The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Milan Gazelle of the 15th publishes a noti•
fication from Lieutenant-Marshal ScumLzia, Com-
mandant of the fortress of Mantua, announcing
that Count ALEXANDER ARRIVAB E NB, late lieu-
tenant in the Austrian army, has been con-
demned by court-martial to be hanged for having
written and spread an article entitled " The Se-
cret Agitators," containing injurious expressions
against the Government ; and, moreover, for having a
stiletto and a tricoloured scarf in his possession ; but
that the punishment has been commuted into that of
two years' imprisonment, in consideration of the said
Count ARRIVABENE having fought bravely on the
Austrian side in the late war of Italy, although he
knew that his father and brother were fighting on the
other side.

The annual solemnity of the Holy Virgin of Piedi-
grotta was celebrated at Naples with the usual pomp.
The KING reviewed 54 battalions of infantry, 42
squadrons of cavalry, and 9 field batteries on the
occasion. _ _

The Emperor of AusmxA arrived at Verona on the
14th. He visited the opera in the evening. He
passed through Venice on the 18th.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Mr. Lumley has determined to give five more
extra nights at playhouse prices, in consequence of the
crowded state of the house every evening. On Satur-
day multitudes were refused admittance on account of
the crowded state of the house. The opera was
the Sonnambula, and Mdlle. Sofie Cruvelli appeared
for the first time as Amine, and by her admir-
able personation of Bellini's heroine achieved a
triumph quite equal to that which she achieved in
Fidelio, and which at once elevated her to the fore-
most place in the foremost rank of her profession.
Her Amina reminds us more strongly of the Amina of
poor Malibran than does the version of the character
either by Madame rersiani, Madlle. Jenny Lind, or
Madame Sontag. The Amina of Madlle. Sofie ,Cru-
velli is more impulsive, more impassioned, than that
of either of her predecessors. Her acting in the
scene in which she is discovered in the Count's bed-
room was full of passion—never have we seen despair
so harmoniously yet so truthfully depicted. The
concluding scene was, however, the great triumph ;
her manner of giving the passage "A tn'abbracia," in
the finale, was the finest piece of acting ever witnessed ;
it was an irrepressible outbreak of feeling, that
took the audience by storm ; the artiste fairly carried
them away with her. They were excited to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm, and the triumph was
complete. Twice was she called on, and each time
the applause was enthusiastic. Calzolari, who was
ginreeaxtctaelsltee and ntvoice, sang the music of Elvino with
effect;
and Lorenzo, as Rodolpho, was
small part. Balfe conducted
admirable. Madlle. Feller was Lisa, and made a
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BANBURY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. —At a
meeting of this association, held on Tuesday last, Mr. G. G.
Harcourt said, that "whether as tenants or landlords, they
must reconcile with their present position the belief that at
no time had the labouring classes been in so good a condi-
tion; and his Hon. Colleague (Mr. Henley) would say so
too. (Murmurs.) The: workhouse returns confirmed that ;
the able-bodied labourers who had obtained relief curing the
last year were 15 per cent. less than those of the previous
year. This had been more especially observed in Oxford-
shire; for on the 21st of last July there were 22 per cent.
less than two years ago.--(Disapprobation.) It was a fact.
In July last there were only from 5,000 to 6,000 obtaining
relief, while some time previously there were from 9,000 to
10,000 in the same condition. —(Cries of " Emigration has
done it," &c.)
SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON A CANDIDATE
FOR HzuspoßnsfußE.—Sir Edward has been presented with
a requisition inviting him to stand on the Protectionist in-
terest for Hertfordshire, and has consented to offer hiinsel
on the Protectionist interest.
REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDSHIRE.—At the
annual meeting of the Banbury Agricultural Association, on
Tuesday, Mr. Harcourt and Mr. Henley were present. Their
reception is prophetic of their future fate. While Mr. Hen-
ley was coriially and repeatedly. cheered, nothing but open
discontent and determined hostility were evinced towards
Mr. Harcourt.—Northampton Herald.
CRICKET.—ELEVEN or ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF
GLAssow.—This match commenced at Glasgow on the
18th, and was continued on the. 19th, when the score stood
es fellows :—Glasgow, first innings, 109 ; England, first
innings, 91.
THE GREAT CABLE TELEGRAPII.—On Saturday
morning the Government steamer Blazer arrived at the wharf
of Messrs. Blyth and Co., 39, High-street, Wapping, for the
purpose of conveying the great cable telegraph to its destina-
tion at Dover. Great preparations have been going forward
for several days at Wapping, and the process of hauling this
monster cable on board the steamer will commence at an
early hour this morning (Monday). The cable will be drawn
from the factory yard where it was completed on Saturday,
and remained in a coil five in height and twenty feet in cir-
cumference, representing a dead weight of 200 tons. Every
obstruction has been removed from the deck of the steamer,
which has a very singular appearance, the funnel and the
upper parts being taken away to make room for the cable,
which will be hauled through several sheds and warehouses,
along a spout which has been fixed across the High-street,
and from thence to the steamer.

MANCHESTER IS TO BE A CITT.—We believe we
may announce that, at the private meeting of the council on
Wednesday last, it was determined that Manchester should
be a city, and the mayor was authorised to take the requisite
steps for making application for the grant of her Majesty's
royal letters patent, authorising and declaring that hence-
forth the incorporated borough and town of Manchester
should take the name, style, or title of " the city of Man-
chester." We understand that the mayor has already made
the requisite formal application, and that in a short tune
wH
may legally and correctly congratulate our " fellow-citizens"
on the civic dignity conferred upon Manchester.— Manchester
Guardian.
The Mayor of Bradford, who is a manufacturer,
entertained sixteen of his fellow-justices to dinner one day
last week, who, collectively, employ 30,000 bands in their
various works and manufactures.