The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-27 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S TgEATBE.

.
jlust half-a-centuryg '
the eve of bidding
Bartleycareer 4D
isf on
stage. His last ' engagement, one
"are on Monday
adufiAftrnaatileorfne,r aetwh
farewell
histrionict veteran
he
of twelve nights, commenced at this the
last, and it may be safely said of this okl. and favourite
friend of the public, although " spectatut 't (non) 8464
et donatum jam. rude," that he still person. ..,
mortal Falstaff with all the freshness and vig ''Morn
ijorvia
Iles the int-
ality of former years. Where are we now to t_,,urn for
worthy successor to Bartley in this difficult a °`f lit of
liar role, descrying as yet no sack-fed kn 14.,,,usrie,
girth " looming in the future ? " Mr. (du' :,.; as
Kean's chivalrous portraiture of the fiery ,)
well as the tasteful splendour with boardswhichethejlr
of tht.'t
of Henry the Fourth is brought out on
.ti,iiraiter Lacy was
Princess's, demand no comment. M;n, was, as might
the Prince of Wales; and the politicr b
fmely represented
be expected from the able artist, irst Felt
ast delightful of comedies,
the Merry Wives of Windsor,
nict°ers, in addition to theludi-
excellently sustained.
by Mr. Ryder, in look, speech, :d Iction. On
was presented, and all the chrwere
crously sinful old man h
Mrs.' were assuredly never better
Ford to absolute perfection,
and Mrs. Winstartley.
than by
represented
Mr.and Kean
~gmaveerrythejeali&sicean
minor (but never .
unimportant) charactei•3
actors on the ,
l ys it was gratifying to witness the'
in Shakespere.s p
a ce with w ic
- all', h the irascible Doctor Caius was
isoignifiteednby Mr.Leclercq, who deserves credit for as artis-
-- ves and telling a bit of acting as we could wish to behold ;
tic .
Mr. Addis due to '
and like praise isAddison 's Host of the Garter
and Mr. Meadows's Sir Hugh. The only conceivable
improvement and it were decided one—would have
been an interchange of parts between Messrs. Harley
and Meadows, the former taking the Welsh par'
son, and the latter Master Slender. Ann Page
was prettily played by Miss Desborough • and Mrs.
Quickly
Daly's Dame
was very good. The amiable
trio of hangers-on was capitally made up ; Mr. Ryder's
aspect as Pistol was that of a seedy Mephistopheles.
The picturesque propriety of all the costumes serves to
attest the pains bestowed on the production of the
comedy in a worthy spirit of completeness.
ndayst
Mr. Bartley is announced to appear on 310 , o
Thursdays, and Saturdays ; Saturday, Denenlberdesio.
r (the 50th anniversary of his debut in London)
tbgeng
tined to witness his final retirement from the e aT

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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OE A CUSTODI-HOUSE OFFICER,--.
During yesterday and Thursday considerable sensation
was caused among the various officials of the London
Docks in consequence of the sudden a
tidisappeaarance of
Mr. Thomas Pitcher, aged 36 years, de-witer an&
Custom-house officer connectod with the Excise and
Revenue-office, who had been missing since Wednesdai
night last. It appears that the deceased had been di•
rected to go on board a foreign ship called the Pepitay
a Spanish vessel whith had been towed into North
Quay of the London Docks, a few days since, from the
river. There are various rumours prevalent, and one
is, that the deceased must have quarrelled with the fo-
reign sailors during the night, and by some means have
fallen overboard. He was a steady officer, and much
respected.
FOUR, LIVES LOST BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT.—
A, shocking accident occurred yesterday morning on the
Humber, opposite Hull, which has cast a shade of gloom
over all. By the upsetting of a boat, four poor fellows
have been launched suddenly into eternity.

Victory has again declared in favour of her
spoilt child—the Massena of the English Parlia-
men—Viscount PA LMERSTON ! The Statesman
who, in February, brought about the dissolution
of one Ministry, has now, in November, effected,
in favour of another, a diversion such as
may tend to its consolidation into a stable
Government. Merely fifty-three members were
last night bold enough to oppose the amendment
of the noble lord the representative of Tiverton—
those who supported it numbering actually 468
in the aggregate : while, for the original motion of
Mr. VILLIERS there were only g 56 against
336 altogether. So that the resolutions of the
Hon. Member for Wolverhampton have been
negatived by a majority of 80—the amendment
of the Noble Lord the ex-Foreign Secretary being
accepted by 415 : a " total " absolutely over-
whelming. The more virulent among the opponents
of the amendment are now, therefore, compelled
to " sing small" before that compact and tri-
umphant phalanx marched out into the lobby in
the cause of Free Trade without a distinctly
defined animosity to indirect compensation. De-
feated in their purpose, their tone must now be
somewhat noticeably modified. Projicit ampullas
et sesquipedalia verba. The first great trick of the
Session has been effected—strange to say—by the
judicious Bottle-Holder instead of by the injudi-
cious Bottle Conjuror.

