The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-08 00:00:00

THE TURCO-EGYPTIAN FLEET. This Fleet sailed from Alexandria on the 17th end 18th of October, and not upon the 15th, as has been stated. On this naval expedition the a•tiltati relies, and thence hopes he shall be able 4 ° reduce tt~e Greeks again to subjection, and re "ver the revolted, provinces. It is of a very for . Ellidablo deccriptiou, but nevertheless the light vessels of the Greeks, the skill with which they • at'e manas, , ed, and the facility with which they it'anCeuvred, give.a singular advantage to them ; 6'en'their opponents, who, encumbered by weight a ild - bulk, can merely Act upon the defensive, a nd seldom, except in the case of pitched bat tles (which the Greeks carefully shun) attempt ,te smallest offensive movement. In the pitched .hattlei which have occurred, the Greeks avoid as 4 thell as possible a grand combined attack, but .content themselves with harasing the detached yes -5e15 of the Turkish fleet, and encountering them by ` 4 l "tail. I n 'thi s manner th e G ree k s h ave hi t h erto enabled to obtain and maintain a superiority ltf' from which the greatest benefits have re :d to their cause. It is, however, to b e re 'llarked, that the attack upon the blockading fat tetrtati scinadroti before Missolonghi, the relief 'llven to the town, and the manner in which the ' ' '': i i , ),, fe"vis,ioos. were , th en an d h ave b een s i nce sup i;4d, reflect the hi ;hest honour on the Greek jr , 4 yßl tac•tics, and prove that when the Greeks 7 t ' o o venture Upon grand attacks they have the urage and the skill necessary to ensure them a. , rcitory. The following account of this fleet is t aKeti . from the AtstrianObserver : ft " This morning (Oct. 18.) the Captain Paella's el ls and the greater part of the Egyptian fleet, Put to sea ; the remaind e r will f o llo w t o - mor r ow . A ll the vessels will assemble at a short distance 4 °ll l this harbour (Alexandria) to proceed to the cH •ea• It is not yet known where it will land ; to rt 4 , le think near Missolonghi, to oblige that place 11 1 .Nigth to surr e nder by th e c o -operation of th e ,„ 4 - mam ore inclined to think it will anchor at t. „ - Navarin. It Alm os t a ll the ships of war of the Turkish .an d o "gyptian fleets, and many of the transports, 1 °tit of the old harbour yesterday : the re- Ider followed this morning (18th Oct.) The • ii*dition consists of the following ships : sett`!.)ne ship of the line cut down.—Twenty frigates and cor iTI e steam- . boat , t and i l i i l r a e n e n g e u d n b s, y bought in Engtand Tene. 4, which have been built here.—Seventy-nine transports. mThis numerous fleet, which is provided with P q thing necessary, is entirely under the Cont. of the Capital' Pasha : under him are the t i 4 Poda r Ben the Patrona Bey, and the Reala a o y (Le. Ist , 2d, and 3(1 Admirals of the fleet), 4 , z ;•`' Maharreni Bey, Governor of Alexandria, t iL io!•law of our Paella, commander of the 01 5 7,Ptian fleet. Bital Aga, the Vice Govern or 4 r . , t ,'11s place, has also embarked on board one "le ships. • pia The land troops on board this expedition con cat ° f 8,500 well disciplined infantry, and 900 •i r , 4 ". a 'ry, intended to reinforce Ibrahim Paella's 'll l l4 army. Including the artillery train, &c., 6S i t iurnher of troops is 10,000 men. Among the jj Ps of war are about 12 or 15 belonging to the rbar y Stated." jxtract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's F almouth dated 6th Dec.]----" Arrived his st y's (4. 13 t Y ship ' Jasper, in 61 days from Vera hi s h -1 ' l nd 36 from Havannah • she left the Spa c'it ; a nd Mexican squadrons in action, the latter ex t : l anded by Captain Smurn, and it was fully (Ir ec t*A the former would be obliged to surren- U N : "d the consequence would be the capitula ("jai , (3 r the castle of St. Jean de Ulloa , lath N ovem b er . '4l,„ -- ‘on Papers arrived to the 1- of 1 Y only contain an account of a fire at Boston 75; 5 1 . 0 9 0 hous e s ; the damage done is from la .0 10 0,000 dollars. An article from Mexico, Sept.ih l2, says—Nothing new has occurred 4 ; -4r Rep u bli c: ever y thi ng c on ti nues ver y ktil l- : (14i l• Preparations were making for the 'l'versary of the independence on the 10th inst. A. t 4 "ols op e n e d this morning at S3i for the c ''nnt, b ut rose a f ter i t was k nown t h at an poiousts, ess had arrived from Paris, and they were 1 14 4 ' o fB-11 3 , owing to the Routes coming higher. at t. st ill th e M ar k et i s i n a f ever i s h state , ow i ng 11441 - t o reports of failures of another Country anda Commercial House in the City ; ti b , ut Ni 41 1 e A ve it i s w ith ou t f oun d a ti o n.