The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

On Saturday evening the accomplished and fascina-
ting dartseuse, Mdlle. Boschetti, made her first ap-
pearance this season in a new ballet divertissement,
entitled "Les Roses," in which she was most ably
assisted by Mesdames Srlvioni, Pasquali, Karliski,
Morlacchi, and Signor Baratti. " Les Roses " is "a
trifla light as air," but it serves, nevertheless to dis-
play the talent of the principal performer to great ad-
vantage, and was most favourably received from first
to last.

Madlie. Boschetti was particularly successful, and
to her was justly awarded the " lion's share" of the
general approbation.
The divertissement was preceded by "11l Don Gio-
vanni," which was again most admirably executed and
enthusiastically applauded.
The house was, as on former occasions, crowded to
the ceiling, and the immense success which has attended
the revival of Mozart's operatic eltef d'auvre—a suceess
quite unparalleled in the more recent history of classic
opera—has induced the director of her Majesty's Theatre
to give an " extra" performance of that incomparable
work this evening.
Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals
honouring the performances with their presence we ob-
served the following :—The Duchess of Wellington,
Lady Julia Hay, Lord aad Lady Charles Wellesley and
party, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Cleveland,
Lady Augusta Paulet and party, the Duchess of Mon-
trose, the Marquis and Marchioness of. Londonderry,
the Countess Dowager of Harrington, the Coun,esa of
Bective, the Countess of Harrington, Lord Ward, Earl
of Luean, the Earl of Harrington, the Ein of Bective,
the Earl of Lincaln, Lord Skelmersdale, his Excellency
Don Francisco de Rivero, the Minister Resident of
Peru, Madame de Rivero, Don Federus Pezet (secre-
tary of legation) nod party, the Viscountess Newport,
the Viscountess Villiers, Lord eottenharn, Lord Blan-
tyre, Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, the Dowager Lady
Panmure and party, Lord and Lady Killeen, Lady
Evelyn Stanhope, Lady Gsorgiana Codrington, Lady
Flower, Lady Nicholson, Lady Talbot, Lady Kuatch-
bull, the Hon. Charles Hanoury, the am. Walter [tar-
bard, the Hon. Robert Bourke, the Hon. Dudley Ward
and Miss Ward, the Hon. Mrs. Cust, Captain the Hon.
F. T. Pelham, the Hon. Mrs. Anson and party, the
Hon. H. T. Manners Sutton, Colonel the Hon. James
Macdonald, C. 8., Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander
Woodford, K.C.8., Lady Woodford and party, the
Hon. Francis Egerton, the Hen. Percy Doyle, Sir John
Lowther, Bart., Sir David Baird, Bart., Major-General
Sir George Birvles, K.C.8., Sir Joseph Paxton and
Lady Paxton, &c.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--The arrangements for the
ensuing week are highly attractive. Oa Monday Ma-
dame Itistori appears again in the new and most success-
ful tragedy of " Gamma." In the whole range of
works by which this wJnderaus artist is known, there is
no one in which she has achieved such triumphs as this
fine tragedy of "Gamma," and we trust that Monday
will not witness its last performance for the season. On
Tuesday " Traviata" will be repeated with the same
powerful cast as on previous occalions. Wednesday
Madame Ristori appears in the new tragedy of "Fazio,"
of which fame speaks in the highest terms. And on
Thursday that successful debutante, Mdlle. Balfe, will
make her first appearance in "Lucia di Lammermoor."
lAtil!e. Plunket►, on the same evening, is announced for
a second appearance in the new successful divertisse-
ment.

GREAT GLOBE.—The following distinguished persona
have visited the Great Globe, Leicester-square :—The
Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess Stanhope,
the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Warden, the
Countess of Bamore, the Duke of Norfolk's family, the
Ladies Duplin, Beresford Hope, Hereford, Granville,
Gordon, Mary Turner, Elzabetb Vaughan, and Claren-
don, Lord and Lady Glengall, and Lord and Lady
Newark.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—On Friday the
Or 'leery meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works
took place at Guildhall. Mr. Drew introduced a depu•
tation from the vestry of Bermondsey upon the subject
of the intended park there, and a memorial was pre-
sented urging that steps should now be taken to carry
out the project. The memorial was received, and Mr.
Drew gave notice that at the next meeting he should
move that the proposal for the formation of a park for
Bermondsey be referred to a committee for inquiry and
report.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—On Saturday
the Marylebone vestry re-elected Mr. J. A. Nicholay to
represent that body in the Metropolitan Board of
Works. The numbers were, for Mr. Nichelay, 63;
for Dr. A. Sayer, 40 votes.
HIGHWAYS AND TURNPIKES. —Mr. Massey's new bill
has just been printed. It gives power to the intended
new highway boards to meet and resolve that turnpike
roads nut of debt shall he converted into highways ; and,
on the Secretary of Stete approving, all turnpike gates
And bars in such seleoted districts are to be abolished ;
but by clause 4 the metropolis and all the parishes in ,
the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works are speci-
ally excepted from the act. Government has already re-
moved the toll-gates in. Dublin—has a bill in Parliament
to Clear al Ireland from them—nevertheless now, when
the English measure is produced, the metropolis is ex-
cep`ed.
'CIIUNDERSTORM.—On Saturday morning shortly be-
fore one o'eleck the metropolis and the suburban parts
of London were visited by a violent thunderstorm, which
lasted for upwards of an hour. The storm was at its
height about half past one o'clock, when the lightning
became extremely vivid. The peals of thunder were at
intervals loud and long. A complete deluge of rain fol-
lowed, and before it abated the row-lying places and
other buildings were inundated for several hours. In the
vicinity cf Victoria-park, Old Ford, Bo le, Stratford,
Ilornerton, Hackney, Kiegslend, and other places the
effect of the storm was more severely fed`. Vegetation
was not much injured, although various market gar-
deners have suffered a little by the unusually heavy fall
of rain and the destruction of young Wants.
FATAL ACCIDF,NT AT PLYI4ODTII.-011 Tuesday last
a sties.' of porpoises having gone up beyond the Earl of
Morley's bridge, which crosses the estuary of the Loire,
above Catwater, Plymouo, were attacked by a number
of men in boats, and severai of large dimensions were
destroyed. The unusual sport attracted many specta-
tors, and unfortuoaeely a shot from one of the rifles
appears to have hit the head of a porpoise, and, flying
up, wounded the arm of a young man named Poppleton,
and passed through the body of Jonathan Corker, a
shipwright, who died shortly after his admission to the
South Devon Hospital. At the inquest held before
Mr. E inroads on Friday, it was found impossible to
identity the person who fired the fatal bullet, and an
open verdict was accordingly returned.