The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-12 00:00:00

,THE LATE GEORGE BOLWELL

DAVIDGE, ESQ.
Several imperfect statements having appeared relative to the
above gentleman, we are enabled to present, through the kindness
of a friend, the following account, which may be relied on : —Mr.
Davidge was born in Bristol, in August, 1793, consequently he
was in his forty-ninth year. He was apprenticed to a printer in
that city, but ultimately, through the failure of his master, turned
over to Messrs. Gye and Balne. Enamoured of theatricals, he
eventually adopted the stage as a profession, and played at various
theatres, among others, at the " Sans Paftil," and the "Coburg,"
of which he afterwards became proprietor. Here he amassed an
independence, and lost it. He afterwards became proprietor of the
the " Surrey Theatre," which he continued to hold (lately in con.
junction with Mr. Willis Jones), until his death. At this Theatre
he was eminently successful, which enabled him to bequeath a
handsome competency to his widow, and many liberal bequests to
different charities; among others to each of the following institu-
tions he has bequeathed fifty pounds, viz., St. George's, London,
Guy's, St. Thomas, Bartholomew, Greville-street, Small Pox, and
Magda'en Hospitals, the Jews' Synagogue, Orphan and Blind
Asylums; ten pounds to the poor-box of every police-office;
one hundred guineas to the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund,
and the like amount to the Covent Garden Fund, and a
fortnight's salary to every performer in his establishment. The
above, with testimonials of regard to his old and valued friends,
Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Wilkinson (the executors), and a few pri.
vate friends and old servants, comprise the principal part of the
bequests ; the remainder is left to his widow, and members of her
family, he having no children. The funeral, which was private, and
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followed by the carriage of the deceased and those of Mr. Marsden,
Mr. W. Jones, Mr. Stamp, anti Mrs. Ducrow, and Mr. Osbaldistone
In the first coach were Messrs. Kerschner, Nash,, Cooke,
and Wilkinson; in the second Messrs. Marsden, Lewis Jones,
Tyler, Lawrence, and Woodward ; followed in the others by
Messrs. Stamp, Stansbury, Bedford, Harwood, Russell, Honner,
Bunn, Monatt, Gardner, Ratcliffe, Wolcroft, and Forrester. Two
of Handers sublime anthems were chaunted in the most beautiful
manner by Messrs, Bedford, Stansbury, Crouch, and other profes.
sional friends. Few men have descended to the grave more sin.
cerely regretted ; honest and kind-1-,earted, many instances might
be related of his " doing good by stealth." The writer of this knew
him well,both in prosperity and adversity, and ever found him the
same warm and sreadfast friend, neither elated by the one or de-
pressed by the other : hospitable, generou, ; the best of companions ;
he was wont to "set the table in a roar," and his bereaved rtla.
tions and friends have the firm consolation of hoping that, through
Divine mercy, in the words of his favourite song—" As faithful
below he did his duty, his soul is gone aloft."

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made amongst the Members of the Colonial Society
room in a starving and almost naked condition, being a sub-
scription Club, St. James's-square. His Lordship expressed himself
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grateful for the contribution, and said he was convinced that
if the members of hundreds of other clubs witnessed the dis-
tress which he daily endeavoured toalleviate, they would readily
ollow the example.
Our private letters from Calcutta and Bombay,
confirm the statement of our intelligent Business Correspond
ent given in ye,terday's Herald, that the British Plenipotest
tiary in the Chinese seas, Sir Henry Pottinger, had made
formal application to the Governor-General of India for a
greater force than that which, at the latest dates, was under
orders to proceed from India to China, and that the Earl of
Auckland was unable to spare another regiment.—flerrad
SUNDAY TRAVELLING.--AI a meeting of the
Leith Chamber of Commerce, held on Monday last, a resolu-
tion was adopted by a large majority, to memorialise the pro-
prietors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in favour of
running a morning and evening train on Sundays.
WILFUL MURDER.—An inquest was on Thurs-
day held before W. B. Whitmarsh, Esq., at Coate, in the pa-
rish of Cinseldon, on the body of Sarah Crook, 42 years of age,
who died from blows she received from her husband (who is a
shoemaker at Liddingtun). The Jury returned a verdict of
Wilful Murder" and the Coroner issued his warrant for his
committal to the Devizes Prison, to take his trial at the next As
sizesto be holden at Salisbury.—Devizes Gazette,
DEPARTURE OF LORD ASHBURTON.—.
(From a Correspondent. )—PoaTsasouns, THURSDAY EVEN-
iNG.—His Excellency the Bight Hon. Lord Ashburton em-
barked this afternoon on board the Warspite frigate, at Spit-
h„d. He left the harbour between two and three o'clock,
accompanied by Lord John Fay, in the Admiral's tender, and
was saluted by the fort with nineteen guns as he passed. When
he arrived on board the Warspite the yards were manned, and
he was received with another salute of nineteen guns. Shortly
after the frigate was hove short, and, at four o'clock, got under
weigh, with a light breeze from about S.S. VV., whi.-.1 will just
enable her to lay her course down channel.