The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1861.

MUSIC'.

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

On Saturday Mdlle. Patti appeared for the first
time as &eine in the Bartarre dt Sirigtia. From tie
previous appearances of this charming young performer, it
was easy to imagine what she would be in this new
character; and accordingly we found that she reamed
in every respect the ideas We had formed of bar
acting and singing. She pictured to the life the lively,
high-spirited girl—ingenuous, tender, and passionate by
nature, but rendered quick-witted and artful by ►ar
situation and circumstances. Among the many Ito-
MOAB we have seen, we du not remember any one by
whom all the traits of a singularly piquant character
have been more vividly and at the same time cos-
sistently brought out. And one !'groat thing in
her acting is her thorough assumption of her character, el
which she never loses sight for a single instant. Her "by
play," as it is called, when nothing at all is " set down far
her," is often as full of meaning as the most eloquent
language—as witness the scene where Rosin& has
to bear the objurgation, of her jealous guardian,
listening to his invectives with a mixture of on.
patience, irritation, and amazement, silently but delight•
fully expressed. She sang with all her usual grace and ex-
premien, and even more than her usual brilliancy and rit4
naps el ariseansat. indeed, we doubt whether she did smt
anmstleass carry skis richness to excess, though it is
difficult to find fault with embellishments designed
so ingeniously, and executed with such marvellous facility
and finiah. It is true that Patti only does in this part what
has been done by almost every other singer, sod she em-
bellishes more, because she is able to embellish more, than
almost anybody else. Besides, both they and she have an
especial reason for taking liberties with Rossioi'a text in
this part. The music, though written for a mezzo-soprano

voice, is generally sung by soprano voices ; and they must
of secessity alter the pottage* which are too low for them.
The principal sir—the famous " Una Tom poco fa"—is
always elaborately embellished, and therefore we do not
object to Patti's fiuriture, exuberant as they were,
though certainly she produced less effect on the
audience than usual. But we do object to her
introducing them to each an extent ,in the duet
with Figaro, " Dianne io sone," where it is really neces-
sary, in order that the vokes may go properly together, that
the passages be sung as they are written. Our only other
remark, is the way of criticism, is, that the " singing
lesson" scene failed of its usual effect, because the piece (al-
wayschoseo ad (ibitues) was not very happily chosen. It was
an air we heard before—a kind of Spanish bolero—
staffed full of vocal gymnastics ; but though surprising, it
wee not very beautiful, and nude but little impression.
Had Mdlle. Patti sung the hackneyed " Rode's air" she
would have commanded the swore which the singing-
lesion hardly ever fails to receive. But, setting
these things aside, Ler Itosina was a most ad-
mirable performance, and confirmed her claim to be re.
girded as one of the most accomplished artists of whom the
musical stage can boast.
The opera was altogether well performed. Mario, as
Count Almaviva, has no rival. There is no other who can
throw so much ease, Ace, and gaiety into the character.
His singing, too, is m.quisite as far as it goes, but
he avoids (and wisely) the trials which his voice would
suffer from the florid character of some portions of the
music. Ronconi is the best Figaro on the stags, and it is
remarkable that his singing is as good as his acting.
la Roomers mimic, so finely written for the voice, he
is perfectly at home. Ciampi's Bartholo is an ex.
cellent vocal performance; dramatically speaking, it is
intelligent sad correct, but somewhat hard and deficient in
comic humour. Tegliafico's Basilio was worthy of all com-
mendation : his personation of the hypocritical bare was
excellent, and he sang the great air, "La Calunnia,"
superbly. And Madame Tagliafico gave the little part of
Bertha au importance which it very seldom receives.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE GOODWOOD MEETING.
_TO TIM IMMO OF TOT tiFRESK. _

leaotTalyMeeiing turned out any-
thing but a suedes so far as the public attendance is coo.
corned ; but whether to attribute this to the bad weather or
the inopportune time of the fixture leaves room for some
little doubt, although from all accounts the speculation is
not likely to be attempted
.again so soon after the great
meeting in June. In my opinion it will never answer while
immediately preceding Goodwood, where such immense
sums are to be woo in stakeeand bets thatall the good horses
at to run are kept expressly for them, and the programme
before me exhibits nearly every first arns &aimsl in tram-
log engaged in use or more contests. There is a slight
increase in the 'lumber of subscribers to nearly all the peat
races to be decided, the 31 already closed showing as yam
gate of about alUentries, the Stewards' Cup having 94 ; the
linden Stakes, 72 ; the Chesterfield Cup, 69 ; and the
Nursery, fit. The only drawback is that we shall have es
Goodwood-house party this year, which is .1 natural COSMO.
queue° of the death of the late Duke of Richmond, but on
which those who augur the discontinuance of the meeting
in a few years rest their fears.
. .

