The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-21 00:00:00

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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

you allow me !o avail myself of a place in
your columns, to express my astonishment at the Editor of
the Times having admitted into that paper an attack upon
the management of this theatre, on the mere report of an
anonymous correspondent. There has never been the
remotest idea of repeating The Revolt if the Harem, that
ballet having been withdrawn from the playbills by Mr.
I3unn's express orders, immediately after the late mourn-
ful circumstance.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant,
J. COOPER, Stage-Manager.
Theatre Royal Drury-Lane, 12 o'clock a.m., Dec. 20.

MADAME MICHAU'S JUVENILE

BALL.

BEINHITON CFIXT-CMAT.—The following very pretty
lines we find in the Briphton Guardian of Wednesday:—

A SONNET.

On seeing Elise, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Robins, a little girl between five and six years of age,
dance the Cracovienne at Madame Michau's Juvenile
Ball on the 10th inst.
I gaze upon the beautiful,
"And my mind responds to the inspiration."
Sweet infant I Dancing is thy soul's delight,
Like an embodied joy just sprung to earth,
All hearts cling to thee for thy sportive mirth.
Thy laughing eyes with happiness are bright,
In innocence so pure, it charms the sight
Of old and young alike, who smiling gaze
With looks of love that speak the fondest praise,
While admiration fain would claim the right
To clasp thee like a parent to her breast.
Thou elfin sprite, thus bounding in the air,
Some witchcraft has thy little feet impress'd.
Kind Nature, too, with more than usual care
Bestows on thee a treasure and a grace
That paints true feeling is thy cherub face.

F. L.

THE CHURCH.

The following is a list of dignities which have fallen to the
gift of Sir Robert Peel's Government :

Preferment. Cathedral. To whom presented.
Canonry Worcester ......... Rev. J. It. Wood
Deanery..
Bishopric
Ditto ... ChicheE ter .... Rev. Dr. Gilbert
Canonry
Bishopric ... Meath .....,.. ... Rev. Dr. Stopford
Deanery Ferns ........... ... Rev. Dr. Newland
Ditto
Ditto
Bishopric .... .
Deanery
Ditto ... ..... ... Dublin
Pakenham
Ditto
Bishopric
Canonry - St. Paul's
Deanery Llandaff Rev. K. Bruce
Bishopric
Ditto
Archdeaconry
Canonry...... Westminster Rev.Dr.Wordsworth
Deanery Killala .. Rev. Dr. Collins
Ditto Carlisle
Ditto ...
Ditto . - Vacant
Canonry Windsor Ditto
N.B. The vacancies occurred in the above order.

STABBING AT TWICKENHAM. —On Wednesday
afternoon, between tt.ree and four o'clock, two men,
named John Hurst and George Passey, were drinking
in a beer-shop on Twickenham Common, when they
quarrelled and got up to fight. Passey snatched up a
table-knife, and stabbed Burst in two places in the
thigh. The blood flowed in profusion, and Hurst was
taken to the surgery of Mr. Litchfield, of Twickenham.
The surgeon dressed the wounds, one of which is two
inches in depth ; after which the woundt,d man was
taken to his father's residence, at Hounslow. Passey
made his escape before the police became acquainted
with the occurrence, but they expect speedily to hare
him in custody. Hurst is said not to be in a dangerous
state. He admits that he is as much to blame as Passey ;
and says, if the latter is taken, he will not come forward.
A CANDIDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION.—A curious
incident occurred in the Central Criminal Court on Teurs-
day. The Recorder was trying three youths for theft.
Several witnesses were called, and the case was distinctly
proved against all three. The eldest prisoner, aged 18,
was sentenced to ten years' transportation, as it was
shown that on a previous occasion he had been convicted
at Maidstone assizes. The two younger prisoners were
sentenced to three months, with hard labour, in the
House of Correction. One of the lads then proceeded
to the front of the dock, and having attracted the atten-
tion of the Recorder, said, in a clear and decided tone,
" My Lord, I have been convicted before, and I should
like to be transported with my friend." The Court was
convulsed with laughter, but the wish of the candidate
for transportation was net complied with.
SIGN OF A SEYBRE WINTER.—Mr. Baker, currier,
of Sherburne, last week shot a bittern in the meadows
adjoining the town. The bittern is a bird but seldom
seen in the vicinity of the abodes of man. It is styled
by zoologists " almost a bird of desolation," hence its
appearance in the neighbourhood of a large town indi-
cates that approaching severe and inclement weather
bad forced it from its usual places of retirement.—
Sherborne Journal,