The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON .IVON'DAY

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 29.—Wind this day at noon E.S.E.,
light breeze, and fine.
DEAL, OCT. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arri. 27th Jonge
Jan, Bbs, Batavia, for Ito trey& ; o.borr, Datum
Dominica; Mary Ellett, Antwerp, ond sailed 28th for
New Orleans. 28th, Sisters, Smith, Mou.tmain; :John
Edward, Kell, Singapore; Govert or M.Donald, Cali-
fornia; Alexander, New York, for Bremen.
LtarEnrooL, OCT. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. 26th Richard,
White, Paraiba, and not from blaceio, as reported 27th
inst. 27th, Alliance, Calcutta; Cressida, M'Fie, ditto;
Anne Cropper, Bombay; John Cock, lehaboe; Mogul,
Valparaiso; Jessie, Ford, Quebec; Affghan, ditto. 28th,
Philip Laing, Ellis, Bombay; Don Pedro, Mirde, Rio
Grande ; Washington Irving, Gorham, Boston. Sld.
27th, Ann Lockerby, Singapore; Charlotte, Bombay;
Ranger, Valparaiso; Crown, Rio Janeiro; Try pheme,
Hayti; Felipa, Havannah; John Garrow, New Orleans;
Triton, Charleston; Cambria steamer, Halifax and Bus
ton; Susan, Newfoundland 28th, Perdiguero, Havannah,
Buen Jesus, ditto. 27th, The Nercide, for Jamaica, has
put back to day with bow stove, and loss of bowsprit,
&a., having been in contact with a large ship off Tuskar,
Off Putt, 28th, Canada steamer, New York, passed Holy.
head at 2 30.
CLYDE, OCT. 26 —Arrd. Lord Hardinge, Ito, Val-
paraiso; James Moran, Morrison, Dalhousie; Jessie,
Kelly. Quebec; Champion, Cochrane. ditto.
STROMNESS, OCT. S.W.—Arrd. 19th, Bro-
thers, Cloaston, Davis' Straits, with 17 tuns.
PILL, Ocr. 24.—The Andrew White, of Sunderland,
from Quebec, was abandoned on the 17th inst. in lat 50,
long. 18, water-logged; crew saved.
CAHIRCIVEEN (KERRY), OCT. 26.—Some small por-
tions of wreck have come on shore near the western
entrance of Valencia Harbour, viz., a small box of sperm
candles, three battles of brandy, and a portion of the
stern plink of a ship with the words " Great Britain"
cut into the wood and gilded. Some pieces of timber
have also come in on other portions of the coast.
NEWHAVEN, OCT. 27.—The Greyhound, of and for
Exeter, from Stockton, sunk this morning at Beochy
Head, bearing N.E. 9 miles, after being in contact with
the Mary, of Yarmouth, N.E.; crew (Except one man)
saved.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. 26th, Henry
Ismay, Troy, Rio Grande, sld. 19th Aug.; James Gib-
son, Green, Rio Janeiro. Sld. Duke of 'Bedford, Cape
of Good Hope and Madras. 27th, Achilles, Sydney, New
South Wales.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 17th,
Caledonia, Gavin, Batavia.
DEAL, OCT, 27.—Arrd. from the River, William
Gales, M'Carthy, St. Jago do Cuba; Jane Hammond,
Sidney, New South Wales.
PWLHELLI, OCT. 28.—The Pelican, from Southampton,
which drove on the beach on the 17th inst., has been got
off, and is now safe in the harbour.
BALRANALD, NORTH UIST, OCT. 20.—The St. John,
of Sc. John's, New Brunswick, from Quebec to the
Clyde, got embayed on the N.W. side of_this Island
yesterday during a fog, and anchored about a mile N. of
the Island of Valley. She struck several times at low
water, and has become water-logged, and can only be
removed by a steamer.
KIRKWALL, OCT. 24.—The Washington, of Ports-
mouth, New Holland, from Newcastle to New York,
was run on the Reef Dike, near North Ronaldshay, on
the 18th inst., and has become a wreck; crew saved.
_ BELFAST, OCT. 26.—The Jane llughes, Drogheda to
this port, has anchored off here, with damage to her
rudder, and leaky, having struck on the Carron Rcck,
off Cleugh, this morning.
RAMSGATE, OCT. 28.—The St. Heralambo, Taganroy
to St. Petersburgh, whieh sank on the Goodwin Sands
on the 26th inst., was towed off yesterday, full of water,
and brought into harbour this morning, where she is now
discharging..
DEAL, OCT. 27.—Arrd. from the River, Augusta,
Ira, Port R9ss ; Penyard packet, Weller, Sydney,
New South Wales ; Agnes, Burgess, Jamaica ; Prince
Albert, Meyer, New York ; Sarah, Cook, St. John's,
New Brunswick; Auriga, Harries, Port Philip ; Electra,
Milne, Grenada ; Oracul, Peterson, St. Thomas. 28th.
Raritan, Holmes, Boston. Sld. the outward bound.
OFF HASTINGS, OCT. 28,—Wellington, New York.
COWES, OCT. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. Gustav Melin
Schale, Rio de Janeiro; Herman, Huller, ditto. Side
Chilian, San Francisco. •
MILFORD, OCT. 27.--The Eleanor Palmer, Liverpool
to Leghorn, put in here to-day leaky, having struck on
a bank off the coast of Wexford.
LYTHAM, OCT. 27.—A quantity of nuts, of the large,
,rough, three-edged kind, apparently only a few days in
the water, have come on shore here. It is probable, from
the quarter the wind is in, that they proceed from the
Mischief, from Para, lost on the Jordan Bank.

ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
The provincial markets held on Saturday were very
inactive for all kinds of Wheat, the prices of which gave
way from is to, in some instances, 2s per quarter.
Spring Corn met a very dull inquiry, at barely previous
currencies. We have advices from New York to the
17th instant. Business there for export was limited in
-the extreme, at drooping prices. Ia the Baltic ports
shipments are progressing steadily. There has been
rather more firmness in the near continental markets.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English
Grain and Flour were on the increase, and nearly 7,000
quarters of Oats came to hand from It., land. The
foreign imports amounted to 9,200 quarters of
Wheat, 3,973 of Barley, 6,200 of Oats, 899 of
Beans, 654 of Peas, 126 of Tares, 3,327 of Lin-
seed, 18 of Rapeseed, 379 of Mustardeeed, 316 of
sundry sorts, 1,338 sacks and 500 barrels of Flour.
The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to our market
this morning, from Essex and Kent, was but moderate,
and its general condition turned out somewhat interior.
From Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire very few fresh
parcels came to hand coastwise ; by land carriage the
receipts were by no means large. Notwithstanding that
the stands exhibited but a moderate number of samples
of both Red and White, the demand for all descriptions
was in a very sluggish state. The supply from Essex
was mostly cleared off, at barely last week's quotations;
but that from Kent sold heavily, at a decline in value of
Is per quarter, at which a clearance was with difficulty
effected. Several offers came to hand to ship Wheats
from the east coast at money prices. There was a
slight increase in the show of Foreign Wheat. Selected
Parcels, which formed but a small portion of the supply,
sold slowly at prices about equal to those paid
feat week. In the middling and inferior kinds very little
business was transacted, and, in some instances, the
currencies gave way is per quarter. Very few floating
cargoes were on offer. There was a falling off in the
demand for malting barley, arising from the low rates
at which old malt is selling. Grinding and distilling
sorts were in moderate request, at late figures. The
supply was by no means large. The quantity of Malt
offering was somewhat on the increase ; but very few
Sue parcels were shown. Most kinds ruled dull ; but
We have no actual decline to notica in value. For good
snund Oats, the quantity of which was small, we had a
lair demand, at extreme prices. In the ont-of condition
sorts exceedingly little was doing at barely late rates.
he show of Beans was tolerably good. Most kinds
business
dull at barely late rates. In Peas only a limited
l',l,l.isiness doing. Prices as last week. Indian Corn and
al were very dull, and almost nominal in value. The
FlourW trade was in a very sluggish state. Fine parcels
- ,re, however, quite as dear as last week. French qua-
'es were pressed for sale.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier .... • • 59s to 605
Red, New .. 408 to 47s Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 41s 50s Lincolnsh., Feed. 155 18e
Norfolk and Lin- Potato • • 185 235
Coln, Red..... 405 465 Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White— 425 475 Black . ...• • . 145 163
Irish, Red.. 388 4is Cork, White ..• •• 16a 183
R Ditto,White...... 42s 46s Scotch, Feed..... 195 218
............ 23s 25s Beans—Tick ......... 25s 318
B New. ••••• • • • .. 235 26s Pigeons 365 388
arley—Grinding .... 22s 255 Peas—Grey .... .•.• • . 275 288
Making .•••• • • • • 26s 28s Maple . •• . • 28s 318
Chevalier .... • 29s 305 White.... ..• .• • • 255 278
m-
alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ....• •• •• 27s 318
folk .. .. • • 56s 58s Flour—Town-made... 358 408
Brown 46s 485 Suffolk •••• •• • • 315 338
Kingston and Ware 575 585 Stockta &Norfolk 313 338
SEE--
Since our last report the d
been tolerably steady at ab
other seeds move off slowly;
change to notice in the quot
held at full currencies.
Turnip,White, per bush. 105 tolls
Bed wad Green.. • • 105 lis
Mustard, Brown.. • • . 8s lls

