The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Fra Diavolo had been announced for last evening,
with Mr. Sims Reeves as Fra Diavolo, and Mrs.
Sims Reeves as Zerlina, and before the usual hour of
openiug many persons were assembled at the doors of
the theatre. The doors, however, were not opened
until considerably after the usual hour ; and when
opened placards were seen posted in the passages
announcing that, in consequence of the sudden illness
of Mrs. Sims Reeves, Fra Diavolo would not be per-
formed. The house, however, filled rapidly, and it
was announced that the Belle's Stratagem, to be fol-
lowed by
the performances of the Bateman children,
would be substituted. The audience, however, were
by no means satisfied, and the first scene of the
comedy was acted in dumb show—the loud calls for
" Burin" drowning every other sound. At length
Mr. Bunn appeared, and addressing the audience with
his usual tact, soon got them into good humour, and
the performers were suffered to proceed without fur-
ther interruption.

SOUTHWARK SOUP KITCHEN.
We visited this benevolent institution yesterday, when
we witnessed the distribution of the good things there
provided for the distressed poor of the district, and
seldom has it been our lot to be present at a more truly
gratifying sight. The committee of management de-
serve every encouragement in their Christian endeavours
to relieve their fellow-creatures. We have also to speak
in terms of high commendation of the excellent arrange-
ments by which some hundreds were supplied with a
quart of soup, of most excellent and nutritious quality,
and a half•quartern loaf oftiki best bread, in a very
short space of time, without tgr slightest confusion. It
would indeed have gladdened the hearts of the generous
contributors to this infant institution had they been pre-
sent to ace what joy they were the instruments, through
God's mercy, of shedding over the hearts of hundreds
who were suffering from unavoidable destitution. Since
we last noticed this institution, the committee, through
their treasurer, Mr. John Brady, surgeon, of Black-
friars-road, have received the tidings that several con-
tributions have been received, one of 5/. from M. R. N,,
and we are satisfied that thero is no place in London
where more good may be effected by Christian charity,
both physically and morally, than in the distressed dis-
tricts of Southwark and Lambeth, and it is hoped that
the wealthy will rally round and lend their assistance to
permanently establishing this much wanted institution.
It is Jr.a Brady's intention, if properly supported, to
extend his labelers to the establishment of a dormitory,
by which much crime and immorality might be pre-
vented.

ADMIRALTY MANAGEMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF VIE TIMES.

Sir,—ln a letter sent me from King William's
Town, a truthful and well-conducted soldier thus
writes :—" The voyage to the Cape took us three
months to perform. Government laid in for the troops
only 75 days' provisions. The consequence was that
we were one month on short rations, and were com-
pelled to hoist the flag of distress to a ship which
hove in sight about a month before we anchored.
Providaitially this ship let us have provisions, or 1.
do not know what the consequences might have been.
A ship with about 220 souls on board, a scarcity of
provisions, and about a month's voyage to perform, is
anything but a joke. There is a vast difference in
such a case between 75 and 90 days; and the ship
we sailed in—the Charlotte, East Indiaman—could
not have gone in less than 90 days. The men bore it
remarkably well, but it was shameful treatment."
Sir, it is only by means of the press that grave
wrongs of this kind can be exposed and corrected.
If you think with me, that so just a cause of com-
plaint as is here related deserves a strong remon-
strance, you will no doubt do much to prevent a si-
milar occurrence by giving this honest fellow's nar-
rative publicity.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully,
G. A.

