The Sun. — 1845-03-15 (London, England)

PRINCESS'S THEATII',O4.IIt Banim's tragedy of Damon and Pythias vras„r4,oo_Alig; last evening, with Mr. Edwin Forrest as 1' ,'" sr os", Forrest has now got tolerably used to his aucliel3;ol consequently enabled to do his certainly grallt.gre-ebM ample justice; he has also had the tact to pere,e.ich taat; II:04 those peculiarities of intonation and gesture *Oll, if ,0 0 earlier efforts, and to get rid of them comPle`e,l,...ll; -000;, been enabled, in such a short space of time, 'l'l' oer I I himself of such defects proves, that bur. Forrest(- 011 man of intellect and taste but of gre,a,t h go. y 9 He possesses all the qualifications scni'llis 'Od making up of a first-rate actor, and bed "011 Eiff .ap." career before him. His Damon is a fine 5.' Itil flit piece of acting throughout. His parting rm of e-eotso exquisitely pathetic, and the scene at the PLs—„od 'efortil where he rushes on, looking for his friend, 01 oriy sinks from exhaustion, when the load i 5 re him, 'fa Wmind, and he finds he is not too late to sat. 00.41 ciot conceived and magnificently developed. '"" bea°7 Senate-house enabled Mr. Forrest to give ill lido, ttli cimen of his declamatory powers. Since the woe. 01°,0 Young we have had no such declaimer on tbra lotbeidi excellently supported by Mrs. Stirling a' `ll the 19 Mr. Graham as Pythias, and was called for stool hlo 0 curtain. The house was crowded to excet. etrotV mate drama, thanks to the exertions of Mfr.,' at Forrest, bids fair to be as successful here hitherto been. ,  • errof OLYMPIC THEArr —ilXo6 00,d Last night was the last night of the seasoo,,. oper,Aerl ances were ft,r the benefit of our old frien(Wralk,hreli were glad to see that the lovers of sterling 5et17003:,/ him on the occasion. The house was crowis ,tit of the curtain. The first piece was Carl, wtlp port as the heroine, and Rayner as Rollin°• of do' of Clari there is that beautiful taixtuvrrhei h Pselerif and pathos, in the depicting of '": Ard venport stands unequalled. Never hals- ce. ltd, more beautiful—a more interesting Periern„ience Otti Rolamo was a fine, energetic, manly r-terrie.,The scene in which tie curses his eaughter ntionectrisrl Clari we had the School of Reform, with 7ijie Prbsevoe Tyke. To all playgoers the announcement sal` bid f tint—the character of Tyke is Rayner's vet's' venlig since the death of Emery, and we Devic,.lo4 Ate, Tyke better than he did last evening. -1," ante worthy of the character and ' o'll9 comedy was got up with a very Or ;°-; ° 11's was James Browne as Ferment, act,,lei'or the ti do; and looking as young as ever, with a sinB,c7 th6i style about him, which was quite delightnl'.,' d. Mr. Browne, do not, for the future, place 1h".."-coesiaey. r syllable in the word consideration—it savours 900 estlio the other side of the Atlantic). And there wed coelettiort, ville a 4 Mrs. Ferment, the most lady-like 11:od tredisej actresses; with Waldron as Lord Avondale, ether' —Sys? Martineau as Shelah. The comedy, altogetetl0;00:1;:), lently got up. There then followed a concerti is rt 1 ing feature of which was Rayner's sr!. peP lery, the gods joining in chorus. o,'Whitr i rvoofeliO4:44 concluded with A Rowland for an Oliver, as Alfred Highflyer, and Miss L. Melville as M ter,- garcon Miss L. Melville was excellent in this characd Qs lively, yet genteel withal—never since the (Ist gelf' have we seen such a Maria Darlington as Alinauded• is needless to add that she was rapturously app Clls ------10, -ntoro , Oro, MOST DELIBERATE SUICIDE ATsh Monday, at four P 31., the report of a musket. _too fos geants' mess-room, George-square Barracks "lei P„d, tion to that quarter, and on two men of the his D WO. thither, they found a comrade weltering !manes eltsey deceased was one of the three men in attent,?ol geants' mess, and a few minutea before hit _air he opt° Op' room with the two others, on which occssworent aS.A 0!, be in his usual spirits. Leaving them, he ocl, at``' joining apartment, took off his right boot, 9.04 fashe , ing the lace, lie tied it round his big toe, and t'otree! end to the trigger of the musket. He then 11) they solif in his mouth, gave a jerk with his toe, al? 001_, the firelock blew out the right part of his 001,5sti, has transpired to account for the suninutr.): and 5P to deal with his life. He was a very eiv„,t,,,ve 'le,' and was respected in the regiment. His d Davidson, and he was 26 years of age. glee 0117 Mr. Daniel Richardson, the highlrre; oi Ar or taxing-officer of the Court of BankroPt„trfto,,,,4ol;" residence at Brixton-bill, on the 13th iota.' '0003407 j of paralysis. Mr. Richardson had been We rerip ty (billy connected with the Court as one e.ft,?. biltniotri which he was appointed by his late MaJeel'oesprrte last lie received from the Lord Chancellor tle pose tr Master one hour after his Lordship had ti ' l°c friii it rro it, and in terms the most flattering. o e nO I ILFRACOMBE —Between five and oci.iiiPoce 0 foe morning of the 13th inst., a tremendous Lae 610 1 from the top of Hillsborough, opposite t'-`„00 fe harbour, being a height of more than ,tirnotrofsoo.i beach. The quantity of earth that fell i 3 e..50(1, tilt than 1,000 tons. The crash was awfullY tore" the cliff have continued to fall during pdoo too of that majestic bill is, of course, 1,41°3 pearance.—Somerset County Gazette. sor DARING ROBBERY ON \' ESTMI% WO;llPtiffc/i,; Thursday John Hunt, a boy about 16 years of a.fc,lo,,eotor, j bar at Queen-square, charged with robbery'. „lot .,, '7, spectable-looking young married woman, state a `posbilef lor eight o'clock on the previous evening she WO.„, cll.' 01 lor minster-bridge, when on a sudden a Man notice gO. pinched her arm severely. She took Ito 11—furtP_A4— 1014 thought by complaining she might receive 11,,0 quickened bar pace, but had not proceeded 1114n,(1, Otory ceived a violent blow on the lett side of heedhe" po (qv instant felt that she was being robb, e fict°,,C niaterou and graspe prioner's hand, which he was in the OW" from her pocket with the purse in it. She ofdejlf purse, which contained nine shillings, and laid g5,400,'0,40, but was immediately surrounded by a theforroid3l)^ Pre'e pushed her about and insisted upon her letting 00#, fellow then kicked at her repeatedly, wilen .301.• and the prisoner was ultimately taken into ells, ..cocerented that the parties should be bound over to P'd see tral Criminal Court for the highway robber'', sa committed for trial.