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    Vienna , Wednesday , 9 th . The Privy ' Councillor , Count Apponyi , has refused to become a member of the Council of State . Advices from Italy , received at Berlin , May 9 , state that the French garrison Remains at Rome , and probably will even be , ' ^ Advices * from Constantinople to the 2 nd hist , assert that 45 , 000 Russians were collected upon the Pruth . It was also reported that the Porte had assembled a corps d'armie of 30 , 000 men at Widdin . A change in the Ministry was still expected . The Canadian mail steamer . North America , from Portland , Maine , on the 28 th of April , has arrived . Peace is firmly re-established in Venezuela , and the Government had contracted a loan of one million sterling , which is to be negotiated in England . Accounts from Mexico state that Miramon , accompanied by 1 , 800 men , had arrived at the capital on the 17 th tilt ., where he was received by a salute of guns and other demonstrations . The Government was suffering from want of money , and forced loans had been levied in every direction . m . " Prom New York , April 28 . —No nomination to the Presidency had taken place at Charleston . The chances were in favour of Mr . Douglas . From Alexandria , May the 5 th , we learn that Her Britannic Majesty ' s consul at Massowah ( Abyssinia ) , Mr . W . C . M . Plowden , Genoa , May 6 . Garibaldi , and two thousand two hundred volunteers embarked last night at twelve o ' clock . Nearly five thousand persons of all ranks flocked to the beach to bid the gallant adventurers Godspeed . As usual with Garibaldi ' s volunteers , they were of every grade and calling—nobles , soldiers , artists , physicians * down to peasants and workmen , all young and vigorous .

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    May 12 , I 860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 457

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    At Her Majesty ' s Theatre on Tuesday nigut , * was given for the first time this season , with Mdlle . Titiens , Mdlle . Vaneri , Signor Mongini , and Signor Vialetti , in the principal characters . The house was full , and the performance throughout was received with immense applause . Mdlle . Titiens sustained the part of # ie Druid Priestess with extraordinary grandeur and power , and Signor Mongini was most admirable as the faithless Boman Pro-consul . In the Queen ' sHbox were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge , her Royal Higlmes * Princess Mary of Cambridge , Lady C . Egerton , and Colonel H . Purves . Many fashionable visitors were also present . - At the ^ Royal Italian Opera , Rossini s comic masterpiece , II Barbiere di Siviglia , " was represented on Tuesday night to an overflowing audience . The Count A lmcnnva of Signor Mario was incomparable . Signor Ronconi ' s Figaro is a masterpiece . He was exceedingly vivacious , and put the audience into the highest humour by his drolleries . The Rosina of Madame Miolnn-Carvalho was fascinating . In the lesser scene , Madame Miolan Carvalho introduced a bravura from the Theatre Lyrique , which raised the house to enthusiasm . The Basilio of Signor ^ Tsighahco is one of the best representatiorii of the character , and the Dr . Bartolo of M . Zelger was well given . Mdlle . Cotti ( Berta ) sang - ^ lrireniaifcnbienjpm ^ overture—with which Mr . Costa took great care . The Barbiere might be played frequently , as Signor Mario ' s Almaviva is * a powerful attraction . ¦ , _ , At the Haymakket Theatre a new three-act drama , by JVLr . h . Falconer , was produced on Wednesday , with a tumultuous success , that proves rather its capacity to create theatrical furor than to draw character , or by brilliant writing to satirize or kindle emotion . It is entitled " The Family Secret , " and depicts the revealment of a feet that is fatal to the hero of the piece , and occasions heroism m the chief actress . Lord Avonmore is supposed heir to immense estates , but they have , by the profligacy of his ancestors passed to his steward and lawyer ; and , in order to redeem the family , the old lord ' admonishea the fyoung one to marry the grand-daughter . I his , of course , he is not inclined to do ; but they meet , unknown to cadi other , in Italy , and the lady becomes violently attached , especially as the young lord saves her life during a siege . Lord Aronmore , has drifted into an engagement with a certain Lady rune , and cannot marry as he now wishes ; and the lovelorn girl , Una , resolves he shall have his patrimony , and never know the sacrifice she has made ; and , to this end , bums the deed that conveyed the estate to her father . In tho end an Irish colonel , who has been flirting with Lad . y Vane , pe rsuades her to give up Lord Avonmore , and thus tho true lovers are made happy . In all this there is much that is strained and high-flown , and vastly improbable ; estates being matters rather strictly guarded and very tenaciously kept , especially by old men of . business .. Miss Amy Sedgwick was , na usual , artificially impulsive and mechanically gushing in her delineation of the romantic young lady ; but her stock-in-tradq of fascination is beginning to bo worn ; and without she lets a nioro hud pie style do -justice to > the charms and talents nature lias given her , she will sink ' into a eoniinon-place actreas . There is yet time to redeem herself , but it will require ii total alteration of st . y lo . 1 ho other parts of this drama are common-placo , but were played with , tl > o general good sense and ability that characterize the Haymarket company . Mrs . Wilkins had a very obtrusivo part , which she played with great vigour . Mr . Chippendale was as sensible and as emphatic as usual , —Mr . Rogers as didactic . Mr . Buckstono had a very poor part , but got his roars by his quaint simplicity . Mr . Howe enacted a walking gentleman , which was dignified as a pnrt b y being called an Irishman . Altogether , although there are some telling coups do

