The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

NEW STRAND THEATRE.

Yesterday evening the performances at this theatre, which•
is now under the sole management of Mr. Fox Cooper, were
calculated to sustain the high character which it has obtained
for the melodrama. The first piece, Hogarth's Mirror, was a
very successful attempt to embody that inimitable produc-
tion of Hogarth—Marriage a-la-IV-ode—with which every
connoiseur is familiar. The story, as represented by Hogarth
is simply that of a young female who is forced
by ber father, a wealthy and an ambitious cit, to marry a
profligate nobleman, notwithstanding her attachment to a
young barrister.. After some severe struggles between love
and duty, the heroine yields to the influence of the former,
which leads to a chaptetlof horrors—to wit, the assassination
of her husband by her paramour, and the poisoning of her-
self, under the influence of remorse for her crimi-
nal conduct. With the exception of an episode,
the limning of the painter was adhered to by the
dramatist, and the costumes were
_quite correct. The
acting was excellent. Mr. Darcie, as the Earl of
Nornienfield, gave a very truthful impersonation of
a dissolute nobleman ; and Miss Love, as Margaret
Mammon, the heroine, embodied very forcibly the struggles
of a young and ardent female, between the dictates of
duty, and the strong yearnings of a deep passion. The
minor characters were creditably sustained; and the piece,
which was ushered in by a humourous and appropriate
address, delivered by Mr. Henry Lee, and followed by a
lively epilogue by Mr. Darcie, in which latter there
were some pertinent allusions to the decadence
of some of those tastes whi..•h characterised the
age at which the legitimate drama flourished, was an-
nounce.' for repetition. Two humourous pieces followed, and
the evening's entertainments concluded with a new ballet,
entitled, The Arabian .Nights Entertainments, in which up-
wards of sixty coryphees were introduced. The whole per-
formances elicited considerable applause from a numerous
audience.

ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS.
These" dark ladies," whose performances at Liverpool and
Manchester have created quite a furore in those towns, have
at length ventured in the metropolis, and are now performing
at the St. James's Assembly Rooms (late Crockford's), St.
James's-street. There are seven of them. Their costume is
that of Indian Princesses: and, like their brethren, they ac-
company their songs on the banjo, the bones, the tamborine,
and the accordion, or rather the seraphine, over which the
lady conductor of the concert presides and on which
she performs most attistically. These ladies give
several of the well known nigger songs with great
spirit and correctness, but they also, adopting the
custom of the West Indian negroes, give --severe nigger
songs (pi&Ts de circonstance) adapted to well known popular
airs. This is a novelty and a distinguishing feature of this
entertainment. As an instance, we may mention "Je In-
vitation to de Ball," which is sung by the whole company,
and the air of which is that of the popular ballad, " Come,
dwell with me." This air has been harmonised for seven
female voices, and is exquisitely sung by these ladies. Nothing
can exceed the pre-A,ion with which thevoices go together. it
would be well that the chorus singers of (Jur theatre should t ake
a lesson from the female American Serenaders. Their per-
formance is the very perfection of " part singing" and to all
lovers of madrigals and glees, we can promise a rich treat.
They succeed, we think better in serious then in comic songs,
and as the gem of the performance, we would point out " The
Phantom Canoe," this is we believe a new song. It was
exquisitely sung by a lady, who calls herself Yarico, who
possesses a rich and powerful contralto voice, which has been
highly cultivated and is completely under command. Her
execution of this song was perfect, and if .rEthiopia produces
many such musicians as bliss Yarico, the black opera will
sure be a rival to the Italian. The room was crowded.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
The entries ror the first match of the season, on Tuesday,
the II th of blay, closed at ten last night, at the Piazza
Coflee house, Covent. garden, and are as follow :

FIRST CLASS.
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Belvidere 25 Right lion. Lord A. Paget.
Inn ......... ....
Prima Donna 25 Captain J. L. Ives.
Secret
Fawn - 25 J. F. Selby, Esq.
SECOND CLASS.

Ranger ... l2 E. W. Roberts, Esq.
Whisper
The contest will be for three very handsome pieces of
plate, two being for the first and second boats, and the re-
maining one for the winner of the second class. The course
selected for the contest is from Erith down to the Chapman-
head and back to Greenwich ; but it will be borne in mind,
that should there not be sufficient wind to enable the y,.chts
to get down to Chapman-head, the Commodore may in his
discretion shorten the distance. The Meteor has been en-
gaged, and will convey the members of the club and friends
to witness the match.

