The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-06 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, LEEDS.

Crowded houses night after night, during the week,
have attested the almost unprecedented success of the
operatic artistes at present under engagement with
Mr. Caple. When we say "almost unprecedented
success," we desire the phrase to be understood in its
widest and strongest sense • for it would be no easytask to recall the period when operas were so effec-
tively placed upon the Leeds stage as they have been
during the last six nights. Whether we regard the
dramatic action of the scenes, or the rendering of the
vocal music, the most unqualified praise is due ;
and when the curtain has fallen upon the finale of the
several operas—be it Maritana, La Sonnambula, or
the Bohemian Girl,—the audiences have retired
with minds and hearts vividly impressed by the vocal
and dramatic beauties which had ravished them—
beauties that will recur to the mind again when
those from whom they emanated are far away.
Some of the vocalists who have been creating such a
furore amongst us are not unknown to Leeds ; Mr.
and Mrs. Weiss have, ere this, "won golden opinions
from all sorts of people here, and these favourable
impressions are now rendered more than ever strong;
but Miss Louisa Pyne made her debiit before a Leeds
audience ; and we do not remember having previously
seen either Mr. Harrison or Mr. Corti in our
Theatre Royal, though the former has, on many oc-
casions in the metropolis, delighted us by his singing
and admirable dramatic representations, and the latter
came to us backed by the high encomiums of the Lon-
don critics. Miss Pyne has a pure soprano voice of ex-
quisite sweetness and great compass, and an execution
at once natural and highly finished. With features
decidedly pretty, capable of great expression, and
bearing an extraordinary resemblance to those of
the Queen—with a figure well modelled, though petite
—with a taste and judgment which lead her to throw
truthful and forcible dramatic expression into her
vocal efforts—with all these high qualities, combined
with a winning modesty and grace, one cannot feel
much surprise at the perfect hurricane of ap-
plause which ever and anon greeted her. Mrs.
Weiss has a soprano voice, of considerable cotn•
pass; Messrs. Weiss and Corti possess rich and power-
ful bass voices ; and Mr. Harrison has a tenor organ
of much sweetness, and exhibiting the highest culti-
vation. The operas of the week have been well se-
lected, as admirably adapted to display the various
excellencies of the several performers. On Saturday
night we had Maritana; on Monday The Bohemian
Girl; on Tuesday La Sonnambula ; on Wednesday
.li!aritana was repeated ; and on Thursday we again
had The Bohemian Girl. Not being present we are
unable to speak of the first performance of
Maritana, but we will notice its repetition. In Balfe's
opera of The Bohemian Girl played on Monday
night, the following was the " cast" :—Count Arn-
heim, Mr. Weiss ; Thaddeus, Mr. Harrison ; Devils-
hoof, Mr. H. Corti ; Arline, Miss Louisa Pyne ; and
Queen of the Gypsies, Mrs. Weiss. The plot of the
piece is simple. Count Arnheim, who is governor of
Preslau, has an only daughter (Arline), who is stolen
by Devilshoof, chief of the gypsy tribe ; but rescued by
Thaddeus, a Polish noble, who has been proscribed for
fighting for the liberty of his country. Thaddeus ren-
dered desperate by the persecution of the despot who had
enthralled his country, joins the gypsy tribe, into which
Arline is subsequently introduced, having been again
stolen from her father by Devilshoof. As a member
of the wandering tribe Arline grows to womanhood,
protected from insult and injury by Tnaddeus, to
whom she becomes attached by a boundless love, and
he returns the passion. The Gypeey Queen also loves
Thaddeus, and exerts her power to ruin her rival.
By an accident one of her strasagems, to con-
sign Arline to a dungeon as a thief, is made the
means of restoring her to her father's arms.
Thaddeus, the Gypsy lover, is spurned by the Count,
despite the tears and prayers cf his daughter; but in
the end the lover is able to prove his noble descent
and good deeds done for his country, and the finale is
a happy one. It will at once be seen that there is
here plenty of scope for dramatic action, as well as
vocal effort; and in some scenes it was difficult to
say which was the most admirable—the singing or
the acting of the five principal characters. The
gems of tho evening were the song, " I dreamt
that I dwelt in marble halls," which was
ravishingly warbled by Miss Pyne, and encored : the
quartette, " From the valleys and hills," by Mies
Pyne, Mrs. Weiss, and Messrs. Harrison and Corti ;
and the song, " Then you'll remember me," by Mr.
Harrison, a repetition of which was loudly de-
manded. The subordinate characters of Florentine
(Mr. Rorke) and Buda (Mrs. H. Lacey) were re-
spectably performed. At the fall of the curtain, the
five chefs dopera were called upon the stage, and re-
ceived several rounds of applause.—Leeds Times.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
WHITEHALL, NOT. 2, 1850.

