The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-16 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.

Kotzebue's much admired drama of The Stranger, " ;ur-
tai ed (we quote from the bill) for the purpose into two acts,"
was produced at this house last evening. for the purpose of in-
troducing Mr. Wellington, who sustained the character of the
Stranger, to a London audience. As far as we could judge
from the very absurd curtailment of this beautiful five-act play
into two, Mr. Wellington was eminently successful in the chi-
r'acter of the Stranger, and an universal call for him at the ter-
niinat ion of the piece testified that the audience participated in
our opinion; every allowance should be made for the difficulty of
having to say as much in the space of an hour andt(qtierter as
generally required three hours. The part of Mrs. Hanel. was
sustained by Al rs. Atkinson ; to a charming person, this lady
unites a just conception and an excellent delivery; seldom.
falls to our lot to witness a better impersonation of this cha-
racter. The little part of Francis was exceedingly well ex-
ecuted by Mr. Melbourne ; the other parts were sustained by
the company in a very creditable manner. Dunn, as Peter,
was very amusing, and our old friend, 31h,s E. Terry, was all
that she ought to be in the lively little part of Charlotte. The
House was very well attended.

It will be recollected that the wife and sister of a
waterman named Coombs, the winner of a rowing match,were unfortunately drowned, with a child belonging to cue
of the women, on the evening of the match, off Chelsea,
last autumn, and some Jays elapsed before the body of the
infant., and Mrs. Coombs, its mother, were found. On Tues-
day afternoon the body of Mrs. Goodrum, a watennan's wife,
and the sister of Coombs, was found in the Thames, off Horse.
lvdown, after seven months had transpired, in a very decom-
posed state. The relatives of the deceased identified the body.,
The Journal de Caen says. that the gossips of the
town of Pontorson have been lately in a state of agitation, in
consequence of a strong and heavy chest, bound with iron
clasps, and shut veith padlocks, being found in a house lately
:‘urchased by aM. T.—. The new propretor, in making
some changes in his acquisition, came accidentally on the trea-
sure-trove—for so the gossips of the town declare it to be.
But the contents of the chest are unknown, except to the owner.
who keeps the a. cret to himself.
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION, APRIL 14.—The rent
Bade Humphrey St. John Mildmay, who has forsaken the pa-
t rintin politics of his family, the ancient Winchester Mildmays,
has issued an address to the electors of Southampton, claiming
their suffrages. This arch. apostate has consented to be the
nominee of Lord Ashburton. His politics are ultra-Tory.
The Liberals have issued bills, warning the electors that no
writ will be issued in the room of the Earl of Elgin until the
petitions against Bruce and Martin are disposed. 'The opinion
of legal authorities is, that the Tories cannot defend Lord
Bruce s seat on account of an informality, and there is a pre-
valent rumour that Mr. Martin will decline to.defend his seat.
The petitions will be eensidered the latter end of this month,
The Liberals are sanguine that Messrs. Mangles and Hutchings
will shortly be the Members for Southampton.