The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

.4.STLErs THEATRE.

The drama of " Rookwood" has been succeeded by
another piece of large dimensions, entitled " The Arab
of the Desert and his Faithful Steed," in which the
equestrian talent of the establishment is, as usual, con-
spicuously shown. The Arab has a wife whose charms
have inflamed the fancy of a Pacha, who is not in the
habit of saying nay to himself. Te see the fair ()rah is
but to desire to possess her, and he concerts measures
accordingly. The lady, however, is not to be tempted ;
but violence is resorted to, and shel is kidnapped. The
bad odour in which the Pacba lives influences the events
which follow.- Ho is betrayed by a Masselake whom he
has taken into his service, and who has an old score to
settle with him, and the upshot is that au attack of the
enemy demolishes both hint and his power, and gloriously
succours distressed virtue. The piece is a good one of
its class, and exhibits the ingenuity of Mr. Cooke in the
preparation of such spectacles, and employing advan-
tageously his troop of well-trained steeds, One of the
quadrupeds, named Reindeer, comes cora with uncem•
mon force. Belonging t) the insulted and afflicted Arab,
he assists him at several serious :junctures—feeds him
when ha is starving, and finds 'elm a sword when he is
in sore straits for one. Reindeer, in fact, is equal to
all emergencies, and his sagacity is no less edifying than
i! ocil ity.

The piece is put gassy upon the stage, and the various
tableaux uphold Mr. Cooke's credit iu the arts of produc-
ing striking melodramatic effects —a showy Oriental
ballet being also among the incidents.

ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Committee of the Stmk Exchange yesterday
took into consideration the peculiar circumstances
connected with the issue of shares and obligations
of the Royal Swedish Railway Company by the late
Mr. John Sadleir, and adopted the following reso-
lution, postponing the settlement of outstanding
transactions, and discountenancing for the present
any further operations in thorn :
" Under the peculiar circumstances that have been
brought to the notice of the committee regarding the po-
sition of the shares and obligations of the Royal Swedish
Railway Company, the committee is of opinion that it
would be detrimental to the general interest of the public
and the Steck Exchange if any settlement in outstand-
ing bargains in those shares and obligations took place
at present ; and the settling in therame is postponed ac-
cordingly.

" Alii resolved—That no new transactions in the
shares or obligations of the Royal Swedish Railway Com-
pany will be recogni3ed by the committee until further
notice."

The mortal remains of the late Duke of Norfolk were
consigned to the family vault, at Amnia], this morning,
with heraldic honours.

Viscount Comberinere has been suffering from a severe
attack of the prevailing influenza, at Combermere
Abbey. His lordship has now quite recovered, anti en-
joys his usual riding exercise several hours daily.
Mr. Glyn, the member for Kendal, has no less than
four sons serving their country i❑ the Crimea.
The speaker will hold his first levee on Saturday next,
the Ist of March, at half-past 10 o'clock p.m.
Orders have been sent to Southampton to prepare the
Candia, one of the seven large war transports now fit-
ting out at Southampton, for embarking troops on board
of her.

DEATLI or GENERAL GREY, K.C.B.—General Sir J.
Grey, who for some time was Commander•in-Chief at
Bombay, and who3o grandfather was a brother of the
first Earl Grey, died at hie seat at Morwick, in the county
of Northumberland, last week.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.—We are requested to state
that Lord Chelsea was accidentally excluded from the
division on Sir J. Waln3sley's motion, it having been his
lordship's intention to vote against it.
DEPARTURE OF MR. BUCHANAN.—The Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress have issued cards of invitation
for a dinner at the Mansion-house on Wednesday next,
to meet the American Minister, previous to his departure
for the Wnited States, and to which many of the mer-
chants engaged in the American and Canadian trades,
members of the House of Commons and of the corpora-
tion, have been invited.

The Sacred Harmonlo Society will perform Mr.
Costa's oratorio "Eli," for the third sad last time this
season on Friday night.
PANOPTICON. Handers "-Axis and Galatea " was
given at this institution last night, by way of cornmern,i-
rating the birth of the great composer, which took place
en the 24th of Feb., 1684. The performanca.was:respect-
able, the solos being sung by Miss Lyon, Mrs. Henry
Drayton, Mr. Henry Drayton, and Mr. George Perren,
the Orpheus Glee Union lending their assistance in the
chorusses. Mr. Chipp presided at the organ. The at-
tendance of visitors was large, and the music was lstened
to with syidlnt pleame and attention,