The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

COURSING.

Bold Hall Meeting, Jan. 3.—The Bold Cup of 1001
was won by Mr. Woolfe's Bees-wing; the Sultan Stakes
by Mr. Tunstell's Maximus ; dad the Patten Stakes by
his Traveller.

Raweliffe, Dec. 30.—The Cup, 116 dogs, was won by
Mr. Milner's Crafty, beating Mr. amber's Flora.

MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAT EVENING.

THE CHESTER TRADESMAN'S PLATE.—Several par
ties attended the room this forenoon, anticipatine., as
we imagined, that the entry would be on the table ;
however, they left as they came, without the knowledge
of either the exact number or the high or low quality
of the candidates, The only offers we heard were the
following, viz.:—To lay 50 to 10 agst any' of the Welsh
division, 3 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's lot (reported to be 10),
and takers of 20 to 1 on the Marquis of Westminster's
(understood to be only Satirist and Sleight-of-Hand).
If this be the case, the Morning Star and Van Am-
burgh parties may, indeed, look out for a fresh fancy.
THE DERBY.-71 to 1 was offered against Attila; 9
to 1 against Chatham; 20 to 1 against Robert de
Gorham; 25 to 1 against either the Lord of Holderness
or Ballankeele (offered) ; 200 to 6 against Dirce
(offered).; 1,000 to 15 against Scalteen; takers of 1,000
to 10 on Canadian, or of 400 to 12 on the Lord
.of Hol-
derness ; 12 to 1 was offered v. the Lord of Holderness
and Ballankeele ; 1,000 to 20 against each, say the
Agreeable colt and Rover (offered). The following
engagements were booked in ponies :-40 to 1 against
Meteor ; and 50 to 1 against Sea Horse. When we
left the room 40 to 1 could not be got upon Aukland.
THE OAKS.—A gentleman of considerable influence
offered 12 to 1 against any two, bar 1. A bet of 45 to 1
in ponies, was taken upon either Aukland or William de
Fortibus, but we could not exactly catch the horse.
MOM
HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Sheridan Knowles' beautiful play of The Hunchback
was performed at this theatre last evening, Mr. Stuart
sustaining the part of Master Walter. This gentleman
has now completely got over the nervousness under which
every-actoorn ltahbeo urs
metropolitanorboards, less on making his first ap-
pearance and we are conse-
quently.better enabled to form a judgment of the posi-
tion he is likely to maintain in the dramatic world, and
that that position will be, if not the first, certainty
in the very first rank, we have no hesitation in
.as-
serting. His Master Walter is
the best we have
ever seen, the only one which preserves that ner-
vous sensitiveness which is the never failing accom-
paniment of bodily deformit. Master 'Walter has,
from the innate kindness of his heart, succeeded, in a
great degree, in overcotning his natural irritability of
temperament, but still it forms the basis of his character,
and will at times burst forth in spite of all his efforts 'to
restrain it, efforts, however, which are generally success-
ful at once, and which ultimately always succeed in
checking his temper sufficiently to prevent any disastrous
consequences ensuing from its outbreaks. This feature
of the character of Master Walter was most correctly-
conceived by Mr. Stuart, anddeveloped in the most artist-
like manner. Natural irritability of temper, chastened
and subdued by kindly benevolence of feeling, has never
been more correctly delineated. In his scenes with Julia
it was evident that the fond father, while assuming the
severity of the harsh guardian, suffered pangs quite as
acute as those by which the heart of the impassioned girl
herself was racked ; and into. the last scenes
_of the
play he infused a tenderness and a pathos of which we
never before thought the part of Master Waltprnapable.
Mr. Stuart has thrown more energy and wartuthiinto the
part of Master Walter than any of his preddeesSors have
done, and to this is owing his pre-eminent success of last
evening. In his hands Master Walter is note a mere
eloquent declaimer—he is a living, moving, feeling man,
who, though acutely sensible of the injustice with which
he has been treated, is yet too noble-minded to resist it,
even in thought. He was loudly applauded throughout,
and at the fall of the curtain he was called for, and led
on Helen Faucit, who was the Julia of the evening. •

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sza-.May I be allowed, through the medium, of
your valuable Journal, to suggest to Vestrymen the
propriety of furnishing the public Piess with reports of
parochial proceedings when the regular reporters arc
excluded from Vestry meetings? This plan has been
acted upon in the parish in which I reside, and it
proved an effectual remedy, inasmuch as the old parish
jobbers, finding that they could not perpetrate with im-
punity their jobs as before, gradually dropped off from
attending for fonrowsuccohndduarektepduornpothsce p
s,oanedn,
of fair and honourable competition,
Yours, &c.,
January. 4, 1842. thhoen affairs of the
honest
principle,

TOLAUS.