Mr. EWART has given notice of a motion for
leave to brifig in a Bill for the Repeal of the Pro-
tection Duties which yet remain on butter, cheese,
eggs, poultry, &c. There certainly/ is little appa-
rent reason why one class of farmers should be
favoured now, at the cost, not only of all the non-
agricultural community, but e,f all other farmers
themselves, and of all farm 1
.abourers throughout
the kingdom. With all the improvement in
wages, eight or ten shillings a week, which is ac-
counted good pay in many parts of the country,
will afford little more than butter or cheese to
their bread, and bir't too little of that. Meat is
a luxury but rarrAy enjoyed in the cottages of
farm labourers, 'and its present price is to them
all but prohibi',;ory ; indeed, taking the country
through, the number of persons is very great in-
deed to wham a lower price of butter and cheese
would be greater boon than a lower price of
meat. "17he duty on butter is ten shillings per
cwt.) a-nd the amount paid on what was imported
in 18 61 was 177,104/. The duty on cheese is
five shillings per cwt., and the revenue from it
the, same year was 84,7221. The duty on
eaeese has evidently been obstructive to
'its importation, since the amount received
on foreign cheese was less by 12,815 than
that of 1851. The actual amount of duty
paid represents; however, as in the case
of all protective duties, but a small part of the
injury to the public. As in the case of corn, all
the cheese and butter made and consumed in the
liirigdom is raised, of course, above the foreign
Mee to the full amount of the duty, before the
foreign article can enter with a profit to the mer-
chant. We paid more than a quarter of a million
11 duty last year for these two articles ; if we
p°ite at home but four times the quantity we im-
Iva paid, therefore, more than a million to
the landlord
for th_ sof butter and cheese-making farms,
venue.
" rter of a million received by the re-
Tile probability is that we paid double or
treble that
the EEC We We hope the CHANCELLOR of
motion, or Will
get, cheerfully accept Mr EWART'S
rather
his prpromisedthat it will be anticipated by
The class is so small to
whom the duty is eve
nit a
so great to whom protection, the numbers
the loss so trivial to luld be a boon, and
would meet with hardl e revenue, that he
Y the
Our
shadow of an
l
opposition in removing it.
would chiefly come from tho,su _143 y) too,
countries with whom it is so Peculiarly
dadj.acenit
our trade should be as free and as large armb
ose
sible. It is obvious, that the removal of duties-
amounting, for for the more part, to 15 and 20
per
cent., must encourage it greatly.
Mr. EWART, however, ought not to have
stopped at butter and cheese. To be sure, they
are articles of food, and articles almost necessary
to the poorest ; but what good reason is there for
enlarging the domain of Free Trade, at the cost of
a few landlords and farmers only ? If Mr. Dia-
l/AEI,' has, as we hope he has, anticipated Mr.
EWART in his
plans, we feel assured he ban not
been guilty of this mistake. Besides a longish
list of minor articles, the revenues from which
hardly meet the cost
of collection, and whicltt are,
therefore, no better than protective duties, there
are some manufactured • -
artic.les which yet, pay
Inoterive duties ; cn wine
anct 'brandy, the iluties

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LlFE.—lnformation was
received yesterday of the wreck of the schooner Polly, of
Boston, from Liverpool for Harlingen, with a cargo of
malleable copper in casks, and salt in bulk.
A new Assurance office, under the title of " The Eng-
lish and Irish Church and University Assurance So-
ciety," has this week been placed before the public. Its
promoters and patrons are parties connected with several
clerical institutions, and one of its principal objects is to
place, by moderate premiums, the valuable principle of
assurance within the reach of even the poorer portion of
the clergy, as well as the general body of the public.
THE MARIONETTES.—Mr. Simpson having let the
Royal Marionette Theatre to Mr. Woodin, and that
gentleman's entertainment, " The Carpet Bag and
Sketch Book," proving eminently attractive, the Ma-
rionettes have been temporarily deprived of their home.
We understand that Mr. Simpson has, through the
kindness of Mr. Mitchell, been enabled to engage excel-
lent ready furnished lodgings for them at the St. James's
Theatre, and that they will make their appearance at
that house on Monday, December 6.
AITSTRALIA.—The Cornelia has arrived in the Downs
from Sydney, which port she left on the 9th July, with
540,078 ounces agold, worth upwards of 20,0001. On
the other hand we have to record a shipment of 20,000/.
in gold and 1,0001. in silver, by the Sir William Ffolkes,
for Sydney and Port Philip ; and 15,000/. by the Re-
nown, for Port Philip direct.

