The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.

Most commonly in operatic engagements the last
evening's performance is for the benefit of either the
prima donna, the in-inn, u.mo, or the manager,• but ;4,
ImuLt bo announced iu 1111bluutince. -The benefits are
all over; the theatre has closed till Easter, and the last
night's performance (that of last evening) was under
especial command for the entertainment of their Excel-
lencies, and the Viceregal household. There was, on
the whole, a good audience—rather thin at first—and
the box circle looked somewhat dim at the period of the
entrance of the Viceregal party; but the house gradually
filled in as the opera proceeded, and at half-price the
audience might be called crowded. The opera selected
was the Crown Diamonds. We have before spoken at
length of this opera, as rendered in the English libretto,
and as presented by this operatic company. There
seemed more care in the preparation; the accessory
parts were better fitted—the costumes more gorgeous--
and the stage arrangements, perhaps, more brilliant than
on the previous representation of this opera. Harrison was
in glorious voice; there seemed in his rendering of the
duet pieces an increase of melody, and of sustaining
power, whilst in the solo passages he sung with a style
and sweetness calculated to keep him in the pleased and
grateful memory of all lovers of true music. In the ex-
quisite air—" Ah whisper what thou feelest "—scarcely
were the first bars of the accompaniment heard when a
general hush of expectation pervaded the house; the
silence would have been all that could be wished for the
perfect hearing of this sweet melody, were it not for the
ill-timed arrival of the half-prices, who would slam the
doors to the manifest annoyance of the rest of the audi-
ence. The song was given beautifully and in the truest
taste, and from the Viceroy to the remotest occupant of
the galleries, the plaudits were general and enthusiastic.
The air was encored, and again rewarded with the ap-
plause the talented singer so well deserved. )Miss Rain.

forth was peculiarly happy in her personation of the
rather difficult role of Katrina. She was encored heartily
in the aria soprano, "Love dwell with me;" and in the
duetto passages she was most pleasingly sweet and COT..
rect. She was well supported by Miss Mason. Corti
was as usual effective and in fine voice, and Borrani,
evinced his usual correct style. The afterpiece of No
Song no Supper concluded the performances, with an
intervening dance by Mademoiselle Adele—the Adele
Waltz, a pretty moto, composed by Mr. Levey. The fair
danseuse was loudly applauded. Harrison gave " The
Bay of Biscay, 0 in the afterpiece with fine effect.
Ile was most heartily encored. At the end of the per-
formances (as in the beginning) the company chaunted
the National Anthem with the usual running accompani-
ment of faint cheers and loud hisses, amidst which, the
Viceregal party withdrew. We should have mentioned
that the Right lion. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress
(Miss O'Brien), were present, as was also the Lord
Chancellor. On being recognised they were heartily
cheered.—Freetnan's Journal, March 6.

THE LATE GALES.—FALMOETII, MARCII 10.—.
Among the casualties to shipping, occasioned by the
recent severe gales, we have to record the follow-
ing:—The barque Isabella, of Dundee, Captain Small,
bound from Alexandria to this port for orders, and
which arrived here yesterday, reports, when 10
latitude 44 9 N., and longitude 11 12 W., havingof.
fallen in with the barque Lord Collingwoobdeila
brieinw•
castle, abandoned. The crew of thelnd disCoverei
short of provisions, boarded the wreck,
.t
me,asinhe°,Pd to the west-
sail were set,
that the foresail and close-reefed
thellatter being aback, and the
i bbaoraqta
were both stove, the
Theqau" - was lying in: the trough
ward. The longboat and jo ly
lied away on either side, d bulwarks
the
pumps wore
former out of the:chTocksb.ar
about three feet.
, a quantity of wheat being found
of the sea; and, from
rieg
viappearedous t
o their
i irf
quitting,th e
al: had
on the cabin steps,
her previous
must have been
concluded and hoped the case. Cap.
the
Small took from barque a chronometer,
Lain
quadrant, telescope, box of charts, a ship's
barometer,.
bell, medicine chest, .
been
four muskets, a bolt of canvass,
a plaster-of-Paris figure, together with some
and lightening
beef and bread. The two latter articles were consumed,
and the former were delivered, on arrival, into the
custody of Messrs. Broad and Sons, the receivers
of droits. A package, at first supposed to be a mail-
bag, was also found on board, and brought on shore
for delivery to the authorities; bat, on being opened
by the collector, it was discovered, instead of letters,
to contain garments stained with blood. As a con.
solar seal was, on closer inspection, observed to be at.
tachcd to the bag, it is concluded that a prisoner, guilty
of some criminal act, was a passenger on board the ves-
sel. This supposition is strengthened from the fact of
instructions having been sent out to the civil authorities
in this port, in reference to such an expected arrival ;
and the Lord Collingwood is surmised to have been
from the Mediterranean, and bound to this port for
orders.
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