The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-01 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

WILLIAM WALKER and JOHN WALKER, manufac-
turers of apparatus fir heating-buildings, St. John's.square,
Clerkenwell.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

JOHN HETHERINGTON, wholesale tea-dealer, King's
Arms-yard, from Aug. 31 to Nov. 30, at eleven, at the CAirt
of Bankruptcy.
BANKRUPTS.

HENRY BENTALI., wine-merchant, Cecil-street, Strand,
to surrender Sept. ti, at half-put twelve, and Oct. 1.2, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Ba:inghall•strect,
official ass::,;nee ;. Au,tin, Threadneedle-street.- . .

JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, merchant, Lom`mril-street,
London, Sept, 16, at two, and Oct. 12, at one. Cantrin,
-Finsbury-squara ; Oliverson, Dolby, and Layie, Fre;,crick!s...
place, Old Jewry.
CHARLES DANIELL jeweller, Oxford-street, Sept. 6, at
one, and Oct. 1:2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
na'', official assiznee, Finsbury-square; Newbon anti Evans,
Wardrobe •place, Doctors' -commons.

EDWARD JEFFERY, builder, Exeter, Sept. 11 And Oct.
12, at eleven, at the Old LOndon Inn, Exeter. Kingston,
Exeter ; Moseley and Channell, Bedford-street, Covent-gar-
den, London.

ANDREW ABERCROMBIE NESBITT, stuff mer-
chant, Leeds, Sept. 14, at three, and Oct. 19, at twelve, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Sud-
low, Chancery-lane, London ; Lees, Leeds.
THOMAS FREDERICK BEALES and JOHN ED.
WARD BEALES, drysalters, Manchester, Sept. 11, and Oct.
12, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Taylor,
Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London; Burdett,
Manchester.

JOHN SCOTT, merchant, Brick-hill-lane, Upper Thames.
street, London, Sept. 15, at one, and Oct. 12 at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basingliall-street, official
assignee; Crosby and Compton. Church-court, Old Jewry.
ABRAHAM DYS ON, cutler, Sheffield, Sept. 11, and
Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Wilson,
Southampton-street, Bloombury-square, London ; Wilson an 4
Younge, Sheffie'd.

DIVIDEND/a,
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. W. Fernyhotigh, booksel!er, tteading, Berkshire, Sept.
23, at half-past twelve—W. Cross, grocer, Mountnessing,
Essex, Sett. 23, at twelve—W. Brookes, lamp manufacturer,
New-street-square, Fetter-lane, Sept. 21, at twelve—NV. B.
Pert y, linen draper, Croydon, Sept. 21, at &even.
In the Country.
B. Whittel, woollen cloth manufacturer, Broad Royd, York.
shire, Sept. 24, at ten, at the George Hotel, HudderAeld—R.
Parsons, common brewer, Nottingham, Sept. 23, at one, at
the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham—G. Mellor, linen
draper, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Uni-
corn Inn, Macclesfield—T. Poole, wine merchant, R)e, Sussex,
Sept. 27, at twelve, at the South Saxon Hotel, Haqings—T.
Scudamore, chemist, Birmingham; Sept. 22, at two, at the
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—T. A. Sanders, builder, Ryde,
Isle of Wight, Sept. 23, at five, at the Crown Hotel, Ryde.
CERTIFICATES—SEPT. 21.

