The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

A farce of the genuine Adelphi flavour was brought
out here last night, and met with unbounded success.
The title "That Blessed Baby," at once proclaims the
whimsical class to which it belongs. The terror of
John Thomas, the footman, who has clandestinely
married Mary Jane, one of his fellow-servants, contrary
to the published laws and regulations of his master, who
has a morbid antipathy to babies, affords hnlf an hour
or so Of highly pleasant diversion. The weight of the
piece lies solely
.upon Mr. and • Mrs. Keeley ; and the
actin,' of these admirable artistes was capital. The farce
is perfectly original, and i 4 from the pen of Mr. Moore.
As this is his first dramatic essay at any theatre of im-
portance, we may fairly congratulate him on his success.

MADAME JENNY LIND-GOLDSOIIMIDT'S

CONCERTS.

The programme of the third miscellaneous concert,
which took place last night in the Hanover-square
Rooms, was on the whole well selected, though in some
respects of rather a fatiguing character for the principal
singer. For example, Madame Goldsclunidt had to
execute, with only the interval of tine devoted to a
very short tenor song, the scene and air, " Non paven-
tar,' from II Plauto Magico, and the soprana part in
the trio fur ♦oice and two flutes from the Camp of Sile-
sia, best known in England as the finale to L'Etoile du
Nord. Two more intricate and arduous pieces than the
first song of the Queen of Night and the tour de force
with which Meyerbeer has illustrated his heroine's re-
storation to reason are not extant.

The scene with the two flutes (Messrs. Pratten and
Remusat) defied objection. We have heard nothing to
surpass it for brilliancy, neatness of execution, dramatic
finesse, and unblemished purity of intonation- -even in
passages the most daring and perplexing. The epithet
" incomparable" may be applied to this performance
without the slightest exaggeration, since it displayed as
much esprit as vocal facility, and left the ear and mind
of the listener equally charmed and satisfied. The other
essays of Madame Goldschtuidt were "Deh vieni non
tardar," from "Figaro," "Casts diva," and a little song
by Mendebisohn, "The stars and the maiden" (in Ger-
man, called "Die sterne scbauen").
Besides the pianoforte performances by Herr Otto
Goldschmidt--who played Beethoven's concerto in C
minor (with the orchestra), Chopin's somewhat hack-
neyed and over•sentimental nocturne iu D flat, and the
first allegro of tlse " Suites Anglaises " in G minor by
John Sebastian Bach (solus)—Signor Piatti gave two
movements from the violoncello concerto composed ex-
pressly for him by Herr Molique. and M. Sainton his
own violin fantasia on airs from "Rigoletto."
The room was crowded to excess.

THE NEW MEMBER FOR EDINItURGH

(From tke Daily News of this day.)

• " I mu a man of moderate wishes," said the late Lord
Dudley and Ward ; " a good soup, a small turbot, a neck of
venison, and au apiicot tart are a dinner for an Emperor—
when he can't get a better." The electors of Cambridge are
philosophers of the Dudley and Ward stamp. Not be-
ing able to indulge in a state banquet of High Toryism,
they have known how to satisfy the moderation of their
political appetites ou the mild but respectable con-
servatism of Mr. Walpole. There•is not a great deal of it
perhaps—it might seem but a lenten repast to the grosser
palates of aldermen or squires, but it is in good taste, well
chosen and well served up, Possessing the merit, too, of being
what it professes to be, it offends the judicious taste with no
such villanous compound of opposite flavours as the "Li-
beral but Conservative" mixture of Mr. George Denman.
Having been unable to feel any very deep anxiety for the
defeated candidate's success, we of course contrived to bear
with equanimity the intelligence that he bad withdrawn
from the contest. It was the ouly thing he coalci do. The '
irrefra,gabla logic of figures was too strong for him, BS6 to
419, at the end of the third day's poll, was an arithmetical
reductio ad absurdum. We trust the reproof will not be
without its lesson, If Mr. Denman's views were more
liberal thauhis address, the lesson be will have to learn will
simply be that homely one, that—Honesty
.is the best
policy- and that of all dishonesties there is none less politic
than the practice of political reserve. " Liberal," without
the " but," might have sent many to vote for him willingly,
who either went not at all, or went reluctantly. " Conser-
vative " after the " but" had not even the poor merit of
stealing a single supporter from the ranks of his anta-
gonist. If, on the other hand, as may be the case, Mr.
Denman's address fairly and adequately represented his
political opinions, the - contest was one wholly personal
between the two men—and in that event the lesson that Mr.
Denman may derive from the result is one of personal mo-
desty. It canna be as agreeable thing to have put 419 gen-
tlemen to so much inconvenience, for the mere purpose of
fruitlessly recording their opinion that Mr. Denman is fitter
than. Mr. Walpole to represent the University of Cambridge.
Tho consolatory view of the matter is that suggested by the
safe and prosperous position of the illustrious member for
Midhurst. True it is that a contemporary, hardly less elo-
quent than the new: fledged senator himself, had cog-
'l:,;'6iited it as a remarkable coincidence "in the annal of

