The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

HER MAJEST Y'S TETEATRE.

transposition. in the concerted music her
fine voice and her pure and perfect in-
tonation told with immense effect, but. the great
triumph of the evening, was the " Non mi dir bel
idol rr,iu " It was rendered with a mingled
sweetness and power that left nothing to be
desired, and her full, clear, rich, fresh voice seemed
to revel in the music of Mozart. She was applauded
to the echo, and was called on at the conclusion, as
she had been repeatedly during the course of the
opera. Madame Sontag made the most graceful
and coquettish of Zerlinas, and was, as a matter
of course, encored in the "La ci darem," with
Coletti, the "Batti Batti," and the delightful " Vedrai
Carino," which no one sings like her. Coletti was the
Don, Lablache the Leporello, his son Masetto, and
Madame Giuliani Elvira. The chorus and orchestra
were perfect, and Mozart's chef dwuvre was repre-
sented last evening, at her Majesty's Theatre,
in the most complete and perfect manner
imaginable. The house was crammed to

suffocation ; not a stall nor a box was unoc-
cupied. A crowd, reminding one almost of a
Jenny Lind night, assembled at the pit and gallery
doors long before they were opened ; the crush was
terrific, and long before the commencement of the
opera even standing room was at a premium.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal l High-
ness Prince Albert honoured the performances at
the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last even-
ing. Her Majesty and the Prince were accompanied by
the Count de Mensdorff-Pouilly and Count Alphonse
de Mensdorff-Pouilly. In attendance upon the illus-
trious party were Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin-
stone, Major-General Wemyss. and Colonel Beuverie.
His Excellency General Jung Babadoor, General of the
Forces, and Prime Minister to the Raja of Nepaul,
also honoured the thratre with his presence. His Ex-
cellency was accompanied by his two brothers, Colonel
Juggut St umshere Jung and Colonel Dhere Shunashere
Jung. Major Cavanagh and Mr. APLeed were i❑ at-
tendance upon their Excellencies. Among the other
fashionable company present in the theatre we re-
marked his Excellency General Prince Caste!cicala,
and the Princess Monte Negro, his Excellency the Pe-
ruvian Minister, the Marquis of Stafford, the Mar-
chioness of Conyngham and the Honourable Miss
Chichester, the Marchesa Branculeonie and Aldlle.
13rancaleonie, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland
and Lady Rose Pane, the Earl and Countess of Devon,
the Earl cf Belfast, the Earl of Purlieu', Viscount and
Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount and Viscountess Craw-
ley, Viscountess Seabam and (arty. Dowager Lady
Blantyre and the Hon. Miss Stuart, Lord de Manley,
Lady Charles Wellesley, Miss Burdett Coutts and Lady
Catherine la.flus, Lady Charles Somerset and Miss
Talbot, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the lion.
A. Upton, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. H. Pon-
sonby, lion. Julian Face, Mr. Rashleigh and the Hon.
Mrs. Rashleigh, Lady Monson end party, Sir Ralph
'Toward, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Hubert de Burgh, Sir
Frederick Thesiger, M.P., and Miss Thesiger, Sir
Richard Vyvyan, M.P.. Hon. Francis Stoner, Sir Wm.
Fraser, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Greene, M.P., Mrs.
Greene and the Misses Greene, Hon. 0. F. Toler, Lord
Adolphus Vane, Sir George and Lady Armytage, Lady
Flint and party, Colonel Pearce, Mr. Henry Berkeley,
M.P., Mr. Henry Greville, Captain Wilson, Captain
Randall, Captain Steele, Captain Cori:spurn, Madame
and party, Captain Edgell, Mr. Archibald Camp-
bell, Captain Hotham, Mr. Bulteel, Mr. Courtenay, Mr.
Dawson Darner, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses
Burgoyne.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
FIRST EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF

l. B. 1850.
FIRST DIVISION.
Hard wich, Thomas Frederic, King's College.
Headland, Frederick William, King's College.
liornidge, Thomas King, St. George's Hospital.
Lister, Joseph, University College.
Pavy, Frederick William, Guy's Hospital.
Rooke, Thomas Morley, Guy's Hospital.
Simpson, Henry, University College.
Smith, Albert Daniel, King's College.
Trouncer, John Henry, University College.
WaAbourn, Thomas Buchanan, Guy's Hospital.
Weaver, Joha Davies, University College.
SECOND DivrsroN.
Brown, William, King's College.
Burchel', Boer I.4.lidwick, Westminster Hospital.
C)urtenay, Richard Hudson, Richmond He spital, Dub:in-
Jav, Edward, University College. .
Maslen, William Edward, King's C ()liege.
Rice, Bernard, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Shillitoe, Buxton, University College.
Stevens, Nicholas Henry, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Swete, Edward Horatio Walker, Bristol and King's

College.
Tovey, Charles Henry, Guy's Hospital.
Walker, John West, St. Bartholumew's Hospital.
Williams, Aldborough Lloyd, University College.

ECONOMICAL RAILWAY IitICOAIGTION.-011 Friday
a locomotive engine, only ten tons in weight (the ordinary
locomotive engines weighing 23 tons), arrived at the railway
station, Waverley-bridge, from Glasgow, with a train of six
carriages, having accomplished the journey from that city in
an hour and twenty minutes. The engine is understood to
be on the principle of Adams's patent, which is designed for
short distances, and is only to be attached to a single car-
riage, capable, however, of carrying about 100 passengers.
The experimental trip was understood to have been quite
succussful.— Scotsman.

Mr. Turner, the Judge of our Count," Court, is
engaged in London, with ftur other Judges of County Courts,
in revising the rults and form of procedure in the County
Courts. In his absence, Mr. Furrier has deputed Mr. liaslar
Holliet to sit for him during the present circuit. —Brighton
Gazette.

• OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON
RAILWAY.—The works on the loop line have at length just
been commenced, so that Worcester, it is expected, will soon
be placed in communication with all the main lines.
CAMBRIAN GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.— The
order to wind-up this company has been discharged.
EXPENSES OF QUARANTINE STATIONS.—The total
expense of the several quarantine stations in Great Bri-
tain for the eight years ending 1847 was 119,944/., and
the expense for 1848 and 1849, 8,431/.; making the total
expense for ten years, from 1840. 108,375/. The ex-
pense of the station at Malta, from 1838 to 1849, wes
53,553/. ; Gibraltar, 7,9661. ; Grosse 'island and Quebec,
36,5',81. ; Prince Edward's Island, 95,143/. ; Bermuda, I'4/. ;
Jamaica, 10,40 C/. ; St. Vincent, 146/.; Granada, 1371. ;
St. Kitts', 36/. ; Dominica, 25/. ;. Trinidad, 2511.; Bahamas,
1,0891. ; Sierra Leone, 3501. ; Gambia, 160/. ; Mauritius,
20,045/.

DEATH OF WOMBWELL'S RIIINOCEItOS.—A blank
has been created in Wombwell's splendid collection, now ex-
hibiting in Paisley, by the death of the female rh'noceros,
which formed so prominent and interesting a feature in the
exhibition. It died on Sabbath horning. It had been in
the possession of t`e renowned collector for nine years, and
cost him LOCO/. We understand he has negotiated with the
directors of the Edinburgh Museum for the disposal of the
carcass. The animal had been ill for a week prior to its
death, the cause of which has not been ascertained.

MURDER BY POISON.—A P4rliamentary return,
printed at the instance of Mr. Stanford, of the number of
persons tried in the United Kingdom for murder by the ad-
ministration of poison during the ten years, from 1839 to
1849, both inclusive, Oyes the following results :—Tried at
the Central Criminal Court, 33 persons, viz., 18 men and 15
women. Of the whole number, 16 were convicted of mur-
der, and 15 of attempts to murder. Tried atllome Circuit, 13
persons, convicted 3; Midland Circuit, 17 tried, 4 convicted;
Norfolk Circuit, 22, tried, 9 convicted; Northern Circuit, :3
tried, convicted Il ; Oxford Circuit, 23 tried, convicted 8;
estern Circuit, 20 tried, convicted 10; North Wales, 10
tried, convicted 6 ; South Wales, 5 tried, convicted 1 ; Scot-
land, 15 tried, convicted 7 ; Ireland, 25 tried, convicted 13.

MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, AUGUST 15.—The
market to-day has been exceedingly quiet, though prices
have remained firm, sellers continuing tolerably steady to the
terms of Tuesday.

MURDERS IN AR MAGET. —According to 5 recent
return the number of cases of murder and wal laying which
have occurred in the baronies of Upper and Lower hews,
county of Armagh, during the last six years, is 33. The
number of persons arrested was 25. In ten cases the prisoners
were acquitted or discharged, in •ged, three they were sentenced
to imprisonment for periods of from one to twelve months,
and three remain to be tried at quarter-sessic:is.

CAUTION TO k.,"UCUMBER EATERS.—A man, named
John Watkins, slater and plasterer, of Bveshan► town, died
early on Saturday morning last, from too freely eating
cucumber the previous night. The silly man ate no less
than three of these unwholesome things with his supper on
Friday night, after which he went to the Bridge Inn and
called for a pint of ale. He had only one drink of it, how-
ever, when he was seized with a rattling in his throat, and
immediately lost his speech. He was taken home, where he
remained in the same state till about half-past three next
morning, when he died. Au inquest has since been held on
the body before C. Best, Esq., and a verdict in accordance
with the above facts returned.— Worcester Journal.

CRICKET UNDER DIFFICULTIES.—At a return
match between the young cricket club of Btirneside and the
junior m:2.wbers of tire Kendal Club, one of the most remark-
able features was the playing of Walker, a youth from
Burneside, without hands, having been unfortunately de-
prived of those useful members by an accident at the paper-
mill. Maimed as he is, he can do anything in the game
except bowl. He bats very tolerably, and certainly most
extraordinarily for his means; catches a bail upon his
chest, with the assistance of his arms ; and throws up a ball
with remarkable precision by means of his f)ot.— IVestmore-
land Gazette.

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Madame Fiorentini appeared last nigbt as Donna
Anna in Don Giovanni, and more than rcalised the
expectations which lied been exciter) by her Norma.
Toere can be no doubt about the tact that Madame
Fiorentini is the legitimate suece,,sLr to Madame
Grisi, who will find in the,new prima donna a rival
who will in the course of next season dispute
her the throne of lyrical supremacy on her own
ground. The Donna Anna of MAdame Fiorentini
we have no hesitation in saying, the very best at
present on the stage. )Fier clear, fresh, and
youthful voice, and her youthful beauty are
great advantages in the representation of such a
part as that of Donna Anna, and her acting and her
singing were delightful. It was evident that she
reverenced M.,zirt because she understood him;
and never has Mozart's music been more finely or
more conscientiously rendered. The scene in which
she recognizes Don Giovanni as the murderer of her
father w; s Ingnificc-ntly acted, and never have we heard
the beautitul air "Orsai chi" so deliciously tenolPted
as it was last evening by Madame Fiorentini. One
reason, perhaps, of the ismnero,e success which she
achieved in this air was that she sang it in its original
key as it was composed by Mozart; whilst the vocal
exigencies of the majority of ber prt de-
cE ssors in this character have compelled its