—l n the 0 • , niark et little is doing. - 4 t \\, 2 ' annual representation of Classical Dramas . to th estminster School, must be highly gratifying its it" Scholar, the Statesman, and the Patriot,- No - , B l ll ,ews that we have a rising generation ap- I ht ,,4 ; nl mg who are likely to be the ornaments of .ahri t , - "ntry and the zealous supporters of its 14 N -va it i led Constitution. Bence, while we pos -141;1 4 orsAticit, whose authority ought to be r l l rip. l "tained, yet, however consistently with the I rt ( l i e ges of the subject, and with all practicable r °4l to the community at large. While, ( 4t 4 t ;. ° , r e) we have such Seminaries as THE ; . lt ROUSE and WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, Nctlnlaroerous others, though subordinate in cha tle,t' Yet conducted by men of approved ►l ht -si classical attainments, and moral con !llveir? Preparatory to the introduction of " 4 1 0 t( Pulills t o our U n i vers iti es , so houour td-,) i llomsel ves an d so use f u l t o th e coun t r y, "i never want a due s upply of candidates for p lit inon, the BAR, and the SENATE. How gra ,`'atiolf' t hen must it he to every lover of the ' ll ll. s r 3P to find that the Conductors of these 1 , i „, 11 q4,, 1 Genius and Learning have wisely ~"ii•r i, - , l lq an Institution entitled THE SCHOOL j"NS SOCIETY, that when disabled by sick lt.e) 4 144414 Y, and time, they may happily se . . Provisi on f or t h emse l ves an d t h e i r farm ‘t)t iS not only the duty of all the members iaPp o laudabl e I nst i tut i on to contr ib ute to i ts ' P4 111 41 0 but of all who have derived advantage fa t ",,, ei r 'instructions, and have risen into afflu bse 1 1 .'e : and the honours of the . State. With ' 14 11 ) , ;Ye of such a provision for declining life, O L I 4 r o rers ons of high talents and profound learn ttt aY be induced to adopt the occupation, an 1)4 e) 'of the ut mos t i m p or t an c e t o th e Ern -14%4.j the fr u itf u l source o f d omest i c wort h , laOlioUry and national glory. THE KING. Wilmsoa, DEC. 7. —During the last :Our days, the weather being very unfavourable, his MAJESTY did not leave the Royal Lodge. Yesterday the weather being favourable and mild, his Majesty, with his usual attendants, left the Royal Lodge, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and after taking several pleasant drives on the rising grounds in the Great Park, his Majesty returned to the Royal Lodge, at half-past four o'clock. His Majesty continues to enjoy excellent health.—Messengers, with dispatches from the Home and Foreign Departments, arrive and depart alternately, to and from the Royal Lodge. BRIGHTON, DF:C. 6.—The Duchess of GLOUCESTER has this morning been a pedestrian about the Steyne and Marine Parade, and enjoyed a carriage airing before dinner. Mr. Secretary Causing was among our import ant arrivals of yesterday, who left his name at the Pa lace, and, subsequently, paid a visit to the Portuguese Ambas sador and the Earl of Arran, at the Royal York Hotel. Mr. Canning appears somewhat shaken in constitution from his late severe attacks of gout. sir William and Lady Jane Houston have been here to-day from A visford, and left their names at the Palace. The Portuguese Ambassador the Marquis' Palmella, the Marchioness and Count Villa Real, joined their retinue, which had conic in the preceding day, at the Royal York Hotel, on Sunday—the Marquis and the Count departed, for town, this morning, but the latter purposes returning on Thursday. Lord Dudley and Ward was also among the departures from the said distinguished Hotel, for London, this morning. A house has been engaged, at the sea end of Regency square, for Earl and Countess ilardwicke, who arc expected to be with us in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Langhorn alighted at the Royal York Hotel this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Tappen, 1 to conclude the Honey-moon, have removed from the Marine Hotel, to a private house on the Marine Parade. Mr. Evelyn, M.P., Mr. 'l'. Franklin and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wells, and Mrs. Cholmelq Deering and family, are arrived. Lord Lis burne is prolonging his stay at the New Steyne Hotel ; and General Bligh, and Captain Matson, R.N. at the Marine Hotel. Lady Calthorpe has engaged her Marine Library r,.sidence for the whole of the winter season. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, Bze The Duke of Norfolk, for Arundel Castle; the Earl of Be borough for Roehampton ; Lord and Lady Illontague, for Ditton Park. From Hakes's Hotel—Lord and Lady Maynard, for Easton Lodge, Essex ; George Loyd, - Esq. and Mrs. Loud, for Yorkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Ravenshaw, for Bath; Co lonel and Mrs. Twysden, for Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, for Hastings ; Countess Mesnard, for Dgrhyshire. From the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Paik-place—hord Arthur Lennox, on a tour; Sir John, Lady, and the Misses Aubyn, for Hert fordshire ; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Chandos Leigh, for Stone leigh Abbey ; Mr. and Miss Jenkinson, for Madeira ; Mr. and Mrs. Prideux and family for Devonshire. From Warne's Hotel, Conduit-street—Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. and R. Frankland, Esq. tin. Brighton ; T. Broughton, Esq. and Mrs. and Miss Broughton, for Lincolnshire ; the Rev. H. C. Ord, for Berks. From the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Major O'Hara, for Ireland ; Win. Salway, Esq. for Oxford ; Capt. Trower, R.N. for Chatham ; J. Wynne, Esq. for Bath. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Hon. Wm. Burrell, from Dover. At the Hyde Park Hotel—The Earl of Ossory, Lords Charles, James, and Henry Butler ; Lady and Miss Geary, from Southampton. At Hakes's Hotel—Lieut,-General Sir George, Lady Murray and family, from Sunning Hill ; W. 11. Mogan, Esq. from Dub lin ; Phillip Caddell, Esq. and Mrs. Caddell, from Paris ; John Becher, Esq. from Tunbridge Wells ; Anthony Wil kinson, Esq. from Durham. At Warne's Hotel—S. B. Ren ney, Esq. from a tour; E. Gilchrist, Esq. and Mrs. Gilchrist, from Scotland ; A. Blair, EMI. from ditto. At the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street—T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. from Paris. At the 'Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street—Sir Colin, Lady, and Miss Campbell, from Cheltenham. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrived at their residence in Charles -street, Berkeley-square, yesterday morning, from Bushy. Their Royal Highnesses dined with the Duchess of Kent. in the afternoon at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence afterwards returned to Bushy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Tuesday even ins, for Beckenham. The Right Hun. John and Lady Ann Beckett entertained the Duke of York and a distinguished prl to dinner, yester day, at their house in' Downing-street. Viscount Bernard has arrived at his ►eat, in Ireland, from a tour. .IJord Selsey has arrived at his seat, West Dean, Sussex, fron: a tour. The Right lion. John and Lady Ann Becket entertained the Duke of York and a distinguished party to dinner, yesterday, at their house in Downing-street. Quintin Dick, Esq. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Curzon-street. UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.—In this period of society, when plans are in operation to put an end to the breed of " bowers of wood and drawers of water," and all the lower employments of life, it may not be amiss to quote the following words of Dr. JOHNSON :—" The universal diffu. sion of instruction is, perhaps, not wholly without its inconvenience ; it certainly fills the nation with superficial disputants ; enables those to talk who were born to work ; and affords information sufficient to elate vanity and stiffen obstinacy, but too little to enlarge the mind into complete skill for full comprehension."—The venerable Sage might have added, that by drawing men out of their proper occupations, and raising ambition which, except in a very few instances, has no chance of being gratified, the now system is mainly calculated to nurse a breed of disappoint- ed rufiians, to overwhelm the country with pau pers, and to illustrate the maxim of the Poet, that— " A little learning is a dang'rous thing." We understand that accounts are received this lay in town of the failure of another Country Bank, in Yorkshire. • The uniform of a Birman Officer, brought on board the ship Calcutta, and presented to the King of SWEDEN, is to be stuffed, so as to repre seat a soldier of that nation in complete armour. The most complete part is the excellent battle axe of wootz (Indian cast steel), which is finished in a manner that would do honour to the best European manufactory. A British Peer, who was present at all the pro ceedings in the trial of the Conslitutionnel, said, after the sentence, " This judgment concerns not only the Constitutionnel, but all France, and all civilized societies, on account of the princi ples which it proclaims."—(Constitutionnel.) The subscription for General .Foy amounts to about eleven thousand pounds. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.--Dr. Hum! CAMP.. DELL (Illustrator of Ossian's Poems), who has lately published The Fruits of Fait/, an elegant, little Christmas present, is now employed upon an impartial Life of the above unfortunate Queen, which will faithfully pourtray the lead ing features in her eventful life, from her cradle to her grave. POET' R Y. THE WORLD IS ALI, A FLEETING SHOW. _ _.. There is an hour of p eace f u l rest , To mourning wand'rers given ; There is a tear for souls distrest, A halm for ev'ry wounded breast — t is above—in Heaven ! There is a soft, a downy bed, 'Tis fair as breath of even ; A couch for weary mortals spread, Where they may rest the aching head, And find repose in Heaven There is a home for weeping souls, By sin and sorrow driven ;1 When tost on life's tempestuous shoals, Nirlien storms arise and ocean rolls, And ail is drear—but Heaven ! There faith lifts up the tearful eye, The heart with anguish riven ; And views the tempest passing by, The evening shadows quickly fly, And all serene—in Heaven ! There fragrant flow'rs immortal bloom,. And joys supreme are given There rays divine disperse the gloom, Beyond the confines of the tomb, • Appears the dawn of Heaven ! ANECDOTES, &c. REMARKABLE DAY.---This day is the Anni versary of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The festival was instituted by Anselnt, Archbishop of Canterbury, in consequence of a fleet of William the Conqueror, which had been in a storm, arriving safe in port. The Council of Oxford, however, in 1:222, permitted all to use their discretion in keeping it. It is regarded with great veneration in catholic. countries, and Peter d'Alva has published forty-eight folios on the Mysteries of the Conception. This day is also remarkable as the anniversary of a severe frost, which lasted to February, 1606 ; the deaths of Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1686, and Richard Baxter, the Nonconformist, 1641. Lours XlV.