The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-15 00:00:00

NEW TAXES.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Ti:e performances here on Thursday night were Lucia
di Laumermuir, La Prora d'un Opera Seria, and a n :sv
ballet called Le Lac des Fees. We bqd Persiaki, Rubini,
Colleti, and Lablache in the opera, who all sang with tie r
wonted excellence. Colleti has improved—the acting and
singing of the others is perfect—susceptible cf no improve-
ment. In La Prova, Pasta's pup►l, Mademoiselle Tosi,
was clever. She sang too with much sweetness, and went
through the part ('‘ having undertaken it at a very shcFt
notice") very creditably. The quality of her voice Is
somewhat thin, but ts Ah guardate the figure I" sung by
her and Lablache was capital, and drew down the loudest
applause.

The new ballet is the best we remember to have seen
for some time. It is founded on Auber's Lac de Fees.
A German student, in hunting, reaches the shores of a
serius,tered lake, haunted by fairies. He conceals himself,
witnesses their sports, and steals the magic veil belonging'
S's to the fairest of the bevy. Scared by the sound of the
hunters approaching, the fairies take flight, all but the sin-
s.
fortunate individual who has lost her veil, and with it her
fairy attributes. Thus reduced to the condition of a simple
44 mortal, she assumes a humble disguise, and becomes a
4n servant in the family of a lady to whom the young hunter
is about to be married. During the rejoicings preceding
'he marriage Arthur recognizes in the person of the ger.
40 want girl the fairy whom lie loved. He offers, notwitb-
- qanding his engagement, ta make ler his wife. Arthur
restores the veil, by the help of which she takes her flight
to rejoin her companions, and we are left in doubt whether
lie accompanies her, or concludes his unwilling nuptials
with the other fair one. Mademoiselle Cerito, who per-
sonated the fairy, danced with a delicacy and grace truly
beautiful. Signor and Madame Guerra, with Cerito,
danced a pas de trois admirably. The scenery was mag-
nificent, and the general getting up of the ballet cannot be
too highly extolled. It cannot fail to be popular. The
house was everywhere full.

ILLOYD'S SHIPPIN'G-(THIS DAY )

DEAL, MAY 14. —Wind, W. S. W,_. Sailed, the General
Williams, Dare, for Madeira.
Li vzzuon, MAY I.4.—Wind variable, —Sailed the Chises
Ritchie, for Bahia ; Luna, Newby, Brazil ; Ann, Whin-
field, Maranham ; Thomas Lee, Wolf, Calcutta; Sand-
bach, Bispham, Demerara; Christina, Agenaga, and
Iberia, from Havannah ; Active, Beard, Baltimore ; Al-
mir, Weeks, New York ; John and Robert, M Kechnie,
Quebec. Off port, Cordelia, from China.
Fat.morint, MAY 13.—Wind variable.—Arrived the
Alert packet, from Rio Janeiro;; sailed 25th March.
BRISTOL, MAY 14.—Sailed, Jane and Barbara, Cole-
man, Quel:c ; Mary Dugdale, Buckland, Australia.
SWANSEA, MAY 13.—Arrived, John Colk, Tilson,
Val-
paraiso.

DuBLIN, Ilex 13.—Sailed, Hugh, Smallman, Trinidad.
CORK, MAY 12.—Arrived,: England, Gardner, Mobile.
BRIDLINGTON, MAY 13. The Catimina, England, from
Wells to Newcastle, on shore near Flatnborough Head,
will be sold as a wreck.

SPNDERLAND, MAY 73.--The Cesias, Price, from Me-
mel to London, was lost on the Omer Sand, on.the 11th
instant, crew saved.

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DREADFUL

LIFE.

LATEST FAUTICVLARS.
The firemen succeeded in discovering the mutilated re-
mains of one of the sufferers, whose body' is supposed to
be that of Mr. Marr, the Chief Clerk at the United
Kingdom Life Assurance Office, but it is so much burnt
that it is impossible at present to speak positively as to its
identity. It was conveyed to the workhouse in Vine-
street, Piccadilly. The firemen will recommence their
researches to-morrow morning (this day) after the other
body, which is that of a Mr. Cowley, a' clerk a; Mess"'
Stultz, tailors, &c. •