Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-05-29
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Eross tke london Mrgc.ine, for March, 1921 I
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iinsd at the Royal Theatre of $. Carlo; which is the
hr IN Lisbon, and in Europe if except the ope-
very hn building OF the Dorc order; erected rrincpay
at the expense of Senior Quntee, the great meridian,
beneath wide potico The pit, the Plo,,a dos No
oTe IS so spacious to be capable of containing 500 per-
The subject of this magnificent musical drama of which
Sin>erpc car9vita is the author, is taken the well
In this piece the entertained by continual change
OF scenery; there Christian and Moorish camp
perspective view of city with palaces castle with ts
gothic towers, ruins OF magnificent, buildings a SPACIOUS
field narsials tent, and banqueng hall spierddiv deco
scenes were executed in the striking and nss,erly
manner, by Signior Nincenzo MazIoncschia Roman ar
ust and theatrical painter and architect Al the arts
even excepting that of gnery although the history
OF the piece belongs the middle Of eighth century,
chanting TO both eve and The music Is produc-
tion, and IS reckoned the piece OF the celebrated
ms reputation by the Opera of idrg;o Re GEso which
was brought out in ls0 The machinery o The piece was
oil whom have attained Trinence IN their TesDccttc
professions H.omtet performed the Duhc, and tie cha
could srpass the iusisg swcenets and besuty Of some
OF the Duets between these admirable singers.
''ortnsnese airs at private Concert hardly knoyy
OF w pos ~ 3 ,or delicate sciHes prefer The language
Hoaia,.
IN peul che seu;O,
" Zero tormen!o.
mi spculc, nio bcne,
PorturTeye.
n pena, que Sinto
LIN barbara Ida,
DE t., minha vida
So veto mascer
fGo e good fortune 10 behold Caalani both in Gree
and Anici two OF her fascinating Characters and
never have Witnessed such powers OF voice as She dis
enumeration is fluent and easy, while her voice possesses
compass orce an information, and softness are ire
~ now no longer what il formerly was To-day ,nS ber
pchet ana can IL be believed that the distinguished the
hashy Safaan, came round to the boxes, thank the
audience for their attendance andto receive their nre
sent for is the custom here bestow rather subsan
70 the money paid for tickets Gold is what is generally
gwen to the amount of three four, nlcdors or even
MORE Inc foreign ambassadors usually give ten moi
cores or about fourteen pounds sterling Cataans benc-
III, however, proved 10 her diamond harvest and the
anu trinkets An elegant laurel wreath flung 10 her
out OF one oil the boxes but present more costly
consisted ola golden nstand which the part
10 contain the sand filed with small Diamonds t.
whole was estimated at 1000 crusades.
CO Science, LITERArURE AND THE ARTS.
TIE HIPPofoTAMUs-The Courier Franca;,s CO..
tains the following interesting notices:
Laiande distinguished naturalist. sent nv the Frc,cb
government TO africa has returned in the Panther lately
arrived at bordeaux and has brought with him nmopo
adult rhnoceros borni and three whales or ~ 70
10 feet in length lie himself obtained the hippopom
~ was nc also that prepared the skeletons skins of
these monsters or these achievements which all do equal
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the most important acquisition science is that
OF the hippopotamu We had whole skeleton of This
a' ana scale OF comparison was wanting by which
10 Judge OF ITS FOSSIL remains, such they are found in
france After waiting for six months in the Sayannas
Mr.; Laane at last met with the monster, feet high and
~ iect long His walk made noise similar -four wash
erwomen alternately beating linen against stones Blu, no
language can express the rgtf tumut of his direct and
rapid course when MORALLY wounded he endcavored pre-
cptotey to gain the water overturnng every thing in his
way his eyes Swimming in blood seemed dart fire his
throat was agated with convulsiyc motions ne gnaSle
his grinders and vomte rohy blood while two long efs
oil blood started from his noris His believing and roar.
ing rolled in the woods like thunder md the ground from,
bed under his feet. shot fred close al his oar
stretched him hfelcs Ten yoke of unable 10
draw ms gigantic body out of the woods IaIanie was
obliged TO cut il to pieces the spot and 10 conc, has
iy around ii rampant Of reeds and bamboos to protect /,
rom Wlld beasts urea strength of mind certainly
requisite 10 preserve necessary sang oid at sight of ts
animal but much greater must have been the irmness
ana Pas.leness of Laande TO have dsseced such mass
OF flesh with all the and precision necessary 10 the
operation under burning H. and in orrd climate
that preactlon in renou hours in all its most
hideous and disgusting stages.
The Dviag MahineAn experiment was lately tried AT
vienna, with machine invented by Hungarian, named
francis Farkas he calls il the pfnging dolpifE. Wit,
1t one may plunge into the any depth in rivers in
lake, or the sea- walk at the bottom Of the water use
freely the hands and cet rise will without assistance
or remain al any depth without interruption or effort
The trial of the Dolphin took place military school of
iToter great number of distinguished persons were
present The punger sunk the depth of 81 fee, walk
ed over the whole square of the swimming school, and re-
manned an hour under water, supplied with light He
rose because ordered TO return but from Of air
WINCH can never happen with this machine.
Magnetic Fl,idfhe French physicians continue 10 OK
anime, with all their superiority of talent the dsco,
lately made Copenhagen by Mr. Ocrste The learned
Dane proves by his experiments the identity of the mag
necand galvanic fluids For the last month"; several new
and important facts which result from this discovery have
been stated by Messr Ampere, Ago and Blot The sue
cess OF these learned men has awakened the activity of
their rival Sir Humphrey Dayy and letters from London
announce that the English chemist is ndefatigably en-
pioyed IN experiments on the same subject.
Neto Ln'D Cnsc-A law suit has just been commenced be-
tween Two celebrated persons from the quay de in EeTaWe
and rue de Bisg The one, druggist, lately welded
the young and lovely daughter Of his friends and
pl1ced her behind the hereditary counter. very fine
pair Of cassimcr ineXprcssics ordered at the nepb
boring ialors; these figure on the wedding dov
The groom requested that they should made tgh; and
the tailor selected Tor the purpose refuse Kind Of cloth
the joy OF such dIy did examine his small clothes as
closely as he should have done and proudly strued or 10
tne church but M going out, horrible TO elD the STAY
yiedingto the pressure ofthe BODY cracked broke and &
podt on every side The hat alone Of the miserable man.
ton OF continuity, tcmedcd very little this terrible acci-
dent Now, the druggist pay for the making ola pair
OF oreecheS torn Of their act The tailor must be be
victim OF the weakness OF the cassimer which he fur
nishcd These the grounds OF this trial which fir-
mshes fruitful subject 10 all the gossips OF that quarter
H0rd-erchissWe have received from Colin CiiIlcspie
ESQ of Glasgow, formerly Of this cv, handkcrcefs
the finest specimens Of printing cambria Produced
Inc dign complete fac siVe Of Binnss superb print
OF the Declaration oi Independence and contains the sig
natures Of the ilusirious gRers with great exactnessn
one corner representation OF the pario;c Bost1nians
dhaygig the British ps in Boston lsrbor Of their car
goes Of tea and in the other the surrender Burgoync 10
nics at Saratoga IN branch Of laurel each side is
scI, inc names OF Hamilton and Putnam, and the ike
ncsses II Washington and jefferson. The only ds,iaion
from The prints the omission Of the portrait Of John
Our manufacturer should make III practice, 10 print
ufir cheap handkeicis with such representations u ma
paI Events as viii tend To perpctate them, by exciting
pitfoic FEELINGS and keeping alive the remembrance Of
such events The handkercio may be Office.
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