The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-24 00:00:00

BRITISH SAILORS.

Yesterday evening, Mr. Nicholson, the owner of the
George the Fourth, entertained the Captain, officers,
`and crew at a public dinner at the Bridge House Hotel,
on the return of that vessel, with a raluable cargo, from
China. A large party of 2,1 r. Nicholson's friends, in-
cluding several merchants, shipowners, and gentlernea
connected with the trade of the port of London, were in-
vited to be present on this novel and interesting occa-
sion.

There were about sixty o,- seventy seamen at the
lower tables. who ware rep:elect with substantial old
English fare ; their clean and healthy appearance, and
the hearty cheers with which. they responded to the
F vc ral to;sts as the? were given from the Chair, must
have impressed the uninitiated with a high opinion of the
character and bearing of the British " hearts of oak."
In.the course of the evening the Chairman Ni-
Chaise:), gave the following toasts :—" The _Queen, God
bless her, a good husband, a long, happ., and pros-
perous reign." This toast was drank until three times
three, and a burst of cheering from the seamen which
it was well observed by a gentleman near es, must make
the hearts of their adversaries quad in the hour of strife.
The next toast was, " The British Navy, and may the
Union Jack ever reign triumphent." " Captain Dray-
ncr, and welcome back to old England." " The Offi-
cers of the George the Fourth." " The Chairman,
John Nicholson, Esq." " Richard Thornton, Esq.,
and the Britiih Merchants and shipowners." " The
Press," &c. &e. •

The CHAIRMAN, in giving the healths of the Sailors
of the George the Fourth, entered at some length into
a statement of the system he had adopted:in giving the
seamen credit for their arrears of pay, by which they
were enabled to make advantageous purchases in China
on their own account. He trusted the system would
be more generally adopted by the English merchants
and shipowners, and that means would be taken to ame-
liorate the condition of the British. sailors, who, when
they came ashore with a large sum of money in their
pockets, too frequently became-the prey of crimps"
and pickpockets. who plundered and then sent them
adrift. He also added that many of the sailors presert
aad been for three voyages with the George the Feurth,
and they would bear him out in saying that, during
these three voyages, he was happy to state that not a
single man had been flogged.—{Loud-cheers.)
The evening passed off with the greatest harmony
and conviviality.

The late Francis Coast, Esq., who was buried
cn Sunday in the Cemetery at Kensall-green, I,:ft be-
hind him upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. We believe his age to have been ncr.rly 100
years, although the seemingry accredited statements place
him at 88. He was in his youth much, attached
to the drama and its professors, and was the author of
aSneossfions.
some prologues and epilogues. Henderson, John
Kemble, Stephen Storace, Twiss, Por-3on, and Dr.
Barney, Fred. Reynolds, Thomas Morton, Sheridan,
and Harris, were his convivial comps nions and friends.
death.
He will be remembered, however, as the editor Of lti,
the
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The latter situation Mr. Coast held up to his
Although a barrister, his practice was but limited.
singulari.h .
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PARIS, DEC. 19.—The Gazette deosf
of this morning contains the particulars
ui
afneyeesterday
occurrence which IS announced in my lettel.
_oi
—the flight of the Marquis de Crouy-
was mistaken in some of the circumstancesnwas is
(wl'ele
mainis
not yet clearly proved) my infoirnatio
perfectly correct. It only
biographical sketch of this remains fur amem to giro
wound up with an intrigue personae whose mimeg is
a still greater share of the •
it has done, up to the which is destined to engross
attention of the public than
Crouy-Chanel is a son of a peasant of the depart-
Present. me Marquis Do
Buonaparte having taken it
ment of the Isere. He was brought up at
into his head, some
Gre-
noble, from whence he repaired to Paris in 1804.
time after, to create a number of offices about his per-
son fcr such of the representatives of the old Noblesse
as should acknowldge his rule, De Crouy Chanel con-
trived to forge a genealogy connecting his family with
that of the Humberts, formerly Dauphins of Vienne,
and through it got himself promoted to the rank of
Chamberlain. After the fall of the Emperor, Dc Crony-
Chanel became a staunch Royalist, and as such took
part in the crusade of 1823 against the Spanish Cortes.
A l contracted by the Government of Ferdi-
nand 'wu
short time atter, through his instrumentality for
oan loan
.was
he received 400,000 francs as a recompense.
This sum did not last him long. In 1825 he was
almost in a state of destitution, when by some chance or
other he became acquainted with the family of a wealthy
Russian Nobleman, whose daughter he married shortly
after.