The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,

MADAME TITIENS AS " :NORMA."
Bellini's charming opera was produced for the
first time this season at this hour on Saturday
evening, in order that Madame Titiels might again
delight the public with her superb assumption of
its heroine. Now that we have lost Jodame Grisi,
there can be little question, we )resume, that
Norma is another character which becomes entirely
that of Madame Titiens. If wantint in the won-
derful art with which her great precursor so dis-
criminated the various aspects of the devoted
Druid—now lover and now mother, now woman
and now priestess—Mdme. Titiens h 55 an amount
of passion which penetrates entirely to the central
feeling which connects all these aspects in one
bosom—the mingled religious and domestic senti-
ment, whose struggle constitutes her trial—and
this she expresses with a Lruth and grandeur which it
would be mere impertinence to subject to any:living
comparison. Throughout thefirst act, on Saturday
evening,her acting and singing can only be described
as one steady flow of grandeur—a perfect flood
in voice and feeling of all the expressions that were
possible, and which the excited audience acknow-
ledged with a warmth that well responded to its
cause. In the second act she seemed somewhat
exhausted, and scarcely sustained her previous
level; but in the third all her force returned, and a
finer conclusion to this noble character it would
have been impossible to witness. The terrible fury
with which she delivered the well-known denun-
ciation, " Non Tremari o perfido," was only
equalled in its power by the deep pathos of
her last and fainting appeal to the High Priest;
altogether this was a performance which we could
witness at no other hangs. The Pollio was Signor
Armandi, who was tolerably efficient ; and the
High Priest, Signor Vialetti, who was as good as
could be wished, The choruses were admirable
from their first note to their last; and the band,
under Signor Arditi, exhibited all its usual excel-
ence. The house woe very full, and its satisfac-
tion very vgitt.
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LATEST NEWS.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

(Per CHINA, via CORK, JULY 13, 7 45 P.M.)

NEW YORK, JULY 2.

The armies of General M'Clellan and of the Con-
federates under General Lee have come into colli-
sion before Richmond.

The contest began on Wednesday and was con-
tinued on Thursday and Friday. M'Clellan was
driven from his position on the Pamunkey River
and the White House with great loss. There was
fearful carnage on both sides,

The publication of the news was peremptorily
forbidden by the Secretary of War, and the details
only reached New York this morning.
There was great excitement yesterday in Wall-
street; every species of Government stock and secu-
rity declined from 1 to 11 per cent.
It is believed that the battle was renewed on
Saturday and Sunday, but no particulars have been
allowed to transpire.
There is a loud cry for reinforcements for M'Clel-
lan, and for a conscription if necessary.

General Hunter has given orders for the evacua-
tion of James Island before Charleston.
Vicksburg is still in the possession of the Con-
federates.

General Curtis has retired from Arkansas into
Missouri.

A cry is raised in New York to prevent the ex-
portation of gold.
The questions of intervention and mediation con-
tinue to be discussed. That of intervention excites
opposition ; that of mediation is more favourably
received.

The President, in answer to an address signed by
the Governors of 18 States, has issued a proclama-
tion calling for 300,000 additional troops for the
vigorous prosecution of the war.

An enthusiastic public meeting in favour of peace
was held last night at the Cooper Institute; the
Hon. Fernando Wood, late Mayor of New York,
was the principal speaker.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 1.

Gold, 9 per cent. premium. Bankers' exchange,
120-1. Seven-Thirty Treasury Bonds, 1051; Cer-
tificates of Indebtedness, par; United States' Six
per Cents., 1881, 1022-; New York Central, 921;
Erie, 361 ; Illinois Central, 611.
Breadstuffs animated. Fiour in good demand.
Coffee steady. Cotton firm—middling upland, 39c.
Provisions heavy. Sugar steady.

QUEENSTOWN, JULY 13.

The Royal Mail steamship China arrived here at
6.30 p.m,, with 92 passengers and 151,000 in
specie.

She landed all the mails and six passengers, and
proceeded at 7 p.m. for Liverpool ; all well.
The Scotia arrived at New York on the Ist of
July, after a passage of eight days and a-half.

(PER CHINA, BY TELEGRAPH FROM ROCHE'S
POINT.)

Great anxiety exists for information from Gen.
Mielellan. It is supposed that another battle may
have been fought.
In accordance with the suggestion of 18 Gover-
nors of Union States that the army be increased,
President Lincoln has called for a fresh levy of
300,000 men.

The Federals have evacuated James Island, near
Charleston, and returned to Hilton Head. The
summer campaign against Charleston has been sus-
pended.

The bombardment of Vicksburg by 20 Federal
vessels has commenced.

The Federal General Curtis is in a very preca-
rious position in Arkansas.

The first train from Memphis to Corinth was at-
tacked by the Confederate cavalry, and captured
12 miles from Memphis.
General Butler has issued a new form of oath
for foreigners at New Orleans.

The New Orleans Delta has assumed an offen-
sive tone of ridicule towards the foreign Consuls,
more especially the British Consul.

President Davis has informed the Governor of
Georgia that the conscription was absolutely neces-
sary to insure the success of the Southern Con-
federacy.
All the clergymen of Nashville have refused to
take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Govern-
ment. Moat of them have been confined in the
Penitentiary.
The House of Representatives has passed the
Tariff Bill.

The Conservative members of Congress have held
a meeting at Washington.
A large Anti-Abolition meeting has been held in
New York.

The Teutonia and City of Baltimore have arrived
out.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JULY 1, Evening.
Money tighter. Gold 9 per cent. premium. Ex-
change firm. Bankers' bills, 1302. Stocks dull—
New York, 922 ; Illinois, 611 ; Erie, 361.
Cotton held firmly—middling upland, 38c. Flour
advancing-15c. higher. Wheat in good demand
for export--2c. higher. Corn well inquired for—
lc. higher. Provisions quiet. Coffee very firm.
Sugar quiet. Molasses quiet and unchanged.

QUEENSTOWN, JULY 13.

The Royal Mail steamship Asia arrived here at
noon to-day, embarked the passengers, 55 sacks of
mails, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for
Halifax and Boston at 4 p.m. ; all well.

WARSAW, JULY 13.

This morning, at nine o'clock, the Grand Duchess
Constantine was safely delivered of a son, who has
received the name of \Vaclaw.

The public buildings will be illuminated this
evening. . _ . _

As regards private individuals it is left to their
option to illuminate or not.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 14.
The royal mail steamer Seine, with the above
mails, passed Hurst Castle at 9 c.m.