The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-31 00:00:00

ment of the Bey. The satisfaction given is of a
nature to produce a salutary impression upon the
tribes along the coast. Several Italian sailors having
equally suffered from these acts of aggression, the
Italian Consul made the same complaint, and ob-
tained similar reparation."

The cattle plague has broken out at the Hague.
The professors of the veterinary school at Utrecht
have been ordered by the Government to inquire
into the disease.

The council-general of the Seine-Inferieure has
voted the sum necessary for the purchase of the
tower at Rouen in which Joan of Arc was confined
previously to her execution.
The journals of the Charente mention that certain
fruits, such as figs, peaches, &c., are so abundant
that, although the growers give them away to who-
ever will accept them, large quantities are left to

perish.
BOURSE, Aug. 30.—Two o'clock.—The market
rather weak, and prices have generally receded.
Threes, for the Account, are at 68fr. 50c., and
Italian Fives at 65fr. 85c. Credit Mobilier are
doing at 805 fr., with a loss of sfr. Spanish Mo-
bilier are well sustained. Credit Foncier Shares
have advanced 22fr. 50c., and are in great demand
at 1,307 fr. 50c. Three o'clock.—The Bourse be-
came buoyant towards the end, and closed as fol-
lows :

4j per Cents 9B
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6B 50
Do. end month 6B 62i
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3590
Credit Foncier 1310
Italian Loan 66
Do. end month 65 90
RAW

Ditto Threes — -
Mexican Loan 4Bl
Do. Bonds — -
Russian — -
Austrian -
Spanish Threes -
Rome Debt — -

Deferred
Roman —

VATS.
Cash. deGt.
••. ... 852 50

- - ... 1085
- - ... 872 50
- - 568 75
- - ... 546 25
... 532 60
- - ... 255
- - ... 413 76
- - ... 477 50
- - 217 50
- - 827 50

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Romp

222 50

Haymarket Theatre.
The production of a new and original five-act
tragedy is not a matter nowadays to be passed
over without attention ; accordingly last night a
very crowded audience assembled to witness the
first representation of " Fra Angelo," by Mr. W.
C. Russell (a son of Mr. Henry Russell, the musical
composer.) We may as well at once say that the
tragedy is, like most of the modern productions,
faulty to a degree—it is devoid of interest, slow of
action, intensely disagreeable, and full of common-
place similes. The plot is related we presume by
the author, as we extract the following " argument"
from the play-bill :
The drama opens with an interview between the Duke
de Carreto and his son Lorenzo. The duke, proud of a
name venerable for its antiquity and renowned for its
splendour, is anxious to see these honours perpetuated in
his son ; and therefore discloses to him this secret of his
heart, at the same time commending to his notice, as one
by birth and position eminently adapted for the furtherance
of these views, Leonora, the only daughter of the Mar-
quis de Volgenza. This hint, however, is received with
every token of dissent by Lorenzo, who, after pointing
out to his father the defects in the character of Volgenza,
declares himself to be already in love.
Fra Angelo, an elder brother of the Marquis, a hunch-
back, has been debarred from enjoying the rights of his
seniority by a capricious and strange law of his ancestry,
which forbids all offspring
Deform 'd, unfinish'd, sent before their time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
•

' from representing the house of Volgenza, unless an only
child. Infuriated at the loss of his birthright, and mad-
dened at the lasting horror of his misfortunes, he meditates
endless crimes against mankind, that by wreaking his ven-
geance on those who are innocent he may assuage the burn-
ing passions of his soul. The better to achieve his demo-
hiacal purposes, he masks his feelings beneath a religious
aspect, a character so well assumed that he is universally
recognised as a good and pious man ; he is treated with all
the respect due to virtue, and, in the spirit of the times, ho
receives the presnomen of Fra, by which title to both high
and low he is generally known.
Leonora, whose love for Lorenzo, although unrequited,
has grown with her growth and increased with her
years, is acquainted by Fra Angelo of the desire expressed
by the Duke of seeing her united to his son; but he adds that
Lorenzo has no love for her; that his affection is entirely
bestowed upon another; and subsequently proves to her
the truth of his story by showing her the spot where they
meet. Shortly after Marina and Lorenzo enter, and, hidden
from their view, Leonora hears him swear that Marina
alone possesses his love.

