The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1842.

of which he has been defrauded by.Goorg Ali Beg, the
arch villian of the piece, very effectively played by Mr.
N. T. Hicks. The scenery and whole getting up of the
piece is most creditable to the liberality and taste of the
management. The opening scene, the Hall of Audience
of the Khan Sirafrauz, was very skilfully grouped, and of
the rest of the scenery we may particularly mention the
ruins of a village, with a broken aqueduct and
lake by moonlight, the summer camp of the
Begants, the court of the Harem of Sirafrauz, and
the last scene, the fortifications of Mianabad. The
dresses, decorations, banners, processions, entrees and
combats, of horse and foot, and occasionally of both to-
gether, are all unexceptionable, and though we are not
iure bat the piece might be curtailed in the representa-
don with advantage, yet it has action, bustle, and inte-
rest enough to make it popular and attractive. We must
not forget to mention a song, " What is a lover. who can
tell?" very archly sung by Miss Martin, and warmly en-
cored, and a very pretty and graceful fancy dance, which
was at once characteristic and pleasing. The curtain fell
on a grand tableau of the characters, horse and foot,
amid warm and decided applause. The spectacle was
succeeded by the equestrian feats of Mr. Batty's splendid
stud of horses, and the ample evenings entertain-
ment concluded with a farce es sled the Family Man. The
house was cro vded in every part.

whole, we cannot say much for this piece ; the new see- _
nery waszood however, particularly the Twa Brigs of
Ayr, in Scene 3, and Glen on the Banks of Ayr, in Scene
4, both by Mr. Gordon. Mr. Hall, was universally
called for at the termination of the piece, and announced
it for repetition every evening until further notice. A
piece entitled The New Footman, which was called a new
interlude, by Charles Selby followed, and created a good
deal of laughter ; we must say, however, notwithstand-
ing that this piece is called a new one, that we had
thee, pleasure of seeing it some time ago, under
She title of Simple Simon, at the Pavillion.
The whole concluded with The Conquest of
Cupid; or Lucre against Love, by Leman Rede.
This is a piece, the plot of which it is impossible to
describe. It is neither very witty nor very instructive,
and we think if we give our readers the description
which is given of it in the announcement-bills they will
excuse us for not describing it more particularly. It is
called an original, celestial, terrestrial, burlesquical,
tragi-comical, pantomimical, terpsichorial, musical, and
particularly paro-dy-i-cal burletta. 'The whole company
did the best to please, and of the new hands, we may
mention Miss Collett, and Miss Yarnold, as being per-
fectly successful. Mr. Hall announced it for repetition
amidst tolerable applause. The house was well filled,
and there was nothing of which we could complain
in the management except the immense time which
elapsed between the acts. This more than once called
forth the disapprobation of the audience ; it is an error
however which we hope will be rectified in the course
of a few days, by which time things will work
better. In conclusion we would say that though it
is not our purpose to institute invidious comparisons, we
cannot help saying that we felt the want of Miss E.
Terry; who was last season such an immense favourite
with the frequenters of this house. We say this with
every respect for the talents of the ladies, who enacted
their respective roles exceedingly well ; but, in giving
our opinion, we merely express the feeling which, in
common with ourselves, seemed to pervade the audi-
ence generally.

TAX COLLECTORS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—Now is about the time when the collectors of
the assessed taxes will be appointed by the 43d George
111., C. 99, s. 14. The inhabitants have the power of
nominating a collector of the King's taxes, provided
security be tendered to the Commissioners of Taxes,
and it is only in cases of default by parishes, that the
Commissioners have power to appoint collectors without
security.

Parishioners should be quickly on the alert, and select
parties who would be likely to perform the duties of the
office with honesty and impartiality.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
JUSTICE.
Ilfracombe, March 25, 1842. - -
P.S. The clerk of the Commissioners of Taxes issues
a precept to the Churchwardens and Overseers annu-
ally, to call a meeting of the parishioners to return fit
and proper persons to be assessors and collectors for
the year ensuing, but these precepts are generally given
to the old collectors to serve on the parties who, neg-
lecting to do so, get themselves reappointed by the
default of the parishioners. • -- .

DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l congratulate you most sincerely upon your
very laudable determination to exclude from your valu-
able and greatly improved joiirrial,•At. certain class of
advertisements. It is a disgrace to the English press
that it has tolerated she nuisance so long. lam a family
man, and I declare, Sir, that I could never consci-
entiously suffer any paper containing such disgusting
insertions to be placed before my children. The country
papers are teeming with them, and for this reason I
never take them in, nor will I, even my own local
journals, till the proprietors follow your example.
Your publication of my sentiments will oblige, Sir,
A TEN YEARS' SUBSCRIBER.
Southampton, March.26,.1842.

P.S. By-the-bye, I thank you individually for your
honest endeavours to expose our vvily Premier's nostrum
of the income tax. I assure you it is anything but
palatable to the inhabitants of this town, not even the
Tories excepted.