The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

ROYAL PARK THEATRE.—Mr. 111`KOall Buchanan,
the celebrated American tragedian, has been drawing
crowded audiences to the above theatre during the week.
He has appeared in several of Shakspere's tragedies.
ITALIAN OPERA IN LIVERPOOL.—It iS understood
that Mr. Copeland is negotiating with some of the greatest
of living artistes for the production of Italian opera at the
Theatre Royal.

Miss E. L. WILLIAMS, the Welsh Nightingale, gave
three concerts at the hall in Lord Nelson-street last week
—all of which gave satisfaction to the audience. The
Nightingale appeared in native costume in giving her
Welsh songs, and her appearance was creditable to the
Principality.

Mr. SAQ,UI'S vocal and instrumental concert, at the
hall, Lord Nelson-street, to-morrow evening, gives pro-
mise of unusual interest and success. The vocalists will
be Miss Drayton, Miss Phillips, Miss Wemyss, Miss S.
Wemyss, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Saqui ; and the instru-
mentalists, Miss F. Levy, (her first appearance in public,)
and Mr. Lawson. The programme is rich and varied.

ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE.—" Henry the Fifth" was
played for the last time at the above establishment on
Friday evening. The other performances during the week
have been " Julius Ctesar" and " Othello." The after-
piece each evening has been " Our Mary Ann," in which
the newly-revived dance, " Pop goes the Weasel," bas
been happily introduced. Mr. George Vandenhoff ap-
peared for the last time on Saturday night, in Hamlet.
He is now in Manchester, where he is a great favourite.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The talented Dis-
tin Family gave one of their popular entertainments on
their inimitable Sax,,-horns, at the Concert-hall, Lord
Nelson-street, on Saturday evening. The hall was densely
crowded. Mr. Distin, senior, was, as usual, received with
the utmost enthusiasm ; and his trumpet solo, " The Sol-
dier Tired," formed the feature of the evening. Mr.
John Willy presided at the piano-forte, and executed two
solos with great taste—rather too much taste, indeed, for
the audience, who were better pleased with the somewhat
insipid songs of Miss Felton.
MR. H. H. RooEns gave his first piano-forte soirée, on
Tuesday last, to a numerous and highly respectable
audience. He was very nervous on sitting down to the
instrument, and consequently did not do justice to the
Marche des Slovacques. He, however, recovered himself in
Mendelssohn's " Lieder OhneWorte," which herendered,
or rather sung, in a style which we have seldom heard
equalled, two of which met with a merited encore. "Le
Vamanier" was also encored. The second part opened
with Liszt's difficult arrangement of Schubert's Bar-
carolle, which Mr. Rogers played with great spirit and
precision. As an executant of Chopin's music, he stands
unrivalled, as was proved by his playing of the preludes,
(one of which was encored,) waltzes, and mazurkas. The
concert terminated with the celebrated Marche des
Croates, which was also encored. Thus the falsity of the
idea that an audience cannot be entertained during an
entire evening has been proved by there having been no
less than five encores, and the audience remaining till the
close of the performance. We observe that the second
takes place on Friday, the 20th instant, when Beethoven's
celebrated Sonata Appassionata will be performed.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA.—A company for
the establishment of this magnificent project has been
formed in France. It is intended (says the Patnie) to
continue the submarine telegraph which comes from Eng-
land to France by land to Nice and Genoa, reaching
Spezzia to the bottom of the gulf of that name. The new
line will then start from that point over Corsica and Sar-
dinia to the coast of Algeria, as far as the regency of Tunis.
This part of the work will be finished in two years. At
the end of that time the line will be prolonged along the
shores of the Mediterranean to Alexandria. The cable
will lie at the bottom of the sea, and the points chosen for
crossing are very favourable. From Spezzia to Cape
Corse the maximum depth is only 220 metres; in the
Strait of Bonifacio it is only 80; and from the extremity
of Sardinia to Bona, on the coast of Africa, it is only 327.
The average depth is much less considerable.
ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—Owing to the draw-
ing-room, appointed for the 2d June, the schooner match
of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, from Gravesend round
the Mouse Light and back, originally fixed for that day,
will take place on the Ist of June.