The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-17 00:00:00

CIVIL SIDE.-LEIVIS V. HOARE.

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover com-
pensation in damages from the defendant for the seduction
of his daughter.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the case, which be described as
one of 'aggravation, as the defendant had taken advantage
of the youth of the plaintiff's daughter, and of the intimacy
that subsisted between the families. The plaintiff was a
respectable hair-dresser at Woolwich, and the defendant,
who was a young man about thirty years of age,lived within
two doors, and carried on the business of a boot and shoe-
maker.

Tile LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up,
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The Jury found for the plaintiff-2-bamages, 251.
CROWN COURT.—Thomas Pryer, a mild•looking youth
of IS, a butcher, was indicted for assaulting and robbing
Hersey Johncock, at Wickham, on the 19th of Feb. last.
The prosecutor, Henry Johncock, was a carpenter
at Preston, and went on the 9th of February, be-
tween four and five in the afternoon, to the Old Ferry-
house, about two miles &Om where he lived. While there,
the prisoner, whose father he had known for twenty years
as a butcher, came in. They stopped till near ten. Wel-
land went out before the prisoner. He (the prosecutor)
left about ten minutes afterwards, and had not proceeded
forty rods from the public-house when he saw a man with a
large Newfoundland dog going in the same direction. The
man turned off to the right, and he proceeded on. Shortly
after the prisoner came behind him, seized him by the
breast, and pushed him into a ditch. They struggled, and
the prisoner fell upon him. He then felt some sharp in-
strument applied to his throat, and a deep gash was inflicted.
The prisoner had not asked for money. He told him he
knew him, and called him by his name. He replied his
name was Jack Challoner. The prosecutor said, whether
Jack Challoner or not, it is no use your killing me ; if you want
any money I will give you the few shillings that I have
about me. The prisoner said he did want money, and
allowed the prosecutor to get upon his knee. He then
offered him two half-crowns ; but the prisoner said he had
more. He gave him two shillings more ; but the prisoner
put his hand,in his pocket and took out about ten or twelve
shillings. Fre then went away, and the prosecutor crawled
home, very faint from the loss of blood. The prisoner,
after the robbery, was seen at a public-house, with money
in his possession, and paid for three glasses of brandy and
water. On being apprehended, his shirt was found to be
very bloody, and two half-crowns were found in his pocket.
The Jury found a verdict of Guilty ; and the Learned
Judge sentenced the prisoner to death, in the usual way,
holding out no hopes of mercy.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners

hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court)
are appointed to be heard at the Court-house,
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Monday, March:2l, 1836, at
Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon.
Wilson, C., Great Bentley, Essex, grocer. in Portugal
Dawson, T., Little Wild-street, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, coach lamp-
manufacturer.
Fawcett, S., Ratcliffe Highway, carpet-warehouseman.
Price, W., Tyers-street, Lambeth, carpenter.
On fuesday, March 22.—Same hour and place.
Punshon, W. A., George Inn-yard, High-street, borough, painter.
Brett, C., Kent-place, Old Kent-road, eating-house-keeper.
Littlefield, W., Rotherhithe, sawyer.
Sanders, J., Lower Marsh, Lambeth, cheesemonger.
Gooch, T., Horsley-street, Walworth- street,Walworth-road, brewer.
Strickland, S. G., Church-street, Camberwell, stationer;
Barber, R., Enfield, retailer of beer.
Duncombe, E., Middle-row, Holborn, bookseller.
Driver, A. P., Kennington Common, out of business.

ELECTION CHARGES.—The amount of expense
incurred in the late contest by Mr. Mills, the unsuccessful can-
didate for Glasgow, does not exceed 1421.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, i 836

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS,

ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c.

