The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Mr. Gaynor had an interview with Lord •Glenel; yesterday at the
Colonlal.office.

THEATRES.

OLYMPIC.

This theatre last night brought its extended season to a very success.
ful close—the house in every part being crowded to excess. The per-
formances were four of the most popular burlettas of the season. " A
Peculiar Position," " Naval Engagements," the last novelty of " Patter
versus Clatter," and the vaciliatory burletta of the " Drama's Levee,"
the whole of which, it is almost unnecessary to add, went off with their
accustomed eclat. At the conclusion of the second pie ce the fair mana-
geress, as has ever been her " constant custom," came forward and de.
livered the following farewell address, which was received with great
applause.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

" It has been my practice to address a few words to you on the last
night of each season. It would ill become me to omit doing so when we
are about to part for a longer period than usual.
" Offers of so liberal a nature have been made to me from America,
that no one who labours for ultimate independence would be justified in
declining them.
" Eight seasons of continuous success, unexampled, I really believe,
in theatrical annals, major or minor, have stamped with the indelible
mark of public approbation the system I had the honour to introduce in
this theatre.
" That system was simply to set before you in the best manner, and
far as the Lord Chamberlain's licence would admit of) the best enter-
taimnents I could procure; to realise the illusion of the scene by an un-
flinching outlay upon proper costume and careful attention to the deco-
rations of the stage. Your constant attendance has shown that efforts,
however humble, to elevate the dramatic art, are not wasted upon a Bri-
tish public, and liberality has thus proved the best economy.
" Great as has been the favour which I have ever experienced at your
hands, and highly as you have been pleased to estimate whatever requi-
sites for my profession I may possess, I am convinced that the great suc-
cess of the Olympic is more owing to the manageress than to the actress,
and I have, therefore, no fear that Madame Vestris's Theatre will lack
support i❑ Mat'ame Vestris's absence, especially when it shall be found
that the Olympic is conducted precisely on the same principles, and that.
it will boast next season a comic company, adequate, in point of
numbers, to all its wants, and not to be surpassed, in point of individual
excellence, by the united theatres of the metropolis.
" I have great pleasure in adding that I am promised the best exer-
tions of all those dramatic writers of whose works you have been accus_
tomed most to approve. And, now that I have told you what you hare
to expect, promise me, when the cat's away, you will come and see the
mice play.
" Seriously, and in conclusion, I wish you, Ladies and Gentlemen,
earnestly and sincerely, that good fortune which, I am sure, you
wish me, and I bid you, for a season, respectfully and most gratefhlly
farewell."
When the curtain fell upon the last performance the audience made a
unanimous call for Madame Vestris. She was led before it to curtsey
her acknowledgments, and appeared to be greatly affected by the compli.
meat. Mr. C. Matthews was afterwards called for, and heartily cheered,

ST. JAMES'S.
This house closed for the season last night. The performances con-
s ist ed of " The Brothers ;" Haynes Bayley's pleasing farce of " Perfec-
tion;" Dibdin's musical farce of " The Waterman," in which Mr.
Braham played Tom Tug, and sung his favourite songss—" The Jolly
Young Waterman," " The Trim-built Wherry," and " The Bay of
Biscay," with unabated power and success ; and concluded with the
popular burletta of " The British Legion," previous to which Mr.
Hooper, the manager, in the costume of Colonel Davenport, delivered
the following farewell address:—
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—Our brief campaign of six weeks being
ended, it is my duty as a colonel of our legion to address you on behalf
of our commander-hs-chief, and to thank you for the assistance which,
in the shape of ammunition and provender, you have affinded to our
garrison.
" His negociat!ons with a certain Andassudress' have been most
satisfactory. With the assistance of the 'British Legion' he has
been enabled to carry on the war ; during the summer, though not em-
ployed at head quarters, we shall he engaged in recruiting, and we hope
that about October next the daily papers will give favourable account‘
of our engagements.
"Being a colonel and not a trumpeter, it is not my intention to give
you any retrospective puffs, nor to make any boasting professions re-
specting the future. But in the name of our commander-in-chief, whose
voice will, I trust, long be heard amongst us, in my own name, and in
that of every officer and private under my command, in the name, also,
of the master of the band and his subordinates, not even forgetting the
fifer, I beg, ladies and gentlemen, to bid you a respectful farewell."
The house was well attended, and we were happy to hear that the
season had been very successful, the latter part of it in particular.

