The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

The little Strand Theatre, though vacated by its
usual occupants for the present week, is yet tenanted
by a gentleman who is a perfect company in himself.
He undertakes many parts and plays them to the
life, keeping his audience, which is always numerous,
on the constant qui vice for something new, and in-
variably surpassing their expectations when he has
got through the performance. This, surely,
the
reader will say, must be the veritable prince who
rules over the nameless place we occasionally bear so
In
but he is no such thing, nor is he The
ilh of,
Wizardc of the North, though he is wizard, and,
par excellence, the wizard of wizards. It will
be seen at once that we mean
.Lroiessor
Jacobs, who unites in his own person the characters
an expounder
of experimental philosophy, a comedian, and an im-
hnesse several depart-
mentsgexhetlrytioennsteirntati
of a modern magician, a ventriloquist,
a full house with
of dramatic representation. His powers as a
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conjurer, to ue the old-fashioned term, are as won-
derful as they are mysterious ; and although his stage
paraphernalia are not of that gorgeous and extrava-
gant description which some of his contemporaries
display, his tricks are perhaps far more remarkable
for their finish and completeness. The first part of
his entertainment is devoted to this Species of modern
devilrie, end certainly if we wanted an illustration of
the pert,. ction to which this art can be brought, we should
unhesitatingly point to Professor Jacobs. The second
and concluding part of the entertainment, which in-
troduces the skill of the ventriloquist and the
during impro-
visatore, is equally attractive., and
- --,. Passion
Week we could suggest no better mode of spending
an evening than paying a visit to the New Strand
Theatre.

EXETER HALL.
Mr. Alicroft's benefit last evening was attended to
overflowing, and passed off with the utmost éclat.
The programme was most attractive, and among the
array of performers, vocal and instrumental, were
Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Madame
and Signor F.
Lablache, Mdlle. Favanti (whose power and compass
were enthusiastically app,Teciated in her noble execu-
tion,,
Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Poole, Miss Dolby,
Henry Phillips, Drayton,
of the " Casts Diva
Swift, Brandt, Sivori, Bo.t-
.and "Una voce poco fa ),
fact, almost every extant name of musical note. Miss
tesini, de Munck, Herr So
Pyne we never heard to greater advantage, and Sims
Reeves was. in full force.. ranaer, the Distins, and, in
Two débutantes at Exeter-
hall, the Misses Mac Alpine, made highly favourable
impression. In the duet
'' Ciel fa ch'io" their voices
harmonised delightfully, and
gave evidence of great
cultivation and admirable training. We hail these
6t,
ladies as artistes of very high promise, judging from
the specimen of their talents
•
afforded last night, but
shall be enabled to speak more definitely as to their
merits on a rehearing at have an-
nounced at Hanover-square Rooms for the 27thinst.
A selection from M
--eYerbeer performed by the
crHun-
arian Musical Company under the direction of
Kalozdy, was tempestuously
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a concert they

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CHESTER
Scarecrow (t,
Grosvenor (t), 1,000 to 25 ags,t Cardinal Wiseman (t),
Joe Miller
1,000 to 20 agst Benita (t). -
DERBY.-1,000 to 40 ag,
:B°lE:ltMerryaitghB Milton (t),
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-DEPARTURE OF THE co ~,,---- OR WINDSOR CASTLE
FOR. THE HoLrDAYS.-.
Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
the Princess Royal, Princes-
Leopold of Saxe Cobur (*ther to the Duchess de Ne-
mours), and their Royale' Ary,)-Her Majesty and
thahnesses the Prince of Wales,
Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by the
Marchioness of Ely (in waif' , Lord Colville, Clerk Mar-
shal, Lord Verulana, the
Paddington, where a special train and Arthur, and the
IV- Eleanor Staney (Maid of
vey the august party to Windsor. tier Honour), Lieutenant. Colonel. Francis
, esoorte by the l'rince), and the usual domestic suite, left Buckingham
Palace this afternoon
Bth Hussars, for the Great Western Railway terminus at
Seymour (-Equerry to
Her Majesty was re-
ceived at the Windsor terminus with the usual honours, and
the royal cortege arrived at the Castle, where the Court is
expected to remain about three weeks.
waans 'if': creer'asdipneasrstytoofcothne-
'lna SLAVE TRADE.-Yesterday a return to the
House of Commons was printed showing the number of
slaves embarked on the coast of Africa and landed in Cuba
,
and Brazil in each year from 1842 to 1851. In Cuba the
number landed in 1812 was 3 630, it 1843, 8,000; in 1844,
10,000; in 1845, 1,3C0; in 1846, 419 ; iii 1847, 1,450; in
180, 1,500; in 1819, 8,700; in 1850,3,509; in 1851,5,000.
In Brazil the number in 1812 was 17,435; 1843, 19,095;
1844, 22,849; 1845, 19,453; 1846, 50,324; 1847, 56,172;
1848, 60,000; 1819, 54,000; 1850, 23,000; And is 1851,
3,287, 1