The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, •
COVENT GARDEN. MORNING CONCERT.
A mort,ing performance took place at this theatre 011
Frid-ty, the great feature of which was the Stabai Nato
of Rossini. This magnificent composition wa splendidly
given, notwithstanding the absence of Mario (and no
living tenor has ever approached him in the execution
of the tenor parts of Stabat Mater), who, although ad-
vertised for the part which he originally created in
England, was prevented by indisposition from attendiFg.
Salvi, therefore, and at a very short notice, sang the
music which Mario ought to have sung, and by his
execution of it added to his well-earned fame. The
introductory chorus, " Stabat Miter dulorosa" was `err
well given by Mademoiselles Alboni and Corbari, and
Signori Lavia and i agliafico. The voicts harttfnisl
beautifully together. Then followed the •‘Cujus
Anima
which was beautifully sung by Salvi, and elicited louhe
d
applause ; his diminuendo towards the conclusion
of t
air was exceedingly fine. The duet "Quin est hoino,"
Madame Ronconi and Mademoiselle Alboni, which .by
mediately followed, was deliciously sung—the clear high
soprano notes of Madame Ronconi (aho was in Wel'
lent voice, and who on this occasion showed herself
worthy of her continental fame), blending delightfully
with the deep, rich, clear contralto of Mademoiselle Al'
boti. Tamburini did full justice to the "Fr°
Peccatis" which immediately followed, and inWe)
the
splendid chorus " Eia Mater" he was also
Made-
lent. The quartet " Sancta Mater" by Maue.
moiselles Alboni and Corbari and Signori Lillie
and Tagliafico was well (indeed, when we consider
that Lavia y wonder-
fully)ng at ,
given.had
The "Fac utsight portem"e ay
then followed; this
was superbly given by Alboni ; her crescendos and di-
muendos were beautiful exceedingly, and this, undoubt
edly, the gem of the morning's performance, was rsp;
w m sa,
turously encored, as was the "Inflammatus et accensus,.
by Madame Grisi, which immediately follows. Grist
was in this, as she is in everything, l•plendid—her shak:
at the conclusion was magnificent. The fugued "Amen,
with which the anthem concludes, was superbly givn.
The Stabot Mater was preceded by. the overture to
Oberon, and followed by a miscellaneous Act,
commencing with the overture to Semiramide, and endil
s
with that to Fidelio. The gem of this act was 'Verdi
prrghiera Ciel Pietoso," which was beautifully sun
chorus g
by Salvi, and rapturously encored, and ROSSilleb
" La Carita," which was admirably given by Mesdames.
Grisi and Ronconi, Mdlles. Alboni and Corbari, eel
Signori Salvi, Lavin, Tamburini, Ronconi, ROW, Oa_
Tagliafico. The choruses were under the direction ot
Signor Bonconsiglio, and the orchestra was led by Costa.
We regret to add that Madame Persiani and SieThe
Marini were prevented from appearing by illness. filed
theatre, which was lighted up as for the opera, was n
in every part.

HER MAJESTY TREA
Saturday evening, was occuTpßiEed.—bl;hLie QdjuJeeunbusl74lB,:°i
the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Countess o• Elliott
Edgcumbe, the Countess of Minto, the Hon. Mr.
the
the
Miss Sir Charles Lemon. In her Majesty
Dowager's box were Colonel and Mrs. Cornal, th
Miss Seymour and party. In that of her Royal tltT;:fji
ness the Duchess of Cambridge's, were the Marqll3llr:
de
Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Psoitc__.
Wellington, and Prince Louis Napoleon, were 5t1.r.,17.
sent. Amongst the company were the Duchess oetitk anvil'
ton, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marchioness
13
ulrone_t2
meath, the Marquis of Donegal, the Baroness r
let,
and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Earl of Muns:e!.
Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Counteen:_!
