The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

A rew' grand, oriental ballet, entitled The
Enchanted Bell, was produced here on Saturday,
with the most decided success. This ballet is the
compositiom of Monsieur J. Rouss(tt, awl is highly
creditable to his inventive powers. He himself was
tho hero, Azolin, a Hindoo peasant, who, seeing Pal-
mira (Mailile. Caroline Roussett) in a vision, fulls in
love with her, and ultimately wins her, notwithstand-
ing .he has the Prince of China for his rival. Of
course he meets with a variety of dangerous adven-
tures, but he is rescued from his difficulties by
means of an enchanted bell, which a friendly sage
has given him as a talisman. The scenery, by
:W. Beverley, Nicholls, and Aglio, is magnificent,
and the costumes are superb. In the opening
scene we have the interior of a flindoo hut, with
Azolin 'discovered sleeping. In this scene the vision
of;Palmira is introduced. The effect of -this scene
was very good, and it was much applauded. The
next scene is the Sultan's garden, in which is intro-
duced a pis d'ere,emble, by Nladlle. Caroline Roussett
4,9 the whole corps de ballet. The groupings in
Pia pas are • exceedingly graceful and picturesque.
In. this scene there is a grand pas de trois, which was
most effectively danced by Mr. Gilbert, Madlle.
Adelaide and MiSs Burbidge. The first act con-
cludes 'with a grand_march and procession of female
warriors, who at the close group into a most effective'
tableau. The second act opens with a magnificent
acme, a splendid saloon in the Sultan's palace, hi
Which is introduced a pas de sables, which was much
a,PPlau4ed awl a pas d'atni?ur' which was very grace-
Ludy danced by Miss Marshall and. Mademoiselle
Teresioc. This was folloWed.by the grand, pas-of the
pas de
deux by Monsieur J. Roussett and
emoiselle Caroline Roussett. This pas was indeed
a Perfect triumph;. all the difficulties of choregraphic
art vvere.fairly encountered and fairly overcome. It
Wasnfcouria rapturously applauded and unanimously
encored :The last scene is laid in the Sultan s
gardens, and the ballet ends with the anion of Azolin
and Pahnira. • At the fall of the curtain Monsieur
and Mademoiselle Roussett were called on, and re-
ceived with most rapturous
:applause. The ballet alto-
Relheris most Superb, and will no doubt have_ a run.
„,
he ballet was preceded by the opera of the Syren,
vith Mademoiselle Nati as the heroine. The popu-
larity of this accomplished artiste is nightly increas-
Ifkif, hat-we are" sorry-tol see it announced that this
sweet syren leaves us so soon. Her-last appearance
however;
country-is announced for Tuesday. We hope,
,14,0weVer, this will not be the case; for even should
the inexorable Leon Pilet refuse to grant her an addi-
tional conge on the present occasion, we trust that
next season this gifted "child of song" may be in-
Illead to revisit the scene of her-triumphs. The
house was crammed to the ceiling. -• •

ASTLEVS 'ROYAL AMPHI-
TrIEATRE (BATTY'S).
, prformance of a novel and ingenious character
took thee at this theatre on Wednesday evening, for
the second time in this country, it being modestly
announced in the list of the Acts of horsemanship as
Athe appearance of Toby, the horse of the Manege."
rider, dressed in the costume of the day, enters the
arena on horseback in the ordinary manner, and takes
the horse through a variety of evolutions, of which it
,',ould be extremely difficult to give a just description.
The
.horse commences by trotting slowly, and with a
Pause between each action of the legs, preserving the
most perfect equilibrium, and appearing scarcely to
Ouch the ground. The delicacy of this action (the
!French call it le piaffe). is perfect:--the repose of
lerse and riser is marvellously complete, There,
Is no blundering, no -false step, no disregard of
time, no violent contortions. Above all, there
is not that lavish outlay, of whip or spur which
too frequently accompanies exhibitions c.f the
a,kind. The obedience of the horse is so complete,
'oat he' and his rider seem to be one machine,
and to possess hut one will. This movement is suc-
ceeded by another, equally graceful and extraordinary,
but Which, to be appreciated, requires more critical
equestrian knowledge than is, we fear, usually to be
met, even in an Astley's audience. We think that a
''short clescriptioriof the chief merits of the movement
—the gallop forwards, sideways, in fact in every con-
ceivable direction—the change of the legs in the gal-
lop at the direction of the rider—(that ne plus ultra of
equitation)—all done with the strictest observance of
the musical accent—might be given. either viva voce
during the performance, or in the bills, and would
materially enlighten the unintiated.
• Too much praise cannot be given to the rider, Mr.
pavis.
- ""At the Cirque Olyrnpique, in Paris, M. Baucher,
the originator of this new school, has been the chief
attraction for some years by a similar exhibition
There, however, it wears a more philosophical aspect
than might be supposed, and the result of many years'
anxious study, which at first served 'only to amuse, at
length attracted the attention and official inquiry of
the French Government, and we believe that the sys-
tem of M. Baucher is now, or very shortly will be,
dopted throughout the French army, for the training
of the horses. Mdlle. Caroline, who appeared in Eng-
nd some time since, was a pupil of M. Baucher, and
rede a horse trained by him ; but her performance
:was less classiCal, and had in it more ,of the arts ofthe
arena, and less• of the severity of the school, than that
of iSlx. Davis.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—It having become ge-
nerally known that her Majesty will pay a visit to this
ics
theatre to night b
the box-office has been besieged, and
the house will present a brilliant assemblage—even e-
iond its-ordinary appearance. The performances espe-
cially-ordered are The Syren and The Beauty of Ghent.