White •• •• •••• .. 7s lOs
Tares, Winter 4s ed 4s 9d

Old .• . •
Canary, per quarter 70s 755,
Rye gra55...........20s 24.11
elover, Reit En;. (cwt.) 355 50s
_ .

!emend for Canary-seed has
lout stationary prices. All
; but we have no material
Cations. Linseed cakes are

Carraway ...... ••• • .. 285 34a
Coriander •• • • 16s 25s
Ilenapseed, per quarter 32s 35s
Linseed, ling.,,owing.. 54s 5bY
Crushing .. .. •. . • 40s 43s
Baltic • • • • . 36s 42:
Odessa • • ..... 404 44s
Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo—
.. .9/ Os 101 es

white 343 42s
Foreign lied ...... 30s 40s
White.... 24s 42s
Trefoil 143 18s
802.017G11 BOP lITELEHET.
For the best ne N Hops the demand continues tolerably
!teady at about stationary prices. In the middling and
inferior kinds only a limited business is doing. Yearling
and old Hops are a dull sale, although the market is
very scantily supplied with them. During the week 119
ales have come to hand from Antwerp. New Mid and
East Rent pockets, 81 to 101; New Weald of Kent ditto,
5/ 103 to 71 10s; New Sussex ditto, 5/ 103 to 61 10s;
l'arnhanas, 101 to 111 10s; Yearling Elects, 31 lOs to
3~155; Yearling Sussex, 21 16s to 4/103; Old hops, 11 to
153 per cwt.

Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 71 103
Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 5s 41 lOs
Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 281 Os 291 Os

SMITHI'VELD.
i A very large importation of foreign stock took place
611 to London last week. The total number received was
,527 head, being an excess of 1,919 head compared with
elrevious week's supply. During the con esponding
period in 1847 we received 4,980, and at the same time
1017
rts°4B, 4,301 head. Thus it will be perceived that the
; prices prevailing here have not reduced the foreign
43P0.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK.
APr°l3l Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
,_Msterdata 17 ... 1,705 ... ... 6 ...
;larlingen .. 164 ... 1,597 ... 3 41
fpAterdam 480 1,807 ... 112 30
li°i"ingeh..... 200 ...
11:11 Die P... 15 ...
Inburgh ... 40
....... ••

