The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-19 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Mr. Vandenhoff played Richard the Third last night, but
not quite with the same success that has attended some of his
other efforts, especially his Hamlet, to the recollection of
which we always recur with pleasure. An actor who under-
takes the part of Richard, has a difficult task, if only to steer
clear of the points which others, and Kean in particular, made
in it. There was a circumstance about Vandenhoff's Richard
that we liked ; he endeavoured to render it more of the open
bold villain than of the wily cunning state-intriguer. All the
Richards we have seen (and we have seen them all from the
days of Cooke) have been more or less defective in this parti-
cular. Thus, when news was brought that Buckingham was
taken, Vandenhoff did not, like Kean, say " So much for
Buckingham," with an air of low triumph and poor contempt,
but nearly as if there was an end of the trouble anticipated from
the longer existence of an enemy. Another novelty, but of a
different kind, he introduced into the trifling scene where he
gives directions that he shall be waked " an hour after mid-
night." All actors have tried to give an artificial impor-
tance to the exit with the words " Good night ;" and
Mr. Kean, as will be well remembered, used to draw
certain lines on the ground, as if tracing the plan of
the approaching battle. Vandenhoff took another course ; he
paused at the wing before going out, and made a sort of sign
as if he wished to speak to an attendant who instantly was at
his side. However, after hesitating thoughtfully for a few
seconds, Vandenhoff made his exit with a motion, as if he had
changed his intention, and had nothing to say. This we do
not so much approve, because it was hardly natural to the de-
termined character of Richard, who cannot be supposed not
to have made up his mind as to the directions he should give.
The soliloquy in the tent scene was extremely well delivered.
The tragedy would have gone off better had it been cast with
more completeness ; but nearly all the under parts were abo-
minable, and sometimes the actors of them excited even the
laughter of the audience. The Duke of Norfolk, a stout
man, when he talked about the crows waiting for their prey,
meaning the bodies of men in Richmond's army, laid his hand
upon his own plump breast, as if he were to be the " lean in-
heritance." The actor who brought word, after the death of
Richard, of the approach of the Queen and her daughter,
not only delivered his message with gross false grammer, but
with such an accent and tone as to produce what Fielding calls
"one universal grin." It is not doing an actor of Vanden-
hoffs talents and merits justice to permit these drawbacks upon
the general effect of his performance.

The Quarterly Review, No. CIII., will be pub-
lished on Thursday next : John Murray, Albemarle-street.
A statue has recently been put up in St. Paul's to
the memory of the late Sir William Hoste, R.N. The com-
mittee have been so well satisfied with the effect of the monu-
ment, which has been executed by Mr. Thomas Campbell, the
sculptor, that they have made a handsome addition to the sub-
scriptions, with the view to testify their approbation of the
manner in which the artist has fulfilled- his engagement. The
statue is placed near the south door, and from its position, as
well as the simplicity of the attitude, forms a striking feature
in the cathedral.

SERPENTINE RIVER.—A Bill has just received
the Royal assent enabling the commissioners of Sewers for
part of Middlesex and Westminster to contract for building a
new sewer, 2,403 feet in length, from Bayswater along the
Uxbridge-road, eastward, to communicate with the main
,
sewer which runs across the Park to Knightsbridge, the outlay
for which will amount to 7,0001. , half to be paid by Govern-
ment, and the other half by the adjoining districts of Padding-
ton and Marylebone, over a space of twenty years. By this
improvement the Serpentine will be freed from receiving the
contents of the sewers from dwellings lying north of its head,
which has hitherto been the case; and be thereby rendered a
limpid stream, which will be no small acquisition to the youth
of the metropolis who bathe there in the summer season, and
be pleasing to the eye of the public who promenade its banks.
BALLYSHANNON HARBOUR.—The improvement
now making in the entrance to our harbour is certainly the
most important event connected with the welfare of this town,
that has ever occurred. Therefore, it is with inestimable gra-
tification we are enabled to announce that the work will be ac-
complished, not only With a greater certainty of its efficacy,
but in a much shorter time than could rationally be expected.
On Monday last Colonel Conolly, the beneficent parent of the

project, accompanied by his brother, Captain Pakenham
R. N., visited the bar, and, after contemplating the able design;
of Mr. Brebner, the engineer, and the rapid progress made by
the workmen in clearing away a great number of large rocks,
together with several feet of concentrated rubbish, was highly
pleased at the promising appearance produced.—Ballyshannon
Herald.

