The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-01 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

A very pretty dramatic comedy, in three acts, entitled
" Home Truths," by the author of " The Bachelor of Arts,"
was produced here last night, and met with complete and
deserved success.

The plot is very simple, yet very effective, and consists
in the endeavours of a fond and devoted husband to bring a
romantic, and very nearly erring, -wife to a true sense of her
duty to her husband. The character of 'Vaughan (the
husband) was sustained by Mr. Melville in a manner that
clearly showed that, when fitted with a character, is a good,
if not first-class, actor. Throughout the play his acting
was natural and free from exaggeration, and the applause it
received was well merited. Mr. Frank Matthews has a
capital part in the piece, which he enacted with a skill and
finish beyond praise. For a long time he has not had a
better opportunity of showing his real merits as a genuine
comedian. Mrs. Young, as the wife of Vaughan, was
very good, albeit a little too artificial.
The scene in which the whole of the action of the piece
takes place is a superb drawing-room, and the taste exhi-
bited by Mr. Harris in furnishing the stage as such a room
in a gentleman's house should be was artistic in the ex-
treme.

The comedy was given out for repetition every evening
until further notice. There was a very large and fashion-
able audience present.

Lord and Lady Colchester have left Brighton for

their seat, Kidbrooke Park, Sussex.
Lord Ward has left Dudley House, Park-lane,
for Brighton.
Lady Poltimore was safely delivered of a son and
heiir on Tuesday last, at the family seat, Poltimore Park,
IThvonshire. Her ladyship and infant are progressing
favourably.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in

