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The Week.
Registrar General ' s return , the deaths in London in the last week were 1173 , being 100 above the average for the second week in July , and 374 above the healthy rate of mortality . There Avas a slight decrease in the deaths arising from diarrhoea . The births during the week Avere 1584 . Dr . Letheby ' s report to the City SeAvers Commission states that the mortality returns indicate a satisfactory condition of the health of the City ,
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
The supplemental season of cheap nights , commenced at Her Majesty s Theatre on Tuesday evening ; and a large attendance encouraged the expectation that this boon to the middle classes would be recognized as it should be . Nor have the hopes of the manager been disappointed ; the houses have been good throughout the week .- — -At the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday evening , " Norma'' Avas played for the first time within the Avails of the new theatre . Grisi , who of course ,
resumed her ancient part of the unhappy Bruidess , sang with all her wonted ability , and in the celebrated trio which closes the first act , exhibited a degree of dramatic energy hardly inferior to that which animated her twenty years since . The opera was received with the interest that it never fails to engender and the usual applause was bestowed upon it . Tamberlik AVas . the Pollio . On Saturday , a new ballet divertissement Avas produced , entitled " L'Amour d ' uue Rose , " and Avhich with charming scenery by Beverley , and some very clever dancing , proved exceedingly
successful . The music , by Mr . Alfred Mellon , must be mentioned as essentially contributing to its pleasing effects , being exceedingly light ancl sparkling in its character . Madlles . Zina , Delechaux , and Esper , the two former especially , executed some very remarkable feats of Terpsichorean ingenuity , and the ballet , though not over till a later hour than usual , was warmly applauded by an audience that remained to the last , and crovraed its success by their final acclamations .- At the Lyceum ( now under the management of Mr . G . Webster ) , on Saturday , Shaksspeare ' s noble tragedy of a Othello" was performed for the purpose of introducing
Mr . Ira Aldridge , better known as the " African Roscius , " 4 n the character of the Moor ; Miss Ness , a debutante , in the part of Desdemona ; and Mrs . Brougham , a favourite actress , who has recently returned from Australia , Avhere she has been playing successfully in most of the theatres in the colony , as Emilia . It is many years since Mr . Aldridge appeared in London , but he has gained golden opinions in the meantime , more especially in the north of Europe . His Othello was excellently ? conceived and marked , and he was well supported by his felloAV-actors , though Miss Ness , Avho is understood to be a pupil of Mr . Webster , is certainly
not yet fitted to confront a London audience . General Tom Thumb made his re-appearance at the Alhambra on Monday , and received a hearty welcome . At Cremorne Gardens two days of the past Aveek have been devoted to the cause of charity , and very great successes have been the result ; we allude to the fact with much pleasure , in the hope and belief that our so doing will induce the principals in other associations to follow the example ofthe committee of the Butchers ' Charitable Institution , who , by the selection of Cremorne for their annual meeting , have much benefited their funds , and . have afforded their friends an opportunity
for considerable enjoyment . -The Christy Minstrels Avill bring their popular entertainment to a close for the autumn recess , by a grand concert at the St . James ' s Hall , on the 2 nd August . — Mr . Popper having retired from the management of the Polytechnic Institution , Regent Street , the Directors , With Mr . Longbottom as Manager , are using every exertion to maintain the character ' which the institution has attained . Amongst the novelties is a lecture on the Thames and its water , which cannot fail to be of interest at the present time . Musical and pictorial entertainments also hold their place , and add to tho general attraction .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
Registrar General ' s return , the deaths in London in the last week were 1173 , being 100 above the average for the second week in July , and 374 above the healthy rate of mortality . There Avas a slight decrease in the deaths arising from diarrhoea . The births during the week Avere 1584 . Dr . Letheby ' s report to the City SeAvers Commission states that the mortality returns indicate a satisfactory condition of the health of the City ,
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
The supplemental season of cheap nights , commenced at Her Majesty s Theatre on Tuesday evening ; and a large attendance encouraged the expectation that this boon to the middle classes would be recognized as it should be . Nor have the hopes of the manager been disappointed ; the houses have been good throughout the week .- — -At the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday evening , " Norma'' Avas played for the first time within the Avails of the new theatre . Grisi , who of course ,
resumed her ancient part of the unhappy Bruidess , sang with all her wonted ability , and in the celebrated trio which closes the first act , exhibited a degree of dramatic energy hardly inferior to that which animated her twenty years since . The opera was received with the interest that it never fails to engender and the usual applause was bestowed upon it . Tamberlik AVas . the Pollio . On Saturday , a new ballet divertissement Avas produced , entitled " L'Amour d ' uue Rose , " and Avhich with charming scenery by Beverley , and some very clever dancing , proved exceedingly
successful . The music , by Mr . Alfred Mellon , must be mentioned as essentially contributing to its pleasing effects , being exceedingly light ancl sparkling in its character . Madlles . Zina , Delechaux , and Esper , the two former especially , executed some very remarkable feats of Terpsichorean ingenuity , and the ballet , though not over till a later hour than usual , was warmly applauded by an audience that remained to the last , and crovraed its success by their final acclamations .- At the Lyceum ( now under the management of Mr . G . Webster ) , on Saturday , Shaksspeare ' s noble tragedy of a Othello" was performed for the purpose of introducing
Mr . Ira Aldridge , better known as the " African Roscius , " 4 n the character of the Moor ; Miss Ness , a debutante , in the part of Desdemona ; and Mrs . Brougham , a favourite actress , who has recently returned from Australia , Avhere she has been playing successfully in most of the theatres in the colony , as Emilia . It is many years since Mr . Aldridge appeared in London , but he has gained golden opinions in the meantime , more especially in the north of Europe . His Othello was excellently ? conceived and marked , and he was well supported by his felloAV-actors , though Miss Ness , Avho is understood to be a pupil of Mr . Webster , is certainly
not yet fitted to confront a London audience . General Tom Thumb made his re-appearance at the Alhambra on Monday , and received a hearty welcome . At Cremorne Gardens two days of the past Aveek have been devoted to the cause of charity , and very great successes have been the result ; we allude to the fact with much pleasure , in the hope and belief that our so doing will induce the principals in other associations to follow the example ofthe committee of the Butchers ' Charitable Institution , who , by the selection of Cremorne for their annual meeting , have much benefited their funds , and . have afforded their friends an opportunity
for considerable enjoyment . -The Christy Minstrels Avill bring their popular entertainment to a close for the autumn recess , by a grand concert at the St . James ' s Hall , on the 2 nd August . — Mr . Popper having retired from the management of the Polytechnic Institution , Regent Street , the Directors , With Mr . Longbottom as Manager , are using every exertion to maintain the character ' which the institution has attained . Amongst the novelties is a lecture on the Thames and its water , which cannot fail to be of interest at the present time . Musical and pictorial entertainments also hold their place , and add to tho general attraction .