The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

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4 THE EXPRESS, MONDA-
es jilusstc. I REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINOHAX4' .: If BAlNurtrar TNE I:ol4.lfic fltrAPEir
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-4.-- The new writ for the borough of Nottingham On Saturday evening the President and
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
arrived there on Saturday morning, and was proclaimed ia
of the Royal Academy gave their usual enteru
The first of Grua farewell performances, before the market-place. The nonneetion is fixed for Wednes. a distinguished ',employ at their rooms in
day neat, and tile polling for the day following. square. Among the company were the Prince
I her finalretirement from the stage, was giver on Santis
rildie night, when she made her appearanoe in Luercio Prince Alfred, the Duke of Cambridge, th
One of the liberal candidates (Mr. Serjeaut Simon) has Teck, the Archbishop of Canterbury, tt
illOtlia. lie interesting an occasion drew one of the fullest withdrawn from the contest. In his farewell address, just of York, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Busw
%Oases we have ever seen, end the reception given to the issued, Mr. Simon says, if a selfish ambition2tad prompted Grey, Lord Clarendois, Mr. E. Cardwell
, f Hartington, Lord De Grey an,
i Winstrious prima donna showed the excitement of the him to seek the honour of representing the tows, he might tord en beclain, the Lord Stew
audience She was greeted with prolonged acclamations, find in the public demonstrations in his behalf, in the pro- cellar of the Exchequer, the P
.
spring which she was evidently much moved by the mines of support he had received, and in the distracted Board
of Trade, the Finn Commie
sedlinsionti of which she sem the object. state of local parties in the borough, sufficient inducement the Bishop of Word, the Bishop of
Mongini gained fresh laurels by his performance of to continue the contest ; but he came to Nottingham to Duke of Argyll, Mr. Brand, the Chat
Custom, Lord 011112 n, Lord Chel
ChallA(o. lit the famous air, "Di pescator ignobile," he serve the liberal cause, and not to injure it. tinder exist- Mr. J. S. Coleridge, Mr. J. T. Cs
1. was encored with enthusiasm ; and his acting was full of ieg circumstances, however, he feels that to persevere in the Fort of Derby, Lord Elcho,
meow and feeling. As the Duke of Ferrara, Gassier did his candidature would serve neither the interests of the Grey, Earl Grosvenor, Mr. Goschr
wet display the tragic power of Lablache or Roneoni ; but borough nor the cause to which he is devoted. Mr. Bernal edonteHelte. lire•,,heereskrdlF
big performance was good, both in respect to acting and Osborae addressed large meetings on Friday evening, and
Si'rwit.'Mu•rchison, Very Revel
singing. Mdlla Bettelheim was admirable as Alaillo vindicated himself from the charge of dividing the liberal Northoote, Professor Owen, kr
°mini. The famous anacreontio "Ii scrota per eater interest in the borough. The other four candidates also sident of the Royal Academy
hike," was loudly redemanded. addressed meetings of their supporters, and the greatest The first toast proposed
course, "The Health of I
1 - exeitemeut prevailed in the town on Saturday.
next toast, " The Health
I ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Madame Maria Wilda, who made so brilliant a
Prince and Princess of V
THE REDISTRIBUTION OP SEATS BILL.
Family."
I II Nisbet in Norma, repeated the part on Saturday, with even --,,,,-- His Royal Highness t'
greater success than before. No longer under the influence (Front the OLserrer.) ccived•with loud cheery
for the very kind man
of stage tremor, she sang with consummate excellence, We believe that the bill dealing with small health and that of the
with a power and beauty of voice, and facility of execution, boroughs, generally known as the Bill for the Redistribution ben of the royal I
andatruth of expression, which we have not heard excelled of Seate, which will be laid upon the table of the house for the very kind •
• I by any Norma now on the stage. The audience were almoest by Mr. Gladstone on Monday next, with a view to its being the compliment.
f read
wril abfirsuweteteirmetaisrveillawneoyt
one
ise fuaineculteer anylestrc h.