•
LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16.
Number Dividend Price
of ' per CANALS.' per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
-,760 61 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. IBs. sh. 162
1,182 61. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65
4%0
1,005 Si. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90
4,ooofsh. 12/. 10s. Birmingham,:l-16th share l7l. 10s. 1291
4.009 Ditto and Liverpool Junct....lool. sh. all pd 301
600 Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 61,
400 N. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102
500 421. Coventry 100/. sh. (410
4,516 -.. .... Croydon Average 31/. 9.5. 10d. sh. 24
2,0601 .... 10s. Dudley )00/. sh. '7B
606 61. Derby 100/. sh. 120
20,000
3,5751
231 43,. Erewash
1,297 231. Forth and Clyde Average 4C01.165. sh. 590
1 1,500 121. Grand June"- ..
~. Oil. sh. 226
:',8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25
1,5!1 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh.
10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. '75
3,096 Grand Western
600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721.
1135.4)0. 2BO
1,960 Gloucester and Berkley OOl sh 15
749 10r. Grantham 150/. sh. 202
6,238 1/. 108 Huddersfield Average 574 6s. 6d. sh. 30
100 ... . .... Kensington MO sh all pd. 10
2-028 •IL •Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. sh. 21
2,897; 204 140/. sh. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 510
515 124 Leicester
907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver SU 10s. 78
550 51. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 251. sh. all pd.
180
2,409 91. Monmouthshire 100/
250 94 Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 200
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOW. sh. 570
3,000
.100/. sh 300
247 15/. Neath
100
1,786 32/. Oxford 100/. sh. 600
' 522 21. Oakham s 130/. sh. 38
2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 105
21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 151
5,669 5/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 112
500 8L Shropshire 125/. sh. 140
800 101 Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160
45,6001. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock ..... ....... 12/ 10s. sh. 12
700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690
500 11L Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 245
300 8/. Stourbridge
3,647 IL 100. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. W. sh. 39
533 13L Swansea 100/. sh. 215
3,762 IL Severn and Wye and Itailway ...Av 351. sh. 18
2,60'; s 1 nw. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 620
8,149
1,0005h.1 15/ Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh- 280
',Mph...5
940 I'. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220
6,000 3/. Ws Worcester and Birmingharn...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 85
5,000 255. Wilts and Berke .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 19
800 6/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75
126 ....... Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45
903 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 224
DOCKS.

