The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

141:: ROYAL SOCIETY.
it tie! Marquis of Northampton, as president of the Royal
1.3,18k1e man third contra- sazionc on Saturday last, at his
pCt
eatertai
lila The, I.4ic3' on the Terrace, Piccaddly.
President, previous to the soirée, gave an elh-
the Rov I,lmpt to the foll,iwing members of the council
ill 4 a‘' Society :—Mr. Geosge Itsimie, Dr. Peter M.
ss., I) •S. Hunter Christie, Lie ut.-Colonel Edw. Sabine,
r. John 130 stock, bir William Burnett, Dr. C.
ksTO'i Mr. B. Donkio, the Very Rev. the Dean f Ely,
,11,es3rula! Galloway, Mr. L. Horner. Sir John W. Lubbock,
?tf:Jolin Forties Boyle, Dr. Win. Sharpey, Mr. John
I_lltoont l,„Chas. Wheatstone, and the Rev. Robert W
hes, Willis.
Lord Wm. Comton, Lord A. Compton, and
,Atnine" '• Cawley, were also present.
;rive in o'
clock the visitors to the conversazione began to
that „quick saccession, and by eleven above 300 fellows
hno„. literary
society and the leadi members of the
144,1
e4ongr
and
.
scientific institutions in the metropolis
f noble presi tent. The
itittral apartments Weeres
brilliantlys
illuminated, and in the
Itlig•rNme the refreshment-table was supplied with every
4;
~Yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the
14ten 7retlis with a visit, the Royal Duke arriving as early
qtitliti3g accompanied by Major Stephens.
'4,enno
Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord
sz- •
our x, Edward Bowater, and Captain Francis
in„,,,!l'as again pleased to be present, and was cordially
el 11 py the Marquis of Northampton. His Royal High
to
not arrive until just before eleven o'clock.
Stra ote was extremely well attended, and among the
we observed :—His Excellency the French
kj:, Am-
.," Count de St. Aulaire ; his Excellency the Austrian
e-s'"°r. Count Dietrichstein ; Baron Koller, Chevalier
ikitl „
-Ithe Earl of Clare, the Earl of Cawdor, Earl Fitz-
Earl Spencer, Viscount Hawarden, Viscount
4 3't Lord Calthorpe Viscount Morpeth, Lord Farn-
-4C1,444i,4 Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Oxford,
•lureont, Lord Colchester, Lord Crewo, Lord James
Leto -Lord Aylmer, Viscount Ingestre, Lord Colville,
orgC Duckett, the Rev. Dr. Whewell, the Very Rev. the
itibleopto.,,nestininster, the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, Vice-
ter. Wigram, Sir John Herschel, Baronet, Sir James
41, 11%r William Middleton, Baronet, Sir Edward Cost,
`tete-'6llt Honourable T. D'Encourt, M.P., Sir Thomas
elheitl% Major-General Sir Howard Douglas, the
711 an• Sir Thomas Cartwright, Sir James Clark Ross,
'N4Y De l B h Sir John Croft, Sir Robert H. Inglis,
a ec e,
elPele•'-e Sir Richard Dobson, Sir Richard Westrnacott,
i'%,'ard Parry, Sir James elark, Sir Henry Ellis, Sir I.
nitai(l, Hon. Captain Ryder Burton, Sir J. J. Hensler,
hl-1,.4 Wilson, Major-General Morrison, M.P., Ma j
BPor-G
, e-
-10 Oven, Colonel Bonner, Colonel S, kes, Colonel Lean,
tack, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Captain C. ButterfieLi,
Stafford O'Brien, M.P., 'At-. Tomline, M.P., Mr. R.
iteikutes, P. Mr. B. Escott, M.P., Mr. Elphinstone; M.P.,
p'lloci e,llP_,. Mr. P. Howard, M.P., Mr. Philips, M.P., Mr
litiellll. M.P., Mr. Lockhart, M.P., Sir C. Scaaelore, Sir
ns,utirgh, Mr. C. Wood, M.P., Sir 11. Luslaington, Sir W.
