The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

this time it is the first duty of the Orders to encourage and
suppou the good disposition and fidelity of the country by
their Wm example, and, on the contrary, to strike cl,,wn and
discountenance every kind of many headed faithlessness—
men who, enemies of every kind of slavery, are, above all,
enemies of that shameful yoke which a misguiding opinion
(branding tht, name of freedom of thought) would lay upon
your neck. This selection is a very critical act—one pregnant
with consequences; weigh it. in your hearts, and choose con-
scientiously.
"Remember also that the day of uncertainty as to the
form which the activity ,pf the orders is to take Is passed.
Many things which, under this uncertainty, forbearance
could excuse, have henceforth no excuse remaining. The 3d
of February of this year, like the 3d of February, 1813, has
opened to the real Children of our fatherland that path they
have now to pursue; and the same unspeakable happiness
which then fell to the lot of my glorious father is now also
mine—mine in this moment. I speak as he did to the hearts
of German, of Prussian men.

.. Go, then, illustrious Princes, Counts, and Lords, dear
and faithful Driers of Nobles, Burghers,
proceed, with God's help, to your task. and Commons.
ot! will, I am cer-
gazing on you, and
tain, in this moment, when all Europe is
through all the future labours of the Diet, prove yourselves
tarhusemPtr_usnsaiamnesiy;
,aGnoddt,shabtiori7ii_Lhinogn believewhichall
Ine will not be
things depend.
Out of our uoauitnity it wi'l descend on
glorious
eritfursesent and
may dwell
and
o ut
future generations, and I hope on all our German
fatherland in one broad stream, beside which we
in peace and safety, as by the shores of the blessing-bringing
rivers ti4at water the earth. And now once more
of the fullness of my heart, welcome !"
After the above gracious speech, his Majesty pro-
ceeded to nominate the Prince of Solms and Lieutenant
Von Ilochow Marshals of the Diet. The Minister of
the Interi d. then declAred the Diet to be opened, and
after a sh,tt speech from Marshal Prince Solms, in an.
swer to his M.jesty, the proceedlngs terminated.

duircehdl:ltEiceiti•R!lf sic.l3;t(ite:iijitgiEntg'lS, ILYllitrhisie. icilt:aEbae."PorOP:
with the following cast :
Elvira—Madame Castellan.
Giorgio—Signor Lablache.
Arturo— Signor Gardoni.
Riccardo—Signor Colletti.
It was the first appearance of Lablachn for the season.
He was greeted as the greatest singer, in the world
ought to be greeted, with the heartiest welcome that
could be given him, and never did he sing or act better..
The Elvira of Madam- Ca.tellan was, whether regarded
lyrically or histrionically a beautiful impersonation. It
would seem natural enough that her Elvira should pro•
yoke a comparison with that of her great predecessor,
but Madame Castellan possesses certain physical advan-
tages ov..r all her competitors in this character, of which
she has known so w. II how to take advantage as to ren-
der comparison impossible, by giving a perfectly diffe-
rent, perhaps truer, version of the character. Madame
Castilian is young and beautiful, and she therefore can
make of Elvira that which the author evidently
intended Elvira' to be, a lovely, unsophis-
ticated, trustine, girl. Such was the Elvira of
Madame Castellan, and this version of the character
makes the whole opera vrai,emblable, and brings out
effects of which hitherto the habituie of the opera have
had no idea. For instance, the celebrated Palaces,
"Son vergin vezz )sa,"
has been hitherto regarded merely as an exquisite
melody, sung by Grisi as perfectly as music could be
sung. but, of late years at least, it was impossible
to look at the singer and keep up the illusion
of the scene. Castellan, on the contrary, looks
the " vergin vezzosa in vista di Sposa" —the
young girl (I, ek, d out as a bride. She is
the yohng gill herselt—Grisi, an accomplished
artiste acting the young girl. Castellan sang the music
exquisitely, by appearing to make no effort, she accom-
plished everything. She possesses, in a marvellous
degree. the, ars celare artem. Gardoni is decidedly the
best Arturo who has ever appeared. He is what neither .
of his predecessors in this character were, an actor; and to
give a proper version of Arturo, acting is as necessary as
singing. We remember Rubini in this character—we
have seen Mario as Arturo many a time and oft—but we -
prefer the Arturo of Gardoni. He is more youthful than
Itubini, more impassioned than Mario, and as accom-
plished a musician as either of them. His " A to o care,"
in the first act, was beautifully given, and was rapturously
applauded; and the third act, the whole burden of which
falls upon Arturo, was given in a manner that left
nothing to be desired. Colletti made more of the
character of Riccardo than has ever hitherto been
made of it. His voice has that which was want-
ing both in Tamburini and Fornasari—steadi-
ness ; and as an actor ho is quite equal
to either of these great artists. The suoni la tromba, as
given by Coletti and Lablache, created quite a furore,
and was rapturously encored. As a whole, I Puritani
has never been better performed at her Majesty's Theatre
than it was last evening. The principal artistes were
called for at the conclusion of each act, ani again at
the fail of the curtain. Between the acts of the Opera,
a Divertissement was produced, in which Carolina
Rosati and Paul Taglioni appeared ; and in which
little Maria Taalioni danced a new pas, entitled
" Posnania ; ou Dati,e Pollnaise," a variety of the Craco-
vienne, with all its elegance, but without its vulgarity. It
was a decided hit, and will become very poi- Oar. Caroline
Romiti danced ex qui- ly, intredueing some of her fa-
' vourite pas from That. :The was rapturously applauded and
bouque's were showered upon her in profusion. She
has now decidedly taken her place among the Deesses.
After the ()peril, we had the new ball,t of °Heide; on
le Camp des Amazong, with the following cast :
OrThia—Mdlie. Lucile GrAn.
Marthesia (La Reine des Amazones)—Madame Co-
pere.
Alc,-is (Scythian Prince) —M. Taglioni.
Isapathe—Mite. Mont'ort.
The hollowing is the plot of the billet:—
It is nieht. We are in the camp of the Amazons,
and of their Queen, Marthesia. As a distant sound of
the horn is heard, the warriors awake ; day appears,
and they saline the sun. The horn approaches ; it
announces the arrival of Orithia, the Queen's nieCe,
who returns triumphant from her combats with the
Mascagetes, bearing on her arm the buckler of, their
chief Alceis, wham she brings a prisoner. The Queen
celebrates this vicory by dances, and ordains a royal '
chase, to the cooTieror in which the buckler of Alegi!'
is d. creerL The Amazons hasten with delight towards
the eirect.