-- ••• -
265 ... -

....... ••• ....... es* '.... el. ......
40 ". -- ... -- ... --

corTotal ...... 916 ... 5,115 125 71
NveZl'ending
in 1848.. 790 3,299 ... 101 ... 5
ele week in
1847.. ..... 907 .. 3,874 .. 186 ... 13
f About 1,000 head have arrived at the northern outports
Rolland and Denmark. The number of foreign
Rolland
and Sheep in to-day's market was tolerably ex-
th'istve; but that of' Calves was small. C.anpared with
tt,at exhibited on Monday last, the supply ot home-fed
offaists on sale, this morning, was limited—the falling
tepti2 the arrivals exceeding 1,000 head. As the at-
Qtlee of buyers was on the increase, and the weather

colder than last week, the Beef trade was somowhat
active, and a good clearance of the stock was effected,
at an advnice in the quotations of fully 2d per B!bs. A
few very superior 5;30t.1 sold et 4s; hut the general top
figure for B,,ef was 3s 10d per 81bs. From Lincoln-
shire, Leice,tershire, and Nordiarnpionshire,__ about

1.706 Beasts came fresh to hand. From the 13 destern
and Midland Counties, we received seven hundred and
fifty Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from other
Farts of England, six hundrud of various breeds.
There was a considerable falling off in the arrivals of

sheep from the whole of our flock districts. For the
finest old Downs the demand was steady. In prices,
however, we have no improvement to notice, they ruling
from 3s 10d to 4s per Sibs. Kents, Leicesters, half-
brec7s, and all other breeds were in active request, and
quite 2d per illbs dearer than on this day so'nnight.
Calves, the supply of which was small, commanded a
ready sale, at 2d per Sibs more money. We had a
slight improvement in the demand for Pigs, the prices of
which were well supported.
Per 811;s. to sink the oral.
a. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. (1.
triferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6
Second quality 3 0 3 2 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 8 310
Prime. large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 310 4 0
crime Scots
;,,rge coarie. Calves 3 2 3 4 Large Hogs •. • ... 3 2 3 6
. rime small ditto .. 3 6 3 8 small Porkers •... 3 8 4 2
~ucklin,-; Calves ..18 0 25 0 4.,!uarur old Pigs ..16 0 21 0
(r.ferior cheap . 3 0 3 2 Lambs .... • . .... 0 0 0 0

1845. 1846. 1847. 1818. I 1849.
Stock this day .... •.1 23,344 15,011 23,396 30,022 l 42,246
Price of Y. C. •
9d 49s 30 44s 9d 448 8d to, 37s Od
• .
to 4 18
42s Od to 49s Od to 45s 34 453 Od to Os Od
Delivery last week, 3,681 2,370 2,763 2,550 2,339
Ditto from June 1... • 41,189 31,422 35,793 40,288 34,092
Ar, ivals last week • 2,545 12,993 871 641 3,097
Ditto from June 1 ... 46,561 35,810 j 51,090 62,779 50,665
Price of Town ...• 144 s Od 52s 60 I 48s 6d 47s 6d 39s 6d

'EALTH OF HER

'AJESTY.-OFFICIAL

REPORT.
WINDSOR CASTLE, SUNDAY, OCT. 28.
" The Queen has had an attack of chicken pox.
The disease was not attended with any untoward
symptom, and although still suffering from the effects
of the eruption, her Majesty may be considered con-
valescent.

" JAMES CLARK, M.D."

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SATURDAY.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the
younger members of the Royal Family took their
usual walk in the Slopes and Windsor Park.
Sir James Clark left the Castle this morning, and
is expected to return to-night.
There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party
this evening.

SUNDAY.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the younger
members of the Royal Family, walked early this
morning in the Home Park and Slopes.
Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the
Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
service in the private chapel this morning. The Hon.
and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at -
tendEd the service.

There was no addition to the Royal dinner party
day.
Sir J. Clark still remains at the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester on Saturday at Gloucester House. His Royal
Highness also attended at the British Museum.

HEALTH of the Q 1)0 WAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
The following bulletin of the Queen Dowager's
health was issued on Saturday :
" '1 he Priory, Saturday, 10 A.M., Oct. 27, 1849.
" The Queen Dowager suffered from severe oppres-
sion and weakness during the afternoon of yesterday.
" Her Majesty, however, passed a tolerably tranquil
night, and is not worse this morning.
" DAVID DAVIES.
" RICHARD BRIGHT."
Yesterday's bulletin was as follows :
" The Priory, Sunday Morning, Oct. 28, 1849.
" The Queen Dowager was less distressed during
yesterday afternoon, and passed a better night.
"Her Majesty's unfavourable symptoms are in
some degree mitigated.