smallerlt
! : rapturous in their applause. It is said that this lady is asource of mile,
novice on the stage, and had never •appeared in Norma
117 boroughs now represented by two, and in this way a thei" it second
before; nay, that she knew nothing about this opera till considerable number of members will be available when I am ens
eke set shout studying it for her debut at Covent Garden. I for redistriimtion among boroughs, counties, and you when you
divisions of counties, existing or to be created, whose
'We eau understand her being a novice on the stage, for Academy. (7
I ; population exceeds a certain limit that is stated in bear to refer
[ certainly no novice as a !ringer ; and her alleged ignorance I eke has evidently much to leant as an actress. lint she is
smaller boroughs the bill. To the thus deprived of one of deeply der
their representatives, and to the other small boroughs now Charles Er
of such an opera as NW lAA is to us simply incredible. returning only one member, there will be associated other
•-- knew bin'
boroughs iii tee same county, so as to make the population that it w
CRYSTAL PALACE. that is to be represented in parliament by even one member his tam
. larger than it sat esent in so many inst. ances. This to hja a
IA The aeries of Winter Saturday Concerts being I be done much upon the same principle as in havins
' tI brought to a close, a new series has been begun, also on 1 the case of the Ayr burghs and Flint boroughs. After oppO,
Unturday afternoons, and given, not in the enclosed Con- ' allowing a proper interval for the consideration of man
cart-room, but in the locality occupied by the great the Seats Bill, Mr. Gladstone will move that the Fran- not
chine Bill be proceeded with in committee. All former to
I. orchestra constructed for the Handel festivals. The first con-
Reform Bills, except that of 1832, which was carried when w
cart of this new series took place on Saturday last, when the country was on the verge of a revolution, have been
Bendel's celebrated Serena* Acis awl Galatea, was per- shipwrecked upon the delicate question of the redistribu- '
lormedundertheabledireetionof Mr. Manns. Theannonnoe I tion of seats. In the present case most of the liberal,
' went of such an entertainment attracted a great audience and many of the conservative members who opposed the
desirouswas to pass a complete measure of parliamentary r
eharacter of Galatea was sustained by Mdlle. Titiens ; the form. The government will proceed with the Seats BE
giant Polyphemus, by Mr. Santley ; and Acid, by Signor if they see a disposition on the part of the house to let
Stag;no, instead of Signor Gardoni, who was prevented by name into law this session ; but if there are any ler
indisposition from singing. The chorus and instrumental doubts upon that point, or if proceeding with both
, sures sell in any way imperil the Franchise Rill, the
1, 1 1 orchestra were about a thousand strong, treat the Seats Bill as merely affording to the hoe
. ; formation of what the complete measure is ult
to be, and will proceed with the Franchise lii'
llarama. There still remains the danger, as regards the '
1 e- Bill, that a serious attempt will be made t
borough franchise to Sl. instead of 71., actor;
1 ADELPFIL plan of government, and in counties to 20f. in
I ' The goverument bill is, on the face of it, a!
Paris correspondents of the English newspapers
lave made the name of M. Victories Sanlon's comedy promise
ed 2ul. between W. and N. as regards boro
, as regards counties. The governs
La Famine &win's, sufficiently familiar on this :ide of forward their bill as a moderate measure,
the Channel. We have all heard of the excitement which as a compromise. We therefore trust a•
it has caused in Paris—of what great personages resented they will stake their existence against r
oints p .
its severe attacks upon female folly, and of what other those
(From the Sunday G
less important personages held the censorship to blame for
au
the triumph of a piece the satireof which is avowedly Without professing to give an
II levelled at the lucky traders and speculators of the Bourse of the provisions of the bill for the 1
for England and Wales to be introd•
under the Imperial regime. Even " Benoiton " head- we believe we can indicate some a'
dresses have, we believe, found their way hither; and, The description which has appea
finally, Mr. Webster has introduced the lienoiton family in most respects correct, but we
iherneelvoi to an English audience. That the result will lAtrietcdularLme No bobreoughuped is I
be beneficial, or at least not injurious to good morals— turning two members will lc
that the sayings and doings of the Fast Fatally, as the about nfty seats will be availa'
triumlator entitles the version of the Female Brooiton large boroughs and counties.
