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

OL MPIU THEATRE.

A well-written, well-constructed, and admirably
acted one-act drama, entitled the Poets Sieve, was
produced here last evening, with a success as deserved
as it was triumphant: The heroine is a young girl,
whe, in order to provide bread for the poet Camoens,
whom she fondly loves, disguises herself as a Gitana,
and maintains 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. Ile tempts her to become his mistress, and the
poor girl consents, provided the Monarch proclaims the
pardon of Camoens, whe, the victim of the royal tyranny,
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is a proscribed man. But the King, admiring the
devotion which prompts the act, has the generosity to
forego his passion, and whilst pardoning the poet,
rewards him with the. hand of the faithful slave.
This pleasant per-version of the original " anecdote
in the life of Camoens, which refers to the heroic
rest is evolved from the love of
sympathy of the Javenese. Indian who begged fir the
is gracefully written,
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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 ever-111:g.

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AMATEUR NUSICAL SOCIETY'S
CONCERTS, HANOVER M -SQUARE ROOS.
The first concert for the season of the Amateur
Musical Society took place last evening, at the
Hanover-square Roruns. It is now three years since
this society com.menc€ d 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 Hano-
ver-square Rooms ure barely of sufficient extent
to afford accomincdation for the members and the
visitors, of which latter each membcrhas the privilege
of introducing one. The following was the pro-
gramme of the concert of last evening :
PART I.

Symphony in B flat ... ***
Overture ... " Oberon" •••
GAiltcrech... ::.• CLaoTeplyorNSizihlers,?" Meyerbeer.
Chwatel.
Gle© "Lutzow 3 Wild Hunt" Wcber.
PART 11.
Symphony ... No. 7in A ••• ••• Beethoven.
Festival Ovei tare MS. Benedict.
Selection ... " Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizt tti.
Overture ... " Les deux Aseugles" Mewl.
Conductor, Mr. L. Negri.
The symphonies and overtures were given with a pre-
cision and a power of which any orchestra of pref2s-
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
of Llndon ; and the glees were given with a spirit
and an ensemble which proved that the singers had
been excellently drilled by a careful master. Negri
conducted admirably.

THE ALLEGED MURDER 1N CHARLES-STREET,
DRURT-LANE.—This morning Mr. Walley, coroner for
Middles( x, held an inquest et the King's Arms, St.
Giles's, on the body of Mary M`Donald. 'The nurse of
the St. Giles's workhouse infirmary deposed that the
deceased came into her v and on the loth inst., suffering
from erysipelas end bruises on various parts of the body.
She gradually bream,: weaker and wea4r, until ghe
breathed her last en the 29d ir.A. Th© man, V.IIO tuts
looked upon by the nii-libours its her hu,Land, v a; now
in custody, havir g been r. mantled fur farther ext.mina-
tion by Mr. Ida, the magistrate of Buw-street. It ap-
peared that the ii a i went home in the c arly part of this
month very drunk, and in a very shoit time he vas
quarrelling with ti e deeca.2ed. They came to blows,
and she, seeing
shawl and go to the hosptal." She went, and nev, r ral-
lied alt:r Lee arrival in it. A short poker was fLnirld in
the room with which it was supposed the injuries w (re
inflic e 3. Mr. Benno tt, surgeon to the workhouse, at-
tributed death to congestion of the brain, and the jury
returned a verdict to thet eff.ct.
BUTCHER MEAT ro THE LONDON MARKET.—..
As an instance of the extent to which the Lmdun
market is supplied with butcher meat from Scotland, wo
may mention that, within a period of some seventy-six '
or eighty days lately, no fewer than 290 tons weight of
butcher meat were dispatched from ono rural station of
the North Brltith Railway.— Scotsman.