On Tuesday there are to be eight contests, foremost among
which will be that for the Stewards' Cup, a prize almost cer-
tain to tempt between thirty and three dozen animals, and
it will be consequently the most open race of the week,
for previous running will afford no guide, as in the case of
other events that look open now. Last year's wiener, Sweet.
sauce, is well treated again, as are also him stable can-
yanioes The Drone, Donner-and-Blitz, Knight of St.
Patrick, and Vergisamein-Nicht, the letter carrying all the
stable money at propene, while Sweeteauco has received
some " riper" The young one, however, is too uncertain
• mare or me to trust, and if weetsauce be rosily " set-
tled" it would not in the least surprise me to see Delmer-
und•Blitz run the best of the lot, the most dangerous
opponents of the two among the heavy weights being Lord
of the Manor, Sutbush, Sherborne. The middle
weights can be well represented by Horace, Mainstone,
Rastas, sad Longebot, and from the feathered tribe
Nativity, Du Bleu, and Carbine may run for-
ward, it being quite sufficient if I can get within a length of
tbe winner with this lot of twelve. The four year old
Sweepstakes ought to see Thunderbolt bodes by the
Wizard over so severe a course, if the T.Y.C. hero vet-
agree to patio au appearance, it being not improbable he will
prefer cutting in fur the cup above nienboned, with all the
weight. The Lavaut Stakes might be reduced to a match
already between the representatives of Mr. Merry and Lord
Stamford, as it turned out hut year, for Express will
hardly feel her penalty over the half a mile, and must beat
all the public horses, while the reputation of Flexmore (he
is said to be better than Xurullo just now) renders him
worthy of being coupled even with such a
flyer, and who knows but that Lord Stamford
will revenge himself upon the yellow jacket for the
defeat of his cowardly Walloon last meeting The Hain is
a richer stake, and neither of the thirteen engaged having
node a noise in public, it may Wog to the poet some four
Or five competitors, viz., ft. Chieftain's Daughter, Ashton',
the Coalition filly the Typee colt, Thorpe, Langton, and
Hubert. Ashford has long been in the market for next
year's Derby, sad if I dare express any preference before
maim what condition the field is in it meat be for him.
The Gratwieke Stakes will form the beet prise of the day,
and Mr. Merry is fortunate in the possession of two
such mutilates as Folkestone and Starlight, either
of which an beat The Knight of St. Patrick
over a mile and a halt. The Craven Stakes and
two claiming Sweepstakes have fair entries, and
the result of the foraier will be awaited with some
satiety ; but feeling anything but certain what will put in
an appearsace I am compelled to peas over them.
On Wednesday there will be a couple of 2.yr-old con-
tests of great impo trsee, as tee is pretty certain to bring '
out next year's Derby favourite, the Ace of Clubs, and
this will probably be the Htustbounse Stakes, where there is
nothing to heat that ss knows to be formidable. In the
Findou, however, there will be Alvediston and Wingrave,
in addition to Costa, /Cerullo, and oise or two dark candi-
dates, to get over, and I doubt whether anything can upset
Wingrave when heis quite himself, which wee not the as.. at
Ascot. The 3-yr-old events are not very important,
West End being about the best in the Goodwood Darby, as
Walloon will never get so far, while Imams* Cartineer,
failing him) roust s•Cur• the inning-room Stakes, and the
300 floes. Sweepstake, for colts can be picked up by Lord
Stamford with either Imams or Diophantee However,
the lot in the 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes foe Allies are too bad
fee me to attempt an analysis of them. The Goodwood
Oakes be. promoted some heavy wagering', at Beet twenty
amlesele havit.g been backed at different times, but lately
Velielk, Shipwreck, Zodiac, Fisherman, Guilder, Queen
of do Vale, the Intimidation colt, and Umpire have been
11111 knocked abets, that even their starting is doubtful,
wills Anthem and Calpe performed too indifferently at
Nettingharn and Stamford to have •eliaoce. The only " good
im e . ey ' about is entrusted to either Kleho. Starke, Canary,
lieldun, Balkans, or Browne. • still the starting of Thor-
amaby. Royal Sovereign, Surprise, Lupus, !letdown Lase,
ilea End, Bally Edmond, and two or three others is at
bassiprobable,sedsomefifteen competitors may muster at the
F.lcho and Schism, who are both trained at W.
have bar beaked for my heavy ruin{ of money,

