The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

POLYGRAPHIC HALL

The new Shakspearian entertainment by Miss
Edith Heraud aad Herr Kruger, last night, at-
tracted a very large audience in the Polygraphic
Hall, King William-street, Strand. It consisted
principally of an illustration of the passions, aided
by scenery and descriptive music. The first pas-
sion illustrated by Miss Heraud and her coadjutor
was " Love," taken from the second scene of the se-
cond act of " Romeo and Juliet;" next came
" Filial Affection," from the well-remembered pas-
sage in " Hamlet," act i. sc. 2 : so, in like manner,
followed " Compassion," from the " Merchant of
Venice;" " Grief," from King John ;" " Ambition,"
from "Macbeth ;" " Fear" also was well illustrated
from the same masterpiece. The second part was
even more finely selectzd, if we be permitted the ex-
pression, the programme embracing an illustration
of " Remorse" from the second scene of the third
act of " Henry the Eighth"—
" Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness,"
A scene from " Much Ado About Nothing," act iv.,
illustrative of the power of " Sympathy," was for
the first time presented in the list of pieces for the
evening. Beatrice, indignant at the treatment
suffered by Hero, makes her acceptance of Benedick
to be dependent on his avenging the cause of her
innocent friend. " God save the Queen" closed
the programme. The receipts of the evening were
announced to be in aid of the National Shakspeare
Fund.

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The entertainment is unexceptionally good, and
deserves the liberal patronage of the public.

WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP,

IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

SOUTHPORT, Monday Night.—Yesterday the wind blew
very strong from the west, and there was a heavy sea on.
Intelligence was brought to this place of a ship being
aground on the Sal house Sandbank, near the River Ribble.
The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was
launched forthwith, and arrived at the vessel about 9.30
a.m. She was found to be the barque St. Lawrence, of
Liverpool, bound for Cardiff, in ballast. The lifeboat took
off the captain's wife and child, and 12 of the crew, and
proceeded with them to Lytham, where they safely landed
them. The captain and chief officer and two of the crew
refused to leave the vessel, and the Lytham lifeboat, which
also belongs to the National Institution, has been sent down
to take them off the wreck if possible, as the vessel was
striking heavily when the Southport lifeboat left her.
Both lifeboats are reported to have behaved admirably on
the occasion.

Tho cost of the Southport lifeboat was presented to the
National Lifeboat Institution, two or three years ago, by
James Knowles, Esq., of Bagley Bank, near Bolton.
She has since been instrumental in rescuing three ship-
wrecked crews, consisting of 21 persons, and has put off
several times to the assistance of vessels in distress.

The Lytham now lifeboat has only just been sent to her
station, and is the gift to the institution of Thomas Clayton,
Esq., of Wakefield.

THE ALABAMA.—The following is an extract from
a letter from St. Helena, dated August 6, 1863:--
•' The Havelock, that arrived this morning, reports having
been boarded by the Alabama off the Cape of Good Hope,
that when she hove in sight she fired a gun across her bows,
and made her heave to, and when the lieutenant boarded
her he said they had taken a barque to the eastward of the
Cape of Good Hope, and fitted her out as a privateer, and
also that the Georgia was with her. She had on board 22
passengers, among the number two American consulp, and
had taken altogether 71 vessPls. The boarding (Ewer,
Lieut. Evans, reported that the Georgia steamer, also Con-
federate, was in the vicinity,

MANHATTAN'S LAST TID-BITS.