The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-08 00:00:00

THE THEATRES

DRURY-LANE.
Mr. Forrest repeated his performance of Lear here last
night ; but as we noticed his first tppearance in this cha-
racter at some length on Saturday, we recur to the subject
only for the purpose of answering some objections urged
against Mr. Forrest in a Sunday Contemporary, who boldly
asserts that his Lear is little, if at all, removed above the
level of common-place. Our Contemporary is often just
in his theatrical notices, giving reasons " for the faith that
is in him ;" but in the present instance he appears to write
in a headstrong spirit of partizanship, just as if he were
annoyed that an American actor should presume to
claim a first-rate rank in his profession, and bear away
the palm from Macready ; and as if, also, he were
desirous to show how completely he is in the right,
and the rest of the play-going world are in the
wrong, in their estimate of Mr. Forrest. Now we dislike
this perverse, crotchetty spirit in critiscism, and have yet to
learn that eccentricity is discrimination, or prejudice pro-
foundness. Our Contemporary begins by objecting to Mr.
Forrest that he played Lear as a " foolish fond old man."
Well, and this general conception of the character is the
right one, for in what other way should he personate the
royal dotard, who gave away kingdoms in return for foolish
speeches, and banished an old and tried friend for merely
daring to show his disinterestedness ? Elevation of mind
and sentiment are not the natural characteristics of Lear ;
misery, it is true, takes him out of himself, and for a time
lifts him into the world of imagination ; but we find him,
in the pauses of the mental tempest, constantly falling
back on his original self—the royal dotard, the crea-
ture of conventional habit all over ; and no mote to
be considered a lofty or intellectual personage, " for the
" sublime analogy of his sorrows"—as our Contemporary
sublimely phrases it—than the Duke of Wellington is to
be considered an orator, because he once delivered an
eloquent and impassioned speech on the horrors of civil
war, that took the Lords and the country equally by sur-
prise. Again, our Contemporary insists that Mr. Forrest's
sorrows do not issue " out of a great breach in nature," and
" assume a privilege of preternatural grandeur"—in other
words, that they are not unnatural enough ; not sufficiently
stilted or unintelligible, like the objection itself, which re-
commends the issuing of a " breach" out of a " privilege"—
a very original objection truly, and one happily calculated to
disturb, what Philosopher Square delighted to call, " the
fitness of things." The critic goes on to observe that Mr.
Forrest's question to Goneril, " are you our daughter ?"
which by the way was one of the finest points in his per-
formance—should have had a " hideous and dream-like
sound." What quaint, captious hypercriticism is this?
How was the actor to convey the notion of a dream by a
sound ? Wei he to do it through the medium of a snore ;
I or show that he could make his voice "hideous" by roaring
like a Westphalia bullock ? A tragedian who should adopt
the critic's suggestion in this passage, instead of delivering
the interrogatory in a tone of distrust and heart-felt bitter-
ness, would very soon have leave to absent himself from the
boards of an English theatre. But the thing is impossible,
and we have George Colman's word for it, that
" What's impossible, can't be,
And never, never comes to pass."
" Mr. Forrest," adds our Contemporary, "threw himself on
his knees for the delivery of the curse with fine effect. But
he should have thrown his head completely back, instead
of thrusting it forward." Now this is sheer, undiluted
drivel. Lear was not taking a gargle for a sore throat, but
imprecating a curse. He was in the attitude of deep, im-
passioned prayer, asking from the Deity that which he felt
assured would be granted to his invocation. Had be
" thrown his head completely back"—we say nothing of the
burlesque figure he would have cut in such an attitude—he
would most unquestionably at his age, and with his physical
weakness, have cracked his occiput against mother earth.
" The terrible imprecation," pursues our Contemporary,
" was afterwards given in an explosion of rapid and con•
vulsive passion." Of course it was ; and if the critic, dismiss-
ing his crotchets, and his strenuous desire to be thought to
see further into a millstone than other folks, will but conde-
scend to weigh well the thoughts and images of which the
curse is made up, he will see that it could not with propriety
have been given otherwise. Is there no " phrenzy of rage"—
no "convulsive passion" in Lear's supplication to " nature,"
that she will " suspend her purpose," and " convey ste-
rility" into the " womb" of his own chilld ? If this be not
passion exasperated to phrenzy, we know not what is.
The critic, however, insists that the curse " wrought its
passage from a heart that was absolutely breaking in the
the effort," whereas the heart was all energy—not " break-
ing," but strung, for the time, to the extreme point of ten-
sion. Our contemporary proceeds to say, " Mr. Forrest's
aye, every inch a king,' was good, though mistaken in its
spirit ; for these words, we think, do not imply a cling-
ing to the notion of rank, but rather a bitter satire the
other way." Every trait in Lear's character disproves
this perverse assertion. He is throughout the creature of
conventional habit. Royalty is his second nature—ever
uppermost in his mind, even when discrowned and unhoused,
a beggar, in the storm. His very 'first causes of complaint
against his daughter, are, that she has shorn him of his ap-
pendages of State by dismissing five-and-twenty of his
train—put his " fellow" in the stocks, even in the Royal
presence—and kept the Royal father waiting the arrival of
his child and subject. In fact, allusions to this monarchi-
cal dignity are constant throughout the play, and in laying
due emphasis on these, Mr. Forrest has proved that he
rightly apprehends the text of Shakespeare. Our Contem-
porary further objects that the actor gave these lines—
" I tax not you, ye elements, with unkindness,
I never gave you kingdoms, called you daughters,
You owe me no obedience—here I stand your slave,

