The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last night we witnessed the performance of Sheridan Knowles' play,
The Wife, at this theatre. On this occasion Miss Elphinstone appeared
in the character of the Wife. We remarked, when this lady first ap-
peared here, that her talents were fitted more for tragedy than comedy
—her success in The Hunchback and in The Wife have fully justified
our anticipations. Her performance of the Mantuan Princess was
marked throughout by the finest feelings and descrimination ;
it presented an admirable portraiture of unsuspecting, artless,
innocence, and the enduring confidence of woman's love,
expressed with combined power and delicacy—and not unfre-
quently with a strength, and truth of passion, which produced
a great effect. Still, the play did not go off with eclat—the reason of
which, we fear, is to be traced to the very mediocre, or worse than me-
diocre, character of the performers, by whom Miss Elphinstone was
supported. Mr. Jones's St. Pierre was but respectable. Mr. Glover's
Duke not much better. Of one performance, however, we must speak
in terms of sincere approbation—it was that of the Confessor, by Mr,
Knowles himself, who, by the true, natural feeling which he infused
into the part, drew down frequent and well-merited applause.

The Duchess of Somerset intends giving a series of
fetes in Wimbledon Park, upon the same scale of tasteful splendour
that used to distinguish those fetes champetres annually provided by the
Duke of Somerset's daughters, the Ladies St. Maur. The first will take
place in the course of the ensuing month.
All the dinner parties which were to have been given
by Conservative Members of Parliament to-morrow have been post-
poned, owing to the grand Parliament banquet to be given to Sir Robert
Peel, at the Merchant Tailor's Hall, to-morrow evening.
Lord John Russell, as Secretary of State for the
Home Department, will give a grand official banquet on Thursday next,
to a party of thirty-six, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. The
dinner takes place at an hotel, his Lordship's House in Wilton-crescent
being too small to receive the number of persons usually invited on this
occasion.

- the Duke of Cambridge has consented to become
patron of the West London Literary and Scientific Institution, at the
request of the Committee, conveyed to him through his Royal High.
ness's domestic Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Glasse.
The marriage of the Marquis de Carman, son of
the General of Artillery, who died after the expedition to Constantina,
with Mlle. Louise de Crillon, daughter of the Duke de Crillon, was
celebrated on Tuesday at the Church of St. Thomas d'Aquin.
Lord Suffield has become the purchaser of the Lamb-
ton hounds for the sum of 3,000 guineas, and his Lordship intends to
transfer that excellent pack to Leicestershire. Sir Matthew W.
Ridley offered 2,5001. for them.
The Literary Fund Club dined on Wednesday at
the Freemasons' Tavern, to meet the Stewards of the ensuing anniver-
sary. Mr. Charles Dickens was in the Chair, and was supported by a
numerous party. It was rumoured that the Noble President, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, would take the chair at the festival, and that
he would be supported by a number of Noble, political, and literary
friends amongst the latter the name of Mr. Thomas Moore was par.
ticularly mentioned.
The usual meeting of the Glee Club took place on
Saturday last at the Crown aiid Anchor Tavern. John Cupel, Esq., the
President. in the chair, when Mr. J. 0. Atkins was awarded tiv
prize of ten guineas for the best glee for fi,e voices, commencing
" Sweet, sweet Harmony," the numbers being 21 to Jo.

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(From the Morning Papers of this day.)

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... 40

London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and Southampton 5O ... 50 ...
London Grand Junction
Manchester and Birmingham
Northern and Eastern ... .........
North Midland lOO ... 35

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A ustralian .

... 100 ... 271/2 ...