1,111-'s, Sir W. Chatterton, Mr. Dodd, M.P. Sir J. Gardner
10b3`41. Colonel Robinson, Colonel J. Jaason • Doctors
/'lsllt
G ram, Tweeclie, Paltrineri, T. Thomson, J.'Silvestri,
t th 4 Gray-, Granville, Carpenter, Mantel', Watson, Todd,
itto • ' " tleaeam Webster Lancaster, Henley, Gordon, and
tertlasr •
e more Airy, Wheat tone, R. Forbes, and R. Jones;
7!.5. H. Millman, J. Hailstone, H. Denham, David
William Taylor, J. J. Ellis, J elf. Traherne, T. Hal-
-1 isribtra Wright, John Barlow, Burgess, and Prichard ;
Ake,
Captain Swaiby ; Messrs. Landseer, W.
bir,tlwih• J. T. Graves, H. Hallam, G. Moro,G. W. Drory, G
Pkitclejane C. Manbv Lefrov, J. S. Bowerbank, Brock-
Cliev-e;ton, John Yong Ackerman, G.
Angus, M'Rae, Charles Enderby, Henland, G. R.
7q, for Wyndham Pettis, S. H. Powell, W. D. Hag-
orth,'o,l'ste,r Hellyer, W. J. Donthon, Thomas Wink-
•.,,,,xt• Brown, T. J. Pettigrew, Bernard Barton.
itt: • H. Amyot, Wvon, Davies, Broderip, J. G.
74it, "s George K. Ward, William Bowman, A. Ma-
Amyot, Ayrton, Levesque, R. J. Lane,
aigh, G. S. Ellis, Whatmao, Dickinson, T. Irwin,
utterfield, Jerdan, J. A. Brandon, E. T. Loseby.
ittut"7l:„.Arnott, W. J. Thorns, R. Hunter, A. Elmore, T. T.
ttteut4,;lngston, E. Richardson, Dickens, Bowyer, Poynter.
Ott Q, P. Hutchinson, Carpenter, Beard, Claudet,
'Arothq Kiernan, May, Mulreadv, S. Bethel], S. Buckine-
t/et„3lor, J. Noble, Silveetre, Donkin, H. Turner,Courte-
Weer, Gravatt, James Rennie, Hall, Boughto., Law,
1,4‘111, Spencer, Jeffries, Gould, Ci eswick, Thomas, Cart-
ht, Stanley, Beverley, Vullamy, Barry, Hudson, Powell,
LiklenY'r,Salmon, Moore:Bowman:Hamilton, A. Smith, Mid-
Tuson A. Lee, Hart. Newton, J. A. Warre,
Late;trishop, Maclean.' S H Hall, Hardy, Cockerill, Shaw,
itl,',reittY, Dawes, Wearer, Herbert, Munro, Paris, Pratt,
•1411, .laYne, Varjon, Meek, G. W. Macenurdo, Doubleday,
Scott, Allen, Weld, Sharp, Pocock, &e.
' Fall Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
' D e
‘)t,Phens, retired shortly after eleven o'clock.
tit eieTYal Highness Prince Albert remained until half-
to., gu, when the illustrious prince was accompanied to
Ns al carriage by the Marquis of Northampton.
411 l „general company then began to take leave of the
Tieereeident the numerous assemblage having separated
t after midnight.
4110411°,,b1e Marquie will have his fourth and concluding
• `4O 3d proximo.
MARKET and CITY NEWS.
04E8, CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.
1114 --In the discount market everything like a pres-
ettlg,!ternemnpletely disappeared, and notwithstanding the
the 4,8 that still lie in the Bank of England to the credit
ti„ ,eraba,-Nntant- General, trade seems to be relieved from
Tmue a ~:LaSarnent, and the subect of railway deposits ceases
14°Minent topic. The discount firms give their cus-
41111:jiktiTa, eiderably less for money than during last month.
eel ate inUs conduct of the Bank of England, in affordinhies g
accommodation to the commercial classes, has been.
tt atai trutnental in producing this favourable condition
e, rs.
th, rrespondents conl • in no measured terms of the irre-
am
Zeity and absurditywhic Sb • 't
of the Standing Orders u -tom= -
Which are accused of want of uniformity in their deci.
het. _ If a railway is projected through a district which does
ptnnuire the accommod • no opposition company
accommodation, and
Cl`lolas againstor
it, the Bill passes the standing orders as a
test. of course, however flagrant may be the breaches of
kti compliance; but if the district be an important one,
iitry Wn or three rival companies start for it, the most trum-
ttltv Ftses are raked up, and it not unfrequently occurs that
t'eN:2l considered in one room as frivolous and vexatious
&171; In the aejeining one fatal to the progress of the Bill.
sill is saki, can be the best illustrated by the case of the
lOCRailway,which, after an expenditure of
htt:lo,,ef Union
yu • and two years' loss of time, has been thrown out,
tehttls..! the page* in the progress of lithography had con-
Wil.;',and so disagreed with the figures set forth upon it.
outsilo,,r these facts are accurately stated or not, we cannot
l'lttiet,lsllt we must confess to having heard general corn-
*heti
‘l,3f the system of enforcing standing orders rigidly '
rpeeito there are several competing lines, as in that case
4tittly eeommodation, traffic, or route, may be imper-
SO, "eloped from the circumstance of the exclusion of
Rtth ttlaure of them by a frivolous point of non-compliance
The e forme of the House.