" DAVID DAVIES.
" RICHARD BRIGHT."

LOLA MONTES.

The Assemblee Nationale gives another letter from
its correspondent at Barcelona respecting Lola Montes.
It is dated the 20th, and is as follows :
"My previsions are realised. The husband of Lola
Montes, 48 hours after his departure, wrote to her from
Mataro, imploring pardon. He besought her to allow
him to return to her feet. Ile terminated his epistle
thus—' It you have ever to complai❑ of me, show me
this letter, and it will be your talisman.' Mrs. Heald set
out next day by the railway, and some hours after
brought back Mr. Heald. According to what he states,
he &dares that others persuaded him to depart, but
scarcely had he been separated from his wife when he
desired to return. Three times he attempted to escape on
the road, but too good a watch was kept over him. At
last, when he arrived at Mataro, he refused to go any
further, and then wrote her the letter alluded to above.
When returned to his wife, he complained to her of all
those who had persuaded him to break his chain. Mrs.
Heald is in the greatest anger; her eyes 'dart fire; and
if ever she meets with those who wanted to separate her
husband from her, I do not kriow what may not happen.
It is said that she is about to publish a statement of her
late advantures."

The Fomento of Barcelona of the 20th says :
" Lola has been able to catch her faithless husband,
and has brough him back to the conjugal roof. She was
enabled to follow his steps through the information given
to her by a Frenchman."

SELF-HELP.—Can we not learn the lesson of self-
help ? Society is full of infirm people, who incessantly
summon others to serve them. They contrive every-
where to exhaust, for their single comfort, the entire
means and appliances of that luxury to which our inven-
tion has yet attained. Sofas, ottomans, stoves, wine,
game-fowls, spices, perfumes, rides, the theatre, enter-
tainments; all these they want, they need, and whatever
c,.n be suggested more than these, they crave also, as if
it were the bread which should keep them from starving;
and if they miss any one, they represent themselves as
the most wronged and most wretched persons on earth.
Jne must have been born and bred with them to know
how to prepare a meal for their learned stomachs. Mean-
time, they never bestir themselves to serve another
person—not they! they have a great deal more to do
for themselves than they can possibly perform ; nor do
they once perceive the cruel joke of their lives, but the
more odious they grow the sharper is the tone of their
complsinit:g and craving. Can anything be so elegant
as to have few wants, and to serve them one's-self, so as
to have somewhat left to give, instead of being always
prompt to grasp ? It is more elegant to answer one's
own needs, than to be richly served; inelegant, perhaps,
it may look to day, and to a few, but it is an elegance
for ever and to all.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

We are happy to state that very favourable ac-
counts have been'received at Viscount Brackley's, in
Hill-street, from %Yorsley llall, of the state of his Lord-
ship's health,

