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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1863.

Aspiring to a loftier title than that borne in
history by WARWICK, "The King-Maker," NAPO-
LEON III.," The Emperor-Maker," is steadily asso-
ciating with his reign a prestige of grandeur not
unbefitting the inheritor of the great name, and the
reviver of the empire, of the modern CHARLEMAGNE.
The Founder of his dynasty, it is true, was in him-
self both Emperor and King—Emperor of France
and King of Italy. To say nothing of his being
also, in his own person, Protector of the Confedera
tion of the Rhine and Mediator of Switzerland
Emperor himself exclusively, NAPOLEON We ii
unable to arrogate to himself the haughty supple-
mentary title of King of Italy, seems in a manner,
in very despite, to have been resolved for that
precise reason, if for no better one, to make another
at least the claimant of the title. NAPOLEON the
Great was, in propria persona, King of Italy him-
self, no less actually than he was Emperor of the
French. NAPOLEON 111., if solely Emperor of the
French, if unable himself to assume, with the Impe-
rial Crown- of France, the iron crown of Lom-
bardy, has won that diadem for another, has
enabled the King of SARDINIA, by the aid,
now of the statecraft of CATOUR, now of the
adventurous sword of GARIBALDI, to absorb the chief
part of the Roman Peninsula within the boundary
of his dominions. His wonderful predecessor, the
head of his Sovereign race, delegated his son-in-
law, the Prince EUGENE, to preside over Northern
Italy, from the Lombard- Capital of Milan, by the
title of Viceroy, as his representative. NAPOLEON
111, having coequered that fairest province of the
peninsula, like his predecessor as a General in the
field, at the head of his army—having had his
Marengo at Solferino—hands over Lombardy to
another, makes a present of it, an imperial gift,
indeed, to his ally and brother-in.arms throughout
the war, King VICTOR EMMANUEL. NAPOLEON
the Great haughtily accords to his only child, his
infant son, the destined heir, as the conqueror
imagined, of his imperial sceptre, the loftiest desig-
nation surely to which a helpless babe was ever
born, that of King of ROME. NAPOLEON 111., de-
barred by the situation of affairs in Europe from
doing the like, in his turn, fcr his only child, his
infant son, the heir, as he hopes, to
his empire, does everything he can possibly
venture to do in the same direction, in-
stead—by way (almost we might call it) of
compensation to his own pride., Unable to have
the POPE at Paris to crown him in Notre Dame, he
has preferred reigning for more than ten years
without being crowned at all. If his infant son
cannot be King of ROME, he receives at least the
title of Prince Imperial ; he has the Pontiff for his
Godfather; the Imperial soldiers of France, long be-
fore the child's birth at the Tuileries and ever since
then, guard the Eternal City. The emulation, so
far as appears to have been in any way practicable,
the distinct and carefully pains-taking emulation, in
every way, of the Founder of the Dynasty, by the
present occupant of the throne of France, is among
the most remarkable peculiarities of his most re-
markable and hitherto most successful policy.
NAPOLEON 111., as NAPOLEON THE FIRST did
before him, has made war:upon Russia, has made
war upon Austria. As his predecessor strove to
do, more than once, in his time, and for
one brief interval in truth, after the accom-
plishment of the Treaty of Amiens, strove not
ineffectually, the French Emperor has secured an
alliance with England. With this difference, that
the alliance once secured with England by NAPO-
LEON 111., he has remained consistently faithful to
it—without ono solitary, even the briefest, interval
of interruption. Circumstances, fortunately for the
Peace of Europe, have precluded the present NAPO-
LEON from
extending, except in ono comparatively
trivial instance, the frontiers of his dominions. In
this, most
online NAPOLEON the GREAT, the rapid
and gigantic extension of whose empire brought
the north-western frontier of his dominions down
to the very shores of the Baltic, and in the diame-
trically opposite
direction at their south-eastern
extremity down to the very shores of the Adriatic.
NAPOLEON the GREAT, besides constituting him-
self sovereign of that e vast dominion, appending
to his supreme title
,the
etaughty subsidiary ones
besides
already particularised
expanding two of
the Germanic Electorates
into
Kingdoms, distri-
buted among his relatives and friends,
regal or
vice-regal authority over states of
no less impor-
-
tance in the European system than ,
land, of Naples, of Spain, of Portugal, of Wurtera
tnose of llol-
burg, of Italy, and of a throng of minor prineipaii.
ties. Debarred, happily, from any enitamiea
of
th tt kind, NAPOLEON 111. has done now what
NAPOLEON the Great never attempted, he has
Created an Empire, he has raised an Archduke into
an Emperor, he has carved out an imperial throne
with his sword on the other side of the Atlantic
and has, with nothing less than a magnificent mag-
nanimity, called a brother of his Imperial ally of
Austria to ascend it.

