The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

- -7 - - 7 --
Lemaitre, alias Frederic the Great, made his re.
appearance list evening in Don Ccesar de Baian.
ThiS impersonaion is so well known and appreciated
that any critical comment would be altogether *vuper-
flhons. We know of noshing so thoroug:ly ETtistio
as Limaitre's Don Cmm.. The ragged, debaviched,
.
reAksi, brave, degoge, gentleirmily vagabond,
been well sustained on tho-*listi stage by ck
,
and 'Webster, but Lemartre,4s the • man for the part.
force
altassttUd' fo: ilf
attest oeras. s7lll. fresh,
1 di le.
!fie camefinished
u tasi n l
a great
v e
Clarisse played Maritana delightfully, her passion and
her pathos being alike exquisite: These two bright
stars were, of course, friled with. the most cordial
enthusiasm. Previous to Don Cesar de Bazan a new
vaudeville was enacted, entitled La Gorda Sensible.
It is founded on the niaiseries of a brace of lovers,
each of whom wins tho lady of his love by un appeal
to la corde sensible. The vaudeville was gracefully
acted by MM. Villot and Thiron, and Mdlles. Villot
and Cauvin. The play 'of Don Ccesar will be re-
peated on Wednesday; and on Friday we are pro•
mised Palithsse' Frederick's last creation, which, under
the name of Belphegor- the Mountebank, or some
variation th,?reof, was recently given at almost all the
minor theatres in London.

piece has
, ri, ,
'3 I RAND
wheo changes THEATRE.
A new•
ated by Mr. Rogers,
and rushes"'
The
nhbrought out here, called My
is and
Lover the Captain. Captain Kidd, is persoL-
in a frantic manner for thea
marvel-
lous expedition, and out of a cupboard
made out, of hoodwinking- costume
withl3er cloudily
the hand of his niece. He
is
aold. pundit and gaining
sosfzsted in his efforts to
anaLve the audience by a score
.charity boys, a pert
waiting-maid, and a. policeman th the now well-
established joke of the rabbit-pit%
by
ih was first in-
troduced to theatrical audiences' in the
late pantomime at the Princess's Theatre. Ally
butilly Lover
the Captain was favourably received,not
equal to very many of the novelties produced is
by the
spirited and indefatigable manager of Punch', Play-
house.

SAYINGS BANKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Parliament are now calling for further re-
turns from the trustees of savings banks. The object
of those institutions, as set forth in the law applicalle
to them, is, "for the.safe `custody and increase of
small savings belonging to the industrious classes,"
evidently intending the working classes.
Now, it is " a great fact", that scarcely one half
(if one half) of the investments in banks for savings
belongs to this description of persons, and, conse-
quently, the object aimed at by the Legislature is
abused, and, in part, defeated by trustees and ma-
nagers of many institutions permitting such indi-
viduals to invest who it was never intended by the
lawgiver should do. A remedy for the evil, and I
believe a growing evil, ought to be at once applied.
Bth March, 1852. A LOOKER-ON.

