The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

DRURY-LAN i; THEATRE.
An amusing petite comedy, of that class of which Alfred de
Masset's 11 feat go' one Porte soft Ouvcrte cu Feriae is the
mo.lel, wa,', produced here last evening. It is entitled A
Morning Call, and is acted by Mrs. Nisbett and Mr. Jeri
Anderson. The gentleman comes to make love in jest, au,.
the lady receives his love disdainfully; at length they NA'
become in earnest, and the comedy ends, as all comedic°
should end, in a marriage Mr. James Anderson ands the
Nisbett are admirably fitted in their respective parts; W°
dialogue is full of wit, sparkle, and banter, and the success
of the piece was complete. It is from the pen of Idr. Charlel
Dance. Aznel, the most gorgeous of spectacles,
the evening's entertainments. The house was crowded.
conch;

HAYMARKET T HEAT EtE.
Mr. J. W. Wallack appeared here last night in the cha-
racter of Macbeth, and fully bore out the favourable lrP.eg-
sion which his Othello had created. The diatinguishing.
cha.racteristic of Mr. J. W. Wallack's acting is esirnestness
he is evidently also a student of his art and will achieve for
power
himself a high place. Miss Laura Addison was fall of
and energy as Lady Macbeth. Her acting durin,,, the scene,
of Duncan's death was sublime. She is by far the best re
presentative of Lady Macbeth that we have now r ia the Egg"
;ish stage.

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PRIN CESS'S THEATRE.
A melodrama of what may be called the regtolar melo•
dramatic school, a melodrama of terror and of
terest, was produced here last night, and, thauks, to the
admirable acting of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, Was Olin'
phantly successful. The following is the plot Olin'
(firs. C. Kean), *ft
iaitense ar
Ben '
gal, has been struck by the valour displayed by a noble-
Bengal,
(Mr. C. Kean) at a tiger hunt, in which she believes
he has perished. However, when she returns to her friend'
in the north of France, she receives a visit from Horace V)
is he called), who arrives just in time to save her coat
Lucien extern J. Vining), from the danger of a boar hunt,
by a dus shot which kills the infuriated animal. Tbs
fate of Pauline and HOrace i 4 now linked together. There
is something about his appearance and manner, that la-
spires fear rather than love, but still the effect is fascinat.•
ing ; and when she suddenly receives an offer of 'his baud
she accepts it scarcely knowing why she has done so. When
the marriage has taken place constant sources o a
troubled
f uneasiness
arise. The restless dreams of Horace betoken
conscience ; he never sleeps without a brace of pistols wPauline, ithin
reach, and he has two auspicious comp
anions. left
a whole day alone in his old Norman chateau, while a tem-
pest is howling around her, is surprised at seeing three men
in blouses carrying a female form towards the residence;
She lies down and feigns sleep, when a secret
door_fop!,,e.
Be-
and one of the men in blouses enters ;andt is HOraCe hirOlg.3/ . D__
lieving her asleep he again departs, she, prompted uy„tt
irresistible curiosity, follows him through the panel. PU.
finds that the woman is the wife of a traveller whom Horace
and his companions haveerob bed and murdered.
through a door in the vault where the party is seMis . ~
is witness of dispute
minated by thea
friends as to which shall pOSSeSS the lady, and which is tire
pistol o
of
which Horace,
arisesw h o d betseli
b and
Looking
cause of quarrel. At this horrible sight Pauline falls Be
s9t.
shbuoosbtasndhs.
less and betrays herself, and her husband, finding that a.
spartnlep...t
knows too much, imprisons her in a subterranean
with the intention of starving her to death. A roach:
spread that she has been murdered by some robberea.alf3e,
ar
a hertel y
lady who was actually killed is buried in her steit
_one
about a year has elapsed Horace again makes his apPear or
among Pauline's friends, proposes marriage to her Yolfbe
cons n Gabrielle, and is accepted, when the signature nwfe,
contract is prevented by the sudden a
whose dungeon has been discovered, and 'o° has n '0
rescued by Gabrielle's brother, her cousin Lucien. mel
bound by oath not to compromise Horace, Lucien Tr.o_l_
willingly let him go after preventing Gabrielle's Inarrl_an
ppearince of' his
been
but Horace is of too desperate a character to escape dr' la
easy terms. A duel is arranged between him and Lucie oath
which only one Of two pistols, which are drawn !torn ben
a cloth, is loaded, arm when at a given signal, bu..th trad il
are touched, he falls mortally wounded. So itluens-w-hon
Pauline with bar unworthy husband, that even now, sa.
almost dead in consequence of the suffering she dead
dured, she is overcome with grief at the sight of hie 0.
body. It is now some years since Mrs. Charles ~,euriliory..
peared in melodrama, but to us, who remember her ju ''''tetn. of
ber's Wife, her triumph of last evening is net a rila.„- - her
surprise as it was to some who have was
--f in-
tensityitie drama. Her acting was fall
elm° tiful.
and pathos, and yet graceful an °meths
exceedingly ; it was a perfect model of what Wof the
acting should be. Mr. Charles Kean's representation
tiled
hero was perfect •, cool, courageous, determined, wilheeseewere
the very type of deliberate calculating villainy., l/ The
called for at the conclusion, and loudly apPio"
'use was crowded.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,- was Pr'
A new two act comedy, entitled Charles King, ~e twang,
duced here last evening, and owing to the admireuL,torsi,
of Messrs. Henry and W. Farren, jun., Mr. Leigh
ete
Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Louisa Howard, achieved a cTs-ries
success. Its subject is founded on the gallantries of F.,01
11., who figures among the characters, along with tuA /
of Rochester, Sir Charles Sedley, Nell Gwynne, ee go/of
of
other notorieties of that time. Charles King, the, who
this piece, is a sailor, the master of a trading vesselth
in his trips to the French coast, has fallen in love 7
little grisette, a fisherman's daughter, and has eerrl,,,e ate
''d her
off, to save her from a marriage into which she was..rniog,
w" be forced. He brings her home to his mother in ",ii,Pl:" bet
and they are going to be m.rried, when, walking,
lover in the park, she attracts the King's attention. hi,
unscrupulous Majesty gets rid of the lover by inakj,ll
attendants involve him in a quarrel, and drag il"." nor
prison for fighting in the park, while the girl,
resisting the honeyed words of the seducer, is 'earri•
to a petite ?liaison of the King's. ' Ibis healto
of durance she is discovered by Nell Gwynne, who 4„,
her story, and becomes interested in her --behalf. ;.,
denouement is rather clumsy. The girl's father, yel';
before, had saved the King from being tsken in his narro_,
escape to France, and had given him a' ring in token el
his gratitude. This ring she now uses in appealing to tit
King's generosity and honour. To resist such an appeal
of course out of the question ; the King instantly abandon.
his criminal pursuit, and restores the girl to her loiej:
In the first act there is a very pretty incidental ballet. '1.'1.;
acting of Mrs. Stirling as Mimi, the French grisette ""
beautifully natural, and her broken English told most
Lively. Mr. Henry Farrell looked and acted the Merry 11;
nsrch to the life, and Mr. W. Farren was the beau ideal ° "
hearty bluff sailor as Charles King. The great bit of tl:,
evening, however, next to the Mimi of Mrs. Stirling'l7;
the Dutch sailor of Mr. Leigh Murray; his make UP, 7,0
perfect, and his dialect and acting admirable. The apPal"
was general at the fall of the curtain.

