The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

trust that in common justice to myself you will
allow the following statement to appear in your columns :
The Hues in my piece of "Ethel ; or, Only a Life," pro-
duced last Saturday evening at the Adelphi, referring to
the riots in Hyde-park, and which caused such a tumult
in the house, I beg to say were none of mine—never had
been spoken at the rehearsal—and were heard by me for
the first time hi common with the rest of the audience.

No play—good, bad, or indifferent—could withstand the
ill-feeling the words created, and, at the time, I enjoyed
the satisfaction of knowing to a certainty what I had to
expect at the conclusion of the drama. The interpolation
was entirely due to the lady who filled the part of
Judith, who, having a heavy character to sustain, thought
fit to lighten it by putting a match to a powder-barrel. I
am sure she regretted it, although that is poor consolation
for me. However, as Englishmen do not make war upon
women, and can afford to forgive a foolish act from one
who is too young in years to consider tho consequences,
so far, she is safe. As Englishmen also love fair play, I
trust that if this explanation meets the eyes of those who
tried so earnestly to assist at my defeat, they will at least
repent themselves that their exertions were turned to so
ill a purpose.
THE AUTHOR OF "ETHEL; OR, ONLY A LIFE."
Oct. 14, 1866, 2, Hare• court, Inner Temple.

LORD JUSTICE" KNIGHT BRUCE tendered his re-
signation to the Lord Chancellor on Saturday last. He
will probably be succeeded by Sir Hugh Cairns.
MR. BENTLEY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE NEW
SEASON are more than usually remarkable. The ex-
Premier, Earl Russell, to begin with, completes, by a third
volume, his "Life of Charles JatnesFox." Lady Herbert of
Lea, again, is not only to give the public her " Impressions
of Spain," with many beautiful illustrations, but will pro-
duce a work of a far loftier character, under the title of
" Three Phases of Christian Love." Sir Henry Lytton
Bulwor, happily restored to literature by a temporary ces-
sation of his many years' labours in diplomacy, will ap-
pear with a work the title of which is not yet announced.
Lady Llanover, with "Good Cookery from the Recipes of
the Hermit of St. Gover ;" and Lady Georgians Fuller-
ton, with her new-completed story of "A Stoimy Life."
Mr. Carew Hazlitt, with selections from the correspon-
dence and autobiography of his grandfather, the famous
critic, William Hazlitt. Dr. Mommsen, with the comple-
tion of his " History of Rome to the Fall of the Republic."
Mr. John Timbs, with another of his delightful books, de-
scriptive this time of "English Eccentrics and Eccentrici-
ties." Percy Fitzgerald, the indefatigable young novelist and
biographer, wi th a now life of "Charles Townshend, Wit and
Statesman." Mr. F. Bourne, with a collection of the "Lives
of English Merchant-Princes, from De la Pole to the pre-
sent day." Mr. Edward Wood, with a book about the
"Curiosities of Clocks and Watches from the earliest timne e.h"
And Mrs. Toogood, with her " Treasury
of Fremic
Cookery," another of Mr. Bentley's delicious gastronbto
publications—complete with the fifth and sixth vo
of Dr. Hook's "Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury,
me
announce-
this lengthy aad most attractive bill of literary
ere
b
ments. Added to these new works th will enew edi-
tions of three among Mr. Bentley's most f vuous 'ilea -
Lions. For example, a new illustrated edition of " The
Ingoldsby Legends," containing all the illustrations of
Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel, together with new illus-
trations by Du Maurier. A new edition of M. Guillemin's
' " The Heavens," an illustrated handbook of Astronomy,
with sixty illustrations. And, finally, Mr. Charles Duke
• Yonge's " History of the British Navy from the Earliest
Period to the Present Day."