The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNRJ=DAY..—The unravourable state of
the weather prevented Her Majesty and Prince AThert
keying the Castle this morning. The same cause pre-
vented also the Royal Family taking their usual walking
exercise.

Lod and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Miss
Lister, took their departure from the Castle, to-day, for
town.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of
Hesse, honoured the performance of the French plays
with their presence. yesterday evening.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester
House.

On Monday and Tuesday last, her Majesty's royal
bounty was distributed to upwards of 1,000 poor and
aged persons; each r, ceiving a crown, according to an-
mot usage at this inclement sr?ason of the year. Upon
this occasion the applications for relief were more than
usually numerous, and the Venerable Archbishop of York,
assisted by the Sub-Almoner, the Rev. Dr. JET', extend,,d
the bo,inty to meet the ex•gency. ,The distributions
were made by Joseph I lanby, Esq.. 'his Grace's Secre-
tary and Yeoman of her Majesty's Almonary in ordinary.
Dispatches were sent off last evining nom the Colo-
nial Office for the Governor of Siera Leone.
Earl Grey left town yesterday for B mood Pitrk,
Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord and Lady John Russell, accompanied by the
Hon. Miss Lister, returned to their residence in Che-sly,m-
place yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. In the
afternoon DTI and Lady John Russell left town for
Woburn Abbey, Bedforishire, on a visit to the Duke of
Bee ford.
The Right Hon. E. Strutt left town yesterday for the
holidays.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
CHESTER CUP (ENTER OR NOT).
50 to 1 agst Crim Con—offd 1000 to 15 agst Antler—taken
50 to 1 agst Erin-gc-bragh— and afterwards offered
offered 1000 to 15 agst Fitz-Allen--t
1000 to 15 agst Mikey Free— Offers to take 1000 to 15 about
offered Punch.

8 to 1 agst VaR Tromp—offd 35 to 1 agst Lunedale
16 to 1 agst Epirote—taken 40 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong
18 to I agst Planet—taken 40 to 1 agst Miss Martin colt
25 to 1 agst Glentilt—taken 40 to 1 agst Red Hart—taken
33 to 1 agst Old Port 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot
Even on the field agst twelve.

