The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-12 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

The first piece at this theatre last night was the Clan-
destine Marriage. It is scarcely necessary to say that it
was admirably performed, for the principal characters were
filled by Farren, Mrs. Glover, and Webster. This being
Mrs. Glover's first appearance at Covent-Garden she was
warmly greeted by the audience. The comedy was followed
by a new farce in two acts, called Mutual Expense ; or, a
Female 7'ravelling Companion. The incidents, so far as
they could be collected, in the midst of uproar, almost un-
rivalled since the days of the 0. P. row, were these :—Mr.
Harmony Honeysuckle (Mr. Webster), a retired perfumer,
now able to keep his britschka, being desirous of taking a
tour of pleasure upon economical terms, advertises for a
companion, willing to bear half the expenses of the journey.
His overtures are accepted by Miss Prudentia Peppercorn
(Mrs. Glover), who is desirous to enjoy the pleasures of
Harrogate and Newmarket with as little intrusion as pos-
sible upon her own pecuniary resources. The annoyances
of the perfumer commence before they set off, for Mrs.
Peppercorn and her servant insist upon the best places
in the vehicle, and poor Honeysuckle is so loaded with
trunks, books, bandboxes, and other items, that he be-
gins to repent very seriously of his advertisement. Their
first halting-place is at a country inn, where there is but fil-
thy and poor accommodation, with the additional inconve-
nience of a drunken serjeant and a party of clodhoppers,
his recruits. Here Honeysuckle's nerves are put to a se-
vere trial by the delays of the lady, and the necessity he
is under of paying the whole bill. Besides this, the ser-
jeant picks a quarrel with him, and they are about fighting
a duel. Up to this point in the piece it was heard with
some patience, but a violent contest of hisses and declama-
tions now commenced, and it would not be easy to deter-
mine which party was the more numerous. The greatest
confusion prevailed in all parts of the house, and some
slight specimens of pugilism were given, both in the pit and
galleries. The second act, however, commenced, and with
it the uproar so loud and long, that Mr. Osbaldiston came
forward. He held a letter in his hand, which be said he
had received that morning, intimating that a party had
been formed to oppose the three. He requested it might
be heard to the close, and if then it should not meet with
the approbation of the audience it would not be perse-
vered in. It was heard, and hissed to the close—damned,
and withdrawn. The fate it met with was not undeserved.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the Ist
instant, Thomas Rapley, late shepherd in the employ of
Mr. Gosley, an extensive farmer at Ewell, Surrey, hung
two favourite sheep-dogs with one cord across the bough
of a tree, and then committed suicide by hanging himself
with his neckerchief to the next tree. The poor fellow,
who was not more than nineteen years old, was a sober and
most trust-worthy servant, but of a very irritable disposi-
tion ; he was known to be much attached to his faithful
dogs, for one of which he had lately been offered thirty
shillings ; this sum he refused to take, adding, that he should li
keep them as long as they lived. Nothing particular was
observed in his conduct previous to this act that led to a
supposition that he was insane ; but on the day of his death
he bade two of his fellow-servants good-by (an unusual cir-
cumstance) as he was, with his dogs, going towards thn
field in which he was found suspended, as abaw desceibed.
The underwood round the tree to which he was hanging
had been cut away, as if to aid his determination. On
examining his person, it was found that his hand had been
bitten by a dog. No evidence appearing to account for
the rash act, the jury was much divided as to their verdict,
but at length returned one to the effect " That the de-
ceased hung himself in a fit of temporary derangement."
ENGLISH NAVAL EXPLOITS.—On this day
(October 12), in the year 1702, Admiral Sir George
Rooke, with the allied fleet, entered the port of Nego, in
Galicia, and captured four Spanish galleons, and five large
men-of-war ; while the Dutch took five galleons and one
first-rate ; besides which there were destroyed six galleons
and fourteen men-of-war, with a great part of the riches
they contained. On the same day, in 1798, the Brest
squadron, consisting of one first-rate man-of-war, eight
frigates, a schooner, and a brig, destined to land forces on
the N.W. coast of Ireland, was attacked by Sir John Bor.
lace Warren, who had three ships of the line, five frigates,
and one sloop of war. After a sharp engagement, the French
man-of-war La Hoche and four frigates were captured.
Registration Courts for the north division of Essex
will be held at Saffron Walden, October the 15th ; at
Dunmow, 18th ; Barking, 19th ; Castle Hedinghaus, 20th ;
Halstead, 21st ; Manningtree, 24th ; Harwich, 25th ;
Thorpe, 26th ; Colchester, 27th ; and Witham, 29th.
Barristers—Messrs. Montague Chambers and Charles Hope
Maclean.
On Monday afternoon, an inquest was held at the
Holland Arms Tavern Kensington, on the body of Mrs.
Betty Carter, an aged lady of property, residing in Ed-
wades-square, Kensington, who died from the effects of
the extensive injuries she had sustained from her clothes
catching fire. The deceased was in a very imbecile state,
and was found by the servant holding her apron, which was
blazing, to the fire. Before the flames could be extin-
guished the old lady was severely burnt. Verdiet—Acci-
i dental Death.

THE WRONGS or IRELAND.—At Middleton we
got fresh horses at a respectable looking hotel, where, to
our surprise, the horses were led out of th shop door to be
put to. " How many miles to Cork ?" we asked gf man
who was helping to harness them, ‘i Why, ;fir," replied
ho, "it was eleven miles /cyst year, but it's thirteen this,
owing to a message the master had from one of the Judges, in
spring last, plase your Honor," "" And what was the mean-
ing of that ?" said we, " Oh, by dad, I don't know at all,
your Honor," added our Informant," unless it's doing away
wid every thing that's ould and Irish ; they took away the
Parliament;
bail lock to them, at the Union ; and now
they're for carrying Mt all our ould Irish miles, and laving
us nothing but their short English ones."— Ulster Times.
The following is an extract of a letter from Captain
To.ylor, of the ilannony, from Labrador, dated off Dover,
Oct, 10, YOPPIYO at
Lloyd's ye§terclay 011 the @,d
Oct., in the mornmg, §4W 4 cl 4 qrStp4 anloi water-
logged, it still blowing strong. We rap tp see who she was,
but to Oil!' grout mrprin finwi tlytt thm Were getae people
still on board. How to ;Tilder tliete assistance I did not
know, having lost opr boat in the gale, qreat praise is
due to my sailors Wh9 TiSlc.ed it in the small Shell of a haat
and saved nine gut pc elevens TWA Were se weak they
could not get into the boat, and QUO of th© nine that were
taken on board. L.arne stela. ua.,e. and in a deranged state,
and on the same night he died. Had we been one half
hour later there would not have been one man alive, for the
gale came on so strong that we obliged to hand all sail, and
run under the reeepdforesail right, before the Wind. The
ship's name is the Superior, of Cardiff, John Dunn master,
from Miramiehi to Cardiff, and timber laden,"