The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

SCOTTLSII SONG.

On Monday evening Mr. Milne, the Scottish vocalist,
his first entertainment for the season in Crosby
gave
Hail, which was attended by a highly respectable audi-
ence. Since his last appearance in London Mr. Milne
has been giving concerts in the leading towns of Scotland
and England with much success; and a very marked
improvement is perceptible . in his manner as well as in
his singing. This gentleman possesses a voice of fine
tenor quality, and renders the songs of his country with
much character and feeling. No one who has recently
appeared as an expositor of Scottish song here has shown
equal capabilities, and we trust that ere long the
merits of Mr. Milne as a vocalist will be duly and fully
appreciated. All the songs in his yesterday's
programme
were well sung. " John Anderson my Joe," 4. Why
left I my Hume?" "The Land o the Leal," and "Ilka
blade o' grass keeps its ain drag o' dew," having been
given with a simplicity that touched the hearts and
drew tears from the eyes of "Duncan
many present.
Gray," " John Granitic," and others of the humorous
cast, were also rendered with considerable point and
character, and the whole entertainment
went off in a
manner to gratify alike tha vocalist and the audience.

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r, In Kensal-green,
MADTTofs.-Col. Hawker,
vaned gunmaker, has lately bad it repaired
inscription for the monument of this uuri-
wathho
THE 11°138E110Lp TROOPS.—The authorities at the
Horse Guards have decided that there will be no movement
of , the Ist and 2d Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards
(Blue), on the Ist of July next, and that there will be no
change in the present stations of these regiments until the Ist
of October.
'agazinerns and
and to in
GrNpownsit STORES (LIVERPOOL) EXEMPTIOR
REPEAL BILL.—The Bill brought into the House of Com.
Mons by Sir George Grey and Mr. Bouverie, to repeal
nnses,r andith storesreg regard
r d neart
o t
hLei v
said
ipdo on
11
much of 12th Geo. 111., c. 61, as exempts therefrom certate°
gunpowder
stores, has passed through the Select Committee. T
have been added. The first provides that the M
temporary pmr oavgi as
izO
Tyro clauses
of the Ordnance, with the approval of the Admiraltyaster-G
Conservators of the Mersey, may appoint 1 and the
vessels for storing gunpowder in the Mersey,PAceS for mooring
limits of the port of Liverpool. The or : ,
witeie tue
by the Select Committee, is to the effectsecond clause, added
he paid by the corporation to three that 9,7801. should
for and on behalf of themselves or more of the lessees,
such sum to be apportioned b and all the other lessees,
respective interests. Y them according to their

ROBBERY OF SAILORS.--Information has been given
of two sailors having been robbed at the east end of London,
in the course of the week, of sums of money amounting to-
-3s tto in;
and wits
the robbedo thienr, thel nMt
yile- Becketten
gether to about 501, One of them, named William Thur.
roa, was robbed of 15/. in
d of a pu's', containing
bank notes, and three ~overeigns, by two men, one of whom
is described as about forty-one years of age, and live feet six
inches high, and dressed in a blue jacket and trowsers, and
the other dressed in black.
INVOLUNTARY CANDOUB.—ToWfirdS the unhappy
close of Lord Dudley's life he had so confirmed a habit of
talking aloud to himself, that, no matter in whose company,
lie broke forth in soliloquy. He had a great dislike to be
asked to give any one a lift in
.his carriage. An ingenious
tormentor of Brookes' begged Win to give a cast to a borne-
ward-bound unconscious victim. It could not be •refused.
The unhappyout in their chariot, and arrived
silently near 3.lount-street, when Dudley mutteredaudibly,
" What a bore! lat
tboe to say something.
alut
pair set
it."
haps I had better sk hi
.ner.
fans ,land to b
His companion, a person of infinite fanc., an whom Lord
Dudley afterwards took a great liking, re-muttered, after a
due pause. " What a bore! Suppose he should ask me to
dinner What should I ? think about it."
.
SCARBOROUGH.—BOAT PICKED L31).---A boat, with
the name Sovereign, of Ramsgate, painted inside, was
p• ked up at sea by a trading vessel, a short distance from
this port, and brought itatu the harbour on. Monday
Levis Mercury.

Total receipts ...

