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At the Royal Italian Opera , Coyext Gaedek , one great sen sation has been produced during the last few days by-the revivs of the " Fidelio" of Beethoven , a ' work more often sighed for , and uoi more warmly welcomed by the English connoisseur , than any ripvelt ; Mr . Gye could have procured from tlie portefolios of the moderi Italian maestri ; and by the many whom Messrs . Benedict an < Chappeil u . t St . James ' s Hall , and Mr . Hiillah at St . Martin ' s , hav trained in the appreciation of Beethoven , and who have not ye heard the " Fkielio" in its . entirety , an additional gratification is ii store when they come to hear the Leonora of the present cast Madame Csillagv In this gifted singer and yet more gifted actress
Mr . Gye has . an acquisition that , to our mind , bids fair to more thai compensate for thepresence of Mdlle . Titiens in the rival troupe The part of Leonora aftbrds scope for the . display of the most pas sionate declamation , / the most vigorous gesture , the softest emotions and the highest proficiency in mere vocalization . In all thes respects Madame Csillag , if not quite on a level -with Madame Cru velli , is still more than fully adequate to the impersonation . Th part of . MarcoUina is charmingly assumed by Mdlle . Corbari Signer ¦ JSreri-Baraldi , though excellent in Italian opera , is not pre cisely the Florestan of the connoisseur ' s idea ; In the best-knowi and worthily admired sentimental air of the pri s on scene , " DelU
Vita in su J'Aurora , " - known in England as " In my manhood ' opening flower , " he could not fail to chann / but for the intensity o the mad allegro that follows he hag . hardly sufficient physique M . ZJelger , however , demands notice as the boat JRocro of our time not even excepting the well-remembered Formes himself , _ Tha the difficult choruses are given with greater success than in oui time on the English stage , shows a marked progress among nativ < choralists , that on the . occasion of former failures in this opera wi lmve ersfc devoutly sighed for . The two ovorturos , or rather twi of the foui' overtures that Beethoven composed for thin opera ar superbly played , the " Fidelio" before , ' and'the " Leonora" overtuvi after , the first act .
Ojc , Vmi > ic Theatre . —A common-place episode in the hfo of i gay lady of the demi-monde has been skilfully adapted from tlv French by Mr . Tow Taylor , for the display of Mrs , Stirling ' s versatile powers . Tlie trifle ja culled " A OJirisfcmas Dinner , " and th < heroine is the celebrated Peg Woffington ( Mrs . Stirling ) , who , w » U the niale half of the fashionable world at her feet on evory otl > o day of the year , discovers on Christmas-day that ties of home sh < may not feel , and those of society that she acorns are strong onougl to withdraw fliittorers and even lovora from her company . In w midst of oloerant profusion she finds herself friendless , and relation
less and clesolAfco . She urges one after another of her butterflies ti dine with her ; but all decline on the pica of family ongayumonts Her tirewoman , JPcttohott , a character well represented by Mrs Emden , throws up her place rather than play ab company ftnj < lino with her mistress . A scene and a burst of grief follow tni last unkindest cut , but tears avo succeeded by joy when her good naturod old friend Will Hogarih , Mr . H . Wigan , who brings as i Christmas gift the portrait of Peg's mother ,, nroposus to dif » guie < his old playfellow as a country Inss of his aequumtunoe , and thus to introduce her to Ins own modest family circle . The innocent sclienv is arranged ; Mrs . WoJJington changes hov splendid robe for a voi " humbly onp , and prepares for an afternoon ' s happiness j wlieu , sua dojily recoUocUng that she wight somehow compromise hor gone
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408 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . |_ ApBiii 28 , 186 C
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On Friday evening , April 20 a cash-box , containing £ 180 in gold and some checks and memoranda , were stolen from the office at the well-known Horse Repository in Barbican , known as Dixon ' s Repository , but which has for several years belonged to Mr . Gower . There was a , large sale of horses during the day , and in the evening during the momentary absence of the clerk therobbery was effected . In addition to the gold , the cash-box contained an Irish Bank bill at ten days ' sight for £ 120 , iiot ^ ndoi-sed . The directors have appointed Captain Vine Hall to the command of the Great Eastern . Captain , Hall has had a large amount of experience in the command of ships of the first class , in the Mediterranean , South America , Australia , and India . In 1857 he was elected a F . RA . S ., and was . the first officer in the merchant service who took a first-class Certificate in the steam examination under the [ Mercantile Marine Act . An account of the gross public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom for the year ending March 31 , I 860 , was issued on Monday , which shows a total income of £ 71 , 089 , 668 1 . 7 s . 4 d ., and a total expenditure of £ 69 , 502 , 289 4 s . 2 d . ; leaving an excess of income over expenditure in the year of £ 1 , 5 S 7 , 379 13 s . 2 d . The condemned Portuguese convict Annois was formally reprieved on Monday , under the authority of the Home Office . Despatches were sent off last Monday evening to the Governors of the West Coast of Africa . . ''¦' On Monday last , the first stone of the Royal Dramatic College , at May bury , near the Woking station of the South-Western railway , was laid by its Master ; Mr . Benjamin Webster , assisted by several of the officials connected with the project . It is worthy of . remark that the event Occurred on the auniyeirsary of the birth of Shakspeare . ' . ' . ' ' : : . . . ¦¦ - ¦ ' ; ¦ : ¦ ' . "' . ' .. . . . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦' . ¦'¦ . . On Monday morning the ten o ' clock express train from London to Manchester , in entering the . Hatfield station , met with a fearful accident , through a portion of the train being" thrown from the metals , which was attended . with fatal results , two persons being billed , and others more ; or less injured . One of the deceased was a first-class passenger , Leslie Pytri , Esq ., a magistrate of Bedfordshire ; the other George Venables , a plate layer . The thirty-sixth anniversary of the Royal . Shaksperian Club was held at Stratford-on-Avon , on Monday , to celebrate the birth-day of Shakspeare . The occasion was observed as a general . holiday . We understand that the suspension bridge across the Thames at Hunger-ford Market will shortly be taken down , for the purpose of constructing upon its site the railway bridge of the new line of railway from London-bridge to Charing Cross , and that it will be removed to the , piers at Clifton > to complete the unfinished' suspension bridge there . On Thursday , the 19 th inst ., William George Pullinger , chief cashier of the Union Bank of London , was discovered to have committed frauds to the amount of £ 203 , 070 . He was appointed a cashier of the bank in April , 1839 , and was , about five years ago , raised to the situation of chief cashier . His salary was latterly £ 600 per annum . He was given into custody on the same day that the frauds were discovered . Edward John Lyttleton , another clerk in the Union Bank , was brought before the Lord Mayor on Thursday , charged with stealing the sum of £ 1 , 240 , the property of his employers , the chairman and directors of the said bank . The prisoner was remanded for a week . The deaths in London were 1 , 284 in the week that ended last Saturday , and exhibited a decrease hi the ' number of . the previous week , which wa $ . 1 , 407 . Last Week the birtlis of 923 boys and 834 girls , in all 1 , 757 children , were registered in London . A brilliant and successful banquet to the gallant 78 th Highlanders , the heroic aveng ers of Cawnpore , and the saviours of our Indian Empire , came off on Tuesday evening last , in the Corn Exchange , at Edinburgh , The ntinual meeting- of the School of Industry for Female Orphans was held on Wednesday , at the Hanover-square Rooms . The Nerbudda Coal and Iron Company have received intimation from the Secretary of State for India that instructions have been given to the Government of India to grant them their lease . FQ 1 U 2 IGN . . . The Moniteur of April 23 states that the town of Chambery is decorated with flags , and the enthusiasm is general . The same manifestations have taken place at Aunecy . The clergy have blessed the French flags . . ITroni Vienna the official Weinev Zeitunq announces that the subscriptions to the new loun already exceed 7 C , QQ 0 , OOO florins . Letters from Naples , to the 17 th inst ., state that tho armed bands in Sicily had been dispersed , and that the remnants were being pursued . Tho new Four-and-a-Half per Cent . Roman Loun for 50 , 000 , 000 f ., has beeu contracted in Belgium at 90 . It is asserted fchab the oorrospondents of tho 27 ord and of the Journal des Ddbats have been expelled from the Papal States . From Barcelona , April 21 , wo learn that the Cuunt do Monte-BQolin , his brother Fei'tlinuud , and a vnlet-de-chambro , wore arrested » t Amposta , weur Tovtosa , Api ^ l 2 ' 2 , the Royal Mail steamer Arabia , which toft Now York on the ilth insfc ., has arrived at Liverpool , She brings 50 , 000 dol-Jars in specie . , The majority of the committee on tho President ' s recent Mosfiage , protesting ngninat the action of tho House in ordering an investigation into the conduct , of the Administration , had mado a report diflflenting from the President ' s views , and nssevting the right of the House to mako the oontomiplatod investigfttiou . Tho minority of the
A letter froin Constantinople , dated 26 th ult ., states that tin Viceroy of Egypt has been attacked by vomiting of blood , aud is ii a dangerous state . From Naples , Saturday , letters state thafe thirteen individual have been shot at Palermo . In Madrid the opinion gains ground -that the Princes will b tried by the Seriate . ¦ ¦ The different articles of the treaty of peace have been sanctioned
We learn from Rome , April 23 , that the Marquis de Merode hs issued an order of the day , in which he announces his appdintmer as Minister of War , and " says , that he will fulfil his mission of at tending to the interests and necessities of the army , with a livel solicitude for the soldiers * whose past fidelity to the Church is sure guarantee for their future conduct . News has been received froin Calcutta that disturbances are r < ported to have broken out in Cabul . From Canton , March 14 th , we learn that the rebel disturbance are increasing throughout China . The state of affairs in Japan ha become worse . The'foreign community are living in great appre Iiension , two Dutch captains having * been murdered in the street of Hakodaki , without giving any offence to the Japanese .
Committee had also made a l'eport , sustaining the President ' " position . By telegram from Vienna we learn that his Excellency the M ; nister of Finance , Baron de Bruck , expired at 5 . 10 p . m . on Mon day , 23 rd April . Froin Paris , April 24 th , we learn that the result of the voting i all parts of Savoy exceeds all expectation . The majority for th annexation is immense . The intelligence from Turin , Tuesday , April 24 th , is that th King of Sardinia , following the friendly advice of France , has fc the moment abandoned the idea of taking the title of "King c Italy , " The Court of ^ the Tuileries represented that such a chan g of title would only complicate the existing international difficulties without giving aiiy practical advantage to Piedmont . Prince Czartoryski died on Monday , April 23 .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 28, 1860, page 408, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2345/page/20/
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