Morgan) and Cordova, (Mr. Hodge) present themselves on the scene, and after ordering punch, request the landlady of the Golden Lion and her daughters to dance with them, while the waiter Peblo plays the guitar; Don Carlos has been unable to secure a partner; at this moment Loretta, with her father, pass the inn-door, and Carlos runs out and seizes on her to join the party. In the scuffle that ensues, consequent upon her father's attempt to secure her from the violence of Don Carlos, the officers of justice are called, but the noblemen escape, carrying with them Juanita his daughter. We are now introduced to the apartment of Don Carlos, in the palace of Henriquez, (Mr. J. Jones) his intended father-in-law, when we are acquainted that Loretta has fallen a victim to his arts; a pleasing duet between Mme. Bishop and Harrison, "Some hearts there are," is given, and Carlos promising to take Loretta to her father, quits her for the purpose of ascertaining if they can leave without being observed. She, however, takes advantage of his absence to escape by a secret door. The scene changes to the saloon of Don Henriquez, where Carlos makes his appearance in the midst of a number of guests, and laments his incapability to marry Florinda (Miss Poole), in consequence of the King having appointed him to the colonelcy of a regiment which he is ordered immediately to join; a pleasing quartette is sung, while the company are dancing, and the act concludes by Loretta being seen letting herself down from a balcony. Four or five years are supposed to have elapsed from the period of the first act. A grand fête is given in a hamlet adjacent to Seville, to celebrate the return of Don Carlos, Loretta with her child is living here, and Henriquez resolves that the marriage of his daughter shall take place directly, but Carlos having seen Loretta without being aware of her identity, falls in love with her, while Ferdinand declares his love to Florinda. A detachment of soldiers arrive with Phillippo as their cap tain, Loretta recognises her long absent brother, and rushes into his arms, This is seen by Carlos, who becomes jealous, and inquires the relation of the parties and their station in life; he offers her his hand, which she declines. At this instant her child is brought to her, the sight of which enrages Philippo, who threatens to kill the infant to destroy its mother's shame, Carlos endeavours to appease him, and the act ends with a tableau of villagers and soldiers and a chorus. The last portion of the opera takes us again to the palace of Don Henriquez, where preparations for the wedding of his daughter are making, but Florinda is unhappy, she loves another. Philippo, who has been reconciled to Loretta, arrives with her to resign his commission to his commanding officer, Don Carlos. Loretta remembers the apartment as the scene of her ruin, and recognises Don Carlos, on entering, as her betrayer, Philippo is indignant at her wrongs, strikes her seducer, for which he is tried and condemned to death. The closing scene is the military execution by torch light. The soldiers amidst solemn music prepare for their task, when Loretta rushes in, and with her child pleads with Don Carlos for her brother's life, he in return offers her his hand, is himself forgiven by Henriquez, who consents to the union of Florinda and Ferdinand, which terminates the opera. The singers may be said to have done their part. Madame Bishop in one short week, and from constantly forcing her voice, has no longer any control over it; nor can she sing sotto voce; it must be either forced out or it becomes inaudible. Miss Poole's voice told most agreeably in contrast, the tones came out clear and flowing; and in her ballad, "Happy heart, oh, happy heart!" she quite took the audience, and was rewarded by being called upon to repeat it twice. Mr. Harrison did not sing so well as we have sometimes heard him; his great fault is that he appears to strangle his upper notes. A more open and free tone would be desirable. King sang with great effect and is certainly the best tenor. Mr. Borrani is always the same; he shows he has a fine voice. Of the scenic representations of this theatre, there can be but one opinion-they are really exceedingly well done. Some of the effects produced were applauded as they deserved to be. