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      Atrg. 4 1860.1 The Saturday Analyd Andvl...

      AtrG . 4 1860 . 1 The Saturday Analyd andVLeader . 709

      Record Of The Week. Home And Colonial. L...

      RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL . Last Saturday we received a telegram ( too late for publication to our No of that day ) that the investigation of the charges against Miss Constance Kent , in connexion with the frightful child murder , at Road , had t erminated in her being discharged from custody , her father being bound over in £ 200 for her production if . called ' upon . The investigation went to show that there was not a tittle of tangible evidence against the young lady in question , and there seems to be an opinion in many quarters that great precipitancy was evinced in the proceedings . On the other hand , it must be remembered that where the safety of society in matters of life and death is concerned , the utmost vigilance , and most rigid scrutiny into all such cases are imperatively necessary . Very satisfactory intelligence has reached us from Canada , to the effect that there was every indication of an abundant harvest . Thomas Winslow , charged with poisoning Mrs . James , at Liverpool , has been committed for trial . A tragedy of unsurpassed horror was enacted in London on Tuesday . At an early hour in the morning four persons residing at No . 16 , Manor-street , Walworth , were murdered under circumstances of the greatest atrocity . The supposed murderer is a young man named John Godfrey Youngman , and his victims were his mother , his brothers , and the young woman to whom he was paying his addresses . About six

      | had been computed at 2 , 000 . The Turkish army ia Syria was to be increased to a force 26 , 000 strong . The bridges of Galata and Pera were raised every night . The Marquis de Lavalette had had a conference with the Sultan of three hows' duration . Disturbances having arisen through the resistance offered by some of the Armenians to the burial of Protestant Armenians in their cemetery , Sir H . jBulwer requested the protection of the military , and forty persons were killed and wounded . At the meeting of Ambassadors , at Paris , on IVtonday , tlie original plan of convention previously agreed to by the Great Powers , was entirely changed , the six articles , having been carefully revised in such a manner as to remove any probability of offending the susceptibilities of theSultan , by an appearance of coercing his independent action . The representatives of the Great Powers will , therefore , refer to their several Courts prior to definitively signing the convention , until which is done , the despatch of troops wiil , of course ; be delayed . Intelligence from Damascus to the 12 rli July , showed that 6 , 000 houses belonging to Christians hail . lx » cn destroyed , and the Jewish quarter of the town burnt , as v . ell sw the houses of Turks , in which the Christian women had found refuge . The massacres had lasted eighty hours . 2 , 000 Christians , under Abd-el-Kader ' s protection , had suffered severely from hunger . The new Governor had arrived with 1 , 200 troops . The most interesting " feature in our foreign news this week will be found in the letter of the Empe ror of the French , on the subject of the Imperial policy .

      o ' clock in the morning a lodger in the house heard a scream , which induced him to go upstairs , where he saw the horrible spectacle of four dead bodies , with their throats cut , and having stabs in the breast—a mode of putting t » death which was perhaps suggested by the Frome murder . No quarrel was heard between the prisoner and the murdered persons , and no cause has yet been assigned for the hideous deed . The prisoner states that he killed his mother in self-defence , and leaves it to be inferred that she committed the murders . He was examined at the Lambeth Police-court the same morning , and remanded . A multitude of rumours in connexion with the fearful event are in circulation , but we abstain from noticing them , until the authentic can be sifted and winnowed from the fictional . The inquest on the Walworth murder held whenafter prolonged investigatio niter

      was on Thursday . , a n , murder was iieia on xnursaay , w . uen , » jjL-iMuiigcu micsugouuji , the inquiry was adjourned [ till Monday . The Prince of Wales landed in Canada on the 24 th ult . ; he was to leave on the 26 th . Considerable excitement has been created in Liverpool , by the suicide of Mr . Jeremiah Chaffers , the manager of the Royal Bank . The fearful deed is attributed to mental distress ; but we hear of no imputation of dishonesty resting upon the unfortunate deceased . The verdict ( on Wednesday ) was " Temporary Insanity . " Ah-alarming accident took place oil the London and Blackwall Railway yesterday morning . An engine got off the line , and with it was capsized the whole of the train . Fortunately , however , none of the passengers sustained the slightest injury . r to the death of Hammilldnft of the is

