The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

THE MEDITEARANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, TIIURSDAY MORNING.—The Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's
ship Madrid, Captain J. Olive, has just arrived here,
with ship-letter bags of the folloy‘ing dates, which
were her (lays of wiling :—Genoa, Dt.c. 19; Leghorn,
Dec. 17; Civita Vecchia, Dec. 16; Gibraltar, Dec.
26. The Madrid has experienced fine weather on
the homeward voyage.
She brings 21 passengers and the following on
freight-35 bales silk, 48 bales waste silk, 36 hales
lambs skins, 57 boxes, 20 pipes, and 5 half-pipes oil,
10 boxes sweetmeats, '2 boxes silk velvet, 7 cases
pietureg, 9 cases essences, 8 cases paste, 12 cases
leeches, 4 cases Malaga figures, 10 cases sculp'ure, 3
cases marble, 1 marble statue, 6 packages . straw
goods, 5 packages works of art, 8 packages books, 3
packages wool, 110 tubs cheese, 17 casks dates, 1 bag
specie, and 65 packages sundries.
Her Majesty's ship Porcupine was at Leghorn.
The American frigates Jamestown and Constitution
were at Genoa.

Her Majesty's steamer Janus was at Gibraltar.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam .Navigation
Company's ship Ripon, with the outward Indian and
China mails of the 20th of December, from Southamp-
ton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and sailed again
on the 26th for Alexandria.
The Pacha arrived on the same day, and was to
leave Gibraltar on the evening of the 25th for
Southampton, touching at Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and
Vigo, to take in the Peninsular mails. She may be
expected to reach Southampton on Friday morning.
According to advices from Lisbon of the 23d ult.,
received via Gibraltar by this steamer, we learn that
her Majesty's frigate Leander and Conflict steamer
left the Tagus on the 221 of December, and the
Scourge steamer on the 23d, all steering for the
south.
All was quiet in Portugal

RUBY-LANE THEATRE.
Miss Vandenhoff made her first appearance for the
season last evening, in the character of Pauline Des-
chappelles, in Bulwvr's Lady of Lyons. It is some
years since she appeared on the metropolitan boards,
but the reception she met with last evening proved
that in the interval she had not been forgotten. It
was enthusiastic in the extreme. In her acting last
evening she showed a perfect knowledge of all the
resources of her art, which it is evident she has studied
most carefully. There is not an artiste on the stage
who understands so thoroughly as does Miss Vanden-
hoff the force of contrast, and by her supremacy over
this branch of her art her acting last evening was
rendered very effective and full of power; the energy
with which she gave the more impassioned
scenes contrasting beautifully with the tenderness
and pathos which she infused into the more senti-
mental portions of the character. The whole of the
last act was excellently performed, and inthe course of
i:Miss VandEnhoff not unfrfquently compelled the
a udience to pay to her the tribute ( f their tears. Mr.
Anderson was the Claude Melnotte, and as he is de-
cidedly the best Claude Melnotte on the stage, so is
Claude Melnotte, with the exception, perhaps, of
Huon, his best character. Mrs. IVinstainley made
an admirable Madame Deschapelles. She seemed a
perfect incarnation of haughtiness and pride.
This lady has already secured to herself a high
position, and she may aspire to one still higher. She
is the only lady at present on the stage who can
approach Mrs. Glover in her peculiar line. The
theatre was crowded in every part, and considering
the short time that Mr. Anderson has been in pos.
session of the theatre, he has done wonders in getting
together such a company, and in putting plays on
the stage in the manner he has done.