The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

nouneed to be put to the meeting, only three were_n
Posed. We should have stated at first, that we 7it•
not notice one person on the platrorm whose 111
mentioned, would be familiar to our reader,. ,tlit
The meeting broke up shortly after ten o'clock,
same confusion that marked it during the evening. •

HAYMARKET THEATRE',„ds
An adaptation of Scribe's drama Le 11111"'rojtc
Raison, was produced at this theatre last evening, so
the title of the Marriage of Reason. If we Led ti
aright, a version of this-same piece nas pro
Covent-garden some years since, And met with the
sort of equivocal success which attended the Marryitt)
Reason last evening. The foiioWing 18 a
son d
of the plot. Edward (Mr. Roll), . the- Aid
General Bremont (Mr. Stuart), is in low bog
Suzette (Madame Celeste), a poor orphan, wh° ligragrs
brought up in the General's family. Edward nlletallf
marriage, and the General interferes, and uvea.;oll
persuades Suzette to marry Bertrand (%%
moustache, who had followed him through all 114 A.
paigns, and who is deeply in love with ~4
This is the marriage of reason, and Edwar,;oll
has accidentally discovered that Bertrand had, `pro
before, saved his life at Strasburg, voluntarily II
enjoining Suzette to love Bertrand. Suzette, T.,"dr
admiration for the noble character of Bertrancl2;; a/
furs her affection to him, and thus the Mr
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Reason bids fair to become a marriage of hitesroil
There are some excellent situations, and some 7 •
incidents, in this drama; but the dialogue is Oce,;cips.
heavy, and the piece drags. By a free arth
of the pruning knife the piece would be nil',
proved, and will probably have a run. The
admirable. Stuart, as the General, made a g'""toitl
of a very up-hill part. There was a quiet inter, 0
about his acting which told exceedingly.
Bertrand, was the beau ideal of a vieux-motai‘—onii
strange mixture of pathos and fun, which can-,_,-,01
found in the French soldier or the English ssi".",„,:ece
Suzette of Madame Celeste was a beautiful tioltfl
melodramatic acting, and Buckstone as a 11le"bed
husband, and Mrs. Humby as his better half, tivo
most laughter-moving. At the fall of the curttopt
was a vigorous display of opposition, met by Or
a display of support--as to which bad the 1011 dot
would be impossible to say, without a division',o'
to quote the Speaker of the House of Commons -
doubtful occasions, we "think the Ayes had lt- .7

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COVENT GARDEN THEA'r"
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M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MAS2it
M. Jullien's Grand Bal Masque took plac
theatre last evening, and it was one of the nossted;
affairs of the sort that we have ever witnesAg
orchestra was placed nearly at the back Of
while the pit was boarded over, so that the nos,
of the theatre formed one vast salon de danse. 010,0
tion to the large chandelier in the centre of
there were six magnificent cut glass chaade.6lool,
pended from the proscenium, while faurtioferial
ones, suspended from the ceiling by festoon, or evii
gave light to that part of the saloon actsile'ots
the piei-a.nd a similar number suspended over 141
gave light to the orchestra. The fittings ger;
theatre were exceedingly tasteful. Wreaths °
were suspended along the front of the boxes fro do
to pillar, and in front of each box panel was sl*. 1441:1
a banner, emblazoned with armorial bearinco
Ad
doors were opened at nine o'clock, and the
galleries were immediately crowded. N° °4O
admitted to the saloon unless they were,„ A
and this rule was strictly adhered to 1
the evening. The dancing commen.Cnotia
o'clock, long before which hour the o'4 00,4
crowded by persons attired in the costume ks,r2
every nation under the sun. Turks and Gree':',6
sians and Circassians, Affghans and Sq°,4„ 41:4
most amicably in the dance ;
Quakers were seen joining in the res! tofsol
waltzing with most demure looking gypsies. 1,14, Ai
Cleopatra made a vis a vis to Macbeth and riroi/Jetfi
in the same set Jim Crow and Cordelia, with Pi' 00
Columbine, joined the side couples. The 110114 telf7s4
of the Ball were admirable. There were six Tor
the Ceremonies, and in consequence of their inueitel.
exertions the utmost order and regularity prelori
eleven o'clock the theatre was crowded 111 thbr'iel
and the coup d'ceil from the boxes was superhioce
,04
altogether was one of the most brilliant we 04, 5
beheld. At one o'clock the supper was s.„ellei ifFerf
consisted of every delicacy of the season, " „ '...tirsf
abundance. The festivities were kept uP "-
early, or rather very late hour in the morning' ,
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY'
COVENTRY TRIAL STAKES. 'Oe•
3 to 1 agst
Be
e 'ser
Even between en-y-h Ghlo and Celeste 11Fst ethd
Even betting between Queen of the GiPBles 4
Ghlo.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS srmo,gkeo
7 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's Ugly Buck
CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert
14 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite_
_take

16 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior—t-
-20 to I agst Lord Eglintoun's Jamie Forest
20 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita „ '
28 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's Greenfinch—take- r
40 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Vakeel—taken. 000.0101
The betting agst Sir Robert showed an impl'o°e. Proole
odds last quoted in town, but did not support ti... 4," ri)l4,
movement ; 12 to 1 was offered in. two or trAttf 00
until late in the day, without a blow being strue:'eclifili
more, however, 70 was laid out, to which stoto,
thfee bets in small sums at the odds thepre e„
Pagan opened at 16 to 1, and in the course o', boat 14.,"
advanced a couple of points ; very little was 0111'0 or
nits, and agst the Prior there was a majority 0 dt/tll
thing worthy of notice was said or done A 10" ,*
favourites.

DERBY.
6 tc 1 'agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck
13 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan
16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando en
20 to I agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—tam
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire-
-30 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' Voltri h tAeli:
40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin ns. Foig-a-ballag.---- -
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