... £3,018 13 0

STATE OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA.
A masterly paper on the condition and prospects of
our national drama, contained in the current number of
the IV eehly News and Weekly Chronicle now araalga-
mated with each other, is thus terminated :
Such is: the state of the London drama, and the
largerovincial cities, and its contemplation may afford
the ial philosopher, as well as the manager and the
criti r
the c, much suggestive thinking. It is quite certain that
the refined courtly portion of society do not now con-
English drama as one of their habitual
amusements. The rich of every class imitate the great
and the intellectual and professional classes, though
now and then lured to a theatre by a clever per-
former or a remarkable piece, no longer consider
it as a branch of literature and the fine arts, which it
becomes them to be well acquainted with. Who, then, do
frequent the theatres? A very miscellaLeous class. A few
traders who have nut country villas; some few profes-
sional people whose business prevents their leaving Lon-
don daily; the large collection of•clerks and assist-
ants who also now occupy, as lodgers, the metropo-
litan residences once occupied by their masters. A
vast number of people belonging to the innumerable arts
connected with theatrical representations, and amongst
whom the circula'ion of orders and free admissions is
enormous. Perhaps the most remunerating and the moat
respectable classes are the country vi.sitors, including
highly educated persons, who visit the London theatres
as places to be seen once. Literary men certainly do
not attend them, except as connected with the press; for
it is remarkable how few one ever sees iu the course of a
constant attendance.
The conclusion, then, w• must come to is, that the
cultivated and propertied classes have nearly forsaken
the English theatres ; the portion that like theatrical
entertainments transferring their patronage to the operas
and musical entertainments. Is the drama therefore
obliterated ? By no means ; but it slumbers whilst
there is no force brought to bear upon these classes.
Each theatre (with one
worked Without any or two exceptions) is
definite idea or persevering aim.
n
01,, eal"rases_ are sought to be attracted, and

habits,
t caught. Classes of totally different
re dea"tes, sentiments, and ideas, are - voured to be pleased by one entertainment ;en a ult only to be brought about by the most general ap-
pee
lone and hitherto only successfully accomplished by
th dramatic writer whose genius was as universal
BS it was particular. iy this meaus theatrical art, as
well as dramatic art, sa, 00 means
nfenitivatioe. Bap.
hassrd speculation supplies the place of scientific a
pendsp-
plication is on ; and a the
is a lottery and a show, which de-
hundred c
be regretted, for the drama of ontineenciesf ro,r succes. This is England is the noblest in
the world; it bas taught history to statesmen, and given
Phraseology to orators; it containa a perfect programme
of human life and humanity, and deserves a better fate
than to be tossed shout on stalls at fourpence a volume.
The interest of table; men in men is universal and indestruc-
and to have an opportunity of seeing humanity in
every situation, and under every phase of humour and
insentiment ia too entertaining and too intensely
oeresting not to excite curiosity and approba-
I' n• All we have to do is to cultivate and s'ud
the art by which these things can be developed, and Study
shape. ourselves to those outward circumstances which
alust be complied with or
.subdued before any human
transactions
tureCouldtnennrcatn proceed with regularity and continuity.
capital
in
sastnenand intelligence be induced to ven-
creature of the time iu as
s.peculations, we should soon see this
good a condition as any other.
A definite idea and indomitable energy, with the ne-
cessary capital, produce all our successes and excellences,
and the thestr„ are
In the purely iatellirctexception.
nai%l drama associations of the
talented cocnqians where
advisable, as in the old
time; thus Were got to eg
iraibalethceomappeanniine!
from the earliest perioLiodfetioantr
the
etraamidmal
no small yrneas e is,
culsr portion, capital
perhaps, suffi-
cient. It would be
cone gilded into proprietaries
. 8
we_Eirl3 of SUCC2B3, if the
literary producers could
co_
and management; as n taut practice with
with all artists, gives the roomentu
facility them as
a et derived
from experience. Such a
stotal revolution of the party arrangements arrangements of the theatres Would clear pthe
ground of much deleterious incerebrance, and Open a
new era for dramatic net and literature. We perceive
tendencies of this kind flecking the darkened horizon of
the theatrical world; aui shell be gratified if these few
desultory thoughts may draw the attention of the taste-
fat and the profession to an earnest consideration of the
subjsct.