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A poor,_ infirm, weak, and despised old man,"
in " very tender tones." Our critic will, we suspect, stand
" gloriously alone" in this objection. The lines in question
breathe the very soul of pathos. The allusion to the
" daughters" here is no longer in a phrenzied or vindictive
spirit, but in one, of sad regret—of heart-felt tenderness—
of deep, hopeless despair, in which however there is not
one particle—not the most distant approach to—anything
like fierceness, or active energy. We have dwelt, perhaps,
on our Contemporary's objections at more length than they
deserve, but our sole motive for doing so, has been from a
principle of fair play. We dislike to see an able man
attempted to be sacrificed to a crotchet ; depreciated in
order to suit the purposes of a clique. There are many
pedantic critics, now living, of the " word-catching" genus,
Who view
In Shakespeare more than Shakespeare knew,"
and who, though apt to be sadly perplexed by an ob-
vious beauty in the great dramatist, are in raptures with
a recondite or a doubtful one, which has escaped all eyes
but their own, and our Sunday Cotemporary—at least as
regards his present criticism—is evidently one of these.
He is great on all small points of criticism ; we protest
therefore against his competency to sit in judgment on Mr.
Forrest's Lear.

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peculiar humour. The female characters have little to
with the exception of Sally Snow, a Quadroon, who has a
penchant for Jim Crow, and who was personated by Mr. s•
Stirling in a style which the most " severe" Yankee coulA
not fail to applaud.

OLYMPIC.
Last night a new burletta, in two acts, was brought out
at this theatre. It is called Barrack Boom, and is founded
on the authority assumed by Buonaparte as acting as
match-maker general for his whole empire, and giving the
hand of any lady he chose to select, whether so inclined or
not, to such of his officers', civil or military, as he was dis-
posed to favour. It is a light trifling affair of love and
glory, and could scarcely have become a part of the small
currency of the theatre, if not supported by the attractions
of Madame Vestris herself. Madame Vestris invited the
audience to see her again in barracks, and the invitation wao
accepted.

SURREY.
Two new pieces, the first called The Eniperor's Joke,
and the other illy Frie.nd's IVife, were produced last night
at this theatre with consisilerizble success. My Friend's
Wife is an excellent little farce--:yell cast and well played,
especially the characters sustain.'d by Miss Martin
(who is very deservedly a partichilat favourite), and
Messrs. Vale and W. Smith. The Betlouin Arabs went
through their surprising feats of strength ant; agility, and the
entertainments concluded with a revival of j,:ick Robinson
and his Monkey. Monsieur Gouffe, as 3/fust:'a Pug (the
monkey), is an inimitable representative of that in ischieyous
and active ((lucre) quadruped—that comedian of tie wilds.