NI,. Promoters of several of the defunct schemes of railway
"tee`r"v • 1
k -Oeng
eringvfollowing up allottees for their proportion
.s, but it would seem with very little success, if we
eat so".g,e from the austere tone of some of the circulars
Nrj, `ne different parties. One transmitted by a corres-
tstrn, et states, that " the Committee have come to the de-
-11014:Lion of enforcing from those allottees who really
i; the means to ply and refuse, and to post those who
'4h under the denomination of stags." Net satisfied with
lkt:tau. 4.13' intimation, the attorney whosends a lithographed
us'lleation charges 5s for his letter, and states that un-
41as me amount demanded and this fee are paid into hi,
kit:ewithin four days from the date specified, the Com-
-I,4apt at once proceed against defaulters. Law in this
„euecomes rather. expensive, and a bill of costs would
Nit 4" ell under so speedy a process. We, however, hope
1/ettorleither the attorney nor the promoters will find many
A respond to their call.
the tt'rre spondeA states, that baying to make a payment in
t~hUntrs through the medium of one of the branches of
,Peer;r,4k, of England, he took a cheque to the bank counter (i,•
and desired it to be remitted. As it was thre-
tiae bp.' the clerk informed him that it was too late to advis,
Neeench on the same day. To make the
case stronger, it
thatbe added, that the cheque was not drawn on any die-
Nsh,'tablishment, but on the Bank of England itself.
‘91)14,!I Practice hikb this is hardly consistent with a regard
~,•I`6 it convenience.
Pik7eklti actin
and g committee of the associated body of West India
merchants have just printed their report, giving
to ra.„'' particulars of the measures pursued as best calculated
'eltet;''lre the cultivation and prosperity of the West India
Wtettl. It appears from this document that since the final
pokh, creation of the negroes the production of sugar has
a,1,13' increased from the lowest return of 107,000 tons to
~. 14"'6'p
ally
tons, but vet at the same time great loss has accrued
Lsee ~;,..Proprietors, and others interested in the cultivation ot
lebou-,.'t!e, in consequence of the increased expenditure for
Nei' &c. The committee express their opinion on the
,Inth ti!emes of immigratien, and give other information,
will no doubt prove acceptable to West India pro.
tore and planters at large.
A

e.—Geore udson, a an reared behind
lti'tutter inoNTRA.ST York, with scgarceHly two ideams in his head, was
tts motley by some relative or other, and speculated in rail-
NYt strip and railway shares, by which means he accumulated
tris_o4 Wealth, bought estates from Dukes, Lords,
s, and ra co
40,L1'8, and latterly he saught and found admission into the
4114'34 of Commons as M.P. for Sunderland. He never did,
All probably never will do, any great thing for his country.
force has done has been for himself, or the rearing of a vast
iti4t,The for himself; yet this man had a "testimonial" lately
for him, amounting of itself to the enormous sum
sterling. Of that amount, nearly 1,0001. was sub-
til'', for him in this city of Glasgow. We need not speak
kb (Aidand Hill or Robert \e apace. But Thomas Waghorn,
tiajts,;.e officer, has crossed the burning sands of Egypt again
44a,•- gain to find out a short route between England and
la '4. Whereas that journey, a few years ago, could not
tis)4ccoinplished in less than two, three, four and some-
ll43 Six months, Thomas Waghorn has succeeded in
tre„Wing it open within the space of thirty days. He has
With dispatches from the remote quarters of Asia, and
sholvered them safely in London within an almost incredibly
set Period.r He is- still risking his life to shorten the j0ur-
,441,,,,"e is oening up Gaddingcai between millions of
.41?j,"111,an ace.