of Mexico, and the actual situation of the Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount
‘ of
Sir G. C. Lewis,Palmerston, Lord Chancellor,
Lordancello John r, Earl Granville,
Russell,
the Duke
rival Mexican Governments. Already we have our- f Argyll,the
hDke
ke
selves commented upon this really masterly communi- of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles
Wood, the Chancellor -of the Exchequer, the Duke of
cation of our correspondent: We took occasion only
Somerset, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir Geo. Grey
yesterday to refer in general terms to the nefarious
the Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon: T. M. .Gibson, and d the
and insidious policy which was shown thus to have Right Hon. E. Cardwell
been carried out for years and years past in that Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale have left Orleans House on a visit to her Ma-
direction by the hal f-huck s terin g, half-buccaneering, jesty at Windsor Castle.
wholly shameless and flagitious Government at viscountess
satu Palmerston has has issued cards for an
assembly on
Washington. A policy hitherto carried out with Prince Alfred, during his excursion to Catherine
such signal success in that one direction, that
the MsuperitorOlyffimeepruss'oVth7eValrLtnon palicd to him by
already during the brief interval which has elapsed Sadik Pacha, the commander-in-chief, whosaciappreogniamteontit
since 1836 very nearly one moiety of the whole ohregraonfaormreisoserina! thisg
msoonm eoftherad3iisasjuaytlne naecwessyy
Mexican possessions, the United States, have manner. A squadron accompanied the Prince as his escort.y
COVENT-GARDEN absorbed' into their own dominions—this moiety OPERA'—Auber's charming
opera, the Crown Diamonds, was produced last night at
comprising within it, moreos er, the whole of the this theatre, for the first time during the present season,
• with great success.
auriferous province of California.
Silt HENRY LAWRENCE ON THE INDIAN ARMY.
It will be as well, we cannot but think, now, that —Six Essays, Military and Political, written in India by
our intelligent Mexican Correspondent should be
the late Henry. Lawrence, have been extracted from the
Calcutta Review, in which they originally appeared, and
permitted to reiterate, however briefly or fragmen- republished in ono volume. They are of great historical
tarily, some few of the more remarkable among his intereast,lostrioua asaa
taLtrhetnotli aotinoagatshoeosfervmiicarryenrdoefroerdm bya
and as
many remarkable arguments, explanatory of the King increased
Inateeretliissedast
foorraceincladliaoigbirn
sicioewtciotoheitswsomtrrigLt
perils now immediately hanging over his fellow- Henry had foreseen them, and how deplorable was thye
that refused to' hear his warning in-
countrymen,voice.—
from the mere development of the Spgctator.
policy long being carried out, inimically to Alexi- RIFLE INSTRUCTION FOR THE POLICE.—At the
can interests, by the pitiless, insatiable, inexorable AG e. nral
Beattie,
a Sessionsmacc:ifst therate county nt fro oofoaKoetineta,
07;founetsadoa3cri,
sAufar..
United States Government. Our shrewd Mexican sex, gave notice of the following motion :—" That this
Court do take into consideration, at its next meeting, the
puts the matter at the very outset quite plainly, expediency of having the policeof the county instructed in
He says :—" It is an egregious error to suppose tateptTecruti"todacttheinriaflei;oadnyd
uslintrotlehrrearldraiullthaosrillrlnd
any
y-
that the United States are highly interested in emergency; and
that the chief constable be directed to re-
port on the possibility of such instruction being afforded
seeing an independent regular Government esta- without detriment to the service or trenching on the daily
blished in Mexico. They want nothing of the duties."
ACCIDENT TO A COMEDIAN.—A serious accident
kind." Adding to this at once explicitly, " What ACCIDENT
at the Theatre Royal, Halifax, on Monday night,
they have at heart, and they make no secret of it,
utonir .
under
engagementV a Watson, , favwoiutrilte comedian,3lrllto nontueptrfoormngsenitletahseeree
is to come into possession of the country, (not Sheridan's " William Tell" was being performed, and the
leaving the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for theplayi _
'eu instructs otproceededaia
ounpttooutsheatthr
brotwofbtyhpersaeoznidwr
att where
leaving
tar-
last), just as they want also to render them-
up T
get. The
and
h:otwarngNevt joahs
tnhcoarosthomerest)sat performerson ehsaiSetoopaf thea stir;
selves masters •of Central America, of the Watson stationed himself there, holding up a sheepskin to
island of Cuba, and of all the shores in protectmto them. lie
olfitehhao
adrirouNsvt,wwa tend
oanlontiliyowwhtoowhaarddia
him,4s
the Mexican Gulf." How far, in the develop- the point of which entered his left eye. The sight of the eye
ment of this scheme, they have already succeeded, is
hopelessly eAs sil yr ''-`)he. GEDPOISONINGS BY MISTAKE AT CAN-
we know but too well—their success being none TEMIXTUY.—CANTERBURY, Tuesday Evening.—This even-
the less remarkable from the circumstance of their ing the city coroner, Mr. T. T. Dolasant, resumed the la-
quest on the body of James Coppins. The jury assembled
possessing no regular army for its accomplishment. at 8 o'clock, and the examination of the medical men who
had been entrusted with the analysation of the stomach and
Knowing their •
policy, conscious of their one clear its contents was proceeded with. Mr. Tassell, surgeon, said
aim, object, or ambition, the Mexican then asks she piltlinedt thest stomaclti.of thetllieteeaseg,.with a portion of' the
" Now, what was the best and most efficient way Mr. J. S. Lintl,r,clll(hrnriisat,ndepose(el thiatttllenrsze7Nteold• Spratt.tiar -
to establish anarchy in Mexico ?" Answerin his the stomach and a portion of the small intestines
g s of the deceased, from the last witness. On examination wit-
own query thus, without one moment's hesitation ntgeskfi:ruond tlwn irutidtllne stinicp. contained about 11 ounces of
—" It was not difficult to discover that if the Mexi- which is all he saw 07a ipcoisoeufouoiamodhtararacoetserof rrrirh-ceottpricesaacniade,
cans were brought to adopt the Republican Amer:- oufn:t (3coritoic
say
yid
ttraotvetilletrhoeNpvraeasesnoeieucoite'not.iuonpi.,ibut he wasin t
e
can institutions—a constitution after the fashion of stomach of the deceased to cause death. Mr. Tassell was
again examined, and said ho was of opinion that the imme-
the United States—the effect of such adoption could diate cause of the death of the deceased was either from
not be doubtful. Institutions, indeed, so absolutely serousP he
a p pzal ex v ,
unabler ::.'rosTaipoois?piiinegoobryonoopriutz,o but from
y
at variance with the character the Manners and summed
up, and after a shortdeliberation thejury refurned
,
, a unanunow verdict, that "The deceased died a natural
customs, the traditions and the moral and physical :7death."