The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

MET,SIC.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER. HALL
performance " Elijah " nu Friday next, J uric 6.—Prin•
cipal vocalists Madame Clara Novel 10, Madame V iardot,
Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes:
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—There is now scarcely
any doubt that by next season the rebuilding of thl,4
the atre will be completed, and that the lyrical drama
will once more find its most splendid home in Bow-
street. The building is very far less injured by the
recent firo than is generally supposed ; the external shell
will need very little renovation, and the basement vaults,
of treat extent and utility, are almost unharmed.
ITALIAN OPERA AT THE SURREY THEATRE. The
series of Italian operas announced for performance
at this theatre give so much promise of ex-
cellence in regard to the artistic arrangements,
that the undertaking, though a bold one, bids
fair to be most successful.. The season, which will
he a short one, will commence on Monday, the 9th
June, and the following operas are already included in
repertoire :—"Il Barbiere di Siviglia," " Norma," " Lu-
crezia Borgia," " La Sonnambula," and an Italian ver-
sion of the " Bohemian Girl," whilst the list of artistes
comprises the names of Madame Gassier, Madame
Rudersdorff, Madame Lorin', Madame Caradori, Madlle.
Sedlatzek, Madlle. Rudersdorff, Madlle. Bregazzi, Signor
Luchesi, M. Du Laurens, Signor Lorini, Mr. Swift,
Signor Fortini, Signor Pierini, M. Gassier, &c. The
director of the music and conductor is to be Mr. Alfred
Mellon, and there is to be a ballet on each evening after
the opera, supported by Miss Resina Wright, Madlle.
Marie, and Madlle. Agnes. As this is the first time
such an experiment bas been tried in this locality, there
can be little doubt that its novelty will lend an addi-
tional charm to the entertainments, which, it appears,
aro to be conducted in a manner worthy of the Italian
stage and its professors.

DELIBERATE MURDER.—PLY3IOUTII, Sunday evening.
—By Electric Telegraph.—The ship Runneymede, Cap.
tain Burrows, now at anchor in the Sound, bound with
248 male convicts for Swan River, was this afternoon,
at 3 o'clock, the scene of a deliberate murder, committed
by the second military officer in command, Corporal
William Nevan, upon his superior, Acting-Serjeant-
Major Biugbam-Robinson, both belonging to the local
pensioners, of whom there are 30 in all on board. Ro-
binson, who was on the poop, sent for Nevan and or-
dered him to fetch Private Sullivan for parade. While
Sullivan was submitting his firelock for examination
Nevan descended to the main deck and put a cap on his
loaded firelock ; he then went part of the way up the
larboard poop ladder, and, stooping, fired at the serjeant,
who was standing on the starboard side of the poop.
The shot broke the stock of Sullivan's &desk in two
pieces as he held it in his hands, knocked off two of
Robinson's fingers ,and then entered his abdomen. Ro-
binson, in falling, cried out " Oh God ! I am shot ; Oh
God ! I am dead," and in a few minutes expired. I t
appears that recently, when on duty together at th e
Dartmoor prisons, Robinson and Nevan did not agree,
and that the latter, when in charge of the police, said
that Robinson had threatened to have his pension taken
from him. The serjeant leaves a widow and four chil-
dren, and the corporal has a wife and five children.
A GOOD MEMORY FOR GOOD DEEDB.—In the year
1854, a stranger lady, who was passing through Car-
lisle, naturally visited the cathedral, as a place of inte.
rest in our ancient city. After having seen everything
of note, she handed a douceur to Mr. John Scott, the
verger, for his attention, and departed. Mr. Scott
did not at the time observe what he had received, but
soon afterwards discovered it was a sovereign. Think-
ing there must be some mistake, he sought out the lady,
and found her on the point of starting for London.
The lady thanked him for his honesty, and for the
sovereign returned him a shilling, telling him that in
her present circumstances she could not spare a larger
sum. Mr. Scott heard nothing, nor did he ever expect
to hear anything more, of the lady, till last week his
recollection of the incident was revived by receiving
a large handsomely bound Illustrated Family Bible,
with the following ;inscription in the donor's own
handwriting :—"This sacred volume is presented to
John Scott, in remembrance of an aot of his integrity,
by a lady who visited the cathedral of Carlisle in 1554.
,—Carliee Journcfd.