—One day that Lours XIV. was playing at trictrac he made a doubtful point. It was disput ed ; the courtiers remained silent. The Count de Grammout came iu : " Decide for us." said the King. " Sir, you have lost." said the Count. " How can you know that without ex amining the matter ?"—" Ah, Sire ! do you not see that had there been the least doubt, all these gentlemen would have given it in your favour ?" DUKE DE BOURBON.--In 1527, the Duke de Bout: oN, General of the army of Charles V., was mortally wounded at the assault of Rome. Some of his soldiers, passing by the place where he lay nearly expiring, were debating among themselves whether the report of his death was true.— He called out to them--" The Duke of Bourbon is at your head." LUIS DE ATAIDE teas a Portuguese Governor in India in the time of King Sebastian ; and, if possible, his honesty exceeded his bravery. He totally disregarded wealth, and thought only of glory, and the means by which he could advance the public service. " So clear was Ataide's heart from the infection of avarice," says Faria, " that whilst others were amassing and conveying over immense treasures from Asia to Portugal, he only brought with him 4 jars of water, filled from the great rivers Ti7is, Euphrates, Indus, and Ganges. These jars, sealed up, were for many years preserved in the Castle of Peniche. Cuniusc PLAys.—The following account of the Chinese flay is translated from the " Description of Siam," by M. de is Loubere :—" I was present at a Chinese comedy, which I would willingly hate seen to an end, but they put a stop to it, after a few scenes, in order to go to dinner. The Chinese actors, whom the Siamese are very fond of, without understanding a word they say, tear their throats most hor ribly. All their words are monosyllabic; and I never heard them pronounce a single one, without a new exertion of the chest ; one might fancy, by the noise they make, that they were having th e ir th roats cut . Th e i r dress was such as is de- . scribed in the relations of China, very similar to that of the Cliartreu>i, being fastened on the sides by means of three or tour hooks, from the shoulder to the hip, with large square placards before and behind, on which dragoons were painted, and with a girdle of three fingers breadth, on which were placed, from space to space, a number of little squares and circles of tortoiseshell, horn, or some sort of wood; and as these girdles were loose, they were attached on eac h side by a buckle. One of the actors, who represented a Magistrate, walked with the greatest gravity ; first, he placed his heel upon the ground, then successively and slowly the sole of his foot, and lastly his toes, a nd thi s was done with suc h regularity, that when he supported himself upon his toes his sole no longer touched the ground. On the contrary, another actor, running about like a madman, threw his feet and his arms about in all directions, out of all measure, and in a threatening manner, like, but infinitely more mare, than our Gascons and Matarores. lie was a General ; and, if the relations of China deserve credit, this actor repre- ' tented with fidelity the affectations of the warriors of his coun try. While these things were passing on the stage, in another part of the court in which these entertainments were given, the jugglers were exhibiting their tricks, some of which were most extraordinary. One of them, in particular, planted upon the ground a very high ladder, the two sides of which were com posed of bamboos, and the steps of sabres with the edge direct ed upwards. He mounted to the top of this ladder, where he balanced himself and the ladder together, and danced, with. out any support, on the cutting edge of the uttermost sabre, while the ladder shook more than a tree in a high wind ; he then descended head foremost, passing quickly backwards and forwards between the sabres. I saw him descend, but I was too much occupied with the play to notice him when he was upon the uppermost sabre."—( Palladium.) DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A fatal and melancho ly accident happened to a youth about 14 years of age, named yamuel Parr, the son of the landlord of the sign of the Trout, at Yewsley, in the parish of Hillingdon, on Saturday last. This unfortunate youth left his father's house about 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, with the intention of going on an errand for some articles which were required in the house, and on his way stopped to look at a large elm tree, which stood in a piece of waste ground, about 300 yards from his father's house, and which two labourers, named John Bond and John Moore,. were grubbing up by the roots. The youth placed the basket which he had with him immediately under the tree, and stood to view the two men saw one of the large roots asunder. He was cautioned by the men to keep farther off, but he paid ro attention. Before the men had