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GERMAN PAPERS.

COPENTIAOEX, HARM 12.
On the sth of this =nth the harbour of the town of Eistimette
was given up in presence of a Cornmnissiooer of the General Board
of Customs, and of the Board of Trade, to the Royal Harbour
Committee, and Will henceforth be kept Ito at his MaJeley's ex-
whichl may be hoped that the eelargeoment of the harbour,
is so much eesired, now be more reidily effected.
As the channel lommed by the North Sea to the LeomMmrd would
be of little or no use to navigation, but would probably prove in-
jurious to the important fishery of the lrynitiard, proposals have
been made to dam it up as soon as possible.
Duke Devizes, Peer of France, has purchased the residence of
the late Minister of State, Rosencrautz.
STOCIEHOLU, MAILCII 4.
Count Widel Jarlsberg is arrived here from Norway • the other
members of time Commission appointed to regula:e the trade between
Sweden and Norway are expected very shortly.
The ratification of the treaty, between England and Sweden foe
the suppression of the slave trade is received.
HANOVER, MARCH 12.
On the Bth the General Assembly of the States met here. This
is the sixth and last Session of this Diet. M. Nieper. President of
the Second Chamber, having signified his resignation in last year's
Session, his Majesty has been pleased to select, from the Members
proposed to him, the Burgomaster Vogel! to be President of the
Second Chamber.
Orders have been given by the Cabinet Ministry that, for the
present, all goods and effects destined to 'he support of the sufferers
by the inundations of the 3i, and 4th of February, shall pass duty
free through all parts of the kingdom, by water and land. They
are to be provided with a certificate from the Magistrates, or from.
the Committees appointed to receive contributions for the sulti-rets.
Beaux, Fre. 28.
An agent of the English Mexican Mine Company is generally
said to he now at Freyburg in Saxony, for the purpose of engaging
axes of the Mining Academy. They are not only to receive a
salary of seven or eight hundred dollars per annum, but also the
assurance that after serving seven years they sh dl have the whole
salary as a pension to enjoy wherever they please. Resides this,
a pension is secured to their family if they should die in the
service of the Company. Those of our countrymen who have
the Anglomania (whose number is happily very small), find in this
a new cause to extol England to the skies. •• See 1" they cifclaim,
with what energy the English set about any thing." but there
seems to be no great art in this, whel we consider that by their
prohibitive system they have withdrawn all the capital from the
continent, and accumulated it from their own country. The re-
proach itis true recoils on ourselves, because we did not perceive
tee pernicious tendency. of their financial measures, and hays
allowed the free importation of their goods, while their ports wets
closed against our corn.—Allgenteiwe Zeiiung.

EXCHANU ES.
fl•maraon, Maims 15 —London, la 11 ; 2 U. 3b 8.
INCTIMIBUZOLS, MARCH I. London, 94; Paris, 1011.—
.Hassabargia Papers.

INUNDATIONS IN HANOVER.

The following letters from his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge to Count 111onster will show the great and
benevolent exertions which are making by all classes in
Hanover for the relief of the sufferers by the late inutida.
lions in that kingdom :
(COPY).
Hanover, Feb. 13, 1823.
My Dear Munster,—As you have been regularly informed of
' the dreadful calsnity with which it has pleased Divine Providence
to inflict this country, I will not trouble you with a repetition on
this melancholy catastrophe, but rarress to you my sincere regret
at the loss you :tare sustained on this occasion.
By this day's report of the 31inisters, you will see that a General
Committee has been formed here to receive the different subscrip-
tions which are making all over the country, and to distribute than
fairly to the suffering districts.
Yesterday the Commit tee met for the first time, and the sub-
scription propm.ed by me to the different members to be made be-
fore we separated amounted to nearly nineteen thousand dollar.
This is 1 think a very good beginning, and the general sympathy
felt at this awful calamity will, I trust, insure us success in our un-

