatertavers. TM epees
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• 6111 passion at each side of the homes, for fourteen
feet, aiessimplsnwhe pirate boxes, sheaf whisk Is provided
with • Nadi aaboassia. Her Majesty's Lot han the level of
the trend tin GB the Istt bend side el ths forato, mad is
ea-Way Wye mil ass tassandly daserated the. those
amend hr her WM 111 say other thsedre Is Loudon. It has
14 het seines fritatarr, and la 11 test high. The balus-
trade Is tread is entirely of sal gloor—a mond sad taeleal
Mad of deamatica. The Qmeme*s box is of ammo reached
by spriest* ammo, .ad shisaass dielimilmsea the rest of
the balidimi. All ths props ad ashes, as Is all
theatres ratattly samdmistal, ass be pool, sad
this ars sem* Imillim of epos prelbi he he aril •
mos Is c of thy milks mow emegebt. by additional
Nom opmdar salaraia siddiamigkra 41 Oa side al the
boom. Ow UMoilo • poiliffoolf amasnaoad to be
reopen algid. mesh yst hooka to be dame to
actor, bat the nodal with which tbe diessatioa pro-
grass, isms very lash dealt the Mr. Webseer's marago-
mad midi Wm paths will be performed.

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CATITAL PALALSONE SHILLING DAY.-TUES-
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isamOB Yoked, 313; Md. 619.

ME.

tIZIGHT, M.P., AT GLASGOW.

(IT ILICITLIO AJID

GLASGOW, TOINIDAT EVENING.
A public meet Mu held this evening at the
City Hall, to boo in address from Mr. Bright, M.P., on the
subject of parliamentary reform. The ha/1 was completely
Mid, there being about 2,700 persons preemie The chair
was liken by Mr. WALTER BUCE•NAE, M.P., and among
those on the platform were Mr. Dalglish, M.P., Mr. H.
Crain Ewing, M.P., Professor Nichol, &a.
After • few introductory remarks from the Chatham,
Mr. BRIONT rose amidst loud cheers. He said ha was there
le onesider, along with the citizens of Gleam:ow, • peat Tro-
ika et canstitutional reform. The illustrious founder of
Peaneylesela had given his definitiou of a free country; that
le a country where the laws rule, and where the people have
a share In the making of the laws. They were then In a dif-
ferent position on that question to what they were when he
(Mr. Bright) was in Glaegow before. No one now rises to op-
pose parliamentary reform. Bat he (Mr. Bright) was soothed
of repeating again and again the same facts and the same
figures In illustretion of his views on the subject of perils-
=eatery reform. But how could it be otherwise P We have
at least six millions of grown merlin this kingdom, and not
more than one million have votes. Them fasts he was bound
M repeat and reiterate until he had romped public opinion and
and wrought • change. (Hear.) Aa a machine for carrying on
theligislation of the country, it would, perhaps, be impcesible to
ornstruct a more clumsy one than the British parliament.
Mr. Bright then proceeded to describe at great length the
numerical disproportion which &ate in the representation
and oonattnencles of England. The House of Commons, he
said, I. a convenient club, a kind of lounge ; it does sot
respond with any heartiness or willingness to the espirations
of the people for better government. The two delft of
Edinburgh and Ols-gow have • tozable property, taking
schedules A and B, to the amount of 7,1100,0001., and there are
101 boroughs in England and Ireland, with a taxable property
of 7,434,0001. ; but the two Scotch cities only return her
members, whilst the 101 boroaghe return 128 members. Now
this would show whether property was properly remounted. He
was accused of al ways dwelling upon mere ntimbersand 'piec-
ing property. Whether we take numbers or wealth the peat
populations were most inadequately represented. He bed
been told that the sentiments which be had expelled at
Birmingham, and which caused such a howl from the press,
both tory and liberal. had been much moderated at Man-
chester and almost abandoned at Edinburgh. Now, he de-
nied altogether that he had abandoned one single °pinks
which he had Bret promulgated at Birmingham. What was
the change which he proposed f Simply this, that the
franchise should be lowered from what it is sow, and the*
votes should be given to all who are rated to the poor. He
had been told that he had misunderstood the franchise as It

