The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,

COVENT GARDEN.
Fiddle was produced here for the first time last
evening, Madame Castellan sustaining the part of Leo-
nora, 'Tamberlik that of Florestan, Tagliafico that of
Pizzaro, and, last and greatest of all, Formes that of
Rocco. In the opera as represented at this theatre, the
great character of the piece, around which all the others
seem as it were to group themselves, is that of Rocco, as
personated by Formes; whenever he was on the stage be
seemed completely to fill it,and, by his magnificent voice
and the energy and power of his acting, to draw atten-
tion exclusively to himself. His grand solo song,
" Coi quattiern la contentezza," was magnificently given,
and his duet with Pizzaro in the first act was superbly
acted and sung. His makeup was admirable; his is indeed
the Rocco of Beethoven. Madame Castellan gave a
graceful sketch, or rather outline of Fidelio. She sang
the music with great taste, but she lacks grasp to seize
and force to delineate such a character as that of Leo-
nora; nevertheless, her performance was always grace-
ful, and in the prison scene exceedingly beautiful, and
her singing of the grand air in the first act was
finished. The Florestan of Tamberlik was very fine;
his opening air in the prison scene was magnificently
rendered and enthusiastically encored. His
Feting in the dream was superb. Tagliafico acted
and sang Pizarro with great care, and leis
aid in the concerted pieces was invaluable.
The little parts of Mercellina and Fritz were well sus-
tained by Mademoiselle Bertrandi and Signor Stegelli,
who gave the lively duet with which the opera opens in
an admirable manner. The choruses, with the single
exception of the chorus of prisoners, were excellently
given, and the orchestra was superb. Both overtures
were given, that to Fidelio (which was encored) before
the commencement of the opera, and that to Leonora
between the acts. All the principal artistes engaged
were called on at the conclusion of each act, and at the
conclusion of the opera there was a unanimous call for
Costa, who, on his appearance, was enthusiastically
greeted. Her Majesty honoured the performances with
her presence. The house was crowded in every part.

WOOLWICH GARRISON, May 27.
The whole of the troops in the garrison, with the ex-
ception of the Royal Marines, itstembled at nine o'clock
A.M. to-day, in light marching order, and proceeded to
the common, whore they were drawn up in line, the
Horse Artillery on the right, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Bell; the 17th Lancers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Law-
renson ; the right battalion of Foot Artillery, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Williams; the centre under Lieute-
nant-Colonel Stowe; on the left of the centre battalion,
Captain Haricon's company, with 12-pound field bat-
tery guns, each drawn by six horses, gunners dis-
mounted, and Captain Freese's nine-pounder field bat-
tory, each gun drawn by six horses, gunners dismounted;
the left battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel Thorndike;
the Royal Sappers and Miners, under Captain Freeth ;
the Woolwich and Deptford districts of Chelsea pen-
sioners, under Major Forbete and the light field batteries,
under Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, Field-Marshal the
Marquis of Angleaey, ICG., G.C.8., G.C.H., arrived on
the ground shortly after ten o'clock, iu plain clothes,
accompanied by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas
Downmau, C. 8., K.C.H., Major-General Sir Hew D.
Ross, K.C.8.; Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton, C.D.,
K.H., Royal Horse Artillery; Brigade-Major Bing-
ham, and Captain Tyiden, Deputy-Assistant Quarter.
master-General of Artillery, with a numerous staff.
The Lieutenant-General, being in military uniform, rode
forward to take the command of the whole of the troops,
and was received with the usual salute, the bands play-
ing the National Anthem. The Master-General, with
the Commandant and staff, then inspected the troops in
line, and they afterwards broke into open columns to the
right and marched past at slow time. The Royal Horse
Artillery, the 17th Lancers, and the light field batteries
subsequently passed at a trot; and the Royal Horse
Artillery and 17th Lancers, after changing their front,
passed—the former at full gallop, and the latter at a
canter. The whole of the troops were then formed into
divisions on the upper part of the common—four troops
of Lancers on the right and two on the left of all the
others, and 10 rounds of ammunition having been previ-
ously served out to each gun of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery and field batteries, 15 rounds to each of the Royal
Sappers and Miners, and six rounds to each of the
Foot Artillery and Chelsea Pensioners; the evolutions
commenced by the advance of the Lancers from the
right and left at a rapid pace across the common; when
near the north side they accelerated their speed to a full
gallop, making au imposing charge, in which they were
eloiely followed by the Royal Horse Artillery at full
gallop. On the Lauurs retiring to the right and left,
the Royal Horse Artillery commenced firing. The Lan-
cers returned across the half of the distance across the
common iu two squadrons, and then formed into three
divisions, passing to tho rear, two troops on the right,
two in the centre, and two on the left, closely followed
by the Royal Horse Artillery; and the latter, on taking
up their position, commenced firing again, which with
continued by the battalions—the Royal Sappers and
Miners and the Chelsea Pensioners—by a running fire
and by the field batteries on the loft. After going
through a number of other evolutions, which occupied
the troops until nearly twelve o'clock, they again marched
past at quick time and returned to barracks. The gen-
tlemen cadets subsequently attended mortar and howit-
zer practice at the battery at the west end of the paradA,
ground, and the numerous spectators present appea.re
highly gratified with all that took piece on the occasion.
The Marquis of Anglesey proceeded to the mess•room
and partook of a dejeriner with the officers.

