The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

THE ROYAL PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND,

The Irish visit completed, her Majesty, the Prince
Consort, and the members of the Royal family who ac-
companied them to Dublin are seeking with all conve-
nient speed the seclusion and the mountain air and ex-
ercise of Balmoral. From an affair of State connected
with the vital interest of the sister kingdom the Queen's
progress henceforth becomes the simple journey of the
first lady in the land to her home in the north. Beyond,
therefore, the brief assurance of the safety with which
that journey is performed the public have little further
to learn with regard to it.
The Royal party witnessed on Monday morning, at a
quarter to 7 o'clock, in Holyhead harbour, the explosion
of a great mine containing 4,000ib. or 5,0001 b. of gun-
powder at the Quarries. By this gigantic operation
about 20,000 tons of material available for the break-
waters were at once detached from the cliff, and the
sublimity of the spectacle may therefore readily be con-
ceived.

At half-past 8 o'clock, the Victoria and Albert having
previously steamed round to the landing-place of the old
harbour, the illustrious party disembarked, and enter-
ing the Royal train were drawn by horses to a point
on the rails nearly opposite Hibbert's Royal Hotel.
Here the engine was attached, and the journey north-
wards at once commenced. Captain Simmons, R.E.,
again took charge of the train ; and this new arrange-
ment is likely to prove much more agreeable to the
railway authorities than the old, as it effectually re-
lieves them from the interference of members of the
Household, not in every instance pleasantly con-
ducted. The Royal party reached Chester at a quarter
to 11 o'clock, where Mr. Binger, the manager, and the
other officers of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, took
their leave. Proceeding thence at a rapid pace by Park-
side, Lancaster was gained at 1, and Carlisle,at a quarter
past 3. After a stay of an hour there for luncheon,
the journey was resumed, and her Majesty is expected
to reach Edinburgh at a quarter to 7 o'clock. She has
been received thus far with the warmest demonstrations
of loyalty by crowds of her subjects collected at all the
stations on the route. At Chester a guard of honour
lined the platform and saluted, the band playing the
National Anthem. Further on, at Warrington, a salute
was fired from a fine new ship on the stocks, and the
factory operatives turned out in large numbers to give
their Queen a hearty cheer. It was much the same
along the entire line, and nothing more bespeaks the
interest with which her Majesty is regarded by even the
humblest of her people than to observe that at the lone-
liest wayside cottages the inmates expect on these occa-
sions her approach, and shout and wave their hats and
hankerchiefs as the train whirls past.

The Royal train arrived at Edinburgh punctually at a
quarter before 7 o'clock, and the illustrious travellers,
escorted by cavalry, proceeded at once in carriages to
Holyrood Palace.

Princes-street was crowded from end to end with
spectators, who gave her Majesty an unpremeditated,
but very enthusiastic, reception.

COURT CIRCULAR.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.
At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert honoured the Agricultural Col-
lege, at Glasnevin, with a visit, accompanied by his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.
At half-past eleven o'clock her Majesty, accompanied
by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, and Prince Alfred, visited the Model Schools of
the National Society, in Marshall-street.
At half-past five o'clock, p.m., her Majesty and the
royal family left the Viceregal Lodge for Kingstown,
and embarked on board the Victoria and Albert. His
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Countess of St.
Germans, the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Mary
Bulteel, the Earl Granville, and the Marquis of Bread-
albane, were in attendance upon her Majesty. The
Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans had
the honour of dining with her Majesty, on board the
yacht, in the evening..
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty on Friday, at the Viceregal Lodge :—The Lord
Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans, the Earl
Granville, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marquis of
Breadalbane, the Hon. Miss Bulteel, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Drogheda, Lord and Lady Ashbrook, the R;ght Hon.
Francis Blackburne and Mrs. Blackburne, Chief Justice
Lefroy, Major-General Cochrane, Major and Mrs. La -
com, Lord Eliot, the Fon. Henry Eliot, the Dean of
Leighlin, and Mr. Hervey.

Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester.
day from the Governor-General of Canada.

