The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

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PC.ANC.SafkIZ.
On Saturday the King and Queen of the French, accom-
panied by several officers, left Neuilly tbr St. Cloud, and re-
turned in the evening to dinner.
The funeral of M. Geoifry St. Hilaire took place on Sun
day. The chief mourners were his son, the Baron Charles
Dapin, and MM. Ferran, Dumas, and Chevrenil, as represen-
tatives of the Institute, the Academy of Sciences, the Aca-
demy of Medicine, and the Museum.
The weather had become very warm at Paris. On Sun-
day the thermometer, at two o'clock, had reached 86 degrees
of Fahrenheit.
Letters from Rio Janeiro, of the 29th of April, state that
the marriage of the Count d'Aquila. brother of the King of
Naples, with the Princess Januaria, sister to the Emperor of
Brazil, took place on the previous day. the Count had ar-,
rived on the 17th.
A Barcelona paper says that the Count de Trepani, the
brother of the King of Naples, is expected at Barcelona, and
that it is believed the marriage question is at length decided
in his favour. The Queen's health seems to be in a very un-
satisfactory state, and her illness is of a nature which gives
no hope of amendment.
A serious riot took place at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, on the 17th.
The labourers in great numbers attacked the brewers, bakers,
buchers, and it was with great difficulty the riot was put
dow'i. The Augsburg Gazette says, that from four to live
thousand persons were engaged in it. The cause of the dia.
order was the arrest of a workman by an agent of police.
The workman resisted, and the police agent killed him with
his sword. This exasperated the people, and they imme-
diately attacked the breweries.
The Augsburg Gazette gives the following letter from Con
stantinople :—"Constantinople, June s.—The Sultan has
been received with t iithusiasm throughout his journey. Oa
the 3d he entered the Dardanelles. The Albanians who are
in a state of revolt appear to be sending in their submissions
to the legitimate authorities everywhere."
The Zurich Gazette states that the Great Council has
given instructions to its deputies in the Diet, by which they
are to demand the exclusion of the deputation of the Valais
from the Diet, until constitutional order shall have been re-
stored in that canton.
LAW AND POTZCE.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, the Baron de Bode's case
which has been so long litigated, was decided by the jury
returning a verdict for the Baron's claim on the Government
to the amount of 364,2664 with interest.
Richard Leeds and Robert Finch, seamen belonging to the
Commercial Packet from Rotterdam, were charged, at the
Guildhall, with unlawfully importing tobacco in a package
of less than 3001b5., whereby the vessel had become liable to
forfeiture. ,The full penalty of 1001. was inflicted in each case.
John, Donnacliffe, a smith, was charged, at Queen-square,
with feloniously assaulting and wounding Sarah Powel, a
widow with two children, to whom he was paying his ad-
dresses. Drunkenness and jealousy appeared to be the causes
of the act. The woman was dangerously wounded by a knife,
and the medical man who was sent for refused to come, re-
tumingthe rather curious answer, that " he had nothing to
do with stabs." The prisoner was remanded.
William Saunderson, a waggoner to a coal merchant in,
Wapping, was charged, at Lambeth-street, with seriously in-
juring Thomas Carron, a dock labourer, who at present re-
mains in the London Hospital in a very dangerous state.
The prisoner drove a waggon on Saturday in a most reckless
manner among a crowd of men who were waiting for em-
ployment at the gates of St. Katharine's Docks. Complain-
ant, who fell under the wheels, had his arm shattered in a
frightful manner. The defendant was admitted to bail.
Michael Brown, a well-known thief, was charged, at
Wandsworth, with breaking into a booth on Moulsey Hurst,
and stealing therefrom a cask of brandy, a cask of rum, and
a cask of gin, as els:, several bottles of wine and stout, the
total value being 17/. The property belonged to Mr. Colveral,
the landlord of the Three Kingdoms Tavern, Harp. lane,
Tower-street, who had a booth at Hampton races. Prisoner I'
was remanded.

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The Princess Alice, Government steamer, is under orders
to be at Calais, so as to take on board at that port on the
morning of the 3d of July, her Royal Highness the Princess
Augusta of Mecklenburg Strelitz, who comes to England on
a visit to the Queen and royal family.
The Duchess of Kent arrivee at Gotha on the 12th inst.,
with her son the Prince of Leiningen, and proceeded imme-
diately to the Castle of Rosenaw, the summer residence of the
ducal family.

