The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-12 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

nets
. burletta entitled The Printer's Devil came out here
pientught as the second piece. It was in the usual sparkling
frornsaln style of all the Olympic entertainments, and emit,
loom th,e Prolific pen of Mr. Platiche. The plot is exceer..
st'mPle, and founded upon historical data but its work-
dEgtroau- occupies so short an interval
of time that we shall not
con, et from its vivacity by betrayinr, the moidents. .They
lett: a
~Ti(l are gone in a moment, and, in a word, the bur-
suce-,24.4,11 Olympic bottle of champagne. It wls perfectly
tl end th..re were some good hits in the way of puns,
Nicthupgh the technical allusions were' not clearly understood.
the I" the Nlinister of Louis the Sixteenth, however, presses
wit"ePs of the lad lover of the Printer's Devil, he exclaims
of th qua' naivete and indienation against any such " liberty
in „ e Press," and this set riff by good acting puts the audience
pri-n roar.
Keeley plated the devil—we beg pardon—the
vac ter's Devil with active sprightly humour, and a rich and
/eZ absurdity of tone and gesture, which are his par
Gre n
excel-
dresaCd e--, made a decent Minister, and Mr. Selby
in the German Ambassador into all the pompous seem-
g:f his vocation. The other characters were evenly sus-
baieeli o4"' and" The Printer's Devil went off with a promise to
Ite an Olympic farcurite.

.
Rhe PUv MADE BY lIER iCIAJESTY.—The Queen,
Princess Victoria, was one day reading that passage in
Roman history which states that a lady having visited Cor-
nelia, " the mother of the GrAcci," elisplived, according to the
orn of the time, a casket- of costly jewels, upon which
Cornelia handed forth her children, exclaiming, with maternal
Pride, Those are my jewels r. The little Princess laid
down the book, and looking up archly in the face.of her pre-
'ptress, said; "Jewels I now, to make the best of them, they.
Were but. Cornelians." - -