COLONIAL BANK.—On Tuesday a half-yearly
general Court of Proprietors in this Corporation was
held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving
a lfeport from the Court •of Directors relative to the
affairs of the Bank, to declare a dividend, and to elect
live Directors and an Auditor in the room of those who,
under the provision of the charter, go out of office by
rotation. The chair was taken by Mr. J. Irvine, M.P.,
and the advertisement convening the meeting having
been read, the Secretary, Mr. Calvert, read the Report
of the Directors, which stated that the total debts of
the bank during the half-year ending the 30th of June
last, were 1,578,653/., comprising 183,1801. as its
circulation, 847,0001. deposits and other liabilities,
500,000/. paid up capital, 24,0001. reserved fund,
and 24,0001. profit. Its assets were—specie, 266,4371. ;
other assets, 1,299,710/. ; and balance of preliminary
expenses, 12,5001. The Bank had sustained losses
by the money crisis in the West Indies, but the Direc •
tors were nevertheless in a situation to declare with con-
fidence a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum.
The Report was, after some discussion relative to the
affairs of the bank, adopted. In proposing a vote of
thanks to the Court of Director's, Mr. Gurney paid the
executive body a compliment for the zeal and ability with
which they had managed the affairs of the Institution,
the details of which required double attention in the past
year, especially as there had been commercial embarrass-
ments in the West Indies 'of no ordinary character. As
an auditOr or,tha ace:mats of the Corporation it would,
he fully believed, -be found ...that though the Bank had
siiffered lasses, alike with nearly nil other establishments
in the past year, still that the surplus profits of the half-
year, after providing for the dividend, would be sufficient
to meet those losses.---(Hear, hear.) The vote of thanks
to the Directors was Seconded by Sir George. Carroll, and
manners, l
dy taney
Carried. The- Chairman returned thanks. The Direc-
tors and the Auditors, who had gone out of office by
ed man, of respsectab ap
rota-
tion, were re-elected, and tlsieTmAeNetLinEgya.dloinnrnetto
early
le •
part
of
last ON,eek
aismoinadDie.ag
called at the Colonial-
office, in Downing .street, and. inquired for the Colonial
Secretary. He Was informed by the messengers ,in at-
rrhouirnsodeary:
ofTahlee
pt
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en
ard
aann
cc
ee
atnhdatpLlaoursdiblitie
on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Cea,Slivlhee,'nanhdewsearide
sthtraatnbgeer,v
Custom-house to deliver to Lord Stanley
the box which
not expected in town until the following
he had with him, and which contained a most costly and
macsnificent-chandelier,intended asked toi3 leavethe his
principalaam
5.s a Christmas present
some of
wasa s commissioned tthen
to Lady Stanley from the foreign Courts, and
that he was also instructei to say that thirty-five cases of
wine had been received as a present for his Lordship,
which would be delivered on the following morning.
Some further conversation followed, in the course of
which the stranger gave particular directions that the
package he had with him should be carefully attended to.
lie then pulled out of his pocket some papers, which ap-
peared to be' regular Custom house certificates, signed
" George Lamb," and stated that he was to receive
3/. ss. 4d., the amount of the regular
.dues. The office-
keeper desired him to write a receipt for the money,
which he did in the presence of that gentleman's daugh-
ter. The amount was Paid over to him, and -he left the
office. The costly present was removed with all -chic care
to the mansion of Lord Stanley, in St. James's-square,
and, on the arrival of the Noble. Lord and his lady from
Windsor, on Thursday last, opened with the. greatest
caution, when its valuable contents were found to consist
of a few brick bats, packed in a manner to prevent them
rolling in the case. Immediately on the fraud being dis-
covered, by directions of the Noble Secretary, informa-
tion was given at the police-station in Scotland-yard, and
also to the City police, and every exertion in consequence
used to discover. the delinquent. The exertions have
been successful, and the suspected party has been appre.,7
bonded in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house, and
will undergo an examination at Bow-street Police Court
to-morrow (this
,day). It is, perhaps, needless to add
that the thirty-five eases of wine have not been heard of.
M. Gustave de Beaumont has been elected a
Mambo. of the Academiedes Sciences Morales et-Poli-
tiquesi- t4a room of tileisle Copt:, de Coo*
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