The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1861.

WHERE CAN WE AtEET AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden. r

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jIL are those mad. by Ie.LSTOB, of ('A New Bond-street.
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor .so dear as to gain only the
wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis."

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SHAKSPERE SCHOOL. OF THE ROYAL
DRAMATIC COLLEGE.
Under the Patronag,e of her Most Gracious Majesty the
QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE of
WALES.
TE RCENTENARY COMMITTEE.

The Council of the Royal Dramatic College have formed a
Shakspere Tercentenary Committee for the purpose of in -
viting• public support in aid of the E REC rION and E NDOW-
MENT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and
general education of the Children of Actors and Dramatic
Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument •to the
memory of the Poet. _ _ _

A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi
Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be
given... Noblemen and gentlemen desirous of becoming mem-
bers of the committee or subscribers are requested to com-
municate with the undersigned.
BENJAMIN WEBSTER.
New Theatre Royal Adelphi, Feb. 27, 1864.

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

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THE NAVY.
4drniral of the Blue Sir G. R. Lambert, KC.B.,
will to-day haul doivtais flag on board the For-
-84, as Naval, Commander-in-Chief at the
Noce, and of all vessels-at Chatham, and will be
sucleeedeciby Vice-Admpal Sir Charles Talbot,
K.C.lr,who will hoistliAlag (red at the fore) on
boarcrtlAikirflthltible tt-ttorrow.
The screw steam guaWssel Torch, Commander
Frederick linith, 111'14E4 in Plymouth Sound
yesterday. m SA, Jef,t,
,Siser Leone on the 23d of
January, when the onlAhip of war in the river
was the screw stcamtnprvitte Rattlesnake, 21, Com-
mander Thomas 4A. De Viral, flag of Commodore
Arthur P. E. Wifinot, C.B. The Torch will pro-
bably go to Sheerness '
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty—Capt. C. L. Waddilove, to the
Adventure, her complement having been altered,
vice Commander Curme, promoted ; Commander
W. E. Gordon and Lieut. Day IL Bosanquet to the
Ranger ; Lieut. Edward Pilkington to the Excel-
lent; Lieut. John Eliot to thenake of Wellington;
Wm. Morgan, paymaster, to be secretary to Vice.
Admiral Sir Chas. Talbot; Cttc. P. Martin, pay-
master, additional, to the Peroke; Edwd. Hin-
vest, second master, to the Medina; Wm. Horn,
second master, to the Ranger; Dr. James Martin,
assist.-surg. to the St. Vincent, for the Seaiark ;
Walter P. J. Purcell, assistesurg. to Greenwich
Hospital; Edward T. Piper, midshipman, to the
Aurora ; John S. Luckraft, midshipman, to the
Princess Royal ; Frederick C. L. Neville, master's
assist., to the Ranger; Brownlow E. Maitland,
nominated to a naval cadetship; T. Burnet, engineer,
to the Ranger; C. E. Uffindell and T. J. Walters,
assist. engineers, to the Ranger; Thos. Crossman,
assist. engineer, to the Cumberland, to be lent to the
Castor for the Handy; and Matthew Wellington,
clerk in the Formidable, to be Secretary's clerk.
Staff Commander William Hemsley has been re-
moved to the list of retired commanders..

