The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
This theatre opened last evening under the lesneeship
and management of Mr. eiberiden Smith, end despite the
heat of the weather, and the theatrical depression ge-
nerally exieting at this period of the year in London,
was densely crowded. hamlet was the play selected for
the opening, the chief cheracter being undertaken by
"the Great Amer Lian Tr.agedian," Mr. Buchanan. His
performance may be dismiesed with a very few remarks.
Altogether destitute -of the scholarly refinement, the
polish, power, and ease of Cheeks lie an and of the
grace, and elegance of elocution which distinguished
Emil Devrient—hard, coarse, drawling, lugubrious,
Mr. Buchanan, evinced extraordinary efforts to
make every line tell, superaddieg, moreover,
sundry dreary suspirations which gave the finish-
ing touch to one of the most depressing personations
we ever had the woe of witnessing. Except in
the advice to the players, the celebrated soliloquy, and
the graveyard scene with Laertes, which were very fairly
dune, his reduudancy• of gesticulation, painful groan-
logs, and grating vocal gymnastics, which, in the first
two acts, occasionally produced the impression of his
being gifted with two or three separate organs of speech,
made our blood run cold. With all this the applause
was frequent and furious. Ha was ice tiled at the end
of the second act, and on the fiaal fall of the curtain,
when he briefly, and indeed gracefully, thanked
the audience for his reception. The only display of
antagonism was after the play scene, when loud
sounds of an uepleaaing character proceeded' from the
front nit rows, but were drowned in the overwbelenn-
ing shouts of friendly vo;ces. There are other roles of
a less nature, in :5 hich we dare say Mr. Buchanan
would loftymake a very respectable figure, for he evidently
Possesses earnestness and a knowledge of the mechanical
It is hardly fair to form a de-
part of the profession.
eided opinion from
a first penrcleer; m
but an
vvce,
eu nandcthatosel o
such a part as the Danish i,rithef
may in time do well. e_
American actor to study to attain repose and modula-
tion, and he
is to be accorded
To Mre. Ternan as the Queen ,M r. Stuart as the
Ghost, and Mr. 13-.-lten es Leertes, praise
, and. the speech
Tilbury was a very respectable
for their judicious end intelligent performances. Mr.
of the first actor was better deliveredl°u'us
hbey Mr. Knight
than we ever heard it, except lately at t St. James's
Theatre.
clear rich voce,
cldert as Ophelia, with her i
The laurels cf the evening are decidedly due
to Miss Hu
and purity of expression.
Atter the tragedy the Netional Anthem
was sung,
one of the stunzis being given by Miss Rose Bransm
and an amusing farce followed. by Mr. J. R. O'Neil,, en-
titled Ilirs..lolorson,in which Mr. F. Vining and Mr. Suter
excited much laughter. There was some disapprobation
at its close from a knot of eibilators, who appeared to
be infected by two or three persons in the boxes, who
for their own amusement or some worthy and sufficient
reason, but unfathomable to us, gave new and then a
.herp hiss. Ilandct and the farce are announced for
repetitien this evening.

