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

MORNING EDITION.

VICTORIA THEATRE.

• ,
Ustialillstoti has within • .these few days produced'
id a fel thditid4le manner, a new domestic drama, eni
titled Simon Lee, Of fi Matti& Ili the-Fire Fiehis Copse
The story, which is well told, is fotifidod epon the,folTsn't
ing incident; ;—§iPlc)D. bee, an individual of Itidernue".
fortune, not content with his lot life in having a haPP.,?,
}wine and an endearing
;wife, and bleaseCt with two sv,e7
ileedinsOlYi its IS thp ease wth many;esuj,
bark 'in trade, and,, by adveNti tiftliiie% he be"ii eve;
bankrupt. Reduced to the verge of deq?.tr,
a solitary meal. to comfort his unfortunate Im— • ;41
; becomes a poacher, and, being surprised in his pr(Vr-.
avoentioni tnorders nno of the game-keerrSt ,13„/
which means he beentnes afPloni The twang of•801;t
as Simon Lee, and Miss Vincent tie, Greter
his wife, reflects the • highest credit • upon; theild
exertions. .Indeed, we looked around and
scarcely observe a dry eye in the house, ml
alike affected. Miss Vincent has justly obtain
great celebrity for her acting in domestic eir3l'll:l'
and we think she adds much to her fame by her Olio"
able personation of the character of Grace liatherlY•
w t.pot;iic.
be
scenery is of a very superior order, and the close thick
of the poacher's glen, representing the entire lengt.h "„
. the stage, a distance of 120 feet, and the pursuit.
Simon Lee, by the gamekeepers, had a very surprisi";:
effect. Dale played the old miser with his usual ca,'
and Gardiner kept the house in a constant roar of laugh,
ter. The aftersece was the successful drama of Ax f
wood, in which Miss Vincent sustained the character
Dick Turpin,.. and sang several sons, not forgetta'ivo
Nix my dolly pals, fake away." The house I.'
crowded in every part.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the garden
of Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon, ; itf
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Mares
yesterday.
The Princess of Leiningen, attended by BaNness
Spaeth, visited the British Museum yesterday. hcii
The Prince of. Leiningen, attended by Captain Frg-
Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon; ct
The Royal Dinner party at. Buckingham Palacef
evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess °.5
Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Prince
of Leiningen, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, 13arotlesl
Spaeth, Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, and 14°r
and Lady Robert Grosvenor.
The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Ginrelj
were in attendance at the Palace during the eveniq' the
By command of her Majesty, Mr. Hayter bad
.r,
honour of conveying his picture of her Majesty's 1'1;13.
riage to Buckingham Palace, where he was most g
ciously honoured by her Majesty, and his Royal K3a of
ness Prince Albert, expressing their high approbatio
his progress:. Sol)111°
The Queen Dowager, attended by the Hon. to
'Wheatley, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday?
Clarence House, St. James's. ger
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Pnws
yesterday, at Marlborough House. Iry
The. Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess Brit'.t
low, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Hon. Charlotte 11niey,
Earl Howe, Earl Denbigh, and the Hon. W. As," male
honoured the Italian Opera with her presence, on 'lt'
day evening.
rdsY
The Duke of Cambridge returned to town yesit,se-;t.
afternoon from the Royal Military College at Sana'":l(l
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave a
dinner last evening at Cambridge-house to the N oble col
rectors of the Concerts of Ancient Music. 'The 11').'the
Duke, accompanied by his guests, afterwards went tn
performance of the Concert at the Hanover-square-ro?el,
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past one oc!?of
yesterday afternoon, at the residence of the Mat's til:tiii
Lansdowne in Berkeley-square, the Noble -4131.'
being indisposed with an attack of gout.
All the Members of the Cabinet were present. /Is
The Council broke uk; soon after three o'clock: tile.
count Melbourne went from Lansdowne-house, 'after, at
Council, to Buckingham Palace to have an audience
the Queen. ste'
His Excellency the. American Minister, and Mr'' ,re•
venson, and Mr. Rush, Secretary of Legation, Were, ftlro
vented from attending her Majesty's Ball at Bucking of
Palace, on the 14th inst., in consequence of ell
en
having been set apart, in • the United States, ,Vs r
beir
lemniziug, by religious observance, the death 9'
late. Chief Magistrate. were
Despatches from the Governor of West Australia
received yesterday at the Colonial-office. „ ,
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 8"&"otiO
terday. The Attorney7General occupied the 00'
during the whole of the sitting on the appeal, Sir gal tbe
Wood and others v. Goodlake and another, fr'
Prerogative Court.