DEATH OF THE PRINCESS AMELIA OF SWEDEN.—
Her Highness expired at Vienna on the Ist
a short but severe illness arising from a disease of the
heart.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have left
Weisbaden en route for Italy.
The Duke and Duchess de Ter-eira and suite have
arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Lisbon.
The Earl of Derby, who was suffering rather seve7ely
from gout on his arrival at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire,
from London, has much improved in health during the
last fortnight. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left Knowsley
on a tour.

The Noble Master General of the Ordnance (Loi'd
Raglan), accompanied by her ladyship and the Hon.
Miss Somerset, has left Great Stanhope-street,on a visit-
ing tour until the end of the month.
The Count and Countess Ugart6, Baroness Rochow
and suite have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Ger-
many.

The Hon. Charles A. Murray, her Britannic Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary for Switzerland, has left
Mivart's Hotel, for Berne.
Mr. Oliveira, M.P., has left for Dieppe and Paris.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—It seems that
her Majesty, just as she had reached the precincts of the
city on Saturday evening, expressed to the Lord Mayor
"her regret" that her visit had not been of "longer
duration." The Freeman's Journal, moralizing upon
the effect of the Royal visit, advises the people to r:-
turn from holiday-making, and to work out the problem
of self-reliant industry. "Talk " will no longer do.
They must ascertain what the impediments are to in-
dustrial progress, and to remove tbem with all conve-
nient despatch, "in order that industry may flourish,
and bring happiness and comfort to the poor's home,
while giving wealth and fame to the nation." In the
views thus expressed who could recognise the old tone
of the old organ of Irish agitation ? Surely, after this,
it cannot be said that the past week has been barren of
good fruit.—Times.
MARRIAGE OF GRISI.—It is said that Grisi and Mario
were privately married a few days ago at St. John's
Wood. The recent death of M. de Melcy (Mme. Grisi's
late husband) had, on d:t, hastened the union of the two
celebrated artistes.
THE WELLINGTON MEMORIAL AT GUlLDHALL.—Yes-
terday a number of workmen were employed at the
Guildhall in constructing a substantial hoarding inside
that building, for the purpose of receiving the different
models in commemoration of the late Duke of Welling-
ton. Out of these one will be selected by the commit-
tee to be fixed, after the marble is chiselled, in the niche
now filled by the Beckford statute. The committee meet
to-day to view the specimens.
THE LATE DUKE.—Wednesday, the 14th of the pre-
sent month will be the first anniversary of the death of
the Duke of Wellington.

MILITARY PATRONAGE.—Since Lord Hardinge's ac-
cession to office there have been no less than eleven co-
lonelcies fallen vacant, not certainly bad for the first
year of a Commander-in-Chief. There will shortly be
vacant several fine commands in the colonies. There
are now two colonelcies at the Commander's disposal,
viz.:—the 22d, vacant by the death of Sir Charles
Napier ; and the 78th Highlanders, by the death of Sir
Neil Douglas—strange to add, the last four vacant• regi-
ments were held by either natives of Scotland or men
of Caledonian origin.
CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION OF PARLIAMENTARY
VOTERS.—The claims and objections to come before the
revising barrister for the City of London this year, ac-
cording to the returns made under the act to Mr. T.
M`Christie, are as follows :

Claims. Objec- Total Claims]
tions. and Objections.
Freemen and liverymen... 1 308
Inhabitwat householders... 173 1012

-
Last year they stood t 2 174 1320
539
f
thus

1494

187 1288- 1475
The Earl of Derby, who was suffering rather severely
from gout on his arrival at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire,
from London, has much improved in health during the
last fortnight. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left Knowsley,
on a. tour.

FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW TO LORD PAL-
MER STON.—At the meeting of the Town Council of Glas-
gow- on Thursday, the Lord Provost gave notice that
he would move at next meeting that the Council agree
to present Lord Palmerston with the freedom of the
city. At a special meeting of the Town Council of In-
verness, held on Saturday last, a similar resolution was
come to with respect to Mr. Gladstone.
EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.—The departures from
the port of London for the Australian colonies during
the past week have again been numerous. They have
comprised altogether 13 vessels, of which six were for
Port Philip, with an aggregate of 3,220 tons; four to
Sydney, with an aggregate of 2,237 tons ; one to Ade-
laide of 486 tons ; one to New Zealand of 608 tons, and
ono to Portland-bay of 536 tons. The total capacity
was consequently 7,081 tons. The shipments of manu-
factured goods and ordinary merchandise continue on an
extensive scale, and freights have been supported with
steadiness.