2'6" i3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. 57
1,06515 h -*
498,6671/. 4 per cent. East India Stock 1081
3,t39,3101/. 50s. p. ct. London Stock 59
Ditto Bonds
1,380,0001. 51. per ct. West India
2.209 3!. 6.5. 44. Bristol Average 1471. 1)18. sh. €5
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6
1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 851
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOll
Shoreham Harbour
2.500 .... .... Deptford Pier °oi. sh. 31. pd
BRIDGES.
1,600 1/. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. EU 2s. 84. sh. 2
1,700 11. 13s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14
5,000
5,000 1/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 24
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201
60,000/. 5/, per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,518 17s. Vauxhall Average 49/. Os. Od. sh.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
0,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. SOL pd 761
5°,000 S 5 per cent] Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101. pd 121
/ and ss.
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. pd 51
24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 5/. pd 131
1,200-ph. 41. Birmingham Fire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 1)15
20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd €1
5,001) 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, ICO/. sh. 12/10s pd 31
4,000 2/ 105 County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42
10,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 6
~,,,,, f 5 per cent..l
,‘, land 301 hs. Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 230/. pd 375
2,271 51/. per cent. European Life i ',W. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/.125.
1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 157
20,000 1/. Guardian 1001. sh. 20/. pd 361
~,,,, (Fire 5 pct."? „ 50/. sh. 51. pd 61
I°,"'"' 'Life 8 p ct. j r'°Pe
2,400' Si. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 501. pd 120
7,54 g) Os. Imperial Life 1004 sh. 10!. pd 1/1
13,459104 fid.'per sh. Indemnity Marine 1"01. sh. 6/. pd 151
2,0,0 3/ lOs Keat Fire 501. sh. all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 29
mew I6s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 28
3,900 ... ...... London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 103. pit 16
31 000 .. Londe;, Ship 051. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16
30,0^0 Si. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 21 Es Od
250,001 Is. fid. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/17.0d
2,500 1/. Provident Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 191
1110,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 91. pd 64
69..),9.201 Si. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork... 202
Sun 2lO
6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd 54
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd
JOINT STOCK BANKS
5,000 Australa.ia 4O/. sh. 49/. pd 60-
10,0011 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham sf/. sh. 101. pc! 1:1-
10,000 10 per cent Birmingham Bank . . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14
18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster-100/ sh. 15/. pd
3,000 Lancaster 1004 sh. 20/. pd 31
25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 17
30,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/. sh. Hu TA 22
Discount
'20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 201 pd 551
20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland 100/. sh. 251. pd 4:1
20,, €0 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5"/. sh. 10/. pd 161.
10,000 National Provincial Eng. -100/. sh. 251. pd
10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 711. pd 15
(1,000 Hampshire 50/. sh 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
500 1/ 12s Bath 2O/. sh. 1,1. rid 25
5,000 61. per cent. British 4O!. sh. 161. pd 211
5,000 rYand.percents3..} Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19 pd 221
L Bs.
814 51104 Birmingham Sill. sh. 105
4,250 21 Os Bristol
1,500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 134
750 ...... ... Ditto, New "N. sh, IS!. pd 12
2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 19
4,000 3/, Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 513!. pd 95
1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd
1010 6/. Ditto, New
4,000 4/.los. Equitable 401. pd 31
European 51. pd 41
10,100 Si. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 421
81X1 5/ per cent. Isle of Thanet 95/. sh. 20/. pd 20
2,350 6/. per cant. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 50
1.5'0 71 per cent. Leeds
0,000 3/ per cent. Plirenix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 221
1.000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff .. lOO/. sh. 60/. pd 69
4,0110 South Metropolitan 5"/. sh. 13/ pd
8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 451. pd nni
210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. .50)
400 115 s Wakefield 25/. sh. 221
12,000 3/. Westrqinster Chartered 5O/. sh. 504
6,001 12 Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/, rid 24
KO - Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd 9
WATER WORKS.
4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25!. pd 20
1,133 5/. Rig London lOOl. sh. 1274
4,500 21 103 Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4,1. A. 514
2,000 2/. Kent ' 100/. sh. 413
US 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 310
1.500 2! lOs New Oliver London Bridge Water Annuities 58
6,156 1/, Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 52
1,000 4 per cent. South London 100!. sh. 81
B,vo Si. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 94. sh. 77
1,360 -1/ 114 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 351
IRON RAILWAYS.
Bristol and Exeter . :it 74
Bolton and Leigh
Clarence lOO/. fh. 100/ pd 40
Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 21
Crand Junction 100/. sh. 40/. pi 87
Great 'Western lOOl. sh. 101. pd 311
Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ pd 80
Hull and Selhy 5O/ sh 4/. p 4 9
Leeds and Selby
Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh all pd 48
Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. 1001. pd 240
Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61
Loughborough "ZAverage 142/. 17s. sh.
London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 14
Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. 1/. p 4 Of
Ditto ditto (Rennie)
London and Blackwell 50/. sh. Si pd 21
Londo i and Dover 50/, sh. 1/ pd ft
London and Gravesend . 201 sh 1/. pd :0:
London and Greenwich 2O/. eb. 401 pd 311
London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 50/. pd 120
London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 101. pd 244
London and Croydon 5/ pd ri
Northern and Eastern ... lOOl. sh. 41
North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 121
Preston and Wigan '3O/ pd •
Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pd 1 1
Stockton and Darlington 104)1. sh. 240
Durham Junction 100/. sh. 101. pd
MINES.
Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31. pd 04
A lten 15/. sh. 10/. 105 pd '7l
Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all psi 51
Ditto Subscription 25/. pd 51
Bolanos 150/. sh all pel 125
Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .351. sh. 20/. pd 21
Macaubas & Cocaes United ....25/. sh. 221. pd 12
Ditto St. John Del Key 201. sh. 71/. pd 5
Cata Branca 611. pd 91
Candonga 7l/. pd
.6.

661
2,000
2,500 19s.
80,003
30.P,d")
2,900
2100
2,1.10
1,509
5,100 9 per cent,

70 1441.
10,000
15,r oo

12,000

31,000
20,900 3 per cent,
25,100

20-,, 00 ......

