The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

STRAND.

Another adaptation from the French entitled Mon-
xeigneur was produced at this theatre last night. As
the niece has been produced at other theatres in town,
and the pint given at full, we will not now enter into
a minute detail of it. Monseigneur is a person whom
nature has endowed with el -ments that scorn patient
industry. He never liked a calling that required
uch labour, so he goes to Paris to make his fortune
in the shortest time possible. Monseigneur has an
instinct which tells him the best mode of arriving at
that end, so he becomes—a clerk in a merchant's
office ? No; nothing of the kind. He becomes a
chevalier d' industrie, and if you believe the French
reports, a very lucrative profession it must be in Paris.
But Monseigneur is no picker of pockets; he scorns
inferior things and flies only at the very highest
game ; not that little things do not come into his
pecket, hot Monseigneur, who is at the very top of his
art, has emplaygg whom he leaves minor details to. He
has got his cashier to dispose of his gains. They take
their thousands hut he his tens of thousands.
You will ask how he accomplishes all this? Nothing
easier to a man of experience. He dresses in the
first style, attends the opera, learns the secrets of
others, transmutes himself into a thousand shapes,
takes a thousand characters, and is at home in them
all. Take an instance. A rich jeweller is sending
home a casket of jewels of immense value, of which
Monseigneur has information. He is taken, richly
habited, in a sedan, where he knows he will meet the
hearer of the precious articles. He is right, and he
ewes out and tells the jeweller's apprentice that he
ought to be afraid of Monseigneur's band, and puts a
pistol in his hand, for the purpose of defending him-
self. Tie then calls watch, and says he has been at-
tacked by the apprentice, and that his rich jewels
have been taken from him. The police, of course,
know the value of fine clothes, and the apprentice is
taken to prison, and Monseigneur marches off with
the jewels. They find their way through a variety
of hands, but are finally recovered for the apprentice
by Monseigneur himself, who finds that the appren-
tice is his brother. Mr. Roberts performed the part
of Monseigneur, which he maintained with consider-
able ability. The other parts were but indifferently
sustained, b'st the piece was well received.

Thy. WFATHER —ln the course of Sunday after-
noon the barometer suddenly fell from 29.5.5 to 29
being a fall of fully half an inch in a few hours, and
towards eight o'clock in the evening the rain began
to fall in torrents, with a strong south-east wind. It
continued to fall the whole of the night, till about five
in the morning, when the temperature became
much lower, and there was a heavy fall of snow
which covered the ground nearly an inch deep ; that
soon disappeared, however, and the rain again com-
menced.
DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ST.
GERMANS.—This venerable nobleman expired this
(Sunday) morning, about one o'clock, at his seat Port
Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall, in the 78th year of his
age. lie is succeeded by Lord Eliot, the Secretary
for Ireland, whose elevation to the Peerage creates a
vacancy in the representation of East Cornwall.--
De vonport Telegraph (Second Edition).
PUBLIC RECORDS OF .AMERICA.—The Legislature
of the State of New York have directed the trustees of
the State Library belonging to that city, in consideration
of a valuable acknowledgment from this country, to
transmit annually to the Commissioners of Public Re-
cords here copies of the American session laws, &c.
Nearly 200 volumes of these records of the United States
arrived a few days since in a vessel from New York, ad-
dressed to " The'Commissioners of Public Records of
Great Britain," and will be delivered to that department,
in pursuance of directions from the proper authorities,
without payment of the usual duties on foreign books,
being for the public service.
CAPT. TAYLER'S BREAKVATER.—It will be very
satisfactory to our townsmen to learn that the sections of
the breakwater moored off the town have nobly with-
stood the lase gales. The Messrs. Cheesman have at-
tended the hoisting of the light every night and are wel
satisfied with the light-house, and hope, they say, to
make it a long residence. They repo?* that during the
gale the sea was rendered tranquil upwards of 500 yards
within the breakwater, and that the strain on the moor.
ings was scarcely felt. It seems, therefore, most pro-
bable that this economical plan will give safe anchorage
round onr exposed coast and save many lives and much
property.—Pt'sshfon Guardian.
A MISTAKE.--On Sunday, about one o'clock, as a
lady an I gentleman were walking along Rankillour-
street ( having just left St. Paul's church), and being
closely followed by a boy and two men, the lady ima-
gined she saw the boy put his hand into the pocket of the
gentleman's surtout, to whom she communicated her sus-
picions, who, on putting his hand into his pocket, found
that his purse was gone. The gentleman immediately
seized the boy. accusing him of the theft, which he de-
nied. On feeling the boy's pockets, and not fiading, it,
hut seeing both the men, whom he justly supposed to be
accomplices, walking swiftly away, he quitted the boy,
and collaring the nearest, threatened to give him into
custody unless he immediately restored the purse. The
fellow at first denied the charge, but seeing it was likely
to be ne j..ke, at last threw it into one of the common-
stair entries in Clerk street, and rushed down Gifford-
Park ; while the gentleman, too glad to recover his pro-
perty at so easy a rate, was content to let the fellow thus
easily off. It would have been an excellent capture, as
tha purse contained, in paper and gold, nearly 20/. What
greatly adds to the atrocity of the case is the fact of the
thieves having been in the church.—Scotsman.
NEW CHURCH IN CAMDEN-TOWN.—It is intended
to erect a new church in the Camden town district of
St. Pancras, the population of which is 16,000, with
church accommodation for only 1,600. For this pnr-
pAse a plot of ground has been given, free of all costs, by
the Marquis of Camden and the Rev. Thomas Randolph.
In addition to this gift, the Marquis has subscribed 5001.
towards the erection of the church, and the Rev. Thomas
Randolph a like sum. Amongst the other contributors
arc the Rev. Dr. Moore, Vicar of St. Pancras, Lord Cal-
thorpe, Captain Theaker, the Rev. Mr. Langdale, Col.
Moore, See. The Bishop of London has signified his
approval of the plan, and the works will commence so
soon as the necessary arrangements can be made.
A cast of the head of the lamented General Nott
has been taken by Mr. J. D. Ft ancis, preparatory to a
bust, which is understood to be in course of preparation.
It is replete with character, and has given much satisfac-
tion.—Cambrian.