The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ..
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
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_National Debt, Sav-
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Seven day and other
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830,132

4 40,216,330

£10,216,330
M. MARfiIiALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 4th day of June, 1846,

COURSE OF EXCII.
Amsterdam 12 10
Ditto, at sight 12 7
Itotterdaiit ...... 2U. 12 10
25 15
iJ;tmi ugh —31.13. 13 15

LN GE. - ( THIS DAY)
Gibra1tar..............
Leghorn 30 70
Genoa....
Milan • • • • .•

Venice.. ..
Naples 3904(
Palenno, per oz.. , 1194
Lisbon .. ...... 52y,a
Oporto .............. 1234
Rio Janeiro ........ • 23
iluenos Ayres

Paris, 3 days' sigllt :::: 25 85

Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10
Marseilles ..... 26 15
80urdeaux.......... • . 25 15
Frankfort on Maine.... 123

Petersburgh, 3 U 5......
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Trieste, ditto.... • • 10 12
Madrid ..... 36

New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .. •• ..

PRICES OF BULLIOS, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • . 3 17 5
New Doubloons . 0 0 0
New Dollars ........ 0 4 9%

Cadiz .. •.. : ........ 36!8
. ......
Barcelona •• • • .... • • ••
5evi11e.......... • .....

Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

As customary, Don Giovanni attracted an overflowing as-
semblage, the pit being so crowded at one moment as to be
impassable. The comparative coolness of the house, with such
a crowd in so warm a season, showed last night the good
result of having consulted scientific men in the new ven-
tilation of the edifice, in all respect,,, essential as well as
ornamental, so admirably restored. The heat, unbearable
in most edifices, is here kept down by currents of the out-
ward air, so subdivided and so general, that no draught
is felt. Thus is salubrity combined with recreation.
The pressure of matter will not allow of our doing justice to
the petformances of the night. It suffices to say, that the
dances as well as the lyrical portion of the entertainments
met with repeated applause and encores. One encore alone
failed—it was that of the shadow dance—the treacherous
moon would not light itself again, and consequently the
heroine of the pas, although recalled twice running, and en-
ticed with bouquets, could not gratify her admirers. Le
delire d'un Peintre, admirably enacted by Grahn, and a new
pas of the graceful Taglioni, finished triumphantly the per-
formance of the night.
THE SCENARIO OF THE NEW BALLET OF LALLA

EPIGRAPH.
" The imperial Selim held a feast
In his magnificent shalamir,
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 Paphian diamonds in their locks;
Light pert forms, such as 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 gold, 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 mangusteen ;

Every thing young, everything fair,
From east and west is blushing there."
SCENE I.—lnterior of the Palace of Lahore.—hall of the

Durban

j A brilliant scene is taking place at Lahore, where the
great and magnificent Emperor Aurungzebe is holding his
court. Ambassadors have arrived from Aliris, the King of
Bucharia, demanding in marriage for the young Monarch
the daughter of the Emperor, Lalla Kookh, described by
the Persian poe's as the most beautiful of those heroines
whose names and loves embellish the songs and tales
of, Persia and ifindostan. It is agreed that the nuptials
shall be celebrated at Cashmere, where the young King, as
soon as the cares of empire will permit, is to meet for the first
time his lovely bride ; and they will remain for a time in
that enchanting valley before travelling over the snowy hills
into Bucharia.

