The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-30 00:00:00

_EVENING SUN

SURREY THEATRE.
eAn excellent adaptation of M. Felix Pyet's
,elehrated drama Les Deux Serruriers was pro-
u.ueed at this theatre last evening, under the
hoe of
The Two locksmiths, or Poverty and
erbile• We do not wonder at the tremendous
mlla which this drama has had on the Continent.
or two hundred nights has all Paris being
lotiding to witness it. The situations are most
4=9,*elliously contrived, and the charactersstrongl3r
drawn, and admirably developed, while the inte-
rest increases in intensity up to the very close
°t,
the last scene. It is true, that in this, as in all
°Lae'. melodramas, certain circumstances are
required to be taken for granted which can
par ,
eel.> be supposed to have happened. Such,
instance, as that the most promising student
?Übe University of Oxford should, on being
1411,dd, eniy reduced to poverty, gain his living by
c(,lt'ing- as a journeyman locksmith; or that a
rich banker, after having been knave enough to
''Beat his own brother out of an inheritance, by
Purloining a will, should have been fool enough
I keep the said will for years locked up
leis iron 'repository. Why did he not destroy
w Ibis is a question somewhat difficult to an-
', h-er ; but we feel much obliged to lain for not
oting done so, inasmuch as the preservation of
ti-'t will has secured to us one of the "most effec-
.•,, Lve dramas we have ever witnessed. The
tuanker, Murray, the rich villain, was well per-
(4111"(1 Mr. Neville. The virtuous locksmith,
plieelW Davis, who turns out to he Murray's ne-
; to ew, the son of the brother interested in the will
re which we have before alluded, found an able
Presentative in Mr. N. T. Hicks, to whose
Ceer,rgetic praises of virtuous poverty, and fierce
gods
"auciations of heart-corrupting Mammon, the
as in duty bound, responded by thunders
(la aPPlause. Mrs. Henry Vining, as the banker's
• ,zughter, and the beloved of George Davis, was
eee dingly interesting; and Smith, as a drunken
ho ant, acted to the life. These characters,
wever, may almost be called the common-
itiae„e of melodrama ; but there is one character
)1/2"ns Piece which is quite original, that of Paul
kill' the thievish locksmith, the man who
1„ahl fain be the Mephistopheles of Davis,
te're not the virtue of the latter proof agairist
Ptation. We have recently had books on
philosophy of everything, down to the
wrin,g a cravat. Paul Burl is the very man to
4,.n.`e a book on the philosophy of thieving. He
Talues the morality of dishonesty excellently.
Ned as an example, his answer to one of
it iVis's hi ;h-flown eulogies on probity. "Ah !
SPu ~11 very well to talk about probity while
alit,,,l'are a shilling in your pocket, and bakers'
gotirs are open ; but when the money is all
• 140,? and the baker's shop is shut, the
atheultY Hies up to Heaven, or to some place
cltiarrte People live without eating, or where
era loaves are given away gratis."
.pe 's astute enough to see through the hypocrisy
Philp " Thieving is a nasty word," says the
Aei°Bophic Burl; " call it working !" He fights
velle.tY with its own weapons, turning its con-
N,onalisms against itself with admirable tact,
t)vlieh is the same thing, with consummate
li4g,enee. This character was admirably per-
t() ett by Mr. Henry Hughes, who evidently
aq-llthPjetely comprehended the meaning of his
the` ur) and entered thoroughly into the spirit of
het, character. We have never seen anything
• tietner in its way than the Paul Burl of this men-
;'` Ate h' The piece, which was loudly applaudedi,il'u)4ea Ing•g"°nt The, Was announced
was well filled for repetition every
. .
1/4114 d VICTORIA THEATRE.
'. Was produced last evening at this theatre
the p he Two Locksmiths. It is a translation from
e and contains a great deal of hatred and re-
a little repentance just at the end. The
is. laid in
a r London, and the plot turns upon the fact
• etii le.. hanker having in his possession a will of his
111 e b b)lig since dead. In this will are three legatees,
banker ker aforesaid, his sister, and his nephew. The
tliqe7,-„lf,enurse is a villain of the first water, and
the-je,44,114, kept the nephew out of his property,
needlelt "mg fortune of fifty thousand pounds. It is
wasss2 however, to give the plot or criticise the piece.