•
His Highness the. reigning Duke of Lucca arrived
in town froth Dcw r last evtning‘:accomp,inied by his Equerry,
Baron de Lover.berg. His Highness was attended to town
by their Royal Hignesses the Prince and Princess of Capua.
Who, with the Duke of Lucca, are at present at Miiart's Hotel.
The Duke of 13edford being in excellent health, . it
is the intention of the Duchess to receive a large party at Wo
burr, Abbey this Chrismas.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde have
taken very few English servants with them. The new house-
hold are principally foreigners.
The Dowager Countess of Clare and the Lady Isa-
,
bells Fitzgibbon, intend quitting Brighton for Belgrave
square on the 7th of November.
Lord and Lady A.,lihurton left Bath-house this
raoruine for Calais; from thence they intend going through
the Netherlands to Germany. In. November they will extend
their tour to Milan, and about Christmas return and settle in
the south of France,' at Nice, where his Lordship has alread%
taken a house for the win er. The Misses Baring accompany
them. The period named for their absence is six months.
The Baron Rothschild has taken the late Admiral
Tollemache's mansion, adjoining Apsley-house, for a term, at
1,2001. per year.
Sir Charles and Lady Rushout Cockerell left town
en Wednesday last for Sezincot Hall, in Gloucester, where
they intend remaining.during the winter.
Mr. and Ladv Caroline BuNes will leave Chelten
ham in a few days on a visit to the Earl of Leitrim's family at
Icilladson, in Ireland.
a Mr. and Lady Miry Vyner are expected to join the
hest week.
Countess de Grey at Wrest Park, in Bedfordshire,
...est Week.
• GLOUCESTER HOUSE.—Preparations commenced
in Park-lane on Monday last fur the reception of the Duchess
or Gleucester, who is expected froM Bushy Park io thp course
•
°f the next ensuing week. . • -
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On Wednesday evening the officers of the Northum-
etland and Newcastle Volunteer Cavalry presented their re-
sir!iloected Major,' Dixon Dixot, E-q., on his retiring, with a
t splendid silver salt-r, value 100' guineas.—Tyne
.11fercury.
A centipede of these inches in length Was found on
Mi?'lday last, in a log of teak. while b .ing split by one of the
11,,i1Pwrights of Wooleich Dockyard, and is now in the passes-
-4'l of Lieutenant Peirce. R.N., one of the principal officers
Ptthat establishment. It wasin a very lively .state at • the
viried of its emancipation.
Marshal the Duke de ReggiO has sent to the Go-
vernmente store at the Bar, in the Meuse, tine quarters of wheat,k
" growth of the preset t rear, considerably unuer the mar-
t
le
iceP ; and has declared that the whole produce of his
tfinckshall be seat on the same terms, as g the wants of
it e eople, arising from the high price of bread, shall require
'Galignani.
the mass 'of valuables in the Crown Jewel
4.'se at the Tower, there are only two- presents, both of
leh are from the county of Devon ; the first is a wine-
iZntain, three feet high, and used at the late Coronation
ilcloct, which was preseated by the Corporation of Ply-
ihi uth to Charles I. ; the second, a salt•ceilar, model of the
4.14te Tower—it is about eighteen inches high, a most splen-
W• jewel, and was presented by the people of Exeter to
'them IL
Sir W.W. Bart. gave a grand fete at Wynn-
fit
' en Friday last, when the Royal Bowmen had an excellent
41 contest. A sumptuous cbjeuner was given by the vener-
t2e Baronet to about 350 persons of rank. Tae day's enter-
la.„ll,tent concluded with a ball and supper.
We are authorised to contradict the report of a pro-
etett alliance between the Hon. Miss Abbott and Captain
Iltrnt yth, the brother of the Princess of Capua, that report being
lY without foundation.—Morning Paper.
rthe Master of the Horse (Lord Albemarle) arrived
ofs. erkeley-square from the Royal S'ud House, to attend his
t 'jai duties as one of the Lords Commissioners at the pro-
ition pro forma of Parliament at the House of Lords.
8 Lordship changed his state robes at tl e Royal Mews, and
afterwards rereturned to Hampton Court. Next week the Stud
ouse still be full of company.
bWe have great satisfaction in announcing the ap-
„,ntreent of Dr. Lushington to the Judgeship of the Court
Admiralty. The selection of the Hu o nurable Member for
the
Tow Hamlets to this important situation, for which be
4.81,43 eminently qualified, is alike creditable to the Government
kill be popular with the public at large.—Morn. Paper.
ldiell.e infant daughter of the Prince .and Princess of
iiighnourg was tak, n seriously unwell during their Royal
ne,ses' journey to Wainier Castle to tisk the Duke of
toss ',ton, at the Mitre lon, at Gravesend. Medical aid
1,6 ooteined, and after a few hours' deter the Prince and
se,itneeess proceeded to Walmer. Their Royal Highnesses and
ter expected to embark yesterday at Dover on board
ea rot 'sty's mail packet Arid. Captain Smithett, for o,tend,
t 4te to the Castle of Piherich, on the Rhine, on a visit
an to Duke and Duchess of Nassau. H s Highness's cerriage a
e wIY- purchased stud of race-horses have been shipped for
stferdern.
DUTY AND INCLINATION, EDITED BY MISS
4-4Nti
° '—"This new work, which has just appeared under the
ti„lices of Miss Landon, is attracting very general atten-
,,.._e The story is a love at ry, and a moral one. There is a
-4',7„trkess of heart in the author's reflectioes, a natural ten-
„lntl! ia them to lee, to set ford), aird praise the sunny side
e" ,lPfa'S. a loyalty to the sovere,g ty of truth and love, which
tolilioetne to shed 'a charming feeling throuebour the work,
rxethe interest of the plot and the development of cha-
ter
the
ttiirdo
keel:tlhuemre.eader's anxiety alive to the very last page of
General Steam Navigation Company's packet
°I-", arrived this morning from Antwerp in eighteen
igtri!sct:.although, from the haziness of the weather, the greater
the
A TR passage was performed at half speed.
re EASURE TItOVE.—A young patrician, who
I,ii:ents a division of an inland county, has. in addition to
as„o dashing exploits in Parliament, entered with great spirit
o the exciting arena of the turf. His initiation at the
benefit;
Doncaster me, tin g wils hailed by the profession as a public
pris and such Vl'i the sagacity be displayed (not sue-
-1,6 bing• indeed, considering who is his father) in making up
hr• inks for the Derby. it, .t the knowing ones have already
Ibteiled him the Gad.rinch.

