The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-18 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The opera of La Cenerentola was revived at this
theatre, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of intro-
ducing Mdlle. Pauline Garcia in the character of An-
gelina. Beautiful as the music of that opera is, and
redolent as it is of sweet melodies, we do not think it
is one that is calculated to elicit the peculiar excellen-
cies of the fair cantatrice's voice, or to exhibit her full
dramatic and vocal powers. To a rich, full, and
great compass of voice Mdlle. P. Garcia unites much
uncertainty, and it is in the more effective parts—as
was the case with her sister Malibran—where expres-
sion is to be given to the passions and feelings, that she
shows herself a great artiste. Her voice is, however,
one of the very highest order, and its capacity great in
the extreme. Fow voices combine such a variety of
tones, all of them perfect. Her personation of the
character of Angelina was entirely successful ; and in
the course of the opera, the style, expression, and
feeling she infused into her singing, and the
science she displayed, deservedly elicited the warmest
applause. The house did full justice to the effec-
tive and chaste manner in which she executed
the concluding aria, " Non piu mesta," by unani-
mously calling for its repetition. When the curtain fell
there were loud calls for the fair vocalist, and she appeared
to receive the congratulations of the audience. The
other characters in the opera were sustained by Lablache,
Rubini, and Tamburini. The former, as Don Magnifico,
was excellent ; and Rubini as DO7l Ramer°, and Tam-
burini as Dandini, performed and sung in their usual
unrivalled style.
In the ballet of La Gitana Taglioni exhibited her
unapproached and unapproachable powers, and displayed
the beau ideal of grace and lightness. Her attitudes
are the personification of "to xaA,;v," and her move•
ments poetry in action. The house was very fully
attended, and was honoured by the presence of her Ma-
jesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of
Saxe Coburg, Princes Leopold and Augustus of Co.
burg, Prince and Princess Leiningen, and Count Mens-
dorfT. The Royal box was not vacated until the termi-
nation of the first act of the ballet.

CARLOITELECTION COMMITTEE

(YESTERDAY.)

The vote of Thomas Maginnis was again proceeded
with, and occupied nearly the whole of the day. The
Committee decided in favour of the vote, and therefore
retained it on the poll.
The vote of Pearce Kelly was next objected to by
the petitioner, and was under consideration until the
Committee adjourned at four o'clock.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the
purpose of taking into consideration the Bill for Regulat-
ing the Police in the City of London, as amended by the
Select Committee of the House of Commons. After a
lengthened discussion relative to the appointment and the
dismissal of the Commissioner of Police, an amendment was
moved to the effect of vesting the power of dismissing the
Commissioner in the Court of Common Council instead
of the Court of Aldermen. A division took place, when
there appeared—
For the amendment 27
For the original motion
Majority for the Clause —3
Another amendment was proposed to the effect of giving
to the Secretary of State the power of dismissing the
Commissioner. It was negatived by a large majority.
An amendment was moved regarding the salary of the
Commissioner, the Clause stated that not less than 8004
a-year should be given, and the Court agreed that the sa-
lary should not be less than 8001., or more than 1,0001.
per annum, by a majority of 5, the numbers being 35 to 30.
The Court was then proceeding to discuss another
Clause, when it was observed that there were rot Mem-
bers enough present to constitute a legitimate Court.
The Loan MAYOR then said the Court was adjourned.

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VERA CRUZ.—It IS rumoured (but we know
not on %%hat authority) that the Custom House at Vera
Cruz has been consumed by fire, and that property valued
at 60,000/. sterling was destroyed. A French house is
supposed to have suffered more severely thai any other
in the city.

LONDON
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1539.

