The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

SURREY.

Mr. Booth, after an interval of ten years, if we may
credit the play-bills, made his re-appearance in this house
last night in the arduous character of Richard 111. His
reception by a crowded audience was extremely favourable,
and during the performance be was repeatedly and loudly
cheered by the pit and gallery. Some of his bursts were
given with fine effect ; but as a whole, his performance
fell short of our expectations. Mr. Booth manifestly mis-
conceives the character of the Duke of Gloucester, or he
greatly fails in communicating his impression of it to the au-
dience. The malignant irony, which scarcely conceals the
fiendish chuckle of the tyrant as he combats every fresh
obstacle in the path of his ambition, was given
by Mr. Booth with all the measured stateliness of
cold invective. Towards the close, he overdid the part,
particularly in the last scene, where he encounters Rich-
mond. After the curtain fell, he was loudly called for, and
warmly applauded. The announcement of his appearance
to-night, in the character of Sir Edward Mortimer, in the
Iron Chest, was received with cheers. The part of the
Duke of Buckingham was well sustained by Mr. Maitland.
Miss Grant as Lady Anne, and Miss Watson as the Queen,
were loudly applauded.

The Swabian Mercury gives the following, dated
Gratz, 21st :—" The Duchess de Berry is going. to
Goritz, to be present at the opening of the will of Charles X.
Immediately after the King's death, the Duke de Blacas
notified to all the Courts with whom he was allied, that the
will could not be opened but in the presence of all the mem-
bers of his illustrious family. It is already asserted that the
Duke de Bordeaux is the universal legatee." This journal
also states from Vienna, that at the election of a Prince
Archbishop at 011mutz, on the 20th, the choice fell upon
the Baron of Sommeura, Dean of that Cathedral, who is
highly esteemed for his benevolence.

Mary Morgan, a servant-girl, recently destroyed
herself here by arsenic. A verdict of felo de se having
been found, the deceased was consequently interred without
funeral rites, in St. John's burial-ground, at midnight, ac-
cording to the provision of the Act of Parliament.—Here-
Ard Times.
An Association for the abolition of Church Rates,
has been formed at Abergavenny.

A chimney sweep last week discovered 30 sovereigns
in the chimney of a beer shop at Cowes, deposited there by
some person at present unknown.
This week four tallow-chandlers in South Shields
have been fined in mitigated penalties for having boeght
tallow, taken from the wreck of the barque Dave, of this
port, which vessel got ashore in entering Shields harbour,
as noticed in our paper of last week.—Sheffield Observer.
Last night, on the conclusion of the performances
at Drury-lane Theatre, a young man, respectably attired,
threw himself from the front of the two shilling gallery into
and lifted
the pit. The people were going out at the time, and, al-
though he fell close to several persons, he injured no one but
himself, Several individuals ran to his assistance,
him up, but he was unable to speak for some tune, and his
limbs appeared to have been broken by the fall. An alarm
was raised, and the servants of the theatre brought a shut-
ter, on which he was placed, am' they removed Mm in an
apparently dying state to one of the Westminster Hospi-
tals. He said his name was James MiCarthY, aocl that he
secc scat of
lived at No. 5, Dean-street, Soho. fie had been sitting
on the md
the gallery during the whole evening,
tjuietly enjoying the perforwicpces► and, about a minute affor
the egrtain fell, stood upon the front pat, and threw him-
self over, . a 44 fill nearly in the middle of the pit. He ap-
peared to bo perfectly pc,bvr.

The chimney of the British 41k#ii works at Stoke
Prior, whigh ig OS feet high, was finishe.d last week, when
the top bricks weve p:it on by Mr. and Mrs. Gossage,
Managing Director and his lady, midst great rejoichig.
The large thka it contained
upww,44 pf 50 people during the ceremony.—Worcester
Journal,