finished sawing through the root, not having the least idea the tree was so near falling, it suddenly came down with a tremendous crash, and fell upon the youth standing under it, and crushed one side of his head and one of his arms to atoms, and caused his instan taneous death. An alarm was given, and many persons came to the spot to afford assistance. By means of a screw jack, the tree was lifted off the body, which occupied about twenty minutes. On the body being raised from the ground it presented a dreadful and melancholy spectacle, and was im mediatelyremoved to the house of the deceased's father. It is a singular and fortunate circumstance, that another youth, who was standing close to the unfortunate deceased, escaped unhurt. An Inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when the above particulars of the melancholy accident were fully proved, and a verdict returned accordingly. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO. -Another very extensive seizure of tobacco was effected on Friday at the Cove of Cork, by 111 r. N. Seymour, Tide surveyor, assisted by the police of that dis trict. It was ingeniously concealed in a cave,con structed under the street, the entrance to which was gained by raising a window stool of the ground cellar of a house on the square, under which was a space barely sufficient for one man to enter at a time. In the cave was discovered a considerable quantity of tobacco, in half and quarter bales, with a press, and a part of the tobacco in process of manufacture. The whole was seized and safely deposited at the Cove watch. house. Much credit is due to Mr. Seymour and his assistants for, owing to the very great ingenuity used in the construction of this place of conceal ment, it was after a very persevering search of nearly two hours that the discovery WAS effected. , , c .c..* br t - - Cix , ::-/4., , f;(4: • i r 'ly --- A. d ' .4: 7 ' r?-.. ...14.1, c ' • -• .F' &•- ) iN P - i p v 44,---;11 :1- 4) .-, ~,..,, ... _..f . :-. 4...!'4 2 , - ; ....., ~....... ..,_,...,, C 47, . THE WESTMINSTER PLAY. Last night the King's Scholars, WestminSter, performed, according to established usage, one of the Comedies of Terence, preparatory to the Christmas vacation. The `play selected for this year was the Andria, which, except'. the . Adeip4i, is perhaps the, most finished and interestingof the few specimens that remain to us of that dramatic school which Terreece founded in Rome on the model of Menander. As a representation of ancient manners, it is remarkable for its fide lity and simple truth. The Roman dramatist acknowledges that he collected the materials of his plot from two pieces -;-the Andria and Perinthia--of his Greek master; but he did not, like our modern play-wrights, degrade the sentiments and vulgarize the invention which he copied. The style is as elegant and polished as that of the Athenian Bard, and in the union of sententious vigour with the graces of expression, it rivals the finest productions of classic anti quity. The keen natural humour with which it abounds is admirably relieved by the intermixture of an exquisite • pathos. 'The characters are well diversified, and the variety and animation of the dialogue make it unnecessary to employ a great deal of incident to enliven and sustain the at tention of the audience. Though as a picture of Pagan mu , ners, even in the " stern republic," it shows us that human ' passions and their consequences have been much the same in all ages of the world, yet no immodesty of expression or thought shows that the author ever identified his notions of morality ' with the frailties of any of his characters, but on the contrary, he takes every opportunity that the story affords him to impress those sentiments of tenderness, constancy, and moral worth, • which preserve in the heart the elevation and freshness of virtue. The dramatis persona' in the performance of last night was ar,- ranged as follows: Simo • '. - Mr. Durmor. Sosia - Mr. LATIMER. Davus - Mr. HEATH. My sis - Mr. BLACK WALL. .Paniphilius - - Mr. A NSTICE. Charinu s - Mr. PAGE. Byrrhia - Mr. HALL. Lesbia - Mr. SUTHERLAND. Chrenies - Mr. PIGOTT. Crito . 411 r. GURLT. Oromo . Mr. FITZHARDI NG . Of these personages the most arduous are Slow and Dave; ; the former is peculiarly trying to the dramatic powers of a boy, as there is no sort of character that less assimilates with the joyous an buoyant feelings of extreme youth than that of a cautious, prying old man, whose heart is overloaded with the anxieties of a family, and whose mind is familiar with the lessons of experince. In Mr. Dunlop, however, he found an adequate representative ; his acting was throughout chaste, consistent, and spirited. He gave in the most natural manner the admonitions, the reflections, and feelings of a parent, and his action and man• ner were a faithful copy a the suspicious temper and tremulous bustle of an active old age. The well-known description of Glyce rium, at the funeral, he recited with great truth and pathos ; and his delivery, in particular, of the beautiful line, Rejecii se in rum liens quamfamiliariter ! was followed by loud approbation. In several other scenes he was no less effective ; but where, over