The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-24 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. YATES.
The following are a few particulars relative to the life of
this actor,'who' has been twenty-four years before the London
Public, seventeen of which he discharged the duties of manager
of the Adelphi.
The deceased performer was born on the 4th of February,
1797 ; his father was a tobacconist, eastward of Temple-lair.
At the first school to which he was assigned, he (subsequently)
Taet John Reeve. From " Winchmore House" he was sent to
the Charter House, and from thence he emerged, under the pa-
trnnage of Rowland Stephenson, the banker, to enter the Corn-
Inissariat Department. But he soon after turned his thoughts
aTto the stage, and obtained an engagement at the Edinburgh
heatre, where he performed both in tragedy and comedy with
aPplause. His first appearance, however "on any stage" was
at Bd
oulof ogne, where he played Fustian to the Sylvester Dagger-
woo Mathews.
In 181, he made his debut at Covent-garto mediocrity. His
zpresentation of Falstaff, in April, 1819, on the same stage,
more successful. His next character of importance was
alerthold, in Maturin's tragedy of Fredolpho ; but the imme-
diate condemnation of the piece prevented Mr. Yates from re-
Pealing the part.
He remained at Covent•garden for five seasons, playing a
!I.iversity of parts , employed his vacations in visiting Bath,
&c., and was at last engaged at Vauxhall Gardens,
here he was announced to give an entertainment a la Mat-
b e,ws ; unfortunately at rehearsal he fell through a trap and
pr°Ke his leg, which at once put an end to his engagement.
'lnn this accident he speedily recovered and went into the
Praline . •
i„ es with a " Budget." He re-appeared at Covent-garden
epternber, 1802, and continued at that theatre until 1825,
-p9, in conjunction with Daniel Terry, he took the Adelphi
eatre. Wrench, John Reeve, T. P. Cooke, Wilkinson,
Ai'rrs• Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Hughes, besides the two managers and
Yates-(Miss F. Brunton, niece of the Countess Craven
tl'a daughter of John Brunton, for many years a member of
a?e_ Covent-garden company, and afterwards manager of the
;!ie4lter, Plymouth, and Weymouth theatres), whom he had mar-
at Bath Bath in November, 18r)3. Yates subsequently took the
bat •leolak in the Regent's Park, in conjunction with Braliam,
Aft proved a bad speculation.
dtl`rimid the myriads of performers engaged at the Adelphi
co(1)11fl Mr. Yates's management may be named Power, T. P.
Santh, Buckstone Halter, Sinclair, Rice, Wrench,
vited'etfi Downe, Wilde, Reev'e, Wilkinson, Keeley, Mrs. Fitz-
% 'arn• Mrs. ,H6ney, Miss Graddon, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Grat-
natllrs. Waylett, and Madame Celeste.
NI; e last sea.ron of the Adelphi was ushered in by the no-
on °f " real water," and a successful season was concluded
oe Saturday preceding last Passion week, when Mr. Yates
pered as usual a valedictory address.
Immediately after the close of the Adelphi, Mr. and Mrs.
ietes, with Bedford, Wright, and others, started for Dublin.
te'tiiffered considerably during the voyage, but rallied on
whit tng, shore. - On the Saturday preceding Easter Eve,
st rehearsing Lord Skindrep, in Douglss Jerrold s Bub-
-411:;)ft the -Dag, he felt suddenly ill, and putting his
.handker-
Pre,c, ms mouth fOund he was spitting blood. With great
but 9ee of Mind he avoided giving any alarm to Mrs. Yates,
blot aid, " Bess, I shall go away now." He instantly repaired to
eisa land's Hotel, which he only left to return and die in his
He
has left a widow and a son to deplore his loss.
/IR yr,
1-1 ASSOCIATION FOR THE
`I'IIVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. -
14.,--cIIESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2L—The
eisVations for holding this, the 12th meeting of the Asso-
Nro w are 116 W nearly completed, but according to the pre•
NI. toe lately issued by the local council, although there is
st,s. Yu prospect of this proving one of the most interesting of
flefetpf. the meetings that have been held, there is some de-
liirse'Y„in the minor details which have heretofore proved
°, the most attractive objects of these annual assein-
tlist ',1.•
Pews,Thi 'is particularly remarked in the circumstance
14, eat of the manufacturing establishments of this
7hand wealthy town will be thrown open for the inspection
ttientir Members, although, on the other hand, the list of
tietalarle rapers to be read at the different sections, par -
Vrea, Y in the mechanical and geological departments,. and
,lareceived by the secretaries, is very considerable.
tth'sident, there is the Right Honourable Lord Francis
issl4,, M.P., and as Vice-Presidents, the Venerable
tly.alton, D.C.L., F. R. S., and the Honourable and Very
)7. e. • Herbert, LL.D., F.LS , Dean of hlanchester ; Dr.
rll Henry, FAL S. ; Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bar.,
4%141'1 and the Rev. Professor Sedgwick. The presidents
illishmated for the sectional meetings, who are no less distin-
SV:' are. for Section A, Mathematical and Physical Science,
14) Hey, G. Peacock, Dean of Ely ; Section B, Chemis-
Dy Mineralogy Dr. Dalton, F. R.S. ; Section C, Geo-
'residn" Physical Geography, R. J. Murchison, Esq., F.R. S.,
hbeta4bent, of the Geological Society ; Section D, Zoology and
't,t. tne Dean of Manchester ; Section E, Medical Science,
Zoo(Clard Holme, F. L. S. Section F, Statistics, G. W.
