The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

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novelty et plat which is ehancterietio of this age, and
has chars perhaps the very best known sub-
Piot be Gould have selected on which to exercise
his pen. Blaeteard from a Per Point of due le
the title of his piece. It is the Effnebeard of our nursery
recollections ; but it la also Bluebeard medial yj those,'
, traditions to which the court of Sir Creenrellereenni,
brief as the period of its existence lies yet bee., nee eleoady
given Bluebeard who is Turk enough in all all-
soieaca, and yet has a singular likeness to in
respondents in certain recent suits for
separation on the ground of what is so oddly'
termed " leg►l cruelty.' In a word, Mr. Toole's
Abomelique is, as he ~alba himself, " half modern swell
betoriental tyreat," else of the oddest inemigruittee ever
seem eves at atria :nu
II Mr. Toole plays Binebeard with sufficient . breadth of
amino effect; and he is well supported by Mies Woolgar,
who doth enact the part of Fatima in a manner that will
be appreciated by that lady's numerous circle of admirers.
Mir Kate Kelly, as Sister Anne. and Miss Emily Thorne,
ae Delim, also deserve favotusible mention ; and Mr. Paid
Bedford is a very einuedeg ttsesk.y. The Eastern character
et the story affords greet scope for the talents of the scene
painter and the keeper of the wardrobe. Their efforts have
not been stinted, and the piece is, in fact, gorgeously
mounted. The incidental ballet ia one of the moat pic-
taresque and sparkling of the season.

most capital order, not a tingle accident has occurred,
and no one so mash as *stied Ids feet. Some of the
Humane Society'. men were, however, in attendance in case
of caseslties.

Royal. Cotoseetim.—Thin long-established house
yesterday offered a series of special entertainments, pre-
plied with much liberality, and of a high order of Atm/
themes. A holiday excursion to India, China, Australia,
and the European continent, by Mr. Austin Bain, with
• nandeal and pictorial illustrations ; a new vocal melange,
given by Mr. Jones Howson, and reflecting the musical
pieuliaritice of the age in songs and criticisms ; the Won-
derful Cabinet, truly so called, of the ingenious Mr.
Nadohky ; a humorous piece celled a "Casket of Mirth,"
in which Mr. Julian imitates several popular performers;
the singing and playing of the Bianchi children,
Mr. Taylor's able demonstration of sleight-of-hand,
with the wonders of the new oxy-hydrogen microscope,
Mr. Morris's performances on the cryetal-ophouic and
musical rocks, and those of Mr. Rogers, the campanologist,
the photo-stereoscopic exhibition, and the colossal dioramas
of London sad Paris, formed • treat which made every visitor
confess that Dr. Bachhoffaer had provided • good full
Christmas entertainment for a shilling.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.-4.11 energetic
effort has lately been made to reinvigorate this institution,
which his done such good service in former days. Al an
indispensable preliminary, the dine and depressing appear-
, allee of the great hall has been got rid of, and the visitor's
eye is greeted ou entering with light and cheerful colours.
The whole of the Interior ethisegelmnaw here hem /winds
and the bill of fare has been retrenched here, enlarged there,
andi metered everywhere. The lectured remain, as usual, the
principal °wares of attnctiou, and their interest is sustained
by the great ability of the lecturers, who have always been
far above she ordinary level, and by the pre-eminent excel-
; lease of the apparatus of the establishment.
Row. GAIJALEY or lunaraanort.—Mr. and
Mrs. German Reed reappeared last night, for the season, is
thdr powder entertainment. These established favourites
always receive • hearty welcome from the London public,
on returning from their autumn campaign in our large towns
he the provinces and at the sea-side. Their entertainment,
as enlarged to admit of the eo-operation of another popular
tavouriM, Mr. John Parry, is better than ever. mil ascot
he overlooked by any who wish to see innocent mirth carried
to Its highest pitch this Christmas-tide.

BUIPORD'eI PANORAMA.—The new panorama of
Nassau, which we noticed last week, had yeeterth,v, with
its Niter exhibitions at the same gallery, a fair hare of
public patronage.

Wvin's Gwag.—Mr. Wyld'a Great Globe ufferi,
in addition to its other attractions, a representatio: of the
latest scene of the gallantry of our soldiers, tho Peiho
River, the Taku Forts sad their caption, and the City of
Pekin, an exhibition which, at the present moment, just as
peace with China is announced, must be consider•xl very
opportune.

MADAIIL TVSSAUD'S.—At this established insti-
tution there was es usual a oomiderable attetsdanc.. The
rooms have been re-fitted and decorated, and are i their
full splendour. Several additions have been made to the
portraits in was. The popularity of the exhibition thee not
appear in the least to wane.

EGYPTIAN HALL —The humour and spirit of
MIN Emma Stanley's Senn Ages of W 011141% ss repn iented
at the Egyptian Hall, are such u most assure to that lady
a prominent place among the chosen entertainers of the
08111011.

