The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

ii.F.dt MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Rossini':; opera of Otello was pla-,.ed here last night, for els
first time for some years. It was 'strongly cast, and the per-
formance was most honourable to the establishment. Min 3;
De IA GraLge, whose popularity increa.es with each nave
p:;rt she ilsurnes, was the Desdemoua and,
been expected, the spangled music of Rossini was inter_
preted by this accomplished vocalist in a style seldom
Theatre*
equalled even within the walls of. Her Majesty's
Ttte clitticulties of Rossini's music vanished before her Pre!:
tised and facile vocalism, and she soared, sparkled, and trEit,
bled with exquisite taste and finish. Her acting thretiP
out was hill of intelligence and meaning. De Base'T,d
:ago was a most careful and well-studied performanee. 11.'te
the artist showed how a true musician deals with lir 7h
somewhat less suited to his peculiar talents than that Nyni,:io
as might h
he is in the habit of executing. He sang with remarkable
precision, and with an evident determination to render Da
composer's intention conscientiously and completely- 'pi
flue voice told admirably in the concerted musk. signor is
Bat ini's Otello was a most satisfactory performance; and ~it,
Deft I Amor! dirada nembo," for its vigour and sl:".;,
received, and deserved marked applause. He acted throtti,
out with much zeal and purpose. Lablache was the fff
miro, and gave the terrible curse " Empia, to maledie%,
with all the high pitch and intensity which, in years 0
by, used to make this passage, when he played the Pal",,
moment of breathless stillness throughout: an expectant 10';
Calzolari sang admirably as Roderigo. The opera We et
ceediogly well, and the calls between the acts and at the
of the curtain were vehement.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. 4
Spehee celebrated opera of Faust was produced itla
evening to a most crowded house, and received with a
greatest enthusiasm. The veteran composer, who conducteoj
the orchestra in person, was hailed with a vehement weicclt:e
on takiag.his presidential seat. He was called for, ail),„7,
with Tamberlik, Ronconi, Formes. and Mesdames Caste
and Anna Zerr, at the end of the first act, and at the clew
had to appear again upon the stage, and bow his thanks to as
enthusiastic audience.
idea
The libretto has but little to do with. Goethe's celebrated
drama. The beautiful and mournfully interesting charaltea
of Margaret is omitted. The opera opens when Faust, vita
his infernal mentor always at, his elbow, i 3 in the full cartls
of power and indulgence. Their nocturnal dialogue
asp,
streets of Strasburg shows that Faust retains his good este,
rations, and desires to use his power in benefiting his feria
creatures, while Mephistophiles laughs at notions whie"se
the circumstances are merely absurd. Faust is in love no
a young girl in all purity and honour, and wishes ,
marry her; but the fiend reminds him that ,mars
nags vows are against their compact. Rosio.';
mother has died, and Faust is suspected of hals,la
murdered her to
.get the daughter into his P°"-a,
Francis, Itosina's rejected lover, with a party of folloWe.,
is approaching to seize Faust, and rescue her; they
ssstiis
round the house and break in, but Faust and his conir'na
take flight through the air, leaving their pursuers gazil3,4B
astonishment. We now come to another brancho"s;
story. There is a brutal couet, Gulf by name, who has c';',.l
ried off a young lady from a convent and imprisoned bed's(
his castle. Cunegonda has a lover, Hugo, who is a frig°
Faust's; and Faust offers him his assistance to rescue '"s
mistress. Accordingly, Hugo and his followers, with ,
and Mephistophiles as auxiliaries, attack Gulf's cast!'
which, by diabolical power, is immediately wrap in flames
Cunegonda rushes out, followed by Gulf with his draf,
sword ; the lady rushes joyfully into her lover's arum,
while a legion of foul fiends environ Gulf, and drag
him to perdition like Don Giovanni. This ell is
the first act. The second act opens with the WalPla
night on the summit of the Blockberg, painted after GOO
The witch Sycorax, raised by incantations, brews an infert3,-1
liquor which, quaffed by Faust, fills him with unhalloW
thoughts and desires. The scene changes to the square
~,
before the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle. Rosina aPPesse..--
attended by her lover Francis; the pair, it seems, are see
conciled, and have come together to seek for Faust slid
ieei
the coronation. logo and Cunegonda are getting married
et the moment, and the rivatial procession comes " a'sa si
Faust being cf the party. Rosina thinks no more
poor Francis, brit reshes up to Faust with passi°l3b-Lit
exclamation. Frost is somewhat taken aback, e,:s
commits the damsel to his attendant Wagner to be too(
care of. We now find, from a soliloqu9 ,bs
