The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Lucia de Lammermoor was performed here last even•
nfg, for the rentree of Madame Castellan, and the ckbut
Frasehini. Signor Fraschiui, who was the
thegardo, is the greatest tenor who has appeared since
tte days of Doilzelli, whim he greatly resembles.
h. :is a well formed, rtia.nly-lueking man, with
issuseme features, and most expressive eyes.
2. an actor, he is full of power and energy ;, as
iinuager he is the first of strong tenors. He is what
yuarriall,i was five years since, what Duprez was ten
Power, and of
aierAes since. His voice is a pure wee di petto of
great compass. He sung. the
due of the music of Edgardo, without once intro-
ng a single falsetto note. His voice completely
ancst the immense area of her Majesty's Theatre
diet we wanted not the suffrages of the an-
tec,ce °f the Opera of Vienna (perhaps the
to learned musical audience in the world) to
eith\
n lace us that Fraschini is a most accomplished musi-
the-; Edgardo does not appear until nearly the close of
ter arst
" act, and from the moment that Fraschini en-
" was evident that he was determined to do, great
forl-ba' Be had not been on the stage three minutes be-
ll,: the audience felt that they had a great musician, acid
Of • a itostimpassioned actor before them. his manner
giving the words—
" Ciai di sposa sterna fede,
liras 8„ Qui mi giura,"
'Peth, and the concluding dust with Castellan--
at one " Verranno a to still aura,'
Ae secured to him his position. The audience
th .e" in breathless silence to the conclusion, and then
t was a burst of enthusiastic applause, which was
peated
again and amiin, and at the fall of the curtain
ini W
Were loud cries for Frasch• •, ho appeared, lead-
tec„„,!; Madame Castellan. The only scene in the
thii"m act in which Edgard° appears is the last, and in
isin scene, Fraschini achieved a perfect triumph as la
400g.er. equal to any as an actor, surpassing all his pre-
ss4c'rs• Never has the trio
been „, "Che rittiene in mio furore"
aiore
Colett• effectively given than it was last night by
degr,2 Fraschini and Madame Castellan. It created a
of if °f excitement quite unusual within the precincts
we
rewa:,,r ,Nesty's Theatre, and was most deservedly
Jotters,"eu with an encore. While, however, as faithful
beepual,usual record the fact that the excitement created
, we are also bound in justice to add, that
Per fr-,,,"as this trio, as a whole, been so admirably
gii•-eZElled, and never. has such cause been
line for excitement. It was a spontaneous
Reaina'4l°st involuntary homage paid to transcendent
en '3 Then fellowed a magnificent histrionic effort
the the part of Fraschini. Our readers will remember
scene in which Edgard() curses the moment that he
'veil Lucia

" Maledetto sia l'istante,
Neo Che di to mi rese amante."
stiell has this passage been given with such power,
/,rasePthos, and such effect as it was last night given by
an thhini• was absolute thrillin and the only thing
p,re e Italian stage that can. fora moment be corn-
it° it, is Lablache's celebrated curse in Oldie.
Prits44,lst scene however was the great triumph of
io IZIIL There was not, as we have observed,
ofp,-nY of his predecessors, any screwing up
co4tr)er to produce an effect in the last scene—(on the
Oak' at Y, Frasehini threw his soul into every scene, and.
tie char dgard() what we have never before seen made of
,cenecter—a perfect whole, but because the last
could is
exceed the most effective in the opera. Nothing
361, , the mournful pathos of his tones as he
"4 forth.

• Tombe degli avi miei l'ultimo avanzo,
D'una stirpe infelice
They Deh raccoglete vol."
tiott, .ere the accents of utter despair, and the deli-
the3 the
which he infused into his dying address to
r soul of Lucia. " Ter the a Dio Spilgaste
Alit" was quite heart-rending. It was
thiP,(lssilile not to feel for him and with him. Never has
L'Rhset ,eile been more perfectly given than. it was last
was Rubini, who. equalled. him in pathos
u tictent in power. :iloriant, who had greater power
or
was not equal to Fraschini in pathos. Take
•Ft for all in all, he is the greatest of modern tenors
twi_ to called for at the conclusion of each act, and
at the fall of the curtain, an honour that, as far as
d 11,% recollection serves us, has never before been
a2.terred upon any singer in England. Ma-
top Castellan, who was the Lucia, was in ex-
-81, ein voice, and sang and acted beautifully.
is par excellence the Lucia of the day. Equal to
i 037.01 her competftors in voice, in musical acquirements,
o,ellistrionic accomplishments she has a great advantage
tisr all of them—an advantage for which nothing
e can compensate youth. We could as easily
tolerateno an ancient Juliet as an aged Lucie..