I. H. R. Mott, piano-forte maker, Pall-mall—J. Lea, jun.,
tea dealer, Chester—J. Sykes, music seller, Leeds—T. Bur.
nard, merchant, Bideford. Devonshire—J. Feaver, sail cloth
manufacturer, Nether Compton, Dorsetshire J. Dallies,
joiner, Tunstall, Staffordshire—D. H. Stonham, copper mer-
chant, Liverpool.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. Clayton, J. Lancake, and G. Buxton, Barytis powder
manufacturers, Middieton• dale, Derbyshire— C. Allardice, H.
Y. Allardice, and J. H. Handytide, surgeons, Stokesley, York-
shire—D. H. Morgan and S. Gardner, ironfounders, Neath,
Glamorganshire—J. and N. H. Pearson, silk manufacturers,
Macclesfield. Chester—J. H. 0. Silver and W. H. Bradfield,
opticians, Royal-street, Lambeth—C. B. Fooks and J. Brit-
tan, merchants, Weymouth—R. Heathfield and S. Cartledge,
lace manufacturers, Nottingham—F. Hodges, M. H. Hodges,
and F. C. Hodges, music sellers, Bristol (so far as rec!..rds F.
C. Hodges)—J. Raunsley, J. Singleton M. Firth, and H. Sin-
gleton, stone masons, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards
J. Raunsley and M. Firth)—J. Mewburn and W. Ricketts,
tobacconists, Hoxt.on Old Town—G. S. D. Hall, M. M.
Rooker, and R. Rostron, commission merchants, Manchester
R. Rolland, R. Mitchell, and T. Rolland, iron fuunderr' Mid..
dleton Lancashire—J. and H. Levy, fruit merchants, Liver-
pool-2E. and G. Greey, linen drapers, Ramsgate—J.
Mil-
stead and W. Morum, carpenters, Bromley, Kent-1. Cooke
and T. Pearce, manufacturers of Williams' patent trusses
—J. Adams and J. Harrison, tailors, Preston, Lancashire—
M. and S. Rawlings, card makers, Frotne Selwood, Somerset-
shire—W. Hunt and G. Henekey, grocers, High Holborn—
J. Gurney and J. gutcliffe, retail grocers, Halifax, Yorkshire—
J. Miller and G. Cradock; sail cloth manufacturer, Stockier;
Durham—J. Jones, W. Tu:nes, R. Evans, and A, Potts, iron
founders, Newton, Lancashire—C, R. Laycock and F. H.
Waller, surgeons, Kensington.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
ALEXANDER ROSS, innkeeper, Craigs, Falkirk, Sept.
3 and 25. at twelve, at. Smith's Commercial Inn, Falkirk.
ALEXANDER KEAY, grocer, Murraygate, Dundee,
Sept. 3 and 24, at eleven, at the Chambers of J. Bell and W,
Don, Dundee.

W ILLIAM BROOKS, paper manufacturer, Lasswade,
Sept. 6 and 27, at one, at the Old Signett Hal, Royal Ex-
change, Edinburgh.

A Correspondent says :—;-" It is surprising that
any doubt Should exist•as to the measures that will be
adopted by the Peel Administration... We may ho eon •
fident that the income or property tax will be resumed.
In 1816, Sir Robert Peel* and Mr. Goulburn voted for
the continuanee. of the .property tax, then ten cent.,
and 17t per cent. on all the yeomanry or others occu-
pier,: of their own land ; although it was proved by Lord
Brougham's producing the resolution of the house of
Commons, that the tax should cease the April Viiktt•
ing the termination of the war ; and it 1;g:; iiitiee been
shown clearly that the continu:Aue4 or that onerous
burden was not wanted. War need we have any doubt
but 9iat,, ecNeAUlti iti° Pitt's school, and participating
I],g. taii4.sures, we may have the renovation of tl-410
various acts suspending our constitution ami rights,
the suspension of the habeas corpus act, increasd of
the army, and augmentation of all places of emolument,
pensions, forced erection anew churches, &e., &c."
few (14ya ago, two Custom-house Officers of
Spiehern (Moselle), whilst lying in ambush, saw five
smugglers attempting to cross the line of Customs ; but,
as the orders to Custom-house, Officers are not to fire
until they have been tired upon, they could only collar
each a smuggler. One of thew instantly stabbed the
twob tu , artyftieertsh ehne f%liiidlgthfeelsleanmetteo tt hh ee
man who had sTeizheed
goirhoeuil• dt)Tia"thrtled in blood, the smugglers escaped. Ono of
the officers died almost immediately, and the we of .the
other is despaired of,

