The Press.
London, England, 1855-11-17 00:00:00

ADELPHI.

LorinoN managers occasionally fallour a London
public with their presence in the metropolis, and we
acne happy to record that Madame Celeste's " starring"
'engagements in the provinces have again permitted
this popular favorite to appear at the theatre under
her direction. The lady reintroduced herself on
Monday night as Marie Ducange, in Mr. Bayle
Bernard's drams of that name. She was enthusias-
tically received, and performed with all her accus-
tomed energy and finish a character which few ar-
tists but herself could render acceptable. Miss
Kelly, who la one of the reinforcements here (engagtd
consequences of the secession of Miss Woolgar,
now Mrs. Alfred Mellon), proved herself what, in
.conventional phrase, is termed an acquisition to the
,company, but did so by acting a small part most un-
conventionally and effectively. A Mr. Shore, a pro
'vincial substitute for Mr. Leigh Murray, did not
efface the unfavorable impression made by his
opening performance in the Hundred Pound Note.
Mr. Rogers—an actor who, if he attain self-command,
and abstain from extravagance, has a capital position
within his reach, and who might, we should imagine,
have been turned to better account by his managers
—was exceedingly amusing as the " Master of the
Ceremonies." The houses have been exceedingly
good during the week, but a theatre like the Adelphi
should have at least one novelty in its affiche. An
.ola melodrama, an old burlesque, and an old farce,
.scarcely compose the sort of bill which a spirited
unanager should set before the public.

DUR TRADE WITH RUSSIA, taking tallow and giving
gold, was proved as a tact in evidence at the South-
wark Police Court on Wednesday. A man was
charged with stealing Russian tallow, and Mr. Combe
the magistrate inquired, with a natural curiosity, how
it was that " Russian tallow " could be now found in
the London wharfs. "Easy enough, sir," replied the
a►harfinger. "We have large dealings with Russia,
altongh we are at war, and our money is extensively
received in return. Nearly all our tallow comes from
Russia. It comes through Prussia. The tallow
in .question came from Memel. It is there sold by
the merchants on English account to the care of a
Prussian trill, who convey it through Russia and
Prussia to Memel where it is publicly shipped to
'England:" What a comment on our " strict block-
ade and destruction of Russian commerce!
Tim DEATH OF DR. FRA•NCK AND HIS SON has
exacted a great deal of discussion. On Tuesday Dr.
Forbes Winslow addressed a letter to the Times, and
:after reviewing the various causes which might beve
.led to the mysterious death of the boy, Dr. Winslow
'declared as his opinion that the boy had died a na-
tural death, and that the father in a fit of frenzy
lad destroyed himself. A letter from Dr. Arnold
Ruge on Wednesday confirms this view in some
measure, by stating that the boy had been examined
in his coffin, and none of the usual symptoms of
violent death were visible. There is not the least
doubt that in the case of the son a post-mortem ex-
amination should have taken place before a verdict
that the hoy " had been strangled in his bed" was
returned. The evidence given before the coroner and
jury afforded no proof either for or against such an
assumption, and the whole management of the in-
quest is only another proof of the ignorant assump-
tions and hasty conclusions of coroners and juries.
THE OPERATIVES AT MANCHESTER seem determined
-to persist in their intention to effect a general "turn
out," owing to the reduction of wages. Large meet-
ings have been held this week, and addresses to
employers prepared, couched in the most respectful
terms, protesting against the proposed reduction, and
appealing to their masters not to carry out their
intended reduction of wages; and proposing in lien
that a reduction in the working hours should be first
effected, in order to diminish the production of yarn,
'which, it affirmed, with the present insufficient sup-
ply of cotton, to be the primary cause of the present
unprofitable state of affairs.