By a series of progressive exertions Fra Angelo first per-
suades the Marquis to sanction the murder of Marina, and
then succeeds in inducing Leonora to acquiesce in the
same terrible approval. But the agony of remorse over-
powering the determination of ldve, Leonora hurriedly writes
to Lorenzo, acquaints him of the scheme aimed against
Marina's life, and bids him haste to her rescue ere it be too
late. Saved by the timely entrance of her beloved, Marina
watches with horror the dying agonies of the wretch when
the potion he has prepared for another he is compelled to
swallow himself. The Marquis, impatiently waiting for
the return of Fra Angelo, is terrified at the sudden entry
of the Duke, Lorenzo, and Marina. Seeing that all is lost,
with a sarcastic allusion to the vicissitudes of life, he is
about to stab himself, when his arm is arrested by Lo-
renzo, and at the same time Leonora enters, pale and dying
from the effects of a poison she has taken, resolved rather
to perish than to submit to the humiliation of being pitied
by the world and hated by herself. Her death, the sorrow
of her surrounding friends, and the mental agony of the
repentant marquis terminate the drama.

It will at once be seen that the horrible element
predominates, and that the moral sought to be in-
culcated is, that those deformed in body must be
treacherous, detestable, and irretrievably bad.
With all respect for the author, and givicg him the
full benefit of dramatic licence, we must be allowed
to differ with him. The character of Fra Angelo
is a monstrosity—in fact (he must pardon us for
saying it) an utter absurdity—such an one that only
the fertile brain of Mr. Russell could conjure up.
Then, with respect to the " sensation" portions of
the tragedy, they also went beyond " the modesty
of nature," and that which the author intended to
be tremendously effective merely proved a pro-
vocative to mirth. Not only did " the unskilful
laugh," but the whole audience joined in an
irrepressible titter when the lady Leonora, the
daughter of the Marquis de Volgenza, went
plump down upon her knees before Lorenzo, and,
point blank, asked him to love her ! Then, again,
another incident that caused much merriment was
the great scene of the tragedy, in which Fra Angelo
is about to administer poison to Marina. Here the
lady's lover, Lorenzo, rushes in, seizes the diabolical
Fra, and, just as a determined parent administers
brimstone and treacle to a troublesome child, so
does he force the deadly potion down the throat of
Angelo, who, of course,.kicks and splutters, but to
no purpose, as all that is left him to do is to take
the dose and die. The audience laughed outright,
and certainly there was just cause for their hilarity.
As far as the acting was concerned, Mr. Mont-
gomery made the most of the very conventional part
of Lorenzo, while Miss Katharine Rodgers, as Leo-
nora, although slightly imitatingthe statuesque style
of Miss Bateman, threw considerable force and pas-
sion into the character. It was her first appearance
in London, but the part was not one calculated
to enable her to do full justice to her
abilities. She has a fine expressive face, a
graceful bearing, and an agreeable voice,
and doubtless she will be an acquisition to the
metropolitan stage. Miss Louisa Moore enacted
the part of Marina with much feeling, but Mrs.
Marston's Emilia was the most artistic impersona-
tion of the piece. Mr. Vollaire raged and ranted
throughout the part of Fra Angelo in the most ap-
proved Victoria style, and Mr. Fernandez was as stiff
and as awkward as could be desired as the cowardly,
cool, and revengeful Marquis.
The tragedy has been mounted with the utmost
care. The scenery and appointments were really
beautiful, and we can only regret that they bad not
to illustrate a more successful play.
It is but just to say there vas considerable
applause at the termination of the play, and that
the principal performers were called before the
curtain, the ladies being honoured with a shower of
bouquets.

