The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

LYCEUM.-ENGLISH OPERA.

The performance of Norma on Saturday evening
wee commendable, MOM for Its ore and completeness ea
whole then for say extreoedinary degree of excellence in the
acting or ringing, and the general effect was better than
when—a thing which often happene—ra got 1 and cossielent
nue ahle is mcriticed for the sem of some patine? star.
On this accedes the opera was excellently got up. The
peps which ailed the stage were numerous, judiciously
dimpored, appropriately attired, end made an imposing ap-
pearance; while (what was of greeter consignee:6) they
Onlilmad of wail-tmamd voices, who, sustained by the ad-
mirable orchestra, pro gossamer end solsestity to the
chord longs of the Druids. The scenery woe picterespe,
the dr nntiona rich, and everything beaging to the
116%t ...Me worthy all theatre of oessidnantise.

The put of Norma was eminined by Madame Candoel,
who, in her mile; of the cheractec, copied OM eit dowdy le
she mold. She sang lee an excellent taimician, which eke
emesialy is, and occasionally displayed energy, though she
was deficient 'n soft and tender Impression. Mr. Auguste@
Beeksui appeared to advantage m Polito. Be looked irk
Mimed the part well, en, thoroughly " up to" the maks,
awl hie evict tenor voite was often asceediagly &sig.
Me ems Fyne wee the A. 1.4 :m„ sad we hew Sala Of
sever lewd sad ses • t the Ugh& elegy Oho
put pest Importance to the put by the feeling with which
she paribrad it ; and her manna of singing wee pure sad
chose, without any prowl/Soo to displsy. Lastly, Mr.
Her ton Brsharn made • good Oroveso. /I is mamma
bees voice told well is the concerted musk, and he looked
and acted with hamming gravity.
The nowt weeessetal peces were Madame Ceveduri's
carmine, "Cason Dire ;" the gee trio, " Oh, di qua eel to
vlttima" Ohs pin of the opera), which clone the irst ad;
the bast, "Dab. sou te," between Norma and Adalgin;
dud the heel lasso These and several other things won
wansly applauded; and, oa the whole, the reception of the
epura was decidedly favourable. Out we must add that
Arose, on many grounds of the most obvious kind, is not
ewe which it was politic (or this company to produce, or in
witch they hod ream to expert brilliant mom.

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The Committee of the Theatre Francais, Pans, s
unanimously received m fialurday a five act commly ta meat
by MM. Scribe sad E, Ingouvit entitled, La ISeifAt• a is

ARCHBISHOP COLLIN AND THE INDIAN 'BELIE/
Fixo.—ln a letter from RUM, dated September 26, Arch-
bishop Calls. states that ha he heard with mina plea-
sore of the movement fa Ireland for " the relief of mt. n
fellow-oxiantrymen who have be. reduced to misery by a
the dresdful and wldtrepread revolution now X
in loin, and onnating the safety of the
empire.' He ergo the necessity of inquiry, on the put ot N
Roman ostholim, bins appeals are made regarding the
subscription, In ceder to sweets* w how the fund about to C
he nthed in to be maw* end whether there is any danger
that it may be applied by ir to proselytising purposes
H.
He refers to the lammed the Patriotic Fund in 1864, I
to which, be says, Ronan catholic. subscribed gcnorouety,
according to their maw buti4trbanently, applithc
trona from Rama catholic a in favour of
the widows mid bents of soldiers in the CrtromN
110/11 not Wooded to; rod "who relief was_ groat* In Ig
Dahlia, • perm wan *ways employed to sdminlater it." N
He name that "try lergeemats, including one of 160,0401., lie
we mode from the Peisrlotie Pond to protestant institutions
RogYNA end he adds, " Not a shilling voted it would ;
:Er ,te gins • catholic education to catholic. le N
Would it not have been source of bitterslietrirthe Irish catholic saltier, dying on the ions at N
the Biel lea, had he known that his children would le It
expos** kis robbed of that faith which be valued man 1
than lifer Dr. Cullen thus concludes —" lam most auto*
that rewrythtrig possible should bedews to rebseethe aware N
in India; let us, however, have some security that the tads It
collected will not be applied to the foundation of ptotinitsat
whims for the perversion of poor catholic orphans. Tie uN
management of the, Petrinie Fund shows how necessary it Y N
for its to be centioua. The continual complaints of catholic es
bishops and missionaries in India stout the attempts made si
Ile East India Company to proselytise should *cream our N
. Reed Dr. Fennelly's Isis pamphlet and you will see
In what an extent that company has attempted to promote
Neteetantiera by perverting the orphans of Irish catholic we
eddiert. It appeare to me that the proper time for condo(
to a fair understanding about these matters la before sty
had is collected."
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THE CASUAL POOR AND BRIDEWILL HOSPITAL.

