The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-16 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Don Giovanni was repeated on Saturday night by
" especial desire," the desire in question emanating from
her Majesty. The royal party entered the theatre
and took their seats amid the greatest possible
public confusion, for the house was filled to that kind
of repletioa which finds vent only in anger and
turbulence. The functionaries at the entrance gates
had a busy and arduous time of it in pacifying,
or rather attempting to pacify, those who could neither
see, stand, nor hear. The tickets which had been bought
at the house were promptly re-purchased, but those
issued by the booksellers were pregnant sources of war-
fare, while the renters who instinctively demand accom-
modation with all the irritability of proprietorship, were
more than ordinarily desperate and pugnacious. The
music of Mozart, however, operated like oil on the
troubled waters, and stilled the tempest; before the con-
clusion of the overture the audience was quiet and at-
tentive. The cast was the same as on the former occa-
sion, and again did Tamberlik achieve a glorious triumph
as Don Octavio. Ho was encored in the trio of masks,
and also in "Il mio tesero," and never were encores
more deserved.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.
Mademoiselle de Belle isle, the moat popular of the
dramas of Alexandre Dumas in this country, which,
under the title of A Night in the Bastille, was frequently
performed at Drury-lane some eleven years since, and
which as the Duke's Wager, is at the present moment
nightly represented at the Princess's, was performed
here on Saturday, Madlle. Rachel sustaining the cha-
racter of the heroine. Sho makes of Madlle. de Belle
Isle a classical heroine, and as a classical performance her
rendering of the character was magni6 cent. her great point
was in the scene with the Duko of Richelieu, in which she
distinctly accuses the libertine noble of falsehood. Frier
,6 Vous mentez, Monsienrle Due," delivered in a whis-
per, conveyed the very
i concentration of horror, indig-
nation, and contempt; t was, like the " Out damned
spot" of Mrs. Siddons, a thing never to be forgotten.
The last act was from beginning to end a perfect
triumph. She was called on at the conclusion, and the
applause, which
was rehashed een enthusiastic and frequent
throughout,with even greater enthusiasm.
The house was crowded in every part.

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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL WAY.
Traffic—Week ending June 14, 1851 ... £11,640 15 5
Traffic—Week ending June 15, 1850 ... 10,514 2le
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 218,711 0 1
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 200,861 3 9
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
June 14, 1851 ...
Goods 85,773
Passengers ...
£9,446 5 4
2,194 10 1

Total miles open,Am
1851 u' ...
17314 ... £11,640 15 5
, 4
London Terminus, June 16, 1851.; ditto, 1850, 1711.

UOMMITTEE ON THE INCOME•TAX.-I.t is said the
above Committee will inquire into the policy of exempting
incomes below 150/. per annum. It may be worth mention-
ing, therefore, that the researches of Mr. Ray Smee into
this branch of taxation have deduced the important fact
that an extension of the present tax to all property and to
all annual incomes from 1504 to 50/. would produce
5,170,000/, per annum. It appears probable, therefore, that
its extension, in the first instance, to annual personal in-
comes of 1001., and to all incomes whatever derived from
property, would not only enable Government to remove some
very obnoxious imposts, but would also render a house tax
quite unnecessary.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMrTION.—There will be a
grand military musical festival and fancy bazaar held to-
morrow and Wednesday at the Royal hospital, Chelsea, for
the benefit of the Hospital for Consumption. The bands of
tl2e six regiments of Guards and that of the Royal Artillery
will perform together in the concert.
LOYAL DIVORCE CommissioN.—The Commis-
sioners met by special appointment on Friday afternoon in
the House of Commons. There were present—the Lord Chief
Justice, the Right Hon.:Stephen Lushington, Lord Beaumont,
Lord Redes‘dale, the Solicitor-General, the Hon. E. P. Bon-
verie, Air. Walpole, M.P., and Air. Ilacqueen (hono-
rary secretary).