The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-26 00:00:00

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PRESENTATION 0------1r PLATE TO THE REV. H. C.
CRESWELL.— On Thursday last the non-commissioned
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handsome '
,Rev. H. C. Cresswell, in testimony of
mevearynd the estimaptii
as chaplain during the time
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they were
his clerical services e
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theirh e s terrelsePparepeeostet teapot,
fortteu.'s presented
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presence of the regiment, by the Sergeant-
Major,accompanied by an appropriate address, to which
Gentleman returned an answer expressive his
Rev.the
act h ° Canterbury
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thanks and his regards towards the men who had been under
his pastoral care.
ExPERImENTs WITH MUSKETS.—Captain William
Henry March, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines,
has been nominated one of the committee for testing the
small-arms at the butt in the Royal Arsenal. One sergeant
and two privates of the Rifles have joined the firing party of
the Foot Guard,. Mr. Sears's patent needle-gun, for loading
at the breech, is to be tried again this season by the firing-
party at the proof-butt in the Royal Arsenal. The trial last
year with that gun was made in the marshes, and it then
answered very efficiently. It will be seen how it answers
when used by the soldiers of her Majesty's service.
NATIONAL DISINFESTED AND DRY MANURE COM-
ra.NY.—On Monday MasterFarrer confirmed the call of 21. per
share on all the contributories of this company. The official
manager, Mr. Harding, ststed that he did not expect the call
would produce more than 1,200/. ; but a great number of the
creditors had consented to take 13s. 4d. in the pound.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the
meeting of the court of examiners on the 21st inst. :—Messrs.
James Strange Biggs, Devizes, Wiltshire; Charles Nairne,
Lambeth ; Moses Morgan, Banbury, Oxfordshire ; Charles
William Goodall, Normanton-on-the-Woulds, Nottingham-
shire;tinghainh Georgesire; William Pettinger, Sutton-upon-Trent, Not-
Constantine Holman, Hurtspierpoint Sussex;
William Henry Gatty, Market Harborough, Leicestershire ;
George Earle, Beverley, Yorkshire; William Andrews
Rogers, Stanmore, Middlesex; Thomas Fuller, Brighton,
Sussex ; and Edward Robert Bickersteth, Liverpool. At the
same meeting of the court Mr. Henry Wellings passed his
examination for naval surgeon. This gentleman had pre-
viously been admitted a member of the college, his diploma
bearing date August 8, 1846.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Lucia di Lammermoor was repeated last night, and Mdlle.
Caroline Duprez more than confirmed the opinion which
the public had, upon Saturday night, formed of her talent.
Better acquainted with her audience, the artist sang and
acted—we can hardly say with additional success, after
Saturday's triumph—but with additional confidence. The
applause she drew down was continuous and enthusiastic,
and she was summoned before the curtain after each act,
three times at the termination of her own part, and again at
the fall of the curtain. Gustavus 111. will be produced on
Saturday, when Madame Fiorentini will make her first ap-
pearance this season, in the part of Madame Ankarstrom;
the charming riile of Oscar, the page, being taken for the
first time by Mdlle. Duprez. A über's opera has never
hitherte been performed in this country in anything IP-
proaching a complete form.
Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals honour-
ing the performances with their presence were the follow-
ing Grace the Duke of Wellington,
his Highness the
Prince Pemidotl, the Prince Tobolski, his Excellency the
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Ailesburl and
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the lion. Mrs. Anson, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl
of Wilton, the Earl of Malm,,sliry, the tarl Alountcharles,
the Earl f Abovne, the Earl of Fahnouth, the Earl of
Euston, the Comte D'Amassi, the Comtesse Bathyeen
Madame de Moyese, the Viscount Anson, the Viscount Mar—
daunt, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Ward, Lady Dormer,
Lord Adolphus Vane, the Hon. A. D Willoughby, the
Right Hon. Lord Stanley, the Hon. R. C. Neville, the
Hon. Colonel Upton, the lion. Mrs, )udley Ward, the lion.
Major Needham, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Lady Meux,
Sir George Armitage, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bert., Sir
Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard,
Colonel Molyneux Williams, Mr. Magan, Mr. and Mrs.
Cunningham, Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., the Russian Cowl!
Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., Captain Gardner, Captain bleynel.l,
Captain Lord, Mr. Braderip, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin,
Mr., Mrs., and Miss de Burgh, Captain Stirling, Miss Ca
awnro-
line Bellew, Mr. 0. Morgan, M.P., Mr. Brereton Trely,
Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer,
Mr. Rickards, M P., Mr. S. Baring, Mr. 13. Lindo, Mr. Camp-
bell, Mr. Cullen, &c.

