The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-22 00:00:00

MADEMOISELLE JOANNA VI'AGNER.

The " vexed question" about the theatre in which
this much-talked-of artist is to appear in London has
been ultimately settled in favour of the Royal Italian
Opera. Since this fact was made public, however, a
statement has appeared in the columns of a contempo-
rary, which accuses Mademoiselle Wegner of what may
be termed, in legal phraseology, " sharp practice," in
her transactions with the director of Her Majesty's
Theatre. In refutation of this charge, Herr Albert
Wagner, father of the singer, has addressed us a letter,
much too long for publication, the gist of which, how-
ever, may be bricfly stated. Herr Wagner declares that
the director of the Royal Italian Opera, as early as 1850,
made several propositions to his daughter Mademoiselle
Wagner, which her continental engagements prevented
her from accepting, and that in the autumn of last
year these propositions were renewed, but, that owing to
circumstances wholly uninteresting to the public, Made-
moiselle Wagner Was induced to give the preferegce to
Her Majesty's Theatre, with the director of which
establishment she signed a treaty for the
present season. Herr Wagner further states, that
in tho eourse of last month, his daughter re-
ceived several letters from the director of the
Royal Italian Opera, to which, considering her-
selt bound to the other theatre, she did not reply. An
important stipulation, however, is the engagement with
Her Majesty's Theatre, which was to have been carried
out on the 15th of March, not having bees fulfilled,
Mdlle. Wagner, on the sth of the present months,
regarding the old contract as null and void, concluded
101 ra.
new one with the director of the Royal Italiau
The object of Herr Wagner's letter is to defend_ his
daughter, who throughout acted under the advice of
himself and her most intimate friends, from the charge,.
of having acted inconsiderately towards the director or
see
d
t treaty. a
the theatre for which she signed her firs
of one day between the date agreed upon for the fulfil-
ment of the stipulation alluded to and Its,saTbhsoelauttree,tenndeerrr
by an authorised agent of Her Maitj
weeks had
nedthae contract
elapsed Wagner states that not less thsenesrefoi
elapsed before Mademoiselle Wagn
h(3l
with the rival establishment—althoug,
April, a formal notice had been transmitted to the
director of Her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mine.
Wagner declared that she considered herself no long.r
Mdlle.
bound to that establishment. These best wayediffere for
differences are not
matters of general interest, and th
Wagner to sustain her reputation its England is to
sing so well that she may please the London public as
much as she has already, pleased that of Berlin, Vienna,
and other continental cities.-- Times.

--'-----ST• JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her
his_R. oye Tg.hness Prince Albert,
FRENCH PLAYS, • TRE.—Her
Majesty the 'Queen and
Serene hugnness rrince Leopold of Saxe
accompanied by his
Coburg and Gotha, and attended by the Countess of Desart,
Lord T.albot, Lord Colville, and Colonel Seymour, honoured
the performances with
their presence last evening. There
were also present—The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady
Constance Gower, Lord
Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis of
•Normanby, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Earl of Ches-
terfield, the Earl of Granville, Lord Northampton, Lord
the
Canning, Lord and Lady Ashburton, the Countess of Walde-
gr e, Lady Bulwer' • Countess de Flahault, Sir Michael
, Colonel Meyrick, Captain
Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, Captain Lyon,
Shawav Stewart, Sir William Clay
Ryder Burton,
A. Klom, Mr. Wyndham, Mr.
Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr.
Leveson Gower, Colonel Macalpine.
TREATY.—Yesterday the treaty of
commerce
Tun BELGIAN
and navigation between her Majesty and the King
of the
1 the Parliamentary printing.office. The treaty contains q 0
1 articles, and is accompanied by an additional article, a de-
-1 claratioa, and an article explanatory of the latter.