The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-24 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

M Regniar appeared last night for the first time in
England in one of his must fiuished and happiest inter •
pretax ons of the old French comedy—Figaro, in the
Barbier de Shiite. The whole performance is one tor
rent of animal spirits and bustling activity, in which
sallies of social satire, worldly philosophy, careless
gaiety, cool impudence, and intriguing dexterity are
whirled along in rapid and bewildering succession. In
the physical requisites of the part M. itegnier is. no
less happily qualitiud. Mdlle. Denaio's Rosins was de-
lightfully simple, natural, and graceful. And Regnier's
Figaro was the charade: drawn by the French dramatist
—keen, shrewd, gay, and witty, without the sligheat
tinge of buffoonery. As to the comedy itself, its ad-
mirable plot and construction are the least of its merits.
In the fine and delicate traits by which the individuality
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of Each character is brought out and preserved, the
sharp saitite on the iollies and vices of a disaolute afe:
and the el wince and animation of the dialogue._ 'lto
Barbier de Seville resembles the School for Scandal,
p rformattee
-bchit is out in arty respttt riur.
, comedy
went off with much spirit, and was recleitiveehd-aers_ith
applause by a very full house. BealltDanre
Mdlle.
terre.
wad preceded by La Marquise de
Serail of Marion de
Marquet played the lair acid amiable pgreat
I'Oraie, and Lafont Cinq-Mars.

CABINET COUNCIL.—(THIS DAT).—The Cabinet
Ministers assembled in Council this attetnoon at the Foreign-
office, at two o'clock. There were present the E-trl ot
Lerbv (Premier), t he Man:Luis of Salisbury, the Eatl ot Lori
Sir John hakingten, the Earl
dale,-Mr. Secretary 'Walpole.
of Aialesbury, Lord John Mariners, the bight Hon. J IV.
w
Henley, the Charnetor of the Exchequer, and the l)okseucoht
:Northumberlatid. The Lord Chancellor and Mr. Retries
'fhe i'Veze
were prevented from tittendii.g by indisposition.
CATHERINin HAYEs.—AccoUtitS from the United
States describe Miss Ha) e.'s Success in the southern
vinces to hale been enthusiastic, especially in ;New Ort pro.
glowing where thaedlrnocar.l
tpi,r,enssameteolelberaavtee
rhioerdtpurabitseusittio
enthusiasm
st.theesr tfihr.satt haeirr tiwrshtecao, nilerr,ttvsvof.
"trite)
of the eensat ion produced by the fair Ca- tat,ice 3groefatena::,:
and stamped her position among them at once. a Shet' i umhPal
had
,
scarceOr l Orleans
terminatedns p'
hi't
again and again repeated proclaimed her
the judgment of Italy, the land of song.success, and ratified
RE-OPENING OF HOLBORN, The
roadway on this important line having repairs of the
great thoroughfare has been re- been completed, this
the great convenience of the immenseopened for public traffic, to
other vehicles which have inthe number of publ.c and
tilted to take a circuitous mean time been necessi-
west-end. The portion of route to and from the city and
ex-
tremity of New Oxford the road situated between tt.e ex-
ret awed with street and Red Lion-street has been
granite ht.
more suited to the ocks of a substantial character, and
wood paving, whichgreat traffic of this thoroughfare than the
da. gerous had also become in a very rotten and
this road from coalition.
The wood paving stilt remains on
that point to Holborn• bars, which is, how-
ever, in a better state of repair, and as the line has been re-
opened, it is presumed that there is intentionno
of removing
it for the present.
EXMNSION OF IHE ELECTRIC Tt LFGRAPIT.—
The electric telegraph is now in progreanss
Wof con-thavenruction to
Preston, Carlisle, Mutypor,, Wigan, d hite.
CITY ORTHOPX DIC HOSPITAL, HATTON GARDEN.
—Yesterday a meetiug was held at the instituticn. in Hat-
ton garden, of the Medical 4 flicer, Lied friends of the insti-
tution, when, after the r.tutine bwinenss ( t
had
the beeenttaransacted,
it was stated by the settior seigeosblishm•nt
(Mr E. J. eilkale, t-f Oid Broad-street) that there were at
present upwards of 600 patients upon the books, the ire pa.
fiesta included. The numerous applications for in-door
admission from distant parts of the country—Birkenhead,
Liverpool, Birmingham, and Manchester—afford a striking
proot of the value of such an institution, which, though
- , tough
young in its foundation, has already afforded relief to so
many of our Buffering fellow-creatures.
AlooKE's l'Arvas.—The folio Alng is front a "
fly.
leaf in the Edinburgh Review just out:—" Messrs Longman
and Co. have to announce that the MS. journal.
of the late Thomas Moore are in preparation and papers
and that they will be edited by Right Hon. Lord John '
for publication
Russell."
the
COUNTERFEIT COIN,—It is nr
the criminal law ( • r.(ll3"ed by a Bill on
printed on Wenelda - t
trees within the M-t l' " .•
) ) o empower ralgi
. s •
t. ropy itan Police di-t. ' .
, on summary
convictions,
convictions, to imprison off. - nu
not putts Mr uttering counterfeit
coin for a period n l
sumulicy
exceeding six months. Instead of
dea
i 1 h a gate, the uogistratal way commit
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