So far as in all this be has succeeded in
gratifying the pride of his own people, he
has without doubt acted wise!y, Bat it is not
alone the pride of France that Las to be con-
sulted. Neither is it—what NAPOLEON 111. has
cared for hardly 1e33 since first he assumed the reins
of authority over France—her material interests.
There is still that judicious " crowning of the edi-
fica"—that is of this imperial constitution of a Na-
poleonic Empire—established in spite of European
Coalitions, in spito of Waterloo, in spite of St
Helena—that very crowning of the edifice which the
re; iver of this Napoleonic empire in Christen4om was

himself (vaguely at the time of its revival, but very
explicitly since then) the first to indicate. By
that phrase signifying nothing less than the gra-
dual addition to the Imperial constitution of one
liberal institution after another: until eventually,
with an Emperor still at her head, France should
be endowed, under the rule even of a NAPOLEON,
with the various social and political liberties—con-
spicuous among them the freedom of speech and the
freedom of writing—peculiar to the genius of every
truly constitutional Government. NAPOLEON 111.
has done much hitherto by the combined daring
and prudence of his Imperial policy, he has done
very much already, towards the enhancement of his
influence in Europe, and towards the encrease of
his own personal prestige as a NAPOLEON over
the imaginations of his own glory-loving people.
He may now, however, readily enough when he
pleases, surpass all that he has yet accomplished
in that direction, by his own loyal and faithful
fulfilment of his promise of advancing in ano-
ther ! Doing this by adventuring, with the like
combination of prudence and daring, not to-
wards the further enhancement of the pride of
France, not towards the gratification yet more of
her greed of glory, whether military o r diplomatic,
but but towards the more effectual consolidation
imperial edifice he has been so signallythse ruinsuccess of
in building up anew from the midst of
the last Revolution!
Its effeehctausalhicnioenesloflaidlraetaiodny,
that ie, by the very process h
specified, by the symboalaicdailnophtroasteheofecvriodwenneing i
eeo
of his rule as a Sovereigr
ei —in
go tohuerr a
nwdo rtdhse,
glory
the accordance to France, no matter how gra
dually. no matter how cautiously, of the inesti
enable blessings peculiar to Constitutional Govern
ment.

