The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-07 00:00:00

THE HON. MR. LUNCIES.

In reply to Sir H. VERNEY,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the letter of the Hon.
Mr. Hincks, which appeared in the limes newspaper,
was quite authentic, but he bad no knowledge how it
found its way into that journal. In consequence of its
publication without the documents which preceded and
followed it, moat erroneous impressions had gained
currency.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

SAGACITY•OF THE DOG.

A moat remarkable instance of the sagacity of this
noble and faithful animal was related by Dr. Von Iff-
land, a German physician of considerable eminence
many years ago:—" While in practice at Quebec, a
large 'log, bleeding profusely from the right leg, at-
tracted the attention of one of my students. He was
coaxed into the surgery, when I found an artery and
tendons completely divided. I ordered the poor
animal to be firmly secured, by which means a
ligature was •applied to the bleeding vessel, and
after shaving the hair surrounding the wound, I care-
fully applied adhesive plasters, and brought its edges
together (leaving a small aperture for the ligature),
covered with a linen bandage. After the operation
he was set at liberty, but to my surprise the fol-
lowing morning the dog was one .of my earliest
patients, The bandego appeared to be undis-
turbed. I, however, removed it for the purpose of
examining the state of the wound, and as the strips
of plater appeared to be in the adhesive state I
allowed them to remain. On the third day, about the
same hour, the sagacious animal made his appearance,
and impatiently (by his gestures) waited his turn to meet
the attention of my assistant to dress anew his wounds,
to which ho most gently submitted, licking the whole
time of the operation the hands of the operator. He
continued punctually to visit my surgery every morning
at the same hour until cured. which I believe was not
less that fifteen days. I found, some time after, that the
dog belonged to a respectable butcher, and, every time I
had occasion to pass his master's house, it was impossible
to avoid the extreme caresses and fondness 'which the
animal displayed by its alert gestures and jumpieg, and
even foilpwing me through all my visits to my patients!,
until he saw me safely to ray own 'edgings, when he im-
diateiy departed for his master's 110118 e, and what is more
extriordinary, all the enticing means resorted to by the
students and myself never could prevail upon the do& to
enter the surgery after he was dismissed Its cued."'

FOREIGN THEATRICALS.

OPERA COMIQUE.—One of Mehul's 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 Met Lemeire, SLe. Foy, and Ponchard.
VAIIDETILLE.—After a remarkably prosperous career,
La Dame aux Came= has diseppeared from the affiche
in consequence of the conga of Madame !Docile, whose
admirable doting has not a little contributed to its sue-
crss. The novelty which has replaced it, La Maitresse
d'_Ete et /a Maitresse d'Hiver, by M. Clairville, aided by
M. Cordier, has one poiut in common with i's 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
confused, merely to narrate the amorous tribulations
of M. Henri, or M. Arthur, is rather over estimating
the importance of such trifles. In this affair, the
hero is a Parisian " Giovanni," who in summer con-
descends to honour with his notice a pretty peasant
girl, whom he all but seduces, while in winter ho be-
comes one of the most devoted admirers of Mlle. Rosati,
one of the fair denizens of the quartier Breda.
The maitresse d'ete, however, has also a rustic
admirer, who, with a spirit that does honour to the con-
fraternity of modern Melibcei, punishes M. Henri by
transforming himself into an aecomplished townsman,
making a vigorous attempt to supplant him in the affec-
tions of Rosita, and finally calling him out and " wing-
ing" him after the most approved fashion. Ultimately
the piece concluds with the marriage of the hero with
the village girl.
ANtIGU.—The most illustrious of ancient are matists
have been reproached with a too liberal use of the ter-
rible in their dramas, but ell the Greek writers, even old
Atchylus himself, must yield the palm to the Ambigu.
Here the playgoer, who, like Macbeth, would "cup lull
of horrors," finds ft table ready to his taste. Carnage,
pestilence, murder, suicide,
and all the evils which poor
humanity is el-Rioted, are nightly presented here according
to the most correct traditions of the Bouh.vart du
Crime. After the Vampire, the Croqucmort, Satan, &c.,
we ere now introduced to the Croquemitaine, not the
cradle bugbear dreadful to refractory childhood, bat
simply a Ghentish glove-maker, who acquires this soubri-
quet in consequence of an order of the Duke of Alva fur
angreentendsnitithteemlis tgoallbi
ecei;:)irnni t lbiyn e ''
The fierce governor the
unlimitedpanshtroo supplypsatia ofi in t,
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) complete deficiency of anything like
literary
merit,ts the scene painter, costumier, and per-
f M. St. Ernest and Mme. Mabire,
or mersa ,n pd arit iculerly
more than sharing in the honours with the author, M.
Max de Revel.

