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      rapidly being occupied "by the Sardinians , between whom and the forces under Garibaldi a junction was proximate ,, Rome being hemmed in on all sides * Lamoriciere , on the other hand , was said to be attempting , with his 9 Q 00 men , to join the . Neapolitan troops who had not yet abandoned the King ' s cause , in which event his army would be considerably increased . At Viterbo a rising of the population had been reported , which French troops had been , sent from Civita Veechia to quell . Things being in this position , Lamoriciere , with 11 , 000 men , determined to attack G-eneral Cialdirii near Castelfidardo , while ; a column of 4 , 000 troops made a sortie in his favour from Aneona . ± he result was the total rout of Lamorieierei the capture of 600 prisoners , including General Pimodan , six pieces of artillery , a flag , and a quantity of munitions and military stores . The fleet under the Sardinian flag had opened fire upon Ancona ' . „ . ' ,. ¦ . . ,: ,. , -,, „ whole Pontifical capitulated ± he

      After tins event almost the army . Foreign troops , it was understood , would return to their own countries . Iiamoriciere , with scarcely a follower , succeeded m reaching Ancona , through the defiles of Monte Canaro . All the remnant of the Pontifical army were cooped up in Ancona , not a handful of stragglers undispersed or untaken being found outside . On Wednesday evening , occurred the death of General Pimodan . It is asserted that Garibaldi , in respectful but energetic terms , has demanded of Victor Emmanuel the dismissal of Cavour and Farini , as the sine qua non of an entente cordidle . The King ' s reply had not been divulged : great agitation was exhibited at Turin . Garibaldi has required 30 , 000 Sardinian troops to garrison "Naples . The head quarters of the Sardinian army in . the Marches had been established at Tolentino . General Masi ' s column was operating" towards Viterbo . At Terni the population had risen in arms , and a ProTisidiial Government been established . ,

      The Sardinian government has addressed a general memorandum to the various foreign courts through the ostensible medium of its accredited agents justifying the entry into the Marches with an armed force ; the grounds of justification stated are that it -was an interference in the cause of order , and intended to . control the " revolution" that could not be prevented . In this document Garibaldi is called " illustrious , " and it even goes the length of saying that " his glorious exploits recall all that poetry and history record . " A " special " coinnuinication to France seemed to have oozed exit , taking the same line of argument , and adding that Garibaldi ( the " illustrious , " &c ., ) had significantly hinted , that unless Sardinia took the , step she has done , he would at once march upon Rome . Apropos of Rome , the state ot the Pontifical exchequer was said to have rendered a disbanding of troops necessary .

      . . , . The rapprochement of . Austria and Russia is progressing in theniost approved " style . " Austria" gave a grand banquet in honour of " Russia ' s" birthday , in response to a similar compliment that had been received from his worthy confrere , and drank " Russia ' s" health with three times three . " France , " it is said , looks excessively awry at all these symptoms of cordiality , and is even said not to relish the idea of " England ' s" intended visit to her son-in-law "Prussia . " Meanwhue the march of events goes on quite irrespective , as regards the average results , and the ultimate issues of European affairs—of the moves and combinations of the political chess-board , and all its

      ephemeral plumes . The Austrian " Council of the Empire " is unanimously of opinion that tf something must be done" with regard to the relaxing that system by which " religious freedom" and " liberty of conscience" at present held completely in abeyance . The protestants seem disposed to agitate for a revision of the * Concordat , and to bo satisfied with nothing less ; this is merely a question of time . The press of Prussia deprecate the lending of aid to Austria in case of her attempting to re-establish " legitimacy , " ( that very illegitimate and sinistrous descendant of " right divine" ) in Italy , and the press of G-ermany declares that Austria does not intend attempting any such

      thing . A wonderful symptom of reform has just been made mamtcst in . Austria . As an experiment , but nothing more—it is said , the Government is actually about to adventure a trial of verbal examination of witnesses in the Courts for administering justice in maritime and mercantile matters . But this is not all ; should the experiment succeed the same " innovation" will be introduced into other Oourtp of Justice . Austria really seems destined , in course of time , to cease being a medieval state , and to adopt the usages of modern civilisation . . . . Another attempt against the life of the French Emperor is reported , and this time from Toulon , where a person levelled a p istol at him , but ; a female present threw up the arm of the intending assassin , who , it is given out , is a lunatic . The Frenoh Emperor arrived at Algiers early in the week .