To-morrow will take place an interesting and unprece-
dented ceremony--
the one hundredth performance of an
opera, both in its music and libretto entirely native ; and
to increase such interest, Mr. Balfe, the composer, who
has arrived in this country from Paris to supei.ntend his
new work, will conduct The Bohemian Girl in person.
• THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES.—The veteran
Nelson -Lee is actively engaged in preparing for the
SmieY, the Victoria; Astley's, the Lyceum, the Queen's,
er's Wells and others of the metropolitan theatres,
w.ell as a great proportion of the larger houses in the
:provinces, a series of Christmas entertainments, which
-will, no doubt, tend materially to enhance his already
Wended reputation.
WilirEcitArzi. ImritovEmEryrsz,;;4)uring the last
40 or three weeks a very rapid progress has been made
14. the construction of the new street which is to com-
-3).4l4nieilte between Spitalfields Church and the London
Wini On the north side of High-street, Whitechapei ,
..yera hundred feet of vaults, on either side of theway,
thha:re,eiseen built for the houses intended to be erected
* and a sewer the whole distance, above 1z2)0 feet
ta e
ng, has been formed. The gas and water pipes will
shortly laid down, when tenders will be offerei for
-""' new houses.- In the course of the excavations several
`cart loads of bullocks horns were dug up. • Also an ira-
ftense quantity of animal bones, many copperscoins, end
!"?me spear-heads, which latter were much decayed.
S'rrn or TRADE.--A remarkable dullness for the
season still continues amongst the wholesale houses both
in London and ManeheSter, and but little has been doing
• .4,3: t4e'.warehpuses this week, still we have to notice
the country houses are active ; the demand for
E
.?119' hosiery has decreased ; the spinners are lessening
neir supply, and what sales have been effected are at a
Mall reduction in price:' Wools are steady, and, with-
, : L
°st any alt e
ur'nal. ation to remark upon, but little doing.—
..,eicester Jor
tw 1114 E IN- BERMONDSEY.—On Friday morning, be-
"n three and-four, alarm was created in the vicinity
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burlltstinerMondi!)Y old church, in consepence of a fire
g forth from the premises of Alr. H. Jennings,
;wool-stapler and Mat2inaker, No. 3, Little George-street,
• Bermondsey, The building was destroyed, together
fire its valuible stook. ' As 'regards the origin of the
ja. nclthing satisfactoiy.cOuld be elicited. Mr. Jennings
• - a his loss. •
Insureti in the Agas Fire-office; but not to the extent
mayor
w-kras,klron IN A „ revisition to the
week
numerously Signed in the early part of the
e' calling npon his worship 'to convene a public
of
meetingthisthe week,- to take their opinion as to sdpporting the
Proposed Sciuthampton end Dorsetshire Railway. The
• mayor, however, has managed to postpone calling the
'sheeting stntil after his mayoralty had expired, ra his
- recent attendance at Weynreiuth as the supporter of a
rival scheme had placed him in an unpleasant positions
The matter is likely to be made the topic of same smart
discussion at the council board to-day.--Hampshire
Independent.
.
Tar. ALERT, 10, COMMANDER rlosaicAlum--x-ri-
vate letters have been received from ads ship, which
give a• perfect refutation to the statement; that has been
published by an American' shipper, v /hose ship was
boarded • and searched by an officer and boat's crew of
2 . the Alert. It appears that the vessel in question was
supposed, and not without reason, to :De engaged in the
slave-trade, and that the search was conducted through-
out in the most becoming and propQr spirit, and with the
utmost: forbearance, notwithstanding the obstructions
offered by the skipper of the supposed slaver.—Northern
Whig.
CONDITION OF THE IRIS POOR.—The condition
of the great body of the people is deplorable in the ex--
. • treme: It is computed that there is, on an average, at
least 2,000,000 of open acknowh2dge'd paupers—persyns
who live all the year round in a state of the most extreme
poverty. There are myriads more of the peasantry who
lire not one whit better off, and yet are not professed
mendicants. When there has been a failure of the po-
tato crop, the two millions of avowed beggars are usually
• --- swelled to half a million more. How the very lowest,
class of the Irish peasantry continue to live at all, is the
• subject of amazement, not only to all those strangers
who visit Ireland, but to such ot their own countrymen
as are in better circumstances. Their cabins are unfrt
Places for the beasts of the field to live in. They have
rarely anything in the shape of windows in the rand
huts, which they call their cabins. Glass is wholly ~.n,
known to them : so that if there be any perforation, in
the wall, it only answers the purpose of letting out ' the
smoke; for they have no chimneys by which they can
escape. I need not add, that a hole which will le t out
the smoke must needs let in the wind and the rain . The
door is a great thing in an Irish cabin. It answ-erg the
double purpose of a window and chimney • and there is
often a regular contest between the smoke i_n
egress ress from the cabin, and the light in'SeeVnig, ingress
into its—lmpressions of Ireland and the Irif,l4.