Zges M.P., F. L. S. ; and Section G, Mechanical
neracie, Rev, Professor Willis. The other officers of the
tittili,coromittees will be elected,to-morrow at the meeting
S4,',eneral Committee, which consists of the representatives
et'.4o„l every scientific society in the United Kingdom. The
'elarsd! commence their meetings for scientific business on
prep 'l3' morning, at eleven o'clock, and the first general
qskti meeting will be held at eight o'clock, at the Quakers'
4,4,5-house, hlount-street, where the chair will be taken
,foreLw Prancis Egerton, M.P., to whom it will be resigned by
•IltNiCe Whewell, the President of the last meeting at Ply-
liessitt There will be a promenade and a soiree on Friday and
td A/ evenings, at eight o'clock, in the Royal Institution
s 711), eoteurn which will be united by temporary erections
Liab,"; liesrpose'; and the concluding general meeting of the
NaTttee will take place in the Quakers' Meeting-house,
:ersir,v'street, on Wednesday, when the proceedings of the Ge-
wstu'otritnittee and the grounds of the several grants of money
141%.°1)ed by it ;ill be explained. The only exhibitions as yet
Atheßed are in the united rooms of the Royal Institution and
ktok :41eum, a collection of philosophical instruments, speci-
e of natural history, and manufactured products; whilst
/4041, h!ill also be in eof the rooms the series of Raphael
4 st;"es for which the were designed. There will
L,, of mechanical inventions, on a large scale, at
sm.l4,Garratt Dye Works, Lower Brook-street ; and a grand.
040r° exhibition on Friday, in the Botanical and Hortt-
V Gardens at Old Trafford. The excursions arranged
tVregent are, to the fossil trees at Dixonford, on the line
akealtois railway ; to the principal sections of strata of
interest in the neighbourhood of the town ; and to
ter,,,y Tunnel and collieries.
ki°4l,o'4o facilities' of approach, particularly by means of in-
ecl. ;41,11Untcation, a very large influx of visitors is antici-
-o`,lnongst foreign visitors who have already arrived, is
'th,,:r !teasels The celebrated astronomer, from Konigsburg,
it
et
several: professors from the different Russian
t. 1, who will, for the first time, visit this annual assem-
-4111;4 L.2.though there is a lack of any general enthusiasm,.
e 41-''''ff shown on some previous occasions,
.the reception
mayLetlebers will, this year, be liberal arid satisfactory ; and
ta,e2k,e,notized that, al hough a very large influx of visitors
it'''4lie'r in the present and ensuing week, the prices of
'tai„,4l.'"Ation, at hotels and private houses, have in no instance

HULLAH'S CLASSES.
By tee lid great choral meeting took place on Wedneshy at
ti„ .11--,( of a body of singers under the tuition of Mr. 44 e, hose numbers and power must have sufficed to. con:,
pilii„llaPectator that the phrase " Singing for the million
tia „g but an exaggeration. .
rtibrogramme, if not identical with those of preceding
ttla;Punas of the same character. Among the_pieces,were
lis 4,lYrrin for the Prince of Wales, and Wtlhem s pet.
Qiori of Spinning Wheel," both of which received the die-
ks,"ekts b„ ark unanimous encore.
Vtot ~:,ere reserved for the following distinguished persons,
titto, "uom, including Sir R. Peel, Lord 'Wharncliffe, Mrs.
I,4ht",„' and their respective parties, we noticed in their places
Y 1143 ,Ineneement of the performance :—Sir Robert and
``'" rube and Duchess of Sutherland and party, Mrs.
tipan,d party, Earl and Countess of Haddington, the
(id Luent of the Council and party, Marquis of Exeter and
Aos ar,n- and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Lord and Lady Lang.
4;ltotr,"l„reene, Esq., M.P., Marquis and Marchioness of
t.ke aiii'in•arl and Countess of Chichester and Ladies Pelham,
dY Robeit Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Palmerston,
41140_ 'live and party, Lord and Lady Lilford, Lady, Mary
kitwa, Lord Kenyon and party, Lady Wrottesley and party,
'itia4,,i!in,,ghani and party, Sir G. Staunton, Marquis de
4, ileitiowager Lady Hamilton, Lady Grey of Groby,
dnor and party, Lady Brooke and party, Lady
Qinskad party, Lord and Lady Ingestre, Lord and Lady
dlsOrrisi:lld party, Sir William and Lady Herries, Lord
le,Z3 tad and party, Countess Manvers and party, Lady Mid-
ktki eats Party, Hon. General Trevor and party, Lady E.
