The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Don Giovanni was repeated last evening with the
same cast as on Tuesday. The Viennese gave us the
pas Rococo, the pas des fleurs, and the pas des Amours.
Then wo had Cerito and St. Leon in a pas from Les
Houris, and then followed the Esmeralda, with Carlotta
Grisi, her first appearance for the season. The first
glimpse that was caught of her, as she comes bounding
on from the back of the stage, dancing to her tambou-
rine, was the signal for a burst of enthusiastic applause.
The fair Carlotta looked exceedingly well and danced
and acted excellently.
it Ti La uandaise was never
danced more beautifully than was last evening. But
why should we dilate on this theme? Who has not seen,
who has not admired—or if they have nut seen, who
has not longed to see, to admire the Esmeralda of Car-
lotta Grisi ? The house was well and most fashionably
attended, for, under the management of Mr. Lumley,
Thursday is as fashionable a night as either Saturday or
Tuesday.

MADLLE. SOPHIE D ULCKEN'S
C ONCERT. —PRI NCESSS CONCERT-ROOMS.
This very talented child gave a concert at the above
rooms lass evening ; and we are happy to say the room
was crowded. The performances of Sophie Dulcken are
really wonderful. As a youthful pianist; she is un-
rivalled. She is only ten years of age ; her little fingers
cannot yet reach an octave, and last evening she per-
formed three pieces, one of them the fantasia from La
Donna del I.ago, composed by, Thalberg for, himself;
and for the express purpose of enabling him to exhibit
his own wonderful command over the instrument, with
an ease, a precision, and a power, which left nothing
to be desired. On seeing that fairy form sitting
at the pianoforte, we were almost tempted to ask whe-
ther it could be possible that such a child could produce
such effects. Whether " the eyes were made the fools
of the other senses, or else worth all the rest." Made-
moiselle Mayer, the lady flutist, gave us a fantasia on
the flute. The performance of this lady is really very
wonderful—in the more level passages it is like the
warbling of some sweet bird—her lower notes are parti-
cularly rich. In what may be called the " tricks" of
flute playing, she has not the power of some
of her male rivals, but what she wants in power
is more than made up for in richness of tone
and in exquisite expression and feeling. Staudigl
and John Parry were also there. It is needless
to add that they were encored in everything they sung.
Mademoiselle Schloss gave us the opening sce-ia of
Der Freyscluik with exceeding power and great cor-
rectness, and Madame Blaes Meerti, in Mercadante's
aria Della Donna di Caritea, was magnificent. Her fine
rich deep contralto voice told superbly in this aria.
Since the days of Pisaroni never has such a
magnificent contralto been heard. She gave us,
in the second part, Schubert's Baracarole ; and
here, too, her deep, rich voice told admirably.
We hope to have the pleasure of hearing Madame Blaes
Meerti frequently during the course of the season.
Hers is a voice of a quality so rich—of a compass so
great—as to be a rarity in the musical world, and, what
is not often the case with contraltos, her intonation is as
pure .as possible. We bad, moreover, the Misses
Williams, Miss Galbraith, Signor Brizal, and Handel
Gear, among the vocal performers, besides Edward
Meyer on the clarionet, Giulio Regondi on the con-
certina, and Adolphe Simon on the violin. They all
exerted themselves to the utmost, and were rewarded
with rapturous applause. Altogether this concert of
little Sophie Dulcken's has been one of the pleasantest
of the season.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000
Pales, of .which 1,500 were on speculation. There was no
change in prices, but the market had a firmer tone.
Shares exhibited a continued improvement, but the
demand for heavy stock had in some measure subsided.
Barnsley Junction, 4:g % ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 914 9; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
5% %; Blackburn and Preston, 19 ; Belfast and Ballymena,
834 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% ; Caledonian,
11% 2s. ; Ditto Extension, 234 3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
Ditto,Ed i
714 % ; Chester and Birkenhead, 54% 5334 ; Ditto, Half
New Dun
Shares,
ensd, Enniskillen,B9s ;
Ditto,
Shares, 263 A ; Churnet Valley, 53/ 6 ; Clitheroe Junction,
214 ; Dublin and Galway, 414 ; bundee and Perth, 3%;
Edin-
burgh and Northern, 134 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, N 245. ;
s;p e
rp
etEasternualNo.Counties, 169 p. ;
Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 25 ; Great North of
Scotland, 3; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13%;
Great Western, Fifth Shares, 42 ; Goole and Doncaster, 21s ,•
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 714 7 ; Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 714 ,• Lancaster andlarlainslde,D4eowl/2sbu;ry, l
Liverpool,
lA irpoil,;
Ormskirk, and Preston, 2%; London and Birmingham, 235 ;
Londonx:ri ; aDnidrecßtrNigohrttohne,m6, 3 4;4 ; Leeds London and Windsor, 6s. 6d. 7s. ;
Londonderry and Enniskillen, 5% 4% ; London and York,
4
Leeds and Thirsk, 5% 18s. 9d. ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 91,fs 10; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junc-
tion, VA ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shrres, 71 ; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 22 ; Midland Railway, 168 Ditto, 40/.
Shares, 201/g 20; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and Derby,
131 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4% 34 ; North British, Half
Shares, 4%; North Western, 414 ; Preston and Wyre 30%;
Ditto Extension, 234 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 ; re,
and Grand Junction, 614 % ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
and Cheshire, 938. 6d. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 41; Ditto,