The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-23 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.:7(THIS DAY.

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lAILWAY comiurrre
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

24%
5%
35%
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PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
We can scarcely call to mind a more triumphant suc-
cess attendant on a first appearance than that which wes
achieved by the young lady who last night made her debug
at this agreeable theatre in the character of Amies, ia
La Sonnambula. The selection of such a part, requir-
ing a combination of many varied qualifications, 11°'
only as a vocalist, but as a tragic actress, and that in a
city which has witnessed the performances of Mafibre!),
Persiani, Adelaide Kemble, and many of the
brightest ornaments and most gifted singers of the Eng'
lish stage, in the same character, indicated a thorough
confidence by thh debutant in her own powers and earl' bilities, a confidence which was not misplaced, as was
p apparenteared r()urlht.o
friends
evnedrsy fnufl lt
hhouse
youngh had a
dasys_s_eb:::;"
btillinrleks thest
hrteahste ambitious attempt, and many sr;
acted unwisely in permitting her to undergo so ense
a test. The first scene, however, dissipated these
fears. She delivered the first cavatina with
re-
markable grace and expression, which at once
gained vv
"hailed
the approbation of the audience, and "
hai ed as a token of her future triumph. Her voice
is a full rich mezzo-soprano of peculiar sweetness,
her articulation was excellent, and every word distincly
expressed and perfectly audible. Her personal appear-
ance, too, was greatly in her favour; a beautifellY formed
figure, of the middle size, with handsome, expressive
features, and graceful action, were well calculated to at-
tracti and please the spectators, and disarm all hostile
criticism. The slight degree of nervousness that was at
first apparent speedily vanished; she attained full self-
possession, and deliveved the various passages with great
force and brilliancy. From this moment her success was
The
certain, and at each successive effort she gained
and more in the faour of the audience. The
finale to the first act attracted the most enthu-
siastic applause, and the young lady was called before
the curtain to receive the approbation so freely and
universally bestowed. The scraps of melody
poured forth during the period of somnambulism were
most artistically rendered, and the aria was given with
great effect, which again obtained well-merited
plause. She was again recalled at the conclusion of the
opera, and received with loud cheers, while many more
substantial marks of favour, in the shape of bouquets,
afforded the strongest evidence of the impression she
had made. We clnnot doubt the brilliancy of her
future career. There are few characters to which the
successful representative of Amina may not aspire ; she
has manifestly studied with assiduity and effect, and 15
possessed of refined and cultivated taste. The Elvino
of Mr. Allen was also remarkably well given--indeed
we do not know any actor on the English stage wh,o,
could equal him in the part. The beautiful and well
known aria, " All is lost now," was rapturously encored
On the whole, we have verbn een more gratified with
the Zsgl.til version of the opera.

(tiittings in Banco.)
SOWLER V. SIMPSON.
This was an action tried at the last assizes at Liver
before Baton Rolfe, when a verdict was entered 1G:
plaintiff.* wbi
Mr. MARTIN now moved for a rule to show cause d
that ver et should not be set aside and a new*
Toe plaintiff was the proprietor of a newspaper in Dia cicutlie
ter, and the defendant a provisional committeeman action
Lancastef and Newcastle Railway Company, and the Ile in.
was hr. .uglit to recover the amount of an account for t
sertion of advertisements connected with this railway ,(I°oo
puny. The Learned Counsel contended that certain evtojcino
should have been admitted at that trial, that would'
entirely alerect the result. trial had
the rule.
The COURT was of a different opinion, and refused
V. G
This was an action tried REEN.
before the Lord Chief Bar°n at
,
Guildhali, when a verdict was entered for the defettutiler
upon the issue of Not Guilty, and for the plaintiff on the°
issues.
part of •,
03
for s
Mr. WIIITEHURIT moved, on the the
rule to show cause why that verdict should not he a,:de ' y. 9
0
the ground of misdirection and affidavits. The setio3
oye.
brought for the infringement of a patent for certain imPfocrle,
nients in the process of finishing hosiery and °the; srn•
manufactured from lamb's-wool. Angola, and worsted
The plaintiff purchased the patent some years ago from de-
Bates, who took it out in 1836. The
claration was Not Guilty, and that the mandfitther
was not a new one. Thy question, however, was, W7.itiCr
the defendant was guilty or not of? infringing the alle—t the
tion of the patent. The Learned Counsel contended Lb a to•
machine used by defendant was merely a colourable in
don, and, though slightly different in construction, colourable
point of fact, the same thing, and was covered by the .31
fication of the patent. plea to th..ttire
The Court would take time to consider.

COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS
•
(Sitting in )
The Court was occupied to -dayßa innco. hearing lupus.°W °
demurrers, which possessed no public interest.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS
Thomas Bone, who was a few days since remanded
the charge of obtaining, under false pretences,
watches ..nd other valuable property- belonging le'
Joseph Maddell, was this morning brought before Mr. Ar-
the sitting magistrate, for final examination. eutor
By a singular coincidence, it appears that the Fr°s barge
of Bone was subsequently taken into custody on the
_fbe
of stealing a wri:ing-desk, and since the incarceration
latter, who was remanded at the Clerkenwell Police cries
the number of individuals who have been making ingoo-
respecting him, and who have been his victims, are in
tbe
ber almost incredible. It was, however, necessary over to
should be brought to Worship-street this day, hays
give evidence against the prisoner Bone, and liaL di
warrant officer, accompanied by another constable ,was for'
patched to Clerkenwell Police-court, where Maddell Y";--
mally delivered over into their charge for that nur,P,°„lireei;
The depositions, preparatory to the full comtnirla""t and
gate of the prisoner Bone, were ordered to be made 00 '
Madden was reconducted to prison at Coldbath

GROUP LI. vg S.
AWL AnD D'OMPRXESSZIR.E DIBTX.--!„ So,
The Committee on this group met this day in irp-hou-
-29 ; present, Sir J. Yarde Buller (Chairman), CaP,,tal9- aste•
ridge, Mr. Tollemache, Lord J. Manners, and Mr. ilevv.,-4:`/,,Z,
GLASGOW', DITIVIPRIZS, AND oA2Oc-iis.
AND GLASGOW. PAISLUT, XIL
NOCK, AND AYR RAILWAYS (NO. -6", ti
Was to have been taken, but as Mr. Andrews intresdelljdis-
it might be postponed, as he felt himself so serioLolYiength
posed, that he feared, if he attempted to speak at th3t f the
that he should be obliged to do, to explain the objects 0
promoters, it would bring
cw, on the on a seriouspart illne
of the OPP-Iss. 0 at*
Mr. Sergeant Witaxam
assented to the
the request of the Learned Counsel, and ea
sojourn
Committee having no other business before them,
till Monday.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Last
glorious night the " long Thursdays,
bestdaya ~
"aird
iai.certainly h
Thursday" of the present season. The great event (,)
gloisl,mg Thursdaywas one
was;
the night was the first appearance of Mademoiselle
Cerito, and of M. St. Leon. The first act of that Fot'sd
magnificent of ballets Lalla Rookh was Produijem,
for the debut of Cerito, and the pas de &Mi.-
was given with exquisite grace and elfranh
She afterwards appeared with St. Leon She is
celebrated pas des quatre from the Lac des fees'
looking better, and danced with greater spirit
abandon than ever. In her peculiar line no danseuse bas
dance is not the :mere poetry
ever (quailed the little realist of Naples. With her ti!f.
She dances from the very overflowing joyousness:4;4
her`
heart, and of all danieuses, she, par excelloiee,
of life—it is life itself
seems to enter into the spirit of the scene.
It is this whichrenders the dancingiof Cerito so fasein:_!.
ing and never was she more fascinating that last even
ing, She was received with applause loud and long
continued. Seldom is it that the aristocratic audience
of her Majesty's Theatre displays such enthusiasm as
that with which Cerito was greeted last evening
sc!
and seldom, indeed, is it that the applause has beell.„,
well deserved. We rejoice at the return of Ctre't;
to the scene of her many former triumphs, wll,Diae
doubtless, many frseh triumphs are in store for her. 4
opera was the Elisir d' Amore, with Lablache as thee.
Doctor, Madame Castellan as Adina, Gardoni as lievure.
; and though last, not least, F. Lablache as 13eic?,,,,,,
is to. ..vs
To say that Lablache was Dr. Dulcatearn,
that the part of the Doctor was represented
in
etr
manner in which it could be represented upon ne
lyrical stage in the world. When an actor shall a
who shall be superior to Kean in Sir Giles, to Ce°ll;3so
Richard, to Kemble in Coriolanus, to Liston in ma.
Pry, and to old Charles Mathews in Sir Frelful.'the
giary, then, and not until then, may we hope to
equal of Lablache. An apology
Castellan, who it was said was labouring under
and
indispo-
sition, but the apology was not needed ; she sang
and
acted beautifully, was repeatedly encored,
a_
was the very Adios of the author. Gardoni was
was made for Msandaum
admirable Nemorino. Had Donizetti composed 1,13
music for him he could not have been fitted better. The
was in good voice, and sung and acted exquisitely
tar-fam.-d duet obbligato was never more ;astefuliy
dered than it was last night by Gardoni and Lablache.
Lablache, too, was admirable as Sergeant Belcore. Ile 18
mellowing into a richly humorous buffo, and is worthy
of the name he bears. All the artistes were called for
at the conclusion of the opera. Then followed the Fele'
tion from Latta itookh, with Cerito and St. Leon, to
which we have before alluded ; and then we had the
last act of I Due Foscari, in which Coletti, as usual,
created quite a furore. Marie Taglioni then danced her
1,
eh,
Fees,
forth
wasen.
Cerito ftorlolod wua
con
(dc,id thesa
tp. ptcsesil_dae:
gekqeturtieisai
IftlreettLoa pas from
ohfre,olL.mizacCod(reirasi
Perrot and Rosati) concluded the evening'sin entertain'
beautifully classical. went. The acting of L •
uct
ile Grab in this ballet Is
ancient Grecian statuaryl
m
endoweda g ine a
with life,
d ' ua vnrde y
0, ,of
as
The may form some idea of Lucile Grabn in Orithia•
charainctuesrlin of s
more original,;thisbai
ballet
isvery beautiful ; it is more
more thoroughly dramatic
than that of the generality
of compositions of this nature.
There is •
a little solo bit for the oboe, which is a perfect
gem ; it was exquisitely given, and
was most deservedly
applauded. The house was crowded to excess in every
part.