The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-02 00:00:00

SUN,

LONDON,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

1818,ietuoi•etu Cruvelit lias, by her impersonation of
Norma en Saturday, fully vindieated her claim to lyrical
-supremacy. Gr, at things well!, expected of her, and
,re, couch tuore than fulfilled those expecta-
tions. " She hat given us a version of Norma which is, as
origins.l and 's43- p`illect as was the version of
Shy lock by Ethrtaiii Icean, and wh.ch has as com-
pletely:Wit:a oy, storm the habitues of the opera
as dia that marvellous embodiment try the great English
actor of the thoughts and conc;p,i,.in, of Shakt;pere
p take by storm the lioglish hy-going public.. We have
been hitherto aeccostomed to tko distinct types of
Norma. the rmijcstie and impassionedly energetic, the
Norma furb ics to short, of which Grisi was the Creator,
and the vatu,,,e;.the fetniume, 'the Sentimental Norma of
viMieh Jenny Lies; watt the pattern repre-entative. The
NoranCiii Cruvelti con:thin. a the majesty
and the intasil.of the first to the" pa hos aild teeiirg
of the s,Cond, and is more natural than either;
every gesnire, ands-every tone seems spontaneous and
•
impukiVe, and as
" One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin,"

heri t i'
al-uutitit 'inue,ir
~,fai; toitli,,4rte I:zinidollideijile:rrry
"c~~rziFtletrly than of
her predecessors. Their vet stems, we ceuld ws'ch and
admire, but it is impossible to watch Cruvelli; by
a species of mental eleetricity, us it were, she makes her
audience share in her own impassioned feelings, and it
is oily seirerelin r fiction that we are able to criticise
that. which we have sea and heard." Toe expecta-
tion t f the musicA worti had been raised to the highest
pitch of liorneity by, Mantle. Cruvelles p,rformanee
of Fidelio, and the exterior Of her 111.jesty's Theatre
before the opening of the' doors on'Saturdsy presented
very much ,the appearance of a Jenny Lind night. The
,ustr,..sstis lerritit; and before the rising of the curtain
not.only was every place cammanding a view of the stage
e."t.:'upied;, hut esee tie steps leeding up into the pit wet e
'crow deekby persons willing to take view chance of being
ultimsvely able tO'gain,:fiterally ptep •by step, a position
from er hien they thigh. catch a glimpse of the scrne. The
first *Tee of the eepera svas listened to sith somewhat of
Impatience until the etitraumt 44 Norms; then all was
bushed iritee-a silenCe so still,. so solemn, tbat it
was positively; .sublime. Cruvelli lit first appeared
almost unnerved, but Siie instantly recov,red hetself, end
rendered thee '• Casta Diva" with the voice of an angel
and the majesty `of a glitidese: The cabaletta was ren-
dered • with a depth of tHssion and a brilliancy
• a extcution that completely took the audience by storm;
befOre'it's conclusien they were positively restless trom
intense excitement, and at its conclusion there rose one
loud, simultanuous, we may almost say, impassioned
barn oVapplauSi7,'that.tit once proved bow completely
she had enthralled her audience. At the conclusion she
was again greeted With a loud burst of applause,
and:' again et zher• entrance in the next scene.
The scene with her children was acted with infinite
grace and delicaey, and the suppressed feeling of re-
morse,' was :finely and 'artistically indicated. Then
eawe the. grand scene with Actalgisa and Pollio, and
never'has the feeling of majestic scorn, of haughty in-
dignation,,been so sublimely represented as it was by
Cruvelli. In this magnificent scene her whole frame seemed
convulsed witbpassion, and the whole.of tbe magnificent
"Ah, 'non trema," was rendered with an impassioned
energy' and &majestic dignity that Rachel alone could
have infused into it, but whiCh even she could not have
surpassed.. In the second act Mdlle. Cruvelli gives a new
a sinking, and, as it appears to us, a more natural
version of the character than any to which we have
been stocustOmed. She represents Norma as, though
overeibelme d by the horrors of her situation, she
were trembling on the verge of insanity, not as
mad but ! as distraught, her brain o'erwrought,
her.:: wind confused, until roused. by (vernal circutn-
3tartees.— This was the idea cese)ed to us by her
acting in the ',scene in which she contemplates the
.mureiev uC': her children;. she seemed scarcely
a responsible But the entry .of Adal.
gisa aroused :her, Auld the "Deb! con te " seemed
oh() despeirtng utterance of an agonized and broken
heart. Her rendering of the last scene was full of im-
passioned vi hemence up to the moment •in which
she denounces herself as she guilty (me; it .seemed as
though rasa Self, denunciation had restored peace to her
soul, and from that moment she exhibited the resignation
of one who had giveu up all hops', whose mission it was
tu, auff.r. No hing could exceed the heartrending
pathork. :of " Qial con tradtsti," and of the ap-
peal to ()roves() on behalf of -her children, and
at the tall of the curtain the furore of the audience was
at its height. -The ,Adalgisa of Madame Giuliani was a
graceful and finished performance,: end the Palo of
Pardini was most effective; he makes more of this uphill
arid thankless part than elmost any of his predecessors
have done, Oroveso Lablache was magnificent.