PRINCESS'S THEATRE

Mr. George Macfarren's new opera, entitl,2d King
Charles the Second, was produced here on Saturday
evening with the most triumphant success. Mr.
Macfarren is one of the most learned and accomplished
of English composers. His symphonies and overtures
are known and appreciated in every musical school in
Europe, and his operas, vie., The Devil's Opera and
The Don Quixote, are remembered, when many operas
which appeared at the same time with them have been
forgotten. The Devil's Opera Was considered as a
work of great promise—promise which the opera
of King Charles the Second has more than fulfilled.
Mr. Desmond Ryan is the author of the libretto, and
he has given us a very excellent operatic version
of H.: Payne's well-known comedy of Charles the
Second. So closely has he adhered to the plot and
the incidents of that well-known comedy, that it would
be a mere work of supererogation for us to enter into
the details. The overture, is excellent, in the compact,
iymmetrical form of the classical masters of the
Gernian school, and in keeping with the subject. It
is a movement in common time, with an unbroken
succession of rapid triplets, which give it an ani-
mated and impetuous character; but a charming
effict is produced by superinducing on these triplets
(which serve as its accompaniment) a beautiful and
expressive melody, afterwards sung by the page.
The drama opens with the forlorn Queen i❑ her
boudoir, and surrounded by her maidens, who en-
tertain her with a smooth and pretty chorus.
Then follows an air of a plaintive and mournful cha-
racter, sung by the Queen (Mrs. Weiss), and which
is succeeded by a bravura song, " Hail ! all hail to
pleasure," from the King (Harrison) ; then follows a
duet from the King and Queen, which is succeeded
by a ballad, " She shines before me like a star," for
the Page Julian (Madame Macfarren). This ballad
is one of the most exquisite ever composed, and was
deliciously rendered by Madame Macfarren, who,
on this occasion made her debut on the English
stage. Her voice is a rich contralto of great
power, flexibility, and compass, and she sings with
great earnestness and intense dramatic feeling. A
duet between the King and Rochester (H. Corti)
follows, which is very dramatic, and in which Ro-
chester describes the charms of Fanny, the Mary 1
Copp of the original comedy. Then came the adven- '
tures at Wapping. The scene, by the way, is
beautiful, exhibiting the broad Thames, the shipping,
and the distant country. Miss Louisa Pyne, as '
Fanny Copp, sings a little ballad, " Hope and fear, I
alternate vieing," in a light and florid style, which
she executed with her usual facility and neatness.
Her lover enters, and the duettino, " 0 blest
are young hearts," is one of the gems of the
opera—indeed, we hardly know a fairer gem
in an opera. The tender sweetness of the ,

