The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-05 00:00:00

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ADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
We are rejoiced to find that the praiseworthy ff.
foils of Messrs Greenwood and Phelps, in the cause
of the legitimate drains continue to be crowned
with success. During the past week Hamlet has been
alternated with Leigh limit's Legend of Florence,
and the house has been exceedingly well attended
every night. Taken as a whole, the Hamlet of Mr.
Phelps is, pc.-rhaps, the best on the stage; the Claudius
of Mr. George 8-nnett is a thoroughly Stigksperian
performance, while the Laertes cf Mr. Waller is• all
that oRn be desired. An actor of the power and ca-
pabilities of Mr. Waller has long been wanting on
the London boards. Since the days of Charles
Kemble we have had no good juvenile tragedian ; An-
derson was the best, hut he wanted polish, and was
too heavy ; but in Mr. Waller we have combined
the power of an artist with the polish of a finished
gentleman. We admire his Mertes much, and should
like to see him in some of the juvenile heroes of our
old tragedies, or in some of our legitimate comedies,
many of the best of which have been laid on the shelt,
because we have had no actor, of late years, capable
of acting genteel comedy of the highest order.
Last evening Sheridan Knowles play, William Tell,
was presented with a powerful cast, and all the ad-
vantages of appropriate scenery and costume. Wil-
liam Tell is a part in which the prominent attributes
of Mr. Phelps's acting have full scope, and in which
he turns them to the greatest advantage. His per-
formance on this occasion was one of the most effec-
tive efforts, in which he illustrated the gallant bearing
of the patriot and the tenderness of the parent, with
great force and felicity of expression. It produced a
corresponding effect upon the auditory, who received
it throughout with the most emphatic marks of ap-
probation. Mr. George Bennett filled the part of
Gesler. It would be an injustice to his merits not to
notice the admirable manner in which he pourtrayed
the despotic and cruel dispositions of the tyrant.
Miss E. Travers enacted the part of Agnes in a style
to warrant an opinion that she will be a most desir-
able acquisition to the corps dramatique in the charac-
ters which it is understood she will have to sustain in
the course of the season. The play was completely
successful, and was received throughout with the most
decided approbation. When the curtain dropped Mr.
Phelps had to make his acknowledgments to the audi-
ence for the applause with which they greeted his
performance. The amusing farce, Uncle Mark, fol-
lowed, which continues to elicit the mirth of the
frequenters of the theatre. We were happy to see the
spirited management so well supported by public
patronage. The entertainments of last night were
witnessed by a crowded and highly respectable
audience.

SLUMEY THEATRE.
The opera of Otello has been produced here after a
somewhat novel fashion. The adapter, casting aside
the libretto generally used, has substituted for it
Sbakspere's own words, and adapted to them Rossini's
music, thus realizing the idea of " Music married to
immortal verse." The cast was a strong one, Travers
being Otello, Borrani and Miss ...Vine Romer
Desdemona. She was indeed and in truth " the
gentle lady married to the Moor." The Otello of
Travers *as a fine, manly, impassioned performance,
and although he was last night evidently suffering
from a cold, he exerted himself to the utmost, and
was much applauded. The great part of the opera,
however, was the lago of RJrrani. His acting was
magnificent, his singing perfect. We know of no
artiste On the English lyrical stage who can ap-
proach Borrani in this character, none on any stage
who could surpass him ; and we say this with the full
remembrance of what Tamburini was, and what Bor-
rani is. As regards the principal artistes the opera
was admirable, but the orchestra stands sadly in
need of improvement. Toe band is undisciplined,
and the conductor seems quite unequal to his work.
The opera was well put on the stage, and was
throughout much applauded. The, house was
crowded.

PRINCE'S THEATR fr. 3, GLASGOW,
(From the Glasgow Citizen.)
A very agreeable operatic company has been
performing here during the week with a fair
share of success. It includes the new prima
donna, Miss Louisa Pvne, and the popular printo
tenore, Mr. W. Harrison ; besides being further
strengthened by the well• known vocalists, Mr.
and Mrs. Weise, and Mr. IL Corti. Among the
operas produced those of La Sonnambula and The
Bohemian Girl have been the must successful. The
latter was performed last night. Miss Pyne is not
remarkable for power, but ber style of vocalization is
singularly pleasing, and her execution of " I dreamt
I dwelt in marble halls" was last night greatly ad-
mired by the audience. SLe is somewhat petite in
person, and is supposed by many to bear a striking
resemblance to the Queen. Mr. Weiss was effective
in the pathetic air, " The heart bowed down," and
Mr. Harrison was throughout excellent. The opera
went off with eclat. To-night, we observe, La Son-
nambtda is to be repeated.

OYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORI-

CULTURAL SOCIETY.
Yesterday the last flower show for the present
season of this flourishing society was held at the
Surrey Zoological Gardens. The principal flowers
exhibited were dahlias, hollyhocks, and verbenas, all
of which were in excellent condition, evincing
marked progress in the cultivation of these standard
favourite*. The dahlias indeed were generally excel-
lent, and nearer perfection in the grand requisites of
colour, fain, and size, than we remember at any
former show. The stove and greenhouse plants
were of course at this season of the year in limited
number, but what there were excited general ad-
miration. The fu,chias were scanty, but very fine.
Roses and antiuhinums were also shown, but the
former under unfavourable circumstances, the
season being too far advanced, and the latter
too few in number, to warrant au opinion. The fruit,
too, was scarce, but what there was looked most
tempting, On the whole the show was a good one,
and indeed better than the somewhat unfavourable
state of the skyey influences of late had led us to an-
ticipate. The day being warm and sunshiny, the
gardens were crowded with visitors from the com-
mencement. The following are the principal prizes
awarded :

Miscellaneous Plants—Gold Victoria medal,. Mr.
W. Cole ; gold Albert medal, Mr. G. Stanley; ditto,
Mr. Fraser. Dahlias—Gold Albert medal, Mr. J.
Robieson ; large slyer Linnean medal, Mr. Rowden ;
small ditto, Mr. Black ; large silver Victoria medal,
Mr. Turner. Seedling Dahlias—Small silver Victoria
medal, Mr. Bragg. Fancy Dahlias (three blooms)—
Small silver Victoria medal, Mr. J. Edwards. Holly-
hocks—Large silver Albert medal, Mr. Parsons ;
small silver Victoria medal, Mr. Bircham. Ver-
benas—Small silver Linnean medal, Mr. Black.
Messrs. Hamp, Allen, White, Holder, Paul, Francis,
Keynes, Smith, Sparrey, &c, also gained prizes.

Earl Grey has returned to his seat, Howick-hal',
Northumberland, from a tour.
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The Diorama illus-
trating the routs of the " Overland Mail to India" still com•
mauls the most brilliant patronage. During the past week
the exhibition has been honoured with the following dis-
tinguished personages: The Sardinian Minister, the
Turkish Ambassador, the Bishop of Chichester, Duke of
Cleveland, Marquis ("Camden, Marquis of Donegal, Countess
Charleville and party, Earl Westmoreland Ind party, Earl of
Chichester, Earl and Countess Harrington, Earl I ardigan,
Earl and Countess Glengall, Earl Belfast, Earl and Countess
Granville, Lord Bateman, Lord Ashley, Lady Campbell and
party, Lady Ross, Dowager Lady Abingdon and party. Sir
Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Robert Booth, Sir C. P.
Shakerley, Sir J. Dennis, Colonel.Ouseley, Mr. B. D. Disraeli,
M.P., Mr. Scholetield, *cc., &c.
Trust him with little who, without proofs, trusts
you with everything, or, when he has proved you, with
nothing.—Eliza Cook's 'karate.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—The removal of the houses
in Cannon-street to make room for the new thoroughfare
from Blackfriars to London-bridge is rapidly progressing.
The destruction of the buildings between Budge-row and
Cloak-lane has been completed, and the churchyard enclosed.
Operations have been commenced from the corner of Can-
non-street, and in the course of a few days nearly twenty
houses will be entirely removed. Two new and handsome
houses have been already erected along the line of the new
street.

IRISH HORMEL—The arrivals of horses by the
steamers from Ireland continue to take place to an extent
entirely without precedent. The steam-ship Preussischer,
Adler, just arrived from Cork, brought no less than 77 horses,
and the steamer Duke of Cambridge, also just arrived from
Cork, brought 72.

&CAPE OF AN ASSASSIN.—Prier Leudwig, one of
the assassins of the Prince Lychnowski and General d'Auere-
wald, who was lately condemned by a criminal court of
Electoral Hesse to hard labour in irons for life, escaped a
few days ago from prison, and succeeded in reaching France.
It is not known where he has secreted himself, but the Mi.
uister of the Interior, on the application of the Hessint
authorities, has given orders that no pains shell be spared to
catch him, and he has also sent a description of his perso
to the police and gendarmerie.
w ZEALAND.—At about half-past six o'clock
yesterday morning the four ships - the George Seymour,
-Randolph, Cressy, and Charl,,,te— sailed. taking out 600
of the Canterbury colonists and sevsral other passengers,
Since Monday, the day of the leave-taking dinner given to
the labouring class of the colonists at Wate's Hotel, by di-
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event of accident in readiness. This huge reticula-
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