dertaking.
Tne distress, however, as well as the nnmbers who are to be
provided for, are so great, that every possible assistance that can be
procured will be most desirable ; 1 have in consequence written
to-day to the Duke of York, to request lie will put himself at too
head of a subscription in England for the distressed districts. I
have also written to the Kiag on the subject : whether his Idisksty
will feel inclined to put himself at the head of such a subscription
I am unable to say. All the moneys we can collect out of the funds
here will be wanted. As the King may perhaps inquire what I
hare done, I think it right to inform you that I hare subscribed
10,000 dollars. and the Duchess 1.0011 dollars.
.My intended journey to England I. of course, have given up ;
for I feel it my duty not to stir from my post till I see that our el-
ertions are successful, and that I can feel comfortable and easy
when absent from here.
You must excuse the hurry in which this is written ; but I arc
really hardly come to myself st present, and therefore you must
take the will for the deed ; and believe me, my dear Munster,
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) ADOLPHUS FREDERICK.

Hanover, March 4, HMS.
My Dear Munster,-1 hasten to thank you for your kind letter
of the 22d of February which I received yesterday morning. The
welcome news it contained, as well as the letter of credit for 2,0001.
from Courts on Cohen, has been, as you will evilly conceive, most
gratefully received by the General Committee, and I may add by
the whole town, for I am sure that before the end of the day there
was not a soul in Hanover who was not in ecstacies at his Majesty's
beneficence ; indeed it was quite a delight to toe to see the counte-
nances of the different individuals. and to hear the manner in which
they spoke of the King. I have not failed to return his Majesty
my humble thanks by this day's post, and have. at the same time
informed him that I had sent you a receipt of the Treasurer of our
Committee, Mr. Breuel, which I enclose hereby.
I was glad to find by your letter that the Duke of York was to
preside at the Meeting on Moneay last, and I hope that iodis.
position will not have prevented him.
Our subscriptions are going on here admirably, and reall, as
far as I can judge, they at present exceed considerably what Thad
any idea of. This town has given a noble example ; for, exclusive
of the considerable sum which was subscribed by the Members of
the General Committee on the first day of their meeting on the 14th,
and the different subscriptions of the public departments, the col-
lections made among the burghers amount to 14,900 dollars; and,
in addition to this, the town of Hanover had voted 2,000 dollars
out of its properties, and the Hospital S. Spiritus Stio dollars.
This I am sure you wilt allow is very handsome, and does infinite
credit to the inhabitants. lam also persuaded, from the different
i accounts we have received from all sides, that the wish to assist the
distressed is very great all over the country, and therefore I am
very sanguine about the result of our undertaking, and trust that,
with the pecuniary assistance we can safely reckon upon from Eng-
land, we shall be able to do an infinite deal of good, and to extend
our assistance, not only to the immediate relief of the sufferers by
furnishing them with provisions and clothes, but also that we
shall be Whin to go further, and procure them money for the re-
pairs of their houses and fir the purchase of cattle.
I trust that, in the course of a week or te.s days, we shall be able
to judge of tht event of the yolks which will be necessary for
the repairs of the dikes, and to make a regular plan for this pur-
pose, which it is not in use power to do till we obtain this informa-
tion. and the technical operations of the engineers, upon whisk the
whole depends. In the mean time I have put all the military at
j the disposal of the Government, being convinced that his Majesty
will approve of every thing being done to wsist in forwarding
the arrangements which will be n-cessary for the Herculean work
which must be finished in the middle of the summer.
Thank God we have no storm to-day, and I therefore trust that
the spring-tide, which is to-cluy, will not affect much the inun-
dated country. The repairs of the dikes, as far as they coo at
present be attended to, are going on well ; and I am assured that
the people are working very hard. lam happy to add that the
loss of lives is much less considerable than it was at the storm of
the year 1717, when, in the two provinces of Bremen and Kest-
Friesland, about six thousand persons perished.
1 must now take my leave, with the assurance of my remaining,
dear Mum .ter,
Yarn very sincerely,
(Signed) ADOLPI&S FREDERICK.

