The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-31 00:00:00

ATLEY'S 'THEATRE.

The ;Dog the Pyrenees is the title of a new drama,
which was produced here on Monday, for the pur-
pose of enabling M. Wallens to introduce to an Eng=
Hsi) audience his celebrated dog Emile, who for
months past has been drhwing crowded audiences at
the Cirque
,Olympique,and at the Theatre des Va-
rietes, in Paris. Now, seeing that .the deg'is'the great
object of attraction, and that' the drama is merely a
vehicle for enabling him to exhibit his astonishing
sagacity, .we shall not attempt to describe the
plot' Of, th,e piece (who can describe' the -in-,
:eornprphensible ?) butshall confine ourattention solely
to the hero, Emile. It shotild be prernised that he is the
dog.of a, faithful, honest shepherd, of the. Pyrenees,
Who, is employed in circumventing' the efforts of the
'villain of the piece to deprive a.,young n'oblenian of
his rights. In the earlier scenes, Emile, who is a
thorough-bred shepherd's dog, and the finest" of his
race, performs a few merely huraorouslymischievous
tricks, such as stealing lireatd; meat, wine, in fact, all
the materials of a good dinner front a certain Gaspard
.(Mr. Barry), and bringing them to his„rnaster Lbut
the conclusion of the first act wa3 a 'miracle of
sagacity. A cottage is in flames; , is an infant'
liras cradle, 'l/4Vhiell' had 'been coofideviatoithe care of
the shepherd by its mother. All _hope, of :resening
the child is at an end, when the dog' rushes'
the flames, and returns, bearing 'the' 'cradle,
in which was thesleeping infant, in his itiolith,' and•
depositing it at the feet of the mother. In. the second
act we-find the dog and, his paster dungeon,
chained, up so that they cannot come near each other.
The shepherdidenined to die, as. is the .young
nobleman, his proteA who is "cenfined in another
part Of the castle. The gaoler has 'dropped, the key
of the Cell in whicl the nobleman locked up, and
Emile perceives thi.s. No sooner is. the gaoler gone
than Emile gets his head through his collar, and
having=thtis reused hiriiSelf, Picks'•UP ''the 'key-and'
gives it todis master. The, gaoler is heard returning.
=Emile fetirea to 'his chain, forces his: head through
the collar, - and- remains.. -thus .1.. chained. up
as long tas the_ gaoler is present. As
soon as ,be, ,
,gges `' again' releases
himself loosens- the • ' cords by. which his'
master is: confined, iiiit'the dog' and' the` two pri-
soners effect -their -escape. In the ..last scene. the
villain of the piece is on 'the point of across' a
mountain 'torrent, which forms the boundarylietween,
France and Spain, bearing with him papers• of-=the
utmost it0p0r.141..4.413-e'"As in the '.act, of fishing
across the tree which bridges over the torrent when
Emile pull's aciWn.'this riiUgh- bridge, and the villain,
bearing the papers in his hand, falls into the roaring
flood. in an instant Emile is struggling
with hint' 'in the: -torrent,.:., (i'veideMei _him;
and securing 'the ' papers, brings them -safe 'to
land, and restores them to ihe rightful owner.' The
applause was 4aptitecitA at. the 00101:MI cer-
tainly Emile is the tinost.accomplished quadrupedal
actor that haS-ever appeared oh- the 'English
He is, in every sense of the word, an.artister and We
doubt not htitAliiit his -'nzlish
The Scenes in the Circle 'were admirable, and . the
Pantomime (which has been curtailed), now that the
tricks work-properly., went off ins excellent style, and
was loudly_
_stud tilesrvtdly. applauded,

