The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-08 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
11 Matrimonio Segretto was repeated on Saturday with
the same powerful cast as on Thursday, end the
chef dceuvre of Citnarosa was received with that rap-
turous applause which its pet formtince by such accom-
plished artistes as Sontag, Frezz,lini, Parodi, the La-
ulaches (pere et
.fils), and Calzolari never fai's
to elicit. The Purituni is to be performed to-
morrow, with Gardoni as Arturo, Madame Prez-
z as Eiviro, and Isablache as Giorgio; it will
be followed by a divertissement, in which the black prima
chnna, who has driven Madrid and Paris wild by her
astoilishing execution of Cuban melodies, Will appear fa.
the first time in Eagland. The Queen's box was On
Saturday evening occupied by the Hon. Mrs. Cuet, Miss
Cust, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Captain Macdonald
and party. Amongst the company were the Duke of
Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro,
and Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duke and
Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the
Duke of Beaufort, the Duke and Duchess of Cleve-
laud and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke and Duchess
of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, the Prince
froubetskoi, the Russian Minister, the Baroness
Brunuow, the Viscountess Combermere, Matins. Olga
de Lechner and party. the Belgian Mini-ter and Madame
Van der Weyer, the American Minister and Mrs. and
Miss Abbot Lawrence. the Swedish MiLister, the Mar-
quis of Donegal, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Aileabury, the Marquis of Worces-
ter, the Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess of
Glengall, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess
Malmeabury, the E srl of Lonsdale, the Earl Compton,
the Earl Gifford, the Earl of Cardigan, the Baron Vidal,
the Earl and Countess of Eglinton, the Earl Mount-
charles, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Munster, the
Viscount Dupplin, the Count de Barke, the Viscount
Ranelagh, the Viscount Clifden, Lord and Lady
Francis Gordon, the Viscount Enfield, the Baroness
(Dowager) de Rothschild, the Baron and Baroness
Lionel de Rothschild, the Baron Adolphe de Roths-
child, &c.

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Ressini's Otello was produced here last evening,
with Tamberlik as Otello, Ronconi lago, Zelger
Elmiro, and Madame Grisi Desdemona. The part
of Desdemona has always ben' a great part in the
repertoire of Grisi, and albeit she scarcely looks
" the gentle lady married to the Moor" whom Shakespere
drew, yet she is an admirable operatic Desdemona,
seeing that the Desdemona of Rossini is by no
means " a gentle lady," but an impassioned Venetian,
who can very well take her own part when occasion re-
quires. Grisi was in excellent voice on Saturday; she
sung the music deliciously, and made all her old points
with unerring precision—a compliment, by-the-bye,
which cannot be paid to the audience, who unaccounta-
bly neglected to encore the gem of the opera—the Willow
Song. The Otello of Tamberlik was very fine; his "make
up" was admirable, his acting most impassioned, and
his singing superb; he is the most manly Otello on the
stage. Ronconi was excellent as Iago; his duet with
Tamberlik, in the second act, was the very perfection of
dramatic singing. Zelger, as Elmiro, although not equal
t ) Lablache, was very effective. Maralti was
a pains-taking Roderigo; and Mademoiselle Cotti
an excellent Emilia. The choruses were ad-
mirably given, and the orchestra all that could be de-
sired. The principal artistes were frequently called on
during the course of the performance. The Queen's box
was occupied by Lady George Lennox and the Hon. Miss
Lennox, and Mrs. Locke and party. Amongst the com-
pany we remarked his Excellency the Danish Minister,
the Countess Reventlow, Countess Hilda Reventlow, and
Count Christian Reventlow, the Duke de Rigrano, the
Marquis of Winchester, the Marquis of Douro, M.P.,
the Marchioness of Westmeath and Lidy Frederick
Maack, the Marchesa Broncaleone and Mademoiselle
Bronealeone, the Earl of Beltast, the Earl of Bess-
borough, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Gifford,
the Earl of Pomfret, the Earl and Countess
Fingall and the Ladies Plunkett, Visomet Ex-
mouth and the Viscounteas Maidstone and Lady
Adelaide Paget and Miss Paget, Viscount Newport,
M.P., Viscount Mandeville. Viscount Dungannon, Lord
Saltoun, Lady Dinorben and Miss VVabis, Lady Ashley,
Lord Cranstoun. Lord Colville, Lady Roe Lovell and
Cap,ain Lovell, &c , James and Lady Anna Mackenzie,
Lord Ernest 3ruce M P., Lady Hunt and party, Lady
Dufferin and Miss Doyle, Lady Caroline Masse and Miss
Masse, Lord and Lady Poltimore, Lord Archibald St.
