The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

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TI-HE THEATRES.

ADELPHL
A clever burlesque of Telemachus was produced at
this theatre last evening. Archbishop Fenelon has
been minted at the Adelphi into Stirling Coyne, to the
great delight of her Majesty's laughter-loving lieges.
There are several excellent hits in this burlesque, all
of which to, 0 with effect ; but with such a cast as
that of lasettiight, Ail** of much less merit than
Telemachus' must have been successful. There was
Wright, as Calypso, dancing a la Taglioni, and sing-
ing a la Persiani, as he alone can sing and dance ;
there was Paul Bedford as Mentor, the tormentor of
Telemachus, who was excellently personated by
Miss Woolgar ; while Miss Ellen Chaplin was Cupid,
the conductor of a buss from Bow to (H)arrow.
Eucharis, the nymph, the lady-love of Telemachus,
was very cleverly acted by Miss E. Harding, a young
lady whom we do not recollect to have seen before on
the Adelphi boards. She had but little to do, but
that little was done well. She has a pleasing voice,
and sings • with taste ; her action is exeeedingly
graceful, added to which she is a very pretty girl.
We hope to see more of Miss E. Harding. There
was a Negro Polka introduced, in the singing and
dancing of which to a banjo accompaniment,
S. Cowell elicited shouts of laughter. Of course it
was encored. Wright, too, gave an excellent imitation
of Macready in the arrow•shooting scene of William
Tell, and was much applauded. There was some
very pretty dancing introduced, and the whole was
put upon the stage in the most complete style pos-
sible. The scenery was superb, and the whole
mounting of the piece was worthy of Webster's fame.
It was preceded by Ccesar de Bazan, and followed by
the Fox and the Goose. The house was a bumper.

LITERATURE.
HISTORY OF SWEDEN. 2 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1844.
The history before us, which is edited by Mary
Howitt, is a translation from the Swedish of Anders
Fry xell, and has—as we learn from the preface—met
with great success in the author's native country, the
first volume having already gone through not less than
six editions. It is singular that this volume, which
has been so popular in Sweden, is the most fabulous
of any portion of the history, and will most likely be
the least approved of in England, inasmuch as it con-
sists of old Scandinavian legends, which, for the most
part, are of a ridiculous character, and throws little
or no light on the historical events of the remote pe-
riod to which they refer. When the author comes
down to a more authentic epoch, then his work in-
creases greatly in interest ; and his account of—what he
calls —the " Luthern Period," abounds in instructive
information. The present portion of his history closes
with this stirring and eventful period, but we hope he
will be induced to carry it down to the times of Ber-
nadotte, the late King, which are not the least honour-,
able in the Swedish annals.

4 Vols.

THE DARK FALCON.
Bentley, London, 1844.
The author of this Oriental tale, which refers to
events of comparatively recent occurrence in Persian
history, is Mr. Baillie Fraser, already favourably
known to the novel-reading portion of the community
by his romance of the "Kuzzilbash"—a work only
inferior in power to Hope's " Anastasius." The scene
of his present narrative is laid for the most part on
the Persian frontiers, and opens with a graphic descrip-
tion—the author excels in the descriptive—of a night
march in a snow-storm, among the mountains of the
Caucasus, which is undertaken by a party of horse-
men, consisting of Jaaffer Koulee Khan and his
attendants, who are journeying towards the residence
of the former's brother, Aga Mahomed Khan—an en-
terprising soldier of fortune, who, after many singular
reverses of fortune, contrived to raise himself to the
throne of Persia. The character of this wily, am-
bitious adventurer, is drawn with uncommon force,
and contrasts admirably with that of his more
generous kinsman, Jaaffer Koolee Khan, who ulti-
mately falls a victim to the distrust of his royal
brother. The hero of the story is a young orphan,
known by the name of the "Dark Falcon," who is
protected through life by a mysterious, MegMerrilies
sort of woman, and after engaging in the service of
Jaaffer, is, on his death, transferred to the household
of Mahomed Khan, then Shah of Persia, and re-
warded by the band of a young girl of the Kajar
tribe—the history of whose constant affection for him,
during the darkest season of adversity, when there
seemed to be scarcely a hope that the lovers should
again meet, forms the most touching and interesting
episode in the romance. In the course of his tale,
Mr. Fraser gives us several animated sketches of do-
mestic life among the nomadic Toorkoman tribes,
which bear every appearance of being scrupulously
accurate. In places he is a little too much given to
prolixity ; and not a few of his incidents have the
slightest possible connexion with the main plot of his
story, which they tend rather to encumber than
assist ; but as a faithful picture of Oriental manners,
the work deserves all the success that it will most
likely meet with.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

BOROUGH OF FINSBURY REGIS.

TRATION.-(THIS DAY.)
PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S-FINE OF ARREARS.

(Before 1). C. MOYLAN, Esq.):
Considerable discussion ensued this morning respect-
ing the omission of the names of two persons, named
Buckle and Clements, from the lists of voters for the
borough, through the neglect of one of the collectors of
the assessed taxes. It appeared that they personally
applied to one of the overseers to have their names re-
instated in the list ; this the overseer promised to do,
but he did not fulfil his promise.

Mr. Sinclair being called on by the Revising Barrister
to explain the cause of such omissions, expressed his
regret at the occurrence, and said he had done all in his
power to rectify the mistake when it was pointed out to
him. The name of another person, residing in the same
street as Mr. Buckle, who had not paid his taxes, had
been mistaken for him, consequently Mr. Buckle, who
had duly paid his taxes, was returned as not having
paid his taxes.
Mr. MOYLAN said that, by the 12th section of the Re-
form Act, he (the collector) was bound to give the over-
seers, on the 21st or 22d of July, a list of all persons in
their district who had not paid their taxes.
Mr. Sinclair said he had never been required to do so,
otherwise he should have supplied such list.
Mr. MOYLAN then gave judgment in the case, and im-
posed a fine of 60s. upon the overseers of the parish of
St. Luke's.