The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-08 00:00:00

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

A new drama in three ac s, entitled Faiih and
Falsehood, has been p-educed will great success. The
plot is as follows :—Algernon (Mr SilErilEKD) his
saved Jane (Mass MALCOLM) from dsnger, and ultimately
carries her off from an humble lover, C on/ 0, (Mr.
SERLE,) who in despair enlists as a soldier ; he is
draughted for foreign service, but ere h- goes, seeks an
interview with her ; she resolves ro escape with hiir, and
is caught in the attempt with her jewel case in her hard ;
this, and other corroborative circumstances, occasion their
committal, and they are transported. They are neat seen
in New South Wales escaped from prison, where, famishing
and wretched, they expire. The acting of Mr. SEALE
and Miss MALCOLM is admirable, and it is agreeably
relieved by an underplot, in which Dobbs, (Mr. REDE,)
Arabella Shaw, (Miss DUNBAIt,) and Brunt (Eht.torT)
Ligure. The applause at the f of the curtain was
universal, and the author (Mr. W. L. REDS) was loudly
called for.

The concocters of the late masquerade—the

most successful which has been produced for many years
—will have another on Monday night next, at the King's
Theatre. Besides the supper, which is to be substantial
and cheap, a great variety of novelties are in preparation,
vhich, it is said, will " as'onish the natives !"

Mr. P. HOWARD, M.P. for Carlisle, in pre-
senting a petition yesterday in favour of the Fac-ory Bill,
the same time that he felt the extreme difficulty
of legislative infterference, observed that many of the manu-
facturers were most anxious to do away with the melan-
choly system,:night-work in factories. It was likewise the
opinion of many that the labour of children might, with-
out detriment to the trade, be restricte.l to eleven hours ;
but to the Ten Hours Bill, and its minute and vexatious
reculations, nearly every branch of tra 'e appeared to be
decidedly opposed.

COLCHESTER, JUNE s.—(From a Corres-
pondent.)—The town has this morning been a set ne of the
most lively interest, in consequence of the launch of the
William Hale steamer, propelled by machinery upon a
new construction, superseding altogether the use of paddle-
wheels, removing all the inconveniences and objections
which ate inseparable from paddlewheels, yet retaining
every advantage of motion by steam power, and combining
vith it the free and effectual use of sails. The propeller,
equally remarkable for simplicity and effect, is placed in
he hold of the vessel, and perfectly secure from external
injury, whether by accidents, by the elements, or in war-
fare; it is capable of easy adaption to vesse's of every claas
Ind description : alike serviceable in the open sea, either
far warlike or commercial purposes; and for the ❑aviga-
tion of rivers and canals, in which it will be essentially
valuable, for speed will be attained without swell or com-
motion in the water ; injury to the banks will not be
occasioned, nor towing-paths be necessary; and, more than
all, loss of life will be prevented, which ea frequently has
happened from accidents through the swell of the water by
the paddle-wheels of steamers. The invention has been the
subject of many trials, but has been hitherto purposely kept
private. It has been minutely anti repeatedly examined
by many distinguished naval officers and scientific men,
tnd all have expressed very decided approbation of the
principle and its application. The inventor is Mr.
WILLIAM HALE, of this town, a very ingenious and
meritorious person, not in affluent circumstances. There
was not a spectator in the assembled multitude witnessing
the launch who did not express enthusiastic encomiums
tnd hearty good wishes that both may receive every reward
.vhich talent and zeal so applied eminently deserve. [We
believe this vessel is on the same construction in machinery
is the beautiful model which we smile time since noticed,
under the Windsor news, as h tying been exhibited upo❑
Virginia Water, in the presence of their MAJESTIES and a
large party assembled by the KING on the occasion.]
INFLUENZA.—This disease has snide a

ery general attack in the parishes of Symington, Dun-
ionald, and Kilmaurs, and several individuals have fallen

under it.