TH.EATKE.
The new opera, The Devil's in It, the libretto by Mr.
Bunu and the music by Mr. I3alte, drew, as it might be
expected, a tremendous house last evening. The libretto
is based upon the popular farce of The Devil to Pay, and
consists principally of broad comedy, developed through
the agency of magic. The Countess of IVallenberg
(Miss Poole) indulges in a temper, the flights of which
are beyond all endurance; end it is, therefore, deemed
necessary by " the powers that be " to give her a salu-
tary lesson by reducing her violence to reason. The chief
of these powers is a wondrous magician (21,1 r. Borrani),
who maters a humble basketemelter (Mr. Corsi), and his
Count
(Miss Homer), resident near the chateau of the
troonusnitor(mUsr.tThroaLveurdsy)t wthseniebungbtreu.rmgeitnitts, oLfehtti3s,purpose.
He
the basket-
maker's wife, and Lett
the -ounr.Y2Th)e-
-r Ignorance of each other,
similar influence, becomes
the wife of
from are replete with humour
after • e
thesap
le
(al
scenesaivffej partiesr.arisingBl
m p ample
0 ti
oppor-
tunity being
or iner:
d
tthoeirthuendloiubrbetettdisanb.omposer,
tteusntig and performer, to
iesxathlteatilounmLoilfiabtekenamionfg condbu'aenteei,ft!hitshihguhaalibfleera WI% walks.
arrleirty. The
moral of the piece
Mr. Belle's music is charactes'
end by a marked spright;ir tom_ beginning to
which suits tee subject admirably. atIO fluency of
manner,
current of songs, duo),' and codamoeirrately. The
flows on without any very remarkable le;atuedrbeeutpelietchheese
of melodic or harmonic treatments
abounding animsl spirits and the brightly-coloured viva-
city of the general effect are all that could be cleared,
Here and there the ear catches a reminiscence, .a me-
lodic phrase, which seems familiar, huteit is-soon ab-
sorbed into the emphatic and well-rhythmed strains
which make up the great proportion the opera, while
the attention never tires cf the variety and ingenuity of
the orchestral treatment. Much of the scoring, indeed,
affords very favourable specimens of Mr. Balfe's manner;
and it is but fair to say that in every such instance fall
justice was rendered to the composer by a most efficient
orchestra. The overture, which is brusque and lively,
was encored. Indeed, the same. fate attended almost
every morceau, co that the cpera may fairly be said to
have been twice performed. The elaborate concerted
piece in which the Count receives the huntsmen and the
Count?ss abuses them, is full or dramatic scoring, and
was very steadily given, the chorus backing up the
principals with a precision and aplomb not to be al-
ways found in cetablishments of more importance. An
air for the Count was also encored, and the Coun-
t es's. scolding music was so characteristic as to pro-
duce a genuine effect. Levy's opening song—a
sprightly and melodious air, sung with breadth and vi-
gour of style—was loudly eneeted. The duo which
succeeds with her bush:;ml, the tipsy Basket-maker,
is flowing and effective, and finished happily in the
climax of the polka, which 'formed one of the themes of
the overture. The act closes with the transformation
scene, managed to an effective chorus. In the second
act, the dispute between the 13aiket.melter and his wife
is partially carried on in spealsing-partially in very
fluent end facile musical phrases. We have then, after
an encored song from the Magician, a scents for Letty,
who hes waked up and found herself a Countess. The
musio is pretty and piquente, and was given by Miss
Homer so as to bring down a hearty demand for its re-
petition. A sweet little duo between the mock Countess
and her maid (Miss H. Coveney) is one of the gems of
the opera. It was also twice sung. The Count has next
a ballad of the regular Bair() and Bunn model, and con-
taining very graceful phrases; and the introduced sinrAe
ing lesson ends in a brilliant bravura song, to which IV,ia,
NOMer did full justice. The opera, us we have said; was
excellently and steadily give,;' on all hands. Great
pains had evidently been taken in its preparation.
EarezybodY was perfect and at home in bosh business and
music. There has been new and pretty scenery painted,
the dresses aro Hungarian, and the effect of the whole,
ltfhoe
both as addressed to eyceand ear, is decidedly sparkling
Afterrs.
Ba
and enjoyable.(ris first
Bunn,act, antswith atth
ethe t
ifnacl of
artistes, appeared the curtain, Messrs.
in dc!erence to a call of the most
unanimous, not to say deafening, description, and the
success of The Devil's
in It was established.

