The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-31 00:00:00

THE SUN,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The last performance for the season of La Son-
nambula, with Madame Sontag as Amina and Mr.
Sims Reeves as Elvino, attracted a crowded and bril-
liant audience to her Majesty's Theatre last evening.
Madame Sontag was in exquisite voice, and never sang or
acted better in her life. Thefinale, the far famed "All !
non giunge" was the very perfection of florid vocali-
zation, and was rapturously encored. Madame
Sontag was frequently called on during the
course of the opera, and also at the conclusion.
The Elvino of Mr. Sims Reeves was a perfect em-
bodiment of impassioned tenderness, and he was
throughout rapturously applauded. The Sonnambula
was followed by the last act of the Elisir d' Amore,
in which Madame Frezzolini excited even a
greater furore than she did on Saturday ; the encore
of her last air was one of unmistakeable heartiness.
Lablache as Dulcamara was the very perfection of
unctions humour, and Calzolari made a most inter-
esting Nemorino. The grand scene from Gugliel-
nto Tell, for Coletti, Baucarde, and Lorenzo, fol-
lowed, and was as usual a perfect triumph.
This being a " long Thursday" the choerographic per-
formances were of a more varied character than usual.
We had the grand scene from the beautiful ballet of
Thea for Marie Taglioni ; the Pas Styrien exquisitely
danced by Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles, the per-
formances concluding with Les Graces, in which
Carlotta Grisi, Amalia Ferraris, and Marie Taglioni
appeared together.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

The performances last night at Covent-garden
Theatre will long be remembered by the habitués of
this popular house and the public. It was a long
Thursday, and a very long one it was indeed. The
performances commenced with Verdi's Nabuco, alias
Nino, alias Anato, as it is called by the Royal Italians.
Well, it does not much signify what name such mu-
sical rubbish (with few exceptions) is called. This
opera was performed for the deb.& of , that truly
great artist Ronconi, and we affirm, with-
out fear of contradiction, that it was the
most splendid display of lyrical and dramatic ta-
lents combined, we ever witnessed on the Italian
stage; and when we take into consideration that
Signor Ronconi has not a very powerful voice, and
that he is small in stature, some of our readers
might feel apocryphal upon the opinion we have
advanced; we say, convince yourselves, and go and
see him in this difficult role. At the end of the first
act, and all through the subsequent ones, he
was in turn impressive, pathetic, highly dramatic,
and commanding, while his singing was replete with
power for his mozens, pathos, the most refined ex-
pression, and the most artistic finish. We scarcely
could imagine that we were listening at times to a
baritono, so graceful were his fioriture and so leggiero
his execution. In fact, if there be such a thing as
perfection, then we say Ronconi's acting and singing
(as the Assyrian monarch) arrived at that
enviable point. Madame Castellan, as Abi-
gaile, improves every night; her singing of the aria
" Auch 'io dischuiso" was given with a power that
astonished us, and in the duet with Ronconi, " Oh,
de qual onta," she displayed such energy and bril-
liancy, that this duet, which is perhaps the best piece
in the opera, was unanimously encored and repeated.
Tamberlik had little to do, but that little was well
done, his splendid voice bursts forth in full force
in the morceaux d ensemble. Madlle. Vera as
Tenena, and Tagliafico as the high priest,
lent their valuable assistance to complete the
cast. The band was of course admirable.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, MAY 30.—1 n a congregation holden this
day the following degrees were conferred

DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.
George Edward Hughes, Oriel.
BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Edmund Tonks, Queen's.
MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Egerton Douglas Hammond, Merton, Grand
Compounder.
George H. Palmer, Exeter.
Rev. Edward D. Wood, f
Charles William Grenfell, Christchurch.
John H. James, Fellow of Brasenose.
Rev. Francis C. Royde, t Brasenose.
Rev. Robert H. Knight.
Rev. Samuel J. Butler, New College.
Rev. John Hughe?,
Charles Marcus Church, Oriel.
Rev. Charles S. Willett,
Charles Trimmer, Scholar of Corpus.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Rev. Frederick Neale, St. Alban Hall, Grand
Compounder.
Marcus R. Southwell, •
Richard F, Sketchley, Exeter.
Richard J. H. Rice,
William Chambers, Scholar of Worcester.
Henry H. Price, Worcester.
Alexander H. A. Hamilton,
George R. Feilden,
John J. H. Saint, Christchurch.
Edwin Newman,
JCahmarelsesHS.nwella,nklyn,
Trinity.
Robert P. Bent, } Pembroke.
John M Swinney,
Richard L. P. Samborne, Balliol.
Richard Zoticbe Walker, Demy of Magdalen.
David Parry, Jesus.
The Vice-Chancellor has fixed Thursday r ext, the
6th if June, as an extra day for conferring degrees.
CAMBRIDGE, MAY 30.
JESUS COLLEGE.—PRIZEMEN.
CLASSICS.
Third Year—Wallis (1), Cheap (2).
Second Year—Butterworth (1), Ridsdale (2).
First Year—Cleave (1), Cubb and White, 14, te-
cond prix