The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-04 00:00:00

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No. 16,675. LON DON, WED ESDAI

ROYAL POLYTECII.NIC INSTITUTION
Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. During
Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOM tr, by Dr. Bachhoffner
on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY, accoom-
panied by Dr. Wallace on Grove's Melodlan, a new Musical
Instrume.t, and on Braby's CALOTONE. A daily LEC-
TURE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by a
Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working
Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which
ascend's and descends Inclined Planes with one or more passengers.
The PIIYSIOSCOPE, OPAQHE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
CHROH MOPE, &c. Experiments with the DIVING
BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven Is Half-past Fire, and
from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admittance, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

GENERAL THOM THUMB will arrive and
commence his Day and Evening LEVEES at the EGYPTIAN
HALL, Piccadilly, on MONDAY, the 9th March, for a short time
only, it being POSITIVELY THE LAST TIME that he can
EVER appear in London, as he is about to return to America and
relinquish his public exhibitions. The little General is perfectly
symmetrical in all his proportions, is very active and intelligent, 25
inches In-height, and WEIGHS ONLY FIFTEEN POUNDS, being
etnaller than any infant that ever walked alone, and considerably
less than one fourth the weight of any dwarf ever seen in England.
The General has had the distinguished honour of appearing THREE
times before her Majesty and the Court, and has been patronised by
all the principal Crowned Heads of Europe. He will appear in all
his extraordinary Performances and New Costumes. The magnifi-
cent PREiENTS which he has received from HER MAJESTY and
the principal Sovereigns of Europe will be exhibited. HoUrs from
11 to 1; 3to 5 ; and 7to 9 o'clock. Admission le. Children under
ten years, half-price.

The General will be In Oxford the 4th, sth, 6th, and 7th, of
March.

The General's Miniature Equipage will promenade the streets daily.

rrHE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE-
LEGGED GUILD and FIRST BIPENIS ETER SEEN or
HEARD OF.

The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re-
spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon
of a Male Child, Six Menthe old, by name JOHN BAY' I'IST DOS
SANTO?, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and
TWENTY TOES, and being otherwise a very fine, well-made,
healthy, and lively boy. He is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and
the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and
the probabilities of their future growth and development, may well
afford ample field for the speculations of the learned.
Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to FLt.
and from Seven io Nine o'clock, at No. 16, QUADRANT, REGENT-
STREET.

Admission, Half-a-Crown.

The. Child will be shown privately at the residences of the nobility
and gentry, by applying to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address.

WILL.—Any Person who es n afford Information
with reference to the preparation, or present custody of,
THE WILL OF THE LATE MAJOR JAMES HADDEN,
formerly of the 3d Dragoon Guards, of Harpenden, Herts, and of the
Junior United Service Club, will greatly oblige his Family by commu-
nicating With us on their behalf. It is confidently believed that the
deceased made a Will, and any expression of his intentions to a
friend may possibly lead to its discovery.
RICHARDSON, SMITH, and SADLER,
March 2, 1846. 28, Golden-square.

AVALLSEND COALS BY RAILWAY
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
V _ _

Sza—We be:, through the medium of your paper, to inform the
public that the METROPOLITAN is the only Coal Company who
deliver the Best Screened Sunderland Wal!send at 255. per full ton,
unmixed with inferior sorts ; Prime Newcastle, commonly sold for
best, 235. screened ; Coke, 17s. Delivered free of extra charge
within five miles.—Your obedient servants,

279, High Holborn.

