The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

In consequence of the sudden illness of Gardoni,
Lucrezia Borgia was not performed, as announced,
last night. I Due Foscari, the scene from the
Matrimonio Segreto, sung by Lablache and his son,
the divertissement of the llostire, and the ballet of
Fiorita were substituted ; it is needless to add that
the audience quaffed the bumper with undiminished
zest—indeed, the ovations were more numerous than
in general. As to the future—if such a term can be
applied to what will begin at the end of this week—
the most agreeable assurance was the actual presence
of Mdlle. Lind last night, who was of course an object
of deepest interest to the audience, whose eyes were
constantly turned towards her box. She is to appear
as soon as duly rested from her arduous journey.
The preparations going on at the theatre, we hear,
are incessant. Mdlle. Schwartz's talent is imme-
diately to be tried to its full extent. She is to appear
as the heroine of an opera. To this must be added,
that although long after the appointed moment,
Cerito and St. Leon have at last arrived, and will
appear on Thursday. They were long detained at
Venice. For ten days that city was so completely
beleaguered that they could neither convey nor re-
ceive news. Even trom Padua, distant but an hour's
journey by railroad, no intelligence could be received.
They at last managed to escape, but were once more
stopped by the manoeuvres of the hostile forces in the
neighbourhood of Ferrara. Il famoso ballerina Per-
rot, of whom no news had been received since he
headed the men of prowess at Milan, is said to be
arrived in Paris. Tadolini is likewise said at last to
have effected her passage across the Alps on the 15th
ult. All we have to add, in the shape of operwic
news, is that the new tenor, M. Labocetto, will make
his Wei in the opera in which Mdlle. Schwartz is
immediately to appear.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
La Donna del Lago was produced here, for the
first time this season, last evening, and attracted, as
it always must, a crowded house. This opera can
only be cast by a strong company, and when so cast
its success is always immense, because every one has
a good part. Grisi, who was in excellent voice, was
the Elena, and Mario, who never sung better in his
life, the James Fitzjames. Ilis duet with Grisi in
the first act was rapturously encored, and he was
greatly applauded in a morceau in the second act, an
introduction borrowed from Pacini. Alboni, as
Malcolm, although scarcely equal to her great pre-
decessor Pisaroni, was admirable. Iler duct with
Grisi in the second act was delicious. Tamburini,albeit
not the Tamburini of former days, acted Roderick
Dhu to the life, and Marini made a good rough
Douglas. The opera was admirably put on the stage,
and the choruses and orchestral accompaniments were
beyond all praise.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25.—The
birthday of the Princess Alice Maud Mary was cele-
brated here to-day by the ringing of the church and
castle bells, and the firing of royal salutes from the Bel-
videre Battery, in the Great Park, and also by the cor-
poration in the Bachelor's-acre. Her Royal
highness
completed her fifth year to-day.
Viscount Hardinge arrived on a visit to the Duke of
Wellington on Monday, at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, from
South Park. near Penhurst.
Her 111ijesty has been pleased to receive in the
most gracious terms, the expressions of loyalty and
affection convey. d in an address from the minister and
its inhabitants of All Saints district, St. John's Wood.