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THE WEATHER.—There is yet much corn uncut
in this county, and we fear it must remain uncut for human
food. The potatoes, in many places, have suffered severely
by the frost ; and many farmers who had commenced
taking up their crop have been great losers by the sudden-
ness with which it set in, and at so unusually an early period
of the season. At the hour we write (three o'clock, Fri-
day afternoon), a severe hail and snow storm, accomp
with lightening, is now raging.—Carlisle Journal.
THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL.--The
Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police have within the
last fortnight directed the superintendents of the vari nos
divisions to institute immediately the following inquiries,
and report thereon at head-quarters in Scotland-yard
How many infants have been found murdered in each dis-
trict from the commencement of 1833 to the end of Aug4lst
last ? Has the mother been detected ? What was her
calling ? Was she independent, in service, or an applicant'
for parochial relief ? The residence of the mother is also
required, and the sex of each infant discovered as above. A
return of the number of living infants found deserted and
exposed is also, by the same order, called for, and the re-
port in question is to be delivered in to the proper authori-
ties on or before Wednesday next.—Morning Post.
Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the greatest
consternation and alarm was created in consequence of a
fire breaking out at the residence of the Rev. Mr. North,
No. 1, Connaught-terrace, Regent's Park. The whole of
the family, with the exception of Miss North, had retirekd
to rest, but that young lady, who was in.the drawing-room,
perceiving a strong smell of tire, proceeding from below
stairs, ran thither, and found the back parlour or library in
a blaze. She screamed aloud " Fire, fire !" which alarmed
her parents, and the rest of the family, who, in the greatest
affright awoke, and, running down stairs into the street, pry'
ceeded in their night dress to a friend's house, No. 39e
Upper Baker-street, where they were instantly admitted,
and remained till the fire was extinguished. Several engines
shortly arrived, as well as Superintendent Lincoln, of the
D division of police, Mr. Wiggins, inspector, old several of
the men, when, by their united exertions, and a plentiful
supply of water, the fire was got under, being confined to
the room in which it broke out, all the furnitore, books,
and other valuables it contained, being entirely consumed.
The fire, it appeared, had originated in a cupboard adjoin-
ing the fire-place. The damage done is estimated ttt 2001.
The property is insured in the Norwich Union.
A question of great interest in the dramatic world,
involving property to a considerable amount, will shortly
come under the notice of the gentlemen of the long roe.
The parties are Moncrieff, the dramatist, and Cumberlan3,
a bookseller. It may be remembered that by a recent Act:
of Parliament the right of performance of all dramatic
pieces was secured for the future to the several authors of
those pieces, their heirs, or assigns. The same right was
also vested in all printed pieces published within ten
years previously to the passing of the Act. Cumber-
land having previously printed a great number of dramas
of different authors, for many of which he had given
scarcely anything, while others had been given to him, or
the stereotype plates purchased of other publishers, Cum'
berland, as in the case of " Richardson and Dobbs," •con-
tends that in all instances the bare act of his printing the
piece entitles him to the right of performance of it ; that
the right of printing and performing are one and the
same ; that a letter authorizing him to print is as good at., a
receipt for copyright ; and that a receipt is an assignment.
Moncrieff (who, we believe, was bred a lawyer) argues tho
contrary, inferring, that if the right of printing and perform-
ing are the same, there was no occasion to have passed an
Act of Parliament expressly to create the latter. He also
insists that a receipt cannot be an assignment, as the Le-.
gislature, aware of the sweeping nature of an assignment,
has fixed a 30s. stamp to it, while a twopenny one may serve
for a simple receipt. Cumberland is realizing an immense
income out of the brains of the poor " play-wrip;hts," which
(under the peculiar circumstances) appears to be a hard
ease.—Observer.
SHORT SIGHT.—This infirmity of vision, a eottl",.
plaint which is rather common among the higher classes of
society in all countries, is not unfrequently cured in Russia
by the following plan :—The patient is placed with the
back part of the head fixed against a wall, and a desk is Put
before him with a book on it, at such a distance that h
may easily read. After a week or two have elapsed the
desk is moved further off, thus gradually increasing the ds'
tance, until it has been removed to the full extent of ord-
nary vision, always allowing the patient to acquire the
power of reading before the distance is increased.
NEW POOR LAWS.—It does not seem to be gene"
rally known, that by the 27th section of this Act aPYt
two Justices of the Peace usually acting for the distrie
where the Union is situated, may, at their just and prolOier
discretion, direct, by order under their hands and seal!,
that relief shall be given to an adult person, who shall
from old age, or infirmity of body, be wholly unable to work'
without requiring that such person shalt- reside in any work..
house : providea, that one of such Justices ,shall certify ID_
such order, of his own knowledge, that such person Is
wholly unable to work, as aforesaid." for
Lord Charles Wellesley has left Apsley HoLlse

