The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-19 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

A new aspirant after histrionic honours, in the highest
walk of the profession, has make his appearance on these
boards. His name is Stuart—" a goodly youth and tall"
—but much more capable, as his performance of Shylock
epnvinced us, of figuring in meld-drama than of embody-
ing the glorious creations of Shakspeare's genius. So far
as the mere knowledge of stage business goes, he is enti-
tled to praise ; but not a jot beyond that point. Many of
his readings were incorrect; and his constantly laying the
emphasis on the pronoun, without any regard to the
meaning of the sentence, was very offensive to the culti-
vated mind. That, however, which annoyed us most
was the extraordinary facility with which, when strong pas-
sio❑ was to be expressed, the new performer turned up
the whites of his eyes, wholly obscuring the pupil. In
the streets, such a trick practised by a mendicant might
excite pity,--exhibited on the stage it created a very diffe-
rent feeling. Mr. STUART'S performance was painfully
elaborate. There was an abundance of art,—nature was
never thought of. Mrs. W. WEST, though somewhat
cold, played the character of Portia with no inconsiderable
degree of ability. Here, as at several other thea'res, they
have produced a tribute to the memory of Sir Walter Scott.
It consists of tableaux vivans, repre-enting some of the
most touckingscenes in the great novelist's principal works.
Much praise is due to those under whose superintendance
this (may we so call it ?) spectacle has been perfected. It
is exceedingly well managed. The grouping in the different
tableaux is excellent, and the general effect is picturesquely
vivid.

LATE AFFRAY AT CARIGEEN.

(From the Waterfor4 Chronicle.)

We reachtd home from the inquest on Monday at ,o
late an hour last night, that we could not make any com-
ment in this day's Paper on the subjoined correspond-
ence between Sir William and that truly Christian Pas-
tor, the Rev. Mr. Carroll. We shall do so in our next :
" Dublin Castle, Oct. 8, 1832.

" SlR—The attention of Government having been di-
rected to the detail of an attack recently made on a party
of police in the vicinity of Kilmacow, in which, through
your praiseworthy and effectual interference, a termination
was put to an occurrence which might probably have had
a more fatal result than has been experienced,
" The Lord Lieutenant commands me to acquaint you
that he cannot pass over conduct so creditable to yourself
without an expression of his approbation, and I have great
satisfaction in conveying to you his Excellency's cordial
thanks for your services on this occasion.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
" WILLIAM GOSSETT.
" The Rev. Mr. Carroll, P.P., hloucoin."
" Moncoin, Oct. I I, 1832.

" have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the Bth inst., conveying to me his Ex-
cellency the Lord Lieutenant's approbation for my inter-
ference in an occurrence which took place in my neigh-
bourhood on the 3d of October, to which I suppose you
allude. You sre pleased to say that my conduct on the
occasion was creditable, as having prevented a more fatal
result than has been experienced. I cannot avoid thank-
ing you and his Excellency for the courtesy vouchsafed to
me on the occasion. I rejoice at the result then expe-
nenced, but I owe it to my parishioners and neighbours
to state, that no similar transaction ever before occurred
among them—that they are of the most peaceable, indus-
trious, and subordinate habits—and that the affair in
gnesti,n, as lam well informed, was principally caused
by the intemperate conduct of the police themselves—to
which I should now have forborne to allude, had it not
been too fatally illustrated by the awful catastrophe that
has since taken place.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
" NICHOLAS CARROLL.
•‘ To Sir Wiliam Gossett, &e. &c., Dublin Castle."

Private letters from a well-informed quarter in
Paris give a very curious history of the origin and pro-
gress of the King of HOLLAND'S efforts to recover Bel-
gium. The transactions of the Conference, and the share
which Prince LIEVEN, Baron I3nLow, and Baron WEs-
SENBERG, took therein, are said to have been constantly
misrepresented to King WILLIAM I. by the Dutch Am-
bassador in London until the aforesaid three Ministers got
thoroughly tired and disgusted with it, and requested
their respective Courts to manage the negotiations with
Holland themselves. Lord PALMERSTON, bring on the
spot, offered to take the conducting of the correspon-
dence into his own hands, and accordingly made
to the King of HOLLAND certain propositions, with
the full concurrence of the whole Conference, but
received a must outrageously insulting answer for the
pains he had taken. His Lordship, nut wishing to em-
broil a little state like Holland with so great a power as
Great Britain, generously waived the question, and took
no further notice of the personal insult offered to him, and
through him to his country. But, as the urgency of the
case admitted of no procrastination, the other Members of
the Conference unanimously selected the King of PRUSSIA
as arbitrator, or referee, pledging themselves to abide by
his decision, his Prussian Majesty being, as a near rela-
tive of the House of Orange, and as a potentate deeply in-
terested in the preservation of peace, a high authority, and
therefore very eligible for such an office, ungrateful as the
task might otherwise be. Prussia says that Holland,
during the beginning and progress of the Polish revolu-
tion, when Russia was herself in tribulation, and could
afford her no effectual assistance, was perfectly satisfied
with, nay, right glad of, the separation of Belgium--the
King of Holland rejoicing that be could now bestow all
his attention on his native country, and faithful northern
provinces. But no sooner was the Polish revolution sub-
dued than .the King of HOLLAND said to his r: lative, the
' Emppror of RUSSIA—" Now you have got back your re-
volted kingdom of Poland, this is your time to assist me in
recovering my revolted Belgian provinces, and to enable
me to get rid of that vagabond, King LEOPOLD" (fur such,
we understand, was actually the strong—or rather low
expression used by his Dutch Majesty). King WILLIAM
intrigued to bring about a revolution in Belgium, as well
as in France. He failed in both these objects, and played
for a long time at blind-man's buff with the Conference.
We, Prussia, will therefore not allow him to continue th it
dangerous game, and put the peace of Europe into jeo-
pardy, but shall back the coercive means about to be
adopted by England and France, to put a period to this per-
petual source of intrigue, agitation, and annoyance. Such,
we understand, is the substrnce of what has already tran-
spired, and Count DurtritioFr will be the bearer of the
digest of the Prussian arbitration, which is to be binding
on all the other Powers.—Morning Paper.
OTffO THE UGLY.--it is singular enough,
that Greece, renowned for ages for its native beauty,
should have for its Sovereign the ugliest man in Europe.
This cannot be what sportsmen call improving the breed,