The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA

panizetti's lively and amusing opera buffa L'Elisir
d 'Amore was produced here on Saturday for the purpose
of introducing Signor Craffei to the English public in
the character of Nemorino. Signor Ciaffei has been
1011 g a favourite with the Roman public, and has re
tautly appeared with considerable success in Sweden,
and we believe also in Russia. Signor Ciaffei, although
no longer in sa premiere jeunesse, is still capable of sus-
forraed
taining youthful charaers, for h is tall, well-
, and has good features.e His voice is
pure, light tenor, without a barytone
note in it; it is moreover somewhat thin, and his intone-
tion is somewhat uncertain; his aria d'intrata "Quanto e
bells," was anything but promising, but he rallied as he
Pr9ceeded and gave the beautiful "Una furtive" with
such taste. He gave a perfectly original version of the
part
of Nemorino so far as acting was concerned, making
1111 a gauche and awkward peasant, such a peasant as
might imagine would have been taken in by
ninamera. This, although it may at first
I;,`ll°elt the conventional notions of those who
have been used to the Dresden china style of Mario's
°etnotino, is certainly the mote truthful if not the more
graceful version of the part. Madame Viardot, as
I:*dine, was full of sprightliness and espieglerie; Tam-
titlirini was, as he always has been, the best Belcore on
the Stage; and Ronconi, although he greatly over-acted
o
Part, was exceedingly amusing as Dulcamara. The
El' part,
was preceded by the first act of Norma, in which
risi was superb.
The Queen's box was occupied by Sir Edward and
auY Bowater, Lady Wheatley and Miss Wheatley, and
VY- Among the fashionable company attending the
ai!aire we remarked his Excellency the Prussian
trister and Madame Bunsen, his Excellency the Sar-
aiail Minister the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of
Northampton, the Marchese Brancaleone and Madlle.
t,rancaleone, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, the
Earl and Countess of Fingall and the Ladies Plunkett
It," Lord Killeen, his Excellency the Belgian Minister
the
Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl of Durham,
e Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss John-
t,u
"One? Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Ex-
Z°,l•ltn, Viscount Sydney, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox,
L'ra Lord and Lady Macdonald, Lady Glamis and
u,adY Frances Lyon, Lord and Lady Carington and the
11:'"' Miss Carington, Lady Blanche Dupplin, Lady
i:l3Be Lovell, and Lady Henrietta Somerset, Lord and
aclY Rokeby and the Hon. Misses Montague (3), Lord
y
A. Vane, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir Compton and
Doraville, Sir Willoughby Gordon, Sir George
1.111 Lady Armytage, Hon. John Forteacue, M.P.,
1444? n. Leopold Ellis, Lady Vernon and the Hon.
188 Vernon, Captain the Hon. Evans Freke, Captain
0 Hon. Claude Lyon, Colonel Brownlow Knox,
'l)., Colonel M'Dowall, Mr. Peabody, Sir Henry Webb,
l'Ord Arthur Hay, Baroness von Stet z and party, Sir
uolin and Lady Burgoyne, Mr. De Blaquiere, M. and
,41adatne Ralli, Mr. Temple Leader, Major Gage, Colo-
`lo Maitland, Colonel Crombie, Captain De Horsey, Sir
Frederick Trench, Mrs. Mountjoy Martin, Mr. Augus-
tusLumley, Mrs. Bates and party, Captain De Bathe,
captain
, Hotham, Mr. H. B. Baring, M.P., and Mrs.
,uaring, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. and Mrs. Newton
ucott and party, Mr. Martineau, Colonel Tyrrwhit, Mr.
tieatherstonbaugh, Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Mrs.
atton and the Misses Hatton, Miss Burdett Coutts,
Fn. Theobald Dillon, Baron de Sternberg, Sir C. Mar-
Colonel the Hon. A. Upton, Mr. Bulteel, Hon. J.
ile, Mr. Raymond Barker, &c.

,SADLEtt'S WELLS THEATRE.
t„4 Saturday
well. conducted littld theatre was suddenly opened
night for a few performances before the
IPlinencement of the regular season, in order to afford
'rl. Warner an opportunity of appearing in several
or
her best characters prior to her departure for
America, where, it seems; sho purposes to go in the
49t5e f the autumn. The play was King Henry the
te'9hth, o
in which Mrs. Warner and Mr. Poe pa filled the
ill' Principal parts with their usual ability, Mrs. Warner,
w,Particular, being received with a warmth of welcome
s°tell fully proved the estimation in which she is held
e the playgoers of the metropolis. It is proposed, we
de,":.‘e give a Shaksperian representation every evening
Ilig this brief period of Mrs. Warner's 'engagement

