The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-08
OPERATE GOSSIp

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The new opera house in Cincinnati has been open
ed, and is highly praised by evero that has seen
it. new opera house is to be erected in New Or |
leans, while Baltimore, st. Louis and Louisville |
talk OF following the example. The western papers
exult in these evidences of increasing musical TASTE
but they should remember that after ALL is moth
ing surprising. In Italy the village of FIVE thou
sand inhabitants has its opera house. and of the
mini, an insignificant, forlorn decaying old town
on the Adriatic coast. Verdi was engaged to write
an opera for the opening night, and produced his
stupidest work, "Aroldo,' on the occasion.
BY perusal offles of recent musical papers Italy
learn something of the whereabouts and doings of
divers prominent operate artists, most of whom
have visited this country. Boso is singing at St.
Petersburg in Rossini's "Comte Ory." Giuglini the
tenor so popular in London, is singing at Madrid
with Eliza Kenneth beautiful English girl, who
has sung in Florence and other Italian cities with
great success Our old friend More with the
buffo Rocco, has been doing "Norma" at Venezu-
ella, S. A.-Morelli taking the tenor part. Bettni
who sang here with Bosio, is engaged for Rome for
the next Carnival season. Barbier Mini said to be
the ugliest woman on the STAGE is singing ''Lucre
tia Borgia in Turin Nitrate, the tenor, who was
never appreciated while here, i at Lisbon. Mad
anne Donatelli, for whom Verdi wrote ''Traviata,"
is at Florence. Rosa De Vries has sung in ''Erna-
nj" at Palermo, and has failed. man with the
frightful name of Carbon, but excellent TENOR
has gone to Madrid. Steffanone who is the origi-
nal Leonora in Trovatore in this country is at Bar
celona. She has left her husband Marini, who has
l.
berini, and the baratone Beneventano. are both
singing with her, at Barcelona, in the Huguenots"
Cresc the best baratone of Italy, is engaged for
Madrid. Nestvai Is engaged for the little town of
Piacenza The tenor Beaucarde, for whom Verdi
wrote "Trovatore," is singing at Rome in "Don
Pasquale." Nantier Ddier and Mario remain at
Paris.
MODERN COMPOSERS IN IrALY.-The following sta
tistcs show the relative popularity of the Italian
composers in their country: s'There will be
opened this season in Italy ninetythree lyric thea
tres, thirty-eight of which give the opening
night one of Verdis operas. In twelve cities Tin,
Gliding Naples. Florence, Venice and Trieste,)
'Trovatore," is the opening opera; in nine it is
"rraviata;'' in three 'Lombardi;" in four ''Erna-
buco," "Atla," "Aroldo," "Due Foscari," .sLou-
lisa Miller" "Joan of Arc' and ''Giovanni di Guz-
man" will be produced in different towns. Fifteen
of the remaining theatres open with Donizettis
works, OF which "Linda" appears to be the most
popular. Pacn inaugurates the season at four the
aires, while Rossini-the great Rossni-will be
heard in only three. Meyerbeer can only be listen
ed to at Bologna and Turin, while at the other the
sers yet to fortune and to fame unknown are to be
tried. These statistics, however, refer only to the
opening night in each theatre.
WILLIAM PENN AND HIS FATHER.
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer, Feb. 2Sl
MIR. John Paget, barrister at law in England,
has written work entitled can Inquiry into Lord
Macauley's Charges against Penn" and he pro-
nounces them false, adding that, sat every point
he finds one accusation give way, so that in the end
there is not evidence enough even to hang doubt
upon" Well, the old adage NAV almost apply
false in one thing false in all. Whatever Mr. Pa
get discovers to be true-and these are but minor
matters-he frankly admits-but in general after
rigid and apparently very impartial inqury-he
says that the charges brought against William Penn
are (by docaments) disproved, rejected, and de-
clared caumnious. One matter is curous-name-
va protessed authority in relation to Dangertelds
DEATH said to have been written by Fuller in 1888.
| nh I'll A.
plotter, did not relieve this world of his hateful
presence until 1885. But we have not room to fol-
low the review and extract before us, from the Lon
| don Aheneum but gladly make this brief notice
| by way of showing that the character of the Foun-
der of Pennsylvania has been ably and successfully
| vindicated, and we hope that Mr.. John Paget's
work will be republished in this country.
While on the subject of William Penn, it will not,
we are sure be deemed out of place by our readers
to revert from the to the SIRE the gallant Adm-
raj Penn, whose naval exploits reflected so much hon
or on the British Navy. With his alleged political
changes haveOothng to do, except that it is diff
fcult to form a correct Judgment of the conduct of
! eminent public men who hourished more than two
centuries ago-for we know not the trials and temp
taions OF the times in which they lived. We there
| fore contine ourselves to among several of the
! Admiral's actions in American waters An intelli-
gent friend lent us copy of''Lives of Illustrious
British Seamen' as published in London, in 1903
| 1t contains noble record of Admiral Penn in
which he is mentioned in Injunction with Winsow
and Buller-but Penn first Gas chief commander
in capturing the Island of Jamaica during the Pro-
tectoratc of Cromwell-the richest British gem in
! the West Indies. Penn the hero of this sue
cessful expediton-which, by the way, from some
unaccountable error of history, is by some persons
ascrioed to Blake, who was not even near Port
Royal at the time. But in obtaining this valuable
prize, he had disobeyed orders and was with Ven.
ables, committed to the tower BY CROMWELL
Charles III. restored him to the Navy, and in con-
| junction with the Duke of York, he gained great
victory the Dutch in lG64-the enemy losing
Is ships TAKEN IA sunk, 900 men killed and 1000
prisoners. The English lost only one ship had $50
men killed and $40 wounded but the Earls of Marl-
borough and Portsmouth, and Admrals Sampson
| and Lawson, fell in action. Such the blood
! of the Penn family, before they became distin-
| guished members Of the Society of Friends
MUSEUM OF WooDs.-A new room has recently
been opened to the public in the British Museum,
| London, for the above purpose. 1t contains sec
lions OF trunks of trees, showing their structure;
| also specimens of wood in polished and unpolish-
ed condition, from every part of the world 1t
seems that large collection of California woods
has already been secured in London, and some of
| these are very beautiful for cabinet-work. There
could not be more useful room of a museum estab-
lshed in any part of our country than contain
ing specimens Of all native woods in the rough
and also in Il polished state. We recommend it to
the attention of our State governments as worthy
of adoption. Scientific American.
Mr.. Beale, wishing to go from Gallon (Ohio) to
Crestline, the C. c. & G. r. R. some two wears
fifteen cents in payment of his fare for the four
miles travel. Twenty cents demanded five
being added to the fifteen because he had not
bought ticket. This Mr.. B. refused to pay, and
the conductor, stopping the train, elected him from
the Mr.. Beale brought his action for dam
ages in the Court of Common Pleas of that county.
The case came for trial at the present term and
resulted in verdict for the plaintiff of $780,