The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-21 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY

COLLIER V. MARTIN AND ANOTHER.
This was an inquiry to assess damages, in an action
brought against defendants, as executors of the kite
Thomas Martin, Esq., MP. for Galway. The sum
claimed was 3261. 2s. 9d. for plate, &c.; there was no de-
fence to the action, 'and a verdict was given for the
amount claimed.
THE TAW VALE RAILWAY CO. V. TERRY.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of 801.
on calls on shares in the Taw Vale Railway Company,
and interest thereon.
Mr. Harris, the secretary to the company, was called,
and proved that defendant was the registered proprietor
of forty 20/. shares. The demand was for a third call of
21. on each share, and the interest thereon from the time
of default.
The SOLICITOR to the assignees said, that by the 23d
section of the company's Consolidation Act the company
were entitled to " legal interest."
The UNDER-SHERIFF said that there was now no po-
sitive rate of interest; it was entirely a question for the

jury.
The jury gave a verdict for 801., and 1/. ss. interest, at
the rate of 5 per cent.
BROWNE AND ANOTHER W. WILDE.
The plaintiffs in this action are news agents, and de-
fendant was secretary to the Wisbeach and Huntington
Railway Company. The amount claimed was 134 14s.
for Times newspapers supplied.
Mr. THOMAS appeared for the plaintiffs, and called
witnesses to prove the delivery of the papers for two
years after the directors had decided not to go on, and
eventually the deposits were returned. Defendant had
made out a list of all debts and liabilities, but the claim
for newspapers from 1846 was repudiated by the
company.
On the part of the defendant it was contended that
the newspapers had been delivered at the compan)'s
office, in Park-street, Westminster, and that defendant
continued to be secretary of the company upAo Jan. 1849.
The jury suddenly said that they were decd on a
verdict for defendant.
Mr. THOMAS objected to the Under-Sheriff recording
the verdict, fur it was clear that after the auditor had
disallowed the account for newspapers, defendant had
taken the papers in to the value of 21.95. 7d.
'[he Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said he should have
called the attention of the jury to the point as to whether
the papers were not originally delivered for and on
behalf of the company; but it could scarcely be con-
sidered defendant was entitled to take in newspapers for
the company after the auditor had distinctly refused to
allow the charge.
The UNDER SHERIFF said the question was whether
the defendant had power to pledge the credit of the
company. It was possible that defendant might ba
servant tor a particular purpose, and the newspapers
advertise-
ments or might not have been required,
tmheenirtsdehpaodsbiteseannidnsteortseedndfoirnschlaariemh..o.lders toforrecaeive back
verTdhicetjtu.orrytchoen:luerletenddafnotr. a short time and then gcaovuelda
TMhre. TUHNoD3si ARs.
s insistedHEFi,o
decidedn a nonsuit
t instead.the
plaintiff
make his election, and a nonsuit was entered.

We gather from certain rumours current at the
clubs that the Government have laid down a rule,
that no person above 60 years of age can be appointed
to any vacant see office. We shall be anxious to
whether this rule be carried out in all cases, and
whether, when scions of the aristocracy are concerned,
it will be invariably acted on.

kr. Alderman Humphery paired off with Mr. Wm.
Cubio is Wm Of tho Aluriuges

MARLBRO%STREET--(THIS DAY.)
ILnry Did, Geolye PeGchy, and Caroline Peucliy, were
br.u,;ht before Mr. Harthiiek charged with having been
drunk and disenderly.

Police-cony table E 31, stated that this morning be-
tween two end three o'clock he was on duty in Portland-
road, t%hcii his attention was called to the two male pri-
soners who were fighting in the middle of the road.
Witnesc went up, and having parted them, directed them
to quit the place quietly. The woman then rushed on
him like a fury, and struck him ever the head and face
with litr parasol. Another constable at that moment
came up, and the whole of the prisoners were taken to
the station.

The prisoners, who denied the charge, were fined
s. each.

Mr. Reardon, foreman to Mr. Lawton, pawnbroker,
Green-street, Leicester-square, applied to Mr. Hard-
wick for advice, under the following circumstance;—
Mr. Reardon stated, that yesterday a soldier, who gave
the name of Crawford, called at their shop and offered
a valuable gold watch in pledge. He asked the soldier
how much he wanted upon it? He (the soldier) said he
wanted 51., or any sum he could affurd. This reply sa-
tisfied him that he did not know the value of the watch,
and he questioned him as to whose property it was, and
whore he got it from? The soldier replied that the
watch was his sister's, and she had given it to him to
raise money upon. Applicant then said he should de-
tain the watch, and make further inquiries about it.
The soldier then gave his name and address and left the
shop. Mr. Reardon subsequently called upon Mr. Pine,
the maker of the watch; tnd, on showing it to that
gentleman, he identified it as one that he had sold to
Lord Montague. Mr. Pine also informed applicant that
his Lordship had been robbed of the watch a few days
after he purchased it. His Lordship was now in India,
and applicant wished to know what he should do with
the watch?

