The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-09 00:00:00

NEW STRAND THEATRE.

Mr. Jacobs, Ventriloquist, Magician, and English Improvi-
galore, has taken this house for a short season, and opened it
last evening for the display of his wonderful skill in neceomancy
and modern magic. The stage is neatly fitted up, with appa-
ratus and ornaments suited for the occasion ; the house was
well attended, and the performances altogether gave great
satisfaction. The first part consisted of a variety of tricks with
cards, dice, rings, &c., which he managed with great adroitness,
and almost equalled the far-famed ‘. Wizard of the North."

The most surprising part of the performance consisted of a
comic piece called The Landlord at Home, in which he imi-
tated most wenslerfully the gruff brandy-drinking landlord, his
son, in love with the kitchen-maid, an Irishman called Pat
Al'Leoney, a Yankee traveller, and three or four other cha-
racters, changing his voice so effectually and quickly, that a
person unaccustomed to these exhibitions must have supposed
there were at least ten different actors. This short comedy,
for it did not last above a quarter of an hour, gave great
amusement, and was loudly applauded. The extempore
singing was also good, but we cannot see why Air. Jacobs
broke the promise given in the handbills to allow any person to
propose a subject. One of the audience called out " the
black bottle " for a subject ; but this the improvisatore de .
dined, and snbstituted for it Alorrison's pills, which possibly
he thought better adapted for his poetical muse. He went
through the different subjects, however, with considerable tact
and read►ness, and the audience lett at ten o'clock, apparently
much amused with the varied entertainments.

DUTCH AND HAMBUK6H MAIL.

The Arnheitn Courant states confidently that there will
speedily be a change of Ministers, and gives a list of the
intended appointments.

AMSTERDAM, FEB. 4.—Sir Edward Disbrowe, the Bri-
tish Ambassador, gave a splendid ball on the evening of
the 3d, at v; hick the King and Queen, and the Princes
and Princcsscs of the Royal family, were present. The
King wore an English Field Marshal's uniform. The
Princess of Orange did Sir E. Disbrowe the honour to
dance the first quadrille with him. All the Ministers and
chief Officers of State, the Foreign Ambassadors, and
other persons of distinction, to the number of 400, were
present.
The accounts from vat ious parts of the kingdom men-
tion the return of severe frost, and suspension of the nevi-
gation in consequence of the change.----Dutch Papers,
Feb. 5.

HANOVER, JAN. 25.—A report is current here respect-
ing the intention of the Government with regard to the
Convocation of the Assembly of the Estates of .the
kingdom. The Cabinet, so it is said, have directed
the several Ministerial departments to confine themselves
to what is absolutely necessary in the matters which they
have to lay before the Assembly, it being intended to
convoke the Estates again during the year 1841. The
papers do not mention the health of the King, or of the
Crown Pi ince.—Haniburgh Papers.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN 13..—The Divan is very much
engaged, and the Allied Cabinets are constantly endea-
vouring to give good advice to the Turkish Administra-
tion, and to infuse some energy into it. It is reported
in the best informed circles at Pere, that resolutions
have been provisionally taken respecting the future ad-
ministration of the Pachalics of Acre and Candia, which
merit a most important influence in those two pro-
vinces. Both the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre and the
harbour of Suda are to be separated from the administra-
tration of the Pacha, and to have Governors of their own,
and regular garrisons of chosen Turkish troops from Con-
stantinople in the same manner as Belgrade. It is said
that the Austrian Cabinet proposed this measure, which
has been joyfully acceded to both by the Porte and by all
the other Cabinets. Thus the apprehension is at once re-
moved that England, France, or Russia might at some
time or other attempt to obtain extreme power at St. Jean
d'Acre, as the different journals have daily affirmed, ac-
cording to their respective party views..—.A//gmei„,
Zeitung, Feb. 2.

We are enabled to state, that the successor to
Sir Robert Stopford has not yet been fixed on ; neither is
it intended to raise the gallant Admiral to the Peerage.
He will not, it is supposed, return home until next sum-
mer. —Naval and Military Gazette.
THE SAIALL-Pwc IN THE METROPOLIS,
At a meeting of the Royal Medico. Chirurgical Society
a few evenings since, Sir Benjamin Brodie in the Chair, a
paper on smallpox was read, from the pen of Dr. Gregory,
physician to the Smallpox Hospital. From this paper it
appeared that during the last month (January), there had
been more patients admitted into that Institution than in
any month since the formation of the Establishment, a
period of nearly 100 years, the first GO cf which were pre-
vious to the discovery of the protective influence of vacci-
nation.
On Wednesday last, Robert Hume, James
Farrar, and James Clifford, all attached to a theatrical
company, lately performing at Whitehaven, were, after a
long examination before the Magistrates of Workington,
committed to our gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes, on
a charge of committing a violent assault,- with intent to
murder, on Robert Archibald, master mariner, and George
Thoinlinson, farmer, both of Flimby:— Carlisle Journal.
We have much gratification in stating, that the
good service pension, vacant by the decease of Admiral
Sir Wm. Hargood, will be conferred on that truly gallant
and intelligent officer the Earl of Dundonald, better known
as Lord Cochrane. —Navel and Military Gazette.
DUNFERMLINE.-Tilts month there have been
on,_, hundred and sixty funerals in our churchyard, Which
is abou feu nnt.uLlmortality.