The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-21 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Buckstone's new " entirely original comedy, in three acts,"
is original in more than one sense of the word, and we can
assure our readers that it is very laughable. The construc-
tion of it does him credit, and the dialogue, in many scenes, is
pointed and easy. All the persons in the piece are married,
even to the valet and housemaid; and the moral (for it has a
moral) to be drawn from it is not bad, though perhaps not
very new, viz., that in matrimony it is absolutely necessary for
happiness that both parties should rub off rough corners,
and smooth down asperities, so as not to give offence or
pain whevever they come in contact. In all the instances
before us, the husband and wife are strongly cor.trasted.
Mr. Samuel Coddle (W. Farren) is an old gentlemen
smothered to the eyes in flannel in July, while his partner
(Mrs. Glover) is a bustling, stout, cheerful woman, in a
heat even in January. Mr. Lionel Lynx ( Vining) is a
gay young man, without much thought, and with no fear ; but
his wife (Mrs. Faucit) is full of jealousy and suspicion. Mr.
Younghusband ( Brindal) and his lady (Mrs. Humby) may be
said to resemble each other more than any other couple in the
comedy ; for they are both the very spirit of contradiction. Mr.
and Mrs. Dismal are an old bachelor and an old maid, who
have married because they are tired of living alone ; and they
are soon quite as tired of living together. The last pair to be
named is Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dove ( Buckstone and Mrs.
W. Clifford) : the former has been a footman in the service of
the latter, who has been a school-mistress. She has all the igno-
rant pedantry of her class, and of course is shocked at the un-
conscious blunders committed by her spouse, whom she has
elevated above his station. These parties are brought together
in this way—and the plot is comparatively simple, though not
perhaps the most probable that could have been invented:—
Mrs.
Lionel lynx is jealous of her husband, and hears that he
has placed a young lady of the suspicious age of seventeen as
a boarder in the school of Mrs. Henri/ Dove. To calm his
wife's mind, he prevails upon Mr., Samuel Coddle to pretend
that the young lady is his daughter ; but the old gentleman
does not consent without being threatened with the exposure\
of a previous marriage, into which he had entered in Antigua,
where lie had resided in his youth. Rather, therefore, than
run the risk of an indictment for bigamy, he consents to adopt,
as his pretended daughter, the protege of Mr. Lionel Lynx.
The truth is, that this protege was no other than Lionel's
sister ; but this does not appear until after Mrs. Lynx has
gone to extremities, and quitted her husband's house. Mrs.
Coddle, through the information of Mr. and Mrs. Dismal,
confirmed by the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Younghusband,
becomes acquainted with the fact that her husband has
been previously married in the West Indies, and that his
first wife is actually in London. Old Coddle receives the
same tidings, and quits his dwelling in despair, and, at one
period of the performance, all the husbands and all the wives
are in a state of separation, and two very good scenes consist
of a sort of chorus of grief and condolence between the sepa-
rately assembled husbands and wives. It turns out that Old
Coddle had been cheated into his first marriage by his first
wife—that it was, therefore, void, and that he could be res-
tored to his second. This, of course, occurs at the conclu-
sion of the performance, where Mr. and Mrs. Lynx are also
reconciled, and the other pairs re-united, to their mutual joy
and satisfaction. The acting was good throughout. Ferrer,
has a capital part, which he played like a finished artist. At
the fall of the curtain it was announced by Vining for repe-
tion every evening, and w e have no doubt that it will have a
considerable run.

Mr. Brodie, the eminent surgeon, is to be made a
Baronet.

(FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NEWCASTLE, Auo. 19.
This day having been appointed for the presentation to Earl
Grey of the different addresses voted to him by the inhabitants
of this district, the town of Newcastle at an early hour assumed
a very animated appearance. The ships in the harbour hoisted
their flags ; flags were also suspended from the windows of
numerous houses in the town, and the bells of the different
churches rang merry peals. A numerous deputation from the
borough of Tynemouth, headed by Henry Metcalf, Esq., of
Tynemouth House ; and another equally respectable body rom
South Shields, headed by Bryan Abbs, Esq., of Cleadon
House, arrived soon after twelve o'clock. Precisely at one
o'clock Earl Grey reached the Guildhall (which had been
granted by the Mayor for the occasion), accompanied by the
Earl of Durham and the Hon. Thomas Grey. He was re-
ceived by the assembled thousands with deafening and enthu-
siastic cheers, and conducted into the hall by the Rev. John
Saville Ogle, Mr. Alderman Sorsbie, Dr. Fenwick, Colonel
Bell, Samuel Walker Parker, Esq., Colonel Campbell, George
Thomas Dunn, Esq., Dr. Headlam, John Grey, Esq., T. M.
Greenhow, Esq., and John Shield, jun., Esq.
Lord Grey having taken his place on the bench, Mr. Met-
calf addressed his Lordship in an energetic speech, and then
presented the North Shields address. He was followed by
Mr. Garrett, who presented the address from the Stewards of
the Incorporated Companies of Newcastle : afterwards by Mr.
Abbs, who, after an eloquent speech, presented the South
Shields address ; and then by the Rev. Mr. Ogle, who, in a
very able speech, presented the Newcastle address, signed by
upwards of 2,100 of the most influential bankers, merchants,
ship-owners, and other inhabitants of the town and neighbour-
hood.

