The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Thursday was the third of the long Thursdays, and the
first this season of Il Barbiere. Grisi, who has re/cJv ered
completely from her recent indisposition, and was in excel-
lent voice, sung and acted Rosins more delightfully than
ever. Mario looked the Count Alm‘viva completely, and
sung the music deliciously. Fornasari was as lieit and active
as a feather in the Barber, and rattled through the part with
the most mercurial spirit ; but the part of the night was th e
Bartolo of Lablache. Actors and audience were alike con -
vulsed with laughter. His son, F. Lablacb.e, was the Dun
Basilio, and he made Basilio, which has *hitherto been ri
garded as a part scarcely worth notice, quite an imports ut
character in the opera. His manner ogtving the celebrat ad
"La Calumnia" was admirable. After 11 Barbiere we ha, i a
scene from Linda, with Castellan and the young con tral :to,
Brambilla, which was very beautifullygiven. In the ballet de-
partment we had a pas de deux by Louise Taglioniand Per rot,
and "La Catania" with Lucille Grahn. The audience as
Thursday's audiences always are, were hearty and enthls,•
astie in their applause. The house was crowded in every paz t.

ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH RE-
SIDENTS IN PARIS TO THE KING OP TEI

FRENCH.

A most numerous meeting of British subjects took place, on Wed-
nesday, in the great room of Lawson's Bedford Hotel, in the Rue St.
Honore, Paris, to vote a congratulatory address to King Louis;
Philippe, on his late providential escape from assassination.
Amongst the gentlemen present we perceived the Duke of Mon-
trose, Lord Gray of Gray, Lord Decies, Lord Cantalupe, ViscunAt
Dillon, the Earl of .Gifford, Barry Baldwin, M.P., Sir J. Dov,Amt,
Sir Denham Jephson Norreys, M.P., General Sir Phineas Ryr.i, the
Right Hon. Henry Ellis, General Wright, General Sir Ai_eaander
Duff, Admiral Honeyman, Lieutenant-Colonel Saunderscm, of th•
Grenadier Guards; Colonel Hunter Blair, Captain Co'deer,
O'Gorman Mahon; Archdeacon Keating, Archdeacor, Warburton,
Rev. F. Saunderson, Captain Hankey, &c.

• _
On the proposition of the Right Honourable H. Ellis, seconded by'
Colonel Saunderson, the Duke of Montrose was urLanimously re-
quested to take the chair.

The Noble CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, observed that he
was deeply sensible of the honour of presiding over:so numerous and
respectable a meeting, on the occasion of voting an address to the
escape. His majesty was too deeply be-
Xing on his late miraculous
loved for kis late danger not to call forth the sincere sympatbY
not only of all French people, but of the foreign resident% In Paris.
He considered the preservation of his Majesty's life of. the utmost
importance, not only to France, but to the whole of
F.arope, as pre-
senting the best guarantee of the continuance of PeP.ce. Long, there-
fore, might he held his present high position ! And when at last.
in the course of nature, he was called on to depart from this life,
might he leave all in order and peace, ready and prepared for his
successor.—(Hear, hear.)
The Right Honourable H. Erzis then moved that the following ad-
dress be adopted:—
"May it please your Majesty,
" We, the undersigned British subjects now in Paris, beg leave
to approach your Majesty with the expression of our sincere congra-
tulations on the providential escape of your Majesty from the atro-
cious attempt made by a reckless assassin on -your sacred person•
Most heartily do we unite with the people of France in recognising.
in tile fortunate escape of yew-Male:Ay, the continued protection of
Divine Providence ; and we trust that this expression of sympathy
and respect, coming from British subjects, may find a favourable ac-
ceptance with your Majesty, the preservation of whose life we. hi
common with your loyal a,d devoted people, feel to be most impor-
tant it the well-being of France and to the general peace of Europe."
This address was then voted by acclamation, and a vote of
thanks having been passed to the Noble Chairman, the meetiliX
separated. The address was in a few minute* signed by several
hundred names.

THE BRIDPORT ELECTION
COMMITTEE.

The General Committee of Elections met on Thursday, at
o'clock, in Room No. 3, present—Lord Granvi.le Somerset,
Mr. Loch, and Mr. W. Patten, to fix the membe►s of a Select
Committee for examining the petition presented to the House
against the return of Mr. Baillie Cochrane for the borough,
of Bridport. _ _

The Committee FO appointed is to be constituted as follows,
—Mr. C. Wood (chairman), Mr. B. Escott, Sir W. Somer-
ville, Liprd C. Hamilton, and Lord Dalmeny.
These Members will be sworn to-day, and will meet to
morrow at eleven o'clock for the dispatch of business,
Mr. B. Cochrane, it will be rememhered, carried the repre-
sentation by the small majority of 1, and after the announce-
ment of the Mayor it was very confidently stated among the
friends
had of
b/ Rmoamd I 13i 7ppopioi-sbiroigok csa,ndidate, that a mis-
takewilith, if corrected,
would have turned the election.

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political life. The work is said to be one of the most power-
ful and interesting that has yet proceeded from the pen of the
author of "Salathiel," now better known perhaps, as the Rev-
Dr. Croly.
LORD FIELDING AND CAPTAIN KENNEDY'S TRAVELa
IN ALGERIA.—A popular English work on the subject of
Algeria (says the Athenaum) was much wanted : and we are
glad that Viscount Fielding and Captain Kennedy undertook
their journey, and that the latter has been so prompt in laying
the record of their ramble before the public. Algeria has
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of romance. It is not merely our insular self-occupation, e°
sarcastically thrown in our teeth, which has left comparativelY
unmoved, while hearing of the frightful waste of human life ill
a struggle the end of which is not yet begun; but the uni-
versal fanfaronade of the French journalists, and of the
French people, the strange mixture of anecdotes of " fire,
famine, and slaughter," with the Parisian rage for Arab
fashions, the realities being all the while beyond our ken*
Then Abd el-Rader, with his vanishings, and his re-appear"
anccs—his energy and his mysterious power—is more like
the Maugrabin of some Oriental tale of magic than a fie svi
and blood adversary, whom disciplined troops go forth fro
the Place du Carousel to do battle with.
THE NEEDLE TRADE, REDDITCIL—The needle trade,
for which this place is so celebrated, has been, and is now, Ia
a very distressed state— rr.any of the manufacturers have hr
but few orders since Christmas. Worcester Chronicie,j
There is no doubt but such is the fact, but it may be as we':
to state that this important branch of trade is not remove!
from England, as many persons have feared, but, by ream/
of the singular advantages possessed by the "Regin.a_.
patent, nearly the whole of the manufacture of needles Dr_
been tranferred to Deptford, in Kent, which place is likely 111,
become as famous for needle-making as was once that o_l,
Redditch. By returns made by Mr. Kirby, the patentee,!:
Neugate-street, it would appear that the quantity of needy
made by this new proccess is upwards of seventy-five th.t
sand per diem, and that this number can, if requisite, be t,
creased more than tenfold without any enlargement of tn"
machinery.
Mr. Baron Parke is improving in
health, and will
resume his seat on the bench vine time in the present term.