HAYMARKET rHEATRE.
The English playgoing public had last night for theeeinfiedrsite
time an opportunity of judging what the haute
of the French stage really is. The chef d'cestere of Moliere,
the immortal Tartuffe was represented for the first time
n itS
entirety before an English audience claguerrotyped.vr
_taZ
than translated, by Mr. John Oxenford, who has au
his version all the freshness and freedom of an original,
preserving at the same time the most scrupulous
introduced
• nt
There is not a line, a thought, or a sentiment
is a line, a
which is not to be found in the original, neither
d save in one
thought, a sentiment of the original omitted,
Dorine
have
instance, in which two lines from the part
.while
been most judiciously omitted,
th
might have been dangerous. The aPlotthoefir
essen-
is taken from that of Tartuffe ; but the treatmentcharac-
tially different. We have not in the Tart uffe
hag
-t the
ter analogous to the farcical Mawworm, ientkiro_ypeducet!toine
"'odd of NU-
Hypocrite the character of Dorine, that
brettes, is entirely omitted; besides, there le_ .
t and
en
of coarseness pervading the whole play of the lielvcr""
which contrasts most unfavourably with the refinem _
elegance of the chef d'ceuvre of Moliere. The comdedY w"
performed precisely as it would have been perforrne fita _tti!
Theatre Francais, the whole action took placed 0 rovuue;
elegantly furnished room, and the drop acehtshe di-
fell ; a few bars of music alone marking
cast-:_s
vision of the acts. The following was thVe lerZ, Dlr.
Orgon, Mr. Lambert; namis, Mr. Davenport; - Webster;a
Howe; Cleante, Mr. Rogers ; Tartuffe, Mr. 13' saloe
M. Loyal, Mr. Charles Selby ; Officer, Mr. Braid; ~,,is
Pernelle, Mrs. Stanley ; Elmire, Miss Reynolds; Maoris e, o.`
%Vehicle.
L. Adddison ; Dorine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Flipete,
ea"
Every character was admirably sustained, but the grelt
A
hits of the evening were the Tartuffe of Mr. Web the
the Dorine of Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Mr. Webster has r his
himself upon the best French models, eau, the
Tartuffe was as perfect a reproduction on „ „,r_
best acting of the French stage as She version
e., A,.
Oxenford is of the best of French comedies. Inde
doubt whether, since the death of Perlet, and the all p_1114;
tirement of Samson, there is any comedian on the k__rrsd.
stage who could render the oily, insidious, but self-cone alia:l7red
ing and not ill-bred Tartuffe, so well as it was rfsitrris.
by Mr. Webster last evening. The Dorine of Mrs. r
Hitherto
ham is, to our thinking, the best of her characters. vs,
/le pro
she has been great in melodrama or farce; her Don
that she can be equally great in legitimate comedy.
The bits
could exceed the piquant smartness of her acting• by
at the hypocrisy of the Jesuit Tartuffe were all taken uP
°elision
the audience and applauded'to the echo, and at the con__
Mr.
V eloter
the comedy was announced for repetition by •
amidst enthusiastic applause.
(From the Times.) t this
A very novel experiment was last night made at
house—the production of an English version of Monerit4
Nothing
Tartuffe, not lowered into the condition of the 1/0"
but closely following the original, blank verse being fen.
stituted for the French Alexandrine. So literal is madeels.o
dering that, with the exception of a short speech 'ot
heighten the " exit" of Damis in the third act, I"J:we.
believe there is a single line not to be found in wa'ne
The manager, in putting the piece on the stage, has gone
to work in the right way—transferring to the ilaymaredets,
boards the usages of the Theatre Frangais. The drop Ice
did not descend between the acts, but a few bars of iraar
alone indicated the division ; the one room in which the
whole action takes place is fitted up with characteristic ele-
gance, an imitation of an oak floor being one of the leading
features, and the costumes were of the most rec herche kin
We have had " Nights wi' Burns." This was really
evening with Moliere.
(From the Herald.)
The Tartuffe was brought out at this theatre last night,
in precisely the same shape as it was written by Moliere.
The production is professedly a translation, which task lise
been undertaken by Mr. John Oxenford, who, while
adhering with scrupulous fidelity to the self-impeseu
rule of literalness, has not lost sight of elegance. As a lite"
rary exercise irrespective of any histrionic object,
this version of the chef d'auvre of the great French
dramatist is entitled to no ordinary praise. The motive
which Moliere had in composing this admirable
comedy is well knee n through the medium of Bicker-
staffe's Hypocrite, which, although immediately borrowed
from Cibbec's _Non Juror, owes its real origin to the Tartuffe.