Tne Queen has been pleased to grant unto Sir Robert
Monsey Rolfe, Tint., the office of a Vice-Chancellor of
the Court of Chancery in England.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Mann,
Esq., to be Crown Solicitor, and Henry Jickliog, Esq ,
to be Master of the Supreme Court for the colony of
South Australia.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 5.
Scots Fusilier Guard—Lieutenant and Captain Lord
James Charles Plantagenet Murray to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, ♦ice Robinson, who
retires; Ensign and Lieutenant George Thomas Francis
Shuckburgh to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice Lord James Charles Plantagenet Murray; Ensign
William Wallingford Knollys, from the 84th Foot, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shuckburgh,
Nov. 5.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Joseph Mc
Gee, from half•pay 20th Foot, to be Quartermaster,
vice Broadley, deceased, Nov. 5.
13th Foot—Captain Warren Auchmuty, from the
98th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stapylton, who exchanges,
Nov. 5.
17th Foot—Lieutenant George Tito Brice to be Ad-
jutant. vice Sswers, who has retired, Nov. 5.
23l Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Brock to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Francis E. Campbell, who
re:ires ; Second Lieutenant Robert Vaughan Dickens to
be First Lieutenlnt, without purchase, vice Brock;
Second. Lieutenant Sir Henry Orlando Robert
Chamberlain, Bart., to be First Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lord Greenock, who retires; Second
Lieutenant and Adjutant Edward Jenkins to have the
rank of First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Frederick
Peter Russell Delme Radcliffe to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Plunkett. who retires; Frederic Sayer,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Dickens. Nov. 5.

26th Foot—Ensign Robert Creighton Granville to be
utenant, by purchase, vice Thomas William Andrewe,
who retires, dated Nov. 5.
49th Foot—Quartermaster Charles Fraser, from 59th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Henry Mayne, who re-
tires upon halt-pay, Nov. 5.
59th Foot—Quartermaster Bernard Mal-maid, from
half-pay, 5111 Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Fraser,
appointed to the 49th Foot, Nov. 5.

89th Foot—Captain Maurice Cane, from the 20th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Arthur Pigott, who retires
upon half-pay of the 20th Foot, Nov. 5.
93d Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Alexander
Macrae, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dempster,
promoted on the Stuff, Nov. 5.
95th Foot—Captain Vincent Wing, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Minchin, who ex-
changes, Nor. 5.

98th Foot—Captain Granville George Chetwynd
Stapylton, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Auch-
muty, who exchanges, Nov. 5.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain William Minchin,
from the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wing, who ex-
changes, Nov. 5.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Henry
Calveley Cotton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hill,
promoted ; Ensign George Ernest Bulger to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Cotton, Nov. 5.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon James Carroll
Dempster, M.D., from the 93d Foot, to be Staff-Sur-
geon of the Second Class, vice Barton, deceased, Nov. 5.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Richard Hudson O'Reilly
Hoey, from Half-pay 85th Foot, (Staff-officer of Pen-
sioners), to be Captain without purchase, Nov. 5.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
John Ireland Blackburne, jun., Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Oct. 25.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Jemes Pillar, maltster, Leckhampton, Gloucester-
shire.
BANKRUPTS.
Alfred French, plumber, East Grinstead, Sussex, to
surrender, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee;
Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-row; Kell, Lewes.
James Clarke, coal merchant, Old Broad-street, Nov.
20, and Dee. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official aseignee; Lander, St. Mary-at-Hill.
WilliamCopleesn,npelasi,try cook, Milton next Gravesend,
Nov. 14, at one, until Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Wilkinson, Gurney, anflideil
SateavEeseigs,neNeleßhaoslainsg-lhail
Nicholas Lo-
mbard-street; Sharland, Gravesend.
Charles Brady, merchant, Rood-lane, Fenchurch-
street, Nov. 22, at two, and Dec. 20, at half-past one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Birchin lane; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-Areet.
John Beeby, salt merchant, Luton, Bedfordshire,
Nov. 15, at eleven, aid Dec. 12, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
' street-buildings; Sole and Turner, AldermaTibury.
John Lives: y and Jelin Pimw, lace mak: rs' New
Lenton, Nottinghamehirc, Nov. 15, at twelve, andd
13, at ten, at the Birentegham District Court. Bittle,-
ston, official assignee, Nottingham; Percy and Smith,
Nottingham.
Robert Dutton Reeves end Richard Herdman Dawson,
spirit dealers, Oxton, Cheshire, Nov. 19 and Dec. 10, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liierpool.