The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-30 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Mademoiselle Geuseppina Morra made her deli& here
on Saturday, in the character of Adalgisa. Mademoi-
selle Morra possesses every physical requisite for success
on the lyrical stage; her person is attractive, her fea-
tures are prepossessing and expressive, and her voice is
a pure soprano, of agreeable quality, and well cultivated,
but she was suffering so severely on Saturday from ner-
vousness, and we may say more than nervousness, from
absolute siege fright, that in the earlier scenes she was
totally incapable of doing justice to her powers. The
encouraging applause of one of the kindest of audiences,
however, gave her heart as she proceeded, and she
concluded much more t ffectively than she had com-
menced. We are inclined to augur favourably of the
future career of Maine. Morra, from the very excess of
nervousness she exhibited on Saturday. Stage fright
never attacks self-complacent mediocrity; it is the evil
&mon of genius, which, if genius can overcome, it will
accimplish great things. Grisi, who was in magnificent
voice, was the Norma; and Tamberlik made more of
the ungrateful and uphill part of Pullio than any of his
predecessors had done.

FRENCH PLAYS.
bT. JAMES'S..

The long and heavy play 01 Marie Stuart, adapted
by Lebrun from the tragedy of &nitler, was played for
thu first, time this season at the St. James's on Ssturday.
dressed and looked the character of the Queen of
scuts to the life, and in the only se*ne in the play in
which there is scope fur acting sip. was superb. Every

010(4 must recolh,ct the magnificent ecene (crested by
Schiller, and for the gtike of which we forgive him his

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faistfication of history) between Elizabeth and Mary, in
which the latter pours out upon the heed of
the English Queen a torrent of sarcastic in-
vective, such as Juvenal might have written
tor the utterance of Brougham. ahe did indeed speak
.lsggr rs, and all who heard her felt that her boast—
"J'ai p-)rte le puignard au crzeiar de ma rivale"
was not a mere figure of speech. The last act, which
one lotg preparation for death, was beautifully given,
and contrasted admirably, by its c sTha resignation, wi h
the paroxysm of fury of the act which preceded it. The
house was well and fsshionabiy attended.

ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF S.Axr, COBURG FROM

Lissos —Her Alvjesty's screw frigate Dauntless, Captain
Halstead, arrived at Spitbead at four o'clock on Saturday
morning from Lisbon, having left that port on the 23d inst.
with his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha
and the Princess Clementina .this sister, with t. o royal
ch ldren and suite on hoird. At six o'clock Captain Hal-
stead lauded to report their arrival, and make arrangements
for their conveyance by rail to London, the Victory firing a
Royal salute in compliment to the SA:Ke Gotha flag flying on
board the Dauntless. At ten o'clock his highness the Prince
the Princess, and suite, left the strip in the barge of the
Dauntless under salutes from that ship and also from the
Vengeance; and as the barge approached the harbour the
garrison battery, the Victory, and Britannia, also saluted.
His highness landed at the Clarence-yard, and with the
Princess and suite were received by the Port-Admiral, the
Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, and proceeded via' South Western
Railway for London.
A PROLIFIC WlrE.—The wife of Wm. Salsbury,
labourer, of this village has given birth to three girls.—
Coventry Herald.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning a young
man named Stephen, an assistant to a liuendraper in Comp•
ton .street Soho, went to the Serpentine for the purpos) of
bathing. He made an attempt to swim to the model frigate,
but when within a short distance of the vessel, he suddenly
disappeared. He was found in emit ten minutes, but life

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DIORAMA. or NINEVRFL—Amongst the distin-
was extinct.
guished visitors who honoured this interesting diorama with, MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—FOUS LIVES LOST.—
a visit during the past week were the Duchess of St.. Albans, On Monday morning one of the flabitig-boats belonging to
Lady H. Beanelerc, Lady Wood, Mr. 13otfield, at.P., Colonel Stranathro, Aberdeenshire, was upaet off that village by a
Lawler, Count Tetlaki, Colonel Blair, the Rev. Brown- sudden squall, and of the crew, slim in number, four were
low Layard, Mr. and Mrs. Austen, Mrs. and the Misses drowned. A small sloop happened to be passing at the time,
Layara, &c. and bore down upon the spot, resct'dng two of the men, who
were brought ashore alive, but one of them is not expected to
Lord Stanley left St. James's-square on Saturday survive. There were on board the boat a father and two
for Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, in consLquence of the preca- sons; one of the sons was saved, the other son, with the
rious state of his Noble and Venerable Lather the Earl of father, was drowned.—Edinburgh Witness.
Derby, who, we understand, is still sufi'ring from the effects .
..79 There is no truth in the. report that Admiral
of his recent apoplectic attack. Lady Stanley and family
remain in town. Dundas is about to succeed Sir William Parker in the Me-
ARRIVALS AT TifIVART'S HOTEL.—The Princess diterranean command. The stanmaent that the St. George,
1::0, is to be fitted up for the foreign service is also incorrect.
Banratioin accompanied by Madame D'Autriont, Dr. Ma- Her Majez,ty's ship Trafalgar, Captain the lion. Montagu
gendie, and suite, from Paris; Prince Picoccompanied by his Stoptord, has been ordered to fit fur service in the Mediter-
so i ; al. a Jidda and suite, from Laly ; Signor Schmitz, from ranean, to take the place of her Majesty's ship Caledonia,
Paris; M. de Martchenks, from Paris; Sir Archibald Camp- paid off at Devonport.
bell, M.P., and Mrs. Campbell, from a tour.
THE GREAT TAKES.—The Eastern Counties pas-
ROYAL THAMeS YACIIT CLUB.—In consequence
Banger traffic was on Mcnday the hugest they ever took; it
of the next sailing nide]) of this club, falling , was upwards of 2,500/. The Great Northern traffic keeps
on the day on which her Makszy has consented to up uncommonly well; it reaches th is week 11,6221., equiva-
honour the civic halloo, with h'-r rresence, it has been de- . leut io about 501. per mile per •week. The London and
terminen that the match el-,11 take place t.n Tuesday, the North-Western traffic is more than: i 1.004 above the cor-
tith, instead of Wednesday, the 9th of July. i responding week last year; and tbie Great Western is also
We are OA to ltaril that the Marquis of Huntley hint), about 5,880/, above—,he mileage receipts of both being
is progressing favourably towards convalescence. considerably higher.—.l-Icrepath.