The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

On Saturday night "a new and original three-act
comedy," by Mr. Stirling Coyle, entitled Everybody's Friend,
was produced at this theatre, amid such continuous laughter
and applause that Its SUOMI/ did not admit of emetics.
The laurels of the evening rest with Miss Reynolds and
Mr. Compton. To the spirit, vivacity, and perfect stage-
knowledge of the lady much of the success at the play was
doe. She latoured raelonely throughout, and gave point and
effect to many speeches which would have fallen dead
from the lips of a less practised actress. In the pow-
trayal of ecesetricity of a special kind Mr. Compton is
unrivalled, and be hu never been more ettoometally fitted
with a character. Mr. Buckstone seems to have sank his
comic speciality in his laudable managetlal desire
to strengthen the cut, and he seldom now Ia
able to appear to his best advantage ; he made
the most of wh►t he bad to do, and it is nudism to
say delighted the audience. Mrs. Charles Mathews Mind
the opinion originally entertained of her; she is pleasant.
agreeable, and spirited, but has no 'psis] thirtieth talent,
and ham been unable to obtain any hold on the public. Mr-
Charles Mathews cannot edit]; he made Ms nearest approach
to bad acting, perhaps, on Saturday, but there was evidence
of the smiet beaming through his languor, his lack of viva-
city, and his imperfect knowledge of his pert.
The piece wee, as we have said, greeted with the loudest
applause, and will, we have Ito doubt, draw very good houses.
The principals were summoned before the curtain—so was
the author, bat he did not appear.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERe.—The Queen's box at the
Roe Italian Opera was occupied on Saturday evecieg by
Colonel tho Hon. Sir Charles B. PhWs sad Lady Philip,
Captain Sayer and Mrs. Sayer, and 11. Sayer. Among the
fashionable company attend* the theatre were his Excel-
lency the Ambassador of France and the Duchess de
Malakoff, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Mar
of Stafford, the Marquis of Beth, the P.m' of Car-
lisle, the Earl Grosvenor and Lady Coestanos Grosvenor,
the Earl of Dalksith, the Earl Ortodor, the Bart and
Countess of Beetle., the E u 1 of Soften, Visoonntess lialgund
and the Roo. Misses Elliot, Vieconsit Famenth, Viscount
RanelatlLady Brougham sad Kra. Spalding, Lady Ernest
lliPenmen and Mr. Powar,__Lady Weep, Lord
Ado a
s sae Tamped, M.P., Lad Word Count Lads
Corte, Gassed the Him. H. Ceressikit, 001;mall the Hon.
Junes Macdonald, Major the Ms.& Nosolham, Hou.Otwey
Toler, Hon. C. A. Murray, Has.l7. Speteg Riot, Hon. Mrs.
Ives, Lady Curtis, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir
Curio. 'Thiene% Sir George Wow.bwrell. Sir George Army-
tamp Sir Charles Taylor, Sir William De Bathe, Sir Alex-
ander Banuarman Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir=
Boyle' mad Kiss' Bowles, the Right Hon. J. W
Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Brownlow Ham, H.P.
Colonel Bigge, Colonel Myrick, Colonel Linty, Colonel
Mitchell, Colonel Bp& Major Gage, Captain Vivien, Cap-
tain Leyland, Captain Stsaltqa, Celina' Knox, Cspeata
Clayton, Captain Napier Start, Mr. Vansittart, M.P., Mr.
Gerard Stun, M.P., Mr. Wickham, M.P., the Hon. Misses
Blake Mr. Forbes Campbell, Mr. Theodore Uzialli, Mr.
Basely Debra., Mr. Newbury, Mr. Henry Webster, Mr.
Kennedy Erskine, Mr. sad lies. C. H. Howard, Mr. and
Mrs. Cmaniegleam, Kr. Schuster, Kr. Mildmay, Mr. Duff
Gordon, Mr. law, Mr. Woodford, &e.