-02 Iletruday a deputation from each of the three city
anion ant et Bridewell Hospital for 'hempen of infest-
ing it, and of personally osourtalniag bow the it we'd be IM
made available fm a centrel anal ward is the eity of Ism- kw
don, is the event of its balm apprepieted for meth air- Is
pose. It appeared that the win set fiWUnair ie
to place it at the discord the thy sakes, and as the $
hospital wards were at the prowl tine astreally waltheated, me
Le
the honey of occupation at Bsthlaltm Ned Holloway prison
fulfilling emery requirement, it does rata only just that le
Btithersll, in socordanc• with the great of Edward VI., in In
' Jaw, 1553, ithovld revert to the roalotensnce of poor end tee
Impotent people —nth ea the casual poor of the city of lie
London.
TAE ISI
PREROGATIVE 0? THE CORONER.--00 Sew- IN

day. at the Judges' Chaishera, Yr. Bores Hbannell delivered
his judgment on an appilentkm he • writ of Habeas Corpse 1,
to bn before the wart d Mr. Beet. the deputy coromm
f Middleeo. a woman asnal Irf&get Havaziathi who bed
bees romralued to Newiele by {be magistrate of Mari-
borough-street roll as a charge of adminietering
poison to her illegitimate ohM. Idr. Lanham, the deputy-
comer for Weeithinster, who adsd sesolicitoc for Mr. Brent, kw
cited several mimes in support of hie enplication. The teemed le
judge, however, consulted Mr. Ovens, of the Crown•Mce.
and learnt from him that of late numerous similar applies- le
thins had been made to the judges, both at Westminster and P.
at chambers, and is no WANK* bed an order been mods, E
nod Mr. Barns Chaenell having sio cited various authorities,
sow observed that be had most cantally coundered the ore,
and felt bound to my that be bad so power to make the order
for the writ.

THE Queem's Vint To lIADDO-HotNE. It is
now defleftyly veeelPd that the Quern is to bowl.. the
Earl et ithemet pith a visit at liaddo-hosse on Tuesday,
the 19th Ste. Ref 110esty will lose! Balesoral about sins

Ta;iics:d 13:41irii Th;1);;Ti;
road, Mew sloths sE hetwist &thew and itheyne by the
way of the 'Ohre of Tarim! sad Monymiek, and acmes
the coeatry to tho mike= of the noble earl. The
&steam to le thus travailed will be about all miles
through a way pretty country, and a put of Scotland which
the Qeseo he. not yet rusted. IlaMo-House the seat of
allied of Ahardsion, is rather en old building, very plain in
and bowing beautiful grenade tastefully led out.
Mil'ilimeadN' Leily &Ws are reeding with the noble earl, and
we balm that ea the preset occasion her itaiesty's visit
will partake as little ea possible of public dlapisy. On the
weemeg of the 14th the court will leave Haddo Haase for
Madre, but it is sot yet meld so to Irbetber her Majesty
will pest Wee miler to the Oid Moine newsy, and thence
by the Groat North Milroy, or abed to Aterisse, a dis-
bar* of 14 miles; but it is ammo* that the court will
lewd south by the Scottialt North-Eastern end Scottish
NOW to Edinburgh, arririep they at hilliest is o'clock,
amid, lbws on the morning of the 15th, by the Coast line
and Geed Northers, direct to Londe..
Coma YlOll THE NORTH or EUROPE.—The 101.
of tattle her the North of Europe continue. On
ChylNgiorwich stettazronarrived. at Lowestoft
i ft
the Lsephyeery kite the harbour with a woodk con':
lewd atm bob sad 379 sheep. The stock (which in-
=as isaueloeses extremely dn. animals) were for-
ks IMAM dies theastregolitart market this day
(ranches).

rILINCII ZXLWATII.—Tbe tenetrhaft ale the teat rehires
eir the rem reeelpte el the principal French railways from
17 to 1$:
Si,. mai. ; Nedda. 006.6.136.: bisl. I trs.,e7t.
wasc—= a i seek saz. i kw. ',Awaits.
0a.....1. .131 638 f.
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