exists in the perishes and municipalities of England. He
was told that votes were given in our pariah unions in pro-
portion to the property held by the electors. Some electors
had one vote, and some as many ea six. He, however, should
not continue such • law, but proposed to give one vote
only to each moon registered as ea elector. In
Scotland, he bad learned that lodgers in certain
large *kite, who paid annually • mint of IW. or
more, could obtain • vote for members of parliament. This
was an steeliest provision, and he saw no reason why It
should not be extended to England. As regards the county
representation he thought the forty shilling franchise ought
to be granted to Scotland. After referring at great length to
the neceseity of securing the ballot, Mr. Bright said the most
difficult question in the forthcoming reform bill would be
the mode of allotting the n•preaentadves to constituencies.
He was not prepared to say what limit be should be disposed
to recommend, but be hoped large cities, like Glasgow,
would not be satiaded with the padre white
they held at present. Twenty-seven years ago,
before the pastries of the reform sot, we were
told that such a measure would be dangerous, sad that if ft
became low the king's government timid webs cooled on.
The same kind of essertion was being used sew. It was
what Jeremy Bentham had termed the hobgoblin stgn•
meat." He would appeal to the great middle-ekes of this
country not to be led away by such essertioes, but to sot
magnanimously to t►eir fellow-countrymen, who were not
yet pose/wed of political rights. By giving the working
men votes their seltreepect would be immensely therm*
and the morel and educational multi would be
incalculable. Mr. Bright described the operation
of the laws of primogeniture and entail, and said he believed
that • consequence of a reform bill such as he permosed
would be that parliament would Sad • remedy for the many
evils which arose from the monopoly in land. We should be
able to apply to land the same principles of political eoenesay
which we had already applied so succeedully to trade. Armin
we should be able to control the national expendito•e, par-
ticularly that portion which arises out of our diplomacy, and
our foreign policy. He bad ofteaccenpared in his own mind
the people of Eagisad with the people of Egypt, and the
monuments of Egypt with our Foreiga-officie. Webers, indeed,
no etiolate or columns such as those ma the hatiksolthe Nile,
but In the Foreign-offloe of linglr•rd would be found a
mystery as great, • superstition es fearful, and a loathsome- '
use se horrible, as among the ancient tombs°, the Egyptians.
The people know nothing of the foridis policy of thekr ram,
and yet that policy had wrought innumerable wrings, and
had caused guttering and edentates, the extent of which was
only recorded on the tablet of the Eternal God, la ema-
ciation, be said he was not there to eat class against class.
He implored the middle and working cheese to unite their
powers on this question of representative reform. He had
spent many years of his We in advocating freedom of trade,
and he hoped yet to see the bounds of freedom toad* broader
In ropey other directions. He loved hie country. He loved
hls freedom, and it was because he believed that heed=
would only be maintained by mesas of • fair wean of
representation that he was there that night to address Jo'
citizens of Glasgow and to oak their support.
Mr. Bright sat down amidst load cheering, having spoken
an hour and a half.

Brief addressee were afterwards delivered by Messrs.
Dolph/It, Bering, and Buchanan, who each promised to
aid Mr. Bright in the House of Commas.
On the motion of Professor NICHOL, II C0611:0101111 wag
appointed to adopt measures to advisors the object of the
meeting, and the proceedinp were brought to a does
shortly before 10 o'clock.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

RESULT OF COUNT DE MONTALEMBERTS
APPEAL.

(By SIIIIYARINI TELEGRAPH.)

()woo ors owir col

PARIS, TVEJIDAT, 8.30 r.m.

M. de Montalembert is acquitted of the attack on
universal suffrage, and of the attack on the rights at
the Emperor under the constitution.

For the other delinquencies a reduced penalty dg
three months' imprisonment has been adjudged.

(PROM OVII OWN 0011ZSPONDINT.)

PARIS, iIIINIDLY Evzinse.

The legislative labours of the session (which
Words, it is needless to observe, convey by no mesas
the same idea as they would in England), will oeso-
mence on February 7. There will be held, it
is said, a solemn sitting of the Legislative Body in
the Salle des _Etats, a grand apartrneot in the new
Louvre, set apt c specially for occasions of this sort
Under the monarchy, the sovereign in opening the
session was wont to go to the chambers, now the
chambers will come to him. Apropos of the
Legislative Body, the Paris correspondent of the
/adiperezionce mays that its labours will be
inaugurated by a somewhat piquant incident. The
election of a certain deputy, who has be*
returned since the last session, has been protested
against upon the ground of his having appealed to
the electors under a name to which he had no right.
If opposition members were a less scarce article,
this law might be a useful weapon in the bands of
the government, as it is very doubtful whether fifty
per cent. of the chamber would bear close genea-
logical scrutiny.
Although it seems scarcely probeblethat the
Emperor will shake his flat in the face of England
by continuing the slave trade, reports are abroad
from which it is to be inferred that some tempo-
rising on the subject is to be practised. It is said
that in the event of the immigration of negroes
not being abandoned, a superior functionary, with
four inspectors, will be posted at the different slave-
market stations in Africa, in order to superintend
the transactions in black flesh. Centralisation will

thus be brought to bear here es elsewhere, and so
the bargains, whether for money or time, will be
made under orders direct from the politest and best
humoured city in the world.
The funds ere better to-day : a ries in the Three
per Cents. of 10c., both for money and for the Lee
count, brings them respectively to 73fr. 16c. and
73fr. 260. It is whispered that a eonsiderable
amount of stock will be taken off the market at the
next settling. Credit Mobilier rose 121 r. 60c. for
cash and 16fr. 26e. for the account, leaving off at
980 fr. money, and 982 fr. 60c. account.