The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.
ADELPHI.
A one-act farce, from the pen of the indefatigable
Morton, was produced here last evening. It is en -
titled the Corporal's Wedding ; or, a Kiss of the
Bride. The scene is lai3 in Plymouth, where a cer-
tain Major Griskin (Selby) and a Sir Felix Marma-
lade (Hudson) are soiourning. The former is a hen-
pecked husband, and the latter a gay bachelor,
affianced to the daughter _of Squire Partridge (Lam-
bert). Corporal Cobb
~(Munyard) has. that morning
been married, and the Major and the Baronet deposit
each a hundred pounds, the stakes to be given to him
who shall first seize a kiss of the bride. Cobb is placed
under arrest for having exceeded his leave 9f
absence, and so far the coast is cleared for the ma
nceuv,•es of the rakes ; but Nancy Cobb (Miss
Woolgar), completely out-generals both the
field-officr and his associate. She is placed
under surveillance in Sir Frederick's apartments
who has that night invited a number of bao7icioy
friends to a take-leave supper. He writes notes 'to
thr,m, putting them off, but Nancy adroitly substi-
tute, for them notes to Lady Arethusa Griskin (capi-
tally acted by Mrs. F. Matthews) and Squire Part-
ridge, inviting* them to Sir Frederick's ; and just as
the Major and Sir Frederick are about to sit down to
a petit souppe with Nancy, the Lady Arethusa, the
Squire, and the guests arrive, and a rare scene of
confusion ensues. Nancy not only obtains the 2001
without the kiss, but, by threatening to report the
Major to " head quarters," obtains the discharge of
the enroll-al ; who, of course, gets the first kiss—
while Sir Frederick loses the hand of Miss Partridge,
which is bestowed upon the man of her choice, Sir
Frederick's secretary, Mr. Ringwood. The farce
was admirably acted, and the laughter was continuous
from the rising to the fall of the curtain. Miss
Wonle•er and Mr. Munyard were called for at the
conclusion, and received with all the honours; and
Selby announced the piece for repetition, every even-
ing, amidst the loud applause of a crowded house.

OLYMPIC.
Miss Davenport appeared last evening in the cha-
racter of Juliana in Tobin's comedy of the Honey
lfoon. There is a freshness and an originality about
this young lady's style of acting which, in these days
of dramatic conventionalisms, i . really delightful. She
is the servile follower of no school. It is evident that
she thinks for herself, and, in every instance, exer-
cises her own taste and judgment; and as that taste
is pure and exquisite, and that judgment is sound and
e wrect, it is no wonder that her success is complete.
Tier Juliana is beautiful. She depicted the wayward,
high sniritel, warm-hearted girl to the life. Tier in-
dignation at the vile deception which she imagines
has been practised on her was admirably given, and
beautifully did she delineate the gradual awakening of
the better feelings of her heart, until at length she be-
comes reconciled to her fate, and really loves the man
whom she had at one time determined to hate. We
have never seen a more beautifully natural and artless
Juliana. Her reading of the part is new, but we are
satisfied that it is the correct one. Waldron, albeit
somewhat heavy, made a respectable Duke Aranza;
and Rayner, as the mock Duke, was first-rate. His
assumption of the dignified bearing of a sovereign
prince, as he sits in judgment, was one of the richest
pieces of humour we have seen for many years, and
reminlerl us of what the drama was in its palmy
days. With regard to the other characters, perhaps
the least said the better. The pantomime, which
seems to increase in attraction the oftener it is re-
peated. followed. It is worth paying a visit to see
the delight of the children at this pantomime. Mr.
Davenport has created a revolution in the nursery,
for it will he henceforth useless to attempt to awe
children into good behaviour by threatening them
with " Old Bacgie." He is now their pet instead of
befog their terror. The theatre was well attended.

JEWISH LITERARY AND SCIEN-
TIFIC INSTIT UTION.

LITERATURE.

