Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS. .

THEATRE RoyAL.—Milrnan's tragedy of " Fazio" was
peiformed in the Theatre Royal last night. Miss Cushman
represented the heroine Bianca, and Mr. Rider appeared
as Fazio. The character of Bianca was first made sac-
cese'ul upon the English stage by Miss O'Neill. It may
be said to have been revived some years since by Miss
Cushman, who made her first appearance in London as
the jealous Italian wife. Perhaps the intrinsic merits of
the drama will never give it a standard position in
literature, but it has much stage-power, and sadden
alternations of fierce pession and pathos,,Wilich render it
eminently qualified to enable the actress, who assumes the
leading character, to display to the utmost advantage the
p ewer of embodying the workings of an impetuous and
fiery nature. Within the last few days we have had the
pert of Bianca perf rmed upon our stage by one who is
confessedly among the very greatest actresses of pest or
present time; and, however profitless such comparisocs in
general rn-iy be, it would have been difficult for a syeeta'er
to keep from a continued mental comparison of the Bianca
of Madame Ristori with that of Miss Cushman. We
shall not enter into an analysis of the manner in which
each actress re alized her conception. Tire two perfor-
mances wer a in meny respects, strikingly dissimilar, and
an attempt at comparison would involve too lengthened a
description. Bar, notwithstanding the almost unrivalled
position which public opinion has given to Madame Ristori
among the actresses of the present day, we can scarcely be-
lieve that any of the audience last night came away with
the impression that the Bianca_ of Miss Cushman was an
inferior performance. The peculiarities of expression and
manner which belong to en Italian, gave Madame Ristori
an advantage, ie making every please and rapid transition
cf mood which the characterdisplays, ep leer simple, natural,
and life-like.
.But there are scenes of p scion and of grief in
which, we think, Miss Cushman could not be surpassed-
In the scene wlrere the first suspicion that her husband has
met her rival, flas'ees upon her mind, Miss Cushman was, 1
in our opinion, more vivid, and not Las natural, In the
painful scene, where the wife prostrates her-
se'f before AldqbeVa, the bitter sense of humi-
liation, thrilling through every trembling gesture,
and broken accent, sunk with a deeper sense of pathos
into the hearts of the au ILnce when Mies Cushman was
the performer than when Madame Ristori assemed the
part. Perhaps in the mal scene, which elute the play:
Madame Ristori was more startling, but her ac`ing
seemed to us sometimes to pass the line within
which the closest imitation of human suffering
should he caefi red upoa the stage, and to be.
come occasionally revolting and abhoreut to the
,si;ht. Miss Cushman appeared never to forget that the
madness of Bianca may be represented with perfect faith-
fulness to the part and to nature, without heatieg upon
it all the shocking and hideous accompaniments which
sometimes make the utmost horror of the bedlam ward.
A coniparicon might be drawn between the two actresses
in almost every scene. We shall merely, however, content
ourselves with repeating the', taken as a whole, we think
Miss Cushman fully sustained a rivalry with the great
Italian actress who so recently astonished and delighted
the public of Liverpool. Mr. Ryder played Fazio with
spirit and feeling, although perhaps occasionally some-
what over-vehement. Mr. Baker played the old miser,
Bartolo, admirably.
Miss CUSHMAN'S FAREWELL PERFORXANCD.-011 Fri-
day night Mies Cushman will v. 0414 her (ant appearauce in

England p'.-evious to her rdturn to America. She will
appear as Lady Afacheth.
MR. DAVlD,Flsugg.—This very talented performer takes
his benefit to-night. He will appear as Charles Surface,
in the "School for Scandal," a part which we think pecu
liarly qualified to display his vivacious and sparkling
humour.

THE COURT, &c.

