The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

ORREY THEATRE.

The Surrey version of the Heart of Mid-Lothian
has turned out a success beyond all expectation.
On each of the evenings it has been represented the
house has been crowded to suffocation. We con-
gratulate Mr. Shepherd on his success, for certainly
since the theatre has been under his sole control he
has kept up a succession of novelties, each succeed-
ing one outvieing the other in magnificence and
interest. The acting, scenery, and appointments
of his latest production rival anything of the kind
ever produced at this theatre; and those who wish
to witness a.real sensation drama have now an op-
portunity of seeing one that will stand comparison
with any of those startling productions which have
created such extraordinary success in the metro-
polis during the last year or two.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Sothern will ter-
minate his present engagement with Mr. Buekstone
in the early part f April, when he will proceed to the pro-
vinces for the purpose of giving a still wider popularity to
his famous impersonation of Lord Dundreary. On his
temporary retirement from the Haymarket stage, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Wigan w 11 commence a short season, extend-
ing from the 20th of April to the 4th or 11th of June, and
will go through a series of their most admired perform.
antes.

THE REV. MR. M'LAUGHLIN'S DEFENCE FUND.
—" Our readers," says the North British Daily
Mail, "are already aware that a conaiderable amount of
sympathy with the Rev. Patrick M'Laughlin was created
by the severity of the sentence passed upon him in the late
trial before the Justice of Peace Court, which resulted in a
large sum being contributed for the defence of the principle
involved in this matter. After paying all expenses, the
comraitteefound themselves in possession of upwards of 150
surplus, which, we observe from their report, published in
the Free Press of Saturday, has been distributed as fol-
lows :—Li5 to the Lord Provost for the Unemployed
Relief Fund, £5 to St. Vincent de Paul Society, £5 to the
Little Sisters of the Poor, £5 to the Catholic Reformatory,
£5 to the starving poor of Duntocher, £lO to the Catholic
Orphans, and £5 to the Royal Infirmary. This manner of
disposing of the surplus will doubtless give very general
satisfaction. Mr. M'Laughlin writes to us as follow, dated
Eastmuir, Feb. 7, 1863 :—Sir,—Having seen in to-day's
Free Press an announcement of a meeting to be held on
Tuesday first, "for the purpose of taking into consideration
the presentation of a testimonial to me," I have respect-
fully to request all friends and sympathisers not to proceed
cry further in the matter, as a testimonial of any kind I
will not accept. I beg to return them my most sincere
thanks. In effecting restitution I only discharged a duty,
without any eye to temporal gain, and the consciousness of
having performed a duty is a sufficient reward to me, apart
from all earthly considerations. I would take it as a great
favour if you would insert this letter in Monday's Mail.—
I "am, &c., P. DPLAUGIILIN."
SPECIMENS OF THE NONSENSE VERSES CALLED
MACARONIC —One, apparently very learned one,
" done " in Greek, is as follows :

pet3oLcs, pecgoces, 0-Xatetv
Alcovq Lcrao-Optras 01J epit Tora vow/a BLai
Dr. King thus expresses in our homely vernacular—

Here " Boys, boys, come out to play,
The moon sloth shine as bright as day."
however, is a ludicrous Macaronic in dog-
Latin :

mnes drowmlerunt, qui swim away non
" 'ocrea fratres coeli navigabant round about Eli ; . „
The last-mentioned specimen is cited and spoken of
as a Macaronic yet popular to this day among
schoolboys, by M. Delopierre, in his amusing
volume of Maceroneana; potuerunt.