The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-10 00:00:00

THE

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE.

What we like in the intended performances at this theatre,
at a private dress rehearsal of which we were present last
evening, is, that though the manager has a most obedient
company, a prima donna, who never has a cold, and a
tragedian who is never sulky, a comic artist who
never loses his voice and strikes for salary, and a
premiere danseuse who cannot, by any possibility, commit a
faux pas, though he is certain that there will be
no squabbling or jealously in his large troupe
of 150 performers, and that each lady and gentle-
man will accept the part allotted to them, yet, never-
theless, he shows no disposition to take advantage
either of them or the public, but has determined that his
pieces and performances shall be as excellent in literary
merit as they are remarkable in the character of those who
are to act them. The initiatory address is exceedingly neat
and pointed, and the dramatic hits in the opening sketch,
The Manager's Room, are certainly the production of no
wooden head. The performances are really wondrous.
Bonibastes Furioso becomes doubly funny when represented,
and the ballet is capitally executed. The little people who
play must surely have been cut from !airy trees, and have
some natural magic in them. The whole performance is en-
tirely novel—no one has seen anything like it before—and
all should go on Monday, when the " Marionette Theatre"
opens, for anything more humourous and whimsical cannot
be imagined. The theatre itself is a perfect gem, the
orchestra excellent, and all the other accessories, as scenery,
decorations, dresses, &c., have been got up in a manner so
regardless of expense, that it is plain the proprietor has the
greatest confidence in the permanent success of his very
singular experiment.

COURSE OF EXC
Amster au, 11 18
Ditto, three months 12 0
goiterdani .......... 12 0
intwerp ............ 25 4T%
Brussels."... 25 47%
Bamburgh • M.D. 13 1094
41tona •
Paris, 3 days'sight .. 25 32%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50
Marseilles 25 22%
80urdeaux......... • .
Frankforton 120%
Vienna, effec. flo•• •• • • 12 8
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 10
Petersburgh, Sil. ENG.. 36%
Madrid •• •• -••• ea •• 49%
CanZ •• .__.... •• e• •• 49%
Barcelona •• • • ........
88371110.• •• •• •• •• •• ••

;RANGE.-FRIDAY.

•
f.exhorn •••••••re •• •• •• 80 90
14eaoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• (.5
Milan .• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Venice— • • • • • • • • • • •• ••
Naples •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 40%
Palermo, peroz— .• •• 120
Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 120'
Lisbon • • • • • • •• •• •• • • •• 62%
aporto.• •• •• •• •• 52%i
Rio Janeiro •• •• • • ••
guenos Ayre5........
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia • • • • •• • • • •

PZIOEB OF BULLION, PEA Cl.
Foreign Geld in bars.. £ll 17 9 '
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
3panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars •..... 0 4 1
Silver in bars ........ 0 5 ON

A constant associate of the Marquis of Lansdowne
said yesterday, without reserve or hesitation, that the Mar-
quis had resigned, and merely held office until his successor
was appointed.—Herald.

DEATH OF SIR DAVID BAIRD.—We regret to
announce the death of this well. known and highly-respected
baronet, which occurred yesterday morning. As was pre-
viously announced, Sir David met with a serious accident
while following Lord Elcho's hounds on Saturday, the 20th
ult. He had dismounted to remove some obstruction, when
his horse, becoming restive, gave him a severe kick in the
leg. The unfortunate baronet was carried to a house in the
vicinity, where it was ascertained that the injury was so
serious as to prevent his removal at the time, and the
symptoms became so alarming in the sequel as to
render any change out of the question. The best medical
aid that Edinburgh could render was given, but it has un-
happily proved all in vain. Sir David Baird was in
his 56th year, having been born in 1795. He was a
scion of an ancient family. The celebrated Sir David Baird,
who distinguished himself at Scringapatam, Egypt, Copen-
hagen, and in the Peninsular war, having been the second in
command at the battle of Corunna, was uncle to the decased
baronet, who succeeded him in the baronetcy on his death
in 1829. Sir David Baird married in 1821 Lady Anne
Kennedy, eldest daughter of the late Marquis of Ailsa, and
had issue seven sons and three daughters. The two eldest
sons both lost their lives on the same day, having been
drowned in England in October, 1845, while bathing. He
is, therefore, now succeeded in his title and estates by the
third son, David. Sir David Baird espoused the Liberal
side in politics, and took an active interest in the contests for
Haddingtonshire. On the last election he stood candidate
for this county against the Hon. P. Charteris, the eldest eon
of Lord Elcho, and grandson of the Earl of Wemyss, but was
unsuccessful.— Caledonian Mercury.