H. BEARDSWORTH and CO.

NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH.
Registered 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 6i.
Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c.
" In its appearance there is a gentlemanly neatness, and an ab-
sence of all unsightly vulgarity. It has met with the highest appro-
bation in the Court circle." (See Morning Post.)
This invention is an over-coat, adapted for a variable climate,
composed of the purest Llama wool. The fleece of this singular
animal is naturally repellent of water, yet is amply porous to admit
a due escape of bodily heat, and is allowed to be lighter, softer, more
durable, and more elastic, than any other description of cloth.
Registered Paletots of this fabric, in colours black, blue, brown,
olive, Oxford grey, &c., are to be had of their recognised agents in
the country, and in London only at the extensive ware-rooms of
the Patentees, who are tailors to the Court, and makers of the most
fashionable plain dress garments, with Foreign and British diplo-
matic and regimental uniforms. In these the same spirit for mo-
derate prices is maintained as exemplified by thaßegistered Paletot.
The patronage so generally bestowed on this patented invention,
has induced some unprincipled persons an attempt the fraudulent
imposition of assuming a similarity of name; being an attempt to
deceive the public with some trashy substitute. A reward of Fifty
Pounds is offered for the actual detection of an infringement.
Messrs. Nicoll think it due to their own reputation thus respect-
fully to caution the Public, and to request a close observance of the
address, and that each Registered Paletot is distinctly marked on the
inside, 11. I. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London.

PATRONISED by his IMPERIAL MAJESTY
the KING of the FRENCH.

The ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, with four sides, in-
vented by Mr. GEORGE SAUNDE RS, of New York. This article has
been in general use for the last 30 years, and has been patronised by the
first cutlers of Europe and America, by all of whom it is pronounced
to be the only article that will give to the razor a keen and smoothe
edge, and make shaving a luxury. The American Institute for the
Encouragement of Science awarded to the Inventor of this article a
silver medal in token of their approval of the invention. This strop
may be obtained of the principal cutlers In London and Paris.

Manufactory, 25, Strand.

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THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S
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TALES OF A GRA NDFAT t 1 ER.—P EOPL E'S EDITION.
This day, Number One and Part One. of
TALES of a GRANDFATHER, being the
HISTORY OF SCOTLAND,
By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart.
The POETRY of Sir WALTER SCOTT, People's Edition, is now
In course of Publication in Numbers and Parts. Both Issues will be
Completed In November.
R. Cadell, Edinburgh ; Houlston and Stoneman, London.

Elegant Pocket Edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d.
I
R. CU LVERW ELL ON MARRIAGE,
its lIINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS.
To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shalsneare.
Contents :•—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws
Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—Or
Infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Expert-
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. . .
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usual, at 19, Demers-street, Oxford-street, London. da,ly, and at
106, Duke-reet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ;
and at 10, St. John-street, Deausgate, Manche der, on Mondays,
Tuesdays. and Wednesdays

LAMEItT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISOItDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, /cc.
"Me, who in pleasure's downy arms
Neer lost his health or youthful charms,
A hero lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man I"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s .6d., or
sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. Ger.,
SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Shakings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, SO the Delicate. Witk Practical
Observations on Marriage. _ . _

By SAMUEI, LA.MERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the •Hniversity of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c.
" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in.
herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevent&
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among
others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions
may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the
most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.
"Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto
neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the
medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are
concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere
routine practitioner would never dream of finding them; traceable
to certain habits, forming the- most secret, yet deadly, and fate'
springs of domestic misery, and premature mertalify."—Wakelleld
Journal.
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THIS EVENING-EXETER HALL,

THE SECOND GREAT CHORAL
MEET-
ING of Mr. HULLAH'S UPPER SINGING SCHOOLS, in
aid of the MULLAH TESTIMONIAL FUND for the erection of a
Music Hall, will be held THIS NVENING, Wednesday, March 4,
at Eight o'clock.

Tickets—Area, ls.; Western Gallery, 2e. 6cl. ; Reserved Seats
Ss. ; may be had of Mr. Parker, Publisher, 445, West Strand, and al
Exeter Hall.

THE ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ, and the
ANTICIPATED CAMPAIGN in the PUNJAUB, RE-
CALLING OFFICERS to JOIN THEIR REGIMENTS, BRITISH
or NATIVE.