MR. BRAHA,M.—This celebrated vocalist, whose
death by cholera was announced in most of the London papers
of the past week, arrived in Swansea on Thursday to fulfil an
engagement for two nights at that theatre, previous to 14s op_
pearance at the Cardiff Eisteddvod on Wednesday next. We
had the pleasiire of being introduced to Mr. Braham on his
arrival, and felt happy in congratulating him on his being in
the " land of the living ;" indeed, if we may judge from ap-
pearances, this unrivalled and accomplished singer was never
in better health and spirits.—Cambrian.
RECIPROCITY.—The following is a literal copy of
a billet sent by the clerk of a parish in Warwickshire, to a
neighbouring friend of the same calling :--" Dere John, Wull
you bury my wife and ill bury yourn ony uther day when you
want me i shall be very happy ony time i ham yours to be obli-
get William Turner."

INVERNESS.—The weather, on Tuesday, was ex-
cellent for the moors, and, we have no doubt, much execution
was done among the feathered tribes. We have heard of only
one party's shooting, that of Mr. Fraser of Lovat and the lion.
Colonel Grey, M. P., who bagged fifty brace.
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So very powerful was the heat on Saturday that the
sun set fire to a barrel of tar in the building yard of Mr. Pit-
cher, ship-builder, at Northfleet; the flames communicated to
three other barrels, which were all destroyed, but without in-
juring any part of the building or warehouses.

His Majesty's brig Charybdis, Lieut. Samuel
Mercer (of Deal), Commander, on the 14th June last, in lat.
5. 28. N., and long. 3. 20. E., in the Bight of Benin, fell in
with and captured, after a chase from daylight until 4 P.m.,
and after firing 14 rounds of grape and canister, a large brig
called the Taniega, under Portuguese colours, with 444 slaves
on board, with which she proceeded to Sierra Leone for con-
demnation. The Charybdis left England in March, and had
only been three weeks on her first cruise. This young officer
is well calculated for the service in which he is employed,
having been upwards of eight years on the east and west
coasts of Africa surveying under the command of Captain W.
F. W. Owen, in, his Majesty's ships Leven, Eden, and. Bar-
racouta, and is well acquainted with the tract of the slave
vessels.

PROPOSED WOOL MARKET IN PERTH.—At a
meeting of the Perth Town Council on Monday last, the Pro-
vost stated that he had been waited on by several of the most
influential agriculturists in that district and neighbourhood,
who were anxious for the establishment of a great wool market
in that city, similar to that now held at Inverness. They
were most sanguine as to the success of the scheme, as, from
its situation, Perth presented great facilities for such a market.
It was proposed that it should be held on the Tuesday before
Inverness market, so as to suit the buyers on their way north.
These gentlbmen wished to know if the town would patronise
the plan, and he had no hesitation in assuring the promoters of
the scheme of the cordial support of the Council. This state-
ment was received with acclamation, and the Magistrates
were appointed as a Committee to co-operate in forwarding
the matter.

THE MOORS.—The grouse shooting commenced
on Tuesday, and never was there a more favourable season,
whether the weather, or the quantity of the game is considered.
Large parties of sportsmen have resorted to the moors, and an
immense number of birds have been bagged.—Yorkshire
Gazette.

DUNKELD.—Sportsmen arrived in great numbers
here, for some days, on their way to the moors, and continued
to throng the city up to. the latest hour upon Tuesday, which
was the day the shooting commenced. Upon that day the
morning began ill for sport, but towards noon it brightened
up, and before night the destruction, it is said, became great
upon the neighbouring hills. No particular accounts reached
us, by the close of the day, from the remoter hills. But if the
fine weather continue, much devastation has in all probability
yet to ensue, from the holidays being so general on the hills
last season.

ATIIOL GATHERING.—This great Highland
meeting took place at Bridge of Tilt on Monday, and was well
attended, not only by Highlandmen, both great and small, but
also by a considerable number of strangers from the Lowlands.
The games were contested in a spirited and masterly style,
and various prizes and medals were distributed. After the
out-door business of the " Gathering" was gone through, the
members sat down to a splendid dinner in Robertson's Inn ;
and, after doing all due honour to the table, they adjourned
to Stewart's Inn, Blair Athol, to conclude the sport by a ball,
which was kept up until long after daylight on Tuesday morn-
ing.—Scottish Paper.