Np,"
Yuud party, Lady Catherine Douglas, Lady Woolmer
' M. Mendelssohn, Lords A. and W. Hervey, Lord
Yttelton, Bishop of Norwich, &c.
c't4c.i
14",,ta IN THE GRAND SURREY CANAL.-IVednes-
.4 Z-Pg, t three o'clock,' as two gentlemen, named
,"orney°,uresiding sa No 7, Grosvenor-street, Cam-
Ittl,‘,o's,aifu,. were proceeding homewards, along the bank of
thurrey Canal, when they arrived near the tar manu-
kestenielr attention was directed to a hat and coat lying by
~igoal rd,e• They informed the police, and constables, 148
lost; tet tCrumediately proceeded to the spot, and in a few
k 1,11! body of a respectable gentleman was got out of the
tr'Pted es) immediately conveyed it to Mr. Coulton's, at
114'.xelit.t array Canal House, who sent for Dr. Taylor, of
Thar{ and every effort was used for upwards of two
P~it%di:tore animation, but unfortunately without effect.
q't,ell. 413 aubsequeOtly identified to be that of Mr. James
414:u-road. gentleman of independent property, residing in
Ittiettle kb Coburg-road. It appears the gentleman had left
4 41 iu Out eleven o'clock on the preceding morning, appa-
' Aelli'usual health and spirits, and nothing was heard
ot
oiatlAtil h.
t 5 'e was taken out of the water, not far from his own
A„
tit the slightest cause can be assigned for, the co.
°tiof the
Nra
f AU, JUNE 21.—The sum raised by the
kie,tited tir:r the relief of Hamburgh, and remitted to that city,
iliett4l-144}.367 florins. Considerable sums have also been
to_ urgh. remitted by wealthy Hamburghers, and re-
tltilile 0 Troercial houses at Amsterdam.
it.,feet itt,,ll°Acedic Institution, for the restoration of
4,..0 its third*;'! deformed limbs to their natural symmetry, cele-
anniversaxy on Wednesday at the London C0f-
.415'14 11;isi,-;"' Report stated there were last year 158 patients
LO; folthletel. while this year the number was increased to
0" the ev Y. 104 new applicants at present. The subscrip-
wt the ening amounted to upwards of 4601.
etting of the Accident Relief Society,
POlO4 of al the Hanover-squaie Rooms, it was stated that
$ $ ac •
otit accidents occurred annually in the
.n.tetro-
tilt %et, the Committee gave away to the families of
1. I'+{t ye.want
.Ivere confined in hospitals from accidents during
NZ 0; '3.320 pounds of meat, 3,320 loaves of bread
eaeped„Pals, and 17,500 pounds of potatoes. 'I he re-
j • I 294/
t 4 •
04in, DPIL
Ntia 5 two a PECTS OF LIGHTNING.—OH Sunday
tij4 ria.raedZ,n! bop, aged about ten and eleven, sons of a
yi They
wtoeel, parish of Kihnichael, were killed by light-
kll6l* Nehen.ttr sitting by the fire with the remainder of the
;lames were struck with the flash and instantly
was also killed about three miles distant.
andr,_t
11 rough his head and burned the hat both
.1.11, "vni,,ct.-- Clare Journal
e4G,14,.? uNE 21 • • •
the sitting of the second
tt Re eh • '5. Ntates General, the project of law, relative to
44table s,eiet
or Y (de Ilfaatschappy van Weldadigheid),
the
order
‘,ve„ !,,M1 =idly
xcellle day, and after a few Members had
atiornoy, the Minister of the interior, had
GirrsAN
31 unanimously agreed to.
bt! and Measure; EASURES. The Inspector of
74'tdgecompleted his tour of inspection for the
4,Bes against iTersst:tdaY (Tuesday). There are upwards
Alited &c., in the saidns.for.using unjust weights, measures,
4stio_ 0 hvarthein on m division. The Magistrates have ar-
lut's- Woreestershir°4—daj and Thursday, after the Quarter
"11 'e Jo/ 7 e unroni
drna, arm c.e.
th":(1, fought in th
e, nut far et states that a Polish officer,
efrovimh:Oirnleikanigeria'
tM Ltou ~,_orne persons was bathing this week.
Orleans, when he suddenly. &sap-
, gut bim to land. He saw inns go down gave assistance,
ss, plan the mistaken still breathed, but the bystanders,
Nio:. to make him
rnootion that the first thing to be :ttlimi„":4 held him a
With off the water which he had
T ay.ift caused his death Ina head downwards, and thus
Ole ,! .bee so frequeljti It 1! astonishing that, although this
vtd to "pointed out, it is still persisted in.
oriznaut:i r cases of drowning is, to place the
Fnutions wall the head slightly raised.