The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-20 00:00:00

VICTORIA THEATRE.

Mr. Osbaldiston has within these few days Produced,
in a very creditable manner, a new domestic drama, en-
titled Simon Lee, or the Murder of the Five Fields Copse.
The story, which is well told, is founded upon the follow.
ing incident :—Simon Lee, an individual of independent
fortune, not content with his lot in life in having a happy
home and an endearing wife, and blessed with two sweei
children, must needlessly, as is the case wth many, em
bark in trade, aid, by adverse fortune, he becomes a
bankrupt. Reduced to the verge of despair, without even
a solitary meal to comfort his unfortunate family, he
becomes a poacher, and, being surprised in his precarious
avocation, he murders one of the ganie-keepers, by
which means he becomes a felon. The acting of Saville
as Simon Lee, and Miss Vincent as Grace liatherly,
his wife, reflects the highest credit upon their
exertions. Indeed, we looked around and could
Scarcely observe a dry eye in the house, all
alike affected. Miss Vincent has justly obtained
great ce?ebrity for her acting in domestic dramas,
and we think. she ackl.s much to her fame by her admix
able personation of the character of Grace 'fatherly. Ths
scenery is of every superior order, and the close thickd
of the poacher's glen, representing the entire length of
the stage, a distance of 120 feet, and the pursuit of
Sutton Lee, by the gamekeepers, had a very surprising
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ter. The afterptece was the successful drama of Rook-
wood, in which Miss Vincent sustained the character of
Dick Turpin, and sang several songs not forgetting
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away. 'The house was
crowded in every part.

STATE OFTRADE.
MANCRESTER.—There was no change in the market
yesterday ; the demand continued quite as inanimate as
ever, and the gradually increasing stocks of the spinners
t of improvement,
and manufacturers compelled many persons
to
sell
at
prices involving the most ruinous sacrifices. Nor does
there seem to be the slightest prospect
from a great diminution of produce, and that diminution
is now rapidly taking place. We understand, that most
of the spinners at Bolton, Rochdale, Bury, and Lan-
caster, have commenced, or are about commencing, to
work four days per week only, and there is some expecta-
tion that a similar measure will shortly be adopted at
Preston, in which case we believe it will become quite
general throughout the district.
ROCLIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 17.
The market has been of a very discouraging nature to-
day, the demand being very limited, and prices tmcom-
monly low. The wool market has been
.quite as bad as
the piece market, with little change in prices. The
woollen and cotton trade in this town are both growing
worse, and several of the cotton factories are working
only four days a • week. The poor-rates are fast in-
creasing, and the overseers find daily a greater difficulty
in collecting them.—Manchester Guardian.

Three hundred agriculturists from Limerick,
Tipperary, and Kerry, embarked last week at Cork, for
Sydney.—Dublin Pilot.
REWARD FOR VALOUR AND HUMANITY.
--A testimonial was a fcw days! since forwarded by the King
of the French to the Board of Admiralty, for a boat's mew at
Rye. It was five large silver medals, bearing on one side a
medall'on likeness of _his Majesty, and on the reverse an in-
scription stating the event which it is intended to commemo-
rate, and the names of the individuals to whom it was pre-
sented. The Admiralty forwarded them to Lieutenant Welsh,
ellief officer of the Coast Guard station at Rye, who presented
therm on Tuesday last to Mr. Head, the Surveyor of Customs,
R. Tiltman, a pilot, and three seamen, who at imminent risk
saved‘r. the lives of the crew of the French sloop La Jenne
1"or) which was wrecked off Rye in February last.