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The Diamond frigate has arrived at Portsmouth from
Mexico, having on board Mr. Lions! , Harvey one of the
.
British Commissioners snit to that country. The papers
are to the 4th of January. They contain an account of
the installation of the First Constitutional Congress of the
Mexican Confederation. 'I he speech of the President re-
presents the internal condition of Mexico to be perfectly
tranquil. The Gervrnmrnt Gwtette contains a long bet ut
deserters from the Castle of Ulloa, who were well reeeiv.nl
lityhtilsie year,Nfex ifeoarnst,htleiontregxht
crop the Spanish
liako
lico.voetrtonnor,aioanes the
ill
only means of keeping in his men. is said to persuade them
re
that all the; fugitives are shot. The fortress is presented
to he afflicted with a terrible scurvy, arising from an ab-
solute want of fresh provisions.
COT I ON TRADE.—Extract of a letter dated Alexandria,Jan. 19:—'• Consignnients of Mako Cotton are now made
to all quarters. Besides several Netherlands and Norwe-
gian ships bound to Holland, we have two Swedish
ships in lading for Hamburgh and Stettin. The Govern-
ment will not sell any more linseed, under the pretext that.
the stock is too small ; but probably because it expects
higher prices, having learned that this article has risen in
Holland. Fresh supplies daily arrive; besides linseed
some cargoes of cotton and other goods would be sent to
Holland; but there is a want of ships adapted to the
purpose. There will be a stilt greater demand for deem
, produce above 400,000 bales, end the crop of linseed will
be much greater than last year. The season thr:ugh th::
wl.ele country is in general litalthy.

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

1101:SE OF

THIS DAY.

ORDERS ON THE DAY.

Game Laws Bill—('am
Leal Tax Amataaments

Immittee.

County Treasurers (Ireland) hill—Committee.
Juries Bill—Further consideration of Report.
Arrests fur Debt Bill—Second reading.
American and West Indian Trade--Committee thereupon.
Supply—Report (18th March).
Sapplv—Comniittee.
Sheri Courts Fees Bill—Committee.
Supply—Report (11th Match).
Wine Duties Bill—Committee.
Creditors (Scotland) Bill—Report.
Ways and Means—Committee.
Impounding Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Commitrec
Caledonian Canal Rill—Committee.
Salaries to Police Magistrates--Committee thereupon.
Consolidated Fund Bill—Second reading.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Mr. Iluskisson—Resolutions respecting Colonial Trade, and for
affording incristsed facilities to our Commerce and Navigation.
Mr. Estcourt—Bill to empower Magistrates. in certain cases, to
borrow money on Mortgage of the County Rates.
Mr. Secretary Peel—To more Resolutions in Committee on
Police Act.
Mr. klervies—Civil Contingencies and Miscellaneous Services.
(In Committee of Supply.)
last day for reeding Private Bills the first time.

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FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Mrs. Philips lias a grand musical party on Thursday at her
house in Mount-street. Grosvenor-square.
Lord King has a grar.d dinner party on Thursday at his house
in Devsr-sueet.
The Countess of St. Antonio gives a concert on Friday next at
her house in 1 I anot er-square.
The Marquis of Cholmondley entertained a distinguished party
of noblemen to dinner yesterday at his house in Piccadilly.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has an assembly this
evening at her house in Arlington-street.
The Countess of Arran entertained an elegant circle of fashion-
shies on Saturday evening at her house in Dover-street.
The Duke of Gloucester has issued cards of invitativ for a grand
dinner party on Tuesday the '2llth instant.
Sir William Burrows, Bart., has a grand dinner party to-morrow.
The Marquis of Hertford gives a grand dinner party on Wed- I
nesday at his house in Piccadilly.
Arrivals at Kirkhara's Hotel', Lower Brook-street :—Mr. and
Lady Johnson, from Scotland. Departures:—Captain and Mrs.
Shadwell, for Bath ; J. Stuart, Esq., for Brighton.
Departure front NVarren's Hotel, Regent-street:—Hon. Mr. and
Slits Coventry, for their seat, in Hants.
Departure from the Pul:eney Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Mr.
and Mrs. Livesey, fur their seat, BorAested Park, Seven Oaks,
Kent.
Arrived at lilivart's Hotel, Lower Drook.street :—John Pou-
lett, Esq., front Scotland; J. Saville Lumley, Esq., from Brigh-
ton ; St. George Caulfield, Esq.' from iiVarwlckshire. Departures:
.-.Sir Edward 111ostyn, Bart., for Leicestershire; Lady IV-arrest,
for Derbyshire.
Arrivals at Blake's Hotel, Jerrnytratreet :—Lionel Harvey,
Esq , his Majesty's Commissioner. and Dr. Mears, from Mexico;
the Rev. Dr. Kelly, from Ireland; Mrs. and Miss Stag, from
Cheltenham. Departure :—Bight Honourable Lord Killeen, for
Ireland.
Arrivals at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street
:—Sir Robert and
Lady Wilmot and family, from Brighton ; llertze, Esq. from
the Continent ; G. G. Gilbert Esq., from a tour ; Captain Banner,
from a tour; Phillips, Esq., from a tour. Departures:—
S. S. Prime, Esq., to llama ; Dymcck, Esq. on a tour.