The business at Ptankfort seems to have begun
n good earnest. It is satisfactory to find that so
many princes and potentates have answered the
invitation of the EMPEROR, and actually appeared
in person at the Conference. It often occurs that
there is some flaw in these affairs, however well-
intentioned may be the originators of the scheme,
and however anxious may be the promoters of it.
Nothing could pcssibly have been more auspicious
than the commencement of the illustrious conclave;
and it is to be hoped that its performances will
equal its promise. At the banquet given by the
Senate the EMPEROR made a short speech, which
appears to have been animated with the most libe-
ral and benevolent feelings. He observed, after
thanking those who gave the entertainment, for the
hospitable reception accorded to himself and. his
brother Sovereigns, that he thought they—the
princes of Germany—could not better express their
gratitude than " by proving that a heartfelt love
for our common fatherland is the bond of union be-
tween us." At the opening of the "Congress of
Princes" the EMPEROR made a long address, in
which he clearly explained the purport of his un-
dertaking, and endeavoured to elucidate his policy
in a straightforward manner. He commenced by
calling attention to the fact that an assembly such
as that had not occurred for centuries. Trusting in
the elevated sentiments of his fellow-princes, and
the just spirit of the people, he had brought about
that meeting. He thought it incumbent upon him
to state openly that Germany looked ' forward to
a development of its constitution." He therefore
came there in person to state his views, and to declare
what he was ready to accord. He then explained
more fully his meaning, and tt, at one point was the
periodical meeting of the German princes. In order
to increase the sphere of the Bund, the power was
to be placed in the hands of a Directory, which
should be a Federal Council, In all these arrange-
ments, as much as possible, equality should be up-
held, making allowance, of course, for the
population and political importance of the
different independent States. Furthermore,
the EMPEROR went on _to explain the
chief object of the whole plan, " the single idea
that had taken complete possession of his mind."
This was, that the time had come for renewing,
according to the spirit of the times, the " Band
which our ancestors entered into." Certainly, the
EMPEROR deserves great credit for his boldness
in thus coming forward, and he stands alone in
the glory of the idea. No one else can take from
him his due in this respect, however much they
may approve of it, or adopt it as their own by
assimilating their policy to its intentions. No
one could speak out more strongly for popular
rights than did the Austrian EMPEROR in these
words---" By allowing our peoples to participate
in the Bund, we shall give new vigour to it,
and enable it to uphold to the end of time the
honour, power, security, and welfare of Germany
as one great and inseparable whole." If this
idea is carried out in its grandeur and integrity,
the name of FRANCIS JOSEPH will be honoured
and reverenced for generations to come ! And
when the splendours of his august State have
vanished, and the brilliancy of his sovereign rule
has faded, the recollection of the public services
he shall have rendered to the nation he represents
will crown his reign with enduring lustre, and
rank his name among the honoured benefactors
of his kind !
The EMPEROR then explained the necessity that
existed for immediate improvement in the state of
things in Germany;
and ho very truly observed that
allowing that his proposals
might
Cons hereafter, there would be
,
no admit
i of alters
n very "pro-
longed deliberations." This was most correct, for no
good ever came from a very lengthened controversy
or long-drawn out argument. The disputants be-
come involved in elaborate ideas, and at last are
so excited and irritated by contradictions that
they dissent from everything proposed, unless some
pet project or some particular prejudice be first at.
tended to. It then lbllowed, as a matter of course,
that allusion was made to the nation conspicuous
ent e d
by its absence from that national
ERtiEonmarlasosß lamented
and
most illustrious Congress. The
that Prussia was not represented. ' 'Oneofmy
most heartfelt wishes has not been fulfilled," he
said, in reference to that vexatious event. He ex-
plained that King tiILLIAM had no other objection
to make to the proposition to hold a Congress than
J
that the proper preparations had not been made.
He wished for a "Conference of Ministers" to pre-
cede "an assembly of Princes." Of course everyone
knows who spoke in that remark, and whose influ-
ence it was that sought to be represented in that
preliminary parley that was to come before the
illustrious meeting, and virtually to undermine its
power and stultify its progress. The EMPEROR
said that he had told the KING that the negotia
tions carried on by second persons had always
proved fruitless before. He forcibly declared to
the KING that it was their duty to "reform the
Band," Notwithstanding the defalcation, the
E3IPEROR endeavoured to exhibit the most friendly
intentions toward the absentee, and exhorted his
confederates to preserve for the mighty kingdom
of Prussia that place to which she was entitled'
may an
and thus hope that their unity
~ indelible impression on all Germ produce
an hearts."
At the conclusion of his long and eloquent
harangue the EMPEROR observed that he should
always feel sati:Aaed that he had done all in his
power to " draw closer the ties which unite all
the German peoples, and to make the Band, as

one great Power, a boon for Germany, and a
guarantee for the peace of Europe."
It is not to be wondered at that this speech
was received with every mark of approbation by
those who heard it. It would be difficult to say
how, or in what manner, it could have been im-
tions, and the style of its address, it
e rs. realisedil e
proved upon : and;both in the spirinit
nonftihtsavientsennr:
the hopes and wishes of all
passed the expectations of many,
anxious whileobse rivt
King of BAVARIA acted as the exponent of the
wishes of the illustrious Confederates, when he stated
that it was their general opinion that they coincided
with the opinions they had just heard, He added
that they would take the proposition into their
" conscientious consideration," and they hoped
that no delay would occur in coming to a conclusion.
They also regretted the absence of the King of
PRUSSIA, but still trusted that when again they
assembled " that powerful link in the great chain
of the different German States would not be want-
ing." So far as it has proceeded, this important
conference has been most happily arranged, and it
is to be trusted that its auspicious inauguration may
be followed by a triumphant termination, and that
the several members of the Confederation will ratify
the propositions that have been proposed in so en-
lightened a form, and with so much right feeling
and good sense. Amid the strife and turmoil of so
many neighbouring nations it will be a source of
gratification to witness a brightening exception in
the unity that exists among the various States of
Germany. While some are striving on sanguinary
fields of war to force their liberties with a strong
hand from the grasp of the oppressor, while others
are meekly vacillating between anarchy and deca-
dence in the political scale, the Confederate Princes
have a great and glorious mission to fulfil. It is
theirs to gain a bloodless victory, end to bes