GREAT Rise IN CORN.—Stamford market, on Friday,
wads in a most excited state, and the price of wheat rose
in some instances as much as 9s. per quarter. This un-
exipected and almost unparalleled advance, which was
attributable to the presence of several French merchants,
wh o became extensive purchasers, was not confined to
St =ford. At Spalding wheat sold for Bs. to 10s. more
money than it fetched on the previous market day, and
similar advances have taken place in other markets in
this neighbourhood.

.LITERARY PENSION.- -The Dublin Evening Post says:
—" Irishmen of all classes and parties will be gratified
to learn that the long and valuable services of the Rev.
William Hickey, a clergyman of the Established Church,
and the popular agricultural writer under the well-
known name of 'Martin Doyle,' have been recognised
by her Majesty, who has been graciously pleased to
grant him a pension of 801. a-year out of the Literary
Fcnd."

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

MR. G. V. BROOKE,

Last night Drury-lane Theatre was opened by the
lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, for a short dramatic season of
25 nights, the great attraction being the engagement
for a period of Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, who
the public is informed is shortly about to emigrate to
the El Dorado of the Western Hemisphere. This gen-
tleman, who for a considerable time past has been an
" immense" favourite in the provinces, made his first
appearance in London, at the Olympic Theatre, two or
three years ago, in the character of Othello, the part
selected last night for his debut before an " Old Drury"
audience, and on that occasion created quite a sensa-
tion by the originality and undoubted superiority of his
acting. He subsequently went through the list of the
principal Shaksperian characters, and in each sus-
tained much of the reputation he had acquired by
his delineation of the jealous Moor ; but on the whole
his metropolitan career was not brilliant, chiefly owing
to an awkward misunderstanding with the manager of
the Haymarket, which had the effect of preventing the
display of his abilities in a wider and more favourable
region. Last night the house was crowded to excess,
and, not only was Mr. Brooke well received, bit his
performance throughout created the greatest enthusiasin
among the audience. But if his Othello was not a perfect
rendering of the Moor, it was at least as good as any we
can boast of by other actors now on the stage, and in many
respects he is infinitely superior to any of his contempo-
raries. In point of figure and stature, there is nothing to
be desired ; his action is easy and graceful, while his voice
is of large compass, and capable of giving full expres-
sion to the different emotions which animate the human
breast. The principle fault we find with him is, that
he occasionally degenerates into bombast, and alternates
too rapidly between sepulchre, the fierce, and the fami-
liar inflexions of his voice—a trick, seemingly, with the
view of drawing down the applause of the gallery.
Mr. Davenport was the lago, and a very picturesque-
looking, intelligent, and effective lago he made, taking
care to steer judiciously clear of the usual mistake of let-
ting the " villany" be transparent even to his dupes. Des-
demona was played by Miss Anderton, who was feminine,
interesting, and expressive, and very neat besides, while
at the proper occasions she was quite as powerful as so
" gentle" a lady ought to be. Of the rest of the charac-
ters, with the exception of the very effective rendering
of the little part of Brabantio by Mr. George Bennett,
there is nothing to be said. A. burlesque called the
Fountain of Beauty followed the tragedy. The doggrel
dialogue—which has been written in demonstration of
the loves of King Pretty for the Princess Emerald, his
trials to remove a hump from his back, and the adverse
views of the evil one, Knotagooddun—has been illus-
trated by a variety of gay dresses and tinselled scenes,
nd the extravaganza (rather, by the way, more political
than usual in its allusions) does not sink below the or-
dinary level of such things. The vocal parodies which
are sprinkled over the piece are sung by Miss Feather.
stone and her coadjutors with spirit. The burlesque is
written by a Mr. Kingdom, who, with the usual liber-
ality of the burlesque writers, has confined some of his
best jests to the bill. The piece, however, is far too
long. The first act, last night, did not terminate till
after midnight.
We subjoin the opinion of some of the morning papers
upon Mr. Brooke's performance :

(Prom the Times.)

