The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Monday evening the season terminated at this elegant
theatre, the performance being for the benefit of the
talented manageress, Madame Vestris. As we anti-
cipated yesterday, the house was crowded to suffoca-
tion, every available space from which the stage was
visible being occupied before the rising of the curtain.
The performance commenced with Planche's favourite
comedy of The Follies of a Night, in which Madame
(whose reception was of the warmest kind) sustained
her original part of the Duchess de Chartres, and Mr.
C. Mathews .also appeared in his favourite part in the
same comedy of Paul Palliot. The comedy, we
need scarcely remark, was beautifully put upon the
stage; the dresses and appointments were magnifi-
cent. The favourite old English opera, The Beggars'
Opera, followed. We have so frequently had to
notice the splendid manner in which this opera was
produced at the Lyceum, that we shall only now say
that Messrs. Harrison, Harley, and F. Matthews,
Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Miss J. Cole-
man, Miss Clair, and Mrs. Tayleure, each sustained
their respective parts to admiration. Mr. Sims
Reeves appeared at the conclusion of the opera, and
sung the scena from the last act of Lucia splendidly.
Mr. C. Mathews then came forward and delivered
the usual valedictory address. He was received with
earnest and protracted applause. When silence was
at length restored, he spoke in the following terms :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—The few words I am about to
trouble you with ought, strictly speaking, to have been
delivered on Friday evening, which was, in fact, the last
night of the season, the present being only a little one
in'—(Laughter)—but I thought it better to keep my
parting remarks for the parting moment, and not incur
the necessity of inflicting upon you any more last
words.' I have, in truth, little to say, ladies and gentle.
men, though the dignified title of farewell address,' in-
serted, for want of a more modest term, in the playbills,
seems to imply a long and eloquent valedictory oration,
but if my last words are few and uninteresting, I hope,
at all events, you will not be disappointed to find that
I am not come to make my last dying speech and con-
fession.'—(Renewed laughter.) Our second season is
over, and, in obedience to custom, here I am, or rather,
to use the words of the Clown, here we are ! though
how we are here, and why we are here, are totally
different matters—matters which you have yet to hear
explained to you. Had I the advantage of being a
wealthy manager, I should enjoy the great satisfaction
of informing you of the very large sum of money I have
had the honour of losing during the last two months,
but not belonging at present to that enviable and some-
what rare class of the community, though in hopes, like
Charles Surface, of growing rich and splenetic all in
good time,' I have simply to inform you how I have
been a gainer—not of money—pray don't be alarmed,
there has been no danger whatever of that lately—but
of what to me is equally important, if not so intrinsic-
ally valuable—l have gained the knowledge that lam
surrounded by one of the most loyal companies of ac-
tors that ever entered the walls of a theatre. Actors,
ladies and gentlemen, who, together with the members
of the orchestra, and the whole of the working pert of
the establishment, have stood by their managers
through good and evil, and carried them safely to the
very last night of a season of 244 nights, in the teeth of
four foreign operas and an Italian summer.—(Loud
cheers.) By this spirited conduct I trust they will have
'urthered their own ultimate interests, as well as those

of their managers, for they-have thus assisted in placing
the theatre on a firmer footing for the next season than
it has been during the two last. The first was all out-
lay;
the second has been devoted to paying off that out—
lay; and we look forward confidently to the next, should
we but be honoured with-the same average amount of
success which has attended the
,past, to crown our-la-
bours and ustify the sacrifices we have made.--
(Cheers.) To you, then, 'ladies and gentlemen, do we'-
leave the agreeable' task of rewarding our industry and
perseverance. Only patronise us as you have
done, and we shall continua' to. laugh at all
foreign rivalry, and unless positively-'i burnt
out from over the way,' as we have lately
been by the scorching - heat of a too glorious
summer, we have no fear of ever finding this house too
hot to hold us. Ladies and gentlemen, accept the hearty
thanks of Mrs. Mathews and myself-for the favour you
have shown us, and in our names, and that of our gallant
company, allow me to -bid you, until the 17th of Sep-
tember next, respectfully and gratefully, farewell."
Mr. Mathews then bowed his acknowledgmelta to
the audience, and, amidst very loud and flattering
cheers, retired. The irresistibly laughable romance
of real life, called Box and Cox, followed. The drol-
leries of Mr. C. Mathews and of Mr. Harley therein
brought the evening's entertainments to a. very .suc-
cessful conclusion. Thus closed, until September
next, one of the most elegant, most interesting,. and
attractive of the London theatres.
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THE TEETH.—How often do we find the human
face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its
ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to com-
panions by non-attention to the teeth! Though perfect
in their structure and composition, to keep them in a
pure and healthy state requires some little trouble; and
if those who are blessed with well-formed teeth knew
how soon decay steals into the mouth, making unsightly
what otherwise are delightful to admire, and designating
unhealthiness by the impurity of the breath, they would
spare no expense to chase away these fatal blemishes.
