The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-12 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Until the various operatic novelties announced for
performance are in a state of completion, the direc-

tion is necessitated to resort to those works which
have already gained universal popularity. These pro-
ductions, at any rate, serve admirably:to,test the abili-
ties of the new engagements, and thus a fair estimate
may be formad of their efficacy to support the ensemble
in the new works promised; the public at the same
time being enabled to judge of the relative merits of
those who have already passed the ordeal and those
who essay to claim its favour. The Bondman, per-
formed last night, was greatly changed from its first
cast, the part of Ardenford, originally acted by Mr.
Harrison, being entrusted to Mr. Travers, who some
seasons past appeared at Drury-lane in Donizetti's
opera of La Favorita. A great improvement has taken
place both in voice and method. The register is more
extended, the quality of tone rounder and fuller, and
there is perfect distinctness of enunciation. A lesser
degree of energy and a moderation in the violence
of the termination of his final phrases would, how-
ever, be desirable, and would impart greater smooth-
ness to his ballads. The pretty air " Child of the
Sun" was re-demanded, and he was honoured with a
recal before the curtain at the close of the second act,
and at the termination of the opera. The character
of the Marquis de Vernon, first acted by Mr. Weiss,
was sustained by Mr. Corn with excellent effect both
vocally and dramatically. He possesses a full and
melodious baritone voice, and sings with skill and
just intonation; as a buffo' he will prove of great
value to the troupe. Of Mr. Herberte, who performed
Count Floreville, we may not venture a final opinion,
for the character has few means for vocal display,
but his voice is good and his manner unexaggerated.
Miss Romer made her first appearance this season as
Madame Julie Corinne, and was received with a
genial welcome. We have seldom heard her sing
with more freshness or act with greater truthfulness.
An enthusiastic encore was awarded to her ballad,
"It is not form, it is not face," and to the quartet in
the third act, " There is a destiny which leads." The
finale to the second act was rendered with admirable
precision. The principal vocalists were called for at
the fall of the curtain. Aldlle. Plunkett was :applauded
with extraordinary fervour in several pas in the new
ballet.

STRAND THEATRE.—A party of amateurs, mem-
bers of the Whittington Club, gave a dramatic enter-
tainment last night at this theatre, for the enlarge-
ment of the library" of the club in question. The play
was The lient _Day—the farce The Loan of a Lever.
The actors exerted themselves with great zeal, and evi-
dently amused the audience vastly. Between the pieces
a little concert was given, in which Miss ltosina Collins,
Mr. F. N. Crouch, and Mr. J. W. Sharpe, were the prin-
cipal performers.
SALE OF PROPERTIES AT THE SURREY THEATRE.
Yesterday the first portion of a sale by auction of the
scenery, machinery, properties, dresses, appointments,
and the interior fittings up of the Royal Sunny Theatre
took place on the stage of the theatre—Mr. Priest acting
as the auctioneer. The lots put up were chiefly the
scenery, properties, and fittings up of the theatre, and
the prices realised were very low. The splendid glass
chandelier in the centre of the theatre, and which was
stated to have cost upwards of 200 guineas, fetched only
22 guineas. The sale will continue this day and to-
morrow, when the whole of the wardrobe will be sold.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Married, on the 10th
instant, at Bradfield Church, near Sheffield, by the Rev.
S. B. Ward, the Viscount Northland, M.P., eldest son of
the Earl of Ranfurly, to Harriet, eldest daughter of the
late James Rimington, Esq., of Broombead Hill, in the
county of York.
Lord Brougham, who is still entertaining a dis-
tinguished circle of visitors at Brougham Hall, has been
enjoying the pastime of coursing during the last week,
and showing some good sport in the field to his aristo-
ct friends.

A grand fete took place at Lille, on Monday, in
commemoration of the celebrated siege of 1792. A
deputation of the National Guard of Pa.ris went down to
Lille to present the National Guard of that city with
flags. The deputation was received by all the National
Guard of Lille at the gates of the city, and the presen-
tation of the flags took place in the Champ de Mars.
The ceremony was followed by a grand banquet of
4,500 persons. The streets were magnificently deco-
rated, and at night there was a splendid illumination.
The crowd of curious was immense, and the reception
given to the Parisian National Guards was enthusiastic
i❑ the extreme.

BOURBON LIBERALITY.—They write from Naples
—" A Neapolitan steamer left for Sicily on the 23d
ult., with fresh supplies of bomb-shells." Thus the
King of Naples supplies his subjects with bomb-shells,
as a conscientious egg-wife supplies her customers—
namely, with the commodity fresh and fresh—Punch.
ORDINATION.—The following gentlemen were or-
dained by the Lord Bishop of Durham, at Auckland
Castle, on Sunday last. Deacons.—Frederick Howard,
Licentiate in Theology, Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham;
Thomas John Monson, 8.A., University College, Dur-
ham; James Evans Jones, Licentiate in Theology, Uni-
versity College, Durham; William Hill, jun., 8.A.,
University College.—Priests.—Rev. George Edward,
Fellow of University College, Durham; Andrew Robert
Faussett, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin; Samuel Wil-
liam Morton, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin; Henry
Bovick Scougall, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge; 'William Wren Liddell, 8.A., Christ Church,
Oxford; Arthur Gray, 8.A., University College; Disney
Legard Alexander, 8.A., St. Mary Hall, Oxford; Wil-
liam Mark Wray, 8.A., St. Catheriee Hall, Cam-
bridge; John Hughes, 8.A., Oriel College, Oxford;
John Burton, Licentiate in Theology, University Col-
lege, Durham.

THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE WHITTJNGTON i
CLun.—Considerable sensation was excited at the Whit- 1
tington Club on Tuesday evening, by the appearance of I
a party of ten of the Parisian National Guards en grande
tenue. They had only arrived that morning from Calais,
and in course of visiting the " lions " of London, were
introduced to the club by one of their countrymen, a
member of the institution. They were received and
conducted over the establishment by several members of
the managing committee and the secretary, who fully
explained to them the nature and objects of the institu-
tion, with which they expressed themselves in terms of
high admiration. It happened to be the evening of the
weekly reunions of the club, and on making their ap-
pearance in the drawing-room they were loudly cheered,
a gentleman at the pianoforte striking up the " Alarseil-
laise," as if in honour of them. The " Chceur des Gi-
rondins" was then sung in fine style by the visitors, atter
which " God save the Queen " was struck up in chorus
by the company, among whom the National Guards
were not the least prominent. Several of the visitors
then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian
gusto, of the pleasures of the dance, after which the
party adjourned to the dining-room, where a supper,
a l'iniproviste. had been prepared, the chair }prying been
taken by John Lane, D.C.L., a member of the
managing committee. Due honour having been
done to " the roast beef of old England," the
chairman, in excellent French, expressed in a brief
and graceful manner the extreme gratification it
afforded the members of the institution to receive the
National Guards as visitors, and after having passed a
warm eulogium upon them for the services they had
rendered to their country, and having dilated upon the
benefits likely to accrue from the friendly intercourse of
nations, and the gratifying contrast it presented to by-
gone times, he concluded by giving " Prosperity to
France and the National Guard." The toast was re-
ceived with an enthusiasm peculiarly English, which ap-
peared not a little to startle and amuse the visitors. The
applause having subsided, one of the guests, a captain of