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

ADELPHI.

At this theatre the Whitsun holydays have caused no
variation of the entertainments usually presented to the
public. Indeed, no alteration was called for, as the pieces
which have been presented to notice during the last
fortnight are of that description that they rarely fail to
attract an audience. The merits of The Memoirs of an
Umbrella have already been sufficiently canvassed by the
public, and it will be sufficient to say that the parts were
sustained with unusual spirit, and some passages were so
delivered as to cause, not the acclamation which
follows a hackneyed sentiment or claptrap, but the
genuine and heartfelt applause which is justly due to
good acting. In the drama of the Cabin Boy which
followed, Madame Celeste was more than usually bril-
liant; and the extravaganza of Peter Wilkins concluded
the evening's amusements. The theatre was not nume-
rously attended; but this fact may be attributed to the
extreme fineness of the weather, which rendered other
amusements more attractive. The audience were, how-
ever, more select than is usual in holiday time, and were
so far satisfied that not one mark of disapprobation was
exhibited throughout the evening.

SURREY.
Davidge has secured the services of Madame
Vesof nights. and her talented husband for a limited number
Mathews S. " The Vestris" is as fascinating, and Charles
as versatile, as ever. It may seem paradoxical
to saythat the latter is the first of light comedians be-
cause he is the most profound of thinkers, but so we
believe it is. He studies laboriously and he acts with
ease. lie discriminates with judgment, and he never
tversteps the modesty of nature. Other favovrites have
their popularity, because, as in Dutch paintings, their
humour is exhibited in broader and stronger lights.
Charles Mathews, on the contrary, is chaste to a degree ;
he never courts approbation by the exhibition of a
broad grin ; his acting is legitimate ; the manner
of the man, the witticism of the text commands the tri-
tmph. Madame Vestris's reputation as an accomplished
sztiste is too widely diffused to require any eutogium
from us. Last night in the popular burletta of the Loan
of a Lover, as Gertrude, she sang some of her best songs,
and was encored in all of them. This distinction, how-
ever flattering, is nevertheless painful, and it would be
well if our Surrey friends did not so frequently test the
lungs of the singers. Charles Mathews was, of course,
the Peter Spyk. Both were well supported by Messrs.
Johnstone, Heslop, and :Lewis, and by Mrs. H. Hughes.
The evening's performauce commenced with the comic
drama Used Up, which -was first brought out at the
gay market, where it rate for seventy-seven nights. Sir
Charles Coldstream; by Mr. Mathews ; Sir Adonis
leech, Mr. Rodgers ; Jobs' Ironbrace, Mr. Johnstone ;
as Lady Clutterbuck, Miss Martin. The piece
of the night, howe'rer, was a new grand
romantic oriental spectacle, replete with situations,
combats, and dances, and magnificent water effects,
entitled the Dark Falcon of the Atiruck; or, the Prince
Diver and the Shah's goblet. The promise held out in
the portion of the bill quoted was amply verified. We
e on honour when we affirm that six soldiers, with
conical caps, bearing a striking resemblance to Prince
Albert's chef d'auvre, were) killed in each battle, and
miraculously resuscitated behind the scenes, in order to
fake part in the one which followed. The plot itself
was
of the hybrid order—a cross beiween a tale out of
the Arabian Nights and f.,chiller's Diver. It would be
impossible to trace it through all its ramifications, and
equally impossihle to account for the extraordinary
situations in which the pi itacipal characters found them-
selves. We leave the hei:t) who gives the name to the
spectacle safe in wind and. limb in the streets of Tehran,
and we find him in the (:aral caves of Amphitrite, be-
Leah the salt salt sea. We cannot explain why, we can
ony wonder how the devil! he got there. The piece is
woind up with (we quote the bill again) " a tremendous
explosion and powerful denouement." Some of the scenes
were very beautifully pahatod. The house was respect-
ablr, if not fully filled, .and the :audience seemed
higily delighted with the am • usements provided for
then.

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VICTORIA.
4 new drama of interest, entitled The Flitting Day,
!nu produced here last evening. The plot may be
Judged by the title. We rave the old characters—a
fatter farmer, ruined by b e.d crops, acted by Mr. E. F.
c"Ile a virtuous daughter, acted by Miss Vincent,
Prh4, after being exposed to all sorts of trials and
temptations, is rewarded with the hand of a rich and
titled lover ; a villain uncle., who would fain sell her to
I nue seducer, both of wham, at the fall of the curtain,
"ebrotight to condign punishment. These are old ma-
rrals, but they are well put together ; and the piece
is, moreover, admirably, a eted. The audience were in
%xtieies of delight ; and ! rhe Flitting Day will continue
I,'„ tit for many nights, b eore it finally flits in reality.
4. 43 house was crammed.