NEW ZEALAND,.
The Coast/Mae/me/ has the following
_on the French.
culony at New Zealand :
" The firmness of the chief of the French colony, and;
it must also be added, the conciliatory spirit, of the English
Magistrate, have contributed to maintain tjle independence
demanded for it by Capt. Lavatel, withnnt the slightest
interruption of harmony between the Freneh and English
colonists. In the colonies of Australia tuntNew Zealand it
is the opinion of all parties, no matter to which nation they
belong, that France ought to retain the privilege of this
independence, at least for the large extent of land Which
forms Banks's Peninsula, now in her ,possession, and
which contains ports at all times accessible to ships of
war and whalers." Letters from Akaroa, the southern
island of this p6ninsula, dated the Ist and 26th March
last, bring us the following details. Tlik rapid progress
of the English colony at Nicholson (the northern island)
surpasses all idea. Although founded only on the 22d
January, 1840, it bad already 3,000 inhabitants, and 600
to 700 louses. There were in the port, in February
last, 23 vessels, of which 5 were of three masts. Capi
talists, commercial agents of the principal houses of
Sydney and London, and persons who in England would
occupy a distinguished rank, the son of Sir John
Sinclair, a son of .Lord Petre, Se., were actively
engaged in commercial pursuits. One of the
French colonists, who arrived in the Comte du
Puri; has fixed himself at a league from 'Alinroa,
and, with his wife, cultivates a Itsciare (two acres
and a half) a ground. In five months he has
gained 1,500 f. by the sale of vegetables. The reports
which were current as to the probability of the rupture
of the peace of Europe had not in the slightest degree
alrected the friendly relations between the: French ctdony
at Akaroa and the English colony at Nicholson, At a
dinner given at' Nichol Son, to celebrate the arrival of the
first'. colonists, a young naturalist, M. de: Beligny, civil
administrator and -mayor of the French cOlony, who had
been earnestly invited to be present, met itith a most cor-
dial reception, and.had the pleasure of InOiring a toast of
prosperity to the French colony, antj -thipr?ervatlen of
the friendly re] a Ow* hntswen ths
PrepOst4l hy Colonel. Wakefield, received.with acclama-
tion. The whole colony of Akaroa concurs in doing
justice to the great wisdom and prudence of M. Lavaud,
whose protection is constant, .and to whose firmness, in
the first instance, is owing the maintain:time of the na-
tionality of the colony, The presence of the Bishop,
M. de Pampallier, who has visited his fellow-country-
men, has been equally efficacious. His 'name is in every
mouth, and he is blessed by the natives, whom by even-,
gelical patience he has brought to understand the first
precepts of religion and morality. The -question of the
sovereignty of these islands has not yet been decided.
The. statu quo, has been established by
_agreement be-
tween Capt. Lavaud and the English Commandant, until
the - two' Governments shall have come to an 'under-
standing on ',the subject. Negotiations are at. present
• proceeding in; ondon, wh eh have ...been retarded
. by the embairlissments of the English Cabinet. With.
out doubt the tonstitution of the new Ministry and -the
arrival of 'our Ambassador will
,permit the settlement of
the question:. The most
..just -solution,. in .our opinion,.
and that which would be of .a nature tp conciliate all in-
terests, would be to proclaim the ports and 'territories of
the two islands.free, recognising the right of all .nations
to trade freely, as they..have, hitherto done. England
could :rink rpfustfoto atteede to such apropolition without,
belying the principles of liberality in commercial matters
Which she has been incessantly, .calling upon us 1,4 apply
in the negotiatiOns which she has had with us of
years. It appears that the French Company, in conse-
quence of the numerous applications which have been
made to it by:persons wishing to go out, is preparing a
• second expedition."