Mr. HARDWICK recommended him to detain the
watch, and give information of the whole of the circum-
stances to the detective police.
Applicant thanked the magistrate and left the Court.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BIBURY CLUB RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate of 501. One mile.
Mr. P. Williams na Master Murray, aged. lOst 11b 1
Mr. S. R. Batson na Fiddlestring, 6 yrs, list 101 b 2
Captain Pettat,na Colocynthis, 4 yrs, 9st 131 b 3
Mr. Osbaldeston's Joe o' Sot, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b
7t04 on Master Murray. Won easily.
The Champagne Stakes of 30 sous. each, h ft, with 50
added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, ast
71b; winners extra. Last three quarters of the New
Mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. J. Bay ly na Humphery (A. Day) 1
Mr. W. Sadler's Giraffe
.(F. Butler) 2
Mr. Elwes's Augean (11. Bell) 3
Mr. Payne's Sergius (Flatman) 4
6to 5 agst Humphery, and 6to 4 agst Giraffe. Won
by a length and a half.
Plate of 501., for three yrs old, 9st 101 b; four, lOst 81b;
five, llst 21b; six and aged, llst 71b; winner to be sold
for 1501, &c. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Herb rt's Radulphus, 6 yrs (Mr. Scobell) 1
Captain Pettat na Comet, 4 yrs ... (Mr. Brooke) 2
Mr. P. Williams na Master Murray, aged 3
The following also ran:—Mr. Tregonwell as Chester,
3 yrs (Mr. Berkeley)—Mr. Caldwell eta Brother to
Elden, 3 yrs (Mr. Evans)—and Mr. Etwall's b g by
Thistlewhipper, out of Mopsa, 3 yrs (Mr. S. R. Batson).
5 to 2 agst Radulphus, 2 to 1 agst Jester, and 3 to 1 agst
Master Murray. Won by halt a length; a neck between
second and third.
The Bibury Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if
declared, with 50 added; the second to save his stake.
Two miles. (16 Subs., 10 of whom declared).
Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b
Mr. Herbert's b c by Sir Hercules, 3 yrs, 9st 51b
Mr. Whieldon's W)ke, 5 yrs, llst 51b
Captain Pettat's Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, l lst 0
3tol on St. Antonio. Won in a canter.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs
old colts, B.t 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. New mile. (16
subs.)
Mr. Nevill's Herbert
Mr. Payne's Glenlyon (allowed 31b) (Flatman) 2
Mr. W. Etwall's fby Etnilius (allowed ...... 0
Mr. Nevill's Letitia (Sly) 0
7 to 4 agst Herbert, 2 to 1 agst Letitia, and 3 to 1 agst
Glenlyon. Won cleverly by a length and a half.
It is expected that there will be a dozen starters for
the Stockbridge Triennial Stakes (this day), and five or
six for the Produce.

GOODWOOD, 1849.
Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes.
st. lb.
Chanticleer, 6 yrs 9 13
Collingwood, G yra 9 8
Surplice, 4 yrs
Limestone, 5 yrs
Wanota, 5 yrs ...... 8 3
Inheritress, aged
Fernhill, 4 yrs 7 13,
Maid of Masham,4 yrs 7 9
The Admiral, 5 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs
Plaudit, aged....
Antagonist, 5 yrs 7
Clermont, 5 yrs
Projectile, 5 yrs
Hornpipe, 4 yrs
Tisiphone, 4 yrs
Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs 6 13
Giselle, 6 yrs
Hagley, 4 yrs
Miss Whip, 5 yrs 6 9
Remembrance, 43 rs 6 9

st lb

Tophana, 4 yrs 6 S
St. Antonio, 4 yrs 6 7
'Wyke, 5 yrs 6 4
Vaurien, 4 yrs .... 6 4
Fireater (c out of
Flambeau's dam),
3 yrs
Bacchanalian, 4 yrs 513
Abbot of Meaux, 3 yrs 5 13
Osterley, 3 yrs 5 13
'Clarissa, 3 yrs
Raby, 3 yrs
Van Nieman, 3 yrs
'Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs 5 3
l' Priestess, 3 yrs 5 3
Legerdemain, 3 yrs
Emma Donna, 3 yrs 4 13
F out of Canada, 3 yrs 4 13
Wallfhiwer, 3 ye
Syrup, 3 yrs 4 9
I Over-fork-over, 33 rs 4 3

CRICKET.