WISSION'tI MIIHIC HALL —The enterprising pro-
prietors of this celebrated place of reort have this year
given a pantomime, with new scenery, dresses, and effects,
which is in no wise inferior to those of the regular theatres.

EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF
EMINENT Mayan's interesting gallery of portraits
of the eminent men of the present day is as exhibition
worthy a visit. Amonpt some hundreds of portraits hung
for polar Impeottee, sanely half • deem can be said to
be steroidal general interest. The men represented are one
and all eminent in their several spheres ; and the same may
bemid of the few ladies whose portraits are included in the
exhibition. Her Majesty the Queen is represented in •
variety of very pleasing pictures, full length, full face,
profile and otherwise. So afro is her illustrious consort
Prince Albert. The Prisons Frederick William of Prussia,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princes Alice and the
junior members of the royal family are represented singly
and in groups. Next in interest are Mr. Mayall's portraits
of the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the cabinet,
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey,
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Duke of Argyll, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir G.
C. Lewis, the Marquis of Lasedowne, kn. Among the
pictures which fill the epos allotted to the members of the
House of Commons (apart from the cabinet) may be men.
timed the portraits of Mr. T. S. Duncurabe, Mr. Roebuck,
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Edward Rains, Mr. Alderman Cope,
land, Mr. Ewart, the member for Liverpool, Mr. W. 3-
Lindsay, Sir De Lacy Evans, ke.

GIZMAN UNITY AND FREEDOM.—A society re-
cently established in Loodon under the name of German
Unity and Freedom, whose object it is to act upon public
opinion at home by means of pamphlets, has issued its first
flying sheet on the Austrian question. In this pamphlet
the right of Hungary to self-government is acknowledged,
and the principle laid down that Venice ought to be re-
united with the Italian body. At the same time care is
taken to disconnect Hungarian and Italian aspirations from
anything that would tend to give Russia or Francs an
undue prepaid/mance in the affairs of Europe. The Main
point of the pamphlet is an urgent call upon the German
Federal provinces of Austria to agitate energetically and
without delay the convocation of • parliament for them-
selves at Vienna. The pamphlet has been favourably re-
ceived by a large portion of the liberal press in 'Germany.
The New Froakhrt Journal, which has great influence
smog that commercial classes, reprints the pamphlet en-
tire, and warmly recommends it. The Cologne Gouvte,
the Volk, Zeitung, at Berlin ; the Beebe:elder, at Stuttgart ;
the Non:stern , at Hamburg ; and many others, either direct
attention to the pamphlet or give large extracts froth it.
In Austria itself the idea of a constituent assembly for
the German federal provinces is evidently gaining ground.
THE COI/ENTRY RIBBON TRADL—It M believed
that it la is contemplation at the fa-them:ilea hall at Lea-
toiwtou, in aid of the fonds of the Warnefurd Hos-
pit.4 to encourage means for the use of the Coventry
ribbons, and that the Countess of A leaford, Lady
Willoughby de Broke, Lady So ' the Hon.
Mrs Bertie Percy, and other benevolent and influential
ladies of the neighbourhood, have organised " Hibbon
Quadrilles" on that excision' each of these ladies selecting
• colour in Coventry ribbon for their respective 'quadrilles'
We also find the following paragraph subjoined to the
announcement of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hos-
pital ball:—"Is the present demised state of the
ribbon trade the lady patronesses express an earnest
wish that the ladies attending the ban ahould appear
M ribbons of Warwiskshire manufacture." If the kids'
atiesading balls throughout the country were to follow theme
praiseworthy examples, charitable coatnliedios for the
relief of the distressed would not be nowled, for the
weavers would, no doubt, have abundant employment.
A other instances of the kind sympathy exported by
the sex towards the weavers of Coventry may lv• men-
timed the fact that the Baroness Brass bee set eh ex-
ample to ladies of rank by ordering a dream to be so trimmed
as to consume 500 yards of Coventry ribbon. The sub-
scriptions Is aid atthe distressed are fast approaching the
handsome ruse of 10,001 X. The subscriptions c °fleeted by
Yr. Eaton, rick merchant, of London, announced • few
days stone, include donations from several eminent firms of
the following animate :—Fourteen of 1001. each ; ten of
50/. each ; one of 20/. ' • three of 25/. each ; one of 20
guineas • four of 201. each ; eight of 10 plilleSS each ; nine
of 101. eich,/tc. ; making • grand total of 2,6ooL—Birming-
hdila Daily Post.
Tus ABOLMON OF PAsspoevs.—The Patric says :
" The text of the note inserted in the Moniker of the 16th
relative to the faculty henceforth socorded ' and by reci-
procity' to the English to enter the French territory without
passports, in DO way modifies, as some persons have mos-
Guide supposed, the prescription in ore* with regard to
Treece travel's:v. The latter, in order to proceed to
England, must, as heretofore, be provided with a passport
for abroad, sod procure at the port of departure a permis-
sion to embark. By the decision above mentioned the
government only grants to English travellers the right of
landing and circulating in Fusee without passports, ' by
reciprocity' of the same right which French travellers
enjoy in England."