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    PARLIAMENT.

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    rPHE St . George ' s in the East Scandals were , again prominently brought - ¦¦ ¦ into view on Friday , by Lord Dongannon giving notice that on the 11 th of May he should ask Government to say unreservedly whether they intended this session to introduce any measure which would give Bishops in their several dioceses power to deal with differences between parishioners and incumbents which arose relative to the mode of performing divine service- The annexation of Savoy question , it appeared , was not to be allowed to slumber , the Marquis- of Nobmanby intimating his determination tp bring on his motion , thereby raising a small squabble with Lord St . Leonards on a point of priority . The long threatened motion of the Marquis of Normanbv , relative to the ' . with * , holding of certain papers , which would have thrown at an early period a clear light on the position of the Savoy Annexation question , was debated oh Mohdav . The gist of the motion was to make it imperative on

    Ministers to place on record all . matters of national importance transmitted through or to the Foreign Office . The motion acquired additional piquancy from the circumstance of Earl Cowlet having norae expressly from Paris to rebut an anticipated attack on his Ambassadorial proceedings . The noble Marquis , however , made out only a very mild case against Lord Cowxey , the burthen of the charge , if it could beso called , being that Lord Cowley had received specific information on the subject of the Savoy annexation , which he did not freely disclose , and that Lord Johx RtrssEtL had not communicated to Parliament all the information in his possession , at the earliest possible period . Earl Cowley defended his conduct , declaring that he hadreceived . no official intimation of the intention of the French Empkroiv to annex Savoy . until ' the 5 th of February last , he having throughout relied on the positive declaration of Count Walewski the previous July , that the Emperor had no intention

    of acquiring an extension of territory from his warlike acts in Italy . Earl . Granville considered the explanation of the noble Ambassador clear , candid , and satisfactory . The Earl of Malmesbury admitted the ability with , which Lord Coavley had defended himself , but hinted that sufficient ground for the Marquis of Normanby ' s motion existed in the admissions of Lord Cowxey himself , Lord Cowiey having stated tbat he had received certain private communications on the subject of the annexation , which he had not transmitted to his . Government . After a few explanatory words from Lord Wodehouse and the Marquis of Normandy , the previous question was carried , and the motion lost . The Law and Equity Bill of the Lord Chancellor was dismissed

    on Tuesday . The object of the bill was to see what further fusion between law and equity was practicable . If the Bill succeeded , the powers of the Law and . Equity Courts would become co-ordinate . Lord St . Leqnards , with epigrammatic point , remarked that the Bill ought to be called not a Bill for the fusion , but the confusion , of law and equity . He should give it hi& strenuous opposition , Lord Chan worth was for taking a middle course . The Bill might be faulty in pnrfcs ' , but on that account alone it ought not to be crushed altogether , The Bill could be amended , and therefore he should support it . Lord Kingsdown was averse to the Bill in principle and detail . Lord CnnLMSifOKb also objected < 6 the measure . Lord Wicnsleyralr would not offer , at present , any opposition . The result ; was that the Bill was read a , second

    Mr . Estcourt , on Friday , gave a somewhat new complexion to the Church Rates , question , by urging Sir J . Trklawny to bring on the Becond reading without delay , us his party ( the opponents ) were anxious to bring the question to the final teat of discussion and division . , Sir J . Thei-awny professed ¦ equal anxiety to get on the Bill , lmt , unless Government helped him , he could , not 11 * any specific day . Mr . T . MiLMtn made some striking rcinnrks on the practice of sending young children to prison for such questionable crimes as playing at ' tip-cat " and rounders " in public thoroughfares . Sir J . Pakington condemned the impropriety of sending children to be contaminated in jail for following out these boyish games in the streets . Sir G . C . Lrcwxa had no approbation to bestow on the Act , which made it imperative on magistrates to commit children for such trivialities as had been dqlincd , but he should prefer to see offenders whipped and discharged . But then it must bo recollected that " tip-cat ana and frihtened

