The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OP MUSIC.

The students of this institution, as a wind-up previous
to the summer vacation, gave a dramatic ......—presentatioa,
on Wednesday last. The play selected was the Lady
Lyon; with the afterpiece of the Spitalfields Wea,ver.
The ability displayed on the occasion was very au'
siderable. The scenic decorations, all executed by the
students themselves, formed the arena of display, the
large school-room being converted into a theatre. The
character of Pauline was most admirably performed hi
Master Wheeldon ; the impassioned scenes in particular
were given with an energy and power that would have
gained applause on any stage. Claude Melnotte wae
also sustained, by Mr. Bolton, with great effect, a°
were also the parts of Madame Deschappelles and the
Widow Melnotte, by Messrs. O'Leary and Bathurs'
the latter of whom contributed a prologue and epilogues
written and spoken by himself, in which very. happy
sions were made suitable to the occasion.
The Spitalfields Weaver brought forward the coolie
powers of Messrs. Sharp and Wilson, the former
making a decided hit in the evident imitation of the
popular Wright : the latter gentleman so divested Mir
self of his every-day character, and entered into the
part he played so completely, as to escape recognition
by a great many of those present.
The whole passed off exceedingly well, and concluded,
with general roars of laughter as each of the prominent
characters were called before the curtain to meet their
merited need of applause.
In addition to the students who formed part of the
audience, a great many of the professors were present,
and seemed gratified at the considerable display of his-
trionic powers so unexpected among those who are
destined mostly to perform very different characters
in
the drama of life.

ALFRED LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—.The annual
meeting of the Alfred Life Assurance Company was held
yesterday. The report stated theincome for the year at
after defraying every charge, 450.,
2s. sd. had been carried to the Burping
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281dn5.0,1.
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amounted to 65,7561. Bs. 4d. The
premiums received from assurances effected during the
year amounted to 2,4331. 2s. id., while the claims were
5,050/. 14s. 3d. In the previous year the new premiumswere 2,7921. 12s. 4d., exclusive of some single payments,
the claims 15 in number, and 9,451 . 2s. Bd. ; the Bur-
plus only
sent year. 6,109/. 3s. 2d., less than half that of the pre-
SEIZURE OF UNWHOLESOME MEAT.--Mr. StainsbY,
superintendent of police at Scorton, Yorkshire, having
obtained information that a beast belonging to James
Bamlet an
narrowly watched the owner's move'
an opulent farmer, of this place, was In a s
dis-
eased
melds with the animal for three days, When the same
was slaughtered, and forwarded to Stockton-on-Tees for
sale. A telegraphic message of this having been for-
warded to Sergeant Richardson, he, with his usual acti-
vity, soon discovered that the greater part of the carcase
was deposited,
place. After due portion of the same having been sold to
a person
deposi
inspectionotfed by the
proper authorities of Stockton, the same was publicly
burned in the market on Monday evening last, and Mr.
Bamlet is now duly summoned to appear on an early
day, before the bench of this place, to answer the charpreferred.
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EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday morn-
ing,
at a few minutes before five o'clock, a fire of a veil'
alarming character broke out in the premises belonging
to Mr. Joseph Wortbam, a dyer and calenderer. Before
any assistance could be procured the flames had made
such fearful progress, that the whole of the upper floors
of the workshops presented one immense sheet of flame,
the heat from which was so great that the premises of
Messrs. Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co., engineers, in
Quickset-row, and those of Mr. Sanders, stonemason,
were cracking, and were expected momentarily to break
out in a general blaze. Fortunately an abundant sup'
ply of water was immediately obtained from the mains
of the West Middlesex Company's pipes, but the fire
could not be extinguished before the premises in which
the disaster commenced were all,but destroyed, the stock
in trade and in trust consumed, and the roof burnt off.
The roof and part of Mr. Sanders's workshops are also
severely damaged by fire, and so are the premises of
Messrs. Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co., the engineers.
The origin of the fire is at present enveloped in obscurity,
and, unfortunately, none of the sufferers were insured
for stock or furniture ; but the buildings were insured
in the Phoenix and- Sun fire offices.
CRIMINAL BUSINESS IN MIDDLESEX.—By a return of
the increase of the criminal business of Middlesex,
founded on a motion of Sir William Jolliffe, in February,
1852, and continued eo September, 1852, it appears that
the number of indictments preferred at the sessions
during the year preceding the increase of the jurisdiction
was 1,761 ; and in' the year following the number was
2,367, of which cases 829 could not be tried under the
restricted jurisdiction. In the preceding year the as-
sistant judge sat 81 days for the trial of criminal cases,
and 134 days in the succeeding year, exclusive of appeal
days, and a second court sat conjointly with him 49
days,