The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The fascinating Carlotta Grisi took her benefit at
her Majesty's Theatre last evening, and appeared on
that occasion in two of her most fascinating charac-
ters, Giselle and Esmeralda. The last act of Giselle
was alone represented, in which Carlotta appears as a
wili, and su exquisitely did she dance, so beautifully
expressive was her pantomime, that we could
not but regret that the ballet had not been
given as a whole. Fier Esmeralda was
also merely a fragment, but a delightful
fragment; she danced the Truandaise with, it' possible,
more espieglerie than ever. She was excellently
supported in both ballets by M. Charles. The opera
was the Sonnambula, cast as this establishment alone
can cast it. Madame Sontag was the Aisaina, Sims
Reeves the Elvino, and Belletti the Count. Never
has this exquisite opera been more exquisitely ren-
dered. Madame Sontag and Sims Reeves were both
in excellent voice, and sang deliciously. The "Ab
non giunge" of Madame Sontag was the most
perfect performance ever heard. Between the acts of
the opera we had a divertissement, with Amalia
Ferraris as the premiere danseuse, who was enthusi-
astically applauded in her pas, and after Giselle we
had the last act of Ernani, with Mdlle. Parodi as
Elvira, Gardoni as Ernani, and Belletti as Silva. The
concluding trio was a magnificent example of lyrical
tragedy of the very highest order. Parodi, by her
superb acting, created a perfect furore. The trio
was encored as a matter of course. The theatre WAS
crowded.
Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals who
honoured the pertormances with their presence we re-
marked—his Excehency the Russian Minister, the
and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner; the
Marquis
Clanricarde, the Marquis of Abercorn,
tßhiaeru'Baroness
B
of n
Marquisru Granby, the Marquis of Donegal,
the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Mountcharles, the
Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Earl of Lansdale, the Earl of Shelburne,
the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, his Excellency
Sidi Mahmoud Benoyet, representative from Tunis; M.
Moieusa, Madame et les Demoiselles d'Anderville, M.
Joseph Sartie, M. d'Elervieu, the Count de Burke, M.
Jules de Les,er, Colonel Aide-de camp to the Presi-
dent of France; Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Dupplin,
Viscountess Canning, Lady Brougham. Lady B. n-
dock, Lady W. Powlett, Lord and Lady Temple.
more, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, the Right Honourable
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Ho-
nourableßart.. Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and
ward, Lady Chantrey, Sir G. Womba4ell,
Colonel
and Lady Laura Meyricke, Sir Thomas Barrett
Leonard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Robert
Itnd nya Howard,
d Major Needham. Mr. Dundas, Sir J.
Lowther,Lo
Brownrigge, Sir John Duckworth, Bart., Lady Lake,
Chevalier Beglioni, M. Belton, Mrs. Weston, Mr. J.
Beioley, Mr. C. Strong, Colonel Wildman, Mr. Megan,
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. E. Bligh, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr.
tleicahrsaornd,,, Mr.
Mr.. C. B.
Baldwin, M.P., Miss Bellew, Miss
Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. and
Richards,
Barry Baldwin,
Mrs. Arabia, Captain Phibbs, Mr. Msedougal, Mr.
Herbert, Mr. Stevenson, &c.

ho is to make
This cele MADAMEl3:atedyoung
primaFl ORdEoNsnaT, ~ IN
her debut at Her Majesty s Theatre on Tuesday next,
was botn at Seville. She made her first appearance
on any stage at Berlin, on the 27th of October, 1849,
as Norma, with the most triumphant succese, and
during a season of six months performed Donna
Anna, in Don Giovanni; Agatha, in Der Freischutz;
Amino, in La Sonnanzbula ; Alice, in Robert
le Diable ; Carolina, in IZ 4.11-atrimonio Segreto;
Desdetnona, in Otello ; Lucia, in Lucrezia Borgia—.
in all of which difficult roles she performed
with so much artistic excellence that the
German papers were loud in her praises. After
the Berlin season she went with the Italian com-
pany to Dresden for one month, and subsequently to
Hamburgh, where she was equally successfill. After
the Italian company of Berlin left Hamburgh she
Performed with the German company in Italian, at
the request of the public at Hatnburgh. A mouth
after Madame Fiorentini appeared at Berlin the King
of Prussia commanded her to go to Potsdam, to sing
the role of Norma, in the opera of that name. Her
voice is a pure soprano, of a lovely, fresh, and
powerful quality, and was compared in Germany to
that of Madame Mulder, who was acknowledged to
have the most beautiful voce ever heard. Madame
Fiorentini is es young as Grisi was when she made
her debut in London, with a beautiful expressive face
and graceful figure, and was called at Berlin La
Stella di Siviglia.

_
Lady Peel and family left Southampton for Jersey
on Monday night. Captain Pal has tiken a house for two
months in that island. He arrived at Southampton from
Jersey in the mail boat on Monday evening, and returned
the same evening with her Ladyship.
INDIAN PEAS.—A vest- el which has just arrived in
the docks from the West India island S!. Eitt's, I as brought
200 bags of Indian peas, consigned, as a portion o, her cargo.
This appears to be a novel and remarkaille strtic!v of import-
ation from the West Indies.