The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-01 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, the IN; Giovanni,; es- per-
forrned here last evening, with all that attention to
details which can alone ensure a perfect ensemble, and
for which the management of this establishment has of
late been so deservedly celebrated. The cast was a very
strong one. We had Parodi as Donna Anna, AlbOni
as Zerlina, Guiliani as Elvira, Coletti as the
Don, Gardoni as Ottavio, F. Lablache as Masefto
the Leperello being, of course, that of the
great Lablache himself, the most glorious performance
of the most glorious performer in the world. The Dontik
Anna of Mademoiselle Parodi was a magnificent speci-
men of grand tragic acting. Her performance in the
scene in which she recognizes Don Giovanni as the
murderer of her father, and describes to Don Ottavio
the events of that horrible night, was one of the most
powerful pieces of impassioned acting we have ever seen;
there was no convulsive vehemence about it ; the very
concentration of her passion produced a sort of horrible
calmness, and the intensity of the emotion was betrayed
by the forced compression of feature and the choking
tone, until the passion found vent in the demand for re-
venge, and the " Or sai chi l'onore," with which the
scene ends, was given with immense force and spirit. In
the beautiful trio " Protegga it giusto cielo " she was
vere fine, and in this she was admirably supported by
Madame Guiliani and Gardoni, and which elicited an
unanimous and hearty encore. Mademoiselle Alboni
has by her Zerlina more then fulfilled the ex-
pectations which her Ninetta bad excited. She is
as great as an actress as she always has been as a singer.
There was a joyousness, an abandon, a naivete about her
personation of the coquettish Zerlina which was per-
fectly fascinating. There was something infectious in the
joyousness which she infused into her opening air,
" Giovenette the late al amore," which positively com-
manded an encore, a most unusual honour to
be paid to this song, and the mingled arch-
ness and simplicity which she exhibited in the
"La ci three was perfectly delightful. This fine duet
which was excellently given by Alboni and Coletti, was
of course loudly encored. The beautiful " Batti ! batti !
o bel Masetto" was another triumph, not of vocalization,
but of acting. Never have we heard this most exquisite
air, or the equally beau iful " Vedriai Came.," so deli-
ciously rendered as tney were last night by Alboni.
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Madame Guiliani is far and away the best Elvira we
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have ever seer. She sings the music of the part
fairly and conscientiously; she understands the
part, and can act it, which is more than can be
said for any Donna Elvira that has appeared of
late years. She gave the "Mi tradi" splendidly.
Coletti sang and acted the Don admirably. He looked
the reckless dare-devil to the life. His "La ci darem"
was a fine specimen of perfect vocalization, and the
" Finche dal vino" was given with much spirit.
Gardoni made a most interesting Don Ottavio,
and sung the "It mio tesoro" with the most refined
taste and in the sweetest manner imaginable. Lablache
was the Leporello—" C'est host dire." To pen an eulo-
giuna on Lablache's Leporello now-a-days would be as
absurdly supererogatory as to "gild refined gold."
F. Lablache, as Masetto, was admirable, and
altogether the opera was never better repre-
sented. In the ball scene we had a minuet
gracefully danced by !Mlles. Carolina Rosati and
Marie Taglioni, the latter of whom was attired as
a Spanish cavalier and became her costume ex-
ceedingly. The various artistes were repeatedly called
for during the course of the performance, and were
all called on at the conclusion of the opera. The house
was crowded in every part. It was like a Jenny Lind
night.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, MAY 31.
University College, May 30.
A convocation will be holden on Tuesday, the 12th of
June, at two o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Pro-
fessor of Anglo-Saxon, on the foundation of Dr. Rawlin-
son, in the room of Mr. Buckley, Fellow of Brasenose
College, whose period of office has now expired.
F. C. PLUMPTRE, Vice-Chancellor.
The Professor of Modern European Languages on Sir
Robert Taylor's foundation proposes to begin a course
of lectures this term, in the Taylor Institution, on
Tuesday, the sth of June, at two o'clock.
Thee lectures are open to all members of the Uni-
versity, and those who desire to attend them are re-
quested to leave their names at the lecture-room in the
Taylor Institution on Monday, June 4.

EMIGRATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Recent accounts from New York give a me-
lancholy picture of the state to which many of the poor
emigrants have been reduced, who have remained there
instead of proceeding at once to the interior of the United
States. The charge for going to the west is so small,
the demand for labour in every department (both in the
towns and in the fields) so increasingly great, and wages
so good, provisions so cheap, and the country so healthy,
that any one who takes an interest in the emigrant can-
not but deplore the fully that leads him to remain in
New York an hour longer than is necessary. Delay is,
in most cases, dangerous—in New York it has proved
the ruin of hundreds. In a delightful city—with drink
of all kinds so dangerously cheap and good, and so many
pleasant and obliging countrymen to share it, and ready
to join in everything that their friend pays for—many
enjoy a happy existence white their money lasts, and
they find out too late their mistake in not having pro-
ceeded at once to the interior, invested their money, and
established themselves away from temptation and dange r.
o.hets become the victims of that numerous class who
arc always on the watch for strangers, and who, by false
information, pretended services, and deceitful show of
friendship, plunder them of their last shilling. To ob-
viate one greet cause of delay, the Western Pasiage
Company has recently established an agency in London,
with cub-agents in difrerent parts of the country, in order
that the emigrant may book himself to any part of the
United States, without stopping at New York an hour
longer than the time required to move himself and his
luggage from ship to steamboat. In this way he will
make ono continuous journey, instead of a succession of
journe) s from this country to the place of his destina-
tion. The advantages to the emigrant cf this plan must
be obvious to every one, and the saving in time, money,
and trouble, a most important consideration. By thus
taking his passage, his name will be booked in New
York before he gets there, and an agent of the Company
will meet him on arrival to give every information and
assistance.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
THOMAS S. HYDE.
3, King-street, Tower-hill, May 23, 1849.