Friday next will be the sixth anniversary of her Majesty's
coronation.

The Marquis of Norrnanby has left the Clarendon Hotel,
for Lord Ravensworth's, Ravens orth Hull, Northumberland,
The Dowager Marchioness of Hertford has recovered from
her late severe indisposition. The Marquis of Hertford is still
on the Continent.
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Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam are expected
to arrive at Morthner House about the 13th of next month,
from their Continental tour.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison will
give a grand dinner on Saturday next, in G-reat Stanhope-
street.

littgOZl.i...A.s(,- ZOO'S.
On Monday the half-yearly meeting of the London orphan
Asylum was held at the London Tavern, for the election of
eight girls and seventeen boys, from a list of 114 candidates,
to participate in the benefits of the charity, James Capel,
Esq., in the chair. By the last Report it appears that the
annual subscriptions now amount to 4,3791. 12s. 6d., and the
net receipts to 9,4281. 18s. 10d., and the expenditure, including
the purchase of 1,000! Three and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities,
on account of the Wellington fund, to 9,0951. 18s. 7d., leav-
ing a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 3221. 19s. 3d.
The stock in different funds now standing in trustees names
amount to 48,0381. 6Q. Bd. The names of the successful can-
didates having been announced, thanks were voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated. •
According to a return made to Parliament, the average
annual consumpiton of coffee in the United Kingdom, for the
!est three years, amounts to 28,500,000 lbs. By far the
greatest quantity of British colonial coffee is imported from
the island of Ceylon and the West Indies, whilst most of the
foreign coffee is imported froM the Cape of Good Hope, the
East India Company's territories, and Colombia.
./1 spirited contest took place in the parish of All Saints,
Northampton, relative to imposing a church-rate, and, after
two days polling, the parishioners decided by 424 to 292
against the rate. The subject has caused some excitement
at Northampton.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THE NEW BALLET.
We have gathered from the rehearsal of Monday the
principal points of the outline of the new.ballet, which may
serve to convey a general notion to our readers, and to serve
as a guide to the spectators. Such sketches are always im-
perfect, and of all subjects the mythological are the most
insipid in description. But the grouping, the scenery, and
the dancing in this ballet are in the highest degree effective.
To their merits must be added the music, which is full of
admirable melodies, alternately plaintive and sprightly-, and
throughout perfectly descriptive and characteristic. The
music is by Pugni, the plot and action by Perrot. There is
one circumstance in Perrot's conduct, during the rehearsals,
which contributes to explain the surpassing success of all his
ballets. As long as any member of his troupe is imperfect
in his part, he accompanies each step by an extempore
dialogue of his own invention, explaining the feeling the
performer is to express. Perrot bas likewise introduced an-
other feature in ballets—every portion of the action is daneed,
which avoids the tedious gesticulations and mimickry
between the pas, which the public had formerly to endure,
and avoids those sudden transitions which mar the illusion.
Our present ballet master is of opinion that this portion of
a ballet should bear the same relation to the grand feats of
dancing, which the recitatifs do to the bravura., in an opera.
The title of the ballet is Zelia, ou la Nymplie de Diane;
divided into four tableaux. The principal dramatis persona
are Diane, Copere ; L'Amour, Plunkett; Zelia, Cerito ;
Amyntas, St. Leon ; Faune, Perrot. In 'the first tableau,
you see on one side a temple and a statue of Diana; on the
other, a bower of flowers, which conceal a statue of Love,
and which is the hiding-place of L'Amour himself. In the
first scene, Love is seen reclining and asleep. He awakes at.
the sound of the horns, which announce the approach of
Diana and her nymphs. The thought of his chaste enemy
excites his anger; and he swears to be revenged for the con-
tempt of her votaries by seducing one, of her nymphs from
her allegiance. As he retires Diana and her nymphs arrive ;
she teaches the fair sportswomen the use of the bow; they
fire their shafts at a target. Here the attitudes, the graceful
