The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-16 00:00:00

lIAYMARKET THEATRE.

This delightful little theatre opened last night, with a
full house and a capital bill of fare. The performances
were MORTON'S comedy of Speed the Plough, and a new
farce, in one act, entitled Conjectures, or the Man in the
Camlet Cloak. The scene of this last piece lies in the
house of a London banker, Sir Matthew Moonshine
(Mr. W. JOHNSON), of the firm of Moonshine, Flimsey,
Squander, Sons, acid Co., who gives fashionable parties
while he is on the verge of bankruptcy. At an early
hour, and before the savants are up, a man in a camlet
cloak descends the stairs, but finding the street-door locked,
hides himself until the housemaid (Mrs. T. HILL) enters,
and after bewailing the fate of housemaids in general, un-
bars the shutters, and the light being let in, the man
in the camlet cloak discovers the key, and opens the
door while the girl's back is turned. In his flight lie
nearly oversets the footman, who enters as he quits the
house, and thus the fact of a stranger having been there
is discovered; who he is forms a puzzle for the inqui-
sitive inmates of the servants' hall, each of whom have
his or her peculiar notion on the subject. The House-
maid and Lady's Maid (Mrs. Hnarav), the Valet (Mr.
VINING), the Porter (Mr. WILLIAMS), and the:Postillion
(Mr. Ross), lay their heads together, and the confusion is
worse concluded by their discovering that ,Sir Matthew
Moonshine has passed the night away from home. air.
Steady (Mr. THOMPSON) a wealthy gentleman, who has
been selected by the banker for his son-in-law, because he
thinks this gentleman's wealth will be serviceable in sup-
porting the tottering fortunes of his establishment, adopts
the somewhat strange plan of presenting himself at the
house, as the bearer of a letter, fs,r the purpose of ascer-
taining the state of matters there. His disguise prevents
the servants entertaining any suspicion of his real charac-
ter, and while be is waiting to deliver his letter, he hears
the story of the man in the camlet c,oak, and their con-
jectures respecting him, as well as their strictures on their
master and mistress. From these he learns the true condi-
tion of the banker's affairs, and that the stranger has been
traced to a lodging in the neighbourhood,whither be instantly
repairs. Sir Matthew returns home, having made a secret
journey to Coventry, to prop up the credit of a house with
which he is connected, and having succeeded, be wants
only an advance of 30,000/., with which, and with the
assistance of two or three fetes, he hopes to be able to
pacify some of his creditors, and to lull the suspicions of
the others. The money he expects to obtain from Mr.
Steady, who re-appears in his proper character, and is
admitted to an audience. Immediately afterwards the
stranger arrives—not in the camlet cloak—and makes his
way, unperceived by the servants, up stairs. The mystery
is unravelled by his bursting unexpectedly into the room
of the banker's daughter Juliana, where he finds her
father and mother, and Mr. Steady, in whom he dis-
covers his rival, and an uncle, with whom he lass some
disagreement. A reconciliation takes place between them,
which is helped by the explanation that he has been
secretly married, ten days ago, to the young lady to whom
the stealthy visits have been paid which have excited so
much curiosity. Sir Matthew discovers that his servants
know as much of his secret affairs as himself, just at the
moment lie is boasting that the success of his schemes is
to be attributed to his keeping those subaltern agents in
the dark ; and Mr. Steady's exulting ea; casms are checked
upon learning, that a job coachman whom he has employed
has put them all au courant, respecting his most secret
mow ments, although he has taken the precaution of im-
parting them to no one but his confidential valet. This
little piece is amusing and sprightly ; but little above com-
mon-place, either in point of character or incident. It
was favourably, but not cordially received.

THE THAMES YACHT CLUB.