RAILWAY TRAF-I'lC kifIURN S.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.... Gross tralkc receipts for
he week ending May 24 :
Passengers ...
Carrying account —,-

£10,696 5 1U
2,379 12 9

&c.,.
£3,564
Total ... ... £13,075 18 7
Corresponding week last year... 13,786 1 11
GLASGOW ANDS OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Tratial for
:he Week ending ay 24, 1851:
£3,854 9 7
payssaeinivrgaeyrsB(23,3B:ti.),
and gorses and Carriages
Corresponding week in last year
for Gla.sgow and Ayr and Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
6 1U
Glasgow, May 26, 1851.

THE :MERCHANT SERVICE.—The following Order
in Council has been issued, altering the fee to be levied by
British Consuls. General, Consuls, or Vice-Consuls abroad,
when called upon by masters of merchant-ships to give their
sanction in writing as to the shipment or discharge of sea-
men, or their certificate as _to the desertion of seamen, and
whose shipment or discharge shall have been so sanctioned,
or whose desertion shall have been so certified :—Order in
Council—Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament, made
and passed in the 6th year of the reign of his late Majesty
King George IV., entitled, " Au Act to regulate the payment of
salaries and allowances to British Consols at foreign ports, and
the disbursements at such ports for certain public purposes,
it is amongst other things enacted that it shall and may
be lawful for all Consuls-General and Consuls appointed
by his Majesty and resident within the dominions
of any Sovereign or any foreign State or Power in amity.
with his Majesty, to accept, take, and receive the several
fees fees particularly mentioned in the tables annexed to t!
for official acts and deeds particularly mentionedvot,hbeurnedinet.
and whereas such Consuh-General and Consuls
the provisicns of the said Act, levied fees on citeir•
seamen
the shipment and discharge and desertion of British
alter the said
at foreign ports, and it being expedient
a British fees, it is hereby ordered that whenever
shall be called upon by
Consul-
General, Consul, or Vice-Consul
hisanction in writing as
tiithiiisachates as to
masters of merchant-ships to
ottihmertoehdief
give his
or his certificate as
.to the shipment or discharge
mend, recover, a' d receive fromt,hip
to th,.; desertion of seamen,
or vessel belonaing to
officers or commanders of anyjests
the sum of 21. for each seaman
any of her Majesty's itofshzalal
llbemlaastursl fob;
whose shipment
have been so certified, and that it
li,senbtaree shall have been so sanctioned,
Consul-General, Consul, or. Vice-
desertion o r
shall
oset be law" for suchfee, -or this service.
a larger f
LorDON REGATTA.—Under the pa-
tronageTOWß or
recommendation of Lord John Russell, Sir I'.
oeshronwnlelhunoi to levy
Robert Grosvenor, the Lord
Mayor,
Baring Bart,.
' hschild, and other distinguished noblemen and gen-
tlemen,Baton Rot
merchants, bankers, &C., " The Tower of London
and
Lord
jrandNational Exhibition Regatta" is being arranged. The
principal prize, to be rowed for by the waterrpen, &c., is a
Grand National ExhikAlen Prize Boat. - ' -

