The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

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AMSTERDAM BOURSE, JULY 11.—No fluctuation of
any importance has taken place in the inland funds,
except the Four por Cents , which were very flat. Com-
mercial Company's shares maintain their price. Four
per Cent. Spani3h keep their price; Three per Cents.
are flat. Portuguese not much in demand. Austrian
and Russian very favourable. No variation in other
foreign !ands.— ilmsterdamselle Courant, July 12.
DUTCU FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JULY 11.
Money.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. •• ••• • • • 44 44%
Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 5114 52
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East India Loan, 4 per Cent
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Discount 3 per Cent.

THE CHISWICK FLOWER SHOW.—The third and
last exhibition for this season of the Horticultural So-
ciety took place on Wednesday at their gardens at Chis-
wick. Nearly 14,000 tickets were disposed of, and
twelve thousand persons were at ono period of the day
present in the gardens. Besides the usnal attractions of
music and flowers, and that presented by the society's
beautiful grounds, the Duke of Devonshire allowed
access—as on the last day of exhibition in former years
to the domain surrounding Chiswick House. There
were'brilliant groups of pelargoniums, roses, and gera-
niums; and among the cut flowers, carnations, pinks,
and picotees, attracted the largest group of spectators.
Of fruits, the finest and the most numerous were the
pines, some of which were unusually large and well
shaped ; the collection of other fruits was neither so ex-
tensive or varied as the former exhibitions.
WESTMINSTER •BRIDGE.—The Commissioners cf
Westminster-bridge held their annual meeting yesttr-
day, in Abingdon-street. There were present, the Earl
of Lonsdale in the chair, the Right Hon. the Speaker,
Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Hode;es, Ate.
Mr. John Abel Smith, and Mr. Perfect. Ti,,
accounts having been passed, a sum of money was or-
dered to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols.
AGRICULTURAL. REPORT FOR KENT.--The wheat
crop in this county is generally lookine. well, though it
will not equal last year. The season hay been much in
favour of the thick sown—where there is the lar,,,,r,est plant
it has stocked best, and has the finest ears. he Lent
corn has much improved with the late showers.
hay harvest has been most unfortunate—
a vast quantity
has been entirely spoiled. We regret tor say the potato
From
blight has appeared in many places. r
neigh-
bourhood of Goodhurst, a correspondent writes:o
nei
wheat continues to look healthy and flourishing, except-
ing some strong pieces is exposedreat situations where the
late heavy rains have made g
blight has made its appearance at avne. The potato
e
the
vicinity, to an extent that has criaatsedvesroaml ePfleacaers foinr
tic
crop. The unsettled weather ha
manytmonuschofregtraarsdsed hatethe
progress of haymaking, and
suffered materially from the raw."—Maidatone Journal.

The Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord Ashley, and
Ir. Pox Cross, from Barbadoes, had interviews yester-
:ay with Earl Grey, at the Colonial office.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Nutnber!ess are the comic operas in the Italian reper-
t,ire, but there are but three that range above all others,
tel can be cited as models—Cimarostes Matrimonio
Se-
yr,to, Rossini's Barbiere, and Moz irt's Marriage of
Figaro, performed last night. As regards fashion and
dramatic literature, France has ruled the continent at all
times, as it has done England itself' very often; and just
as Verdi, the last composer for the Italian stage, Mozart,
is infinitely eupprior predecessor, took the rulieg drama
of France for his libretto. The drama of every country
is the exact expression of its immediate moral state—the
Ernani of revolutionary France furnished a subject for a
!nelodrarnaCc opera. Beaumarchais' comedy, the last
expression of the Augustan days of la belle France, fur-
nished a gay subject, suggestive of the most varied of
the brightest as well as the softest melody to such a ge-
nius as Mozart. Why Mozart preferred the Marriage
of Figaro to its predecessor, 11 Barbiere, is palpable—
there were two characters more in the cast—the be-
witching Susannah and Cherubim—for whom he has
' found, in the boundless stores of musical invention, those
two matchless morreaux, " Non so pin" and " Voi the
sapete," gems, diamonds, of which time and caprice of
fashion have never been able to impair the brilliancy.
As to the performance last night, in many respects it
far exceeded even the expectations the rehearsal had
raised. The acting as well as the singing of Mdlle.
Lind were truly marvellous. At each moment she dis-
played some half-forgotten or neglected gem of the great
mposer, with a new and startling effect; her dramatic
action was kept intimately combined with her singing
in unity of impression, whilst she infused life into every
!navernent by the spirit with which she sang and the
bewitching archness with which she acted. But all re-
membrance of the wonders she had achieved before, and
her many encores, were lost in her execution of the last
aria, "Deh vieni non tardar," which so many previous
prime donne omitted. The purity of intonation, the exquisite
tenuity to which the notes were drawn after being swollen
to the utmost fulness of power, their thrillingsuevity pro-
duced an effect on the ear which no expression can con-
vey. Mdlle. Cruvelli appeared to feel how careful as well as
strenuous must be her exertions not be totally eclipsedwhen moving so near to so brilliant a star as Jenny.Liud
The consequence was that we never heard her singtseo
artistically as in "Dove sono i bei momenti;" the
melancholy and despairing energy marked in the gentle
and in the music were given in full relief, but withoutro-
jarring contrast, and the applause was loud ind__TtPen.
longed. In the duet " Sull' aria," so cnthusiasticxall
which
cored, end in some of the subsequent tnorcer
donna
experienced a similar reception, the youfngeprrit.
Mdlle.
might justly claim an ample share
indisposition,
pro-
duced by a great domestic bereabvuetme
Schwartz was labouring under severe
tamnderineeubycircumstances of
an artiste to sacrifice,
favouriteu
her palenesstheantdwotremenrd;er
any
airs of her part,
snh'e is too good
depression,
were sung with
immensecong
oeflegthaeneNe,oazzned.
stride in advance front
which if they were notenitaiellivseprierdit wiathndbrifleliealnincyg.,
Belletti has made an
He sang with
loudlymoret
encored by the whole house in
the Figaro of the Barbere
hist° the
usual Figaro of
magnificentof all martial airs, " Non piu An-
that most
in capital voice, and he might also
power, and was
An-
drei," waraes
in
the vehement encore of " Credal
claim a large 5,1,1
never seen approached in this opera,
per cher finora.bavaßouché and Lablache produced an
effect that
We remember every performance since the days
theed, :Ist nhgeil%n,
ou fithci?r7sskinie and.o Catalini, of Campeveti and Fodor. Le-
titia `' Vendetta," an aria usually no-
iat latent treasure there was still
egdoMf"ozart. The effect reached home
untouched
to those the least gifted with musical acumen
gbleaec
—the applause was universal. One of the greatest
triumphs of the night--one that showed what power
there is in superiority of cast, was in the quartet,
"E schiatti it signor Conte." This passage, which
never attracted notice before, was thrice encored, and
even then the audience was not satisfied, but attempted
to obtain another repetition. After what we have stated,
we need not mention the recalls after each act, and the
success of the night's performance. We question whe-
ther Le Nuzzo, devoid of extraneous embellishment and
fashionable trickery, will ever be a great favourite in
the long run with a public pampered with extravagant
music; but to the real lover of the art capable of tippre-
elating nights like the last, it will ever possess the
greatest of all charms.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured
the performatieee with her presence. In the suite of her
Royal Highness were the Baroness do Speth, Lady
Augusta Bruce, Lord James Murray, Sir George Couper,
and Mr. and Lady Mary Christopher.
Among the general company in the boxes and stalls
we observed the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke of
Wellington, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and
the Baroness Rehsusee, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Earl and Countess Bruce, the Countess of Harrington,
and Lady Jane Seymour Stanhope, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Morton, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Ranelagh,
Lady Frederick Bentinck, Lady Garvagh, Lady Anne
Beckett, Lord William Lennox,
Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, Lord Ward, Hon. F. Byng, General the Hon.
H. Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Sir Alexander Wood-

ford, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Henry Webb, Sir W.
Keith Ball, Colonel Wildman, Colonel Scarlett, Major
Gordon, Mrs. and Mrs. Talbot, Mr. Montgomery, Mr.
and Mrs. Grote, M. C. do Kolviriaffsky, Mr. Fon-
blonque, &c.