The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY „-.VEN NG S UN7

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
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The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
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PHILTIARMONIC SOCIETY.
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the SEVENTH CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, when will be performed Beethoven's Symphony hi P ; Ons!ow's
in C ; Overture, Spohr ; and Weber's " Ruler of the Spirits." Solo
Performers—Pianoforte, Madame Dulcken ; Violin, M. Vieuxtemps.
Vocalists, Madlle. Vera, Miss Rassaso, and Miss Poole. Conductor,
Mr. Costa.
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THE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT ORPHANS
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ommerce, Threadneedle-street, Bank, when a report will ~e pre-
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several officers chosen for the ensuing year ; after which the poll
will be open for the purpose of ELECTING TEN CHILDREN.
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daily at the Office, 32, Poultry, from ten till four.
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ANDREW REED, D.D., Sub-Treasurer.
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June 4, 1846.

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HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
We have been informed, on good authority, that the Direc-
tors of Hallette's Atmospheric Railway Company, which has been
duly registered, have this week completed their agreement with
Monsieur Hallette.

The Deeds of Assignment were executed at the Company's Offices
on Wednesday last, and the Patents for Great Britain, Ireland, the
Colonies, and Plantations, and for the several European countries of
the Continent, were handed over by Monsieur Hallette:to the Directors.
The invention is now the property of an English Company. Many
scientific person*, who have visited the model at Peckham, are
im-
pressed with a very favourable opinion of the efficiency of the longi-
tudinal valve, and of the simplicity of the system altogether. It is
new fairly before the public, and must await the judgment of our
eminent engineers.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Last night will be an epoch in the choerographic
account of her Majesty's Theatre. It will be celebrated
as the night on which the most magnificent, and in every
respect the very best ballet that has ever been produced,
was first performed—as the night on which Cerito
achieved her greatest triumph. She is great as Alma—
she is great as Ondine—but neither Alma nor Ondine can
compare with Lalla Rookk, the ballet which was pro-
duced last night—a ballet in which the artistes of every
description, pictorial, musical, and choerographic, have
vied with each other in realising the rich imaginings of
the most exquisite of living poet, Thomas Moore. The
first scene represents the Hall of the Durbar, in the in-
rior of the Palace of Lahore—
" The imperial Selim held a feast
In his magnificent shalama.
In whose saloons when the first star •
Of evening o'er the water trembled,
The valley's loveliest all assembled ;
All the bright creatures that, like dreams,
Glide through its foliage, and drink beams
Of beauty from its founts and streams ;
Here, too, the harem's inmates smile ;
Maids from the west, with sun-bright hair,
And from the garden of the Nile,
Delicate as the roses there;
Daughters of love from Cyprus' rocks
With Papilla]] diamonds in their locks;
Light pets forms, such ai there are
On the gold meads of Candahar;
Everything young, everything fair,
From east and west is blushing there.
The board is spread with fruits and wine,
With grapes of geld, like those that shine
On Cusbin's hills ;—pomegranates full
Of melting sweetness, and the pears
And sunniest apples that Cabool
In all its thousand gardens bears ;
Plaintains, the golden and the green ;
Malaya's nectar'd msngusteen ;