W 444, ' is ji•° sueccssful but the audience, with great good
ho istened to it with calm resignation.—Mr. Paul,
whi,h
l‘ 4. 11 excellent actor, takes his benefit this evening,
nUineroeulisclluedi we inl(lebe equally gratifying to himself and

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--s-,-SI.JI,AII, AND ORIENTAL
-'EAIVI NA.VIGATION COMPANY.
lJThe second
IT (THIS DAY.) .
etors -..alf-yearly General Meeting of the Pro
of thk ts,
-434.11* 51, St n.' •olnpany was held this day at the Office,
uividend '„,,LarY Axe, for the purpose of declaring
of
bireetor:r I."eiV. ur the Report from the Board
In._ I :or th ii - '
-Inuer We „" half-year ending. the 30th of Sep-
Pr°eeedinp., ar- Prevented from giving a report of the
Sep-
was
vet ' ' Its
"r reporter, on applying at the office,
Y Uneourteously refused admission.
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1- —E lib RctiU It C H-RA TES.
.1r,,,,_ (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
of tIi7nURY, WILTS, Nov. 29.—Last TA;4k the houses
itl, e Rev. S. S. Watson, and Messrs. Overhury, Wil-
l)),
tl curt, Gough,delift,.-uw Applegate,were entered
the constable
tobroker,an forwith warrants granted by
4 ~„41agistrates, seize what their instructions called
'(\nlireh-rates duly assessed," and " justly due."
16.'4 Saturday last the farce of a sale was. performed on
liiktroperty, at the.L es Arms, in this borough. The
q ers on the occusimoipwere the Churchwarden, an ex-
, titehwarden and a poor man employed to do dirty
w°11( t '
1,, a elections. .
414" e lots were carried off—being sold and bought, or
kid
,_, 0 e
P1564d t 13 sold and bought, or pretended to be sold
tli, "Aight—by the parties.;
.who,_ of course, thought
W triselves performing a religious duty, in the support
itf State Church.
al:ust
to
uf the sufferers are conscientiously opposed
hi4Jek-rates ; but, in the present case, rested their re
o.rotl the ille,galit)- of the rate.
~,,,;.
f course the present state of things prevented their
41°Na allY mal'zing the objection before the Bench; but th
4istrates were not left in ignorance on that point.
. this " executing. justice 2"
Tile 1,
ttititni TVEATii ER.—LOSS OF LIFE.—ThiS
the 4,1 g, about half-past six o'clock, four persons,
of
Isli7es (4 Pearson, Davis, Price, and Hodgson, litat-
N:s! arid who resided in Manor-street, Chelsea, were
NI pli ding by water to Hammersmith wilth. their tools,
D4tt rioie to repair a vessel which was i in that
Y. 11
g by some
keidbi the river. They were all rowing, w hen,
luile 71,5 t,, the boat came in contact with another about a
coubcp side of the bridge, the concussion of which,
1141:4 with the boisterous state of the weather, caused
Nvktt. at to upset. and all four were precipitatedinto the
l'4 I;‘r I) upset.
Price, and Hodgson saved themselves,_lnm_ng
NI'V ehlingim, to the boat, the other two by swi i
,i , I,' ' "ut P4rson unfortunately was drowned.
14, le 14,4_,,,
._ EDO
''ll -VAL CAL NIA N HUNT.—By the deaths
;i4aittilgi,i,
Ilviavil of Home, Marquis of Lothian, and Earl
tat q ,tr,‘_Ulll so short a time. of each other, three va-
NI ' ' ;(10,/,,,,1"1re to be filled up in the Caledonian Hunt.
'4 4-4041 jqg A Courant.
44ervelleY and the Rev. Mr. Millman had an
terd,xl;elP
,with Mr. Phillips, at the Home Office yseess-
'4;4.4 rilating to the presentation of the addyes
tlZ,he Nt'; bring
the Parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster,_ll
-"„tiere. -4JestY and Prince Albert, on the birth of
Nite
~1111,t1 three"----Yesterday afternoon, between two
~."' INI e'elock M Thomas Germaine, a gentleman
ti rtillr, e:'
13:1k,;4.1s11.c,otrittiein:ipcilanet,,pr,)peirt.y,
who
resided at No. 2, West-
ii. City-road,
put a period to his existence
"self through the. heart with his own
,h,Naiii,'ll4,- For some days past. the unfortunate gen-
' iiretli east lueeu much 'depressed in spirits. It is sup- 1
, iv -- ue
co,
ibe
I)) '',l Partly dri, , act while in bed (as he wasynn
1 I that he discharged the h
4liTe,in" the ;85;e6'' am foot of the bed. He was
IL- ')' trigger at the.