SURREY THEATRE. -
idro-
A new tragedy, in five acts, entitled Waltheof, WO , ,0.
duced last night at this theatre with triumphant el e,
The following is the outline of the plot, which is simp.e, ra
artistically constructed and developed. About four Yra
after the battle of Hastings, a revolt against the iron rulde_a
the Conqueror is organized, which embraces not naerely 0 ,tr,,,
Saxons of note, but also some discontented la °ratans, rk-•
principal of whom is De Guada, Earl of Norfolk. After to
little difficulty the conspirators succeed in winning °Gle to
their cause Waltheof, the powerful Earl of lluntingd ?,..4
whom King William had granted life and lands, andZt7;ol
of his own niece Judith. After the departure ancient so
to head the rebel host, Guiniver, a beldame of ° the
regal British b ood, and filled with the deepest hate to
Saxon and Norman alike, persuades Judith in 1111,,,in sae il
that the only chance to save her husband, to Wuvillto ie.
passionately devoted, from certain ruin is „..,„audli
form her uncle, the King, who is then in lie.-ih tba
of the revolt. The consequence of her comphioce WlLA,,,rised
treacherous suggestion is, that the insurgents areitebezi has
by the royal forces and completely routed. he once i 0
been meantime visited also by Guiniver, whoin oe fa, pro-
to be a supernatural being, and informed of his vii nadir
ceeding. On his return home, after the defeat, a vsr.r.r„d hie
tic scene occurs between them, but the Earl of Surrqcrefto
army speedily arrive in pursuit, and take the rebel
, narden,hl4
prisoner. He, however, receives again a full roYs' r- a being
still persists in his patriotic and desperate, -,
f co"als.Ver, 1411058
conveyed to him, through the agency 0-
hthuinlabout to be
fiendish contrivances are ever active, that --s s 0,1 0
desperate combat with Surrey just as his
transported to Normandy. His castle is stormed ;
s_ .v. 04
Judith rushes in, and receives 'the blow intendeduTrouiardl
her own breast. He strikes Surrey dead with P's . ts, en"
stabs Guiniver, o /via flings herself from the battlema ita
immolates himself over the dead body of his vatt ; the
dialogue was nervous, unstilted, and smooth througho. the
piece admirably lir .. r.go of.
put upon the stage, especial 0 ‘ivAth ,
sword is,
for
it,
camp scene with the watchfires, and the cast e f "„,.,"ated
and the costumes appropriate. All the performers :,,,‘,),beof,
error of his
themselves excellently well. 3lr. Cresvvick, es,,,"rioeolis
played very finely in the scenes where he learns ‘'.4l`ita con'
sequences, and all throughout the fifth act. Cerdics, iLt, gr.
lady, and where he reproaches her V," soofl
Thane, was admirably pourtrayed by that clever
T. Mead ; and Mr it - N
. —ruce Norton, air Warreune. 10 latter
opal the ld
villauous. We would, however, recommen ~:ch wou
gentleman to sport a less outrageous beard, wu'but is, to
doubtless be an invaluable display in awl receivedburleselle no'
say the least of it, utterly diss,onant h all
; onaned..t.l
tions of the Norman toilet, which rigorous .y
ely-tri
visible hirsuteness of the physiognomy to a close.udith, and
moustache cat the upper lip. Miss Cooper, 1,54 out ward
Miss Jane Coveney, as Adela, the wife of De Go_tn'iandatioe•
to William, the han, are well deservincof 7,y: g ignOlds bolder
But the grand hit of the evening wail ea
rs.tre, who, bilirr
rILE7(I tralf
first appearance from the Birmingham eiliver, the British
powerful voice and energy
_arwt-ssiofg
Weird Woman, struck hontacttnionthacicehe
tamesians, and at the end of the first scene
!gise ; indeed, the ap-
three distinct rounds of thunderiug
i arnctively bestowed froM
probation of the audience wile -118-1 d the author, WhO
first to last, and must have fully satisfie
roarious plaudits
bowed from a private box amidst 9p rteheeteTdrwaT;
Id were called before;
Creswick, Miss Cooper, and airs: Rignod
by the former fo
the curtain, and the play was announo
lthe house re'
repetition every evening until further notice,
jostle approbe'
on'
sounding for several minutes with the ent ius
as ,_
_ye a c
tion of the spectators. Waltheof will doubtle Da oil-
to the trees _
siderable run, and prove remunerative
the house We'
Notwithstanding the wetness of the evening,
crowded.
AlliTtlb.
OF A SOX. Kull t
re the
On the 13th inst., at Bathurst-street, Sussex-
wife of W. Bryant, Esq. of J. V. *
On the 12th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady
Stirling, Esq.