Everything young, everything fair,
rorn east to west is blushing there."
Such is the magnificent scene at Lahore, where the
Emperor Aurunzebe is holding his court. The King
of Bucharia, who is affianced to Lalla Rookh, sends a
brilliant suite to accompany her to Cushmere ; among
them is Feramoz, the Minstrel (M. St. Leon), whose
attentions to Lalla Rookh are anything but pleasing to
Fadladeen (M. Perrot), the fussy old Chamberlain.
They group round her, and, together with her Hindoo
attendants, dance a Hindoo dance, in which they form
into various groups, each more graceful than the pre-
ceding one. while the most fantastic pageantry is going
on around them, giving the whole the appearance of a
scene of enchantment Lalla Rookh, with her fair at-
tendants, executes a dance, in which, as is the fashion
in Hindostan, they imitate every imaginable figure.
The following are some of the twenty figures repre-
sented by the fiindoo maids :
Hermes The Stars
The Shell The Pine Apples
The Kiosks The Car of the Rising Sun
The Cage The Butterflies
The Mirrors The Sun's Rays
The Harps The Living Statue and its
The framed Picture of the Pedestal
Morning Breeze
The above description of this dance, which is denominated
the Pas Sumbolique, is taken from the Scenario of the
ballet, and albeit the programme of a ballet is in general
a very exaggerated description of what takes place, such
is not the case in the present instance ; each group is
more graceful than the preceding one ; each group is a
study for a sculptor; and the living statue and its pedestal
—in which Cerito is the statue, and the corps de ballet,
grouped around and hidden by their shawls, form
the pedestal —is without exception the most
graceful and beautiful group ever devised.
Perrot has accomplished what has been declared by
many to be an impossibility—he has actually devised a
perfectly original series of shawl dances and groupings
of the most exquisite description. The dancing of
Cerito in this marvellous pas excelled anything she has
ever yet done.iThere was an ideality about her perform-
ance for the possession of which the little "realist" has
never before had credit given to her. This Pas Sym-
bolique is the greatest triumph that Cerito has yet
achieved. At the conclusion, bouquets and wreaths with-
out number were showered upon her, and the applause was
raptureus. Then comes the scene of the desert. In
the distance, over the sandy waste, the caravan attending
on Lalla Rookh is seen like a speck upon the horizon.
It gradually approaches, becoming more distinct every
moment ; at length the different figures become visible,
and presently the cavalcade enters in grand procession.
The gradual approach of the caravan is admirably
managed, the delusion is complete, and the processsion
itself is the most splendid ever seen on the stage. The
palanquin in which Lalla, Rookh, and her attendant
ladies, is borne is magnificent. Suddenly the sky becomes
overcast, the whirlwind rises, the tempest of sand
threatens to overwhelm the caravan, which disperses in
every direction. Feramoz alone remains with Lalla
Rookh, who sinks fainting in his arms. He leaves her
to seek for water, and Fadladeen and some attendants
gather round the Princess, who remains without sense
or motion. The fury of the elements is gradually hushed
—a profound calm succeeds the storm, Whilst the
travellers are,thanking Allah for their preservation, night
is gradually coming on. The caravan encamps on the
spot, and the attendants of the Princess erect her pavi-
lion. The moat exuberant gaiety succeeds to
the alarm which had prevailed but a moment before.
The scene now changes to the interior of Lalla Rookh's
tent. The Princess, grieved at the absence of Feramoz,
begs Fadladeen to send for him, but the latter evades the
request by saying that the Princess needs repose, rather
than listen to the frivolous fantastic nonsense of the
so-called bard. But the little Persian slave of the
Princess has slyly
slipped out and warned the poet
of her mistress's desire to see him ; he enters,
and Lallah Rookh expresses the wish that his sweet
minstrelsy should calm her mind after the agitation she
hac that day passed through. He complies, but Fadla-
deen, with his usual ill-natured spite, finds fault
with the poet and the performer, saying that, for his
part, he prefers the sweet-scented chibouck. Feramoz
hearing this, breaks forth the wild and joyous strain of
the chibouck song, and the Princess, inspired by these
enlivening sounds, dances to the tune. The fumes of
the opium he smokes sends Fadladeen to sleep, and whilst
he dreams of Mahomet's paradise and the Houri, Lalla
Rookh and Feramoz take advantage of the opportunity
to avow their mutual love.
In this scene Cerito achieved another triumph, The Pas
de Chibouck. There was a grace and an abandon about
her performance of the pas de chibouck which was per-
fectly- bewitching. Her dancing seemed to proceed from
the vary exuberance of high spirits—to be the expres-
sion of overflowing happiness and joy, not unmingled
with a little love of innocent mischief—witness her ad-
mirable quiz upon the stupid intoxication of Fadladeen,
whose noddings over his pipe were of the most humour-
ous description. The Pas de Chibouck, will henceforth
rank with the pas de fascination, and the pas de tombre.
The scene then changes to the sandy desert—the sun
rises, and the caravan awakes, and proceeds on the
journey: Arrived on the confines of Cashmere, Lalla
Rookh is conducted to the kiosk prepared for her re-
ception. All around her is joy, but the
Princess is a prey to the deepest melancholy,
The rose-coloured bridal veil is flung over her head; the
ambassadors come to tell her that all is prepared for the
nuptial ceremony, and that the King awaits her. The
glance of Lalla Rookh falls upon the poet; she wishes to
refuse the hand of the proud Monarch, but Fadladeen
expostulates with her, reminding her of the dangers of
a refusal. She at length gives way, and is led forth like
a victim to the sacrifice. The last scene is the vale of
Cashmere and the feast of Roses. How shall we de-
scribe this most magnificent joyous scene, this chlf-
crceuvre of painting, which Turner himself might have
been proud of ? Left to our unassisted efforts we de-
spair of being able to convey to the reader the remotest
idea of this most exquisite of landscapes, but Thomas
Moore will assist us:—