FOREIGN LIBRARY.
Chapman and Hall, London. 1845.
The present Number of this comprehensive Mis-
cellany contains the first part of a " History of
France;' translated by Mr. Walter Kelly from the
French of Michelet. The history commences from
the earliest authentic period—that is to say, with a
sketch of the manners, customs, &c , of the Gauls in
the days of the Romans; and the present Part closes
with an account of the dissolution of the Carlovingian
Empire. The author possesses many of the best
qualities of an historian ; he is thoughtful, learned,
patient of research, and shows in every page how
completely his heart is in his subject; moreover, he
is singularly dispassionate and impartial in his
opinions; takes common sense as his guide, and
does not allow himself to be led astray
as is the case with more than one of the modern
French historians—by vague, novel, and showy
theories. M. Michelet has much of the sobriety of the
English character about him, and even our own
Gibbon has scarcely surpassed him in the untiring
assuiduity with which he has pushed his extensive
researches among the mouldering records of past ages.
The liveliest and most picturesque chapter in the
present portion of his history is that which he entitles
" A Picture of France," in which we meet with much
spirited, and even graphic scene-painting, especially
as regards Britanny, and the exhausted volcanic
mountains of Auvergne.

An event, extremely interesting to the members of
the Jewish body in Landon, and, in some degree, to
those in all parts of the kingdom, took place yesterday
evening, in the opening of a new literary and scien-
tific institution, in Leadenhall-street, intended chiefly,
though by no means exclusively, for persons of the
Hebrew persuasion. The name fixed upon by the
founders is " The Jews' and General Library and
Scientific Institution, and " Sussex Hall" has been
chosen As the denomination of the building which the
institution is to occupy. From the numerous attend-
ance,-and other circumstances, it was evident that the
occasion had been looked forward to by many with
deep interest. Amongst the gentlemen assembled,
either to take part in the proceedings or to manifest
their approval of the undertaking, were the following :
Harianel De Castro, Esq., President ; Sir Isaac Lyon
Gold4id, Bart., F.R.S. ; Sir Moses Montefiore,
_F.R.S:; D. Salomons, Esq.; F. H. Goldsmid, Esq. ;
Walter Joseph, Esq. ; Isaac Cohen, Esq. ;
D. W. Wire, Esq.; Barnard Van Owen,
Esq.; Bazil Montagu, Esq. ; and Dr. Raffael, of
Birmingham. A great number of ladies were also
present, and appeared to take great interest in all that
pissed. The theatre of the institution, in which the
company assembled, is a large and handsome apart-
ment, one of the best, in fact, that we have ever seen
in connexion with a literary institution. It had, as
the President stated, been previously used as far back
as eighty years ago, as a Jewish synagogue. The
galleries being retained, and a platform erected on
the spot formerly assigned to the ark, and the dome
in the centre considerably enlarged, the whole pre-
sented a very pleasing effect, and is well adapted for
the purpose for which it is designed.
Shortly after seven o'clock the chair was taken by
the President of the Institution, who commenced the
proceedings by a brief opening address. After ad-
verting to the liberal conduct of the Jews in founding
and supporting charities for the relief of their neces-
sitous brethren, he proceeded to speak of the want
which had been felt of an institution like that which
they were then establishing. They would there he
enabled to cultivate, foster, and encourage those noble
studies which must prove highly advantageous to all
classes of the community, and thus to follow the
example of the many laudable societies which had
endeavoured to ameliorate the condition of their
fellow men. He trusted that the institution would
attract such a large body of subscribers and friends
as would secure its continuance and success.
The Rev. C. M. J. Rantiann then delivered the
inaugural oration. In the course of an eloquent ad-
dress, he remarked that the Jews, as a body. had
never underrated the value of knowledge. Every
page of their history proved the reverse. They were
now preparing, publicly, to vindicate their claims to
rank with the votaries of science, the patrons of lite-
rature, and the benefactors of mankind. It had been
said that institutions already existed which rendered
that which they were forming unnecessary ; and they
had been told that the only effect of the course they
were pursuing, would be to strengthen that barrier
of exclusion which it should be their chief aim to re-
move. The principle of the objection, he admitted,
was right, but he denied its application to the case in
point. This Institution was not exclusive.—
Cheers.) They did not refuse to receive any
person of respectable character, without subject-
ing him to any test of religious opinion, or requiring
him to subscribe any declaration of faith.—(Applause.)
The only ground on which the Institution could pos-
sibly be called exclusive was, that the direction and
management were to be in the hands of Israelites.
He then spoke of the vast importance and interest of
the study of Hebrew literature—a literature which
governed opinion throughout the world, and the force,
simplicity, and beauty of which were, according to
Bishop Lowth, a Christian prelate, above competition.
Jewish literature was, he remarked, the inseparable
companion of civilisation. Long before they heard
of the Henrys and the Edwards of English history,
schoolboys were acquainted with their Joseph and
their Moses; long before they heard of the glorious
names of Waterloo and Trafalgar, they could describe
the fight between David and the Philistine. After
some further remarks in the same strain, he concluded
by expressing a hope that the Institution would be
the instrument of diffusing knowledge, virtue, and
social happiness throughout their own body, and so-
ciety.in general. The conclusion of this oration was
;he signal for a general and prolonged burst of ap-

