The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

An agreeable trifle was produced here, last evening,
under the title of Away with Melancholy, and experi-
enced a highly favourable reecption. The burthen of
the piece devolves on Mr. D. Fi-her, who made so suc-
cessful a metropolitan debut last year in the very pretty
and successful drama of The Lancers, which has
long maintained a creditable position among the attrac-
tions of this theatre. Mr. Fisher's performance in this
now afterpiece tends to confirm the impression we had
already entertained, that he ranks next to Charles Ma-
thews, as a light comedian, being superior in polish to
Wigan, in ease to Walter Lacy, and in spirit to Leigh
Murray. He was supported with great humour by
Mr. Meadows and Mr. Saker, and the female parts
were filled by Miss Murray and Miss Daly. The
author of the successful farce is Mr. J. M. Morton,
and the story runs as follows. Mrs. Maynard
(Miss Murray), a widow, is residing in Bath, and
we find Mr. Trimmer (Meadows), her late husband's
partner, paying his addresses to her. Unluckily for
him, Mr. Windsor Brown (Fisher,) an old flame of the
widow's, happens to be an inmate of the same boarding-
house, and meeting with her, and finding that she is free,
persuades her to elope with him by an express train at
eight o'clock. The signal agreed upon is her favourite
air, "Away with melancholy," which the tuneful Windsor
promises to sing outside her chamber door. The tune, as a
matter of course, immediately vanishes from his memory,
and though he would back himself to sing any individual
air he had ever heard in his life, he cannot for the life of
him remember the only air he now wants to recollect.
Luckily he hears an organ outside playing the tune he
requires. He rushes out, and comes back with the in-
strument, which he has purchased ; but on grinding it,
the organ, as if by malice prepense, strikes up " Buffalo
gals," another tune previously named by him as being in
high favour with a former sweetheart of his, a smart
pastry-cook, called Kitty Cobb (Miss Daly). Kitty also
has just arrived in Bath, by means of a " second-class
return ticket," in the hope of finding the identical 'Wind-
sor Brown. On hearing " Buffalo Gals" she suddenly
appears before the bewildered Brown, and completes his
misery by wrenching off the handle of the organ. How-
ever, there is still hope for Brown. He finds a pianoforte
copy of " Away with melancholy," and runs off to the
publisher's, to ask them to play it to him. Kitty hears
Trimmer's voice (who, it appears, has also had a previous
flirtation with her), and makes her escape. Brown re-
turns ; the publishers have failed that morning, and the
shop is shut up. In despair he knocks at Mrs. Maynard's
door. The lady indignantly charges him with having
forgotten the arranged song ; but at this moment Trimmer
who, having been insulted by Brown, is marching to
and fro before the window to catch him, crosses, hum-
ming
the first line of the forgotten air. Brown instantly
takes it up, and finishes it. Mrl. Maynard is satisfied,
and rewards him with her hand ; while Trimmer, under
a threat of breach of promise, marries Kitty Cobb. The
audience frequently testified their delight, and the cur-
tain descended amid very hearty applause.

ORDER OF THE GARTER.—We believe her Majesty
has been pleased to signify her intention to confer the
Order of the Garter, vacant by the death of the Marquis
of Londonderry, upon the Earl of Ellesmere.
THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. —The re-
mains of the late Marquis of Londonderry were removed
last night from Holdernesse House, to be conveyed by
the Great Northern Railway to Wynyard, where they
will lie in state to-morrow. The funeral will take place
at Long Newton on Thursday. The three sons of the
deceased, and other relatives, followed the hearse, and
the officers and men belonging to his regiment (the 2d
Life Guards), attended at the station as a guard of
honour to receive the remains.