‘le tti first acquired his fame in England, as Enrico,
Zucl he fully sustained his reputation last evening. His
Cruda funesta smania," was magnificently given, and
tothing could exceed his intensity in the celebrated
Se tradirnia to potrai," in the second act, with Cas •
tellan. The ballet of Coralia, which increases in at-
traction every night that it is repeated, concluded the
t'rening's entertainments. The house was crowded.

THE PRESENT STOCK OF FOOD
IN THIS COUNTRY.
We perceive in the Gardeners' Chronicle returns from
~
;arious parts of the country of the stock of food at pre-
:nt in the hands of farmers, as compared with the
rattity usually held at this season of the year. The
turns from this county are from six different districts,
15'1. they have been furnished by practical men, who, it
bo!tated, in most cases also consulted with their neigh-
di:',r! before sending their reports. The return for the
dills,
around Launceston was prepared by Mr. J.
hand ',7", gives the quantity of wheat at present on
sued of
an average for the season ; barley, not
1, of the usual stock ; oats, little more than
tett*:,-; band ; potatoes, none ; turnips and other roots,
sewiV na)., in great abundance ; the extent of wheat
aces he states is above the average, but in appear-
siti the
'ate sown is sickly. For the district about
who `-lerinans the return is by Mr. R. rolgreen,
to
bestats the stock of wheat and barley on hand
tit), about the average ;of oats, the usual quan-
reet Potatoes. bad and scarce ; turnips and other
the Whin some places rotting ; hay, plenty and good;
appe„eat sown he gives as about the average, and in
trietallee it is very thin. For the Wadebridge dis-
stat the return is by Mr. J. Pollard, of Clapper, who
heels quantity of wheat on hand to be an average ;
grew'eflaut quite an average stock ; oats, about as usual;
fter, scarcity of potatoes ; turnips and other roots in
teterc()Pertion ; hay, above the average stock ; the ex-
so wheat wheat sown is about as usual, and the early
whQat looks well. Mr. J. Roberts, of St. Austell,
veottti;
;n average stock of wheat on hand in that dis-
lettr "eitue stock of barley and oats is short ; there are
t,°otes,:i any potatoes ; the stock of turnips and other
owing to root ; hay is plentiful ; the ex-
thee -o,'Wbeat sown is above an average, and in appea.r-
,aree,.,l'e„,Plant is backward but healthy. For the district
4411,-,:,:truro the return is furnished by Mr. W. F.
hver '-efrE, who states that there is at present an
h legs f
stock of wheat in the hands of farmers.; of
few, dtiancl oats less than the usual stock; potatoes, very
Isthe; -11iPs and other roots are one-half rotten ; of hay_
re:, 41 a large stock ; the usual extent of wheat
Mr.
Pe-°wn, and in appearance it is thin but healthy. . r.
1,134 htenrds' of Tehidy, reports an average stock of wheat
heels in that district, two-thirds the usual stock of
1:414e f' and a deficiency of oats ; of potatoes there are
e
„114 Y ' °C sale ; turnips and other roots are rotting ; the
std its good ; the usual extent of wheat has been sown,
appearance is healthy.—The following conclu-
c4 thettLite deduced from the returns from different parts
Pr013,-h7ngdoni :—That the present stock of wheat is
Prese'Y one-fifth or one-sixth less than usual, and that
th.,,ti,t appearances are against an early harvest ; that
stat; a very little more barley in the country than will
are tie for seed ; that the stock of oats, beans and peas
tp thrlusually short ; that there are enough of potatoes
Plarite e,ountry for seed only, because no one desires to
.11at,t.t4e usual quantity ; that turnips are very short in
tie 3', and much injured by the frost, and that a very
the`,.4toek of hay is at present held. It appears that
Seetjtent of wheat sown in the north of England and
Ltit
rity ~,4.[ the winter, is SS ye
whi?.. belowh
has delayed all
field an average, owinto the rve:
,operations;
itriet full average has been got in over most of England.
be sower can be no doubt that an unusual extent will
G-

, .rtxt,,,
At a
,:t.^,,, T.—JENNY LIND AND THE
eSlNT,atlsDaEtNreTinS.e—n.
dilate
German.town, last autumn, ther. .