DAsitpthoanlttr,i,tiCshlaridge's Patent...
Ditto United States
2010 ...
21
...
124;1 21
Bastenne and Gaujac Bitumen
Dittp London
Ditto Robinson 2O —. 3 . 31h14
Ditto Polonceau
British North American Bank 5O ... 20 ... 231/2
Colonial Bank
London and Westminster Bank
London Joint Stock Bank ...
Mexican and South American lO ... 5 ... 64 6
National Loan Fund
Provincial Bank of Ireland, New . 10 ... 10 ... 164

MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET

MORNING HERALD.—The Money Market presents no particular cause
for remark, especially as regards commercial affairs. In the English
Stock Market the business has been very limited, but the quotations of
this afternoon indicate fully as much firmness, if not more, than they
exhibited yesterday. Consols have touched 943, but left off at 94A a 1
for money and the account of the 29th of this month. The heavier
securities have also improved, the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced
Annuities being now quoted at 101 A a 4,-, after reaching 1013 ; and the
Nl w Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1021 a ; Bank Stock is 2051
money, and India 2711 money and time. Tho premium upon Exche-
quer Bills has barely maintained yesterday's rates ; the prices are 61 a
73. India Bonds marked are 81 a 83 prem., and those not marked
5 premium.
The business in the Foreign Market has been very limited, but the
quotations have scarcely varied from the last prices of yesterday. Spa-
nish Bonds, with the May Coupons, continue at 201.a1, and Deferred
at 83 al. Portuguese New Five per Cents. closed rather heavily, at
331 a 34; and the Three per Cents. ditto at 224 a 23. Belgian ' Bonds
are 1011. Columbian 271. Danish 74k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. 543 to ~%; and the Old Fives 1001. United States Bank
Shares are 25 aA. There has not been so much disposition for speed],.
tion in the Share Market to-day, and some strong efforts were made to
hang the market for the different Asphalte projects, chiefly, it is said, en
the ground that the members of the house are dissatisfied with the Ire e
in which the shares of some of the Companies have been dis-
tributed, and the impression that ,the directors have been reserving
shares for their own purposes. Whether this is true or not, a great
many shares have been sent from Liverpool today for sale,
and it had the effect of reducing the value of the different concerns,
without reference to their comparative merits, but the market left off
firmer than it was during the early portion of the day. Claridge's Pa-
tent Asphalte closed at 12 premium ; British at 1 11 premium ; Liver.
pool at I premium : United States at 13 premium; Bastenne at If pre-
mium; Robinson's at M premium, and Polonceau at 1 a 1 premium. In
Banking Shares, British North American are 3} premium ; London and
Westminster, 1 premium; Colonial are 21 a 3 premium; London
Joint Stock are ae premium; and Provincial Bank of Ireland New
Shares, 61 premium. British Iron Company's Shares are 38 discount;
Grand Junction are 5 premium; London and Brighton, a premium ;
Blackwall, l premium; and Southami ton, 5 dis.
The prospectus of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society
leas created a good deal of interest amongst not only our monetary and
commercial circles, but also that class of political economists who do not
fall in with Malthusian doctrines; inasmuch as it is calculated to create
a powerful stimulus for providence in the middle classes of society, par-
ticularly those who have no income but that derived from their own per-
sonal exertions. The advantage of this institution over most of the
benefit societies is, that a person may commence with a shilling per
week, or 21. 12s. per annum, and secure an annuity, or a given sum, ac-
cording to the age at which he commences, at the age of 50, 60, 65, or
so on in proportion ; or, should misfortune overtake, a desire to settle a
child in business, or any other motive, the insurer has the option, at any
time, of withdrawing two-thirds of the payments on deposit of the life
policy; and should he not survive, two-thirds of those payments will be
returned to his representatives. We have made these remarks here, be.
cause the project has created much attention, and because everything
that induces provident motives amongst that numerous class who have
no other capital than their labour is more calculated to promote the per-
manent prosperity of the whole community than all the new-fangled
theories of the modern school of political economists.
SHARES.
Share. Paid. Price.
Brazilian St. John Del Rey Mining 20 ... 9 ...
British Iron
Eastern Counties Railway ...... 25 ... 5 ... 4
Great Western