The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-16 00:00:00

THEATRES.

ADELPEL
tid never
The great attractions, the " stars" here—s
were the greatest actors better received—are Jim Crow
and the Elephant. The former public favourite appears
in a burletta called The Foreign Prince, and makes the
house roar with laughter. The quadrupedal performer
in la.t night's performances, evinced his perfect docility'
and touch greater knowledge of the stage than kl'
fallen to the lot of many popular (biped) Perfinlneb;..
He lifted his keeper on his tusks, carried hint on
back, assisted him in his descent therefrom, laid biros
down, rose up again, walked as if lame, or
of command, and performed many other es
sort
things. This elephant is the most docile of the sort
ever ezhibited, surpassing even the far-famed Made
moiselle Djvck in some particulars. The house is
crowded every night, a proof that its r rietors
oef., w
appreciate a pretty considerable portion&
P °P
publics
taste.

A S TLE Y'S.
The first public exhibition in this country of the Pedr:
formances of Carter, the " Lion King," and his qua
ruped assistants, came off on Monday at this theatiT•
We have already given a notice of the private exbibi-e
tion, which took place last week. The exhibition 01
last night was certainly superior to it, both in the non'
ber of the feats performed, and in the extraordinary 04
nor of their performance. Mr. Carter has acquired
bit
power over the animals which form his menagerie vibic
surprise even those who have witnessed the powers
of Mr. Van Amburgh. Without going into = a corn'
parison of the merits of these two eery ingenious gen-
tlemen, it may be allowed us to say that the perform-
ances of Mr. Carter appear to the beholder more extra-
ordinary than those of his predecessor ; they are more
dramatic, and therefore better calculated for a theatre.
A piece called The Miracle ; or Afghan the Liao
.Kiny; was produced for the purposes of introducing
Mr. Carter and his lions, tigers, &c., to the public. lo
the first act of this piece, Mr. arter fought with a tiger;
The beast of pr”, on the outset mastered the man, and
dragged him from a platform down a flight of steel,
and after a contest for superiority for some time t z
animal is mastered, and is led off tame ass kitten! .
this takes place on the open stage, without the res!Ta!niss
of a cage—the tiger has the, same latitude as all' h
brother performers uncontrolled. In the second act he
introduces the novel and beautiful display of
a lion in
harness, peaceably and docilely drawing him in a- clt-
riot. The lion is a magnificent - animal, but meek
and mild, and seems to manage itself rather ti w
r
be managed. In the third act, a great portion of e
feats of the King have much of the character of those
presented by Van Amburgh, but there is a marked dif"
ference in the style of the tuition of the animals,that,
from the safety of operation, seemed to add zest to WO"
der. He brought out a beautiful leopard, and plaYau
with it, attached to a leading-string, as he would have
done a lap-dog. His performances of course, compre•
hended all the experiments of thrusting his arms, and leg.
in the mouths of the creatures, and all that was done
with ease, elegance, and perfect safety. When the
curtain dropped, the audience called loudly for the' Lion
King and he presented himself to ,receive the congra'
tulations of the house, leading in his favourite tiger,
who partook of the repast of praise, as if he had been
taught to expect it. The Tournament followed ;it has
run a long time, and still it pleases, and so it ought.