TWELFTH OF AUGUST.—PERTH.—This day
was ushered in rather inauspiciously for the prospects of' the
sportsman. But anon the atmosphere brightened, and the sun
broke through in all his splendour, while a refreshing breeze
brushed over the mountains. A more glorious day for the
sports could not be desired. From all accounts which have
reached us, as well as from the quantity of game boxes sent
down, the success has been fair and encouraging, but not be-
yond an average. The only particulars we have obtained are
from the nearer moors in the north-west. On the Logieal-
mond moors, the Hon. John Grey bagged thirty brace the first
day ; Captain Patterson twenty-three brace, and Mr. Grant, of
Kilgraston fell little short of them—and it was eight o'clock in
the morning before they went out. The gentlemen at the
Corriemuckloch and Glenquech shootings have been nearly as
successful. The birds are represented as both strong and nu_
merous. The success on the more distant moors is best indi-
cated by the quantity of dead game transmitted to the south.
Wednesday night the Caledonian coach from Inverness,
through the Highlands, was not so plentifully stocked as we
have seen in some former seasons. About eighty boxes were
dispatched southward by the Edinburgh coaches on Thursday
morning. In addition to the list of shooting parties given in
a late number, we have to notice the following i—Dalnacar-
doch, L. D. Campbell, Esq., Meikelour ; Glasschorie, H.
G. Surtees, Esq., and party; Foss, Captain Harris, Guern-
sey ; Kinloch-Rannoch, Hon. Mr. Drummond ; Stronpha-
drick, Captain Hay of Letham and party • Glen Bruer, S,
Turner, Esq. ; Birnam, P. M. Thriepland, Esq. ; Glenlyon,
Sir George Warrender ; Innerhadden and Lochgarry, H.
Meredith, Esq. ; Dalguise, Hon. Fox Maule.—Perth Courier.
SUICIDE IN PARIS.—A young English lady, Miss
Ann —, an early orphan of good family and large fortune,
perceived on arriving at years of maturity that her education
had been neglected. To retrieve her lost time she placed
herself in a French school, and was distinguished by remark-
able assiduity ; but the rapidity of her progress was not com-
mensurate with her wishes, and she formed the desperate re-
solution of committing suicide. At nine o'clock, a few morn_
ings ago, Miss Anna partook of the school breakfast;
her countenance, although somewhat saddened, gave no reason
for anticipating the afflicting deed she was meditating. At
half-past nine she disappeared, and was supposed to have taken
refuge for study in some part remote from the tumult of recre-
ation ; but at ten she had ceased to exist. One of her school-
fellows playfully wandering in the garden, perceived her in an
arbour, seated on a stool, her head inclined upon a bench.
Having called her several times without receiving an answer,
she concluded that the unhappy girl had fallen asleep. This
seemed a favourable opportunity for a frolic, and when she ap-
proached for the purpose, she beheld with dismay a flow of
blood from under the garments of her companion. Her cries
attracted the principals of the establishment, but all succour
was useless—Miss Anna had yielded her last sigh. Her hand
still grasped a penknife, the instrument of death by which an
incision, two inches in length, had been made in the neck.

MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LlFE.—Tuesday some
young gentlemen, with one or two seafaring persons (seven in
all), proceeded from Portaferry in a yacht, on a pleasure ex-
cursion on Strangford Lough. They were accomplinied by
another sail boat. The day was squally, with a stiff south
breeze. When the boats were running under a heavy press
of sail near the headland of Castleward, the boat was suddenly
brought round by a sharp gust, and capsized before she
righted. All on board were plunged into the sea, where they
endeavoured to support themselves by swimming. The second
boat came to their assistance, and one of the gentlemen, Mr.
J. Miller, swam into an adjacent island. Those who felt
themselves strong called to the people in the boat to save their
weaker companions ; and Mr. Miller, seeing his young friend,
Mr. Turnly Barr (son of Col. Barr, East India Company's
service), in danger of sinking, swam off again to his relief.
Young Barr was saved, but his intrepid and generous compa-
nion perished in accomplishing the humane task 1 The other
brave fellows, who trusted too much to their own strength, and
directed the attention of those on board Colonel Nugent's
boat to their sinking friends, also perished. Four out of seven
were drowned. Their names are--Mr. J. Miller, son of Mr.
Cunningham Miller, of Portaferry • Mr. M'Clintock, son of
Mr. M'Clintock, M. P. for Louth% the Rev. A. O'Beirne,
curate of Ardquin, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. O'Beirne, dio-
cesan seminary Enniskillen ; and Nolan, the boatman. The
three young gentlemen were persons of unusual promise, and
two of them (M'Clintock and O'Beirne) had just entered on
their• pursuits in life, after a preparatory course of literary
study of the most laborious and honourable description. The
situation of Mr. M'Clintock is peculiarly distressing, the
young gentleman now lost being Ins last child, and one of four
sons and two daughters of whom he has been bereft within the
last twelve, months.—Northern Whig.
STRIKE OF THE COALBACKERS AND COAL-
WHIPPERS.—The business of the coal-trade along shore has
met with some interruption during the last four days, in con-
sequence of the coalbackers employed in removing the coals
from the barges to the waggons having turned out for an ad-
vance of wages not exceeding for each man 6d. a-day. The
coal-merchants have refused to submit to their terms. The
conduct of the men has been hitherto very peaceable, but it is
feared that the strike will not terminate without some distur-
bance. The coal-whippers, chiefly Irishmen, who are employed
in delivering the colliers of their cargoes, have also struck for
an advance of a farthing per ton, in order to forward the views
of the coalbackers, and it is believed that both strikes have
been for some time arranged to take place simultaneously.
Three masters of colliers applied on Saturday to the Thames
police magistrates for protection. They had employed " lum-
pers" to deliver their vessels, which had offended the Irish
coalwhippers belonging to the union, and it was expected that
they would be molested; threats had already been held out.
The magistrates assured the applicants that they should re-
ceive every protection. Mr. Broderip said he had given
directions to the officers to keep a good look-out in the Pool,
and to secure to each party the right of working in peace and
quietness at whatever price they thought proper..-Morning
¢per. • • •

