The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The general taste for classical music was last night illus-
trated by the fact that Mr. Mellon's Promenade Concert
attracted a larger audience than on any occasion since the
opening, the great feature being the devotion of the first
part of the evening to the music of Mendelssohn. The
selection comprised the overture and incidental music of
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," an aria from " St. Paul,"

by Madame Laura Baxter, the duet from " Son and
Stranger," by Mademoiselle Parepa and Madame Laura
Baxter, and the overture to " Ruy Blas." The second part
was miscellaneous.

THEATRICALS AT RICHMOND.—The great success
of the " Colleen Bawn," at the Adelphi Theatre, has led
most of our provincial managers to secure the privilege of
representing it to their patrons, and amongst the most
successful of these active caterers for the public amusement►
Mr. W. Sidney, of the Richmond Theatre, has peculiarly
signalised himself. Although the recollection of the great
Edmund Kean still clings to this pretty little theatre, Mr.
Sidney, by producing first-class novelties, has succeeded
for the last four years in making dramatic representations a
highly remunerative speculation. His latest attraction, Of
course, is the " Colleen Bawn," with all its thrilling and
novel effects. Miss Goward sustains the part of Eily
O'Connor with great taste. and Mrs. W. Sidney, as Ann
Chute, gives a very excellent and spirited version of a
large-hearted, high-spirited Irish lady. Miles is capitally
pourtrayed by Mr. Sidney. The other principal parts, viz.,
—Danny Man, Hardress Cregan, Kyrle Daly, and Father
Tom, are admirably sustained by Mr. Sam Colfield,l Mr.
W. Collier, Mr. Walter Benn, and Mr. H. Lacy.
THE KING OF ITALY AND GARIB ALDI .—A cor-
respondent of the Debats, writing from Turin on the 16th
says :—" Count Trecchi, formerly aide-de-camp of Gari-
baldi, and at present aide-de-camp of the King, has just
left this for Caprera. Count Trecchi has been the medium
of communication between the King and Garibaldi, and his
present mission has given rise to many conjectures. Some
suppose that it refers to an expedition into Hungary ; others
that the object is to induce Garibaldi to go to Naples with
the view of tranquilising the people by means of his great
popularity. Whatever be the object, the mission of Count
Trecchi is a fact, and has excited considerable interest."
CAMBERWELL FAIR REVlVED.—Yesterday a fair
was opened in a field just out of the centre of the Lough-
borough-road, Brixton, and attracted a multitude of holiday
makers. Although fairs in the metropolis and its suburbs
have been suppressed, and Greenwich, Bartholomew, Cam-.
berwell, and Chalk Farm fairs are numbered with the days
that are gone, there appears to be nothing to prevent the
holding them on private property, and this was the case
yesterday, the field being let out for the occasion by the
owner of it, Mr. Radcliffe, otherwise it would have been
dealt with as what is termed " an illegal fair" by the police,
and the parties to it would have been fined or imprisoned.
As it was, all went on very merrily, the principal attractions
being the usual Riehardsonian menageries and dramas,
gorgeous displays of gilded gingerbread, sensation views of
the great fire from photographs taken on the spot, and a
variety of miscellaneous amusements.
THE MURDER OF A WIFE IN NEWTON-STREET.—

HOLBORN.—The adjourned inquiry on the body of Mary
Ann Cogan, which was found in so appalling a condition at
No. 4, Newton-street, on the morning of the 2d inst., was
fixed to take place at the Archer publicbouse, near the house
in which the tragedy was committed, yesterday morning.
On Saturday night, however, Mr. Inspector Mackenzie, of
the F division of police, forwarded a notice to the coroner's
office that the accused husband, although it wag believed
he would have been in a fit state to have been present to
hear the evidence against him, was now unable. Mr.
Fortescue, the surgeon under whose care the accused has
been since the frightful event, deemed it necessary to fur-
ther detain him for a fortnight or longer, as the wound in
the throat was of a mechanical character, and healed
bu, slowly. Cogan Wks but very little, but is very
anxious to see his friends and to leave the hospital. Mr.
Fortercue is anxious to prevent any injurious excitement to
his patient.

A somewhat curious question was the day before
yesterday submitted to the Civil Tribunal of Rambouillet.
A peasant, named Guibout, obtained in 1856, from the
Agricultural Society of the Seine-et-Oise, a gold medal,
worth 500 fr., for having served for forty-five years on the
same farm ; and one of 100 fr., as a prize for thresh-
ing grain, lie died in 1859, and his eldest son
took the medals. But his widow and her other
children brought an action to get them from him,
on the ground that they belonged to the whole family, and
must be sold for its benefit. But the tribunal held that
medals 'given for services are like crosses of knight-
hood, honourable distinctions which cannot be confounded
with property, and must be regarded as what old lawmakers
call "a -- f mil
-Y monuments," and that, as the eldest son is au
honest, well-conducted man, he was entitled to retain the
two in question, subject to the condition of producing them
whenever called on, .