Glace I: aboat Jenn Lind, who, after driving
.the hole
' 5 d left it onher .
el 'tient her c • travels early one morning. The
Gaut .. • carriage was outside the gates, ha pkactko
toherainmn:
tittsal:,,,unents, who had escorted it, rushed ac
Vhirl:ed, t° be shown Jenny's bedroom, and swept_ like a
t'l) the in' up stairs into the room indicated to them, tore
I:4statir.,
,:nbeeee,ts,anand wore them in strips as decorations.. bAin
41:q)ea°rr two afterwards a bald old gentleman, of amiable
Englishman, who was staving in the hoteel,
Lt1,7,.t0 breakfast at the table•d'hôte, and was observed to
I,thell'eh disturbed in his mind, . and to show great terror
,ioolve,,veF a student came near him. At last he said, in
English to some who came near him at table " You are
it,lies,"G".g.elitlemen, I observe? Most extraordinary people
Oh. ~,,nlan students; as a body, raving mad ge:itiarnen."
fellow"% said somebody, " only excitable, but
T,very f good
the ol(1 and very sensiCile." "By heavens, Sir . r,e urineed-
thiap, gen.tlem, still more disturbed," then there sso
for aliPsiitical in it and I am a marked man. I went
. out
fOrie ,"tie,_ walk this 'morning, after shaving, and while I
.was
4 th' "—he felt into a terrible perspiration as he told it—
!lre el burst into my bedroom, tore up my sheets, and
had
i„Ow, Patrolling the town in all directions with bits of
'Lad {,: tneir button-holes."—ln the confusion the students
41,e?0Per into the wrong room.—Douglus Jerrold's Weekly
1-,•,{
14... •
ton, • '''iatous CIRCUMSTANCE.—The parish of Hari-
Ater,lancthis county, has been thrown into the greatestrcaonne:e
cif kr page", in consequence of the mysterious dis_adopfnea
we ea'„ Serjeant, of that village, farmer. F what
ceedi," learn, respecting the affair, Mr. Serjentrlras pro-
lath in [tome from Cambridge market, on Saturday,- the
e
want,calleda and beinc, a person much given to d
the White Horseb at Barton, drink,
at
41)0nt
has tr,twelve o'clock at night, in a state of intoxication, andt
which place he. left
iNstl"ttsince that time been seen or heard of. Mr.. S. erjean
that i: -"ok sums of money home with him, and it is fearedh..
habits must have been met by some person who knew is
Lions 1. and robbed or perhaps murdered him. His rela-
but. wave caused every possible search to be made. tor. him,
son,
~.._rout success; and on Sunday last nearly sixt3per
and b7.l7,eengaged the whole day in searching every hedge
abe 4,l,ing, and dragging every brook between Newnham
covere'ar'tn, but no trace of the poor man has yet been dis-
E_ canibridge Adverttser.
Vale, t,REUENT Or MR. VALE FROM THE STAGE.—
~1 4,
_(l,lbe't I'S
eu
r yr
eeyt ,e r oa nn
se",l_ a debt Ncvomedian, to whom we have all been
at th_"d for many a hearty laugh, takes his farewell benefit
edne;dav, the 17th inst. We all owe
of gratitude. As boys, we looked forward to
As Ze Vale as one of the greatest treats of the holidays.
otherwl',, be has beguiled for us many an hour which would
to ia, 'e ,have hung heavy on our hands. Vale is now about
or choice t; and as an honest, worthy fellow, and the best
give h.t?
,sipirits, the least his admirers can do for hint is to
"4141 4 bumper at parting."