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1834

DON MIGUEL AND HIS FOLLOWERS ON
BOARD THE STAG.

An officer of this ship has drawn up, with excusable
minuteness, and descanted upon with just indignation, the
characters of these " worthies." The Padre Guiao and
Jose Verissima stand forth as the champion villains. The
former served Don Miguel as his Lord Chancellor, was the
most constant attendant on his person, and on all occasions
his most influential adviser. It was this most holy father
who obtained from the Pope that " Bull" which empowered
the Government of the Usurper to imprison and hang on
the bare suspicion of a political offence. It was this Padre
also who admitted and enforced that system of persecution
which held the country for so long a time in constant ter-
ror. He was one of the first on board the Stag, and seemed
to rejoice more than all at his safe embarkation. He is
quite an old withered little wretch, exceedingly polite, but
insinuating and cunning. While the English flag protected
him, Englishmen and the British navy were the constant
themes of his flattering compliments, and so artful was his
acting, that, with any one unacquainted with the Portu-
guese, it might have passed for real feeling. I never.con-
ceived that so horrible a monster could have assumed an
exterior so gentle, so polite, so seemingly harmless. While
on board the Stag he was the bosom friend of Don Miguel,
who could do nothing nor go any where without Guaio.
Jose Verissima is the most monstrous of the whole. Were
he to appear in the streets of Lisbon, the very children
would tear him to pieces, In addition to being Miguel's
arch-spy, the actual murder of the Marquis of Loule is at-
tributed to Verissima. He originally belonged to the police
as serjeant, and when Miguel returned from Vienna., his
former services, with his villainy and cunning, recommended
him to the employment of spy to the Government. He
went about Lisbon extorting money from the people, by
threatening to. denounce them. He got so many hundreds
imprisoned on false charges, that latterly every one trembled
when he saw him approach his house, and his demands of
money were always satisfied if possible. He had unlimited
power from Don Miguel ; could collar any man in the
street, and forthwith drag him to prison. Unlike Guiao,
this man's general appearance is in perfect character with
his history ; many had marked him out as some black-
hearted fellow, long before he was recognised as Jose Ve-
rissima ; he was always to be seen leaning on one of the
main-deck guns, quite alone, for even his own countrymen
seemed to shun him, and his long, pale, half-grinning visage,
his downcast and designing look, attracted every one's eye.
Miguel often noticed him, and often conversed with him for
some time. Judging from a fortnight's acquaintance with
Miguel on board the Stag, one would pronounce a more
favourable opinion of Miguel himself than of most of his
followers, and one would be inclined to point out some ex-
aggerations that prevail respecting his education and man-
ners. He is not that utter ignoramus he is so generally be-
lieved to be ; nor is he totally unacquainted with letters.
Some of the officers of the Stag have heard him converse,
not unintelligently, on subjects which they had
.not given
him the credit of having even thought of. Also, his man-
ners and his looks are far from resembling the picture which
the mind had drawn from a knowledge of his history. He
was always polite, affable, and gentlemanly, and looked very
kind-hearted and harmless. The most marked feature in
his character is childishness with some of his suite, which
was quite disgusting. If he found them asleep, or dosing
on the gun-slides, he would take a feather and tickle their
ears, laughing heartily when they shook their heads.—
Hampshire Telegraph.