Maur, Lady Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Lady
Ehzibeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel and Lady Racht-1
Russell, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Sir George and Lady
Armytage and party, Lady de Bathe and party. Sir
Francis and Lady Lairley, Sir John Yerde Buller. M.P.
and Laly Buller and Miss Buller, Sir William Moles-
worth, M.P., and Lady Molesworth, Sir George and
Lady Carroll and Miss Carroll, Sir Henry Webb, Co-
lonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, &c.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER —The whole of the
affair connected with the Bermondsey murder has been set-
tled by the Treasury. It may be recollected that, shortly
after the execution of the Mannings, all the property found
on the convicts and in Scotland, and the railway shares, were
delivered over to the Crown, to be disposed of. That portion
belonging to the murdered man was paid to his relatives,
and the remainder, which was clearly established to be the
property of Manning and his wife, was retained until some
settlement could be made respecting the expenses of their
defence. Mr. Binns, the solicitor for Manning, and Mr. So-
lomons, the solicitor for his wife, received instructions some
time ago to send in their respective accounts, and last week
letters were sent to them, requesting their attendance at the
Treasury. On Saturday those gentlemen had an interview
with sir. Maule, and received payment of their accounts, but
much reduced in amount. The French Rentes have been
disposed of, and the other property has been handed over to
Manning's relatives.
The America sailed from Liverpool on Saturday
for New York. She had 80 passengers and a large cargo of
goods.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PIIYSICIANS.—The following
genllemen have been elected Fellows :—Dr. Basham, Dr.
Peacock, Dr. Herbert Davies, Dr. G. Johnson, Dr. Acland
(Oxford), and Dr. Ormerod. The censors chosen for
eaf-
the
year are—Dr. Mayo, Dr. Barker, Dr. Barlow, and Dr. J
freson.
Letters, dated May 10, from her Majesty's troop
ship Apollo, Commander Rawstorne, at the Cape of Good
Hope, state that she left Hong-Kong with the 95th Regi-
ment, about 800 rank and file, on the let of March, and ar-
rived at Simon's Bay on the Bth of May. During the
passage great sickness prevailed among the troops, caused in
the first 'place by their protracted residence abroad. The
whole ship for a long period was quite like an hospital, as
many as 100, and sometimes 150, being sick at a time of
dysentery, of which forty soldiers died. Only one of the
officers had been ill, and he recovered. On arrival at the
Cape all the sick were sent to the hospital, and the rest of
the troops were landed at the dockyard; six men who were
very ill when landed died ashore, and more will probably die
before reaching England. However, only four or five fresh
cases occurred after arrival, and the weather was very fine.
No mention is made of any sickness amongst the crew. The
senior medical officer at the Cape has been on board and in-
spected the Apollo ; she was to be cleaned and purified, pro-
visions got on board, and everything ready to receive the
troops by the 26th of May ; but the medical officer thought
they ought not to go before the Ist of June, so as to give the
men time to recover previous to embarkation. All the sick
will be left behind, and this will in some measure prevent
overcrowding. The Apollo, it is supposed, will be paid off
on arrival home. She has not sufficient height between
decks, and is otherwise ill-adapted for the conveyance of
troops, of which fact there has been very fatal evidence since
she left England. —Portsmou:h Times and Naval Gazette.
POISONING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.--The inquest
upon the body of Thomas Harris, the hatter of Coalpit-heath,
about nine miles from Bristol, and who, it was alleged, died
of poison administered by his wife, was brought to a con-
clusion by a verdict of wilful murder having been rammed
against the wife (who is about 60 years of age), and she has
begn committed for trial. It appeared from the evidence
anuced that .the deceased, who was 62 years 'of age, was
both a respectable and indastrious man, and had accumu-
lated some savings; but he did not live happily with his
wife, who was suspected of having formed an improper inti-
macy with a man named Curtis, a shoemaker, who occa-
sionally visited at the house. About the middle of April
Harris was taken ill, complaining of pain and soreness in the
stomach, with vomiting. He gradually got worse, and
died on the 29th. Upon the day of his death Curtis
was at the house, and in less than three weeks after
was married to the widow. The public mind becoming
excited upon the subject, the body was exhumed, and the
viscera, *cc., conveyed to Mr. Herapatb, the analytical
chemist, who discovered arsenic in considerable quantities
in the liver, and in the stomach and intestines. It was
proved that during his illness all the food, &c., taken by him
was prepared by his wife (the prisoner), and that she had
been frequently heard to say that she wished he was dead.
It was also proved that the prisoner had purchased half an
ounce of arsenic at a shop at Frampton Cotterell, about ten
weeks since, stating that she wanted it to poison a black eat;
and it was also shown that she had no black cat. The Co-
ron"r summed up the evidence, the prisoner having declined
making any statement, and the jury returned a verdict of
wilful murder against her. The prisoner, who was dressed
very respectably, and who appeared to take very little notice
of the proceedings, was then committed for trial at the
Gloucester Assizes.

I3PITANNIA BRIDGE.—The 24th or 25th of this
month is the day appointed for the floating off the fourth and
last iron tube, which, when hoisted and placed, will com-
plete the railway bridge across the Menai Straits, no exer-
tions being spared to expedite the work. The third tube
has attained its elevation, and will forthwith take its place
alongside the tube on duty.—Chester Chronie!e.
EXHIBITION or 1851.—The proprietors of the Po-
lytechnic Institution, at a special general meeting on Satur-
day, voted the sum of 100 guineas as their contribution to
the funds now raising for carrying into effect the Exhibition
bf Industry.