ALLEGED MURDER on the 111d11 SEAS:
At the Liverpool Police-court on Monday, William
Hamilton Lowry, captain, and Thomas Macanally, the
mate of the Arabia, an emigrant ship on the line between
LiverpoolewYork, ware charged with excessive
crueltynamed
rye,
who, in consequence
of the imputed cruelty, 'had thrown himself overboard'
towards
during the passage. From the evidence of Frederick
Ellerby, and others of the crew, it appeared that in No-
and
N a man
No-
vember last the vessel left Liverpool for New York. Two
days after she left the river, a " stowaway," that is a
person who has contrived to get on board unobserved,
with the object of being conveyed to America free, came
on deck. He was miserably clad, and presented a most
destitute appearance. The captain was very violent on
discovering there was a " stowaway" on board, and soon
after ordered him to work. He did everythiag he could
to please, but on being ordered aloft he refused, as a
landsman, upon which the captain beat him with a rope's
end until he fell down on the deck. The two mates
followed up the castigation. This cruelty was repeated
almost every day until the 19th of December, when the
man Pye' was ordered by Macanally, at four o'clock in
the morning, to go to the pump. He complained that
ho had been at work during the preceding watch, and
was tired and cold, and asked to be allowed to go be-
low. Macanally, however, beat him with a rope to
the pump, and while there struck him with the same in-
strument on his hand, which was • l (Tipp ed, until the blood
flowed. The poor fellow cried out murder,and
the bystanders to save him. No one interfered, and the
unfortunate man ran down to the lee-quarter, exclaim-
ing he " would have revenge on the second-mate either
dead or alive," and with these remarks he seized a rope,
raised himself to the rail, and plunged into the sea. No
attempt was made to save him. At Charleston the Bri-
tish consul was apprized of the affair, and he ad-
dressed a letter to the Liverpool magistrates, under
whose directions Superintendent Clough inquired into
the facts on the arrival here of the Arabia on the 10th
instant, which led to the apprehension of the second-
mate on Friday in Ballast, and that of the captain on
board his own vessel on Sunday last. Both prisoners
were committed for trial at the next assizes. Bail will
be accepted to the amount of 100/. each in sureties, and
200/. each in the prisoner's own recognizance.

NATIONAL EDUCATION.--The cause of National
Education has, this year, shared the fate of all other great
measures. It has been neglected and shuffled over. Last
night it was bucked for the session, after a tame debate in
an indifferent House. The smallness of the number who
divided in favour of Mr. Fox's measure is peculiarly dis-
cre3itable to the Liberal party. Only forty-one Members
attended to record their votes for the cause for which they
have so often pledged themselves to their constituents, and
harangued applauding crowds. We do not say, " let not
alr. Fox he discouraged;" he wants no encouragement of
ours. We know that he, at least, has the spirit to fight an
up-hill game, and that neither the bigoted zeal of his op-
ponents nor the chilling unsteadiness of his nominal adhe-
rents will make him waver. But it is out of the House that
the work must be mainly done, and it Is out of the House
that the work is being done. Associations and committees
are being rapidly organized in the metropolis, and in all our
large towns, to promote National Education. When the
general election comes candidates must be taught unmis-
takably that this is a matter on which they must not only
ta'k on the hustings, but vote in the House. In the words
of Cromwell, respecting liberty of conscience, " This is a
fundamental."— Weekly .Yews.

