The Sun. — 1863-07-20 (London, England)

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.  MADLLE. LUCCA.  Medlle. P Luline Lucca, whose recent success in  the German capitals has filled their journals with so much enthusiasm, and attracted so much notic, in the musical world, made her debut at the above house on Saturday, in the heroine of the "Huguenots," and achieved a success which was quite commensurate with the faaie that had preceded her. Possessed of a lovely face and person, a rich and powerful voice, and considerable dramatic feeling as well as the most th, rough musical accomplishment, there can be 10 question that she comes before us with larger claims to popularity than any of our recent debutantes. Whether she is qual:fi,d, however, to sustain the highest walk of tragic opera, which Grisi so long adorned, and which Madlle. Titiens so nobly illustrates, is still a questionto teat t of settled. dudt gine settle with Raoul—we should certainly incline to the belief that she was tri,re adapted to the characters in which grace and tenderness were more demanded than ideal grandeur or positive passion. Valentine—the by her share in thethe unrivalled duet great We see her more dtstinctly in the Sonnatnoula and the Lucia than in the LucrEz'a, the Norma, or the Fidetio. e willinglY reserve, however, to a further nearing any conclusion on this point. Medi le. Lucca enjoyed on this occasion the usual idmirable sus,ainment of an opera which has so 'ong presented at this theatre bn instance of a corn pie,euess in all witernal, as great as in all musical details, avd was honoured by the most marked re cognitions of her powers, both in the manner she Aas twice call( d for at the conclusion of the great ,uet, and also at the close of the performance. The nouse was very full.  ERRONEOUS CONVICIION FOR MURDER subscription in favcur of the woman Doize has now been tail ly applied A cott,ge, of the vs ue of 2,000 t., has been purchased, and an annuity of 3361 been assigned her. It may be remembered that she was unjustly condernted for murder, and remained for more than a year in prison, when the error was discovtred by the confession of the teal murderer.  DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES —A newly invented machine fot destroying ships has just been successfully tried at Helsingfors. The inventor is Lieutenant C. lone! Ramsdorf. They are made of glas6 and contain each about eight pounds of powder. An old ship with which the experiment was made was completely blown to pieces. The Russian Gov,rnment has now given an order for a large number of these machines  REPRESENTATION OF CLARE,— --Sir Coleman O'Loughlin, Q.C., has addressed the electors of the county of Clare, as a candidate for the seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Calcott. Sir Coleman is much respected by all parties, and, as a Roman t atholic connected with the county, it is supposed he kill be acceptable to the majority of the electors. There is no other candidate yet in the field. A. w►ne merchant winced Locouchic, residing at Noniron (Dordogne). has just been cordemned to a month's imprisonment and 1(.0f. flue for having voted twice dutiiw the late elections. It appears that his name was entered on the lists at Neutron as a resident, and at Pansal (HauteVienne) as a landowner, and he voted in both places.