20,000
12,500
2,500
2,000
1,000 61. per cent,
800

8,000

4,000
10,000 ... .....

2,600
10,000 31. `:s.
6,0 0

Copiapo 2O/. sh .1241 pd
Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd
Ditto Scrip 44 pd
British Iron 50/. sh. 50/. pd
British Copper Si. sh.,3il. pd
Columbian, iss. 5/. pm.
English 12/. ICs. ixi
General Mining Assoclation...2o/. sh. 15/. pd
Mexican Company 100/. sh 5141. p
Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd
Real del Monte, Unregistered
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd
United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 401. sh. all pd
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Subscription 2/. pd
Ditto New Scrip sl pd
Union Gold, iss. 21.55. pm.... 221,/. sh. 44/. pd
West Cork 50/. sh. 40/. pd
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh.
1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd
700 Russell 25gs. sh.
King' College 100/. pd

10,000
10,0(X)
10,000
20,001 U. 10s.
6,000
8,500
2,850
2,1,000

31.

-6:155

2,000
' 11,500

3 ),000 ... :.. ...

5.(C0

MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 261/. pd 421
1,090 H. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 19
6,030 British American Land Company ~ 13/. pd 11 y'
10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 201. pd 36,
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3
15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 25
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
1/. London Com. Sale Rooms As'. 75/. sh. 19
New Brunswick Land Company 22! pd 194
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 130;
2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 76J
4,000
10,000 Van Diemer.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 1

2,000

1,500,0014 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 831.68. Bd. sh. all pd 2041.
2,000,0 X/. si p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1711.
500,0)0/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1004 sh. all pd 2401.
3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1004 pd 172/.
5,000,0001. sp. ct, National lOO/. sh. 101. pd 15,/
2,000,0061. 4/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 60X.
t„000 MO/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 34/.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
250.0005 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 11. pd 26/
7,500 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 11l Os
100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland-104 sh. all pd 71 Os
50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 104 pd 15/.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 131 Os
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14! lOs
100,000 4p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 101 108
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 221.
Ditto Allocated 961, sh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 34/.
Carron Iron Company ......2501. sh. all pd 450/.
2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ........ .50/. sh. 384 pd 25/.
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/, pd 1,/.
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 67/.
4,450 10 percent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60/.
750 6 percent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 35/.
1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so/.Bh. 75/.
3,000 51 percent, Equitable Lou4Company 251 sh. 91. pd 101.

THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH

On Thursday evening another brilliant and overflowing
audience assembled to witness Mr. Kean's performance of

Richard the Third. This great character, which is so
finely calculated for dramatic display, has called forth the
energies of all our leading tragedians. Garrick was famous
in his day ; and the genius Kemble, Cooke, and Kean
has successively shone forth in this part. But of these last,
Cooke and Kean were decidedly the most successful, Kern-
ble being rather deficient in that fiery impulse which the-
character of Richard above all others, demands ; and if
Cooke excelled Kean in giving expression to that deep
withering sarcasm, and that relentless ferocity which the
tyrant exhibits in the earlier scenes, Kean, on the other
hand, was more dazzling, rapid, and energetic in the con-
cluding and spirit-stirring scenes where Richard appears
as the warrior at the head of his army. The present
Mr. Kean, if he has not already attained the highest de-
gree of excellence in this representation, is evidently mak-
ing rapid strides towards that goal. But really when we
witnessed him on the above evening, and were often
carried away by the force, the grandeur, of his re-
presentation in the last scenes, our involuntary im-
pression, and, we will venture to say, that of the excited
audience was, that he soared beyond all criticism, so vividly
did he pourtray the great dramatic hero " towering in his
pride of might." The first soliloquy, " Now is the winter
of our discontent," we have always viewed as a test for an
actor, seeing that he can gain no aid from the diction of the
poet as in passages of a lofty heroic cast, which are often
effective even in the hands-of an ordinary performer ; but
is thrown entirely on his own taste and discrimination, or
the dernier resort of imitating some great original. But
Mr. Kean gave this with all that light and shade and depth
of colouring that denoted the great actor. The murder of
ilknry the Sixth was also exhibited with great effect, espe-
cially when his hand began to feel for the hilt of his sword,
and with ominous gesture be drew nearer and nearer to his
victim until he laid him low. The courtship scene with
Lady Anne was done with matchless address, although one
of the finest points was lost, owing to the actor being dis-
concerted by the noise in the upper gallery, which was
quite overcrowded. We allude to that part where Lady
Anne, in, crossing from her first position to the other side
of the stage, is followed by the luring smile of her dissem-
bling woer, as if" a laughing devil" were in his look.