DEATH or LORD LURCAAIL—The death of this
nobleman was currently reported yesterday.
ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MALL.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain J.
13owen, from the Peninsula, arrived at. Southampton at half-
past eleven o'clock yesterday, and landed mails from the fol-
lowing places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Ray, Admi-
ralty agent. The mails were forwarded to London by the
half-past twelve o'clock train. Dates of Sailing :—Gibraltar,
April 15th ; Lisbon, 20th and 21st; Oporto, 22d; and Vigo,
23d. Stations of her Majesty's Ships:—.ln the Tagus, the
Hibernia, (flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker), Tra-
falgar, Canopus, Superb, America, Sidon steam frigate,
Phcenix, and Polyphemus. At Gibraltar, the Virago. At
Oporto, the Gladiator, Jackal, and Nautilus. Stations of
Vessels of. War of Foreign States.—ln the Tagus, Cygne
(French brig), and Villa de Bilbao (Spanish frigate). At
Vigo, on the 11th inst., the Isabelia 11. (Spanish frigate).
Thu Fox ans.—The third meeting of the Fox
Club this year was held on Saturday at Brookes's. The chair
was taken, at half-past seven o'clock, by Earl Fitzwilliam,
and among the distinguished noblemen and gentlemen pre-
sent were, Lord Zetland, Dr. Lushington, Lord Fingall, the
Hon. G. S. Byng, Lord Milton, Sir It. Heron, Mr. Philips,
the Hon. E. M3ltyn, Mr. Denisrn, Lord M. Hill, Mr. R.
Alston, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Fox Mauls, Mr. Rutherford,
Colonel Keppel, Mr. Howard, Colonel Ferguson, Sirß. Adair,
Lord de Manley. Lord James Stuart, Lord Strafford, Lord
Leicester, Lord Sudely, Lord Duncan, &c.
Cowsrort AT SEA.—AbOllt 9 r.u. on the 15th in-
stant, eight leagues south of the Lizard, the ship Emma,
Edzard master, of and from Bremen, bound for /sew York,
with 186 emigrants, ran into the Dutch schooner Van Speyk,
Veserm"ter
The coo
of
andfor
rhAmnsetr almost
erdam
mfriommSede uriiantamli with
coffee
andcotton.went
down, but the master and crew (eight in number) fortunately
got on board the Emma, which, by the collision, sprung her
bowsprit and carried away her stem and cutwater. The
Emma at once put abobuete,hahnrdoucagmhte
into
00 othuer
phiearrbtohurrepotan.rS.Lt-
turday, and has since
CRlP.—West and Farmery, who
with uttering forged scrip, were brought
hFaa:l.moenbirehnFPcitacarkgeEti3d
up at the Mansion House fur further examination. Mr.
Clarkson attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine
tloi fur o.
et hide
ephrtiitsk:noefrscy Additional evidence was
andad adduced lerd.
of several letters instructin-g' brokersest wtoi tha
ell erl
froyrg,
et hde
awh
arirteesr.
Mr. Clarkson then brought forward a new case against \Vest.
It was that he had uttered 100 forged shares of the Londoa
and South-Western Railway Company to Messrs. Berkeley
and Co., sliarebrokers. Evidence similar to that adduced in
the other case was called, and di-thictly showed that West
had issued the forged scrip, and obtained the market price of
the real scrip for them. The Lord Mayor reused to take
bail.

NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY.—The Rainbow, Captain
Benjamin, from New York, in passing the Irish coast, sent
by a fishing boat a file of the New Fork Journal if Commerce
into the Cove of Cork, from which toe. Cork Reporter, in its
paper of Sa:urday, the 24th, published the American news
brought by her. At the same hour, and on the same day,
all the London Morning Papers, and the Glasgow North
British Mad, published at great length the same news, which
was landed at Liverpool on the previous evening. We, may
further observe that the London, Morning Papers, contain-
ing the above-mentioned news, were circulating in Birm-
ingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, as early as the Cork
Reporter's account appeared 'in that city:—Liverpool Euro-
pean Times.
tc University of, Dubin has just conferred the
degrees of 13.1). and D.D. on the Rev. Hugh 3,l'lSi-cite,
Canon of Chester and Incumbent of St. Jude's, Liverpool.
It is said that this honour is meant more especially to mark
the approbation of the university of Mr.. W.Neile's labt work,
a; cllgniso °Vitt the triatio v 1 Carioe."