ELETZN GENTLEMEN OF THE HAMPSHIRE CLUB AGAINST

ELEVEN OF THE COUNTY PLAYERS.
This match, to which some interest was attached in
consequence of the rising popularity of the players of
the county of Hants, more particularly three or four of
them, who have made their debut in public within the
last season or two, commenced at Day's Ground, Wool-
stop, near Southampton, on Monday last, and terminated
early on Tuesday. It will be seen, in reference to the
score, that the players fully realised the expectations
formed of them, and had not much difficulty in polishing
off the members of the newly-formed Hampshire Club,
notwithstanding the side embraced the names of Sir
Frederick Bathurst, Captain Latour, Mr. Onslow, Mr.
George, Mr. Elliott, &c. A numerous and highly-
respectable concourse asFf mbled to witness the match,
which was commenced by the players first taking the
bat.
The following is the result:—

~..,
THE PLAYERS.
Aubrey, b Sir F. Bathurst
Bat hurst 0
Smith, b Sir F. Bathurst 4 b Sir P. Bathurst... 5
Winoibank, c Day, b Captain c Day, by Sir F.
Latour l3 Bathurst
Boole, run out ...... ........... ... 34 b Sir F. Bathurst 3
Goddard, b Day..... 4 run out 2
Ceasar, c J. Onslow, Esq., b Sir
F. Bathurst 7 b Sir F. Bathurst... 6
Privett, c Day, b Sir F. Bathurst 9 not out
Hawkins, run out
Stonage, b Sir F. Bathurst
Woodman, not out
Powell, b Sir F. Bathurst,
Byes 15; wide ball, 1 .....

144
THE GENTLEMEN.

H. Pearce, Esq., leg b wicket,

b Ceasar - 4 b Ceasar

J. Onslow, Esq., b 80d1e.....,.. 1 c Goddard, b Ceasar 5
J. Gould, Esq., c Ceasar, b
Bodle

Day, c Smith, b Ceasar
Captain Latour, c Ceasar, b
Bodle
J. C. Elliott, Esq., run out l3 c Aubrey, b 80d1e... 2
St. Johns, Esq., b Ceasar
Sir F. Bathurst, Bart., b

Ceasar
E. George, Esq., b Bodle
H. Wheeble, Esq., not out
T. Chamberlayne, Esq., c
Ceasar, b Bodle
Byes ...... ..

44
The players thus winning the match by 97 runs.

An excellent little " Illustrated Guide to Bada-

joz" has just been published—the letter-press being
embellished with medallion likenesses of Napoleon,
Wellington, and Soult, with several other wood
engravings.
FIRE IN RATCLIFFE HlGHWAY.—Yesterday morn-
ing, shortly after day-break, a fire, nearly attended with
fatal consequences to three persons, broke out upon the
premises in the occupancy of H. llerschfeld, Esq ,
situate No. 8, Pell-street, St. George's-street (late Rat-
cliffe-highway). The flames when first discovered were
rushing through the ground-floor windows, at which
time Mr. Hersehleld with his brother were sleeping in
the upper floor of the building, and a female servant in
the basement. The two gentlemen in the upper floor
succeeded by a desperate struggle in reaching the roofn
of the premises, over which they passed in rfet
Gdeor,ge's Hos-
pital, the Deputy Coroner
the neighbours and police succeeded in extricatingand
Last evening Mr. Langham,
on the body of Robert Wiley, aged
four years, who
Svva
whose parents lodge ap-
peared Westminster, held an inquest
e at the Sad-
was burnt to death in a fire which hr'socSeuLrr-
street, Piccadilly.
that the deceased,
bove tavern, wasthe t
Sad-
dlers' Arms Tavern,
e
second floor of the a evening of
put to bed, and shortly afterwards an alarm
was given that the room 1n
which the child was sleeping
was on
fire. The parties who were in the house dimme-
diately proceeded to the r oom, where they found two
beds in a mass of flame, and on the top of one of the
beds the unfortuate child was burning. It was forth-
with taken to the above hospital, where it shortly after-
wards expired. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death. •
THE CORROSION Or IRON RAILINGS.— Where
thoy are united to their
sockets by lead, it may be les-
sened in the Ibllowing manner :--The cause of the corro-
sion, as is wi 11 known, is the galvanic action which goes
on between the two metals, through the medium of the
water collected at the angle of juncture by capillary
attraction. It, then, the lead, instead of being flush with
the steno into wbieh the iron is fixed, were to be levelled
from the iron to the stone at an angle of about 60 de-
grees, all the water would drain off; and, consequently,
the galvanic action would be stopped.—Builder.
THE ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain Urquhart, of the
corps of Royal Marines, who, our readers will recollect,
was, in M irch last, removed from the service for an al-
leged " breach of faith" in communicating matters con-
nected with the service to the public press, has been re-
stored to his rank, and placed, for the present, on half-
pay, by order other Majesty.

