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power . The « loaves and fishes" of office seem to be the bone of contention . Any unseeml y scramble on this account would present a strange contrast with Garibaldi ' s self-sacrificing and abneitive conduct , he having done the whole work of the Solution , and retired from the scene of Ins labours and his triumphs without fee or reward ; while the lay figure , which without him Zd JaT been nothing , whom he has inspired with his spirit and for whom he has rendered easy what wonlrl ^ hnJ .,- 1 t . impossible , acquires all the glory andf rl ^ H ' ^^ 0 ^^ just as he inherited his crown , without having personal ?? d " neat least without having done unprompted- ^ ny thing t ? desei vfit Tlie earliest news this week stated that 30 , 000 Neapolitan troops had entered the Pope ' s territories , where measures were Wi * takenfor sunplying hem with the means of subsistence , of which theVwtro destitute Such a loss by the dethroned king could not leave him a 7 dozm thousand men for the defence of Gaeta . The result of the voting in Umbria had been even greater m favour of annexation than what we have " a ready " thattht 7 ? thei ; Part 9 \ ItaUan neWS at mJd-week seemed toZ that the secession for so it must apparently be termed , of Garibaldi ? h « Rwi 7 v " \ ^ h 3 Ve mt de them » elres conspicuously absent from the side of Victor Emmanuel , was to be looked upon as a significant ? W T ? * tlOn ° / "on-concurreuc 3 j in the present position ol thongs . If every one had his right , and if it is right there should be kings then Garibaldi himself would have the bost right to be kin-of that Italian Kingdom which he has been the main cause of ewedn ° , but this is not a logical world ; if it were , indeed , Garibaldi might find i £ 2 ? f 1 ° ?™! rival for the merit of having brought abJStf by the efficacy of a hbera propaganda , the present condition of things in Italy , in the much-abused republican Mazzini . Garibaldi , at his Capreran retreat , will make a useful and vigilant supervisor of the new potentate ' s proceedings . The « Ides of March " next , are , a ^ ordin " to the significant utterances of Garibaldi ' farewe ll address , to oe ° important epoch in the destinies of Italy . He wants a m i llion of Italians trained to arms and ready for service by that time ; we hope the Italians will treasure up his words and be prepared for every emir ! f 3- 1 7 ? . 1 Slojnous to see perfect freedom and self-government established throughout the length and breadth pf the land . Up to this time ( mid-week ) we heard of the dethroned King of Naples that ha ^ as still at Gaeta where there were 13 , 000 men , of whom General Bosco had taken the command . . As the week opened , the American news was to the effect that Mr Lincoln ' s election was « safe . '' An attempt had been made to excite a fear that Ins election would be followed by the separation from the Union of som-. of the Southern States , bub it appeared to exorcise little or no influence . The result of the election may bj expected in tho course of a day or two . The most discordant statements were made at the close of the last and towards the commencement of tho present week in reference to China . At mid-week it appeared to bo perfectly clear that Pekin had not been taken , and that the war had not been brought by the allies to a successful close . At this timo the Government Jial published Lord JUgins despatch , stating the position of matters and setting forth the reasons for breaking oil' the negotiations , which were , in brief , that the Uninese commissioners had declined to stipulate for the payment of tho indemnity of 8 , 000 , 000 taels without the previous sanction of the Emperor , and required a delay of Hires days . Whereupon Lord El" -in considering this an attempt at evasion , instructed Sir Hope Gran ° to bring- military pressure to bear . Prom the Far East we learn that tho King of Siam and the Emperor ot Assam had gone to war , by which squabble the European powers who may happen to bo represented in tho neighbourhood by their agents , will , no doubt , be on the qui-vive to profit . The Trench are already at war themselves with his Majosty of Assam ; and the pther royul personage is in a fair way to embroil himself with tho Majesty of Prussia , to whose envoy he has rofusod admittance to his sublime ore- 1 eence till next March . L
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Nov . 17 , 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . qj .