Strathfieldsaye and Portsmo-uth.
On Saturday the four inspectors, who it will be rev'
collected were suspended from their situations in the
division of police, in consequence of an extensive robbed
of money having been committed at the station-house
that division, in Bow-street, were restored to tbe°Ari
former rank. It is understood, however, that they s'"'',
forfeit their pay for the period during which they
been suspended, and that three of them will be remove"
to another division.
Captain Sercey son of the late Peer of Cherbourg?
was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 27th 133'
with the flesh on his breast and throat, and both his Om,
burnt away to the bone. When he went to bed, a Ju'r
°ll'
bottle of very strong brandy was placed by his side, °
which only about one-eighth remained. The medical m
on examination, ascertained that he had died of apople%Y,
°l'
and that his flesh had been consumed by spontaneous 0
bustion, for though the bedclothes were slightly burnt bf
communication with the candle, the fire from them had esTirt
dently been insufficient to produce the consequences• lilt
is probable that they arose from the flames having
the alcoholized vapour that issued from the Captain's b°`,:
from
EDUCATION IN HOLLAND.—WC find oM
statistical report of the public schools and universities ib°,
Holland, that the followinc, is the number of places of P°
lie instruction in the northern division of that kingdom ~
Three universities, three athenaeums, 68 Latin schooP,
three seminaries for Roman Catholics, one for Lutherat,!s;
one for Sectarians, one for the Catholic clergy, and one.we_
the Jews ; altogether 83 institutions for the higher
of learning. For primary and for second class instructi:te
there are in 70 districts, 2,1'25 village schools, 117 Priv,
schools for the poor, and 630 for private sevenindiviuei!
altogether 2,872 ordinary schools. There are also ,e
institutes—viz., one for veterinary students, two for
011...
deaf and dumb, one for the blind, and three for the
litary and naval professions. Besides the institutions
decal..
merated above, there are several others especially 1
cated to the arts. In Southern Holland there are
one
institutions for the highest grade of learning--viz°
university, nine Latin schools, and one seminary for. lere
brancpeer
man Catholics. The primary schools are 422, a
an
illage
contained in nine districts, and consist of 217, village
schools, 20 for the poor, and 151 private OneS.---Aatirrhe
INDIAN PREPARATION OF SALAION.---Aor
salmon are cured and packed in a peculiar manner.
on
having been disembowelled, they are exposed to the sundry,
scaffolds erected on the river banks. When suffielen.ti: the
they are pounded fine between two stones pressed into
smallest compass, and packed in baskets or bales et
matting about two feet long and one in diameter, lineu;_a
the cured skin of a salmon. The top is likewise co:its
with fish skins, secured by cords passing through h°l each
the edge of the basket. Packages are then made;
.e at
containing twelve of these bales, seven at bottom, up.
top, pressed close to each other, with the corded !tigtued
ward, wrapped in mats and corded. These are 01
dry situations, and again covered
thesepackages contains from 901 b. to 1001 b. of &le
o
with matting. PA
which in this state will keep sound for several years.
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BRIGHTON.—MONDAY.
His
nez, *sty being free from the pressure of Stile busi-
-0,0, grove to Shoreham this morning, with t'ne Duchess of
L ,aeester, before luncheon. His MR,:Sty, accompanied by
0,4," De Lisle, took a carriage iirive to Rottingdean this
-44440".
Tke
i3ro, Queen, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of
drew
9ptiew, the Hon. Miss Eden, Miss Mitchell, Sir An-
caernar''', Sir Charles Thornton, Hon. Mr. Ashley,
Braun Cnrzon, and Miss Wilson, walked from the Palace
thenunds at twelve this morning on to the East Cliff, and
Theeiel te, the Chain Pier, and was in public about an hour.
tes '34 party attracted great attention, and were most
by,P,-,e.ss tfully saluted. The Princess Augusta, accompanied
Wynyard, was also in public to-day.
:end ear and Mrs. Tomlinson, Lieutenant-Colonel
elk! Mrs. Elwood, Sir John, Lady, and Miss Bayley, Earl
le Countess of Wicklow and Lady Eleanor Howard, and
ThLavrgjenre Peel, called at the Palace to-day.
on F e 'like and Duchess of St. Alban's went to the theatre
night to see Richard the Third. Their Graces
erooeisci much gratified with Mr. Kean's personation of the
,t'ed-back tyrant, that they passed a high eulogium on
itir:alent, and invited him to dine with them on the follow-
-13: daY• Mr. Kean's engagement, however, precluded the
of his accepting the invitation ; in consequence
elneh the invitation was deferred till Sunday, when Mr.
Wan (lined with the Duke and Duchess, at St. Alban's
iplaan we sinti• Mr. Kean plays Lear this evening for his benefit,
retnis
naderstand that the Duchess of St. Alban's has
c
t... e e to take two boxes on a future night, if Mr. Kean
xtend his engagement.
110:4 IVI-ori's Concert this morning, at the Newburgh
tela-drn,l, was very fashionably, but not so numerously at-
tp e" a 3 was expected, which is attributable, in some re-
Theg Mr. Kean's benefit this evening at the theatre.
reason Performances passed off with great eclat, as might be
itists„eeblY expected, from the concentration of vocal and
H. 4.rnental. talent. In the former departments were Mrs.
Pio;"* 13i2hop, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Madame Brizzi, Signori
Brizzi- ;and in the latter, Mori, Richardson (the
It. BNeate (pianist, T. Wright (harpist), and Mr. H.
11r-I°P (conductor).)