plause.
Mr. W. BALL then read an extract from his lecture
on the Ancient English Ballads, particularly those
referring to Robin Hood; and concluded by
singing, accompanying himself on the piano,
the celebrated ballad of " Robin Hood and
the Bishop of Hereford," founded on the tradition of
the woodland hero having feasted the Bishop on the
King's venison, and afterwards made him pay 800
crowns for his cheer. The performance was highly
humorous.
A Lecture on Artificial Light, illustrated by ex-
periments, was then delivered by Mr. Jones, of the
Adelaide Gallery.
Other entertainments followed, extending to a late
period of the evening. All of them were well received.
If we can at all read physiognomy, the attendance
was not confined to members of the Jewish persuasion,
but included a considerable sprinkling of members of
other communities, who had been attracted by the
novelty and interest of the occasion.
Several donations were announced in support of the
institution.

THE SUN, LONDON, TIT-SDAY MORN t JANUARY
_2l, IS-

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JAN. 20.—Wind at noon N. to N.W., strong
breeze, and fine. It blew hard last night with heavy
squalls and rain, and continued to rain at intervals till
about, eleven A.M. in the day, when it cleared up, the
wind continuing to blow very strong, with squalls and
passing clouds.
DEAL, JAN. 19.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh and
squally.—Arrd.-Sara Alida Maria, Fikelenberg, Batavia
for Amsterdam ; Pekin, Laing, Calcutta ; Graham,
Mitchell, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Gray, Algoa Bay ;
Goede V redo, Zaal, Surinam for Amsterdam ; Mary
Ellen, Menton, !Matanzas ; Henry Tanner and Ceres,
Smith, Honduras ; G. M. Soule, Mann, New York ;
Perthshire, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ferris, Ichaboe
for Dundee ; Ocean Queen, Mislop, ditto. Put back,
Nancy, for Algoa Bay. It blew hard from S.W. to
S.S.W. last night, with heavy squalls, which have con-
tinued throughout the day.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind W.S.W., strong and
squally.—Arrd. Bonne Mare, Adams, and Mohawk,
Jordeson, Ichaboe ; Vigilant, London for Bermuda.
18. Dunnmore, Gillespie, and St. George, Grayburn,
Ichaboe. Put back, Golden Fleece for Penambuco ;
Planet, and Lady Katherine Buchann, for Jamaica ;
Faestu far Tobago.
DEAL, JAN. 20.—The Rosebud, from Belfast, on the
Goodwin Sands, was got off at half-past eight P.M., last
night, and taken into Ramsgate Harbour.
RemsoATE, JAN.l9.—Wind S.S.W. to S., fresh breeze.
—The Rosebud, Faukner, of and from Belfast, for Lon-
don, got ashore early this morning on the North Sand
Head at the Goodwin Sand ; crew landed at Deal ; boats
are gone to her, and part of cargo has been thrown over.
KINGSTOWN, JAN. 17.—Sld. Santas, Manilla.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN 19.—Fresh breeze. 17. Arrd.
Augustus Frederick, Sunderland, for Ca lais, with da-
mage, having been in contact. The Perseverance, Finch,
of Shields, from Portsmouth to Sunderland, which was
ashore to the northward 17th inst., remains, with much
damage. The Ovid, from Rye, and the Chester, from
London, the two vessels reported with the Perseverance,
still remain.
HULL, JAN. 18.—Wind S., fresh. 17. Sld. Queen
Victoria, Savannah.
Cona, JAN. 17.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. Brunswick,
Frost ; Tom and Jane, Symonds, Fifeshire; Williams
and Brothers, Valley, Ichaboe. bld. Baronet, Buenos
Ayres.
BELFAST, JAN. 16.—Arrd. William Kelson, Alicante,
very leaky, towed up, having been ashore near the South
Rock Light-house.
MILFORD, JAN. 18 —Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd.
Tom Cringle, Mitchell, Ichaboe. The Henrietta and
the Harmony, both from Llanelly to London, ashore in
Sandy Haven, are discharging their cargoes.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 19.—Arrd. Medway steamer,
Nevett, West Indies left St. Thomas 31st ult. Sld.
Avon steamer, West Indies.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.W., blowing hard.
—Arrd. John Fleming, London to Madras ; Hendrick
Hudson, London for New York ; Grace Darling, Arith,
Madeira. A mast, cut away just under the rigging, with
a topmast and yard attached, much chafed, was passed
in the Channel yesterday.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.—A hurricane, which hove the
ship on her beam-ends, and washed away bulwarks and
stanchions, 8:.c., was experienced on the 11th inst., in lat.
47 N., lon. 15 W., by the Hindoo, arrived at this port.
Arrd. Hindoo, Beard, Calcutta and Bahia, left the latter
place on the 23d of November; Currency, Brodrick,
Calcutta ; Albatross, Mills, Bombay ; J. Thompson,
Powell, Ceylon; Clydesdale, Ichabue; Sarah Owens,
Bonny, sailed Nov. 9, Fernando Po 18th; Cora, Smith,
New Calabar; Tinamara, Eaton, Ceara; Friendship,
Anderson, Honduras ; Diana, Fanny, and Russell,
Glover, New Orleans; Lancaster and Nicholas, Biddle,
Savannah; Edinburgh and Lismahago, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Argyle, Clements, St. Andrew's. 19. Lady
Amherst, China; Intrinsic and Royal Archer, Ichaboe;
Mary, Demerara; Elizabeth Buce and Mayland, New
Orleans; William Bryard, St. Andrew's, New Bruns-
wick; Montague, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Bella
Portena, supposed from Buenos Ayres. Sld. Madison,
New Orleans (not Palmyra); Mary, Sierra Leone; Re-
nard, Santa Martha.
CASTLETOWN, J 15.--The Circassian, Drury, of
Sunderland, which put in here to repair damages, in
going out of the inner anchorage took the ground, and
remains, but is expected off without much damage.
THEDDLETHORPE, JAN. 19.—The John and Mary,
Jamieson, of Hull, from Dunkirk, got on the strand
near Saltfleet yesterday morning, but was got off after
discharging part of her cargo.
WARRENPOINT, JAN. 18.—The schooner Frolic, from
Liverpool to Dordt, went ashore yesterday morning near
Newcastle, and is expected to become a wreck—crew
saved.

