The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

LYCEUM TIIEATRE.

Notwithstanding the numberless foreign attractions
with which the metropolis now abounds, it is with
pleasure we announce that this most entertaining and
elegant theatre continues to receive a lion's share of
public favour. We visited this theatre on Saturday
evening, and witnessed, for the second time, the clever
and well-constructed drama of The Husband of my
Wife, in which Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. F. Matthews,
Mr. Selby, Mr. Harley, and Miss H. Gilbert sus-
tained the leading parts with great spirit and effect.
Planche's excellent petite comedietta of Hold your
Tongue followed ; this is one of the most pleasant and
entertaining efforts of this talented author—an author
who so well knows how to "fit " his characters to the
"company of actors" at the Lyceum. Who is there
at the present day can so admirably sustain the part
of the highly polished lady of fashion as Madame
Vestris ? The character of Mrs. Lovejoy, supported
as she alone can support it, is of itself sufficent to
secure the success of a piece with far less pretensions
to public favour than Hold your Tongue. The Lady
Ryder of Miss H. Gilbert is excellent and lady-like
—then, again, the pert and prim lady's•maid—this cha-
racter is acted to the life by Miss J. Coleman. The even-
ing's entertainments concluded with the magnificent
burlesque spectacle of The Seven Champions of
Christendom, which is received every evening with
great applause. Miss K. Fitzwilliam, as St. George
of England, sings some parodies, among which is one
set to the old tune of " The British Grenadiers," and
another to "The lads of the village," beautifully.
This young lady, to our thinking, is without doubt
the best English ballad singer on the stage; her
singing will bear comparison with that of the cele-
brated Mrs. Waylett in her best days. Mr. Charles
Mathews, as St. George's Esquire, Charley Wag,
infuses great spirit into the scene. The two princi•
pal songs allotted to him are capital, and are written
in Planche's happiest vein. They receive nightly an
encore. As a specimen we give a verse of one of
them :

" Oh such a town, such a classical metropolis,
Tradesmen common English scorn to write or speak;
Bond-street's a forum—Cornhill is an acropolis,
For everything's in Latin now but what's in Greek :
Here is a Pantechnicon, and there is an Emporium,
Your shoes are antigropelos,' your boots of pannus-
corium ;'
Fumi-porte chimney-pots,' Eureka shirts' to cover
throats,
' Idrotobolic hats' and patent Aqua-scutum over-coats.' "

It is stated that Jenny Lind is to be married on
the 15th inst., namely, to-morrow (Tuesday), at Nor-
wich, to Captain Harris, and that the Bishop of Nor-
wich is to unite the parties.
EXETER MALL.--We are requested to announce
that the Sacred Harmonic Society's performance of
Elijah, on Friday next, the 18th inst., will commence
at eight, in place of seven o'clock, as originally an-
nounced.

_ lA, NwTalsevlPeAryTEeDurAreßntlV,ArLu OF THE K • ING OF HANOVER.
Majesty the King ot)aioured last evening that his
Hanoverth might be expected to
arrive iu England within
in St.eJ fohuary
have
hours.
anmexest'stwPeanlatce
The King's apartments
prepared for his reception,
early arrival in England and,
we believe, his Majesty's
—Post. . • may be confidently anticpated.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel entertained
members of the Royal Academy atdine a party of
last, at their mansion in Whitehall a
rndenr on Saturday
Mar-
quis of Westminster, Viscount Whitehall-gardens.
7:1on. Francis
The
Chatteris, M.P., Sir H. De la Beche
, and Dr. Mautell
joined the circle. The Royal Academicians
present
were Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. C. L. Eastlake, Mr.
..
J. P. Knight, Mr. C. Cockerell, Mr. F. Lee, Mr. E.
Land,eer, Mr. J. W. Turner, Mr. H. W. PickerAgll,
Mr. E. H. Baily, Mr. C. Leslie, Mr. G. Jones, Mr.
ljwins, and Mr. Sydney Smifke. Mr. F. Peel, m.p ,
and Captain Peel, R.N., were among the members Of
the family present.
DESTRUCTION AMONG TIIE ROOKERIES IN HANTS.
—The severe frosts and snow of the 19th and 20th
April have destroyed nearly all the young rooks. Last
week several gentleman went for a day's diversion into
the park of Lord Bolton, of Harkwood, near Basing-
stoke, but, after searching among the trees in
fevery di-
rection, scarcely a young bird could beThe
keepers informed the visitors that nearly all this year's
birds were either killed by the frost or thrown out by
the snow before they were full grown, more than 1,000
young ones having been picked up under the trees
within the previous week. The same occurred also in
the rookeries of S. T. Beaufoy, q., .r. Upton Grey;
S. Wicks, Esq., of East Sherbourne; T. Curtis, Dq., of
Lcckpit; Lord Ashburton, the Grange, near Alrestord;
and others.
It is reported that General Bent, in consideration of
his distinguished
ervices, has received from the grate-
ful Hungarian nation the grant of the domain of Alcsuth.
This princely estate, which formerly belonged to the
late Palatine or Vice roy of Hungary, is situate in the
fertile county of Stuhlweissenburg, and has always been
considered one of the best managed and most produc-
tive estates in the kingdom. It is worth about 200,000/.
—Examiner.

SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF LONDON.
A number of Scotti,h gtitlemen resident in the
metropo!is, have recently formed themselves into an
aasc..•ciation, with the above title, for the purpose of
encouraging the ancient and manly sports of their
native country, including archery, running, leaping,
throwing the hammer, tossing the cakes, and perfor-
mance on the Highland bagpipe. Many of the Scot-
tish nobility have given their patronage to
the society, and the Marquis of Breadalbane
has consented to act as President, and Lord Drum-
lanrig, M.P , for Dumfriesshire, as Vice-President.
The society has not yet been a year in operation, but
they have set vigorously to work, as they have
erected a commodious club-house in Hanover-park,
Peckham, with a large park behind, affording ample
accommodation for the practice of the various
games. At this club house the first dinner of the
society took place on Saturday night last, when there
was a strong muster of the members. The president
and vice-president of the society were both present.
Many of the club-men appeared in full Highland
costume, and Highland chiefs themselves were there to
add interest to the scene. Cluny Macpherson, styled
by the society chief of Clan Chattan (though the
Macintoshes would dispute his claim), was present,
and there also was M'Dougall, the representative of
the old lords of Lorn, whose proud boast it is that
their ancestor grappled in hand. to-hand encounter
with the great Bruce himself, who only saved himself
from capture by unloosing the brooch which clasped
the plaid his pursuer held hold by, and who still re-
tain that" Lorn brooch," as almost a full compensa-
tion for the lands of which the angry monarch after-
wards deprived them. Nor was the gathering alto-
gether confined to Scotchmen ; the nobility and
gentry of England were also represented at the
gathering, and entered with interest into the amuse-
ments of the evening.

The club-room is a handsome, well-proportioned
hall, and was ornamented on the present occasion
with the arms of the leading Scottish nobility, among
which were conspicuously blazoned over the Presi-
dent's chair the galley of the Campbells, and over
the Vice President's chair the bleeding heart of the
Douglas; each of these armorial bearings was fes-
tooned with tartan plaids of the pattern appropriate
to each clan. In the balcony, which was boarded up
for the occasion, was a view of Taymouth Castle
with the picturesque scenery around it, vigorously
sketched and well executed.
About seven o'clock the members sat down to
dinner. The Marquis of Breadalbane, as president
of the society, took the chair, supported by Lord
Faversham, Cluny Macpherson, Captain M‘Doug all,'
R.N., Colonel Hall, of the Life Guards ; Sir Alex-
ander Campbell, of Airds ; Captain Jay, Captain
Bokenham, of the Hon. Artillery,Company ; Captain
Wolfe, R.N., &c. Lord Drumlanrig occupied the
vice-chair, and was supported by Sir William Clayton,
of Great Marlow ; John Allen, Esq. ; William
Chambers, Esq., of Edinburgh, &c.
The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN said they all felt that loyalty waved
in the plume and was interwoven with the plaid of
every Scotchman—(Cheers)—he, therefore, proposed
" The Health of her most gracious Majesty the
Queen ;" and it could not but be gratifying to Scotch-
men to know the interest her Majesty took in every-
thing that regarded Scotland—the country, the people,
the national character, and (he might say) the national
games.—(Cheers.)
Then followed " The Healths of Prince Albert and
the Prince of Wales," as Lord of the Isles (which
last was given with true Highland honours—" The
Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family."
On " The Health of the Army and Navy" being
given,
_____