Fuust's that the worthy gentleman is by 'hi I
time bent on possessing Cunegonda, the wife of
,'s
friend ; and what is worse still, Cunegondis, though she '",t
not sold herself to the devil, is quite disposed to meet P.l's
half way. Hugo gives a great marriage feast, at whics
Faust and Mephistophiles, with a hosier of their friend I
appear as guesae and also Rosina, in man's attire, folloise.
by her good-natured lover Francis. Faust iminediatelS
makes violent Lve to Cunegonda, who receives
as kindly as he can wish, while Mephistophiles slyly P°l
out their flirtation to the injured husband.
A. quarrel
violent uproar of course ensue; Faust stabs Hugo, andseba
appears; and the curtain falls on a scene of confusion.
says
few incidents in the third act are incoherent and Witn,°,
any intelligible sequence. We have Mephistophiles and T.
witches exulting in the success of their infernal arts;
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have Faust full of remorse and despair; we have the t'o
betrayed women committing suicide; and lastly, we btls,
co
the doomed hero of the piece, his cup at length full,
veyed to hell by troops of devils. his advapncet;
Written in the youth of Spohr, the Faust belongs tot;
school of Mozart, of whom it shows traces (but by no raet
plagiarisms) ,in every scene—in construction tnelea'
phraseology, and instrumentation ; the principal 'differetioa
;
consisting in the greater use of the chromatic scale, ntr,
studied variety of modulation, and greater fulness and elaus"o •
ration in the orchestral accpnapanirnents. Fine as the muse
is, this elaborate style gives it an effect of heaviness arl'"
from want of relief. The opera will certainly bear abridf,
meat, the recitative may be condensed, and some alb's
scenes cut out altogether; but the performance was 41"
Rm 'ableoant iceoi
nenia
psaaeverynpgi i
tireebsse;paebuc
but there
ut
leff4e,hr.ee ciTehhafieranceatimerr of Faust has few dreg
l'amore un grato fibre," was a masterpiueiscniectohif; vtijohrcesatlpaa24l;7:,,es'ts,
sion. The delicious little duet between Faust and gs,°ssijia
idaZngi edrrieryte,
hawebi 1111 iyo.
first
ts hti
esntait
cicaihtnd,aearcemal
containing
aerci
noapifelait
gcer
111 ofanne g
oaßne
dqoaus
" Ab, se it ciel," was sweetly sung by Rouconi arid al"ti
tn
tae
dHveehr very ably
fah
tbs'lp lea,tis
the air, " Ah, amorell
e vero," which in beauty and expression has scar
-•
been surpassed by Mozart himself, was most
quisitely given, and applauded with enthusiasm.
like Faust, is little better than a walking gentleman; cuy
the music of the part displayed all the richness and brillial‘,
tone, look,
voice, and his success consequently was
mense
The only decidedly dramatic character in the opets,.
Mephistophiles; and it certainly is Formes's masterpw's,4
Attired after Retzch's drawing, he was fiend-like ha e/74
look, and motion ; and the monologue which oPe
the third act was given by him with terrible grandeur' di
The choral and concerted music was admirably perforioe
especially the magnificent finale to the first act—allils°
powerful piece of musical painting. The music of the wites."os
festival has some wild and quaint passages, but it 'it a
short ofwhat Weber and Men delssolan has taught us to exassicia
Every thing belonging to the spectacle - scenery, costumes, es
decoration- was got up with the splendour which dis,inguism
this theatre.
Orel
His Royal Higness the Duke of Cambridge Ons boX.
the performances with his presence. Her MajestY''lusa-
Cle
sue
was occupied by the Countess of Jersey and Lady
tina Villiers, Lady Caroline Maxse and Miss 81a2c38 the
party. Among the fashionable company attending ,b 0
th-atre we remarked his Grace the Duke of Leeds, "„a
Marquis of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Derby ,t,
Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl of Powis, the Earl of u." 1,4
digan, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Denbigh and '"„
Ladies Feilding, the Earl' Bruce, Viscount Canterblifini
Viscount Villiers, Vanildlietrhs,e NL'iasedoieusntßrTidegmipnalentowaicid,
Itthiess Countess of
Viscount Sydney, Lord and Lady Carrington and
neriePi
Hon. Miss Carrington, Lady Georgia • od Lye
Ladies Huenerri,eietit)a, aLnaddyGerrialdine Somerset, na od reogrdt o nanad II
Ho.w.iasrlodp
daendvil;illidsesnEtalinodt and
11-40:sir,
Charlotte Elliot, Lady
Misses Ellis, Lord Henryordon Lennox, Lord and Lady
Paget, Lord and Ladsv Ernesty Bruce, Lord P. Fitzroy, sO,
Frederick Beauelsrls, Lady Domville and Miss 1)004"iist),
Lady Atkinson and party, Lady Farquhar and
Farquhar, Lady Rochford and party, the Baroness Re"-
, r' •
child anti party, Major the Hon. R. .Needham, Flom H. a i
zon, Hon. W. Harbord, Hen W. Grey, Hon. Theatsalds,l
lon, Hun. Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley, Sir Win. Fraser, ,s
fir Cheries and Lady Fox, Sir Henry Bishop, Sir ilea
Webb, Sir George Armytege, Colonel Brownlow li".00$1
M.P., eye.

