The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-19 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The comedy of As You Like It was last night performed,
the part of Rosalind by Miss Charles, who was recently a
great favourite on the Dublin boards, and who, a few
evenings since, made a favourable debilt as Miss Hard-
castle. Her conception of the character of Rosalind was
just, and we have not for some years seen any actress who
infused more spirit and gaiety into the part. She rallied
her lover Orlando with arch vivacity, and scolded her for-
ward wooer Phcebe with well-affected disdain. Rosalind's
description of the progress of time, as it is noted by dif-
ferent parties, and her descant on the infallible marks by
which a swain actually in a love-sick state may be known,
she gave with a great deal of point and humour. Her
figure is neat and well-formed—her features lively and in-
telligent. Her manly habiliments became her exceedingly
well. Mr, Butler sustained the character of the melan-
choly Ind cynical Jacques with ability. He was, however,
ratifier too colloquial for this very sententious personage.
Mr. Cooper's Orlando was distinguished by a cold pro-
priety little indicative of the passionate lover. Touchstone
and Audrey found representatives of no common excel-
lence in Mr. Dowton and Mrs. C. Jones ; but we must
object to Mr. Dowton's retention of one or two broad
points in the dialogue, the omission of which has long
been sanctioned by good taste. The brief, but beautifully
drawn part of Adam, was remarkably well acted by Mr.
W. Bennett.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
attended by Lady Caroline Legge, arrived yesterday at
Bersted Lodge, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Mayo. Her Royal Highness is in the enjoyment of most
excellent health, and appears to be much gratified by the
scenery of the surrounding country. Her Royal Highness
drove on Tuesday morning through Bognor, and visited
Goodwood. A distinguished party of the nobility are in-
vited to have the honour of meeting her Royal Highness
at Berated Lodge ; among whom are—the Duchess of
Richmond and Lady Sophia Lennox, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Surrey, the Earl and Countess Bathurst and Lady
Georgiana Bathurst, Mr. and Lady Cecil Delafield, Mr.
anti Lady Elizabeth Bourke, Lord Fitzalan, Sir William
ForTett, the Dean of ()awry, and General Gasooigne.
On Monday the remains of the late Hon. Miss
Jane Smith, who died at Tunbridge Wells on Saturday,
the 7th instant, were removed to Lord Carrington's resi-
dence at Whitehall ; and after remaining the night there,
reached Wycombe Abbey on Tuesday. On Wednesday,
they were deposited in the family vault at High Wycombe.
The venerable Lord Carrington appeared as chief mourner,
accompanied by the Hon. Robert Smith, M.P., John Smith,
Esq., Colonel Crewe, John Rumsey, Esq., W. Rose, Esq.,
John Neale, Esq., Messrs. Jalland, Ashton, Luthy, Lynes,
and Mrs. Jefferies.

We understand that Lord and Lady Lyndhurst
have taken a house at Versailles, where they intend spend-
ingsome weeks..

Sir Charles -and Lady Ogle have arrived at Paris
from Switzerland, and intend spending the winter in the
French capital.
A series of Liberal dinners, under the presidency
of Lord Moreton, has just taken place at Cheltenham,
Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, and other towns.
The numbers, spirit, and animation of those who attended
speak well for the Liberal cause, and we are glad to per-
ceive that a determination was expressed to contest both
divisions of that county at the next election .-- Bat h Journal.
Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Down-
ing-street for Lord Melbourne, at Brighton.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Andrew Amos, Esq., having been
appointed to the station of Fourth Ordinary Member of
the Council of India, was sworn in. Mr. Amos will take
upon himself the office to which ho has been appointed on
his arrival at Calcutta.

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT

Thb follo►ving letter from the Home-office has been re-
ceived by Mr. Banks, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, relative to
the introduction of troops the day after the election of a
Member for the ittland!,--

ii. Banks, Esq.

Whitehall, Oct. (3, 1837,
" Sir,—l am directed by Lord John Russell to inform
you, that on the receipt of the memorial ttansititted to hiE
Lordship on the 11 th of August last, he lost no time in
instituting a full enquiry into all the Circumstances con-
nected with the ihtrOduction of tieoo into the town of
Ryde On the day after the election of a Member for the
Isle of Wight. And Lord John Russell is of opinion that,
considering the state of excitement existing in the town,
the total incapacity of the local police, and the fact of there
being no military in the island, the Magistrates were justi-
fied in sending for the troops. But his Lordship thinks
the unnecessarily landing them was imprudent, and might
have led to serious results.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
d, F. MAULE,

It appears that the Reformers of Ryde feel a little dis-
appointed with the contents of this letter; but we have the
satisfaction of being able to inform them that the conduct
of Dr. Lind, one of the INlrigistrates of the Isle of Wight,
in landing the troops at Ryde from Portsmouth, met with
the most decided disapprobation of the Home-office ; and
that the conduct of Captain I3rigstocke, R.N., also a
Magistrate of the Isle of Wight, and Chairman of the
Committee of the Tory candidate, who took a leading part
on the occasion, has been strongly animadverted upon. We
earnestly hope that the Lord Lieutenant of the county, in
his official capacity, will take such steps as may in future
prevent a recurrence to proceedings that might have been
attended with the most calamitous circumstances.