~_`-'_

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
A new tragedy from the pen of Mr. Wes.land Mar-
ston, entitled Strathmore, of which Mr. and Mrs. Charles
lean sustained the principal character:, was produced
here last evening, with a success so decided and su com-
plete, as to be quite unusual of late. But it the success
was unusual, so is the play. It is the best tragedy that
has been produced for years, original in the best sense
of the word, abounding in eloquent passages of the
highest order of poetry, not wanting in incident, while
at the same time every incident introduced tends to
bring about the catastrophe; and so artistically con-
structed as to create an interest at the very commence-
ment of the tragedy, which interest continues unbe
one and indivisible," to the very conclusion, becoming
More and more intense in each successsive scene,
until the climax is reached in the catastrophe, which
arrives not until the very conclusion of the play. The
scene is laid in Scotland, in the year 1679, when the
Covenanters, driven mad by the persecutions of the
4iscopalians, have taken to the hill-side, and, under
the guidance of Balfour of Burley, are doing battle for
the rights of conscience, while the bloodthirsty Clever-
house is conducting against them a crusade, in which, if
he showed more of chivalry than did the persecutors of
the unhappy Vaudois, he was at least their equal in
cruelty. Halbert Strathmore (Mr. ,Charles Kean), a
Royalist by birth and by education, the betrothed of
liatharine (Mrs. Charles Kean), the daughter of Sir
Rupert Lorn (Mr. H. Hughes), a rough and roystering
old Cavalier, determines to sacrifice his personal posi-
tion, his ease, his friends, his love, to a sense of duty;
he has convinced himself, not so much that the Cove-
nanters are right, as that their adversaries are wrong,
Wrong because they persecute men for demanding
liberty of conscience, and therefore he determines to cast
bis lot among the persecuted. In vain does Lorn en-
deavour to divert him from his purpose; stern in the
execution of his duty, although he clearly foresees that
that perseverance in the path of duty leads to an early
and a violent death, preceded by the agonizing conflict
between duty and affection, which crushes the heart and
Maddens the brain—foreseeing all these things, Halbert
Strathmore, proof alike agaiast the threatenings of Lora
and the loss of Katharine, joins the Covenanters, and
breaks off all connexion with his friends and his be-
trothed. In heightening the trials that are to prove
this hero's resolution, the author has been most inge-
nious, Sir Rupert Lorn having barbarously cut to
Pieces a congregation with its pastor, Strathmore is
selected to head a party against the castle of his old
friend. The castle is taken, Sir Rupert is tried for
big life, and Strathmore, hoping to preserve him, but
not at the expense of duty, feels morally compelled
to sit as his judge. Sir Rupert, glorying in his
guilt, which he openly avows, is led off to a dungeon,
and Strathmore is overwhelmed by the strong con-
flict which arises in his bosom. The visions of his
tdeceased father and his betrothed seem to pass before
°is mind, and he is exhausted by the temptations offered
to swerve from duty. This is not his hardest trial.
Xatharine (Mrs. C. Kean), Sir Rupert's daughter, seeks
him, and hoping that some timely succour may arrive,
Urges him to postpone her father's execution. He ex-
pects that she has some proof of her father's innocence
to bring forward; but, when he finds that she merely tries
to work on his affections, he refuses to move from his
course, although the images of early love and friendship
Which she brings to his mind act so powerfully upon him
that he falls senseless. At the end the castle is retaken
by the Royalists, and Sir Rupert is rescued, while
Strathmore is mortally wounded. His moral eictory
consists in his obtaining from the lips of his beloved
Katharine an avowal that he is in the right,
,alld her bidding him " die" rather than forfeit
'45 honour by a late retractation of his principles.
e acting of Mrs. Charles Kean, as Katharine, was
"oar than anything we have seen on the stage in
modern days. It possesses all the impassioned inten-
sity, all the overwhelming power of the swing of Rachel
in the Horaces, with more grace and infinitely greater
truth to nature. She was very fine in the scene in
Which, knowing her father in the power of the Cove-
nanters, knowing that Strathmore is their commander,
light
almost mad by conflicting feelings, a sudden
bursts on her bewildered brain, and convinced that
Strathmere has assumed the office of judge, only to
