The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

LYCEUM

The Lyceum has long been remarkable for the ebeb
lence of the matter, and the admirable manner in °boil
comic extravaganza's have been got up, but never,"
produced one more calculated to run through nlanigh#
cessful nights, and to attract bumper houses, do'
that which has this night appeared from the2f
lific pen of Mr. Charles Dance, and which may tr":„'sie
termed a new, original, musical, magical, and roliwosp
necromantic, zoological, and ornithological extravag
The scenery is admirably got up, and would ale!, 0!
sufficient to gratify the sight-seers and to enstTaali!
success of a far inferior performance; but the E, 0!
Forest scarcely requires such assistance. Ther'eved
some admirable hits and genuine xvit sparkles in ere
line. Mr. Dance has exceeded any of his forn3ertilo
ductions, and has placed himself in the first rank o 0
caterers for holiday folks, and 'certainly he has nc cs
~,ocel
of complaint either as to the performers or the atA'o443
as to the manner in which his piece wasp etler
or received. We have seldom seen an audience ato,
disposed to receive everything in a friendly ganef,
prod
be satisfied and pleased with that which was ne
for their amusement. The plot is taken from of OP,
those old fairy tales that have been the deliglAd;ylol
infancy, that bring back so vividly the haPPY,,„OII.!
b"
childhood to our memories, that we could now "eciae:
crossed or embittered we may have feline
during the battle of life, refrain from
irergor
our sorrows departing and our hearts rapidlY,,°,l &We;
ing with the milk of human kindness ; suci:tf, sant
sition, it would be impossible to criticise vrin troth
severity that which was brought before us, 0137;
every spectator seemed to receive it in such
The first scene opens before the castle of Col"' falie"
lin has do
a poor knight in hopes of better days, oress%,B
from his high estate, and is suffering all t" n'dska
of poverty; his retainers have deserted him, Tr.e- or/
fallen away, and all have abandoned the victim of tund,
save a benevolent magician, who, as in datYgouiva acts
takes the family under his especial protectite in tb
as their single servant. There is then a
castle with the Count himself (ellsaec
admirably, by Keeley), who,
number of refusals of any assistance
_.,, of
posed friends, determines to brave the hOrr0031: for
the enchanted forest, and to bring back some WI Afea'
dinner. In the third scene we have his terrific s'ollo
tures therein. Having shot a bare, he therehiriorti
into the power of Prince Bruin, who comes fo dood
in the shape of a bear, but who proves ids :01l
exaspe r
ft terecoilm' al3
its
0:1:11
breeding by dancing and singing a mock bravura, b.cett
by Mr. Wigan in his best style ; he consents, ho!"
to to accept the hand of the Count's eldest daughterdreti
ransom for his forfeit life, and to pay one hue 10
weight of gold as a dowry. Similar indiscretions_Pod
the unhappy Count in the polder of Princes Eagle the
Dolphin, who permit him again to redeem his life 100.
sacrifice of a daughter to each, the first to pay t"..sarl!'
Bred weight of gold, and the second three sacks of
The Count, on his return, relates his adventures il3 g 0 of
thing of a bombastic vein, magnifying the nunt't
the bears, like Falstaff's men in buckrun3, 7; re'
surprised to find the Princes arrive to claim theemeak
spective brides, who, as they come in the shape °}A,OOO
some young with magnificent trains, theYtuhe'sd•
with them nothing loath. The second act giveliceel),l
venture of their brother, the Wonder Child (illre*,,c se:
in the Enchanted Forest, who discovers his sisteo itie7
after a narrow escape from the devouring prqedsal
io
of his brothers-in-law, who are but men one whic,'
seven, at length discovers the manner in their
the spell is to be broken, by his rescuielcicke;
sister the Princess Hildegarde from the
Necromancer's power, and awaking her fre,:tlo,ll
enchanted slumber. This is achieved in 006
act, and the whole winds up with a magnificeetooool
and the reunion of all parties. The piece was sall, 4
01
for repetition every night, amidst thunders of sPirey
and without a single dissentient voice, while 1Cee,..1)100
the author, who was loudly called for, bore the", oft
ing honours thrust upon them. The music liboit
neatly arranged by A. Lee, and strange to say, a fAilar,
a first night, there was not a single mistake or jecel"
in the almost magical changes of scenery. The,Prd 016,
certain to become a standing favourite, and to otorthl
most, sterling evidences of its success to the ''
author and the enterprising manageress.