FASHIONABLE INTE LLIGENCI;.
ARRIVALS. tr°
Earl Talbot, in Hertford-street, May-fair, from .I,,ngell'„e,
Hall, his seat in Staffordshire; Mr. and Lady Anne
from their seat in Ireland; the Earl of Rosslyn, Gi°sle6el4'
place, from Wiltshire; the Earl and Countess of Chester,,r3,
at Chesterfield House, from Worthing; the Hon. Mrs. 1-0‘
yen, in Hill-street, from her residence in Hanej; the %;
Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from Arundel Castle; Sustreo3,
Lady James and Miss Stuart, in Whitehall-place, from `afe,
bridge Wells ;_ The Earl and Countess of Sefton!, in lielgroji
square, from Hampstead Lodge, the seat of the Vewag!,r cur'
Craven, near Newbury ; Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P.i" Fits'
zon-street, from Wilts • Lord and Lady Frederick lf
elarence, at Putney death, from Etat House, their 'co'',
near Wooler, Northumberland ; Sir Watkin NST2lli' 0
Wynn, Bart., from Chester ; the , Earl beet'arld,„tt
of Camperdown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, in ee"
from Bath ; Lord and Lady Delamere, in Upper Brook-cstrief
from Vale Royal, their seat in Cheshire; the Hon'
Herbert, in Grafton.street, from Wilton House, near
the
bury; Lady Sophia Wyndham and Miss Wyndham, frontoo,
family seat in Norfolk ; the Earl of Stamford and Warrinr'ite
in Hill street, from Dunham Massey, Cheshire ; viio.'unf'
dover, M.P., in Conduit-street, from Charlton, the Earl of of
folk's seat, near Malmesbury, Wilts; Viscount and 'Vise° b 0
befr
Combermere, in Berkely-square, .from Combermere ,:treet,
Cheshire; Viscount and Viscountess, Jocelyn, in n"eir-„clise
from Barham Court near Maidstone the Marquis al' !ortl,'
ter and Lady Cecilia Paulett, in Cavendish-square, from ' 0.00
ing; the Marquis of Northampton, in Carlton-gardens'd
Castle Ashby, near Northampton ; Mrs. Newdigate 030'
M. Newdigate, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-strtet, from Cott'
field-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow, at ditto, from it thbP
nent ; Sir C. Marshall, at ditto, from Paris ; Miss Hopes'
at ditto, from Derbyshire ; Viscount and Viscountess ,
dale, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from the'
0,1)
Montreal Park, Kent ; Sir Baldwin and Lady reightofro
ditto, from Shropshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Segrave, fr°„,°'
Brighton ; the Hon. A'Court Holmes, 31. p., at co""' fr,"
she Isle of Wight ; the Hon: Mr. Curzon, at ditto,.
Derbyshire; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Innes, at ditio.:
j•
tour; Mrs. Longueville Clarke and family, at ditto. frf° rd
cutta; Sir Richard Bourke, at ditto, from Ireland;
Lady Adare, at ditto, from the family seat in Glamorkliollg',
Mr. and Mrs. Lane, and Mr. and Mrs. Murray, et ''oirto".
Thompson's Hovel, Cavendish-square, from Paris;
Inglefield, R.N., and Mrs. Inglefield, at ditto, from Ch for'
ham ; Mr. and Mrs. Beavan. at ditto, from Briitol • I',lc).'ailel,
stow, and Mr. Barstow, jun., at ditto; Mr. and 'ail'
at ditto; Mrs. Brownlow Poulter, in Nlontagu.square•
DEPARTURES. (*o'er
The Duke of Beaufort, from Beaufort House, for 'lO,
tershire ; Lady Teignmouth, from Portland-place; fort coo:
bridge Welts ; Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, frelbover;
naught-place, for Warwickshire ; Sir J. Burgoyne, Or, ,e,
Mr. C. W. Codringtcn, ALP., from St. James's-eijot'd
Bristol ; .he Earl de Grey, from St. James's-square, t 0
shire • Lady Churchill, fur Tonbridge Wells; tile L'u'icille.eo
Fingal' and family, from Upper. Brook-street,' far
Castle, county Meath; the Countess Dowager Cali r, tob,
Berners-street, for her residence near Southamptcll,; epdt-,0,
Mrs. Trafford, from Marshall Thompsen's Hotel, L'aiiitto, '0
square, for the Continent ; J. Moss, Esq., frosts "to j;tl
Brighton ; Dr. Aitken, from ditto; ord Cratiley, ft
for Surrey.

CHANGES. btoll
'WI. 50
Lady Susan Hotham, at Tonbridge Wells, from jpounot
Lord and Lady Ventry, at Dublin, from,Burnhagi,,, ffr,f
Kerry ; Lord and Lady Stafford, at Leamington h,
Cortessey Park, their seat near Norwich; Lady Ba°ollB—
from Ireland ; Lord Carew, at Catleb°r
near Wexford, from Woodstown, county Waterford.

- - - _
HALF-PAY, &c. seve
On the motion of Mr. Huine, an account of the
retir"o
amounts paid in the year 1840, for half-pay 80%,01,11.13
allowances, civil and military,•distinguisiung the lOr
under separate heads and departments, ot fed
before the House of Commons. The total ft:10646,74i.;
the military, naval, and civil departments,•"b-'.845L to 90,
1,444i50. to t,/ Of this 2,512,6791. is paid to the army,
Navy, 1561435/. to the Ordnance, and
civil department. The principle items 151r3e2,a6f11.7-sp.;:is':
Army pay of general officers, 95,761/.. ;' retired
onre?
half-pay, and military allowances, 563,1971. ;
sioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham, 1,315,604 L ; ‘„',._90%
pensions, 142,418/. ; pensions for wounds,
Navy-Flag-officers, Captains,. ko. ,755,8001 ; CT',"
sioners, &c.; in the Civil and - the Victualling' "Ziteellj
ments; 1.51;5751.; • pensions .to wid0w5,:177,456/. ;
wich Hospital out-pensioners.'.22l,lo2/..; superaint oer
and half-pay officers of the.. Ordnance, 59,324/. ; Ltifi
sions,' widows, and children of officer's, 23,5621. 9, IS
toms; 199,2381. Excise, 123,897/. Treasury, 1'
Police Magistrates and Constables, 11,391/.