    i theatre , and some broad delineations of character , which always please a mixed audience , this comedy is not likely to take a permanent place on the boards , although its novelty , its smart acting , and pretty scenery will sustain it for a few weeks to come . That veteran artist ,. Mr , Burford , has produced one of his finest Panoramas , being a view of Modern Rome , a subject in every way interesting , and full of the deepest suggestions . It is taken from the tower of the Capitol , and embraces a view of all the most interesting points , both ancient and modern . It is charmingly painted , with great force , but with the nicest gradations of colour and perspective , and in- every way it rivets and fascinates the beholder . The distance is exquisitely rendered , and we know not anything in the way of public exhibitions more worth seeing than this panorama of Rome . The upper circle has a fine view of Venice , and the smaller room a charming panorama of Switzerland from the Rhigi . At the next subscription performance of the Vocal Association , which takes place on Wednesday evening , May 16 th , at St . James's Hall , the principal artists from Her Majesty ' s Theatre will appear , by the kind permission of E . T . Smith , Esq . Mr . Turpin , the courteous box book-keeper at the Haymarket , takes his annual benefit next Wednesda }' , and we trust he will have the support he so well deserves . Crystal Palace . —According to announcement the great performance of Mendelssohn's " Elijah" took place at the Crystal Palace on Friday the 4 th of May . The occasion was the inauguration of the statue of the great master . The weather was exceedingly fine , and the country green and beautiful ; and under these favourable auspices , crowds of company , numbering nearly twenty thousand , poured into the Palace by three o ' clock , which demonstrated that the occasion had irresistible attractions for them . Apart , however , from the particular programme of the day , which included the Mendelssohn commemoration and the torch-light procession—the playing of the great fountains , the beauty of the gardens , and the splendours of art inside of the Palace , have themselves charms enough , at any time , to draw and detain every person of taste . But the fact that Mendelssohn ' s greatest work , "Elijah , " * would be performed by a chorus and instrumental orchestra numbering three thousand performers , had the effect of drawing nearly the whole musical world of the metropolis . At least , we imagine that the vast number present-on Friday last constituted « i fair representation of the said world , all things combining to raise the affair to the maximum pitch of interest and value . The concert began at three o ' clock , Mr . Costa entering the- - orchestra punctually at that hour . The result has been all that could be expected . The solo vocalists were Mdlle . Parepa , Miss Fanny Rowland , Miss Palmer , Madame Sainton Dolby , Mr . Sims Reeves , Mr . Evans , Mr . Thomas , and Signor Belletti . In the execution of their grand task , the highest expectations of the audience were fully realized . The performance was indeed very striking , and rivalling , in magnificence the Handel Festival of last summer . The choruses , especially in the second part , were most effectively given . The fine soprano voice of Miss Parepa was heard to immense advantage in , " Hear ye , Israel . " Madame Saintoii Dolby , who is only equalled by Miss Palmer as a contralto , sang the airs allotted to her with singular effect . Mr . Sims Reeves produced more than his ' ugually ~ amWfelTiTig ^~ en ^^ byShim with inimitable powerand expression , and was enthusi : ustie ; illy encored . Signor Belletti , as the Prophet , was grand and impressive . And Miss Fanny Rowland , Miss Palmer ( almost our finest contralto ) , and Mr . Thomas , our great English bass , did perfect justice to the quartets and other concerted pieces . The performance was indeed , on the whole , a fine vocal and instrumental achievement , and a rare treat to all present : At the termination of the oratorio the company adjourned to the corner terrace , when Bacon ' s . statue of Mendelssohn was formally unveiled , whilst a military band played appropriate selections from his music . So great was the crowd of German gentlemen on this interesting occasion , that it wns impossible for any one else to get near enough to see more than the actual unveiling of tho statue . Shortly afterwards the great founttiius began to play , and when they had done the company had nothing left for it but to sit down patiently everywhere , and watch-tho evening falling and the moon rising , as it had been decided that until both operations had been completed , the great torchlight procession , after the German fashion , was not to commence . When , however , it did commence , at last they were well rewarded for their patience , for , owing to the course it took , the inequality of tho ground , tho reflection of the water , and tho beauty of the surrounding scenery in the mild moonlight , tho effect was exceedingly novel and beautiful . Wo could see a lire far off at the boundary of the garden . Sprites , as it appeared to us , flitted about , and lit then torches as if preparatory to an incantation . Then , blue and red lights burst out and gave a strange unearthly glare to tho landscape , and , at its greatest intensity , the sprites and the torches began slowly to stream away right and left , winding like two groat glittering serpents in and out through the dim and shadowy foliage . Gradually they came brighter and nearer , and more distinct . They danced in the ' fountnins , and tho . latter—in obedience , as it were , to tho impulse—sprang again into lifo , foamed , and sparkled , and shot upwards , and by tho reflection seemed to liquefy tho bnlliimb colours of tho illumination . When the two serpents at hwt met on tho terrace , they were happily destroyed in n largo bonfire ,, ima every one went away delighted with the long- and charming Uuy 8 PO " tho Cuemohne Gahdhns , on Tuesday afternoon last , tho private rehearsal of the Aorephon , a newly-invented musical instrument , took place . Tho Aerephon—an improved form of tho steam

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1860, page 456, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2347/page/21/