Last night, the Lords met at the usual hour.
Earl STANHOPE announced that he should this day
present several petitions to the Leeds in favour of
Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, &c., and call their
iLordships' attention to those subjects.
The Earl of HADDINGTON, with that true spirit of
Tory meddling, which was formerly indulged in framing
laws to instruct people in the art of making beer, glass,
whiskey, &c. &c., made a formidable inquiry of the LORD
CHANCELLOR, touching two men who had got tipsy,
and had enticed a third to join them in their carouse,
and so he forgot that he had to vote at an election for
the county of Ross, in Scotland. The Noble Earl
wished to know whether the Lotus CHANCELLOR had
$ made inquiries into that important and solemn subject,
1 and said he could not help thinking that these whiskey
drinkers should net be appointed to the Commission of
the Peace, The Noble Earl would, we suppose, have
only tes-totallers receive that honour, which would pro-
bal.4 cashier a considerable number of Peers. Very
properly did the LORD CHANCELLOR rebuke the trifler,
by saying that his numerous and onerous duties pre-
cluded him from looking into the details of such
cases, which the Earl of HADDINGTON probably regards
as of snore importance than causes in Chancery. It is not
one of the least evils of the present distribution of pro-
perty—which gives such masses of wealth to one man
and dooms so many to want—that the rich are ail so
idle, and, having no urgent and imperative duties to per-
form, being under no necessity to make themselves
useful to others, for the want of occupations,
and to get rid of their own weariness, perpetually
interfere with busy men. The Earl of HADDINGTON
and his important inquiries of the LORD CHANCELLOR
about two drouthy countrymen of his, is a case in
point. The poor might forgive, though they envied,
the rich ; but tha trifling idlers who, as law makers and
law administerers, make experiments on the humbler
classes, in order to get rid of their own weariness, are
altogether intolerable. How much misery would society
, be spared if all the Lords had to earn their daily bread !
The discussion which ensued about the Beer Bill, is
an illustration of the same truth. At length, however,
a considerable number of the Peers seem awakened to the
mischief they have effected, and are likely to effect ; for
while one party reprobated the beer-shops, which their
former legislation called into existence, the other party
reprobated the Bill which is to put an end to these.
Some Lords evinced a little repugnance at destroying
the capital of 40,000 beer-sellers, and consigning their
families to ruin, as we have seen a youthful gardener feel
some repugnance at aeniiiilating a lerge nest or cater-
pillars, but who, nevertheless, thought it his duty to get
rid of the vermin. So the Lords treat the beer-sellers.
And, after a longer debate on such a subject than usual,
read the Bi:1 a tVel time. Viscount MELBOURNE, we
are happy to see, opposed the Bill, but he had not power
to stop it. He stated, indeed that the House of Com-
mons would not pass it, perhaps would not receive it ;
but their Lordships proceeded with what must, in that
case be a useless piece of legislation. They divided,
but the third reading was carried by 36 to 19. It was
not passed, the Marquis of SALISBURY having several
amendments to propose, which are to be discussed on
Monday next.
The House of Commons, besides receiving petitions,
was chiefly occupied with the question of pri-
vileges involved in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard,
which called forth much of the legal talent of the House,
and produced, as might be expected, a dry and unin-
teresting debate.
It was begun by Lord ions RUSSELL, who moved
two resolutions, the first of which went to pledge the
House .to take no further steps in the present case, ex-
cept to pay the expense, the other of which went to
maintain the privilege, now brought into question, in
future. This course was censured by Dr. Lusts-
isioeoe, as sacrificing the privileges of the House,
and by Sir ROBERT INGLIS as not frankly enough
coniessin,ss an error, and ad:nitting the superiority
of the Courts. It was opposed by Mr. WAR-
BURTON, who moved an amendment to resist the
payment of the sum awarded as damages, and to warn
the Sheriff he was rot to enforce it, by Mr. HIINIE, the
Arroeseeyst-dENEnAL, Mr. Sergeant WILDE, etc. It
wEas• sle,Gpported by Sir R. PEEL, Mr. PEMBERToN, Sir
wasls
DEN, etc. After a protracted debate the first
resolution
. t carried against 14p1r. I'VertrueToe's amend-
ment,
by 1 166. On the second resolution the
House also divided, and it was supported by 133 to SG.
To us it is satisfactory to find that this important
question is not treated ass a party question ; that Sir R.
PEEL and Lord J. itEyLtrbe A
. vote together ; and that
the latter is opposed us b
ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
though tthough amongst the troops of o
Sir ROBERT INGLIs, who takes his own
except
en such marked defection. Not beingown view,
there is made
a party question of, it might, we should have thought,
have been more easy of solution than it is found