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Our Weekly Budget.
M . P ., has also spoken publicly , at an agricultural meeting in East Devon , in response to the toast of Her Majesty ' s Ministers . Upon this address however , Ave need offer no sort of comment .
The crowner ' s quest into what is now known as the Whitechapel tragedy , has resulted in a verdict of " wilful murder" against Henry Wainwrigbt . The accused had previously been committed to take his trial by Mr . Benson . The Alexandra Palace directors are zealous as ever in
catering for the amusement of the public . On Monday , was held a swimming fete , Miss Beckwith displaying her skill and powers , and Captain Webb afterwards distributing the prizes . On Tuesday was performed an opera by the Carl Rosa Company , while in the evening there was a second
harvest display of fireworks . To-day will be performed , FJotow ' s opera of Martha , and for the last time this season there will be an illumination of the lake . Next Tuesday and two following days are fixed for a Great International
Poultry and Pigeon Show , and as the entries are said to be tolerably numerous , a great display may be expected , and will doubtless be properly appreciated by the fancy , and those who affect poultry en amatetirs . At the Crystal Palace the chief attractions are the Winter Promenade
Concerts , the third of which will be held this day . On Wednesday next will take place the Great Harvest Celebration and Musical Festival . On Sunday last a fatal accident occurred at the Hornsey
Station on the Great Northern line , by which a gentleman lost his life when attempting to get into a carriage when the train was in motion . The usual inquiry was adjourned , as the jury were anxious to ascertain whether the regulations of the company had been carefull y observed .
We know very little , and have no desire to know , about what are known as Magna Charta associations , but we notice that wherever they are held there usually occur disturbances , more or less serious . If it be true , as
reported , that Dr . Kenealy has incited his followers to attack his opponents , the sooner these meetings die out the better . Perhaps this dire catastrophe is not very remote , for happily Dr . Kenealy seems to be less cordially received than formerly .
1 ' rom Paris we learn that M . Gounod , the celebrated composer , has sustained a severe fracture of one arm , owing to his foot slipping as he was descending a staircase . The Permanent Committee of the National ^' Assembly has held several sittings lately , and M . Buffet has notified that the
Electoral Bill will be brought forward as the soon as the Assembly meets . Owing to indisposition , and the advice of his physicians , it appears that Prince Bismarck will not accompany the Emperor William on his journey to Italy . For this event great preparation s are hein g made . There will
be a State entry into Milan on the 18 th , and among the other " fixtures "—to use a sporting term—are a grand banquet and a review . The Emperor will set out on his return on the 22 nd instant . The Herzegovina insurrection and the Carlist war in Spain still drag their weary length along .
There is a war in Liberia , a negro republic on the West Coast of Africa , and our difficulty with China is not yet settled . It is even reported that our minister , Mr . Wade , has left Pekin for Shanghai . If so , and our legitimate demands are not conceded , we are clearly in for another
Chinese war . There is a new and Conservative Ministry in Servia , so that we shall probably hear nothing further of Servian sympathy with the insurgents against Turkish rule . The interest in America centres for tho most part about the recent elections , in which the republican party appear to have scored one or more important victories .
The Consecration of the University Conclave of Knights of Red Cross of Rome and Constantino will take place at 2 'J | Green-street , Cambridge , on Wednesday , 27 th October , at 4 o ' clock precisely .
Bro . Alderman Paterson , whoso death occurred on the 8 th instant , was in the iuSth jear ot his age , and was only elected to an Aldermanic gown in 187 S in succession to the late Sir David Salomons , Bart . Bro . Sir John Bennett , who was then beaten b y the late Alderman , is again a candate for Aldcrmanic Lent urs .
Bro . ex-Sheriff Jones has been elected Masler , Bro . Sir F . Perkins , M . P ., Upper Warden , and Bio . Sir John Bennett Under Warden of the Lorincrs' Company .
The Drama.
THE DRAMA .