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      g 22 2 ke Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Sept . 22 , 1860

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      Heu Majesty ' s Thcbatee . —The " English and Italian" Opera Season will commence at this house on Monday , October 8 . ¦ Among the tenors announoed aro Mr . Sims Rooves , Mr . Swift ( Trom Florence ) , Mr . Parkinson , Mr . Georgo Porren , Mr . Torrott 5 while among baritones we find the names of Mr . Roaehthal , and Mr , Stanleys and among the basses Mr . Patey , Mr . Bartleman , and Mr . Hurmann . Among the sopranos aro the distinguished artistes Mies Paropn , and Madme . Lomnaohs Sborrington ; while Madmo . Laura Buxter , and Miss Fanny Huddart are in the list of contraltos . We huvo confined our catalogue to the English artistes , aa the Italian oompanv of this house is perfectly well known . The conductors will bo Mr , Ufallo and Signor Arditi . Among the forthqoming new works is a now opora , composed expressly for this theatre , entitled " Robin Hood , " the musio by Mr . Maofawon ; and alao a new grand opera , entitled " Tho Ambor Witon , " the musio by W . V . Wallace . «„ , ' .- 4 , -n , » Haymauket Tmratjbib . '—Misb . Florence Haydon , irom tuo Dublin Theatre whose first appearance at tins house wo announced laat wook , has boon completely successful . Owing to tho accident ¦ whioh liefol Miss Sedgwiok , the " Overland Route" lma boon continued during the week , Mies Hay don malting her flrat appearanoo boforo a London publio in that piece on Monday , and Mr . W . Farron , a so for the ftrat time , abstaining tho payt of Tom Dewier . The other pioqpB frhatlmvo been given aro " Fftzemytho of ^ itwmythe HaU , " and « ThoB « iho « t of

