The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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ARABIA,

FOREIGN THEATRICALS.
opERA CoMlQtrE.—One of Mehul'a unpretending little
operas, L'lrato, has been revived here, for the debut in
the part of Scapin of M. Meillet, one of the pillars of
the Opera National during the past season. He was
received with marked favour. The other parts
were creditably supported by Mdlles. Lemercier, De-
croix, and MM. Lemaire, St. Foy, and Ponchard. •
VAnDeveezee_After a remarkably prosperous career,
La Dame aux Cantellas has disappeared from the affiche
in consequence of the conge of Madame Doche, whose
admirable acting has not a little contributed to its suc-
cess. The novelty which has replaced it, La Maitresse
d'Ete et la Maitresse iver, by M. Clairville, aided by
M. Cordier, has one point in common with its attrac-
tive predecessor—it is in five acts—of which three'at
least are de trop. There is no deficiency of smartness and
animation, but. five acts of incidents more or less
coofused, merely to narrate the amorous tribulations
of M. Henri, or M. Arthur, is rather over-estimating
the importance of such trifiee. Ia this affair, the
hero is a Parisian " Giovanni," who in summer con-
descends to honour with his notice a pretty peasant
girl, whom ha all bat seduces, while in winter be-
comes one of the most devoted admirers of Mdlle.sitet,
one of the fair denizens of the quartier Breda.
The maitresse (rem, however, has also a rustic
admirer, who, with a spirit that does honour to the con-
fraternity of modern Melibeei, punishes M. Henri by
transforming himself into an accomplished townsman,
making a vigorous attempt to supplant him in the affec-
tions of Resits, and finally calling him out and " wing.
Log" him after the most approved fashion. Ultinuately
the piece conclude with the marriage of the hero with
the village girl.
ANBIGU.—The most illustrious of ancient dramatists
have been reproached with a too liberal use of the ter-
rible in their dramas, but all the Greek writers, even old
eEichylus himself, must yield the palm to the Ambigu.
Here the playgoer, who, like Macbeth, would "sup full
of horrors," finds s table ready to his taste. Carnage, pes-
tilence, murder, suicide,and all the evils with which poor
humanity is afflicted, are nightly presented here according
to the most correct traditions of the Boulevart du
Crime. After the Vampire, the Croquemort, Satan, &c.,
we are now introduced to rho Croquemitaine, not the
cradle bugbear dreadful to refractory childhood, but
simply a Gbentish glove-maker, who acquires this soubri-
quet in consequence of an order of the Duke of Alva for
an unlimited s apply of green mittens gallice " mitaines."
The fierce governor intends them to be worn by the
Spanish troops as a rallying sign in a general massacre
of the Flemish; this massacre, a rather close imitation of
the St. Bartholomew, constitutes the subject of the
piece, which was successful considering its length (six
acts) and its complete deficiency of anything like
literary merit, the scene-painter, costumier, and per-
formers, particularly M. St. Ernest and Mme. Mabire,
more than sharing in the honours with the author, M.
Max de Revel.
TREA.TRE NATIONAL. We have here a genuine
military drama, La Prise de Capree, in which the
dashing sabreur, Murat, and his gallant followers go
through those evolutions and the well-knoeu feats
of mine which this theatre (tha Cirque Olympique
of former days) has times me; or mind been in the
habit of represeatieg, the whole crovvued by the
storming of Ceprea, in which a &loge of rockets and a
portentous display of red fire give u very showy and
brilliant representation of something, which, in reality,
must be far from nu agreeable affair. The certain falls
in the midst of the enthusiasm created by this feu d'ar-
tce, and the authors come in for a share of the ap-
plausee, which we strongly suspect are wholly intended
for the pyrotechnist,

M. Roger has been succeeded in his part in the Juif
Errant by M. Cnspni4, the former having left the
theatre for his annuai tour, commencing with Germany,
where he is an extraordinary favourite.
In. addition to the hundred and one rumours long cur-
rent an L'Africaine, we now hear that M. &eyerbeer,
by anew modification, has divested it of the character
which seems to have-occasioned him some trouble, that

of the Negress. This change demanding the assistance
of M. Scribe, the dramatist, who has been spending the
winter in Italy, has proceeded to Berlin for that purpose.

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MUM Rossi-Caccia has arrived in Paris.
Mt Verdi is finishing an opera to be produced at Ls
Pewee, in, Venice, next autumn, under the title of 11

TrovaAore.

