The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-27 00:00:00

SERI SOMMER'S CONCERTS.

The first of a series of concerts by this gentleman
iolras tedby
evening
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Rooms. The en-
tertainments
w a s givenet.
mconsistedßand, who appeared in full native costume,h on i
o nn selec-
tionsd
Hungarianexe-
cuted
variety of popular airs with precision and
effect. M. Dupont gave an illustration from the
Prophete on the piano, which well deserved the rap-
turous applause it elicited, and at the request of one
of the audience he extemporised a number of brilliant
variations on a popular Irish air. Herr Sommer
performed a fantasia from Puritani on the Sommero-
phorn, thei, powerful in.trument which attracted so
much attention and admiration at the Great Exhibi-
tion. The vocal part of the entertainment was ade-
quately sustained by Madlle. Therese Magner and M.
Jorez, who sang some German and French airs.
The audience, which consisted chiefly of foreigners,
was tolerably numerous, and seemed highly gratified
by the performances, notwithstanding the indecisions
apparent in the management, and the vexatious omis-
sions and alterations that were made in the.programme.

PROPOSED ROYAL << MARIONETTE"
THEATRE.

On the site of the once popular Gallery of
Practical Science, in Adelaide-street, Strand; a
very elegant theatre has just been constructed
for the performance of a troupe of artistes of
an extraordinary character. The humorous
vaudeville, the interesting spectacle, the comic bur-
lesque, and the 'elegant ballet, will here be repre-
sented by " Marionettes," or :mechanical figures of
such exquisite construction, that every movement and
every action will, it is said, fairly rival those of their
human contemporaries.
" There is speech in their dumbness,
Language in their very gesture."— Winter's Tale.

The scenery to be used in this extraordinary per-
formance will be remarkable for artistic truth, the
dresses for splendour and strict adherence to histo-
rical authority, and the decorations for gorgeousness
and correctness. The first performance will take
place next week.

DESTRUCTION OF THE GLOUCESTER HOTEL, GREEN
WICII, BY FlRE.—Yesterday (Friday) morning between
twelve and one o'clock, a mounted police-constable of the
R division arrived at the London engine stations with intel-
ligence of a serious fire having broken out in Silver. street,
Greeenwich. The moment the news was received, Mr. Hen-
derson, the chief officer of the D section of the London esta-
blishment, started to the scene with en engine and a power-
ful body of firemen, and wcs iollowcd by Mr. Connorton with
the West of England engine. On entering Greenwich they
found the spacious range of premises belonging to Mr. A.
Larkins, and termed the Gloucester Hotel, in a regular blaze.
The building, which was about three limes the size of an or-
dinary house, stood in Silver-street, and at one period it was
feared that every place near would havefellen aprey to the fury
of the flamer. The engines of the parish, is well as those from 1
the Royal College and her Majesty's dockyard, had previously
uhings'oarnoluolulhye:
arrived, and being supplied with an abundance of water
is thnus
from the Kent mein, the police and inhabitants were
fortunately enabled to cut off the extension of the fire in the
direction of the other buildings, during the time lost in
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until
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ao, fwsfiehraii flame. sending to town for additional assistance, but they could not
and with the rssistance of the local aid eventually succeeded
Loi ifsucceedsubduingndon
valuablefiremen,ia t ec o extinguishingpropertynfi awgr# therefore,as
reported by Mr. Superintendent Braidwood :—" The Glou-
cester Hotel, in Silver-street, Greenwich, about two-thirds
the building and its contents destroyed." No. 1,
. of
street, Mr. W. Doo, tobacconist, contents seriously ,
lin thed same
by removal. Mr. Larkins wcs insured in
,the IYCentinFigre-
office for the contents, end the building ' einsured in the
Royal Exchange Office, but Mr, 1) was
insured. The
. GO was not
origin of the fire ii unknown.
"Go IT, BOOTS."-1 Mrs. Boots, of Pennsylvania
has left her husband, Mr. • Boots, and strayed to parts un-
known. We presume this pair of boots are rights and lefts.
We cannat say, however, that Mrs. Boots is right, but there
is no mistake Mr. Boots is left... dime, icon Paper.