A COUNTRY COURT-HOUSE.
The mass of heads cud faces packed into th 3 space
without the railing would have afforded an interesting
study to the phrenologist or physiognomist. It is a
curious fact that almost the only portion of the " public"
that takes such interest in the procecdiegs of the courts
of law as to induce them to attend there as spectators of
their great lessons, are those who are themselves always
hoveriug on the borders of crime. Ten to one but YOU
see some of those identical personages who are now
without the rail, to-morrow standing within it. Have
the lessons taught them anything but familiarity with
crime? Who ever dreams of going to learn virtue in a
criminal court ? Look at those heads mostly
shaggy and unkempt, rough, and large ; some
of them bullet-heade, protuberant, nod massive ;
others " eith foreheads villainously low," exhibiting
in the regions of tte moral feelings and intellect
the very minimum of development. The faces are
mostly unwashed; perspiration hed, ws them • some are
red and fleshy, open-mouthed, large-nostrilled, and large
eared. Others are pallid and sberpened, as if by want;
and they exhibit a keenness of look, watching every word
which falls from the bench, as if their own life and
liberty were the thing at stake. When any more than
ordinarily severe remark talk from some magistrate
" determined to do his cloy," murmurs rise from the
heated crowd, and a commotion stirs them from side
to bide, which is stilled by the loud cry of the police-
man within the bar, of " Order iu the Court! Silence!"
On the day in question, the crowd' without the
mils seemed more than usually interested in the proceed-
ings; there were some smock-frocked men among
thorn—evidently labourers out of employment, who
bad come there because they had nothing else to do, or
perhaps because they felt some anxious interest in the
fete of the prisoner at the bar. You might
ighitnalasofuheetriaet ord
there catch a glimpse of a shaggy fellow
velveteen shooting-jacket—he,iriug on his face the marks
.of exposure, to rough weather—scarred and blurred,
tanned by the sun and the wind,—and through which
you could eetect but little indication of tho workings of
the soul within. Only the eye, which sometimes glared
with a kind f savage light, and at other times drooped
below the fishes with an expression of subdued cunning,
gave eviderces that human passions and feelings worked
within. These yen had little diflisulty in recognizing as
poachers, who swarmed in the neighbourhood, both in
the town hf Mudley and the surrounding villages.—Eliza
Cooks Journal

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF lioaDoN.—The 79th anni-
versary of this society was held yesterday at the Albion
Tavern, Alders rate-street, when the annual oration was do-
livereii by Edwin Carlton to • a nuriterbus meeting of
the F: Cows.

THE jr'"
Cieirili:a°s‘l'iktheli3n,
. . .
COMIVstoN OF LUNACY ON A CITANCERY Pita-
SONEii,..-On Friday .• a writ de -I.nat;co inquirendo was
executed at the Smithwa,k Literary Institution, Borough-
road, Southwark, 'bele.d Mr. Commissioner Winslow, and
18 special jurors, respecting the state of mind of John Price,
Esq., aged 81, totally blind, late of Margate, in the county of
Kent, but now an inmate of the QUeen's Prison, confined for
contempt of the Court of chancery, a gentleman possessed of
property of the value of /30,000/. The commission had been
issued by Mr. John Wild Price, the only son of the unfortu-
rate gentleman, with a view to his liberation.
.The jury re-
turned-a verdict—That John Price, is now of unsound mind,
and incapable of managing himself and his affairs, and has
been So since the lit of October, 1843. •
PORT OF FoLF.ESTONE —The Lords of the Trea-
sury bare nominated an assistant lauding surveyor, and also
an additional searcher and landitts waiter, at the Tort of
Folkestone. For some time past the increasing business in
the impart trade of silk goods and general merchandise from
France has rendered it necessary to have two of the London
. officers stationed at the port of Folkestone, iu order to pro-
tect the interests of the revenue, ,and prevent delay and in-
convenience to trade, until arrangements could be made,
which have now been effected, for permanently increasing the
establishment of the port by the appointment of two extra
o'llcers to the place liar that purpose.
stliTe''warl of Farrinolon ,
oftr
t()lfi a ts I I{,i!rie)la-Nt.
Infer:nation having been given to Aldtirman Kelly the
iwlilelChrist's hospital statr?s, that certain publicans Within, in
asdNivcitiihonrldveeiriet inspitrilites,lia:itlbdit
)ekil headSP7l.
2; some of the
StlPlP.er.si:ect.t
to result front the practice, immediate'
bre-
thren upon the subject. The alderman
. V consulted bis
that the teak clerk sh.)ol send a'cop unwiediatelS directed
children
ijdurrei
of the section of the
-Act of 'Patliament to , every licensed- :.
victualler in the ward,
together with the assurance that the
en-
forced, and that any complaints'
penalties should be . should
at-
tended to on licensing day, with be particularly
punishment than the law
provided for its violation. The
following its the part of the
Victoria, cap. 94, sec. ,17 t enactment alluded to, 2d and 3d
. proving the Police in - , lititled "An Act for further Ito-
, it furth'er ,enacted, that every
near the lIettopolis:"—" And be
liquors who shall knowingly
person licensed to del in excis-
ablehowingly supply any sort of distilled
exciseable liquor to .
age- of 16 years, to any boy or girl, apparently udder the
beof firm*. upon the premises, shall be
liable to a penalty
, . not More than ,103.,•and upon con-
viction of a tl •
iiro offence shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than .51." . .