• FORTIFICATION OF THE COAST.---A battery of 100
guns of heavy metal, is ordered to be constructed at the
Nab Light, off Bembridge, near Spithead, as well as a bat-
tery (temporary) at Lumps, also off Spithead, on the Ports-
mouth shore, and also for 100 heavy guns, with the least
possible delay A new fort at Browndown, opposite Ryde
(Isle of Wight), on the Gosport shore, is in course of con-
struction by two companies of Royal Sappers and Miners
stationed at Fort Moncton, every dispatch being used to com-
plete the works in two months.—Portsmouth Times and
Naval Gazette.

EXPLOSION OF POWDER MILLS.—AbOUt five
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the inhabitants of Feversham
were alarmed by the explosion of three powder-mills, the
property of Messrs. Hall, situate at the north-west extremity
of the town. The mills contained what is called green
charges, but having been worked nearly twelve hours, had
acquired a considerable degree of strength, and consequently
the reports were unusually loud. The buildings were totally
destroyed, some of the materials being thrown to a consider-
ab:e distance. The shocks also broke windows of houses
rather distant. The accident was occasioned by sparks
falling from the chimney of a steam-engine near the build-
ings, and by Ni hich they were worked. The workmen, having
observed the danger, had escaped; but two men, who were
approaching to warn the workmen, were struck by some of
the materials, and slightly injured.

ACCIDENT TO LADY BEDDIEGYIELD.----011 Thurs-
day an accident occurred to Lady Beddingfield, which for-
tunately was unattended with serious consequences. Her
Ladyship was proceeding from Windsor Castle in one of the
royal carriages to the Windsor station of the South-Western
Railway, and on arriving at the bottom of Thames-street, in
a very narrow part of the road, the axletree broke and let
the body of the carriage on the paving. The coachman, who
was driving a very spirited pair of horses, fortunately pulled
them up on the instant, and thus prevented the serious con-
sequences which otherwise might have ensued. Her Lady-
ship was immediately got out of the carriage, and she after-
wards returned to the Castle. Thames-street has been for
some time in a dangerous state, as the whole of the houses
on one side are being pulled down for the purpose of widening
it and lowering the hill.

SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—The quarterly
court of the governors of this institution was held yesterday,
at the offices, King William-street, City; Mr. John Wild,
vice-president, in the chair. The report stated that the
number of patients admitted into the hospital ship Dread-
nought, from the Ist of October to the 31st of December,
1851, was 768, of whom 155 were still under medical treat-
ment; 2 were convalescent; 3 fit for duty; and 608 had
been discharged. The number received since the first estab-
lishment of the hospital, in 1821, was 65,373. The number
of out-patients for the last quarter amounted to 372. The
statement of accounts showed that the expenses amounted
to 1,6221. 2s. 2d., and the receipts to 1,252/. 12e. ld.,
leaving a balance against the society of 3691. 10s. ld. The
report was adopted, some routine business transacted, and
after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 9 —The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Teviot, Captain Revett, with the Bra-
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SHIP ON Fiat AT BELFAST.—On Wednesday
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broken out in the cabin of the brigantine nor:ford, the pro-
perty of Mr. John Potts, now discharging a cargo of coals at
Donegal' Quay. A small enginefrom the docks was
promptly on the spot, and soon afterwards the town council
engine, with a body of the fire brigade, arrived. The flames
were soon got under, but not until considerable damage was
done
mto the timber-work of the cabin, the captain's nautical
ents, &C.
A letter from Vienna, of the 2d, states that Intel-
ligence has been received in that city of the suicide at Con-
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under a charge of ravingthat
entered into a revolutionary plot
with some of the other refugees. The manner of his death
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was singular, he having rolled himself up in his sheets and
set fire to the two ends. lie died in great agony.