ENCOUNTER WITH A TIGER.—The following ex-
traordinary tiger story is from the Graham's Town
Journal. The adventure is said to have taken place on
the 25th of March last :—" Mr. Charles Orpen has
just returned from the interior, after having had a
most narrow escape from death in an encounter with
a tiger that had been wounded. The furicus
animal leaped upon him, struck his gun and whip out
of his hands with the first blow of his paws, and
wounded his head very severely with his teeth in several
places. All the wounds on his head are on the scalp,
except a severe one on his right temple, leaving a large
scar, and a slight one on the forehead, just above the
nose. The flow of blood from these wounds prevented
his seeing, as it ran into his eyes ; but, nevertheless,
he continued to grapple with the animal, and, finally, to
throw it down and kneel upon it. During this struggle
Mr. Orpen endeavoured to seize the tiger by the
throat, but not succeeding in this he grasped it by the
under jaw. Thus situated, he continued for about an
hour struggling with the animal, until at length, gra-
dually relaxing its bold, it sank down and died from
loss of blood. At the same moment Mr. Orpen, unable
to hold up any longer, fell fainting upon the savage beast.
Ris hands and arms were shockingly mutilated—there
being thirty-three wounds on one and twenty•five on
the other. Many of the wounds are down to and
even into the bone—some quite through the band, and
across veins, arteries, and nerves. Besides other
1 wounds he was scratched in numerous places by the ani-
mal's claws, and his clothes were nearly torn from his
back. The head and skin of the tiger have been pre-
served, measuring nine feet from the ncse to the tip of
the tail. Mr. 0. was laid up for two months and a half,
often fainting from weakness. His wounds frequently
bled afresh, the blood being so thin as to be almost
colourless. At the time of this encounter, Mr.
Cumming (his travelling companion) lay ill of fever
in his waggon. He had however with him four Kaffir.,
with assegais, one Hottentot with a gun, and two dogs.
The latter were useless, merely springing about and
yelping, while the Kafirs, throwing away their assegais,
ran off at once. The Hottentot leaped into the river
close by, and in a fright fired off his gun in the air. Mr.
O. suffered greatly by the jolting of the waggon, and
the want of proper medical assistance. He is now
gradually recovering, though it is feared he will never
recover the proper use of his left hand."
EXPLOSION AT FAVERSHAM: The inhabitants of
this town were much alarmed about seven o'clock on
Saturday evening last by a loud report, which was at
once concluded to be the explosion of a powder-m ill, and
which was quickly confirmed by the dense volume of
whitish smoke passing over the town. The explosion
proved to be a mill situate on the stream, at the bottom
of West-street, near the stone bridge, and the shock
was rather sharp for the explosion of what is called a
green charge, the mill, and also the bed stone or trough,
being riven to pieces, and the ponderous runner or roller
rent in several places. It is, however, gratifying to state
that no personal injury occurred, although there appears
to have been a somewhat narrow escape. The work-
man in attendance having commenced unloading the
charge, and just carried away a back load of the I
pu vo-
rised mixture to an adjacent receiving
house, was actually
on his return with a like quantity of fresh material,
when, observing the building lift, he had just time to
step back into the receiving-house, which secured him
from the shock. The mill was driven by a steam-
engine, and the engineer had but a few minutes pre-
viously come out of the building which exploded.—
Kentish Obscmr.

HIT INTELLIGENCE.-IVORCESTER, Mir 30.
The demand for hops on Saturday was very limited,
scarcely a lot of 1848 having changed hands; prices,
however, were firmly maintained, and holders generally
are keeping back their stocks for higher rates. Letters
received this morning from our London correspondents
report a serious attack of fly throughout the Kent and
Sussex plantations, and many planters having been buy-
ing in consequence, which has caused prices to advance
full ss. per cwt., and the duty, which commenced at
160,0001., is now with scarcely a backer of 125,0001.-
11'orcester Journal.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD BAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ending May 26, 18.19:—Coaching traffic, 1,1211.
Bs. ld.; parcels, 391. Os. 10d.; goods and cattle, 1931.
18s. 111; steam-boats, 1641. Os. Od.—Total, 1,5181, 75.
10d., exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester
Company, wad payunias icr oweituace cst raga%