The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

No. 17,067.

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aame ci ioody Queen alary.-- Mar y,
(Mrs. H. Vining,) the cruel and blood-thirsty bigot, is
married to Philip of Spain, (Mr. Leffler), the licentiou
bigot. Among the Maids of Honour of the Queen, is
Copley, (Miss Rainforth), the daughter of Si r
Else d Copley, (Mr. Mc Mahon), a proscribed no Lie
°scribed because he is a heretic, and has dared to
think for himself. As his mother, however, has been a
good Catholic, Mary takes Alice into her service, sad
she attracts the attention of the licentious Philip, wh
makes love to her. His suit is, however, indignantly
rejected, and undeterred by the penalties to which all
relapsed heretics are subject, she meets her father in
Windsor Park, and is by him affianced to Francis
Huntley (Mr. W. Harrison),'the secretary of Philip. Her
proceedings are watched by Leon (Miss R. Isaacs), the
Moorish page of Philip, who is the spy of the Queen,
and who picks up a letter, -which Alice has let fall,
and gives it to the Queen. This letter is from her father,
and Mary immediately orders her to be arrested as a
lapsed heretic, giving, at the same time, the letter to
Philip. Philip, thinking the accusation of heresy may
form and his views, orders Alice in strict custody to the
Tower, appointing his secretary, Huntley, governor of the
fortress. He goes to the Tower seeking an interview
with Alice, and finds that Huntley, acting strictly upon
his orders, refuses him admission to her cell, as by the
warrant of her commitment no one is to be
allowed access to her, but by the especial
orders of the Queen herself. In the meanwhile Leon
who has discovered that Alice has rejected the suit of
Philip, determines to save her, and meeting with the
Queen in the tower, tells her that Alice is innocent, and
that if she will release Alice the really guilty shall be
delivered into her hands. The Queen consents, and
gives Leon her royal signet. Alice- is released,
and then Leon declares that instead of Leon
Leonora de Castro, the former mistress of Philip,
who has followed him front Spain, stands
before her—that through jealousy she has denounced
Alice—and as she makes the avowal dies, having swal-
lowed poison. Philip is exposed, Sir Edward Copley
pardoned. and Alice and Francis made happy. As far
as music is concerned, this, perhapi;s',:iso-one of the
most unevenly composed operas that ever was presented
to the public. Until the finale of the firststetall is noisy
common place. The beauty of the Mudd, however, a
quartette—" Yes, yes, whatever my doom may be," end-
ing with a madrigal—" Now the golden summer fly" is
beautiful exceedingly, and produced an outbreak of well-
deserved applause at the falling of the drop scene. Mr.
Tully is a better composer of chamber than of operatic
music. In this quartette and madrigal he depended
more upon the vocal than upon the instrumental music
for producing his effects, and he was really great,
and if he would eschew noise he would he a great com-
poser. The music of the second act was admirable
throughout. It was dramatic and appropriate. The scene
opens with an old English revel under the maypole, and
his imitation of the old style of English music was really
beautiful. It was an imitation, certainly, but an imitaa
lion of music so seldom heard, that it had all the merit of
originality. The music was performed principally by
stringed instruments, and the sostenuto was very beau-
tiful. A song by Miss Rebecca Isaacs " The Moorish
Maiden " is a beautiful bit of melody, exquisitely given,
and it was deservedly encored. It is followed by a
beautiful ballad, " A little cot beside the sea," deliciously
given by Mias Rainforth ; and a duet, a very beautiful
composition, " Hope hovers o'er us," which is,
perhaps, the gem of the opera, and which was
given by Miss Rainforth and Miss Isaacs in a
style, which secured a loud call for its repetition, and
which very narrowly escaped a double encore. The
finale to this act is a very fine composition, and was
given with great spirit and effect. In the third act we
have a very effsctive chorus, a ballad from Mr. Har-
rison, which he gave according to his wont, with little
feeling, but with great power, and which was voci-
ferously applauded by the galleries ; and an exquisite
song, by Miss Isaacs, "Every joy of my childhood is
gone," an exquisite composition, given with great pathos
and taste, and wh-ch ought to have been encored,
taut was not. In this act there is a very
araceful melody, "That flower so sweet," which was
well sung by Mr. Leffler, and a very sweet ballad "The
beautiful morn," which was given with great taste by
Miss Rainforth. The triumph of the evening, however,
remained with Miss Isaacs. Miss Rainforth, Mr. Harri-
son, and Mr. Leffler, sustained their former positions.
Miss Rebecca Isaacs took a giant's stride in her profes-
sional career. Hitherto she has made much of little
parts. In this opera she has been cast for a part more
worthy of her genius, and she has known how to avail
herself of the opportunity. Miss Isaacs is the
most promising singer at present on the stage. We
give her two years to be at the head of her profession.
At the conclusion Miss Rainforth and Miss Isaacs were
called for, and led on by Harrison, and then there were
loud calls for the Maestro Tully, who came on and
bowed his thanks. The house was crowded to the
ceiling.