' ,i., wi.#,7 Years of ue.C. His wife died several years ago.
'411da1.,.1'1114(= THE NANTY,-.-=ln consequence of a
liance tor increasing the manual strength of the navy'_.
' 'lle s:,,' has been fixeds. on as one of the ports from which
sixil
;r,41 ilaurts are to be drawn ; and during the last
;41.1,1i5t leOPply which has proceeded from this quarter
, Zill 11,3:, lioi mieans s‘can—upwardmseonf
~--va.ti, -.Ts, .anusinen as well as sea , . T.,..,....
s'ee44;retiusseelves in her Majesty's naval service.—Dun-
ungndreend.
laiavhi
4 few' e•
.
t'at,llt D mornings since a military execution
-.4() hi- at Marseilles. A sergeant named Lemoin,
4'4llalt 41 killed his Sergeant-Major by discharging
.his
(-:rte,.t.l,.lse to his body, and had been condemned by
tie,,. 4Lartial, was shot in presence of the whole gar-
' t.lvirin;tll.e. died repentant, and with great firmness,
ti Iv'l slALtoon appointed to shoot the command to
Q4'41-10,-Ts u`vu mouth. The Pharo on which the exe-
S.kb t --7 c place was crowded with spectators. .
ilic,it half-past four o'clock this morning,
t4e ''', 4, SQvere gale, a high stack of chimneys fell on
,&(11.1',,0f a cottage situate in Bland's livery stable-
,;"e ro'f• .3tarllford-st-reet, Bla.ckfriars-road, and carried_
„Tiiit --6.'1?, burying a man and his wife and child. ~.--,.er'ne
'ne T.i-lailer and police-constable Malyon, 21 L, hearing
-, i4li;ves of human beings, instantly went to the spot,
14R by
their combined exertions, succeeded in extri;t:
Nt a: Unfortunate family from the ruins, happily wit
!pIY other serious result than severe bruises.
ill.; (91„,JECTED IMPROVEMENTS AT KENSING-
:4I,;:, 'Ye understand that in addition to the projected.
Itit-e,;(neilts on the Crown lands at Kensington, it is
!ick ,„e4 to remove thatportion at the rear of the south
ihk -. the ji• 1
i "thitei ig i-street, as the "Rookery," now
~N*Ye, ' hY the lower order of Irish, which has been
,Lih,s_-rs the imisane ‘ and annoyance of the town and
i_ett,,`)urliood, 'an I.ct erect thereon buildin.gs of a
'N' ,ntld more eligible class. Actions of ejectment
the iikady been commenced against the occupiers of
t, 'Atis:B*
.41('' I) `RIIIALS FOR HISTORY.—The Prefect of
Nitic)rjl(l,g'ne has adopted a system which, if general,
h 4vj la, invaluable to the historian. He has openedh.
ti(,,,t 4fiT, in which is to be inscribed, with duo aut en
14us a
etlt te summary statement of every remarkable
'reqi, "at occurs within his department, such
.as.the
qf iritlls and demolitions of public or private buildings
!IN,, erest, iinportant occurrences, storms, -
ier'.' 'lets doing honour to individuals andfamilies,,.in
4ister'ry event and circumstance which may furnish
Leal materials for posterity.

THE FESTIVAL, WITH THE TES-
TIMONIAL TO WILLIAM ICENSETT, OF
MA RYLEBONE.

Upwards of one hundred gentlemen sat down to an
excellent and well-served up dinner on Friday evening,
at the Colloseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purpose
of presenting to the above gentleman a service of Silver
Plate, for his exertions in the cause of the ratepayers of
the parish.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq., of Regent Circus, Oxford-
street, was unanimously called to the chair. On the re..
moval of the cloth, the Chairman rose and said that the
custom of proposing the Queen's health had been sancti-
fied by time, and under circumstances when the great
body of the people had no sympathy or regard for the
ruling monarch. Happily we had one who was justly
popular and esteemed ; her sex commanded our gal-
lantry, and the event of her giving birth to the Prince
of Wales, the future monarch of a great and glorious
people, whose happiness or misery depended on the
good or ill he may show in the important character of
ruler to a free pecrisle, was one of high interest to these
realms. He should not occupy their attention, which he
must unprofitably, if he attempted to dilate further on
this subject. He should propose our gracious Sovereign
the Queen, and may she " contipue to reign in the true
soil of liberty, the hearts of her people, and may pos-
terity, when reading her history, exclaim this was the
first Sovereign that governed for the benefit of her sub-
jects. and not for a mere class," which was drank with
enthusiasm.