    " rounders" sometimes struck out the oyos of passengers g horses . It wna right , therefore , thoae gamos should l > e checked . ¦ Mr . V . ScuiXY , with genuine Hibernian vivacity , referring to the fight between Savers and Heenan , assorted that , such a combat could not have taken place in any other part of the kingdom except England , at the same time claiming both pugilists as Irishman . Sir G . C . Lnwia silly remarked that fighting was not altogether unknown in Ireland , and intimated that , brutal though a prize fight was , It was preferable to shiilelnh riots and hedge asaussiimtions . In reply to a question , Sir G . C . Luwia stated thatTone portion of the site of Smithfiold would be . converted into a dead meat . market , the destination of the other porMohwas still in doubt . Lord J . Rvhsri . l broiuUy stilted , in reference to Mr , Masaey a motion to refer the Reform Bill to a select committee , that Government would consider the motion tantamount to an attempt | iy a side wind to get rid of the Will , and therefore the motion would lie opposed by nil tuo Atroiifrtli of tho Government . Mr . ? . Hiunnksbrx withdrew his motion in relation to Suvoy and Nice . Tlie Uoyal ProolumnUon relative to piety

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    rous friend , she resolves upon the sacrifice of her heart ' s yearning , and on u dinner tete-a-tete with her mother ' s portrait . The incident is by no means improbable . It is neatly though very slightly worked out . by the author j well acted by Mrs . Stirling , Mr . Wigan , and their associates , Mrs . Emden , Mr . F . Vining , and Mr . W . Gordon ; and , we ought to add , very elegantly put upon the stage by the management . . At the Stkand a very brisk little sketch , entitled " A Race for a Widow , " is made the vehicle for an immensity of eminently practical jesting , of the same character as that so familiar in- " The Goose with the Golden Eggs . " Mr . Rogers and Mr . Turner ( as Messrs . Cornelius JPopjoy and AdoipJius de Cremoriie ) , a pair of aspiring " clerics , are represented as desperately pursuing' a certain welldowered widow , Mrs . Wilmington ( Miss Button ) , with whom they are utterly unacquainted , and in mistake for whom they assail a married lady , Mrs . JPepperpod ( Miss Lester ) , and work to stage insanity her " husband , Capsicomli > ^ Peppeipod ( Mr . Bland ) . After a great deal of boisterous fun , in which the audience heartily join , our two clerics of course discover . that the fair widow has already placed herself beyond their reach by contracting a second alliance . They have , therefore , nothing left but to-return ingloriously to their normal occupations , minus the capital expended in the profitless love chase . The farce , though a poor one , derives strength from the buoyant fun engraftedupon it by the actors , and is favourably received as a prelude to the ingenious burlesque on " The Miller and his Men . " Messrs . Soi-rell and French are the authors of a really original comedy of considerable merit , called "A Friend in Need , " which , was brought but with such marked and well-deserved success at the St . James ' s Theatre on Monday last , as to demand our especial notice . The plot is not so intricate but we may do this in a few lines . A -certain Mr . Bedford ( Mr . Robins ) has a charming and marriageable daughter , Ada- ( Miss Murray ) , and a rich ward , j Etastings ( Mr . F . Robinson ) .. The play opens on the day when the latter attains his majority , and when -the unjust guardian , who has secretly gambled away the young man ' s inheritanpe , sees no better way- of avoiding disgrace than to favour , and if possible arrange , a match between the -young people . Nothing would better please J / r . Hastings : nothing 1 could be less agreeable to Ada , who is in love with an ill-conditioned young man , named jjeslie ( Mr . Belford ) , whose only . aim . is to possess himself of her supposed fortune . Thus at the very opening of the play we have a scene of high interest between the father and daughter , in which the one pleads for moral life , and the other resigns her free love out of filial affection . This is succeeded by another of stronger cast , in which the ^ lover , Hastings , presses his suit upon the maid ' s unwilling ear , while she sees her father * in the background preparing 1 for suicide in case of her halting in the painful