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ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 18.—The Hadgill, of and from
Shields to London, struck en the Ridge Sand, but came
off without assistance, and proceeded with extra hands,
leaking.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.—The Devonshire steamer,
nhich was aground on East Hoyle on the 16th
instant, was got off, after being lightened, and
towed in by one of the steam tugs. The
Mayflower, from London to Hobart Town, was
telegraphed going into Bahia, with loss of foremast,
&c., by the Hindoo, arrived here. A boat from the
schooner Cadiz packet, with the master, three men, and
a passenger, was picked up off Fernando de Norouha,
sth ult., and supplied with provisions, by the Hindoo,
arrived here. On coming in sight of the vessel, in
search of which the Ilindoo hauled up for the land, the
boat left the Ilintloo.
MUMBLES, JAN. 18.—Arrd. Alderman Pirie, Cuba.
CLYDE, JAN. 17.—Wind S. W. 18. S.—Arrd. Prowler,
Harvey, Demerara ; Howard, Hill, Mobile.
IcirsuoE.—Arrd. Albion, Blucher, Jeannie Deans,
and Sunflower.
TORBAY, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.W., strong.—Arrd.
Britannia, Hull, for Monte Video. Off, Olga, Batavia
and Hamburgh ; Fanny, ditto, for Amsterdam ; Kelsick
Wood, Brown, Berbice.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Arrd. Rover, Webster, Icba-
boe, crew landed sick of scurvy; Candidate, Cook, ditto ;
Ranabalo Manjaka, London, for Cape Coast Castle,
rudder damaged, bowsprit sprung, and pumps choked ;
Post Boy, London, for St. Michael's, bore up from lon. 9
W. ; Brilliant, ditto, for ditto, totally dismantled, decks
swept, and one man washed overboard, has been in tow
of the Post Boy three times. The Candidate, arrived
here, passed the Thomas Laurie, abandoned, the day
after leaving Ichaboe.