The Sun. — 1838-11-13 (London, England)

ADELPHI TIIEATRE.—A new burletta came out at this theatre last evening, entitled A Model of a Man, in which J. Webster, Collins, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Honey, and _ _  - . . Miss Shaw, severally displayed their vocal abilities Isi song, aria-buffa, duet, &c., all upon the Adelphi pattern. The plot is simple enough. Prince Aldobrandi has a Palazzo, in which he will allow no other man to appear—nevertheless, the Count Leoni (Mr. Collins) does appear there in the disguise of a blind minstrel, and the Prince fancies that, in modern parlance he is " after his wife" Lucretia (Mrs. Hones), who has a page, Stephano (Mrs. Keeley ), to play the usual part of pages, in the usual way. The Count, however, is in reality but the lover of Angela (Miss Shaw), the Prince's sister, and this discovery is made sufficiently easy all through the piece, and very prominent in the denouement. There are two tableaux in the burletta—one theatrical, namely, " Diana and her Nymphs at the Bath"—the other artistical, namely, in the ordinary fashion, upon an easel. The latter, however, remains unfinished for want of A Model of a Man. A meeting of Magistrates took place yesterday at Kingston, to adjudicate upon summonses that had been issued by the parish authorities of Hampton Wick, against Lord George Seymour and others, residing in Hampton Palace, for the non-payment of the sums at which they had been respectively assessed to the poor rate. Lord George was in:attendance, and requested that the hearing of the case might be deferred that legal assistance might be obtained. It was not the amount of the rate that was objected to, but its principle, as invading the rights and privileges of the Crown. The application for a postponement was objected to by the parish, on the ground that as the rate had not been appealed against within the time prescribed by law its legality or illegality could not now be discussed. The defendants must, it was contended, pay the present rate and appeal against the next. Ultimately, however, the consideration of all the cases was put off for a meat. It was stated that the Poor-law Commissioners had approved of these proceedings on the part of the parish. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Sun Tavern, Great Ormond-street, Bloomsbury-square, on the body Of Mrs. Ann Eliza Sims, aged 51, who committed suicide by hanging herself. Deceased was the widow of the late Mr. Sims, one of the surgeons of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and who resided in Great Ormond-street. Mary Ann Gould, one of the deceased's servants, deposed that she had been three months and a fortnight in the service of her late unfortunate mistress, during which period she had been in very indifferent health. Mr. Sims, the deceased's husband, died on Monday se'nnight ; her mistress bad been much worse since that event, and frequently wandered in her mind. She (deceased) would weep, and say that she was sure her husband was buried alive ; and inquired of witness whether she had not seen his eyes move when in his coffin. About a quarter before nine o'clock on the forenoon of the previous day, the nurse who attended the deceased came down stairs to make breakfast for her mistress. On her return up stairs, in about ton minutes, the deceased was absent from her chamber; search was made, and the unfortunate lady was discovered suspended to a brass hook in a dressing-closet adjoining the chamber. Witness gave an alarm, and her mistress was cut down. Life appeared quite extinct. Mr. Davey, a surgeon, attended, and attempted to restore animation by bleeding and other remedies, but ineffectually. The deceased it was stated lived on the best terms with her husband, and was of perfectly temperate habits. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." A