task . Observing that the march of affairs is unfavourable to his views , Mr . Leslie now shows his colours , and develops schemes ' of baseness , which have the effect of disgusting" his friend Sparhley ( Mr . Belford ) , a free and easy gentleman , of loose-fitting habits , but happily of more strict morale , whom lie has introduced to be a spectator of his anticipated triumph . Sparkley , at once abandoning the unrighteous' alliance , throws the influence of his manly character into the scale of / virtue . He exposes , to a certain extent , the meanness of his ci-devant friend ; talks Ada into love of a fnncy portrait of Hastings ; induces the latter to relieve the guardian by the loss of a . stake at doarte equal tp the sum of his speculations ; and having seen everybody to the threshold of happiness , pairs off himself with Ada ' s pretty little cousin , Fanny ( Miss Nelly Moore ) . Tho performance of all the artists named merits considerable praise . That of Miss Murray , who is certainly an nctress of natural power' as well as stage aoquiremonts , and of Mr . Belford , whose gifts arc of no less order , and who thoroughly looked his part , stands out , of course , prominently ; while Miss Nelly Moore must be noticed for an early doveloped talent , which will some day , -wo : apprehend , secure for this pretty and painstaking young lady an enviable career . Wo must not omit to notice the excellent comedj' and accurate north country dialect of j \ lr . Charles Young as Sqniro Wiinnop , a foxhunting 1 gentleman , with a never-ending 1 , still beginning story of a fox hunt , over brought to a check at , a provoking five-barred gate . The character is about as unnecessary to the plot as a fifth wheel to a conch but is so ably delineated by Mr . Young as to enst a warm glow over tho entire action , and contribute most materially to the success of tho comedy ,, which , to all appearance , ia destined to attain considerable popularity . A crowded gathering of tho members of tho Musical Society of London gave the nppearanoe of a siiporb wilderness of flowers to Sfc . James ' s Hall lust night . Never was seen elsewhere such a massive ground of blue and silver , and scarlet and gold drapery , figured with every possible variety of floral head-gear , as dazzled Our wondering" oyes as we stood in the gallery . Tho society is , indeed , now so lull that candidates for admission have to wait with patience for vaeanoioH . The attractions of the evening werq tho superb " Eroica" symphony of Beethoven , which the master began in honour of Napoleon , tho First Consul , but to which , on hearing ; that lijfl idol had assumed tho purple . l » o added a funeral march . Tho band , admirably directed by Mr , Mellon , and selected from tho first ranks of the profession , played tho symphony , as they should , roUgiously . Wo need sny no more , An infinitely colourless ' Symphony conoortunto" for two grand pianofortes and full band , byJDussok , a properly hjilf-fprgotten master , whom it is intended by eoino person or persons well known , foy purpose unknown , to bring" into fashion , was very cleverly played by Mr . Charles Salaman and Mr . Lindsay Slonor , but pro *

    duced an effect of d illness which was deepened in ; spite of , Mr . Santley ' s splendid singing from a MS . recitative and air by M .-Benedict . The Mendelssohn overture , " The Isles of Fingal , " was so superbly played and found sucH favour with the company that , in compliance with the general demand , 'it was repeated . The " Lurline" overture , also , by way of compliment to the English school , was introduced , and was an exceeding relief at the close of the first part , following as it did the two toughest morsels iii the programme . Miss Augusta Thomson , a Scottish vocalist , who has gathered musical laurels in one or two continental cities and at Buckingham Palace , was the only lady-vocalist . of the evening . She lias a ; pure and well-trained organ of wide compass , if not of much power ; and was well suited by Auber ' s song , " Jours de m on Enfance " ( from the Pro aux Clercs ) , and a duo with Mr ; San tley from Meyerbeer ' s' L'Etoile du Nord . "

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    Aprix 2 S , 1860 . J The Leader and Saturday A ? iahjst . 409

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 28, 1860, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2345/page/21/