He i to the grandeur and glory of
ter,,,41,n• He enriching its merchants—stretching out na-
-44,1t01a bounds for their enterprise; and what have the:,
x'sisfor him ? There was laid down at the bar of the Royal
..elt7;lllage, the other day, a subscrip•ion paper for some
oss,„-Thonial " to Thomas Waghorn. It lay there for four
lies there still. Some ten or twelve Glasgow firms
Ill'i,e,Bllbscribed in all 701. to it. Blush, ye mammon-wor-
ItiaCcrs of George Hudson ; and let your ears tingle, ye
W:rateful reciients of the matchless services of Thomas
t!l'ril If an Italian actress came to Glasgow, she would
•,et ?„, • , . • from " a fashionable and
eppt -iore than that in one night
eftlg audience." With these reflections we are almist
° throw down our pen with scorn and inexpressible dis-
rScotch Reformers' Gazette.
ilftb(3l'ESTY REWARDED.—About four o'clock on Friday
'olllll'n, as a porter, in the employ of Messrs. Jennens and
apit'oaduit-street, was passing up Re,,ent. street he picked
lute. tiS,'.lllly -folded piece of paper, which proved to be a ;51.
Of h. de shortly afterwards met a gentleman, who inquired
14,1,1% if he had picked up a 5/. note, to which he replied he
hein_and produced it, which the gentleman accepted, barely
it p. uwlLedgin it with a nod, but hastily opened it to see if
for the note. They then walked up the st-eet together
tlelcenty or thirty yards, is hen the man addressed the gen-
*Oiler the
saying he thought it was worth a pint of beer, to
uslib, tile liberal gentleman raid nothing ; but to prevent
0pp,;440 addressed the second time, he crossed over to the
lo,lttte side of
ocket the way, evi
losing his ste.
11thereliT" A .....DVANCE OF WAGES j iners, and
lowiti connected with the building trades in this town, fol-
aotie g e—
the ample of the trades in Manchester, have given
trotneth' f -L.`7 an advance of 6d. per day, which they demand
4th of April next.
be lo • Liston, the once celebrated comedian, is stated to
tontiii3eriously ill that slight hopes are entertained of his long
Vi :12°g on the present scene.
%la lbourne recoiv.'d a select circle at dinner
'
14,,,
44114 gulag, including Viscount CA
Lad
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THE THEATRES.
A new five-act comedy, from the pen of Mr. Sullivan,
(who is already favourably known to the public as a
dramatic author) was preduced here on Saturday even-
ing. It is entitled The Beggar on Horseback, and it met
wish great and well-de served success. It is a comedy of
manners of the present day, and is an exceedingly well-
built play, and it would be well that all dramatists should
b .ar in mind that the artistical construction of the plot
of a five act play is an element that conduces more to
its success as an acting play, than either smartness of
dialogue or variety of incident, or even individuality of
character ; not, however, that The Beggar on Horseback
is d, ficient in any of these. The dialogue is uniformly
smart and well written, and without being forced or
strained, is not unfrequently witty. The incidents are
well contrived and sufficiently numerous, and the
characters of Cymon Foxhall, Morecraft, and
Lady Coverdale, are all distinct, and well developed in-
dividualities. At the commencement of the comedy,
we are introduced to Sir John Coverdalo (Mr. Tilbury),
a baronet, proud of his ancient pedigree, but deeply in
debt—with his estates mortgaged to an old usurer for
their full value. By a former marriage he has heal a son,
Ernest, (Mr. H. Hell), and a daughter, Selina, (Miss
Julia Bennett) ; and the present Lady Coverdale, (Mrs.