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Theatricals at Windsor Castle . —The courao of performances will commence on Thursday the 20 th instant , with Baddy Hftrdacre , and . B . B , tho services of tho Olympic Company having been secured ! Mr . George Ellis of the Lyceum is tho manager , and Mr . Donne tho director . Royal English Oi-eua . —Mr . Loder ' s m aM Dancers wns produoed horo on Saturday last . It wue first performed , aa our musical roaders may recolloot , at tho Princess ' s Theatre , under the management of Mr . Maddox , aorno fourteen years ago , with Mudumo Albortazzi , Mr , Allon ( tenor ) , and Mr , Lefllor ( baritone ) , in tho principal parts . In tho present representation , byaaingulur ooinoidenoo , Miss Albortiizzi and Jyiiss Lofller sustain two of the oharaotors . Tho story ia aliko adapted for musioal and dramatic effects as for soenio displuy . In what is called the " induolion" of tho opora , but whioh term would bo moro intelligible if tho syllublo " tro" wero " introduced , " as tho second one , the word as it stands savouring moro of tho Baconian philosophy thun tho stage — tho horoino , Giselle ( Muduino Pulmieri , aa represented as on tho ovo of niarringo , and boing appropriately soronaded for tho occasion , hor poor little head ia 111 such a whirl with preparations and anticipations , and a variofy of othor foininino " botherations , " that eho has somo dillioulfy in composing horsolf to sleep . Sloop sho dooB , howevor , ut last , und droain into tho bargain , and it is in hor droam that whut , in aluasioul olang , is called tho ' notion , " und in tho language of stngo toohnioulity , tho " business , " of tho piooo ia oarriod on . Her lovor , Albort ( Mr . Iluigh ) , oonios to waken ) ior on tho " bridal morn , " with a very protty tenor song j she m ^ ots him , and rotates how sho dreamt that , whilo standing nt the nltar with him tho " night danooi-8 , " or Wilis—namely , tho disembodied souls of voung laches who , liuving iliod on tlioir bridal ovc , for somo roiiaon or other can ' t rest in their graves , but ; oomo out , and " won ' t go homo till morning , " having , an irroaistiblo penoJtant for nooturnul saltation , liko tho Uufl ' ulo girls , " by tho light of tho moon "—broke in upon tho ooremony and made hor tluno . j with thorn till " daylight did appear . " nw n J * ' rativo is eoarooly finished , whon lib graao tho JDulco of ( diloaiu , ( M . v . Qrattaa Kolly ) , makes his appooranoe , and claims Albort ( whoso
; ^ mBMm i dumD ' fn , 11121 " ' 1611 tO a ., She 1 OVe 9 ' ^ - ^ don ' t car a dump tor her , is necessarily as wretched as if she hadn ' t o-nf him at all , very laudably , and in perfect conformfcy with the greatest happiness of the greatest number" principle abandons her claim , and joins the lovers' hands . The shock that poor g SSI lias received however , in finding her " forester W areal live prince , added to the shocking ceremony of chantina the funeral dn-ge which a number of ill-advised people insist upon ° dbiiia hivTnmistaken what was at first but a swoon , for death , —succeedaVn killing her outright . The tomb of GiseUe is discovered in one of those " 8 P ia iu moonIlghfc scenes in which this theatre is uhriralled ; Bertha ana Albert come to mourn over her , and afterwards the " Wilis " are seen flitting about in multitudes , and celebrating their midnight revels ine tomb opens , its occupant comes forth in her bridal dress to join tliem . 1 he inquisitive beadle is danced by the Wilis into the lake and drowned '; Albert again comes to the spot , meets his spirit bride , dances ¦ iTi ! ° P hne 3 u P on tb - e shelving bank to rest ; the wilis pounce upon Albert and dance him into the lake , and then , the dawn appearing vanish into thin air ; a change comes o ' er the spirit of the dream a cloud envelopes the scene ; and , when it clears off 1 , the shelving-bank Jias turned into the identical couch on which Giselle had " sunk to repose the night before , and she is woke in her own chamber by the morning sunlight , and the advent of her friends to wish her joy of her bridal day ; Bertha , the Beadle , the Duke of Silesia , and the transformation of Albert into Prince Albert , being but the illusions of a dream in addition to the artistes already named , Mary , the friend , and Godtrey , the father of Giselle , were personated by Miss Thirl wall and Mr ± . JJistin respectively . Miss Albertazzi , Miss Huddart , and Miss Leii " warettireaof the most loquacious , or rather melodious , of the WilisT llie music of the O 23 era is excellent , abounding in melodies and harmonics of truly artistic construction . The overture was encored entire , and most of the " gems " re-demanded , but repetition was declined , except . Mr . Ilaigh ' s song , " Wake , my love ; all