The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

AYLESBURY ELECTION.
the
AY1.1,11-u'itY, APAIL 9.-1 Ile tutru during
day has been r4markably quiet, and but for the ap •
Pearance of a number of boys bearing placards, inscribed
" Bethel: for ever," and " Ferran(' and Protection," &c., no
Person would imagine that a great contest was about to take
Place between the supporters of Free-trade and the friends of
Protection.
Notwithstanding the apparent want of excitement, there
can be no doubt that a severe struggle is expected, and both
Parties appear confident of success. The general impression,
, Never, irade will
etriumphant, notwithstanding the stremlous exertions
tarsa appears to be that the principles of Free-
de by the Protectionists.
.In the course of the day Mr. Betbell has visited the dis-
tricts of Hartwell, Stone, Denton, arid Haddeaham, where
we believe his canvass has been very successful.
4,411 r• Perrand has been em l • Icanvassing the voters in
districtsp ON•er. In
of Risborough Haddenham.
The nomination will take place at eleven o'clock to-mor-
row, at the County-hall.

c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
r ur
..,°._llt,--Aly attention has been drawn to a paragraph in
paper of ltst night, copied from the Honolulu Times, to
the
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effect that five white men had been seen by the Russians
miles south-east of Point Barrow; will you allow me to
no the probability of these being the exploring party
employed in the neighbourli•od cf the Mackenzie,
under the command of Commodore Pollen, R..N. ?
I am, Sir, &c.,
W. E. P. A.

April 8.

Fenella,
MADLLE. MONTI.
niph whose dead at her Majesty's Theatre to-
of°o is looked for with such interest, presents in the story
her life a curious and touching chapter of that strange his-
tra, the Trials of Genius. For, to the rare attribute of.
hag- genius, and that of the highest order, Madlle. Monti
et-ri-san incontestable claim. She is an artist in the widest
of the word. Endowed by nature with a deep and
passionate sense of the beautiful, she has cultivated its
ale,vel°Pment not in one; narrow sphere only, but wherever
e hasrt. been able to command the instruments of creative
tier, ,Sculpture and painting, studied with a close applica-
feeii, ave enabled her to base on the highest principks that
Nehnkg for the Ideal of Grace, and that gift of expression,
bi"eena intuitive in her organization. Neapolitan by
blob -7-the daughter of a sculptor'of eminence—Aladlle.
nti
Was surrounded from earliest youth by im-
pressionsd of all that was most beautiful in form
past colour. Her years of childhood were scarcely
?I,llen the heaviest misfortune that can over-
children of art fell on her father, and so on her-
The successful sculptor lost his sight. His future
on"the
darkened for ever. Failure, poverty, despair frowned
tweilnilsehold. The energy and genius of the artist's
iaad",`er alone saved him. Young as she was, her utmost
herdcould not be expected at once to command very
/eturns either in the profession so mournfully lost to
stroat,her, or in painting, to which her own natural talent
11407,zY pointed. But the young Monti felt that she had
cmier talent, and one of a kind which had sometimes led
miliotst at a bound to greatness. They were now settled at
16(4holeretuss'oarnd at the magnificent Scala she had watched thed
fr acticn and had said to herself when some note
en, 'tern °t.
mute eloquence drew down the thunders of
811%11°118e, "ed ancor Io son Mime." She obtained a
rso sculptor, to whom
sorely against the wish of the old
whom the pursuit of such an art seemed a de-
rogation for for his child. Scarcely more than half a year had
ea'en; Lin apprenticeship to her difficult vocation, when
tc those opportunities offered itbelf, which Providence
trues sometimes to place specially 53 stepping-at,i,e for
to j,,,,ge,nins en its hard road to Fame. Masaniello was
taken Played. The Fenella— the celebrity of that day—
`n suddenly ill, was utterly unable to appear. The
tanager was in despair the audience impatient. The
'.1„.9g Monti, with a just self-confidence, declared her con-
bn'tLion that she could take the part. But us` fifteen, with
eopiVz months' study in the most difficult of professions,
The
n"' data was a bold venture, but it won a full success.
Wade, Fenella took the house by storm. The bound was
the highest pinnacle reached at once, and
Italythericefop-
u, the young Monti was famous as the first Mirna
h, and therefore in the world. The first success at
ran Was followed by successive triumphs at Venice, at
h native Naples, at Rome, at Turin, and at Vienna. To
leerdPtiginal character of Fenella, Madlle. Monti adds the
iltlng parts in the ballets d'actice of " Merope," " Niobe,"
pieeeesd.ea,'' and " L'Assedio di Corinto," as being her master
t is interesting to know that her continued success in
3 Profession has not led Madlle. Monti to sacrifices all
l4ller
art. She continues to cultivate painting with rare i•
bence, and with the passionate constancy of a real talent.