But although most ladies are careful, and even particu-
lar in these delicate matters, yet few are sufficiently
aware of the imperative necessity of avoiding all
noxious or mineral substances of an acrid nature, and of
which the greater part of the cheap tooth-powders of
the present day are composed. It is highly satisfactory
to point out Messrs. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Denti-
frice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements,
and eminently calculated to embellish and preserve the
dental structure, to impart a grateful fragrance to the
breath, and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the
mouth.—Sunday Paper.
ALLEGED MURDER AT MONMOREGItEEN, NEAR
WoLvenmemPeet,—Considerable interest has been ex-
cited in Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood in con,
sequence of the apprehension of a young man named
John Moore, upon suspicion of having murdered a
woman named Ann Morley. It appears that the de-
ceased, who was about twenty-four years of age, was
servant at the Fox beer-house, Monmoregreen, between
Wolverhampton and Bliston. She left the house on
Sunday night last, and was found drowned about two
o'clock the following morning in the canal at that place.
Suspicion fell upon the prisoner Moore, alias Dreadful,
with whom she had been on intimate terms, in conse-
quence, it is said, of a quarrel which had taken place
between them on Sunday evening, and he was accord-
ingly apprehended. The inquest on the body of the de-
ceased terminated late on Thursday evening, the inves-
tigation having occupied the whole day. Some of the
witnesses gave their evidence greatly in favour of the
accused, deposipg that he was in the Fox beer-shop aL
the time the offence must have been committed.
These statements, however, were directly contradicted
both by other evidence and by the prisoner himself,
who admitted being with the deceased until about
a quarter of an hour before the alarm was given that she
was in the canal. The prisoner is a married man, and
the evidence left little doubt that en improper intimacy
subsisted between him and the deceased. Several wit-
nesses gave evidence of hearing screams and struggling
shortly before the body was found. It appeared that on
the night of the deceased's death the landlady of the
house observed her and the prisoner Moore together in
a very improper place, and upbraided her with it, and
also threatened to expose her. The prisoner, in his
defence, gave an account of his conversations with the
deceased, which went to show that the deceased had
drowned herself in consequence of the threats of her
mistress, and the fear that his wife was coming to live
in the house. The prisoner, it seemed, lodged in the
house, but his occupation was not stated. The jury,
after a consultation of an hour, returned a verdict of
wilful murder against John Moore.
THE FORTUNES OF WOMAN.—The new novel just
published under the title of " The Fortunes of Woman"
is already attracting considerable attention in high
circles, in consequence, it is presumed, of some disclo-
sures of a startling character in reference to persons of
distinction. The Prince Regent and a well-known Irish
Countess figure prominently in the work, and there is an
interest of a deeper nature arising from the criminal
doings or a young nobleman, who narrowly escaped the
penalty of a murderer. "The fortunes of Woman," it
will be generally admitted, is a novel quite out of the
ordinary course, and much curiosity has consequently
been excited respecting the authorship.
EXPOSITION OF WORKS OF ART AND MANUFAC-
TURES IN PARIS.—The National Exhibition of Works
of Art and Manufactures, held in Paris, occurs every
five years, and the present collection has never been sur-
passed, either in invention or execution. The French
journals announce that Mr. P. Erard, of the well-known
firm of S. and P. Erard (pianoforte and harp makers
here in London) has been unanimously elected a:h:
up
member of the commission to pass judgment 9
merits of the musical instruments, and whichelection
has been ratified by the Minister of Commerce._
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townships.—. Liverpool Albion.

The present engrossing subjects are the lectures by
Professor Bachhoffner, and J. M. Ashley, Esq. Pro-
fessor Bachhoffner has chosen the production of arti-
ficial cold as a theme for his discourse, which is il-
lustrated by the novel and beautiful contrivances of
Mr. Masters, of Regent-street, so well known
for inventive ingenuity. We can recommend
all to visit this lecturer, feeling assured the curious
results produced in his experiments will cause
astonishment and delight. The lectures on chemistry
still continue as interesting and attractive as usual.
Mr. J. M. Ashley has been delivering a course
of lectures for the prevention of epidemic dis-
eases, more especially cholera. The lecturer
called attention to the important character
of such a subject, and stated that although
he. did not wish to raise the fears of his audience by
any undue alarms, yet he considered a few remarks
tending to the prevention of this mighty scourge,
" cholera," would be deemed interesting. The
lecturer pointed out the ill effects produced by
the respiration of various poisonous and
noxious gases, the products of the de-
composition of animal and vegetable matter, and
which are continually found existing in numerous
localities ; he stated that although " miasmata," so
fertile in disease, had never yet been understood, so
as to give rise to a remedial agent, yet, with those
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Mr. Gardner, of the chemical department of this in-
stitution, as very economical and efficacious, being
also at the same time easily accessible to all parties.
IR concluding, the lecturer pointed out the difference
between deodorizing and disinfecting, the latter pro-
cess being but imaginary, and likely to lead people
into error—that although we may remove by means
of various solutions those deleterious gases tending to
promote disease, yet the only sure " disinfectant" was
the removal of local causes, good ventilation and
cleanliness both in our houses and our persons.