'THE RANK OF FA,ANDERS:.
By a •decree of the King of the Belgiansiof the 21st
t
inst., the Bank of Flandors has received thc4Royal au-
thority and approbation of its statutes. They are in
eiK•et as follow :
•: The capital of the Bank its to be teh millions
of francs, and the direction ist, to be us the hands
of a President and four Managers, one of whom is
to act as Vice-Preside:: t. The 'President teamed by
the statutes isaf '.:llr. Moses-Asher Goldsmith ;
tha. four Ili aagy are M. Albert Von Lloobrouck
de Fiennes,''ikeMber of the Chamber of the itepresen-
tatives, act as Vice-President ; M. de
Naeyer and M. de -Mculemeestre, bankers 'of Ghent,
and M. Peeters, formerly Director of the ~Society of
Commerce of that city. There is also to be a Commit-
- -
we of supervision, consisting of seven shareholders mind
~overnment commissioner. The latter is to be I\l.
CiTitti, formerly Secretary of the Banque Fonciere.. The
duration of the society is fixed at 25 years from the day
of the Royal approbation, but it may be prolonged for
any tiine by a general meeting of the shareholders
convened for that:. purpose This resolution must be
by' a majority of three-fourths of the members pre-
sent, holdin,,z, at least; three-fourths of the shares
tal;en up, and must be approve:l of by the Ii„.;••
society is to bel dissolved in tho cvot4 firoe.,is ex-
ceeding the • tooth of - 016 P. 41441, if -altee'reurths
of the OiareliPldtwi3.4o4.ng3W*4o4.llK of the shares
s fisinda- demand the clis4nintitin, aorrorthe sooiety is
fixed at Ghent! but it mar i t7tlt the ftnthortty of the Go-
vernment estahli,,,:h 4,ntillus.. wherever its interest may re-
!ti mi. These ;,iety. 1.tt9)1,1y,y wcT to is.nie bank-notes, pay-
able to hearer at sighenhe amoun t of the notes; nlotAkttq
according to the real capital of tht2
the managers POPP qlMr•ill3,4iß C4lO kictverutueut.
t.,441 4041 fiivitie(l 11141 10,00 A131t41.1. 1,0001.
each ; the 4Qc;eqr will, however, commence its 6p;:a.;,_
lions as soon as mg() 001 have been disposed of. If
the dovolopment of business shall require rho otivial
capital may, by a resolution of the gel-gival a§§embib siud
with the authority of t 1 cp-if he i7,leNtbkd
to 20,000 shares Of imqf etch. pad uentg kihall be
made to the WOW i 4 the .1114 finer t--10 per
(104= Witht4 twenty (111Y-§ date of the Royal
grant 10 per mit, at end of each of the three fol-
lowing montliii, and the remainder according as the de-
mand of the Company may require it, on a call IfsAng
made to that effect by. the Administratim., l'ha Cone.patty cannot take part m
or industrial
operations, no} 4=R it husinttsii except in
. gold n §ker-, It PIM gthpr respect it is to be conducted
t,he mine, pmciples as ordinary banks."

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GARDENS OF TUE ROYAL BOTANIO SO-
CIETY, REGENT'S -PARK.--On Monday a promenade took
place at these gardens, Which wil% numerously attended
by the members and their Mends. Amcngst the corn.
party prP4ols wefe the Earl and Countess
of Surroy,
the 1-4f:dies Howard, Lord Bernard Howard, Lord Ilmg-
hersh, Lord Egerton, Lord Gower, Lord Mmileth, Lord
Blaney, Countess Powlett, Countess tie Qrey, Sir G.. T.
T. Staunton, Colonel Cpendl'Ah, Lady Lewis, the
Turkish Ambassador and 'rtite, Countess de Courcy,
Lord Magni non, Mr. Pdwlett, Colonel Bailey, Lord
Henry Lennox, and Lady Hammond. Great satisfaction
was universally expressed at the rapid progress which has
been made in the laying out of the grounds. The orna-
mental portion, which is just eumploted, as well as the
new American, garden, Attraeted much of the attention
of the visitors, Previously to the promenade, the annual
general mooting of the fellows took place. The report
of the Gaineil for the past year gave general satisfac-
tion, and several new members were elected. It being
the anniversary of the Society, a ballot took place. for
the President and Council for the year ensuing, and the
following were elected 2—President : The Earl of Sur-
rey. Council The Duke .of Norfolk, the Duke
of Richmond, the Marquis of Northampton, the Mar-
quis of Normanby, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir G. Staun-
ton, Sir E. Kerrison, H. T. Hope, 1-1,4, T. Wyse, Esq.,
B. B. Cabbell, Esq., `Sir B, camae, H. Clarke, Esq., C.
Deane, Esq., J. Disney, Esq., F. J. Farre, J. P.
Fearon, Esq„ Sir 3. L. Goldsmid, Bart., and several
others,

Gn Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, as
one of the Vauxhall steamers was passing through
Westminster-bridge, on the Surrey side, the motion of
the paddles caused the body of a man to float to the sur-
face of the water. It was conveyed to the bone-house of
St, John's Church, Waterloo-road. The deceased is a
man about 40 years of age, and was dressed in a blue
coat, black trousers, and dark waistcoat. His linen was
marked " 11. W., 3." In his pocket were seven small
keys on a ring, half-a-crown in silver, and fourpenee in
copper, besides three 1e,0.54a keys, one of which was a
room-door key, In the fob of his trousers was a bill for
a publict,house scorce amounting to 135., and made out in
the name of " Mr. Whitfield .to S. 'Rutter." The body,
from its decomposed state, had evidently been in the
water for some time.-