Jenny Lind (Mine. Goldsehmidt) is about to take up
her residence in the vicinity of Hamburgh.
Mrs. Ciara- Noveilo, and Coletti, the baritone, have
been
,engaged,for the Oriente at Madrid.
A new ballet has bean produced at Vienna, under the
title of Oddta; it . was saved from condemnation by
the ajinirable dancing of At:mils Ferraris, who appears
almost as great a favouthe with the Viennese as Fanny
/;1191er in former days. Don Giovanni hal been sung
for the erst time in Italian at the Porta 'Corinzia, with
""","• Alf-dori Su:z.r end Mara and MM. De Bus-
mni, Slitrovich, and Graziani; Y
its success is described as
°Delphi,.
In Dcciia, .
t .n's Lucia, Madame Cuzzini is described as
having act
Turin. . S'lLl:vs.jarl a great success at the Nezionale in
tistelol at.
84 was recalled nine times. The other ar-
oe aiiro and Walter, arc also wit spoken of.
--5-ernmerasecfrel-1- -;18.1clan give a glowing description of the
67:;:ano in Kii'liz6. Ante Locate:li and M. Bordas at the
Mow. Grinlz has masensation made a , .
us
.Nabuceo.—G'utignani. at Ferrets, in
In New Yeik -the en
-"wan Brothers is being played
with the .greAtest favour at the Bowery and the Astor
place Opera-house.
-
-At the Broadway Lola
14°4t s was to have appeared
her 25th ult. in the new ilia:
on t •
Mal drama styled Lola
Monies in Bavaria.
Madame Celeste was. playi,r; ,
,xhovaerY successful en-
gagement at the Walnut-street
Philadelphia,
engaged for an extra Wetret.
having been
appear. at the Broadway on the 31st nil, .
_nlEthe was to
well engagement previous to: leaving for Zit
_ga her fare-
Anna-„Bishop Was still in New corietur gl d.
5 at leaf dates-
from 2aLDayerap lig city. .
Ali i
' at Pittsbni -
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„xxvßAag.,_ilNAßy EscdpE
•
Perhaps:few more extraordinaryescapes frota
awful deat have everas
—Oattterday last two me..” whose been recorded_ than the folloseta7.:
h.ose names are j,e_
Wain"' and Thomas Liddiard, were engaged deepeain`r_
bt:
well situated-at' -tlle back of 50113 e cottages belongi
a Mr. Stacey, ofeSlough. "They had been at work an
.
the morning, and left for dinner at 1 o'clock, returning
at 2. Ia a few minutes Liddiard was drawn in a bucket
to the ttee-nof the well through a man-hole which had
arrived been cattieetile-orew bn. Saarcely had 0 his .luck
- there
_
when Oft ~earth gave way, falling on
L A
im.
less cppapanipn. - completely burying "
numbet. ef .44410w-workmen were
immediately on
the spat, end commenced clearing the earth away from
,_
the body Of - the sufferer. Liddiard descended again for
the purpose ofessisting, and had scarcely been dri!svptni;
for the Seboad time when the crown of the well,weighl
more than half a ton of brickwork, fell in also. The
task of disinterring the poor mart Waine became no!
doubly difficult, few indeed expecting, when completed,_
to find him alive. A gaspipo was introduced and forced
down the. livell,to afford a passage for air. After some
labour it found mat the position of the sufferer-was
was.
nearly perpendioalaretraffording-•the oppertanity, when
his hoed-should' be- raleased.„, of-administering stimulants.
Up to sit" o'clock in the ea-cuing little had been effected
to give any strong hope. el an ultimate; rescue, and
it was fereseen' That ethee labour of excavating must
be coatinued - for boers,--to -come, and through the
night. Pipes wereqstid from the gas main to the mouth
of the well, mire The .labousera commenced excavating
y the light rituiraiLrded—at the aide of the well and
some yards from its mouth. By extraordinary-exertions
the upper portion of Waitis-inAly was releetited by one
o'clo ck en Sunday morniega and stimelauts in the shape
of small doses of brah:ly were administered by the nude.
oil gentlemenof the Lawn who were in attendance during
the whole time. At half-pait four o'clock the exertions
of all were happily crowed with succe33, when at that
time the aufferer was seen emerging frern his dreaded
prison, welkipg up the ladder with a firm step and a
cheerful countenance. • A warm bath wag in readiness at
the
Patient was removed, tindla
e, whither e
y, afterth a fearful incarceration ofrec oeeriugworlilwas ap eedil
fifteen hours "and a half at a depth from the surface of
the earth
_of nearly 22 feet. Too mach praise cannot be given to those by whose exertions the lifa ef a fellow. creature has bolo ultimately mod.

