The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-14 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

A new farce was produced on Saturday night at the
Princess's Theatre with complete success, entitled ".Nur-
sey Chickweed, and the plot, though not striking, is novel.
Tho story hinges upon the difficulties into which Jonathan
Chickweed is plunged by being suddenly called upon to re-
store to their respective parents a boy and girl who have
been entrusted to the care of his wife, Nurse Chickweed.
That person, however, having some years previously
preferred the society of a bold corporal to that of her
husband, and eloped accordingly, Mr. Chickweed has
had to bring up the children himself, and his educa-
tional ideas being rather limited the young people
have grown in health rather than in knowledge ; not,
however, wishing to make public his wife's infidelity,
he has induced the village schoolmaster to write regu-
larly in the name of the children to the parents, furnish-
ing reports of how they are progressing under the case of
" nursey." The unexpected arrival of the parents of the
girl throws Jonathan into a fever for fear that the decep-
tion he has practised should be discovered, and he is
at his wits' end when a request is made to see Nursey
Chickweed herself ; he tries every plan to get out of
the dilemma, but all fail, and at last he is obliged to per-
sonate his worse half, and, dressing in female attire,
appears as the veritable " Nursey." So far he has got
over his difficulties ; but at this point the father of the boy
arrives to claim the young gentleman, who has that morn-
ing been sent to a farmer to do a day's haymaking in ex-
change for the loan of a donkey. Again, then, Jonathan has
recourse to his inventive genius, and this time he disguises
the girl in boy's clothes, and makes her pass for the absent
young gentleman. All, however, is of no use : the truth
at last comes out, and Jonathan meets, not with the
punishment he expects, but with a reward in the shape of
the situation of gardener at the country residence of the
girl's parents. The character of Jonathan Chickweed
afforded an excellent opportunity to Mr. Widdicombe for
displaying his powers as a low comedian ; and ho certainly
made the most of it: The part of the girl allowed of Miss
Louise Keeley appearing in a character more assimilating
in some respects to those in which her mother has earned
so high a reputation than any in which this young lady has
yet been seen in London, and there was a truth, breadth,
and force about her impersonation that fully confirmed the
impression already recorded of the great talents of this
youthful but already most accomplished artist. The piece
was received throughout with much applause

TIIE REGENCY OF CENTRAL ITALY.—Telegra-
phic dispatches from Turin received yesterday
state on unexceptionable authority that the King
of Sardinia has not refused to allow the Prince
Carignano to accept the Regency offered to him by
Central Italy. It would, however, appear that his
Majesty has expressed his wish to postpone for the
present any immediate decision on the question.—
Morning Post.
DEATH OF EARL DE GREY.—Wo regret to have
to record the death of the Earl de Grey, K.G., Lord-Lieu-
tenant and Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire, Lieutenant-
Colonel Commandant of the Yorkshire Yeomanry, and Aide-
de-camp to her Majesty, which occurred this morning at
his town residence, No. 4, St. James's-square. His lord-
ship, who changed his family name of Robinson for that of
Weddell, assumed that of De Grey only on succeeding to
the Earldom. Ho was born on the Bth December, 1781,
and succeeded to the barony of Grantham on the death of his
father, the second lord, on the 20th of July, 1786, and to
the earldom of De Grey on that of Arrabel Hume-Camp-
bell, late countess, his maternal aunt, in 1833. He is
succeeded in his title and large estates by the Earl of
Ripon, who but a few months ago was well known in the
House of Commons as Viscount Goderich. The late Earl
de Grey was a liberal patron of literature and science.
His Excellency Hassan, Ali Khan, Persian Am-
bassador, with the gentlemen of his suite, left Claridge's
Hotel at an early hour on Saturday morning for Portsmouth
to witness the launch of the Victoria. His Excellency was
highly delighted with the ceremony, and having been gra-
ciously recognised by her Majesty, returned to town by the
three o'clock train, arriving at Claridge's Hotel to dinner.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady
Arabella West have passed through town eo roue for Wor-
cestershire, on a visit to Sir John and Lady Pakington
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening, at their man-
sion in Piccadilly.

Viscount and Viscountess Sydney arrived at
Windsor Castle on Saturday, on a visit to her Majesty.

The marriage of Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox,
sixth daughter of the duke and Duchess of Richmond, with
Lord l3inghun, eldest son of the E.irl of Lucan, will be
solemnised at St. George's Church, ll:mover-square, on
Thursday next.

Lord John Russell left town on Saturday on a
visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.

Lord and Lady Denman arrived at the Pavilion
Hotel, Folkestone, on Friday, on their return from the
Continent.

Sir George and Lady Grey have arrived at Windsor
Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.