The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

No. 17 347.] LONDON, TUESDAY
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EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 2S, 1848.

'THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
niptA COMPANY do hereby give notice,

That a Quarterly General Court of the s.id Company will be held
at their lleuse, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st June
next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

VAST HOUSE, APRIL 28, 1848,
„ INDIA

THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
. .

That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be
SHUT en TUESDAY, the (sth June, at Three o'clock, and OPENED
again on TUURSDAY, the 13th July ; and

That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable
on the Eth July, 11448, under the 11th Sec. of the Act 3 and 4 William
IV., Cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

ALE of OLD STORES at PORTSMOUTH.
1.7 Admiralty, Somerset-place, May 1, 1848.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on WEDNESDAT, the 17th Instant, at Twelve o'clock at
Noon. the Admiral Superintendent will pat up to Sale in her
Majesty's Dock-yard at Portsmouth, several Lots of OLD STORES,
consisting of Old Canvas in Rags, Rope cable•laid and hawser-laid,
Yarns, Oakum, Hemp Raking's, Flyings and Cuttings, Files, &c., &c.,
&c., all lying in the said Yarei.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Gala may be had here and at the Yard.

GRAVESEND viii BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
Fares, to or from London.
Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING;
Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE.
To or from Blackwali or intermediate Piers,
Fore Cabin .. •• • 9d. Saloon .. Is.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
From The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 834*, 93, 11%, 1,2, 4,
5,6, and 7. Sundays, at 7, S%, 11%, 1,3, 4,5, 6, and 7.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Illackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1%, 214,
43, 51,* 6, and 7.. Sundays, at 9. 10, 11, 114, 23, 3%, 5,6,
and 7..
The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these
times.

Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per-
mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Omnibuses from Fenehurch-street Station to all parts of London
every quarter of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. : Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
Three Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell.
Star Office. Gravesend, April 15. 1848.

CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
The CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY will be
OPENED for Traffic between CHESTER and BANGOR, on MON
DAY, May 1. The Trains for the month will be as follows :
Departure front Chester (to Bangor) ..
.. IA
pa„ 1,8
SP in the morning.
••li to 2 11n the afternoon
II If ~
Departure from Bangor (to Chester) ....25 past 4
2 PP I/ in the morning,
I, I • 3:2 past 9 j
PI /0 • •

73 In the afternoon

SUNDAY

••••••••„. 8 iu the morning.
••••••• •• • • • ..... 25 past 4 in the afternoon
,• •••• • • •• ..•• •• • • 7 in the morning.
..••••••••••—• .•••••• 7 i
For further particulars, see Time Binen . the evening.
By order,

PUBLIC in behalf of the
T!ION, Poet of Inverory.
ITTEE.

' HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
On Saturday evening Signor Labocetta made his
first appearance before an English audience as Il
Conte Alinaviva, in E.ossini's Barbiere di Siviglia,
and although Signor Labocetta was evidently labour-
ing under a severe cold, yet he achieved a great suc-
cess. His voice is a high tenor of the purest
quality and sweetest tone in the world ; it is managed
with excellent taste and consummate art, and it is
full of expression and feeling. The serenade in the
first act was deliciously given (we should like much
to hear Signor Labocetta sing the serenade in Don
Pacquale ; if weimistake not he would make that
henceforth his own), and the trio " Zitti, Zitti," with
Beletti and Mademoiselle Cruvelli, was deservedly
rewarded with an encore. After hearing
Signor Labocetta, we are not surprised at
the high opinion which Meyerbeer entertains
of his qualifications. He is a deliciously sweet
singer, a most accomplished musician, and (a matter
not to be despised) an excellent dresser. His Count's
costume in the last scene was superb. It is sufficient
to say that Lablache was Bartolo, and it is sufficient
to say of the Figaro of Beletti, that it was worthy
of the Bartolo of Lablache. Mademoiselle
Cruvelli was delightful as Rosina. The
character of Basilio was sustained by Bouche, and he
made quite a prominent part of it. His making up
was admirable—long, gaunt, half-starved, thin
bearded, and sanctified, he looked the! very " chanter
,i,ntheoho confidantir,"mea and
spirited and calumniating,
the genial
Beaumarchais drew. His actingperfectly
in keeping with his appearance, and his singing was
waspy" whom
superb. Never have we heard "La Calumnia ' sang
so well, never have we seen it acted so well. When
he extends his fingers claw-like, as though he were in
imagination tearing his victim, he seemed the living
incarnation of--
"L'Envie aux doigts crorhus su tcint pale et livide."
Never, we repeat, has this character been so brought
out as it has been by Bouche. He has done for
Basilio what Lablache has done for Bartolo. All the
artistes were called for at the conclusion of each act
of the opera.