SPOUTING NOTES.
No. CCLXXII.
THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES AT

GOODWOOD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In Notes No. 269 and 270, commencing in the ,
Goodwood M,?etiong, I gave Midas as a starter for
the 300 SOTS. Stakes; being amiss he will atop at home.
I likewise stated that the Nassau Stakes would bes won.
by Flirt; elac, it appars, will not put in an cpPe Sussex
e
rnooe
Glengarry, also, is on ill.: missing list for th
Stakes.
The fields for to-morrow's races,
iterations, will
to the Goodsoed Stakes to some slight a
be as follow
Fillus, A. Day),
The Drawing Room Stakes— Red
subject with respect
SHtioneakw(edlolu,b.rtrulil;,x
A( rs
t tni
sa ni?
0,
tt Seirlnkobt°otd
F(thlßLauittolbes'rt)ofo'crk Stockwell
will start, for this stake, I
SnisUcl bUi finishing last.
winner, Ilex being itcan--' Fillies—Lady Harriet, Bed
have placed them so I
Hind,3 118 i ;s'vust.s, ti:se,sfilif:'-r
post.Ds I
expect they will p
-"a rthCeotS—Stockwell, Claverhouse.
300 Soya.
Btakv3 rd°eubtful. STOCKWELL,Olcourso,will
Houlakin and Ge by walking over; ono however, or
win not improbablyfO ocbtful; may go; but whether they
perhaps two, o-t s little, ca they have no chance of do-
do or
foalingnsct)o.thvicilbluat9.-tkae:r,d 71h-Lsitaensrttpren. walks oveFr.Wouaotwer.mfaell.,
Tlohou Goodwood Stakes—Chief Justice, Backbiter,
Cocltcrow,
Pedro, 13ushalaanteiarn, 'CHoarnriecloint's,
Lads: loon Mh"rtliggangee, the B6rahmin, Termagant, Huge,
srhual:crse; vi endetsa to
eone of Mr. Greville's, not improbably
„ ow, One or two may be added to this list in the
Scarre p* f rd Champion, Houlakin, and Sackbut,
,bat they are very dotib,ful. I find no reason to alttr
my previous selection of MONTAGUE, HARICOT and Mu-
considering Termagant sad Scarecrow the
best of the three years old. Had the last named
been mean;, which it seems is doubtful, I should have
given him a place at least, but as little or no money of the
right sin has tuen placed upon his chance as yet, I
must consider his running very dubious. As the ease
stands for the absolute winner I shall look to
MONTAGU' or MUSICIAN,
the first I‘arn,,(l for choice; and I expect to sec HARICDT
Said TERI:AGI.NT well up.
Very is tie betting this morning at either of the:entre-
pots of baziness—Chichester and London, the principal
portion of the betting world being en route. Prices are
ruling much as before in Town.--I am, &e.,
July 27. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
. TA I"PERSALL'S--YESTERDAIG
No betting.
GOODWOOD RACES.
In ti:dition to the lizt of horses pub.iebed.yesterdaY.
the olowin,•,' left town by the one o nice': tram on Mon-
day afternoon :—Vivazdiere, Agin, Guy Mannering,
Dividend, e by Venison out of .I.'asiop, Mutioian, Sitting-
bourne, Prestige, Pelior., Koh-i•noor, Nuthook (and not
Idighs).

It is rumoured in D,rhyile dubs that Mhjur
BErz,!sford, M P., is about to reaign the ofiie of socre.
tary at War for that of Paymaster-General under the present
Government.
RErRnsENTATIGNOF TivErvrorr.—
It is currently
reported that Mr. lleatbcoat, whose increasing infirmities
the arduous duties of
alreysslictleptahbalier iouf dfirenbraerrgi:i„n-cgars, is about to retire
rpeaardheartniteiumi
from the representation of Tiverton, in favour of Lord
Ebrington, tho fate representative for Plymouth.—Plymouth

ell intends 51ortly
Times.
appearing before the
entertaient, " The Far West." A more
deservedly
eirivee n r
liesm
eniclly
popular
Comp%er never :prcared; his success, we
bine no doubt, will be complete.