and us they have not been tried together (their owners
=sot agree at all about a" trial") the backers of each will
have a run for their money. The young one, however, is
presumed to be the best at the weights, by thaw beat
capable of judging ; and he is consequently neck and neck
with Starke in the betting, the American being confidently
set down as by far the best of the old horses,
an idea which is certain to prove correct if
he in only fit and well, as 1 believe him to be. Bahama,
Brownie, and Canary have only their private reputations to
stand upon, mid however good they may be, it will r;quire
a great deal to shake my confidence in Starke and '
while two extreme outsiders in Surprise and West Eod have
performed so well this year that they are more worthy of
being trusted, in my opinion, as they have been backed to
win • little money at different times. Thus, should any-
thing best the two favourites (of which Starke stands high-
est in my estimation) it is not unlikely to be one of the two
outsiders named—supposing, of course, their parties, are not
persuaded at the last moment to row in other boats. The Cow-
dray Stakes winner will probably be produced by the many
short races on Tuesday, and the weights have yet to be
adjusted for the two handicaps that make up the ten items
in the mond day's programme.
The nine events flied for Thursday have closed (all that
is wanting being the weights for the Chichester Handicap),
and some were complete so far back, we are not unlikely to
have one or two walks over, Fairwater having a peat deal
the best of it in the 50 son. Sweepstakes, while Copernicus
looks all over the winner of the Boeing Stakes, and only
one may be tempted to Goodwood for the Sussex Stakes.
The Eleventh Memorial Stakes will bring out nearly
all " dark " candidates, of which Flezmore and Ashford
shall be my champions; and in the Mohacs* Ace cf• Clubs
or coed Lord Stessfeed's (Ensign or Leyden) should be
the tint home, it the previous running of the Ace of Clubs
shows he can bay, • ckance with the beet of such • bril-
liant trio as Lord Stamford can select from. That the jadge
must award the Tenth Memorial to Big Ben or Folkestone,
and the Ninth to the Wizard (with Ebony in attendance)
no one will dispute, but there are various opinions concerning
the direction the Goodwood Cup will travel ; the Wizard,
Thormaithy, Bodoni, Parmesan, Diophantus, and perhaps
lady Clifden and Nemesis, being the champions of the Eng-
lish division, while the A nienins have Starke and Optimist,
with the Frenchmen, Mon Etoile, Preteudent, and Boyalieu,
in their interests. The latter trio have proved first-class
animals, but it has yet to be learned whether they can beat
Optimist over a distance, and I must declare for the Arne-
neon colours, after the running of Optimist at Stamford,
which showed him to be in his best form ; rest to him the
Wizard and Parmesan may run home, the 10th penalty of
Thormanby being too much fur him to carry successfully in
such a field. _

Four out of nine events to come off on Friday are before
me, the Nassau Stakes being the only insigoificant ooeamong
them, and that will probably be carried off by Budaiota. The
Nursery Haodioap is sure to bring out a greet many that have
been expressly kept for it whose performasoes are anything
but to their credit ; nevertheless, it will require something
pretty good to beat Ethel sad Antares, who have done so
well of late, and Godding has a couple of good-looking colts
in Masks Fenton and KINIDO. The March Stakes will be
won by Reimer and Estrelda, if they are not too good for
their owners to risk parting with them for 300 sore. and the
state, and it will take • good horse to beat Comforter,
attain e. and the best of the Frenchmen in the Chesterfield
Cap, with all the weight, although it is not improbable
previous running will produces more formidable candidate
than either the above.-1 am, &c., METEOR.
July 27.

PROGRAMME OF GOODWOOD RACES.
_ _ _ TO•MORROW.

Tux ClAet2f STAKINOt 3 eove. each, with 50 added ;
3yr•olds, Bst ; four, Bet 131 b ; fire and upwards, Out 2lb
the winner to be sold for 500 Bova ; if entered to be sold
for 100 sore., allowed 91b ; II not for sale, to carry 91b
extra ; mares and seldiop allowed 31b. One mils.
AP Ag e Ase
Br mangier (71b ii)) 4 I MdUe. de Chantilly CanUne (11b ex) .. 3
Queen et the Vale (71b extra) a Gallas
(71b extra) .... 3 Crater (71b extra) 4 Strike (100 eon ) 3
Overton 3 Audrey 5 I 658461155
Gibraltar a

A AwI:I2MM of 10 sews. each ; 2.yr•olds, Hat 31b ;
three, Bst ; four, Het Blb ; firs, Bst 12Ib ; six and aged, get ;
mares and geldiep allowed 3115 ; the winner to be sold fur
300 son., if demanded, iso. Half a mile.