The national anthem being given by the musical gen-
tlemen, all present joining in the chorus,
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the next toast.
He said the conduct and lively interest taken in the for-
mation of the mind and character of the Queen by her
excellent mother the Duchess of Kent, he trusted would
be imitated by the daughter in the formation of the mind
of the Prince of Wales.—(Cheers.) The blessings or
the curses of the people are in proportion to the
good or evil emanating from Thrones. (Loud
cheers.) He hoped that the example set by the
Queen Mother would have its due influence in this im-
portant event. The toast he would give was one to which
justice he was sure would be done—" The Duchess of
Kent, the Duke of Sussex, the Prince of Wales, and the
rest of the Royal Family in England."—(Cheers.)
Mr. EDWARD JOSEPH said he had been requested by
the Chairman to give as the next toast—" The people Of
Marylebone." They certainly were a large community,
and the public events of the last few years had exhibited
their moral power by the efforts they had made in se-
curing and enforcing from " the poWers that be " the
rights and privileges of the people. Such a cause had
brought forward many among them who had rendered
good service to the cause of freedom and justice. The
event that had brought them together that day illustrated
this. By the exertion of the worthy gentleman whom
they sought to honour for his patriotic and invaluable
exertions—(Cheers)—may such causes and effects be
familiar with them. " May the inhabitants of Mary-
lebone long enjoy a distinguished part in the public
estimation, by their advocacy of right, and their
abhorrence of wrong."—(Cheers.)
The toast being responded to, Mr. Hudson gave an
inimitable comic song from his own pen, which produced
great laughter and applause.
Mr. H. C. WILSON rose, and said he had been re-
quested by the Chairman to give the next toast—it was
the most important feature of the evening, and he felt
it an honour in having it assigned to him—namely, to
propose the health and present in their name the ar-
ticles of plate subscribed for by them as a testimony of
their esteem and admiration of the character of their
trusty friend, William Kensett, whose long, steady, and
consistent conduct in the cause of the people had been a
just theme of admiration and praise by those who knew
him best and witnessed his exertions for the public weal.
—(Cheers.) Few men had been more abused by the
corrupt portion of the public press, and in a way that set
justice at defiance, for whilst they gave way to the ad-
mission of every stream for vituperation, they refused to
him the least chance that was offered to meet and refute
the calumny put forth by these vehicles of slander. This,
however, was a debt which his excellent friend, William
Kensett, paid by a life of usefulness to his country ; and
those who knew him best bore witness to his conduct and
character, by the liberal and handsome manner of pre-
senting the Plate now before him, as a testimonial of their
esteem, and the number who attended that day to give
their countenance and approval to this triumph of prin-
ciple and usefulnss of purpose.—(Cheers.) In addition
to his tried public services, he (Mr. Wilson) felt bound
to him by private worth, acts of personal kindness he
had experienced ; and the task he now undertook, to
dwell on his merits, was one particularly gratifying to
him, bearing testimony, as he could, to the kindness of
his heart and the extensiveness of his social virtues.
The toast, " William Kensett's health, with prosperity
and contentment through a long and happy life," was
drank with vehement applause ; some minutes elapsed
before the cheering subsided.
The Plate, which consisted of 46 pieces, was handed
round for the inspection of the company. The inscrip-
tion, from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Fellows, will best
show the intention of the donors :
" LONDON, 1841.
PRESENTED TO
WILLIAM KENSETT,
As a Testimony of the grateful sense which his Friends
and Fellow Parishioners entertain of his long,
unwearied, and highly beneficial services,
in the Representative Vestry of Marylebone ;
and in conjunction with his Public Virtues, they cannot
leave unnoticed his Private Worth,
nor forget the bland and unsophisticated hilarity of
his disposition in the friendly intercourse
of the social hour."
Mr. KENSETT then rose, and addressed the meeting as
follows :—" Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—l knew not
until now the difficulty of expressing one's thoughts and
feelings under emotions created by boundless kindness
and liberality. My too partial friend, Mr. Wilson, has
exercised his command of the, English language in a
powerful, and to me, a painful manner ; and your more
than generous response has increased the difficulty of" rny
situation. My friend has dwelt on the evils attendant
on the abuse of that powerful instrument, the Press. It
is too true, Gentlemen, that for the humble part that I
have taken,' some of the prints of a certain cast of politics
have not thought it derogatory to their dignity to abuse
my humble efforts to be useful. This having been the
lot of most men distinguished by their patriotism, devo-
tion, and talent in the cause of the people, surely so
humble a person as he who is now occupying your atten-
tion, can afford to pay the same price for the same cause.
