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IHBDRAMA IN PARIS . A-- ' - 'P « e < J » which every'plav-goer in Paris ought to see , and which , undoubtedly , every play-goer in Paris will see , ia < Geohge Baud ' s new tfcreeact > drama , Maitre Favilla , recently produced at the student-frequented Ooios . It is of a simplicity both ui , tone and eonceptioh which makes it stand pat prominently against ; the ordinary productions of the French stage . The plot is of the most-unpretending kind : there are no startling effects , no scop © for the ingenuity of the scene-painter or mechanician , no-complications of incident pr embarrassments of action ; above all , there is no pestilential impurity in the atmosphere of the piece , but , on the contrary , there is , if we may so express it ,- a moral freshness as grateful to the sense as the odours of early blossoms or the perfumed gale of the sweet south , A few lines will draw , an outline of the piece . .
,. MaitreFamlla , an Italian musician , has lived with'his family for several years in anold . German chateau , hospitably entertained by the Baron MvMdorf , its owner , a warn * lover of the art his guest ^ practises . The Bafon becomes sp attaphed to ths . musician , that he makes a will , leaving fiim his title alitnaUJhis possessions ,- ; and a , t the moment of death , which comes on suddenly , gives Favilla the document . The Italian is so overcome with grief at the dearth of his patron , tliat | for some time , his own life is despaired , of . ' During his illness , diligent sear ' eh . i 3 made for the will , but none being found , the Bo / tin'snextof kin , a vulgar boutqepjs , named Keller , takes possession of the chateau and estates ,. Thus , much ! of action passes- before the commencement of the play , itt its opening , Favilla is introduced acting in full belief that he has of right succeeded to . the Baron ' s title and property . His wife and daughter , ignorant of what had occurred title and property . His wife and daughter , ignorant ot what hatl occurred
at the death of the Baron , conceive that Favilla is the victim to a mere hallucination produced by sorrow for the loss * of his friend . They Urge Keller , whom they believe to be the , true heir , to tear with Favilla ' s whim for a short time until they can ' make arrangements to depart from the chateau . Keller acquiesces the more readily since , at the very . . first sight of Madame Favillq , he has teen . , captivated by her beauty ; whilst hisson , a fine , glowing , , generous youth , the very opposite in all things to his father , has conceived a deep afl&etion for Favilla ' s daughter . Things go on for some time very smoothly . Favilla is introduced to Keller , and , learning that he is a relative of the deceased Baron , welcomes him with genuine warmth , and insists upon his becoming an inmate of the house . Keller , amused at such kindness ,,, i § r neyertli « les 6 y tru ^ to UJs promise , and allows , or seems to allow , the Italian to Have ifuU sway in the chateau . But , his passion for i
will ! &e } ter ynowquite cool ; ashamed of bis conduct ^ iired a life for wKich he ^ els ^ himselfunsuited . iresigns M favour of Tiisson , Ogives Ms eonsent to the young * man ' s marriagewith F&vtlUPs daiifgjtiter , arid the piece ends t ^ Jh' 6 nSp | iines . $ of all . ¦ ' . ¦ '"'\ ' : ' ' : " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '" - y X '' . ' "¦ . ' . ]'¦ - : " : ' ' : It is not too much to say that the acting « fthikpiece is is perfect as thiit of La JTofe fait Peur . Every character is completely ^ snbbdjie 4 :, n <* t a point is lost or slurred .. \ But the most remarkable , personations are , undoubtedl y ^ M . RoTryiEBB ' s ; JFhipiila , and M . B ^ b ^ e ' s Keller . , ' . ' ! $$ ? RpDyiEiB is a thoroughly-ideal actor . He las a distinct and poetic conception of the , part he assumes . His Maitre Favilla stands before us a living man . \ Nothing could be finer than his subdued , sorrowful manner at the opening of the piece ; his gentle , generous kindness towards all around him ; and his reverence for the memory of the friend so lately consigned to the tomb . Then , when vindicating his wife ' s honour , he demanded of Keller , reparation for the insult offered him , he rose to the full height of the occasion , and with firm speech and bold bearing-showed the full strength of his heart and faith . But it is in the last scene that M . Rodviere takes the highest place . His burst of horror at the thought of the infirmity of which he is suspected—rhis wild eagerness to refute'the suspicion—his recognition of the various objects in the room which recal the death scene to his mind—and the exultation when he remembers full y what has occurred , and exclaims , " Je Pat bruU ? repeating the words to himself several times * were all- masterly touches of nature . Madatn 6 DxposyAsri herself has been so delightedWith ^ M . Eoirviebe's performance , that her -preface to the play is" inscribed to him , Prom this preface , we learn that the piece has been in the hands of F . Lemaithe , Bodffe , and Bocage , but that circumstances have occurred to prevent its production with the support of , those artistes . Madame Dujdjevant has no cause , however , to regret the destination Maitre Favilla has at last reached . To M . Barke it would be difficult to give too much praise . He has a part which even the author thought in some respects hazardous ( tin danger au theatre ) , but by his fidelity to nature and his infinite humour , he relieved the character of all offensiveness . His vulgar bourgeois is a model which it would do some of our low comedians good to study . Maitre Favilla is evidently of a sufficiently healthy vitality to reach the English stage . A London version will no doubt Be produced during the season . Fatilla is a part Which Phecps could play Admirably , and Fabren , in his better days , would have made as great a hit in it as in Grandfather Whiiehead ; but Phelps is wedded to the sternly legitimate , and Farrenwe have no Fabren now .
