The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

'4Q THEATRE ROYAL, still rich 'in the attractions of
1:e foreign operatic company, whose performances have
r the past fortnight graced its stage, continues to be
honoured by the attendance of brilliant and fashionable
audiences. On Monday and Tuesday the operas presented
!ere "Der Freischutz' and " Lucrezia Borgia," concern-
lag both of which we offered a few remarks last week, and
li9 which we have at present small space and no great in-
dnation to add. We shall therefore be content with
remarking that, as on the occasions of their former pre-
sentation, they were performed in a highly creditable and
Pl,;,..easing manner. On Thursday evening, a protracted and
T,
irstaking preparation resulted in the production of
The
grand opera, " Les Huguenots," in Italian.
411 e chief characters were sustained by the following
artistes :—Margarita di Valois, betrothed to Henry IV.,
Madle. Zimmerman ; Valentino, by Madame Caradori ;
r..64/10, by Miss F. Huddart ; Raul di Nangis, a Pro-
testant, by Herr Reichardt; Marcell°, by Herr Formes.
The other parts were filled up in a most creditable
oallner; the choruses were full and efficient, and the
lellestra was in good order for the first performance
so important and difficult an opera. The dresses
eof the best order, and exhibited good taste, as
Zell as great liberality, on the part of the manage-
-exit. The house was crowded to overflowing, and
the progress of the scenes , and music was watched and
„ePjoYed by the charmed audience with breathless atten-
n• In the singing as well as in the acting of Valentino,
—4ualne Caradori was strikingly effective, and towards the
conciconclusion of the first act she had taken her audience by
usion
Her singing of the duet with Marcello (Herr
°Mies) in the second act created a complete furor.; not
.ach to be wondered at, when her impassioned acting and
smog g were added to the manly energy and truthful style
I,6,.ns7ocalisation, which distingm'shes the execution of Herr
,„,"-'es, a cultivated artist and a man of talent. The
manner of Herr Reichardt, as Raul, was effective and
~..,I°lPressive, characterised at once by simplicity and natu-
`4l°„,. cas of action, and an unostentatious ease in his mode
alliging. As' Marguerite, Madle. Zimmerman was
fiZfoing, her rich and silvery tones giving a thtil-
-`g Pleasure and a lasting pathos to the music. The
contralto part of Urbano was ably rendered by Miss
Iluddart who proved herself an able musician and
a clever actress. She both sang and acted with much
taste and correctness, and she infused into the part no
:Mall amount of spirit. The choruses, many of which
•hte of great complexity;evere given with praiseworthy
'recision .and power, and the orchestra sustained the
general effectiveness of the pieces in such a way as to
flect credit-on the untiring skill and assiduity of M. M.
.„_Lsohuez and Mr. Allwood, the leader and conductor ;
wade the steadiness and precision with which the most
.13°, ulplicated points were taken up and executed, displayed
Lae zeal and intelligence with which the members of the
OP/lestra had studied their respective parts. At the con-
lAllsiou of the third act, Madame Carradori and Herr
t, elchardt were enthusiastically called before the cur-
and when the opera terminated, the same artistes,
irag with Herr Formes, were called forward to receive
Warr" plaudits which their excellent performance fully
ateud. This admirable opera was repeated, on Friday
4141 last night, in even an improved style from that of its
flrst presentation, the artistes having, by repetition, be-
;°Toe more familiar with their duties. It is to be per-
°ll°,ed. again this
egretevenin and the lovers of dramatic
Znalc will have cause to -if the opportunity of wit-
:',eB:,ing this splendid opera be allowed to slip without
Lneir seeing it.
coAT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mr.G. V. Brooke has
_ntinned to win " golden opinions " from numerous and
admiring audiences which have assembled during the
chi to to witness his performance of several of his favourite
ilaracters, including those of Sir Giles Overreach in
ins4tNheewplWayaoyf to pay Old Debts ; " Hamlet; Master Walter
The Hunchback;" Macbeth; &c. He is fairly
highlyhighly creditable to the establishment. He is, it will be
`° repeat the personification of many of his best parts
!;',og the current week.
to CURIBTMAB PANToMIME for the Theatre Royal is
e written by Mr. Buckstone.

C-ISEESIIIRE AND WALES.

