The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

LYCEUM.

Prginins was produced at this thcatrc last night;
the eharietcr. of Virginias and his datt,ghter by Mr. sty
Mrs. Dillon. There was a very full 11111111 P, sod the gen
forniance was highly succesefub Mr. Dillon's Vegidas
war, on the whole, a puworful piece of acting, and he de „„,1
the applaud which ho 'waived, wpm-idly iu the great awe
which dotes the fourth act, where he produeed an effect
seemly surpassed by any one who Lae appeared in the put.
The agony of the fond father, driven by de.
epeir to the immolation of Lis child, was moat pathetic,
and deeply unwed the feeling. of the audience.
The dorm of delirious fury with which Virginias ^ .nfr„,t,
the I.loceinvir in hie prison, was uprooted' with terrible
power, and, iudoesl, in every passim° where intense puska
was demanded, Mt. Dillon's strength woe equal to the oos
radon. But hi. high anglifies were mingled with Perini
defects. In the MOM level parts of the dialogue he was too
meaeured, too debuuutory, too (111X10111,, it would veto, net
to lone a single point which could possibly be nude. Hales
many soaa "dragged their elow length along," indatiag
wen:ince& and impudence. Mrs. Dillon'e Virginia ran ew
simple, natured, and elketing. Appiue Climiliue was wen
acted by Mr. Stuart, leiliuo by Mr. M•Liec, awl Dentate,
by Mr. Barrett. There was 'wx new and beautiful strait
sad architectural scenery. The costumes and d 'orations
were tasteful and appropriate, and, eltogetia,, tl.c ply was
brought out M a mauler highly cmilit.ible to the manages
'neut.

THE ITALIAN OPERA AND TUE DRURY-LANE
RENTERS.
(From the Suminy

The wisdom of the man who sawed off the branch
of a tree on whii h he wit, boa only been equalled
by the obtuseness of the four or five renters who de-
clined giving their formal Lunation to certain
temporary alterations in the theatre, necessary for
adapting the audience portion of the house to the
requirements of on Italian Opera Ileuse. It woo generally
known that Mr. (aye had been in treaty with Mr. Smith, the
lessee of Drury-Luse, to become the tenant of that theatre
for a few months daring the Italian opera issuon, and the
matter had been so far concluded, that Mr. Smith had decided
upon terminating his dramatic performances at Easter, and
had actually mode arrangements for that purpose. The
consent of the renters and their Domino., became, however,
necessary, to enable Mr. Gyro to convert the drest circle
and the first civic into private boxes; but in lieu of the
portion of the house thus occupied, be offered to the realm
to reserve for them nightly twenty-tire plates in the front of
the pit, and to throw the upper boxes and the rest of the pit
open to the remainder of the renters. To this proposition,
twenty-seven of the thirty-two renters who attended
the first meeting agreed, and signed their names
to an agreement to that effect, but it having been
discovered subsequently, that ammo of the renters who
had signed hail wild their adedieions fur the present year,
it was de mod adelsoLle to call another meeting of nominee,
as well so renters and ',repenters ,f the theatre, to whom
' the proposition was to be again submitted. The electing
took place accordingly on Friday last, iu the saloon of the
theatre, and wan al tended by shout fifty persons interested.
James Robins, Esq., one of the trustees, was called to the
chair, and having stated to the gentlemen present the facts
just detailed, he hoped they would be UIVUIiMOIII,I in accept-
ing a proposition which had emanated from Mr. Smith, the
respected lessee of the theatre, whose absence ho tom to re-
gretted. Mr. Smith, he said, had notterially enhanced the
value of the property since his lessee ship, and had alone more
for the sarronouudation of the renters than any lc wee who

tenderer had it. Mr. Pyetinch proposed a resolution that
Mr. Gyo should be naked to reserve fifty, instead of twenty-
five seats in front of the pit, with free admiasion to the other
portions of the pit and the upper bozos, for tho renters.
After some dissuasion, it was speed that it should not be
put as a resolution. but merely m a suggestion of Mr. (Syn.
upon which understanding tho original proposition wall
agreed to, and renters who represented about seventy sharer
affixed their names to the document, which may, therefore.
be said to be unanimously agreed to. It in, however, to bed,.
plered that two or three of the renters should, at the that meet-
inghave offooda factiotuoppositionto n proposition so favour.
able: to the:melees and so beneficial to the leaser, who haa
laboured earnestly to keep the theatre open, and who has paid
more money into the coffers of the proprietor. than any one
who has been placed at the head of this catenate, establish-
ment for years past. To throw obstacles in the way of his
letting the theatre ton good tenant, is to deprive him of
legitimate means ::f paying his heavy rent, of compelling hint
to claw the theatre, and, consequently, of injuring their own
property. It is lamentable that two or three individuals,
without any reasonable motive, should, fur fsetious or other
motive:, have the power of breaking up en anangemcnt so
advantageous to all concerned.

