The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS.
LYCEUM.
A piece de circonstance, entitled the Dustman's Belle,
was produced here last evening with complete success.
It is founded on an incident which occurred a short time
since in the neighbourhood of Islington, which is,
doubtless, in the recollection of many of our readers.
We allude to the fact of a dustman having unexpectedly
inherited an immense fortune, and having expended a
large sum in continual treats to his fellow workmen.
This fortunate dustman is the hero of the drama ; he is
called Ned Windfall, and is personated by Mr. Keeley.
In his days of dustmanship and innocence he had plighted
his faith to Sally Broomly (Mrs. Keeley). She was the
dustman's belle ; but, having ceased to be a dustman,
he all but forgets his belle, having been led by Morgan
Rattler (Mr. F. Vining), a scamp uprorious, and Jacob
Goodman (admirably acted by Meadows), a scamp sanc-
timonious, into all sorts of debauchery, and plundered
by them of some portions of his wealth. Rattler
wishes to inveigle the dustman into a marriage with
his sister, Susan Rattler (Miss Villars), but Good-
man, who is a suitor for the hand of the
fair Susan, exposes to her the machinations
of which it is intended that Ned Windfall shall become
the victim. She is the devoted friend of Sally, and by
her appeals to Windfall's better feelings, she revives his
affection for his old sweetheart, and the Dustman's
Belle is made happy, while Susan herself becomes the
wife of Mr. Circuit (Mr. Diddear), the attorney, through
whose instrumentality Windfall was first made aware of
his good fortune. The piece was admirably acted, and
the applause was most enthusiastic. Mr. and Mrs.
Keeley and Miss Villars were called for at the fall of the
curtain. The housi was crowded.

SADLERS WELLS.
Mr. Phelps and Mrs. Warner, in their laudable en-
deavours to cater for the amusement of the good folks
of Islington and its vicinity, seem to have caught some-
thing of the mania which has lately to so large an ex-
tent existed in the metropolis, and which has developed
itself in the various forms of American minstrelsy which
have been brought before the public. Last night Mr.
Henry Phillips favoured the visitors to this theatre with
the first part of his adventures in America ; and, in con-
junction with Miss Rollo Dickson, interspersed his re-
marks on the sayings and doings of the land of the West
by some very excellent transatlantic melodies. The ac-
count of his adventures was delivered in a free and pleas-
ing manner, and several of his anecdotes, tending
toillustrate the unceremonious and inquisitive charac-
ter of the Kentuckians, caused considerable merriment.
His Song of the Ohio was of the most laughable and
grotesque nature. On the high pressure steam boats on
the Ohio it is a custom with the engineers and stokers
to share with themselves the pleasure of a vocal concert.
On these occasions the white men take the initiative
and lead off, while the blacks content themselves with
the choruses. The peculiar nasal sound of their weak
and discordant voice, contrasting with the bold and
manly style of their leaders, has a most ridiculous effect,
and the manner in which Mr. Phillips imitated this pe-
culiarity was excellent, and was deservedly encored.
The .6 Song of the Fisherman," written by Barry
Cornwall, was also sung with his usual ability. At
the conclusion of his adventures he sang several other
English and Irish songs. Among these—" Shall I,
wastynge in despair, 1650," G. Withers ; " Down
among the dead men," a bacchanalian song of 1660 ;
and " The Sea Fight," by Dryden ; all of which were
well received. Miss Rolla Dickson sang in very pretty
style " The Bells of New York." It was announced
that on Wednesday evening next, Mr. Phillips would
give the second part of his adventures. We hope that
upon that occasion he will have a more numerous au-
thence, a more delighted one he could not possibly
have.