The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-22 00:00:00

DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE.

The season will commence at Covent-garden, as we,
stated some weeks ago, on the 3d of September, but
it is not finally decided what will be the opera select e 4
for the re-appearance of Miss A. Kemble,
Madame, or the Countess Sartoris. We .have
sonic reason to believe that it will be P,ellini's
Sonnambula, the principal parts all to be filled as the
piece was performed last year. Many of Miss A.
Kemble's friends are for a repetition of Norma, and
the point is really of little consequence, since, even if
it were Elena da Feltri, the least popular of Miss A.
Kemble's characters, the house would be sure to be
filled. One point has been decided, viz., that Madame,
or the Countess Sartoris, will still be called Miss A.
Kemble in the bills of the day. There are a numhez
of stories current respecting, her marriage, and the cause of it, not one of which we belir;ve' to
be true, and we shall therefore add to the currency of
none of them. As we said a fortnight ago, nor father
was quite taken by surprise, and at first sp...
prehended that it would inter:ere with AILS
project at Covent-garden, but he WeIS soon undeceived
upon that point, and it has from the first been our
opinion that the effect of the marriage before -Miss A.
Ketnble has quitted the stage will be to keep her longer.
before the public than was originally anticipated.
If M. Sartoris has no (injection to 111% wifes con-
tinuing on the stage immediately after his un',on, we
can see no reason why sho should not remain there as
long as she finds it profitable.
It now seems certain that. the members or. the Co-
vent-garden company, or the principal peeormers in
it, will hire the . Lyeeum'as an experimenfc, in order
that they may play there on the alternate rights when
Covent-garden will be closed. We are told that this
arrangement does not apply to the vocal department,
and that C. Kemble has engaged them at vroportionate
salaries, on condition that they do not appear e. se-
where, We apprehend, however, that a license will
ho necessary from the Lord Chamberlain, and that,
under the circumstances, it may not be a mere matter
of course to procure it.
The Surrey Theatre has lately been carrying all
before it by the introduction of r?.gular operas on that.-
side of the 'water. A new opera, called Little Rm.(
Riding hood, has been brought out there with grtge,
saceess, the principal vocal parts having been exer,i_
lently sustained by Miss Romer, Harrison, and L
zp lei.
The enterprise does great credit to Mr. Valls
Jones, who is now at the head of the establi.4b ment
and, although the additional expense ine'drr ed has
been very considerable, it has been so amply
repaid as
to leave the lessee a very, large profit.
.
Macready begins at Drury-lane on the 24th Sept.,
his arrangements. not being sufficiently complete co
enable him to open for the season earlier. ExterAlve
preparations are making for the production of Dry-
den's King Arthur with the old English nni,sie on
the first night. This is the opera which NY:v.; post_
pond last year. Comus is also to he revived
with the cast nearly as " underlined" Lint season,
when it was withdrawn in consequence of Vie produc-
tion of it at Covent-garden by Madame V ris. Now
Madame Vestris will lend her assistance to the piece
at Drury-lane. It is stated in several quarters that.
the play at the opening this year Will be Fihakspeare's
Richard the Second, but we are not enabled to spe a
positively on the subject. Managers do not like, to
pledge themselves, lest some accident should inter ,one
to prevent the execution ttf their design. If Ri,..,hard
tke Second be not acted on the first night of the a eason
it will be produced very soon afterwards on a. sr :ale of
most extraordinary splendour and complefzeness.
Macready is resolved to spare no money upa a these
,
revivals, and to follow up his designs rAmme need at
Covent-garden, and which, on his sec'Ad seas on there
so well answered the pUrpose of OA lessee,„—sunda,
Paper.

Jur o'clock on Saturday
hodirsolarstaltiong yen Zr.
was conveying some pane-
! mmeoSnrnuaiinnCgLit,DeaxEsc.
Oie Eastern Counties Railroad.
excavators
from the terminus at Sl..hreditch to Stratford, they no-
tired what appeared to %nem a man sitting agains t the 1 pailings which divided the line from the Old Ford-road
Bow, '.sleep. ,
ow, apparently
They, thinking it a very dan-
gerous place fr'r a person to be, particularly at thr.t time
of the morrang, immediately stopped the engine and
reversed it ; and on coming to the spot where the man
was, they soon discovered that he was suspended by a
rope, it being made fast to some hooks oa the top of the
pailing to prove
* persons getting over ; and to carry
his design into e ect, he was obliged, the pailing not
being high enough to extend his person in a sitting po-
sition, tu tighten the rope round his neck and strangle himself. He is about forty fears of age, and
was dressed in a blaekfrock Goat, black waistcoat and
trowsers, awl his hat had a piece of crape around it. No.
property was found in his possession, except a pocket-
book and a duplicate. The engine-drivers and stokers
of the various engines, who were going up and down
the line all night, have been questioned as to whether
they had seen him before, but not the slightest informa-
tion could be obtained.