These are respecttblly informed that they can, at the subjoined
address, replace advantageously and promptly all deficiencies in their
uniform and accoutrements, or those names newly in the " Gazette"
supplied with the whole necessary equipment complete, and accord-
ing to established regulation. By paying cash on the satisfactory
completion of the order, a saying of not less than 35 per cent. can
be effected, and materials of the best description, for which this
house has had a long-established name. The saving comprised in
the cash payment, and thisiodvertisement, equally applies to the
uniforms of every branch of either service, together with the several
corps of militia.

A detailed estimate of uniform (only Necessaries therein stated
with their prices, will be forwarded on application to
H. J. and.)). NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London.

CROWN COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, FROME,
S')MERSET.
ILLIAM BAILY MEES in announcing to
his Friends and the Public that he has entered on the
above well-known promises, respectfully solicits their patronage and
support, which it ►ill ever be his study to deserve.
William Bally Mess avails himself of the present opportunity to
say, in answer to numerous inquiries, that his opening DINNER is
fixed for FRIDAY, the 27th of March instant, at four o'clock, when he
hopes to see his friends muster in good force.

THE CREDITORS of WILLIAM J EFFRIES,
late of Molineux-street, Edgware-road, in the county of
Middlesex, greengrocer and insolvent debtor, are desired to meet the
assignees of his estate and effects on THURSDAY, the 19th day of March
instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at No. 7, Golden-square, in the
county of Middlesex, to assent to, or dissent from, the assignee taking
proceedings either at law or in equity, or such other proceedings as
'may be deemed advisable, against certain persons, for the purpose
of preventing the infringement of the patent of the said insolvent for
"improvements in sweeping chimneys," and to try the validity of
a certain assignment or alleged assignment thereof, and on other spe-
cial affairs.

A'BECKETT, SON, and STMPSON, 7, Gelden-square,
Solicitors to the Assignee.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parllamas&
This Institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both te Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borryvr, without ex-
panse or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of Id* interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROPIT2.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3U to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

I I
52 Premium. I'4 Bonne Bonr.s in Fe
added. Cult.
•

X £ E. d.
60110001 74 3 4

1837 £l9l 13
1838 165 13
1839 138 13
1840 89 0

51.£87 13 51X1317 1
0 74 13 10 11 8 6
6 61 14 3 9 210
0, 41 13 4 6 • 0

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ts 4 0
NO g. 4
a 1
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£395 Il 1
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4

The d;-vision of proftta is annual, and the neat will be made in De.
cumber of the present year.

F. FF.RGIJSON CAMROITX. See.

IRGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY:
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IT., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John llumphery, Esq., Alderman,
William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
James Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq.
Rupert Ingloby, Esq.
Pnrinctax—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
SUROEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CoNsuvrma ACTUARY—Prfessor Hall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition to the subscribed Capital 0(300,0001., the Assured have
the security of the Company's rapidly increasing income, and an
accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other
available securities, of considerably larger amount than the esti-
mated liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age. I For One Year. I For Seven Years. I Whole Term,

20 40 17 $
30 1 1 1
40 1 6 0
$0 1 14 1
60 3 2 4

40 19 1
1 2 7
1 6 9
1 19 10
3 7 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
6 0 10

