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witched them into admiration. From first to last
it was as genuine an artistic triumph as we can call
to our remembrance. Upon it we may with reason
congratulate, not merely the gifted songstress,
but—as he so admirably well deserves—Mr. Maple-
son himself, to whose enterprising management
we are indebted for this superb revival of the ope-
retie masterpiece of Beethoven.
It is significant of the affluence of genies lavished
upon that extraordinary chef-d ceuvre by its com-
poser, that for "Fidelio,'" his one opera, his only
opera, and such an opera! the Opera of Operas!
Beethoven wrote and has left to the world no less
than Four Grand Overtures! Of these four overtures,
Signor Arditi's orchestra on the fist night of the
revival performed twc—the fourth (in E) before
the commencement of the first act, the third (in C)
between the first and tt e second act, this last-
mentioned of the four overtures being popularly
known as the grand "Leonora." With the latter,
however—the grand( st of all the four overtures,
the conductor at Her Nl)jesty's contented himself
on Saturday. Foregoing the temptation to give at
any time during the night the radiant composition in
E vellum by Beethoven in 1814 for the then revival
of "Fidelio,"—Signor Arditi prefaced the Opera on
Saturday with the great composer's own favourite
among his four Overtures, the glorious "Leonora."
And eaperbly • WdS it given on Saturdey at Her M 4.
jesty's—so superbly that it necessitated an encore.
Who that has never heard it can be afforded by any
mere written description the faintest notion of the
effect of that whirling concord of sounds, symboliz-
ing so much of the coming passion, anguish,
love, despair, and pathetic enthusiasm of the
soul-stirring incidents of "Fidelio"- ehat marvel-
lous overture, in the midst of all whose crashing
harmonies—suddenly I—there comes a pause—
through the startling silence of which echoes the
far off signal trumpet that, in the opera itself, gives
a so!utiou to all the enigma of d.fficulties tangled
into the plot of "Fidelio!" Bringing despair to
the ruthless Pizarro—relief to Rocco—salvation at
once to Leonora and to Fiorestan. Since the depar-
ture of Staudigl we have had no such Piz irro as that
of Signor Gassier. As the rough-mannere3, but
kind-hearted idler Rocco, Signor Marcello Junca
appears to excellent advantage. Disappointed with
him (as we were) as Falstaff, we are, according to
that oddest idiom perhaps of all odd idioms in the
language," agreeably disappointed" with his Rocco.
It was the Rocco of Beethoven. The prisoner
Florestan is impersonated, in this revival of
" Fidelio" at Her Majesty's, by Dr. Gunz, an
eminent primo tenoro from the Opera at Hanover.
Evidently a thorough artist, Dr. Gunz hardly ap-
peared to do himself justice, even on Saturday upon
the repetition of the performance, and this by reason
apparently of excessive nervousness. Tee Jaquino
and Marcellina in the present cast, are respectively
Signor Bettini and Mademoiselle Louise Liebhardt,
both of whom acquitted themselves
.admirably
throughout. Even the subordinate character of It
Ministro—who, as may be remen bored, does nut
make his appearance until the very close of the
opera—was not disdained by Mr. Bentley,
that eminent artist, thus contributing very con-
siderably to the brilliant rendering of the grand
finale—the wonderful effect produced by which
upon the audience on Saturday it would be difficult
to exaggerate, But, the Leonora Florestan, the
Fidelio—in this revival of Beethoven's great lyrical
masterpiece—Mademoiselle Titiens, to wit ! What
shall be said of her ? What can he said of her beyond
what has here already been remarked by us—
that her performance of that most picturesque
and most pathetic creation on the operatic stage is
worthy to take rank, side by side, with the perform-
ance of Fidelio, by the greatest of her predecessuts,
by Schroeder-Devrient, by Sophie Ccuvelli, even
by Milibran-de-Beriot. An analytical commentary
might be written, with intense gratification to our

selves in the writing of it, were such either requisite
or desirable. It was the manifestation through

out of the true artist, of the true geniub
of the true woman I And no marvel that,
as such, that as all this, it excited the
audience, as we have shown, to a pitch of enthu-

siasm. The grave-digging scene in the dungeon is,
as a matter of course, the grandest scene of all, the
manifestation of the noblest powers of Madlle.
Titiens, both vocal and histrionic. The whole
house seemed to watch and listen breathlessly,

tearfully, down to the very close. To watch and
to listen unmoved during such a performance wouid
have been an impossibility. But one exceptional

deficiency seems to us, as in any way noticeable in
the whole of this noble revival of "Fidelio," and

that a dEficiency that will probably have disap-
peared altogether this evening on the occasion of
the third performance. We allude simply to a cer-
tain lack of aplomb, of completeness, of rhythmic

unison in the immortal " Prisoner's Chorus.'

