The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-13 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

"Le Gamin de Paris," one of the best-known pieces on
the French stage, when it was associated with the inimita-
ble Bouffe, has been newly rendered into English by Alr'
Boucicault, with the title of the " Dublin Boy." Several
years since, while the original piece was still fresh in tho
public mind, an earlier version was produced, in which Mrs.
Keeley sustained the part assigned to Bouffe, but 31r. Bowl
cicault has given an entirely new tone to his adaptation of
an old story, by a transfer of the scene to the capital of
Ireland, and the endowment of the principal character with
Irish peculiarities.

It may be as well to remind our readers that the bog
who is the hero of the tale is the orphan son of a soldier
who was killed in battle while saving the life of his general.
He lives with his grandmother and sister, and is so hope-
lessly idle and mischievous that it is predicted by every ones
save his fond grandmother, that he will come to some dis-
graceful end. His better qualities are, however, called
forth by the discovery that his sister has lent too ready
an ear to the flatteries of a young gentleman, who
visits the house, disguised as an humble artist.
Without a moment's hesitation he proceeds to the house
of the seducer's father, an old military officer tov
mooted by the gout, and obtains matrimo,'ll reparatil"
of his sister's honour, partly by the f, of that plebeian
eloquence which has long been p, :on the stage. partly
through the circumstance the' seuty old is the
very general whose life hip preserved.
The story is very plea- 1, as Irish dress, the dialogue
having been well seaso d with characteristic pleasantries
by Mr. Boucicault, a Andy, as the " gamin" is 110
called, is played by ::`l.rs, Boucicault with a great deal of
spirit. She does not indeed completely convert herself into
a " iubberly boy," but she depicts the hearty love of fun,
the sensitiveness to dishonour, and the ftrong affection
which are the attributes of Andy's nature, with a force that
does not lose its efficiency through the gracefulness by which
the part is somewhat idealised. The old General, no!!
called Daly, with his benevolence, his irascibility, and b'e
gout, is played by Mr. Emery in his best style, and st,llo
out highly coloured without caricature. Mr. Stephenson,
celebrated as Father Tom in the "Colleen Bawn," displeYe
to advantage his Milesian peculiarities as the butt of AndYl
end Mrs. Lewis looks the complete picture of a doating 01a
grandmother. The piece is thoroughly successful.

FATAL ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM HANWRIS
LUNATIC ASYLUM.—Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy coroner
for West Middlesex, instituted an inquiry at the Hanwell
Lunatic Asylum yesterday afternoon as to the circumstances
that led to the death of Henry Todd, aged 37 years, a book
duster of the British Museum, and an inmate of the asyluto.
The evidence elicited from several of the attendants and
inmates of the asylum went to show that on last Monday
morning the deceased, being allowed to go into the open
grounds by the attendant in charge, was observed to roll
acros the fallow ground, obviously for the purf ose of escap-
ing from the asylum. Three of the attendants immediately
pursued him, but he outrun them, climbed over the
boundary fence, plunged into the river Brent to ford it, and,
was drowned. After the examination of a large number 0f
witnesses, as to whether any blame was attached to the
officials of the asylum, the jury unanimously returned an
open verdict, to the effect that deceased was found dead In
the river Brent, and that his death was caused by suffoca-
tion from drowning, into which he had fallen after escaping
from the grounds belonging to this asylum, of which ha was
a lunatic /Amato.