One-third of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In Assurances for Advances or Money, as security for debts, m
as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable,
the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found
to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock.
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London.
RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN WILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company—.
7 he obligation to pay the sum assured, although thedebt for which
the policy was taken out may have been paid before the claim arises—
Whole world policies not confined to the limits of Europe—
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years—
These form a combination of advantages which can be obtained
only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
The success which has attended the system of Assurance pursued
by this Company is illustrated by the fact, that at the General Court,
held en the 9th day of July last, there was declared
A REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT.
on the current year's premiums of all participating policies opened on
or before the 9th day of February, 1841.
Thus, a person aged 40, who opened a policy for 1,0001.
in February, 1841, at an annual premium of ••.. • • • .£32 10 0
Is called upon to pay this year only . ••.•••• • • • • • • 24 7 6
And If this abatement be applied to pay the first year's
premium of an additional policy, the party will be
further assured to the extent of ••.. • • .... 215 9 4
Proportionate benefits accrue to policies en all ages.
Copies of the last report, containing a full exposition of the princi-
ples and practice of the Society, may be obtained by applying at
the head office, or any of the agencies.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq.
Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq.
Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq.
Resident F. 11. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq.
Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum
en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from
the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added! Sum Time Sum Added
Assured. Assured. to Polley. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
5000 6 yrs. 10 milts. £683 68; £5OOO 4 years £4OO
5000 6 years 600 00' 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where tke Insu-
rance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Yid., esp. 9.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH.
Complete seearlty afforded to the Assured by means of an ample
subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre-
miums on upwards of 6,000 policies.
Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the
first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of thg_
profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.

ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, an eminently
balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for its safety in
application, as for its mild and soothing operation, iu thoroughly
purifying the skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and
discolonmtions ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of
complexion t end en admired softness and delicacy on the hands,
arms, and neck i.

In cases of chPhlains, chapped akin, or Incidental inflammation, it
is pre-eminent!, successfid, said gentlemen after shaving will find it
allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft,
smooth, and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying
and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the
Court and the Royal ramily of Great Britain, and those of the Conti-
neut of Europe, togethor *ith the "Cote" of the aristocracy, and
"haute volts."

