The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-07 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA;

last evening,
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FAUST E MARGHERITA.
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more than confirmed the brilliant impression of its
first production in the past week. A house
crowded in every portion, and by an audience as
elegant as it was numerous, testified to its merits in
a manner that must now be thought decisive.
Another great and enduring favourite is thus
added to the yearly extending repertoire of this
theatre, which in a few seasons will have a fullness
that would enable the house, if necessary, almost to
live upon "revivals." This success has been
achieved as usual by the marvellous completensss of
the production. As a mere spectacle the opera has
had but one rival—" Le Prophete." No other work
has given us its great variety and animation. The
scene of the "Kermessie," which carries us away
so entirely to the medieval life of a German
city, and the interior of the cathedral, are
special examples of grouping and of movement,
in which this house has had no equal. The apo-
theosis also of Margaret, at the conclusion, in
realisation of Mucke's well-known painting, " The
Flight of St. Catharine," is an instance of magical
illusion it would be vain to seek elsewhere. Here
the superb dimensions of the stage so support the
art and taste employed on it that the effect becomes
as unique as it is in every way delightful. The
musical claims of this production are almost on a
level with its scenic. The Margaret of Mdlle.
Miolan, if somewhat wantingin the intensity proper
to the remorse and grief of the last act, displays a
most poetic sense of the opening of her passion in
the second, where, throughout the garden scene,
the singular delicacy with which Mdlle. Miolan
marks the growth of an emotion that, in its entire
faith in its object, never for a moment loses its
purity, is a chef d'ceuvre that cannot possibly be
eulogised too highly. M. Faure, also, in Mephis-
topheles, has added another to the substantial list
of his many admirable impersonations. The satanic
irony with which ho infuses it—especially in
the serenade—is of,: itself a distinctive feature,
that is as faithful as it is effective. The
Faust of Signor Tamberlik is not exactly what we
should have had in the Faust of Signor Mario, but
though affording no scope whatever to the energy
of our great " Tenors robusto"—in the " Salve
dimora"—
it permitted him to give a due instance
of his tenderness. Ths Valentin of Signor Graziani,
and the Siebel of Madlle. Nantee were also most
adequate performances. We refrain all comment
on the music, which the public arc already beginning
to appreciate, as among the most spirited, tender,
and at times original, that has teen heard in this
country for many years, merely remarking that the
instrumentation, which is so marked a feature of its
excellence, received the amplest justice at the hands
of Mr. Costa and his associates. Mdlle. Miolan,
we have only to add, obtained, together with her
companions, the usual and in this case very welt-
deserved honours of the night.

[QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS,

MISS ELIZABETH PHILP'S CONCERT.

A very brilliant ;;:i delightful entertainment
was given by this young lady, at the above rooms
in Hanover-square, last evening, and which had
the effect of attracting, as it deserved to do, a very
refined and numerous audience. Miss Philp, who,
we need scarcely say, is well known in musical
circles as one of our most finished female musiciats,
as well as a most pleasing singer, was a host in
herself on this occasion, which her singing through.
out the evening abundantly attested. She was sus-
tained, however, by the talents of Madlle. Artot,
from Her Majesty's Theatre, one of the most de-
lightful acquisitions that our lyric stage has made
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exquisite " Valse" from
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dantdbewhose aria from the "
Gounod's Faust, were sufficient evidence of the great
range as well as merit of her powers. Miss Eleanor
Wilkinson and Madame Linas Martorelle were also
very successful, whilst Mr. Wilbye Cooper and Mr.
Weiss sustained their usual reputation. A young
pianist, Miss Alice Mangold, made a very favour-
able impression, especially in some studies from
Stensett and Bach,
which were very properly
encored. Among the best features of the night was
Miss Phiip's delivery of
her own ballad, " Sitting
which so well attested her
to be on a level with those as
claims as
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a singer, It was a very graceful and tender effusion,
very perfectly delivered.

