The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-01 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented in favour of the re'
tention of the Crystal Palace.
NEW ZEALAND SETTLEMENTS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed after
• the
second clause had been struck out.

LUNATICS (INDIA) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL.
This Bill was considered and agreed to, and ordered
to he read a third time to-morrow.
ATTORNIES AND SOLICI TORS REGULATION
ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This Bill was considered and agreed to.
GENERAL BOARD OF _HEALTH BILL.
This Bill was considered and agreed to.
CROWN ESTATES PAVING BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
(LEFT SITTING.)

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
La Guzza Ladra was revived here last evening, and
Alboni resumed her character of Ninetta. There is 11
one at present on the stage who can sing the music °
Rosini nearly so well as does his favourite pupil Marietta
Alboni, and throughout the whole of her repertoire tiler:
are few characters in which she appears to so ultic,;
advantage as in that of Ninetta; in Ninetta she fairly
distances all her rivals, and is par excellence the Pri!",
~"
donna assoluta. It is impossible to imagine anytt”it
more deliciously exquisite than her manner of rendering
the far- famed" Di placer." Never have we heard 1:
given with such surpassing richness, such magnificent
power, and
:such pure taste as it is given by Alboul:
She at once created afurere which lasted the whole Wn
ing, and every succeeding effort was a triumph. Beauti-
fully, too, did she act the part of the falsely'
accused peasant girl. Her scene with Fernando
was one of exquisite pathos, touching from its very
simplicity; and in the prison scene and march tote
scaffold, her expression of agony was heart-rending
She was admirably supported by Madlle. Ida
Ber-
trand, whose Pippo is one cf the most agreeable repre-
sentations of that character on the stage; and by Coletrif
whose Fernando has lost none of its strong and toil
pathos. The Prefetto of Lablache was as full of droll
wickedness as ever; and the part of Isacco, the Pethb;
was rescued from its usual insignificance
the artistical acting of Signor Mercuri° Gianetto has always been one of the most admirable parts
in
it
in Calzolari's repertoire, and he never sang or acted
better than last evening. The music was admiraeu
given by the orchestra, and we have never assisted eiri
more perfect representation of La Gazza Ladra 03°-
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that of last evening.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE• The speculation of the "Fnanch and American Star
at this theatre bids fair to be a successful of'
if we may judge from the manner in which the
house was attended last evening. The performances °i
some of these riders are very astonishing, m'a
to our thinking the gem of the whole is the g and
an
elegant manege exercise of Mademoiselle Caroline; ald
the
so think the audience, also, if we may judge from
rapturous applause with which she is greeted ever)
evening.