09111RNS, AUGUST 25.—Yesterday her Majesty gave
;he annual Fete in honour of the Prince Consort's birth-
day, to the seamen of the Royal Yachts, the Trinity
House, Coast Guard men, and detachment of Infantry,
stationed at East Cowes, and the labourers and workpeople
employed on the Osborne estate. Dinner was prepared
for nearly 600 persons, who sat down at three o'clock in
tents erected for the occasion. The Queen and Prince
Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfied, the Princess
Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa,
Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, came on to the
ground and inspected the dinner, and subsequently took
their places in a marquee to witness rustic games and
tp)rts which took place. The Queen. the Prince Consort,
and the royal family remained till seven o'clock. Lady
Churchill, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Kerr,
the Hon. Mary Bulteel, and the gentlemen in waiting
wale in attendance. The Bands of the Royal Marines and
66th Regiment played during the afternoon. The dinner
party in the evening included Lady Caroline Barrington,
Rear-Admiral Martin, and Captain the Hon. J. Denman.
Tau QUEEN AT CUERBOURG.—The Cherbourg journals
give some details of the late visit of Queen Victoria to
that port :—Her Majesty and Prince Albert were accom-
panied by Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the
Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa. Immediately after
the royal yacht entered the roadstead, Rear-Admiral
Count de Gourdon, the Maritime Prefect, went ou board
to pay his wspects to her Majesty, and had the honour of
being invited to dinner. The news of the Queen's arrival
was not known until the following morning, when the
whole town was in movement, expecting the landing of
the royal party. The vessels in the roadstead, the public
buildings and a number of private houses, were orna-
mented with flags. fAt a rather early hour, the Queen,
Prince Albert, and the royal children, landed under a
salute from the ships in the harbour and from the forts,
and having visited the different parts of the dockyard,
entered carriages prepared for them, and proceeded to
Montague-du-Roule. whence her Majesty and party were
enabled to enjoy an extensive panoramic view of the town,
the port, and the surrounding country. After the return
of the royal:party to;the.Victoria and Albert to lunch,
M. Duregne, the Sub-Prefect, and M. Lude, the Mayor of
Cherbourg, went
.on boardvand`presented ate address to
her Majesty, expressive of the delight of the" inhabitants
at being honoured with her visit. The Mayor said—
" Madam, and most gracious Sovereign, the town
of Cherbourg, of which I have the honour to be
Mayor, is happy this day to see the realisation of the
hope which it for a moment cherished last year. I avail
myself of the great honour of being presented to your
Majesty to express a hope that I may be permitted to lay
at your feet the respectful homage of -my fellow-citizens.
The 18th of August will ever be is their remembrance
a precious and memorable day." The Queen replied in a
meat gracious manner, telling the Mayor that " she was
last year on the point of visiting Cleerbourg, and that she
now congratulated herself on having been able to yealize
her intentiar, since she had seen the magnificient works
accomplished at that poet, with a perseverance that did
honour to the engineering skill of France." In the
afternoon Her Majesty again landed, and visited the
breakwater, after which she paid a second visit to the
dockyard under fresh salutes from the batteries. After a
rather long examination of different parts of the establish-
ment, the Royal party re'urned on board the Royal yacht
to dinner, at which, in addition to the Royal family and
Prince de Leiningen, were present by special invitation—
Admiral Count de Gourdon, General d' Herbillon, Inspector-
General of Infantry, General the Marquis de la Place,
General Threl de B-erz:l, Captain the lion. J. Dennian,
and Mr. Horace 11a:remote], Her Majesty's Consul at
Cherbourg. In the evening the field officers and staff of
the garrison went on board, and were received by Her
Majesty. Queen Victoria is the first sovereign of England
that has visi:ed Cherbourg since the time that Normandy
belonged to Great Britain. The last English monarch
seen under the walls of Cherbourg was Henry V., in 1420.
The reigning Duchess of Farms, who lately paid a visit
with her children to the imperial family of Austria, is now
at Frohsclorf with her brother the Count de Chambord.

