The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

OLYMPIC.

This snug little theatre opened for the winter season
on Saturday evening. Mr. Butler, who, by his able,
judicious management of last season, fully maintained
the high character which this theatre had previously ac-
quired, still continues sole lessee, and as he has now de-
cidedly the best Vaudeville Company in London, there
can be little doubt but that the coming season will be
as productive of amusement to the public and conse
quent profit to the Management as the last. The theatre
during the recess has been repainted and redecorated,
the boxes newly fitted up, and the private ones refur-
nished and provided with a commodious entrance in Wych-
street, the seats in the pit have been covered, and the gal-
lery done away with, that portion of the house being, as
in the time of Madame Vcstris, converted into a second
tier of boxes, styled Olympian. The strength of the Coin-
peny has been increased by many new engagements, among
whom we were happy to recognise our old friend B ills,
in himself a host. At seven o'clock the curtain drew
up, and the National Anthem was sung, the solo parts
being sustrined by Miss Sheersmith, Miss Glover, and
Mr. W. H. Aoker. Miss Sheersmith is, we believe,
new to the stage ; her voice is sweet and clear, and
we hope soon to see her in some part in which her
abilities will be put to the test, as, judging from the spe-
cimen of last evening, we are inclined to entertain a
very favourable opinion of them. After the National
Anthem, a burletta from the French, entitled "liaison el
Vendre, followed, and introduced Mr. St. John
Horton, from the Edinburgh Theatre, to an
Olympic audience, for the first time. He acted the part
of Versa, one of that well-dressed, well-whiskered race,
for whom money seems a useless incumbrance, and
whose wit and impudence, always standing them in
stead, enable them to do much better without it than
the sober part of mankind are able to do with it. Mr.
St. John Horton rattled through this character in ad-
mirable style, indeed the success c f the piece was mainly
owing to his exertions. He has a good voice and an
excellent figure. His manners are gentlemanly and his
acting spirited. He reminded us forcibly of what Yates
was some fifteen or twenty years since. To this, under
the title of Stop Him Who Can, succeeded a three act
version of the good old comedy The Dramatist, Bills
sustaining the part of Vapid. His late visit to America
has not in the least diminished his good looks or his
flow of spirits. His Vapid is an excellent piece of act-
ing. His scenes with lady Waitfort (well acted by
Mrs. Garrick) vseie admirable ; in his agony in the con-
coction of the lest half line of the epilogue, every
fibre seemed quivering with excitement, and when
at length, hating given birth to the " mighty
line," he emerges from the cupboard amidst the wreck
of basins and the crash of crockery, to the consternation
of Lady Waitfort and Lord Scratch—his look of tri-
umph was one of the richest treats we ever saw. At
the fall of the curtain he was loudly called for, and,
amidst the cordial applause of the audience, announced
the piece for repetition.
The evening's amusement concluded with a new bur-
letta, entitled The Railroad Station, a.capital piece of
fun, in one act, which turns upon the perplexities of
Mr. Sampson Jones, a respectable country linendraper,
who, waiting at a country railroad station to meet his
father, is requested by a Mrs. Charles Smith to defend
her from the annoyances of an impertinent puppy, Jack
Robins, who has accompanied her in the train from
London. To do this more effectually, he gives Robins
to understand that he is the lady's husband. Robins,
thereupon addresses him as Mr. Smith, introduces him
to others as Mr. Smith, and after the audience have
been kept in a roar by his mishaps for about half an
hour, the whole is explained, and Jones is himself again.
The part of Sampson Jones was sustained by Mr.
Samuel Roxby, his first appearance in London—a cir-
cumstance we are rather surprised at, as a gentleman
of his abilities ought to have found his way to the Me-
tropolitan boards long since. He is a first-rate actor ;
there is a quiet humour about him which compels
laughter without any apparent effort on his part, or
any straining after effect to produce it. The patronizing
air he assumed as he promised the lady his protection
was irresistibly comic. He was well backed up by Balls,
whose Jack Robins was the very beau ideal of impudent
nonchalance. The arrival and departure of the railway
train was exceedingly well managed. The locomotive
with its attendant carriages passed across the back of
the stage at a rapid rate, its approach being announced
by the usual shrill whistle and the rattling of the wheels
on the rails. The effect was admirable and was loudly
applauded. The piece, which was completely success-
ful, was announced for repetition by Roxby, who was
called for at the fall of the curtain, and greeted with
loud cheering. The house was crowded in every part

ANOTHER POLITICAL REVE-

LATION.

We are enabled, from official sources, to state that
a solemn parole engagement has been made between
Russia, Austria, and Great Britain, binding all to de-
clare war against Prance, should she commence hosti-
lities against either. This engagement, the terms of
which are stated, will be reduced to writing should the
cas de besoin arrive.

Prussia has ❑ot yet acceded to the agreement.