_ .
upon their people the richest blessings of peace, in-
stead of the painful trophies of war. They may
sow the seeds of freedom, that, germinating in a
friendly soil, will spring up a glorious harvest to
brighten and benefit a mighty nation. They may
❑ow commence a good work that shall live when
they have themselves passed away, and associate
their names with after generations as the pioneers
of progress, and the heralds of reform. Let us trust

,hat the chance may not be thrown away, but tha

having put their hands to the plough, they will not
look back and disappoint the ardent hopes and
earnest longings of an expectant people.

The lessons of experience appear sometimes to be
quite thrown away, and among the subjects which
seem to be perfectly hopeless of improvement, from
their teaching, wo may certainly rank the risks run
by excursion trains. In vain disaster after disaster,
catastrophe after catastrophe, have turned pleasant
holiday trips into ghastly tragedies. In vain
the public indignation has been roused, and
the public confidence shaken, until one of the
most profitable branches of railway revenue
has threatened to fall into disfavour. Nothing,
it seems, will teach the authorities. In almost
every case where an accident has occurred to
an excursion train, it has been owing to a want of
common care and ordinary precaution. The trains
have been overloaded, they have run too close to-
gether, they have started before or after their time,
the engine has been defective, the carriages worn
out, the guards and engine-drivers exhausted from
overwork or ignorant of their business, the station-
master absent or inattentive. The shortest memory
can recall at least one disaster from every one of
these causes, and perhaps the most common source
of misfortune is the most unpardonable. Various
reasons or excuses may be brought forward, for
many occasions of mischief, but there is no possible
defence for neg:ecting to take care that a proper and
sufficient time intervenes between the arrival and
departure of each train. After the long experience
we have had of railway travelling and its attendant
perils, it is perfectly inexcusable to reckon that
every train will come in to the moment. And to
allow the following one to come so closely after it,
that no possible margin is allowed fora trifling delay
on the part of the first or a casual increase of
speed by the second ! Yet trains have run
into each other often enough, one would think, to
have infused a little caution into the most reckless
of officials. It might certainly have been supposed
that the terrible catastrophe at the Clayton Tunnel
would have sufficed to guard one generation at least
from a repetition of its horrors. It is certainly not
owing to public indifference on the matter, for so
well is this danger understood that it is the direc-
tion in which every passenger's thoughts instinc-
tively turn, at the first rumour of any delay or stop-
page befalling a train. It is difficult to see the rea-
son for so much carelessness as unhappily exists in
this respect, for an hour or two added to the
day's work would make all the difference between
reasonable caution and reckless risk of life. It
would be better if necessary to curtail the number
of the trains, rather than expose the passengers to
unnecessary danger. It is to be feared that the
repeated accidents from this cause tend to indiffer-
ence rather than to caution, if we may judge by
the example of the Great Eastern line. The recent
disaster was in some measure due to this cause,
since the driver asserted that he saw the obstacle
but could not stop the train, as the other was so
close behind it. Yet at the inquest held on the un-
fortunate signalman killed since that time, we learn
from the evidence of a station-master, that the old
careless system is continued. The regular and irre-
gular trains were due at almost the same time, and
he himself appeared to know very little about the
arrival of the latter. Nor is this company by any
means the sole offender. The want of caution of
which we complain appears unhappily to be part of
our railway system, and especially of the excursion
branch of traffic. A. correspondent of the 7imes
animadverts in strong terms on the confusion exist-
ing at the Birmingham station a week or two since,
in consequence of several excursion trains blocking
is
kn torti wins.
up the way and delaying the departure of the ordi-
nary
of Sos longsuch
ch mismanagement
as no ac ciden t b
n occurs,ey nothingond th the
sufferers from the temporary inconvenience at the
station; but,
if we add the narrow escapes to the
positive catastrophes,
risk occasioned by thisw ce lhpaal
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greatly increases the dangers
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vigilance guard againet ever nge
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anent to be infallible, nor e cannot, of course, expects
h
can the most sleepless
have a right to demand that
when spepcial
provision ic
is professed to be made for their
comfort
y accident. But the
and convenience, some little regard should be had
for their lives and limbs as well as for their pockets.
It is very acceptable, no doubt, to save halta crown
in one's holiday trip ; but if that saving entails
long years of enfeebled health and shattered nerves,
the economy is not quite so agreeable. The eon-
stant repetition of any risk has a wonderful effect,
we all know, in diminishing its terrors. The good
old proverb about the pitcher and the well is not
half so much considered as it deserves to be. A
danger incurred regularly every week, or every day,
seen becomes no danger at all theoretically,
although practically the chance of disaster
may increase with repetition. Much more is this
the Case when the risk is run 'not only every day
but many times in the day, and it is perhaps no
wOndea that station-masters and drivers grow alike

