The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-27 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

Last night The Death Light, and The Wreck Ashore,
were repeated to a very crowded audience. The farce of
The Three andthe Deuce was introduced, in which Mr.
BALLS., late of Drury-lane, sustained the very arduous
characters of the Three Singles. The great difficulty of
finding a successor to the inimitable ELISION in that piece
.renders its introduction a matter of very rare occurrence ;
indeed, so strong is the personation of it by ELLISTON en-
graved on the memory of all who ever had the pleasure of
witnessing his performance in the three characters, that
scarcely an actor is to be found willing, to encounter the
task. Mr. BALLS, however, surprit,,l us by Vie ability
which be threw into the piece, and by the very correct
personation of the three characters so opposite to each other
in all the action and deportment. The apidi:y with which
he threw off the one character and assumed another,
struck the audience with astonishment, and at intervals the
applause was deafening. We may, indeed, congratulate
the manager upon so great an acquisition to his establish-
ment. VALE, as the servant, was, as usual, eminently
successful. At the conclusion Mr. BALLS was loudly
celled for, but he did not make his appearance,

DUBLIN, APRIL 25.

then wasteful forth
Walks the dire power of pestilent disease.

The general topic of conversation and of novelty here
at present is the cholera, which is making alarming
strides. The new cases announced this morning are seventy ;
yesterday fifty ; and the day before about twenty-five;
so that it seems to be progressing in regular ratio. Whe-
ther or not the published accounts embrace all the patients
afflicted with this disease, or more tha❑ are the victims of
the strange malady, is extremely doubtful to say. Some
persons tell you, that whenever a servant, or one of the
poorer and more destitute portion of the people, is known
to be unwell, the officers of health are immediately at
hand, to carry them to the hospital ; and that several poor
creatures, under ordinary complaints, are thus numbered
among the devoted few who have been really attacked.
Others say that numbers are dying daily that are not at all
reported ; and that none but the destitute are visited by the
officers of health, or sent to the hospital, while a great
many persons, in comfortable circumstances, are being
carried off every day by some sudden and violent distemper
to which their friends will not allow the name of cholera.
I can myself vouch for one case in corroboration of the
first class of rumours. Yesterday a servant-man com-
plained of sudden head-ache, which, being taken for a
symptom of cholera, four lusty fellows were immediately
called to take him to the hospital. The man loudly and
violently protested that he was not so seriously ill. But
they were bearing him off, notwithstanding his cries and
protestations, until a mob was collected by the unfortu-
nate man's screams, and rescued him. As soon as lie
found himself at liberty, he threw off his jacket, and chal-
lenged any one of the four fellows who were carrying hint
to fight ; alleging that he would prove on their bodies
how unfit a subject he was for hospital or infirmary ! Ile
of course was not taken to the hospital; but whether he
was a fit subject for it or net, I cannot tell. Ti 'e most
melancholy consequence of the panic produced by this dire
visitation, is the reluctance of the poorer orders to submit
to the measeres of cure and precaution adopted for them.
This arises from a belief, on their part, that between the
poor and rich in this country, there is no communion of
feeling or interest. I have no time to discuss how errone-
ous this opinion is, nor to detail the unhappy consequences
to all classes of people in this country. Would that the
Reform were carried, that good men of all pat ties might
unite together in remedying those toils, which " not
hinge nor laws can cause nor care,"