We have seen this point given with the happiest effect
by Mr. Kean, but, as we have said, it was entirely
marred by •the above cause. In that scene where
Richard appears on his throne, the dignity which Mr.
Kean threw into his mien attracted of itself an in-
voluntary burst of applause—as did the immediately suc-
ceeding part where he sounds Buckingham, as to the mur-
der of the two Princes, whom he aptly describes as " two
spiders crawling on his arm." But Mr. Kean's great
triumph was in the concluding scenes, when he hears the
clamorous approach of war. To these he imparted extra-
ordinary energy and fire ; and as he successively entered
the scene a sensation seemed to steal through the audience,
so striking was his gait and so lustrous the expression of his
fine ditrk eye, all conveying the--idea of one born to threaten
and command. The different heroic passages were also de-
livered with great power, aided as they were by his bold,
varied, and picturelque attitudes. We should also men-
tion the true and beautiful expression given to many of the
sentimental effusions, as for instance, when Richard, after
ordering, his tent to be pitched, for that night, on Bosworth
field, exclaims, " But where to-morrow night ?" This and
other similar passages lent a fine relief to the scene. That
famous point " Off with his head—se much for Bucking-
ham," was certainly given with dramatic effect and loudly

applauded, but to our taste it seemed too elaborate, and
deficient in sarcastic force. In the fatal onset, however,
Mr. Kean finely displayed all the matchless daring of the
hero ; and the dying scene was equally striking.
Friday night Mr. Kean played Othello to a crowded and

fashionable audience, but at this late hour we cannot enter
upon the subject. We may state, however, that it was a
great performance, and from the sensation which it caused,
the plaudits being renewed after the falling of the curtain,

we are inclined to think that it may one-day become the
most popular of his characters.—Caledonian Mercury.

DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUND

The nineteenth anniversary dinner of 'this laudable and
benevolent charity was yesterday celebrated in the Free-
masons Hail, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.8.,
presiding over a numerous and respectable meeting of the
patrons and friends of the institution.
After an excellent dinner, the health of his Majesty was
proposed, as the benevolent patron of the Society ; and the
Gallant Admiral added, that he had his Majesty's commands
to presesnt the Society with his contribution of one hundred

guineas.
" The King." Three times three.
Other loyal toasts were then drank ; after which,

