The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

NEW STRAND.

Last night a new burletta, called the Tobit's Dog, was produced at
this theatre. It is founded on an historical anecdote. The Tobit's Dog,
as the bills specify,, is a well-known house of entertainment, situated on
the right hand side of St. Paul's Church, from Ludgate-hill, and was
distinguished in the time of Charles 11. as being the favouiite private
resort of that merry Monarch, his jester, Tom Killigrew, and those no-
torious gallants, Buckingham, Rochester, Henri, Saville, and Baptist.
The drama possesses some very good situations. The author, whose
name has not appeared, evidently possesses a more than ordinary share
of dramatic tact, to use a technical phrase, which, in this instance only,
required to be heightened by a greater degree of-point and humour in
the dialogue, to render the piece very effective. The respective per-
formers, however, exerted themselves to the utmost, and insured an
unequivocal success, and weihave no doubt that with a little cur.lail-
moist the Tobit's Dog will have a gocd run.

CORONATION COURT OF CLAIMS.

In addition to the petitions noticed in our paper of yesterday, as hay.
ing been presented to the Court of Claims assembled:under the Commis-
sion under the great seal, on Saturday, at the Privy Council Chamber,
Whitehall, was the following petition of the Bishop of Durham. It
was addressed
"TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO
RECEIVE, HEAR, AND DETERMINE THE PETITIONS AND CLAIMS CON-
CERNING THE SERVICES TO BE DONE AND PERFORMED AT HER
MAJESTY'S CORONATION.
" THE HUMBLE PETITION OF EDWARD, BISHOP OF DURHAM.

" Showeth,—That his predecessors, Bishops of Durham, have from
time to time, whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary,
been used to support the Kings and Queens of England at solemnities,
and in the procession on the day of their coronation.
" Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays that he may be permitted
to perform the said service at her Majesty's coronation, according to the
aforesaid custom and usage, with all the privileges thereto belonging.
" And your petitioner will ever pray."

(Signed as usual.)

The claim was allowed as to the first part, but as regarded the latter
it was (we understood) referred to her Majesty to take her pleasure
thereon.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner,
again attended at the Debtors' Prison, Whitecross-street, to institute an
inquiry into the circumstances relative to the death of Mr. William
Dennis, aged 42, who was imprisoned by order of the Lord Chancellor
for contempt of Court, having neglected to discharge a debt of 401. which
he had incurred upon the loss of several suits in which he was engaged
in Chancery. The deceased was the unfortunate individual who, abut
four years ago, obtained much notoriety (and at the time living at Hoz-
ton), arising out of a disposition, evidently the emanation of mental de-
rangement, of amusing himself by firing pistol.shots at chimney-pots, to
the alarm of his family and the neighbourhood. The Jury returned a
verdict of " Natural Death."

On Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock, some
men, while proceeding in a monkey-boat up the canal branch of the
river Brent, discovered the body of a new-born infant floating on the
water. They immediately gave information to some policemen of the T
division, who got the body ashore, and conveyed it to a neighbouring
public-house, were it awaits the Coroner's inquest.

" Bless us !" exclaimed Miss La Creevy, starting
and putting her hand to her curl-papers; "you're up very early, Mr.
Nickleby." "So are you," replied Nicholas. " It's the tine arts that
bring ire out of bed, Mr. Nickleby," returned the lady. " I'm waiting
for the light to carry out an idea." Miss La Creevy had got up early to
put a fancy nose into a miniature of an ugly little boy, destined for his
grandmother in the country, who was expected to bequeath him pro-
perty if he was like the family. "To carry out an idea," repeated Miss
La Creevy; " and that's the great convenience of living in a thorough.
fare like the Strand. When I want a nose or an eye for any particular
sister, I have only to look out of the window and wait till I get one."
"Does it take long to get a nose now ?" inquired 'Nicholas, smiling,
" Why, that depends in a great measure on the pattern," replied Miss
La Crecy!. " Snubs and Romans are plentiful enough, and there are
flats of all sorts and sizes when there's a meeting at Exeter-hall; but
perfect aquilines, lam sorry to say, are scarce, and we generally use
them for uniforms or public characters.—Nicholas Nickleby, No. 2.

The Prince of Moscowa has written the entire
music. of a new petite opera, in two acts, or which report speaks highly.
_ _

The first operations for sinking a shaft near the
Chalybeate, at Brighton, with a view to the commencement of the rail-
road, have been begun.

