The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-02 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The season at this theatre commenced last night. The per-
formances consisted of The Village Lawyer, Shakspeare's
'Much Ado about Nothing, and Rural Felicity. The princi-
pal attraction of the evening was the re-appearance of Mr.
Charles Kemble, for the first time since his return from Ame-
rica. He played the part of Benedick in the comedy, a per-
formance so well known to the frequenters of the London
theatres that nothing new need, or indeed can, be said of it.
Its chief merit is a perfect and vivid conception of the poet's
meaning ; and to this is added a very skilful embodying of the
character, playful and forcible, gay and jocund, but at the
same manly and energetic. Mr. Kemble was received by the
aue.ience like an old friend, with loud and hearty congratula-
tions, and, on his part, seemed to feel that such a reception was
entitled in return to his best efforts. The other characters of
the play were not well supported. The company, perhaps,
does not admit of any better display; but with the exception
of Miss Taylor, who bustled through the part of Beatrice, and
supplied by vivacity the deficienc►es which would otherwise
have been too apparent, they lay claim to a very slender meed
of approbation. The performance nevertheless went off with
spirit, and the announcement of the repetition of this play for
Wednesday was received with general applause. It was given
out by Mr. Kemble, who, on the falling of the curtain, was
universally called for. The house was well filled throughout.

PUBLIC PETITIONS.

FIFTEENTH REPORT, MAY 18, 19, 1835.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.-The total number of petitions
presented, in support, down to the above date, is 289 ; sig-
natures, 71,833. _ _

Against any Grant-90 petitions, signed by 34,697 persons,
have been presented in the same period.
LORD'S DAY, (for better observance,)—Petitions, 16 ; signs.
tures, 2,108.
TITHES, ( Ireland. )—For abolition, petitions, 11 ; signa-
tures, 12,499.
SPIRIT LlCENSES.—Petitions, 134; signatures, 9,866.
STAMPS ON IshwspArEas.—Petitions, 4 ; signatures, 792.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BlLL.—Against.—Petitions, 18;
gigllattlYeS;-3;366.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT ( SCOTLAND) BlLL.—Petitions,
12, signatures, 2,646.

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ste,—Permit me, through the medium of your impartial
Paper, to call the attention of the public to the present dan-
gerous state of Mansion House-street and the Poultry, where
accidents are daily occurring, (and which it is almost impossible
to avoid by the greatest care in riding or driving through this
most important thoroughfare), choked as it is by carriages con-
stantly passing; and which number will be materially in-
creased as soon as the new street from London-bridge shall
be completed : and although some relief may be afforded, by
the widening of Princes-street, it will be scarcely perceptible,
as full nineteen parts out of twenty of the whole traffic passing
through the City is from east to west, through Cheapside,
diverging to Newgate-street and St. Paul's Church-yard.
This excessive traffic is highly injurious to the persons residing
in the line, and carrying on business, and if it be not speedily
remedied must soon end in their total ruin.
It is most extraordinary, that the great impediment to busi-
ness hereby occasioned has not been attempted to be redressed
by the City authorities, more especially as it is immediately
opposite the residence of the Chief Magistrate, and who, there-
fore, cannot be ignorant of its existence, but who, nevertheless,
has not taken any step to obtain redress.
But so glaringly obvious has tile necessity become of some al.
teration to protect the public, that it has excited the lively in-
terest of the Members for the City, nearly forty other Members
of Parliament connected in business with the City ; the large
Insurance Companies, nearly all the bankers in London, the
trading interest of Cheapside, the Poultry, Mansion House-
street, Cornhill, Lombard-street, and Thames-street, have pe-
titioned the Corporation to open a new street from the Man-
sion-house to Southwark-bridge, thus recommending to the
Corporation a measure, which had long been considered ne-
cessary by every person in London but themselves.
It may be said that these petitions have been referred to a
Committee of the Corporation, selected from their own body,
known as the London-bridge Committee, which is a standing
Committee with a perpetual Chairman, and, if report be true,
all power is vested in him, for it is said they—
" Rest the force of their strength, on the power of their might,
And the Chairman is supreme, arbitrator of right."
If this be the fact, and I believe it to be so, all surprize
ceases at beholding the numerous errors that have been com.
mitted in the erections under their direction. Witness the
round-house. or folly, dividing the north end of Fish-street-hill
and King: William-street ; the expense incurred by taking
down the banking-house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.,
to obtain a depth of only six feet frontage, at the west end near
the Mansion-house ; and the necessity that the Committee now
find of taking down the Globe Fire-office, in order to have a
sufficient breadth to enter the new street leading to London-
bridge—(the Committee having at the eleventh hour, and after
the banking-house of Messrs. .S'inith, Payne, and Co., is rebuilt,
written to the Directors of the Glebe Fire-office, requesting to
be informed how much money they require for their premises.)
Had this step been resorted to earlier, no . necessity whatever
would have existed for taking any part of the above named
banking-house ; and I believe this is now admitted by the
London-bridge Committee themselves-I—still it was pointed
out to them long before the work of demolition commenced.
Nor do the many errors of this Committee end here ; for the
new street now in progress from Moorgate to Lothbury is not
to be brought to. its natural termination near Princes-sin-v.!, but
is to be terminate in Lothbury, opposite the corner of the Bank
of England.
And it is also understood that this Committee, instead of
recommending to the Corporation of London the formation of a
new street from the Mansion-house to Southwark-bridge, so
respectfully petitioned for, and alluded to in this letter, that
the Chairman prefers having a new street made, passing from
Lothbury from Cateaton- street, Lad-lane, Maiden-lane, Bull-
and- Mouth-street, and Duke-street, into Smithfield, which,
beside the enormous expense it would occasion, mu“, like all
the other streets leading into Smithfield, be stopped up on
two days in the week, say on market days.
It may further be remarked, that as soon as the new street
is made from Lothbury to Moorgate, a spacious communica-
tion will be completed from the Bank to Aldersgate-street,
Islington, or Smithfield, through Fore-street, Redcross.street,
and Barbican ; whilst the Southwark-bridge, leading to the
county of Surrey, both Houses of Parliament, Westminster,
Eaton and Belgrave-squares, Pimlico and Chelsea (saving full
half a mile in distance), there is no direct line of ceromunica-
tion, except by the present crowded and dangerous line of the
Poultry, Cheapside, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, Strand. &c.—
That this communication may rouse the Corporation Of London
to a sense of justice to their constituency, and prevent entire
ruin to a most interesting portion of the City, is the most
anxious wish of your Correspondent, H. Y.
May 22, 15335.

In justice to Mr. Wray of Holborn Hill we cannot
longer withold from the public our unqualified approbation of
his Chalybeate German Seidletz..Powders. With regard to
their medicinal properties they approach nearer to the waters
of .the justly celebrated Seidlitx spring than any we have
hitherto met with; and whether taken dur►ng the sultry heats
of summer, or the chilling blasts of winter, they will be found
an equally safe and agreeable aperient : to the bilious, the
dyspeptic, to persons of a languid temperament, and to those
who frequently indulge in Bacchanalian excesses, they will
' prove invaluable%