The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-26 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

A new farce, called Pleasant Dreams, was presented
here on Saturday night, the production of Mr. Charles
Dance. Liston, who returns to these boards in fulfilment
of a short engagement, is the main prop of the piece, and
upon him devolves the part which gives it character.
Oliver Sanguine, as the name imports, is of a tempera-
ment anything but desponding ; he is consequently a whole-
sale believer in lucky omens, and an interpreter of dreams
by a direct or contrary tendency, as may best suit his pre-
sent comfort, which is to do nothing but indulge in dreams
of future prosperity—the good fortune of Whittington being
ever uppermost in his imagination. Accompanied by his
uncle, Mr. Biggs (Mr. Blanchard), in a pedestrian tour,
they arrive at an inn, where the landlord, Mr. Porridge
(Bartley), receives them most obsequiously, but afterwards,
finding that they required only a chop, and are unattended
bq carriage, horse, or groom, very coolly recommends them
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having al
elsewhere. Oliver, not wanting in ideal consequence, re-
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attempt to discomfit them, orders slippers, that
purp nap, "perchance dinner is preparing he may indulge in the happiness
of a p dream
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brar t o read the papers, Boots (Hughes) enters with a
portentous face, and whispers the landlord, who imme-
diately summons the household, and countermands the
chop, for which he substitutes the handsomest dinner
that can be provided. On the arrival of the guests
to partake of the chops their surprise may be imagined,
not only at the difference of fare, but at the cermonious
manner in which they are attended. Both, of course, are
puzzled to divine the cause, but Oliver, having had a most
felicitous dream, imagines that it is realized, and that he
has at length arrived at the highest pinnacle of fortune ;
contrives, notwithstanding, to avenge himself of the land-
lord's former incivility, by dining. sumptuously at his ex-
pense ; and 1 also, not only to obtain from him his consent
to the marriage of his son, Peter (Meadows), to his cham-
bermaid, Sally (Mrs. Fitzwilliam), a union to which he
previously entertained a strong aversion, but
n, also to bestow
upon him, from the father's pocket-book, a marriage por-
tion of 50/., observing—" It might excite surprise, were
he to take so large a sum from his own pocket." Not,
however, yet knowing to what cause he was indebted for
such extraordinary curtesy, he learns, through the cham-
bermaid, that he is mistaken for the Prince of Orange ;
the matter is no longer a mystery, his boots being a pair
of misfits, made for the Prince, whose name is written
inside. Before the secret is discovered by the landlord,
he contrives to leave, after behaving liberally to the
waiters, at the former's expense. The piece was excel-
lently played throughout. The house was a very fair one.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Richelieu, in St. Jamv,'s place"; le Prity,-1:
de la Moskowa, at the Hanover Hotel, Hanover-square,
from Paris ; le Prince d'Eckmuhl, at ditto, from ditto ;
Count E. Ney, at ditto, from ditto ; Count Perricre, at
ditto, from ditto ; M. Mosselman, at ditto, from ditto ;
Mr. and Mrs. Sprot, at ditto, from Leamington ; Colonel
Saiwey, at ditto, from Egham Park, near Windsor; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Huddleiton and family, in Wimpole-
street, from Cheltenlaam.
DEPARTURES.
The Marquis of Downshire, for East Hempstead, Bucks ;
Lord Plunket and the Hon. Mr. Plunket, from Fenton's
Hotel, for Dublin ; the Earl and Countess of Euston and
family,l for Euston Hall, near Thetford ; Mr. and Mrs.
Sloane Stanley, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street; for
Poultons, Hints; General and Mrs. Carpenter, for their
new residence in Wimpole-street ; Sir William and Lady
Gomm, for Windsor ; Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, for Clarence
Lodge, Richmond ; the Dowager Lady Clinton, f"om
Jermyn-street, for Tunbridge Wells General Sir William
Keppell, on a tour ; the Dowager 'Marchioness and the
Ladies Hastings, for Richmond.