fts high reputation induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer tit;
spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents,
utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action' en-
()fingering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see
that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope. (an en-
graving of exquisite bcautY from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins,
Bacon, and Co.) and that A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-
garden, (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed
oneac are
bo engraved
ed
Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. Gd. per bottle. Sold by the
rroprietors,* and by chemists and perfluners.
* All alter Kalydors are fraudulent imitations I .
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Her Majesty's Theatre opened last evening for the season,
under the same management as last year, but under a new
proprietorship. Mr. Lumley is no longer merely the lessee,
he is the proprietor of Her Majesty's Theatre, and sincerely
do we congratulate the habitues of the Italian Opera 02 that
fact. From the moment that Mr. Lumley became
lessee, a change a great and salutary change was
observed in the character of the performances. Her
Majesty's Theatre became, what it always ought
to have been, the first lyrical theatre in Europe.
Since Mr. Lumley has become proprietor, as great a change
has taken place in the fitting up of the interior of the
house. The theatre has been entirely redecorated, and
instead of tee pit and the boxes presenting a mere dea 1
mass of white paint, with a small gold ornament in
the centre of each panel, they are now painted in
encaustic, in medalions from the master-pieces of
Raffaelle, Anniable Carracci, Guilio Romano, and from
the antique, the spaces between the medalions being
fills lup by the richest arabasque work. The ceiling is an
imitation of that of the Villa Madonna, which was designed
by Raffeelle and Guilio Romano, to which have been ailed
the Aurora of Guido and the Elements by Albano. The
proscenium is most gorgeously, yet at the same time most
tastefully, decorated. The boxes have been new lined with
chintz, and the old red curtains and hanging have been
removed, and new curtains and hangings of a rich
-amber satin substituted for them. A new and
magnificent cut-glass chandelier, with the lights inside
the drops, has been substituted in place of the old one, and
altogether the interior of the theatre is perhaps the most
magnificent, and at the same time the most tasteful in
the world. It is worthy of the aristocracy of a great nation.
As we before said, the theatre opened for the season last
evening, and shortly before eight o'clock Mr. Balfe, the new
conductor, took his seat in the orchestra, and was warmly
welcomed on his appearance. The opera chosen for the
opening was 'Verdi's Nabuco (produced here under
the name of Nino.) There is always some
difficulty in unmarvelling the plot of an opera,
and therefore we are right glad when the author (as in the
present instance) has been kind enough to develop his plot
in the introluction to his libretto, which he has done as
follows ;
Diodorus asserts, that Nines was the first King of Assyria, but It
would seem that he confounds him with his father Bolas, It is,
however, certain that he was one of the most renowned conquerors
of Assyria; having, in the space of 17 years, subdued numberless
countries from Egypt to India and Bactriana. Many historians, ac-
cording to Rollin, relate that Niuus made use of the Assyrians to
enslave the Babylonians, and it is on this belief, that the following
story is founded :—The first act then of Ninus, after having made his
triumphal entry into Babylon, is to profane the temple of Isis, and to
lead Use principal inhabitants of the conquered city, prisoners to
Nineveh. Fenena, the daughter of Ninus, is appointed Regent
here, during her father's absence, but Abigail, la slave
and a supposed daughter of Ninus, is intriguing to attain that
dignity for herself. Ninus, however, having succeeded in
completely subduing the Babylonians, returns in time to
frustrate her ambitious designs. But inflated by pride, he at
last eannet endure that even a god should be worshipped in prefer-
ence to him. Heaven, offended by his overweening arrogance,
causes him to be struck by a thunderbolt, which reduces him to a
state of imbecility. Taking advantage of this Abigail tells him that
Fenena has embraced the religion of the Babylonians, and prevails
upon him to sign her death-warrant. Ninus, overcome by the weight
of his misfortunes, in vain implores pity from the proud, relentless
Abigail; she, however, only answers him with reproaches for her
abject birth. The auspicious hour at length arrives. Ninus, struck
with repentance, invokes the god of his enemies, pardons them,
saves his daughter, and once more resumes his royal sceptre.
So much for the plot. The cast was as follows :
Ninus (King of the Assyrians), sig. Fornasari; Idaspe, (a de-
scend. nt of the ancient Kings of Babylon), Sig. Corelli • Orotaspe, (a
Slave, supposed to be the eldest Daughter of Ninus), 'Signora ait-
chioli ; Fenena (Daughter of Ninus), Signora Corbari; an Assyrian