SURREY THEATRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

make no comment upon the grossly exagge-
rated statement which appeared in your paper of last
evening relative to the Surrey Theatre, but I feel it my
duty to point out the palpable falsehoods which your
critic has put forth, and I do this that you may see
what reliance you can place upon his veracity in the
future. The paragraph states, first, " that considerable
delay occurred before the rising of the curtain." This
is not the fact, the performances commenced rather be-
fore than after the usual hour. Secondly—" At length
the stage manager came forward to apologise for the ab-
sence of the principal performer et the first piece, a
Mr. Hudson Kirby, who had promised to attend at the
requisite hour. Upon the question being put as to
whether the audience would wait, or have a
substitution for the character (Damon, in the
tragedy of Delman and Pythias), a general answer
was given in favour of the former course, which
was adopted, and after the lapse of some time the re-
quired personage made his appearance, apologised, and
went througla his part." Now, Sir, there is not one syl-
lable of truth in this scandalous statement. No apology
was made or thought of for Mr. Hudson (a Mr. Hudson
Kirby !!); that gentleman was at the theatre to the mi-
nute of his promise, and so satisfactorily performed his
part throughout as to receive at its termination one of
the loudest calls ever heard within the walls of the
theatre. Lie upon lie follows in quick succession Your
critic, correspondent, or whatever the person may be,
evidently was not in the house at all. The stage
manager did not go on the stage at half-past twelve
o'clock, as stated in your paper, for it was only eleven
o'clock when I received intelligence of the accident which
had befallen Mr. Dotigla4, and I immediately felt it my
duty to communicate it in person to the audience. For
the honour of the British public I am happy to state, that
no other feeling was exhibited than that of commisseration
for my friend. The line about " more apologies" (none
having been previously made), is perfectly gratuitous,
but the climax is yet to come. The objectionable critique
winds up by saying that the performance concluded a
little before two o'clock in the morning. The theatre
was cleared by a little after twelve o'clock, and the entire
performance (with the exception of the change in the
parts occasioned by the accident to Mr. Douglas) gave
every satisfaction to a brilliant and crowded audience.
Every lady and gentleman who had promised to perform
did so, and it is with peculiar pride and gratitude I em-
brace this public opportunity of thanking them for their
friendly aid. As regards your correspondent, I hand
him over to yourself, confident that you will never allow
your columns to be prostituted to the purposes of false
hood and malice, for whatever may be the merits or de-
merits of the night in question, I alone am responsible for
them.—l am, Sir, yours obediently,
FOX COOPER.
17, Walcot place, Lambeth, Dec. 22, 1846.
[The account alluded to was furnished by an occa-
sional reporter, who has been frequently in the habit of
supplying us with information. W e will cause an iuquiry
to be instituted as to his authority for the statements
made.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Having perceived, in your paper of yesterday,
a paragraph headed " Extraordinary Scene," and which
is calculated to do me most serious injury, I beg leave
most respectfully to state, that in reference to so much
of that article as refers to myself, that I was in the
surrey Theatre at a quarter before five, P.M., on the
evening named, and Wa3 also dressed and prepared to go
upon the stage. three-quarters of an hour before I was
required ; and, consequently, was "at my post," (as
others can testify) ; giving a flat contradiction to the
uncalled-for assertion that I was compelled to make an
apology for my absence.
Who your informant or reporter is, or for what purpose
the statement has been made, I am at a loss to conceive.
Suffice it to say, the whole is utterly untrue as far as I
am concerned, the piece having been received with un-
usual approbation.
Under these circumstances, I trust to your well-
known advocacy of justice and impartiality to insert
these few lines, having already suffered so much from
misrepresentation and garbled statements tha., I cannot
but feel keenly the injustice of this most alarming
falsehood.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. HUDSON KIRBY.

[We refer Mr. Hudson Kirby to our note to Mr. Fox
Cooper's letter, assuring him that we never will suffer
the same person to deceive us again.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—We have had our attention called to a paragraph
which appeared in the third edition of your last Mon-
day's Lumber, containing a report of the trial of the
action " Mitchell v. Moore," in which it was sought
(unsuccessfully) to fix the defendant as an alleged Pro-
visional Committee-man of the Great Western Extension
Atmospheric Railway Company, with a heavy liability.
It is there stated that " Mr. Henry Owen, the ci-mpany's
solicitor• Mr. Few, Mr. Alpine, and Mr. Hill, parties con-
naected with the origin of the company, were severally ex-
rnined,
Now, inasmuch as a portion of this state-
mentvva is erroneous, Mr. Few never having been in any
(which
of this lettenr°'
to
iirecotnhnected with the company or its origin, we have
Weasfavour of your correcting the above mistake
We are, your next number.
doubt purely inadvertent) by the insertion
gardAentt,onrneice.s2f37
ItBh4e6d.
, Sir, your obedient servants,
Covent- eFfeEndWan at,n
md
sCjoor.
Moore.

THEATRICAL~ AT WT
The Duke and DuchesAsnofßEßeYciford, since Friday, have
been surrounded by a distinguished circle, at Woburn
Abbey, comprising the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the
Marquis of Granby, the Dowager Countess of Sefton and
Ladies Molyneuz, Viscount Mandeville, Viscountess
Bury, Lord and Lady Charles Russell and Hon. Edward
and Hon. Katherine Russell, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lord
Edward F. Howard, Mr. A. and Lady C. A. Sanford,
Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. S. Rogers, Mrs. and Miss
Magniae, Mr. B. Lyons, &c.
On Saturday evening the " Theatre Royal, Woburn
Abbey," as it is called, was opened for private thea-
tricals, the performances under the patronage of the
Duchess of Norfolk. It was announced that the
dramatis exr.sition wag for that night only. We supply
the subjoined (Oche of the evening :
"THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, THE 19TH OF DECEMBER,
1846.
(For this night only),
Will be performed, a Charade, in Three Parts, about