Madame Favilla getting the mastery of his better feelings , he ventures , n an unlucky moment , to bint icy her at the state of his heart . She at once determines that at aJl hazards Favilla , herself ; and then ? daughter , must leave the house ; more especially' as the growing affection of Keller ' s son for the latter has given her uneasiness from the doubt which she reasonably entertained of the fathers willingness to sanction an' alliance between the two * Without imparting the whole truth to FavMla , she begs him to leave the cliateau out of regard alone to her health and happ iness . He at once promises to do so ^ but , accidentally learning what has taken' place , _ he demands of Keller an explanation of his conduct and motives , reproaching him at the same time for so violating the laws of friendship as to attempt the honour of the wife of him in whose house he is a guest . Keller , still smarting , from the contempt with which he has been treated by Madame who is there bhis indul
Favilla , ia in no mood to submit to a man only y - gence , and -whom he regards as little better than- a lunatic . He retorts , therefore , upon Favilla ^ by telling him what he considers to be the truth , that ; the Baron has left no will , and that he , as next of kin , is the legal owner of the title and estates of Muhldorf . Favilla , who had received the will from the dying man , but cannot recollect where he has placed it , appeals to his family to support hiin in this emergency . To his astonishment he finds that they look upon him as under the influence of a mere delusion . ^ His horror at this discovery , at ; the thought of being regarded as a poor pitiful creature deranged in intellect , is intense and overwhelming , and in the tumult of agonised emotion it oauses lie makes a . violent effort to remember where he has placed the will , The chair is before him on which the dying man Bat , the vase of flowers is there , so arc the books and the old clock . Step by step the scene returns to him , and suddenly , with a wild burst of joy , he remembers that he refused to accept the Baron's generosity , and burnt the
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THE REOPENENGS . The Ox / tmfic Theatre reopened for the winter season on Saturday last . The School for Scandal was tlie first piece , with Mr . Wigan for Joseph Surface , Robson for Moses , Emery for Sir Peter Teazle , Mrs . Stirling for Lady Teazle , and Mrs . Wigan for Mrs . Candour . With so brilliant a " cast" as this , it is needless to say that the comedy sparkled off from first to last like a diamond . A one-act extravaganza , called Catching a Mermaid , followed . This was a trifle , chiefly noticeable for the marvellous antics of Mr . Robson , who , in the part of a wandering showman , on the point of starvation , performs a burlesque of the Spanish Dancers with admirable agility , and . pings ( with some additions ) the well-knowncomic song , of the elder Charges Mathews , " The Country Fair , " astounding the audience by the variations of character which he indicates , both by voice and , face , in the course of that monologue . with the
The Princess ' s commenced its new campaign on Monday one hundred and first representation of Henri / VIII ., or rather , of the first four acts , the fifth being omitted in order that a larger amount of the other entertainments might be given . Such a " run" is , we believe , unprecedented , except at the Egyptian Hall ; for Shakspeabe , with all Mr . Kean's attractions , Las not yet reached the popularity of Mr . Albert Smith . We have said that the season " commenced" with this magnificent show-piece , because that was the main attraction ; but it was , in fact , preceded by a farce entitled Don ' t Judge by Appearances , in which two young ladies play at cross purposes with their uncle , who designs to marry them , in . accordance as he conceives , with their natural dispositions , and who of course is defeated . Mr . Meadows performs the part of a clumsy country servant who is constantly getting into mishaps ; and the audience is amused by his luckless adventures and by the ' general bustle of the piece , which , we need scarcely say , is from the French .
