The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-19 00:00:00

KING'S THEATRE.

Rubini had his benefit on Thursday night, and we trust he
had reason to be satisfied with it. The performances were
Bellini's Soninambula, in which the principal parts were sus-
tained by Rubini and Grisi, and one scene from II Pirata.
In both Rubini was excellent. He exerted himself with the
happiest effect in the duct " Son Gelosa del Zcfiro Amante,"
and afterwards in the address to Amina, especially in the pas-
sage where he tells his mistress that he is the most unhappy
of men, and that he is so through her, which was most touch-
ingly executed. Of Grisi we need say nothing—she could
hardly sing amiss, if she wished it—and she wishes exactly
the reverse. Taglioni danced the Tyrolienne admirably, and
astonished every one in a pas de deux with Guerinot.

The Victoria Theatre boasted on Thursday night a
most splendid list of fashionables in the dress circle. The
Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Tavistock, the Earl and Countess of Mulgrave, Viscount
and Viscountess Molyneux, Lady Caroline Stanhope, Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Leicester
Stanhope, Hon. E. Byng, Lord Tullamore, Lord Allan, Sir
William and Lady de Bathe, &c.
Sir John Cam Hobhouse is' confidently announced
both for the Commissionership of the Woods and Forests, and
also as candidate for the vacant representation of Nottingham.
A few years ago, the name of Hobhouse would_ have been
hailed with enthusiasm by the poor independent electors of

Nottingham ; but a change has passed over the face of
affairs, he is no longer looked up to as one of the brightest
stars in the radical galaxy—other and more brilliant lu-
minaries having arisen with the progress of events, and

the march of mind ; still, however, we anticipate that
no formal opposition will be offered to his election for
this town : we can hardly imagine for a moment that the
Conservatives will be mad enough even to enter upon a con-
test, and the Reformers of every degree will see the necessity
of uniting together in support of a candidate who is entering
office for the purpose of advocating some of the important ends
of which the Reform Bill was to be the means, and who, they
may expect, from the example of Westminster, will restore
into their hands the suffrages confided to him, whenever any
circumstance shall arise which may produce difference of
opinion between the representative and his constituents.—
Nottingham Review.

Captain William Chappel, of Northam, well known
as a spirited and enterprising individual, is now busily and
successfully engaged in rais;ng the cargo of the sloop Mary
Ann, sunk a short time since in Barnstaple Bay, and all hands
perished. Her cargo consisted of silver and copper ore.
There are several fathoms of water over the vessel at the
lowest tides ; but a man descends to the wreck in a water-
tight dress, supplied with air from an apparatus above. We
trust Captain Chapple will find himself well rewarded for the
undertaking.

Arguelles, one of the Spanish patriots lately in this
country—at least so lately as the occasion of the dinner to Ge
neral Mina at the Albion—has been chosen representative to
the Cortes for the province of Asturias. The electors, as a
mark of esteem for his principles, and a proof of their recol-
lection of his past services in the last Cortes, have raised by sub-
scription the sum necessary to qualify him to take his seat as a
procurador.

A singular proof of the extreme heat of the last clay
or two was, on Wednesday, afforded at Wooden. The whole
of the honey contained in a bee-hive was melted by the heat
of the sun, and the bees drowned in their own sweets. In
such circumstances, we would recommend it to those who keep
bees to protect their hives by some covering from the intense
rays of the sun.—Kelso Mail.

The 12th of July, the anniversary of the battle of
the Boyne, passed off tranquilly in Ireland. In several places,
however, the Orangemen, in violation of the law, had pro-
cessions, and marched with banners and music ; but gene-
rally they confined their demonstrations of joy to the display of
flags from their houses, to festive meetings, and to the playing
of their favourite tunes within doors, which the Catholics did
not take any steps to oppose. The Dublin Evening Mail
says—" There has been a celebrating of this glorious anni-
versary, more extensive, more heartfelt, and more calculated to
perpetuate Orangism than perhaps any of the 140 which have
preceded it."

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JULY 17.-A
very good demand has been experienced in our Cotton-market
to-day for most descriptions of cotton, which have met with
ready sale at extreme prices, and in some cases at id advance.
The sales are about 5,000 bales—viz., 100 Pernams, ;
260 Bahias, 10d. to 10Id. ; 50 Maranhams, 111-d. and 1 lid. ;
190 Sawginned, ,ad. to 9:ld. ; 100 Surats, 6,1 d. ; 108, Sea
Islands, 151 d. to 17d. Remainder American, 73d.. to 9id.