The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,

The performance of Fidel io on Saturday night by
Mademoiselle Sofie Cruvelli more than justified the
expectations which her performance on Tuesday had
induced us to entertain. It was perfect; her invo-
cation to hope was one of the most exquisite pieces
of poetical acting and singing ever witnessed ; mag-
nificent, too, was her rendering of the far-famed
canon, "Ii core la sua 14," exciting a burst of
rapturous applause such as has seldom pro-
ceeded from the ordinarily cold audience of
a fashionable theatre, but Sofie Cruvelli has
excited a perfect furore, and the audience of
Saturday seemed in its enthusiasm more like an
Italian than an English audience. Sims Reeves was
admirable as Florestan, and Madame Giuliani is un-
doubtedly the best Marcellina who has ever appeared.
Culetti threw immense power into the part of Pizar-
ro, and the Rocco of Balanchi was very good. The
rendering of the overtures and accompaniments by
the orchestra was perfect, and great credit is due to
Mr. Balfe for the judicious manner in which he
has translated the spoken dialogue into recitative.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the perfomanees with his presence. The Queen's
box was occupied by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bo-
water and Lady Bowater, Sir Thomas and Lady Staples,
Mrs. Colonel Barnes, Mrs. Frederic Barnes, and party.
Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals
honouring the theatre with their presence on this occa-
sion were the following:—His Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duke of Cleve-
land, Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, his Excellency the
Prince Demidoff, his Excellency the Swedish Minister,
his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, Marquis of Clauricarde,
Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Wilton, Earl and
Countess of Stamford, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Car-
digan, Earl of Glengall, the Countess de Morilla, Earl
of Behest, Earl Mountcharles, Earl of Falmouth,
Earl of Chesterfield, Earl. Gifford, Viscount Dupplin,
Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Oran-
bourne, viscount Canterbury, Viscount Enfield, the
General Trinco Walenski, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord
and Lady Francis Gordon, Lady Charles Somerset and
Miss Somerset, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Seymour, the
Ladies St. Maur, Lord George Paget. Lady de Ores-
pigny, the Right Hon. Francis Baring, M.P., Lady
Pigott, Lady Wetherell Warneford, Hon. Mr. Talbot,
Hon. Mrs. Gore and Miss Gore, Lieut.- General Sir E.
Kerrison, Bart., Lady Kerrison aud Miss Kerrison,
Lieut.-General Sir A. W, odford, Bart., Lady Wood-
ford and Miss Woodford, Sir IL Webb, Batt, Sir
Charles Shakerloy, Bart., Sir P. Acland, Bart, Lady
Molesworth, Lady Clay, Lady Palmer and Miss Palmer,
Major the Hon. James Macdonald, Hon. F. Cadogan,
Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Len-
nerd, Sir Compton Domville, Bart., and Lady Domaine,
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Hon. A. D'Willoughby,
Hon. Miss Howard, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Mr. Need-
ham, Mr. F. Vivian, the Greek Consul and Madame
Ralli, Mrs. Dennistoun, Captain Lyon, Captain Lord,
Colonel Shuter, Mrs. Davis, the- Misses Dutton,
Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Captain Moorsom, Captain
and Mrs. Dicken, Captain Smith, Mr. G. Dodd,
M.P., and Mrs. Dodd, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. C. B. Baldwin. M.P., Mr. F.
Uzielli, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Felix Pryor, Mr. 0.
Morgan, M.P., Mr. Greigson, Mr. Lock, Mr. Webster,
Mr. Wies, Mr. Peabody, Mr. Delafield, Mr. Wilson,
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Pole, Mr. B.
Trelawny, Mr. G. Krehmer, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Paul,
Mr. Abbott, Mr_ Mogan, Mr. 11euulkyr Wilton,
Mrs. and Miss Hudson, Miss Caroline Bellow, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Wheeler, Colonel Archdall, M.P., Mr.
and Miss Ewing, Captain and Mrs. Alexander, Mr. F.
Farrel, Mr. Bruatiley, M.P., Mr. Gordon IWhitbread,
Mr. H. Baring, M.P., Mr. and the Misses Lowther, Mr.
F. Vivian, &o.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
COVENT-GARDEN.