COURT CIRCULAR.

tov?°1111t St. Martin D'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, left d
,P°n Saturday, for Paris, on his way to Italy.
fro e Right Hon. Henry Ellis has arrived at Hamburg,
00teh Berlin, on his return to England from his embassy of
",g!'atulation to the Shah of Persia.
po"eut.-General Sir S. Whittingham, Commander of the
to Is
ne in the Leeward and Windward Islands, transacted
iess at the Colonial-office on Saturday.
'ASI[IONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
41414 hers• Stuart Hall, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from South-
-8.4. "1-,‘" ; Captain and Mrs. Shedden, at ditto, from Scotland ;
stre "°rge and Lady Ross, at the London Hotel, Albermarle-
sit et, from their seat, Merton Park, Leicestershire ; the Rev.
• turroughs and family, at ditto, from Suffolk.
DEPARTURES.
clatter' Ludlow, for Copley Hall, Bedfordshire ; the Earl of
fo pd, from the Blenheim Hotel, for Brampton Park, Here-
811ire ; Viscount Valontia, from Brook-street, for Ireland ;
f e Earl and Countess of Lisburne, from Grosvenor-place,
dt Cheltenham ; R. Errington, Esq., for Melton Mowbray ;
eutenant- Colonel and Mrs. St. Clair, for Brighton ; the
1
eo7afer Countess of Rothes, for ditto ; Lady Arabella Mac-
"°r ditto ; the Countess of Longford, for ditto.
The

me . 'ail of Erroll has been making many improve at his fine Castle, Slanes, in Aberdeenshire, and has
!.1;e1Y reconstructed the chapel adjoining the Castle.
ipR he Earl and Countess of Mansfield are entertain-
IA numerous circle of Noble friends at their beautiful
k; ace in Perthshire. Lord and Lady Stormont have left
r Hebburn Hall, near Newcastle.
tn The Earl of Hillsborough and Viscount Castle-
4, as Representatives of the county of Down, are
ut to be entertain'Jd by the inhabitants of Banbridge
and its vicinity.
rtarl and -Countess Grey are entertaining a select
ele at Howielc. Count and Countess Flahault visited
e Noble Earl on their way from the north.
8, Lord Sherborne is entertaining a select party at
nerborne House, Gloucester.
The liar' of Lonsdale will entertain a family circle
text mo•ath, at his hunting seat, Cottesmore, near Oakham,
there Lady Frederick Bentinck and Colonel and Lady
Eleanor Lowther have already arrived.
The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam have arrived
tit Upton House, near Banbury, in Oxfordshire, for the
hunting season.