SiT W. CLAYTON, as one of the Peninsular veterans,
returned thanks for the army.
Captain A.l.‘DonciaLL, R.N., returned thanks for
the Navy, which, he said, was in as efficient a state as
ever it was; and he had no hesitation in saying, now
that steam was introduced into the navy, that, in the
event of a war, there would not be as much of the
enemy's bunting on the ocean as would make their
noble chairman a plaid. (Loud cheers.) He was
sorry to say there were few Highlanders in the navy
—a very few indeed. But he could assure the meet-
ing that those who were there were not less deter-
mined than their countrymen in the sister profession
to uphold the honour of their country, and to make
themselves worthy of the name of Clan na Gael.
(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed "England—the land
we live in "—(Cheers)—a land—he had seen other
countries, but he had never returned home without
feeling thankful that he was—he was going to say--
an Englishman, for Scotland and England were now
one country—(Cheers)—at all events, without feel-
ing thankful that he was a Briton. (Cheers.)
Lord DRIJMLANRIG, the vice-chairman, next pro •
posed " Scotland, the land of the mountain and the
flood."—(Cheers.) The greater part of those present
were Scotchmen, and from that he had no doubt of the
reception of the toast, and he was sure that those
Englishmen who visited Scotland would, notwith-
standing its ruggedness, its bleakness, and, above all,
its mists, which he must confess was not one of its
features he greatly approved of—(Laughter)—would
join them in doing full honour to the toast. No
person in the world more fully appreciated the coun-
try than her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of
England ; and he must say he would be jealous of
that title, if their noble chairman had not reminded
them that England and Scotland were now one and
the same.—(Cheers.)
The PRESIDENT then rose to propose the toast of
the evening—" Prosperity to the Scottish Society."
He said, he first heard of the institution of this society
about a year ago, as about to be established for the
purpose of preserving some of the Scottish national
characteristics, and especially for the purpose of encou-
raging archery and the manly games peculiar to the
country. Along with this, it was proposed that if they
had any surplus funds they should distribute them
among the Scottish charities in the metropolis.
These objects appeared to him so praiseworthy
that he at once determined to lend his humble aid in
promoting them.—(Cheers.) The practice of the
ancient and manly games of the country would, he
thought, be pre-eminently useful to those whose
business confined them in town, and who were in
want of healthy out-door exercise, calculated as these
games were to promote not only the physical, but the
moral and mental energies of those who practised
them.—(Cheers.) The society was at present in its
infancy ; but from what he had seen that evening—
from the establishment they had there formed—from
the laying out of the grounds for the purpose of
carrying out the objects of the society—everything
struck him as evincing a healthy constitution, which
he trusted would grow up to a vigorous and robust
manhood.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing
" Prosperity to the Society," which was drunk with
Highland honours.

Lord FEVERSUAM, in a complimentary speech, pro-
posed the " Health of the President ;" to which

The Marquis of BREADALBANE shortly replied, and
proposed " Lord Feversham and the other Patrons of
the Society."
Lord PETERSHAM returned thanks.
CLUNY MACPHERLON proposed the health of the
"Vice-Chairman," to which

Lord DRUMLANRIG replied, and proposed " Success
to their meeting for competition on the 20th of
June."— (Loud cheers.)
The PRESIDENT, in reference to that subject, said
he had had a communication with Lord Holland, in
whose park at Kensington their public competition on
the 20th of June was to take place, from which he
was happy to find that his Noble Friend would give
every possible facility for the accommodation of the
public.—(Loud cheers.)
The other toasts were—" Cluny Macpherson and
the other honorary directors," " The Honourable
Artillery Company," ' " The Archery Societies of
England, Scotland, and Ireland," "The committee of
management," &c.
Angus Mackay, piper to the Queen, and John
Monteath, piper to the Duke of Sutherland, were
present on the occasion, and performed several High-
land airs during the evening.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—May I rc quest you to correct an error in your
report of my speech on the adulteration of coffee?
lam made to say that "in my opinion the latter
course (viz., to impose an Excise duty upon British
grown chicory) is the most advisable to adopt."
On the contrary, I said that such a course would be
both impolitic and unjust, and I censured the Govern-
ment for having entertained it. I repeated my observa-
tions on that head in my speech in reply.
The course which I proposed was to leave chicory to
the operation of the existing., law, and to take off the
present Customa' duty on colonial coffee.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. CHISHOLM ANSTEY.
4, Elm-court, Temple, May 11, 1849.