HA YMARKE T.
A domestic drama, in two acts, by Mr. Douglas Jerrold, named
" The Mother," was produced last night at this theatre. The leading
incidents may be briefly narrated : —A naval captain, named Divenant,
(Mr. Edmund Glover), while on foreign service is made a prisoner of
war, and lodged with shipmates in a fortress ; the Governor's daughter,
Eulalie (Mdlle. Celeste), falls in love with him, contrives his escape and
that of his crew, and eventually becomes his wife During a subse-
quent absence on foreign service a false report of his death is abruptly
communicated to his young and affectionate wife. Eulalie is seized with
a severe illness and partial deprivation of reason, and while suffering
under this affliction she becomes a mother. Upon being restored to her
senses another hard trial awaited her—she is informed that her infant is
no more. Her mind receives a severe shock from this communication,
and the drama opens with the returu of her husband, who endeavours to
sooth her sorrow. She promises to do what she cats to gratify him, and
is about presenting her husband with a flower which site had gathered
from the resting place of their little one, when, at the momenta
gipsy child runs in and offers him a fresh-pulled rose. This inch..
dent, coupled with the admiration expressed by him of the in-
fant, renews her suffering, a gipsy having seized an opportunity of
filling her with the belief that he is actually the father of the
shild. In the course of the night she wanders from her house in her
s'eep, and reaches the gipsies' camp, and upon awaking there, she is hor-
rified to find that she is in company with the mother of the gipsy child.
In the mean time, during her absence from the house, two villians o f
the tribe, Foxglove (Mr. Perkins) and Larceny (Mr. Buckstone), enter
the invitingly-open door, with the intention of committing a robbery;
They did not succeed, and return wounded to the camp while Eulalie is
there. Her husband with his friends follow in search of her, and Da_
venant's name happening to pronounced, an old dying gipsy, Barnaby
(Mr. Webster), proceeds to reveal to him that his child was not dead,
but had been caatied off by one of the tribe, and that that child
was the gipsy child in question, which had been adopted by
his daughter, Fringella (Miss Cooper). Eulalie, who comes in
during the statement, rushes forward, and, clasping the child
to her bosom, faints in tier husband's arms, and with this scene the
drama terminates. The piece, though successful, will not increase Mr.
Jerrold's reputation. The plot, which we have briefly narrated, is not.
worked out with the usual dramatic tact of the author of the Rent Day.
The leading defect in the piece is the want of action, and the incoherent
speech put into the mouth of Eulatie, in her sleeping scene, is infinitely
too long 'and tedious. The same remark may apply to the speeches of
some of the other characters, although portions of the language are ex-
ceedingly beautiful. The principal character was sustained by Mdlle.
Celeste, and her excellent performance of the part entitles her to the
highest praise, and makes us regret that site has not oftener appeared
in a similar range of characters. She exhibited great energy and
depth of feeling, and was moat warmly applauded throughout, and at
the fall of the curtain was called for, when she gracefully expressed
her gratitude to the audience for the kind support they had given to a
stranger. All the other characters were well supported. There was a
good deal of humour in Buckstone's part, and he made it tell very effee.
tively. Perkins and Strickland were equally happy in what they had to
do; and Webster himself, in the part of the old gipsey, was excellent.
Ile dressed it admirably. Miss Cooper's character of Fringella was
also fairly supported. The piece was announced for repetition amid
loud applause.

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HER MAJESTY'S CIIEATRE.--The opera of
Don Giovanni, with its present excellent cast, was repeated at this
theatre last night. Though not a subscription night, the house was
not merely fully imu(fashionably attended. It would be needless to re-
peat the observations we have before made on the performance of this
opera. With each succeeding repetition the performance approaches
nearer to perfection. The Queen honoured the theatre with her pre.
sense, and remained to the conclusion of the opera.
THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—In consequence of a
very civil message from the Duchess of Kent, I waited on her this
morning. She received me with her fine animated child on the floor
by her with its playthings, of which I soon became one.:She was very
civil ; but as she did not sit down I did not think it right to stay above
a quarter of an hour ; and there being a female attendant and a gentle-
man present, I could not well get upon any topic so as to carry a cols_
tinual discourse. She apologised for not speaking English well enough
to talk it, but intimated a hope that she might talk it better and longer
with me at some future time She spoke of her situation, and her man-
lier was quite delightful.—Life of IVilbeTforce-
We learn from Reading that in consequence of the
sudden discharge of a number of workmen, it became necessary to swear
in two hundred special constables, and even to call in the Life Guards,
to prevent mischief. No rioting, however, had actually taken place at
the date of our information.—Morning Chronicle.
The Manchester and Bolton Railway was opened
to the public on Tuesday.
There is shown at St. Ann's-hill an alcove to which
Arr. and Mrs. Fox used to resort to avoid visitors; and Mr. Wilberforce
on the same subject says, " Bath is now empty, as it is called ; but in
this its state of emptiness it contains quite people enough to keep our
knocker in exercise, and our tempers too; for there are few things more
trying than to be interrupted by common visitors when engaged in any
real business or even in any pleasant relaxation."
WHEAT.—The Mark-lane Express states that " it
is now ascertained that the last year's crop was decidedly below an ave-
rage of ordinary years, while the consumption during the past severe
winter, ane protracted spring, must have been unusually great."
We regret to learn that Mr. Manic, Under Secre-
tary of State, has been confined to bed for the last ten days, by a severe
attack of small-pox ; the disorder, however, we are glad to hear, has taken
a favourable turn, but it may yet be some days before he is able to resume
his Parliamentaey and official duties.
A hostile meeting took place in Lord Northland's
demesne, at Dungannon, on Saturday morning, between two young
gentlemen, Mr. B. and Mr. T. At the third shot Mr. B.'s ball passed
through the hand of his antagonist, and thus gave full satisfaction, as to
the point of honour, to all parties. A lady was, as usual, in the case,
—Newry Telegrap/s.
OCCUPATION A CURE FOR INSANITY.—A ear-
'muter was admitted as a patieut into the asylum at Wakefield. lie
hal previously made several attempts at self-destruction, and was then
in a very desponding state. After the diseased action had subsided,
great dejection still remained; he was, however, placed under the care
of the gardener, who was then constructing a kind of grotto or moss-
house in the grounds. Time contriving the building offered a scope fin'
his taste and ingenuity, he was consulted on the arrangement of the
floor, which was formed of pieces of wood of different kinds, set in
various figures. He was furnished with tools, though he was, of course,
most carefully watched. He took so great an interest in the little
building, that the current of his thoughts was changed. All his mise-
ries were forgotten, and his recovery took Place at the end of a few
months, He very justly attributed his restoration to the" moss-house..•
—Sir TV. C. Ellis on Insanity.

