The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

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RAILWAY BILLS IN TIIE HOUSE OF LORDS.—Three
Railway Bills only have been brought up from the House of
Commons to the House of Lords, viz., the Chester and Holy.
head, the Leeds and Dewsbury, and the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Junction. They have been read a first time,
and referred to the Standing Orders Committee, which met
again to-day. It sits twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday.
The Standing Orders Committee will hear evidence to investigate
whether the standing orders of the House have or have not been
complied with. If they come to the former decision, then the Bills
will be read a second time, and should there be any opposition to
them, petitions signifying such is the case will be presented to the
House of Lords. The next step required is for the Bills and
petitions, if any, to be referred to the General Committee ap-
pointed for the session, and that Committee w ill appoint a Select
Committee of five Peers, before which Committee the evidence
will be submitted. When that is gone through, a report will be
made to the House, favourable or unfavourable, as the ease may
be. Should the standing orders prove net to have been complied
with, then a report will be made to the House stating that fact, and
directions will be given by the House as to the future proceedings.

THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.—TWO welcome fa-
vourites made their reappearance in our theatre on Saturday and
last evenings. Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster have come back
for a short engagement among us, and on last evening displayed
the same excellence in their respective walks of art as had pre.
viously won for them such hearty applause in our theatre. The
entertainments of last night consisted of The Mysteriotts Strawy,
iu which Madame Celeste had various opportunities tor the exercise
of her very versatile powers. The piece is one of these melo-
dramas, presenting scenes of Parisian life in various classes of so-
ciety, all the changes of which turn out to be no more than a
dream. In The Pretty Girls of Stilberg, a little trifle, already
favourably known to the public, Celeste and Webster were equal to
their former excellence; nothing could be better than the effect
produced by the latter where he assumes the air and dress of Na-
poleon. The resemblance was as startling as if one of his portraits
had walked from its frame. The amusements of the evening were
terminated by another little French piece, entitled Marie Ducange,
in v;llich these ac.'omplished actors exhibited their usual and well-
known skill and graceful powers.—freeman's Journal.
:MISS KELLY'S THEATRE.—This elegant little
theatre was opened last evening for the purpose of introducing to
the public two young ladies, pupils in Miss Kelly's dramatic school.
The play chosen was the Hunchback, iw which Miss Way, one of
the fair students, took the arduous part of Julia. Her performance
evinced considerable talent, and au accurate conception of the cha-
racter ; but there was a want of physical power, which leads us to
apprehend that it will be some time before she finds herself at
home in a larger house. Here fair coadjutor, Miss Hinton, who
took the coquettish role of Helen. seemed quite at home in the
character. She rallied Julia with great spirit, and taught Medus
to make love with an archness and grace which elicited loud and
general applause. Both ladies are preposessing in appearance.
ALARMING FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—This
morning (Thursday), between the hours of twelve and one o'clock,
as police-constable H 133 was proceeding along his beat, he dis.
covered smoke issuing, through the window-shutters of the pre-
mises belonging to Mr. Wendlcr, hat manufacturer and tobacconist,
situate at 4, Commercial.road, East. The officer, without loss of
time, sounded an alarm in the usual way, but acme time elapsed
before the inmates, consisting of Mr. Wendler and a child, could
be aroused from their slumbers, 'When that was at length accom_
plished, the whole of the front portion of the premises was wrapped
in fire, and all escape for the residents was cut off in that quarter.
fhe occupier, with great presence of mind, took up his child, and
by getting out of one of the back windows, and climbing over the
yard wall, he was enabled to make a retreat into the adjoining
cooperage, and thereby escaped. Engines soon arrived, and taking
advantage of an abundant supply of water, they were enabled to
confine the flames to the premises in which they commenced, but
which were not extinguished before the building and its contents
were destroyed
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCILTY't; FLOWER SHOW, RE.
pA.,..___Yesterday this Society gave their second exhibi.
tion of plants and flowers for the season, which was very nume-_
rously attended, notwithstanding that the weather in the afternoon
was hardly so inviting as the last few fine days had led people to
hope for. The latter part of the day, however, gradually brightened
up, and brought the company from the tents on to the lawns and
promenade to listen to the music of the Ist and 2d Life Guards,
and Royal Horse Guards Blue, who attended as Usual. The Queer:
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lady Gains.
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rough and the Hon. Gi ey, Highne.res the
Duke and Duchess 01 Canibriuge, the Princess Mary of t ambridge,
and the prince Leiningen honoured the exhibition with their pre-
tence id an WV hour.