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present.
GARDENERS' AND SALESMEN'S PROTECTION SO-
CIETY.—(From a Correspondent.)--Owing to the serious
expense to which wholesale venders of vegetable pro-
duce are subjected by the loss of sacks and baskets
stolen, viz , upwards of 5,000 annually, the farmers,
market gardeners, and salesmen of the metropolis and
its suburbs, have established un association for the better
protection of their property, and on Tuesday last Wil-
liam Johnson was convicted at the Middlesex sessions,
and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for steal-
ing ten sacks, the property of George Stent, farmer, of
Stanwell, a member of the association.

TO THE, S-!f:CRETARI OF THE

METROPOLITAN REFORM AS'SOCIAI:IO24-

Sir,—On 'Wednesday the 9 11, a Bill with the title
of Employment of Laty,ur (Ireland), a!trr'having been
on a former day read a se coed time, was thrown ow:
on the motion fur goiog Lao Committee, by 166
against 41. The Irish ideas of political economy do
not appear to agree with those of the country at
large. . . .

recon-
struction about our ears,motion was made in the Com-
monsOn Thursday, with Europe falling into
House of Parliament, " That this House views
with serious concern and disapprobation the great
and growing increase of the consumption of the
plant Chicory in the adulteration of Coffee." After
several lengthened speeches, some maintaining the
right of every man to drink decoction of Chicory
provided he liked it better, and others denying it,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer came to the
reasonable middle term, of announcing
that if he
found the revenue seriously affected by the degluti-
tion of Chicory, he must in self-defence put some-
thing of duty upon it. If it was not like
what has been called breaking a butterfly
upon a wheel, there are a good many points
on both sides of the question, which might be use-
fully discussed if anybody had nothing else to do. In
the mean time, the fidgety ardour of the agriculturists
to see no impediments thrown in the way of a crop
which has been known to net 181. per acre, and the
convulsive eagerness of a different set of monotnaniacs
who seem to think man lives only for the sake of
paying taxes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
make a not altogether unamusing scene.
On the same day, it was moved that the House
should resolve itself into Committee, " to consider the
public expenditure, and the existing system of taxa-
tion, and how far both may be revised, with a view
to relieve the pressure upon the industry of the
country." This looks very fair ; but when the litter
came to be turned over, it appeared that underneath
was the return to dear postage, the restoration of
protection to all industries that represent themselves
s of foreign trade
as capable of taking something from the industry of
anybody else, and the suppression
where anybody can be found to make the article
dearer and worse at home. It is but just to add, that
with this was joined a Proposal to lay the taxes in
general upon the richin preference to the poor, and
to invent some special taxes of
this kind for the pur-
pose of diminishing the debt. But it was clear that
these were the peculiar notions of the individual pro-
poser, and that if the rest were carried, these would
be left in the lurch. It is difficult to say the Govern-
ment was wrong, in opposing the progress of what had
such a programme. But many individual Members
not connected with the Government, thought it right
to record at least their non-resistance to anything
which had the revision of taxation flying at the peak.
The previous question being put, was negatived by
151 against 100.
A Select Committee was on the same evening ap-
pointed without a division, "to inquire into and re-
port upon the expenditure of certain sums which
appear unaccounted for, under the head of Parliamen-
tary expenses, in the report which was recently pub-
lished by a Committee appointed to inquire into the
management of the affairs of the Eastern Counties
Railway Company." It is clear that after the asser-
tion made that these items could not be explained,
the House of Commons could do nothing but inquire.
On Friday a series of dull debates was partially
enlivened by a question of Irish Corporation compen-
sation. The Marriage question, it appears, is put off
till the 6th of June. There has been something like
an anxiety on the part of the opponents of the Bill to
prevent its coming to a decision, which bodes present
weakness. Where an evil affects a comparatively
small portion of the community, it often happens
that the bigots rally faster by delay than the opposi-
tion to them. If the question were of burning men
at Smithfield, the result might be different. But,
short of that, delay is frequently in favour of the
wrong.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, May 14, 1849.