HER MAJESTY'S iIvTAND.b.D VISIT TO
THE CITY.

The announcement or nor' 'Majesty having graciously
signified her intention of honouring the Corporation of
the City of London with a visit on the 2ti of July, and
being present at. a grand bauquet,which is to take place
in tlie`l,iiildhali in boinmemoration of the Exhibition
of all bTationia. has.produced no small amount of interest
and grattficatioh„ As' soon as it was known that her
MsY ity had aecepted theinvieation of her loyal citizens,
a caemi: tee, formed of the members of the Courts of
'Alderineit'and Common Council, wits appointed to carry
out Ili., usual arrangements tor the eutertaiiimeut, which
wili,be conducted on a scale of great novelty and splen-
dour,- far surpassing anything that probably wai ever seen
within the walls of the Guildhall. and conveying to the
distit•guished Nut rs who will be, present a _tolerable
pro, fof the wealth and liberality of the grt atest city in
the world. As tar. as the arrangements have proceeded
the ball will be laid - out almost in the same order
as was 'observed -on, ber..,sl,,jesty's visit in 1837, but
with some very considerable and important additions.
The old !Exchequer Chamber, the Courts of Aldermen
and Corn'tn,m.,Ciaineil, will, bc.divested:of their present
fittings, decorated :in a very superb style as addi-
tional banqiketing and retitingjoonas. . The Committee
Chambets Will,. be devoted to tbe exclusive use of the
Queen and the royal suiie. In order to afford, the greatest.
possitile *panel° the Many tindidguished personages who
will be anxious to witness, this great national scene, a
light ornamental gallery, we understand, will be thrown
up round the-Western end of the hall. The exact number
of invitations` that will be issued has not as yet been
finally'fixed,.titit.we way State that they will include the
royal and foreign Prieces,--her Majesty's Ministers, the
heads of both 'louses of Parliament, the Royal Commis-
sioners fur the Eibibition, the Ekectitivp Giuucil, and,
it room could be obtain, d. it has been suggested that the
mayors of the United Kingdom might be muted to meet
their SoVereig4 on this auspicious occasion. With . the
aid of the Exchequer Chamber it is 'thought that little
short of 000 vibu(oro might .be accommodated. Her
Majesty' and her Royal Consort will prOceed from Buck-
ingham Palace to the City in semi-state. At Temple-
bar Abe Lord Diay.r .and the.othercorporative authori-
ties will meet the Q teen; and escort the royal cortege to
Guildhall --Surtd4 Payer.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH•COAST
RAILWAY.
Traffic Week ending May 3), ►B5l ... £lO,OOB 11 9
Traffic Week ending June I, 1850 (Epsoni
Races) - 15,101 12 11
Total of :the half-year, to this date, 1851 ~. 196,0.1 6 0
Total of the half-) ear, to this date, 1.50 ... ►60,34.2 19 1
Total number of Passengers— Week ending
May 31,1851 ... 71,037
Passengers ... £3,022 17 6
t. • 60,ds ... 1,985 14 3

Total ... XlO,OOB 11 9
Total miles open, 1851, 1734 ; ditto, 18)0, 17114.
Lundon Terminus, June 2, 1851.