      We regret announce Mr . , mag- trates at the Marylebone Police-court . Only a few months has elapsed since hesucceeded Mr . Long , on that gentleman ' s retirement . ¦ A grand national demonstration—the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta—commenced yesterday . Prince Albert ' s Cup was Won by the ; On Wednesday the " public stocks and funds of Great Britain" " | rose with an elastic bound , like a balloon lightened of its ballast , upon the publication of the French Emperor ' s letter to his Ambassador at London ^ Count Persigny ; Consols closing at 93 5-8 ths to | . .: The deaths in London last week were the same in number as those of the previous week—viz ., 975 . Tho deaths have not reached 1 , 000 in afflT"df ^ he ^ cr aT-w'eek 8 *<) f-July- « xt'iept-Uio-seooaxd , —Tliajnxr , age , number ,,

      of deaths has been obtained for the ' weeks corresponding with last week of the ten years 1850-59 , and this , with a correction for increase of population , is 1 , 206 j the actual number returned is , therefore , less than the estimated amount by 231 , As some explanation of a result apparently bo favourable , it should bo added tliat the high mortality . suffered during a great part of tliis year , prematurely deprived the population of many infirm lives , but chiefly the weather , though still cold for the season , has been more favourable to health , and lias therefore lightened the bills of mortality . . . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tlu > mean height of tho barometer was 29 . 685 inches . The moan degree of humidity was 82 . On Monday tho humidity wus 98 , approaching closely complete

      saturution . The wind was in tho south-west on Monday ; witti tins' exception it was in the north-west generally on tho first five days . It wus south-west the rest of the week . Rain fell to the depth of ( . > . «<> inched . It fell chiefly on Monday and Saturday . A heavy Unmclerstonn occurred between four o ' clock . p . m . and six on tho latter day , and several aftorclaps wore heard on Sunday in various localities . A crowded public meeting was hold on Wednesday evening , at Spafields Chapol , to celebrate the 26 th ' anniversary oi" negro emancipation in tho West Indioa , when the Revs . George Smith , John Stroughton , Henry James , Dr . Cleevor , Mr . Dny ( described ns a coloured gentlemen from Canada ) , Mr , Georgo Thompson , und Mr . w ^ w *^ m ¦ . . . A . Wilks

      , were present . , Tho execution of John Fentou , at Nottingham , for llio murder ol Charles Spencer , took place on Wednesduy , without any confession on tho part of the prisoner . ,,,,.,, On WodnoBday evening a meeting was hold nt ; JJlaolchentli , with tho view of forming a Volunteer Corps of skilled operatives ; Major H . Farnoll in tho chair . Dr . Ourr , Captain Branilshani ( Bluckheath ArtiUorv ) , Mi * - Matthews ( a working man ) , and Mr . Webb having addressed the meeting ^ proceedings torrniiiated . The free drinking fountain afc Adelaide-street , Uuulon-bnclgo , was opened on Wednesday .

      FOREIGN . With regard to the Syrian massacres , tho latest , intelligence which has reached us , up to tho timo of writing , was to the effect that M late as the 13 fch ultimo , the uurtain hud not . yot fallen on these fearful tragedies which were still being enacted . The number of viotiuatj

      Entertainments. Rqyax Italiax Opeka.—Thi...

      ENTERTAINMENTS . Rqyax Italiax Opeka . —This week , which brings the present season to a close at the Royal Italian Opera , Covent-garden , has been rendered remarkable hi musical annals by the unusually powerful cast with which the greatest work extant- ^ -Mozart ' s masterpiece—has been produced at this theatre with the most brilliant success , the attractions of the past " campaign " being thus raised to a climax . On Monday " Don Giovanni " was given , with Madame Grisi , who , in the joint character of singer and actress combined , is even now the undisputed empress of the lyric boards in the leading part { Donna Anna ) , Mdlle . Rosa Csillag as Donna Elvira , and Madame Penco as Zerlina . Signor Tamberlik was the Don Ottavia of ' the evening ; Sigiior Ronconi , erne

      i «^ *•!» n » i * nc % 4-s-ka 4- n St 4-fwa ^ Tl « t- » - « T ofd fTCk OMQ / lfoM i " , O 11 / I i * £ > 7 7 / I nYliTl rtiflfliriT " of the greatest actors on any stage , enacted Leporello ; and Signor i Mario , as Don Giovanni , represented the most difficult character to bo found " in- the whole range of the lyric drama . The parts of II Commendatore and Masetto were respectively filled by Sji gnors Tagliai fico and Polonini . It will thus be seen that the combination of per-] formers aloiie and of itself . was replete with the highest degree of musi-• • cal interest . As to the expediency of altering Mozart ' s score in order to allot the music of the hero written fora baritoncj to a tenor , we do not intend , in this short notice , to say » - word . The cast in itself was unique . Tlie other opera performed during the week was " Le ; Prophete , " Avhich wa 3 given on Tuesday and Thursday , and is an-• nounceel for _ this evening . We must defer pur res-iync of the past season ! at this house till next week . ' ' . ' - | at IUIS JIUUSfcJ till llCJi . 1 ; nctll . -

