The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-02 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The Wheel of Fortune was revived last night for the pur-
Vise of affording Mr. Vandenhoff an opportunity of exhibiting
s Powers in the character of Penruddock. Cumberland,
Ithe author of this comedy, has been distinguished by the flat-
Ting appellation of the " English Terence." Yet, had he
.7,lvett M our time, The Wheel of Fortune, The West Indian,
to Fashionable Lover, &c., instead of being presented to
wo at Drury Lane, as comedies in five ants, would have
beelt'published in Burlington-street as fashionable novels, of
then
volumes each. In throwing the creations of his fancy
1.1.11,t0 a dramatic form, Cumberland counted his profit instead of
„gorging the bent of his genius; the stage was in his youthful
`43's the readiest road to fame and fortune an author could
pursue. The misdirection of his talent is, we imagine, the
_asou thot :of all his numerous heroes, many of which were
tiP7olar in their day, Belcour and Penruddoch alone "revisit
e glimpses of the lamp." The last-named character owed
Viell of its success to the inimitable acting of John Kemble,
• u°B, e genius and dignity never shone with greater splendour
in wreath of Coriolanus or the cowl of Wolsey than it ex-
4bited in the rude garb of the misanthropic cottager. Since
Kemble left the stage all attempts in this character, even
,ese of Kean and Young, have been entirely unsuccessful.
5t,1;46 applause which Mr. Vandenhoff met with last night, in
of a severe cold and hoarseness which interrupted his
hh'v
of ery of every sentence, leads us to conclude that if his
Pearance in the Wheel Fortune do not cause a permanent
,47,!4 of a play which is rather too tame for the present taste
fav '''a town, it will at least strengthen his claims to the
anfiur of the public. Contrary to all precedent we had an
Ve",.."°gY for the indisposition of the principal actor after the
re'd3rlance, when a hope was expressed that he might be
teeovered sufficiently on Saturday next to perform his charac-
tt4 with greater effect. The play was upon the whole respect-
SlYeediPenrfglYrnied, but it has not been very carefully got up.
ex!" of the dresses, particularly those of Sidenham, were
inappropriate.

Rer
to Majesty, on her way to Meiningen, is expected
wu?ake a detour to visit her only sister, the- Duchess Ida of
theeimar, at Boxtel, in the Netherlands, where her husband,
buke, is stationed with a division of the Dutch army.
ivi.." Murray,ir_J. Nfordaunt, Bart., is about to be united to
daughter of the Bisho of Rochester, and niece
0 the Earl of Kinnoul. p
Di DECEASE OF THE COUNTESS OF ANTRIM.—
r'''e:(, late in the evening of the 30th of June, at her ladyship's
ees;dence in Park-lane, the Right Hon. Anne Catherine, in
;,. oWn right Countess of Antrim and Viscountess Dunluce,
e;e of Edmund M'Donnell, Esq., and mother of the Mar-
inness of Londonderry.
haELGIN DISTRICT OF BURGHS. Colonel Leith
da Y arrived in Elgin on Sunday last, and on the following
l
LY: Called on a number of the electors. On Tuesday Colonel
e1:1.11 Ray set out for Banff for the purpose of meeting the
-e`ors there.—Elgin Courier.
h POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—The following are
be resolutions of the House of Commons as they appear in
the
journals of the house :—" 1. That a duty of postage ofl
p'esl2e,,nce be charged on every newspaper sent by the Genera
that 'or Conveyance by packet boats to any foreign port , and
2 a duty of twopence be charged on every foreign newspaper
the bY the General Post in the United Kingdom.-2. That
Certain e Pstmaster-General be authorised to forward by the post
tone unstanaped publications, on payment of such a sum of
,:neY as may from time to time be agreed upon for the con-
Yatioe of the same."
egVneetting
ar understand that the ladies of Elm, near Lynn,
Plttro • up a petition to the Queen, praying
.her Majesty to
With "'e a newly invented machine for mending stockings,
tee out the trouble of darning them. No, no, blockheads that
thesltre' so inconsiderately to misrepresent the intentions. of
solicitsious females, when the avowed fact is, that the petition
b,. ...
th influence of the Queen in support of the church as
ti,!aw established. Well done ladies of Elm, your efforts are
10 tar niore importance than we undesignedly at first, attached
Yonr credit Stamford News.
