The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-02 00:00:00

LAW AND PO LICE,

Robert Sandys, found, guilty •at the late Chester Assizes of
the minder of his infant child, has fur the present been respited
from the punishment of death, to which he had been sentenced.
William Smith, a boy aged 14, committed a shocking
murder in, Preston-street, Liverpool, on Thursday, by stabbing
Eliza May, a woman of ill fame, in a court where they both
resided. She has died since at the infizisary, and up to Fli
ck), evening the murderer hid escaped. . •
COU NT---ra.SELouTAZILE.
The Duchess of Sutherland's assemblies, in honour of the
debut of her eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth Leveson G.wer,
will commence next week.
Lady Harriet S. live's second ball on Friday night, in Lower
Grosvenor-street, was attended by upwards of three hundired
fash i onabl es.
The Earl of Ripon, Viscount Goderich, &c., visited Mr.
Pellat's extensive glass-works on Friday.
The Marquis of liuntly will. take the chair at the annual
dinner of the. Officers of Regular Militia, at the Freemasons'
Tavern, on Wednesday, 4th May.
The Baroness Bunsen, lady of the Prussian Minister, re-
ceived company on Thursday last, at the mansicn of tl.e
Prussian Emba,sy, on Carlton-terrace.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On April 30, in 1746, several forts of the kingdom being dis-
mantled, the following resolution is recorded in the journals of
she House of Commons under the above date :—" That the
several castles of Tickhill, Sheffield, Knaresborough, Cawood,
Sandal, Bolton, Aliddleham, Hornsea, Mulgrave, and Craike,
in the county of York, being inland castles, be made untenable,
and no garrison kept or maintained therein."

An old man, named
--- Noel, residing at Portbad
(says the Journal de la Manche), had been for some time past
attacked with mental weakness, sometimes even imagining :.im-
self
dead, and going to the cemetery to see if his grave was dug.
His son watched him with reat attention, fearing some accident
might occur from his strange
fancies. He was, however,
obliged to go out a few evenings since, and he shut his father up
in the house. The old man contrived to get out, and entered
the court-yard of a neighbour, where a workman hearing the
noise of his approach, thinking him a robber, ran down to at-
tack him. He inquired who was there, and receiving no
answer, he immediately struck the intruder with the butt end
of a gun, and beat him until the stock broke; he then stabbed
him with a knife, and would have continued, had not the old
man cried out in a feeble voice, " You want then to kill me."
The man, who appears to havc been as stupid as he was brutal,
astonished, stopped his hand, and called out for help. Every
aid was offered, but the sufferer died the same night.

THEATRE ROYAL COVENT
• GARDEN.

Madame Vestris closedher season and her management at this
theatre on Saturday night, when, whatever disappointments she
may have previously experienced, the public exhibited their
appreciation oilier abilities by tilling. her house to overflowing.
The- performances consisted of La Sonnansbu'a, Charles
Alathews's farce of Patter v. etc,tter, and the Easter extra-
vaganza of The White Gat. After the second yiece Mr.
Charles Mathews came forward and delivered the following
"Farewell Addrcss

"Ladies and Gentlemen—No seasons, excepting' Thomson's
Seasons,', arc endowed with immortality ; and ours, having run
the undeviating course marked out for it on the ragmad of
Time, has arrived at its terminus. Following the railroad
metaphor, may I venture to appeal to you for a certificate, under
your hands, that the general line we have adoptedltas met with
your approbation—( Loud applause)—that the engine has worked
well—that the seats have been comfortable—(Hear)—the en-
tertainment satisfactory--the fares moderate—and the con-
ductori civil and attentive.—( Renewed. cheering.)
" But let us leave the railroad, and return to the stage.—
( Hear, hear.) I mean the old, original Covent-garden stage
—that stag ~ which we took with a view to running constantly
from Covent-garden to the Bank.— (Applause. ) My partner
and I hare been its Directors for three years, during which
time we have endeavoured, at much persanal and pecuniary
sacrifice, to sow the seeds of that solid prosperity which we
hoped would, one day, manifest itself in permanent satisfaction
to you, anti in a golden harvest to ourselves ; but, alas ! for
' the mutabili'y of human affairs !' our first season was
merely sowing—our second little more than hoeing ; and
though the third has been gro'wing, we must leave to other hands
he fourth, which might have been our mowing.—( Cheers.)
Why we hate felt it our duty to quit these premises, I will
not intrude upon you to exp:ain. Suffice it to say, that in
quitting them, we leave not only our business, but our good-
will, to our successor—(Applause)—and it, Ladies and Gentle-
men, that successor should prove to be a gentleman—the ad-
mired representative of that thrice-honoured theatrical family—
(Cheers)—another gifted daughter of whose gifted house it is
our pride to have brought so triumphantly under your notice—
( Renewed approbation)—in that case, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I can only say, that as far as one manager call forgive another'
—(Laughter)—it will afford us much consolation should the
change prove to be for his and your gain.—(Cheering.)
" For Airs. Mathews and myself, Ladies and Gentlemen, I
beg most unaffectedly to return you our humble and cordial
thanks, for the unvarying kindness you have shown us. Both
at actors and as managers we are deeply beholden to you ; and
hereafter, whether as actors or managers—whether here or
elsewhere—we trust that a proper sense of that kindness will
be present, to animate and to sustain our best exertions for
your amusement.—( Hear, hear.)
" Ladies and Gentlemen, in the joint names of ourselves and
the performers, I most respectfully bid.you farewell."