AFFLICTIVE VisiTATios.—At the late meet-
ing of the British Association, at Plymouth, Dr. Fowler
gave an accoant of a young woman, now in Itotberhithe
Workhouse, who has the threefold infirmity of being
deaf, dumb, and blind. The unfortunate indiyidual, who
is about twenty years of age, was born deaf ancl, dumb,
and blinded by small-pox when about three years old.
She does not hear the loudest efforts of the voice, but
starts on a poker, hung by a string against her
ear, being struek against a grate. Touch is the
only sense by which others can communicate with
her; or which she employs in examining objects
and persons ; and though sho - possesses both taste
and smell, she never appears to have used them. Until
within two or three years since, her existence appeared
to be merely animal, but then a marked difference took
phL:e-in her habits, and she became as attentive- to her
dress awl personal decorum as any other girl of her age.
5;,h4 tbels her way without a guide to every part of the
workhouse, recognizes all its inmates by the feel of their
hands, makes her bed, and sews, not only plain work,
but even the noc+re intricate parts of dress. She is very
tenaciowi of what she deems her own, and was much
111,Q.Ued with a shilling which was put into her hand,
smiling, curtseying, and feeling it eagerly fur some
tuna after.

SHOCKING ACClDENT.—Saturday morning,
between nine and ten o'clock, amen named Peter Adams,
in the employ of Messrs. Brown and Co., brewers, Pro-
vost-street, City-road, was following his occupation of
attending the copper, and whilst standing upon the lat-
ter, in the act of pushing open a window, for the pur-
pose of letting out the steam, the poor fellow slipped into
it, and was instantly immersed to his midlle in. the boil-
ing liquid. He, however, lost no time in scrambling out
of his truly horrible situation, and hii fellow-workmen
assisted in dragging from his person his lower garments.
Medical aid was promptly obtained, .and the scalds hav-
ing been dressel he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, where he remains in a deplorable state.

Mrs. :,fountain was born in the year 1768, and in
1782 she appeared in a piece called Mount Parnassus,
the principal characters of which were represented by
children. Sho sustained one called Maclaine Hazard with
great eclat at the Haymarket, where, however, she only
performed a few nights. During that and the, following
year she remained in St. George's-fields, where she was
a great favourite, and where she received two guineas a
week, a pretty considerable remuneration (then) fur one
of her tender years. Mrs. Bland (then Miss Rotnanzini)
and Miss Wilkinson were then her contemporaries. •
After this she travelled round the country with her
father, mother, brother, &c., giving a selection of opera,
play, ballet, &c., interspersed with evolutions on the
rope. This scheme, however, proved neither .pleasant
nor profitable. And in this year we hear of her im-
portuning Tate Wilkinson (a namesake, bat not a rela-
don) Por a situation. Her request was very unwillingly
complied with. • Tate devotes some pages to a notice of
her in his " -Wandering Patentee." He engaged her at
eighteen shillings a week, and she opened at Hull, as
Patty, in the Maid of the Mill, and made a pretty de-
cided hit ; but Mrs. Jordan was at that period the star
of the company, and as a situation had been made for
our heroine, she had few.opportunities for displaying her
talent. Rosetta, however, brought her somewhat into
notice, and, in 1784, when an engagement at Drury-lane
tuck Mrs. Jordan from the north, the unanimous call of
the York audience placed Miss Wilkinson on the vacant
throne.