A SEnvA.Nrs'
under the direct' has been opened in Birkenhead,
ion of the Rev. A. Knox, and other clergy-
SitY.—Onr Saturday
three a man was robbed of £24 by
sharpen, at New Brighton, whither he had accom-
panied them from Liverpool.
CHESTER AND 'llotornnen HALLWAY.—Traffie for the
week ended November 8, 1853:—Railway: Passengers,
parcels, Art £2,405 13s. 10d.; goods, £1,260 13a. 3d.
'teapa-bOat.S : 1:423 7s. Bd. Total, £4,095 Us. 9d. In-
-crease as compared with the corresponding week last year,
£915 18s. 9d.
A PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION has been established
Birkenhead for the reception of servant girls out of
:situation, under the direction of the Revs. A. Knox, Dr.
aaYlee, C. J. Hamilton, Richard Wall, Dr. Blakeney, and
he tirnber of lay gentlemen, Servants are admitted, if
for
t
y have good characters, and are charged is, per weektheir lodgings, finding their own board.
h QUESTION OF TOLL.—On Thursday, at the Birken-
bead Police-court, John Herman was summoned at the
"stance f payin t d Birkenhead turnpike trus-
t_ o er on sixpenny
the
for the ent of a sixpenny toll. At Oxtou, on
lWoodchurch road, there is a genertil toll-bar, close to
ivuleh there is a side bar to a private road leading to some
es• The defendant had passed through the side bar
eti a horse and four-wheeled car, and, upon the toll being
herrianded of him, he refused payment. After the acts of
"atliaaa trelating to turnpike trusts had been referred
en
and it being shown that the act affecting the turnpike
It question continued in force till November,
1854, the
V• Mr. Fielding said there was no point in the case to
pate, and then ordered the defendant to pay the claim,
kith costs.
%IRAT ORMES-HEAD.— There appears to be' every
uspect that the railway to this place (for which, as well
;le formation of a harbour, an act was obtained last
;„',°ll) will be commenced fortwith. The line, we hear,
Is4'''ended to branch off on the Chester and Holyhead
e, not far from the old Conway ferry, thence along the
11,ere through a tunnel on the eastern side of Treganway
f7.,„asioll, along the warrens on a gentle curve under Masdu
Cs.—", to within about 100 yards of Mostyn-street, near
I,:uaniel-street, Llandudno. Ultimately the terminus will
itnn, der Fach, where it is intended to inclose some acres
fbue beach, to be filled up so as to form a fine platform
1.11 railway and packet station, wharfage, &c. It was
hsrted in the early part of the week that the line would
• eftpleted by next summer. Great activity is going
I),*
atbuilding at Llandudno, as well as in the committee
ilted a short time ago to prepare the improvement
tZ,,so that altogether everything looks well for the pros-
ilY of the place and those embarked in building specu-
k °as, as the above public undertakings must greatly add
and enhance the value of property.
so",. APPRENTICE'S CLAlM.—Messrs. Corris and Harri-
Jrantnere' were summoned by their apprentice, Alfred
the n, at the Birkenhead Police-court, on Thursday, for
Paym t f 10s for wages. The complainant, it
ap,,, en o .
—arecl had b ill for eight or nine weeks, and by the
een
'ee of his father the surgeon had sent him into the
thi:ltrY for the benefit of his health. The defence was
llit the defendants had not received proper notice of the
ahl(l,ess of the complainant, who had been seen playing
of lit the lanes with other boys, and that, in consequence
s; absenting himself without leave, he had forfeited his
tut. The magistrates held that so long as the inden-
ap,Z subsisted the defendants were bound to pay the
tiaetatice his wages, and if the boy neglected his work,
It y had their remedy by summoning him to the court.
Ihs:°,wever, a surgeon's certificate was obtained, stating
'lle sickness of the lad was likely to be of a perms-
thelaature, the defendants could bring the matter before
Plai„`agi strates for their adjudication. The claim of the
ftr.a 'K'as then granted.
TRUSTEES OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS v.
tage'b AND THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY.—This
•Neslame on before the Lords Justices of Appeal on
thiB 'V. The company represented by the plaintiffs in
bikk„eas,e were empowered by their act of parliament to
40-'„liorks and construct other works at Wallasey-pool,
etitnZLog the Mersey, at Birkenhead. The defendant
blenraY were empowered, by a subsequent act of parlia-
ttNe to embank certain portions of the pool, and to con-
4aNd„" 4 floating dock therein with tidal basins, and they,
41ds leased a portion of their land situate on the south
men the Pool to the defendant Laird, the latter corn-
°e Certain openings in Wallasey-wall; on the south
illainitpt the pool, adjoining the land leased to him. The
‘,.ht („„‘" thereupon filed their bill to restrain the defend-
nth-valPany and their lessee from making such openings
%1,._ °lit theplaintiffs'consent, on the ground that the
he „Le; ownership of the wall • in question
' was vested in
b - their act of parliament. Upon the
th ion fort y
• made the master of
ante Qs' haahouurnctio made eamg
declarationbefore that the defend-
Vte,.rfere not justified in taking down, • lowering, or
~efthe hill in front of the land leased by the
ora 'Main Iv wall
company to Laird on the south side of Walla-
et •1
uni b ninc,• or navigable gate Walla-
chß'ates ess theaking an oPe
t,,ge .under superintendence of the engineer of
rilp.l„ifr_s, or with the sanction of the conservator of
aoitiff` "Jersey. To this qualified prohibition the
%on, objected, and therefore appealed against his
skid
as declaration. Mr. Follett, Q.C., and Mr. Gold-
.tellerall)l3eared to support the appeal. The solicitor-
-4 It; Waded
Mr Kin 1 k appeared for the defendants
work 't'tenhead • ga e
contended that the
the 8 allth Dock Company), and .
t„ orised by their act of parliament required
Sias ufaleiitterfere with the wall in question, and that this
ewall in a rePeal pro tont() of the absolute power over
gtl laen
question given to the plaintiffs by the prior act
which the plaintiffs' company was con-
t,;L4if of „"ir• Rolt, Q.C., and Mr. ,Cairns appeared on
,rnion th'a? defendant Laird. Their lordships were of
U 0154141%, the plaintiffs were, by the terms of their act
; Ut, constituted the owners of the wall in ques-
eeekle4T.,
_liat, as this provision was not to any extent
e4titliefel;daenpress terms by the defendants' act, neither
ed to coMpany nor their lessee were or was
nkhi Pntiff
lais'erfere with the wall without the consent of
Iletion. An order was therefore made for an
coeter of th galllst the defendants in the terms of the
ainea Plaultiffs' bill, and without the qualification
44 the order at the rolls.