The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-06 00:00:00

PRINCESS' THEATRE.

Anew burlesque extravaganza founded on one of the mac
vellous tales in the Arabian Nights, • and entitled Aktddin,
the. Wonderful Lamp, was produced on Thursday for the firs,
time at this theatre. It is from the pen of Mr. A'Beckett.•
and exhibited much splendour and scenic effect. The tihli
'Logue is in rhyme, and is full of points and puns—some °
them good, some bad, and many indifferent. The adventures
of Aladdin are adhered to in continuous order. We first See
him dressed in patches, sighing for the. Princess, and elr
braided by his mother for entertaining so hopeless a passiq;
The magician enters, and in the assumed character of 111
uncle, persuades Aladdin. to accompany him to the roe
et
entrance to the cave where the wonderful lamp is deposit
We then see the trees laden with gems, the genii of t"„
ring, and the more powerful genii of the 'lamp, who heap
stores of riches before Aladdin to present as offerings to the.
Princess. The palace, built in a night, •is presentee
and its flight through the air, and its refill;
lighted by blue fire, are duly exhibited. All the„,
incidents give ample scope to the machinist, the
painter, and the property-man to display the
tent of their resources. The ballet-master, also, aided by tu"
efforts of Miss Ballin, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Miss Mc
shall, contributes some very gracefully arranged Pus;
music forgotten, several very laughable parotiies being in
L;
duced. A parody on " I know a bank where the wild thYr°l„
grows," to the words "
sin now a shop where they sell 1,1,°,1..
clothes," was capitally g
repo Mr. Paul Bedford and No
Wright, who were forced to at it. It is upon the poi%
and hits' at passing events in the rhyming dialogue that feu'a
stress is evidently laid for success, and the audience receive
the jokes with great good humour. One hit at the Pest,
'Bed'
office spy system received rounds of applause. Mr. P. Se
ford, Mr. White, Miss E. Stanley, and Madame Sala, P;
sonated the principal personages, and made them as laugh
ably absurd as any laughter-loving audience 'could desire.

STIPENDIARY JUDGES.-A return has been Pri-e•
sented• to the House 'of Commons, on the motion of Nerti
Wallace, of the number of Sti pencliary Judges in the I.ln,rithe
Kingdom, with the amounts of their salaries. jig
number of Judges in Superior Courts in England
228 ; their salaries amount to 123,5771. ; the Judges
of the Inferior Courts, includine, the Bankruptcy and In;
solvent Debtors' Courts, stipendiary magistrates arbi
others, are 123, with an aggregate amount of salary,°r
e
85,399/. In Ireland, there are 16 Judges of SuP,es.
Courts, with salaries amounting 63,0041. ; and 108 10-r
rior Judges, with 53,0821. Scotland has 13 SuPeri-ii
Judges and 81 Inferior; with salaries of 42,5001. ell
34,4701. respectively.
ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE DlLD•ies.
A Bill further to stay proceedings in certain actions and „
,
the provisions of several statutes for the prevention 0,1
cessive gaining, and to prevent any similar proCeedings vt„e,
taken under those statutes during such further limited tiro
has been prepared and brought in by Viscount Palmerf.
and Mr. Tufnell, M.P. By the first clause qui tam soled
ed
for the recovery of gaming penalties are further slope"
• until the end of the next session of Parliament. The scented
clause enacts, that in any case where actions are prose" na
contrary to the provisions of this Act, a verdict is to be fun,a
for the defendants. The Bill is, we believe, awaiting a sec too
reading on the table of the House' of which Lord Paltners'
is so distinguished a member.
THE BEDFORD BANK ROBBERY.—It will DO "e
membered by some of our readers, that in the month of Seto
~
tember last, the 'Bedford coach was robbed on its wsJol
London, of a parcel containing 1,100/. in banknotes,
bills of exchange, which had been forwarded from Mr. Poi
nerd's bank, for Sir Charles Price and Co. the Lenea
agents. • For a long time the affair remained undetede pf
but about six weeks back .a man was found uttering senl-ar
the lost notes in Dunstable. He was apprehended and 70
veyed to Bedford gaol, and on Wednesday he was PlecepAi
the bar in the Sessions Court, to take his trial. After° al'
inquiry, the jury delivered, a verdict of guilty, and the .
soner was sentenced to be transported for seven years.
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STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.--B(1;:ilr
THURsDAY MORNEiG.—Yesterday, at two o'clock,- the,
quest was held at the Court-house, on -view r
thei.
bodies of the three unfortunate individuals who 10,1%, the
lives by the recent boiler explosion in this town, bele"; itr
Borough Coroner and a respectable jury. After a 10'10
quirt', the inquest was adjourned. The Coroner directedotra
W. Fairbuni, Esq., of Manchester be sent for and regnooll
to examine the boiler, to enable him to give an °Oahu' •
the cause of the explosion when the jury met again. iirror
An act of incendiarism was committed at "k.
hall, Warwickshire, on the afternoon of Sunday IveerromP;
turns out to have been committed by Peter Woolley,a_ ►f, of
who did it in revenge of a refusal on the part of the 700
the owner to give him relief. He has confessed, and
in Warwick gaol.
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So severely is the scarcity in of water felt „col;
suburbs of Bristol, that it is an object of successful sP-
tion to fetch it from a distance, and sell it at Ss- a V('
70 gallons ; and in smaller quantities at a penny an
a
pence per gallon.
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EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A ow
the like of which has never been known within the m_..ehy 011.
of the oldest inhabitant of Beds, occurred in this ell' eat
the 20th instant. Mr. Jeffreys, a farmer,
.residing not So!
Barford, whilst his neighbours were sowing barlpr,_tiotioft
carted a quantity of the same grain.' the barleylF_Area by
t
was the produce of a field that had been severelyp?„
the hail• storm, of the last year, and the occupier Tubut oltoo
ploughed up for:the purpose of sowing it with wheat'lowed it 1-
serving a good deal of the grain growing, he a . oce
stand, and the result has been that he has obtained, el,eaforu
lent crop, a fine, sample of which was exhibited ul
market on Saturday last.—Herts County Press.
THE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT of'_, tee
BETH PALACE.—Thursday Mr. Carter held an intale',rockenr,
Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, on the bodies of Henry r 1
brot"e"-aal
aged 27, a waterman, and William Wright, his
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law, aged 25, a coach painter, who were drownedvi hayiPere ao
evening last, through a boat in which they
come into collision with the Thunder, Putney and
idea li
of
r
steamer. The wives of deceased proved their ,
ixthietnCeossresonetor
bs:yin
the surwho examined that
the consequences of ex parte evidence, he advised
pthroerlendwold,
abneda
wgrisehtTrig.. toifuraoad
at one sitting they would be able to complete
ment of the inquiry to ten o'clock on Tuesday Theernwinhoie_ cape'
—Adjourned.