Earl Grey then, in a most energetic and feeling speech,
which was received throughout with the most rapturous plau-
dits, returned thanks to the gentlemen by whom the addresses
had been presented, and to the immense assembly in the hall,
by whom he had been so warmly and so affectionately greeted.
He was (on the call of the meeting) followed by the Earl of
Durham in a most able and eloquent address. After which
the meeting broke up, highly delighted with the proceedings
of the day, which must have convinced Earl Grey of the hig
estimation in which he is held by the inhabitants of his native
county.

(From the Second Edition of the Tyne Mercury.)

A public meeting took place this day ( Tuesday, Aug. 19,
in the Guildh4 which was densely crowded in every part,
for the purpose of presenting addresses to Earl Grey upon his
return to his native county, on his recent retirement from
office. His Lordship, accompanied by the Earl of Durham,
arrived punctually at the hour appointed, one o'clock, and they
were vehemently cheered on their entrance. As soon as they
had taken their seats,

HENRY METCALFE, Esq., rose and observed—l appear on
behalf of the inhabitants of North Shields and the borough of
Tynemouth, to present an address congratulating your Lord-
ship upon your return to your native county, and expressing the
high sense we entertain of you as being the most honest and
upright statesman that ever wielded the councils of Great
Britain. Mr. M. then read the address.
Mr. W. GARRET then rose and observed—May it please
your Lordship to accept from me an address which was adopted
at a public meeting of the Stewards of the Incorporated Com-
pan;es of Newcastle a few days ago. This address conveys
the sentiments of a great number of my brother burgesses of
this corporation, which has for a long time been under a suspi-
cion of being hostile to that freedom whiA you and your col-
leagues have given to the country, in the shape of a Reform
Bill. I think I might venture to say, on behalf of my bro-
ther burgesses, that when the Bill was first introduced in
Parliament, the burgesses of Newcastle were the first to
step forward, in favour of the right of householders'
voting being given to the people of England. It is
almost unnecessary to mention any part of your Lordship's
public life. We all know well that you have been for half a
century the advocate of civil and religious liberty, the friend of
the slave, and the friend of your country. We can only regret
that you should have retired so soon from office without our
having the pleasure to witness the completion of that reform
which we anticipate in municipal corporations—(Great ap-
plause)—but I may say, in the short motto of the Earl of Dur-
ham, "We hope the day will come." Mr. G. then read the
address.