The French Chambers are to be convoked for the
15th November, which is anticipating the usual time by
one fortnight only.
M. Odillon Barrot is to join the administration of
M. Thiers.— Morning He rail.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. -

OXFORD, OCT. 3.—A Fellowship of Lincoln Col-
lege being vacant an election will be held on Thursday,
the 22d instant, to fill the same, candidates for which
must be natives of the old diocese of York, and are re-
quired to present to the Rector, on Saturday, the 17th
instant, the necessary certificates and testimonials.

Two Fellowships of Brazennose College are also va-
cant. Graduates of this University not exceeding
eight years' standing, being natives of the parishes of
Prcsbury, Cheshire, and Preston, Lancashire, are eli
gible for one Fellowship.' Natives of the dioceses of
Hereford and Worcester, being of the kindred of John
Elton, alias Baker, formerly Canon of Salisbury, and
Graduates as above stated, are eligible for the other.
Candidates are required to deliver to the Principal, on
or before Saturday, the 17th instant, the usual certifi-
cates and testimonials, and those for the Elton Fellow-
ship legal proof of consanguinity.
The Rev. Walter Sheppard, of Exeter College, has
been appointed to the district chapelry of Hermitage,
Barks ; the Marquis of Downshire patron.
Mr. W. S. Miller was yesterday admitted an actual
Fellow of New College, as founder's kin.
The vicarage of Linton, Herefordshire, in the patron-
age of the President and Fellows of St. John's College,
and the vicarage of Wolhope with Townhope and Faw-
ley, Herefordshire, in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Hereford, have become vacant by the (loath
of the Rev. A. Mathews, Fellow of Brazennose College,
The Rev. J. R. Hughes, Fellow of New College, is
appointed by the new Bishop of Chichester as his Lord-
ship's Examining Chaplain.

Michaelmas term will commence on Saturday next,
and on the following Saturday most of the Colleges
will meet.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 3. NEW FELLOWS OF TRINITY
COLLEGE.—On Thursday last, (being the Ist of Oc-
tober), the following gentlemen were elected Fellows of
the above Society :—J. A. Frere, D. J. Heath, D. F.
Gregory, J. Edleston, H. J. Hodgson, W. Mathison,
A. S. Eddie, R. L. Ellis.
There will be congregations on the following days of
the ensuing Michaelmas term :—Saturday, Oct. 10, at
ten ; Wednesday, Oct. 14, at eleven ; Wednesday,
Oct. 28, at eleven ; Wednesday, Nov. 11, at eleven ;
Wednesday, Nov. 25, a: eleven ; Wednesday, Dec. 9,
at eleven ; Wednesday, Dec. 16, (end of term) at ten.
The following Gentlemen were orthined by the Lord
Bishop. in the Cathedral Church of Peterborough, on
Sunday last :---
DEACONS.—SamueI Andrew, 8.A., Lincoln coll.,
Oxford. Henry Bedford, 8.A., St. Peter's coll., Cam-
bridge. Frederick Bennett, 8.A., Christ's Church,
Oxford. George Halliley Capron, 8.A., St. John's
coll., Cambridge. Thomas William Irby, B A.. St.
John's college, Cambridge. Thomas Atherton Ker-
shaw, 8.A., Brazennose coll., Oxford. Frederic An-
thony Stanfield Marshall, 8.A., Caius coll., Cambridge.
Charles Avery Moore, S.C.L., Trinity hall, Cambridge.
ParEns.--Halford Henry Adcock, 8.A., Trinity
coll., Cambridge. Alexander Annand, M.A., Jesus
coll., Cambridge. George Bainbridge, B A., St. John's
coll., Cambridge. Thomas Barton, 8.A., B.M , Queen's
coll., Cambridge. Henry Francis Corrance, 8.A.,
Clare hall, Cambridge. John Miles Cox, 8.A., Wor-
cester coll., Oxford. Robert Middleton Dukes, 8.A.,
Lincoln coll., Oxford. John Innes, 8.A., Trin. coll.,
Oxford. Robert Milman, 8.A., Exeter Coll., Oxfurd.
Robert Turlington Noble, 8.A., Sidney Sussex coll.,
Cambridge. George Peregrine Phillips, M.A., Trin.
coll , Cambridge. Jacob Banister Snelgar, 8.A., Jesus
coll., Cambridge. John , Henry Theed, 8.A., Sidney
Sussex coll., Cambridge.
The Rev. Edward Richgood Illingrvorth, 8.A., of
Clare Hall, in this University, was on Thursday week
appointed the second master in the Birmingham and
Edgbaston Proprietary School, in the place of the
Rev, C. H. Maturin, M. A., of King'S College, who has
been nominated Senior Proctor in this University.

It is said that a Madras cavalry officer, nephew
of a Peer, and nearly related to many noble English
families, has won an immense sum upon Lauueelot, having
taken the odds upon him for the Leger immediately after
his defeat for the Derby, at Epsom.