Glover), rules him and his household not by violence of
manner or of language, but by perpetually offering them
consolation under any distresses which may chance
to befall then ; such consolation consisting of the most
ill-natured sarcasm spoke in the most honied tones. The
lady sees no way out of their difficulties save by seeking
some rich plebien alliance fur their children. To this
the proud baronet decidedly objects, and the lady tells
him that there is one consolation, they can break up their
esLablishment, advertise for a situation for Selina, and
procure Ernest an ensigncy in a marching regiment
This dialogue is interrupted by the appearance of Ernest,
who informs them that, owing to the death, without a
will, of the old usurer, to whom their estates are mort-
gaged, Cymon Foxhall, his nephew, whom they recollect
as a vulgar lout, has become his heir, and has arrived in
London to take possession of his inheritance. Lady
Coverdale immt dtately commences plotting to secure
Cymon Foxhall for Selina, and, observing that it would
be wall to be civil to the young man, and see what he is
like, dispatches Ernest to call upon him. The scene
then changes to Foxhall's house, and we are introduced
to Cymon Foxhall (Mr. Webster), and his man of
basiness, Morecraft (Mr. N. Farren). Cymon Foxhall
had been by his late uncle placed in a Manchester-house
is the c,ty, but he bad turned out a low lived blackguard,
a frequenter of low taverns and low gambling-houses, a
tnean-spirited, hypocritical profligate, in one word— a
" swell. In his uncle's house was residing an orphan
girl, Emmeline '(Mrs. Seymour), whom that uncle had
adopted, and to whom it was supposed by every one that
the uncle would have left his property. The affections
of this girl, with these expectancies, Cymon Foxhall had
sought and won ; and albeit his uncle had discarded him,
and for four years Cymon Foxhall had been
living a disreputable outcast at Boulogne, still
her affection for him continued unabated. Previously
to his departure for Bonlosne he had managed to intro-
duce into his uncle's establishment a crony of his own,
named Morecraft, a broken-down marker at a billiard-
table, giving him special injunctions to use every means
in his power to prevent the old usurer from making a
will ' • and well had those injunctions been obeyed, for we
find Cymon in the usurer's house, the undoubted pos-
sessor of all his wealth. Admirably did Webster dress
and play this character. Dressed in a suit of mourning
that might have been made by Stultz himself, he
eisnaged, by his method of wearing it, to make it appear
ing and vulgar. His hat was of the most un-
xceptionable pattern, but he stuck it on his head with
that knowing " jut" on one side, which is one of the
eiaracteristics of the " gent," as contralistinguished
rocn the gentleman. Ho carried in his hand a cane,
the but-end of which he ever and anon struck against
the booted part of his right leg, and he pulled up his
collar, and pulled down his waistcoat, and in a
housand ways showed, that notwithstanding
us insolent swagger, and his boastful pride
It purse, he was ill at ease, because he was con-
scious that he had not in his whole composition one
atom, the raw material out of which it would be possible
.o manufacture a gentleman. In this, their first inter-
siew, Morecraft details to him the schemes by which
tie had been enabled to prevent his uncle from making
A will, and Cymon gives Morecraft to understand that
now their relative positions are altered. AS orecraft how
ever takes the announcement very coolly; and remind.
Cymon that he cannot do without him. Cymon then
hints at his desire to form a matrimonial alliance with
some high family, and Morecraft reminds him of Emme-
line. Cymon expresses a wish to see her, and
Morecrafc sends her to him and leaves them
.done. She, all affection, rushes into his arms,
He receives her coldly, in a half-swaggering
half-sneaking sort of manner, and, in reply to her
questions, he says be loves her, and she shall have a
house, a carriage, and money, and be just the same as
if she were his wife, but that he must marry for rank
She rejects his insulting offers with indignation, and
determines to leave the house instantly. This scene was
acted by Mrs. Seymour with very great spirit. As she
quits him, he hears of his invitation to the Coverdales ;
and after a short scene between Morecraft and Emme-
line, we find Cymon, with Sir John and Lady Cover-
tale, making a regular contract of bargain and sale for
the hand of Selina, he having been brought to this pass
very soon by the art of Lady Coverdale. At first the Baronet
,ems disinclined to the sacrifice, but when Cymon talks
of foreclosing the mortgage, he consents ; and on Selina
sneering, she is introduced to him, and they are left
alone. Cymon at once breaks what he calls the good
news to her, and is astounded at her not at once accept-
ing him. To her cousin, Horace Waldegrave (Mr.
tudson), she confides her troubles. The two cousins, of
course, discover that they have long loved each other.
and determine to take Ernest into their confidence.
Ernest himself is desperately in love with a young crea-
eire whom he had met in the Park, but of whom he
!snows nothing, teed to the Park Horace, Ernest, and Se-
lina proceed. There Ernest beholds his fair incognita
who seeks to avoid him. Salina, however, accosts
ate. It is Emmeline. The ladies retire together,
snd Cymon Foxhall, who is in pursuit of Emmeline, joists,
he gentlemen. They threaten him with direful non-
,equences if he does not at once resign the hand of
Selina, but to all their threats and taunts his only re-
ly is, " Pay me my mortgage." Selina now joins the
party ; she has heard from Emmeline her story, and ex-
poses the heartless hypocrite in his true colours. At
rirst ho attempts to make his habitual swagger tenfold
,note insolent, but as Selina proceeds ell his impudence
leserts him, and the mean-spirited coward stands con-
,essed. He imagines that Morecraft must have betrayed
aim, and, vowing vengeance against Morecraft, he
sneaks off. Before he takes his departure, however,
he turns round and snaps his finger in the faces of his
tormentors, significantly reminding them the affair may
le off if they will pay him his mortgage. Emmeline
comes from her place of concealment, and Morecraft,
a-ho is in pursuit of her, enters. Finding her in such
good hands he leaves her under the protection of the
i'oung people, very mysteriously reminding them that
when affairs taecome too complicated for their guidanc
le will render them assistance. On his return to Cy-
non's, that worthy dire eta his footman, Thome,
(admirably acted by Mr. Brindal), to summarily.