.
THEATRE NATIONAL. -We have bare 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-known feats
of arms which this theatre' (the Cirque o!ympique
of former days) .has tires
out of mind been in the
habit of representing, the whole crowned by the
storming
of Caprea, is which a deluge of rockets and a
portentous display of red fire give a very showy and
hrinlulat representation of something, which, in reality,
must be far from an agreeable affair. Tao curtain falls
in the midst of the enthusiasm created by this feu d'ar-
tifice, and the authors comic in for a share of the ty-
phoon, which we strongly suspect 'are wholly intended
for the pyrotechnist.
M. Roger has been succeeded in his part in the Juif
Errant
theatto-for his annual tour, commencing with Germany,
by il. Chspul.;, the former having left the
where he is an extraey.dinary favourite.
In addition to the hundred and one rumours long cur-
rent on L'Africaine, we now hear that M. Meyerbeer,
by a new
modification, has divested it of the character
wElch seamy 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
iivint(r in Italy, hss proceeded to
: . Mine. Rossi-Caecit has arrives
for that purpose.
in Paris.
M. Verdi is finishing an opera to he produced at La
Fenice, in'Verice, next autumn, under the title of 11
Trovatore.

Jenny Lind (Mme. Goldschmidt) is about to take up
her residence in the vicinity of Hamburgh.
Mrs. Clara Novello, and Coletti, the baritone, have
been engaged for the Oriente at Madrid.
A new ballet has been produced at Vienna, under the
',We of Odetta; it was saved from condemnation by
the admirable dancing of Amelia Ferraris, who appears
almost as great a favourite with the Viennese as Fanny
Ellsler in former days. Don Giovanni has been sung
for the first time in Italian at the Porta Corinzia, with
Mines. Medori, SuiztT, and Maray, and MM. Da Bas-
sini, Mitrovieb, and Graziani; its success i 3 described as
complete.

DonizAti's Lucia, Madame Cuzzini is described as
having achieved a great success at the Maionale in
Turin. She was recalled nine times. The other ar
tistes, MM. Sacchero and Walter, are also well spoken of.
Letters from ilan give a glowing description of the
performance of Madame Lccatelli and M, Bordas at the
Careen°, in Polinto.

Mine. Grintz has made a sensation at Ferrara, in
Nabucco.—Galignani. •
In New York the Corsican Brothers is being played
with the greatest favour at the Bowery and the Astor-
place Opera House.
At the Broadway L)la Montes was to have appeared
on the 25th ult. in the new historical drama styled Lola
Mentes in Bavaria.

Madame Celeste was playing a very successful .en-
gagement at the Walnut-street theatre, Philadelphia,
having been engaged fur an extra week. She was to
appear at the Broadway on the 31st ult,, being her fare-
well engagement previous to leaving for England.
Anna Bishop was still in New Orleans at last dates
from that city.
at Pittsburg.
Miss Davenport is playing

THE SCIENCE OF CANDLE-BURNING.
Beforenyou put your candle out look at it. Ii hts
been
some time unsnuffed, and gives little or no
b urning
light: the wick is low,, and i a
.s topped by a heavy
black
clot—a lump of uucon,,umed 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. 1V hen you ask
as
why this is, ycu
learn that flame is "11°W, and as it admits no oxygen,
which is necessary for combustion, the wick which it
When the flarael, by motion, leaves the wick exposed at
intervals to the oxygen
of the atmosphere, it speedily
burns away. Note the valuable deduction from this fact
formationrbeuqrunlirninng
of a card le. The wick you may think
surrounds remains unconsumed, and diminishes the light.
candle
—thet heth:viect,
ewrihoirc h
air, constantly nasnt adn tsloy
givesturns
ucsu ta-
asnuffing. There is much philosophy
give light ; but this is not
exactly the fact. The wick is simply to bring the
melted tallow, or oil, if
; ill a lamp, into that finely divided
state in which it ,z,3
,heat fitted for combustion. The heat
iwsairndteannededretaochboenufsron
and
applied to " light t4° candle decomposes into its consti-
tuents the small
quantitya
of tallow next the wick: heat
and light are
produced in the operation, and the heat so
produced
carries on the decomposition. Just-think of
this.--Builder.

SEABORNE MAILS.
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consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday.
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instant, on the morning of the 28th
in consequence of the 27th falling on a Sunday.
lien Southampton, will be made up on the evening

THE STOCK ExcirANGE AND TILE POLICE.—On
Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, some stir was
created at the entrance of the Stock Exchange, by one of
their officers refusing to admit Storey, a City detective, in
pursuit of a criminal For some time Storey has been em-
street to apprehend a young man of respectable connexions,
who had robbed him of a considerable sum. On Saturday
gentleman in the neighbourhood of Thames-
afternoon he was in search of the offender with the plun-
dered person, ?and in passing the entrance of the Stock
Exchange in Threadneedle-street, they observed the indi-
vidual whom they wanted run down the passage and enter
the Stock Exchang
pursued the party, and as he was
entering the latter building, he was stopped lsy the beadle,
who demanded his businea4. He produced his warrant card,
and stated his case. The beadle refased to admit him, and
demanded to know the name of the party he was in search
of. Storey refused to satisfy him, and was then referred to
the secretary of the Exchange, in New-court. He pro-
ceeded round the building, and was then informed that his
authority did not extend to the interior of the Stock Ex-
change, and that their officer had acted right in refusing
him admission.
by
case, and urged its importancP, and ultimately found ad-
Storey went into the particulars of the
mission, but the often ler had escaped by some other en-
trance. It is supposed that the criminal entered the Stock
Exchange
pretending he was a clerk to one of the
stockbrokers.