The King of the B.Agians, who is traveling incog.
under the title of Count d' Ardennes, will be absent from
Belgium for about three weeks. His Majesty arrived at
Bonn en the evening of Saturday, and was immediately
visited by the Prince of Wales. The King, on the follow-
ing day, was to proceed up the Rhine in a Steamer.
FETE AT BOULOGNE.—The .Boulogne Gazette gives a
programme of the religious ceremonial and procession
which are to celebrate the completion of the dome of the
cathedral of Notre Dame on Sunday next, the 30th just.
At 10 a.m. there will be pontificial high mass in the
cathedral, in presence of upwards of 15 archbishops and
bishops of the Galilean church, headed by the Cardinal
Archbishop of P inis,and two other cardinals. At two p.n.
the procession will leave the cathedral and proceed by the
principal streets of the town to the sea-shore, whence it
will return to the cathedral by another route. The statue
of.the Virgin, nine feet in height, which is to be placed
on the dome, will then be uncovered, aad a discourse
delivered by Cardinal de Villecourt. The procession will
be composed of several thousand persons, and besides the
clergy there will be deputations from the different parishes
and corporation?, not only of Boulogne but of all the
neighbouring towns, and emb'ematical groups representing
the principal incidents in the life of the Virgin. The
whole procession will be marked by great magnificence
and variety, and should the weather prove propitious will
be very interesting as a revival of the customs of the
middle ages. All catholic France takes interest in the
reconstruction of the Cathedral of Boulogne, which has
now been in progress for 30 years, and has proceelcl
a rapidity no less than wonderful, when it is considered
that the work has been entirely executed by voluntary
contributions, and under the direction of a private
vidual (I'Alehe ffceingu,), without government aid of
any sort, beyond the liberal private contribution of the
Emperor. A msgaifident grand altar, in mosaic, the gift
of Prince Torlonia, is now being constructed at Rome for
the Cathedral of Botlogne. On Saturday 29th, the day
previous to the fete, the Archbishop of Paris is to lay the
first stone of a new church, which is to be erected in the
manufacturing gnarter of Boulogne, where, as yet, the
rapidly increasing pepuletion has been deprived of church
accommodation. The approaching fete hes already brought
a perceptible increase to the usual number of visitors to

Boulogne at this s?ason of the year, both of sight-seers
and of persons more directly interested in the forthcoming
pageant.

ROBBERY or £lO5 AT BRADFORD.—On Sunday morn-
ing, a man named R•ihert Burnett, well known as a pig
jobber, residing in Reform-street, Bradford, intended to
proceed to ',peck to pay—Sunday though it was—an
accotint of £lO6 to another pig jobber, named Peter ar,se.
All was ready for his departure, and the money, in cash
and note; laid out opt nly teore the eyes of a nephew,
about eighteen years of age, named Emanuel Burnett, The
owner, Lm.ever, had occasion to retire for a few minutes
to another part of th.+ house, and on his return, the nephew
and the money w,re both gone. Barnett imtnediattly
comittunicited with the police about the matter, but up to
ves.erday no trace of the fugitive had been found. As it
is expected he will endeavour to leave the country, infor-
mation of the affair has been sent to all the principal sea-
twee, from which he would be likely to sail either to
America or Australia.

IXTHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on the
Vv 81st instint ?—Why,
THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD:
WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN?
THAT'S TUE QUESTION,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

THE MOLDAVIAN ELECTIONS.

FRANCE.

PARTS, WEDNESDAY.

The Moniteur of this morning announces that
the Turkish Government has seat to the Caima-
can of Moldavia orders to annul the elections
which lately took place in that proviim),,i-to revise
the electoral lists in the sense of the interpre-
tations agreed on at Bucharest, and to proceed
to new elections after a delay of fifteen clays.
The diplomatic relations which had been broken
off between the representatives of _Fiance,
Russia, Prussia, and SArdinia, on the one part,
and the Porte on the other, will very shortly be
resumed.

