The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

BEEsVc ING•

We have been to Messrs. A. H. Bailey and Co., the
publishers, for the purpose of viewing the picture of
this mare, in their possession, painted by Mr. Her-
ring, sen., whose talents as an animal painter, and
more especially of race-horses, has been so long be-
fore the public, that any observation from us would
only be telling an hundred-times told tale. We have
only the pleasing task to speak of what we hare now
seen. It strikes us to be very evident thrt Mr. Her-
ring, in this picture, has exerted his skill to the ut-
most to produce, not only a faithful portrait of this
extraordinary inure, but to finish such a picture as
perhaps is scarcely to be equalled in this country ;
the symmetry of the mare is .most faithfully delineated,
and. the condition is wonderful ; the satin-like effect
of the skin is perfect, and, to use a racing phrase, she
looks on,the canvas fit to run for man's, life..
It is to be regretted that the noble-minded 'owner-of
this mare should have been so suddenly taken oT the
stage of human life, when' he was so conspicuous -a
member.. He was at all times an horMur to the Turf,
and always run to- win ; he has been heard to say
that the mare did not belong to him, but to the people
efNorthumberland. How delighted would behave been
to have seen this portrait of his favourite? We fancy
we see him, and hear him also—for the sight of this
picture would have been sufficient to have drawn from
him an excellent -and amusing speech of at least an
hour long—we have often heard hith at Doncaster and
other places speak in the most humorous manner when
asked if his mare ran on the morrow. He would get
up'and assure the public that he was at all times anx-
ious to produce sport ; and that at all times,' if his
horses were fit, they were sure to start.
There is a Nary good once lote told of him and Mr.
Robert Johnson. When Mr. Orde told him he had
been persuaded to send the mare to Goodwood, Bob,
in his dry way, observed—" I sant gang wi' her, thoo
may gang thvsen ; thoo had better let Sooth cum
North to be beat wi' us, than gang there to be beat by
than."

The Rev. R. 11. Barham has been presented by the
Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to the Rectory of St.
Augustine and St. Faith, London.
VISITORS TO HER MAJESTY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—
Amongst the distinguished visitors who are expectcd
to arrive at the Castle upon a short visit to the Queen,
during the early part of this week, are her Majesty's
illustrious relatives, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, aecompanied by the Prin-
cesses Augusta and Mary. His Serene Highness the
Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz,
(who is betrothed to the Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge, her Majesty's cousin), will arrive at the same
time upon a visit to the Queen. Several other dis-
tinguished visitors are expected at the Castle to join
the Royal and illustrious iamilv circle previously to
the departure of the Court for Brighton, which has
been arranged_ to take place on Tuesday, the Bth
proximo. His Imperial Highness the Arch-Duke
Frederick of Austria, wh ) will ao•ain be the guest of
the Queen before his departure from this.country, will
probably take leave of her Alajesty during the sojourn
of the Court at Brighton.

