The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-26 00:00:00

VICTORIA THEATRE.

A new piece was produced at this theatre on Monday,
entitled, Deeds and Doings glthe Dai h House, or Simple
Bess of Billingsgate, the principle features of which are
blue fire, combats three deep, and revenge. It appeared
to be relished mightily by the deities, who, in emu-
lation,• attempted to get up an interesting do-
mestic drama on their own account, as there were fre-
quent indications of " pitching him over," and other
phrases very interesting to the individuals concerned.
This very pleasing part of the evening's amusement
lasted for about half an hour, when the " thunder of the
gods" became hushed. The performances concluded
with a nautical drama bearing the title of Sweet Poll
of Horsleydown, or Poor Joe the Marine, a kind of
second edition of " Black-Eyed Susan," the principal
character, "Pretty Poll," being supported by Mrs. Howard ;
and, from the archness of manner, in which she
played the character, we were not at all surprised that
a fine Post Captain should fall in love with a publican's
pretty daughter, and that the publican's pretty daughter
should prefer her own "true love to the tendered affec-
tions of the Post Captain, especially when this same
Captain was the chosen of her father. We laughed
heartily at Mr. Gardener, who as a Cockney. )'.utter
was irresistibly droll, especially where-, having
been " pressed" and placed on board of k loan of war,
he is being initiated into the mysteries of the mess-room,
and the kind offices of the ship's cook. The house was
crowded in every part, and the performances went off
with great spirit.

THE WEATHER.--Since our last publication,
the weather in this neighbourhood has been exceedingly vari-
able and unsettled. Early on Saturday morning, the town
and neighbourhood were visited by a violent thunder-storm,
which appears to have extended over the greater part of the
north of England and Scotland, and southward as far as
Shrewsbury. On Sunday afternoon we had heavy and con-
tinued rain, which also appears to have been very extensive;
and yesterday (Tuesday) morning, a most terrific thunder-
storm burst upon the town of Liverpool, where two of the
churches, St. Michael's and St. Martin's, were seriously da-
maged by the lightning ; and the fall of rain is stated to have
been exceedingly heavy. It would appear, however, from the
London newspapers, that these vicissitudes of the weather
have not been experienced in that quarter, and though
some rain fell on Monday, the weather has been, on the
whole, favourable for maturing and gathering the crops; and
on this account the unfavourable weather experienced in the
north has not produced any effect on the price of corn. It
will be seen, from the report of the Liverpool Corn Mai ket of
yesterday, that the great decline which took place in the
price of grain on Friday las., was not at all recovered yester-
day ; and that sales were made at a decline of 6d., and
in some cases Bd. per bushel on the prices of the pre-
ceding Tuesday. At Leeds, however, though little business
was done, holders were firm, and the previous high rates were
generally maintained. Indeed, the great decline in Liverpool
seems to be in great measure owing to the libera'ion of a con-
siderable quantity of Canadian wheat and flour, which was
previously under lock there. Yesterday, the weather in this
neighbourhood was tolerably favourable for the harvest, being
bright and dry, though rather cold ; but it was far from exhi-
w.hinng the settled appearance which is so exceedingly desirable
at ttts present time.—Manchester Guardian.