1111 P stN, Loistbo'N, 14t IitSDAY, OCTORIIit IA N:47

NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

The first contract for the commencement of the works
was entered into the beginning of last month, and are the
most important jn regard to construction. They compre-
hend the formation Or ail etiihatilailetit3 k 46 feet in length,
orojectine• into the river ninety-eight feet before the pre-
sent embankment ; the front will be in a line with the
inner side of the third pier of Westminster Bridge, in four
feet of water at lo* Water the uncle to be surrounded by
river wall, thirty feet high from thn Bases dad 1 il4l feet
in length, with a curvilinear batten and faced with granite
a terrace 073 tett long next the river; and 3.5 feet wide is
to be formed in the front of the new houses, With an espla-
nade at each end 100 feet square, and landing stairs front
the river N feet wide. The foundation wall of the front
of the new building, the length di the tettace, and 80 feet
'sigh, is included in the contract, ag is also the whole sur-
flee of the front building, which is to be excavated and
tilled in with concrete twelve feet thick, forming a perma-
nent and solid foundation for the superstructure, and a coffer
lam is to be made surrounding the works 1,2j0 feet long
and ten feet wide, before they can be commenced. The
coffer dam is to be first made by dredging a trench in the
bed of the river, in the form of a segment of a circle 27
feet wide, and eight feet deep in the centre, which is done
to allow the piles to be driven the more easily ; two pa-
rallel rows of guide or main piles of whole timbers will then
be drove at five feet apart, leaving a width of nine feet be-
tween them transversely ; to these piles will be fixed three
tiers of waling of old timber, cut down and bolted together,
one tier to be fixed at the top, on a level with high-water
mark ; another level with the bed of the river, and a third
midway. The piles and waling arc then to be bolted across
with iron bolts 12 feet long, forming a carcase for the inner
or sheet and the inner main piles are firmly braced
to resist the thrust and pressure at high water. The whole
of the piles are 36 feet long, to be driven through the
gravel, and into the clay substratum two feet ; the top of
the clay is twenty-eight feet below high-water mark ; within
the waling will be two parallel rows of sheet piling, the
outer or river side being of whole timbers, and the inner or
land side of half timber. After all the piles are driven,
the gravel, forming the bed of the river between the piles,
will be excavated down to the clay, and the space between,
34 feet high 5 feet wide, will be filled in with clay and
puddled, and there will be fender or guard piles at
10 feet distance from the coffer dam, with floating
booms to prevent craft running against the works.
After the coffer dam is complete, the bed of the river
will be excavated the whole length of the river wall, 39
feet wide and 12 deep, to form the terrace ; the front and
inner wall will be 24 feet 9 inches high, standing on a course
of concrete one foot thick, upon which will be bedded two
courses of six-inch stone landing. The low thickness of
the wall will be 7 feet 6 inches, and the top .5 feet, with
counterforts 16 feet apart, 3 feet 9 inches wide by 3 feet
4 inches deep. The back of the wall will be carried up
perpendicular, and the front will be faced with granite laid
in horizontal courses two feet thick, with bondstone 4 feet
thick, and 6 feet 6 inches apart. The face of the granite
will form a curvilineal bolter of 2 feet 6 inches, in 22 feet.
At 30 feet distance from the inside of the river wall will
be built the front wall of the new building, which is to stand
on a foot of concrete, with two courses of six-inch stone
landing ; the lower part of the wall is 6 feet 4 inches wide,
and the top 4 feet 6 inches, and 24 feet 9 inches high.
Between this wall and the river wall, a space of 30 feet
wide, 673 feet 6 inches long, and 27 feet high, will be
filled in solid with concrete, to form the terrace ; the foot
of the river wall will be protected by sheet piling of whole
timbers 8 feet long, with a waling along the top, bolted
with iron bolts, 6 feet long and 4 feet apart, with screws
and nuts let into the stone landings of the footings. The
river wall to the front and side of the esplanade will be 1
foot 2 inches, and 2 feet 3 inches thicker than the terrace
wall, and the whole surface of the esplanade will be exca.
vated, and filled in with a solid bed of concrete, 20 feet
thick.

XTRAORDINARY EMBEZZLE-

MENT.

(From the Liverpool Albion.)