THE ISLE Of WIOHT ELECTION.--,09 Friday an
adjourned inquest was held on the body of Mr. Cole, Captain
Aiatn.,nd's agent.; who.lost his life dining the recent election
in the isle of Might..:. It appeared that as 111 r. -.Cole was
cOmingOut of Spencer,ltreet, in Rvde, on Monday afternoon,
two mobs, nutnneriog from 400 to 500, met him. One
et-
the men knocked the deceased's hat off, and almost imme-
diately afterwards another man grasped him by the hair of
the head. lie then ran away through the Terrace gates, but
previous tn renuirg away he uttered a deep groan, as if he
was hurt.: He took shelter irr a house, where the servant
found 4int lying fiat on his face. A medical gentleman
preyed `tieing sent fur to attend the deceased. and that on
arriving two minutes afterwards he found him quite dead.
Upon opening Trim, he found an ex travasation Of blood oh the
brain, which: might have been caused by pulling deceased's
hair with such violenc.; and he thought his death would not
have taken place had it not been fur the violence he receive 1.
Two of the pOliciine:n said they had gone to Mr. Cole's as-
,istance, but when they went they-found the mob returning
A police inspector said that; in consequence of information
he had received, -he had apprehended two men named
Thomas Gregory and Henry Gregory. He had since appre-
hended a natured ryessley on the same charge. The
coroner havingn'atinirned op, the- jury returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter against divers persons unknOwn."
FIRE :AND Loss. OF LlFE—Sharply before ten
o'clock on Satnrel.y night the inhabitants of Bridle-lane,
Golderiesquare, ;were„greatlf *larmed at tearing violent
scream6.procen:dinClinin the:''preniises of Mr. G. Caplin, a
master canner% carrying on business ,at n0..4, in the before"
named thoroughfare. 'several persons immediately rushed
into the birilding; -when. on entering-one of the rooms over
the stables, they beheld the 'room in a blaze, and in the
midst of the flames eras lying the unfortunate' wife of the
proprietoi of trio property. The fire at first raged with such
iury that no one-could enter o render any assistance to the
poor pteature, Several buckets of water having been pro-
curedt Abe fire was eventually extinguished, when it was
found:that nearly all ihe firinitirre" in the room was 'seriously
injured, Mrs. Caplin's fingers were burnt off, the flesh on her
lett side Was also burnt off; and her head frightfully charred.
A medical man was immediately sent for, who pronounced
life to be quite extinct. The husband of the poor woman
had left the room only three minutes before the fire occurred;
at that time she was striking a light with a lucifer match to.
light a candle.. Rdi4soblievTe4cle tdhetteaisnedso;a3doiangvesrhye
soberm tst
thirty-three years, of age.
whaovmeailtnait;dd
onlyfi.e
St4tIOUS2IIGCID.ENT IN it OTTENA.ROW.--otl Satur-
day afternoon, during the crowded promenade, M. Schweitzer,
a nwiss gentleman; rus thrown. with great violence from his
and
promptlylentlemee,
.Mr. Garett and Mr. s:l4Whinnie, were
br
~ensdaevreedd. everyp ri
ce
that Albert;
horse, and sustained, in addition to other injuries, a very se-
verenand'complicated compoUndn fracture of the arm. Two
and it is hoped the
who witnessed-the rfeCidett,- sent Colonel Seymour, in the
tno7tdulcuaalte y present,
eveting and yesterday, to make inquiries alter the unfortu-
nate.vzgentlerunan at -_Mr. ScnWeifzeris residence iu Jermyn-
reet.
ilt:srgN R OBBF 11IES.—On Saturday informa-
tion was given that'Count Ilevcutlow, of No. 2, Wilton.
terrace, Belgray.e,e.quare, bad teeti robbed of a number of
valuable' articles, amongst which was a Danish order, of
silver, in' the form of a star, with a heart in the centre, and
blue enatinelleir cross on the top. 'A silver gilt medal; having
on one side ti min in Roman cestinne, and on the reverse au
inseTiptiOn conitnenioiitiVe of "Conrad, Conies de nßevent-
I.,vi,',' .born 1604, and who died in 1708: Also thresgold
studii with chain. n Int emotion was also given that a man
absconded on Friday. with'43/., stolen from his employers,
essre. Knight and Co., so,,p-boilers, inn Old Gravelslane.
He is described of fair complexion;about 40.yeax, 010, Mut;
sucl bgnie*Secli 144 Iwo a whit§ anioldr94,