ASTLEY'S AMP :1 ITHEATRE* nt
place of pi
esr tua.ipn ra en t by a seasonable vcce;e
the established reputation :-
'a,pnt and attractive novelties, is about to prod.'ll3, a new specimen of the gorgeous resources of his establi3o
men% This is a g:aud spectacle, written expressly for to. Amphitheatre by the celebrated Fiizball, and entliled r,if
the Great. It will be found to be replete with extraordina'ol
pro.ofDpbtailitaltl3ri
interest, and got up With a care and splendour worthy
this liberal and enterpriser g manager.
st hi 0 i 3ns I

COUItT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, THunaDll'rj
Icnperie,l Ilighne.ss the Princi,ss of Salerno ill,
their Royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess emelt,
tressed over from Southampton yesterday aftern.alf,
the Royal yacht Fairy, and landed at Trinity "bees
East Cowed, at half-past six o'clock, Where es,TO6
were iu attendance to convey them to Osborne, 011
Pi3it to her
IliTgh6neegseuteheen DarrLdhesrionfee'Keaneet°llPdandae cdßboyyallitiitO °:BYfall'
drove out in an open carriage and four, returning a lithe
before eight o'clock.
eludeThd ino te linhe Royal di. Colonel Pnnperp party.his had the honour of being
The Earl of D,

o, ierby arrived in
town t' Leonard's.yesterda, fronLeonard's. In the afternoon the Noble Early left ton"
for Osborne, Ida of Wight., on a visit to the Q. ist
Mr. Hornby had an interview with Mr. secrueenets',
Walpole yesterday, at the Lionie-cffice.
ell
'The Chancellor of the Exch.
quer and Mrs. Dis" $t
left town yesterday to visit the Marquis of ChandosApep
Wootton, and attervvards to proceed ta Ilughen'
Manor, Bucks.
Dispaches from the Governor of GibraltEr were rC°,
caved at the Colonial, office _yesterday.

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during the
above institution .
ternoster-yow, ff_r
d AS OURS trzEßs' ?Roy IDF N T INS TIT UTlON,—Ytstelit;
ay evening a :
Ira; held at the Committee-rooms iu •,,,,t
meetArg of the directors and members of t'-
Pa'
general business. The report for the P"'t
3Vichairc which ‘1113., idl igh ly
ing the satisfactory, as, notwithatanding the motive
years,
larger than '
year been granted for assistance bet
DO
in any former year, the Permanent Fund r,
pow reached the sum of 20,000/. The directors have, c 1?.,,
in relietfh
year, expended in relief 542/. among twenty °lOl
tressed members and fifteen widows of tnemhers, and, !Ito
seinsr Ocotfolil ,st3r3,
three exceptions, the same persons have received in provi,° a
01/8. ,40making
upwards the o
ftotal
,50s
3,0501., and
ex rwe nbui
ceba
has been participated iu by sixty-seven members 013
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Four members and 000
M. CARDWELL.—There have been vartuus tu-., twenty-two widows of members.
not late able and accomplished representa- a
wi ow of a member, recciving permanent relief, are
_1,,,
mows respecting our
ffect that he was about to enjoying the benefits of a comfortable home at the Bin.
five during the last week, to the e
~
,
t Abbott's Lanole ijert-
- t the present elecuon. There never tibilens Provident Retreat, a , „y, 4
stand for other places a
There are t e-ent on the booi:s of the institution ~
truth in any of these rumours, so far as the a pr :,
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was the slightest
11 are concerned. We bslieve that members. The income for the }'ear from all sources we't
o+
intentions of Mr. Cardwell
ramble on the Continent, to recruit him- /ANL Cs. id. ;expenditure,incluln the sum
the . i g
,l.
he intends to take a
session and the 1730!. 14s 2d. further invested with the Commissioners fur '
the labours of the . • election; but • •
self after
earned a reputation which renders his i the Reduction of tine National Debt, left a balance for the cur
Mr. Cardwell has
speedy return to public life, and to a seat in the House of rent year of 51/. 15s. ld.
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matter of certainty. Men of talent are not so I THE EDINBURGH EnEcnoN.--The following is II
Commons, a
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abundant in that House" to render his absence from it a : extract from a letter from Edinburgh, dated July 1
e —Liverpool Times.
Srma ter of indifference.—Liverpool .
"One of the incidents of the election contest was the ~,
---t r $ m•—The Industriel Culaisien sa 1 f Professor Wilson, who is much disabled wi
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ii, A German that he •
limbs to
has laid a wager will swim across the lof his lower , vote for Macaulay. d
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Channel r we have from Calais to Dover • not heard on what come in from his brother p's lace -
, eight miles distant, an 0
day the wager is to come off, but we can
bile since hi attack till 12* °coos'
state that the not been seen in pu s t is
German was yesterday practi4ipg hii strength in the sca, 114 brought Ulf out* gi4 sympathies y!lts &gip are ae 414wP
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