The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

The events of the put brief and unexpected mama were
the revival of La Soaaeesbrla, and the introduction on lb.
Italian stags, for the first time In England, of Mr. Kale's
BoAemiaa Girl. Both were received favourably, and
the singing of Signor Uuiglini, in that last named
opera, universally lauded. Neither of these works,
honey, supererded the popularity of the old rimer
tory of the favourite prima donna and tenor, and con-
ennently La Trariata, It 15 orators, loteia di Lammermoor,
and the ?VIM held their places to the loot. That the old
=lwerereferied may be gathered from the Lict, that
ime ormanore newly announced comprise La Tra-
Mate. II atom, and Piglia del Reggiateato.
Mr. Lumley is In Italy making arranrmonte for them.
ruing campaign—the legitimate season—which will in ell
probability commence on Easter Tuesday. Engagsmente of
'great interest," we are told, one pending. CertainlJ some-
thing more than usually striking and novel is to be anti-
cipated, when the high prime ere dernan4ed. Those who
did not hesitate to par half-a-mtinea to hear )(dile.
Piccolonsini and Sig. Giuglini, will assuredly look for
something additional to the late performance., if not some-
thing better, when the charm* are double. If Mr. Lumley
had no consideration beyond that ot putting money in hie
pure, he would bop the theatre open at rad rood gam all
the year round. Perhaps the aristocratic eitheerlbere weld
not be pleased at the admission of the 'quibble" bite theft
high temple ; but the exchequer woehi be beaellish, tied the
meager might laugh at all opmettion.—Yerieel Worki.

17MTMIN8fil 11018 nu TION.

The Westminster Liberal Registration Committee
Unjust Wand their anneal report kr the year 1857. They
show that during several yeses the number of electors In
Westminster hare greatly dimielehed, and that there ors
1,400 lees names on the register for 1837-8 than there were
en the register for 1854-6. Tide diminution they attribute
partly to the various local Improvements that have men
effected, but mainly to the operation of the present law
affecting the payment of the house tax. It appears that the
Court of Common Pleas have decided "That one of the two
qnarters' house tax that ere demanded at or after Lsdy-day,
must be paid on or before the 20th of July, to entitle per-
sons to be placed on the list of voters." The effect of this
requirement will be apparent from the following fact—
ual:No.ly, that In July last year, 1837, there were omitted
from the list of voters for the city of We/snidest', alone no
lees than 3,800 persons who were telly qualified in every
other respect, but had failed to pay this tax on or before the
20th of July ; of this number 973 were omitted from the pa-
risb of St. George, Hanover-square, and 996 from the pe-
rish of Rt. James, Westminster; thee, in two of the
most wealthy parishes in the kingdom, newly 2,000
electors were disfranchised on this ground skim
The result of the revision of the lista was that the MOM of
338 tones were expunged therefrom. An attack wee made
by their agent, Mr. Haggett, upon the gentlemen of the
long robe, as of the 318 nem'', expunged 92 were those of
barristers end eolicitore, who were struck off upon technical
grounds. The roe:mitre. nrge, in defence of having resorted
to teettaical obketioas, that the,, technicalities were not in-
Induced Into the Reform Art by reformers, but that they
have ever striven to abolish them, and have to some extent
sameeded, against tory opposition, in rendering the rote-
paying clausal less stringent, !teeing originated a bill, which
was satemefully carried thmugh the Home of Commons by
lir De Lacy Evans, by which the poor's rote sal hoes, tag,
required to be paid before the 20th of July, VIM 601111 only
that were due in October preceding. The Pell% hesseser,
la pluming the bill, altered that date to the Stb el J
The expenses of the revision appear to be defrayed.=
voluntary oontributions of the liberal electors ; as state-
ment of receipts end expenditure was given, showing AM •
mill Woos is left in the treasurer's bands.