George Sand seems decidedly to have turned to the
stage. Another drama, signed with her illustrious name, has
appeared at the Gait& Its title, Molicre, suggests a new
sphere tor her artistic power; but the piece disappoints that
expectation. Instead of an historical drama, we have the
ideas and iluarrels of the day under the masks of historical
personages ; and she has so completely falsified the real po-
sition of Moliere and the two Bej4rts, that one wonders why
she did not take fictitious names for fictitious characters.
One sentence in the critique on this play, by Hector Ber-
lioz, will probably amuse those readers who have heard
George Sand always libelled as an immoral writer—it is the
complaint that all the persons in this piece are so virtuous
they become tiresome:—" Its sent bus ye, taeux et ennuyeux
a faire frentir."— Leader.

VIBANA.—The Secretary of Public Instruction, M.
do Thun, has ordered than an especial department of arts
should be constituted within the ressort of his Ministry, at
the head of which is to be placed his brother, M. Franz de
Thun, whose art-activity at Prague has been praiseworthy.
The committee of the Academy of Arts is quite absorbed in
remodelling its rules and regulations, and the preparatory
and elementary schools have been already opened under
teachers like Bahl, Geiger, &c. M. Bruck, Minister of Public
Works, has proposed and obtained funds for the establish-
ment of a Commission des Monuments. The great monu-
mental riches of Austria and the other provinces have
become most apparent by the fine exhibition of the architect
M. L. Ernst, being his own sketches and pictures of the fine
templar Choir of Schiingrabern, the rock-castle of Carlstein,
the residence of Charles IV., German emperor, &c

ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTEIWARK.—The resuscitation
of the Borough-market, under the immediate superintend-
ence of Mr. Bose, the architect, in proceeding rapidly. The
iron columns and girders are being replaced, and when the
covering of glass is laid on, and the clearances effected in the
immediate neighbourhood, the market will be far more
unique, and almost as extensive, as that of St. John, at
Liverpool. It is not intended at present to cover over the
vacant ground adjoining the collegiate church of St. Saviour
near to the Ladye Chapel, but it affords matter of much in-
teresting consideration, and the historical recollections at-
tached to the immediate spot (originally St. Mary Overs) is
rite with antiquarian matter. The trustees are carrying out
the improvements in a noble spirit, and much to the satis-
faction of the majority of the ratepayers.
from the
evening, with the wide expanse of sea streetcnhoub e f
spectacle
c
of no fewer than 246 vessels in sight at one
A person standing on Soutcr Point,. the other
Tyne to the Tees before him, witnessed thine._
Newcastle
Journal.
Serle's-Place, Carey-street,
terday at the Fountain, upper
of
°m
h John Mordan, aged forty,
Lincoln's Inn, as to the death SIIUCKING ACCIDENT.—An
manner :—The deceased was
inquest was held yes..
who lost his life in the folnlowaintgl,
Upper Serle's-place. On
a painter and glazier,
Saturday afternoon, ,
a law stationer, at 14, Serle's-ulace,
windows at Mr. Peter s,_ndew
of the first floor he slipped
al%itgfour o'clock, he was cleaning the
and while at the bahck,we window
ofl which penetrated
and fell on the area
penetrated his heart. He
the position about two minutes before he
remained i
released, and he then fell into the area below.,
could be
sopfri ktehse beneath,Biii on'l w which
up he was quite dead. Verdict—" Ac-
When he was raised
removedaee' for the Duck-lane, and
Ac-
cidental death.
WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.--YeStelday
e der
wereic k -pl the
forma-
tion of the Victoria-street, leading from Westminster to the
Vauxhall-bridge-road. This, with the exception of a portion
of St. Margaret's Workhouse, entirely clears the new line of
111.1eVe r'os f:
g trie:n,hloVuesetsm in
t errr,
street. The paving is now being laid down, and in the course
of a few days the thoroughfare will be opened. The forma-
tion of the opening from Buckingham Palace, through Queen-
square and Westminster, to the new Houses of Parliament, is
to be commenced forthwith.