literary fame," that " the star of ,Warren had just begun to
glitter in the senatorial firmament as that of Macaulay had
sunk below the horizon ;"—true it is that the learned and
enthusiastic orator had himself told the men of Midhurst, in
the first -fervours of his saceess, that ho vas about to enter
the House of CommonS as their representative " free as the
rushing breeze that revelled above their hills not-
withstanding these auspicious om ns and these aerial antici-
pations, we had misgivings that at times disquieted us.
Till Walpole was safe for Cambridge, we could, hardly feel
confident that Warren was secure for Midhurst, We wero

haunted by disagreeable recollections that frailty as well as
fairness was an attribute of the Lily—that vicarious industry
want too often the thankless•portion of the Bee.

"Sic vos non vabis mellificates apes" 6

that melancholy epitaph over fruitless toil kept over chiming
in our ears. What, we asked, if such should be the fate of
the senatorial toils of Warren ? With the result of the Cain-
bridge election all these apprehensions are dispelled, and an
intelligentieublie will appreciate as it deserves the great fact

that the Ifouse of Commons has not lost Walpole and has
gained Narren, who may be alternately its " rude Boreas"
and its " mild Favouius," its " own Alolian lute,"

The result of the Edinburgh election is peculiarly gratifying,
and deserves to be discussad with less of levity. Of the de-
feated candidate, indeed, we know nothing but his name ;
for though the pen of Scott has made "the black Douglasses"
tolerably familiar to English readers, the fame of the brown
branch of the family has not yet penetrated to the south of

the Tweed. But of . his successful rival we do know some-
thing ; and during the whole of cur political experience—
which now ranges overa rather longer period than it is quite
agreeable to remember -it has rarely bean our "hick to en-
counter a man in whont.practical sagacity and high principle
have been more happily blended. than in Adam Black. He
is no modern conformer to liberalism : what he is now he
was in the dark days of Castlereagh and Sidmouth. That
au overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Edin-
burgh are liberal in their politics is a fact which none
can doubt who recalls the results of all the elections
for that city since the passing of Earl Grey's Reform Act.
There have been cliff:lent shades of politics among the Edin-
burgh Liberals. Some cling to the eclectic doctrines of the
_Edinburgh review—these aro principally the members of the
learned professions and the circles among which they move.
Some adopt the sturdier notions to propagate which the
Scotsman newspaper was origuallY established. ; these are in
general the trading classes. Some, perhaps, go beyond
both. .-Mr. Black, by his social connexions, belongs to the
second set of politicians, participates in most of their
views, and has shared in their labours. But, by his
long connexion as a publisher with the leading Whig
literati, he has often been called upon to act as a me-
dium of commuuication between the first and second of the
three subdivisions of Edinburgh Liberals we have enumerated.
This is, perhaps, the most trying position in which an honest
politician can be placed ; and, with frequent opportunities of
narrowly observing Mr. Black, we do him no more than jus-
tice when we declare that we have uniformly found him as
upright and firm as he is clear-sighted. This is exactly
the kind of man who is wanted in Parliament at present.
Old questions have been settled, new questions are emerg-
ing, and many well-meaning Liberals are—from want
of habits of independent thought and in-born moral
courage—wavering and uncertain. Men are needed, to
give the tone to their party, who possess sagacity to judge
for themselves, and courage to act upon their eonvic-

Cons through good repute and bad repute. The electors Of
Edinburgh have acted wisely in delegating the charge of pro-
moting their principles and interests in the Legislature, at
such a juncture, to a man who combines both qu ditties in so
high a degree as Mr. Black. Even in England the bold and
uncompromising stand made by Mr. Black against narrow-
minded sectarianism can be appreciated at present ; but only
those who know Scotland intimately can appreciate it at its
full worth. If is fellow-citizens, after bestowing upon him
various gradeS of local distinction, have now conferred upon
him the highest nonour they can bestow. His past services
have richly deserved it ; and we firmly believe that his past
life will prove to have been merely the prophetic mirror of
the future,

The Grand Duke of Tascany has ordered a new
levy of 2,000 men of the class of 1837.
The Earl and Countess of Mountcharlee are expected
in town to day, from the Bedford Hotel, Brighton,
where they have been staying for a few days,
Lord and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton left
town yesterday, to pass a few days at Twickenham.
Last week 180 of the Royal County Limerick Militia
volunteered to the line, and of these 26 were for the
Foot Guards.