ME BRANDY VINTAGE.—The understood failure of
the brandy vintage in France, according to all advices,
has created quite a fever of speculation in the trade.
Notwithstanding their recent circulars, the leading
houses now refuse to make prices for speculative buyers
if not for habitual customers. The extraordinary de-
mand for Australia adds to the excitement in the trade ;
for, notwithstanding the very considerable supplies sent
out, such has been the vast increase of consumption
amongst the miners pursuing their toils in the most
inclement season, amidst unhealthy damps and floods
of water, and so engendering all manner of disease, that,
according to advices received, the stocks on hand were
quite exhausted.
FALL OF A HOUSE, BARNSLEY.—COOLNESS.—Last
week the gable end of the Hare and Hounds Inn fell down,
fortunately without injuring any of the inmates. Ac-
cording to a local paper, a lodger sleeping in the room
adjoining the wall was not awoke by the noise, and on
the landlord going to him and telling him to get up, as
the house was falling, he made answer by saying, " It
may fall, then : I've paid for my bed, and I'll take good
care that I have my sleep out." Thus the lodger laid
his wonted time, exposed to the weather, and the gaze
of a large number of persons that had been drawn there
by the accident. This story reminds us of the man who,
being shaken up and told that the house was on fire,
turned round again to sleep, and said, " Well, you must
speak to my wife ; I don't meddle with household
affairs." And of the other members of the same cool
family, who, when told in bed that his wife had expired,
nestled under the clothes, and murmured, " Dear me !
how sorry I shall be in the morning." There is really
something grand in coolness of this description I—The
Builder.

POACHING AFFRAY ON THE COLONIAL 'SECRETARY'S
PRESERVES.—Two young men, residing in the neigbour-
hood of Droitwich, Worcestershire, named John Smith
and Charles Cook, have been committed to Worcester
County-gaol, on a charge of attempting to murder one
of Sir John Pakington's gamekeepers by shooting at
him. It appears that the keepers had found that on
Sunday mornings poaching was carried on in the pre-
serves, and accordingly on Sunday, the 7th inst., the
underkeeper and two watchers lay in wait for them.
About 5 o'clock in the morning the prisoners made their
appearance, and Smith was seized by one of the watchers,
named Nott. Upon this both men attacked Nott, who
received a violent blow on the head, and also had an arm
broken with a gun-barrel. Smith also called to Cook to
blow out Nott's brains, upon which Cook put a percus-
sion cap on his gun, and pulled the trigger. The cap
exploded, but not the charge in the gun, or Nott must
have been a dead man. Both prisoners were afterwards
taken into custody.
RESULTS OF A SQUABBLE IN A THEATRE.—At the
Manchester Borough Court, on Wednesday, Edward
Watchan charged Daniel Marone, the gallery check-
taker at the Manchester Theatre Royal, with having
thrown him over the baluster or stairs, and done him an
injury that endangered his life. The prosecutor went
to the theatre last Friday night, to see Buckstone and
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and desired to go into the gallery, but
Marone refused to let him pass unless he produced a
check. He said he had already given him one, and en-
deavoured to push by, on which a struggle ensued between
them, and Watchan was thrown over the railing of the
stairs and precipitated to the bottom of the stairs well-
hole, a height of many yards. He was labouring under
concussion of the brain. Marone was bound over in
heavy security to appear to answer the charge, when the
unfortunate victim of his violence shall be sufficiently
recovered to give evidence against him.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN OCTOGENARIAN.—Information
was on Thursday forwarded to the coroner by Mr. Davis
the summoning officer of St. Pancras, of the death of
Wm. Jones a shoemaker, aged 82, lately residing in
Bushe's-buildings, Kentish Town. Deceased slipped
and fell down in his room, fracturing his thigh. He was
immediately removed to the University College, where
Mr. Grainger instantly attended, but it was a hopeless
case, and the aged sufferer sunk and died from exhaustion
in a few hours.

CITY OF LONDON MISSION.—On Thursday a meeting of
the above society was held at their offices, in Red Lion-
square, Holborn, for general business. The report
stated that during the past year (being the seventeenth
of the society's existence) the number of visits paid by
the 250 City missionaries were 1,176,055 ; visits to the sick
and dying, 100,713 ; meetings for prayer and exposition
of the Scriptures, 21,303 ; number of tracts distributed,
1,780,000 ; tracts lent, 16,850. A large number of
the missionaries have also provided themselves
with loan libraries of 100 or 200 volumes, and in
several of the workhouses large libraries have been
formed, to the great comfort and instruction of
caution
tte poor inmates. At Lambeth workhouse the
caution,
everything
of children sent to
library, which has been selected with much care and
fully- . character beinge
invete-
rate num-
beryeae
tree
schooll, 0 sectarian
0O i
s volumes.s,9
rate drunkards
had been
211 fallen women have also been restored, of
• •' ranee • reclaimed from mtompe
whom 138 have been
lodged in asylums, 35 restored
to their homes, and
38 otherwise resew id from
misery ; 203 couples who had lived together as ,na,n and
wife had been induced to enterintot.,
The
report, in conclusion, r,,,,i
----.e an eariTeastrimponellfor in-
creased support to extend the sphere a l'ispino:ral and
religious exertions, which has hitherto been crowned
with so much zuccos.