I feel more than amply repaid by the approval of those
who know me best ; and that such approval does
exist, is testified by your liberal kindness to me
this day, and which has laid me under a deep
sense of obligation. It is usual to express on
such occasions as this which now calls me up,
a declaration that this moment is the proudest
of the speakers' life.' Not so with me—pride has
nothing to do with my feelings—they are a humiliating
sense of how little are my deserts, blended with heart-
felt gratitude for the manner in which my humble efforts
have been approved.—(Applause.) The attempt to be
useful to one's country is at least something. That I
have made an humble attempt I feel—that I have made
a successful one your kindness would fain flatter me to
be true. It is sail that the public is an ungracious
master. I believe the public is never wanting to the
man, who, with consistency and integrity, is not wanting
to it. I claim to 'myself integrity of purpose, and per-
haps (fcr you have taught me to be vain), some industry
ill carrying that purpose out.—(Applause.) I sought to
deserve well of the public at large, and obtain the appro-
bation of my neighbours and friends the way in which
that approbation has been showered upon me is the
only cruelty I can complain of—cruel because it has un-
manned me, and deprived me of the little power I pos•
secs of declaring my gratitude. When I rose, I meant
to say much more, but a man's head and heart cannot'
be both full together. If I felt less I could speak more—
if your kindness had not touched my heart, my tongue
would have, at least., attempted to do me justice. All I
can say further, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, is to ho-
nestly and heartily thank you, and calling in the aid of
our immortal bard, I can truly say, "Beggar that I am,
poor even in thanks, still I shall thank thee."—(Great
applause, which lasted several minutes.)
Mr. Beuler gave a song, written for the occasion,
which produced great laughter and applause.
Mr. JOHN FREEMAN then rose to propose a toast. He
said that a very pleasing task was assigned to him, since
the subject was one which produced, without partiality,
fruitful source of praise. The open, candid, honouralYe,
and straightforward conduct of the Chairman commanded
the esteem and admiration of all who knew him.—
(Cheers.) As a tribute to his worth, he invited the
company present to drink his health, prosperity and
happiness.—(Great applause.) It might truly be
said, that while he was a niggard to his own
interests, he was prodigal alone to that of the pub-
lic.—(Cheers.) His eminent and indefatigable services
to relieve the Borough from a political thraldom, and
the energy and industry which lie exhibited in that
noble attempt were beyond all praise. Although hun-
dreds worked with him in the same good cause, he-was
recognised as the most distinguished among the distin-
guished.--(Cheers.) The urbanity of his manner, his
cheerful spirits, the liberality of his disposition, and the
kindness with which he treated all who have the pleasure
of hisi acquaintance, a subject universally known and
aclnesledgaendt.a—(edheers.) " The Chairman's health,
May he live long in peace, health, and prosperity."—
(The toast was given with three times three.)
The CHAIRMAN rose amid great cheering, and said, he
felt much honoured by the flattering way in which
his friend Mr. Freeman proposed his health, and the
kind manner the company had responded to it. He had
been called upon suddenly to the post of honour he then
filled, and he could only say that he was gratified by
being thus honoured by his fellow rate-payers. Besides,
there was no ordinary degree of pleasure in presiding
ohonours an
political
justice
a tit
loe s
forvier enda Wfeisl ltiiavranl Ken, suept t, to
dl
(Laughter and applause)—.and, as one
highof the most
affectionate of his sons, it afforded him
gratifica-
tion to be distinguished at such a joyous meeting._
(Cheers.) His humble services to the public had been
dwelt on. If he had rendered the smallest service to the
good cause, he was more than amply repaid by the ap-
proval of good men. He hoped always to remain steady
and consistent in the advocacy of principles beneficial to
the welfare of the people.—(Great applause.) lie could
really say that he knew not the true enjoyment of life
until lie enlisted under the banner of Reform. His
associates and friends had given him a higher zest of
mental enjoyment than he had previously
imagined.
Such occupation tended, he believed, to make every man
a better and a wiser man, and would enable him, at the
eve of life, to look back with a calm and contented mind
—that would go far to alleviate even the affliction of
body or mind. He hoped he should continue to live in
their esteem, and that his desire to continue in life would
cease when he had not the approbation of those with
whom he associated. Gentlemen, I beg you will accept
my best thanks.—(Applause for some minutes.)
litessrs. Hudson and Beuler, the celebrated Cowie