come by what he considers the ingratitude of his son, he pours out his feelings in the expressions—Seal quid ego Cur me excrucio :a Cur me macero It Cur tneam senectutem hajus sollicito amcntia ji An tie pro Indus pcccatis ego supplicium suffer rams Imtno habeat—vakat—rivat oem illa—he so excited his hearers, that the passage was received with three distinct rounds of applause. The performance of Danis was also very good. The arch contrivances-and mischievous drollery of that Machiavel of the servants' hall, were played with great vivacity and force. The look and expression of Mr. Heath were in excellent keeping with the character, and the mirth and applause which both his triumphs and his mis fortunes excited, were abundant proof of the impression which he made on his audience. If we wculd select any passage, out of a great number which he gave with great comic tact and effect, it would he that where he says, Da ms sum non (Edipus. The by-play between him and Simo was excellent. The representative of Chremcs had much less to do than either of these, but he sustained the _part allotted to, him with great judgment and propriety. . The characters of ranzphilut and Charinia were performed with much gentlemanly ease, but were sometimes deficient in variety and' animation. Byrrhia was played with such natural hu mour of action and expression that we do not think the test of Terrence ever produced more unforced merriment. Crib() was personified with a peculiarity of manner which appeared to us more burlesque than comic, but this did not acute un pleasant as a variety in the -play., We must not forget Mr. Blackwell in Afriz„ ,who acted to the, life the mature, .teniper, language,' gesticulation, aridtlress of a busy, prattling,_ con sequential, and . irritable lady's mind.. The scene between Mysis and Dam:, where the latter makes her the innocent ageilt of his design upon the two oldnien and provokes a summary puniehment at her hands, displayeda great deal of nature and spirit. The feeble activity of Les4ia was also well expressed, and the shrill treble of her Voice was in excellent unison with the infirmity of her appearance. The other performers played the little that fell to theirshare in a creditable manner. On the whole, the performance was received with those expres sions of applause throughout, that proved it gave general and decided satisfaction. The room, though spacious, was exceed ingly crowded ; several elegantly-dressed males added to the interest and animation of the scene. At the close of the per formance the dramatis persome appeared on the stage, and the anthem of "God save the King" concluded the classical en tertainment of the evening. MISS STEPIIENS..--ThiS charming. Syren has not only derived great pecuniary advantage from her performances in Scotland and Ireland, but most flattering honours, for when, in the charac ter of CLARI, she was led to the Ducal throne, the applause which arose in both countries seem ed to indicate that she was deemed not unworthy of such a distinction in real life. This day a man went into a general shop, in Old Gravel-lane, Borough, kept by a poor wo man who has but one eye. After asking her for a small quantity of each article that she sold, as tea, sugar, soap, and coffee, while he kept sound ing a sovereign, and complained of having the toothache, he said that he had heard treacle and ,brown paper as an excellent specific. She then procured a plaister of that description, which he suddenly applied to her eye, and disappeared with the goods. MESSRS. CHAMBERS'S BANECRUPTCY.—Yester day the first meeting under this commission of bankruptcy was held at the Commissioners' Booths in Basinghall-street, when several persons were admitted to prove their debts. An objec tion was taken to the commission, on the ground that the peti tioning creditor had signed a letter of license to Mr. Chambers. After considerable discussion the objection was over-ruled, and the Meeting adjourned. _ _ _ LARGE MoTn.—A friend at Krracan, informs us that he has caught a moth, which measures from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other ten inches. Both wings are beautifully variegated with the brightest colours. Unless we are mistaken, this is the largest moth upon record, exceeding in di mensions the largest in the British Museum, which we believe measures about nine inches from tip to tip.—(Madras Paper. July 26.) SINGULAR DIRECTION.—A letter, bearing the following curious superscription, was put into the post-office in this town on Wednesday, the 30th ult.:—`' For Air. Colwell that Keeps the Shop in Back Anderton-st. to Bee Gave to Jack Timlen that Keeps the pigs in his own Sellar in Back Ander son-mt. the irish man that has the Large family that bgs the mail from Mr. Colwell and milk to Bolton."—( Nano/tater Paper.) AWFUL OCCURRENCE.