His Majesty is expected to arrive this week at Carlton
Palace from Windsor.
Yesterday the Duke of York, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and a select party, dined with Emily Marchio-
ness of Londonderry, at her house in St. Jamess-square.
The Duke of York is about to remove in a few days, it
bring determined to pull down his present residence, and
erect another upon the same spot for his Royal Highness
upon a much larger and improved scale. The new house
is to be built with all possible speed, and is said to be con-
tracted for to be completed in less than twelve months.
Hie. Roll Highness in the mean time removes to the house
is South Audley-street lately occupied by the Dowager
Lady Ellenborough, and previous to that by Queen Caro-
line, it having been purchased for the Queen from the
Luis of Cambridge, when his Royal Highness left Eng-
land to reside at Hanover.
On Saturday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess
of Gloucester.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta attended divine service
in the Chapel Royal.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta took an airing in her
carriage, after attending divine service at the Chapel
Royal.
On Saturday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of
York.
On Thursday evening Prince Leiningen, the son of the
Duchess of Kent, arrived in London from Germany. His
Serene Highness was attended by Baron Stockmar from
Brussels : whence the Prince travelled to Calais, and there
embarked on board a packet for Dover.
Yesterday divine service was performed at his Majesty's
Palace in Pall-maU, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg, to his Ma-
jesty's Household.
Oa Saturday the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a
numerous dinner party.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was hel
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was attended
by all the Cabinet Ministers except Mr. Huskisoan. Mr.
Canning came from Gloucester Lodge to attend the meet-
ing of the Cabinet Ministers, for the first time since his
removal to that place from the Foreign Office for the
change of air, in consequence of his indisposition. The
Cabinet continued their deliberations until a quarter before
a's o'clock.
The Duke of Bedford, Sir Gerard Noel, Bart. M.P., J. G.
Lambton, Esq. M.P. have recently given a donation of 100
guineas each to the Society of British Artists.
Mr. Starkie has resigned the office of Chairman of the
Salford Quarter Sessions.
lit our report of Mr. Sykes's speech on Friday night, it
should have been stated that the West India Proprietors
made one million a year by drawbacks on sugar ; not on
wines. In noticing this clerical error, we may as well
take the opportunity of remarking, that the NVest India
Proprietors make by the drawbacks on sugar little more
than a tithe of what the Honourable Member asserts, the
amount never reaching 120,000/. per annum.
Lieutenant Sewell, of the Madras Horse Artillery, was,
we are informed, only wounded (not killed) in the affair at
Kittoo.
KNOWLEDGE iv POW ER.—I knew at London (says
Voltaire) a physician of the name of Brown, who practised
at Barbadoes. He had a sugar-work and tiegroes; and
having been robbed of a considerable sum, he called toge-
ther his slaves. "My Friends," said he, " the Great Ser-
pent appeared to me during the night, and told me that the
person who stole my money should at this instant have a
parrot's feather at the point of his nose." 'The thief im- '
mediately put his hand ap to his nose. "It is you," cried
the master, "that robbed me, the Great Serpent has just
now told me so." By this device the physician recovered
his money.
PAUIPLESSION•L CONTIDENCE.—There is no profes-
sion, perhaps, whom it more concerns to remember Cicero's
observation than that of merli‘ine--Arihil tans eereri gum
Ise dabitari aliqua de re rides enter ; that they should fear
nothing so much as to appear to doubt about any thing.
'There stands upon record an honest apothecary, whose wis-
iorn in this respect may claim notice. Ile knew the mis-
chievous consequences at seeming at a loss in any thing.
When his boy therefore sent away a customer nmerved, who
ingitired for plantain-water, with an excuse that they had
none, "Sizrah," said he, " though you could Rue no aqua
pia' tariais in the shop, you might have found aqua Resopu-
glair euough in the yard, and that would have done just as
well."