The Shakspere Jubilee Under Garrick,

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The Shakspere Jubilee (for the three most notable cem-
metnorations hitherto held are rather conveniently distin-
guishable by the three names, "jubilee," "gala," end
"festival, usually applied to them) was held in 1769. I t
had no connection with the day or the centenary of Shak-
spore's birth or death, but arose wholly out of local circum-
stances at the time. The corporation of Stratford-upon-
Avon having built a new town-hall in 1763, a particular
niche in the fac tde seemed to be in want of a statue to fill
it up; and it was suggested that a bust or statue of
William Shakapere, whose birth had shed so great a lustre
over that town, would be particularly suitable for that
purpose. George Alexander Steevens, tho commentator
on Shakapere, was the medium far communicating
this idea to David Garrick, then in the zenith of
his power. Garrick had a number of small enemies (per-
haps only small), who accused him of vanity and a love of
personal adulation ; but it was at anyrate a good quarter to
apply to for this particular purpose. A correspondence arose,
in which Garrick so highly pleased the corporation, that
they sent him the freedom of the borough, enclosed in a box
made from the wood of Shakspere's celebrated mulberry-
tree, and requested Garrick's picture in return. These corn-
piiraents set the brain of the actor at work. He either sug-
gested or cordially supported a project for some kind of gala
or jubilee in honour of Shakspere, to be held at Stratford •
His detractors afterwards said that he did this with a view to
his own benefit, in connection with an intended reproduc-
tion of the pageant at Drury-lane Theatre, of which he was
manager. Such a motive had possibly something to do with
the matter; but the great actor was unquestionably influ-
enced also by a genuine wish to do honour to the still greater
bard. The project, by whomsoever suggested, was favour-
ably received at Stratford and elsewhere; and subscriptions
from various quarters enabled a managing committee to de-
velop the detailed plan of a jubilee for the autumn of 1769.
A large octagonal amphitheatre, somewhat resembling the
then celebrated Rotunda at, Ranolagh, was erected on the
Bancroft, a meadow on the banks of the beautiful
Avon; it was fitted to accommodate one thousand persons;
and it was made ornate, with a colonnade, a raised orchestra,
a doaie, a chandelier of eight hundred lights, and gilding,
and painting, and drapery. On the•inargin of the river were
ranged sixteen 32-pounders, sixteen cannon of smaller cali-
bre, twelve cohorns, and some mortars. Two waggon-loads
of fireworks and illumination-laraps were sent down from
London. A ribbon, to be afterwards made into favours, was
devised by the Coventry weavers, with rainbow hues, in-
tended to typify the many-coloured hues of Shakspere's
genius ; and a medal was stamped at Birmingham, to be
struck in gold, silver, and copper, according te the means
of the tastes of the purchasers. The medal had a bas-relief
of Shakspere on one side, with the words from his own
Hamlet; "We shall not look upon his like again." David
Garrick and his brother qreorge were amazingly busy in
superintending the preparations ;
.for David was appointed
steward, and he certainly did not comport himself in many
ways as if it were his jubilee.
At 5 o'clock on the morning of the 6th of September, 1769,
the gjiests with which the town of Stratford-on-Avon was
crammed were awakened from their slumbers by the firing
of cannon, and soon afterwards the principal ladies were
serenaded by a number of young men fantastically dressed,
who sang two songs written for the occasion by Garrick,
accompanied by haut-boys, flutes, clarionets, guitars, and
other instruments. After this auspicious commencement,
the corporation and a large number of visitors breakfasted
together at the new town-hall, or Shakspere's-hall, as it
was also termed. The mayor and the town clerk, on this
occasion, presented to Garrick the insignia of his office as
steward, comprising a medal and a wand made 7from the
farno,itamulberry tree. The breakfast was a:very gay affair ;
jubilee ribbons and jubilee medals were almost universally
woirn, while dukes and earls, lords and ladies, were present
in considerable number. The company then proceeded. to
the church, where, at 11 o'clock, commenced Arne's ora-
torio OF " 'Judith.," performed by singers and instrumen-
talists from London. This done, the steward, the singers,
,the instrumentalists, the corporation, and the guests went
from the church to the new amphitheatre. As they passed
the house in which Shakspere was born, some verses were
.sung in honour of the bard ; verses, it must be admitted—
for two of the lines ran thus :

Here nature nurs'd her darling boy,
From whom all care and sorrow fly I
—which the bard himself would not greatly have admired.
At three o'clock, a banquet was held in the amphitheatre,
Annus,- ed by, t‘ nqw aq.pas,_catohes, frayttrless adapted tn.the
ortne jubilee. In tne evening, there was a grand
ball in the amphitheatre, and very gay illuminations and
fireworks for the people.