444 celebrated sporting fishmonger is said to be
AscotgractheeLevanters consequent upon the late Epsom and
t 0 W e understand that Mr. Sheridan Knowles is about
nut,
sail fr" a professional visit to the United States. He will
41610-4"itilis port for New York on the 24th July.—Liverpool
Zrt,
4,lend •:,THAMES TUNNELL.—Yesterday Don Carlos,
trias fei,(l by Mary Frances, his consort Prince of Aus-
ka,i "4e Infantes Fernando Bourbon, and Juan Bourbon, also
eorna:theresa, Infanta of Spain, Le Baron Bignon, and Le
Sad ke de Mesurier visited the Thames Tunnel. Don. Carlos
terra, he de
parties accompanying him expressed in strong
aarpri tneil' admiration of the undertaking, and expressed their
bten je that e completion of so bold a project has so long
uelayea
m by the countr
Y.
has stew Method of diffusing light through a theatre
.Ikraboi!' discovered by a mechanist at Venice. By the aid of
4 0p,„1,e mirrors the light of many lamps is concentrated over
tern -o"r;ng 'Made in the ceiling of the theatre, and reflected
~,`, Ahi I, sYstern of piano-concave lenses, of a foot in diam.e-
--'l3's n e," occupy the aperture, and convey into the theatre the
theili 1; light, which arrive at them parallel and depart from
Which vergent. From the pit the lenses are alone perceived,
llotts foresemble a glowing furnace ; and, although the lumi-
40t d. eus is sufficient to light the whole of the theatre, it does
The :41e
Db..._ and may be viewed without fatiguing the eyes.
t,eadiV,'"ltus, being entirely concealed, accommodates itself
it likvi7'.o all the changes which the representation can require.
Ilene of the (}o easions neither smoke nor bad odours, and has
TH " Antonveniences of the ancient system.
Itile na:i. tAT t SPENCER PERCEVAL.—PercevaI had
'14.8, at stileextraordinary rise.. From no practice at all, he
,seiter_o age of thirty-nine, appointed by Addington So-
",,eneral ; the next year he succeeded Law as Attor-
rsade t-t;ars and then, on the dismissal of the Talents, was
(114 Wh s: "eke of Portland's, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
-ad 4:-"(1 eath he became Premier ; and, what is singular,
t,e had- adequate capacity far any one of these situations.
ittle person ratory but a barking, snappish manner ; a little,
1,144 it a' and an inharmonious voice : he had quickness,
i l e tete,
was
eks
aderectpoai
snmmg
principallythe quickness of temper ;
I,eterateet eadlaiin cavil, which certainly had
thetoilsee oinYe,
reaerivdat people
_!,ilial gns
nobilitywasp
monopolized ibny-
i; " k-;oisivE 'r INDISCRIMINATELY REGISTER-
often 48ATIoNs.--As to the register of conversations, it
'his. larntiaing, and sometimes instructive, but very danger-
4letetnuelt 1.011: I,TtiPulse of the moment people inconsiderately
ate)) °Pita(); w"ich, they are very sorry, and which is not their
than which t.'ll, ma bitter censures of others. are thus perpetu-
qtl the , censurer does not retain in his own heart longer
Scene words take in the delivery. Among much
.which is
also nt that Bos Ith of this kind vi.e 1 has recorded of Johnson, there is much.
e „ Which ought to have been expunged. It is
41k —a44e of oth
'nayer nee . saxsply of Lord Byron. All frank
essarily
9,.4))4 ;ha% ayrthing much which ought to be. forgotten.
al sa eso cautious alto nothing objectionable sel-
,.. Y Pod.—Sir Egerton Brydges's Autobio-
, ut, Ix,
'rill 4 ELLINGTON OAK.—Many of our readers
liVelli°llbtless remember that when his Grace. the Duke of
le gton visited t4rde:f Waterloo,
anCheltenhamoak.w for the first time after the
,_ak af Wain as planted near the obelisk in the
Wellington Mansion to commemorate the event.
alt. ittrtits2riere borne on it for the first time this year, and
"CO now resides at the mansion, sent 4 small box