The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-07 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

Mademoiselle LEONTINE FAY made her first appearance last
night, and her success fully warranted the anticipations of her
Continental admirers. She has been called, and with great
reason, the KELLY of France. Her style of acting is free from
affectatimi forcible, and full of point and expression. In the
character Of La Marraine, she appeared to us inferior to her ad-
mirable predecessor. Mademoiselle VERTPRE : she had more vi-
vacity, but loss of that lady-like retenue which so well becomes
the part. In the scene where she hears the confession of love,
she pronounced "ilh c'est moi" in a tone of coquetish triumph,
rather than of surprised and gratified affection, and the change
certainly did not render the expression more effective. The
piece of Maluina afforded her a better opportunity for the display
of her powers, and in that character she acted with a force and
truth of feeling that drew bursts of applause from the audience.
Her interview with her cousin, her disclosure of her love for
another, and the noble confiding and modest frankness with
which she appealed to his assistance, were all most ad-
mirably represented. From the specimen of last night,
we should certainly say that her forte is in the pathetic.
She was well supported in La MarraMe by LAPORTE, and in
Malvina, by PAULIN. H. ALFRED, we are happy to say, exhibits
considerable improvement in his acting, having lost much of that
cold, self-sufficiency which at first disfigured his performance.
At the close of the evening the audience demanded Mademoiselle
FAr, and she was led on the stage by H. LAPORTE to receive the
warm expressions of their applause. The house was well attended.

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THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

A Mexican Mail has arrived, sailed on the 15th of March ;
but we had later dates yesterday, cia Liverpool, to the 23d of
March, consequently there cannot be any thing important from
that quarter by the above arrival.
Vera Cruz Papers, to the 15th of March, have been received at
the North and South American Coffee-house, which are destitute
of any news of importance. They mention that, since the ex.e,
cution of Guerrero, the people are submitting tq the existing
Government, and bring in their aims. All Was tranquil.
Bombay Papers have also been received at the above Coffee-
house, to the 26th of December. They state that intelligence
has been received from China, of the 28th of October, stating
that the Vievroy of Canton had again objected to the resort of
ladies to that place, and that the Select Committee were about
to have recourse to arms, having ordered up the long boats of all
the Company's ships, with a complement of 50 men in each, be-
ing detennined to carry this point.

CIVIL FINANCE COMMITTEE.
We have much satisfaction in announcing that the Civil Fi-
nance Committee has received instructions from Government to
close its proceedings, and to dissolve itself on the Ist of January.

THE FU
We understand that expresses havNeDS. arrived from Paris, in con-
sequence of which no business in the funds is as yet doing; the
speculators are watching the knowing ones who have received
the expresses, to ascertain the prices of the French funds : up to
the present time the contents have not transpired. Consols,
which left Oft-yesterday at SO % for the Account, opened at the
same price, at which they remain stationary.

HALF-PAST ONE.
The information by the express from Paris has not yet tran-
spired. Report says that the-Freneh Funds come one per, cent.
higher, which was the cause Of an impinveinept pi our um's.
Consols, which were in the early part of the morning
for the Account, went up to SO:Tr,', ; at present they are 80;

THREE 0' CLOCK.