The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-01 00:00:00

HAYMARKET TREATRE.

An admirable piece de circonstance, from the pen of
Mr. Stirling Coyne, was produced here on Saturday
evening, under the title of Railway Bubbles. The hero
is a certain Mr. German Hudson (Hudson), a genuine
Milesian, the-beau ideal of a "rattling, rollicking, jig of
an Irishman," who has managed to captivate the heart
of Miss Seyton (Miss Telbin), the niece and heiress of
General Bungalow (Tilbury), a rich old East Indian.
He follows her to London, and finding some paviours at
work opposite the general's door, assumes the disguise
of a " mender of ways," and watches an opportunity of
entering the house and obtaining an interview with the
heiress. The general approaches, and Hudson makes
his escape up the chimney of the house and descends
the chimney of the general's next door neighbour,
Mr.' Braggs (Brindal), whom he finds engaged with his
clerk, Nobbleton Noakes (Mr. Clark), in the concoction
of railway lines to all parts of the globe. To the pro-
jector this sudden appearance is the cevater of a Deus ex
Machin4. He wishes for the patronage of the Railway
King, and lo ! G. Hudson, Esq., has dropped down his
chimney. In every provisional committee does the
name of G. Hudson, Esq., prominently appear. Shares
rise to an enormous premium, to the great satisfaction
of the members of all the provisional committees, who
are, anxious to be introduced to the groat man. Among
these committee men is General Bungalow, who, of
course, is but too happy to bestow his niece upon the
great man who, by a nod, can regulate premiums. Hud-
son makes a good railway speech, which told exceed-
ingly, and is hailed as the Railway King, when the
honest Irishman, who has been as much hoaxed as the
rest, repudiate the title and exposes Braggs. Bungalow,
however, having made a good spec. through the
intervention of Hudson, bestows on him the
hand of the lady, and all ends happily. There
is an amusing underplot, of the loves of
Kitty Crisp and Nobbleton Noakes, which gives rise'
to some amusing contretemps. The farce is full of bustle
and incident, and the dialogue sparkles with wit. It is
the best &ITO Stirling Coyne has yet written, and it is
the best thing that Hudson has yet done. He was fitted,
completely, and kept the audience in a constant roar.
May Coyne write many more such farces for Hudson,
and may we be there to see him act in them. It is need-
less to say its success was complete. The house was
crowded.

DRURY-LANE TREATRE.—This splendid house is
now nightly thronged to see Flora Fabbri in the Devil to
Pay, and Wallace's opera of llfaritana. Amongst others, on
Saturday, we noticed these distinguished persons :—Prince
George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Count
Kielmansegge, Baron Rehausen, Count de Noailles, Earl and
Countess of Harrington, Marchioness of Convngham, Coun-
tess of Cardigan; Earls Fitzhardinge, Bruce, Munster; Lords
Gardiner, Canterbury, Foley, Ernest Bruce, Thomas Clinton,
Sussex Lennox, Cantalupe, Mandeville, Alexander Lennox,
W. Paget, Ranelagh, Duplin,_ Suffield, Russell; Ladies
Ernest Bruce, Foley, Graham, Tyrwhitt, Thomas Clinton ;
Hon. Mrs. Granville Berkeley, Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre;
Right Hon. Henry Baring, Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.,
Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Sir T. Brink-
man, General Meade, Captain Rochfort, Colonel Knox, Colonel
Walpole, Captain Hudson, Captain Maitland, Colonel John-
son, Hon. Henry Berkeley, Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Montague
Gore, Esq., M.P., Colonel and Mrs. Fitch, &c. &c.
FIRE AT LORD WATERrARE'S SBAT.—On Wed-
nesday afternoon a fire broke out at Doveridge-hall, the seat
of Lord Waterpark, which was occasioned by the careless-
ness of some workmen employed on the premises. On the
'germ being given, the inhabitants of the surrounding dis-
trict hastened to the spot and rendered every assistance in
allaying the fire, which we are happy to say was extin-
guished before any very considerable damage was done.—
Derby Reporter.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.—This Company has
an object of very great importance, that of uniting New-
castle and Lancaster. The towns which the railway will
connect are of the larger class, and will be instrumental in
feeding the line with passengers and merchandise traffic.
The counties of Durham and Westmoreland would benefit to
a very great extent by the line, while the uniting of the
eastern and western coast by a direct road will insure benefits
which are obvious to any one who has examined the position
of the towns. The course of this railway will be from Lan-
caster through the Valley of the Lune, by Kirkby Lonsdale,
Sedbergh, and Kirkby Stephen, and thence in a right line to
Newcastle. The mineral wealth of the district is very great,
and we anticipate that the project will be successful, as there
is an extensive local feeling in its favour.—Railway Tele-

urap_n.
VISCOUNTESS VILLIERS.—It is gratifying to learn
that her Ladyship, since Wednesday last, has been progres-
sing so satisfactorily that further daily accounts from her
medical attendants were deemed unnecessary. Dr. Seymour
has not been to Upton-house since his return on Monday
night last, when he conveyed to Sir Robert and Lady Peel
the welcome news that Lady Villiers might be considered as
past all danger. Since Monday morning her Ladyship has
continued to recover, and there is not the slightest doubt but
that in about a month her Ladyship will have regained her
streirtli, 4tiss Villiers is nearly recovered.
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