The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

Adelphi Theatre.

Last night a lively opera buffa, entitled ,g Crying
Jenny and Laughing Johnny," by Offenbach/
was produced at this theatre with success. rrilie
music is light and pretty, and Mrs. Mellon and
Miss Futardo gave their respective portions of
with great taste and effect. Mr. Toole has a highly
comic part in the trifle in which he has to dress
himself in petticoats; the laughter produced therebY
can be well imagined. Mr.. Eburne, too, acted l!!*4
part well, and we have great pleasure in conipw'
menting him on this occasion, as we have had roll
times gone. by to find fault with him. The piece_
was well put on the stage, and doubtless will provu
attractive.

DEATH OF DR. MARR.—OUr obituary eoutal"-
an
intimation of the death of a respected fellow-citisen
—Dr. James Marr. Dr. Marr, though an Englisllo,
by birth, received his education in this neighbourhooa
—namely, at the High School of Leith, where he
guished himself by taking the gold medal—and at the Ifni-
rgi
versity of Edinburgh. He was possessed of great eneeo
f
combined ,with considerable talent, and was an
teemed lecturer on midwifery in tho Edinburgh -1"---
tra Academical School for some years; but an °A t; \
tunity offering of acquiring the extensive typefoun'7
establishment of the Messrs. Wilson, carried on in
don, Edinburgh, and Dublin, he left the medical Pr":
i
ossion and applied himself to that lino of businessl
Dr. Marr was a general favourite among his u
rne edit
t
brethren, and was very highly esteemed by those
whom his latter pursuits brought him into communicatiO•
He died in his 54th year.—Scotsman.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN WORKI101105."'
The following form of petition to Parliament froul
the wives and mothers professing the Roman Catholic re:
ligion was read yesterday from the altars of the churc!:
and chapels in the Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal diocc7.
of Westminster by direction of the Archbishop, the
eY
Rh ev. Dr. Mvaaenc nienui nsatg
ol:amnecild'
oSithoroewll
eegatih—
or
religious
nTh
liberty
youratthan
kfa and
dl pot eof ti
failsorbt
el a;
and that especially their 0
thate aauv ea
l theylbaelev nsh:
longer proscribed or subjectedted to to penalaotwiens r•etihigalt7tlele
theless, they are still Subjec cruel'penaltY,ll3„ d;-
e
severe to them than bodily pain in what may truly cal
scribed as the compulsory education in principles onP°;-if
to their own, and privation of all instruction it
own religion, and of all opportunities of practising 1g
to which a large number of the orphans and Yara-
children of Roman Catholic parents are e24ese-nd
poorhouses, Poor Law schools, reforntatories, ;Q-0,
industrial schools. That a large proportion of the go-
industrial
man Catholic population is very poor and engagedthe
very necessary for the general good, but injurious to
er a
health of thOse who carry it on ; and hence the nunibjo
Roman Catholic orphans and children who corns "dioent o the
Roman
of Poor-law and Reformatory Acts of l'""00
ment is exceptionally large. That system of whieU
petitioners complain, of forcing young children to
atte to
religious services and instructions different from th°s°.
tting
which their parents have accustomed them, and cu
A
bi
them off entirely from the instruction and consolation iv
tat
the clergy of their own faith are ready gratuitously to ire
eOOO
to them, usually results in destroying ono set of Dug
convictions without implanting others, and in hardellior'
and embittering the minds of those who are`made to
lin
tto
go it. That to conscientious Roman Catholic pareut: or
the hour of death whose children are not provided for, or
are in any such poorhouses or schools, the knowledge of ou
system pursued in them is the gi eatest grief ohicjit not
embitter their last moments. That this systems thou. „,
directly prescribed by any law, and, as your petitionero
Hove, contrary to the spirit and character a the legisla;to
of the country, is carried on under the sanction of Abet
of Parliament, and by powers granted by such acts* tribute
s of
your petitioners, or most of them, are. obliged to coutr l
se
to poor rates and county rates, by which the exPellu the
the poorhouses, reformatories, and schools in whie ego
un
children of their friends and fellow-religionists
cr
cruelly treated are defrayed. That your petitionera
derstand that Parliament has interfered to protect
„et:1'1.00
classes of persons in danger
working in mines and factories, although the evils t°.,,fo
prevented were less serious, and those whose powers 'a-0,1
of oppression, as 0111 1,0
restrained were not receiving grants of public nionel' w-
the alleged oppression was not exercised in virtue of Pore,
ors given by Parliament ; that your petitioners, there De
earnestly pray that your hon. House will no leeg°:,lo-
contented to pass Permissive Bills which Poor LaVl,l'etiao
dians and others disregard, but will forbid, under ei-bor
provisions, the refusal of free access to a properli aTholio
ized Roman Catholic clergyman to the Roman
in ¢el
children, and the education of any such children
other than their own faith in any poor-house, Pec)'br -0119
school, reformatory, or industrial school, sup Ported Tcoor
or in part by taxes, poor rates, or county rates, an
petitioners will ever pray." the
SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHDAY.—Monday next, b - dor,
inst., is the anniversary of Shakspere's irtb,r. P.
The banquet which, under the will of the late 31r. burp
Cooke, is provided at the Dramatic College at .113 Y, the
" at which the master, wardens, and members e'
_or
h
council shall preside, and to which the whole of th0:00
sioners and any supporters and patrons of
the dr3dl rvo So
well-wishers of the co sh be invited,'' ,/ce"
Webster for its pretAdentllege andall ick Mr. Cresw for its :vat
president. Special dinners in honour of the occasie
also be held at various social and literary clubs.