The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-16 00:00:00

THE NEW ADELPHI THEATRE.

Yesterday afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, Mr.
Benjamin Webster, in his masonic capacity, laid
the foundation-stone of his new theatre. The hour
appointed for the ceremony was 1 o'clock, but a
delay occurred in consequence of the difficulty of
placing the steno beneath the wall that still re-
mains entire, and the progress of operations wag
eagerly watched, nut only by a party ut the mana-
ger's friends assembled on the spot, but also by
miscellaneous groups, who occupied the windows
of the narrow streets adjoining. At last the stone
was duly adjusted, according to the prescribed
Lrms of masonry, and at the same moment success
to the new theatre was drunk in bumpers of cham-
pagne by all the spectators, with repeated shouts
and the waving of many hats. Mr. Webster re-
turned thanks from the bottom of the hollow to
which his avocation had brought him, and the
party dispersed through a maze of planks and
scattered bricks. Beneath the stone was placed a
box and a bottle containing coins and a play-bill of
the last performance at the old theatre.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Tho arrangements made
or the extra week, at reduced prices, are admirably de-
trilled for presentieg an epitome of the great resources of
the theatre. There will be no internal between the
_close of the season, on Saturday, the 17th, and the
coramenceineet of the popular series of entertainments,
Everything will remain unchanged except that the
charge for admission will be greatly reduced. The same
artistes who have delighted the subscribers will play in
their choicest parts for the benefit of a fresh audience,
the operas selected being those which experience has
shown to be the most effective of the repertoire.
TELE LYCEUM THEATRE. —This theatre will open on
Monday night under the managetnent of Mr. G. A .
Webster, with a first-rate company, for comedy, farce,
and burlesque.
We are authorised to state that the law officers of the
Crown hating expressed an opinion that it is not ad-
visable to take any further steps in the prosecution
against Thomas Allsop, her Majesty's Government have
consequently determined to put an end to the proceed-
ings against him, and to withdraw the offer of a reward
for his appreheusioie
PEMBROKE YARD.—The Windsor Castle, 100 guns,
500-horse-power, screw propeller, is to be launched from
this arsenal on the 26th of next month,
THE ATLINTIC CABLE.—We have seen two models
intended to illustrate the mode of paying out the At-
lantic cable suggested by Messrs. Rennie, the engineers.
The object is to avoid the jerk on the cable by the
pitching of the vessel when payed out from the stem.
Mr. George Rennie, it appears, when consulted on the
subject by the directors of the company, gave his opinion
that the best mode of paying out the cable would be
through the middle of the vessel, the centre of oscilla-
tion, by means of a tube of iron. By this method there
would only be the rise and fall of the waves to contend
with, instead of the oscillation of the stern, which
creates such a powerful strain. When the subject was
discussed at the Institution of Civil Engineers, it
was stated by Mr. G. Rennie that the oscillation of
the stern would be 75 feet up and down with an
Atlantic wave of 30 feet high only, and the waves
often rise 50 feet, which would make the oscillation
of the stern 100 feet. The model of the vessel to
which we refer exhibits the way in which the cable
should be stowed in the centre of the vessel, and the
machinery for paying it out seems to be extremely
simple. Should a vessel be purposely constructed for
laying down the Atlantic cable Mr. Rennie 's proposal
wculd be worthy of the best consideration. One of the
models to which we allude shows olearly the extent of
the strain upon a cable payed out from the stern, and also
proves that it would be considerably less at the centre,
where there is always leas !notion than in any other part
of the ship.—Limes,