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Mr. This series of entertainments commenced on the 30th ult., the day on which our last number went to press. On the opening night the house was most densely crowded in every part, by an audience who, to judge from the spontaneous and hearty applaase with which they greeted the famous leader on his appearance at the head of his band, seemed thoroughly to appreciate the many claims on public patronage which this enterprising maestro possesses, for having provided one of the cheapest, most refined, and intellectual amusements of the present day. In his nightly programme was to be found the most varied attractions of the muse, including selections from the classic lore of Haydn, Meyerbeer, Weber, and Beethoven, mingled, or rather enlivened, with a host of polkas, waltzes, "quadrilles, &c., judiciously arranged, so as to gratify the tastes of all. The most peculiar feature of the present season was, however, M. Jullien's quadrille, "The British 66 Army," "intended," says the programme, as a companion to the British Navy Quadrille" of last season. In order to give effect to this composition, he engaged, in addition to his own extensive orchestra, four complete military bands. The din created by this immense concourse of sounds, aided by a monster drum, which itself sent forth a volume of sound equal to a hundred Chinese gongs, was truly deafening, and produced in us sensations anything but agreeable; it is, however, uniformly encored. It is, we think, better suited to a monster concert in the open air, than any confined building, be its dimensions ever so capacious. The American Polka (another of M. Jullien's compositions) was deservedly a great favourite. It is founded on the new melodies sung by Henry Russell and the Ethiopian Serenaders, which are arranged with great skill to the time of this popular dance. It had a very pleasing effect, as played by the band at these concerts, and will last as long as the melodies themselves endure. The limited space at our disposal prevents us from doing justice to the vocal abilities of Miss Birch, who has been engaged throughout the series. She sang Roch Albert's maritime melodies, and a number of popular songs, in her usual chaste and beautiful style, generally receiving the compliment of an encore. By the time we are at press, these Concerts will have closed, the theatre having been taken by the "Covent Garden New Alliance" (such being the sobriquet by which the party under Costa are ironically described). When, therefore, we are to meet M. Jullien again we know not, as there are but two courses open to himthe one to wait until the ex-director of Her Majesty's Theatre shall have exhaust ed his resources in his idle scheme, or to raise a building for himself, for we know of no vacant place in London capable of holding one-fourth of a Covent Garden audience. We trust, however, that he will adopt the latter alternative, and that we shall ere long have the satisfaction of again beholding him wielding his magic baton in his own permanent home, without the danger of molestation or interference. PRINCESS'S. Another American tragedian has appeared on the boards of this house-a Mr. J. R. Scott, in the characters of Sir Giles Overreach and Rob Roy. His acting, though disfigured by the mannerisms of many of the nation to which he belongs, nevertheless displays ability of no common order. We should like to see Mr. Scott in one of Shakspeare's tragedies. An opera has also been produced here by Mr. Edward Loder, founded upon the ballet of "La Giselle." The title of the opera, the libretto of which is from the pen of Mr. G. Soane, is “The Night Dancers." It has been very successful, and the performances of Mme. Albertazzi and Mr. Allen in particular have given great satisfaction. ALLCROFT'S CONCERTS (LYCEUM THEATRE.) In the interval between the close and reopening with the Christmas novelties, this elegant theatre has been taken by Mr. Allcroft for a series of Promenade Concerts, somewhat on the plan of Jullien's, and notwithstanding the powerful rivalry in the neighbourhood, has been eminently successful. The band, conducted by Mr. Negri, consists of eighty performers, and is very efficiently organised, including the Distin family, whose clever performances on the Sax Horns defy description. Richard Blagrove and Master