_Wile. Union and Univers have articles on the ru-
mour that the French Government has resolved to
enforce the observance of the Sabbath. It appears
from as advertisement in the journals that a consi-
derable number of tradesmen have already announced
their intention to close their shops on Sunday. The
Union, in mentioning the fact, expresses the satisfac-
tion that it derives from it, and a hope that the ex-
arapla will be generally followed.
It appears, says the 'Mats, that it is in contem-
plation to change the hours of opening and closing the
4?qrse of Paris, so as to enable telegraphic dispatches
to be sent off the same day to all the great towns
France with the last quotations of the day. In
ffet, zing the Paris hours at from twelve to two,
and those of Lyons, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Rouen, and
Havre from four to five, an abundance of time would
be.-left, after the close of the Paris Bourse, to send by
electrio telegraph the official prices, so as to allow
them' to be posted in the departments before the opening
of each local bourse. It is stated that applications have
been made by several towns in the departments to
have this change in the hours effected, and there is
reason to believe that the Minister of Finance will
accede to the 'representations made. This intention
s#'as' treaty; spoken of at the Bourse, and some per-
sona ,even went the length of affirming that the
Opposed change was already decided on, and would
aeon be carried into effect.
Since the end of March the Bank of France has
banded over to the Prefecture of Police not less than
3'66 fals4 pieces of 51., which it bad taken in the
course of business. False pieces of 20f., exceedingly
wed executed, are now also in circulation. One was
passed on Thursday evening at a grocer's shop in the
Place de Is Bourse.
The Corse steamer brought into Havre on Thurs-
day morning four English boats, taken in the act of
dtedifing for oysters within the French lines.

`According to the Trieste Zeitung, a courier from
jpl4Tah had passed through Cairo on the 23d of May,
on his waylci Constantinople. A French ship of the
line of 120 Mini had appeared off Jiddah. It is- sup-
posed that fornial possesitbn is about to be taken of a
part of the coast of Abyssinia or Senaar, near the Bay
of Ampbilia, which is isboht three degrees north of
the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb.

