The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

OLY MPIC TIIEATRE.

A well-written, well-constructed, and admirably
acted one-act drama, entitled the Poets &aye, was
produced here last evening, with a success as deserved
as it was triumphant. The heroine is a young girl,
whr., in order to provide bread for the poet Camoens,
whom she fondly loves, disguises herself as a Gitana,
and maintain; her master by the daily proceeds of her
songs and dances. Sebastian, the young King of
Portugal, is smitten with the charms of the pseudo
gipsy, and follows her to the humble inn where she
resides. He tempts her to become his mistress, and the
poor girl consents, provided the Monarch proclaims the
pardon of Camoens, who, the victim of the royal tyranny,
is a proscribed man. But the King, admiring the
devotion which prompts the act, has the genoros4 to
forego his passion, and whilst pardoning the poet,
rewardshim with the hand of the fiithful slave.
This pleasant per-vers.i,on of the original " anecdote
in the life of Camoens, which refers to the heroic
sympathy of the Javenese Indian who begged for the
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part was played by Mrs. S y-
mour, whose energetic delivery of the words was
loudly applauded, while Mr, F. Conway represented
camoen3 with as much chivalric dignity as he could
affect. Mr. Belton was the King, and M. Mea-
dows personated a timorous innkeeper with farcical
extravagance. The curtain fell in triumph, and Mrs.
Seymour, who was recalled, announced the piece for
repetition every evening.

VthEe season of the Amateur
AMATEUR AIUSICR.AsQLuASIOtECIIIEOTOAYI
place last evening, at the
S.
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MusicalCT° hNeeE firstsl ioTcciSoe
concert
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llanover-quare Rooms. It snow three years since
this society commenced its existence, and the mem-
bers then enrolled found the rooms in Store-
street more than sufficient for their accommo-
dation, but in this, the third year of its existence,
the subscription list is so increased that the llano-
ver-square Rooms are barely of sufficient extent
to afford accommodation for the members and the
visitors, of which latter each member has the privilege
of introducing one. The following was the pro-
gramme of the concert of last evening :
PART I.

• Meyerbeer.
▪ Chwatal.
Symphony in B flat ... Haydn.
Overture ... " Oberon" Weber.
March C
Glee ...
Glee " Lutzow's Wild Hunt" Weber.
PART 11.
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... ... Beethoven.
Symphony ... No.Ti;A
Festivill Overture MS. ... ... ... Benedict.
Selection ... " Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti.
Overture ... " Les deux Aveugles" ... Mehul.
Conductor, Mr. L. Negri.
The symphonies and overtures were given with a pre-
cision and a power of which any orcbestra of profes-
sionals might have been proud, and which might put
to the blush the members of many a. professional or-
chestra at present performing in this our good city
by a
of London; and the glees were given with a spirit
and an ensemble which proved that the singers had
been excellently drilled
careful master. Negri
conducted admirably.
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THE ALLEGED MURDER IN CHARLES-STRFET,
DRURY-LANE.—This morning Mr. WeHey, corner for
Middles( x, held an inquest at the king's Arms, St.
Giles's, on the body of Mary WDenald' The nurse of
the St. Giles's workhouse infirmary deposed that the
deceased came into her ward on the 10th inst., sufferieg
from erysipelas and bruises on various parts of the body.
She gradually became weaker and weaker, until she
breathed her last on the 22d inst. The man, who was
looked upon by the neighbours as ber husband, wal now
in custody, having beets remanded for further ez:amina-
tion by Mr. Hall, the magistrate of Bow-street. It ap-
peared that the Mal went home in the early part of this
month very drunk, and in a %Try shot t time be was
qoarrel!ing with the deceased. They came to blows,
and she, seeing
blood comin f• from her parson, said to
ou done; I'd put on my
shawl and go to the hospital." 4. She went, and never eel-
him, " Oh Bod, what have
lied a'-ter l.er arrival in it. A short poker wss found in
the room with which it was supposed the injuries were
inflicel. Mr. B:innett, surgeon to the woskheuse, at-
tributed death to congestion of the brair, snd the jury
returned a verdict to that eff ct.
BUTCHER MEAT FOR THE LONDON MARKET.--
As an instance of the extent to which the London
market is supplied with butchr meat from Sootlind, we
may mention that, vvitlin a. pried of s !everi!y-zix
or eighty days lately, no fewer than 290 tons weight of
butcher meat were dispatched from one rural station of
the North Britifth Railvray.—Scotonan.