Cv Wi_S-li-ILE OF WIGHT.

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(FROM OUR .WN CORRESPONDRNT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
OCT. 6. 1 r Al. —The Ruby cuLt..r, Rowland Mitchell, Esq.,
from Brighton. Fresh Bretz .- E.N. E. and hazy.
Ocr 8. 1 30 r Giaour cutt'r, Mirmaduke Hart,
E.q., fr;nn Weymouth. Fresh breeze E. NE.
OCT. 10, 10 I' wt.—The Menai brigantine, E. N. Harvey,
E.sq.. from Lisbon and Curunna. Light breeze N. N.W. ;
and E,netji scho .ner, Hon. H F. Walker, from Ireland, and
at noon sAited for Portsmouth, to lay up.
OCT. 11, 2 rust.—The Wanderer schooner, T. W. Beau-
mont, Esq., from the vt,stward.
SAILINGS. _ _

OCT. 6, 7 A M.—TheSpirrorchawk cutter, Ed. Heneage,
M. P., fi,r Portsmouth, to lay up kr the season.
OCT. 9. 10 30 A.M.—The Wandirer schooner, T. W.
B,aurrount, E-q., for Weymouth. Light breeze N.N. E.
OCT. 9. 11 A.M.—The Giaour cutter, Marmaduke Hart,
for London. •
On Saturday, October 6, the Kestrel cutter, Commodore
Earl of Yarborough, came it ,to harbour, to lay up f-r the
season ; and, October 7. the Colon cutter, Spencer de Horsey,
Esq., M. P., came into harbour to lay up.
ACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
CUTTERS. —The Ann, Vimpir,, Elizabeth, ForlAt Fly,
Fanny, and Amazon ; the M-nai brigantine, end Wanderer
sehoi,m-r. '
The Commodore has given directions for his yacht, the
Ket.trel, to be fitted out rally in the spring (April), as he in-
tends to take a trip to the Mediterranean, and to return by
August to the Regatta.

Cowes. OCT 11.—Married at Northwood church, -by the
Venerable Archdeacon Hill, Captain Lothian Dickson to
Mary Elizibeth, only chit(' of the la:o Lieutenant-Colonel
Gillman, 76th Regiment.
Great preparations are making at Southampton for the
laying the foundation-stone of the Docks, which is to take
place to-morrow. The Earl of Yarborough, and all the
hers of the different M.,s.mic Lodges in the Island, are ex-
pected to attend, to meet the brethren from all parts of the
country.
Amongst the visitors residing here are—Sir George and
Lady Mu; ray, at the Castle ; Lady Selina Kerr, at 3, Tra-
falgar-plane; Spencer de Horsey, Esq , M P , at Busigney
House ; Captain &lice, M. P., at Prosp,et titius:!; Captain
Wylie!, M.P., at Oak• hill House ; Laoy Nugent, at ditto ;
Earl of Yarborotlizh, at it,yal Yacht Squadron H use ; Ba-
ron Alderson, at Harriet Lodge; William lltuirom. Esq . at
Norfolk Hous • -- Young, Esq„ at Prospect Cottage;
Airs. Colonel Gillman, at Kent House ; Captain Dickson and
Lady, at ditto ; C. W. B atunont, g,q , at Eirl de Grey',
Villa; and Joseph Couksun, Esq , at Bowen Lodge.

