The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-21 00:00:00

NOTICE.
T I"
NEW NOVEL, PRIDE
AND IRRESOLUTION.
By the Author of
- " The Discipline of Life,"
• Will be ready on the 26th instant.
Hang qoll3llrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Man
TagerHlS,
EVENING,Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
. .
• Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
kl"it Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle,
aZi. zits
tr.; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Davidge; Sir Benjamin Back-
bite, If . Vining ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface,
)fr. Alta son ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett.
To at chide with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by.
Messrs? Baker, Davidge, Rafter, Artaud ; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss
Nelson, and Miss Huddart.
private boxes, 21. 31., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is.
Stalls, ss. each.
s. d.

FIRST PRICE.
Boxes - -4 0 I
Pit - - - 2 0
Lower Gallery - 1 0 I
Upper Gallery - 0 6
Box-book-keeper

s. d.
SECOND PRICE.
Boxes - - 2 0
Pit - - - 1 0
Lower Gallery - 0 6
No Half-price to Upper Gallery.
..r, Mr. J. Povey.

THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Lesser and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENING,
Will he presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled
LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, r.
Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ;
William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs.
Eharles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp,
Mrs. F. Matthews.
After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles,
Mr. Webster ; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr.
Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; GAVyMIC, Miss Reynelds ;
Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley.
To eonciside with the successful and laughable Farce, called an
4LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan
sweetapple, Mrs. Fltzwilliam.
The Box-ofilse is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

THEATI ROYAL. ADELPHI.
Bader the direction of Madame Calcite.
THIS EVENLNG,
Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW
COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
fare 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Charhcters by Messrs.
Wright, Bedford, Wnrrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with FRA_NICE NSTE IN; or, The Model Man. Franken-
stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zaraiel, Mr. 0.
Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E.
Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Mies E. Harding.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. 31. Maddox. Sole Lio.ssee and Alanager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE-
COND.
To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle
Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex.
more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett.

NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed TOE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs.
G. T. Brooke, Dayenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ;
and Mrs. Mowatt.
After which CATCHINIII HEIREqS.
To•conclude with a Farce, entitled ♦ DEAD TAKE IN. Captain
Darcourt, Mr. Wigan ; Hector Poalet, Mr. Compton ; Clara, Miss

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQIIE.
Last Week tat One of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French
Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence
TO-MORROW EVENING,
At Half-past Seven, when will be perforthed
LES FRERES DONDAINE.
After which LE POSEILLON DE LONJUMEAU. Chapelon, M.
Chollet.
The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till
Five.
Bokes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street.

ItOTAL LYCEUM TIMATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestr
,cle Lessee. Mr. Charles Maths we.
TIII9 EVENING,

will be performs,' M WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
After which TILL ISLAND OF JEWELS.
To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN.
Dress Boxes Upper boxer,; Pit, 24. ; Gallery, le. No
tilldtoprice to any part of the house.
All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15
/Sew Bond-street.

..ISTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATEE.
Yroprieter, Mr. W. Batty.
An entire change In the Scenes of the Arena.
New Grand Spectacle.
THIS EVENING, . _

The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a
n ew Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand
•f Savoy.
To be tollowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of
the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish-
ment.
To conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, Th• Love Story.
Box-office 0i.0.1 from Eleven till Pour.

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Ties DAY —Morning, 5 min. after 8 Evening, 43 min. after 8
To- qoalow - 3fortung, 26 nun. after 9 I Evening, 7 nun. *rt., 10

THE WEATHER.—StiN OFFICE, FEB. 21.
TUEBNOXETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 51; Noon, 47

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LONDON, Tr-IT RSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1850.

An incident of no public importance, but one at
the same time not the less deserving of notice, im-
parts, to nur thinking, a very considerable degree of
interest t'; the intelligence just received from Ilin-
dostan. From that intelligence it will be perceived
that the veteran ex-Commander-in-Chief of the
Anglo-Indian army, embarked from Calcutta on the
ith ult., on board the Haddington, in his voyage
homewards. That the return of the gallant soldier
should have been delayed so long is to us
no matter for astonishment, considering the
peculiar, and, we may be permitted to say,
painful circumstances under which he was
superseded. An illustrious soldier like Lord frOUGH
could not hut feel most profoundly the slight done to
himself, the forgetfulness shown towards all his
heroic achievements, the doubt expressed as to the
competence of his generalship, the indication of
diminished confidence in his valour—perceptible in
the misplaced and premature panic evidenced in this
country on the receipt of the news from Chillian-
wallah. He must have experienced an unusual degree
of exultation at his subsequent victories on hearing of
the manner in which his name had been contemned in his
native country, and in which his reputation had been
deteriorated by the national anxieties. At the same time,
however, when obtaining the tokens of British gra-
titude for his numerous and brilliant successes, tokens
such as the thanks cf the Parliament and the com-
mendations of the Sovertassix, the conqueror of Goo-
jerut must have felt a singular disinclination to return
immediately to a people who had betrayed this un-
satisfactory fickleness of temperament—suddenly al-
ternating from the depths of despair and contumely,
to the height of joy and admiration. Rendered sen-
sitive by the unjust judgment of his fellow-
citizens, Lord GOUGE cannot have failed to
have detected in the congratulations of Rngland the
earnestness of a national remorse quite as much as
the ardour of popular satisfaction. Therefore it is
that we can readily comprehend the delay of his
voyage homewards. For ourselves we remember
with ho small satisfaction that while so many others
were clamorous for the recal of the late Commander-
in-Chief of the Anglo-Indian Army, as a man not
capable of being trusted with that heavy responsibi-
lity, we did not raise our voice for the purpose of
increasing and heightening the general panic, but,
oh the contrary, expressed that 'confidence in his
heroism and abilities which are felt to be justified by
a long and honourable career, as well as by a series
of splendid achievements in different quarters of the
Asiatic continent.

Now that Viscount GouGa has taken his departure
homewards from the country which has witnessed
tha rise and development of his reputation, we are
sanguine that his reception amongst ourselves may
be one befitting the veteran soldier himself, and
worthy also of the nation in whose service he has
acquired rank and celebrity. In this regard a hint
might well be taken from the conduct of the inha-
bitants of Madras. Aware that .the late Com-
mander-in-Chief was on the eve of quitting
them in all human probability for ever, the people of
Madras waited upon his Lordship in a deputation for
the purpose of bidding him farewell, and at the same
time of wishing him all happiness during the re-
mainder of his existence. The answer given by the
gallant old soldier to this valedictory address from the
inhabitants of Madras is possessed of peculiar interest,
And is one altogether quite in character. " Gentle-
men," said he, "my life from my childhood has been
spent in the service of my country, and I can con-
licientiously say that the best energies of the military
portion of it, extending to the long period of 56
years, have been devoted to the service of my Soya-
ZEIGN, whose gracious consideration, as a mark of
her approbation, has placed me in the position I now
hold. Though devoted and unceasing as may have ,
been my exertions, they would have proved of little
avail had I not been zealously and energetically
supported ; and I feel an honest pride in bearing tes-
timony to the disciplined gallantry and untiring de-
votion of those who served under me, of all grades
and of all arms, as well native as European."
Referfing then to his departure from the
visttlat of his old military companions, Lord