The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-05 00:00:00

THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.

The following is the entry in the Journals of the House of
Lords, respecting the proceedings on Friday last, in which the
Marquis of Londonderry bore so conspicuous a part :
" Orders of,the House moved: the Earl Vane, having risen
in his place to make a speech, without any question before the
House, and having stated, when called to order, that he had a
petition to present, and having refused to make any motion, or
to present the petition, has been guilty of a breach of the orders
of this House. After a short debate, the Earl Vane, expressing
his regret at having violated the orders of the House, the motion
was, by leave of the House, withdrawn."

LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—A certain sage,
when his wife said, " I wish I was a book, for then you would
love me," he replied, " Yes, if you was:an almanack, for then I
should have a new one every year." Lord E. read this anec-
dote, and said, "A wife like an almanack! she's a -- deal
more like a horn book."—Punch in London.

LORD BYRON'S FOOT.—Lady CAROLINE
LAND was desperately in love with his Lordship, but as he was
insensible, she ventured her rage in "Glenarvon," and seized
every opportunity of ridiculing his club foot,&c. She was once
very vehemently censuring " Parisina." " You cannot, surely,"
said ROGERS, " object to his style." "No," said her Ladyship,
" his style may be endured, but what can you say for his gait?"
—Punch in London.

The Charles-street Click were upon the qui
dive on Saturday. The Ex-Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment, and his gallant brother, the Ex-Secretary to the Admi-
ralty, Master Bankes, Master Dawson, the Ex-Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and a long list of notorious names, assembled
at their den, in the early part of the day, and remained in close
conclave until " past three o'clock." The debate, we under-
stand, was rather stormy—it related to the " ways and means"
necessary for the vigorous prosecution of the defence of a cer-
tain petition against a county election now in progress. The
agent of a "fearfully rich" retired Chancellor, and another
agent of a Noble Baron, the hero of a Satirical Poem of immor.
tal celebrity, remained during the debate in an adjoining room,
until they were called into the presence of the Grand Council,
when they respectively deposited with the Ex-Treasurer, on the
part of their master, their mite-y contributions. Messengers
were sent down to Dorsetshire by the mail, for witnesses, who
were requested to be in town by Monday evening, as, in conse_
quence of the indisposition of the Lord Advocate for Scotland,
the Committee have adjourned until Tuesday.—Morn. Chron.

Dr. Doyle, in his examination before the
Tithe Committee, said he would sooner have his furniture
seized, and even lose his life, than submit to the exaction of
tithes. " You may make a desert of a country, but you never
will be able to compel the payment of them." Such are the
words of Dr. Doyle.

The GARRICK Club, since it opened, has
received so vast an accession of new candidates for admission
(although the number according to the original prospectus is
quite full), that, at the general meeting on the Ist of March,
they gave power to the Committee to elect one hundred addi-
tional members.

PEAKE and his friend CHARLES MATHEWS
are engaged in preparing the new " At Home," for the
Adelphi Theatre. MATHEWS, we understand, has supplied the
Dramatist with a fund of observations and anecdotes, culled by
this unrivalled mimic, during his recent provincial tour, which
are calculated to excite as much risibility as his famous story
of the " Scotch Woman."

Master BURKE, who contributed by his
varied and clever dramatic talents, largely to the renovation of
the finances of ELLISTON at the Surrey Theatre, has, we under-
stand, realised 12,6001., by his engagements at the diferent
theatres in the United States within eighteen months.

It has been mentioned that in the event of
Covent-garden being let next year to some theatrical speculator
who will probably convert it into a theatre merely for spectacle,
a joint stock company of the best performers in tragedy and
comedy will be established, to act upon shares, each taking a
proportion of the receipts according to his merits and station.—
They will engage only to act the legitimate drama, and on that
undertaking, we think, a license can scarcely be refused. The
Pantheon, when repaired, and refitted, would answer their
purpose admirably.

The owners and actors of the Minor The-
atres are in high spirits at the fact, that the Lord Chamberlain
publicly patronises Miss Smithson's benefit at the Coburg on
Thursday next.

We understand that a new three act opera is
in progress, and that several revivals are speedily contemplated
at Drury lane. Macready has drawn the best houses recently,
and we should not be surprised, under existing circumstances,
if, after all that has been said about the unreasonableness of the
price demanded, Captain Polhill were to accede to the perform-
ance of The Maids' Tragedy, as altered by Mr. Sheridan
Knowles.

Kenny has a farce, in one act, at Covent-
garden, in which Power is to act the part of an Apothecary's
Irish apprentice. It has not yet been rehearsed, although the
management have given out that they mean to produce I
without delay. It is also mentioned in the theatrical circles
that Don T. de Trueba's five act comedy, The Men of Pleasure
will be brought out after the run of Miss Kemble's play, and to
fill the alternate nights of Mr. Sheridan Knowles' perform-
ances. Our opinion of the success of this comedy depends
much upon the fact whether Mr. 11. Jones be engaged to sus-
tain that part which is the pendant to Mr. C. Kemble's cha-
racter. Jones still stands out for terms.