Westmoreland, the Earl of Chesterfield, his Excellency
Revel,
the Sardinian Minister, Count Genova de ft°
the Countess of Powis and Lady Lucy►
the Viscount Cantilupe, the Viscount ganelagh
Lord
adnedsaL
Vi-count Canterbury, Lady Sophia de Vse.ux
Lo dWWi ignhghhya dme, Ladyndthe
ELreesrbdya,
Lord Sand -s Lady Foulis, Lady E. Drummond'sl'4.r
Palmer, Lady Woodford, Lord E. Bruce, Lady r
h e
Cy l
Wellesley,
Lady
e
phus Fitzclarence, Lord Southampton, Sir Geo. Wo
mb.
phus and Miss Somerset, Lord Gardener, Loid_Aedt
well, Bart.; Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Fred. TreSir
Sir John Lowther, Sir Henry an Lady Estcourt,
Charles Shakerley, Hon. General Upton, Col. Wildinst!
Captain Smith, Mr. Henry Tufnell, M.P., Miss Tuftti:
Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. and Miss Holford,
de Grey, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Hon. James Maedor.wtlicii.
Mr. N. Macdonald, Major Buckley, Mrs. %%Typo
liams, Mr. Whitbread, Mr., Mrs., and Miss 13rerecie:
Trelawny, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs.
Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, Mr. and Miss
Hu ttPxBll.:
Mrs. Ayscough, Hon. George Byng, Sir W. ivlisLefi
Stanley, Major Baring, Mr. Justice Erle, Captain 0"
the lion. Mrs. Ryder Burton, &c. &C.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—On Saturday evellinig
her Maj. sty's box was occupied by Earl Delawarr,
Arabella West, Lady Elizabeth Russell, the .!,,Le.!t
Lionel Sackville West, the Hon. Wm. Edward ivsi:fo:
the lion. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., and the llon. DP_
Fitzroy. There were present—their Royal Bigh°e""
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, prince es
and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by this
also
Baroness Hammerstein, Baron Knesebeck, Sse• ;
Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Lucca, attended.%
the Marquis Provenzali, his Excellency the Austria_
Ambassador, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister
his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Mdme. Van see
Weyer, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and t"
Marchioness de Lisboa, his Gra e the Duke of Dev.°-
shire, the Duke and Duchess of Beauf rt and the Lacbei
Henrietta Geraldine and Blanche Somerset, the Dui"
ager Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Ayleshurl•
\tarquis of Douro, the Earl and Countess of Haring :Owu,
Earl Grosvenor, Earl of Mayo, Viscount Temp us
leto
Viscount and Viscount( ss Drumbnrigg, Vecounte
Forbes and Mr. Vaughan, Viscount Dupplin, Vigd"
countess Glentvverth, Lord and Lady Templemore, La
uffield, Lord and Lsdy Carrington, Lord Otho Eitz•
gerald, Lady William Powlett, Lady Harriet Ellertoni
Lott
Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Alexander Lennox,
George Manners, Lord A. Paget, Lady Henry Diule
lion. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Hon. Charles t'
nox Butler, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. St. John Butler, Ile"'
Henry Chichester and the Hon. Misses Chichester, 11°°'
Percy Barrington, lion. John Fortescue, lion. F. BY„e"'
Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Hon. A. D. Willoughby. 1113°g
'
A. Upton, lion. Coterie!, Mrs., and Miss Fitzeibbnu
Hon. Frederick Chichester, Lady Georgians Fane,
er,
Sir Charles Slingsby, Sir John B. Lowth
Bart., M.P., Sir George Armitage, Sir Willis?'
de Bathe, Lady Wilson, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Sir
Tatton and Lady Sykes, Sir Piera Mostyn, Si.eiThems!
Winnington, M.P., Sir Thomas Hare, Sir William and
Lady Molesworth, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Samuel and
and Lady Atkinson Sir John and Lady Campbell, Lady Scott, Lady Jodrell, Lady Macfarlane, Sir Jurpseirr
the Chevalier de Paiva, Baron ParaViCini, John Dennis'Charles Marshall, Sir William Anstey, Sir Charles e Kent,.
Baring,
tours, Esq , M.P., and Mrs. Dennistoun, Henry
Esq., M.P., Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Lady de Cres-
pigny, C. C. Martyn, Esq., H. T. Hope, Esq., IL St'
L, ger, Esq., Mrs. Tunno, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, the Misses
'
Byrne, Henry Greville Esq., F. F. Courtenay• t'
Major Sandy s, Henry Beresford, Esq., Captain goou•
Captain Bailey, Captain de Bathe, E. Delafield, Fols'
Arthur Webster, Esq., Mrs. Ashton Yates, Mr. and Mrs.