      ¦ . Her Majesty ' s Theatke . —Mr . E . % . Smith ' s first campaign at Her Majesty ' s Theatre was brought to a close on Saturday last with a brillianty / ttrt &? , which did ample justice to the unexampled attractions and successes of the season throughout . Our space being of the least extensive at this moment , when a variety of important matters are pressing on pur attention , we niusfc condense our resume of the past Bummer ' s triumphs into the smallest possible compass . The subscription included about 40 nights , besides which there were half that number of extra nights , making about 60 in all , and commenced on the i 10 th of April , when Flotow's "Martha" produced , with Mdlle . Titions in tho principal part . " La Favorita" followed , in , which Madamo Borghi-Mamp sustained tho chief role ; JTernq , udo t Sig . " t AT ' A ™ r * Zt-ti '""'—irT-fyl ™*^ y + rt «—* -T ^ t * m * m' # * l'i—rfvr— + ^ ir » ' —*** K « . » . » tr . <»<»*•—/^(^ - ^ t * Vl * V—^ ldmX _ 2—^ Jl , iriO . ( 411 VA ¦ ¦ fcVW

      m . \ l J 1 f ^ A 1 J 1 , lyJAfo * ' f » - /» ~* 4 ^*^ . ~ . . ^ »•»**'» ^^* »^~ —» —» - — Q J i u TroVatbre " gave an opportunity of appreciating the Bdrghi-Mamo j us . i-v ' f'cna- Giuglini ami Titicns being primo tonore and soprano i respectively . In " La Traviata , " the late fascinating cantatrico ( Jain j as a 2 ? crfonner ) , ' bLd ' llc . Piccolomini , appeared with Mohgini us Alfredo ( Giuglini ' s original part ) . Then camo Sig . Cainpana ' a new opera , " Almina , " in which Mdlle Piccolomini appeared thrice , and then bid adieu to the public ( may we suggest a wish that it may not bo final V ) Rossini's " Otcllo" followed , with Borghi-Mamo , Mongini , and I Evcrardi , all of whom won fresh laurels as 'Desileiiionaf Otello , and | Ia

      ' ener « v » power , , . U v iirCw \ jk \ M ~ l \ Slll \ y lJ \ J *> v ; ij ^ uuvv a . »»»« v « u » O * v » . " ! than wo otherwise should the pi * oximate refircment of ono who for years has identified that role with her name . Mudumo Borghi-Mamo next achieved a triumph as Zerlina , in '" Don Giovanni ; tho hero of which , demanding a combination of mental powers and phyuical qunlifieuti ' , all o ( which could hardly evor bo concontratcd in one and the sarao man , was most creditably represented , by Sig . Kvorardi ; I Lepoiullo being enacted by Sig . Vialotti , whose versatility adapts him ' for ovcry description of part in whieh a sound ntid sonorous bass voice 1 under ox ( . * ollontmanugemont ' can bo required ; and Mdlle . Vavjeii ' s woll-I conceived und cou ^ cientioiis rendering of Dame Elvira tended to iliiveloue tho iniijortaneo of a part which deserves to bo prominently

      ' brought , out in every performance of this masterpiece of the lyric stage in which coinplcteiK'ss is aimed at . In connexion with thia opera , wo ' must no ! omit tho name of Sig . Gnasior , who ? o < lramatie powern ouabli-i li ! : ii to win golden opinions in a part ( Laporr / to ) wlueli ho muw . ju . 'i . llv sustuiuod , the muelo of which in not ssuitecl for a fcuritomi but a bus . ' In the next opera , " Norum , " Mdllo . Titiona was tho druidieal [ . riesloss ; ami this was sueoecded by Rigolctlo , with a now . l ~ . buiIb-Witcmc ^ Sigi .. Sub « BU . W . lo .. Rjyicj > iii J . ub the jester , whoso name gives | ii title to the opera . His 'humour ,- TrrosistibTy- " > TTOllV ~ ia ~ rntlio' ] p ~ 61 ftJrtk studied i «» d sciontilloBort 5 but thu ars ejtl ctlnre arltsm prinoiplo is sue oesslully realised in hie delineations . The ail da in this ncrfonnnnoe was allotted to a new candidate ftor musical Jionours ,. Mdlle . Mario

      Bunetti , a-very young und very intoroating oancatrioo , with a soprano of fine silvery quulity und considerable power , who ntonco received tho farourablo Buflracos of tho orilical audibnco of this theatre , liioimmovtal aud evor favourito , boeaufle ever fresh , Bat-Merejiliordod ample sebpe for the florid and finished vocalization of Sig . Belart us Alma-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1860, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04081860/page/13/