The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-28 00:00:00

PRINCES'S THEATRE.

Miss Cushman sustained the character of Rosalind at this
theatre, last evening, in Shakspere's beautiful pastoral play
of As You Like It. This was Miss Cushman's first appear-
ance before an English audience in comedy; amt.:we will
honestly confesS that we had our misgivings when.-we saw
her announced for the character. We scarcely imagined it
possible that she, the Lady Macbeth par excellence, could
personate the lively, espiegle, witty, and kind -hearted
Rosalind. We expected to see a clever piece of acting—
but of acting merely. We expected to see that
which for a tragedian might be considered a somewhat
happy and ingenious attempt at comedy—a performance
which might, perhaps, be entitled to take rank by the side of
Charles Young's Sir Pertinax 11PSycopliant. In a word,
we expected to see Miss Cushman in Rosalind, but it was
no such thing—it was the very Rosalind herself. From the
beginning to the end of the play we thought not of Miss
Cushman ; we saw Rosalind, and Rosalind only. There she
was in the first act, the lively, warm-hearted girl ; during
the remainder of the play, the mock boy revelling in the free-
dom of the forest, throwing her gibes and jests about
in all directions, rating the love- sick Orlando, yet delighted
at the proof of his constancy—excellently maintaining her
assumed character of the wayward, witty Ganymede, until,
on hearing of the danger of Orlando, her presence of mind
forsakes her, and love forces her for a moment to appear in
her real character--a very woman 7--" a most excellent coun-
terfeit, truly"—there she was the very Rosalind of Shakspere.
The tone of the character was a pitch higher than we have been
accustomed to, but it was in perfect
.keeping throughout—a
finished and most natural impersonation- Now, what is the
secret of Miss Cushman's success in characters so widely
different from each other as Bianca, Lady Macbeth, and Ro-
salind ? It is earnestness. She is in earnest in whatever she
undertakes—she thinks nothing of individual self, but every
thing of that other self with which for the time she is identified,
so that she becomes the very character which she represents,
and no actor who does not possess this power can ever be-
come great. She was throughout received with the most
enthusiastic plaudits, and was called for at the conclusion of
the play. Wallack, who was also called for, was Jacques,
and an admirable Monsieur Melancholy he made. His de-
clamation was beautiful. We never heard " All the world's
a stage " more excellently given. Allen, as Amiens, sung
" Under the greenwood tree," and " Blow, blow thou win-
try wind," with exquisite taste; and Compton was the best
Touchstone we have ever seen. He is perhaps the only man
now on the stage who thoroughly understands how Shak-
spere's clowns ought to be acted. The house was exceed.
ingly well attended.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
Consols leave off rather firmly this afternoon at 99% for
Money, and 100 to IA for Account. Exchequer Bills how-
ever, receded to 58s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter
per Cents. were 1041,x.
There is no feature in the Foreign Market. French
Three per Cent Scrip was % premium ; Mexican Bonds
realised 3534, being rather lower than in the morning ;
and Brazilian were firm at 90.
1 he additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Bristol and Exeter were 121:4 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 1%; Chester and Holyhead, 34; Chumet Valley,
514 14 ; Cornwall, 2 to 1% ; Dublin a. id Galway, 124 ;
Eastern Counties, 25/8 ; Eastern Union, 81%; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 15; Harwich, 34 ; Hull and Gainsborough, 3/4 ;
Hull and Selby, 36 ; Ditto, Halt', 13 ; Lancaster and Carlisle,
15 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 401/t ; Ditto, Quarter, 28 to 27 ;
Croydon, 434 to ; South-Western, 36%; Ditto, Eighths,
19; Ditto, New, 71/1, ; London and York, 4%; Manchester
and Wrminsham, Quarter, 714 %; Newcastle, New Brand-
ling, 21 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 13 to 121 ; Richmond
and West End, 2%; Rugby and Tring, 2 to 2 South•
Eastern, 85/8 ; Ditto, New, No. 1, 834 ; Ditto, No. 2,8% 14 ;
South Wales, 2 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 1% ; West Corn-
wall, 2%; Great North of France %; Lyons and Avig-

