The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-08 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

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Ressini's Otello was produced here last evening,
with Tamberlik as Otello, Ronconi lago, Zelger
Elmiro' and Madame Grisi Desdemona. The part
of Desdemona has always bent a great part in the
repertoire of Grisi, and albeit she scarcely looks
" the gentle lady married to the Moor" whom Shakespere
drew, yet she is an admirable operatic Desdemona,
seeing that the Desdemona of Rossini is by no
means " a gentle lady," but en impassioned Venetian,
who can very well take her own part when occasion re-
quires. Grisi was in excellent voice on Saturday; she
sung the music deliciously, and made all her old points
with unerring precision—a compliment, by the-bye,
which cannot be paid to the audience, who unaccounta-
bly neglected to encore the gem of the opera—the Willow
Song. The Otello of Tamberlik was very fine; his "make
up" was admirable, his acting most impassioned, and
his singing superb; he is the most manly Otello on the
stage. Ronconi was excellent as Iago; his duet with
raraberlik, in the second act, was the very perfection of
dramatic singing. Zelger, as Elmiro, although not equal
to Lablache, was very effective. Maralti was
a pains-taking Roderigo; and Mademoiselle Cotti
an excellent Emilia. The choruses were ad-
mirably given, and the orchestra all that could be de-
sire d. The principal artistes were frequently called on
during the course of the performance. The Queen's box
was occupied by Lady George Lennox and the Hon. Miss
Lennox, and Mrs. Locks and party. Amongst the com-
pany we remarked his Excellency the Danish Minister,
the Countess Reventlow, Countess Hilda Reventlow, and
Count Christian Reventlow, the Duke de Rigrano, the
Marquis of Winchester, the Marquis of Douro, M P
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the Marchioness of Westmeath and Lady Frederick
Bentinck, the Marchesa Broncaleone and Mademoiselle
dronealeone, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Bess-
borough, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Gifford,
the Earl of Pomfret, the Earl and Countess
Fiegall and the Ladies Plunkett, Viscount Ex-
mouth and the Viscountess Maidstone and Lady
Adelaide Paget and Miss Paget, Viscount Newport,
M.P., Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Dungannon, Lord
Saltoun, Lady Dinorbon and Miss Wallis, Lady Ashley,
Lord Cranstoun, Lord Colville, Lady Rose Lovell and
Captain Lovell, &c , James and Lady Anne Mackenzie,
Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Lady Hunt and party, Lady
l)ufferin and Miss Doyle, Lady Caroline Masse arid Miss
Masse, Lord and Lady Poltimore, Lord Archibald St.
Maur, Lady Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Lady
Ei z sbeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel and Lady Rach.-1
Russell, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Sir George and Lady
Army-cage and party, Lady de Bathe and party, Sir
Francis and Lady Lawley, Sir John Yarde Buller. M.P.
and Lady Buller and Miss Buller, Sir William Moles-
worth, M.P., and Lady Molesworth, Sir George and
Lady Carroll and Miss Carroll, Sir Henry Webb, Co-
lonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, &c.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER —The %bole of the
affair connected with the Bermondsey murder has been set-
tled by the Treasury. It may be recollected that, shortly
after the execution of the Mannino, all the property found
on the convicts and in Scotland, and the railway shares, were
delivered over to the Crown, to be disposed of. That portion
belonging to the murdered man was paid to his relatives,
and the remainder, which was clearly established to be the
property of Manning and his wife, was retained until some
settlement could be made respecting the expenses of their
defence. Mr. Binns, the solicitor for Manning, and Mr. So-
lomons, the solicitor for his wife, received instructions some
time ago to send in their respective accounts, and last week
letters were sent to them, requesting their attendance at the
Treasury. On Saturday those gentlemen hai an interview
with alr. Mettle, and received payment of their accounts, but
much reduced in amount. The French Rentes have been
iii,,osed of, and the other property has been handed over to
Manning's relatives.
ROYAL COLLEGE or PHYSICIANS.—The following
gentlemen have been elected Fellows:—Dr. Basham, Dr.
Peacock, Dr. Herbert Davies, Dr. G. Johnson, Dr. Acland
(Oxford), and Dr. Ormerod. The censors chosen for the
year are—Dr. Mayo, Dr. Barker, Dr. Barlow, and Dr. Jeaf-
freson.
Letters, dated May 10, from her Majesty's troop
ship Apollo, Commander Rawstorne, at the Cape of Good
Hope, state that she left Hong-Kong with the 95th Regi-
ment, about 800 rank and file, on the Ist of March, and ar-
rived at Simon's Bay on the Bth of May. During the
passage great sickness prevailed among the troops, caused in
the first _place by their protracted residence abroad. The
whole ship for a long period was quite like an hospital, as
many as 100. and sometimes 150, being sick at a time of
dysentery, of which forty soldiers died. Only one of the
officers had been ill, and he recovered. On arrival at the
Cape all the sick were sent to the hospital, and the rest of
the troops were landed at the dockyard ; six men who were
very ill when landed died ashore, and more will probably die
betore reaching England. However, only four or five fresh
cases occurred after arrival, and the weather was very fine.
No mention is made of any sickness amongst the crew. The
senior medical officer at the Cape has been on board and in-
spected the Apollo; she was to be cleaned and purified, pro-
visions got on board, and everything ready to receive the
troops by the 26th of May ; but the medical officer thought
they ought not to go before the Ist of June, so as to give the
men time to recover previous to embarkation. All the sick
will be left behind, and this will in some measure prevent
overcrowding. The Apollo, it is supposed, will be paid off
on arrival home. She has not sufficient height between
decks, and is otherwise ill-adapted for the conveyance of
troops, of which fact there has been very fatal evidence since
she left England.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.