LORD CAMPBELL ON MARRIAGE WITH • Da-
(=sec iffirs's sawn.—Lord Campbell writes to the
Bcotessas, regretting that his judicial daimon the Midland
Circuit prevented his Wag preeeat at the &Wein the Hoare
of Lords on the second reading ofths MU doe legalising mar-
riages between widowers sad the &tees of their deceased
levee. His lordship says :" I should have been proud
during the debate to have proclaimed the abhorrence wi'h
which almost universally this innovation is viewed in my
native country. Although Scotland was not laoludeA in the
bill, Scotland did well to petition sedan it ; for sa addi-
tional objection to it was that it gowned to estriblieh a dif-
ferent law as to the ementials of the marrisge contract In
different part of the United Kingdom, and if the bill
were to pass, Scotland could not long maintain her
existing cherished law spinet incestuous marriages, which
I believe t 3 le agreeable to Scripture which is sanctioned by
the Confession of Faith, and by a Scottish act of parliament,
end which is so highly conducive to the purity and happiness
of domestic life."
MR. HOPE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
—The saw church in Margaret-ailed, Oxford-street, and
the gorgeous services which take plan in the temporary
dumb, have been made the ground of an attack upon Mr.
Hops is his chars*" of a candklais foe the University of
Cambridge. Xt. Hopes attention having been called to the
rumours by Mr. Perowne, of Corpus Christi College, he has
enchained hie connexion with the church. He nye—. You
call my attention to a belief which, as yea say, prevails to a
great extent, that I not only countenance bat oantrlbute to
the maintenance of what you term the Romanist practices
and ultra-ritualism of the church in Margaret-street, Lou-
don. I beg to value
.you not only that I do not oontribute is
any way to that ntualum, bat that I have nave, on.
been Inside the building la which the services in
question have been for several years conducted. My con-
nexion with the new church in Margaret.street le purely
architectural. A scheme for building a church aomewhere in
London which might be an artistic model was sot on foot
tome years ago, and a succession of circumstances led to its
being constructed for the future use of an ecchadanical dis-
trict formed abut aingsret-street. The architecture' con-
trol of this work devolved upon me, helped on as I was by
the splendid munificence of frieode, who entrusted to me the
admintairstion of their gift,, and I carried it through upon
pl on submitted to and approved by the late Bishop of Lon-
don. But while superintending this building, I never idea-
tided myself with the system of ritualism which grew into
we in that locality, and for several pen base not even bean
an oocesion el member of fits to nvegatkm."
NEWSPAPER Pam FUND.-0a Saturday, the first
manual meeting of the members of this society, established
for the relief of distressed gentlemen connected wit:lei:tub;
lic pros, and their widows aad fusilier when in
riroutusiances, was held at the Freemasons'i Tavern, Great
QQ,e44trest; Mr. Hyde Clerks in the char. The report
state), that although the society had been only nine mouths
in eaLlntce, and commenmi Its orgeniaation at a most unlit- 1
vouroble season—the does of the lest parliamentary session—
it sow numbered 105 members. The subscriptions and do.
nations received amounted to 1371., and the extenditure to
671. Se. 10d., so that there remained in hand a balance of
601. 13a. 2d. In the expenditure was Included, not only the
rent of Wilms and the salary of the collector (the only paid
allow of the society), but also the oast of print-
ing snd advertising required to start the society.
This report having been adopted and the roles of the society
so fat enlarged as to permit the relief of ("inveigled members
of the press, not actual aubecribere to the fond—an altars-
lien adopted on Os advice of Lord St. Lemuude, the pr. tri-
dent of the net 7..tii chairman drew the @Bastion of the
meeting to the ion at preset on foot for the relief of
the family dais has . Witham Weir; sod it was unreal-
measly resolved, es Mr. Weir had, daring the short period
be and the sackey bed been are daunt, shown the wannest
tattiest in Its meow sad afforded the etroagem esecetrego-
sent to its moansams: that the sum of 101. 10s. should be
tentributed flem the Benevolent Fund to the Weir Tribute.
The proceedings then terminated in the timid manner.
CRYSTAL PALACE. HALT-CROWN DAY.—
SATURDAY, APRIL I.—Admissions on payment, 829; dill*
by mans tkida, 1,926. Total visitors, 2.,753.
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