The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-20 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

MADLLE. LUCCA.

Medlle. P Luline Lucca, whose recent success in

the German capitals has filled their journals with
so much enthusiasm, and attracted so much notic,
in the musical world, made her debut at the above
house on Saturday, in the heroine of the "Hugue-
nots," and achieved a success which was quite com-
mensurate with the faaie that had preceded her.
Possessed of a lovely face and person, a rich and
powerful voice, and considerable dramatic feeling
as well as the most th, rough musical accomplish-
ment, there can be 10 question that she comes before
us with larger claims to popularity than any of
our recent debutantes. Whether she is qual:fi,d,
however, to sustain the highest walk of tragic
opera, which Grisi so long adorned, and which
Madlle. Titiens so nobly illustrates, is still a ques-
tionto
teat
t of settled.
dudt gine
settle
with Raoul—we should certainly incline to the
belief that she was tri,re adapted to the
characters in which grace and tenderness were more
demanded than ideal grandeur or positive passion.
Valentine—the
by her share in thethe unrivalled duet
great
We see her more dtstinctly in the Sonnatnoula and
the Lucia than in the LucrEz'a, the Norma, or the
Fidetio. e willinglY reserve, however, to a further
nearing any conclusion on this point.
Medi le. Lucca enjoyed on this occasion the usual
idmirable sus,ainment of an opera which has so
'ong presented at this theatre bn instance of a corn
pie,euess in all witernal, as great as in all musical
details, avd was honoured by the most marked re
cognitions of her powers, both in the manner she
Aas twice call( d for at the conclusion of the great
,uet, and also at the close of the performance. The
nouse was very full.

ERRONEOUS CONVICIION FOR MURDER
subscription in favcur of the woman Doize has now been
tail ly applied A cott,ge, of the vs ue of 2,000 t., has
been purchased, and an annuity of 3361 been assigned her.
It may be remembered that she was unjustly condernted
for murder, and remained for more than a year in prison,
when the error was discovtred by the confession of the teal
murderer.

DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES —A newly invented
machine fot destroying ships has just been successfully
tried at Helsingfors. The inventor is Lieutenant C. lone!
Ramsdorf. They are made of glas6 and contain each about
eight pounds of powder. An old ship with which the ex-
periment was made was completely blown to pieces. The
Russian Gov,rnment has now given an order for a large
number of these machines

REPRESENTATION OF CLARE,— --Sir Coleman
O'Loughlin, Q.C., has addressed the electors of the county
of Clare, as a candidate for the seat, rendered vacant by the
death of Mr. Calcott. Sir Coleman is much respected by
all parties, and, as a Roman t atholic connected with the
county, it is supposed he kill be acceptable to the majority
of the electors. There is no other candidate yet in the field.
A. w►ne merchant winced Locouchic, residing at
Noniron (Dordogne). has just been cordemned to a month's
imprisonment and 1(.0f. flue for having voted twice dutiiw
the late elections. It appears that his name was entered on
the lists at Neutron as a resident, and at Pansal (Haute-
Vienne) as a landowner, and he voted in both places.
ALGIERS.—A subterranean chamber, apparently
constructed as a place of sepulchre, has just been dis-
covered at Algiers in digging the foundations of the new
college. Some handsome glass and earthenware vases
were found inside. Access to the excavation was obtained
by a trap fastened with a broezo lock, a sing of the same
metal serving to raise it.

We are requested to state that, in consequence of
the accident to Sir Cresswell Cresswell, no more causes
will be tried in the Court of Probate or in the Court for
Divorce and Matrinr nil Cauees until the commencement
of Michaelmas Term.

EXTORTION AND INTIMIDATION IN LAW COURTS.
—A petition to both Houses of Parliament is in course of
signaturc. in the City, the object of which is to pray the
Legislature to aeopt measures to put all end to the cractiec
of extortion in the :superior low courts,