save his old friend, she determines to seek her former
"ever. Most harrowing, too, was her acting throughout
this fearful interview—heartrending the pathos with
Which she reminded him of the old familiar scenes of their
childhood—grand, again, the sudden revulsion of feeling
when her father, safe in consequence of her brother's
victory, her thoughts turn to Strathmore, and sublime
with a sublimity with which it is the part of genius alone
*"invest its impersonations, was the grand climax, in
Which, yielding to Strathmore's reasons, she sacrifices
all her own selfish feeling of affection, and bids him
4 die" rather than live a recreant. The Strathmore of
Mr. Charles Kean was a thoughtful, well studied,
tamost finished, yet, at the same time, most natural and
est impassioned performance. He telt he bad a stern
dry to perforni, a mission to fulfil, a fate to accomplish,
and putticg aside all dear affections, blotting from his
memory " all trivial fond records," he is, to use his own
InYstical but expressive language, become dead as
ITgards his former self, and from his ashes have
Peen a being, whose name is " Justice." He
lstwhat Hamlet would have been had Ham-
Possessed Stratmore's stern sense of duty and
decision of character. The conflict between duty and
affection was admirably represented by Mr. Charles
Kean throughout; witness the scene in which he passes
sentence on Lorn, and the admirable soliloquy following
it, in which his heated imagination conjures a vision
of his dead father reproaching him with the
death of. his friend ; witness the scene with '
Katharine, in which she pleads for her father's
re, when he in an agony of almost hopeless hope asks
or proof, be it ever so light, of his innocence; witness
the last grand scene of his death in which the sacrifice
is consummated and the martyr to duty has borne the
testimony of his blood to his faith. There is an under
plot in which a certain scapegrace, named Bryce-
field (excellently acted by Mr. Howe), is
concerned. The said Brycefield has joined the
Covenanters, and is in garrison at Lorn Castle, where
be devotes his time to the vain Endeavour of winning the
affections of Isabella Lorn (Miss Reynolds), the sprightly
'life of the absent son of Sir Rupert. Brycefield believes
171 lady to be single, and makes her hand the price of
,15 conniving at the escape of Sir Rupert, and she fears
to undeceive him, lest he should hasten the old
knight's execution. There are also some comic love
Passages between Brycefield's serving man Roland
(Buekstone), a " chosen vessel," and Fanchette
(Mrs. Fit zwilliam), Isabella's French serving-
foal", the entire omission of which we should
not regret; they interrupt the progress of the tragedy,
and Mrs. Fitz williarn's attempts at French are really
painful to witness. If she cannot manage broken English
better than last night, let her not attempt it, but turn
Fanchette into Dorothy, find make her an
English country wench. Thfierst applause was
and
throughout most enthusiastic ; of all Mr.
Mrs. Charles Kean were called cn, then all engaged in
the representation of the play were called on suc-
cessively ; then the name of the author was deraanded,
an', announced by Mr. Charles Kean, and the author
uiraself was called for, and bowed repeatedly to the
ludienee from a private box. Vie congratulate Mr.
Westland Marston on having produced a really good
acting play, which will keep possession of the stage, and
venture to prophecy that he has not done his bast yet.
The house was crowded to suffocation in every part.

such renown she seems to remain in full posses
sion, although time has naturally impaired the pow,
and le-suty of her voice. In her first mrceaux,
"Scene de la Debutante," composed by M. Uinta, bet
son, Madame Damorenu exhibited this quality to sin-
gular perfection; the air was gracefully rendered, ant
the variations executed with consummate ease, especiali)
one introducing shakes on almost every note of the scale.
which were given with a clearness, precisicn, and equality
impossible to surpass. Madame Damoreau, who was
accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. Benedict, was
enthusiastically applauded, and was equally successful in
some pretty French romances which she sang, accom-
panying herself with characteristic naiveté The plea
sant v...udeville Les Extremes se Touchtt, in which M.
',Aunt and Madame Duche sustained the principal cha
ratters, concluded the evening's amusements. Madame
Doche will, we are happy to learn, give a few more re-
preaentations during her stay in England; but we regret
to say that last night is to be the only appearance of
Lafont during the present season.