The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOW_DON,

!subsistence, that it was their duty to step forwaiel end
assuage his or their sorrows.—(Cheers.) De net let
them believe that there were not many men of tidied
who were. not thus prostrated. Let them remember
Coreggio, whose health and lire were bowed doe n by the
heavy blow of unappreciated and unrequite d labour.
He was an example that, even with the greatest talents
and powers, and with the greatest claims to public gra-
titude, and to immortality, a man might be neglect, d
during his existence, and that he might die and leave
those dependent upon him in absolute want. It was
because he believed that this was an institution which
had claims not merely upon their charity but upon their
justice, not upon their individual generosity, but upon
the public—upon national support—that he called upon
them to drink prosperity to the institution with three
times three, and with an additional cheer, to show that
they heartily wished it unbounded prosperity and sue •
cess.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with the. greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. MANN returned thanks. He said, if they could
accurately estimate the advantages which the institution
had conferred—the groans which it lied suppres,ed, the
cheering influeece which it had produced, the widows
hearts which it made leap with joy, the aid which it had
given to depressed artists, whose life it hail revived—
,hey should present an account of ;soot' work which
would be perfectly astonishing.—(Cheers.) Ne u-
thin, which had ever met within these walls, had u
higher claim to support.— (Hear, hear.)
The tollee log toasts were then drunk in succession :
—The chairman ; S J. Lloyd, Eiq. ; the British Ass-
ociation, for the Advancement of Science, (responded to
by Sir R. Murchison) ; Sir A. M. Slice, the President
of the Royal Academy, and the Royal Academicians ;
Mr. Reinagle, lt.A. ; the Royal Companies for promot
ing the Fine Arts ; the British Institution, and all other
institutions for the promotion of the Fine Arts ; the
Artists' Annuity and Beuevulent Fund ; Vice-Presi-
den ; Treasurer, &c. &c.
From the cash account, made up to the end of the
year, it appears that the total investments amount to
13,1041.-3 s. Id., that the total receipts, including the
balance from 1845, were 1,702/. ss. ; and that 6801. had
been expended in donations, many of the recipients
having received as many as twenty donations, one
twenty-four, another twenty-one, and two eighteen.
Balance at bankers 549/. 12s. 6d. 995 cases have been
relieved by sums amounting to 10,5631. 7s. 10d.
Among the subscriptions announced by the Treasurer
(which, in the course of the evening amounted to 5601.
11s.), were the following donors and donations :
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 501.; British In-
stitution, 501.; Duke of Sutherland, 10 guineas ; Earl of
Ellesmere, 10/. ; Duke of Norfolk, 5 guineas ; Earl
Ashburton, la Sir John Swinburn, 101.; the Lord
Mayor, 5 guineas; Lord Charles Townsend, 101.; Sa-
muel Jones Loyd, Esq., 20 guineas ; Thomas Baring,
Esq., M.P., 21 guineas ; Sir Charles Forbes, 201. ; Sir
J. A Shee, P.R.S., 5 guineas ; Sir R. Murchison, 10/. ;
Chales Barry, Esq., R. A., 5 guineas ; George Jones,
Esq., R.A. 101. ; C. L. Eastlake, Esq., R.A., 5/. ; C. R.
Cockerell, 14:sq , R.A. 5 guineas ; Sir William Ross,
R.A., 5 guineas ; David Roberts, Esq. R.A., 5 guineas;
Thos. Webster, R.A., 5 guineas ; Philip Hardwick,
ILA., 10 guineas ; W. Wyon, R.A. 5 guineas ; Thos.
Creswick, R.A., 5 guineas ; Mrs. Phillipps, 2 guineas ;
Lady Chantrey (her 6th donation since her husband's
death), 20/.; James H. Mann, Esq., 5 guineas ; Robert
Vernon, 51. ; Henry Ross, 5 guineas; Messrs. Coluaghi,
5 guineas.
The compary did not separate till near eleven.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Soturd,iy eveiiing was a glotiims'eveiriirig for her Ma-
jesty's theatre. It was the evening of the day of the
Drae ing Room, und her Majesty her•cef, with Princv
Aihert heneur,!el the theatre with her pre,eace. Arouni;