There is in reality very little difference between Moliere's
play and the Hypocrite of our stage. The former is mere,
elevated in its tune, and simply belongs to a better rank a'
composition, the English comedy wearing certain lineaments
of vulgarity assuredly not obtained from the original piece.
The Tartuffe attacked the affected piety of the reign of
Louis the Fourteenth with a politer air than that which
suffuses its well-known English offspring. The polished
ease whish prevails throughout Meliere's comedy is, hoY_I;
ever, well demonstrated in the unaltered version perform
last night, in which its precise sentiment is closely and
vividly reflected. The acting was excellent in most cases.
Mr. Webster personated the Tartuffe with great ability, his
fawning obsequiousness of deportment and pretended Ra-
tience under obloquy presenting a consistent portrait of the
insidious villain who exercises a fatal influence over the
credulous Orgon by his pharaaaical arts. He produced A
graphic and
powerful effect in the closing seen?:
when the knave, unmasked by the device of E!
mire, throws off all disguise and lays bare hIS
natural depravity and ingratitude of heart. Organ'
the Sir John Lambert of the Hypocrite, was ens-
tamed by Mr. Lambert, and Dorine, the shrewd
sprightly servant of Mariane, a character whose impor-
ance hardly merited the entire obliteration which it expo:
rienced both in Cibber and Bickerstaffe's play,
was perfortsld
with invaluable point and smartness by Mrs. Fitelfillistn;
The sensible and dispassionate Cldante, the inlecta°ll_
Damis, and the timid and obedient Mariane (converted
the Hypocrite into a lively coquette, and forming ifre_
part of Mrs. Woffington and Mrs. Abingdon), were Bey: Z
aura .
sustained by Mr. Rogers, Mr. Davenport, and Miss of
Addison; and Mi,s Reynolds was the representativ.
floe
Elmire. The audience showed no signs of issp•a ti
during the sententious speeches of Orgon's brother-in %w
but applauded the strokes of worldly wisdom which they
uicic
heard, as well as those enunciated by o; hers, with a
perception of their worth. The collision of the hypocrite
with Orgon in the fourth act, a capital dramatic surprise,
produced the strongest possible sensation, and the applause
was long and general. The action, we may add, takes place
in an elaborate Louis Quatorze apartment, with which the
costumes of the dramatis personce carefully coincide; and the
French rule of not dropeing the curtain between the acts is
observed. The success of the comedy was complete; and Mr.
Webster announced it for repetition, amid acclamations front
all parts of the house.
(From the Daily News.)
Moliere's Tartuffe, not an English play, like the NYPO-
- founded on the Tartuffe, but the Tartuffe itself, was
brought on the stage of this theatre last evening. Every
scene, every phrase, is almost literally translated; all the
characters preserve their original names; and the perform-
ance is a close imitation of the style of the Theatre Francais.
The scene never changes, and the drop-curtain does not
descend between the acts, the divisions being marked
merely by a very brief interval of time filled up by action.
The success of this novel experiment has exceeded our
expectation, for we confess we thought it a. very doubtful
one. Moliere's comedy, admirable as it Is, contains, like all
the French productions of the regular classical school,
more speech and less action than is generally agreeable tell
an English audience. It has, moreover, lost its point and_
application as a satire, and is to us merely a pictiLtait
obsolete manners in a foreign country. In its novelty
was a crushing exposure of one of the greatest social
and
of the day, the ascendancy of religious hYP!c
earelsYLonis
cant, which had risen to such a height
the Fourteenth, with all his power, was unable t.o. w;ieethesit,iriendd.
its influence. The piece was extremely a
estate to Tar-
currences. Orgon's deed of gift of his whole
Some passages were applied by the audience to passing oc-
f God and the
from interested motives, but for the glory o _
tuffe, and the hypocrite's declaration that he accepted it, not
good of his neighbour, drew forth marked applause._ The
curtain fell amid loud demonstrations of favour;
Webster announced that the piece would be repeated several
times a week.

We understand that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with his usual appreciation of what is truly benevo-
lent and humane, has condescended to become one of the
patrons of that old and valuable society, the Royal National
Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Upwards of eighty Peers, and upwards of 200
Members of the House of Commons have signed the reqant
ui-
sition to Lord Stanley, inviting him to dine at Merch
Tailors' Hall on the 2d of April.— Herald.
THE DUTCH NAVIGATION LAWS.---A letter, dated
Batavia, January 27, has the following: --"Now that the
Dutch navigation laws are abolished this will be a good
loading port for English ships. Vessels of 300 to 500 tons
are most suitable. Good charters are generally to be hai
about the months of May and June hence to China, cid
Singapore, and back, the vessels returning lbion.
about the best
time to get homeward cargoes."—Live pool