The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Lombard division, which was advancing to aid
the Genoese Republicans, have, since the submission
of Genoa, determined to retire to Tuscany or Rome.
It was on the 12th that the reactionary movement
for the restoration of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY
broke out at Florence, and it was in consequence of
the advance of the Austrians to Massa that the re-
actionaries, who counted upon Austrian support,
and who had been, probably, for some time in com-
munication with the Austrian General, ventured to
make the attempt. The Tuscan troops have retired
from Modena to Lucca. It is said that a reactionary
movement has taken place at Leghorn.
The French Patrie of last night states, as a cer-
tain fact, that the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has re-
turned to his capital.

MARRIAGE OF JENNY LIND AT

BATH.

This event (respecting which there have been so many
conjectures and so many rumours) we are informed, on the
best authority, took place last week, and with such
privacy was the ceremony conducted, that many of our
readers will be surprised to learn that the marriage of
the Swedish nightingale was performed, by special
license, on Thursday week, at the residence of the bride-
groom's family, No. 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath.
The engagement of Jenny Lind with Mr. Harris has
long been publicly announced and commented upon by
the daily and weekly journals; and so strict a record
has been kept of the movements of the fair cantatrice,
that it is somewhat surprising the announcement of her
marriage should have escaped our larger London contem-
poraries. Such, however, is the fact. Jenny Lind is
married—married in Bath—to a native of Bath ; and
henceforth, we understand, she will retire into the pri-
vacy of domestic life; she will become one of the resi-
dents, and will shed over the circle in which she moves
those graces which have made her such an idol with the
public. The history of Jenny Lind, both before and
since her appearance in this country—her extraor-
dinary triumph as a vocalist—her unbounded bene-
volence—are themes on which the journalists and
periodical writers of the day have dilated ad nauseam.
But some particulars respecting the " fortunate youth"
who has wooed and won the enchanting songstress
may not be unacceptable. Mr. Harris is the. son of the
late Mr. Harris, of 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath,
and is, we understand, related to the Bishop of Norwich.
His early educational studies were pursued at Grosvenor
College, in his native city, where he greatly distinguished
himself as a classical and mathematical scholar. His
engagement with Mdlle. Lind has led to her retirement
from the stage, and although, to use the well-known
quotation, " we ne'er shall look upon her like again" as
an exponent of the lyric drama, and her withdrawal from
the public will create a blank in our amusements not to
be easily filled up, yet, amidst all the regrets which will
be thus occasioned, sure we are that there is no heart so
selfish as not to join with us in the aspiration that many,
many years of that domestic happiness, which has been
said to be " the only bliss that has survived the Fall,"
may be in store for her in this the country of her adop-
tion; and that if we are no more to be charmed by the
magic notes of Jenny Lind, we shall, by many an act of
that unbounded and expansive charity which has equalled
her vocal fame, be often reminded of her existence as the
no longer apocryphal character—" Mrs. Harris."—Bath
Looker on of Tuesday.
• •.

[ fhe abpve reads pleasantly enough, but it wants
one essential, always deemed important in such deli-
cate matters—there is not ONE WORD or TRUTH in it.
We suppose Bath remains where it stood yesterday—
but Jenny Lind is still unmarried —ED. Sun.]