her were grouped the elite of the most glorious Court in
the world. Tne coup d'ceil was magnjiceet, and on Sa-
terday- vies realised the imagining of him to whose taste
we are indebted 'or the bouton d'a decorations of the
boxes. Every box was occupied, and each box looked like
a framed picture. The Opera presented was worthy the
occasion. It was Ernani with Fraschini as the hero. The
part was originally composed by Verdi, for Fraschini,
and whether we consider him as an actor or as a singer, his
performance was perfect. His opening air, " Come
rugiada alcespite," was exquisitely given ; there was a
tenderness and pathos about it that quite carried the
House by storm. It was evident that an English au-
dience—albeit Muriani's interpretation of the character
was, iu parts, beautiful—had never before heard Er,
nani. Fraschini went on from triumph to triumph, and
secured eot only his own fame, bus made the opera.
Madame Castellan %%-115 the Elvira, and she, too, was as
superior to her predecessor, Mathew Rita Borio, as
was Fraschini to all who have preceded him
in the psrt. There was a grace and a pa-
thos about her iaterptetatkri id the ehar.4eter of
r vire which left nothing to be desired. Superchi, as
Carlos, was very fine, his " Mece Vieni," in the second
ac-, was most deservedly encored. f rnani is an opera
depends more upon its choruses, its con-
ceited, and its orchestral music than any other. It is one
which tests to a superlative degree the powers of the
chorus and the orchestra, and never was it performed
better than on Saturday evening. The choruses .were
given in a manner infinitely superior to that in which they
were either last season or the season before. Musically
they were magnificently executed, and they were acted as
well as sung—a vast improvement upon the imps sable,
immoveable. semicircular arrangement of the old chorus
singers. The orchestral accompaniments were superbly
given. There was a feeling, an intelligence, about the
rendering of Verdi's music by the orchestra on Saturday
night, which imparted to it a vitality and a spirit for
which mere mechanical hand-organry cold correctness is
a very pour substitute; not but that musical correctness
was also present. It was impossible to have the music
performed more correctly; but there was spirit superadded
to correctness. It was, taken for all in all, perhaps, the
most perfect performance ever heard within the walls of
her Majesty's I heatre.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended by the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Ormonde, the
Hon. Miss Murray, the Hon. Miss Napier, Lord Clifden,
Colonel Grey, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Seymour.
Amongst the other distinguished visitors were the Duke
of Wellington, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady
Rachel Russell, the Marquis of Aylesbury. the Duchess
of Victory and Madlle. Espartero, the Duchess of Hunt-
ley, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Ormonde,
Earl of Falmouth, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Belfast,
Earl Cardigan, Earl and Countess of Sheffield and Lady
Susan Holroyd, Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina
Villiers, Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga
Lechner, Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power,
Viscount Drumlanrig; Lords Ernest Bruce, Saltoun, W.
Lennox, H. Lennox, A. Fitzclarence, Gardner, Sandys,
the Lord Mayor, Mrs. Carrel and the Misses Carrel,
Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Count
Koudriaffsky Conde de Montemoliu, Sir Richard Vivian,
Sir John Lowther, Col. Upton, Sir George Wombwell,
Mrs. Parke Reading, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, Capt.
and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Hon. Mrs. Norton,
Capt. Greville, Hon. F. Chichester, Captain Meynell,
Hon. George Byng, Major Berkley, Mr. and Lady
Augusta Wentworth, Sir H. Webb, Captain Reynolds,
Mr. Tollemache, Major Baring, &c.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
MR. F. CHATTERTON'S CONCERT.

