Captain Costigan returned thanks in a speech full of feeling and
eloquence.
Mr. Jubber proposed the Drama and the Chatteris Theatre, and Mr. Bingley
was about to rise but was prevented by Captain Costigan, who, as long
connected with the Chatteris Theatre and on behalf of his daughter,
thanked the company. He informed them that he had been in garrison, at
Gibraltar, and at Malta, and had been at the taking of Flushing. The Duke
of York was a patron of the Drama; he had the honour of dining with His
Royal Highness and the Duke of Kent many times; and the former had justly
been named the friend of the soldier. (Cheers.)
The Army was then proposed, and Captain Costigan returned thanks. In the
course of the night he sang his well-known songs, 'The Deserter,' 'The
Shan Van Voght,' 'The Little Pig under the Bed,' and 'The Vale of Avoca.'
The evening was a great triumph for him--it ended. All triumphs and all
evenings end. And the next day, Miss Costigan having taken leave of all
her friends, having been reconciled to Miss Rouncy, to whom she left a
necklace and a white satin gown--the next day, he and Miss Costigan had
places in the Competitor coach rolling by the gates of Fairoaks Lodge--
and Pendennis never saw them.
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