The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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elartee: ildr. Disraeli replied thtt the government.,
bad -had to give a very careful eoneideration to:
this question; and it wre not until last evens&
that they formed their Anal oonclusioa. Notice of
the amendment was given as early as tensible,
and before that notice was given, the fact that
such an amendment wad to be moved was
eommunicated to the representatives of the
opposition. It at one time seemed likely that there .
would be a long and welted diacussion upon the
conduct of the government at this stage of the 1
business ; but upon the suggestion of Mr. Gilpin
it was postponed until the amendment of the Soli-
e itor-General was before the house. At the close
of his reply to Mr. Hugesaen the Premier had
informed the house that it had been found pos-
sible to apply this bill to Scotland and Ireland by
amendments in the clauses, and the neces-
eery amendments bad been prepared by
the Lord-Advocate and the Attorney-Ge-
neral for Ireland. The bill was therefore
recommitted, and the Lord Advocate moved
a clause, consistingof 18 paragraphs, which trans-
ferred to the Inner House of the Court of Session
the trial of election petitions in Scotland.
As the clause appeared upon the paper
there was a 19th paragraph, which provided that
the expenses of sheriffs of counties and returning
officers of bul•ghs should be defrayed out of the
'poor-rates. This paragraph the Lord Advocate
omitted in moving the clause; but its addition
was proposed by Mr. M.Laren. There was only a
brief cliscuesion, involving frequent references to
Mr. Pawoett's clause, upon this proposal; and
when the house divided it was rejected by a
majority of 12-83 to 71. The next clans. which
came before the committee was moved he y
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Milton, and its object was 4,,,- resten• the expenses
fik:;:=9ti"nt et cotOttles upon the particular division
of the tonally in which they took place. Ilia
proposal, being intended to facilitate the well
worloing of clause 53 D, naturally excited the
hostility of the Solicitor-General, and it was in a
strain of something like passion that the
honourable and learned gentleman paraded
the technical difficulties which would interfere
with its operation. Mr. Leeman showed that
some at least of these difficulties were altogther
imaginary, and as to the possibility of overcoming
the others, quoted, with significance and
effect, the old proverb which declares that " where
there's a will, there's a way." There was a little
more debate upon the eubject, but ultimately the
clause was withdrawn, with a view to its reintro-
duction after the house had come to a decision upon
Mr. Faweett's clause. About this period of the
afternoon the members of the government began
to resort very freely
clauses
to the argument that if this
bill waste be this year, no more new
must be en - • and although it was retorted
that the coarsethey'themselves intended to pursue
with regard to clause 63 D was somewhat at variance
with the appeal which they addressed to the house,
the anxiety of members to make progress with
the measure so strengthened the hands of the
ministry that they were enabled to carry all before
them. Under these elm imstances they were enabled
to reject, by majorities more or less considerable,
proposals made 'by Mr. Labouchere to render il-
legal the payment of the expenses of conveying
voters in counties as well as in boroughs; by Mr.
Ayrton (for Sir T. Lloyd), to prohibit the oocupa-
tion for election purposes of rooms in public-
houses ; by Mr. Mill, to prevent the employment
of paid canvassers, and to provide that the ex-
pewee of trials and inquiries should be paid out
of the rates ; and by Mr. Ayrton, for the
appointment of attornies by the House of
Commons to inquire into the circumstances
of elections complained of. The tedium of
the discussion upon these points was relieved
by few incidents; but sonic amusement was occa-
sioned by Serie:int Gaselee's earnest and (as it
appeared to be regarded by the houses egotistical
description of the good fortune of a borough
which was lucky enough to obtain a really honest
and able representative. Mr. Schreiber's proposi-
tion to postpone the municipal elections in Eng-
land for one month was defeated by a majority
of 25-100 to 75. In moving to report progress,
Mr. Disraeli (perhaps ironically) thanked hon. gen-
tiemen for the diligence which theyhad displayed in
the discussion of the clauses, and assured the
house that he was consoled for the failure to con-
clude the report by the circumstance that there
would now be ample notice of the Solicitor-
General's amendment. The other orders were
rapidly disposed of, and the house adjourned.

MUSIC.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-AUBER 8 - LE DOMINO

NOIR."

Le Domino Noir (produced in 1837, nine years
after La Metals and seven after Fro Ihavoto) is rather
a comedy with music than an opera proper. The spark-
ling and epigrammatic dialogue of Scribe (who was for
so many years, and in so many works, the worthy cola-
borateur of Auber in the production of the most perfect
specimens of the opfas-tomique) has, perhaps, more
prominence, and recurs more frequently in uninterrupted
length in this than in most others of their joint produc-
tions. The alterations, however, made in the present
version—the translation into another tongue, and the sub-
stitution of reeitativc for spoken dialogue, largely deprive
the work of that life and interest which belong to the
conversational brilliancy of the original text—wlule no
amount of attention and added details can give it the
character, although involving the duration, of that class
of grand opera which belongs to a totally different order
of musical thought. Then, again, much of the quaint
humour of that incomparable convent porter, Oil Peres;
and almost &lithe rich farce of the caricature English-
man Lard art, with hie had French (companion pia.
tore to the travelling nobleman in lea Diesels), am bet
the processes by which this bright work has been
tranderred to the Italian opera stage.
he already stated in our slight notice of yesterday, the
text has been rendered into Mahan. by M. de Law:Ores,
with an English version by Mr. T. J. Williams—and the
adaptation of the musk thereto, and the interpolation
et reeltativen have been done by the great composer himself.
Le DOPitittO Noir has been given in London in its original
shape by the excellent Preach company assembled some
years ago by Mr. Mitchell at the St. James's Theatre—
adn it was.aho iirodeccd some eight or nine masons eines
by the Fyne and Ilarrison company at Cevent-gerden
Theatre, Xrem in the latter form it retained more of its
real spirit and eenipleteness than in the overlaid and. dis-
tended mai= now referred to.
The brilliant overture sad the' orchestral details, so fun
of beauty and variety, woe heard to every (Avenue,
from taw Afthindid band el this eidebbahment ; but in
other respect% potarithetanding tha ewe taken in the pro-
election of thin of Anber's opera, including his own
there in it, Ms Impoesible to avoid preferring the
original
i.e Domino droir to the altered Il Amino .Ntro.

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