Mr. F. Chatterton gave his first concert for the season
at this theatre on Saturday evening. The following
were the vocal performers engaged :—Miss Birch,
Madame F. Lablache, Miss Moriatt O'Connor, Miss
Allen, Miss Stet -le, and Miss Mary Rose ; Mr. Braham,
Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Harrison, Mr. G. Genge, Mr. N.
J. Sporle, Mr. John Parry, Signor Furtado, and Signor
F. Lablache. These performers are all, with one excep-
tion, so well known, and so justly appreciated, that to
dwell upon their merits would be a work of supereroga-
tion. That exception is Miss Mary Rose, a young lady
who made her debi'd on Saturday evening. This young
lady possesses a sweet yet powerful voice, and has been
well taught. It is evident that she is a thorough musician,
and, with her powers, her science, and her exquisite
taste, she cannot fail to attain to a high rank in the pro-
fession she has chosen. The house was crowded, and
the concert seemed to afford the greatest satisfaction to
all present.

THE NEW JUDGES UNDER THE
SMALL DEBTS ACT.

We believe that the following may be looked upon as
a correct list of the Judges under the New Small Debts
Act, as far as the appointments have taken place, with
the respective districts assigned to them :
DISTRICTS. JUDGES.
1. Northumberland
2. Durham H. D. Stapylton

3. Cumberland & Westmoreland Theophiltii Ingham
4. North Lancashire T. Addison
5. South West-Lancashire Wm. A. Hulton
6. Liverpool
7. West Cheshire
8. Manchester
9. East Cheshire
10. South East Lancashire
11. Bradford
12. Halifax
13. Sheffield
14. Leeds T. IL Marshall
15. York
16. hull
17. Lincolnshire J. G. Stapleton Smith
18. Nottinghamshire R. Wildman
19. Derbyshire
20. Leicestershire and Rutland-
shire
21. Birmingham Leigh Trafford
22. Warwickshire
23. Worcestershire B. Parham
24. Herefordshire and Mon-
mouthshire J. M. Herbert
25. Dudley and Wolverhampton Mr. Sergeant Clarke
26. Staffordshire R. G. Temple
27. Shropshire
28. North Wales A. J. Johnes
29. Mid Wales
30. South East Wales
31. South West Waless J. Johnes
32. Norfolk
33. Suffolk
34. The Fen Circuit
35. Bedfordshire and Cambridge
shire
36. Buckinghamshire and North-
amptonshire
37. Berkshire and Oxfordshire J. B. Parry, Q.C.
38. Home Circuit
39. Essex
40. Whitechapel
41. Shoreditch and Bow .
42. Clerkenwell
43. Bloomsbury D. D. Heath
44. Brentford, Brompton, and
Marylebonu
45. Westminster 1). C. Moylan
46. Surrey
47. South wark
48. Greenwich. and Lambeth
49. West Kent
50. East Kent
51. Sussex
52. Hampshire and Isle of Wight C. J. Gale
53. Bath and North Wilts
54. Gloucestershire
55. Bristol
56. South Wilts and Doraetshire E. Everett
57. Somersetshire
58. East I/ von
59. West Devon W. M. Praed
60. Cornwall - Kekewich.

J. Cullyer

The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of
Commons gave his last Parliamentary banquet this session
on Saturday last, at his residence in Eaton-square, when the
guests who honoured the Right Hon. Gentleman with their
company comprised—the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Vis-
count Barrington, Lord R. Grosveuor, Lord J. Chichester,
the Hon. E. Bouverie, the Hon. A. Cole. the Hon. J. Dundas,
the Hon- E. Mostvn, the Hon. Captain W. Fitzmaurice. the
Hon. Captain J. P. Maxwell, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., Sir
G. Staunton, Bart., Sir A. Brooke, Bart., Colonel T. Wood,
M.P., Mr. C E. Rumbold, Mr. T. D. Acland, Mr. G. Philips,
Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Smith, Mr. W. H. P. Carew, Mr. R.
Prime, Mr. M. Gaskell, Mr. Lambton, Mr. S. rawford,
Mr. R. Currie, and Mr. C. B. Wall.
VISCOUNT AM) VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S RE-
uNlON.—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a sump-
tuous entertainment, on Saturday last. to their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their mansion
in Carlton-gardens. Their Royal Highnesses were attended
Ayles-
bury, the Earl ande
vCountessLlnvo.riViscount
oßouv,rnoptueogr:l
by Baron Knesebeck and Lady Augusta Cadogan, and the
distinguished guests at dinner to meet their Royal High-
nesses included his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, his
Excellency Count Dietrichstein, the Marchioness of A'yles-
Cisvi,
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theeGranville,anitiioiun p. Brougham,
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dsdf Clarendon,
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Ladyship,
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Jocelyn,
Viscount :aaydnindi,
honour to the royal visitors, received a select circle at a sub-
sequent period of the evening.
We are glad to learn that the Marquis of Clanri-
carde has presented one of the sons of Mr. John A. Heraud,
the epic poet, with an appointment in the Secretary's de-
partment of the General Post-office; such recognitions, on
NT part of Government, of literary merit, are at all times
gratifying.
AIR. O'CONNELL IN PARIS.—Mr. O'Connell, Aho
as we announced oil Saturday, arrived in Paris on Friday,
does not seem to kave suffered from his journey; and the
only thing of which lie complained was great personal
fatigue from the effects of his journey, and considerable
mental depression. We learn from Paris that the twelve
medical gentlemen who have seen Mr. O'Connell have given
it as their opinion that he has no organic disease; and that
the depression of spirits from which he suffers will probably
be greatly relieved by change of climate and by totally ab-
staining from business.
DEPARTURE OF LORD HOWDEN.—PORTSMOUTH,
MARCH 28.—The Right Hon. Lord Howden, her 'Majesty's
Minister at the Court of Brazil, arrived here on Friday even-
ing, and having embarked yesterday morning in her Ma-
jesty's steamer Rattler, she put to sea soon after nine o'clock,
and proceeds direct to Rio Janeiro. His Lordship was ac-
companied by only one secretary, and his personal servants.
Captain Fremantle, appointed to her Majestv:s ship Raleigh,
and Mr. Grant, secretary to Commodore Sir homas Herbert,
who commands the naval force in the Brazils, went out in
the Rattler.

The prayer for the removal of the present prevail-
ing scarcity was read yesterday at St. Paul's Cathedral and
in most of the metropolitan churelm