MURDER AT KIDDERMINSTER.—SUNDAY,, MAT 30.
—A dreadful murder was committed in this town about two
o'clock this morning, on a brewer named Phillpotts. The
murderer is a journeyman ironmonger named Lloyd, in the
employ of Messrs. Welch and Sons. The deceased and pri-
soner had been drinking at several public-houses, and had
quarrelled. When they were going home, at the time above
stated, and Lloyd was at his door, he aimed a blow at Phill-
potts with a clasp-knife, severing the windpipe. Mr. Brad-
ley, surgeon, was immediately in attendance, but life was
extinct. Inspector Peters was immediately on the spot, and
apprehended the prisoner, who is now in custody at the
police-station in the town. An inquest will be held, to-mor-
row or Tuesday.
ALARMING FIRE. WILTON, MAY 30. -- About
half-past ten o'clock last night the inhabitants of this quiet
little borough were greatly alarmed at hearing the cry of
fire, and on seeing the passing clouds tinged with rising
flame. As soon as possible the engines were at the scene of
hh\ about
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devastation, and a large assemblage of sturd'y labourers there,
night.
were
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ready to assist in putting a stop to the a wfully spreading
destroyer. Unhappily their efforts were of but little effect
untilere th. eengines
o'clock at bur
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rate, accompanied by the fire brigade from th at city, arriving
spot where the destruction was spreading, we found a row of
dwellings called Burton's Ball fearfully burnii :g, two already
destroyed, one occupied by a tailor named Yoiang, the other
by a plumber named Clark ; a third house being partly
destroyed. By this time the flames were got i tnder, and the
danger materially lessened. By three o'clock, the re-
cently burning pile had sunk into a heap of smouldering
ruins, and by four o'clock no further danger I tas to be ap-
prehended. The property destroyed has not as yet been
accurately ascertained.

TRINITY MoNDAY.—Yesterdav, accorating to an-
nual custom, his Grace the Duke of Wellington., as the Mas-
ter of the Trinity House, accompanied by th e elder and
junior brethren, assembled in the Grand Hall of the Trinity
House, and after partaking of a slight dejeuner, proceeded to
the Tower and embarked in their state barges, attended by
the officials of the Trinity House, the Master and Wardens of
the Watermen's Company, and Captain Fisher, t he harbour-
master, and a strong muster of the Thames 1 )olice. His
Grace was loudly cheered by a large body of si )ectators on
his embarking, as also by the numerous vessels 2 .nd steamers
as they passed down the river. On the arrival of the party
at Deptford, his Grace landed, the procession th,tln moved on
towards St. Nicholas Church, the children balm aging to the
Seamen's Orphan School being drawn up in line , The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Melvin, chaplain of the Tower
and to his Grace. The church was crowded it t every part.
At the conclusion of Divine service, the Duke or Wellington
returned to town in an open carriage and pair, the Brethren
of the Trinity returning in the usual manna e to Trinity
House.

HUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY.— The half-
yearly general meeting of the proprietors of tl its company
WELS held yesterday at the company's offices, V illiers-street,
Strand. Martin Stutely, Esq., took the chair. The
secretary readt theby t
directors'
Commissioners
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report,om mi
swhich,ners o f
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too the withdrawal, and
toesretsnitsinsotfart,lisatatidil
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Westminster,
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deavouring to obtain the right of way rest rved by the
Hungerfbrd Market Company for steam-boat passengers
over the bridge, to and from the pier, toll free, the directors
had instituted a suit in Chancery to compe 1 the bridge
directors to carry out their agreement in this respect, and
the Lord Chancellor had given his opinion the t the Market
Company were not (as contended by the Bridge Company)
bound to distinguish steam-boat passengers who were to
have free access and right of passage to the r iorth pier, and
to the float pier, whence they were to embark in the vessel ;
anel it was quite clear that permission hail been refused
by the Bridge Company, and that the Mar ket Company
were thereby deprived of their right. In TonsequenCe of
this, the Bridge Company had railed off, and set apart a six-
feet right of way over the bridge for steam-b. oat passengers,
which had proved efficient and satisfactory for the pur-
pose. The report then stated that the rovenue of the
company continued to improve, which gam great satis-
fintion. The report was unanimously adopted. A vote
of thanks was passed to the chairman, b-oard of directors, and
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THE FOREIGN MAILS FOll JUNE ---'l following
reLnoitilesmonintht,hweay.s
fir.iesstuedln
a ies yesterday(ex e
(except
not ice, giving the dates in which the fore,.gn mails will be
ofma de
Br
the 2d
eunpedraulrPinogstthoeffipee, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" Madeira,
dßerFmoruedir and Savannah) and Venezuela will be
osfoutthhear2adpto(to-morrow) and the
St to Juan
ant on bed
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Nicaragua,arded v
eoxnliyco., 1313oenrmduurdaas:
New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on
tb e morning of the 17th. Next packet! due at Southampton
or t the 7th and 22d. The mails of to-morrow will be con-
vi :wed by the Great Western steamer.
The mails for Gibraltar, Malta,reecMe,edaitnd Mediterranean,
Is lands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and
hina, will be made up on the rnorning of the 3d and even-
it ;g of the 19th. The mails of the 3d will be forwarded by
tl its Erin steamer for Southampton. By the Overland fort-
h ightly closed mails to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India,
8 r.c., on the evenings of the 7th and 24th, via Marseilles.
I lritish North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on
the evenings of the 3d and 18th, to be forwarded e, Liver-
p Halifax and Boston next packets due, the Britannia
to amer on the 15th, and Hibernia steamer on the 30th.
3 Ltdeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the
4tl i, to be forwarded by her Majesty's brig Seagull, from
packetß idguoe, hoeprorta,jeLstyisb'sonb,rigeaSdiwl,ft, on
and
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'l. 2°6utthh. co neat ,
Gilt iraltar, on the mornings of the 7th and 17th, and evening
oft be 26th, vid Southampton ; next packets due, the Tiger,
on the 4th ; Madrid, on the 16th ; and Royal Tar erteamer,
on the 25th. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Van
Die] men's Land, and New Zealand, on the evening of the
30t1 i from Gravesend.
11EFIEW OF TROOPS.—It is expected that the Grand
Dog') Constantine will visit Woolwich previous to his depar-
te re from this country, and that the Royal Horse Artillery
at al geld batteries will be reviewed in his presence. A re-
view • of the household troops will also, it is understood, come
off in Hyde Park,

O
IFORD, MAY 31.-->The election at Trinity Col-
If ge terminated this morning, when Frederick Meyrick,
lA.A., and scholar of Trinity, was elected probationary fellow,
and North Pinder (commoner of Balliol) and William
'Wood (commoner of Brasenose) were Oa 44x:scholars of tha4
lOciaty.