The King of Bucharia has sent a brilliant suite, amongst
whom is a lovely troop of Tartarian and Cashmerian maids
of. honour, to accompany his beautiful bride. With them
comes a young poet of Cashmere, on whom his royal master
Las conferred the privilege of being admitted to the pavilion
of the P,incess, that he may beguile the tediousness of the
journey by some of his most fanciful recitals. The minstrel
is accordingly introduced to the presence of Lalla itookb.
He hold a kitar in his hand, and much pleases the
Princess,by his skilful execution, his graceful bearing, and
pleasing manners ; but there is a personage in Lalla Rookies
suite, who is by no means so much delighted at the appear-
ance of tee young poe: ; it is Fadladeen, the great nazir, or
chamberlain of Lalla !tookh—a personage in his own opinio❑
of infinite importance, and who looks with the keenest
jealousy on all whose talents or attractions bring them into
notice. He endeavours to turn the young poet into ridicule,
but in vain, and, discomfited, he withdraws full of secret
rage. The new companions of Lalla Rookh now surround
her, with the lovely inhabitants of that city which is so soon
to be deprived of her graceful presence. They dance a
Hindoo dance, in which they form into various groups, each
more graceful than the preceding ore, '',hile the most fan-
tastic pageantry is going on around them, giving the whole
the appearance of a scene of enchantment. Lalla Rookh,
with her fair attendants, executes a dance, in which, as is
the fashion in Hindostan, they imitate every imaginable
figure.
_

—The following are some of the twenty figures represented
by the Hindoo maids :

llermes
The Shell
The Riosks
The Cage •
The Mirrors
The Harps
The framed Picture of the
• Morning Breeze
SCENE IL—Distant view of Lahore.—The Departure.
The royal party have left Lahore, which is still in sight,
with the cavalcade, which presents one unbroken line of
splendour.

The Stars
The Pine Apples
The Car of the Rising Sun
The Butterflies
The Sun's Rays
The Living Statue and its
Pedestal

SCENI. lll.—Sandy Waste.
ness of a desert viLteeillair of tigers--and next, the dreari-
reii Teti
First, the jungle '
:retaken the place of those smiling
scenes through which:
hitherto laid. A wild and gl:iturneY
y tract, covered with a low
of Lelia Rookh has
eaYbejvonlY alternated by the
bushy jungle, is present to them
waves a white
awful signal of the bamboo staff,
flag, which warns the traveller th
has devoured his victim. The caravan that spot a tiger
in the distance. is seen approaching
SCENE IV.—The Tempest of Sand.—Suddenly the NI lu r .
wind rises. rl-
A fearful tempest has come on.
,The caravan is dispersed
by the storm—the travelleri fly in every direction for safety
leaving the Princess alone to brave the fury of the sim
All sensation forsakes °"'
her ;
which rages with resistless force.
herself—her danger is imminent—but Fer-
she cannot defend
SaVtS her, and she remains lifeless in
marov, rushing forward,
his arms. Nearly fainting with alarm for the safety of one he so
"'dearly loves, he seeks for water to bring the Princess back. to
life, but in vain. He disappears in search of that refreshing
element, so rare and precious in these arid, gloomy regions.
Meanwhile stragglers flying from before the storm arrive on
the scene, and amongst them is the frightened Fadladesfi.
The Princess still remains without sense or motion ; but
Fcramory re-appears, he has happily found a small quantity
( f mater, which he brings to Lalla Rookh in a large lest;
and he has the happiness of seeing her open her eyes, now
beaming with gratitude upon him. Fadladeen can hardly
conceal his rage at the tenderness of manner of Lalla Rookh
towards her preserver, and he at length separates them.
The fury of the elements is gradually hushed—a profound
cairn succeeds the storm. Whilst the travellers are thank-
ing Allah for their preservation, night is gradually coming
on. The caravan encamps on the spot, and the attendants of
the Princess erect her pavilion. The most exuberant gaiety
succeeds to the alarm which had prevailed but a moment
before.

SCENE V.—Star of Venns.—The Moon.—Night.
SCENE Vl.—The Pavilion
The Princes., grieved at the absence of Feramory, begs
Fadladeen to send for him, but the latter evades the request
by saying that the Princess needs repose rather than
listen to the frivoleu3 fantastic nonsense of the so-called

* The description of this ballet is correct, barring a few
imperfections and discrepancies inseparable from so early and
haatily- written an account.