Lucrezia Borgia was repeated on Saturday, with
the same cast as heretofore, save that Signor Bianchi
took the part of the Duke instead of Signor
Salvatore, who has not yet recovered from his hoarse-
ness, and acquitted himself with great credit.
The majestic Grisi was in excellent voice, and her
representation of the haughty yet impassioned Borgia
was sublime (there is no other word that can fitly
describe it). Mario, as Gennaro, was full of passion, and
sung the music of the part with exquisite taste and
finish. Angri was the Orsini, and her rendering of
the character was full of spirit. The " Brin-
disi" was superbly sung, and was enthusi-
astically re-demanded. The house was one
of the most numerous and fashionable of
the season. We are told by a Sunday contemporary
that " after the curtain had fallen, some excitement
was occasioned by two or three servants coming for-
ward and looking anxiously about the stage near the
footlights. It soon transpired that Grisi, who had
worn all her magnificent diamonds in representing
the Borgian Queen, had had the misfortune, during
the excitement of the closing scene, to lose several
valuable stones from her tiara. An active sympathy
pervaded the house until the audience were satisfied
that the missing jewels had been recovered."
The Queen's box was occupied on Saturday evening
by the Earl and Countess of Lichfield and the Ladies
Harriet and Gwendolena Anson and party. The Earl
and Countess Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot and
party occupied the Duke of Bedford's box. Among the
fashionable company honouring the theatre with their
presence, we remarked his Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the
Marquis of Northampton, the Marchesa Branca-
leoni and Madlle. Brancaleoni, the Marchioness
of Westmeath and Miss Dawson, the Earl and
Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux the
Countess of Strathmore and party, the Earl and
Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl and Countess of Bess-
borough, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss John-
son, the Earl Bruce, the Countess of Glengall, and Lady
Margaret Butler, the Earl Granville, the Earl Cowper,
the Earl of Durham, Viscount nson, M.P., Vis-
count Ingestre, Viscountess Dungannon and Miss
D'Arey Irvine, Viscount Clifden, Lord and Lady
Carington and the Honourable Miss Carington, Lady
Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Lady Macfarlane
and Miss Macfarlane, the Ladies Henrietta and G wen-
dolene Somerset, and Mr. and Lady Rose Lovell, Lord
Adolphus Vane, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady Moles-
worth and the Hon. Misses Blake, Lord Colville,
Lord John Manners, M.P., Baron de Steinberg,
Colonel the Bon. R. Fitagibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon,
Lady Glamia and Lady Victoria Lyon Bowes, Count
Perssoneher, Honourable Mrs. Villiers and party, Hon.
Mr. Anson and Miss Anson, Hon. Theobald Dillon,
Hon. Leopold Ellis, Hon. John Fortescue M.P.,
Hon. Hugh Ron ley, Captain the Hon. Gerard Noel,
Hon. E. Stuart Wortley, Miss Burdett Coutts and party,
Sir George and Lady Armytage, Sir William and Lady
De Bathe and party, Mrs. Mcuntjoy Martyn and party,
Captain the Honourable Charles Banbury, Major Gage
and Mrs. Gage and party, Mr. H. Bingham Baring,
Mr. and Mrs. Baring and party, Mr. Henry Greville,
Mr. Gregory, Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., Mr. C. Standish,
Captain Steel, Captain Talbot Stanley, Captain
Robertson, Captain Shearson, Captain and Mrs. Villiers
Hatton, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. De Blaquiere, the
Raja of Sarawak, Major Mountjoy Martyn, Hon. Fre-
derick Leveson Gower, Mr. P. Martineau, Mr. and
Mrs. Ccghlan, Captain De Horsey, Captain Woodford,
Captain Pe aithe, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott, Mr.
dieC,
Captainlatony Pakenham, Captain
, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr.
Jocelyn, &c.
LAercJeodsetetknn, Ce'uronnejl C.Lrolowd

LONDON, BRIGHTON,
WAY. AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL

Traffic —Week ending May 24, 1651 (Epsom

Races) .. £15,816 6 0
Traffic— Week ending May 23, 1850 (Whit-
suntide) 12,117 17 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 186,032 14 3
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1.:50 ... 165,241 6 2
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
May 24, 1851 ... 94,053
Passengers ... ... £13,626 18 8
Goods ... ... 2,249 7 4

Total... £15,876 6 0
Total miles open, 1851, 1731,/ ; ditto, 1850, 17114.
London Terminus, May 1851.

DETERMINED SUICIDE. About two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, as one of the Iron Steam-boat OM-
pany's boats was on its way up the river, and when off the
pier near Westminster, a man of gentlemanly appearance,
who was on board, threw himself head foremost into the
river. Every exertion was made by the captain of the
vessel, to save the life of the unfortunate man, but unsuccess-
fully; and it is supposed that in consequence of his having
thrown himself immediately before the paddle-wheel that
he must hate been struck by it, as he did not, rise to the
surface.