The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-22 00:00:00

UNION HALT,.-(THIS DAY.)

Frederick Bull, a fashionably dressed young man was
brought before Mr. Cottingham charged with stealing 3001.,
the property of the London and Brighton Railway Company.
Policeman Tidmarsh, AI division, stated that the prisoner WAS
a clerk in the service of the London and Brighton Railway
Company, and that three weeks ago he absconded from the
Brighton terminus, taking with him 3601., the property of the
Company. Every means had been devised to apprehend the
prisoner, but he was not heard of until the preceding afternoon,
when the witness succeeded in taking him into custody at a
brothel in St. Martin's-court, St. Martin's-lane. At the time
of his capture, he had only a few sovereigns in his possession,
together with a gold watch, chain and seals, arid without being
questioned. he said that he had lost a considerable sum of
money by betting at the Ascot races.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said thr., as the offence was committed
at Brighton, he should send do prisoner there. He was ac-
coidingly sent to that place for examination on the charge.

The promise of entertainment in Mr. Theodore
Hook's novel (soon to appear) of " Peregrine Bunce, or
Settled at Last," is more than usually rich, the seen, s and
characters being such as none but that pence of humourists
could have conceived. he subject, tco ,(a playful and laugh-
exciting satire on sordid marriages), is one espeoially calculated
for Mr. Hook's riant genus, and he revels in it to some pur-
pose, as wiii shortly be seen. A list of the dramatis persona
may give a slight taste of the feast awaiting the reader:—First,
Peregrine himself, an absurd and &artless fortune-hunter ;
the Rev. Slobberton Mawks, a Methodist curate ; Mr. Min-
ton, the ludicrously-important n.agistrate of Twigglesford ;
Captain M'Larrup, an indefatigable performer on the keyed-
bugle; the inveterate and irreclaimable punster, Dumbledore;
Mrs. Mimminy, a nervous widow, anxious for a second mar-
riage ; Mr. Nobbatop, the merchant, head of the great firm of
Nobbatop, Snaggs, and Widdlebnry ; Hobsnob, a pettyfoeging
attorney ; Towsey, a bachelor in love ; and others. It will
easily be imagined how Theodore Hook turns such materials as
these to account.
ENGLISH OPERA-llOUSE.—Madame Sala's benefit
took place at this theatre last night. In addition to the usual
pieces of The Kiss. Uncle Rip, and The Water Witches, a new
farce, entitled Maiden Aunts was pleasingly acted, and much
gratified the audience. Madame Sala performed the elder of
the Aunts, her son, Mr. Frederick Sala, being the writer of
the piece. Added to these there was a fantasia, performed by
Kiallm irk, some-of Mr. Cooke's oboe playing, an Italian air,
and an English ballad, sung by the beneficiare, a song by_ a
Miss Galbreath-, arid " Minora Asthore," by Mr. Crouch. Be-
sides which the band of the Ist Life Guards played as very few
orchestras ever have in this theatre.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Yesterday afternoon a
meeting of the Proprietors of this Theatre was held in the
Saloon, to receive the annual at at ement of accounts, &c., when
it was stated that Mr. Macready rented the theatre for a term
of three years from the Ist of October last, at 5,0001. per
annum, commencing at Christmas last, when the theatre
opt ned for the season, if the profits should enable him to pay
that sum ; but, if at the end of aqy quarter of a year, Mr.
Macready shall not have paid the Committee at the rate of
3,4001. per annum, then the Committee shall have a right to
terminate the lease. Mr. Macready is also under engagement
to expend 1,975/. upon the house. The whole financial affairs
of the house at the present moment, exhibit a dcbt upon the
concern of 6,9161.
NorthSPEacnldAsLouethoantaidiiinsgssiooNf —The state
may he judged of fromate of crime in the
the calendar. In the article of murde: alone there are twenty-
one prisoners for trial, seventeen of whom belong to the North
Riding, and four to the South. These calendars will show a
preponderance of clime committed in the North Riding of
Tipperary over that of the South Riding, there being in the
latter but three persons for murder, and one for aiding ; and
in the former, ten persons for murder, three for aiding, and '
four for shooting. at with intent to kill. Instead of the 21st
June, it is on the 28th the Commission Will commence.—Dubia
Evening
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