The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-01 00:00:00

THE KING'S THEATRE.

The long-promised opera of I Briganti was produced last
night with complete success, for the benefit of Signor Tam-
burini. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, who
have been such constant visitors this season, occupied their
bo3; ; and, in addition to many distinguished parties, we ru-
cogniseed several leading members of the profession present,
to hear for the first time the last composition of Mercadante,
which was brought out at the Theatre Italien in Paris, on the
22d of last March, at the close of a brilliant season. The
libretto is from the pen of Signor Jacopo Crescini, who made
choice of Schiller's celebrated play of The Robbers for the in-
cidents. The scene is in Bohemia, at the Castle of Moor,
and its environs, about the year 1600. A few bars of intro-
ductory music precede the opening scene—a hall in the
Castle of Moor—where male and female guests sing a joyous
chorus, at the termination of a grand fête, which has been
given by Corrado, after the period of mourning had expired for
the supposed death of the Count of Moor, his father. The
heir is, however, melancholy, and in a cavatina ex-
presses his passion for Amelia, of whom he declares himself
at once to be the "declared enemy and devoted lover." Tam-
burini did this piece, " Ove a me to volga," full justice.
It is written with much passionate expression, with a delicious
corno accompaniment, and afforded the singer an opportunity
of executing some florid passages with his usual ease and pre-
cision. This is followed by a chorus of female attendants, re-
plete with graceful modulations. The finale of the first act
describes with infinite tenderness the peace-making entreaties
of the despairing Amelia. Each singer commences piano, as
if with suppressed rage. Anon:the war of passion rages, and
the crescendo is admirably managed. The second act, we
think, however, will be the favourite. It passes in the recesses
of the forest, and opens with a magnificent cl:orus of robbers,
during the raging of a storm. When the singers am more
perfect and less boisterous, and the thunder, lightning, and
rain, of the establishment are in better' order, the clever de-
sign of Mercadante will be more clearly shown. The'diinking
chorus, the burden of which is—

" Sol la vita del Brig.a-nti
E la vita del-piaeer.
is exceedingly characteristic, and finely sustains Rubini's song.
A most delightfulaiaelody, in the form of a hymn to the Vir-
gin, " Fra ncmbi erndcli," is afterwards sung by Rubini. It
was enthusiastically encored, and is quite a gem. A duct be-
tween Massimiliapo (the Count de Moor) and Ermano next
ensues, and leads to the finali of the second act. In the third
and last act there are two scenas in succession by Tamburini
and Grisi, which seemed to impart much satisfaction, but arc
rather deficient in character. There was an unanimous call
for the four incomparable vocalists at the fall of the curtain,
and Grisi, Lablache, and Rubini soon appeared to acknowledge
the compliment, but Tamburini was wanted, and after pro-,
tracted demands he came forward in his private costume, and
was most cordially greeted. The Briganti will prove highly
attractive, notwithstanding the flatness of the libretto, which is
certainly deficient in that unity of interest so requisite to fix
the attention. We should also add that some very, pretty
stenery is exhibited during the opera, ,and the costwe of the
leading characters is picturesque.

KING'S COLLEGE.—It was Dr. Shepherd and the
Rev. Mr. Lonsdale (not Mr. Marsden, as stated by one of our
contemporaries) who addressed the Archbishop of Canterbury
on the subject of the flourishing and improving state of the
school. The prize for the best essay in English literature,
the author of which was stated in a morning paper as not
known, was awarded to Giraud. .The prize for general pro-
ficiency or distinction in the three' departments of theOlogy,
classics ,and mathematics, was adjudged to Walpole,' by the
Principal himself ; and the .names of the students in the
highest classes of classical and mathematical literature as an-
nounced by the respective professors, Mr. Hall and Mr.
Browne, were—mathematics—Rennie, Walpole, and Frere ;
classics—Frere, Walpole, and Fincham.

Haymaking has. begun at Cuckfield this week in
several places, and so great is the demand for hands, that many
are compelled to go short. The quantity exceeds what was
at first expected, the undergrass having grown at a rapid rate
within the last fortnight. Wheat looks much more promising
than a month ago, and a full average crop is antielpated.—
Brig4ton Gazette.

ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.
This day's supply consisted of 57 Beasts, 652 Sheep and Lambs,
Lnd no Calves. The. trade was dull throughout at the following
niees per stone of 81b. sinking the offals
3G et - f'd. to rd,
;%slltt.oll 3 8 4 8 1 Porgy ' 0 0 0 0
I amb

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING 11-IE, WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans Pease.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. s.
Blandford 53 25 23 43
Brigg SU 56 20 29 20 23 36 40
48 31 21 39
Chard 44 51 32 31 22 24 42 44 32 35
Huntingdon 86 44 29 32 20 25 35 39
Long 28 38 16 20 30 34
Louth,. 48 56 29 33 21 ‘..6 35 40
Lynn. 32 38 22 31 16 2.1 no 32 32 34
Newark 45 '55 31 40 22 29 34 36
Nottingham 34 39 28 31 19 28 35 42 -
reterborough 40 57 30 37 18 24 34 42
Plymouth 40 -50 30 34 20 23
-
- 67 43 27 43
65 70 30 38 '22 28 41 43 —•—
Uppirighant 34 38 24 30 18 28 32 44
Wisbech—. •33 42 20 30 32

