The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-09 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

M. Bouff6 appeared last night in his favourite cha-
racter of Grandet, in La File de 1 Avare, perhaps one
of the best in the repertoire of this admirable artist.
He sustained it, we need hardly say, with all his or-
dinary vigour and finish, and was enthusiastically
applauded.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord
Camoys, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Gordon,
honoured the performance with their presence.
On Monday M. Bouffe will appear in Michel Per-
rin, and on 'Wednesday will again sustain the charac-
ter of Le Gamin de Paris. " The last week but olo.e
of the season " is, we are sorry to see, now an an-
nouncement in Mr. Mitchell's affiches.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAT.—(Open 29 miles.)—Traffic
For the week ending Aug. 3 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. —£4l9 7 10
Goods and live stock ... 169 16 6

Total .. ... .. £589 4 4
Corresponding week last year ... 482 b 6
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHA3f RAmwar.—Traffic 're-
ceipts for the week ending Aug. 3 :
Passengers ... ... ... £4OO 5 2
Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 9 4 8
Live stock ... ... ... 14 13 6
Merchandise and minerals ... 2:14 19 8

Total .. ... £679 3 0
Corresponding period last year.. 755 410
CALIDONIAN RAILWAY. —(160 miles opened.)—Return of
traffic for the week ending July 27:
Passengers, &e. £3,284 12 2
Goods, &c. ... 3,349 18 7

Total*
.. £6.63410 93
Corresponding week last year ... 6,842 2 11
• Including Wishaw and Coltness, now in charge of a
factor.

CREMORNE GARDENS.—Among the varied amuse-
ments that have been introduced at these gardens are some
pyrotechnic displays termed " naval fetes," the third of which
took place on Thursday night. The occasion represented
was, when the Spaniards, with the assistance of the French
fleet, attempted the capture of Gibraltar. To illustrate this
attempt, the Citizen and Iron Steam-boat Companies lent
their aid, and their boats and crews represented the Spanish
and French fleet, while a host of auxiliaries, commanded by
Chevalier Mortram, impersonated the English garrison force.
The engagement commenced on the part of the boats, who,
at a given signal, poured a broadside of fire into the fort and
esplanade, which was immediately taken up by the assaulted,
the whole line of battery sending out volleys of rockets,
Roman candles, &c. For upwards of half an hour the mimic
war was waged, suspended only for a minute or two by an
explosion which failed now, as indeed it did before, to blow
up the rocky Straits. The introduction of a new explosive
floating fire, which appeared to increase !in brilliancy as it
came in contact with its antagonistic water, and the addition
of distant bugle music added to the effect of this novelty.
A fashionable and crowded audience assembled to witness
the fete.

MIYART'S HOTEL.—Arrivals—Messrs. CanOen,
Skipwith, Randolph, and Coles, from the United States;
the Prince de Schomberg, from Germany; M.H. T. Konigs-
water, Consul de Saxe Coburg Gotha aux Pays Bag,- the
Duke Marino Torlonia, from a visit to the Count and Lady
Cecil Delafeld, at Little Hampton; Messrs. W. C. Twe.1162,
W. A. Brown, and Wharton Chancellor, from the United
States. Departures—Lord and Lady Farnham,
for their
d
seat in Ireland; the Earl and Countess of Fingell an
Henrietta Plunkett, for lover; his Excellency the Lady
Count
Cervellou, the Duchess de Ferman Nunez, the Countess Oralia
and suite, on their return to Belgium; Sir Archibald Camp-
bell, M.P., for Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cary, for Fol.
laton, Devonshire ; M. de Balaschefi; for Paris ; Mr. and
Mrs. Colyer, for Herefordshire; the Marchioness of Water-
ford, for Curraghmore ; Sir T. Rokewode Gage, for his seat
Hengrave-hall ; Captain Essaxoff, for Paris, and the Cottut,
V. Miacaynski, for Paris.
ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.--A half-
yearly general court was held yesterday at the Lond
Tavern, Ei.hopsgate-street, followed__ by an election of fifteen
children into the Royal Asylum. Mr. E. Halswell occupied
the chair, and Mr. Leeks, secretary, read a report, announe.
• the continued prosperity of the institution, and stating
ing
that the payment of two legacies, the one of 5001. and the
other of 200/., had permitted a valuable addition to the funds
of the institution. No legacy, however, had been bequeathed
during the last six months. The report was adopted, and
the election commenced, the ballot lasting from twelve
o'clock till three, there being eighty candidates, "
ren of those once in prosperity," seeking the benefits,' inthe shape of maintenance, board, and religious education;
which the institution will afford to the fifteen who have been
successful.