'THE CONVrCTS UNDER
"TENCE DEATH'
It has at lengtla been filially arranged' that the execu
tion of the two unhappy Critainabi, 'Martha l3roWning
and Samuel Quennell, who were convicted of murder at
- the last sessions of the Central CriMinal Court, shall
take place on gelidity: next, , the former at the 'usual
spot in front of the gaol of Newgate, and the latter an
the top of the'Surrey county gaol of- Horsemonger-lane.
Within the Tait few days a' petition has been sent to the
1-toine. Secretary.by the relations of Quennell, praying
for a commutation of-the sentence on isciieunt of the state
of his mind, but as there did not appear to be any evie
deuce or faceato, warrant the, conclusion that his mind
was affected, an answer was returned from the 'Home-
-office, stating that the -vase was of such a character. as
would not warrant 'ap4interference on the part of the
antliorities witb..the.senteece of the law, and that it must,
therefore; takeks-course.-.: An application was alio, it
was enderstoq, -made on behalf of the other culprit,
Martlia BroWninelirsbine members-Iff 'the Society of
Friends, antiothere, who are averse to the principle of
capital punishment and to which the same answer was
returned. Ever since this wretched young woman has
unburdened. hmmied by making the confession which
appeared last week, and detailing tie particulars ol'her
awful-erime, she has seemed much more resigned and
composed; and Vvicihtly feeli 'deeply inipressed With
idea that her life properly Saefiaded at- an
atonement -to:-society for the offence of which _she has
beep 1:1e course of sbnie eoeversa-
don she had with the: chaplain, Slid haic expressed
an opinion that the spectacle f her being. publicly
executed would be calculated to have the effect .of pre-
venting others from committing a similar crime ; and
there is, very little-doubt that she will meet-her dreadful
fate with the utmost' grnineig. With regard to the
other mieerable,criarinal,,Quennell, it appears that since
his removaLto Idoriemonger-latiti Wel; he 'hid Conti-
nued to exhibit the sam,e :sullen del:4o4low
,that, he,
evinced:at the trial ; and it appears quite evidenitAhat
he-all along anticipated what ntat:be theinevitable re-.
suit of his crime, and made up his mind accordingly,
The Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the- gaols ias been
constantly with him; and- using his best endeavours to
bring him to a dueseese of his , awful position ; and it'
is gratifying to-state that, to; a considerable extent; he
has, succeeded inie; doing, and on "several occasions the
culprit 114 evineedAr tryst penitent-7feeking, notwith-
standing his generally reserved and sullen demetinoni._
Owing to the alterations in the law,.and die great dimi-
nution in the number of capital punishitenta, there has
been for 0, good- reariy, years only. one official ekeen-.
-tioner, who performs the office in all parts of the country.
The authorities, considering that it would not be advis.
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for the eXectitiee of Quennell has been. altered to
ten o'elOc It'ivill be recollected• that shortly after the
execution :
-ditocsker for the murder of Delarue, Sir
James
Graham
th 4 i
, „Pwiteedi an order, in acceedancei with die
provisiOns,bf
Gaol Act, prohibiting the go-,
vernors, of .different,..giOls, throughout the ezaintry
from allowing any strangers to be within theM ou the
morning otAn!executAen, Theorder was confirmed by,
all the courts.' of . quarter . session, and will be rigidly
enfieced on the present occasion; so that no representa-
tive df "Oelitess; or any individual -except' those 'edit,
cially 'eMployed, will be allowed to.bi present, and the
ceremonials connected with the execution will- be ton-
ducted almost in priVate. '

SEN

The late Sir Robert CravvforClTCAlook; Baronet; of
Pollock;ltentre*Sbire;'ind of Frederick'. itteK'Edinbiirgh,
lately died in North- Britain, a baChelor.' Ilia-funded and
personal property- in England, . within . the province of
.Canterbury, is estimated .at 30,000 k, which is ,beyond his•
effects in -Stolen& Amongst the papers of the late.Ba-
rouet there.were found two memoranda• of al testamentary
nature,* made,in.tonformity," with the law of Scotland, end
as such were duly recorded in Edinburgh 'in the books of
Council and Session.as probative,writs,
.and registeredthere
on the Bth inst., and were_expressed,nearly in these words-7-,
the first dated Oct. 25, 1844:—" 4,500/. •to my friend, Mr.
Gordon Forlong, for the particular attention and kindness he
has shown to me and my affairs whilst living,with me, and
studying for the law." The other
,paper,
~dater; Jan. 25,
1845-7" Tn,mranim servant, 112 f.; becauso he ,has' been tale.
rablr fair considering." (HUH, rest of his property the tes-
tator has appointed-any, executor.
Ile has left, a isiStr• kurylvAng, who is riqc.i of
and the sole person entitled to the residue, to whom the.rre-'
roeative Court of London has 'granted
,letters of adininistra-
Alan the will annexed, as contained in the. sal,,tlT,o ,
papers,