The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-11 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

After The Frolics of the Fairies, which still continues
to draw crowded houses at this theatre, we had last even-
ing a dramatic version of Burnaby Budge, from the pen
of Mr. E. Stirling. Protesting, as we feel bound to do,
as the principle of dramatising a.romance before it
is completed, and in opposition to the wishes of its
author, we must yet do Mr. Stirling the justice to admit
that he has performed his part most skilfully, preserving
all the situations, and giving us the greater part of the
dialogue of the original. Mrs. Keeley was, of course,
the Barnahr ; and a more natural and judicious
piece of acting we never witnessed. The beautiful
pathos, the trusting filial love, the wild imaginings, the
yearnings after a something happier and better than this
world, the idiot laugh of triumph—all were given with
a truth and earnestness that thrilled to the heart, and

the effect of all these was immensely intensified by the
calm repose which Mrs. Keeley threw into the part. Her
Barnaby Budge is indeed a high triumph of art. May-
pole Hugh found an excellent representative in Mr. H.
Hall. In the scene with old Chester, in which he
drinks " to the drink," he was particularly effective,
The Strand has already introduced three first-rate
comic actors to a London audience, Mr. Strickland,
Mr. W. J. Hammond, and Mr. H. HalL We may now
add a fourth to the list—Mr. Corrie. His old John
Willet is one of the most unctuous bits of fat fun we
have ever laughed at. Walk, dress, look, gesture, he is
the very identical John Willet, of Boz. His words seem
as if they came slowly bubbling up from the bottom of
a cauldron of melted tallow. Miss Terry made a very
excellent and- espiegle Dolly Varden, and looked most
enchantingly pretty ; while Attwood made qUite
as excellent a Simon Tappertit, and looked most comi-
cally ugly. The getting up of the piece is beyond all
praise. The tableaux are exact, and the last scene, the
conflagration of the city of London during Lord George
Gordon's riots, is a most superb effort, and perfectly
astonishing, when we consider the smallness of the
stage. The piece was decidedly successly, and will, no
doubt carry the management through in triumph to the
close of the season.

SLEEPY JURORS.—CORONERS' COURTS.—
In the course of an inquest held yesterday before Mr.
Wakley, a juror, addressing the Coroner, asked if the
witness (a female) then under examination might not be
allowed to sit down. Mr. Wakley replied that it might
seem ungallant to refuse such a request on behalf of a
female, but except to those in a certain way, he deemed
it a very bad plan for witnesses to be sitting while giv-
ing their evidence; for they might perchance fall asleep,
while standing kept them awake. He did not know
whether the Jurymen themselves, for the very same
cause, should not be required to stand, for he often
met.with jurymen, who seemed marvellously inclined to
take a nap. He recollected, on one occasion, a very
bulky gentleman, who weighed about 25 stone, who was
summoned as a juryman, and who, after being sworn and
seated, said to the person next him, " I'm sure I shall
go to slecp,—so take this (giving him ayinl and when
you see me going off; prick me with it.' He presently
after dosed off ; but the person who held the pin, not
knowing his temper, refrained from using it, and let
him slumber till he was aroused by the beadle,when
he became quite enraged at not having ben
" pricked" by the gentleman he had appointed I him, and was with difficulty pacified. At
ani
Harrow some months since, the
beadle was obliged dur-
ing the inquiry to be continually handing inquest at
snuff to the
Jury to enliven them; and at a more recent inquest lie
held in Marylebone, after viewing the body, and before
any witnesses had been examined, the foreman went
home, and on the beadle been sent
for
him, he actually-
found him in bed and fast asleep. To prevent,
theretbre
the witnesses falling into such a lethargic state, be had,
adopted the plan pursued in all other Courts, namely, to
make them give their • testimony standing.
IRELAND.-- At a meeting of the county of
Carlow Magistrates, held on Monday last, Mr. H. H.
~rnat the present
Cooper in the chair, it was resolved— 1
to
state of the county requires an immediate increase
t the police force of the ticounty of Carlow,—That
hat his
applica-
tion be made to the Lord Lieutenant, requesting t
Excellencytwenty-
five be pleased toorder that at least .
may
constabulary of this
men be forthwith added to the
county."
NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND lately sent by Lord
ELECTION.—
The following is a copy of a letterted
for his Lordship at
Ilowick to each elector whohnvici
July
e 3l, 1841. Sir—
the late election :
" Whitfer the Northern• Division of
Although the late contestted
in my defeat, I have not
Northumberland termina
t ful for the cordial and gene-
the less reason to be gr
have received from my friends, to
roux support which .
now anxious to express my deep
each of whom I am
kindness.
The circumstances under which
sense of their
e
for the present succeeded, fully jus-
tify me in entertaining
my opponents hav
a firm belief that, the real
opinion of the great
body of the electors is not unfit-
vourable either to
- . the political opinions which I hat e
public conduct during the time I
Professed, or tomy
- f sittingin the House of Commons as
had the honour -o ;
Under •
this persuasion I look for-
wardtheir representative.
Ishall be able to renew t 1.43
to the time when
struggle, as I trust with a more favourable result, when
I hope I shall
again receive from you the same support
with which you have now honoured me, and for which
I beg leave to return you my most sincere
and heartfelt
thanks.—l have the honour to remain, your very obe-
dient and obliged servant, HOWICK."
The bakers in the city and suburbs have this day
raised the price of bread. The four pound fine loaf ii
now selling at 10d. ; household ditto, 9d.—Glasgow
Herald.—[lt was again raised ill London at the latter i
end of last week.)