The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-12 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

An entertainment termed a Romentic Melo-
dramatic Sp9ctacle was prcduced last evening, under
the title of The Forest of Terror; or, the Devil's
Diggings. It was beautifully put upon the stige,
and Mr. Flexmore, as the Imp Rubezabl, was inde-
fatigable in his rapid feats of grotesque agility.
Madlle. Auriol, as the Spirit of the Golden Lake,
displayed her choregi'aphic talents with great effect,
dancing with exceeding finish and aplomb, and wrs
greatly applauds 1. Here we must stop, for the piece
itself is treshy and wearisome, es its qualified recep-
tion by the audience sufficiently demonstrated. When
copiously cut down it may answer to fill up an hour.
The house was extremely well attended, and the
preceding pieces) Sink or Swim and The Loan of a
Lover, very satisfac' )rily performed. In the latter,
Mr. W. Farrel), jun., played remarkably well, and
Miss Harriet Gordon acted and sang most agreeably.
Her talents are a decided acquisition to the establish-
ment.

THE CABINET THEATRE.—The members of the
Amicable Dramatic Amateurs gave their second performance
here last evening. The pieces selected were She Stoops to
Conquer and The Honeymoon.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The iron railings which
have been in course of erection for some months past in front
of the British Museum are at length put up, though the
ornamenting them is not yet completed, and will take yet
five or six weeks to accomplish. The porter's lodge, the last
remnant of the old building, is cleared away, and not a
vestige remains of that celebrated structure. It is intended
to form an ornamental garden and shrubbery on the exten-
sive area within the enclosure, with a dwarf wall, on which
will be placed an iron railing, a pact of which is already
raised. Several alterations have taken place in the arrange..
ment of the sculpture end other antiquities in this national
institution. The Assyrian relies' which from the darkne-3
of the apartment could screcelybe distinguished, have been
removed to a gallery which extends the whole width of the
Museum, adjoining the Lycean Gallery. The light will
here be distributed from the roof, which will be almost en-
tirely composed of glass, on en iron framework. These
arrangements are not yet finished, and the public will not be
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smallieehas, weakly sum; and we understand the com-
aisp„sing
nuoPlteo the present time, had the gratification of
member?. , . 93 than 5801. to the families of deceased
At the time
the Registrar of Friendly of enrolment, Mr. John Tidd Pratt,
the remark, that "he hoped
Societies, is stated to have mode
of London would not
bhoped the example of the printers
do well to establish simeilost upon other trades, who would
and orphan funds swore i!ir.cezieties." At that time widow
great railways of the metropolis, established on a few of the
extended to the majority
of ittlis, and are now, we believe,
the compositors' iund is 5e4.11. We learn that, although
some assistance, in the shape :fupiohing, it has received
mittee of the fund wish gratmully to acknodonations,
wledgeSi.Wm.Scott, of
the receipt,
City. This, and other acts of kintlotfe New-street-square,
gentlemen, will surely have its weight wisthf"mbenevolent
of munificent means to lend a helping those. possessed
which must be handto an infant so-
ciety, the object of
.acknowledged to be highly
' iseworthy, and deserving of support, especiallywhen '
pra metropolitan it is
considered that the printers are, literally speak-
lie, public servants, devoting their short lives, by night
labour and otherwise, to the (insemination of intelligence to
the world.
SECRETARYSHIP OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.--
Captain•. C.E hat retired from the secretaryship
of Codclingoon,
'The Captain was appointed P
of the Caledonian Railway. to
this important office four years ago, on an engagement for 10
years, receiving for the first two a salary of 1,8001. per an-
num, and for the residue of the term 2,C's:o/, per annum. We
understand he is to receive a solatium of 6,00/. for retiring
at tbia period.—North British Nail.
Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe, the only daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, had the misfor-
tune I.a.st week to fall on the slope of the terrace at Cotele,
and broke her
armjust above the wrist.