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An extreme pressure on our space prevents our doing more than recording the complete success of a new five-act play in blank verse , by Mr . Sem > os ( author of the Templar " ) , which was produced at Sadler ' s Wells on Wednesday night , under the title of Hamilton of BothwellhaugK and which is founded on the murder of ihe Scotch Regent , the Bxnu oFMu » iui ; Mr . Phblps performing the part of Hamilton . * .
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Health of London . —In the week ending Oct . 20 , 927 deaths were registered , showing an increase of 57 deaths over the number that was registered in the previous week . 480 males and 447 females di » d ; of the two sexes 468 , or more than half the total number , were under twenty years of age ; 154 were of the age twenty to forty ; 150 of the age forty to Blxty ; I 29 Pf the age sifcty to eighty ; and 28 of the aga of ei g hty arid under one hundred years . The mortality is below the average rate pf London , but 91 iu oxcoaa of the . deaths , that would hove happened inuler a eutisfactory sanitary state . Through the negloct of vaccination amall-. pox was fatal to twelve children ) and to 4 adults . Meaales was only fatal to six . children $ 3 in the north , none in the south districts . But ucarlatiua is very prevalent , particularly in certain districts , and has taken away the lives of 78 children and 8 adults . 48 doatbs ara referred to ' typhua , and 41 to diarrhoea . The wife of a , bricklayers labourer , aged forty , died on October the 11 th of malignant cholera , after five days' Illness , at 19 , New Peter-street , Westminster . A dock labourer , a ^ e 4 , forty-nine , died on October the 18 th , from diarrhoea ( eight hours ) , Asiatic cliolora ( thirty-six houra ) , at 16 , Sjt ; iaeorge ' B-court , St . Goorgo-m-tue-Eaot , Of cancer
24 persons died , consumption 112 , apoplexy and paralysis 38 , heart disease 36 , bronchitis , pleurisy , and pneumonia 97 ,, of liver diseases 16 . Eleven violent deaths were registered . A foreign seaman ( black ) , aged seventeen , died of " suffocation from charcoal , ignited for the purpose of killing rats , " in the West India Dock basin . A death in the sub-district of St . Peter , Walwortli , of the wife of an oilman , at the ago of twentytwo , is thus returned : " The Iteart ' s action suddenly arrested from excitement . "—Last week , the births of 915 boys and 810 girls , in all 1725 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1891 .- — From t / te Jtegiatrar-Ceneral ' a Weekly Return . State op Tradis . —The condition of trade in the manufacturing towns indicates in most quarters a decided reduction , in business , consequent upon the state of . the money-market , but at the same time a general absence of alarms notwithstanding the mischievous efforts of currency theorists" to take advantage of the opportunity for getting a hearing' At Manchester , great caution has been exhibited , not merely from the natural diminution of orders , but alqo from uncertainty aa to the future course of the cotton market . The Birmingham report
shows at length a slight check to the activity of the iron trade , and the Chamber of Commerce , after a long interval , have returned to the discussion of financial measures . A committee of their body have reported against tho Bank Charter Act , and in favour , apparently , of people being forced to receive payment of their dobts in some new " legal tender money , " to be provided in quantities that shall be at all times " steady and sufficient , ' whether in peace or war . At Nottingham , the oporationa of the week have been satisfactory , the American orders being equal to expectation . In the woollen districts there has been a further tendency to a limitation of transactions ; but , stocks being moderate , prices are fairly maintained , and confidence is altogether unskaken . In the Irish linen markets tbere ia full employment at high wages . Tub Tka-plant " w India . —A correspondent of the Bombay Telegraph draws attention to the excellent _ « h « - raoter of the tea grown in Caohar , in India . He boliovcs that it will shortly be known in Europe , and that it can bo Bold there very cheaply . PnouociATioN ob Parliament , —Parliament having mot on the 22 nd inat ., was further prorogued to tno 11 th of December .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1855, page 1040, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2112/page/20/
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