EXTENSIVE BILL FORGERIES.
CAMURE AND CONFESSION.
SHEFFIELD, FRIDAY.
The police authorities of this town have in custody
an accomplished and hitherto highly successful bill forger
and swindler, who was captured on Wednesday, and has
since made a confession of no fewer than seven extensive
forgeries. His name is Ernest Grapel, and it has been as-
certained that he is an extensive manufacturer of gutta
percha wares at Birmingham. His arrest was brought
about in the following manner:—On Wednesday after-
noon he went to the warehouse of Messrs. Thomas Ellin
and Co., on Sheffield-moor, and stated that he wanted to
purchase some expensive table cutlery. He stated in
conversation that the goods were intended for the Bishop
of Osnaburg, and that he was purchasing for Messrs. J.
C. Flack and Co., of that place. He selected goods to the
amount of 751. 103., less an allowance of 2i per cent. for
himself, and got the invoice made out to Messrs. Flack.
He then presented in payment a draft for 1771. 3s. Bd.
on Messrs. Smith, I'oyne, and Smith, of London,
dated May 22, 1852, and purporting to be drawn by
the Manchester and Liverpool Bank at Stafford. He de-
manded the balance in gold, refusing a letter of credit on
ewxaes going immediately to
d suspicion. Mr. G.
LE or
an
ndeo
en. onThis
cpilrecaumthsatat hence i:e
Barber (of the firm of Messrs. Ellin and Co.) said he
would send the draft to the batik to be cashed. He in-
dorsed it accordingly, and the stranger coentersigned it
A. IN. Simont. The instrument was presented im-
mediately afterwards to the cashier at the Sheffield
Banking Company, with a request that he Would pass it
to Messrs. Elba's credit and give the bearer 1001. in
cash. The cashier did not like the appearance of the
draft, so he referred to Mr. Wild, the sub-manager, and
it was submitted to Messrs. J. H. Barber, the manager.
They all agreed that it had a suspicious appearance, and
so thought Messrs. Parkin and Bacon, the engravers, to
whom Mr. Barber submitted it for scrutiny. The mana-
ger thereupon procured the aid of two police officers,
who went forthwith to Messrs.; Ellin's establish-
ment, where the payer was waiting, and had some con-
versation with him, which ultimately induced him to give
the individual into custody. The bank manager next
proceeded to the establishment of Messrs. Josh. Rodgers
and Sons, upon whom he knew a forged draft had been
palmed last autumn. Mr. Robert Newbold, a partner in
the firm, after hearing from Mr. Barber. what had
transpired, accompanied him to the police-office, and
recognised the man in custody as the very per-
son who in September last paid him 'a forged banker's
draft for 1981. 1 ls. 2d., in payment for 801. 183. 9d.
worth of cutlery, giving as a reference Messrs.
Zwelchenhart and Co., merchants, Liverpool. Ttie
draft, it appears, purported to be drawn on the Co-
ventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, in favour
of J. J. Elder, and by the latter specially endorsed
to R. A. Lambert, the name by which the prisoner then
passed. He got the balance in cash, and a few days
afterwards the draft was discovered to be a forgery. So
complete was the deception that the discovery was not
made till the instrument reached the banking-house of
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., who found it out because
they had not received any advice of it.
The prisoner, finding himself completely caught, made
a full confession of his guilt, and avowed his connexion
with five or six other forgeries. Lie has since been
very comintinicative, and has explained with great
minuteness the modus operandi which he has round so
very successful in deceiving both commercial men and
bankers. These revelations are likely to prove of great
value in the detection of future forgeries.
The prisoner was brought up before the mayor this
day, on the two charges named above, and further ac-
cused (on his own confession) of another fraud of the
same nature. On Saturday last he purchased go3d3 to
the amount of 901,, of Messrs. Bloomer and Co., iron
merchants, Westbromrvich, tendering in payment a
draft for 1871. 7s. 3d., purporting to be drawn by the
Manchester and Liverpool Bank. The Westbrorawich
bank cashed the draft, endorsed by the prisoner, "A.
W. Simont," and he received the change against the pur-
chase. This forged draft, singularly enough, passed
through three banks, and reached Messrs. Smith, Payne,
and Smiths', without having been detected. Some
evidence having been taken, the case was . remanded to
Wednesday next.

THE SCIENCE OF CANDLE-BURNING.
Before you put your candle out look at it. It has
been burning some time unsnuffed, and gives little or no
light: the wick is long, and is topped by a heavy black
clot—a lump of unconsumed carbon. Take the candle-
stick in your hand, and move it gently from side to
side: the superfluous wick burns away, and the candle is
again bright. When you ask yourself why this is, you
learn that flame is hollow, and as it admits no oxygen,
which is necessary for combustion, the wick which it
surrounds remains unconsumed, and diminishes the light.
When the flame, by motion, leaves the wick exposed at
intervals to the oxygen of the atmosphere, it speedily
burns away. Note ttie valuable deduction from this fact
—the formation of a wick which constantly turns out-
ward and reaches the exterior air, and so gives us a
candle requiring no snuffing. There is much philosophy
in the burning of a candl. The wick you may think
is intended to burn and give light ; but this is not
exactly the fact. The wick is simply to bring the
melted tallow, or oil, if in a lamp, into that finely divided
state in which it is best fitted for combustion. The heat
applied to " light" the candle decomposes into its consti-
tuents the small quantity of tallow next the wick: heat
and light are produced in the operation, and the beat so
produced carries on the decomposition. Just think of
this.—Builder.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
MAILS FOR THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.—MaiIs for the
F.ilkllnd Islands will hereafter be made up on the morn-
ing of the 9th of every month, for conveyance, by the
Brazil relies, to Monte Video, from whence they will be
transmitted by a sailirg packet, provided under a con-
tract which has been entered into between her Majesty's
Government and the Falkland Islands' Company. Letters
for the Falkland Islands will be liable to the usual
colonial packet rate of one shilling when not exceeding
half an ounce in weight, two shillings when not exceed-
ing an ounce, and so on; and this postage must be paid
in advance, or the letters cannot be forwarded.—News-
papers will be conveyed free from charge.