g CIW;
THE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON, BY M/E-• ,e is-rj
AUTHOR OF " SUSAN 110PLIY,7 3 VoLs.—The fib?: be Oh,
is published this clay, by Mr. Colburn, and may vf,";4101 ts"l
at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just et,
following new novels :-2. Temptation and Atonelesli
Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-3. Father Eustace, a Tale of the „titlic.,
by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-4. Strawberry-hill, by the 013,'
of " Shakspeare and his Friends," 3 vols.-5. The Re pee
of War; or, the Highlanders in Spain, by J. (jr
late 62d regiment, 3 vols.-6. Caesar Borgia, by the byte
of " Whitefriars," second edition, 3 vols.-7. Marstem'pa'N'
author of " Salathiel, " second edition, 3 vols.--B's 3
Wyndham, by the author of " Two Old Men's Tales,
.0514
—O. Adventures of Capt. O'Sullivan, by W. 11.
Esq , 3 vols. • be:
ITALIAN OPERA, PARIS. —Il Don Giovali- for tb-
enjoyed remarkable success this season, with Coletti 1000:
-the Don; Lablache, Leporello; Mario, Ottavio; and od
Grisi, Persiani, and Corbari as Donna Anna, Zerlina, tea
vira. Coletti looked magnificently as Giovanni, and gay ace'
few solos allotted to the character with voluptualls
Mario's only air, " 11 meo tesoro, was poor, in cornParl2.o olios feces
Rubini's execution of that well-known melody; 01, ear
was, however, out of order on the first night, but
sequently much better. Lablache was, as usual, an • were
proachablo Leporello, and Mmes. Grisi and Persiaraat
admirable as Anna and Zerlina; we own, however, tlJAiisea
could spare some of the profusion of ornaments intro'bjch
by the latter lady into the Delicious music of her part, "'I,. 058
requires nothing of the kind. Such additions may be a'thet
in some modern Italian operas, but Mozart is of o°o
school. The beauteous trio of the three masks is sr'
encored, and the finale of the first act, that touchstone, bout
tistical execution, is gone through satisfactorily, W"
being quite what is desirable.—Galignani. f the
FRENCH NAM—The following is a list (i), portl
vessels of war which are to be launched in the Frelle-,„"ath
during the year 1847 :—At Dunkirk, the Biche COrveC`st!, the
the Ist class advice-steamer, the Phenix. At Bre:rote,
Tage man-of-war 2d class; the frigates, the Peraef,. gal
Ist class ; and the Nemesis, 2d class; tile FAULIe briA"
the first-class steam corvette, the Caffarelli (ir°lYe'vctoa,
Cherburg, the Sane steam-frigate, and the advice-
-Ist class steam-corvette. At Nantes, ateaulf.:enser.
corvettes, the Groenland, the Heron, and the '''olL,ettea!
At Indret, the Eclaireur and the Pelican advice cer'ttj 2rt
At Lorient, the Ist class frigate the Vengeance; al?
class frigate, the Jean d'Arc. At Roche fort, the I..;,`,';oslis;
goes, the Renommee; the 3d class frigate, the Ilw"
the steam-frigate, the Mogador. At Bordeau2sLetilecol
vette the Sentinelle, and the steam corvettes of In
classee sfrigates, the Eem ethen
steam corvette the Reland, the second class steamte.,_ Sala"
tu` the
the Caton, the second class advice steam corvet
idzeeannodbitcheanlptuhien.
syAbterltobnethfiracosatrveececg
Mouette.
ssi ndvn r
CABINET DINNER.—The Earl of Lare doe
mandre, and on the Seine the first class steam corvettebo
issued invitations to his several colleagues for a Cabinet
on Wednesday, the 3d proximo.
-D
I A L sels
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES • "'"'" wife JO,:
journal announces that an hotel-keeper and
silt convertl;
been prosecuted for assassinating a traveller, silty with t
his dead body into sausages, were
found
gePrench .ivnrl3„
addition of extenuating circumstances. The Oho
the Ilybrme copies the above statement, and
°erebse
that it r
no doubt the " extenuating circumstances" were order
a mar" universal
convicted parties were induced to commit Aof mu
to feed their fellow-creatures in this Perin'
gmt,
ea bof
asita7:
g
distress.
iffht las., -°me
a
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.-013 Friday n— used AS
g( irtanisa rbye? iaetv elldatrywioe)
Farmshi spberbotli
ham, by breaking a window-shutter, thro lour made fr,
der. They stole about four bushels
wrote vritu
Stonham, Debtling." On the shutter, they brown tail wheat, and two sacks, one of
then
th)bealounurills
marked

Mr. StonhalnaVhhenasthOsffeisregdonleo/w.
You are rich, we are poor ;
the thieyek—Dover Chronicle. er'ellwcaroiriQforrtrainorce.o"yictiQu of

torseback, Yd'
by some of oi

, Prince Alfrol
.alked and
r Royal High'
ring yesterdsi'
nour of joinis;
ay evening.
it, attended b/
'ark, Ilerts, tbt
esterdsf
partook of
!ft Cashioburl

ichess of CO
rene Eighties!
less Haninier:
ildway, visite
, }attended lo!
honoured tht
presence last

rs Association,
Hartley, Mr'
Morgan, ,fire
inied btth tto
erday with
Trade.
of Conim.oils:
with the R'
• Cotninission,e,,rs
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