On the 14th inst.,° Fat AstD.
itiUdaGniXoltdege, Birkenhead, tho
wife of P. Wright, Esq.
On the 15th inst., in Upper Fitzroy-street, Airs. G. Nichol, o
MARA/BD. 04
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On the 13th inst., at Great Brickhill, George John, Se
lbe'
10,
son of the late Hon. and Rev. Edward ‘Vinglleld,
youngest daughter of the late P. D. Fauncefort Dtountin
Esq., of Great Brickhill-manor, Bucks. Loetloo,
On the 15th inst., at St. Botolpb, Aldersgate, ~,,,
George P. Stancomb, Esq., of Trowbridge,
rifle Janet, only daughter of W. Lobb, Esq., M.l)*
MID, d 8°
Wlts, to CAW
At Shangana Castle, Bray, on the 11th inst., ag,e,„ck-
Lady Cockburn, relict of the late General Sir George ''''
burn, G.C.H. Idi 5Pr
On the 13th inst., at Llwyngwern, North Wa ies,
Johnson Ford, late of the 43d Infantry. , vadrso
On the 10th inst., Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Nazi., --
Establishment, aged 84. .....,d 57,
On the 9th inst., at Green Royds, near Halifax, -
James Inglis, Esq M.D. , t,
On the 14th inst., at Fairlight, Sussex, William Ste°
Esq., of Tittleworth, aged 69.
On the 15th inst, Illajor-General Edgar Wyatt, of t/i3
Bengal Army, aged 69.
On the 14th inst., at Brasendale, aged 80. Anne Dorothi'
widow of the late P. M. Martineau, Esq, of Norwich.'

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London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO, oft
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 11' og
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo, in the
Liddlogen, Tuetedv, March 18,401, y

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