, • reckless, and are inclined to believe that the peril
so often chanced is never coming, and that the plan
. which worked safely through one season will
carry them as safely through snother. Yet
setting aside the claims of humanity and their
responsibilities to the public, it is a very short-
sighted and mistaken policy which prompts
the directors to such a course. The expense in-
curred by one such accident as that at the Clay-
ton Tunnel, would have paid a superior class of
officials and re-organised the whole excursion sys-
tem for many years, setting aside the heavy indi-
rect loss occasioned to the company by the shock
given to the pleasure taking public. The disasters
to excursion trains ere becoming as common as the
catastrophes to emigrant ships were a few years
since; only as excursions are not a matter of neces-
sity or serious importance, people are less inclined
to run unnecessary risks in their passage. We
hope the railway companies will look to this matter
and see that all that proper care and watchfulness
can do is henceforth done to guard passengers
against risks of all kinds, and that they will
especially take heed that danger is not courted by
a reckless apportionment of trains, and a frantic
chase of excursion by express or stoppage of express
by excursion.

The Late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde.

We have great pleasure in announcing that, by
desire of her Majesty's Government, the remains of
the late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde are to be buried,
i❑ the most private manner, in Westminster Abbey,
instead of at Kensal-green ; and that they will

leave Berkeley square by 11 o'clock on Saturday.
All the other arrangements already made remain
undisturbed.— 7inies.

MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS,

THE MENDELSSOHN NIGHT.

Another great contribution to the musical enjoy-
ment of the public was tendered last night by Mr.
Mellon in a selection from the productions of almost
the greatest of modern composers. The pieces con-
sisted of the wonderfully dramatic overture to
" Ruy Blas"—a work which reflects in a manner
that is wholly unrivalled one of the most passionate
of modern dramas; the spirited " War
March " of the Priests from " Athalie; "
one of the great concertos for the violin ;
the graphic dancing song from the " Son and Stran-
ger ;" the well-known ballad of " The First Violet
and, above all, the magnificent " Symphony in A
Minor," which Mendelssohn wrote after his visit to
Scotland, and dedicated to her Majesty, and which,
as a piece of musical painting, both of nature and
of history, has only its equal in the works of
Beethoven.

The execution of this selection was quite on a
level with its merits. The admirable band, under
Mr. Mellon's direction, never gave superior evidence
of its great qualities than on this occasion, and in
the treatment of each of the masterly specimens
allotted to it. Madlle. Georgi and Mr. Weiss were
equally happy
in their rendering of the vocal por-
tion of the entertainment, and which so favourably
exemplified the great variety of Mendelssohn ; and
a M. Richard, from the Musard concerts of Paris
played the concerto with a grace and delicacy that
made the very best impression.
The second part consisted of the usual pleasant
miscellany, and was particularly distinguished by
the efforts of Madlle. Carlotta Patti, whose bolero
from the " Veprea Sieiliennes," and polacca from
the Pnritani+" Son Vergin Vezzosa"----were ap.
plauded to the echo.
The theatre was crowded in
every part.

