The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

On Monday night, after Bulwer's play of the Lady of
Lyons, which was extremely well put upon the stage,
and in which Mr. Creswick and Miss Fanny Wallack
sustained the principal characters, there was produced
" an entirely new drama of life," entitled Old Joe and
Young Joe, which was completely successful. It is a
piece of domestic incidents, illustrating the folly of a
retired chimney doctor, bearing the cognomen of Old
Joe, who aspires to make his son Sam a " fine gentle-
man," the result of which is, that the young gentleman
slights his father, breaks faith with an orphan cousin to
whom he is affianced, and pays his suit to the daughter
of an aristocratic barrister, Mr. Berresford, who longs
to have the appendage of "M.P." to his name. The
legal mind, however, is deeply affected at the discovery
of Sam's humble parentage, and the match is forbidden ;
but Sam has a cultivated mind and an agreeable person,
and has profited by contact with good society, and he
resolves to retrieve his lost position. For this purpose
he opposes Mr. Berresford on the hustings, and is re-
turned. This event, and the promise of a well-filled
purse from the old chimney doctor, smooths down Mr.
Berresford's objections, and Cupid is, of course, trium-
phant. But the deserted orphan has to be disposed of.
To omit her from a share of good fortune would be a
grave mistake in the eyes of the Surrey audience, and so,
in the most natural way possible, Sam's conduct destroys
her affection for him, and she readily gives her heart to
his brother, young Joe, a downright, honest, sensible
fellow, who is not above his dad's "profession," and is
brimful of wise sayings and wholesome advice. There
is in the piece a mixture of boisterous humour, good
round jokes, and unobjectionable sentiment, which found
high favour with the audience, whose taste has been well
consulted both by author and actors.
The house was crammed in every part, which, indeed,
is the case almost every night ; and the curtain fell
amidst unanimous applause.

SIR CUSACK PATRICK RONRY.—The friends of Mr.
C. P. Roney—and their name is legion—will be grati-
fied to learn that the honour of Knighthood was con-
ferred on that gentleman on Monday last, by his Ex-
cellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Roney's
invaluable services to Ireland generally, as well as to
the Dublin Exhibition in particular, eminently entitled
him to the high mark of distinction which he has re-
ceived. We congratulate the worthy Knight on his
newly-acquired dignity, and hope he will long live to

enjoy it.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —The marriage of Lord
Frederick John Fitzroy, youngest son of the Duke of
Grafton, with Miss Wescomb, youngest and only un-
married daughter of the late Rev. W. Wescomb, of
Langford Grove, Essex, was solemnised, on Saturday,
at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in the pre-
sence of the Duchess of Grafton, and a distinguished
circle of the friends of both families. From the church
the parties proceeded to Brown's Hotel, in Dover-street,
where an elegant breakfast was served to a party of 60
guests. In the afternoon the happy pair left town for
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trous fire had broken out in the Borough, to which spot
five or six of the brigade and the West of England
engines started. Upon gaining George-street, near
the Bricklayers' Arms Tavern, the firemen found that
a fire of considerable magnitude was raging in the
premises of Mr. Levisage, a wheelwright, and two pri-
vate houses, numbered 4, George-street, and 3 in the
same thoroughfare, the last named being tenanted
respectively by Mr. Powell, a general merchant, and
Mr. Covartinia. In spite of the most strenuous exer-
tions of all present, it was nearly three o'clock this
morning before the fire could be said to be entirely got
under. By that time the whole of the wheelwright's
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one or two vehicles in the conflagration. Mr. Haynes,
a general dealer, has lost a valuable horse in the fire, and
so has a tradesman named Burkitt. The origin of the
disaster is at present unknown.