Coghlan, J. H. Vivian. Esq., G. Stuart, Esa., Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Halford, J. Lloyd Clayton, Esq D.
Protheroe, Ecq., M.P., &e. &c.
The cotton hosiery branches continue in a de'
pret.sed condition : the depression has now lasted wore
than two months, and at a time of the year when the
demand ,
mostbeen extensive.
carriedon w A
facture
is generally h
has
sfor
some timet e
with great 11;
cresy, but it has at length been revealed, and excites
great attention at Belper and its vicinity, viz., hosiery
which has been hitherto imperfectly teasled and
nap raised by the hand after the ti
made, is now, by a new inventi n, combed,arcles
and the
nap raised by machinery, while the web is making
the frame; this has long been a desideratum. There is
thought to be a slight improvement in the silk glove
branch, which has led to expectations of a further ex-
tension. After a struggle of more than sixty years,
England has at length given up the silk fancy hosier
trade to France, as the provincial and now the alalest
only house in that branch has dismantled its frames of
the tickler machinery; new sets of plain needles are put
into the frames, and the hands are making silk gloves!
Nottingham Review.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received floo'
" B. W." the remaining half of the note for 500/., and wi
pay the amount into the receipt of the Exchequer.
We deeply regret to find the following in the
Frankfort prints of the 14th instant :—" Berlin. June
Baron Alexander de Humboldt is so dangerously ill that hi'
physicians despair of his recovery." a
Oa Wednesday last, a large grampus was Captlife
by three fishermen (too named Simpson and the an,
Whitehead) on the Low Tuft Sand in the south chanue:
which the towed up towards Boston as tar as the end
of the New Cut. The leng 0
th of the monster is 63 fee."
its height about 18, and the fin at the end of the tail
12 feet across. t
It required 12 feet of water W pot'. t"'
—Stamford Mercury.
MURDER OF A WIPE BY HER HUSBAND AT
DUDLEY.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the
metropolitan police that a man, named Hawkless Lovett
Blewitt, an itinerant tinker and razor grinder, at Dud-
!ey, had thrown a large quantity of boiling water over
his wife, by which she was so dreadfully lejtir • ed that
death ensued. A coroner's inquest was held, and
jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Blewitt,;
Immediately after the perpetration of the atrocious de e"
Blewitt absconded from Dudley. He is described as b,e"
tween thirty-five and forty years of age, dark furl.'
whiskers, and complexion; has the appearance 01;e
gipsy, stands about five feet eight inches high, slnd
rather stout.
MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE OF A SOW
ClTOR.—Yesterday Mr. William Payne held an inquest At
of
Sportsman, Southwark Bridge-road, on view of the bodio
f Mr. Timothy Beaver, aged 71, formerly a solicitor', vlll,
died at No. 67, Southwark Bridge-road, in apartments w 110"
exhibited the melancholy effects of reverse of fortune. Miss
Eliza H. Beaver, deceased's daughter, said that her father
had suffered severely fro the gout, and' t
for the last eigh
months had been confined to his bed. On Tuesday morning,
about four o'clock, her mother called her. Witness went im'
mediately and found her father apparently lifeless. She pm"
medist ply called in medical assistance. Her father had not
died from want, as witness and her mother did all they Toy
for him. For some years past they had suffered great Privr
lions, in consequence of the change in her father's circuer
stances. Mr. Aliingliam, the summoning officer, said that ho
was well aware, as the parochial officer, of the circumatanceS
in which the family, which lie knew was high! respectable,
had been placed for some time past. Mr. T. W. Childecotts
surgeon, Alfred- place, Newington-causeway, said hessaysgys de'
ceased about four o'clock on Tuesday morning. Hf 3 w hen
dead. The appearances of the room showed great povertY,l
the deceas -d was lying upon a qut a ity of rags, whieti.,...ta-
substitute for a bed, and a counterpane covered him. Jae
no doubt that the deceased died from natural causes, 045"
from a disease of the heart. Verdict " Natural deatP.
BRISTOL, JUNE 17Wind N.N.W.—SId. Neptune, g/a-
-.—
maica ; Edina, Quebec.
e F Sid.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W. to ssese
Willesley, Madras and Calcutta.