Enough, however, when we have said that, in the

way of any exception to a revival that is about the

most memorable event in the operatic season o
_ .

1864, a triumph to Madlle. Titiens, and one among
he moat notable among the incidents that will have

o be recorded in the annals of Mr. Mapleeon's

management.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION,

DEFEAT OF IHE GOVERNMENT,
HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 28.

OPEN SPACES IN THE METROPOLIS.
Motion made and question put, " That it is the duly of her
Majesty's Government to provide for the preservation of
open spaces in and around the metropolis, Within the
limits assigned by the 14th section of the Inclosure Aet
of 1815." The house divided—Ayes, 79; Noes, 40.

Alcock, T.
' Bagwell, J.
Bass, M. T.
Beecroft, a S.
Beresidrd D.
Berkeley, H. F.
Black, A.
Briscoe, J. I.
Brooks, R.
Bruce, Lord E. A.
Bruce, Sir H.
Buxton, C.
Cargill, W. W.
Cave, S.
Cecil, Lord R.
Cholmeley, Sir M.
Clay, J.
Cox, W.
Crawford, R. W.
Dalglish, R.
Dunkellin, Lord
Ewart, J. C.
Farquhar, Sir M.
Ferrand, W.
Fitzgerald, W. S.
Foley, H. W.
Forster, W. E.
Fraser, Sir W. A.

AYES-70.
Galway, Viscount Morgan, Major
Gard, It. S. Morris, D.
Gaskell, J. M. Newdegate, C.
George, J. O'Logillen, Sir C.
Goldsmid, Sir F. Peacocke, O. M. W.
Gore, J. R. 0. Phillips, G. L.
Goschen, G. J. Pilkington, J.
Gregory, W. 11. Pollard Urquhart W
Grey de Wilton,Lord Rothschild,Baron M
Haufie,d, G. Shelley, Sir .1. V.
Hamilton, Major Smith, J. B.
Hartopp, E. B. Taylor, Col.
Hennessy, J. I'. Tollemache, F. J.
liibbert, J. T. Torrens, B.
Hunt, G. W. Vandeleur, CoL
Jermyn, Earl Vane, Lord H.
Jones, D. Verney, Sir H.
Kekewich, S. T. Watkin, E. W.
Knatchbull, W. Whitmore, H.
Lefevre, G. J. S. Williams, W.
Leiroy, A. Wyndham, H.
Leslie, C. P. Wyndham, P.
Lewis, H. orke, J. it.
Lowther, Captain
Macdonogh, F.
Malins,
Miller, T. J.
Mills, J. R.
NOES -40.
Gladstone, W. E. Paget, Lord C.
Greenwood, J. Palmerston, Visct.
Grey, Sir G. Paxton, Sir J.
Henniker, Lord Peel, Sir
Hodgkinson, G. Peel, Gen.
Knatchbull-Hugess Peel, P.
Leatham, E,. A. Talbot, C. R. M.
Lowe, it. Villiers, C. P.
Martin, P. W. White, L.
Miller, W. Wood, Sir C.
Montgomery, Sir G.
Naas, Lord
O'Hagan, T.
Onslow, G.
Padmore, R.

Agnew, Sir A.
Bazley, T.
Beaumont, S.
Bentinck, G. C.
Berkeley, Col.
Bruce, H. A.
Burke, Sir T. J.
Childers, 11. C. E.

Cowper,'W. k'.
Davey, it.
Dillwyn, L. L.
Dodson, J. G.
Douglas, Sir C.
French,Col.

TELLERS.

Gilpin, 'C.

Brand, H.
Dunbar, Sir W.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market very firm, acd prices to i higher thaD
Friday. Sales, about 8,000 bales or more.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and the Princ3 and Princess of Leiningen wit-
nessed the performance of " The Dead Heart" at the
Adelphi Theatre last night. •
We understand that Her Majesty is about to confer a
Baronetcy on Sir Charles Lyall.—Ow/.
Meszas. Baring Brothers and Co. have reported
having received advices from their agents in Vene-
zuela announcing the receipt of 55 per cent. of the
import duties for about two weeks from the Custom
House of La Guayra 21,905.53 dots., and from that
of Puerto Cabello of 12,959.78 dole., making a total
of 34,365.31 dole. on account of the Venezuelan
dividends.

The mad from Guayquil haa brought a remit•
tance of £212 on account of the dividends on the
debt of Ecuador.

There is no new feature• in the general money
market, the demand for discount accommodation
being well sustained, as usual, just before the pay-
ment of the dividends, when revenue is being
actively collected. The lowest rate out of doors is
fully 6 per cent., and the consequence is that nearls
everyone having first class bills for negoti7.tion
take than to the Bank of England.