The French Emperor and the French Church.

signed by the
'he Moniteur publishes the following decree
Emperor and countersigned by M.
Baroche, Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice
and of Public Worship :
A pamphlet having been published, having far
its title, Reply of various Bishops to Consultations
addressed to them relatlve to the forthcoming
Elections, the said
pamphlet being signed by the
Archbishops of Cambrai, of Tours, of Rennes, and
by the Bishops of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and
Chartres, we have decreed and decree as follows :
" Considering that it is an established principle
that, at all times by the canonical law and con-
firmed by the bull and decree which fixed the new
circumscription of the dioceses, that the powers of
bishops are limited within the bounds of that cir-
cumscription, and cannot be exercised except Within
their respective dioceses—
" Considering that the archbishops and bishops
have no right to deliberate together or adopt reso-
lutions in common without the express permission
of the Government—
Considering that, according to the terms of the
declaration of 1862, it is a fundamental maxim of
the public law of France that the Head of the
Church and the Church itself have not received any
power except upon spiritual matters, and not upon 1
temporal things ; that consequently, the pastoral
letters which bishops may address to the faithful of
their diocess only must be confined to instructing
them in their religious duties
Considering
en addressed
Cousideriiag
by the ttiatthe pamphlet in question has
bearchbishops ani bishops who
have put their names to it,
dioceses, but to the
Pverench Empire, by the
.not only to the faithful
dailyfaani dt faithful,
ulneler,
wgaysnpdoafpc
lteehrrsegi
yra
and
doefs pbt
yhe ce t
a pamphlet distributed
in the departments :
44 Considering that the said pamphlet is evidently
result of a common agreetnentand
joint resolution
Considering that its object is by no means to
instruct the faithful in their religious duties; that
it is in fact a political programme :
Relative to the letter of the Archbishop of
Tours :

" Considering that that letter challenges the right
of the Government to allure° the respect due by the
bishops to the laws imposed upon by the Empire :
"Considering that it contains a censure upon
its foreign policy
" certainfhaacts
nadtet
rr.
tbhuitse d to the Government and con-
cerning
double head, it constitutes a
violation of the laws of the Empire and an abuse of
power

di Having consulted our Council of State, we have
decreed as follows
Art. 1. There is abuse of power in the pamphlet
entitled -Reply of certain Bishops to the Consulta-
tions addressed to them relative to the forthcoming
Elections, signed and published by the Archbishops
of Cambrai, Tours, and Rennes, and by the Bishops
of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and Chartres.
" The said pamphlet is suppressed.
"Art. 2. There is abuse of power in the letter
addressed to our Minister of Public Instruction and
Worship by the Archbishop of Tours on the 4th of
June last.
" The said letter is suppressed.
"Art. 3. Our Minister of State, and our Keeper
of the Seals, Ministers of Justice and Public Worship.
are charged, each as far as he is concerned, with
the execution of the present decree, which will be
inserted in the Boulletin des Lois,
"Approved, Aug. 16, 1863.
" Countersigned.

" NAPOLEON.
"BAROCHE."

JOHN LEECH is in full force this week in Punch.
Witness this his wonderfully funny commencement
of a new series in the shape of
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO Kxow.—No. 1 —Wo want
tot° know why a couple vt conceited fanatics should be
allowed disturb the repose of a Sunday afternoon by the
Bea side ?
Or his droll peep
pastrycook's at
Brighton— into the well-known
Georgiana— ,s Do you know dear, ram so unhappy
now dear Charles has gone to town!" Gertrude—.
"And I miss dear Percy dreadfully—l do hope they'll
get home safely !'' (We wonder what dear Charles and
near Percy would say, if they saw you eating turtle at
Mutton's, you little humbugs.)
Or, funniest of all, his after-dinner illustration of
Testy Old Gent (to Butler)—" Claret ! Yes, yes; put
it down; and pray, Simpson, don't blow anon my heed
so I"

Some of the journals state that Madlle. Patti has
play nosina in the "Barbiere" and other
characters, gacetuera atgs,ed t
Frankfort, before the assembled priaaces, at
the modest temuneratio4 of £lOO a pight