The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-10 00:00:00

New Concord, WARNER, int* Sunderland; and the
ANitrina, Swirl., for. Lisbon.

DE4L, OCT. g.

BIRMINGHAM.--At eight o'clock in the morning
Yeaterday morning the Deal and Sandown Castle' the festivity will commence with ringing the great
bells of the city, which will continue till ten. At
corps of 'Volunteer Artillery, under the commands
of Ca rains UNDERDOwN and DARBY, were ins cwt-
half-past ten the Magistrates and Council, acconi-
p
ed by Colonel WEBB, inspeding Field Officer for panied by the.' Ministers of the city, and the Mein-
bers.of .the• Merchants' and Trades' Houses, who
the Kent distril, who was highly gratified with the
are to be requested to attend, will walk ,iu proces-
appearance and discipline established in the corps,
and their proficiency in exercise, and was pleased sion to St. George's. Church, to hear a sermon.--
publicly to. express .his approbation and thanks to From twelve till two appropriate tunes will be play-
theed on the music bells. At one, the military, in
Commanders of the respe&ive parades. The
the Barracks, will tire a feu de joie on the green..
spirit of the Volunteers, so far from languishing in
At six o'clock in the evening the Megistrates will
these parts, seems to be daily increasing, owing
give an entertainment in the Town-hail. The
partly to the very laudable spirit of emulation excit-
mnsicbells will be again played upon .from six till
ed, between the corps by their officers. On the pre-
-,. ... eight. , At seven there will be an exhibition of tire-
' tent-occasion the Sundown Castle coinpany assent-
, .works at the Cross. And, at eight, a general ilia-
' bled-in considerable numbers, more than theesta-
ruination will take place, to continue till ten, during
'.. blishment, exclusive of the members who were ab-
the whole of which the great bells will be kept
sent through sickness and other unavoidable causes.
After receiving-the thanks of the Commanders for again ring n'
Cain Vise and Mr. Penn, of Stoke Farm, have
their good and orderly attendance, the companies
were dismissed, with orders to eisem'ole again on
each given orders for two oxen to be roasted aad dis-
. the 25th instant, to celebrate the Jubile, which tributcd to the surrounding inhabitants, with an
will be observed in the most splendid manner - pos- ample supply of ale, on the day of the Grand.Ju-
3iblea. The Officers of the two companiesintend bilr-e•
dining together on the occasion, , and eiving :1'504-- • We understand that the festivities on the approach-
able entertainment to. the other Members 'of the ins Jubilee will not be confined to the elder mem-
corps, after having previously attended Divine ser, bers of society, as a large party of respectable young
vice in the morning. • Gentlemen are making arrangements for , a grand
Dinner and Ball at the ,Montpelier Gardens, Wel-
.
worth. The plan is said to have originated first with
By the Lisbon Mail we have received a variety of Mr. James Dixon, Jun. and Mr. Slater.
Spanish Gazettes. From one of them we extra& -
the following paragraph from the Spaniah account of Mr-STANTON'S Company will open the Stock-
the Battle of Talavera, which cannot tail to prove prat Theatre, on Monday next, with the Comedy
intereatitx to the British Public :
of The Soldier's Daughter, and the Farce of The
."-treCornmend particularly to your Exc'ellency's llieathereock.
attention. Brigadier-General WHITTINGHAM, at- i Mr. STEPHEN KEMLLE is engaged for two nights
Mated to the Spanish Armies, who has been se- at the *Shrewsbury Theatre. Last night h% was to
verely wounded, animating our troops in the heat of perform his favourite part of Falstaff. He will
the battle by -his example and his gallantry. And
close his enearierneet to-morrow.
a ae, •
• equally with him, the English Lord Viscount MAC- Mr. ELLISTON, it is said, proposes to take all
DUFF, and Colonel PHILIP KiATENG ROCHE, both his successful establishment, belonging to the Royal
of whom 'exhibited, during- the aMion, the most Circus, to Edinburgh and other parts of Scotland,
extraordinary acts of intrepidity, ever flying to sus- for thei winter season.
tarn, by their presence, those parts of the line most ..
'Tie veteran CUMBERLAND, it is said, Is engaged
exposed to danger, and demodstrating their inva- in the arrangement of a plan for a new Theatre, but
• liable attachMent to Our
fortunes and to our cause." it is not likely that he is-disposed to 6,4 h in troubled
Lord MACDUFF, and Colonel Rocen, oair Readers ' waters at his time of life, and when his talents
, already know, have both been since promoted to might be much better employed in providing dra-
, I the rank of Brigadier-General in the Spanish service. metric compositions for the established Theatres,
7,pere•is no alteration in the price•of Bread this Weal) must always be open to the works of SQ tie-
we. • pia a writer.
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