Fleur de The at the Criterion . —The Prince of Wales ' s . WE had hoped that the palmy days of Opera-Bonffe , as presented on the English stage were over , and that a stylo of piece which has given jnsfc offence to even the most charitably-minded censors of the stage would iu future he cotispicuons by its absence . It has been reserved , however , perhaps appropriately , for the theatre under the roof of our largest public refreshment house to produce
the piece which was , in tho original , probably the most suggestive of indecency of all that noble array of sinners let loose upon us by the success of " La Grande Duchesse . " Lecoeq is a worthy pupil iu that school of which Offenbach is still the chief : we get from him the same kind of catching melodies and of charming serenades , tho same light sparkling music wedded to librettos of which the morality is
noticeable for its absence . And inasmuch as in any opera the composer of tho music benefits most by its success , it is only fair that he , too , should bear the chief blame of its faults . Fleur de The" is a Chinese princess , living at Pekin , the disposal of whoso hand in matrimony is left somewhat to chance , as the first man who sees her face is to be compelled to marry her . This fate is reserved for
Pinsonnet , the cook of a French corvette , anchored in the harbour , who , with his wife , Cesarine , has landed to see the sights . Cesarine exacts from Pinsonnet a promise that , although obliged to marry Fleur de The , he will not treat her as a wife , but only as a friend , and in order to test his fidelity , contrives , by a stratagem , to take Fleur de The ' s place in the nuptial chamber . The success of this ruse may bo
guessed from the fact that Cosarine ' s accompaniment to her husband ' s account of the innocent nature of his proceedings , runs , " How he lies ! Oh , how he lies ! " The piece has been toned down with some amount of success , but that the flavour of the old Adam is still too strong was evident on Saturday night in the strong disapproval expressed by a portion of the audience . The music of Fleur de Th & is
not so catching and will never be so popular as that of Madame Angot , and the acting is hardly up to an effective standard . Mr . W . H . Fisher , who played Pinsonnet , was suffcringfromhoarseness , which marred the effect of his music , but his acting retains all its bright and pleasant qualities . A lady new to London , Miss Bessie Sudlow , was the Cesarine : she possesses a clear and pleasing voice , and will prove , with
practice , an acquisition to the stage . Miss Burville filled the part of Fleur de The" fairly well . The opera is creditably put on the stage , and , as the CRITERION is not a large theatre , may have a fairly long ruii . A new farce , adapted from the French , by Mr . E . Manuel , was produced at the STRAND , on Saturday last , under the title of The Doctor ' s Brougham . A doctor without patients has secured a brougham on trust , and drives round to visit his friends , calling on an old
schoolfellow , now a barrister , without clients , but rejoicing in a pretty wife . The latter is an object of attraction to a Prussian Count , who has seen her in the street , and followed her home , and who is only too glad to feign serious illness iu order to remain iu her company . Out of this some amusing complications arise , the humour of which is made the most of by M . Marius as tho Prussian Count , and Mr . II . Cox as tho doctor .
There is good news from the PUIXCB or MALES s . "Masks and Faces , " specially revised by its authors , will shortly be produced with Mrs . Bancroft as Peg Wellington , and a hint is given of new pieces from tho well-known pens of Mr . Wilkie Collins and Mr . Byron .
Iitisn JTGS . —These may be described as of several kinds , of which tho principal fire—the common or " double jig , " tho " single jig , " the "hopjig , " tho " reel . " the "hornpipe , " and various country fiances and " set figures . ' The common or" double jig" is in sixeight time , usually consisting of two parts of eight measures each , each of these measures usually presenting two quaver triplets
throughout tho tune , and each part being always played twice . In these general features this most common variety of the Irish dance tnne only differs from the great mnjority of the old clan marches in tho somewhat greater rapidity of tho time in which Jthey arc performed ; iu is almost certain that very many of these common jigs were originally marches , and were anciently used for both purposes , Tho
•single jig , nke the common jig , is a tune m six-eight time , and ol the same number of bars or measures . But it differs from the former in this , that the bars do not present , as in the " double , " a succession of triplets , hut rather of alternative long and short or crotchet and quaver notes , Thus , in dancing , the floor is struck only four times to the bar instead of sti times , as in the " double . " The " hop jig , "
popular in Minister from remote times , is in nine-eight time , a structure peculiarly Irish . It seems probable that many of the dunce tunes in this time current iu England and Wales were originally Irish , and passing into those countries became naturalised . The " reel "is identical in fcaiure with that of the same , name iu the sister country . In both it . is common time , consisting of two parts
of eight bars each , aid generally presents a uniform succession of eight quavers ( or semiquavers , if written in two-four time ) in cacli bar throughout the tnne . There is , however , this difference between tin : reel-tunes of Scotland and of Ireland , that while the former are , perhaps , more marked by a siin .-liine cf niirthfulncss , the latter have usually more melody and expression of sentiment . Further , it may
be worthy of remark that the reel , though now , and for a long time , regarded as the national dance of Scotland / proper , was anciently known oniy to ihe Irish mid ILbcnw-Scoti , or Highland people , and that it does not appear to have ever been common to , or adopted by the Angle-Saxon peop ' o i-f h ' ii <;!; iiid or tho cimbric people of Wales . —LV . ttmibanlt in ll . u" Lei * n .-c H . vr . "
Answers To Correspondents.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .
K . \ Ot'll ( K ! t .-- 'l \ ve ! vt Gran ) P eivari . ' s were first appointed in 172 S . Vi i < A .-H . il . il .. the Duke c ' i Clarence ( William IV . ) was initiated into I ' mnwu' . 'iTy in 17 S 7 , find tho Hoys' School was iustifcutwl in 17 'J ^ .