It is found that the turnpike trusts of England and
Wales are encumbered with a debt of ten millions of pounds.

The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty at the new palace yesterday.
Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent, attendd by the Countess of
Mulgrave, drove round the parks in an open barouche and four yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty and her august mother honoured the performance of
Don Giovanni at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with her presence.
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
The Princess Augusta took a carriage drive to Fulham yesterday
afternoon.
The Duke of Sussex visited the Princess Augusta yesterday at Cla-
rence House.
A deputation of woollen-mill owners, including Mr. Nussey, Mr.
Walker, and Mr. Ellison, headed by Mr. Baines, M. P., had an interview
with Lord John Russell on Wednesday at the Home Office,
The Grecian Minister and the French Charge d'Affaires transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign .ottice.

FATAL RIOT NEAR CANTERBURY.

(From the Times.)
Intelligence of this seriou3 not reached us at a late tour.
The accounts coming from various persons, of couc:e vary in
some particulars ; and we have thought it best, in th.i irripos-
sibility of judging which is tha most corre:..t, to give them ;ill.
Put, though there may be a dhorcpancy in some of tl:o de-
tails of the main fact of the riot, and of the death of the mili-
tary officer and constable, as well as that of the insane inqiga-
tor of the mob, there can be no doubt.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
It will be recollected that a person representing himself as
Sir William C: urtenay Ives tried at Maidstone Assizes some.
years since for eerjury. He was found guilty, and sentenced
to seven years' transportation ; but some doubts having after-
wards arisen as to his sanity, the sentence was commuted to
confinement in the lunatic, asylum at Barming heath, where
he remained about three years. Subsequently it was
thought that he might with safety be liberated, since
when he has been living with Mr. Francis at Bough-
ton, until within a week ago, when lie left that gen-
tleman's residence, and for the last few days has been
living amongst the peasantry, gaining subsistence at several
houses, in return for which he made long and inflammatory
speeches to the mob of the neighbourhood, and promised them
that if they would follow his advice they should have good
living and large estaYea, as he had great influence at Court,
and was to sit on her Majesty's right hand on the day of the
Coronation. These harangues rendered him very popular,
and lie summoned a large assembly to mect him on Wednes-
day at Blean-wood, about four miles from Canterbury. This
came to the ears of the local Magistrates, and yesterday morn-
ing the Pev. Die Poore, of Sittingbourne, and General Gos-
ling, of Oepringe, sent three constables to notice the proceed-
ings, and if necessary to arrest Courtenay. On their arrival
they found an aezemblage of about 100 people under great ex-
citement, when one of the constables, named Myers, went up
with the ini.enti.-ni of arrestieg Courtenay, but the latter
immediately fired a piztol at him (the ball of which
entered the back of the unfortunate man), and he imme-
diately after stabbed his victim with a dagger, which
caused immediate, death, The two other constables, seeing
that it would be madness for them to interfere against
so large a gang, immediately rode back to the Magistrates
and mentioned the facts, when a despatch was forwarded to
Mr. Halford and Mr. Baldock, of Pettam, requesting them
to send a detachment of the 4th Regiment (then stationed
in the trran) to Bleanwood. The request was immediately
compliel with, and two companies were despatched in car-
riages and vehicles of various descriptions. On their arrival
at the scene of bloodshed the Magivrates entreated the people
to disperse, and on their positive refusll the Riot Act was
read. Lieutenant Bennett, by order of the commanding-
officer, went to where Courtenay was, in order to arrest him,
when the latter tired a pistol, and the °dicer in a moment lay
dead at his feet. The soldi.2rs; on seeing their officer fali,
immediately attacked Courtenay with their bayonets, and
killed him on the spot. This 'caused a general affray with
the mob, who assaulted the military with sticks, Sec., and the
result was, that eleven of the ringleaders were killed, and
many were severely wounded, amongst whom, we regret to
sayohere were some Canterbury people, will were attracted
to the spot by curiosity. Several of the rioters were arrested,
and when our informant left Canterbury the greatest excite-
ment prevailed in the town.