The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BUNN.

DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE TESTIMO-
NIAL, PRESENTED MAY 29, 1844, TO ALFRED

BUNN, ESQ.
This testimonial consists of a massive and elabo-
rately chased candelabrum and Epergne united, com-
posed of a column richly ornamented with foliage and
over-shadowing a group of emblematical figures, viz.,
a full-length of Apollo and Sylvan Nymphs, executed
in frosted silver, intended to represent those delight-
ful arts which Mr. Bunn has so successfully pro=
!noted. The base, which supports this design, is a
sexagon--the three smaller angles being chased into
scrolls to receive the names of those noblemen and
gentlemen, and members of the theatrical and musical
profession, who are contributors to this testimonial.
The three grand sides of the base consist of bold pan-
nels, in which are engraved the following: in the first
the armorial hearings of ?Jr. Bunn—the second is a
composition of scrolls and foliage, entwining the
titles of the successful operas and ballets of the season
1843-1844, with the number of nights each was per-
formed—the third contains the following inscrip-
tion :

Presented to
ALFRED BUNN, ESQUIRE,
May 29, 1844,
By a numerous circle of attached friends,
As an humble token of their affectionate regard,
And as an
Enduring testimony of their most sincere esteem
For the superior talents,
The enterprising spirit, and the unvarying urbanity
Which have characterised his successful career

As Lessee of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane,
During the season 1843-1844.
The Earl of Chesterfield in the Chair.
MOTTO.
" Libera per vacuum posuit vestigia princeps
Non aliens sun pressit pede : qui sibi fidit
Dux regit examen."—HOßACE.
The whole, including the massive salver on which
it rests, is three feet and a half high, and weighs up-
wards of 500 ounces. Manufactured by Messrs.
Catchpole and Williams, Regent-street.

Music.—A concert will take place this even-
ing, at the Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate-street, under the
direction of those able professors, Mr. and Mrs. Schwab. The
bill of fare exhibits several of the most distinguished names
in the musical world; and, as the great proficiency of tho
professor and his wife are well known to a host of wealthy
families, the hall will doubtless present a crowded appearance.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The Di-
rectors of this Company repeated on Whit-Monday the plan
which they found so beneficial to their exchequer at Easter,
of issuing holiday tickets, entitling the passenger to return
either on Monday or Tuesday for a single fare, and the re-
sult was again most successful. Brighton never received so
large an influx of visitors as it did on Monday. The train,
which usually leaves London-bridge at half-past eight o'clock,
was delayed for nearly half an hour by the immense number
of passengers. It at last started with forty-five carriages and
four engines; at New-cross it was joined by six more car-
riages and another engine ; and at Croydon by another six
carriages and a sixth engine. The greatest apprehensions of
an accident prevailed at Brighton among the numerous per-
sons who thronged the terminus, as eleven, twelve, and one
o'clock passed without bringing the expected train. A pilot
engine with one of the Directors then started up the line to
ascertain the cause of the delay, and in about half an hour
later returned heralding in the monster train of fifty-six car-
riages and six engines. Close in its rear followed the mail
train of sixteen carriages, and the passengers debouched from
the terminus in an apparently endless stream. The Carpen-
ters' Benevolent Society, 980 in number, also arrived earlier
in the morning by a special train ; and after spending the
day in Box's Royal Gardens, left by the same conveyance at
half-past seven o'clock in the evening. The train comprised
thirty-three carriages, propelled by three engines. The first
two up-trains were also unusually large, the first containing
thirty-two carriages. Altogether between 5,000 and 6,000
persons travelled ou the London line, awd nearly 3,000 on the
Shoreham branch.