The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

M. Leciere made his first appearance in England last
evening. He has a pecular talent for the representation of
serious comic old men, stolid and amusing veterans, who
are the more amusing from the fact that they are quite un-
conscious of the fun that is in them. In " Deux Anges
Gardiens " he plays admirably the part of a retired soldier
of a peaceful turn of mind, but who remembers enough of
his sabre exercise to be able to terrify a duellist who pro-
poses to fight this retired soldier's intimate protege and
friend.

"Furnised Apartments," another piece of M. Leclerc's
repertoire, is the original of an English farce, played with
great success at the Adelphi under the title of " Ici on
park Francais." Taupin, the name of the personag3
zepresented by M. Leclere, is a mean and villanous letter-
out of lodgings, caring little for the reputation and morality
of his lodgers, but troubling himself greatly as to their
means, and exacting his first month's rent in advance.
The Frenchman of the Adelphi farce is, in the St. James's
vaudeville, an Englishman, but the general plan is the
same in both pieces. In " Paris qui Dort" he is a sort of
uxorious Dogberry, and his preternatural admiration of his
wife seemed to entertain the audience quite as much as his
insane endeavours to keep the peace in the neighbourhood
of the Paris supper houses. Until his present engagement
at the St. James's Theatre, we believe M. Leclere had
never been seen in England. His talent as an eccentric
comedian is peculiar and striking, and any piece in which he
plays becomes from that fact interesting.

UNIVERSITY IMELLIGENCE.

DURIIAM-EASTER TERM, 1860.

PUBLIC EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE
OF B.A.
EXAMINERS.

The Professor of Greek.
The Professor of Mathematics.
Rev. William Henderson, D.C.L., Principal of Victoria
College, Jersey.
Rev. John Mitchison, M.A., Head Master of the Gram-
mar School, Canterbury.
CLASS PAPER.
CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE.

CLASS 11.
Clutterbuck, James Cooper, Bp. Cosin's Hall.
CLASS IV.
Ladbrooke, John Arthur, Bp Hatfield's Hall.
crass V.
Hayton, William, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
Wilkinson, Thomas, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
CLASS VI.
Badnall, James, Bp. Cosin's Hall.
Waler, Rev. Henry, University College.
CLASS VII.
Kenyon, Roger, Bp. eosin's Hall.
Scarr, rover, Bp. eosin's Hall.
Tindall, Richard Abbey, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
FINAL EXAMINATION IN THEOLOGY.
EXAMINERS.
The Professor of Divinity.
The Principal of Bishop Hatfield's Ball.
The Rev. H. L. Mansell, M.A., St. John's College;
Oxford.
Bulman, John, 8.A., University College.
Burns, W. 11., 8.A., 13p. Hatfield's Hall.
Clarke, John F., 8.A., University College.
Dawkins, J. C.. 8.A., Bp. eosin's Hall.
Douglas, Philip H., B.A. Bp. eosin's Hall.
Fowler, J. T., Bp. Hatfield's
Ilepple, J. 1) , 8.A., University College.
Howard, Thomas, B.A. Bp. eosin's Hall.
Hutchinson, Edward, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
Robertson, T. M., University College.
Taptield, Edward, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
Woodward, Samuel, University College.

PRIZEMEN.
Graduate—J. D. Hopple, B.A.
Non-Graduate—T.M. Robertson.
The University Mathematicol Scholarship has been as-
signed to Edward Marshall, University College.
The Hebrew Prizes have been thus awarded :
Senior Class—J T. Fowler, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.
Junior Class—J. C. Dawkins, 8.A., Bp. Cosin's Hall.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.--
The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending June 16, 1830, was 2,995, of which 706 were
new cases.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE-
SQVARE, CITY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved
during the week ending June 16 was—Medical, 958 ; sur-
gical, 472 ; total, 1,385 ; of which 432 were new cases.
TAXATION BY THE LORDII.—A crov, ded meeting
was held yesterday evening to protest against the course the
House of Lords adoptal in refusing to repeal the paper
duty, in Hawkestone Hall, Waterloo-road. The members
for the borough were present, as were also a number of
gentlemen of local influence and position. Mr. John Wit.
liams occupied the chair. A resolution condemnatory of
the Lords having been moved and seconded, Mr. Williams,
M.P., made a long speech, in which he suggested that the
Paper Duty Bill should be included in any money bill
which yet remained to be passed, and sent up to the Lords
for their approval. Mr. Roupell followed, and said that if
the government did not preserve the rights of the Commons,
he hoped it would be driven from office. He believed, how-
ever, that the government would pursue a manly and
straightforward course. A petition to the House of Com-
mons, praying it to preserve its privileges from violation,
was adopted.
THE PROPOSED FORTIFICATIONS.—We are on
the road to an expenditure without end. To buy safety at
any price is now the received cry ; but the time will come
when people will tick whether even safety may not be
bought too dear, or wi:ether protection may not be carried
to such a Ditch as to leave little to be protected. So in the
middle ages i was uncommon for a man to ruin his estate
utterly in fortifying and securing his house. And let not
people who are ready to make any sacrifices for defences be
too sure that they will get the thing for which they will
certainly pay deer. Fortifications are not more infallible
than gunboats, but they are not so tell-tale. Provided
they are extensive and proportionately expensive they pass
for good however defective,
till an enemy is found to bring
them to the test. O. paper our military engineers have it
all their own way, but they have never shone practically,
and were no match for the Russian at Sebastopol
Examiner,