vocal peas, sustained by the light pizzicato
of the stringed instruments, is really enchanting. The
sports of the sailors and country people form a ballet,
not of the fashion of the Italian stage, but full of life
and gaiety. The morris dance round the maypole,
accompanied by music redolent of England in the
seventh century, was picturesque and animated in the,
highest degree. The entrance of the disguised
King and favourite—the joviality, quarrels, and
confusion to which their arrival gives rise—are
worked into a finale of concerted pieces and chorus
which closes the first act with the utmost brilliancy.
The second act opens with a nautical song, "Nan
of Battersea," sung by Captain Copp. In this
ballad Mr. Macfarren has very cleverly imitated
the style of llibdin, and the ballad will no doubt'
become exceedingly popular. A pretty scene follows,':
in which Fanny, by her sweetness, appeases the
jealous umbrage of her lover Julian. This jealousy
is well expressed by an impassioned recitative, admi-:
rably delivered by Madame Macfarren; and Fanny's,
air, " Canst thou deem my heart is changing," is;
one of the tenderest little things that can be ima-1
gined. The scene reminded us of Zerlina and Ma-
setto—not in the music, but in the effect pro-
duced by it. Passing over many beauties which
we have not room to notice, we must come to the
last scene, which is a brilliant representation of the
King and his Court assembled in the banqueting-;
chamber at Whitehall. In conformity with the
usage of that day, the company entertain themselves
by singing a madrigal ; and the modern madrigal
produced by Mr. Macfarren, " Maidens, would ye
'scape undoing," is not unworthy of a place beside
the finest madrigals of Wilbye and the other worthies
of the Elizabethan age. It was sung by a numerous
chorus, with no fault but the slight depression of
pitch which is almost unavoidable in unaccompanied
vocal music, and with an effect which produced
exclamations of pleasure from all parts of the
house. The appearance of honest Captain Copp and
his pretty daughter in the midst of this brilliant
assembly—the recognitions, embarrassments, and
eclairciseements which ensue form an animated scene,
and afford room for some very dramatic music.
Among other things, a romance sung by Miss
Louisa Pyne, " A poor simple maiden am I," was
tound so delightful, that after it had been once en-
cored with the utmost vehemence, it was very nearly
encored a second time. The finale, "Now with
fears no more contending," consisting of solos by
Madame Macfarren and Miss Pyne, with a chorus,
was sung a second time, the curtain, after
it had fallen, being raised for that purpose.
The opera, as a composition, must take its place
amongst the very first class of English operas. The
composer has aimed at great things, and he has suc-
ceeded. The opera was most strongly cast. Madame
Macfarren was most successful as Julian, and has ex-
cited a strong feeling in her favour ; and Miss Louisa
Pyne, as Fanny, has more than redeemed the pro-
mises of her debut. Nothing could be more ravish-
ingly beautiful than her execution of the music which
belongs to the part of the tavern-keeper's daughter.
We can desire no greater perfection of facility, style,
or finish. Her voice has all the best attributes of
youth, and while being of the sweetest and
most tunable quality, is deliciously clear and
fresh ; and not a note is emitted that is corrupted
by a false and uncertain intonation. She
enunciates, too, admirably. We have never, in short,
encountered an operatic debutante so hopefully meri-
torious as this young lady, and Mr. Macfarren has
been fortunate in having her as the exponent of some
of the choicest airs which his opera contains. There
is a simplicity and elegance in her manner eminently
engaging ; and the three ballads which fell into her
hands were rendered with a sweetness and taste that
at once challenged admiration and brought down a
succession of encores, the genuineness of which was
indisputable. The showier characteristics of the finale
displayed her powers of vocalisation more prominently
than anything that had gone before • and the bril-
liancy with which she developed a circle of somewhat
immelodious divisions, and the sureness with which
she sustained a close and perfectly-formed shake at
the top of her register, threw the audience into rap-
tures of delight, and her triumph was complete.
Harrison was heard to great advantage in this opera,
inasmuch as the instrumentatien of Mr. Macfarren
compelled him to sing the music as it was written
down for him, and thus effectually prevented him
from introducing those ornaments of which he is so
fond, and some of which are of very questionable
taste. Mr. Weiss, as Captain Copp, sang and acted
admirably, and Mrs. 'Weiss, as the Queen,
made the most of a somewhat heavy part.
The mise en scene was superb, and the dances
pretty and graceful. The opera was announced for
repetition amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The
principal singers came before the curtain at the ter-
mination of the opera under circumstances of islat
which could not be exceeded. Bouquets were thrown
and appropriated by Miss Pyne and Madame Mac-
farren ; and calls were then made for the composer,
who was presently led across the stage by Miss Pyne,
amid a hurricane of acclamation, in which, we believe,
not a person in the house refused to join.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sut,—Your article of Thursday, showing the
farmers that the real cause of their losses is the ap-
preciation of the sovereign to 405., I think is
conclusive. If so, why encourage the Financial Re-
formers in their effort to save some odd five millions
in Government expenditure, comparatively an insig-
nificant item, when the debtor interest, by the more
influential action on money, finds its obligations
doubled, and among the debtor interests the farmer's
must be placed ?

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Liverpool. JAMES HARVEY.

SERIOUS COACR ACCIDENT.--A very fierce rivalry
has existed between the Birmingham coaches running in
and out of Worcester for some weeks past, and the
racing and spirit of hostility manifested, while they have
served to amuse large crowds that have nightly assembled
to see the coaches come in, have been such as very mate-
rially to endanger the safety of the passengers, and to
give good grounds for anticipating accidents. One did
occur on Wednesday evening last, attended with very
serious results. Lane's coach, the True Blue, was on
its return from Birmingham, and had arrived within
three miles of the town of Bromsgrove, when it met
with the Sovereign, coming; in the oppositeedirection.
That there must have been ample room for them to pass
cannot be doubted for a moment, and a collision in such
a spot must have been the result of gross carelessness
or something worse. It is not for us to attempt to decide
to what party blame attaches, but merely to relate the
fact that the Sovereign coach caught the caps of the
axles of Lane's wheels, and turned the vehicle over
upon the bank, breaking the springs, and throwing the
outside passengers into the hedge. One lady had her
arm broken, another was sadly bruised, and all the pas-
sengers were more or less injured. We are sorry to
say that the other coach did not stop in its course,
but went on without offering to render any assistance.
During the evening the True Blue was sufficiently re-
paired to be able to proceed to Worcester, where all the
passengers were brought, and where the to o ladies are
now favourably progressing under the care of Mr. Orwin.
The affair will probably make a subject for the lawyers.
—Worcester Herald.