POISONING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.--The inquest
upon the body of Thomas Harris, the hatter of Coalpit-heath,
about nine miles from Bristol, and who, it was alleged, died
of poison administered by his wife, was brought to a con-
elusion by a verdict of wilful murder having been returaedl
against the wife (who is about 60 years of age), and she has
been, committed for trial. It appeared from the evidenee
adduced that the deceased, who was 62 years :of age, was
both a respectable and indastrious man, and had accumu-
lated some savings; but he did not live happily with his
wife, who was suspected of having formed an improper inti-
macy with a man named Curtis, a shoemaker, who occa-
sionally visited at the house. About the middle of April
Harris was taken ill, complaining of pain and soreness in the
stomach, with vomiting. He gradually got worse, and
died on the 29th. Upon the day of his death Curtis
was at the house, and in less than three weeks after
was married to the widow. The public mind becoming
excited upon the subject, the body was exhumed, and the
viscera, &c., conveyed to Mr. erapath, the analytical
chemist, who discovered arsenic in considerable quantities,
in the liver, and in the stomach and intestines. It was
proved that during his illness all the food, Sze., taken by him
was prepared by his wife (the prisoner), and that she had
been frequently heard to say that she wished he was dead.
It was also proved that the prisoner had purchased half an
ounce of arsenic at a shop at Frampton Cotterell, about ten
weeks since, stating that she wanted it to poison a black eat;
and it was also shown that abe had no black cat. The Co-
ron-r summed up the evidence, the prisoner having declined
making any statement, and the jury returned a verdict of
wilful murder against her. The prisons-, who was dressed
very respectably, and who appeared to take very little notice
of the proceedings, was then committed for• trial at the
Gloucester Assizes.

BPITANNIA BRIDGE —The 24th or 25th of this
mouth is the clay appointed for the floating off the fourth and
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has attained its elevation, and will forthwith take its place
alongside.the tube on duty.—Chester
CHEATING THE POOR —At a meeting of the board
of guardians of the Portsea union (Hants), on Wednesday
last, the subject of the bread delivered to the poor was made
the subject of discussion; in consequence of complaints as to
its being under weight. It appeared that the bread was
supplied by four different contractors, amounting to 1,490
loaves per week, and on being weighed by the authorities, it
was found that out of 160 loaves supplied by one contractor,
only 8 were of full weight, some being from sto 12 ounces
short. Of the whole quantity of 1,490 loaves, there was an
average deficiency of 214 ounces on each loaf. The result
of this exposure has been that the relieving officer is, for the
future, to weigh the bread on receiving it, and to be held re-
sponsible for its being full weight.