rl, -ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Thueen'sox a,
r Alajesty's Theatre was on Tuesday eve ening:Q lied
occup by
Earl and Countess of Cawdor, the Viscount and
Viscountess Emlyn and party. Amongst the noble and
eistguished individuals also honouring the theatre with
their presence on this occasion were the following :—His
Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Demidoff, his
t;_nx.eellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow
btrlParty, their Excellencies the Swedish and Norwegian
inisters, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the
arquis of Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Conyngharn,
the
Marquis of Douglas and the Princess Mary of Baden,
toe Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl Mountcharlee the Earl of
Falmouth, the Countess of Glengall, and Miss de Horsey,
the Earl Gifford, Earl Bruce, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley,
the Viscount and Viscounte=s Dupplin, and the Ladies
etenrietta and Geraldine Somerset, the Viscount Can-
terbury, Lady Hope Purvis, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord
Sandys, Lord Templemore, Lord William Lennox, Lord
Ernest Bruce, Lady Blanche Dunlop, Lord Curzon, the
lion. 0. F. Toler, the Hon. R. C. Neville, Colonel the
lion. G. Upton and the Hon. Mrs. Upton, Hon. A. D.
Willoughby, Hon. Mr. Byng, Hon. F. Cadogan, Hon. Mr.
Stuart Wortley, Hon. Mrs. Somerset and Miss Somerset,
Hon. Mrs. Gore and Miss Gore, Hon. Mr. Norton, Miss
Chichester, Hon. Spencer Otway, Hon. Capt. Carew, Hon.
Arthur Cunningham, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander
Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir John
Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Sir Thomas ltarrett Len-
bard Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Col. Dixon, Major
Drummond, Col. Harcourt, Major Loftus, Col. Thornton,
COl. And
Russian Consul-General, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Charles
Ilkotson, Bart., &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the per-
formance,, at the Royal Italian Opera with their psesence on
Tuesday evening. Her Majesty and the Prince were accom-
panied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
tle Princess Royal. In the roe al suite were the Marchio-
bees of Douro, the Hon. Miss Seymour, Colonel Buckley,
fashionable
Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Among the
company ,present in the theatre we remarked
his,s Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Ayles-
LarY, the Marquis of Douro, tis Excellency the Sardinian
minister (Marquis D'Azegliol, the Countess of Malme,bury,
the Earl and Countess of Besborough, the Earl and Countess
Viscount
Bradford, and the Ladies Bridgeman and Miss Monctieffe,
viscount Exmouth, Lord Colville, Ledy Stanley of Alderley
rsd the Hon. Misses Stanley, Viscount Cranbourne, the
es‘roa and Baroness Von Stentz, Lady Bateman and the
"'en. Miss Hanbury and Hon. Mrs. White Melville,
rard Ward and Miss de Burgh, Lord Arthur Hay,
''Ord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lady Adelaide Paget,
.11111(1 Lady Alfred Paget, Lady Stanley, Baron de Sternberg,
in. Mrs. Dyce Sombre and party, `Lord Adolphus Vane,
"'TT. Hugh Rowley, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Major the
Peen,* B. Needham. Hon. E. Lascelles Mr. Erskine. Mr.
/reit de Burgh, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Misses
xobhouse, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Col. Brownlow
1!,1.P., Hon. Orlando Bridgeman, Dowager Lady
Jlelesworth and party, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, Cspt.
on, Mr. Buckley, Captain Steele, Mr.-Raymond Barker,
n Makenzie, Madame Ralli and party, Mr. De Bla-
g!i'ere, Major Horace Pitt, Sir William and Lady de Bathe,
Sir George Armytage, Mr. De Lizard', Capt. De Bathe,
kaPt. Chewton, Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Orm, Col. Blaine,
raJor Gage, Lieut.-Colonel Crombie, Mr. Lister Kaye, Mr.
kartineau Sir John Lowther, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gee.rge
Barrington, Mr. William Rose, Sir Charles Marshall, Col.
”'gram, &
t.
DIORAMA OF THE HOLY LAND.—The following
t:tabers of the aristocracy and gentry have recently visited
e above beautiful painti :—Her Royal Highness the
rincess Mary of Cambridge and suite, the Archbishop of