Any person, on seeing the crowd assembled at the
doors of Drury-lane Theatre yesterday evening, and the
word " Othello" in the play bills, might have fancied
that the old days of " Old Drury" had returned, and
that the legitimate drama was once more seated in its
large ancient domicile. The aspect of the interior of
the house was enough to confirm the opinion. There
was the dense pit and the galleries crowded with count-
less expectants, as in former times ; there was a goodly
assemblage in the boxes ; and lastly, every seat of that
modern row of innovations, the " stalls," was occupied.
Let us add that this huge audience was most atten-
tive, and even reverential. A refined soliloquoy by
Mademoiselle Rachel could not have been listened to
with more watchful interest at the St. James's Theatre
than was every line of Othello by the Drury-lane public
last night. The spectators seemed really absorbed in
the progress of the piece, and indignantly hushed down
a cough or a whisper, as if it were an intrusion on an
awful solemnity.
If such an audience had also been a critical audience,
the restoration of the legitimate drama to all its pristine
dignities might have been predicted without the fear
of error. But with all its attention—with all its rever-
ence—with all its interest, a very little observation
was required to show that this was a public in which the
critical faculty did not exist. When they rose into
applause (and it was applause !) at a speech of Mr.
Brooke's it was generally because he spoke louder than
ordinary ; nor, indeed, could we see a single instance in
which any talent but that of loud speaking elicited
audible approbation from the audience. In fact, Drury-
lane was still a huge minor theatre, with that believing,
uninquiring, he.zty audience which we generally find in
more southern regions, and which can equally appreciate
the tragedies of Shakespere and the strong nautical
drama. Such an audience may well be the delight of
managers, but it is no good training school for actors.
Mr. G. V. Brooke, the "star" of the occasion, has
come back, after a long absence, blessed with the re-
covery of those physical advantages which had failed him
when he was last in London. He has certainly a splen-
did voice, deep and sonorous at will, and capable of ex-
pressing manly pathos to a degree which, if the organ
were well managed, might be affecting in the extreme.
13ut as an artiste he has not made any advance. A slow
chanting method of representing grief—a disposition to
rant whenever an opportunity offers—a habit of slow
preparation which destroys all appearance of spon-
taneity, and is followed by no important result—these
are the chief characteristics of his Othello through-
out. Nor are we enabled to discover on what prin •
ciple he regulates his distribution of expression. Lines
which we should have looked upon as merely de-
clamatory, or perhaps pathetic, he sometimes gave in a
storm of fury, while fierce invectives were occasionally
delivered in the tone of sorrow. Now and then, indeed,
he gave indication of better things. Part of the con-
cluding speech of the whole, for instance, was delivered
with a deep-toned unexaggerated sorrow, which made
us regret that such good natural qualities had not re-
ceived better training.
These objections, however, merely apply to the claims
of Mr. G. 7. Brooke as a high tragic artiste. For such
an audience as we had last night at Drury-lane his per-
formance was the very thing. If he stormed, he stormed
in good earnest ; if he sorrowed, he marked out his sor-
rows right mournfully. It was strong black and-white
acting. To deny that he was successful would not only
be unjust—it would be absurd. Probably a more tre-
mendous success was never witnessed. Mr. G. V.
Brooke was called at the end of the third act ; and at the
end of the piece hats were waved as to the candidate at
a successful election. The feeling too was no doubt
genuine ; and Mr. Brooke, likely enough, will draw full
houses during the whole course of his engagement. If
we do not admire ourselves, we would at any rate faith-
fully record the admiration of others. •

( From the Morning Chronicle.)

