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The Week
concluded for the suspension of hostilities between the Montenegrins and the Turks , until a definite arrangement shall be agreed on . ^ - —Accounts fro m St . Petersburgh state that the nobility of the Taurida and Cherson have obtained permission to form committees for the emancipation of the serfs . ——Letters from Constantinople announce that a convention has been agreed to by the Porte and Persia , settling the long disputed question relative to their boundaries . —The
Nord of Brussels has been deprived of the privilege of being sold by the postal authorities throughout the whole Austrian empire . - -It is stated a circular has been issued by Lord Derby to his supporters , which announces the intention of the government to offer no further opposition to the admissioh of the Jews into parliament . —A commission of inquiry has been sitting some days as to the state of mind of Sir Henry Meux , Bart ., M . P . The inquiry is not so much as to the present condition of Sir Henry , for of that there appears to be no question , but
as to the date at which the disease commenced , and when he was unable to manage his affairs . — -HenryKeene Smithers , who has been secretary to the Commercial Dock Company for upwards of twenty years , has been committed by the Lord Mayor , charged with embezzling the sum of £ 251 3 s . 9 d . the property of the company . —On Thursday , at noon , the Agamemnon and Niagara—one representing Great Britain , the other the United States of America—steamed out of Plymouth Sound , to make their way to a predetermined point , in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean , from whence they are simultaneously to lay the transatlantic telegraph cable .
One of the most important promises announced in the opening programme of HerMajesty ' sTheatre was redeemed on Tuesday evening , when the " Luisa Miller , " of Verdi , was produced , for the first time in this country , upon the Italian stage . The stbry of the opera is founded upon the Kabale unci Liebe-of Schiller , one of the weakest and least artistic of the plays of the great German poet , but not devoid of melodramatic situation , and well adapted , for the development of the peculiar genius of Mdlle . Piccolomini , which lies to a great extent in the
delinea-PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
tion of domestic suffering . The whole performance was so impressive in its results , as to hold the audience spell-bound , and elicit at the close the most enthusiastic plaudits . Mdlle . Piccolomini had a most valuable adjunct in Signor Giuglini , whose personation of Rodolpho was earnest and discriminative . To Alboni was confided the small part of the Duchess ; but , small as it was , it became important by the skill and beauty of her singing , chiefly manifested in an interpolated song in the first act . The choruses were given throughout with
steadiness ; and the mise en scene was all that could be desired . The opera was repeated both on Thursday and Saturday . At the Eoyal Italian Opera on Saturday , Auber ' s popular opera " Fra Diavolo , " adapted to the Italian stage , and with the prose spoken dialogue turned into Italian verse , was performed , for the first time in the new theatre , with the same excellent cast as that employed on the occasion of its first representation at the Lyceum , a twelvemonth ago . The opera was received with the utmost enthusiasm . The cheap opera company at Drury Lane has been naturally strengthened by the engagement of Madame
Viardot Garcia , and Mdme . Persian ! . On Saturday Mr . Charles Kean revived another of Shakspeare ' s plays , the " Merchant of Venice , " with all that attention to detail and decoration which has given such a charm to his theatre . Mr . Kean was the SJiylocTc of the evening , and his talented wife the Portia , and no better could be found on this stage . The Richmond theatre has now become royal property , having been purchased by her Majesty , and preparations are being made for its opening , in August next , by Mr . William Sidney , of the Norwich circuit , who has been selected as the new lessee ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week
concluded for the suspension of hostilities between the Montenegrins and the Turks , until a definite arrangement shall be agreed on . ^ - —Accounts fro m St . Petersburgh state that the nobility of the Taurida and Cherson have obtained permission to form committees for the emancipation of the serfs . ——Letters from Constantinople announce that a convention has been agreed to by the Porte and Persia , settling the long disputed question relative to their boundaries . —The
Nord of Brussels has been deprived of the privilege of being sold by the postal authorities throughout the whole Austrian empire . - -It is stated a circular has been issued by Lord Derby to his supporters , which announces the intention of the government to offer no further opposition to the admissioh of the Jews into parliament . —A commission of inquiry has been sitting some days as to the state of mind of Sir Henry Meux , Bart ., M . P . The inquiry is not so much as to the present condition of Sir Henry , for of that there appears to be no question , but
as to the date at which the disease commenced , and when he was unable to manage his affairs . — -HenryKeene Smithers , who has been secretary to the Commercial Dock Company for upwards of twenty years , has been committed by the Lord Mayor , charged with embezzling the sum of £ 251 3 s . 9 d . the property of the company . —On Thursday , at noon , the Agamemnon and Niagara—one representing Great Britain , the other the United States of America—steamed out of Plymouth Sound , to make their way to a predetermined point , in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean , from whence they are simultaneously to lay the transatlantic telegraph cable .
One of the most important promises announced in the opening programme of HerMajesty ' sTheatre was redeemed on Tuesday evening , when the " Luisa Miller , " of Verdi , was produced , for the first time in this country , upon the Italian stage . The stbry of the opera is founded upon the Kabale unci Liebe-of Schiller , one of the weakest and least artistic of the plays of the great German poet , but not devoid of melodramatic situation , and well adapted , for the development of the peculiar genius of Mdlle . Piccolomini , which lies to a great extent in the
delinea-PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
tion of domestic suffering . The whole performance was so impressive in its results , as to hold the audience spell-bound , and elicit at the close the most enthusiastic plaudits . Mdlle . Piccolomini had a most valuable adjunct in Signor Giuglini , whose personation of Rodolpho was earnest and discriminative . To Alboni was confided the small part of the Duchess ; but , small as it was , it became important by the skill and beauty of her singing , chiefly manifested in an interpolated song in the first act . The choruses were given throughout with
steadiness ; and the mise en scene was all that could be desired . The opera was repeated both on Thursday and Saturday . At the Eoyal Italian Opera on Saturday , Auber ' s popular opera " Fra Diavolo , " adapted to the Italian stage , and with the prose spoken dialogue turned into Italian verse , was performed , for the first time in the new theatre , with the same excellent cast as that employed on the occasion of its first representation at the Lyceum , a twelvemonth ago . The opera was received with the utmost enthusiasm . The cheap opera company at Drury Lane has been naturally strengthened by the engagement of Madame
Viardot Garcia , and Mdme . Persian ! . On Saturday Mr . Charles Kean revived another of Shakspeare ' s plays , the " Merchant of Venice , " with all that attention to detail and decoration which has given such a charm to his theatre . Mr . Kean was the SJiylocTc of the evening , and his talented wife the Portia , and no better could be found on this stage . The Richmond theatre has now become royal property , having been purchased by her Majesty , and preparations are being made for its opening , in August next , by Mr . William Sidney , of the Norwich circuit , who has been selected as the new lessee ,