The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-13 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

An English version of Scribe's Giralda, which is
at present drawing all Paris to the Opera Comique,
was produced here last evening, with gi eat and de-
served success. The scene is laid in Spain, in the
year 1650. The heroine, Giralda (Mrs. Siding), a
peasant girl, is about to be forced into a marriage
with Piquillo (Mr. Compton), a miller, notwithstand-
ing her arowal of her dislike for him and of her liking
for another, a strange cavalier, with whose features
she is unacquainted, when the said cavalier, in
the person of Don Manuel de Calvados (Mr. Leigh
Murray) appears, and, by a present of 600 ducats,
induces the worthy miller to lend him his cloak and
hat, and to give up Giralda, to whom in this disguise
he is married. Scarcely is the ceremony concluded
when the approach of Isabella of Arragon, and of her
husband, Don Philip, is announced, and as Don
Manuel is a protege of Isabella, who destines him for
the Grand Mastership of the Order of St. Ingo, he
flies at her approach, leaving Giralda under the care
of Piquillo, with orders to take her to the mill, where
he will join them. Isabella (Mrs. Leigh Murray) ar-
rives, and sets Don Japhet (Mr. G. Cooke) to watch her
husband, Don Philip (Mr. "W. Farren, jun.), of
wham she is intolerably jealous. Don Philip sees
Giralda, and follows her to the mill, and here com-
mences a scene of most amusing imbroglio, each
cavalier been in turn taken by Piquillo for the invi-
sible husband, the said Piquillo receiving bribes
right and left from each. At length Don Manuel
manages to persuade Isabella that he had married
Giralda solely to place her out of the reach of
Don Philip,• and is pardoned accordingly and
all ends happily. The Giralda of Mrs. Siding
is a beautiful mixture of archness, simplicity, and
warm-heartedness, and the Piquillo of Compton is a
rich exhibition of peasant stolidity. Mrs. Leigh
Murray acted the Princess with true Spanish dig-
nity, and her husband made a most dashing Dun
Manuel. The scenery by Mr. Shalders was very
beautiful, and some dancing in the first act was in a
style that would not have disgraced the boards of the
Italian Opera. The piece acts closely, and the rapid
progress of the intrigue keeps the spectator per-
petually on the qui vive. The success was complete.
The house was crowded.

CREMORNE GARDENS.
A very amusing exhibition of old English sports,
similar to those which obtained the presence and pa-
tronage of her Majesty at Osborne on the last anni-
versary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, took place at Creinorne Gardens yesterday be-
fore a crowd of visitors. There were all the games de-
scribed in " Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People
of England," and some others which that ingenious an-
tiquary has forgotten to note. The whole was con-
ducted with perfect good humour, and received by the
spectators with great applause. The performers in
their exercise appeared to be well practised " profes-
sionals," and they got through the parts allotted to
them very creditably. In addition to these novelties
the old amusements were adopted, and there was for
several hours no cessation of gaiety and delight.

FATAL BALLOON ASCENT IN
FRANCE ON HORSEBACK.

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT GALE.
The Bordeaux journals, which have arrived this
morning, announce the death of Lieutenant Gale, the
aeronaut. It appears that on Sunday last he made
an ascent with the Royal Cremorne balloon, on the
back of a pony, from the Hippodrome of Vincennes,
at Bordeaux. It was the first time that Mr. Gale
had ever made such an ascension, and his pony had
only a few days before been broken in. At first
the little animal displayed great repugnance at
being lifted from his feet, but he gradually got
accustomed to it, and on Sunday allowed himself
to be carried off by the balloon with the greatest
composure. As there was some delay in filling
the balloon with gas, the pony, gaily saddl d and
bridled, was paraded round the- Hippodrome, and
was regarded with extraordinary curiosity by the
spectators. An immense multitude assembled to
witness the ascent. The local journals say that the
town was completety deserted, and that the adjacent
villages sent their contingents. When Mr. Gale was
seen to ascend rapidly into the air, seated on his pony
with the bridle in one hand and saluting the public
with the other, there was a sort of shudder of fear in
the vast gathering. The pony was perfectly calm,
with his legs hanging and his neck bent, but he
made no movement. Ths descent of Mr. Gale, which
took place at a short distance from Bordeaux, proved
fatal to him. When the horse bad been released
from its sling!, the peasants who held the
ropes of the balloon, misunderstanding the di-
rections given by the aeronaut, let go, and the balloon
having still sufficient gas in it to give an ascensional
force, after losing the weight of the horse, rose sud-
denly, and the anchor, which held by a tree, being
loosened by the sudden_ motion, the shock upset the
car. Mr. Gale, however, clung to the ropes, and was
fortunately able to pull the string of the valve to
cause a further escape of gas. The ascent of the
balloon was then checked, and it was thought, in
consequence, at Bordeaux, that he bad succeeded in
climbing up into the car. This, however, was not
the case, as the next day the balloon was discovered
lying on the ground, some miles from the spot where
the pony was liberated; and on further search being
made, the dead body of Lieutenant Gale was found
in a wood, with the limbs all broken. lie has left a
wife and eight children.