Tll e state of the weather has hitherto been so ini-
mical to the introduction of spring fashions that some of the magazines
say,--" For spring fashions see December."
NEW PEERS.—
It is reported in certain quarters
that should the Chancellor of the Exchequer be made one of the corona-
tion Peers, his title will be that of Baron Re.trenchard.

THE LATEST AMERICAN.—A gentleman Who
had to go to his wine-cellar, lit a candle for that purpose, and walked
dawn his own throat. He did not discover his error till the candle was
b'own out by the wind of his stomach.
On Wednesday a Coast-guard man, named Parker,
was blown over the cliff at Beachy-head. He had been conversing with
a friend a few minutes before, and they had parted, when the latter
heard a scream, and to his astonishment his friend had disappeared.
Whether from a sudden gust of wind filling the large cloak in which he
was enveloped, or whether from want of caution, cannot be ascertained.
We are pleased to find, from our New York corre-
spondent, that the information we gave a few weeks since of a duty of
:15 per cent. being laid on silk hosiery and gloves is not enforced to the
full extent, but only on silk hose; silk gloves,silk shirts, and silk-drawers
being still admitted duty free.—Nottinghans Journal.
SPRING FASHIONS.—We have noticed in the
higher circles of ladies the introduction of those beautiful Italian Leg.
horn hats.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT YESTERDAY. .---
TWYFORD V. TRAILL.—In this case, which was not concluded when we
wcnt to press, his Honour directed the Master to review his report.

ZOOLOGICAL ,SOCIETY.—The anniversary meet-

ing was held yesterday at the Museum in Leicester-square; the Earl of
Derby, President, in the chair. After the minutes of the last meeting
were read, the report of the auditors was read by one of the Committee,
It announced that the balance brought from 1836 was 1,259115. 5,1.,
and the income received in 1830 was 1:3,960/. 9d. For the last yew'
the receipt from admission fees was 780/. ; annual subscriptions,
5,375/. 7s. ; compositions, 5001. ; ivory tickets, 461/. 19s. ; admissions
to the gardens, 5,648/. ss. ; and to the museum, 591. 15s. During the
same period the expenditure was 14,350/., including for the farm,
961. 4s. ; for the gardens, 10,381/. 4d. ; the museum, 2,2211. 4s. 4d.
and the general establishment, 1,657/. 15s. Scrutineers having been
appointed, the meeting proceeded to the election of Council and
when the Rev. John Barlow was elected Secretary in the room of Wil.
liam Yarrell, Esq., resigned ; and the Bishop of Norwich, Lord Sey-
mour, the Hon Sir Edward Cust, Dr. Bostock, and George Dodd, Esq.,
Members of the Council, in the room of Viscount (cage, Viscount Mil-
ton, Messrs. Yarrell, Hamilton, and Clift; as also Captain Bowles, R.N.,
in the room cf E. Hardisty, Esq., deceased. The ordinary routine Of
business having been transacted the meeting adjourned. officers,

A Correspondent
be submitteda t Newcale-upon-Tne, saYs
A motion will at the next meeting of they Town Coun-
,
cil, to be held on Wednesday the 3d May, ' That the allowance (1,0001.
to the Chief Magistrate be discontinued.'
BURIED ALIVE.—This week, whilst some persons
were engaged in opening a grave at Stanton, they came to a coffin greatly
decayed, and upon removing the lid a skeleton was discovered lying 00
its side, with the one arm turned up, and the hand resting on the head,
from which circumstance it is inferred that the person must have been
immured whilst alive, and afterwards must have become sensible enough
to struggle for existence, but only to endure the most horrible of death'
—Hereford Times.

Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, and Sir
Francis Burdett, travelled in the same railway train from this town to
Birmingham on Wednesday last.—Liverpool Chronicle.
A requisition, numerously and respectably signed by
mercantile and manufacturing firms and individuals engaged in the
trade of this town, and inhabitants of Manchester, was, a few days ago,
presented to the Boroughreeve and constables, requesting them to con-
vene, at their earliest convenience, a public meeting of bankers,
mer-
chants, manufacturers, and trailers, " in order to obtain an expression of
theirtopinion upon the proposed extension of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham railway from Stone to Rugby, there to unite with the LontMn
and Birmingham railway." in compliance with this requisition, the
Boroughreeve and Senior Constable of Manchester (the other constable
being from home) convened, a public meeting of the parties described
in the requisition, to be held in the Town Hall on Thursday last. The
meeting was held on that day, in the Police Commissioners' room, which
was crowded with our principal merchants and manufacturers.—Nan-
chester Guardian.

One swallow does not make a summer, says the
proverb; but we understand that two were shot on the Foss Nand.,
on Tuesday week, by a young man of this city,—York Courant