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Our Weekly Budget.
M . P ., has also spoken publicly , at an agricultural meeting in East Devon , in response to the toast of Her Majesty ' s Ministers . Upon this address however , Ave need offer no sort of comment .
The crowner ' s quest into what is now known as the Whitechapel tragedy , has resulted in a verdict of " wilful murder" against Henry Wainwrigbt . The accused had previously been committed to take his trial by Mr . Benson . The Alexandra Palace directors are zealous as ever in
catering for the amusement of the public . On Monday , was held a swimming fete , Miss Beckwith displaying her skill and powers , and Captain Webb afterwards distributing the prizes . On Tuesday was performed an opera by the Carl Rosa Company , while in the evening there was a second
harvest display of fireworks . To-day will be performed , FJotow ' s opera of Martha , and for the last time this season there will be an illumination of the lake . Next Tuesday and two following days are fixed for a Great International
Poultry and Pigeon Show , and as the entries are said to be tolerably numerous , a great display may be expected , and will doubtless be properly appreciated by the fancy , and those who affect poultry en amatetirs . At the Crystal Palace the chief attractions are the Winter Promenade
Concerts , the third of which will be held this day . On Wednesday next will take place the Great Harvest Celebration and Musical Festival . On Sunday last a fatal accident occurred at the Hornsey
Station on the Great Northern line , by which a gentleman lost his life when attempting to get into a carriage when the train was in motion . The usual inquiry was adjourned , as the jury were anxious to ascertain whether the regulations of the company had been carefull y observed .
We know very little , and have no desire to know , about what are known as Magna Charta associations , but we notice that wherever they are held there usually occur disturbances , more or less serious . If it be true , as
reported , that Dr . Kenealy has incited his followers to attack his opponents , the sooner these meetings die out the better . Perhaps this dire catastrophe is not very remote , for happily Dr . Kenealy seems to be less cordially received than formerly .
1 ' rom Paris we learn that M . Gounod , the celebrated composer , has sustained a severe fracture of one arm , owing to his foot slipping as he was descending a staircase . The Permanent Committee of the National ^' Assembly has held several sittings lately , and M . Buffet has notified that the
Electoral Bill will be brought forward as the soon as the Assembly meets . Owing to indisposition , and the advice of his physicians , it appears that Prince Bismarck will not accompany the Emperor William on his journey to Italy . For this event great preparation s are hein g made . There will
be a State entry into Milan on the 18 th , and among the other " fixtures "—to use a sporting term—are a grand banquet and a review . The Emperor will set out on his return on the 22 nd instant . The Herzegovina insurrection and the Carlist war in Spain still drag their weary length along .
There is a war in Liberia , a negro republic on the West Coast of Africa , and our difficulty with China is not yet settled . It is even reported that our minister , Mr . Wade , has left Pekin for Shanghai . If so , and our legitimate demands are not conceded , we are clearly in for another
Chinese war . There is a new and Conservative Ministry in Servia , so that we shall probably hear nothing further of Servian sympathy with the insurgents against Turkish rule . The interest in America centres for tho most part about the recent elections , in which the republican party appear to have scored one or more important victories .
The Consecration of the University Conclave of Knights of Red Cross of Rome and Constantino will take place at 2 'J | Green-street , Cambridge , on Wednesday , 27 th October , at 4 o ' clock precisely .
Bro . Alderman Paterson , whoso death occurred on the 8 th instant , was in the iuSth jear ot his age , and was only elected to an Aldermanic gown in 187 S in succession to the late Sir David Salomons , Bart . Bro . Sir John Bennett , who was then beaten b y the late Alderman , is again a candate for Aldcrmanic Lent urs .
Bro . ex-Sheriff Jones has been elected Masler , Bro . Sir F . Perkins , M . P ., Upper Warden , and Bio . Sir John Bennett Under Warden of the Lorincrs' Company .
The Drama.
THE DRAMA .