DEVIZES CORN

.....
Per Sack. s. —d. s. d.
First Wheat 26 0 to 27 0
Second 22 0 24 0
Thirds l6 0 20 0
995 Sacks of Wheat sold] 23 8
at the average of

MARKET.—Juno 30

Per Quarter. s. El. s. d.
Barley.. ........a 4 3l oto 24 0
Oats 24 0 23 0
Beans (per sack) 2l 0 23 0
Flour (per beg) 3B 0 40 0
Bread (per gall.) 1 2 0

LEEDS CORN MARKET.— June 28
Wheat, Norfolk and Suithlk, 601 b.
- York. and Lincoln. 60Ib.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk
--- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding - 225. to 245. el
Beans
Oats, Pots.toe
—slealing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 10d. to I id, per stone.
Shelling 27s. to 281. per Icad.
Rapeseed, English, 361. to 37/ .... Foreign, —s to ~../. per last.
----

SOUTHALL CATTLE MA RKET.—Jupe 29.
The supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, to this day's mar.
ket was moderately 'good. There was a moderate attendance of town
and country buyers, and the trade was dull,' at the following prim
per stone of 81b. to kook the offals :
Bcef 3s. Sd. to 4s. Pd. I Veal 4s. 2d. to 4,. 10,1
Mutton' 3 8 4 8 I Pork 3lO 4 4
Lamb ss. i d. to ss. 6d.
Beasts, 177; Sheep, 4 040; Calves, e 0; Pigs, 50. A small portion of
the supply left the market unsold

ROMFORD MA _ .
s. ci. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Reef.., 1 8 4 6 Veal
Mutton. 310 4 8 Pork
Suckling Calves, 14s. to 1:8s.; Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s. to 20s,
Lamb hs Od. to ss. ed.
Mild) Cows, with their small Calf, 12/. 10s. to 171. Os.
Supply moderate, and trade rather dull

RKET.—June 9.9.

LEWES M A RKET.—June 28.
Beef
I
. Mutton 4 0 4To Pork 0 0 0 0
Lamb 5s Oil to 5s INI per stone
A moderate ,supply ; the trade with prime Beef, and Mutton rather
teisk, but otherwise dull.

NEWEST FASHIONS.—A druggict in the North
advertises that he hcs laid in a general assortment of
,fashion-
able medicines !—What next ? We shall have patent geome-
trical cathartics for mathematicians, and lunarian powders for
persons afflicted with astronomy ; together with a general as-
sortment of masculine and feminine syrups to suit the com-
plaints of either sex, warranted to operate the same as at Al-
mack's and the Court I—Scotsman.

The Hereditary Prince William of Holland and his
I,rother, accompanied by Gen. Bazelaar, Count Frederick
Stirum, and Sir Henry Allen Johnson, Bart., returned to
Mivart's Hotel yesterday morning, from a six days' tour in the
.provinces. They 'preserved the strictest ineog. throughout the
journey, and visited the Lakes, the Manchester and Liverpool
Railway, Manchester, Bangor, Menai `•Bridge, Chester, and
Birmingham. Their Royal Highnesses were much pleased
with the scenery of the country, and were struck with its gi-
gantic manufacturing resources.

ECONOMY IN LINEN WASIIING.--A correspon-
dent of a Dundee paper writes as follows :—" After many ex-
periments made by myself and others, find that a little pipe-
clay dissolved among the water employed in washing, gives
the dirtiest linen the appearance of having been bleached, and
cleans it thoroughly with about one-half of the labour, and
fully a saving of ono-fourth of soap. The method adopted was,
to dissolve a little of the 'pipe-clay amcng the warm water in
the washing tub, or to rub a little of it together with the soap
on the articles to be washed. This process was repeated as
often as required until the articles to be washed be made tho-
roughly clean. All who have made the experiment have
agreed that the saving in soap and labour are great, and that
the clothes are improved in colour equally as if they were
bleached. The peculiar advantage of employing this article
is, that it gives the hardest water almost the softness of rain-
water.

By a- Royal resolution of the 24th of May, the
postage of newspapers from the mother country to the colo-
ides, and vice versa, is reduced by one-half.—Dutch Paper.
A no-Popery-cry-meeting has been just held in
York, in allusion to which a Correspondent of the Courant
says, " The public pulse not responding to the intentions of
:ho Orange apostles, they hell a meeting in a hired room on
the succeeding night, for' which they issued tickets to those
who would behave with decorum'--that is, swallow their
nostrums without a word of disapprobation. All I hitherto
know of their proceedings is, that Popery was their topic, that
the respectable gentleman who filled the Chair on Thursday
did not preside ; and that his place was supplied by the Vicar
of an adjoining parish, alike remarkable for his sobriety, vera-
city, charity his neighbours, and political consistency."