TIT
of fi,--BA.TRICAL COMPANY FROM SYRIA.--A company
teen ersons, Syrian Libanese from Syria, have arrived
tLondon, for the purpose of giving represent,itions of the
Ftriners and customs of Syria. The company have travelled
rtmgh France. They arrived in London by the steamer
rough
from Calais.
vi among the distinguished persons who have lately
ttilLed Litchfield House, St. James's-square Gallery of Pic-
ttre,e by living Painters of all Nations, are the Duchess of
veLnerland, the Countess of Jersey, Lady Crewe, Lady Man-
)4rB' Lady Truro, Lady Shelburne, Lady Clementina Villiers,
otrt '
Hare Townsend, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earls
ja,:lesmere, Manvers, and Malmesbury, Lord Colborne, Sir
'leB Cockburn, and Sir Walter Sterling.
da94PRY•LANE THEATRE.—Drury-lane opens to-
with an equestrian company, composed of American and
eh, eh riders. Mr. Risley, Mr. Dumbleton, and General
bi.,e'sh are the lessees until October, then Jullien will wield
1,7 buten until Christmas, when the theatre will be under
raanagement'of another speculator. Mr. Bunn has been
bned, also Mr. Allcrofr, but nothing yet has been decided
the committee.

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„YRSTMINSTER VREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—A
'Culie meeting was held at the Eastern Lecture Hall,
Church lane, Whitechapel, on Friday evening, for the pur-
Ze of explaining the principles and objects of this society-
-11.1.• G. E. Dennes in the Chair. Mr. James Taylor, jun., of
vlthinghem, pointed out the social, moral, and political ad-
411111tages to be derived by joining the freehold land move-
n having, explained
thealit Alr. G. Huggett, the secretar
thanks
rules, a number of shares were taken, and a vote of
auks to Mr. Taylor closedthemprooscteedGinrgace.Tious
Majesty's
lot -- is her
pcirsention to prorogue the session of
.Parliament for 1851 in
da taul rl dt ahye
-mil• The Appropriation Act was introduced early in the
1,,c4, and was passed on Saturday at. the, Tor,.ning_
neat,
Ministerial White Bait Dinner is
rentodrere
met.t, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich—a
kore pleasant because it signifies a ielease from. the labours
feastn xea
41t 1O
session towards the close of the following week, or at
d'. events early in the week after that, as it was last year.
ata not expected, however that any untoward event will
ain either House of Parliament beyond the second week
of August, and that our legislators, hereditary
an
Will be dismissed to their country sports before thememor-
able d elective,
12th of August. Indeed, as far as the House of „om.
Zi_Ous is concerned, the business of the session is all but
lOshed, the Money Bill being considered the last meaasure
e.
Zithe year, and a great number of Bills having been trans -
stted to the Upper House. The Lords, however, have st..l
eoect deal of work to get through, which will enable th
i,rro fns to finish the discnssion on the Jew question for the
441"ent session, and all other topics that seem to require any
to (j,.lllit of protracted discussion. It has been no easy matter
lio,;,!ep a House together, and still a very great amount of
'"e4B has been transacted during the week.—Sunday
4Per.
t„,s4TAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Monday after-
ke-r",ah inquest was held at the Antelope public-house,
J00'79 on the bodies of David Stones, aged 31 years, and
(Irn" zerry, aged 48 years, colliers, in the employ of Messrs.
Voi:,11(1,Y and Co., of Kersley. On Friday morning at six
oTt Zex the men descended the pit to their work, ana in about
Twoour after a cry was heard from the pit as if for help.
tbo°,l%en were con-equently sent down, and the bodies of
Beatfilled were found, the fire damp with which the pit
tle—atisillod having destroyed life. A verdict of " Accidental
Was returned.—Manchester Guardian.
rt.
--IrMovrii JULY 25.—AltarvAL or THE 19TII
.A.EO,. I
51) FROM Amenica.—Her Majesty's troop-ship Java,
iu 112, 1,458 tuns, arrived here this morning and anchored
of the sound, with the head-quarters and service companies
c, l9th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-
i'roolenel Charles Cranford Hay, on board. The Java sailed
thelQuebee on the 25th of 'June, she having disembarked
or be
Reginient, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
h Ilube, from Barbadoes, West Indies. The 19th Regiment
is usual,
,e been on foreign service since September, 1810, Ni hen it
t to the West Indies, and having served six years there,
remained. proceeded to North America, where it has since

We are authorised to state that Mr. Weale, the
schoolmaster at Islington,' not a priest of the Roman
Catholic Church,
IC and has r e
:.. DmmlsisTorLEEn.r_toTtihioaliF is
no orders in that Church.
sLniautionA,IARYLEBONE PAROCHIAL
a vr3i,g,
ei
hl aernte
vestry,activi activity in
_t!ae return of reform members to
I,•!ge parish, voluntarily lilince 1832 enabled it virtually to conduct the affairs of that
whosethe m
itPe householders of Marylebone, having faith in the promises.th
Y dissolved itself on Wednesday last.
?,1 a new party of professedly more thorough reformers, wi
'recv their confidence from the parochial committee, and re-
Jected their list. Thus situated, its members saw no alter-
native, but to retire before the public opinion, and break up
their organisation.
T.PIE SUPPOSED MURDER IN NORWICH.--Since
ourb last publication, another portion of human remains has
k!ea discovered. On Sunday, a young gentleman found a
r,,,end, corresponding with the one previously discovered, in
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yWorLderarnesson, aktie.Bracondale, in the grenade of Mr. Merry'