SPORTING INT t_LLIGEN CE.

TATTERSALL' S—YEsrEnner

Nothing was done here this afternoon. The Newmarket
Second October Meettil t,kes place on Monday next and
four following drys. the of ilia most interesting events to
be decid, d in the cou:s:• of the week is the question rewire
to the Goodwood Stakes, whio is ciaLned by Lord Suffield
as the owner of St. Luke, on the ground that the winner,
Loutilerbourg, was io,properly described. The result is
looked for with anxiety by a great number of speculators.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
NE WMARKE 7' HO UGH TUN MEETING, 1838.

.10NDA V.

:andicap Sweepstakes of 9.5 sovs. each, for three years old and up-
wards. D. M.

The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two years old ;
colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. sh. . From the turn of the Lands
in. A winner of the July, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes to
carry 71bs., or of any two of those Stakes 9lbs. extra ; all other
winners •albs. extra. The owner of the second horse to receive
back his stoke.

Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Advance ; Lore Exeter's
c. by Mulatto, out of Marchesa ; Lord Exeter's f. Macremma, sister
tai Green Mantle; Lord Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Augusta's
dam ; Lord Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Amima ; Lord Suffield's
b. c. Alan, Lord Suffield's b..e. Sphynx, Lord.Sutlield's f. Marie,
by Waverley, nut of Beuevole:xe, by Figaro ; Mr. Tyson's b. c. by
Priam, out of Worthless ; Colonel Peel's bl. f. Whim, •by Camel,
out of Vergatility ; General Yates's b. c. Canute, General Yates's
br. f. Sirbe Mr. Greville's ch. f. Pydna, by Emlius, out of Vic-
t Lire ; Mr. f. Perrynane, by Langar, out of Dubin.;
• Mr. Thornhill's I. by Emilius, out of Benefit's darn; Mr. Watts's
b. f. by Belshazzar, out of Fauchon, sister to Lapdog ; Mr. Poyntz's
ch. c; by Rubini, out ot Trick, by Mountebank ; Air. Pcyntz's b.
c. by Camel, out of Diamentina ; Mr. Pqyntz's f. by Camel, out of
The o.ld Trick; Mr. Forth's ch. f. by Merchant, out of Turquoise ;
Lord Lichfield's- c. by Actreon, out of Wings; Lord Lichfield's
Sister to Hector, Lord Lichfield's c. by Priam, out of St sinew ;
Duke of Graftbn's br. e. Montreal, by Langarcout of Legend ;
Duke of Grafton's ro. c. Courier, by St. Patrick, out of Oxygen ;
Lord Albemarle's b. c. Tyrius, Mr. Boyce's lioz, Lard Jersey's
Iltlerirn, by Etnilius or Ishmael, out of Filagree ; Mr. J. Roger's b.
c. by Zinganee, out of Diice ; Dixon s b. c. Duke of
Richmond's Bulwark, Duke of Richmond a Reel, Duke of Rich-
mond's Vale of Belvoir, Duke of Richmond's Quadroon, Duke of
Richmond'sFelo-de.-se, Lord G. Bentilick's ch. c. Glenlivat, by
Royston, or :Cetus, out of Camarine. •
Match, 200, h. ft. D. Nl.—Lord- Lichfield's The Carpenter, Bst..

71b., asst Colonel Peel's Vulture, Bst.
Match, '2OO, h. ft. 11. M.—Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, Bst. 71b.,
asst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey 111.. mus, 7st. 9113.

TUESDAY.

Handicap' Plate of 100 sovs. for three years old and upwards. D.I.
Fifty Pounds. far two yrs eld carrying a feather ; three years, 7st.
bib ; four yrs, t'it. 91b ; five yrs, 9st. 3 b ; six years and aged,
9st. 71b. Last three miles of B.C. The winner, with his en-
gagements, to be cold for 300 guineas, if demanded, &c.