silence reigns once more within the camp, when the
Prince Alceis (titers it at the peril of bis life. He loves
Orithia, and what is peril to him if it brags him near
the objoct of his love! His bucker, raised as a trophy,
strikes his sight; he seizes it, and is about to destroy it
when the Auraz.ns, carried by the chase towards the
camp, appear. He hidei hicnself behiud a rock, whence
he can zee without being vet)._
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The huntresses depart. Orithia, still haunted by
the recollection of the Prince, then eriives and con-
templates the trophy, which reminds h'-r of Alceis.
She si.udJers at the id• a that this token may bhcorne
the prize of another. Site is about to return into the
torest, when the Prince appears. The Amazon recoils
affrighted. Alceis then declares his love, and to what
it has impelled him. Onthia entreats her lover to fly
from toe implacable law which condemns to death every
man who dares to ereer the camp. Alceis refuses.
Ism:lathe, ►he Qeeett's tuvewite, has remarked the
trouble of her mistress, and, having followed her, has
been a witness of this scene. At a signal, the Amazons
hasten with Marthesie, who bitterly reproaches her niece
for having betrayed her oath. She then orders the
punishment of the cap:ive at the tomb raised to the
memo cry Of Argapesas, her husband, killed by the King
of the Seythians.
Orithia supplicates ; her companions join in her
prayers, but the Qtteen is obdurate. Alceis then is
doomed ; but on approaching the mausoleum where
he is to be sacrificed, he sees the name of his father
inscribed thereon. Seizing his buckler, be pushes a
spring, and the following inscription appears :—" Arga-
pesis to his son Alceis." Marthesia is, then, his mother I
The coldness of the Queen and the sternness of the
Amazon give place to the werm gush of maternal love.
Marthesia pardons, and Alceis becomes the happy cap-
tive of his Orithia.
The opening scene of the Arnazanian encampment is
exceedingly picturesque; and the Pas .V.eirnazonia by
Lucile Grahn. Madlls. Hunere. and Cassan.. and
the corps de ballet, is perhaps one of the
most classically beautiful ever seen ; each pose teems
like a study from some ancient Grecian sculpture. The
The great pas of the ballet, ho+►evcr, is the sane
a I abandon of Lucile Grahn and Paul Taglioni. It is
perhaps, one of the most wonderful, and at the
same time one of the most graceful of choerographic
performances. So delighted is the spectator by the exe
ceeding grace of the artistes, that it is not until he has
had time to reflect, 'hat he can rightly appreciate the
difficulties which they have successfully overcome. Never
has Lucile Grahn eppeartd to greater advantage than in
this pas. Never has si:e been better or less obtrusively
supported than she was last night by Paul Tagliont.
The house was crowded to excess before the commence-
ment of the Opera, and standing room was at &premium,
even during the last scene of the Ballet.
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