evolutions, and the dexterity of the Amazons are sure to
create a most agreeable surprise. Zelia, Diana's favourite
nymph, wins the prize, which is a rose. After this, Diana,
on the point of leaving her temple for the forests, commits
the guardianship of the time to Zelia. Diana gone—Zelia
amuses herself in collecting flowers to make a crown, which
she deposits at the feet of the goddess's statue. This she
does whilst she dances, and here occurs the pas de la cou-
ronne. At this moment Amyntas, a shepherd, in love with
Zelia, arrives endeavours to steal the crown, and
convey it to the statue of Love, which has ap-
peared on the opposite side of the stage. This
struggle produces another graceful step. Zelia resists all.
Amyntas's declarations, and flies away to avoid him. He, in
despair, attempts to kill himself, but Love arrives, consoles him,
and promises him success. The second tableau represents a
moonlight scene—a circular temple of Diana, with the sacred
fire burning on an altar in the centre; while the statue of
Minerva and other allegorical figures are seen grouped in di-
vers attitudes at the .sides; Diana and her nymphs appear,
and the goddess confides the maintenance of the vestal fire
burning on the altar to Zelia. As soon as the severe goddess
has disappeared, Love shows himself. By his touch he ani•
mates the marble effigies, who bend. towards Zelia, and by
their gestures first, and next by their menaces, invite her to
join in the adoration of Cupid. At the moment that Zelia, by
dint. of persuasion, consents, Diana returns, and her truant
votary runs away. The third tableau represents a forest
where 'Lelia has fallen asleep from the fatigue of her flight.
In her uneasy dreams she remembers her disobedience to
Diana. Whilst she shimbers, a fawn appears, and steals a rose
which she holds in her hand, and which Diana gave her as a
talisman, and the reward of her dexterity. She awakes tries
to regain her flower, and here takes place the pas de la' rose,
the struggle itself being intended to typify the contest between
wisdom and passion. The rose is lost—Love L'Amour
forstalls the arrival of Diana, and Zelia is car-
ried away on the gossamer wings of little Cupids to the
realms of love. The fourth tableau represents a spot con-
secrated to Venus, whose statue occupies the most prominent
spot. The centre of the gay and embroidered scene repre-
sents a sheet of water, filled by rushing cascades. Zelia,
wafted here, is tempted by the coolness of the, stream, and
bathes. Whilst bathing, a butterfly, careering in the air,
attracts her notice—she rushes out of the bath—pursues it
in a pas, called the "Pas de Papillon"—at last she catches
the butterfly, which she presses to her heart. It makes he!
heart beat violently—she throws it off, but it is too late—slit
has caught the contagion of love; for the butterfly was the
arch-god disguised. Cupid comes to enjoy his triumph,
bringing with him Amyntas, who now experiences but little
resistance to his suit. The triumph of love is celebrated by
the most fascinating dances, too numerous and varied to be
described in our allotted space. It is impossible to convey
any idea orthe beauty of the coup Bail, particularly in the
scene of the Temple, where the statues are animated be- Love,
and in that of Venus's Bowers, where Zelia battles in the
stream. As to the ruling idea of the ballet, it is intended,
from beginning to end, only as an illustration of the well-
known lines of Voltaire, inscribed under a statue of Cupid—
" Qui, que Cu soi, roici ton maitre,
Il est, le fit, ou le doit etre."

We have reason to believe that the Iri,h Liberal
Members have come to a resolution to retire from the House The Vauxhall-bildze Cofttp,tny have cannftiehc,-d
of Commons when the debate on Mr. Villiers motion for the building.a pier on the plan of the one at the Southwark-
immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws comes to a close. bridge.
Mr. Cubitt, the extensive buiPer, has erected a row
The reason assigned tar the Irish Members not voting in of houses on the west• side of tiie gas works, ealle:1 Curtain-
favour of Mr. Villiers' imition, is their deep dissatisfaction road, which conceals that unsightly building. He hitt. corn-
w3ll Mr. Cobden and the other Memix:rs of the League, fir pleted the road sixty feet wide alongside. the wafer. The
having voted is favour ofbilulitera on the Sugar Duties hill. `Government completo tbo rwitailider to .itterea-
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