THE SUN, LONDON,

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
The tragedy of Kii.g john, from the te,:t of
Shakspeare, was revived at this theatre last evening,
with all that minute attention to th:: proprieties of
costume and scenery for which the management of
Mr. Macready is so de'servally famed. Mr. Macready
himself was, of course, King John. This was the
first Shaksperian character in which he made -a decided
impression on a London audience—well do we re-
member the night, now, some twenty years
since, on •
,which he first appeared in the
character, and from that night he made the
character his own. It is still, we think, his best
Shaksperian delineation. He thoroughly comprehends
his author's meaning, and embodies his comprehension
with intense feeling and power.: In the earlier scenes
he was every inch a king, and never were the vacilla-
tions, the weaknesses, and the agonies of a half villain
more effectively pourtrayed than they were by him in
the scenes with Hubert in the latter part of the play.
Mr. Anderson was the Faulconbridge, and, although
he lacked much of the abandon and of the graceful
ease which we were wont so much to admire in the
Faulconbridge of Charles Kemble, yet we know not
where, in these degenerate days, we should find a I
better. Mr. Anderson is a man of talent and of taste,
and should be able to distinguish between " honest
bluntness" and " saucy roughness"— between the
cool deportment of a man who knows not fear,
,and the swagger . of one who fears his fear
should be discovered. In general he did make this
distinction, but there were times when, afraid of under-
acting, he somewhat over-acted the part. This is a
fault, however, which he will no doubt mend, as he
gets more used to the character. Mr. Phelps, as
Hubert, had one of those parts which are exactly
suited to him. Never have we seen a better Hubert.
Poor Warde used to act Hubert with great power,
but to all Warde's power Phelps adds a depth of
feeling of which Warde was incapable. We were sur-
prised and delighted by the Lady Constance of Miss H.
Faucit. Highly as we appreciated her powers in deli-
neating the tender and pathetic, we doubted whether she
would be capable of pourtraying the majesty of grief,
which is the prevailing feature of the character of
Lady Constance. Our fears, however, were needless.
As dignified as any of her predecessors in the cha-
racter, Miss Helen Faucit was more beautifully pa-
thetic than any Lady Constance that has appeared of
late years. She was excellently supported by little
Miss Newcombe, as Prince Arthur. All the other
parts were most efficiently filled, and the unity
of the scene was consequently complete. The
mise en scene was magnificent, and, take it alto-
gether, this is one of the most attractive of the Shak-
spearian revivals that has yet been brought forward.
MAcready, Anderson, Phelps, and Miss Helen Faucit,
were successively called for, and the latter led on
Miss Newcombe. The play was announced for repe-
tition twice a week, amidst loud applause. The house
was crowded.

Mr. Henry Betty has been playing on the Wor-
cester stage during the past week, where he has added
greatly to the laurels already acquired by him in the
different country towns. The Woroeser Chronicle,
in speaking of his performance of Hamlet, says,
" Possessing, as Mr. Betty does, all the physical re-
quisites for a tragedian, a lofty and commanding sta-
ture, a graceful and well-proportioned person, a coun-
tenance full of expression, and a powerful voice, with
much flexibility of tone, it would seem strange if
there should exist any possibility of his failing in the
walk to which he has devoted, is talents." Our con-
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:emporary then praises Mr. Betty more particularly for
the intellectual capability so apparent in all his act-