,
OWNERS AN , ~D
Lungs or MiNES. —A Bill has
been brought into the House of Commons by Sir W. Somer-
ville and the AttorLey-Genenal for Ireland, to provide facili.
ties for owners or lessees of mines in Ireland to obtain
entry on lamb fur searching for and working such mines.
The preamble to the Bill rtates that it would tend to increase
the means of employment to the labouring poor if facilities
were provided for working mines in Ireland, and that various
mines are situate under the surface of lands demised by leases,
in which effectual or sufficient powers have not been re-
served to the owners or lessees of such mine to search for or
work the same. The principal facility to be given will be—
power to the owner or lessee of a mine in Ireland, on giving
notice to fIX • tenant of the land on which the in,ne
is sitiajarAn ',pi, a clerk of the peace the esti-
mated V. r, .
... ""''', ,‘ ed for working the mine, to
enter Vs. ) . ~.. . • • 4tllti of land required. The tenant
kQui
of the . , %IF , z .1' :t., . recover eoeciaate damages
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DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Sonderburg papers state that the Danish and
Schleswig members of the Flensburg Assembly are
agreed on accepting the Danish succession, flag,
coinage, customs, and excise.
The Duchy of Lsuenburg has been desired by
Royal proclamation to nominate a Commission of six
persons for the revision and approval of the plan of
Government which was proposed for that Duchy in
January last.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
The number of visitors to the Exhibition yesterday was
folly equal to any of the previous days. At an e'trly hour
strings of crowded omnibuses,w ith their roofs covered with
expectant visitors, might be observed hastening along to
the Crystal Palace. Heavily laden pleasure vans, and
even long open waggons with benches fixed in theme
were pressed into the service, while the entrance al-
lotted to pedestrians was beseiged long before the re-
gular time for opening arrived. The number of
visitors throughout the day up to three o'clock was as
follows:
From 10 to 11 o'clock ...................
From 11 to 12 ............... ............
From 12 to I
............................
From Ito 2 .....................
From 2 to 3
............................

22 778
17,408
11.900
6 234
4,204

Total .............................. 62 584 and at thAt boar visitors were continually arriving in
considerable numbers. A greater proportion of the rural
element was perceptible among the visitors yesterday,
than we have noticed :or some time. Several large par-
ties, apparently of lsbouring agriculturists, were
present in the buildin durin the who of
the day, end altogether the Palaceg presented ale
very
crowded appearance. During the morning several proof
impressions in colours, made from the first of
the series of interior views of the Exhibition,
painted by Mr. Nash for h©r Majesty, were exposed
to view. The subject of this drawing is the
transept on the
Ma opening day at the moment when her
Majesty took her seat on the chair of state. The
Crystal fountain is in the foreground, and the Royal
Commissioners, the foreign ambassadors, and the great
Officers of State in their rich and varied costumes, are
grouped round the throne. Being in colours, the glit-
tering and brilliant effect produced by that glorious
scene has been rendered with admirable fidelity,
and the drawings present the appearance of a highly
finished picture. These drawings, when completed, will
form the most perfect memento of the Great Exhibition
which can possibly be imagined, and in Mr. Nash's able
hands the most perfect accuracy may be relied on. The
other plates will be ready, we believe, in the course of
next month.
The total number of persons who visited the Crystal
Palace daring the day was 67,555.
The amount received during the day was—
For season tickets £2 2 0
At the doors ..• ... 3,016 11 0

MISS CUSHMAN'S HAMLET.
Miss Cushman has recently achieved a splendid
triumph at Cinciunatti by her admirable delineation of
the character of Hamlet. The Cincinnati Enquirer of
the 28th may has the following critique on her per-
forroaeee:__
The arduous part of Hamlet was presented on Mon-
day evening at the National The .tee to a discriminating
and delighted audience, Never has it fal!en to the lot
of the writer to record a triumph so complete and entire
tl
as that achieved in the personation of the philosophical
Dane. Hamlet has long been regarded as one of the
Most chaste and finished creations of the immortal bard,
and while there has been a divessity of opinion in the
criticism of the character, there has been none as to the
entire tenor of the play. All of the aspirants to histrionic
fame have attempt©d the portrayal of this difficult part;
few have succeeded in embodling even in a faint
degree our conception of the character. Some have re-
presented him as a firm, determined, and uncompro-
mising avenger; others, as a weak, vacillating, uncertain
enthusiast, full of great resolves, but weak in execution.
It was reserved for Miss Cushman to present our ideal
of the unfortunate Prince. From first to last interest
never fl :geed, and our admiration of the play received a
new impulse from her happy delineation of the subtle
workings of this great mind. The public taste has be-
come so vitiated with the food presented by the modern
stage, that even refined and cultivated actors have some-
times condescended to pander to it by stage trickery.
mouthing, and ranting, overstepping the modesty of
nature in the pitiful ambition, by making " points," God
rive the mark, to secure the plaudits of the groundhogs.
How wholly different Miss Cushman's conception! In
116,1 of the clustering, swaggering braggart, we had,
what Shakspere gave us, a refined gentleman, full of
courage, determined to the end. Where all was so per-
fect, it is difficult to particularise, but the scene with his
Mother was full of touching beauty, and the "grave"
scene will long be remembered by those so fortunate as
to witness it last night. In truth, from first to last, the
most caustic and censorious critic would have been dis-
armed by the beauties of every point of this personation.
With a few exceptions the piece was very fairly put
upon the stage. With an excellent Ghost, an unusually
good Lterteg, and an Ophelia and Q leen far above me-
diocrity, we ought to feel satisfied. We hope Miss
Cushman will be induced to repeat this character, which
We predict will add still more to her wide-spread fame.