Canterbury; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, seems-
tahie ony Lord Albert, Lord Ronald, and Lady Constance
islvesGower and party; the Duke of Northumberland, the
t..arquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and
eearchioness of Dowries, the Marquis and Marchioness of
kildare, the Earl and Countess of Ducie, the Earl of St.
the mans, Earl Jermyn and party, the Bishop of St. Asaph,
.re Bishop of Sodor and Man, Lady John Russell and family,
.'..gZrlleityaadnsdtock and party, Lady Stanley, the Hon. Niss
party, the Chevalier Bunsen, Lady Goulburn
part party, Sir Gardner Wilkinson Colonel Fielding and
fsarty, Digby Wyatt, Esq , Eliot Warburton, Esq., Dr. Pet-
tigrew, E. W. Lane, Esq., W. H. Bartlett, Esq., David,
Roberts, Esq., Francis Ainsworth, Esq., &c.
FISTULA INFIRMARY.—The annual meeting of the
subscribers and patrons of this institution took place yes-
terday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. Atderrnan Hooper in
the
chair. The report stated that the past year had been
one of unexampled prosperity; within the last three months
one individual had presented them with the munificent dona-
tion of .?,0001., accompanied by no restrictions, but merely a
suggestion that the donation should be applied towards pur-
chasing a site for erecting the intended new hospital, and
that all unnecessary expenditure should be avoided for the
external part of the building in order the better to provide
comforts for the sufferers destined to become inmates within
its walls, a d that no part of the funded property of the in-
stitution should be applied for the of the building;
purpose ...0
also one condition, that the name of the donor should be
withheld. A legacy of 1,0001., free of duty, had also been
left to the institution by the late Jeremiah Olive and one
of 100/, from the late Mr. J. Jones. The; had obtained a
Bite upon which they would be enabled to erect an hospital
capable of accommodating 50 inmates; but the committee
recommended that the budding should not be commenced
until the amount of subscriptions towards that fund had
reached 5,00 /., independent of the cost of the site. They
had now in hand for that purpose, including the 3,0001.,
above alluded to, 4,300/. During the past fourteen years
6,500 patients had been relieved by this institution, 2,500
of whom had been under cure by operative surgery. An
auxiliary society, consisting of the poor patients who had
qeen relieved by this institution, had been formed, and pre-
sented this charity annually with between 401. and 50/. ;
and one patient at Newmarket had during the past year col-
lected in small sums all., which he bad sent as a donation to
this institution. The total receipts for the past year, includ-
'ag a balance left, and 6601. belonging to the building fund,
amounted to 2,50 e/. 13s. lld ; and the expenditure to 1,2061.
I, Is. 7d. The surgeon's report stated, that of the 537 patients
during the year,246 had been discharged cured; 173 materi-
ally relieved ; incurable ;33 discharged for irregu.lari ys.;
leaving 80 still under treatment. The report was acloptea
ricers for the ensuing year elected, and after a vote of thanks
to the chairman, the meeting separated.
DEPTH OF TER OCEAN IN THE SOUTH AT-
I/Inc.—Letters dated Washington, March 10, pubiiali the
borough)"j passage from a letter of Lieutenant John E. Golds-
ati, United States navy, formerly assistant in the coast
Town,
It is dated United States ship Saner. ea, Cape
i"wn, Cape of Good Hope, e ec. af3, 1850 During our
luNsge from Rio de Janeiro to Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good
et. °lies being in lat. 28 21 S , and long. 29.17 W., wcsound'd
obtainedanddai bottom at the depth of 3,10 a fatheies, or three
thin ialf- miles. Our sounding apparatus was a 321 b. slaot,
fa, b with
ngso,
wire, and attached to a small line of 5,e00
601 b. The
ever seen
uannddi sufficiently strong to bear a weight of
Couldit be, and obtained,
when attempting to haul it on board, after
kirrace. g.sundings, it parted about 50 fathoms from the
The time occupied in sounding was one hour and
nine minutes.
M. Monerieff, the present Solicitor-General for
'ootleed •
is to be the new Lord-Advecate As the Lord-
be cate must be a Member of Parliament, a vacancy will ee_ reated for Mn, Moncrieff in Kinross-ehire.— Wasgoes
sselestitutional.