Fleur de The at the Criterion . —The Prince of Wales ' s . WE had hoped that the palmy days of Opera-Bonffe , as presented on the English stage were over , and that a stylo of piece which has given jnsfc offence to even the most charitably-minded censors of the stage would iu future he cotispicuons by its absence . It has been reserved , however , perhaps appropriately , for the theatre under the roof of our largest public refreshment house to produce
the piece which was , in tho original , probably the most suggestive of indecency of all that noble array of sinners let loose upon us by the success of " La Grande Duchesse . " Lecoeq is a worthy pupil iu that school of which Offenbach is still the chief : we get from him the same kind of catching melodies and of charming serenades , tho same light sparkling music wedded to librettos of which the morality is
noticeable for its absence . And inasmuch as in any opera the composer of tho music benefits most by its success , it is only fair that he , too , should bear the chief blame of its faults . Fleur de The" is a Chinese princess , living at Pekin , the disposal of whoso hand in matrimony is left somewhat to chance , as the first man who sees her face is to be compelled to marry her . This fate is reserved for
Pinsonnet , the cook of a French corvette , anchored in the harbour , who , with his wife , Cesarine , has landed to see the sights . Cesarine exacts from Pinsonnet a promise that , although obliged to marry Fleur de The , he will not treat her as a wife , but only as a friend , and in order to test his fidelity , contrives , by a stratagem , to take Fleur de The ' s place in the nuptial chamber . The success of this ruse may bo
guessed from the fact that Cosarine ' s accompaniment to her husband ' s account of the innocent nature of his proceedings , runs , " How he lies ! Oh , how he lies ! " The piece has been toned down with some amount of success , but that the flavour of the old Adam is still too strong was evident on Saturday night in the strong disapproval expressed by a portion of the audience . The music of Fleur de Th & is
not so catching and will never be so popular as that of Madame Angot , and the acting is hardly up to an effective standard . Mr . W . H . Fisher , who played Pinsonnet , was suffcringfromhoarseness , which marred the effect of his music , but his acting retains all its bright and pleasant qualities . A lady new to London , Miss Bessie Sudlow , was the Cesarine : she possesses a clear and pleasing voice , and will prove , with
practice , an acquisition to the stage . Miss Burville filled the part of Fleur de The" fairly well . The opera is creditably put on the stage , and , as the CRITERION is not a large theatre , may have a fairly long ruii . A new farce , adapted from the French , by Mr . E . Manuel , was produced at the STRAND , on Saturday last , under the title of The Doctor ' s Brougham . A doctor without patients has secured a brougham on trust , and drives round to visit his friends , calling on an old
schoolfellow , now a barrister , without clients , but rejoicing in a pretty wife . The latter is an object of attraction to a Prussian Count , who has seen her in the street , and followed her home , and who is only too glad to feign serious illness iu order to remain iu her company . Out of this some amusing complications arise , the humour of which is made the most of by M . Marius as tho Prussian Count , and Mr . II . Cox as tho doctor .
There is good news from the PUIXCB or MALES s . "Masks and Faces , " specially revised by its authors , will shortly be produced with Mrs . Bancroft as Peg Wellington , and a hint is given of new pieces from tho well-known pens of Mr . Wilkie Collins and Mr . Byron .
Iitisn JTGS . —These may be described as of several kinds , of which tho principal fire—the common or " double jig , " tho " single jig , " the "hopjig , " tho " reel . " the "hornpipe , " and various country fiances and " set figures . ' The common or" double jig" is in sixeight time , usually consisting of two parts of eight measures each , each of these measures usually presenting two quaver triplets
throughout tho tune , and each part being always played twice . In these general features this most common variety of the Irish dance tnne only differs from the great mnjority of the old clan marches in tho somewhat greater rapidity of tho time in which Jthey arc performed ; iu is almost certain that very many of these common jigs were originally marches , and were anciently used for both purposes , Tho
•single jig , nke the common jig , is a tune m six-eight time , and ol the same number of bars or measures . But it differs from the former in this , that the bars do not present , as in the " double , " a succession of triplets , hut rather of alternative long and short or crotchet and quaver notes , Thus , in dancing , the floor is struck only four times to the bar instead of sti times , as in the " double . " The " hop jig , "
popular in Minister from remote times , is in nine-eight time , a structure peculiarly Irish . It seems probable that many of the dunce tunes in this time current iu England and Wales were originally Irish , and passing into those countries became naturalised . The " reel "is identical in fcaiure with that of the same , name iu the sister country . In both it . is common time , consisting of two parts
of eight bars each , aid generally presents a uniform succession of eight quavers ( or semiquavers , if written in two-four time ) in cacli bar throughout the tnne . There is , however , this difference between tin : reel-tunes of Scotland and of Ireland , that while the former are , perhaps , more marked by a siin .-liine cf niirthfulncss , the latter have usually more melody and expression of sentiment . Further , it may
be worthy of remark that the reel , though now , and for a long time , regarded as the national dance of Scotland / proper , was anciently known oniy to ihe Irish mid ILbcnw-Scoti , or Highland people , and that it does not appear to have ever been common to , or adopted by the Angle-Saxon peop ' o i-f h ' ii <;!; iiid or tho cimbric people of Wales . —LV . ttmibanlt in ll . u" Lei * n .-c H . vr . "
Answers To Correspondents.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .
K . \ Ot'll ( K ! t .-- 'l \ ve ! vt Gran ) P eivari . ' s were first appointed in 172 S . Vi i < A .-H . il . il .. the Duke c ' i Clarence ( William IV . ) was initiated into I ' mnwu' . 'iTy in 17 S 7 , find tho Hoys' School was iustifcutwl in 17 'J ^ .