Lady Dacre's new piece of Isaure is expressly
written for the benefit of Miss Fanny KQmble. It will be pro.
duced at Covent-garden after the holidays.

Miss L. Kelly has accumulated a competency,
and retired from the stage. She resides in New York, in great
respectability.

Sinclair, having terminated a highly successful
engagement at New York, proceeded to Philadelphia, and was
rapturously received.

The Management of the Theatre Italien, at
Paris, have engaged a new singer, Mlle. Kelas, who is shortly
to appear in Senziramide. She brings with her a good reputa-
tion from the Scala, and other Italian Theatres.

Yidlle. Nina Sontag has made a very success-
ful debut at Breslau—both the quantity and quality of her voice
being displayed to much greater advantage than in the larger
Theatre at Berlin.

Bellini's Pirato has been brought out at Pa-
ris with decided success, to which, however, the singing and
acting of Rubini and Madame Devrient powerfully contributed.
Madame Devrient performed the heroine with great taste and
expression. As she becomes more used to the Italian stage,
she throws off the embarrassment that at first rendered her so
unlike the Madame Devrient of the German theatre, whose
taste, feeling, and execution were so much admired in Fidelio
and Don Giovanni.

A novel, and we trust not an unsuccessful
experiment, is about to be made at Covent-garden. Mr. She-
ridan Knowles, author of Virginius, The Gracchi, Alfred the
Great, kc. is about to appear on the stage of this theatre, not
in any established piece, but in a new serious play of his own,
called The Hunchback, in which he is to sustain the deformed
hero. Mr. Knowles is a good-looking, swarthy, stout well-
proportioned man, the very antithesis (if we may so say) of the
abstract idea of an author. Our readers are aware that he has
for some years lectured on dramatic poetry, and that he has
necessarily introduced recitations : those who have heard him,
therefore, augur favourably of the result of this novel effort.
We are informed that an agreement has been regularly drawn
up and signed between Mr. Knowles and Mr- C. Kemble, and
that the former is to appear :as soon as the run of Miss Kem-
ble's Francis the First shall be over. We are disposed to give
that production from twelve to twenty nights before it can be
at, all laid aside, so that Mr. Knowles may make his first ap-
pearance in about a month. He is to have so much per night,
for his play, and so much more per night for his performance
in it, so that his emoluments will be entirely dependant on
success. The Hunchback has been ready some time, and we
are told that it possesses strong and peculiar interest.

The most unique collection of early English
poetry, plays, and tracts relating to the drama in this country
were left by the Duke of Bridgwater to the Marquis of Stafford.
These rare relics had been collected at the time they were first
published by an ancestor of the Noble Duke's, and deposited at
Ashridge Park, in Buckinghamshire, where during many years
they remained locked up in a closet, until by accident they were
discovered by the Rev. Henry J. Todd, the biographer of
Spenser and of Milton. The late Duke, though an extremely
sensible and sagacious person, was so unconscious of their
value, or set so little store upon books, that when Mr. Todd
communicated these hidden treasures to his Grace, the Rev.
Gentleman was, we have heard, requested to take them to
himself; but the amiable bibliomanist, whose labours had been
previously employed in drawing up a catalogue of the library in
Canterbury Cathedral, in the pure spirit of disinterested inde-
pendence, prevailed upon the Noble Duke to have them bound
and deposited as an heir-loom at Cleveland House, where they
remain at present. _ _

Mrs. Treherne, the wife of a gentleman re-
siding at Belcour.place, St. John's Wood, shot herself through
the breast with a pistol on Saturday morning, and, it is feared,
is too much hurt to survive. She had been in depressed spirits
for abont a fortnight, in consequence of the death of her eldest
daughter, which is supposed to have induced the act.
The Dutch Government is indefatigable in its
endeavours to maintain the enthusiasm of the people. A na-
tional costume has been devised, and the whole country is in a
state of revolt against the factions of Paris. A Newspaper, Le
Protee, has been established, for the express purpose of advocat-
ing the general adoption of the new dress; the cut of a coat
forms the subject of grave and serious deliberations, and we may
have to publish portocols of the Conferences id which the ques.
tion is discussed.—French Papers.
A curious scene occurred at the close of the
Berks Assizes when Mr, Justice I.arri.EnaLE was about to quit
the Court. The javelin men came out to call the carriage, but
it could not be found ; after running in every direction, sound-
ing the trumpet, tic., his Lordship was ohligesl root it" to
his lodgings. _

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In consequence of the daring conduct of large
bodies of armed smugglers on the coast, two companies of the
Rifle Brigade marched on Saturday from Dover to Shornclifl'e,
to aid the Coast Guard. A few days ago the smugglers confined
a whole party of the Coatt Guard in one of the towers, and car
ried off a large cargo of goode unmolested f