The Earl and Countess of Minto and family have
arrived at the Admiralty for the season, from Roehampton,
The Earl of Burlington arrived in Belgrave-square
T,l Saturday, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at
Chatsworth.
Loid.s and Lady Colches'cer have arrived at Brighton.
The Earl of Harborougli has arrived at Stapleford
thark, near Melton Mowl-,ray, where his Lordship resides
oleat seclusion, takilyg no part in the general business of
hunt.
ZaThe Duchess of Marlborough leaves town to-mor-
hlwfer Scotland, on a visit to her nephew, the Earl of
Gallo 4(l,
h n
13 aT„
e `-h
fr'e rancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at
Dublin, onis way to Lond.
Sir j
,0 m Lowther sliertertaining aton Wilton Castle
Job acct, *Party of friends. The Archbishop of York and
',. alHs a et
rye Lowtheer, Esq., M.P., are amongst the late
%/ Castl.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer has signified his
4;44°n of dining, according to invitation, with the Lord
71,'),r(Elect) at Guildhall, on Lord Mayor's day.
(14 e French Ambassador transacted business yester-
yt the Board of Trade.
land h, e Duke of Sutherland, on his return from Ire-
tires expected to proceed to Paris, where a distinguished
v04.,e °f relatives and friends, including the Duke of De-
,ibire, are expected to assemble in the ensuing month.
he MP.rquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury have
vened their intended trip to the Continent for the
-"eat,
The
wie Countess of Essex's card partes have re-cam-
T-(1 in Hill-street.
pe et family of the Marquis of Lansdowne are ex-
Ted home on Friday next.
taw he Marchioness of Breadalbane has been enter-
a numerous party at Langton House, including Sir
an Lady Campbell, Hon. General Maitland, Hon. Mr.
Cathcart, Captain and Mrs. Hay, R.N., Major
TCaptain H. Grant, Major Ross, &c.
tisit ne Earl and Countess Grosvenor are the only
thi° entt at Eaton-hall, the scat of the Marquis and Mar-
fl`) SS of Westminster. At Christmas tbe mansion will
b. 'II. At that period the Duke of Sussex is expected,
taipanied by his daughter, Mademoiselle d'Este.
41.41-le Hon. Fox Maule left Airthrey Castle, Perth-
on Tuesday to attend to his official duties as Under
'cretary of State in London.
41, The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family
e expected to arrrive at Goodwood this week from Gor-
WI Castle.
I The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who have
°en entertaining a succession of visitants, most of whom
Ilere on their route to and from Chatsworth, are on the
eve of departure for Rome, to visit the Prince and Princess
, Suluwna (daughter of the Noble Earl), who resides at
" Palazzo Borghese.
1, The report of Princess Lieven being about to leave
ails for Russia is incorrect. Her Highness is in excel-
eat health, and has grown stouter than when she left this
country The Duke of Buckingham, whose health is much
I,oProved, intends to pass the winter at his seat, Avington-
e3e, Hants.
t, Prince Esterhazy left town yesterday, to join the
rati,): at the Earl and Countess of Jersey's, Middleton-park.
,I.he Marquis of Titchfield, who has been in delicate
AbeLttli, has joined the Duke of Portland's party, at Welbeck
."Y ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Canning have been on a
Sit t 0 his Grace.
NoTfhe Earl of Cadogan is expected in town, from
491 k, to meet the Countess, on her return from Paris,
yis expected to arrive in the ensuing week.
!RAU ne party of distinguished guests who have been
rai,-lAdriling at Chatsworth for the last ten days have sepa-
tov;:' Part of the domestic estal)lishment has left for
tiesa"' and the Duke himself is expected to leave, on Wed-
"."3' or Thursday, for Devonshire House, Piccadilly.
14 The Duke of Beaufort has consented to become
G. Master of the Ancient Order of Freemasons in
euth Vales.
Th 4141 e Earl of Coventry liberally regaled, last week,
cl,,4tes ,of the Droitwich Coventry Institution, and the
to Nastr (1200 with a substantial feast of plum pudding and
With beef His Lordship expressed himself so well pleased
jestittheir general appearance, and the management of the
similar etien, as to declare his intention of giving annually a
feast, so long as he lived.
At
SoCi a recent meeting of the Governors of the Royal
'even
of Musicians, it was agreed to grant the widow and
tr7n children of the late Mr. Harris, Chorus Master at
of 1-trY Lane Theatre, 981. 105. per annum, independently
au an allowance for schooling. It was also agreed that the
itnd 151 751.125. per annum be granted to a highly esteemed
epee talented member of the institution, who has lost his
ke ell, and the use of his right side by a paralytic stroke.
the a_
'.°vvance of thirty guineas yearly was also granted to
widow of another member recently deceased.