The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

As the time for the departure of Madame Thillon
draws near, the desire to hear her, and the enthusiasm
of her admirers—and they include all who have had the
happiness of hearing her—appears to increase. She
appeared last evening for her last representation but
three, and long before the rising of the curtain not a
seat was to be obtained in any part of the house. A rich
treat had those who were so fortunate as to procure places,
for never did this accomplished artiste appear to greater
advantage, never was she in better voice, and never was
the marvellous flexibility of that voice more beautifully
exhibited than it was last evening. Her fioriture in the scene
with Henrique, in the second act, was absolutely astonish-
ing. It is impossible for those who have not heard her to form
the remotest idea of the exceeding beauty and exquisite
taste of her singing. Her great natural powers have been
cultivated to the highest possible pitch of perfection, and
our fair countrywoman now takes her place as one of
the most accomplished artistes in the world. She was
called for twice at the conclusion of the opera, and was
received each time with shoWers of boquets and shouts of
applause. A new piece, entitled the Alehrnist's Daughter,
followed ; and, a thing of very uncommon occurrence at
this theatre, was anything but successful. The audience
certainly gave it a fair trial, and waited most patiently
before they expressed their disapprobation. It was
strongly cast. Eugenie Prospere, Morris Barnett, and
Wright, sustained the different characters. The latter,
by his looks, kept the audience in good humour while
he was on the stage, and Prospere exerted herself to
the utmost ; but even Prospere's exertions were insuf-
ficient to save it from condemnation, and the curtain fell
amidst a storm of hisses. The beautiful ballet of Leal.,
followed, which completely restored the good humour
and satisfaction of the audience.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT MORICE TOWN
WHITSUNTIDE FAIR.—On Tuesday evening a boy lost
his life, and several other persons were injured at Morice
Town (Devonport) fair, owing to the breaking down of
a swinging machine. The machine in question is a hol-
low wheel, about thirty feet in diameter, within which
" boats," as they are styled, are suspended, and it is
whirled round in a vertical direction, instead of horizon-
tally, like the well-known " roundabouts," by iron wheels
in the centre, similar to the improved windlass. It ap-
pears that when in full motion and a number of
passengers were thus suspended in the air, a loud crack-
ing noise was heard, and before its cause could be ascer-
tained, the centre of the apparatus gave way and it fell
with a tremendous crash to the ground. The scene for
the moment was terrific, the ground being strewn with
unfortunate persons who had been dashed upon it, and
their shrieks were appalling. A lad named John Warn,
ten years old, was picked up almost lifeless, several of
his bones being fractured, and he died a short time after.
No other person was dangerously hurt, though few of
those in the machine escaped without considerable in-
jury.—Devonport Independent.
ESCAPE FROM GOAL,--William Cox, a private of
the 76th regiment of Foot, confined in the Borough
Gaol, Carmarthen, made his escape on Wednesday. He
had been found guilty of striking his superior officer,
and was put in the gaol to await the revision of his sem.
tence by the Commander-in-Chief. It appears that he is
what in the army is termed an " insubordinate charac-
ter," having been twice flogged, and once branded with
the letter I). The offence for which he was committed,
was for striking Sergeant Loghlan, at Llandissil, while
drunk. He Was so refractory that the sergeant was
compelled to use his bayonet. It was supposed that he
would be sentenced to transportation, and the fear of
this operated so powerfully upon his mind that he con-
trived about seven o'clock on Wednesday morning to
get on the top of the wall surrounding the yard of the
gaol, and leaped from thence, a height of eighteen feet,
into the street. His fall was terrific. He fell on his
feet, and the concussion knocked several of his teeth
out. He, however, made off, though bleeding dreadfully.
He was seen in the course of the morning talking to one
of the workmen of Mr. Benjamin Davies, watchmaker,
with whom he wished to change coats, in order to avoid
detection. The workman, however, refused, and the
soldier then made his way over the parade, and so
towards Abergwilly. lie has not since been heard of,
but an active pursuit is in progress.—Welshman.
CAUTION TO CAB-DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS.—
The Registrar of the metropolitan public carriages has
given notice to the Commissioners of Police that a ge-
neral renewal of licenses to drivers and conductors, ac-
companying an issue of new metal tickets, has just taken
place; that on and after the Ist of June all persons act-
ing in the above capacities wearing the old metal tickets
will
be
doing
at iiz en
agd, so illegally, and their tickets may be in-
stantlyin order to be returned to the Registrar.
distinction between the new and old tickets may be
detected
glance, the former being much smaller and
The seo
lighter, with the figures larger, and the crown without
the letters "V. R. The above regulation has, it is
believed, been adopted in consequence of a large number
of persons being in the habit of using badges obtained
by them from those to whom licenses were before
granted.
GAME. In as far as grouse, partridges, and phea-
sants are concerned, there is great reason to fear that
the present will prove a most disastrous season. The
pouts, as soon as hatched, require drink as well as meat ;
and where they are to find the former blissful element,
after five weeks of continued aridity, surpasses our means
of information. That gamekeepers are on the alert,
digging holes, in the hope of turning to account lurking
springs, we are well aware ; but their efforts, upon the
whole, are so fruitless, that they remind us of the sad
employment of those-who let down buckets into empty
wells and spend their days in drawing no water. The
artesian well is an invention that cannot be transported
to our hills and moors ; and, in the meantime, from all
we can learn, great must be the suffering among the
denizens of the wild. Blackcocks, which generally breed
among marshy spots, are, of course, better off, although,
even in their case, supply scarcely equals demand.
Hares and rabbits, which feed early in the morning, may
derive benefit from the earliest dews ; and this we sus-
pect is their only resource, as few of them dare venture
near a running stream. Even bees, from the intense
and long-continued drought, require at home what they
cannot easily find abroad—artificial supplies of water—
and we are aware of instances in which the tenants of a
single skep consume nearly the contents of two soup-
plates full daily.— Scotch Paper.
SUICIDE AT 'WATERLOO BRIDGE.--Caroline Swaite,
the unfortunate woman who flung herself from Waterloo-
bridge on Friday morning, hut who was rescued from a
watery grave by the exertions of a waterman, died on Satur-
day morning in King's College Hospital, from the effects of
the injuries she sustained on her descent from the battle-
ments of the bridge. She was married, and resided at 4.3,
Portpoel-lane, Gray's Inn-lane. She committed the rash act
in consequence of a quarrel with her husband.