The lard-Lieutenant and Council lost no time in w-
eeding to the tardy request of the Magistrates to relieve this
county from the odium and burthtli of the Insurrection
Act. Their Memorial, with a prayer to that effect.
went up on Sunday, and his excellency's Proclamation
for our deliverance from the worse than Curfew Law
we's yebterilsy r.eeivtd by the Clerk of the Peaw.—
Leindr, Journal.
It is now filially determined that the Militia are to be
called out in the beginning of May, for twenty-eight dayi
training and exercise. The Lords Lieutenant, however,
Are allowed to exercise their own discretion, so that the as-
sembling of the Militia may not be prejudicial to agriculture.
It is, therefirre. most probable, that they will not assemble
:n Ail the ctiuutiea at the same period.
It a Meeting r.t Leeds, on Wednesday, a petition was
strata to for a version of the Corn Laws.

ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, HAYMARKET.
A considerable prejudice has always existed (except in
the very best society) against the introduction of the
Italian Opera into this country. Our moralists denounced
the vicious tendency of catgut, and deplored the degrada-
tion and effeminacy to which the national character was to
be reduced by means of shakes and quavers. Now this
was all very well for the days of good Queen Anne ; and,
as our wish is that every one should enjoy his hobby and
his hypothesis in peace and quietness even in the grave, if
'it so p!ease him, we shall respect even the ghost of a hobby-
horse, as long as it does not " walk a-nights "—we mean, on
opera-nights—to the disturbance of other people. But
there isa prejudice coexistent with the former, which seems
to have originated in the exertions of Swift and his brother
wags to decry the foreign musicians of their day; and as it has
in it an appearance of John Bullism, it has thriven accord-
ingly, and is at present to be met with in company rather
more respectable than tailors or chimney-sweepers. They
talk (tasteful souls !) of the unnaturalness of the Italian
Opera :—firstly, because they speak Welch,or Cel tic, orlrish,
As the case may be; and like Mrs. Burton Danvers, in the First
Series of " Sayings and Doings," find some difficulty " in
making it out :"—secondly, because they do not sing, and
the expression of passion and sentiment throuAli the me-
dium of musical intonation is therefore out of nature. We
will undertake to bury this objection in the tomb of all the
Capulets, in less time than that in which the Danish
Grave-digger pulls off his forty-five waistcoats. The
Italian Opera unnatural ! so are a boiled turkey
,and a pair
of breeches, and a thousand other conveniences ! How
can those who tolerate blank verse in a tragedy, enunciated,
generally speaking, in the most stiff and ridiculously-af-
fected manner, talk of the departure from nature ex-
hibited in the rhyme and musical expression of an
' Italian Opera—particularly when we consider how
the performers in the latter instance sing and act 1
That English Opera (which was set up by the natural
school in opposition to the alleged absurdities of the
Italian) isa highly unnatural, and, to us, tiresome species
of exhibition, we are ready to admit. We say this with-
out meaning any offence to the few very excellent singers
and composers we can boast ; but it is unnatural, and so
would be a Welsh, a Russian, or a Dutch Opera precisely
on the same grounds—the absence of a musical genius iu
the language and the people of those countries. With us
music is, strictly speaking, a science—an accomplishment
to be acquired by great labour and expense—an artificial
ornament necessary to be worn in certain circles by every
one pretending to high taste—a thing which we put on and
off like a court dress, as the occasion may require—it is all
extraneous, and forms no part and parse of our nature.
Therefore is it that English Opera is deserving of the Ile-
al4rnation of' unnatural, because we are not a musical periale,
and do not possess a language capable of being easily or
advantageously adapted to musical purposes. IVith the
Italians it is different, from the influence of a variety of
causes—climate, natural productions, temperament, politi-
cal situation past and present. The bulk and body of the
people arc early imbued with a practical taste for the meat
exquisite harmony. We inoculate for this ; they take it
naturally : it becomes woven into the web of their natant,
and the principle, aided by a language singularly harmo-
nious, developes itself in the spontaneous verse of the
Improvisature, and the passionate attachment of the very