ng, and, after going througli the whole play, and
pointing out Mr. Betty's advantages, adds—" The
performance throughout was chaste, correct, and im-
pressive ; the modesty of nature was -never over-
passed. There was none of that ranting which, we
grieve to say, Mr. Charles Kean has not yet corrected
altogether, and in which, too frequently for his re-
putation, that accomplished actor permits himself to
indulge. As a whole, we were delighted with Mr.
Betty's performance ; we look upon our former pre-
diction, that he would be the rising star of the thea-
trical firmament, as already accomplished."
We believe we can now announce that Mr. Black-
burne is Master of the Rolls, much to his own disap-
pointment and the annoyance of the Government,
inasmuch as the Right Hon. Gentleman, as well as
" the people at the Castle," had calculated, to a cer-
tainty, on Chief Justice Pennefather's acceptance of
the offer of a transfer to the Rolls. But Mr. Penne-
father, we have heard, has written over, announcing
that he prefers his present place and dislikes the notion
of changing to a worse one.—Dublin Post.
The Directors of the Newcastle and Darlington
Junction Railway are bringing compensation cases
before Juries in the county of Durham, in which
county it has hitherto been the practice to plunder
Railway Companies, by high prices and enormous
rents for way leaves. The first case tried before the
Under-Sheriff, Wooller, Esq., was for the price
of the Dean and Chapter of Durham's interest in 50
ecres of land, let on several leases. Their valuers
swore to 12,3191. as the value, and the Jury gave
3,500/. ! Comment on this result would be super-
fluous.—Railway Times.
RENTALS OF METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONS OF
SEWERS NORTH OF THE TriAmes.Westminster,
&c., Commission, 2,788,190/. ; Holborn and Fins-
bury, 1,316,013/. ; Tower Hamlets, 888,596/. ; City
of London 792,904/. • Poplar, 78,411/. ; St. Katha-
rine's, 12,9641. Total, 5,877,078/. The City of Lon-
don having sent in no return, the above amount is
taken from their return to the House of Commons in
Auust, 1834.
RENCH AND ENGLISH POSTAGE.—We are inun-
dated with letters expressing the highest satisfaction
at the prospect of the amelioration in the present
enormous rates of postage between this country and •
England, and with inquiries as to at what period the
desirable alteration in contemplation may be expected
to take place ? To this question we can give no
answer further than to state that we learn that the
Noble Postmaster-General, Lord Lowther, and the
Secretary, Colonel Maberly, have warmly taken up
the subject, to which they are both highly favourable,
and that the efforts of these influential gentlemen is
greatly calculated to.bring the negotiations to a speedy
and satisfactory termination.—Galivitrizi.
NEW MODE OF SPOLIATION.—Domestic Drama—
Billinsgate Fishmonger—Don't meddle with my lob•
ster, my good man, or you'll have that finger of yours
bitten. Stander-by—Pooh ! he'll not bite. Fish-
monger—Don't trust to that. Stander-by—l tell
you he would not if. my 'dog's tail were between his •
nippers. Fishmonger—Try it. Starider-by—Here,
Carlo, Carlo !—(Lobster snaps.) =Dog (in agony)—
Beaouw-w-w -w-w ! Fishmonger—Hallo where the
devil is my lobster going ? (The dog vanishes round
the corner of the street, and the curtain falls.)
THE FAvouaro CHURCH.—A few weeks ago we
intimated to our readers that, acting under one of the
provisions of the new Local Act, which gives him a '•
discretionary power, his Worship the Mayor had is-
sued a notice, prohibiting coaches and cars from
passing St. George's church during the hours of Di.
vine service on Sundays. This regulation he seems
determined to enforce, for at the Police-office yester-
day
two carmen, named Thomas Hilton and John
Barnes, were fined 10s. and costs each, for infringing I
he regulation. The public, doubtless, are aware that
the church in question is the one which his• Worship
attends, and perhaps that is the reason why that one
alone is to be protected by the special interference of
the Mayor. There are other churches in the town,
to say, nothing of chapels, the congregations of which
stand in as much need of being protected from the
din of coaches arid cars, as do the congregation of
St. George's, and unless th 6 same law be extended to
them, we think they will have•enuch reason to com-
plain of the partiality of his Worship. Were we
asked to give an opinion on the subject, however, we
should be inclined to say that devout and sincere wor-
shippers would be little disturbed by the occasional •
passing of a coach.—Liverpool Mercury.
Early in the morning of Tuesday a considerable
fall of snow took place at Keswick, and the summits
of the mountains were covered. The snow has fallen
fatly eight days previous to the first fall of snow last
year, and its early appearance is considered to be a
warning of a severe winter. A great number of the
winter migratory birds have arrived in the neigh-
bourhood, and woodcocks in particular begin to be
plentiful.— Carlisle Patriot.
Yesterday the body of a respeCtably dressed female, •
about 35, was taken out of the Grand Surrey Canal,
between Windmill-land and Blackhorse-bridge. She•
is supposed not to have been long in the water. The
body was conveyed to the King's Head, Deptford.
Deceased wore white cotton stockings, cloth laced
hoots, a black kid glove on one hand, muslin necker-
chief, marked J. L., No. 2, a green chali dress,
sprigged, and tuscan bonnet. In the deceased's pocket
was found a pawnbroker's duplicate for a pair of shoes
pledged for two shillings, in the name of Amy Thorn-
ton, Bromley.
A dreadful accident occurred last week at Croydon.
A carter, named Stephen Standen, in the employ of
Mr. James Peters, of Merstham, was going to London
with a timber carriage, and when the waggon was
passing down the hill, near the Crown corner, the ve-
hicle overpowered the shaft horse, and forced it upon
the pavement. In order to prevent mischief being
done to the shop windows Standen endeavoured to
seize the wheel horse by the head, but in so doing he
slipped, and fell under the waggon, the fore and hind
wheel passing completely over his right side, breaking
h's arm, nearly the whole of the ribs, and also crush-
ing the?buttock of the unfortunate man. Assistance
was promptly rendered, and he was conveyed to the
union-house, where Dr. Bottomley was speedily in
attendance, but it is almost unnecessary to say that
the injuries were of such a character as to preclude
any chance of relief from human hands. The poor
sufferer lingered for four days, and was perfectly
sensible to the last. An inquest was held by Mr.
Carter on Saturday, when the. Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of one
shilling on the waggon.