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awn. 'yil Guilin Pim& Ag;
I Reclunlon 4
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Pim POUNDS, added to • Sweepstakes tit 5 sows. each ;
Xtr.olds, let 914 ; four, 84 914 ; five sad upwards, litst ; the
winner to ho sold for 100 soya LA seile.

Age
DWI= l°similar Bar Philip
bands

A Swum.,Asa of 300 am. each, b ft, for 4-yrolds ;
colts, Set 71b ; Allies, Pat 21b. The Queen's Plato Coutes.—
Thunderbolt, The Wined, Anthem.

Tut Her STASIS of 100 sows. each, It ft, for 2.yr•olde ;
enits, Sat 101 b ; Allies, Fat 7lb ; 3lb and 61b allowed ; the
snood to receive 100 sows. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (16
subs.)—F by Hiappton—Omoo (31b), cby Voltipur —Ty
cab,
dimlydy, a by Stockwell et
31b), f Herbage by Dameboy (61b), fby Young Mel-
itioo (61b), Instructor, Ashford, The Chieftain's
Daughter, c by Yoltigeur—ltoesia's dam, Hardee (31b),
Hubert (31b), Lorelei (31b), f by Chanticleer—Marys*
(dead), a by Chasticlecr—Clotilde (3.1 h) (dead).
Tint IiTZWARIne CUP, value 300 eon. (Handicap) by eub-
seription of 10 *ors. each, with 100 added ; the surplus to
be paid to the winner in specie ; for 3-yr•olds awl upwards.
T.Y.C. (94 subs.)
Age s I Age st lb
Thunderbolt 4 1 thy Longbow—Ranee a 7 6
Commopollte
Satellite
Crater 4 Massaroni
Patine
!tavola

Umpire
Wedding 6 1 Mainstono 4 7 3
General Hess 6 rardslote
Von stroom
Stampede
Phantom 6 Metes 4 7 •
Sir William
Lupellus 4 Southport
Seclusion
Maga Dimond 4 Sporting We 3 7 0
Mistake
Winton
frovatore
Lord of the Manor .. 6 ltoeslia4 4 I 10
Indy CUM= 3 lnisMose
Spicebox 4 lonesuot
011 Walter
Laing Son 4 NINA a 6
oomilcno ll 6
lamis II 10
6 6 6
Levu $ 3
Sweetmeat
Curlew 6 1 Vancouver 3 6 7
Nutbush 3 1 Rufus $ 6 7
Thum

Mew $ T 33 itockley
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Doefoot
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tits-Aron - $
Mharborns
N'aterwitch
Knight of St. Pada* 7 I Croperopws
/Merton
Royalliau
Donner tut 4 Ma.— 4 71 j Frailty
Nemesis II 71 cby NeW1111013134--
4 7 Grey Hen 2
P
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4 7 Baa thaw

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THE GILATNICIEZ 9Taare of 100 soya. each, subscrip-
tion, h ft, for 3/r-olds: colta, Bst 10Ib; fillies, bet 51b ; 3lb and
51b allowed ; the second to receive 200 out of the shakes; and
the third to save his stake. Onemile and a half. (?2 cute. )
Frailty (31b), Gamow° (31b), Will-o'.the.W'sp (31b), Radi.
soca (31b), Jiogling Johnny (31b), Little Nell (Mb), Mounte-
bank (31b). East Stanley (31))), Knight of St. Patrick (3lb),
Whitewell (Sib), c by West Australian—Clarissa (31b),
by Voltigeur, dam by Catnehoy (31b), Hesse Darmstadt
(61b) (paid), Bonny Field (31b), Starlight, Folkestone, Can.
tatnce (3!b), Lady Blanche (31b), Reveille (311), Pretty
Patty 131 b), Martha Love (31b) (dead), twin colts by Chat.
harn—Lindgravine, dead.
THE LAVAJT STAMM of to son. each, 30 ft, for 2.yr-olds;
colts, Bst 71b; allies, 84 311; ; winners extra, ; the se-
egad to save kis stake. Half a mile. (16 subs.)—Clock-
maker, Revoker, Coulon,, Xurullo, Flextnore, St. Bernard,
Tarragon., Chieftain's Daughter, Express, Palmeri°,
lle de Franca (bred in France). Peignoir, St. Lawrence,
Cleverley, Keane, Pamela (paid).