Priest, Sig. Giubilei ; Abdallo (an old officer of the King of the As-
syrians), Sig. Die noel ; Anna (Sister of Orotaspe), Signora Bellied.
In the first part the scene takes place is Babylon ; the others in
Nineveh.
It will be seen, from the above list of the characters, that
two ladies, Signora Corbari and Signora Sanchioli, appeared
last evening, for the first time, on the boards of her Majesty's
Theatre. Signora Corbari possesses a soprano voice of great
sweetness; but, as it struck us, of no great power, although
on this point it is scarcely possible to form a judgment at
present, as it was evident that last night she was dreadfully
nervous, and failed to do justice to herself at the commence-
ment of the opera; but she gathered courage as she pro-
ceeded, and in the last act she gave the beautiful and deli-
cate air, "Oh! dischiuso e it firmamento," in the most ex-
quisite manner imaginable, and was rapturously en-
cored. Of Signora Sanchioli we can speak without
any hesitation, possessing a good person, expressive
and beautiful features, great histrionic powers, pro-
found musical knowledge, and a voice, which for power,
compass, and cultivation, can only be compared to Malibrates.
Her 's has been the most successful debut at her Majesty's
Theatre since the memorable debut of Grisi ; and we hail
Signora Sanchioli as the future prima donna assoluta. We
had formed great expectations of Verdi from hearing
his Ernani last season, and these expectations have
been more than realised by his .Nino. To the graceful
melody of the Italians be unites the profound learning of
the Germans; his choruses are full, massive, harmonious as
those of Weber or Beethoven ; his melodies are graceful as
those of Bellini or Donizetti, without the thinness of the
former, or the plagiarism of the latter. Nino is
the greatest Italian opera that has been produced since
Semiramide. In the character of his genius. Verdi ap-
proaches nearer Mozart than any other composer; 'there is
the same profound knowledge of orchestral resources, and
the same tasteful appropriation of delicate melody. Ye has
already done great things, but what he has already done
will be as nothing in comparison with what he will do, if
he devotes himself steadily to his art, and writes as
he has hitherto dared, for the purpose of producing an opera
that is a work great and complete as a whole, as contradis-
tinguished from a series of solos, duets, and trios, con-
cocted to minister to the vanity of certain singers, and
connected together by a series of musical common-
places which have been too often produced, and
too often applauded, too, under the name of an opera.
The opera of Nino is a great work—a complete work—so
complete that it is almost impossible to particularise or to
point out "the gem of the opera," as it is called. The opera
itself is "one entire and perfect chrysolite "—a work which,
to be duly appreciated, must be heard again and again—a
work in which every connoisseur will revel—unitingasit does,
the beauties of the Italian and the German schools.
We have spoken of the histrionic powers of Signora San-
chioli. Her acting, as Abigail, the slave Empress, was most
artistica' ; there was all the pride, the waywardness, the
self-will, the decision of the despot, but it was the
despot who had been a slave. There was not
the calm dignity of conscious power, but the head-
long fiery impatience of contradiction of the slave usurper
This was a touch of nature, finely conceived, and most artis-
tically developed. Fornasari's Ninus was very fine—superior
even to his Belisario. In the first two acts nothing could
exceed the reckless haughtiness and pride of his demeanour
in the earlier scenes, until his crown is struck from his head
by lightning. His look of horror when this took place, and his
subsequent maniac scenes were terrifically true to nature.
In the third act his humility to Abigail, as he beseeches her
to spare Fenena, was most pathetic; and when at last his
reason is restored, and the old man, once more
getting possession of his sword, marches at the
head of his troops to dethrone the usurper,
Fornasari was magnificent—taken as a whole,'it is not often
that an opera so excellent in itself, and so excellently sup-
ported throughout, is produced even at Her Majesty's
Theatre. The National Anthem having been sung, the new
ballet of Catarina was produced, the plot of n hid), as circu-
lated in the theatre, is as follows :
This Ballet comprises a passage in the life of the great painter,
Salvator Rosa—whose story, like his pictures, is highly picturesque,
and has a dreamy distance, affording full scope to the imagination
of the observer, and ample latitude for any appropriate suppesititiotte
addition. The Italian Painter had a most venturous existence—one
moment giciedthehri, lan p open
nocturnalda)duelat
Naples, uki d e rtreading the very a wallsband f
oo f thear-
tistic
in the cause of Italian liberty, in the Inturrectian of
st the Spanish oppressors of the land. But the ha-
bitual resorts of Salvator Rosa were the glens and fastnesses of the
mountains, where he sought congenial inspiration for the composi-
tion of his pictures ;—such a taste had he for this scenery, that it