Last night Mr. Brooke again appeared in London as
Othello. We have no word to retract from the expres-
sion of our original opinion, and scarcely one to add.
Mr. Brooke's magnificent voice—perhaps the finest
which is heard on the English stage—retains all its
power, resonance, and impressiveness. He evinces all
his old stage knowledge, and his occasional picturesque-
ness still gratifies the eye, while the judgment remains
unsatisfied. He appears to be still what he was when
he left us—a most effective and even brilliant melo-
dramatic actor, who might, if he chose, be invaluable,
and even great, in the romantic drama, but who cannot
breathe " the difficult air of the iced mountain top.'.'
Last night, as when he originally came out, the spirit
and meaning of the Shaksperian line were not infre-
quently sacrificed for the sake of a vocal " point "—in-
tensity was purchased at the price of appropriateness--
and the general effect was fragmentary and discordant.
But Mr. Brooke trod the stage finely—the area of
Drury-lane gave him scope for the tragic stride and
sweep ; and he worked up each scene with a zeal and a
conscientiousness which forbad the least satisfied of his
spectators to treat the performance disrespectfully.
Could we as conscientiously state that our opinion of
his powers had been modified by what we saw last night,
we should gladly make that statement, but we cannot
see that the Mr. Brooke of Drury-lane is other than the
Mr. Brooke of the Olympic.
(From the Morning Post.)
_

The above theatre was re-opened last night for a short
dramatic season, of which Mr. Gustavus Brooke, who
appeared on the occasion as Othello, is, we presume, to
be the hero. We had never before seen him in that very
a-..duous character, and his delineation of it certainly
struck us very much. It was powerful, dignified, in-
tense, throughout. The alternate bursts of grief and
fury in the great scenes with lago were given with
overwhelming energy ; the rough manly demeanour of
him to whom custom "bath made the flinty and steel

couch of war his thrice-driven bed of down," never for
an instant forgotten ; and the actor's conceptions every-
where received the most complete expression from a
strongly marked, intelligent physiognomy, eloquent ges-
tures, and a voice of extraordinary depth and sonority.
With a little more animation in the delivery of declama-
tory passages, and pathos in the touching speeches, "0,
now, farewell for ever the tranquil mind !" and " Had
it pleased Heaven," &c., where the mental anguish might
well wring tears even from a stern warrior, Mr. Brooke's
performance would have been almost irreproachable.
In that portion of the play where Othello first listens
to the horrible insinuations of 'ago, who gradually
poisons the source of all his joys, the artist pleased us
most. Here he was really at times sublime. Distract-
ing doubt—amazement—frantic rage, and blank deso-
lation, were by turns depicted with perfectly illusive
faithfulness, while the wailing tones of his ponderous
voice, which ever and anon came forth as from the ruins
of a heart, sounded like the dreary song of the night
wind careering through a churchyard. They were long
and terrible sighs, such as Beethoven makes us hear in
his wonderful pianoforte "sonota quasi fantasia" in C
sharp minor. We have now stated generally what we
admired, and what we think susceptible of improve.

ment, in this great actor's impersonation, and flied
,vtr•ol

ul,iy add to him not to abuse aim
dinary vocal powers by making abrupt transitionn
from high to low, such as we remarked mare tha
once on this occasion. So admirable a performer
should despise mere clap-trap effects.

F the Morning Herald.
Mr. Gustav(
usrom Brooke belongs rather) to a plq!il
than an intellectual school of artistes—a characterist!c
be
that was fully established on a former occasion. r
declamation was always of the loudest ; and the rurn°u;
that he had lost his voice (now unquestionably returne.o
to him) could scarcely surprise those who witnessed In.:
early displays. Drury-lane Theatre is more favour
than the Olympic for actors of this class. The 13rge.
space ameliorates the quality of the voice, and coarse
ness of style is less palpale. The house last night sos
well filled. Mr. Brooke reigns supreme amongthe
misophisticatel ; and his friends of the upper re:
gions assembled handsomely to welcome his ?e.
turn to the metropolis. He played the part of tAw .
jealous Moor in no different vein to that of for
long
merly. The sepulchral inflexions of voic,
pauses, transitions from the fierce to the familiar, and
those explosive bursts which the gods admire and all
laud to the echo, were there as of old and the popuisra
verdict, as before, was indicative both of success al!fi
triumph. The gallery portion of the audience v,15!,..10
ocstacies with Mr. Brooke, and the shirt-sleeved
cr
were most tempestuous in their expressions of debgh'a
Their exuberance of deportment was unbounded)
an
their approbation took shape in whistlings, shrieks, cvnir
loquies across the house, and other genial tokens that '6
look for only at the festive season of Christmas. le
calls for the hero of the evening at the close of a
third and. fifth acts, amounted to a perfect tornado ;
if merit could be measured by noise, his success"'
vast indeed.