--A short time since a respectable man, residing in Noble-street, Goswell-street-road, having been attacked by that dreadful malady, the putrid fever, went raving mad and died. A Mrs. Goodspeed, residing in the same street, went to the house of the above person, and shortly after her return home was seized with the same disease, and in two days after also expired. The husband of the poor woman, in consequence of his wife's death, went to his friends, in the Borough, to communicate his irreparable loss, and while conversing on the melancholy subject, he was taken very ill, and shocking to relate, likewise expired. The body of the un fortunate man was conveyed in a coffin and laid •by the side of his wife in Noble-street, Goswell-street, and on Tuesday after- won, their remains were interred in one grave in St. Luke's churchyard, Old-street, amidst a concourse of spectators, who' had assembled to witness the funeral ceremony. They have left five children to lament their premature death. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, DEc. 7.—Wind S.E. by E.—Sailed the Sarah, Cundy, for Gibraltar; Brighton, Sebor, for New .York; Pedang, Rogers, for Pedang ; Perseverance, Best, for Madras and Bengal, and the rest of the outward bound. Remain his Majesty's ship Ramillies. A ship from the westward', • appa rently an American, anchored in the Downs at 4--30.13,m. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived tlie Mid dlesex, Buck, from Dantzic in 29 days. Passed by the-Simon Taylor, Meek, for Jamaica. Sailed the Brazillian frigate Piranga, Capt. Shepherd, for the Brazils ; Duchess of• York transport, for Barbanoes ; John Shand, Rees, for . Jamaica ; Coriolanus, Cole, for Rio Janeiro ; Retrieve, Steel, fcr Lisbon ; and Duke of York, Finlayson, for St. Michael's-. Far.scouTn, DEC. 6—Wind S.S.E.--ArriVed his Ma jesty's ship Jasper, from Vera Cruz and Havannah ; Betsey, Hogan, from Cadiz and Vigo, 19 days from the latter;" Mag dalene, Le Rous, f rom Malaga; Albion, Proctor. from London for Van Dieman's Land ; Henry William, Worts. froth ditto for Malta; Brazil Packet, Sc a rlett, f rom diucifor Riol; Cecrops, Gilmore, from ditto for Trinidad ; Braclock, •llewson,. from Liverpool for Columbia; and the Entcrprise, Cole, from Poole for Bilboa. The Swallow of Bristol, laden with tobacco, turpentine, palm oil, &c., was wrecked near Donaghadee tile Ist inst. The Reiolution, from Gottenburgh to New Bedford, is condemned at Cowes. Yesterday a Court of Directors wa.s held at;. the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the com mand of their respective ships—viz.: Captain Montgotnerie Hamilton, Dunira, • and Captain Peter • Cameron, Earl of Bal carras, consigned to Bengal and China. The East 'lndia Company's ships Inglis and Vansittart were at Bombay on the 20th of July, and were expected to sail from thence for China on the 28th of the same mouth. The ,Hope, Captain Flint, waa expected to reach. Madras, `from Calcutta, about the 15th of Septemb er ; an d t o sa il f rom Madras, for England, on the Ist of "October. We arc concerned to observe, by the Bengal papers,' that the brig Horatio, Capt. Oakley, was blown up in,Eatariarroads on -the 11th of rune, when the chief officer, gunner, and nine of the.crew perished. The Amity, Johnson, bound to Greenock, sailed from -Bom bay the 213th July. in company with the Royal George, (arrived in the D3Wns), and is supposed to have put back, having expe rienced bad weather soon after leaving Bombay. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE Yesterday two young girls came before the LORD MAY ow, to beg his aid in their deplorable necessity. They were both country girls, and had been seduced by two fellows who pro mised to marry them. One of them said she lived happily with her uncle arid aunt, who kept a public-house at Stoke, in Northamptonshire, when a young man, a servant in the family of Mr. Denman, M.P., paid his addresses to her, and after a courtship of six months, during which time he niade the most solemn vows to marry her, he accomplished her ruin.— Her seducer then desired her to come to London, where he would meet and protect her. Being without money, she walk ed to London, b u t th e f e ll ow did not meet h er, and she'walk ed about the streets in search of him until shesunk down ex hausted on the steps of a hall-door. In this condition she was addressed by one of the wretched class who conveyed her to a brothel in Shire-lane, but as she refused to prostitute herself, she was turned into the street, having left nearly all her clothes for her board and lodging. She then met her companion, and they got shelter in a hovel in Duck-lane, Westminster, but were again turned into the street. The second girl, who is the daughter of a publican in the country, said she had also been seduced by a fellow who brought her to London, where he rob bed her, kicked and abandoned her, and then entered into the Guards. Her uncle was a respectable person,, in the employ ment of Alderman Atkins, and who, on being sent for, was horror-struck on beholding her. The girls were sent to the Compter, and orders were given that they should be treated withkindness. They sat in a room together on Saturday night, 'and the second one, who appeared to yield herself up to despair, said she would sit on the bed, and she should be better. She Went to the other side of the room, and her companion being surprized at her long absence, went to the bed, and there found her apparently in the agonies of death. The poor creature had taken the ribbons from her bonnet, and tied them tight round her neck. Had