lowest classes to vocal and instrumental melody. It is
absurd to say the opera of*such a people can be unnatural.
With all our respect for the mighty masters of the mind,
we will say, there is nothing more unnatural per se in the
opera of the Italians titan in the graver stage exhibitions
of more meditative nations; each is calculated for the dif-
ferent genius of the people. Of course we are talking of
the principle of the thing, and not instituting any compari-
son between the details of the several performances. But
" somewhat too much of this." We have not—as far as
we knon —any Italian blood in our veins; and yet
" Fra cosi ameni %weft',
Panni the s'apra l'snima
A dolci, e cart afreti."
On Saturday, after the performance of the first act of II
Barbiere de Se Diglia, in which Madame Centauri under-
took the character of Rosina, instead of Madame Vestris,
who was prevented from appearing by indisposition, an
Opera semi-seria, in one act, called .4de/inn, was produced
at this theatre. The plot of this little production is slight,
and in its principal feature not unlike that which is al- ,
ready so well known to the town as the ground-work of a
favourite opera at Covent-garden, Clari, or the Maid of
Milan. Adelina (Madame de Begnis) has privately, and
unknown to her father, contracted a marriage with a young
soldier, named Erneville (Signior Garcia), who after some
time unaccountably absents himself from her. A daughter
is the fruit of the union, which is supposed to have taken
place about IS months prior to the period chosen for the
opening of the piece, at the residence of Adelina's uncle,
with whom she has been living for the last three years.
The scene is laid in a little village near Zurich. Ade-
lina is seen returning to her father's house disconso-
lately, accompanied by her infant child, who, for a baby of
nine months old (we refer to the old—pshaw ! we mean the
middle-aged ladies, if that ought not to be its age), is asto-
nishingly well able to run about. Varner (Signor Remo-
rini) is indignant at the discovery of his daughter's impru-
dence, and commands her to quit his sight for ever ; but is
finally appeased by the exertions of Don S'ionone (De Beg-
nis), the schoolmaster of the village, and the opportune re-
appearance of Erneville. The piece concludes consequently
with a chorus, and general satisfaction. Madame De Beg-
nis was very successful in the character allotted to her, and
gave the opening cavatina, " Dolce won," with great sweet-
ness and effect. We have Len Garcia to more advantage
than in the character of'Ernevilk: however, he delighted
us several times during the performance with his fine and
tasteful execution. Carlotta, a sister of the heroine, though
a minor part, was executed with great beauty of expression
and considerable effect, by Madame Caradori, who stept
out of her place to faciiitate the production of the opera,
and contribute to its success. The schoolmaster, who is a
poet, very fond of bad Latin and a good dinner, did not
strike us as a very happy or original sketch, but our old
favourite De Begins did all that good singing and grotesque
acting could effect in its favour. We have reserved the cha-
racter of Varner as the last on our list, for this reason, that
there was both in the singing and acting of Sig. Remoritti
something that affected us very powerfully indeed—it was
true natural pathos throughout. IVe refer particularly to
the 7th scene, where the meeting between him and Adelina
takes place. The subject of the scene is almost identical with
one in the opera to which we have already referred (Clan),
and the effect of the united exertions of the composer and
the performers is the most intensely pathetic that can be
conceived, to which the audience accrued most freely dis-
posed to add the testimony of' their approbation. In this
situation Remorini's performance remindel us strongly of
Fawcett, and many will think this a very sufficient praise.
With regard to the music, the composer, Sig. Generali,
must be content with moderate praise. However, if he
has failed to produce any very striking effects except
in the instance we have already pointed out, he is entitled
to commendation for a correct and unambitious style
throughout, though not often illuminated with the bursts
of genius which delight us in other composers. The opera
would suffer no injury from a little judicious curtailment.
We think the scene between Ernerille and Adelina, in
which occurs the duetto " Vsmie, in preela a quel destino,"
might be shortened with advantage to the general effect of
the opera. The ballet La Coquette Simonise concluded the
'tie evening.