The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA,

The attractions at her Majesty's Theatre toe the
ensuing week are of great interest. Alkali makes her first
appearsnoe in Barbiere on Tuesday. The Lneut, with pit.,
ooloatial and Giuglini, is to be repeated on Thursday. Tits
21cwatore, supported by Alboni, Spezia, Giuglini, sad
Violate, is in preparation; and the utmost exertions ses
being made for the production of Dos Oiorensi, In 'hid, in
the members of the company have promised to lead thou aid,
At the Royal Italian Opera, Lyceum, Thursday
next will be given as a subwsiption night, on which coati=
will be performed La Triwitths, with the following east .
Violetta, Madame Dosio ; Flora Bemis, Madame Tagliakv;
Georgic, Chirmont, Signor Grasiani ; Barone Duphol, Signor
Tsgliafico ; Marchese D'Obigny, Signor Polonini ; Own.,
Signor Soldi ; Dottore Grenvil, M. Zelger ; Giuseppe, Signer
Mei ; and Alfrodo, Signor Mario.

It is stated that the first appearance of Miss
Kemble as e concert singer will take piste in the come of
the present unienal MUM.

Among the fashionable arrangements of Me
coming summer another "Musical Festival" is announced
to be held in tier Majesty's Theatre, and to be condutted by
Mr. Benedict.

Mr. Ira Aldridge terminates his engagement at
the Britannia 'Theatre this (Saturday) evening, and statutes
Stockholm sez4 Tuesday, to perform ink" the Court of
Sweden, 80.
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By tidings from America we learn that X.
'Melberg intends for the present taking up bin residence in
New York, and that Mao Louisa Ppm ia by thin time on bin
way home to England.

The long-promised drama of Joseph Chorigny, or
Under the Thwah, will be produced at the Adelphi ea lion.
day, Mr. Benjamin Webster making, in hie principal ebk.
racier, his drat appearance in London Clara Christmas.
Madame Celeste has also an interesting character to enstmg.
supported by Mrs. Chatterly, Mire Arden, and Mews.
Billington, Selby, Paul Bedford, &c. The piece which
is the production of Mr. Watts Phillip', notwit;teamm
its somewhat French-looking title, la, we (Era) believe, per-
fectly original.

We read in the Era :—"Mr. Charles Bender, for
many years an actor holding a position of respectability at
the Lyceum and Olympic, is now afflicted with an illness,
that, in all probability, will terminate fatally. A family of
three children, with hie wife, are in rued of aid, and it is
hoped the profession, of which ho has ou lung been a well.
deserving member, will contribute to his prison cc.
ceseities."

A German house, Schulze and Sons, of Paul-
insane, in the Thuringian country, has undertaken to build
• magniiiimint organ for the church of St. George in Don-
caster.

Karl Outzkow'a drains, the original of the Tar-
tile, hie been translated into Ifungerian by Hen Seagtei,
and performed with immenae lIICOOII4 at the national Mani
of Peach.

The new farce, entitled An Englishman's House
is his Castle, will be produced at the Princeab.a Theatre ea
Monday alight.

Il truratore will be produced at Aatle)'s
theatre on Monday week, " with equestrian illattration. and
supported by the find artistes of the day." Mir Rebecca
Isaacs, Mies Fanny Ilnddart, and Mr. Augustus Brehm

are engaged—the latter being the manager of the opera
company. The whole of the recitatives and mune will be
given as performed at the Italian opera. The grand tomer
ment, and other spectacular scenes, will embrace the eon.
hined operatic, dramatic, and equestrian companies, and
" Mr. W. Cooke'. beautiful stud of highly trained boron."
The grand spectacle of Ausel, or the Prodigal Son,
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be given on Monday at tie sutlers Wells Theatre.

Mr. Smith, of I)ntry-lane, intends, it is said, to
arrange his new purchase, the Praopticon, in Leicester-
square, as a circus.
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It is stated that M. Alfred de Musset has left ea
unpublished comedy, completely finished, and it is hoped tbst
this posthumous work will soon be brought out st rhos
Francais.

NEW ORGAN FOR THE CATHOLIC
Serracrtniins.—Yesterday Mr. Edmund Chipp gave a per-
formanos before a crowded assembly to test the powers of a
new large organ which Messrs. Bishop and Starr, of Limon-
grove, have constructed for a Roman catholic church in
Spitalfields. The organ is divided—as is frequently done at
the present day in similar cases--into two parts, the object
being to display in the interval the fine effect of a noble
stained glass window. It is to be ornamented with some
deeceative iron work in the cam The great and wall
organs pones' very superior compass. In the choir organ,
which ranges from C C to 0, IS the flute metallicus asd
Ebb] flute, inventions by the head of the firm. Groat im-
provements are shown in the *memory movements, and the
whole arrangements of this noble instrument are calculated
to afford the highest gratification to the congregation for
which it Is designed. It is to be opened in public worship
on Whit Sunday.,