The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

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ceremoniously) as a monosyllable, like cere-clo
cerement." Illustrations of this being theren
adduced by Mr. Staunton from the " Merry Wi
of Windsor," " Julius Caesar," " Midsumut
Night's Dream," &c. "To give our hearts uni
ceremony," " Not sorting with a nuptial co
mony," " Caesar, I never stood on ceremonie
This, simply, of course, in regard to pronunciati,
Now, by way of elucidation—ln the same pla
" All's Well that End's Well" (act iv. scene 4),
explanation of the passage " Yet I pray Y
but with the word"—upon which Blackstone It
suggested it should be read, " yet, I fray you, b
with a word"—Mr. Staunton writes, "With mu
diffidence we venture to suggest that yet apparent'
stands for now ; and that we should read—
" Yet, I pay you,
But with the word, &c.'"

" Now, I can only compensate your kindness
the word of promise; but the time approaches wh
all that you undergo for my sake shall be subs
tially rejected." Surely—most ingenious !
"Henry V." (act I. scene 1.) the phrase " all I j
once," which some have proposed to read "rail
once," draws from the new editor the same " trlt
phrase" of - the Shaksperian age—found by hil
repeated in Sabie's " Fisherman's Tale," A.D. 10
and Middleton's " Changeling" (act iv. scene 3)--'
" She wept, she cried, she sobbed, and all at once,
" Does love turn fool, run mad, and all at once."
In the same play, " Henry V." (act iii. scene
Mr. Staunton suggests that "And for achievemen
should be read, " And, 'fore achievement." "
import being," says he, "At sight of our army
will be so intimidated as to offer us his rans
before we have captured him." In "Pericles" (
ii. scene 1)
" Their honour be but a goal to my will,"

Mr. Staunt9n admirably observes, "This is al3,
repugnant to both sense and harmony," addivi
"Surely we should read—
' Their honour be but equal to my will.' "

The suggestion comes like a flash of light upon tir
text. Sometimes, however, we are very repugno
to revert, as Shakspere's new editor wishes us,,
an evident misprint in the earlier folio text.
example, in that lovely opening•speech of the Do
in " Twelfth Night," we cling to Pope's exquisi
suggestion that "south" should be substituted
"sound" in the familiar words—

"0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour I"
Nor can we recognise with Mr. Staunton tt
necessity of understanding " south," if accept`
as meaning the " sough" or soft whis
of the breeze, but rather. as what Pope underst
to mean literally the south wind, the sweet sell
Again, in that old enigmatical opening of "
beline," we cannot bow obediently to the hint t
the third line should run " Still seemers—do
king's." An explanation of the passage as it sta
originally in the old text has been given
lucidly (convincingly, to our mind) by a comma
tator altogether overlooked in Mr. Staunton's f.
note. Ayscough gives the passage quite
rently, thus—

" You do not meet a man but frowns ; our bloods
No more obey the heavens than our courtiers',
Still seem as does the king's."
And to this bewildering passage Ayscough appelli
this footnote :—" Dr. Johnson observes that t!
passage is so difficult that commentators may div
concerning it without animosity or shame ; tb`
the lines stand as they were originally:written, 0,
that a paraphrase, such as the licentious and abrii;
expressions of our author too frequently reqd
will make emendation unnecessary. We do 1:
meet a man but frowns; our bloods—our coup'
nances, which, in popular speech, are said to ,
regulated by the temper of the blood—no No
obey the laws of heaven—which direct us to ape
what we really are—than our courtiers, that,
than the bloods of courtiers; but our bloods, lib
theirs—still seem as cloth the King's." Ayseoui
adds that " Mr. Steevens is of opinion that blood
pears to be used for inclination," and that "
Tyrwhitt proposes to make the passage clear by
very slight alteration—only leaving out the I
letter." Dr. Johnson's explanation, however,
ourselves hold fast by as perfectly clear and ration',
though, an we have seen, Dr. Johnson hino
confesses the passage to be "so difficult that et)
mentators may differ concerning it without shao,,
or animosity." It were superfluous to follow Of
latest and by no means the least of these cornive,
tators through all the subtle windings and invo'l
tions of his searching new suggestive annoV,
tions. They sparkle abundantly at the foot '
many a page, helping to bring various hid
beauties to light and to clarify here and there 0
turbid current of the text. For these, mans'
them laborious, researches of Mr. Staunton, we
indebted to him as loving and reverential student
of Shakspere—indebted to him as we might be
the fabricator of some new refracting tclesol
that enabled us to scan yet more clearly than bef°
the wonders of the starry heavens.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington left toll
on Monday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Duchess of Atholc has left the St. George
Hotel.

Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge left town
Monday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Counts Elios and d'Alton have taken th
departure from the Brunswick Hotel, for Paris.
Sir Culling and Lady Eardley have arrived
Claridge's Hotel, from Holwood, near Bromley.
Capt. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay have left t
St. George's Hotel.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF AYLESFORD.
regret to announce the demise of this nobleman, who expi
on Monday, at the family seat in Warwickshire, in his I'
year. His lordship was son of the 4th earl by a Baugh
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of the Marquis of Bath. He succeeded his father in 181
and married in 1821 a daughter of the 2d Earl of Waffle,
His lordship was formerly Captain of the Yeomen of t"
Guard, and has been Lord Steward of her Majesty's 11490:,
hold. The title and family honours descend to his lordshlP
son, Heneage, Lord Guernsey, who was born in 1824, 01',
married in 1846 the only daughter and heiress of J. 8f
Knightley, Esq., of Offchurch, in the county of WarwicY'l
ROBBERY AT Mn. CHARLES
Friday a person named George Blackman, who was oe'
scribed as a market gardener at Higham, was charged be;
fore the magistrates at Rochester, with having stolen soil
hay from the premises of Mr. Charles Dickens, Gads 111.'4"
near Rochester. The robbery, it appeared, was of a ve'.",
impudent character, the prisoner first turning his heap
into Mr. Dickens's meadow without that gentleman's Pey
mission, and then helping himself to the hay from th'
hay stack. A police-constable apprehended him, writi,
the hay which he had just taken under his arm. The flej
eused pleaded hard to be forgiven, but the Rev. Mr. Davie,l
the presiding magistrate, committed him for three de?
imprisonment. —South-Eastern Gazette.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A YOUNG SURGEOrI'i
—A melancholy accident occurred at the Norwich Dispein
sary on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of 31`,:l
Alfred Dowson, a gentleman 22 years of age, who had bee 4I
officiating during the, last few days for his brother, NI;
Arthur Dowson, surgeon of the institution. With the vied
of giving himself an appetite for his supper Mr. Dowsoll;
it seems, took what he fancied was some tincture of orange
peel, but which really proved to be tincture of aconite. 111 e
unfortunate young man misread the labels on the bottle!,
ono being marked " Tint. aurant." and the other "
aconite." Having made this fatal mistake he ate sole'
bread and cheese for supper, conversed cheerfully and re;
tired to rest shortly afterwards ; but he had not been love"
in bed before he found himself in such pain that he got a
and aroused the establishment. Professional assistance Wee
soon rendered, but in vain, as death soon terminated
sufferings. At an inquest held by Mr. Wilde, city corona'
the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above.
GIRL TRAMPLED TO DEATH IN GLASGOW
TIIEMrRF.—A very melancholy occurrence took place en
Saturday within the theatre at the Green, occupied by Mr;
Parry. It appears that on that occasion, and througholl;
the whole day, performance succeeded performance in rani')
succession, and that crowds were willing to go in so soon
as.those in were ready to go out. From the pit there erl
two doors leading into a passage of considerable length, and
3f feet wide,which in turn leads into Greenhead-street. These
doors are kept by a party who directs his attention solely to
the duties of that office. Shortly after ono o'clock, and 00
the concision of one of the performances, the keeper ue'
locked one of the doors, and so great was the heedless rug;
out, that he was jammed between it and the wall, and could
not get freed. Meanwhile a girl, named Rebecca Montgo'
mery, 13 years of age,anddaeuttgrhteerwo_fstareesht7 beingmak moer,aresind4.:
inthge fiait's2t'in Hall
-close,
se'South
passage,Pettigrew-street, somehow fell, within two yards os
the door, and was run over by the crowd that madly fol'
lowed, and was only rescued after having been knocked in'
sensible, by the door-keeper, Charles Simpson, and other
members of Mr. Parry's company. She was immediately
conveyed to the shop of Dr. WCarson, Saltmarket, but all
attempts to rebore life failed, and the unfortunate girl wee
handed over to her parents in the Central Police Chambers
a corpse. Mr. Parry has done everything in his power to
lessen the grief thus suddnenly brought on a mournia
family.--Glasgow Bulletin.
THE RIVAL OMNIBUS COMPANIES.—The
protracted disputes between the London General and Saloon
Omnibus Companies is now likely soon to reach a termini'
tion. At the last hearing of the charge of conspiracy at the
Westminster Police-court, on Thursday, the 23d ult., the
case was adjourned until the 12th inst., it being understood
that in the meantime the terms of an agreement of arbitra-
tion, as also the arbitrator to whom the whole matter should
bi.referred, would be agreed upon. Since that time a more.
amicable spirit has arisen between the representatives of
each company, and Mr. Vining, the solicitor for the Saloon
Omnibus Company, drew up a draft of the proposed terms
of reference, which has been submitted to, and with slight
alterations, approved of by Messrs. Wilkinson and Stevens,
the solicitors of the London General Omnibus Company,
it being finally agreed that the whole of the question sad
matters in difference, with full and ample powers, should be
referred to Mr. Barstow, of the common law bar, who has
consented to undertake the reference, his decision and award
to be final. The agreement of reference as settled will be
forthwith signed, and the learned arbitrator will, before the
term, commence his sittings, and continue them day by
day, to dispose of the matter with as little delay as possible.
Each company will be represented by counsel, but the en
pense and inconvenience of the array of counsel for th
various defendants at the police-court will be avoided, as th
reference will bp strictly confined to the matters in dispute
—the charge of conspiracy forming no element in the
reference,