The Week.

ton , in presence of the Bishop of London , AVIIO presided at tho ceremony , Archdeacon Sinclair , and a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen . -The first stone was laid by Miss Burdett Coutts . As we are going to press , the following , official bulletin has arrived , dated Turin , Monday : — "The Piedmonteso army has passed the Sesia in the face of the enemy , who Avore fortified at Palestro . After a severe conflict , our troops , under the command of the king , took the village from the

enemy , and made many prisoners . The details of the victory are still Avanting ;" and another p lated Berne , Sunday , as follows : — " An insurrection has broken out in tho Valteline . The population is repairing in masses to Sondrio , tho centre of tha revolutionary movement , The Austrian gendarmes , who have retired into Switzerland , have been disarmed by the Swiss authorities , and sent into tho interior of the country . Tho Federal Council has despatched troops to the frontiers of the Grisons . General Garibaldi ' s vanguard is at Cantu . The telegraph to Como is worked by Sardinian employes . It is stated that S , 000 Sardinians are at A arese , and that it French corps d ' armdc is expected there , "

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . AT the Royal Italian Opera , C' ovent Garden , last night , Avas revived Flotow ' s somewhat insipid "Martha , " in which Mile . Lotti sustained the part of the heroine for tho first time , and by her exquisite singing gave piquancy to the very thankless character of Lady Enriehella . Sigrs . Graziani as Plumhtl , Tagliafico as Trislano , ancl Zel the Sheriff

ger as , were as good as usual ; and Mario as Lionello , Avas iu delightful voice . Tho picturesque Avay in which the opera is put upon the stage is , perhaps , the most favourable feature that it is possible to notice in its production ; as a musical work it is hardly worthy of the great artists whose talents it employs at this theatre . Her Majesty , the Prince Consort . and the Princess Frederick AVilliam were present . The sparkling "Barbiere , " Avas given last evening at Drury Lane , and considering the unfavourable weather Avas very Avell attended . Sgr . Arcliti

was the conductor , and displayed his wonted energy ; tho opera went exceedingly well , and was loudly applauded , though a little carelessness was noticeable among the chorus . Mile . Gu ' arducci is now an established favourite , and the part of Bosnia Avas made tho most of by her ; she has the good tasto to sing the music as written by Rossini without any of those attempts at ornament which are too frequently a source of vexation to tho connoisseur . Mongini ' s superb voice in the character of the Count , as usual , commanded the universal admiration of tho audience , but wo still think there is great room for improvement in this <* cntloniau ' s stylo of singing ; nor was his acting of a character calling for romark ° either

, laudatory or the reverse . . The Dr . Burlolo was Marini , Avho sang most conscientiously , though rather hard in his comedy ; Sgr . Badiali makes a very energetic Figaro , and Sgr . Lanzoni a good Basilio . The ballet of "Ariadne" continues to be given as the dessert to the musical banquet at . this theatre . At the Princess ' s and the Haymarkot Ave have nothing new to chronicle . At the Adel p hi ' an unfortunate production , "The Talking Fish , " has subsided into oblivion after two representations , and has been replaced by the former lercr de rideau , " fed onparle Francais The

. " really important theatrical event of the week has been the production of "Macbeth , " at the National Standard Theatre , the two principal personages in that magnificent poem being represented by Miss Glyn ancl Mr . Phelps ( who has just returned from Germany ) . Too much praise can hardly be awarded to tho management of this house for their untiring efforts to raise and educate tho taste of the audience wliich nightly crowd its walls . Of Miss Gl yn it is not saying too much to ascribe to her the place of the greatest tragic actress that England has since the of Sicldons

seen days , and wo might , did our space permit , enlarge upon this theme , as some of our contemporaries have done Avith groat critical acumen . Tho philosophical study ot the character of . Lady Macbeth as represented here has becomes a fashionable amusement , and public taste has been gratified both in the higher and loAver orders by her performance , for the audiences at the National Standard aro by no means confined entirely to the lower classes . Miss Glyn ' s reading of this character displays the Scottish tyrant ' s Avife as a true Avonian . ' the