The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-16 00:00:00

DRAMATIC MAGAZINE. Part I.

This is the first number of a new monthly periodi-
cal devoted exclusively to the interests of the drama.
In their opening address the proprietors of this new
miscellany say that:—
"In order more completely to fsmiliariie the patrons
of the Dramatic Magazine with the ,ebjcets, of• its criti-
cism, it will contain correct portraits ef .dramatic au-
thors, and of the members of the stage, representing the
latter in their principal characters, and also in, private
costume. To guarantee the fidelity of these likecesses,
it 'is merely necessary to state, that they have all been
daguerreot3 ped expi essly for'this publlcatiena proCess
by which, indeed, .we see the actors 'as 'in A glass.
Interesting scenes in plays will also.be presented through
the medium of the pictorial art, and variects.eitrinentar-
fists will contribute co render this 'work the (Ay appropri-
ately illustrated history of the dramatic Worltteihicb has
ever been presented to the public. -
" The work will tarnish a faithful chronicle of the
movements of the theatrical and Anusical world, not
merely recording the triumphs of established fivourites
and the representation of stock arid sterling plays, but
noticing the clibi'its and progress of all new and praise-
worthy aspirant. to histrionic fame'' and giiing, either a
concise or elaborate account of all ne,w dramatic and
lyrical productions, which come within the pale of legi-
timate criticism. The retirement of eminent actors and
actresses, either from the stage of art, or-from the great
stage of life, will also be duly recorded, and biographical
sketches of their professional career,suppliedi. Biogra-
phies will also be given of eminent pe:rtormeral'now in
full vigour of their career. lei short, all that is interest-
ing in dramatic. literature', in 'mtisictil composition, all
that relates to the'stage, and its Moral and intellectual
elevation,-will in this sv.rk be ferithfUilytehronietedi thus
making it a miscellany of art, the want Ol Whichlas long
been felt." . . •
,
The' opening number goes far to carry out the; inten-
tions here announced to' their fullest extent. It is
illustrated by an engraVed title;pkge and-by portraits
of Jenny Lind and of H. Horne, engraved.' in the
first style of art ; we have an' elaheiate arid :carefully
written biography of Jenny Lind; criiical-notiCes of
the performances at all - the theatres • during the pre-
ceding-month, several welli.written essays on dramatic
subjects, and the whole of R. 11. Horne's tragedy,
the Death of Marlowe.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 15.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family toek their accustomed airings.
His Royal Highnest. -Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, attended by the Earl of Morley,
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel
the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
A. N. Hood, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A.
Gordon.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
took leave of the Queen to-day, and quitted the
Castle at a quarter past twelve o'clock, attended by
her Lady in Waiting and Colonel the lion. G. A. F.
Liddell.

The Archbishop of Canterbury left the Castle to-
day.
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The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Mac-
donald have relieved the Hon. Miss Paget and the
Hon. Miss Dawson in their duties as Maids of Ho-
nour to her Majesty.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord Jobti
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring,
Sir John Hot:amuse the Earl of Carlisle, the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox
Maule.
The Council sat three hours and a-half.

Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augustus Bruce, arrived at her residence,
Clarence House, St. James's, at twelve o'clock yes-
terday, from Frogmore. Her Royal' Highness left
town at three o'clock in the afternoon on her return
to Frogmore.

The Oxford University Commission met yesterday
at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop
of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master,. of
Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier,
Emq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. H. G. S.
Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary).
Mr. J. Macdonald, from Canada, had an interview
with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Transatlantic Packet Station Commissioners
bad a meeting yesterday at the Board of Trade.
There were present Earl Granville (Chairman),
Hon. W. Cowper, Sir James Gordon, Sir JJhn Bur-
goyne, K.C.8., Captain Ellerby, and Lord Hobart
(Secretary)
General Don J. M. Castro had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston, yesterday, at the Foreign-
office.

Mr. Anderson, M.P. for Orkney, had an interview
at the Treasury with Mr. G. C. Lewis yesterday.
Sir John -Herschel( had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Seymour, from New Zealand, bad an interview
yesterday with Earl Grey.
Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were
received yesterday at the Colonial•office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of the North
American Colonies.

PRINCE ALBERT.--'1 he Council of the Duchy of
Lancaster met this morning- at their court in Somerset
House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the
meeting, having come up from Windsor for the purpose. On
alighting from his carriage in the court-yard of Somerset
House he was heartly cheered, and acknowledged the salu-
tation with repeated bows.
INDIA. AND AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM -PACKET
ComrANY.—Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his Honour Mas-
ter Blunt proceeded with the adjudication of claims against
this estate. The claim of Mr. Montgomery Martin, in re-
spect of 100 shares of 201. each paid up, and of 1.000/.
awarded to him, was disrdlowed. The claims of Mr. Yates,
for 619/. salary, and of Mr. Scott Russell, engineer, and for
disbursements of 2,8511. were allowed.