TUE DUKE OP WELLINGTON AT DOVER.—About
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, the band of the 91st Regi-
ment marched down the principal street of Dover, playing as
it went along, and took up its station opposite the Council-
house, to be in readiness to receive his Grace the Duke of
of Wellington, who it had b ,en announced would personally
attend a council board of the Harbour CommisAoners. A
guard of honour was also drawn up in front of the Council-
house, to receive the Duke, who was to arrive from Walmer
Castle. The news soon spread through the town that the
Duke was about officially to visit Dover, and In a very short
time the open space in front of the Council-house was crowded
by parties anxious to catch a glimpse of the illustrious
visitor. The road to Walmer Castle can be seen front the
Council-house for a distance of nearly two miles, and as soon
as the Duke's carriage was descried in the distance,
the artillery from the heights commenced firing
salutes, which were continued during the progress
of the Duke down Castle-hill, and until he reached
the Council-house. His Grace arrived in his own carriage,
and was unattended. Hr was attired in the simple uniform
of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. As the carriage
drew up in front of the Council-house the guard of honour
presented arms, and the band struck up " See the Conquer-
ing Hero comes," and a hearty cheer was given by the popu-
lace, which was echoed again and again by a party of
foreigners, of whom there happened to be in Dover at the
time a large number, about returning, by way of Calais, to
Paris, having visited this country in an excursion party. In
the course of the day Mr. Macgregor, the chairman of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, accompanie.l by Mr. Free•
man, the solicitor to the company, had the honour of an in-
terview veith the Duke on the subject ifeertain improvements
which the South-Eastern Company are carrying out in con-
nexion with the harbour of Dover. The business of the day
having been concluded, the Duke returned to Walmer, the
artillery firing salutes as before, until the carriage of the Dake
had proceeded the greater part of the diatance. His Grace
appeared in excellent health and spirits.
'l'llE SUBMARINE TBLEGRAPII,--The Boulogne
Gazette, after quoting the account of the rupture of this tele.
graph, comments on the manner in which it is said to have
been broken, and adds—" We confess we are at a loss to
rightly comprehend the real merits of this unfortunate affair
in presence of the fact, which we have ascertained, that
one of our fisherman is in possession of a certain length of the
telegraphic wire and coating, and demands 60 francs for the
damage done to his nets in obtaining it. It seems pretty
clear that the wire must be broken in at least two places.
The circumstance demands every possible inquiry."
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, SEPT. 12 --
thinner Pringle, of Captain Adye's Fiehl Battery, while cut
at exercise this mornieg, and in the act of loading the gun,
met with an accident in consequence of another gunner, No.
5, firing previous to receiving orders and before the duty of
serving was completed, his hand being severely hurt and his
face scorched by the discharge. Gunner No. 5 was imme-
diately placed under arrest for neglect of duty, and Gunner
Pringle taken to the hospital. Gunner Pringle is one of the
finest young men in the batteries, and greatly respected. He
was recently presented with a medal and gratuity from the
Royal Humane Society, in the presence of the whole of the
litoyal Artillery in the garrison, for saving the life of a boy
who had fallen through the ice on the cadets' bathing pond.
The boy was the sixth person he had saved from the eame
fate. Lt is in the same degree satisfactory to learn that Gun-
tier Pringle is not likely to lose the use of the injured basil,
but will be able to continue in the service of which he has
proved so worthy a member. The accident has occasioned
the greatest regret.
LIE SEVERN SALMON FISHERIES.—The fence time
for the river Severn has now commenced, and the fishing
will not be open again until the Ist of Jannarv, 1851. The
time is now the same bknlt for Gloucestershire and Worces-
tershire. The Severn fisheries have been very unsatisfac-
tory during the past season, but this is not an isolated
case, as they have been generally complained fe This evil
will doubtless be remedied next year, as the various breeding
sti reams, and the Upper portions of the Severn, are swarming
wth the young fry.
As a Turkish vessel, commanded by Captain Sari.
Ibrahim, was lately proceeding from Samsoun to Constan-
tinople, four Greek seilors, when near the coast, mutinied,
killed the captain and the crew with hatchets, took a sum of
,15,C00 piastres, and esceped to land in boats; but, as they
had no passports, they were arrested, and their guilt soon
after became known. The abandoned vessel was cast by the
Wind on a small island.—Galignaui.