The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-10 00:00:00

QUERN'S.

A new piece, entitled Caspar Hauser, was produced last
night at this theatre. We understand it is written ex-
pressly for the purpose of exhibiting the peculiar powers of
Mr. Hill, whose delineations of Yankee characters are very
amusing and racy. Next to Liston, we look on Mr. Hill as
one of the most natural comedians of the day. The piece
told well ; most of the pictures and positions were very
effective ; the scenery was good ; and, as the loud applause
which followed the falling of the cartain testified, the play
was decidedly successful. Dr. Lott Whittle, the character
enacted by Mr. Hill, was admirably adapted for the exhibi-
tion'of those national peculiarities in which that gentleman
is so successful. He is well described by one of the dra-
matis personae as an " anything-arian"—a sort of Yankee
Caleb Quotem, with the same variety of calling, but more
quickness of resource, and a harder intellect. He describes
himself well, when, in answer to the question of " where
he took out his Doctor's degrees?" he says, " I did not do
it by degrees ; I jumped into it at once." At the fall of
the curtain Mr. Hill was unanimously called for, and
loudly cheered.

CHESHIRE JUNCTION AND SOUTH

UNION RAILWAYS.

(From the Staffordshire Advertiser.)
PUBLIC MEETINGS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—The subject of
railway communication through the Potteries has for some
time past excited a degree of interest commensurate with
the immense importance of the subject to that populous
manufacturing district, and the Pottery Railway Committee
have devoted the most unremitting attention to a careful
investigation of the relative merits of the lines projected by
the two rival Companies, as far as they, respectively, af-
fected the interest of the Potteries. It will be in the re-
collection of our readers that a public meeting was held at
Hanley, on the 20th of December last, for the purpose of
receiving the report of the Pottery Railway Committee on
this subject, at which, as well as at the preliminary meeting
of the Committee on the previous day, a deputation from
the South Union Company declined to attend, under
the impression that their case had been ready pre-
judged by a resolution of the Pottery Committee. Anxi-
ous to convince the South Union Company that such
was not the case, and that the Pottery Committee had no
object in view but to make choice of the line which,
taken on the whole, would afford the best accommodation
to the Pottery district, the meeting was adjourned to Tues-
day last, and both the Companies invited to attend a preli-
minary meeting of the Pottery Committee on Monday, to
explain their plans, &c. They did attend accordingly, and
the Committee were now prepared with their report. The
meeting was held in the British School, Shelton, and was
numerously and most respectably attended, there being up-
wards of 500 persons present, consisting of landholders,
mineowners, manufacturers, and traders of the district, ex-
clusively.
The South Union Company were represented by Wil-
liam Garnett, Esq., their Chairman ; Henry Tootal, Esq.
one of the Committee ; Rupert Ingleby, Esq., together
with Mr. Stephenson and his assistant engineer, Mr. Bid-
der. The deputation of the Cheshire Junction Company
consisted of John Brooks, Esq., their Deputy Chairman ;
G. R. Chappell, Esq. ; J. P. Westheadr Esq. ; James
Durham, Esq. ; and J. G. Frost, Esq., Members of the
Committee, assisted by Mr. Rastrick, their engineer, and
Messrs. Wheeler and Marriott, the Company's solicitors.
On the motion of J. MEIGH, Esq.,
R. E. ITEATHCOTE, Esq., formerly M.P. for the Potte-
ries, was called to the Chair, amid the loud acclamations of
the meeting.
The Report of the Committee having been read, a series
of resolutions, strongly commendatory of the Cheshire
Junction line, was adopted, and the meeting pledged itself
to support the scheme. A similar meeting was held on
Wednesday at Newcastle-under-Lyne.
[The resolutions of both meetings will be found elsewhere
advertised.]

Active steps are taking towards forming a railway
from Manchester to London.

Mr. Green was to make another ascent in the great
balloon yesterday at Paris, from the barracks in the Rue du
Faubourg Poissonniere.
FUNERAL OF FIELD-MARSHAL HULSE.—This
morning, at ten o'clock, the mortal remains of Field-Mar-
shal Sir Samuel Hulse were conveyed from Chelsea Hos-
pital, of which institution he was Governor, for interment
in the family vault situated in the neighbourhood of Erith.
During the whole of the past week, and up to a late hour
last night, numerous inquiries were made at the asylum, as
to whether the corpse of the gallant veteran would be in-
terred with " military honours," but the replies given were
that the funeral would be conducted in the most private
manner.

The duty on brandy has, during the past year, de7
creased 60,0001. This is, no doubt, attributable to the very
heavy rate of duty.
The preparations for the public dinner to be given
by the Leeds polling district to their Representatives, Lord
Morpeth and Sir G. Strickland, Bart., and to the Liberal
Members of the borough of the West Riding, are advanc-
ing rapidly, and a considerable number of the distin-
guished guests to whom invitations have been sent, have
already signified their intention to attend at the approach-
ing banquet. Obadiah Williams, Esq., has signified his in-
tention to the Committee to appropriate the first floor of
his new manufactory, which is one of the largest rooms in
the town, to this festival. The day is now fixed definitely
for Wednesday, Jan. 18.—Leeds Mercury.
We are sorry to announce the death of Sir Charles
Cockerell, an honest and enlightened supporter of the
cause of Reform, and of his Majesty's Ministers. We can-
not wish better to the constituency of Evesham, than that
they should choose a representative equally worthy of their
confidence and of the public esteem, as the Hon. Baronet,
whose death we have much regret in announcing.
A meeting has been held at Banbury, at which Mr.
Tancred, the Member for the borough, met his consti-
tuents, and, much to their satisfaction, explained his intended
course of proceeding in the coming Session of Parliament.
The Hon. Member supports the Ballot, Peerage Reform,
Abolition of Church-rates, and " Justice to Ireland."—
Aylesbury News.
We have had sincere pleasure in noticing the resto-
ration to health and strength of Lord Holland. His
Lordship is now sufficiently recovered to walk without the
aid of crutches ; and as we are confident that even the most
violent of his political opponents must entertain for Lord
Holland no other sentiments than those of personal esteem,
we have the less hesitation in thus publicly expressing our
gratification at the circumstance.
REFORM MEETING IN BELFAST.—We venture
to say, that, except, perhaps, on the occasion of the Lord
Lieutenant's visit to this town, no similar meeting has been
held in Belfast, comprising so much of the intelligence, re-
spectability, and mercantile influence of our town. It is a
most gratifying thing to find Mr. Crawford's public con-
duct thus highly appreciated. It is of the utmost impor-
tance, as a motive to other public men, to have it thus de-
monstrated, that unswerving integrity and high principle are
the best and surest sources of a people's gratitude and ap-
plause.—Northern Whig.
It cannot be too often repeated that the recent
triumph in Longford was -effected through the instrumen-
tality of the old constituency, which had retuthed the late
Lord Forbes and Mr. Lefroy as members for that county.
The constituency, during the last six months, has received a
considerable accession of Reform electors, who were not
available at the last election. To the majority for White,
of 93, have to be added the majorities for the Liberals at
the summer registry, 11 ; and the October registry, 28.
By a letter of our correspondent, for which we have not
room to-day, it appears that the registries just terminated
have yielded the Liberals a clear majority of 44 ; total 83.
Including the majority of 93, the Reformers now have a
sweeping majority of 176 in the county of Longford.