be. amalgamated, to
produced at the
,Adelphi on Saturday evening, are not likely to
instances with each other ,c
1 ' too strong for the stomachs of English playgoers we are envies, and in others with'
bound to believe ; for has not the Lord Chamberlain—has enfranchised ; and by this
111 not Mr. Bentham Donne, whose vigilant care for the purity or ten seats will be
of the British drama has been recently so fully depicted llowdley. Brecknock, C
Droitvrich Eye, Fromm
by himself before a committee of the House of Commons, •
duly licensed it for performance in a West-end theatre?
Petersfield, Rye, S.
Rr. Toole has never appeared in a more successful i Wareham, Westt
piece of true comedy acting than in the scene in , schedule of those
which be minutely calculates with the father the I member each, and
only of a borougt,
amount of his property, and offers himself on business elude the folio
principles as a suitor to old Benoiton for the hand of his
I I . Bridport. Bucki
..- i I daughter. The ludicrous earnestness of his complicated 1 °ester Cocker
arithmetical calculations, and the comic promptitu•le with I Grantham, I"
which he turns upon his father every time he attempts to ''!)
1 Marlborough Leomin
steal a march upon him, kept the house in roars of laugh- i Ripon, Ste
ter. Nor was Mr. Bedford's performance wanting in any 1 Thetford, '
of that humour which has so long been familiar to Adelphi ties will
audiences. Mr. Billington performed the thankless part of a grout
of Didier with good taste and some amount I
, soma fe
to
of pathos. The part of Fannin, the precocious , are rei,
child who speculates in postage stamps and smokes - censer
eigars and drinks occasionally, is cleverly performed' likel'
by Miss Smith ; bat the part is repulsive. The manfeuvres t°°
of the child, who looks like an infant, caul is supposed 1 isr
indeed to be between Aix and seven years old, in opening I o'
,
1 the father's strong bo K, are °suggestion of a preternaturally ! ,
N. early tendency to burglary, which all persons of good taste I
: . i or feeling will he glad to find omitted. The play cannot
i perhaps be rendered altogether unobjectionable to an Eng
•
, 1 dish audience ; but some improvements in this directir
are possible. There are allusions in the dialogue wit'
would certainly be better omitted. The comedy has 1
• s adapted by Mr. 11. Webster, jun., who has compresse
original five aets into four. The result is unfortun
the matter of scenery. The garden and villa scene
! • . lust act of the original is suppressed. The first tl
at the Adelphi consequently take place in the sa'
• i ing-room interior ; and unluckily the scene of I
act is only another drawing-room interior, wh'
• very carefully and elaborately constructed, is
1 of the previous act, that the audience feel s
been lookiug for Ogee hours and a half at t
f :IPRINCE OF WALES'S THE'
1. A new and original drama in three
Hundred Thousand Pounds, written
Byron, was produced at this house on
.1 perfect and well-deserved success. '
be called a comedy than a drama, 9J
advance upon hi''r to the Knife—
author, produced last June at tt
story is less overloaded with Rom
more natural and English, and is
il
th
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antiquities of ET'
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company, to the
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The first of Griai's farewell performances, before
7liar final retirement from the stip, was given on Satin-
*, night, when she made her appearanoe in Luerwia
Ibrgia. So interesting an occasion drew one of the fullest
%Oases we have ever seen, and the reception given to the
Jvatrious prima donna showed the excitement of the
audience. She was greeted with prolonged acclamations,
daring which she was evidently much moved by the
arithnsiesiii of which she wee the object.

Mongini gained fresh laurels by his performance of
gpanare. In the famous air, "Di punster ignobile," he
was encored with enthusiasm ; and his acting was full of
seamy and feeling. As the Duke of Ferrara, Gassier did
wet display the tragic power of Lablache or Roneoni ; but
His performance was good, both in respect to acting and
iiieging. Ydlle. Bettelheim we. admirable as blaffio
Gmni The famous anacreontio "LI segrete per eseer
Miss." was loudly redemanded.

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