PAGLT.—The noble lord, in a
letter to aLA
to contemporary, says,--Some little time
since it was stated that I was about to hoist my flag in her
Majesty's ship FriDeeB9 Royal, and to take command 'of the
North American station. My successor at the Admiralty
has been named by other newspapers, who have gone so far
as to indicate the gentleman who is to become the represen-
tative of the borough of Sandwich in my room. It may
CENCE
save him from the trouble of a bootless journey, and will
necessity of answering a considerable
if you will be good enough to state
the
communications which have been made to me
a pure invention from beginning to
spare me from
number of
after hearing the opposition for
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the House of Lords passed the bill of the Great Northern,
(alterations), Glasgow and South
powers over it. The clauses are to be considered to-day.
from SpaldYEineagss
Monmouth, Scottish Central, Great Northern (Cheshire
Ayr and Idaybole Railway; North Western, and Wexford Free • Eastern,
Frierston Reclamation, . Bridge, Newhaven
PARLIA-
MENT.—Yesterday,
Navigation, and Thames Embankment,
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south side.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS.--The basis of reform
must consist in a gradual emancipation from the
idea that servitude is derogatory. Let this be fully appre-
ciated. and the difficulties of the question are more than
met. When in truth we consider how servants are degraded
we cannot won
der that they are as they are, and that edu-
cation has been powerless to make them either worse or
better. Take for one example the dress of servants. Why
in this enlightened age should a man be transformed into a
jackanapes and buffoon ? Why should the days of the feudal
times be retained, and the human form, the highest repre-
sentative on earth of the God above, be enveloped in the
disgusting badges indicating that the wearer of it is the ser-
vant of another human form, perhaps if cultivated better
than its master, in soul and in heart. If the philanthropists
who met together on Monday and talked of reform, had each
gone home and ordered the stuffing out of the calves of
the removal of his flaring plush, and the '
Jeames, washing
of his whitewashed head, they would have effected, we ima-
gine, a far greater advancement, than by any amount of
talk on the public platforra,—Social Science Review.
A TIGER STORY.--A correspondent of the Times
of India writes as follows:—" I regret to have to
record another frightful tiger accident. It appears that
Captain Curtis, 6th Dragoons, Captain Bradford, Sillidar
Cavalry, and another gentleman were out on a shooting
excursion in the vicinity of Sehore, where they fell in with
a tiger, which had been previously wounded by some other
sportsmen, and was in a state of furious madness. Captain
Bradford raised his gun, but it unfortunately would not go
off. At the same moment the brute caught sight of the
party, and, giving a hideous roar, charged down upon them
with the utmost ferocity, singling out Captain Bradford,
who was in the act of scrambling up a tree ; the tiger made
a dash at him with a tremendous hound, and caught and
dragged him to the ground. Poor Bradford having raised
his hand to protect his head, the brute seized his arm,
crunching it between his terrible jaws as if it had been so
much rotten wood, breaking and splintering the bone, and
lacerating the flesh in a frightful manner. Meantime his
companions were not idle; but, as they were afraid of hit-
ting their friend if they fired at any distance,they advanced
boldly up to the brute and poured shot after shot into him,
till last he was rolled over by the eleventh bullet. Fero-
cious to the last, the brute never relinquished his hold, and
fell dead in the act of aiming a blow with his enormous
paw at the head of his victim. Poor Captain Bradford was '
carried into Sehore in a pitiable condition, mauled all over,
and it was found necessary to amputate his arm at the
shoulder-joint. By last accounts he was in a very preca-
rious state. The tiger was of monstrous size, and said to
be the largest ever seen in these parts.
A STUMP ORATOR.—An Ohio stomper while
making a speech paused in the midst of it, and
exclaimed, "Now, gentlemen, what do you think 2" In-
stantly a man rose in the assembly, and with one eye par-
tially closed, modestly replied, it I think, Sir, I do, indeed,
Sir, I think if you and Iwere to stump the country together
we would tell more lies than any other two men in the coun-
try, Sir, and I'd not say a word during the whole time,
air,''—iiincrigan paper.