Tan KAFIR WAR.--A public meeting of the inha-
bitants of Lambeth was held yesterday evening, at the Horns
Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of considering the causes
of the war now- raging in Kafirland, and the policy which
has been pursued towards the frontier tribes, and the pro-
has
of memorialising Government to revert to a more
conciliatory system—Mr. W. Williams, M P., in the chair.
The chairman, in addressing the meeting, dwelt upon the
necessity of altering the old system of colonial goverment
and adopting a more conciliatory spirit ; and spoke in high
terms of the Glenelg policy, condemning, at the same time,
that of Sir Harry Smith. Several gentlemea addressed the
meeting, and resolutions were passed, condemnatory of the
present system of warfare carried en against the Kafirs, and
recommending some change in the colonial government, and
a memorial to Lord
the establishment of a commission at the Cape to deal with
all questions that might arise between the savage tribes and
Jthoehncoßlounsissetlsi, aAnd repliatitokinns't.o.opting Parliament on the subject of
the present war, was then carried , and after a vote of thanks
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contract, so as to go to Parliament
of railway, the
Parliament required
of . next session. The ca-
, which
per cent. The desire of the .1 and a cash deposit of 10
inhabitants. and landed proprie-
tors to get the station to Limerick has thus, for the present,
lto
Galway, too, has been abandoned, and
tfahiel eDd.ablTinhevcommitteeessel
contented itself with recommending
one vessel to try experimental trips to various ports. The
speculation is the absence of any ream-
nerative goods traffic—this is about to be compensated for by
a steam-vessel between
Cork, to test the America and Liverpool, calling at
experiment.
DEATH OF LORD LOUGHBOROUGH.—The following
paragraph appears in a New Orleans paper :—" The coroner
of New Orleans last week held an inquest on the body of
Lord
Loughborough, found dead on board the schooner Mary
Elizabeth, lying at the First Municipality wharfs. The
deceased was British twenty-three
years nobleman, and was only
years of age. He had taken passage at Havannah for New
Orleans, in the Mary Elizabeth, and died while the schooner
was coming up the river. The evidence before the jury
Showed that the immediate cause of his death was congest.-
tion of the brain. A gentleman and a servant accompanied
him on the voyage, and gave him every attention during his
I illness. The Britsh consul took charge of his body and
effects, to await the direction of relatives in England. His
remains were placed in a leaden coffin, until demanded by
his friends." [Lord Loughborough (James Alexander) was
the eldest son of the Earl of Rossini. He was born May 10,
1b30.]
IRON AS A MATERIAL FOR SHIPBUILDING.—WO
congratulate Mr. Peacock on the successful result of his
composition upon the iron sailing ships Three Bells and La
Serena ; the former having just returned to London from a
voyage to Australis and Calcutta in excellent condition,
having been only once retouched (at Sydney) during a
period of fifteen months. The latter has just returned from
Chile with a cargo of copper to Swansea; and after an ab-
sence of eight months without docking or careening is, we
understand, in excellent condition -likewise. The successful
issue of these distant voyages in iron ships has solved a
problem with respect to iron as a material for ship-building
1 of the highest importance to the commercial interests of this
country. We learn that the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have ordered a' large quantity.of Mr. Peacock's
composition to be sent to Malta Dockyard in the Peninsular
and oriental steamer Bentinck.
RECOVERY OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE WRECK
OF TEL AMAZON,—lntelligence has been received of the
finding of mire portions of the wreck of the ill-fated
Amazon steam-ship. Between four and five o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, the coast-sparsi on duty at the station at
Bolt Head, near Salcombe, -Observed a vessel's mast, the
head of which was painted white, drifting up the channel,
about a mile from the shore. The mast, at times, showed
itself full five feet above the sea, perpendicularly, as if some
weight was attached to keep it in that position.
There was
also a quantity of wreck seen floating about the Bolt, some
of which was partially burnt. The only pieces found with
any marks thereon was part of a side and part of an end of
a case or box, about two feet three inches in length, of deal,
an inch thick, roughly drretailed and nailed. The marks
on the Side are ".,/1-_*, with the other portion split. off.
Marks on the end Bid and Sin Jrroy Mareil Suray. Along
the neighbouring
.coast other pieces of charred wreck have
been cast, all of it, no doubt, formed part of the ill-fated
Amason.
ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, LAMBISTIL—A
special general meeting of the governors ofthis charitable
at the London institution was held yesterday on Tavern, for the
purpose of considering whether,in
chil-
dren rendered destitute by the loss of the Amazon, the strict
rule of the society, which enjoined the payment of lOogs.
upon the admission of each • ht not be dispensed
with ; Mr. S. Wheelerorphan. might
in the chair. It appeared from the
statements elicited at the meeting, that the committee of this
charity, immediately
upon the state of these poor children
becoming known to them, took the necessary steps to ensure
their admission. A sa. letter was read from the president—the
Duke of Camb 'd •
ri go—highly approving the suggestion, and a
resolution was unanimously passed for the election of three
of the children. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the
meeting separated. '