DESTRUCTION OF THE BENLOMOND
STEAM-TACKRT,—.We are sorry to have to record the loss

of the Benlomond steam-packet, which occurred yester-
day morning, in the Firth of Forth, about a mile from
Newhaven. Yesterday morning no fewer than 220 per-
sons, most of them as cabin passengers, went on bo trd tl e
Benlomond for Stirling. She sailed about a quarter-past
nine o'clock, and about five minutes after she had left the
Chain Pier, smoke was observed by the stewart to issue
from behind the funnel. The alarm having been given,
Captain ALLAN immediately bore round to make for the
Chain Pier, and also hoisted a signal of distress, when,
very fortunately, the Lion steam-packet, which was
about 200 yards ahead, came to her assistance, as did also
the Stirling Castle, which was lying at the Chain Pie..
Most of the luggage was saved, but not the w ole of it,
for by the time that the last of the passengers were 'Pav-
ing the Benlomond the fire was biaziNg twelve or fif een
feet above the deck of the vessel. The Captain run t e
vessel ashore opposite Caroline Park, about one mile west
from the Chain Pier, for the purpose of scuttling
it; but so rapid was the progress of the flames,
that before this could he accomplished, the whole vessel
behind the paddle beams was burnt cl se to the water,—
and this too in less than 40 minutes after she had left tee
Chain Pier with two hundred and twenty s,nils on !mini !
After burning to the water's edge. the hull sunk wi h the
most standing, at the distance of a quarter of a mile from
the shore; and about six feet of the mast it now visiAe
at high water. Tu the good order pieaerv.d on board, is
to be attributed in a great measure the escape from all
personal accidents. The fire originated, we understand,
from the boilers containing too little water, in consequence
of which they became red hot, and ignited the wood. The
Benlomond was an elegant vessel, in excellent condition,
and we are sorry to hear that it was only insured to a
trifling extent. During the past fortnight, there have
been no fewer than 1,000 individuals per day passing to
and from Stirling, with the rival steamers.—Scotsman
of Wednesday.
MELANCHOLY DISCOVERY.—SoIve work-
men were lately engaged in repairing an old house near
the Sarn, in the parish of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, when,
lift;ng the boards of a ground floor, the skeleton of a human
ody was discovered, concealed beneath a part of the floor
strongly secured. It is generally believed that the body
has been concealed in this spot upwards of thirty years,
as at that time a poor girl was lost from the neighbour-
hood, and never afterwards heard of; but nothing can be
discovered, from the condition of the skeleton, to elicit
the cause of the unfortunate girl's death.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was
held at the workhouse of Christ Church, Surrey, on
Thursday, June 6, on the body of SUSANNAH Gerrrans,
who came to her death by means of poison. The deceased,
it appeared, had left her mother about six months since,
and was living in lodgings at No. 12, Dyer-street,
Gravel-lane, getting her living by needle-work. Oa
Monday evening she went out, between nine and ten
o'clock, to the shop of Mr. GLISSAN, a vendor of me-
dicine, No. 147, Blackfriars-road, and there purchased
some arsenic, and expired the following morning. Under
her pillow a paper was found, in her hand-writing, com-
mencing with " I have taken poison," and concluding
with three lines from Macbeth, " What can administer to
a mind diseased," &c.—The Jury returned a verdict that
the deceased was of unsound mind.
AN UNCANNY HARE.—A farmer in the
neighbourhood of Edinburgh, known for his good breed of
greyhounds, had often coursed a particular hare unsuc-
cessfully—at last her appearance and habits became so
well known to him that he was able to distinguish her
from others, and knew where to find her when wanted.
On a bank sloping gently to the water of Leith, the back
ground rising more precipitately to Pentland Hills, puss
was always to be found at home at certain hours, and
whenever the farmer wished to gratify any of his friends
by displaying the speed of his dogs, he bad only to pro-
tied to her haunt. She became so accustomed to the
_sport, that it did not seem to annoy her, as she trotted
away at leisure before the dogs, until hard pressed, when
turning her head to the hill and putting out her speed, in
short time she left them "at fault." This lasted for
some time, till the farmer, irritated, it is supposed by the
repeated defeat of his dogs, measured the swiftness of a
good charge of No. 3 against that of poor puss, and---shot
her—"greatly to the regret of all who knew her.l"—.
Sporting Magazine.

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