The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

THE ENGLISII DRAMA IN VIENNA..—The Vienna
correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says :—A glance
at the theatres is sufficient to show that the influx of the
wealthier classes is on the increase. The Holf Burg
Theatre, or HollNational Theatre (new style), a shabby
building enough, still maintains its superiority over all
the other theatres of Germany. Hera may frequently
be seen Schiller's and Goethe's best pieces, played by
masters of their art. Our own great dramatist, too,
cuts a very respectable figure on these boards, to say no.
thing of Sheridan's School for Scandal, and some of
Knowles's plays. Shakspare invariably draws a full
house. " Gods and groundlings" alike do honour to his
immortal works. Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth are each cast
in a style that would do credit to the haunts of Kean
and Kemble. Kato and Petruchio, Benedick and Bea-
trice, the Merry Wives of Windsor, have all had a hear-
ing within the last three weeks. Falstaff is an especial
favourite, though it must be confessed, rather un-English.
I saw him a night or two ago—a fat, phlegmatic German.
The audience, however, were delighted, and roars of
laughter accompanied his hasty retreat in the clothes-
basket. The same actor (La Roche) is perfection in
Shylock. Comedy carries the palm at present; whether
it is that the good easy folk have enacted enough tragedy
for themselves of late I do not pretend to decide, but
most true it is, that at the performance of a serious piece
the uneasiness displayed by the unhappy few, who drop
in to shed tears, presupposes an unusual share of nervous
sensibility.
ROYAL MATERNITY CHARITY.—Last evening the
annual general meeting of governors of this institution
was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
William Barry, Esq., in the chair. The secretary, Dr.
Rayner, read the annual report, which stated
that the number of tickets granted for the mid-
wins' attendance upon poor married women from
January 1 to December 31, 1848, amounted to
3,548, and the number actually delivered during the
same period to 3,170, being an increase of 307 over the
preceding year, Only 16 deaths of mothers had oc-
curred out of the total number succoured, and in only 45
instances the assistance of the medical staff was rendered
at the accouchements. inclusive. The accounts showed the re-
ceipts of the past year, of the charity's funded
property, to amount to 1,757/. I Is., and the disburse •
meats to 1,805/. 10s. 11d.; leaving a balance due to the
treasurer, on the 31st ult., of 47/. 19s. lid. Six poor
disabled midwives are at present receiving 1/. per month
from the midwives' superannuation fund, and there is
placed to the credit of that fund 218/. 10s. Id. in the
savings bank, in addition to 2001. invested in the Three
per Cent. Consols. After a lengthened discussion, the
report was received and adopted by the meeting, which
was rather numerously. attended; and the consideration
of the propriety of altering certain of the charity's rules
was deferred to a future occasion.
Tux NORFOLK MURDERS.—On the afternoon of
Saturday week a mistake vs as committed at the Bell
Inn, Orford-hill, Norwich, which, for a time, caused con-
siderable anxiety and alarm; and, as various false or
exaggerated statements respecting the occurrence have
been in circulaticn, we have made inquiries upon the
subject, and have ascertained that the following are the
real facts of the case:—lt appears that Mr. J.Cann, jun.,
solicitor, had been requested to bring a carpet-bag, be-
longing to a gentleman, to Norwich, when he visited
this city on Saturday, the 6th. It seems that on leaving
home the matter entirely escaped his recollection, and be
arrived in Norwich with only his own carpet-bag, and
put up as usual at the Bell Inn. Soon after his arrival
he had to go out on business, leaving the carpet-bag in
his room, and during his absence the brother of
the gentleman whose carpet-bag he ought to
hare brought called and inquired for him. He
was told by the waiter that Mr. Cann had gone
out, upon which the gentleman requested to be shown to
his room, saying that he would wait for him. The waiter
pointed out the leiora, which the gentleman entered.
After remaining for a short time, and Mr. Cann not re-
tnrning, the gentleman, perceiving a carpet-bag in the
room, concluded that it was his brother's, and accord-
ingly took it away with him. On his return, about four
o'clock, Mr. Cann missed the carpet-bag, and as it con-
tained a number of important documents relating to the
prisoner Rush, he became exceedingly alarme.d? conceiv-
ing that the carpet-bag had, in
.all probability, been
stolen by some friend or accomplice of that individual.
This feeling was strengthened by the fact that the gen-
tleman who had been seen carrying the. carpet-bag down
stairs was an entire stranger to the waiter. Fortunately,
however, the matter was soon after satisfactorily ex-
plained by the gentleman returning the carpet-bag, with
its contents, as soon as he bad discovered the mistake,—
SuljiM Herald.
DEATH OP ROBERT KRUSE OF THE TROWS.—
Many of our readers will peruse with deep regret the
announcement of the death of Robert Kerse, which took
place suddenly, at his fishing cottage at Makerstoun, on
the afternoon of Wednesday last, from an attack of the
prevailing epidemic, aged 79 years. Few men, in his
station of life, have enjoyed a
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none have contributed more t the subhe spt and act of thijs enjoyment
of the lovers of angling, than notice.
Belonging to what may not improperly be called a family
of " hereditary fishermen" on the rweed, Kerse spent
the greater part of a long life in the pursuit of that oc-
cupation, having been tacksrnan of the fishings at the
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leading literary characters of the. day, with all of whom
he was an especial favourite. his extreme simplicity of
character, obliging disposition, and enthusiasm as an
angler, has often caused a day at the Trows with " Old
Rob," to be looked forward to by the youths of his na-
tive district (many of whom are now far distant from
the Banks of the Tweed), with an elasticity of spirit,
which none can understand but those who have experi
ma
d its delightful and exhilarating influences. The
pages of Blackwood's Magazine have more than -once
borne testimony to the celebrity of the name of " He o'
the Trows," as a fisherman.—Kelso Mail.
M. Jullien gave a second concert at Edinburgh on
Friday evening, and as might have been expected, drew
a crowded and brilliant audience. Madame Anna Thil-
lon gave the air " Love rules the Palace" with a re-
markable purity of intonation and a beauty of ex-
pressiou that enraptured the audience.