The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-05 00:00:00

_EVEN! NG SUN.

ing the reins of management at Covent-garden, in 1831,
Mr. Power went to Drury-lane, then under the manage-
ment of Captain Polhill, and appeared as Doctor
O'Toole with increased SUCCOSS. Mr. Bernard's farce of
The Nervous Man, in which Power played M`Shane, to-
gether with his own drama of St. Patrick's Eve, in which
he acted Sir Morgan O'Dogherty, still increased his fame in
a line of character now beCome peculiarly his own, and the
name of Bower in a new farce was enough to insure its suc-
cess. During this season he obtained leave of absence to
fulfil a short engagement at the Edinburgh Theatre; and
while there a correspondence between the stage-manager
of Drury-lane Theatre, in which he was peremptorily
commanded to be in London: by a particular day, which,
from his engagement with Mr. Murray, was impossible
to be complied with, induced him to decline returning at
all ; and after the conclusion of his engagement in Edin-
burgh, he came to London, appeared one night at Co-
vent-garden Theatre for a farewell benefit, in the cha-
racters of Orange Moll, in Jerrold's drama of Nell Gwyn,
and Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, in The Irish Ambassador,
and took his departure for the United States, where he
appeared at the Park Theatre, New York, in the part of
the Irish Ambassador and Teddy the Tiler, on the 28th
of August, 1833. His subsequent success in every part
of America, and, on his return, at the Theatres Royal
Covent Garden, Haymarket, and every principal theatre
in the British empire, during the last seven years, the
public are well acquainted with. Rory O'More, O'Cal-
laghan, in His Last Legs, Pat Roony, in The Omnibus,
Tim Moore, in The Irish Lion, and Paddy O'Rafferty,
in Tr, e Irishman in Italy, who can forget ? His exqui-
site I rogue, sparkling eye, and never-failing spirits, are
still t efore us.—Observer.

WESTMINSTER'S NEW GLORY.

(From the Examiner.)
When we saw it announced that Captain Rous stood
for Westminster, we thought of it pretty much as we
should have thought of an advertisement, that on the
30th of June Captain Rous would jump into a quart
bottle. It seemed to us about as likely that a man could
get into a bottle as that a person of the small dimensions
of importance of Captain Rous .could get into the re-
presentation of the large interests and great intelligence
of the City of Westminster. Such En exploit is only to
be paralleled in the fairy tales, which delight in miracles
of littleness, and Captain Rous (though personally no
pigmy) is, politically, the Hop o' my Thumb,' or the
Puss in noots'of the new Parliament.

How he got in, and not only in but at the head of the
poll, is the universal wonder. The Tories themselves are
as much astonished at it as the Liberals. The Times
says :

-"Another serious disadvantage which attended Captain
Rous's gallant start, was the fact that he did not come
forward till the last moment. A systematic canvass was
wholly out of the question : there was nom, time for it.
All that the brave officer could do, was t,, print his hand-
bills, mount his horse, and present btnself to the people.
This he did [l. e. mounted his horse] with equal tact and
success. Public opinion, instead_ of requiring to be stimu-
lated, seemed impatient to e,:xpress itself in condemnation
of the Whigs; and the result is, that this galleut Con-
ervative is returned •,,t the head of the polL
" Neither was, a trivial drawback to Captain Rous that
he happened. to be a perfect stranger t.,-; the constituency.
So little ;:id the electors know about him, that kis committee
were obliged to put out a handbill mentioning that he is
I:other to the Earl of Stradbroke, and enumerating his
services as a distinguished naval officer. Yet, in spite of
all these impediments to his success, the popularity of the
Conservative cause is now such that theWesiminster elec-
tors have nobly elected him by a spontaneous and extem-
pore effort."
Captain Rons is the officer who brought the Pique
across the Atlantic after the loss of her rudder ; but
what is his bringing in the frigate compared with bring-
ing in himself into Westminster without a stick or straw
of political reputation to float upon ?
At an election in Bedfordshire some short time ago, the
successful Tory candidate paid the worthy electorS the
merited compliment of telling them that such was the
power obtained by the Conservative Association, that
he verily believed that if it had proposed an ass as
a fit ana proper representative of them, the ass would
have been elected. The good gentleman did not per-
ceive that what he stated hypothetically had come to
pass in fact.
Now Captain Rom is too good a sailor to be an ass,
but he is a cipher in political reputation, and the same
influence which caused the return of so obscure a person
for so important a borough would have done the same
with one of the Captain's swabbers. The new Member
for Westminster is but the outward and visible sign of
the influences of Tory gentlemen and fine ladies in
city of Westminster. life represents the intimidation of
tradesmen. The corrupt influences had an effect in his
case which they would not have had if exerted for a
candidate of more mark and likelihood ; for we are
assured that Liberal tradesmen consented to vote for him,
or to abstain to vote for his opponents, believing that the
success of such an unknown person was utterly out of
the question, and that it was unneccessary for them to
expose themselves to any loss or molestation for so safe a
cause as that of the Liberal candidates.: Captain Roos
may therefore, like little Acres, be gratefdl to his insig-
nificance as his best friend.