      Water , " in which Mr . Buckstone and Mr . Conapto ' n sustain their well known characters . To return to Miss Hay don , she has a prepossessing appearance , a pretty face , an elegant figure , evinces intelligence in her . reading , and seems to understand stage business well , and to have been carefully educated for her profession ; she is in every respect a promising aotress . Next Monday Miss Amy Sedgwick , having , we are happy to hear , recovered from her indisposition , will appear in Mr . Edmund Falconer ' s new and successful play of " Does He Love Me . " Olympic Theatre . —Mr . Horace Wigan ' s new farce , " ravage as a Bear , " already announced by us as forthcoming , was produced here . on Monday . The pivot on which , the piece turns is analogous to . that of a French piece , the title whereof being translated is "The Bengal Tiger . " One Mr . Griffin ( Mr . F . Robinson ) , who might have been a real instead of a fabulous animal , and called Mr . Brewi » ( for he is the "bear , " ) is a man of jealous proclivities , and suspects hia wife ( personated by Miss Marston ) of exercising the " Sovereignty of the individual" ( vide Mill " On Liberty , " ) to the extent of having two strings to her bow ( beau ?) even after the sedative operation of matrimony . The " favoured" individual he suspects to be a very proximate neighbour , 0110 Jeremiah Jujube ( a good name for a sweet-heart certainly ) , represented by Mr . H . Wigan . To remove the cause of her husband's anxiety , Mrs-. Griffin writes for Jujube , with the view of intreating him to make himself scarce , he being , somehow or another , always turning up , though quite " promiscuously " ( to employ a cockney figure of 'speech ) under the jealous husband ' s nose . But this is only a transition from the frying-pan into the fire , for Jujube leaves his stick behind him , which is eagerly pounced upon by Griffin as the proof positive , which he has long ° been eagerly seeking , of—his own shame . Jujube , returning for his stick , is frightened out of his wits , and out of the house , by GriJfiu ' s violence , leaving yet additional proofs of his second appearance . At length , things being at the'worst , begin to mend ; the truth is flashed upon the Griffinian mind and all is satisfactorily settled . The author was called for at the end of the piece , and announced it for repetition . Steand Theatre ;—On Monday the pei'formances of this house wound Up with Messrs . Xates and Harrington ' s new farce " Hit Mm ! he has nofriends . " Mr , Modney Rictcetts ( Mr . J . Rogers ) a very respectable but very timorous trunk maker , of Tooley-street , is about to marry in haste that he may repent at leisure , a young lady named Miss Verner , whose brother Edward having seen an advertisement offering a reward for another Ricketts , who has deserted liis wife and three children , mistakes his sister ' s lover for the man , and proceeds first to thrash him almost to death , and then to follow him with a brace of Col . Colts rifled pistols , to . effect his utter destruction . Poor Rodney runs away to Canterbury where his lady-love , having discovered theiriistake follows , but luckily for the audience , who thereby would lose no end of fun , sJieis not able to clear up the matter- ¦ until-a variety of laughter-exciting incidents have occurred . Rodney ' s fright causes him to-be taken for a madman , and the " Boots " of the " Red Lion , " one Joe Crahbs ( Mr . H . J . Turner ) , who belongs slightly to the Sayers and Heenan school , and gives some manifestation of his proficiency in the " noble art , '' ia deputed to keep watch and ward over him till his friends come to fetch him . This conduct on the part of " Boots" naturally appears so strange to Rodney , that he in turn takes Joe for a madman . Upon this hinges a vast amount of drollery . But the unhappy denizen of Tooloy-street is not near the end of his troubles yet . In comes Mr . Ricketls , and the three " orphans , " two of whom clutch him by the legs , each taking one , while the third in the shape of a baby in long clothes is thrust into his arms . At length the mother " recognises" a stranger—to use an Hibernianism—in the person of her supposed husband . Ip addition to this shock to the cockney ' s nervous system Edward Verner rushes in with his " Colts , " and instead of a baby , Mr , Ricketts find a pistol thrust on his reluctant acceptance this time , wherewith he is to mix in deadly conflict with his pursuer : but his hand shakes so , it goes otf , frightening him half to death with the notion that he has shot himself . The noise , however , brings Miss Verner and others to the spot , and upon the principle that all is well that ends well , every body is satisfied , not forgetting the audience , which was crowded and exuberant in its applause . In the burletta of " Fra Diavolo , or tho Beauty and the Brigands , " that incomparable danseuse , Miss liosma Wright , whose style is remarkable alike for spir it and for grace , for vivaoity , elegance , and vigour , wont through some of her saltatory exploits to the lininonse delight of the audience . The other pieces were " The pot Lamb ( noticed in detail in our last number ) , and " Observation and Flirtation . The Standakd Theatkk . — Mr , Barry Sullivan and Miss Mamott are etill drawing qrowded houses at thisadmirubly-conductod establishment . CIW appear nightly in one of tho masterpieces of the ULrlior drama ; " The Gamester , " " Money , " " The Lady ol Lyons , " Macbeth , " " Richard the 3 rd , " &c , followed by popular and favorite a Itorpiocoa ; both being judiciously selected and changed , with a view to the essential elements of novelty and variety , huvo boon placed on I Ho stage with powerful casts , and in a stylo reilooting tho highest crocUt on tho managemont . Surwet Theatre . — Tho oponing of this house on Saturday lost iw announoed in our last number . Wo now proceed to give some Hcoount of tho two Jiew pioopa produced , namely , " Ralph Gaston , or tho J . \\ veo Lives , " and " Tho Vetoran and his Son . " The plot of tho first ol theae pieooa is aa follows : —Mr . Gaston , a yeoman , has two children , LiUun and Ralph , tho former of whom is aoduoud , und tho latter oaiwod to ba traneportpd by a qertain Sir Evorard 3 > udloy . Italph forms a resolution to inflict condign punishment on tho mnn who Jms wvongoil jus family , and returning from transportation in a vessel which is wroolcec and all livea lost but his own , gets possession of the papers ana property of one . Olomonfc llnthbono , a paaaongur , to whom ho n « a # p » ' - viouely boon assigned 6 n a-tioket-of-leavo . Arrived in Mnglnnd , Ina e » tu and fathor daad and tho fnmily o « tate » loaaod \ ipon " thrco Iivub , o » whioh that of tho eoduoor ia one , ho bogina to oxeouto hia soheino 01 vongoanoo , appearing altornntoly in his own proper poraon , and iwiti 0 dooeasQd Oloinont Ruthbone . The daughter ot hu ewter ^> . U »« . » J Bought to bo aorvod by the son of Sir Jiverard us thp lather wrvol her mothop , but Ralph gote them on board a yaoht , whioh ho W »«* up with ganpowdor . At length the purpoao of tlio story boinff woi-kod out , in EUfon ' s cltvughtpr being put in posaoaalon . of tho family oslato

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1860, page 822, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2366/page/14/