The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

ADELPIII THEATRE

An excellent version of The Courier of Lyons by Mr.
Webster was brought out here on Saturday evening.
It differs but little from the piece now in course of per-
formance at the Princess's Theatre. Every one is ac-
quainted by this time with the extraordinary case of
mistaken identity upon which the dramatic narrative is
built, and the miserable fats that awaited Joseph Les-
urgues, an honest and respectable man, in consequence
of the circumstantial evidence which confounded him
with an assassin. At the Adelphi Theatre Mr.
Leigh Murray personates the double character of
Lesurgues and Dubose, and with great melodramatic
ability. His frank open demeanor in the one instance
contrasts very forcibly with the course, drunken brutality
which he assumes with the garb of the ruffian. As a
piece of acting nothing can be more graphic and effec-
tive. The change from the one person to the other he
manages with the necessary rapidity, and an illusion of
a very remarkable kind is undoubtedly kept up. The
remaining personages we need hardly observe, are of
little moment. The robbers Courriol and Choppard are
sustained by Mr. Charles Selbv and Mr. Paul Bedford,
and Mr. 0. Smith plays the elder Lesurges. The piece
was quite successful, and as it fits an Adelphi audience
accurately, it will probably be often repeated. LMr.
Leigh Murray announced it for performance every night
amid general applause.
Mr. Webster takes his benefit, for the first time at
this theatre, on Wednesday next, on which occasion
Mr. Buckstone has kindly offered his services. We hope
the meeting of the brother actors on the same stage will
not be the least appreciated of " Adelphi effects" by the
public.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Seymour, honoured Mr. Noble, the sculptor,
with a visit to his studio, in Bruton-street, on Saturday
morning. H.R.H. inspected the bas reliefs for the me-
morial to Thomas Hood, just completed ; the colossal
tribute to Wellington, now in progress for the city of
Manchester ; the marble statues of the Hero-Duke, pre-
pared for the East India House ; and of Sir Robert
Peel, for St. George's Hall, Liverpool. His Royal
Highness was pleased to express his high admiration of
these important works ; and also of two fine busts of the
late Marquis of Anglesey and Professor Faraday, re-
cently produced by Mr. Noble.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Lady Alice Egerton,
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, is
about to be married to the lion. George Byng, M.P.
for Tavistock, eldest son of Viscount Enfield.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, who re•
turn to London to-morrow, after a prolonged absence
on the Continent, will spend a short time at Sion House
preparatory to leaving for Alnwick, for the season.
The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord
Maidstone, Hon. Francis Villiers, Mr. G. Payne,
Major-General Peel, Captain Lowther, and Mr. Wig-
, rain, at the annual meeting of the Jockey Club, were
chosen the committee for the ensuing year.
THE PRUSSIAN LEGATION.—The new Prussian envoy
arrived in town late on Saturday night.
The Earl of Erne, after a lengthened absence in Eng-
land, has returned to Croat Castle, Lisnaskea.
The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and family still
continue at Bundoran.
Viscount Mountgarrett has arrived at the Bilton
Hotel, Dublin, from Westbourne-terrace, London.
The Marquis of Clanricarde has left town for Por-
tumna, Galway, the seat of his landed estates.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have left
Salisbury House, Arlington-street, for Hatfield House,
Herts, for the season, his lordship coming to London
occasionally to attend his Parliamentary duties.
The Earl of Cawdor arrived in South Audley-street,
on Saturday, from Stackpole-conrt, Pembroke, and left
the same day to join the countess at Brighton. The
youthful Hon. Henry Campbell is on duty with his regi-
ment, the Rifle Brigade, at the seat of war.
His Excellency Mr. Arthur Magenis, recentlyre-
moved from Stutgardt to the embassy at Stockholm,
leaves town to-morrow to enter on his diplomatic duties
at the Swedish Court, in the room of Rear-Admiral Sir
E. Lyons.
FIRE AT MILE-END.—Yesterday morning, shortly
before four o'clock, the family of Mr. L. G. Raby, baker,
No. 1, Barne's-place, Mile-end-road, had a narrow
escape of losing their lives owing to a fire breaking out
whilst they were in their beds asleep. It appears that
the oven ran under the shop and parlour, and the heat
from the former set fire to the premises. The inmates
having escaped, the engines of the parish and London
Brigade, together with the Royal Society's escapes,
attended, and a good supply of water was procured from
the East London Company, and the firemen went to
work, but considerable damage was done before they
could extinguish the flames. The sufferer was insured
in the Sun-office.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.
LATEST FROM VIENNA.
VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING.

The following is from a good source :
" An Austrian ultimatum has either already been
sent, or will be sent to-clay, to St. Petersburg, de-
manding the evacuation of the Danubian Princi-
palities within a certain time ; the term mentioned
is one month."