non, %; Orleans and Bordeaux, 53,,j to 6 ; and Paris and
Lyons, premium. Direct Northern were :,34 to 1/2 dis.
(Fron The Sun of Last Night.)
Holders of Cotton at Liverpool were firm yesterday. Sales,
7,000 bales; half to speculators.—There was but little change
in shares, except South- Eastern, which were better. Bir-
Birmingham and Gloucester, 131% ; Caledonian, 61. 195.;
Chester and Birkenhead, 381/., ; Chaster and Holyhead, '/•' ;
Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 1,5/. 13s. 4d. ; Great
Western, Fifths, 39% ; Churnet Valley, 7 ;
London and Birmingham, 230 ; Ditto and Brighton, 58% 1 ;
Ditto and York, 71/s %; Manchester and Birmingham, 64;
Newcastle and Carlisle, 122%; Ditto and Berwick, 1314 ;
Scottish Central, 83s. 6d.; Sheffield and Manchester, 104;
South-Eastern, 401%; Ditto, No. 1, 16 ; Trent Valley, 19%
; Boulogne and ,miens, 5% ; Northern of France, 5% ;
Bordeaux and Toulouse, 48s. 9d.
There is an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope, but we

had later dates yesterday. _
The New York advices are interesting, but it is still
thought, in reference to the Texas and Oregon questions, that
the Senate will quietly annul the rash decision of the House
of Representatives. The submission of Santa Anna has af-
forded much satisfaction here.

The Stock Mai ket continues in much the same position as

yesterday, except that Exchequer-bills have gme down a
little, sales having been made to supply some of the specu-
lators with cash Consols for present transfer are 99% to 99%,
and for April at about par. Exchequer-bills have been 595.
to 625. prem. Bank Stock has been firm at 212 to 213. and
India Stock at 281 to 282. New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. were 103% to 10-11/s.
The Foreign Securities have been dull again, with the
exception of Mexican Bonds, which have risen to 35%
and 36. Chilian Stock has been at 1011/. Dutch Two-and-
a. Half per Cents. have been 631 A to 63%.
The Railway Shares are better to-day in some instances.
South-Eastern have improved to 4114 IA for the old, and
to 16 for No. 1. Brighton also support yesterday's rise.
Chester and Holyhead have risen. The settlement is going
off favourably.

ONE CLOSING
liICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock -

3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consc Is
New 314 per Cents ... 104,4 103% 104% 1041/y
Long.k;inuiti;.s toexpireJan.lB6o 12 1-1618 1218
India Stock
India Bonds, I,oool_ . —
Ditto under 1,0001.
...._.

Consols for Account.... ....... 100

Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 114 d 59 62 pm. 58
Ditto 5001.

Ditto Small

Ditto Advertised

pm. 58

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 14
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • ....,. 101
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... 36 353'4 353j4
Ditto, Account ... 36N 36
Ditto, Deferred Stock . . 17 16%% 1614
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ...
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account 61141/2
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... 4014
Dutch, 21/z per Cent
Ditto, Account 63%
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99
Ditto, 5 per Cent 99%
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES . PRICES.

CLOSING
PRICES.

Binning. and Gloucester100 133
Bristol and Exeter

Ditto New.
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Cal‘Aonian
......
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/ 2%,0(4% - ......
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Chichester and Brighton 5
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 21,4 —
Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 1714
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1—.41. 13s. 4d —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Eastern Union

2%
17Ai

65
1814
2%

Ditto Extension
Great Western BO
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2 % ... .. 41/23/1 Vt
Harwich
Hull and Gainsborough 1% 2
Hull and Selby SO
Ditto, Quarter Shares IDA...—. 191/21/4
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birnainghm (5t0ck)...230 232 29
Ditto New Thirds
Ditto, Quarters ...... ... 2
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d 7%
London and Brighton... 50 . .... 59% 601/2
Do. consolidated Bths.. 16
London and Croydon, 131. 15,. 9d. 183/
London ar.d S. Western 41/6s 10d 79 781: 79
Do. New consolidated Bths 6

29%
4214

78
25
9
6

Ditto New
London and York 9l/2 7 6314 7%
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Ditto Quarters 4
Midland... 100 127 126
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
Do. Nt-w Brandling... 10
Neweas.lc and terwick 11,4
Newark and Sheffield ... OA 2l/8
Richmond ind West End
Junction
Rugby,Wor'ster,& bring 1
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2l. 414 33q 4......
South Devon lO
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 411/21A
Ditto, No. 1
Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, No. 3
South Wales 2l/2 43/ 1/2,%
[rent Valley 2 .... 20141/8%
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 3
West Cornwall ..... 11A.
i-ork and North Midland 50 1024
Ditto Extension .. ... OA 134 1414
FRENCH RAILWAYS
Boulogne and A miens... 2
Bordeaux ar:d Toulouse 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 14
Orleans and Bordeaax... 2
Paris and Lyons 2 -
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre l4
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
MANcnEsTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 26.—We have had
a quiet market, with but little variation in prices :—Eastern
Counties, Perpetual, 51. 13s. 4d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
New Quarters, 5% 78 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 64 65;
Ditto, Quarter-shares, 111 A ; Midland Railway Consols, 401.
Shares, 81/4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 77,8 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 54 ; Cale-
donian, 67,i ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21A ; Churnet Valley,
7% 1/2 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
514 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 ; London and York,
7 ; Manchester and Buxton, 3 1-16 3 ; Newark and Sheffield,
21/8 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 4%; Trent
Valley, 2014 19;,%3 ; West Yorkshire, 3%8 ; Union Bank of
Manchester, 10:3/4.

