The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

!The opening of this theatre, last night, was accom-
'arc nied by a couple of novelties, one a five act romantic
di tma, and the other a choreographic and musical enter-
tainment for the introduction of the corps de ballet,
w I tich, as we stated yesterday, is to be the chief strength
of the company this season. Of the drama, St. Marc,
as are is not much to say—its plot is rather complicated,
t it treats mainly of the unsuccessful efforts of
a libertine to obtain possession of the virtuous
• 'ife of one of his followers, which are at length sum-
o tarily put a stop to by his assassination at the hands of
a religious fanatic, whom he has injured in some way
n of clearly made out. The interest is well sustained
aroughout, and the dialogue in many parts forcible and
e levated. It was well acted, Miss Vining and Mr. Daven-
p 4,rt taking the principal parts—the husband and wife.
ballet, The Spirit of the Valley, was very successful.
9 7.ne corps is one of the best we have seen for some time, and
• iecuted the various complicated manoeuvres of the piece
rith wonderful precision. Mdlle. Plunkett has several very
c lever pas in the piece ; one of them—" El Zapateado '
- --Spanish, we suppose, by the name—she danced with a
✓ igour and expressive grace which was loudly ap-
p lauded. M. St. Leon, besides his dancing, played
s .tveral airs on the violin with great taste. We
s hould mention that one of the parts which
b .e fills in the piece was that of an old
✓ illage fiddler, which gave considerable scope for the
d isplay of his pantomimic powers. Miss Julia Harland
a lso appeared in the piece, and greatly contributed to its
s- access by the manner in which she sung several pretty
s ongs intrusted to her. The house was tolerably well
a ttended.

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—On Saturday evening
a .dramatic version from that master-mind of domestic
t Jruths and powerful conception, Dickens's "Bleak
louse," was produced here with good effect, both in
e levelopment of the characters and scenic display. All
t ;he artistes exerted themselves to the utmost, 'and
were deservedly successful, more particularly the
I 'oor crossing-sweeper, Joe, personated by Mr. Searle.
A ir. Travers, Mr. Saville, and the wretched and neglected
I lowdon, by Mr. Frampton Johnston, showed their
a rtistic conception in the characters entrusted to
t hem ; and though last, not least deserving, the
N vily lawyer Tulkinghorn, personated by Worrell
( although not quite old enough, according to our con-
( teption of the author's intention), was admirably im-
)ressive, and truthfully crafty and lawyer-like. Mrs.
Campbell and Miss Eliza Clayton were very good. The
iouse was crowded, and the drama decidedly successful.
EXTENSION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—Yes-
' terday a communication was received at Lloyd's from
the Danish Consulate, announcing that the submarine
electric telegraph cable bad been successfully laid down
across the Great and Little Belts. This line of telegraph
in connection with the Dutch line of telegraph and the
submarine cable, extending from Orfordness to Holland,
opens up the electric communication between London

si nd Copenhagen.
°DEM/I.—From Odessa the mercantile letters reach
t o the 27th of May. For some days after the return of
Pit ince Menschikoff there had been general consterna-
tion and an entire suspension of business, but the feeling
of a larm was now partially subsiding, and some trans-
act ons had taken place in wheat at about 235. per
qua rter, free on board, the price a fortnight or three
wee ks previously having been 265. to 275. Freights
wen a enormously high, and 80s. per ton had been given
for i ,allow—the conclusion being, that in the present
stat aof uncertainty of no disengaged ships are likely to
visil the Black Sea, and, hence, that this important
Bus sian port mist for a long time pay a penalty for
the Emperor's proceedings.
he price of ships continues to 7mount rapidly up-
wards. Vessels of a class which only a few months ago
•wou "At have been a drug in the market, are now eagerly
sons ht after ; every description of tonnage is at present
in - 'oat demand.—Newcage Journal,