The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE

Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff commenced a short engage-
ment here last evening. The play was As You Like It,
Mr. Vandenhi ff sustaining the character of Jaques, and
Miss Vandenhoff that of Rosalind. Vandenhoff's sen-
tentious style is exactly suited to the melancholy Jaques.
He acted with great tact and judgment. Miss Vanden-
hoff's Rosalind was a very lady-like performance. They
were both much applauded: the play was very well cast.
Mr. Cowie, as Orlando, was very good, and James
Browne was the quaintest of Touchstones. Indeed bad
he been otherwise than excellent it would have been un-
pardonable, seeing he was so admirably supported by
Montgemerie, as Audrey. Her Audrey is one of
the best on the stage. She is one of the few a! tistes
who understand Shakspeare, and we hope soon to have
the pleasure of seeing her in some more Shaksperian
characters. The play was followed by the farce of Pat's
-17aarifs, with H. Hall, as Larry Hoolagln; after which,
in the farce of the Road-Side Inn, George Wild sus
tainid poor Mathews' character of Buskin, with consi-
derable humour. The pieces were all put on the stage
in an admirable manner.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
royal suite, are expected to arrive at Buckingham
Palace at five o'clock this afternoon, from the Isle
of Wight.

FUNERAL OF THE HON. NV. FRASER.—The mortal
remains of this highly respected and lamented gentleman
were, on Saturday, removed from the residence of Lord
Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-street, and deposited in the
catacombs of the Kensal-green Cemetery. Among the
mourners in attendance were Mejor-General Lord Saltoun
and Captain Fraser (eldest son of the deceased), Sir John
Bayley, Bart., Lieut.-General Browne, Major-General Sir
James Law Lushington, G C. 8., Colonel Fraser (of Castle
Fraser), Colonel Ellis, and several other personal and intimate
friends of the deceased. The service was
,performed by the
Rev. Mr. Scobell.

A MINIATURE ELEPHANT.—On Thursday last,
about five o'clock, a sow in the possession of Mr. William
Higgs, pig-breeder, living at Phcenix• cottage, on the Tev:kes-
bury-road, farrowed twelve young ones. With reference to
eleven of these, there was nothing remarkable, but the other
was certainly a most extraordinary lu.sus nature—the head
presenting exactly the appearance of that of an elephant.
The lower jaw, the trunk, the eyes, the ears, all exactly cor-
responded. This singular little animal only lived for about
oue hour and ten minutes. The owner intends to preserve
the body in spirits as a curiosity. It is difficult to account
for this freak of nature, and we must leave the explanation
to others ; we merely record the fact which our eyes have
seen.— Cheltenham Free Press.

EXTENSIVE FIRE TIIIS MORNING IN THE MINO-
RIEs.—About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out at
No. 83, in the AI inories, in the occupation of Mr. Kirby, oil
and colourman. The inmates escaped with difficulty over the
roof of the next house. Engines were promptly on the spot,
but the result was the destruction of Mr. Kirby's house and
stock. Mr. Ormer's house, next door, and other property,
was considerably damaged.

FOURFOLD ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—Yester-
day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog, High-
street, Poplar, on the body of William Day, aged thirty-one,
a fisherman. It may be recollected that on the sth of
February the deceased and three other persons, named By-
ford, were drowned near the Gallions, off Woolwich, by the
upsetting of their fishing-beat at night, during a squall.
The body of one of the Byfords was found soon after the
accident, and an inquest was held on it by Mr. Lewis,
Coroner for Essex, at Barking. The verdict was " Accidental
death." The body of the deceased man, Day, was found on
Wednesday last, floating in the river, off Bow-creek. The
bodies of two of the Byfords have not yet been found. The
evidence yesterday proved that the men, at eleven o'clock
at night, were coming up the river in a hatch-boat, laden
with fish, and sailing in the wake of a brig. They gained
upon the brig, and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of
wind, blowing off the shore, caught the boat's sails and
upset her. Only one man escaped—a good swimmer, named
Joseph Leach, who related the above facts. Verdict—" Acci-
dental death."

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCII 31.—The
Oriental Company's steam ship Royal Tar came into the
docks last evening, with the Peninsular and Gibraltar mails,
which, on being landed, were forwarded to London by 2 A M.
mail train this day. She left Gibraltar on the 22d instant;
Cadiz, 23d ; Lisbon and Oporto, 25th ; and Vigo, 26th. The
Royal Tar has a fruit cargo and 14 passengers. The Fantome
sloop-of-war, and Spanish line-of battle ship Soberian, wore
at Gibraltar, and the Scout and Flamer steamers, the French
corvette Trido, and brig-of-war Douro, were at Cadiz. The
Tagus steam-ship, Captain Brookes, will leave the docks to-
morrow at three o'clock, with a full cargo of bale goods,
Constantinople. The Tagus will take out thel-7,-st India and
China mails as far as Malta, and thQn be forwarded, in the
Iberia, to Alexandria.

THE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON STEAMER.--We re-
gret to state, that this fine river steamer was driven from
her moorings at Milport, during the storm of Thursday night,
and thrown upon the rocks. She is said to have been seri-
ously damaged. No person was on board,—Glasgow Satur-
day Post.