The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-30 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

Another burlesque extravaganza, from the un-
wearied pen of Mr. H. J. Byron, was produced on
Saturday night at the Strand Theatre, where broad
humour is the order of the night: The new bur-
lesque is entitled, " Esmeralda ; or the Sensation
Goat." It is founded, of course, on Victor Hugo's
well-known story, the burden being the wonderful
beauty of the dancing girl, the fidelity of the hunch-
back, the sagacity of the goat, and the infinite
number and variety of Esmeralda's admirers.
The dialogue of the piece is thickly interlarded with
puns, parodies, and lingual distortions of all sorts
and descriptions. Indeed, so rapid do they fall, and
so incessant is the fire, that the ear can scarcely
follow them, or trace the sequence. In parti-
" line" Mr. Byron has distanced all competitors.
His venturesome and daring muse stops at nothing
that can be twisted into rhyme, although it must be
admitted that he has drawn largely upon the im-
pure well of cockneyism. One of the most amus-
ing scenes in the extravaganza is the epresenta-
tion, by the King of the King of the Beggars and
Pierre Gringoire, of the performance of a party of
street ;Acrobats. The strong man of the corps
carries on his back a huge block of granite, to
which is added an iren weight representing 5001 b.
A stgg4tion is then made that he should sustain
the weight of the last Parliamentary " blue book ;"
but the experiment proves too much for the
strength of-the acrobat, who rolls over and nar-
rowly escapes being crushed to death by the re-
port of a select committee ! The principal charac-
ters in the piece are well sustained by Miss Fanny
Josephs (Esmeralda), Mr. James Rogers (Claude
Frollo), Mr. J. Clarke (Quasimodo), Miss Bufton
(Phoebus do Chateaupers), Miss Marie Wilton
(Pierre Gringoire), and Miss Kate Karson (Fleur
de Lys). •

E k T NEWS.

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TURIN, SEPT. 29.

A pamphlet by Father Passaglia, condemnatory
of the temporal power of the Papacy, has appeared
at Florence, and produced an immense sensation.
The journals rejoice at the support thus afforded to
the Italian cause by this eminent Italian theologian.
In the journey through the towns of the Cam-
pagna, the royal princes have been welcomed with
great enthusiasm by the inhabitants.
The Opinione of to-day says :
" A telegram from Madrid announces that France
has proposed that the archives of the Neapolitan
consulate should be consigned to the French consu-
lar agents, who would afterwards transmit them to
the Italian Government. It is believed that Spain
accepts this proposition."
The Motntnento of to-day states that a protest
against the occupation of Rome by the French
troops has been signed in Venetia amid great
enthusiasm.

ROME, SEPT. 27.

A Consistory has been held this morning, on
which occasion the following prelates were elevated
to the rank of cardinals :—The Archbishop of
Chambery, Burgos, Compostella, the Bishop of
Viterbo, the Papal Nuncio, Mgr. Sacconi, Father
Panebianco, and Bishop Quaglia.
The death of the Patriarch of Venice, who war
also to have been appointed a cardinal, was an-
nounced in the Consistory.

BOLOGNA, SEPT. 29.

The dearness of provisions caused another riotous
assemblage of the populace in the streets of this
city yesterday. They were, however, immediately
dispersed. Measures have been taken to prevent
any manifestations being made to-morrow.
The King will review the garrison and the
National Guard on the Bth of October.

VIENNA, SEPT. 30.

Letters received here today from Ragusa state
that symptoms of insubordination had appeared
among the Turkish troops in the camp at Belicia,
on account of the non-payment of the arrears due
to them by the Government.
Omar Pasha, it is added, thereupon sent up the
arrears.

PESTH, SEPT; 30.

The building in which the sittings of the Assem-
bly of the Comitat of Pesth are held was occupied
last night by the military, and the members were
prevented from assembling by force.

All the functionaries in the Comitat of Pesth
have tendered their resignation.

THE BRAZILS.

LISBON, SEPT, 28.

The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship
Oneida, which arrived here yesterday from the
Brazils, will leave for Southampton at 7 a.m. to-day,
with 63 passengers, £120,141 sterling, and 3,000
bags of coffee.