If a renegade like Sir James Graham. or if any Tory
of mark, had by force of the corrupt influences obtained
the suffrages of a majority of the electors of Westmin-
ster, the degeneracy, of the city, which was once the,
stronghold of Liberal opinions, would have beet4natter
of lamentation and shame; but when we see a Captain
Rous in the representation of it, the sense of the ludi-
crous prevails over all other feelings. Westminster must
I be the mockery of the country.

FATAL EFFECTS OF BATHING. —Yestostby
evening, about hall-pa.t five o'clock a serious acciicnt occurred
in Pocock's-fields, Cali donian-road. As a lad, about eighteen
years of age, vt ai bathing in one of the brick-ponds, a boy
offered him the Inac of collo, which he accepted, and had

in the ewer but a few minutes, when, by some means. they
slii.ped out of place. and he turned over and went to tbc bot-
tom. Every exertion was made by the boys arouea to Skye
him, but his struzg!es increased the distance folween himself
and the many sticks which were held out for tits assistance, but
he sank f..r the last time. A gentleman cf the name of hiogg,
brewer, residing in Somers Town, came up at the instant, threw
off his coat, and bravely plunged into the water, although un-
able to swim, and after some time he succeeded in fiuding the
unfortunate sufferer. He was immediately conveyed to the
Caledonian Arms, where every exertion was made for upwards
of an hour, but unfortunately without success.

FIGHT BETWEEN A LIONESS AND TIGRESS.
—On Wednesday last, as Mr. Ba'ty's men were driving.hie
caravans into the field at Redruth, hired for the exhibitinii.
the one which contained the lions and titters upset, and the
partition between the lioness and tigress gave way. A fearful
contest immediately ensued; and the utmost alarm prevailed
among the by-standers. At first Mr. Batty proposed to shoot.
one of the animals ; but the keeper mounted the top of the,
ca'riage, and breaking a hole through it. introduced a lent
pole with which be managed to beat Lack the combatants, and
they were at length secured, but not until they had lacerated
each other very severely.—Cornwall Gazette,
The Duchess tf Kent has, we hear, intimated
her intention of returning to this country pretiou•ly to the 17th
of next month, being the anniversary of her Revd
ness's birthday.
DUBLIN, JULY 2.—Lord Campbell presided
for the first time this day in the Court of Chancery, and in the
novel position in which he found himself appeared as much at
ease as it he had been years upon the hem h. Ilis dignified
bearing was the subject of general remark. On the invitation
of his Lordship, several of the Queen's counsel attended him
in chambers, when he consulted them as to the most convenient
course to be adopted in regard to the business of the Court. It
was represented that, ou account of the elections, long causes
could not be gone into without great inconvenience, and `is
Lordship determined to devoo this day and to-morrow to the
Learing of short causes. One of these causes was then entered
No long cause will be heard this term.

upon.