jest Morecraft. Just as the operation is being
,ereormed, ueder the personal inspection of Cymon
eimseif, Horace enters, and takes Morecraft into his
.ervice—Morecraft and Cymon having each previously,
Ear once in their lives, told the truth, in the characters
which they respectively give of each other. The fifth
act opens at the office of Cymon's lawyer, and there we
and Sir John and Cymon, aided by the lawyer, busily
egaged in drawing up the settlements for the marriage
f Selina. Ernest and Horace join the party, and More-
craft also quietly walks in and tells them they may save
hemselves all further trouble, for that Cymon is not
worth sixpence, producing at the same time a document
signed by Cymon's, uncle, in which he states that Emme-
line is his own legitimate child, and, consequently
the heiress to all his wealth. Cymon, who has
earned from Morecraft that Emmeline has sought
refuge at Sir John's, seeks her there, and en-
leavours, before she can know of what has chanced.
to play the penitent, and thus secure her fortune. His
suit, however, is indignantly rejected. At this moment
the other parties enter and Morecraft explains that the
old usurer, knowing the affection which Emmeline bore
to Cymon, and being fully convinced of the villainy of
the latter, had confided to him the important document,
with a strict injunction not to produce it until Cymon
should have shown himself in his true colours, and he
adds that he had behaved faithfully to the usurer, be-
cause he was the only man in the world, who had ever
;o eked upon him without one eye "in his own pocket?"
Emmeline, the heiress, forgives Sir John his mortgage,
makes a handsome settlement on Horace and Selina, pro-
aides for Morecraft, and gives hers, lf and her fortune to
Ernest. Even Cymon is not permitted to arrive at the
usual terminus of Beggars on Horseback. Etnmeline pays
his debts, and settles an annuity on him, so that all are
made so happy that even Lady Coverdale has
•io one to whom she can offer consolation.
Die applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic,
and alt the artistes were called for. Then there were
loud calls for the author, who bowed his aelente,vledg-
lwn,:es:aunsrntactesyetdfperldoafmuuadrnittdrliFppeupAttirtsiu,ospnctoeoenntvihuetehrmyembesaovtnxaeng.neeirn,Tgiihtnaeirnwspihidiemicepehtohwas an -
easise it too highly. Farren's Morecraft istsehsaiebmPicellstisteyfot
d'avvre of its sart, and Mrs. Glover acted the clever'
scheming, polished, consoling Lady Coverdale
as Mrs. Glover alone can act such parts. Of the Cymon
of Webster we have already spoken—it is perhaps his
greatest part. Brindal, as the footman Thomas, Clark
as a horse-jockey, and Bland as a German tailor, were
as excellent in their little parts as Webster, and Farren,
and Mrs. Glover were in the three great characters of
the piece. The comedy is worthy of tho actors, the
actors are worthy of the comedy.

FRIA CESSES.

A drama, entitled The Dreamer, the scene of which is
laid in the court of Charles 11., was produced here last
evening with sticce;q. The dreamer is a certain Lord G.
Dormer (Mr. C. Mathews), a gay young nobleman, who
is unfortunately subject to fits of absence of mind. lie
is the rival of a certain Count de Florville (Mr. J.
Vining), for the love of Lady Clara Bolton (Mrs. Stir-
ling. The Count concerts a scheme for the abduc-
tion of elle lady, who is brought to his house
which, the Dreamer, mistakng for his own, enters,
and, after a quarrel with Florville, meets
Lady Clara, who of course imagines that he is the ab-
ductor, and reproaches him accordingly. This contra-
temps gives rise to a variety of others, and at last all is
explained, and the lovers made happy. This piece will
form an amusing addition to the Mathews' repertoire.

DROITWICII, SATURDAY EVENING.— Her I.l2jesty the
Queen Dowager took her departure from Witley Court tit,
lane, for liArlbortugb. Lime,