On " The health of Sir E. Codrington" being proposed
by Mr. Ramsbottom, M.P., the Hon. Gentleman eulogised
the conduct of the Gallant Chairman, and stated that it
was no " untoward event" that had placed him in the chair
that day, to advocate the claims of the charity on public
benevolence. The exploits of the heroic Admiral were the
best criteria of his merits. He should therefore propose
"'The health of the hero of Navarino."
Sir E. CODRINGTON returned thanks.
The standing toast, " Prosperity to the Drury-lane
Theatrical Fund," was next proposed; coupled with " The
health of Mr. Harley," when that gentleman returned
thanks .as follows :
My Lords and Gentlemen,—This is the age of progres-
sion. Push on, keep moving ! is the order of the day.
Every thing is on the quick march, or quick gallop ! In-
tellect and railroads—stages, with and without wheels-7--nor
is our fund-bag last in this general movement—thanks,
kind patrons, to you ! Encouraged by past success, and
sanguine for the future, behold me again at my post. Your
presence here to-day is an eloquent proof that charity is its
own best advocate. Believe, me, Sirs, sad are the vicissi-
tudes of our profession, that would seem to carry so many
fascinations and charms. I know the wretched cant of
utilitarian philosophy—and you, my Lords and Gentlemen,
know it too, and, knowing, despise it—that says, man needs
no other dependence but his own energies and foresight,
that to relieve distress is to produce it, and that asylums
for the unfortunate, the helpless, and the aged, are con-
trary to the rule of right and the true fitness of things. We
are not assembled to discuss this ruthless system-mon-
gering, or to calculate the exact mininum upon which a
broken spirit, with the sorrowful remembrance of bet-
ter days, can wear out a miserable existence ; but
to succour pinching want, dispense frugal comforts to those
who have hitherto been limited to a bare subsistence, put a
staff in the feeble hand of old age, sustain the drooping and
desponding, mitigate the pangs of sickness and death, and
rescue the bereaved and unprotected from penury and a
harsh world. And if, after Mithfully performing these all
important duties, a superflux remain, grudge not that we
gladden the widow's board with some simple but long-for-
gotten luxury, and surprise Jack Falstaff with a cup of sack
to oil the springs of his wit, and toast the healths of his li-
beral benefactors.

Mr. Harley's speech was listened to with great attention,
and warmly applauded.
After some general toasts—
The •CIIAIRMAN proposed, in a flattering speech, " The
health of Mr. Price and the American stage."
Mr. PRICE returned thanks.
The musical department was under the superintendence
of Mr. T. Cooke.

We were extremely gratified to see the veteran Grimaldi
among the company, apparently enjoying a green old age.

MURDER.-Nicholas Fairles, Esq., at Jarrow,
near South Shields, was an active magistrate of the county
of Durham, and the deed of blood was committed on the
highway, in a populous neighbourhood, and in broad day-
light. The murderers were W. Jobling and Ralph Arm-
strong, belonging to the Pitmen's Union, the members of
which, having struck work for an advance of wages, were or-
ganized by several designing demagogues, under whose aus-
pices, and, as it now appears, at whose instigation, the deluded
men committed crimes of the most desperate and awful descrip-
tion. The guilty perpetrators of many of those acts of out-
rage, which filled the public mind with dread, were never
brought to justice, but there could be no doubt as to the in-
dentity of the murderers of Mr. Fairles. Two women saw the
deed committed ; a host of witnesses also observed Jobling and
Armstrong run away from the scene of their atrocity. Arm-
strong's hands were red and reeking with the life-blood of the
unfortunate gentleman, who lingered sufficiently long to make
a deposition as to the villainous deed. Jobling was appre-
hended, convicted, executed, and gibbetted at Jarrow-Slake.
Rewards, to the amount of 5001., were offered for the ap-
prehension of Armstrong. A man, who has gone by the
name of " William Robinson," as a sailor on board his
Majesty's ship Tribune, cruising off the island of Corfu,
in the Mediterranean, made a de tailed confession
of the murder, before the captain and officers, on the
15th and 16th days of January last. He gave a circumstantial
account of the committal of the crime, as the facts were
elicited in the county of Durham on the trial of Jobling.
He further stated that he remained in concealment in the
neighbourhood where the crime was perpetrated, until after
the gibbet, exposing the body of Jobling, was erected in Jar-
row Slack. He was then, he says, along with three other
men, employed by the delegates of the Pitmen's Union, to cut
down the body of Jobling. This daring act was accomplished
in the dead of night, an the body, as it was in chains, was
carried in a waterman's boat, outside Shields Bar, and thrown
into the sea. For this service, himself and the other three
men received, front the Pitmen's Delegates, and out of the
union funds (we use the confessor's own words), " the sum
of two pounds each, and a blow-out of grog and porter, and
a supper." There can be no doubt that the man will speedily
arrive in this country. The necessary steps as to his iden-
tity will, of course, be immediately taken, and, if he be
really the murderer, his eventual conviction of the crime may
be looked upon as certain.—Xewcastle Paper.

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