The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following
explanation of the reasons the resolutions come to
at Osborne have not received their full execution,
as far as regards the resumption of diplomatic
relations at Constantinople. It says :
The Cabinets of London and Vienna, afcer having con-
sented at the request of France to call, like the other
Powers, for the annulment of the elections of Moldavia,
hsve not thought it necessary to recall their ambassidoes.
On the other hand, notwithstanding the difficulties of a
situation which obliges them to support a system which
they had warmly opposed, Lord Stratford de Re-!cliffe and
Count de Prokesch do not appear in any way disposed to
tender their resignations. It was therefore indispensable
to find a combination which would at the same time satisfy
actual necessities and show sufficient consideration to
general susceptibilities. Acc:rding to the Augsburg
Gaxette this is the course to be pursued. Austria
and England having each demanded from the Parte tne
annulment of the elections of Moldavia, the government
of the Sultan will no longer hesitate to proceed to fresh
elections, and will hasten to make known its resolutions
to France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia. The above four
powers will afterwards authorise their representstivts to
resume their diplomatic relations with the Turkish
government, giving it their assurance that their only
objet was to secure the strict execution of the treaty of
Paris, without having the slight, st intention to interfere
in the in'ernal affairs of Turkey. The diplomatis,
rupture will then give place to the resumption of friendly
relations between the Porte and the other European
powers.
The Austrian Cabinet has created the post of
special attache at the embassy at Constantinople
for military affairs, and it is to that post that
Colonel do Lowenthal has been appointed, as
stated.

Wre.,have received Constantinople journals and
letters of the 15th, but they contain but little of
interest beyond what has been already pub-
lished. Aly Bey, private Secretary of
Mehemet Ali Packa, - and member of the
Chanlery of the Divan, had embarked on his
way to Paris, Berlin, and Turin, It had been
intended that he should be the bearer of auto-
graph letters from the Sultan to the Emperor
Napoleon, the King of Prussia, and the King of
Sardinia, but these letters with which the Sultan
was much occupied, would be sent on a future day.
The functionary who is to convey the same mess-
age to the Emperor of Russia had not yet been
selected. The recent diplomatic rupture had a
very unfavourable effect on commerce. The sudden
rise in the rate of exchange had caused very
serious losses.

The Pays, which daily publishes the most
trashy fabrications, ticketed as new from India,
actually has the audacity to print the following :
.

" The cmclusions we deduce from the Indian news
published by the London journals is, that the English
press displays on this occasion, as on others, neither
moderation nor truth."

In the meanwhile, the Pays publishes, as a
semi-official paragraph, the nomination of General
Rose to a command in India—a fact made known
by the London journals some twenty-five days
ago ; it also announces the defection of the army
of Oude. To-morrow it will doubtless record the
melancholy demise of her Majesty Queen Anne.
The noble sportsmen who depart on Sunday
mornings into the country, provided with correct
hunting costumes, with dogs and guns and trum-
pets, and even with game-bags, complain that the
shooting is very bad this season. The partridges
are few in number and of unsatisfactory size; they
are, moreover, particularly shy—that is, accordinti
to the opinions of the said noble sportsmen. Ir,
would appear, however, in reality that game is far
from abundant this year, and that the hopes of a
fine shooting season have already been abandoaed.

PERSIA.

. The following is taken from the Constantinople
correspondence of the Osservatore Triestino

Mi'Vl Aga, the Sadrazan or Piiine Knister ,c)f
the Shah, visited Mr. Murray on his arrival at Teheran,
the latter complained that the .Persian government had
not only not evacuated Herat,- but had reinforced the
garrison of that city, although England had fuifilled all
the conditions of the treaty. The Sadrazan replied that
as Prince Murad Mirza had repeatedly refused to quit
Herat, troops had been sent to force him to do so. Mr.
Murray was dissatisfied with the answer, and peremptorily
demanded the immediate evacuation of Herat, and the
withdrawal of the army commanded by Murad Mirza from
its precincts.