LAMENTABLE COAL PIT ACCIDENT.—Ye,-
terdsy at noon, considerable excitement and tiaras perratied
the neighbourhood of \V
explosion of "fire-damp" , Oldham, by.tbe report that in
that three individuals (carburretted hydrogen gas) bad
report proved
Itoouledtru(e.,neaonfd
occurred in the coal pit of Messrs. Jones and Co. of-that
place. The
of the pit), three others dreadful)y burned, and some others had
not bon gotofthe pit
out
Guardian. twheemrrotvetroloi learn
The General Steam Navigation Company's
vessel the Giraffe, R. Stronack, from -Itetter6m, arrived off
the Custom House, ye-terday, with the Dutch Mail. Also
the Caledonia, from Uamburgh, this morning.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.--Ou Thursday after-
noon, at about three o'clock, a large body of the Tory Mud-
geon-rnen, fri.ntic at the return of Mr. Hiladley, consiving of
navigators, and numbering warty 800, advanced upon the
town from three or four public-liout-e6 in the Abbton road,
where they had been plied with large qnantities of liquor. On
entering tho town, they attacked the police officooshich they
ransacked. They afterwards attacked the Tv:II-hall inn, Mr.
Hindley's Committee-room, and broke the windows, and broke,
into two rooms on the lower story, but were prevented from going
further by fourteen stout fellows, who gallantly kept them at
bay by a storm of stones and brickbats. Tl,e constables, with
a large body of workmen, then endeavoured to repel there,
when a regular engagement ensued. Nit las than a thou said
men were fighting together. Two of the rase ds were left ma
the ground very seriously hurt, and many were wouud.ee‘
Thirty of them were captured and safely lodged in the 04"
whence they were transferred to the New Bailey, at Manchester.
FATAL ACCIDENT BY BATHING IN TIIE
RIVER TH AMES.— Yesterday morning, between six and seven
o'clock, a fatal accident occurred by bathing in the rivet
Thames, on the Surrey side, near the Rea House, Batter ,
to Mr. James Dashwood. a young gewleman twenty-see-ea
years °rage, residing at Chelsea, a clerk in the Customs. The
unfortunate gentleman, accompanied by a friend, was bathing
when his friend swam off only a short distance__ 1-g
,
on turning
round he looked about him for Mr. D., but found he unhappily
had disappeared, having no doubt been suddenly seised vigil
cramp.
SUDDEN DEATH.—AII awful instance of
sudden death occurred on Saturday evening, in Fleet...street,
about half-past eight o'clock, in the person of Patrick Collins,
an concert-roiau lrish singer of some celebrity in the minor • .•
the metropolis. Collins had been for some months past regu-
larly engaged at the Three Tuns Tavern, Fetter-lane, to
which Louse he was hastening when death suddenly stopped
his career. He had arrived within a few paces of the tavern,
when he was observed to falter in his step, and instantly fee t 4
the ground, Several persons hastened to the spot to remit*
assistance, and being immediately recognised by ono t.( this
parties, he was conveyed into the Three Tuns Tavern., and a
surgeon was sent for. Mr. East, of Fleetsg44l4t, uat (r 4 the
spot in a few moments, and attempted to hleed the unfortu-
nate man, but. his efforts Alerts wholly unavailing. Collins was
a Irian very otoeli respected among his class, He ran of good
via left Ireland some years ago in consequence of a,
dispute with his family. The body.awaits the coronet's inqueas.
The late Frederick Reynolds, the dramatist, oh,
serving a'itae to Mr. Wilse, the prompter at Covesse.garriaaa
'heatre, the thinness of the house at one of his ONIII plays, saki
he supposed "it was owing to the, war." " No," said the lat-
ler, " it is owing to the piece."
The Moniteur publishes the comparative
tore; of the tretie a France with her colonies aral' re.
courttro d s tiring the yeas 1638, 1839, and itwa. . eireign
from this document that the importations z,tl it alVeers
1840 amounted
to 1,7901000 OQ3, and exceeded by 2211;1,1)ounted
of
1634, and by 202,000,00 W. those sa igy th"
the same vear are set down kt 1,706,0000; -e exports in
showieg
crease of -93,1040 M. saver those of 183t' an in-
crease
as cOßWrta whit the exports of 1d34 a and of 24-.TiOteteiof.
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