A circular (says the Literary Gazette) has been
issued by the solicitors to the assignees of 3lr. Edwin
Baldwin, announcing that tho copyrights of the Morning
Herald, Standen!, and St. James's Chronicle' newspapers
are for sale, and that they are ready to receive tenders for
their purchase, either together or separately.

The latest fashion of expending the lower portion
of the female dress with a Port of wire ben-coop, and thug
making their figures (like Greek epigrama) ae broad ea they
are long, has undoubtedly aided towards the reformation
in female attire which we (Lewd) yet hope to see efitated.
The natural waist appears, by eontntat, sufficiently taper
without further crushing by that female vice, yciept days.
It is no longer needful that they should study (as Terence
says of the Roman women)

" Daniels bumerlsors:sis•to portnro. at rriellos deal"
It is only when the natural "line of beauty" of the female
is prceerved that health can be expected. It is only from a
healthy mother that healthy effepring can arise. We there-
fore willingly acknowledge whatever tends to the attainment
of this desirable object, though condemning an injurious to
both health and comfort the extremes of a fashion which has
been hailed with cheers by the milliners—cheers of hoop I

hoop 1! hoop ! ! ! orroy.

The restoration of the interior of the Liandaff
cathedral has been nearly brought to a close, after an outlay
of aearly 20,000/. An eminent Welsh inanimate?, Rays a
cotauportry, being recently solicited for his subscriptions
asked the probable cost of the works. "23,000!., sir," said
the applicant. "Good God l—two miles of railway I" em-
phatically exclaimed the man of iron, with a shrug of this
shedders.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS' AND PROMOTIONS, IN
nts —T CIVIL Seaviee.he Board of Trade Mr. liii.bard
S. Bolos, Principal Coast OlSeer at the Quell; has been ap-
pointed Receiver of Wreck for the Lough of Strangford
Commissioners in Lunacy Dr. Robert Nairne. Physician
and Lecturer on Medicine in St. George's Hopi W, has been
7rnintie `HC:l7,"'clewimaured.in Titregaer the
room Mr. of Dr.
John
k, Third-claw Clerk st Davenport gekyard, Is as been
promoted to the Second Class, vice Dent, superannuated.
Customs : Mr. Edward Harcourt Charles Haeelden his been
appointed a Clerk at the East and West India Docks in Lon-
don; Mr. William Allan Curr has been appointed a Clerk,
general business, in London; Mr. Stanley Kingsford has
been appointed a Clerk, Long Room, in London. Inland.
Revenue Deperttuent—Stanips and Taxes Breach: Mr.
Thomas Wallace has been appointed a Supernume-
rary Surveyor of Taxes. Excise Blench: Mr. W.
W. Page, Supervisor of Crediton District, Exeter
Collection, has been appointed Supervisor of Newcastle Dias
trict, Stafford Collection, at his own request ; Mr. H. G.
Chub, Examiner ha. been appointed Supervisor of Crediton
District, Exeter Collection • Mr. George Barber, Examinw,
has been promoted to Hale; worth District, Suffolk Collection.
East Indies Capt. A. R. Thornhill, First Assistant, has
been appointed to officiate as Resident at Hyderabad pro
tem.' vice M. G. A. Buehby, deceased; Mr. 'F. Reed -he;
beenappointed Superintendent of Forests in Gude ; Lieut.
F. R. Pollock and Mr. F. H. Cooper have been appointed
Deputy-Commissioners of the Second Claw in the Punjaub.
Lieut. P. Maxwell has been appointed an Aseistant-Commis-
aioner First Class in the Punjeub. Capt. J. E. Fnseer, Lieut.
J. Perkins, Mr. S. S. Hogg, Lieut. T. W. Mercer, end Mr.
R. F. Saunders, have been appointed Assistant-Commis-
sioners of the Second Claw in the Punjaub.—Civil Sada
&WM.

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NITSTERIOrn DIRCOVERT.—A day or two ago,
some workmen excavating on the estate of Major Sibthorp.
M.P., at Canwick, near Lincoln, laid bare two perfect skele-
tons, buried some eighteen inches below the surface. Both,
on examination, proved to be the remains of feraslcs; one
woo an adult, the other a child apparently about three years
old at the time of burial. The larger skeleton was found
lying in such a position u to show that the body bad beet
doubled up when consigned to the earth, the skull and the
feet being in close proximity. At the mane place a rum
blade and a short dagger were dug out, both very much car.
rode& These circumstances induce the supposition that at
some time or other a terrible deed of blood had been com-
mitted in the locality; and it is a singular fact that the spot
where the discovery was made. and which is exceedingly
lonesome, has, for some cause unexplained, been from time
immemorial regarded by the inhabitants with feelings akin
to terror, and the nightly wayfarer hastened past with dread
and misgiving.