BRYAN AIMS, Esq., of Cleadon House, presented an address
rom the inhabitants of South Shields, which he prefaced with
a short speech, but he spoke in so low a tone as scarcely to be
audible to any but his Lordship:
The Rev. Mr. OGLE, of Kirkley, then addressed Ms Lord-
ship as follows :—I have the honour to be deputed by a very
large number of the staunch friends of Earl Grey to present
an address to yqur Lordship, the object of which is to express
their unfeigned approbation of your political conduct from the
first day you entered Parliament as the representative of this
county to the present hour. Many gentlemen could have exe-
cuted this office better than myself, but the very long expe-
rience which I have had of your Lordship's virtues, as well as
talents, may be the reason why I have been selected in pre-
ference to others. Most highly do we appreciate your con-
sistency and your talents, and your Lordship now receives the
approbation of your fellow countrymen for the great and im-
portant services which you have rendered to the State—such
services as no man has ever rendered his country. We may
regret that circumstances have led you to determine to retire
from the situation which you have filled with such honour and
such consistency ; but at the same time we may be permitted to
express a hope, that you may spend the rest of your life a bright
example, particularly to those of your own order, of private
virtue and domestic happiness.--( Great applause.)
Mr. Joins FENWTCK then read the address, which, together
with those which were previously presented, and the speeches
which accompanied them, were listened to with great atten-
tion by the Noble Earl, who politely bowed to the different
speakers.
Earl GREY then rose and addressed the meeting to the fol-
lowing effect : —Gentlemen, the deputation from the borough
of Tynemouth, from the Incorporated Companies of the Bur-
gesses, and from the borough of South Shields, and the gentle-
men signing themselves as my friends, from whom the last ad-
dress has been presented, I beg you all, jointly and severally,
to accept my heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done me.
It is quite impossible for any words that I can employ to ex-
press the deep and heartfelt sensations of satisfaction and gra-
titude with which I have met you on this:occasion. The appro-
bation of his fellow-countrymen is, in my estimation, the best
reward which any public servant can receive, and it is so to
me more especially on this occasion, when, on my retirement
from public life, or at least from official life—( Hear, hear)—
my whole conduct lies before you. A favourable judgment
has been pronounced on the principles and motives by which
I have been regulated. Gentlemen, it certainly has been my
lot, in the long course of political warfare in which I have
engaged, to have my motives misunderstood and misrepresented.
They have not unfrequently been made the subject of attacks
of great personal and bitter malignity. Ido not complain
of this. It is the lot of all public men who take a leading part
in questions of great political interest, which in the contentions
that must necessarily ensue, excite the conflicting interests,
prejudices, and passions of mankind. But, Gentlemen, whether
I !nay have suffered in this respect little or much, I have al-
ways felt the support of conscious integrity. I have felt confi-
dent that at last justice would be done me when the whole
course of my conduct was fairly before the country.—( Ap-
plause.) All this—more than this—infinitely more than any
thing I can merit—( No, no)---I have received on the
present occasion—( Great applause)_and it will be a consola-
tion to me during my remaining years, and a subject of just
pride to reflect on the honour I have received this day. To
myself it will form the greatest boast, 'as well as to those who are
connected with me.—( Applause.) Gentlemen, in all the ad-
dresses which I have had the honour to receive this day, allu-
sion has been made to the great question of Parliamentary Re-
form. To this question my early attention and early efforts
in Parliament were directed.—( Great applause.) Those ef-
forts were afterwards suspended under circumstances which
made me almost despair of success,
wereuccess resumed, but the
underecausew happierneveras
auspices,
abandonedipin
bthmeeyve .ha My
effort
at length been brought to a happy and
rim
result.— (Immense cheering.) But when I say
ttiius,doi
Kant
andntot think I am so vain and presumptuous as to as-
sume to myself any exclusive merit for what I have done.—
I was assisted by many men abler than myself, one of whom I
am proud to see present on this occasiop—( Immense cheer-
ing)--men without whose assistance my humble efforts would
have been fruitless. I was supported by the confidence of my
Sovereign ; but all these advantages would have been insuffi-
cient, had I not been carried triumphantly through the midst
of opposition and difficulty by the energies and the spirit of a
brave and enlightened people.--( Tremendous cheering.)
Gentlemen, this great work has been accomplished, and the
people of this country have now to boast that they possess, in
the ancient language of the constitution, a full, fair, and free
representation. Gentlemen, having obtained this, you have
obtained that which insures to you all rational and useful
reform ; but give me leave to add, that the full advantage
of this measure will never be experienced until it is uni.
versally found and acknowledged that in the security of
the liberties of the people is to be found the best pre-
servative of the order of society, the administration of re-
gular government, and the authoriry of the laws.—( Ap-
plause. ) Gentlemen, I have stated to you that this mea-
sure secures to you the means of all rational and salutary
reforms : it is a means to an end, and that end will be se-
cured if pursued with moderation and wisdom.—( Great ap-
plause.) I trust you will not think it too great a liberty
if I add, that having obtained a full and fair representa-
tion—( A few cries of " No, 'no")--I am sorry to hear any
interruption ;1 I trust nothing will pass on this occasion which
will give additional advantage to the enemies of reform to say
that their predictions have been fulfilled, that if a large mea-
sure were given to the people, it would not cause satisfaction,
but would lead to still further encroachments.--( Hear, hear. )
Those predictions will not I trust be verified through the im-
prudence of any by whose exertions this reform was obtained.
—( Applause.) I have said that further reforms are required,
but that they must be pursued with moderation. Having ob-
tained, I repeat, a fair and full representation, it will not do to
be proceeding in a continual course of agitation. Reform is
necessary, but in the pursuit of this necessary work you must
act in the spirit of moderation and peace, and consistently with
the authority of a regular and settled government—( Applause).
Reform I say is necessary. This is the conviction on which
the present administration, of which I was lately a member,
has always acted. This is the foundation on which that ad-
ministration rests. It is interwoven with its existence, and it
cannot exist without it.—( Great applause.) But if by depart-
ing from this principle of moderation which I have mentioned,
you are led by restlessness and impatience into hasty and
inconsiderate measures, give me leave to tell you that the
cause of reform itself will be endangered, and like the
machinery which the ingenuity of the present age has brought