The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-01 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

The Giant of Palestine is a portentous title. The story is
confessedly " partly taken. from Tasso," and it is taken a
pretty considerable distance. " The armour" is " real," and
borrowed from " Grosvenor-street" for the occasion. Best
of all, the Giant is real, and a very real Giant he is. He
would cut up into a good sized company. One could not
but tremble for the crusading heroes whom he tossed about
like the balls of the Indian jugglers. He is the very model of
a Saracen monster. Yates's discerning eye saw the paynim
at once; and be is likely to prove a great and long attraction.
The Adeiphi poets must bestir themselves, and do all the
giants of ancient and modern times, from Goliath downwards ;
or, if they please, from Goliath upwards ; Mons. Bihin " has
stomach for them all." We are afraid to say how many
feet he stands;' but he is merciful in his greatness, and never
elbows anybody; he is above it. We cannot confidently
affirm that his acting is proportionate, but it certainly is high
art. The Saracen garb became him. In " the storming
of the mount" he seemed like Pelion upon Ossa. 0. Smith
is a wart to him. We could not imagine, after he had
smashed twelve chieftains at once, how he was to be got rid
of, or ever to be "taken from Tasso's Jerusalem." And it is
only effected by a shabby trick. Armida, for the love of Childe
Roland, stabs him in the back with a magic javelin. " 0 what
a fall was there l" He lay stretched from side to side of the
stage, thus allowing the curtain to fall too, without being in-
terrupted Diu its descent. Yates led him on to receive the
plaudits of` the audience, like the boy towing the giraffe.
The play is not so well put together as the giant. There
are some effective groups in it, and striking scenes. A Miss
Fortescue made her debut in Armida. Her voice is pleasant,
and trusting more to its natural tones would not have made
her less of an enchantress. Mrs. Keeley made the most and
best of her part, which was that of a runaway French girl in
the disguise of a page. And Mr. Collins sung a song, which
was encored, illustrative of the sentiment of this chivalric
drama, that " in war and in love, the knights of the holy cross
are gayest of the gay."
Another novelty followed, called Jim Crow in his New
Place. The joke consists in the negro's literal obedience to
his master's orders, and turning out into the roads with
pail and brush, when told to " scour the country." But it
served as an excuse for Mr. Rice's singing " Sich a glair,' up
stairs," and "Jump, Jim Crow," and that was enough.

A GOOD HANDS—He wrote a most abominably
good hand (that usual sign of a poor and trifle-occupied
mind).—Rattlin the Reefer.

The United Service Journal, in its opening Number
for the new year, contains,'we understand, a powerful " Ap-
peal to Men of all Parties" on the present State of the
Navy, and our Naval ascendancy ; reviewing in a masterly
manner our maritime relations with other States, and exhi-
biting their resources and our own, with an ample know-
ledge of the subject, derived from the best sources and
authorities.

SAM SLICK'S BUBBLES OF CANADA.--We are
requested to state that the new work by the author of
" Sam Slick's Sayings and Doings," entitled The Bubbles
of Canada, will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Burling-
ton-street, on Thursday next, the 3d inst. Mr. Bentley will
also publish in a few days Rob of the Bowl, a Romance of
the Days of Charles 11., by J. P. Kennedy, Esq., author of
" Horse Shoe Robinson."

NEW WORKS.—Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl-
borough-street, has just published the following interesting
and important new works :-1. Personal Memoirs and
Diaries of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of
the American Armies, and First President of the United
States, by Jared Sparks, 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits.-2.
Capt. Scott's Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and
Granada, with characteristic sketches of the Inhabitants of
the South of Spain, 2 vols. Bvo., with illustrations.-3. Dr.
Vaughan's Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, illustrated in
a series of Letters between the distinguished men of the
time, now first published from the originals, with an Intro-
duction and Notes, 2 vols. Bvo., with portraits.-4. Lord
Lindsay's Letters on the 11oly Land, new and revised
edition, 2 vols. post Bvo., with illustrations.--5. Sir James
E. Alexander's Narrative of the Expedition of Discovery
into the Interior of South Africa in 1837 ; through the
countries of the Great , Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill
Damaras, 2 vols. post Bvo , with illustrations ; and 6.
Capt. Spencer's Travels in the Western Caucasus, being
the sequel to his " Travels in Circassia," 2 vols. Bvo., with
illustrations.