AST '.LEY'S.
•The Seikh Invasion ; or, Our Indian Victories of 1846,
is he title of the grand spectacle which Mr. Batty has
gicilt, up for the amusement of his Whitsuntide patrons,
and most gorgeous spectacle it is. In the opening
we have the rey els of the Seikh chiefs in Lahore be-
-foie setting out
the Sutlej by tici'll tb.e expedition, then the passage of
and night biv:u Saikh army, then the forced march
wss excellentlyumars of the British troops, which
Tie review of the g !!.41, and then the battle of Moodkee.
; az watthe troops at Ferozepore was ad-
ti 'le utni
mirably managed
Battle of Sobraon was fought,
cm both sides, with
ult. spirit of gallantry. The
audience were delighted, we have no doubt but that
tie Sea Invasion at Astlaers
Vast at least twice as
long as did the Seikh Invasion :f
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VAU.X: FIALL GAR
Whitsuntide is the season of holidEa 2‘78-
doubtedly at this season of the year, when sunshine and
un-
te most joyous
h
festivity court people out of doors, it is the
of festivals. Whit: utntide, how many of
Seen, and yet not ce as without a Vauxhall—one 'ave we
.things which speak of an amalgamation of all the
those
sures that enlighten and relieve the dull way of all &loses;
who journey straightforwardly and steadfastly through
this most busy vv,)rld. We have seen many
halls but never one that pleased us so much --
~the ' asVauxhall of :last night. There was nothing
to distinguish last night from any other of the
joyous nights spent in this most joyous of the halls of
public amusement, 'save and except that there were
fresh introductionA, and Lew souls in the bodies
.of the numerous promenaders who studded the
well and variously-c oloured lighted walks, like freshly-
-scented flowers hilts ,thing their perfume in the eloquence
.of a moonlight nigh t, full of music, and all the attrac-
tions of flesh and blood, capable of conveying all the
sensations that relieve the dulness of every-day exist-
ence. W e went t o see Vauxhall by gaslight, but were
most agreeably d isappointed to see it not only by
the light of the moon, but by the light of all the
light that ever tbr ew their lustre on dull common-place-
.,•ness, the light of t. ire() thousand eyes beaming with the
satisfaction of havit ig been well entertained, and capable
of expressing the sa.ti sfaction that they were so elevated
and social as to be ca pable of expressing the fact in the
sweetest and Avast • amiable manner. Vauxhall ! We
"write
our notice of t he various attractions in a kind of
bewildered and Cui ntelligible dream;
yet we enjoyed
ourselves. We rec tDileot number of very stirring fgts,

but we are incapable of giving to them a name and an
expression, so that they may be recognised by those
who were less .wide awake than ourselves.
There were numbers incalculable of ladies
well behaved and well dressed ; there were gentlemen
who mixed in the throng and did not forget themselves;
there were strangers, from far-off parts, who gazed and
were satisfied, and did not depart without audibly ex-
pressing the fact. In addition to the brilliancy of the
gardens themselves, the proprietors, still maintaining
their well-known liberality, provided an exceedingly
full programme of attractive entertainments, which were
performed in different parts of the ground, and at speci-
fied periods of the evening. In the first place, there was
the performances of " a celebrated brass band," who exe-
cuted a number of Donizetti, Strauss, and Rossini'a best
productions ; and then came a vocal concert, in which
Messrs. Hodges, Sinclair, J. W. Sharp, Binge, and
Darcie, and Mesdames Aveling Smith, and J. Roe, took
part. The vocalists were accompanied by a numerous
and efficient orchestra, and won for themselves an oc-
casional encore. The concert was no sooner over than
there was a tremendous rush to the Rotunda Theatre,
and in five minutes afterwards the place was literally
crammed from end to end. By dint of some vigorous
pushing, crushing, and squeezing, we managed to get a
z estricted view of the equestrian performances in" the
new and capacious circle," and although, to speak vulgarly,
we melted down to a very jelly, we must admit that
we never witnessed scenes in the circle which we more
enjoyed. Mad:.me Louise Tournaire, if possible, ex-
celled herself in her daring fetes of horsemanship; while
Mons. Benedict, Mons. Ferdinand Tournaire, and
Madame Klatt, exerted themselves wonderfully, to give
satisfaction to their audience. One would have thought
that, after this, would have terminated the amusements
of the evening, but no, the cream of the thing had yet
to come, and it is so graphically described in the printed
circular of the establishment, that we cannot do
better than introduce it, and here it is:—" A
gorgeous procession! introducing a faithful representa-
tion of the Emperor Teaou Kwang reviewing his Tartar
troops before the imperial pavilion, or Palace of the
Golden Bells, amidst a display of fireworks upon a novel
and extraordinary scale, by that celebrated pyrotechnic
artist Mr. Darby. In the distance, the lofty pagodas
and monstrous Dragon Tower, 120 feet high from
which Il Joel Diavolo will make a terrific descent as
' Victory on a fiery dragon ; and in his descent will
cast the wreath of victory' at the feet of the successful
knight of the tournay that is supposed to have taken
place. The whole scene terminating with one of the
most imposing and brilliant discharges of fireworks that
has ever been attempted in this or any other country."
This portion of the entertainments, as may be ima-
gined, occupied a considerable time in the representation,
and while the first part was glittering and gorgeous the
latter was terrific and startling. The dancing com-
menced some short time before we left, and when we
did leave the lamps were about to put on their night-
caps, as the dawn of another day began to peep in
between the leaves of the lofty trees that surrounded
Vauxhall.