Thirlwall also played several solos on the concertina and violin, which elicited much applause; but the chief attraction was Mr. Henry Russell, who sang several of his old favourite songs, in addition to some new ones not yet published, and who is rewarded every night with the prolonged plaudits of the whole house. SADLER'S WELLS. Success in its full measure continues to reward the able management of this theatre. Since the retirement of Mrs. Warner, her place has been filled by a young lady of great natural ability and highly cultivated elocutionary powers-Miss Laura Addison. Of this lady's connexions and private history we know nothing, and it little boots us to know anything; but it will be evident to any one upon witnessing her representation of Isabella in the play of "Measure for Measure," that no care or cost has been spared in preparing her for a successful debut. Not that we would wish to be understood to say that the delineation of the character so ably done by Miss Addison was entirely the result of education or training-far from it; there is a freshness and originality in her every gesture and intonation of voice, that are the indications of genius, but genius schooled and developed by a master-mind. We have generalised thus far, leaving ourselves no space for details, and are compelled to pass over with one short word of praise the very masterly acting of Mr. Phelps and the other members of the company, all of whom acquitted themselves with great credit. We, however, plead as our apology the anxiety we feel to make our readers aware of the merits of a young and worthy aspirant for fame. Mr. Phelps' reputation was long since made. F. A. B. INDEX. Abolition of Capital Punishment, on the, Canzonet, 352 234 Adelaide Gallery, 256 Adelphi, 255 Capital Punishment, on the Abolition of, Caravan and other Tales, the, 247 Advantages of Life and other Assurances, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, 173 the, 280 Advantages of a Classical Education to Agricultural Societies, the Utility of, 404 Alps and the Rhine, the, 93 Anti-Slavery League, 252 Ballad Romances, 245 Beranger and his Poems, by D. M. M., 79 Chitimachas, the Last of the, by the Edi- Christian Witness, the, 320 Court of Court II, Memoirs of the, 91 Debater, the, 326 De Folly's Geometrical Piano-forte, 413 Blue Beard, the true history of the cele- Dream of the Opium Eater, 118 Man in Green, the, 20 Manual of Practical Draining, 396 Hall, the Rev. R., Works and Remains of, Moor, the Mine, and the Forest, the, 402 Musings of a Musician, 162 PIQUILLO ALLIAGA; OR, THE MOORS IN Chap. 1. The Fueros, 24 11. The Moor's Dwelling, 60 13. The Queen's Visit, 125 Preacher's Arrest, the, 190 Poor Artist, the, by the Editor: Press, the, Spain, Japan, and the Indian Archipelago, 347 Prevalence of Wars in Former Times, 374 Prison Discipline, 163 Prose from the South, by J. E. Reade, 73 Punishment, Capital, on the Abolition of, 234 Puss in Boots, 283 3. Inconveniencies of Patriotism, 32 Preceptors, College of, 328 12. The Queen, 62 16. St. Carmen, 136 14. The Queen's Chamber, 129 15. The Two Young Girls, 130 17. The Day after the Festival, 224 Queen, the, in Jersey, 253 Rabelais, an Hour with Old, 121 Raven, the, and other Poems, 93 21. Piquillo in search of a Father, 299 Reform, the Greatest, 394 25. The Return to Madrid, 306 26. Containing some Information 27. Conclusion, 376 Patagonians, the, 221 Reformation in Switzerland, 395 Reigate Mechanics' Institute, 334 Robinson Crusoe in the Neo-Hellenic, 174 Sadler's Wells, 256, 416 Parliamentary Societies of London and Second Childhood, 211 Self-supporting Villages, 414 Pawsey's Ladies' Fashionable Repository Sertorius, Fawn of, 251 Peasantry of England, 324 Peel, Sir Robert, on his Resignation of the People's Circulating Library, the, 330 Picture Gallery, the, 368 Pilgrim in the shadow of the Jungfran Poems by Camilla Toulmin, 91 1. Allan Ramsay, 109 2. Robert Burns, 189 Poet, to a, 242 Poet's Bazaar, 317 Poet's Remembrancer, the, 366 Shakespeare's Dramatic Art, 248 Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Six Sermons on Intemperance, 173 Tales from the Phantasms of Ludwick Tea, on the Chemical and Dietetic Rela- Theatres, the, 336 Thodolf, the Icelander, 90 Tudor Sisters, the, 167 Tussaud's, Madame, 176, 256, 336 Two Tragic Muses of the Nineteenth Cen- |