The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-24 00:00:00

SADLER.'m WELLS.

Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer's play of Richelieu, or the
Conspiracy, has been performing during the past week,
at this theatre, with decided success.. The part of the Car-
dinal, by Mr. Phelps, was ably performed throughout.
We were particularly struck with his scene with Bar-
radas, the chief conspirator, with Julia, his orphan ward;
again, at the close of the fourth act ; and at the fall of
the curtain they were truly powerful. Mrs. Warner, as
nobly seconded him through the piece, and various
were the occasions which called forth her well-known
abilities. As to Mr. G. Bennett, we think he never ap-
peared to greater advantage than in the part of Barradas,
and de Manprat was well sustained by Mr. H. Marston.
In a word, the representation was goad throughout, and
gave universal satisfaction. At the close Mr. Phelps was
called before the curtain, and Mrs. Warner was led on
by Mr. Marston. The dresses were r'ch, and in perfect
accordance with that era ; the scenery, by Messrs. Fin-
lay and F. Fenton, was excellent—one work in particu-
lar, the Cardinal's picture gallery, beautiful, and has
rarely been excelled. We were glad to see the house so
well filled ; there was but one exception, the private
boxes, and it is to be regretted that where such spirit is
displayed by the managers, independent of the talent
provided, and no regard being had to the expense required
in getting up pieces in this style, we say it is to be re-
gretted that tnese who have the means do not come for,
ward and fill the private boxes, and patronise exertions
so well deserving of it.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The following distin-
guished society have visited this theatre, to see Madame
Thillon in the Enchantress : —Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
Duke of Montrose, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of
Leeds, Do vager Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Rutland, Earls
of Donegal and Munster, Lord and Lady E. Bruce, the Duke
of Devonshire, Duke of Beaufort, Earls of Chesterfield, Fitz-
hardinge, Harrington, and Lisburne, the Right Hon. Sir
Robert and Lady Peel, Countesses of Ailesbury and Harring-
ton, Earl of Munster, Ladies Westmorland, Shelly, Platt,
Ross, Graham, Campbell, Gordon, Wilder, Flindt, Holland,
Wrottesley ; Lords Fitzallen, Seaham, Ranelagh, Sandys,
Paget, Lennox, Glamis, Russell, Maidstone, Shelburne, Thos.
Clinton; Baron and Baroness Brunnow, Count Kielmansegge,
Count de Nouielle, Count Talleyrand, Sir Charles Shakerley.
Bart>, Sir Robert Gardiner, Bart., Sir John Lowther, Bart.,
Sir W. Symonds, Sir Henry Webster, Bart., Sir H. Webb,
General Meade, General Hodgson, Hon. Captain Lindsay,
Colonel Ros, General Barlow, Mrs. Colonel Sykes, Colonel
Power, Sir B. Graham, Bart., T. S. Duncombe, Esq.,
Hon. H. Baring, Hon. H. Berkeley, Lord and Lady Ernest
Bruce.

THE WHITE SLAVE.—The author of the new
romance just published, under the title of " The White
Slave," has introduced the reader to what must be considered
a new path in the wide field of imagination. His story is a
most extraordinary one, for it consists of the adventures of a cer-
tain beautiful Marchioness, whose name must be familiar to
every visitor of the Freneh capital who has mixed in its best
society. Her husband was Ambassador to the Court of St.
Petersburgh, where, in an early period, when merely a man of
fashion, mingling in the gaieties of that gay city, he met with
her in the strange condition of a slave on one of the estates of
his Russian friend, Prince Tsaakoff. The narrative, besides
the attractions of a very romantic story, conveys a vivid picture
of the world of fashion in the capital of the Czar. The com-
petency of the author to treat such a subject has been most
sati-factorily established by the success of the able work he
published a short time since, called " Revelations of Russia.'
THE LATE INHUMAN OUTRAGE.—Mr. Flercher,
the surgeon, has pronounced the poor woman Harris, whose hus.
band inflicted upon her such brutal and beastly injuries, a short
time ago, out of danger. She was, however, not sufficiently reco-
vered to attend at the petty sessions on Wednesday, where her hus-
band was brought up, but two magistrates, Mr. Ricketts and the
Rev. W. Vernon, went to her residence at Stoke. The injured
woman prayed the magistrates to bind her husband over to keep
the peace. Her request was complied with, and he was ordered to
find security in 501. failing to do so he was committed to prison,
and taken back to Worcester. The reason Mrs. Harris was
anxious her husband should not be proceeded against for the capital
offence was her dread that she should be obliged to go into the
union workhouse, in case he were quite taken away from her.—
Worcester Chronicle.

ATTACK UPON AND ATTEMPT TO DROWN TIIE
POLICE AT THE MOUSEY RACECOURSE,—We regret to state that
some time after the conclusion of the races on Moulsey Hurst, on
Thursday last, an attack of a most fearful nature was made upon
the police remaining on the course, and a most determined attempt
was made to drown three of theta in the river. It appears that
after the withdrawal of the A division, the course was placed
in the charge of a party of constables of the V division. There
was still a large number of gipsies and ether loose characters
hanging about, and, towards nine o'clock, a fight was got up
amongst them. The police interfered, and took one of the com-
batants into custody, and led him to the ferry, for the purpose of
conveying him to the Hampton station, there being no station at
Moulsey. At the ferry they were surrounded by a mob of be.
tween three and four hundred gipsies, aed other low and despe-
rate characters, most of them armed with sticks, by whom the pri-
soner was rescued, and the police were dreadfully beaten. Police.
constable John Davis and two others were deliberately thrown
into the river. Fortunately at that juncture assistance came up,
and, there being several boats at hand, all three men were resued
from a watery grave. Davis, when taken out, was, however, quite
insensible, and was conveyed to the station at Hampton, where he
was promptly attended by a surgeon. In the early part of Satur-
day morning the symptoms:were less severe, and hopes are en-
tertained that his life will be preserved. The other twopolicemen,
who were also thrown into the river, were severely bruised and
injured by the blows they received. Since the occurrence the
police authorities have captured seven of the ringleaders in the
affray, who were on Saturday examined before the magistrates at
Kingston. They were all remanded.

BELGIUM AND TILE RHlNE.—Captain Bowyer, R.N.,
and Mrs. Bowyer, the Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, John
Stanley, Esq., with several servants and two carriages; Captain and
Mr. Morse, Mrs. Harriet Coleman and family ; Dr. Reed, and
Captain Powell, embarked on Sunday morning at the Blackwall-
pier, on board the General Steam I,4avigation Company's steam-
ship *oho, for Antwerp.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 23.

The House sat to-day to hear Writs of Error. The Peers pre-
sent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell,
Lord Kenyon, and the Bishop of Ely. The following judges were
also in attendance :—The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams,
Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Creswell,
Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron
Rolfe.