The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-16 00:00:00

DO IN, THURSDAY EVEN

has not been such a violent stor at Antwerp fo
many years. _ _

Au awful occurrence took place in the church of
St. Andre d'Antin on Sunday. While the venerable
Abbe Leblaux, the curate, was preaching in the
pulpit, he was seized with apoplexy, and died almost
instantly. At the funeral ceremony at the church
yesterday all the inhabitants of the parish must
have been present, for it was with difficulty that it
could contain the vast congregation.. The expense
of the funeral was defrayed from the funds of the
church, for the Abbe- died in poverty. He diStri-
bated his patrimony and all his resources to the
poor. . _ _

The juries have not yet finished the labour of de-
ciding upon the exhibitors whom they consider
worthy of prizes. They found so much deserving
of reward at the Exhibition that a difficulty pre-
sented itsif, and they made a representation to the
Imperial Commission with a view to the increase of
the number of jurors. The original intention was
to award 100 gold medals, or 1,000 silver medals,
3,000 bronze medals, and 5,000 " honourable men-
tions." The Imperial Commission, which has un-
ceasingly endeavoured to promote every effort to
increase the utility and attraction of this marvellous
Exhibition have just decided that, in addition to
the grand prizes, rewards shall be made of 1,000 gold
medals, 3,000 silver medals, 4,000 bronze medals,
and 5,000 honourable mentions. There will thus be
a total of 13,000 rewards. As the number of
exhibitors is about 43,000, the rewards given will
be at about the rate of one for every three ex-
hibitors.

The weather has again become warm and agree-
able and the Exhibition has been fully attended.

The Billancourt Exhibition like that in the
Champ de Mars increases daily in attraction and
interest. Every thing is in a more complete state.
As an agricultural exhibition it takes a foremost
rank. The French papers speak of the animals as
some of the finest ever seen, and give the lists of
the prizes awarded. The Emperor viaits it, and
manifests as much interest in it as in the Exhibition
in the Champ de Mars. There is great facility of
cheap access to it from Paris. A visit to it cannot
be too strongly recommended. It is full of novelty
and features of interest.

Prn.cess's Theatre.

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Mr. Vining, last night, commenced his summer
season with the production of Shakspere's tragedy
of "Antony and Cleopatra." The success of Miss
Glyn's dramatic reading of the tragedy doubtless
led to this arrangement, as that lady re-appeared on
the stage last night as the imperious Queen of
Egypt. The return of Miss Glyn to the stage is
an event which will be hailed with delight by a host
of playgoers, as no other actress of the pre-
sent day is possessed Of such high qualifications
for embodying effectively the stately heroines of
the great Elizabethan dramatist. The character of
Cleopatra has evidently formed the subject of deep
study
with Miss Glyn.—at her readings it was her
great success; and her powerful rendering of the
character last night at this theatre called forth such
an enthusiastic recognition of her great talent that
it must be raukcd as her finest dramatic impersona-
tion. In her portrait of the Egyptian Queen Miss
Glyn makes Cleopatra a reckless, loving, coquettish
woman, and a better interpretation of Shakspere's
incomparable creation could not by any possibility
have been given. The sudden transitions of feel-
ing are all well marked. At one moment we have
depicted intense enjoyment, at another unboundei
love, at another heroic resolve, and at another
coquetry and curiosity, almost amounting to
jealousy ; in fact Miss Glyn grandly portrays every
feature, of the imperious beauty who enslaved the
conquerors of the world by her blandishments and
power of fascination. Her every movement in the
earlier scenes of the tragedy was marked by a
queenly majesty, her attitudes were full of grad
and her appearance was magnificent. In the last
scene her acting came into marked contrast with the
preceding portion of it. There we had despair, de-
solation, and irresolution most powerfully depicted;
and, finally, the death of Cleopatra concludes one
of the finest dramatic representations ever perfot med
on the metropolitan stage. Mr. H. Loraine has
greatly improved since his appearance at Drury
Lane Theatre ; he evidently had made the part of
Antony one of deep study, and his performance of
it was such as to entitle him to unstinted
praise. Mr. C. Verner, as Enobarbus, acted with
discretion, but a little more taste infused • into
the enchanting and voluptuous description of Cleo-
patra reclining in her barge would have added
greatly to its effect as a whole. The mounting of
the tragedy is remarkable for splendour, and speak-
ing of the scenery, it exceeds in beauty almost
everything hitherto produced at the Princess's.
Everything that refined taste and lavish expen-
diture could accomplish in the production of "An-
tony and Cleopatra" has been performed, and it
will not be surprising if the Princess's programme
remains unaltered for months to come.