The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEAI RE.

The Adelphi has always been famous for farces
which seize upon the prominent subject of the
hour, and neither hotel nnissnies, burglaries at
Notting-hill, nor International Exhibitions have
been allowed to pass by without being turned into
comic dramatic material. The increase of garotte
robberies and the hypocrisy of ticket-of-leave men
were sure,before long,to inspire an Adelphi dramatist,
although at first sight it appears to be as diffi-
cult to extract fun from such unpleasant facts as
sunbeams from cucumbers. The farce produced
last night, under the title of " A Ticket-of-Leave,"
has been expected, like an increase in the family,
and the happy father is said to be Mr. W. Phillips.
Descending gracefully from the high dramatic
stool, and putting aside his tone of cynical philo-
sophy, this popular dramatist has played nimbly
with the practical " business" of farce, and given
Mr. Toole an opportunity of showing his power
in depicting fantastic terror. As Mr. Aspen Quiver
—a gentleman troubled with a ticket-of-leave
butler, a faithless bulldog who bites his master, and
a fear of everybody and everything, either: ani-
mate or inanimate—this excellent and consci-
entious actor does his author good service. Mrs.
Billington is well fitted with a part requiring
energetic acting, to which she does full justice
while Mr. Paul Bedford as the sleek ticket-of-leave
butler, and Mr. Stephenson, as a returned though
innocent convict, have an important share in the
action of the piece. The hour was rather late when
it was produced, but it was well received.

MR. GRAY'S CONCERT.—A most effective con-
cert was given on Wednesday last by Mr. Gray
in the spacious Whittington Hail, Arundel-street,
Strand. As many as 30 vocal pieces were com-
prised among the entertainments provided for the
numerous audience assembled together upon the
occasion. There was consequently no possibility
of an encore—otherwise a thing inevitable in
sundry instances. Among the artistes, 23 in num-
ber (including amongst them Mr. Viotti Collins,
the violinist, and the conductors, Herr Lutz and
Mr. Sidney Naylor), several were instantly recog-
nizable, of course, as old favourites, as for example
Miss Messent, Mr. George Tedder, and Signor
Borrani. The two latter acquitted themselves to
the admiration of the audience in the charming
duet " Sul campo della gloria" of iionizetti, Signor
Borrani, earlier in the evening, winning for himself
a round of applause by his plaintive delivery of
that pathetic song from Balfe's " Bohemian Girl,"
" The heart bowed down," which he was the first
to introduce to a London audience—to any audi-
ence, in fact—in his original character as Count
Arnheim. Brilliantly conducted as the ooncert
was by that master of his art, Mr. Naylor, and his
collaborateur, Herr Meyer Lutz, the performances,
notwithstanding their length, were brought to a
most successful conclusion.

According to a circular of Messrs. Arles Dufour
and Co., a very fair business has been transacted in the
Lyons silk market during the past month, and a rise of 2
to 3 per cent. on European and 3 to 5 per cent. on Asiatic
descriptions has been obtained. Manufacturers, as well as
throwsters, have been purchasing freely, the former having
received fresh orders for European consumption, and the
latter having been able to buy French, Italian, and China
raw silks from 5 to 10 per cent, under the prices ruling at
the markets of production. A further advance of any
it im-
portance will, it is said, be difficult to obtain, unless be
favoured by some peaceful event in America.
THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S CIIARGE.—The ser-
vico to-day commenced at a quarts to twelve o'clock.
Shortly beforehand a procession was formed at the great
west entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the following
order :—Vergers, choristers, and the vicars choral, the
College of Minor Canons, the honorary prebenaaries of the
Cathedral, the Dean, the canons residentiary, the mace
bearer, and the Bishop of London and his chaplains. The
procession proceeded from end to end of the Cathedral.
The charge was delivered facing the choir, from the episco-
pal chair in the chancel. Nearly all the clergy and church-
wardens throughout the diocese of London were present.
At the first general meeting of the Edgware,
Highgate, and London Railway, held yesterday at the
London Tavern, Mr. E. Harper
i n the chair, the report was
u nan i n a
theusl y
agreement acl opt e d ;
with and, themeeting having been made
special,
the Great Northern Railway
Company was approved and confirmed. i

A Turin-letter says that Garibaldi, after the ball
was extracted, slept well, and there is every reason to hope
,or his speedy recovery.