The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-23 00:00:00

THE .NEW BUSSIAN RAILWAYS•

The Managing -C ~mmittee of the Conipso,74l
for
building the Russian railways notified on the of
inst. that the fourth portion of the first i!el
ie
shares in Russia, that is to say, 150,000 1311.4150
about to be open€d to public subscript
subscription is to be open from April 16:h t'%ild
till April 23d (May 4th) ; the amount to be ,„
dolin is 12r. 50c. per share, which on allotinetio
to be made up to 50r., or 30 per cent. of the 1"; b,
amount. This• intimation has, naturally en°lliii
drawn the attention of capitalists and econowis" of
Russia with redoubled acumen to the exan ti nation
of
the merits of the entire question. For the sake to
those at a distance it will le expedient for etto
select from the numerous articles that have 'of :110
appeared on the subject one that was puldOlevole
the Economical Advertiser of St. Petersburg 311. d
time previous to this advertisement of the opine fling
of he subscription lists being published, pretnisl,',
only that its expressed intention is to remove.thel;o
pression stiil lurking in Russia that the foreigil
will make too good a thing out of the con structienhe
railways in Russia. Of the latter it is said that taa
foreigners have for the most part estimated the C°7,..
of constructing the lines far too low. Marshes, c°
siderable streams, which often overflow theirshel'°
banks and lay large tracts of land under Won;
ravines or deep and wide rain-gulleys, which inter
sect the steppes of Neva Russia, the very roc'''
terrain in the central governments of Rtrsia rll°.,ir".
particularly between toscow and Orel, the' °"*--„
absence of stone and wood in the steppes, &C.;
circumstances which will necessarily render the„—
constructions very difficult and expensive. Tri 13
1 °
even if it is to be imported from England, will
fearfully enhanced in cost by the expenses of trt,-i
port, the price of labour in those thinly-pop 1167;
districts cannot yet be estimated,
and the
able suspension of the works during the
ter months will cause considerab'e accurnulatioewo
of interest on the capital paid in, and °vat
_when the lines approach completion the tit,
inev.,
-0
of fuel cannot fail of being very sensibly
Among the advantages that Russia will dart it
from these works, whenever they are finiehed' of
is pointed out that with theca increased mese° D.
locomotion it will no longer be necessary.te ceere
centrate large bodies of troops in localities °bele
it is difficult or expensive to provision their"; dr
fortresses, which have hitherto been kept -e
chiefly for the purpose of accommodating l'"0-
la-ge bodies of men, and of protecting the De""
easily large quantities of provisions for their be
port, and their mater iel of war, can in future
considerably reduced.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Utterly unknown to the :London public Toil'
within the last 12 monthS, Mr. Dillon has e° big
established himself as a popular favourite that
assumption of a new character is now a matter
interest. among play-goers.
Although Mr. Dillon first introduced him sellifia°s
ni
the London public as an actor of " dras,"he
ever been ambitious to display his talents it?i'mP ig
o
sonations of the so-called "legitimate" kina- /1
Ent Shakspearian experiment was c 4 °the) cje
which proved most fortunate ; his second, Wilds,
just now, amid every demonstration of public ori
faction, is " Hamlet."
From what has been seen of Mr. DillOn's Pre;
vious characters, it was not difficult to fele
which side of amlet's character he would ma,prominent—to foresee that the emotional ratlw
than the intellectual element in the Danish Pie::
awspouelede
h as
a
b e
thingexternal,in hisand t
thoughts.od
s p
aT yo taket 4.-y
hwenuhis
by carrying it through infinite varieties if ernPheisjig
and expression, would obviously be foreigU t°
theory of histrionic art. You do not listen to h
t, study his "readings," but to discover how 6°,0
his emotions will be identified with those of 'Wet
character—and we may truly sly that the greater
the warmth required the more he " warms Ore'
Thns, in " Hamlet," although the first two acts °ill
carefully and conscientiously performed, it not ta.
the third that Mr. Dillon's peculiarity is reveal°,
The tenderness with which he surveys Ophelie
the midst of his ravings about the "nunnery, a.%
to which he gives extreme expre,sion by dropPleal
on his knee and fondly kissing her hand, is Datti,fir 0
from its spontaneous appearance, and his welcc'
to Horatio, on the entrance of the latter, has a
frankness about it that is singularly touching'
Nothing of great moment occurs at this meeting
the two friends, but the notion is conveyed that a
kindly heart, long placed amid uncongenial spiritsi+.
has at length found a sympathetic being on which
it corn repose. The watching of the King during the
play scene is carried out through all its details with
immense earnestness, and the burst of triumph ir!,
which it results is most powerful. In the "closet
scene" a new arrangement is made, which leads
to a new histrionic effect. The ghost does not cross
the front of the stage, but the lower part of the
side and back becomes transparent, and the spectre
is seen p ssing from behind the picture of the de-
ceased king to the point where it vanishes. Ite
steps are followed by Hamlet who thus leads hits
mother roiled the apartment in a state of rapt at°
tendon! and the explosion with which he utters the
words ' Out at the portal," and sinks in a chair,
hTerirleaotittissgtheodutwthiteh
whole t the
omfetnhistalacts traheitar,ctoirs
atse rinriofirei
and more entered into the spirit of the scene, ay"
his climax. bas gained his audience'
and now he may fearlessly pursue his victor
through the two remaining acts, even thonge
Laertes does not alLow hitn to display his fencing to
the hest advantage.

We understand that the assignees of Mr. Edward
Ballwin Ballwin are prepared to receire tenders for the sale itu-
_Morning Herald, Standard, and St. James's Chronicle,
up to 12 o'clock to-morrow. We hear that several goy;
tienien have joined themselves into a ipecies of JOll3
Stock Company, and have offered 20,0001. for this veil
valuable proix rty. On the other hand we are ale°
credibly informed that another party has made an offer
of 21,000/., and is even prepared to go to a larger
amount. This intelligence will be satisfactory to the
general body of unsecured creditors, as the assignees
wid be bound not to sacrifice the estate, as they have
duty to perform which they must not shrink from carry-
ing through.