COPYRIGHT QUEsTION.--in consequence of the late
decision in the cause " Boosey v. Jeffervs," a meeting of pub-
lishers and musicsellers, and others interested in this TIV:
tion, was held yesterday, at N0.:21, .`Soho-square, to consider
the best course to be adopted with regard to the conflicting
conclusions come to in the courts of law on the copYlit4.°"•'`
recent- England of foreigners residing abroad.
judg-
ment in the case referred to, so far from ble.ihneg
doubts,viewed which
settlement of the matter, leaves it still opeuitliespoint, as laid
the " glorious uncertainty of the law" on tri,s,l. , :
Liencu, is any-
down in the Courts of Exchequer and (lace.if
Bohn, the thing but calculated to remove. r
111h°, and Chappel, were
pub-
lisher, and Messrs. Addison, .Nove
nversational discussion
among those present. After a long as a
H-cmcs°, of Lords, with a view
it was resolved to appeal to the
entered into among the
copyright, and a subscription b
object.
ate that
parties present to facilitate to a final decision as to the ruighwtsasof foreigners in relation to
Rom FIRING A SIGNAL-GUN.
FATAL ACCIDENTTstrivas
held before the coroner of
—On Tuesday a seaman belonging
from Constantinople, who, with
to the steamer Shamrock,
John Frazer, was injured while loading
a shipmate nalndQ.,nday seanight, and from which injuries
Liverpool on
the signal gun on '"
last. The gun had been fired once, and
be died on Sunday .
ned to sponge it outprevious to re-
loading,vere cautioned to . both men 1 .
cartridge exploded immediately on being placed
i the
cahnbaoidndniyu:oecnil'itj' ihnn, however,Brn they -
tio n , andon ; whether from the heat of the metal or a spark
in the gthe mate was unable to give opinion.
The an opi •
remaining therein,
rem d had an arm blown oil; and was otherwise
The deceased
hie
Lett Frazer, who is likely to recover, had also his
badly 1
n and thigh badly injured. They were both conveyed
lett ari
verdict of
o the Northeru Hospital. The jury returned a v
tothwei
!:,Aecidental death.'

PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—A return
has been printed at the instance of Mr. liiiine'foshr showing
gyear
amount of the public revenue and expenditureetutfane
,ts during this
from 1822 to 1830. The total annual receipts
to
50,408,5791.
in 1830. lhe total expenditure'
period have ranged from 59,829 691/. in 18:'4 .
. "
was
shen it was 48,787,6381.
56,336.8201., and lowest in 1835,,ewess
highest in 1827—viz.,
of public expenditure
The following years show
_an
1831,e-- . _,
ib3i 1838, 1839, 1840,
'vet the receipt:4:-
1826' 18'7'aroount of the deficiency has
1841, 1842, 1847, 1848. '
ranged Boni 345,226/. in
1838-eyerue during the period under
high4.st amount of surplus r 822,
eto 3,979,539/. in 1842. The
and the lowest 614;7594 in
review was 4,714,518/. in 1
1832.
of Monday we stated that the
ST. PAUL'S.-1n our paperTßE CHARITY CHILDREN AT
ANNIVERSARTh
anniversary °c:,',,y children is to take place on the
LETTER.—" Friend John, I desire
A QuAx" t those sinful men in the
12th of
kind as to go to one o
thee to be so
attorneys' and let him take out an instrument
flesh, tilled
unto, by means whereof we may seize the
with sf June, it tr„heould be June 51,11.
outward
at Westminster, and teach him t‘? `..".10 az
the loinb-skin men
setaalbtehrenracle of George Green, and biing him before
he would be done by.—Thy Friend, 13.(1" -