THE WARDLE WATER AND SEWERAGE COM-
PANT.—An attempt, we are rejoiced to find, is at length
about to be made to secure to the inhabitants of the metro-
politan districts, op the south banks of the Thames, an ample
supply of pure water, for domestic and other purposes, from
the River. Wandle ; and at the same time to improve the
sewerage of the suburban districts of Surrey. The Wandle
Water and Sewerage Company, to whose advertisement, in
another column, we would direct :the attention of our
readers, have undertaken this great work, and every lover
of cleanliness and health and comfort must wish them suc-
cess in their praiiieworthy undertaking.

ORDER OF THE BATH.—SirGeorge Anderson,
Governor of Ceylon, and Mr. Bonham, Governor of Hong-
Kong, are about to be created Knights Commanders of the
Order of the Bath ; and Sir T. Hastings, of the Ordnance
Department, and Mr. Robinson, many years Chief Justice of
the Western District of Canada, are to be made Commanders
of the same order. .

THE PRINTERS' ALMSHOUSE FUND —This insti-
tution, one of the most valuable amongst the many origi•
noted and supported by the working printers of the metro-
polis, is, we are glad to hear, in a very flourishing condition,
and the building will, in the course of few months, be ready
to receive inmates. An Endowment Fund has lately been
established in connexion with the institution, and. several
handsome sums have been subscribed. The Printers' Dra-
matic Society have engaged the Strand Theatre, and intend
to give a performance in aid of this fund—a laudable effort,
which deserves a hearty response at the hands of the printing
trade and of the friends of the institution.

COPPER ORE.—The lode is solarge at the 70 fathom
level in Alfred Consols mine that it was determined to raise
one lump of copper ore from the end, upwards of a ton in
weight, for the purpose of sendingit to London to be pre-
sented at the intended exhibition ; accordingly one was dis-
covered supposed to weigh upwards of 4 ton or 30 csyt., but
in removing it from its bed it broke in three pieces. It is
not known whether the three pieces will be cent or not.—
Cornwall Gazette.

FATAL ACCIDENT.--A poor fellow named Roles
was riding from Downton to Salisbury on Thursday last, on
a brewer's drAy, the property of Mrs. Maton, when the horse
divhed uff at a furioils pace. Roles was dragged between the
wheels for a considerable distance, hreiking his legs and
thighs in a dreadful manner. He was taken fo the Salis-
bury Infirmary, when amputation was considered indispen- .
sable, Ile lingered till Sunday, when death put an end to
his sufferings. He leaves a widow and seven children tstally
unprovided for.-- Wiltshire Independent.. - , •
DETERMINED SUPPRESSION OF TYIE SLAYS TRADE.
—lt would appear that the Government are. at length in
earnest in their endeavours to Iput down . the .eflave trade. •
We have noticed the dispatch, in succession; '
.to the 'coast of.
Brazil, of the Sharpshooter, 8, screw-schooner; Lieuteaant-
Commander Bailey; . Conflict, 8, screw-sloop,-Coirimirider
Drake, from the Lisbon squadron; the Thetir,.3B,'Captalh
KUper, C. 8., from Plymouth. This week the Admiralty
have sent thither snot ter steam-sloop, the Geyser, 6, Com-
mander Tatham, from rieS,cmptiit, and we may no* add,tg
them the Plumper, 12, screwslix)p,•Cbmmarider NollOth,
ordered to proceed to Rio from the West Indian station, and
to be under the command-in-chief of Rear-Admiral Rey-
nolds, C.B. When these have arrived,,we shall -have the
following force there:—Southampton, 50; Thetis,3B; Tweed,
18; Spider, 3; steamers Plumper, 12 (scteiv); Conflict, 8
(screw); Cormorant, 6 ; Geyser, 6 ; Rifleman, 8 (srew);
Sharpshooter, 8 (screw); and Harpy tender—total, eleve• •
effective men-of-war.— United
_Service Gazette. . :

ARMY ESTIMATES.—The military departments'
'have. been called upon for estimates of the probable charge
for the year ending 81st lNlarcb, 1852, and which has been
directed by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury to be prepared with the most rigid economy, and re-
trenching every expense not indespensably required for the
public se! vice.— United Service Gazette.
Mr. George Arbuthnot has been appointed to the
Auditorship of the Civil List, one of the most important
offices in the Treasury. Mr. Arbuthnot has fulfilled the
laborious and responsible duties of private secretary to several
successive Chancellors of the Exchequer. Mr. Stephenson
Iviodlolls.ucceed Mr. Arbuthnot as private secretary to Sir C.
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TstarvsyriortisTs AND RomsmsTs.—Captain Pat-
pbuarrigkbiteocnlnlbt
terscin, brother of the clerical pervert of_ that name, and
George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L., of the Temple, editor of a
Tractarian newspaper, and, (it is believed) one of the contri-
butors to the late .British Critic, have been received into
the I:omish Church. T. A. Drinkwater, Esq. (of Mr. An-
derdon's " religious community " at Leicester), who was on
the point of being ordained, but will now become a Romish
priest, was received by Father Oakeley. Archdeacon Man-
ning is going abroad immediately: he will be accompanied
bJ Qthor celebrated Tractariaurr.Church and State Gauttc.