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ST. PANCRAS PAROCHIAL CONSOLIDATION Bun
The Lords have thrown out this Bill, the object of which vro."
to consolidate the nineteen paving, lighting, and gleaning
boards of the parish of St. Pancras into one.
CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY.--Yesterclay thed
Committee of the Lords, Earl Grafton in the chair, Poss,.
the preamble of this company's Bill for carrying out them.
financial arrangements.
Alderman Farebrother being upon the rota $8
magistrate at Guildhall on Saturday next, will not be able to
avail himself of the invitation to thefetes to be given at Peri&
THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—NEWCASTLE-011
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30.—To-day the Wesleyan Con-
ference, composed of about 300 ministers of that body, care
menced its sittings in this town. Committees had been de-
liberating for a fortnight previous, and a meeting of influen;
tial laymen and ministers, consequent upon the disordered
state of the society, and convened by the President, has 111110
been held at Manchester. The returns shows a defection of
,
nearly €O,OOO members of the society; and the meeting °I
laymen passed a string of resolutions, recommending certain
concessions in the mode of memorialising the Confereete:
but not affecting the main question at issue betweena
tn's'
ministers and the disaffected, viz., open Conference gld.
Dinfusion
Hannah,of iaylsi7n,flpureensicdee.nt
;Tthnvosti
J. P. Haswell, 4; Dr. Beaumont, 3; John 30
; Dr.
Dixon, 1; Mr. Naylor, 1; S. D. Waddyl. The Conference
conducts its deliberations with closed doors.
It
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERNcnogttf,orlt4h.e president
RAILWA-•--
appears that it is the intention of of this cons-
the directors
pany, at the meeting to be held on Thursday next, to re-
commend a dividend for the the 30111
half-year ending
June last, at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum on the capital
stock of the compans
terminuse ng r s conveyed o y.
Dr. Aldver,
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The number of pas'
don, and 9,4330 n namely, 9 941 to Lon-
11v eyvefedrdonomret
sLdt haoyins
dwloianns.elt9o,3a7n4d, froma they, ,
DisTNtED .••••"
- TO THE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
RIGHT HON. THE SPEAKER'S OFFICIAL
The following is the list of invitations : Sir D. Le Mar'
chant, Lord Charles Russell, Mr. William Ley, Mr. Clement'
son, Mr. Henry Ley, Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Chalmars, Mr'
Gudge, Mr. Whitton, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Row-
land, Mr. Jones, Mr. Postlethwaite, Mr. Rickards, Mr. May'
Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Waldegrave, r. Gosset, Mr. Le Fro',
and the Rev. Mr. Gamier.
Rag'
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.—The Taff Vale
-
way have been paying 91. a share, 1001. is the nominal CO'
but many of the present holders bought at 501., so til!'
they are getting eighteen per cent. Most of the shares tau
now held by persons in Bristol, Cardiff, and Merthyr.
A clergyman, whilst passing through a shady lane'
in the neighbourhood of Stroud, Gloucestershire, on Thug;
day last, was suddenly attacked by a swarm of wasPo• Ito
defended his face as well as he could, but at last had fairly
run for it, and escaped into a house near, but not before
re-
ceiving above twenty stings—on both ears, the back aff
neck, and the crown of his head, his hat having fallellA °be
during the battle. Had there not been a house at hand
to
might have lost his life, his foes having clustered on 11 jelmy
thickly. Fortunately, the pain was removed by a lilll-
application of il and honey.—Bath Chronicle.
The proprietors of the Birmingham canal navigS;
tion held a general meeting last week ; R. Scott, Esq., in ry
chair. The affairs of the company are in a very
saris
condition, and the traffic receipts for the half-year have in-
creased 9,000/. A dividend of 21. per share was ordered to
ba
paid to the proprietors on the Ist of September next
fa

BIRTHS.

OF A SON.
29th ult., at T- 'fc

>f Edmund

on the _ wyford Abbey, the wife oh
Burke Roche, Esq., M.P. of
On the 26th ult., the wife of the Rev. Mercer Davies,
St. John's, Bethnal-green.

OF A DAUGHTER. O°.
On the 30th ult.. at Wilton-house, Salisbury, the
Mrs. Sidney Herbert. Dire,
On the 26th ult., at Highfield, Hemel Hempstead,
Henry Newton Heale. •
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MARRIED. ael
On the 29th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, sir
Sutton, Esq., of Skeffington-hall, Leicestershire, son °` late
Richard Sutton, Bart., to Harriet Anne, daughter of the
F. Burton Esq., of Burton-hall, count

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On the 30th ult,, at Pelham-crED.
P
escent, Brom tont Robert
Ashton, Esq., aged 84.
On the 28th ult., in Bartholomew-close, G. Crofton,
At Emwood, near Glasgow, on the 28th ult., ages.
Duncan Morrison, Esq., sen. dare/
On the 29th ult., at Welbeck-street, Cavendish-sq-
George R. Butcher, Esq., aged 79. Bugg'
Esq., the 29th ult., Mary Sarah, the wife of Thomas
Esq., of Great Dover street, Southwark, aged 38. wet
On the 28th ult., at the Vicarage, Walton-on-Tha "13,
Anna Maria Ellen, widow of the late Rev. Thomas Ha
whom she survived but one month, aged 52. of
On the 29th ult., Fanny, the wife of Mr. A. Toulr01.0?
Harewood-square, aged 33.

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