The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-12 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.

Last evening Mrs. F. B. Conway made her first appear-
ance at this theatre as lon, in the late Sir T. N. Talfourd's
tragedy of that name, and from the beauty of her perform.
ance she seems destined to take high honours on the metro-
politan stage. She is a lady above the middle height, with
fine and expressive features, bright and flashing eyes, and
a clear melodious voice; altogether her personal appearance
is highly prepossessing. In her delineation of the charac-
ter of lon she showed that she possessed talent of the highest
order. Her reading was beautifully clear, her taste un-
exceptionable, and her action natural and highly expres-
sive. We welcome most cordially the lady to London, and
anticipate for her a career of immense success. Mr. Phelps's
Adrastus was one of those noble impersonations for which
he stands unrivalled, while his reading of the part was a
perfect elocutionary triumph, which elicited the most en-
thusiastic applause. At the close of each act, and at the
termination of the tragedy, Mrs. Conway and Mr. Phelps
had to appear before the curtain and bow their acknowledg-
ments. The tragedy was put upon the stage with all that
taste and appropriateness which so marks the productions
of Mr. Phelps. The house was crowded in every part long
before the rising of the curtain.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday
from the Grove, Watford.

Lord Elphinstone has arrived at the Brunswick
Hotel, Jermya-street, fram Torquay.
Lord and Lady Stafford have arrived at Mau-
rigy's Hotel from Cossy Hall, Norwich.
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Lord and Lady Colchester are expected in town
in a few days from Brighton.
Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday
from Stratton Park.
Major-General Angerstein has left Maurigy's
Hotel for Weeting Hall, Brandon, Norfolk.
Mr. and Miss Bouverie Pusey have left Wallace's
Hotel for their winter residence, 19, Brunswick-terrace
Brighton.
Mr. and Mrs. De Vere Beauclerk have arrived
at 28, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, from Croxton Park,
Cambridgeshire.
MR. JUSTICE MELLOR.—On Tuesday last Mr.
Justice Mellor, the newly-appointed judge of the Court of
Queen's Bench, was entertained at a dinner given to him
at the Ship and Turtle Tavern, Leadenhall-street, by the
Midland Circuit. The chair was occupied by Mr. Macaulay,
Q.C., and nearly the whole of the existing members of the
circuit were present, as well as several former members of
eminence, including Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, Mr.
Waddington, the Under-Secretary of the Home-otfice, and
Mr. Daniel, Q.C.

THE NAVAL RESERVE.—Following the example
set by their gallant comrades in other ports throughout the
kingdom, the members of the Naval Reserve in Maryport,
Cumberland, came forward in a body on Saturday last and
signed a paper, expressing their desire to engage in active
service should her Majesty require their aid in defending
the British flag against the Americans.

In the Rolls Court the Master of the Rolls stated
that it might bo convenient to set apart Tuesday or Wed-
nesday in next week for the viva voce examination of the
directors of the Barkof Deposit.

It is stated that the Edinburgh board of directors
of the British Guarantee Association, together with their
manager, have resigned.

The Kent is the only vessel expected to be re-
ported by the present mail as having sailed from Mel-
bourne, she has probably, therefore, a large amount of gold.
She is a fast sailer.

General Scott, who came to Europe only a few
weeks ago for the restoration of his health, returns to Ame-
rica in order to aid the work of peace by the
weight of his character and the sagacity of his coun-
sels. The General re-embarked last night for New York
in the steamer Arago. On Tuesday he had a long inter-
view with Prince Napoleon, and, if we are correctly in-
formed, he will carry to Mr. Lincoln an expression of the
desire of the Emperor of the French to do his part, should
an opportunity arise, towards bringing the present dis.
agreement to a favourable issue.
The Worshipful Company of Grocers have sent
an additional donation of £lOO to the National Lifeboat
Institution. After a thanksgiving sermon, preached by the
Rev. J. Reid, M.A., at Blyth, Northumberland, for the
late abundant harvest, a collection amounting to £lO WPS
made and remitted to the institution, which has incurred a
large expense in the establishment and maintenance of its
many life-boat stations on the Northumberland Coast.

The arrival of the Nashville and the burning of the
Harvey Birch were telegraphed to Londonderry, and caught
the boat there which left for Portland, United States, on
the 21st ult. Intelligence as to how that news was received
in New York may be looked for every hour. The Hansa,
which left Southampton on the 27th ult., took out the Lon-
don journals of that day, which commented on the outrage
on the Trent. These journals will reach New York before
Lord Lyons' instructians, which went out in the Europa.
Commander Williams, the Admiralty agent of the Trent,
also wrote a despatch to Lord Lyons from St. Thomas's,
which will, most probably, reach him before the Europa
arrives. The Canada, which left Boston yesterday, and
will call off Cape Race on Friday, will, most probably,
bring very important news. She will to due in nine days
from to-day.

POACHING EXTRAORDINARY.—A gentleman who
rents a moor on the line of a recently projected railway in
the west of Scotland was a few days ago taking a quiet
snooze after his diurnal toil, when his slumbers were inter-
rupted by the entrance of an excited assistant-keeper, who
informed him that a party of poachers were in the glen
pursuing their felonious avocations with a brass cannon
mounted on a rest, and requested his help to catch them.
Muttering an anathema on all poachers, &c., he set out
with the keeper for the spot, and on reaching it, found that
the suspected game destroyers were a party of engineers
taking the railway. level_with a theodolite.—Greenock Ad-
ver User.

MURDER OF A MATE ON BOARD AN AMERICAN
SHIP.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.--On the arrival at this
port of the American ship Southampton, on Tuesday even-
ing, intimation was conveyed to the detective police sta-
tion that the first mate, Alexander Small, had been mur-
dered by a seaman named Thomas Duffy, 15 days after the
vessel left New York for this port. The vessel sailed from
New York on the 16th November, and on the first of the
present month Small directed Duffy to go aloft to do
something to the rigging. After being in the rigging for
some time the officer ordered him down. When he came
on deck some angry words were bandied, and Duffy drew his
knife and stabbed Small to the heart. Small fell pros-
trate on the deck, and died instantly, and some time after-
wards his body was thrown overboard. Duffy was placed
in irons. After committing the murder he walked into the
forecastle and gave his knife, which was stained with blood,
to a seaman named John Sullivan, saying " That is what I
did it with." When Inspector Carlyle took him into custody
the prisoner said that the mate grumbled at him for a very
trivial matter. He then ordered him to fix some rigging,
but before going up aloft the mato struck him on the back
of the neck with a belaying pin. He did strike the mate
with a knife, but his intention was not t) kill him. The
prisoner is in the hands of the police awaiting his transfer
to the officials of the American Government.

STRANGE DEATH OF AN OLD MAN.—Michael
Barrow, an old man between seventy and eighty, was found
dead at Satterthwaite on Wednesday last in a chair. It
appears that the old man lived alone, and had been ill for
some time; he was very bad at breathing, and when found
there was a cord hanging from the ceiling, and placed under
his chin. Whether it was for the purpose of keeping his
head up is not known lie was first discovered by a boy.
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