When the Poor Soldier was first produced, Tate got it
iip in his circuit, Miss Wilkinson representing Patrick.
This operetta, however, was not very productivo at
York, but at Leeds the inhabitarits were so pleased with
her performance of the Poor Soldier, that several gen-
' tlemen made up a handsome purse, as they found her
private character equally entitletl t t i sleet, and re-
quested the manager to present it to her, wbiuh•he did
the next morning, in the following. mannix:•-•,‘" Here,
is a reward. fur your performance of -th2i pkil you •
played last night ; but more particularly for your re-
spectability in a character which I hope you will always
he perfect in—that of a good daughter."
In .1786, we Lind Miss Wilkinson at Liverpool, where,
both as an actress and singer, she was much admired.
Her benefit was extremely lucrative, and besides captivate
ing the apathetic inhabitants of that commercial spot, she
wounded the heart of Mr. Mountain, then leader of the
band at the concert hall and theatre at Liverpool. This
gentleman is a native of Ireland; and, as the inhabitants
of that country are remarkable for their persuasive
_powers with the fair sex, we cannot wonder to find Miss
Wilkinson 0 a few months resign her baptismal appella7
tion for thethore lofty one of Mountain.
In the latter end of the year 1786, her father'itng,aged
her to the proprietors' of Drury lane but being uttered
better, terms by the manager of Covent-garden, she en-
gaged for threeyears upon a rising salary. Miss Wil-
kinson
_made her appearance' in the characters •of
Fidelia in the' Foundling, and Leonora in the Padlock.
The celebrity-Slie.got in the country had reached London
before her appearance
,on the Covent-garden boards ; it is,
• therefore, scarcely necessary to Observe, that her .perfor-
mance Mei:With the reiterated plaudits of a crowded.house.'
Before the expiration of her first season, Mr. Moun-
tain canto host on.the wings of love, though by the Li-
verpeottinal, town; and soon made the lovely Vocali.sl
his wile. Mr. :.N.lonatain subsequently led the band at
Covent-garden ;Theatre.
At the close Offier metropolitan engagement she visited
the country from which her partner in life came, and was
particularly admired in Dublin, where they both ob-
tained a host of friends.

In 1790 we finellier again at Covent-garden, and also
at the Haymarket. She quitted Covent-garden in con-
sequence of her salary being stopped during a short ill-
ness.
.She visited Dublin once more, where she .was
again warmly 'greeteiL After this she arranged her
differences with Mr. Barris, and again gave her serVicts
to his theatre. But another Ind more vital parrel
arose, aria Mrs. Ilountaih again withdrew, Vauxhall
Gardens now obtained her services, and her syren strains
proved exceedingly attractive. Mr. Mountain, we be-
lieve, led the band at.the Gardens at this Feria Dis-
gusted with London managers, Mrs. M'ountain went to
Bath, where she placed herself under the tuition of the
accomplished Ratizzini.-: •
Whilst at. Bath, overtures were made to her from both
the theatres ; but, on the 'rinciple 64 that a burnt child,
&c.," Mrs. Moufitain would not listeit to the' offers of
Harris' but engaged at the livid theatre. She also re-
engaged at the Haymarket, where ads a remained.
:the regulation as to the independent -
rendered it imposSible that she s
-h ..,,any (1802)
longer remain.
Mrs. Mountain, ‘vagrt._t.intsomethina• to fill up the lei-
sure of the • vaeatioa.
4,''tftiose.thas the winter thea
trey annually .—".."-"or Carte or four months) hit upon
the novel i..atailient of giving a performance by herself.
"if"eCherry, the comedian and dramatist, wrote an
evening's entertainment under her direction, called the
Lyric Novelist, cr Life Epitomized, and With this mono-
logical production Mrs. Mountain visited the principal
~towns in this and the sister kingdom, and with unprece-
dented success.
Mr. Panormo (one° so justly celebrated as a pianist),
Who was tho pupil of 3.14)....L0untain, attended them in
aoma of their ramblea,lind accompanied Mrs. Mountain
upon the piano,
In 1808 Ml's. Mountain succeeded to most of the cha-
racter° formerly sustained by Madame Storm... She
we;-..; with the Drury-lane company to the Lyceum in
Cala following year, and was afterwards retains d at the
Unglish Opera, where she performed the Maniac, in the
opera of that name; an opera only remarkable as having
first brought Bishop's talents fairly before the public.
On the 10th of November, 1812, the present Drury-lane
Theatre was opened with the tragedy of _Handel, and the
farce of the Devil to Pay; the late R. W. Elliaton was
Hamlet, and the late Duchess of St. Albans (then Miss
Melon) acted Nell in the farce. Mrs. Mountain and Mrs.
Diokens formed a part of the company, and for the two
first seasons she held with undiminished power the sta-
tion of principal singer. On the 4th of May, 1814, Mrs.
Mountain took a farewell benefit at the King's Theatre,
in the Haymarket, to a splendid house ; on which occa-
sion an honour was conferred on her by her audience,
whieh was unparalled in the history of the drama, the
ladies being attired in court dresses.—Observer.

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