IJATTN, Cli OF A
_ ..
IIoYAL M 5: '
high AIL -CnEw ComFANy.—Yesterday (Friday), at
`: TEAAIER FOR 'THE AUsTRALTAN
water, the first of four splendidserew-steamers, building
by the same firm, for Messrs. Bwns, was launched from the
8/Ip-building yard of Messrs. William Denny and Brothers.
She waS named the Ausiralian, and is an iron Screw propeller
steam-ahiP, of about l,:-'00 tons burden, and 350 horse power,
the principal divisions being:—Length of keel and forerake,
216 feet; breadth of beam, 34 feet: depth of hold from main
deck, 18 feet ; ditto from spar deck, 25 feet. The engines
are made by Messrs. Tultoch and Denny, and are side levers
of the most improved construction. The Australian is to be
employed by the Australian Royal Nail Steam Navigation
Company, under contract with Government for the convey-
ance of her Maiesty's mailS. between Great Britain and Aus-
tralia. A similar vessel is building, and in a forward state,
by the same parties, named the Sydney. and will be ready
to be launched in about three weeks- Within a few hours of
being Winched, the first part of the heavy machinery was
put on board, and withiti six weeks the Australian will be
ready for sea, and on her station.. '1 he model of the Austra-
tliialentiwuzaislivtiewtryeinstltilaal dinotriraedgboyod toheoas.egoisea-going
craft, combined competent
with quick sailing and large stowage. Tie cabin accommo-
dations are most extensive, and will berth upwards of 210
passengers. The cabins for the officers will be on deck, hut
the crew will bo stowed below in comfortable quarters. She
is
,to be full ship-rigged with three masts, each carrying
t.ialis;taugpe,tovi2i.ro:
square sails.—North British Daily Hail, Saturday.
INCREASE OF BUSINSSS AT THE GENERAL POST-
OFFICE.--During the last week the business at the General
Post-office has materially increased in consequence of the
part of the United Kingdom through the
great taCtlities now afforded to publishers of printed books
(works of every description), magazines, reviews, prints,
maps, &c., and to the public at large, to forward them t
and from every
--for
packets 110 t erKceei..iii„ . weight, ~c.
and not cxceedi I; albs ,1,. 6LI. ; and Soon, lid. being chi 8.
;
post at the followiii:g,rieldbu.etidn rates of
charged
for every complete pound or fraction therenf. \o packet
must exceed two feet in length (n any
or contain letter open
or wailed), and time postage must be
i
prepaid
n full by
otExing the proper number of :.t...inpzl ell,'de" One of the
rest advantages of this new arranv,Q.ll' t„,'t is that prints and
"I
-an b• s' nt through tale ltas t• (Alice
on rollers, and
inarkera for books, or whatever •
transmision of literary works and l';requisite for the sate
may also be forwarded to Ceylon objects of art. The same
by the monthly India mails f
(either British foreign)
or
at the rate of Is. per lb. yom Southampton viet Egypt
lists, di., may be now 1 British prices. current, commercial
ships, direct to Denmark transmitted by packets or private
periodical works at 91 at the rate of one penny each, and
A box is about to a per ounce up to rixteen ounces.
specially for hook- c opened at St. Martin'sale-Grand
parcels = ) as to prevent the confusion
t h the ey would make in 2 usuil letter-boxes and newspapers.
The advantagee of the above facilities will be the cause of a
great increase i
1
d not.
in the circulation of periodical works, which
hitherto could
post-office be sent through the except at
rwe.
a heavy
It is stated that a new tourpenny and six-
penny stamp is shortly issued from the Stamp-offices
to be . , nap-office,
which will
. 0R,70 much trouble In the Minium' Pf demo aa,,
quizzed to •In faxed on parole. . .