life is strrrin" " supposed to be sung in Giselle ' s dream , as described ubo , o , and " Tro loves ^ me , loves me not , " in which Giselle socks to divine her lovers constancy by pulling the loaves from a flower , repeatin « - the words alternately , after the manner of Marguerite in irattsf . Jj or quality of tone Mr . Uaigh has few rivals as a tenor singer . Ihe queen of the Wilis found a ' graceful representative in Madame . rierron . For more detailed criticism we have aot space , and we have given the outline of the plot , mainly for the purpose of indicating the style of music , which throughout is appropriate and characteristic , laking the ensemble , the opera was excellently rendered and put upon the stage , and was a triumphant success . Mr . Loder , Mr . Harrison and Mr . Mellon appeared before the foot-lights after the fall of the curtain , in obedience to an unanimous and vehement call . It was followed by a new hallet d' action , called tho Ambuscade . A danseuse on her way to fulfil an engagement , is travelling along a country road infested with those picturesque but troublesome vagabonds , bunditti , arid has her carriage stopped by a gang of them . Her terpsichorean blandishments , however , stand her in good stead , winning the hoart of tho captain , who , after she has danced for his deleotution , sets her afc i '/ r ^ ty ""^ restores the plunder that has boon taken from . her . Madame Pierron , by whom the leading part was sustained , danced to perfection ; and Mr . F . Payne , as a frightened postilion , in an ague of terror , trembles in a way that makes one fear ho will oomo to pieces , and runs from the robbers as if his postilion's boots were veritablo seven league boots . The ballet in its way was as successful as tho opera . Her Majesty ' s Twbatkb . —Lucia di Lammermoor was announced for Monday , butSig . Giuglini boing , as it was subsequently announced , indisposed , Lucrezia Borgia , with Mr . Swift as Gennaro , was substituted . His performance , coming after , and in closo contrast with , that of Gennaro , which , in vocal excellence at least , is second to none on tho lyric stage—we moan Sig . Giuglini ' s—and undertaken at short notioc , may bo pronounood as in tho highest degree oreditable . On Wednesday wo wero promised-Don Giovanni , for " positively" tho last time , but wore disappointed , as Giuglini's "indisposition" continued ; wo Jiopo whoa it is performed that wo shall bo equally disappointed in itn being " positively" tho last tirno . Wo sincerely hopo and trust tho management will break its proiniso , for such a promise is infinitely moro honoured in the breaoh than the observance . If wo could have our way thoro should be a dozon more last performances of this inoom- > parable opera j and , aa tho Emperor did with Oimarosa ' s masterpiece wo would encore the on tiro performance , overturo and nil . Ductbv Lanjj . —The Adolphi has gono to Drury Luno this woek ; its fur-fumed company having appeared in Mr . Watts Phillips' " Story 3 f ' 45 . " Sir Andrew Sih'orton ( Mr . Wcbstor ) , and Sir Willium ishford ( Mr . Spencor ) , begin life as Jacobites , and tho former comet * ; o griof , and goes into oxiloj tho la ( lor having a largor organ of eocre-; ivoncsfl , contrives to stay iit homo nnd marry hia friond ' a / Utncce , jroving , did it want proof , that " rnon aro thiovea in love . " Tho cxilo ilso marriofl , and both ho and Sir William Ashford booomo wiilovi-rn , lio latter boing loft with a daughter , named Isabel ( Misn JT . Siimns ) , , ucl tho former with a son , nuinofl Cyril ( Mr . M'Lt .-in ) , who full in ovo with 0110 another , and contract a oecsrot murring < . » Sii * Andruw laving recoived n frco pardon returns to England , anil rooommonda one finook Vlickor ( Mv . Toole ) , to Sir Williani na u iideful ugont ., but in oulity intends him for a imy to eH'oot tho ruin of hi » enemy , with yliom ho protanda a rooonoilintion . Fliciker stfuls jiupors Hint provti ho treason of hiti now maHtor . Sir Andruw rapuirn nt night , in llsguido , to Sir William ' s house , nnd ig tnkuii lor ii rnbbci * by icubjl , . 'ho assuming tho position nnd nt ( itiu ( o of n Hltituo on Ilio lop vl' u aonnt pwdostnl in ( ho gui-den , » j > j ) pi '» oh Cyril o \ ' tho ciriiiirnMtutioo , 0 boing on tlio spot on a f ' urfivu visit to hirt wlfo ; and to ohoiijio , ir Andrew dieico \ r orci liiinuuli' to hU sun . Tho latter ( lion revuulu is oltuuleBtino marriage , upon which liis fotlior dotormines to xv 0 instoucl of ruining Sir Willium . Horo an underplot outn 1 . A oortuin Joseio MXeod hoa throo strings to lior bow ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 17, 1860, page 949, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2374/page/13/
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