it not been discovered, she would in a few minutes have been a corpse. This girl is now under the protection of heruncle; the other remains at th e Compeer until his Lordship receives an answer from Mr- Denman. • - • - - LAM BETH -STREET. BIT LL °CIE HUNTING. —..Three youngsters, named Thomas Quiltion, John Homewood, and John Davis, all weavers by theirvocation, were brought before Sir DANIEL WILLIAMS, charged with having been engaged, with several others, in the brutal amusement of bulloeking, and having assaulted Norris and Furlong, two of the Bow-street patrol, while in the exe cution of their duty, and endeavouring to put an end to their barbarous employment. The assault with respect to Norrie was without his saying a word, most clearly proved, for on his entering . the Office his head was in a continued gore of 'blood, and one of his fingers appeared very severely dislo cated if not fractured. He stated that between twelve and one o'clock, the prisoners in company with one hundred other persons were driving in the most savage manner an ox, which he since understood belonged to Mr. Creighton, along the top of Devonshire-street. Tile cruelty they exercised towards the animal was so excessive that it became quite infuriated, and threatened destruction to the lives of the passen gers. To preserve the peace and prevent the occurrence of mis chief, he and Furlong rushed into the crowd and endeavoured to apprehend some of the principals. On their doing se, they were received with a shower of stones and brick bats, a blow from the latter of which laid open his cheek, and broke one of his fingers. They persevered, however, and succeeded its appre hending the prisoners, who made themselves particularly active in the cruelty towards the animal, and in flinging the missiles. This statement was corroborated by the other officer, and a per son named Bradley, identified the prisoners as the chief ring leaders of the riot. Sir D. WI t.traats observed that the of.. fence was of late becoming so prevalent, and the lives of his Majesty's subjects so much endangered, that he felt it his duty to put the law strictly in force against the prisoners. lie then convicted them to pay a penalty of .10e. each, and in defsiallt,pe doing so, to take two months amusement at the tread wheel. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHW A R K. Bonouort MARKET.—L ouisa Jones having obtained a war-rant for an assault against Sarah Peel, appeared before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Suxrx, to substantiate the complaint. She represented the assault to, be of a vioi.e:-.t • and outrageous description. The two ladies are retail coster , mongers, carrying on business in the Borough-market, re markable for their loquacity and polite behaviour to their cue tourers, though not to each other. It _appeared that Sarah indignant at having her customers intercepted, and herself laughed at, hurled a ponderous bunch containing divers, to wit, twelve turnips or thereabouts, at the pericranium of the said Louisa, to the manifest injury of her upper-works, and contrary to the regulations of the Borough-market in that case made and provided. The case was argued on both sides with considerable ability, and Sarah in her defence submitted to the Magistrate, that in point of law the car plaina:t should be nonsuited, and be in mercy, &c. she said Lourhaving committed the first assault. y It appeared iu point of fact, that Louisa had with cool and deliberi....3 aim and astonishing. precision levelled a host of certain vegetables, termed cabbage, at the proboscis of the said Sarah, and thereby greatly damaged the same. Louisa, with great volubility, commented on the defence. The Magistrate, however, declined to interfere, and the fair Amazons retired to " Tak a stoup to I:iendship's growth for the days o' lang syne," in a glass of Hodges' best cordial compound. UNION-HALL. Application was this day made to the Magistrate for a war rant against the father-in-law of an interesting little girl, about six years of age. The charge was cruelty, and the appearance of the child was shocking, being bruised all over in the most shameful w.anner. CITAMBErts, to whom the application was made, horror struck on the appearance of the child, Ml ' mediately granted the warrant. James Hump4rey, who , lescribes himself as a travelling .vender of lines, &c., was brought up by Pople and Grasamith, charged with having robbed the premises of James Bryant, situate at Coombe, in the parish of Croydon, of one .game cock and three hens, which were taken in his possession, with other fowls, which were' quite warm, although dead. Th e person said he slept , the previous night in Roscmary-lane, and that he purchasedAe. fowls in question, together with others, from a man with a cart, on Sunday morning, near the Horns, Kennington, which was proved false by the blood upon his clothes, and being ancle-deep in country mud. The officers, with a degree of dili gence w hi c h d oes t h e m credit, succeeded in tracing owners for the property. The man WM taken, near St. George's Church, in company with a commi.n thief, about eight o'clock on Sunday morning. He is fully committed for trial at Kingston Assizes,