TUESDAY M ORNING,

1 MISS MARTINEAU.
(From the National Anti-Slatiiry &tawlard.)
In answer to a letter addressed to Miss Martineau
by Mr. Hutton, lamenting that she would not consent
to receive apension when offered to her by Lord Grey,
and urging her to re-consider her determination and
accept the pension from the Adnfinistration of Lord
Melbourne, Miss Martineau writes the following :L.---
"My dear Mr. Hutton,—You would not easily
believe the delight your note has afforded me, as a
fresh proof of your faithful and generous friendship.
"My objections to literary pensions, conferred
otherwise than immediately from Parliament, remain
in full force. I owe it to your kindness to declare
the grounds of my objections to this mode of provi-
sion ; but I owe it to you that (apart from all scruples
of pride) my feelings against receiving a pension are
full as strong as my reasons, and would, I believe, in-
duce me to give my present answer, even if I had no
reason to often
" The first of these reasons is, that money given as
a reward for public service should be conferred only
at the express desire of the public served; such ser-
vice having been wholly irrespective of Government.
If such pensions were conferred by the representatives
of the people, instead of by the Ministry, whom I
cannot look upon as true exponents of the popular
desire in this instance, . I should probably thankfully
accept what I must, under present arrangements,
decline.

" Again, I am certain that I shall lose more or less
of my freedom of speech, if not of thought. I am
aware how generously it is desired that the recipients
of pensions should divest themselves of this feeling;
but with me this would be impossible.. I could never
again deny to myself that I was under a personal
obligation to the Premier and others, and need not
specify to you what restrictions would follow of course.
" Again, I am sure my personal influence, and that
which I exercise through the press, would suffer
much ; not with all, but with many. lf I were fully
satisfied as to the act being unexceptionable, I should
probably not regard any misrepresentation that might
be put upon it. But, feeling as I do, I should suffer
from any decline of my influence, without having a
right to complain, accompanied as such loss would be
by a loss on my own part of self-respect, I have a
strong suspicion, that if I accepted a pension I should
never again , address the public with- freedom and
satisfaction. You will not, lam sure, suspect me of
blaming. any who take the sort of pension which I
feel myself compelled to decline. If they speak and
feel differently, they are. right in acting differently; I
speak only for myself.
" Let me assure you that I do not feel the need of
this assistance. My wants are small, and thus far I
have supplied them. lam still able to work. If I
lose this power, I have a little store to meet what will
probably then be a short exigency. If I continue
able to work, I hope to remain as free from an anxiety
about a subsistence as I am at present.
" I do not say that I (in common with other au-
thors) have not a claim for aid, and just cause to com-
plain oF my poverty ; but my claim is one which can-
not be met by Royal or Ministerial bounty. If lite-
rary property had been protected, as all other pro-
perty is, I should have been now enjoying more than
a competence, together with advantages of another
kind, which I value far more. In this direction, my
dear friend, you may be able to benefit, not me—per-
haps it may be too late for that—but many authors in
future, who may be happier in the protection of the
laws than literary labourers of this generation. To
Ministers who will' see to the carrying out of laws
already passed for our protection, and to Members of
Parliament who will urge the passing of others, I
promise gratitude as strong as if they had placed me
in a situation of pecuniary ease for life.
" I shall feel henceforth that a fresh strength has
been added to the respect and regard with which I
have always been yours, most truly,
‘,ll. MARTINEAU." '