The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE,

.The performances went off with the greatest eclat
last night. Our English tenor, Reeves, and
Mademoiselle Parodi sung with the utmost fervour
and pathos-, and were' encored and" recalled several
times during the evening. The last scene of the
opera (Ernani) was sublime. Signor Lorenzo was
also encored in the grand scena, " Sommo Carlo,"
which he gave with artistic finish and was recalled.
The new ballet Les Trois Graces increases nightly in
attraction. Marie Taglioni was graceful and inte-
resting ; Carlotta Grisi, piquante and sparkling;
Amalia Ferraris, bounding, brilliant, and charming.
On concluding her celebrated echo, in which she gives
les entrechats en huits, a shower of bouquets were
thrown to her.

REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—The
following petitions for the repeal of this duty were ordered
to lie on the table :—From proprietors, printers, and pub-
lishers of the Pembrokeshire Herald—Westmeath Guardian
—Hastings and St. Leonard's News—Fife Herald—Perth
Constitutional—Liverpool Mail—Edinburgh W itness—Taun-
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burgh Caledonian Mercury—Wiltshire Independent—Wis-
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Carmarthen Journal—Leeds Mercury—British Banner—
Patriot—Liverpool Times—Liverpool Standard—Newspaper
Stamp Abolition Committee—and James Crowther.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESTER AND HOLY-
HEAD RAILWAY.—A shocking accident occurred on Monday
in the Belmont Tunnel. Samuel Medway, inspector of
works, was walking through the tunnel, as was usual with
him, it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common
road, when the 7.45 A.M. up-train entered the tunnel at one
end, and a ballast engine at the other end. The tunnel is
quite dark in the centre, where they would meet, on account
of the curve, and it is supposed that he must have heard the
whistle and got out of the way of the ballast engine, but
forgetting that the up-train was due, and not noticing the
whistle, as both engines whistled at the same time,
he got into the way of the latter, and was struck by
the buffer, for his cap was upon it when the train reached
the station. A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after
the train had passed, kicked his foot against the body, which
was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an
hour afterwards. It was found that the left heel of his boot
had been taken quite off, but the foot was uninjured. The
head was very much mutilated.
SALE OF TR' WORKS OF THE LATH MR. F.TTY,
R.A.—The sale of the remaining portion of the works of
this late celebrated artist, i 3 now being conducted by Messrs.
Christie and Manson. The collection comprises numerous
sketches and unfinished works, in the style of art, and on
the subject for which this gentleman was
Particularly re-
markable. There are 1,034 lots, and out of this number
bsooladr,dt:hen fofellmowaliengseamteadywith a crimson
there are but two finished pictures. The first two days of
the sale was concluded yesterday ; from the number of lots
curtain behind her, 71. 15s. ; a female reclining, with an
hour glass before her, V. 10s.; a female reclining on a mat-
tress, 141. 15s. ; a female kneeling before a red drapery
,
108.; a female sleeping, 61. 155. ; a female seated, 9/. Bs.
onbe
amwenntiitooneddraToOryil, studies on mill_
Mill-boards, with sketches on both sides : male and female
figures, 9/, 15s. - a female figure, life-size, 11/. Copies by
Mr. Etty from old masters: Time leading Truth to Heaven,
after Rubens, 22/. , Jupiter and Juno, after Rubens,
151- 4s. 6d. ; Bacchanals, after N. Poussin, Si. 12s. ; Death
of Dido, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 101. 15s. Oil studies,
stretched: two male figures, 161.; two females, 281. 7e.; two
female figures, 71. 17s 6d. ; a female reclining, 8/. 18s. 6d. ; a
female seated before white drapery, 61.; three male figures,
II ss. The majority of the works were purchased by artists
to whom they will be of great value.
Mr. WARBURTON'S HISTORICAL ROMANCE, RE-
GINALD nosnisas.—The success of this work has been
greater than the author's most sanguine friends predicted.
A second and revised edition has just appeared, with a new
preface. "Mr. Warburton brings us into contact with the
high-spirited and chivalrous Cavalier, and the zealous and
fanatical Puritan ; and by means of those strongly-marked
contrasts which no writer can manage with more of skill and
dramatic effect, has placed before us a series of striking and
powerfully-wrought pictures of the stormy times and im-
portant events, the social life and domestic manners of the
period of our history in which his story is laid. With all the
oharm of a romance we have all the truth and precision of
history; with all the graceful and artistic grouping of a
highly-finished composition we have combined the most ac-
curate historical portraits of the statesmen and warriors who
tilled the public eye and guided the interesting events which
marked the rise and progress of the great civil war of Eng-
land. The fortunes of Reginald Hastings and of the high-
souled and enthusiastic Zillah Demiroy enchain the attention
through all the varied chances and changes of the war; and
our sympathies are enlisted in the gratifying and unexpected
termination of their trials, to an extent that indicates at once
the present triumph of the writer and the future success of
his work."—Standard.
LETTERS FOR CAPT. AUSTIN'S ARCTIC SQUADRON.
—Letters posted for any one on board Captain Austin's
Arctic expedition this evening, and addressed to Stromness,
Will most likely reach the ships before their departure thence
for the icy regions.
KIDD'S NEW PROCESS FOR ILLUMINATING AND
SILVERING GLASS MII:HORS.--IR a paragraph which ap-
peared in The Sun of Monday evening, on the subject of the
above novel invention, the word soldering" was, by is
print, substituted for tlre word "silvering." Mr. Kidd's
process is one for illuminating and silvering glass mirrors.
THE LATE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY.—Ann
Merritt, the untortimate woman under sentence of execution,
for poisoning her husband at Hackney, but respited, in order
that further inquiries might be made, has had the capital
punishment committed, and is ordered to undergo transpor-
tation for life.