All went off well on the first day. Not so on the second,
when the clouds took the matter into their own hands.
There was to have been a pageant from the town-hall to the
amphitheatre, consisting of about 170 actors and actresses
from the London and provincial theatres, dressed to repre-
sent an equal number of characters in Shakspere's plays,
with a large and highly-ornamented triumphal car; "in
which," as Wheeler in his " History of Stratford-on-Avon
tells us, "two persons, representing Melpomene and Thalia,
with the Graces, were to be drawn by six persons habited
like Satyrs, with attendants carrying emblematical devices
and insignia, and accompanied by the whole band of vocal
and instrumental music, to perform a serenade at Shak-
spere's statue, and crown it with a wreath of laurel." But
as the rain peppered down Lriskly, Melpomene, Thalia, the
Graces, and the Satyrs took off their fancy dresses, and the
procession was abandoned. Other amusements were, how.
ever, abundant. After a renewal of cannon-firing, bell-
ringing, lady-serenading, and public-breakfasting, the com-
pany went to the amphitheatre to hear a dedication ode. In
the centre of the orchestra, with his steward's wand of mul-
berry wood in his hand, a medallion suspended from his
breast, and a richly. embroidered suit of brown, sat David
Garrick ; on a higher level was a statue of Shakspere, which
Garrick had caused to be cast, to occupy eventually the
vacant niche in front of the town-hall ; and by the side of
the statue was Dr. Arne, as conductor of the orchestra.
After a preliminary overture, Garrick rose and recited the
ode written by himself. It was a sort of cantata, with airs
and choruses between the recited portions--all, of course,
in honour of Shakspere. Ono of the included airs (" Thou
soft-flowing Avon") afterwards became very popular. The
crowning of the statue was dispensed with, because Melpo-
mene and Thalia had been disappointed by the wet,
A strange episode, or what theatrical folks would call a
"gag," was presented on this occasion. After the ode
Garrick stood up and delivered a prose encomium on Shaks-
pere, in which he challenged any one to urge anything
against the immortal bard. Whereupon Mr, King, a cele-
brated comedian of those days, came forward in a great-coat,
and requested to be heard. Permission being granted King
went into the orchestra, took off his greatcoat, and appeared
in a suit of blue and silver. He attacked Shakspere's
character and fume, and censured him, ironically, as a very
ill-bred fellow, for domineering over our own passions, and
making people laugh and cry as he thought proper, When
King had finished, Garrick rose and addressed the ladies
in a rhymed epilogue, complimenting them on the regard
they had always shown to Shakspere, and exhorting them
to support the reputation of a poet who was so remarkable
for upholding the dignity of the female character. This
theatrical trick, whether planned originally by Garrick or
by King, was certainly not up to the level of the occasion ;
but possibly it was an after thought, to fill up a programme
otherwise interfered with by the rain.--Chambers' Journal,
New and _lmproved Series.

THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT KAGOSIMA
by the British bombardment is estimated at £1,000,000, and
1,500 persons were killed•

A capital conviction has taken place at Carrick-
on-Shannon before Mr. Justice Christian. Edward
Stamford was found guilty of the murder of Michael
M'Dermott, on the return of the latter from the fair of
Mobil!, at 10 o'clock at night. Tho deceased and one
Reilly, after having had some drink, lighted their pipes
and went their way, and while the rain was beating in their
faces a tall man struck Reilly down. When ho recovered
he saw M'llermott lying as if dead, and the tall man stoop-
ing over him apparently robbing him. The evidence of
identification of the prisoner was entirely circumstantial.
It was proved he was seen in company with the deceased;
a stick was found, a tobacco box, a watch and other articles,
and some half-crowns; and although the pockets of the
deceased were turned inside out, murder went away unre•
warded in its chief and ungodly aim—the in notes which
the unfortunate M'Bermott had received at the fair for a
heifer was found safe in his left inside vest pocket. No
witnesses were examined for the defence, and the jury in half
an hour found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced for
execution on the 24th of next March.

PRIVATE INQUIRIES TintouGll THE POLICE,—
Lieutenant-General Cartwright, her Majesty's In-
spector of Constabulary for the midland districts of England
and for North Wales, notices in his report for the past year
made to the Secretary of State that in the course of his in-
spection he discovered it to be a common practice in many
counties for individuals and companies to communicate with
the police, seeking private information as to the character,
respectability, and means of persons residing on their dis-
tricts, and offering remuneration for the service. Lieutenant
General Cartwright regards it as a most dangerous trans-
gression of police duty, quite foreign to the purposes for
which the forco was established, and seri( usly imperilling
its popularity and efficiency. He reports that in his circuit
of inspecti•in wherever he mentioned the practice to any of
those in command of forces it met with their immediate re-
probation, and this may check the system; but he consi-
dered the subject of such vital importance to the force that
he thcught it his duty to bring it under the consideration
of the Secretary of State, and to express his opinion that
the practice must be at PIM nag completely suppressed.