On Saturdays last, a case was brought before Mr. Hall,
which shows the extent of delinquency which may result
from one error, and exemplifies that, with the exception of
the fatal result, a parallel for the case of George Barnwell
can be found in real life. The prisoners, George Darwell,
Frances fliTean, alias Flood, alias Butler, and Richard
iltLertil, were placed in the Dock, at the Police Court, on
Saturday last. Darwell, who has been, we understand, for

some years past a confidential clerk in the service of
Mr. Wolstenholme, cotton broker, of this town, appears to
be about 50 years of age. Frances M'Lean, the Millwood
of the case, is a large, exceedingly fat, and coarse-looking
woman, about 40. Darwell was charged with having, at
different periods, embezzled a sum amounting to 8,2641., the
property of his employer. The various sums have, from
time to time been paid over to Frances M'Lean. The full
particulars of the case have not yet been ascertained. It
appears, however, so far as we have been able to gather
them, that, some time ago, Darwell had an intercourse
with the female prisoner, the result of which was the birth
of an infant. Fearful of the effect that a general know-
ledge of this circumstance might have on his character, or
for some other reason, he was induced to give her a large
sum of money, part of which was his own and part the
property of his employer. Having thus taken one false
step, he fell completely under the power of the female
M'Lean, who, it seems, called on him, from time to time,
for money, threatening him with instant exposure, if he re-
fused. Under the influence of this fear, he continued to
entangle himself more and more in the toils, for the more
he embezzled the greater was his danger. At length the
calls upon him became so frequent, and the demand so
large, that a discovery took place.
Mr. Whitty, the chief officer of police in this town,
stated that on Thursday last he received such information
as induced him to take the male prisoner (Darwell) into
custody. The prisoner at once confessed that he had,
from time to time, appropriated money belonging to his
master, and various sums belonging to others, for which
his employer was accountable. He (Mr. Whitty) asked
him how he had disposed of them. The prisoner said he
had given them to a woman who came from Manchester,
with whom he had an intimacy some years ago. The pri-
soner gave up his pocket-book, and said he would meet
the ease candidly and fairly, and he (Mr. Whitty) was
bound to acknowledge, that. he had, up to that time, met
the case most fairly. Ile told him that he would find the

!*ernale at the house of an individual called APLean,

who lived in Junction-street, Manchester, and that
she had gone by the names of Butler and Mood.
He (Mr. Whitty) went over to Manchester, and
procured the assistance of Mr. Beswick, one of the
principal officers of the Manchester police, from whom he at
all times received the most zealous and active co-operation.
They went to a public house in Junction-street, where
they saw the prisoner M'Lean, who said he was the owner of
the premises. They asked him if he knew a person named
Damen, but he denied all knowledge of such an individual.
They then searched the house, and found in a drawer a num-
ber of documents. Mr. Whitty here produced a large
bundle of papers. Some of them were in the hand-writing
of Damen ; some of them were letters signed F.F., and all
the latter were addressed to the care of M'Lean, to
whom, it is understood, the female has been recently mar-

ied. One of the letters, which was addressed to the care
of Richard M'Lean, grocer, contained a memorandum to
the following effect :—" Inclosed you have 10.5/., making a
total of 5,5.584" This was in the writing of Darwell. In
another drawer they found deeds of conveyance of pro-
perty to M'Lean, the value of which property was about
800/. They also discovered that I\l`Lean had been re-
cently engaged in brick-making, and that he had made
bricks to the amount of between 2,000/. and 3,000/. The
woman M'Lean, alias Flood, &c., was not at home. He
( Mr. Whitty) returned to Liverpool, where he found her,
she having come here on another expedition to obtain money
from the prisoner Darwell. On taking her into custody,
he told her that Darwell was already in prison. She said
she was exceedingly sorry for what had happened ; she had
received a great deal of money from Darwell at different
times. He (Mr. Whitty) asked her how much ? She said,
about 8,0001. ; but she had no notion that she was doing wrong.
She thought it was his own ; but she would give up all the
houses, and bricks, and property which had been purchased
with it, if that would satisfy the ends of justice. Mr.
Whitty said they would have many further inquiries to
make, and books and papers to examine ; he therefore
begged of Mr. Hall to adjourn the case for a fete days.
Mr Hall said the case stood adjourned till Saturday next.

" EXPRESS EXTRAORDINARY! "-Still our Paris
express brings no confirmation of the tidings, published by
the Standard, of the taking of Constantine. Such a report
prevailed at Paris, but had not been officially received by
the Government. The " unusually rapid" express of the
Standard, however, has outrun the telegraph, and our Con-
temporary deserves all the credit which he takes for this
early and exclusive information. The Standard, however,
is too modest by half. He could surely refer to more cha-
racteristic, if not more creditable, feats than the announce-
ment of the fall of Antwerp, or the suppression of the dis-
turbances at Lyons. Does our Contemporary forget the
" unusual rapidity" with which he was enabled to announce
his late Majesty's demise before it took place ? Morning

The. Animals' Friend Society last week caused
William Dady to be fined 13s. and costs, for cruelty to an
ass, by
Edward Plumer, Esq., Mayor of Canterbury, and a
bench of Magistrates.. The Magistrates expressed much
pleasure at the presence of the officers of this necesssary
Institution, and. the Mayor has granted
Guildhall for a meeting, it the 116 Q of the