The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

We observed that the Malcontent, which has been
played at this theatre every evening since the opening,
sas on Friday night cast out of the bill, for the pur-
pose of introducing to the public a Mr. Grantham, us
an Irish comedian. This gentleman, we are informed,
is highly connected, and has had considerable oppor-
tunity of observing the peculiarities of the better
class of Irish society, having been for some time a
denizen of the sister kingdom. It is from that class
that Mac Shane, in Bay le Bernard's farce of the
Nervous Man, is taken, who, though reduced to ter-
rible shifts, is in reality a gentleman, with all the
whin), good humour, and mperturbable assurance in
the greatest difficulties that so eminently distinguish
the well-educated natives of that country. Mr.
4;ratithani sustained the part with considerable talent
on l received much applause. Mrs. Brougham, Messrs.
Griffiths, Rogerson, and Lee contributed by their
exertions to the amusement of the audience.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

The magnificent dioramic picture of the passage of
Napol:on over the Alps still continues to attract
crowds every evefling to these delightful gardens. It
is the chef d'oeuvre of Danson, and is perhaps the
iin perfect dicramic picture ever painted. The dis-
play of fireworks at dusk surpasses even all Southby's
former pyrotechnic displays; magnificent as they ever
have been. The band, under the able direc

tion of Mr. Godfrey, performs a series ot
popular airs during the course of the evening,
and the air resounds with martial music during the
advance of Napoleon and his troops up the gorges
of the Alps. The menagerie has been recently en-
riched by the addition ot a splendid elephant, and
these combined attractions draw crowds here every
evening, and will no doubt continue to do so while
the present delightful weather lasts.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
We have received 'files of papers from the Caps to
'he 3i of June inclusive. They bring no news of
interest.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, MIDLAND, AND
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS,—It is understood that these
companies have come to an a.cicable arrangement to carry
at the sasie rates between the same points.
FALLING FROI%I THE CLIFF AT HASTINGS.
the 29th ult , a young female, named Augusta Mooney, fell
from the chff to the beach, by which she received more than
one fracture and other injuries, but is recovering. The
local papers publish her own account of the manner in which
the accident occurred, in which she says:—" I placed my
hand on the stone, to look over—it gave way. Finding my-
self falling, I turned un my side and slid down until I came
to a mound of either stone or earth, covered with grass; this
turned me over, and I lost my recollection."
APPOINTMENTS.—The General Board of Health
have appointed Mr. Charles Macaulay, formerly clinical
clerk to Sir Benjamin Brodie, and Lecturer on ieeedical Ju-
risprudence at St. George's Hospital, to be Assistant-Secre-
tary to the ' oard. Mr. Robert James Macintosh, Lieutenant.
Governor of the Island of St. Christopher, is promoted to be
Governor and Commander-in• Chief of the Leewaid Islands,
in the room of Governor lligginson, appointed to the Mauri-
tius. Mr. E. H. Drummond Hay, t'resident and senior
member of Council of the Virgin Islands, is promoted to be
Lieutenant Governor of the island of St. Christopher in the
room of Mr. Macintosh. Mr. Arthur Pollux Hollingsworth
is appointed .nssistant-Receiver-General for British Guiana.
EXFCUTION, AT YORE, OF WILLIAM Ross.—On
Saturday, at twelve o'clock, the sentence of death passed
upon William Ross, at the late Yorkshire Assizes, for the
murder of his wife, at the township of Quick, by poison, was
carried into effect at the usual place of ex. cution adj ining
York Castle. Immediately before proceeding to the scafuld,
the convict, in answer to a question put to him by the chap-
kin, solemnly declared his innocence, and said that he bud
made his peace with God.
PORTLAND HARBOUR AND BREAKWATER.—This
Bill received the Royal Assent on Thursday.
DFFARTURE OF THE AMERICA.—This fine steamer
left the Mersey on Saturday afternoon for Halifax and New
YoA, carrying the mails laid about 100 passengers. Miss
Cushman, the celebrated actress, was one of the number.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG.I7.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Thames, Captain Abbott, with the West
India mail, fo. ty passengers, and full general cargo, left this
afternoon. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the mails for Spain,
Portugal, and Gibraltar, left this day, having a large num-
ber of passengers, full cargo, and specie to the amount of
13,0 0/. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ship Washington will leave for New York on the 20th inst.;
she will take out a full cargo and huge number of passen-
lth will, it is ex-
pected,Euxine from
Constantimplc.
e
passen-
gers. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
I)aehs
wheit hhere4ththeatiuntetwhaerdP eniinnistuar
.t also mails,
The Me tray, it is expected, will bring
home the next West India mails; she may be looked for
about the 22d inst.
CREMORNE.—His Excellency the Ambassador from
Nepaul has, through his Secret..ry, Captain M'Leod, signi-
fied his intention of honouring these gardens with a visit this
evening. His Excellency's expressed object is to witness
Aladame Antonio's rope performance and the fireworks by
Mortram. On the occasion of the former visit the distin-
' guished party were compelled, by other engagements, to
leave early, consequently were nut gratified by the grand
finale to the evening's amusements, in which the lady in
question takes so prominent a part.
ST. MARY'S, SCILLY.—POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS.
—The non-delivery of letters on Sunday proves a very se-
rious inconvenience to the inhabitants of these islands, and
loudly cads for alteration, particularly when halt an hour
would suffice for the delivery. The mail-packet has not ar-
rived in time, but once, to get them on Saturday, since the
new regulations came into operation, the office closing at
9 r. at. It re-opens on Monday at 7, and the the box closes
at half-past Q A AI
barely affording one hour sad a half for
crorescorlence; but the postmaster, being desirous of giv-
ing every facility in his power under the
peculiar
circum-
stances in which we are placed, has not
withheld
delivery as
early as 6 a.m. The inhabitants
at the oft-islands are en-
tirely precluded from
answering
per return of post —Corn-
' wall Gazette.

A LIIIMIAL LANDLORD.-00 Thursday last, at
Ilemsworth, a return of II) per cent. was made by Mr. R.
('utik to the ten,,nts of the Rev. John Allott on the South
Kirby eirate.—Doncaster Paper.
Mauritius papers announce the arrival at Port
1 911 till 15th of June, of tho Bishop of C910,1)0.