gave rise to the assertion, that lie had been himself a
brigand—a calunmy historians have triumphantly disproved :
As the ballet begins, Salvator, in one of his excursions in search of
the picturesque, has fallen into the hands of the brigands ; they are
engaged in robbing his person ; over these reckless men his sketches
scattered about fail to exercise the same influence Lulovico Ariosto's
poetry did in similar circumstances. But soon arrives ono, in whose
bosom exists a deep and innate admiration for art ; it is Catarina,
the daughter of a captain of banditti, who, at her father's death, hes
inherited his power over the brigands of the mountain, and whose
lieutenant and aide-de-camp is Diavolino, a young brigand. full of
daring and fertile invention, and secrely in love with his fair
captain. Catarina releases Salvator Rosa, and he feels so
deep an interest in her, that he advises her to abandon her
dangerous career and follow him to more peaceful scenes. This
Catarina refuses, and Salvator retires with deep regret. But soon the
mountain fastness where Catarina marshals her chosen body of
Amazons, is beleaguered by troops. Catarina and Diavolino fly after
a hard conflict, when resistance becoakes unavailing—and they take
refuge at an inn at the gates of Rome, where they bribe the host to
conceal them, and disuise them in garments of more peaceful aspect.
They are hardly tray, stied before the troops arrive with their pri-
soners; part of the soldiers come in to take refreshment, and are
served by Catarina, who soon attracts their attention by her graceful
bounding steps, and their boisterous applause excites the
curiosity of the other soldiers without, who one by one
rush out and pursue them. But
join their comrades. Diavolino avails himself of this op-
hroais companions, at the report of
Cata-
rina and Diavolino themselves are shortly pursued again; after
various adventures they take refuge, led by Catarina's partiality, in
rvhdouse nitflyightto thleibesoraldteiers
the studio of Salvator, at the very moment he is a prey to regretful
reminiscence of the bold mountain beauty. Here, however, they
are agaiu traced; Salvator strives to save them from their pursuers,
but Catarina is ultimately seized and taken to prison. Here Mayo-
lino, who has escaped, conies to deliver her, but devoured by jea-
lousy, he seeks to enforce the condition of her never seeing Salvator
Rosa, whom he swears he will kill at the first opportunity. Catarina
relents—they rejects this condition, Diavolino ofth escape. Then the
scene changes to the masqued revels
e Carnival. Here Cata-
rina joins tile mummers disguised as an Enchantress, to warn Sal-
vator against the designs of his enemy her warnings,however, are
unavailing. Diavolino attacks Sali•ator, and is on the point of kill-
ing him, when Catarina rushes between them—receives the fatal blow
destined to her lover, and the ballet concludes with her death.
Catarina, chief of the banditti, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn ;
Diavolino, her lieutenant, secretly in love with Catarina,
M. Perrot ; Salvator Ros ,
a Gosselin ; Florida, betrothed
Stephen
to Salvator, Made. Petit ; Chief Judge, M. ye_
nafra ; Principal Model of Salvator Rosa, Mdlle. Louise
Taglioni, (her first appearance in this country),
In the cou, se
.
of the Ballet the following dances •
First Tableau.—Pas Strategical% Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and
the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.
' New and Original Val.° a Cinq Temps, Mdlle. Lucile
Grahn, and M. Perrot.
Second Tableau.—La Romanesque, Made. Petit Stephen,
and M. Perrot.
La Saltarelle.—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and M. Perrot.
Third Tableau.—Pas des MGdeiles, Didlle. Louise Tag-
lioni supported by Mdlles. Moncelet, De Mellisse, and Cassau,
and Mesdlles. Lamoureux, Tevenau, and Julienne.
Fifth Tableau —Pas du Masque, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn,
supported by Mdlles. Moncelet,De Melissa, and Cassini.
La Folio du Carnival.—New and Original Grand Galop
Final.
The pas stratigique is very novel ; Lucille Grahn, as Cata-
rina, manceuvres a whole regiment of female musqueteers,
who go through the manual and platoon exercise in a
manner which would not disgrace a regiment of her Ma-
jesty's guards. The pas des modeles is very picturesque.
Louise Taglioni is an exquisite dancer, in every respect
worthy the name which she bears. The ballet is admirably
put on the stage, and its success, like that of the opera, was
.complete. 'fa house was crowded every part.

FRIGHTFUL GIG ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—On
Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, an accident of a most flightful
nature occurred, in the Strand, to a gentleman's groom, named
Daniel Rollins, of 13, Union-street, Lambeth-walk. The unfortu-
nate man was in his master's gig, driving at a moderate pace, and,
as he arrived at Somerset House, the animal suddenly darted off to-
wards Charing-cross, at a furious pace, and the poor fellow was
thrown out, and sustained a dreadful wound on the occiput, besides
.other extensive Injuries. Ho was removed to the Charing-cross
Hoopla/ *here but slender hopes aro el tertaluod of his recovery.