On Saturday week, we believe, Mr. Montgomery's
season terminates, but before the time we are pro-
mised a new historical play by Mr. M. F. Tupper,
entitled " Alfred the Great," which we honestly
and heartily wish may prove more successful than
" Fra, Angelo." -

LITERATURE.

The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams. By
Frank Seafield, M.A. Two vols. Chapman and
Hall.

Mr. Seafield has collected in these two goodly
volumes (elegantly bound and printed on tinted
paper) a mass of curious and interesting matter
respecting the world of dreams. He describes his
book as " a commonplace book of speculations con-
cerning the mystery of dreams and visions, records
of curious and well-authenticated dreams, and notes
on the various modes of interpretation adopted in
ancient and modern times." It is not every one
who can regard a vision of the night with a coolness
and courage equal to that of Scrooge, when ad-
dressing the unwelcome Ghost of Marley—" You
may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of
mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an
underdone potato. There's more of gravy
than of grave about you, whatever you are."
The result of Mr. Seafield's very elaborate and be-
wildering explorations in the world of shadows
leaves him, we are glad to find, still in possession of
the common-sense belief that dreams are, for the
most part, occasioned "by our present bodily sensa-
tions, or our previous waking thoughts, dispositions,
and prevalent states of mind. A hard bed or an
uncomfortable position will cause a dream of frac-
tured bones, or become suggestive of the rack and
the wheel. The throat, say, is, tightly compressed
by a too affectionate button, and the dream is of
Calcraft and public perpendicular suffocation."
Nearly two hundred different authors and autho-
rities are quoted in these volumes—ancient and
modern, sacred and profane—Socrates and Mrs.
Crowe, St. Augustine and Thomas Hobbes. Among
the curiosities of literature this work may take its
place—a goodly Substance evoked from Shadows.
It does credit, in its patient research and skilful ,
combinations, to its author. We cannot say that it
is likely to confer much benefit upon its readers—
at least it may interest and perhaps astonish them.

Etoniana, Ancient and Modern : being Notes of the
History and Traditions of Eton College. Re-
published from Blachcood's Magazine, with
Additions. One vol., pp. 332. Blackwood and
Sons.

" Floreat Etona !" should have been the motto
of this work ; we are surprised not to find it on the
title-page. It contains a delightful collection of
Eton anecdotes, and the remaining chapters are
devoted to the history of the college and collegians
under the different provosts. Of these one of the
most important describes the reign of Dr. Keate, so
admirably portrayed by the author of " Eothen."
It was of this master that the Italian
modeller is said to have sold so many statues, " 0
yes, sare," he remarked, " Eton gentlemen buy
him many times, they have much pleasure to break
his head."

The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict ; Sketches of
some of their Homes, Haunts, and Habits. By
Thomas Archer, author of " Wayfe Summer,"
&c. One Vol., pp. 239. Groombridge and Sons.
An interesting but melancholy volume on sin and
sorrow as seen in our metropolis, in a London work-
house, in the House of Correction, in the gaol of
Newgate, and finally at Millbank or Portland. It
well deserves a thoughtfli perusal.

The Progress of Medical Science (Churchill and
Sons, Bvo., pp. 32)—is the title of a rather verbose
and rhetorical lecture by Dr. Edward Ellis, whose
confession of Medical Faith, nevertheless, as therein
conveyed to the public at large as well as to the mem-
bers of his own learned profession, affords, as it
appears to us, very favourable evidence, indeed, at
once of his accomplishments as a man of letters
and of his sagacity as a physician.

he Anthropological Society's Anniversary Address,
by Dr. James Hunt (Triibner and Co., Bvo., pp. 32),
was in every respect sufficiently noticeable to de-
serve the honour here accorded to it of separate
publication. In the far-reaching scope of its survey
it is an address not unworthy of having fallen from
the lips of the President of the Anthropological
Association—a society, the main object -of which,
according to Dr. Hunt's own view, is the formation,
the consolidation, and expansion of a reliable Science
of Mankind.