11%

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41%
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COUR T OF CHANCERY, Feb. 27.
The Lord Chancellor sac at Lincoln's Inn.hall to-day.

81. VICIOR V. DETEMEUX JUDGMUNT.

Tie LORD CIUNCELLOI gave judgment to.dq in this case, re.
versing the decision of the Master of the Rolls.

LUDLOW CHARITY.
The further arguments in this part heard case were resumed,
and occupied his Lordship the whole morning.

f:101.11?7' OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 27.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury,

ROOKER V. PERCY.
The Court was engaged upon this cause all day, which was one
possessing n• interest for the public.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb 27.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before. Chief Justice TINDAL and a

Special Jury.)
NASH V. HARMAN.

This was an action brought uy the plaintiff against the Sun In.
surance Company to recover damages for the injury done to the
premises of the plaintiff, who carr.ed on the business of a tin.plate
manufacturer in Warwick-lane, Newgate-street, in consequence of a
fire which destroyed the house and a quantity of metal. The premises
were insured in the Sun Insurance-office, and the only dispute
was as to the amount of the damage and injury sustained. There
were, we understand, a vast number of witnesses to be called, so
that it was not likely the case would terminate to-day.

SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 27.
(Before J. P. KRNNEDY, Esq., and a Common Jury.)
JAMES V- MILFORD.

This was an action to recover damages for breach of contract,
brought by Mrs. Elizabeth James against Mr. Edward Milford, re-
siding at Hartford.road, Kingsland.

It appears that the parties to this action are relations, and that
early last year the plaintiff having some money to invest, entered
into an agreement to purchase from the defendant, for the sum of
1,2501., four villa dwellings, situated in Queen's-road, Dalston.
The houses, at the time of the purchase being made, were unfinished,
and it was a part of the arrangement that they should be put into
a tenantable state immediately. The agreement was entered into
in January, 1844, yet up to July in the same year the contract had
not been fulfilled, as regarded their fitness for occupancy ; while what
work had been done to them was, according to the evidence, of a
most inferior and imperfect character. The damages sought to be
obtained were for the loss of half-a-year's rent consequent upon the
agreement not being carried into effect, and imperfect workman-
ship. The action was undefended. The amount claimed was 150/,
The jury returned immediately a verdict for the full amount.

THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD

Immediately after the conclusion of the examination of the ac.
cased man, Thomas Henry Hocker, on Wednesday, at Marylebone
Police-court, Inspectors Shackell and Haynes, of the detective
police force, feeling convinced from the evidence adduced that the
party who had undergone examination was in reality the murderer
of Mr. Delarue, considered it Necessary further to prosecute an in.
quiry with respect to him.
The impression made on the mind of the officers was that a
sufficiently minute search had not been made of the lodgings
of the alleged murderer, or of those of his father, by Inspector
Partridge and Sergeant Scotney, at the time they apprehended the
prisoner Hocker. Acting on this impression, and under a fear
that unless they were prompt in their movements the evidences of
guilt against the prisoner might be removed, Inspectors Shackell
and Haynes at once proceeded to the residence of Hocker's father,
No. 17, Charles street, Portland-town. The inspectors, on their
arrival, made known to the father of the alleged murderer
the object of their visit, and at once, without any hesitation
on the part of the father, every facility was offered them to
make a search of the premises. They were first shown into
a front room on the first floor, which was the one occupied
by his son, who also had a lodging where he was captured,
No. 11, Victoria-terrace. In this room the officers found
that which is presumptive, if not conclusive, evidence of the atro-
cious guilt of the prisoner. Secreted In this room were a pair of
trousers stained with blood and covered with dirt ; a pair of stock-
ings, the legs of which were also bloody, the blood having gone
through the trousers, and a Mackintosh, the front and back of
which were also splashed with blood. On these things being shown
to the unfortunate parent, he identified them as those of his son
now in custody. A further search was pursued, but nothing else
was discos ered, and Shackell and Haynes left the place with the
clothes in question In their possession, and Inspector Shackell at
once proceeded to the Marylebene Police•court, where he explained