The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Mr, G, R. Robinson, in the Regent's Park, from Canada
1044 the United States.
DEPARTURES.
Eloulton and family, from Hawkins's Hotel, Albe
Zatr.le and Dover-streets, on a tour ; Miss Popham, from
for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, from ditto ;
. and 'll;°wer, from ditto, for Essex; H. Adington, Esq.,
Taylor Addington, r Addington, from dittc, for Berkshire; Miss
Peili„-vron) ditto, on a tour ; Sir James, and Lady
et m;As' from ditto, for their
fortesca Berkshire; Monsieur
• —4aale Segur, from ditto, aris.
Vlse CHANGES.
tartnont and Viscountess Leveson, on a visit to the
Lich Countess Countess of' Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers, from
eld; the Hon. William and Lady Louisa Dun-
e-ra-e2 at their seat, in Cambridgeshire, from a visit to
ah and Lady Feversham, in Yorkshire ; Earl Spencer,
Wiseton. -Yorkshire, from Althorpe Ball, Nor-
thitPtnn ; Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, at Wor-
th' arorn Brighton ; Prince and Princess de Pon-
ulau,n• rat Batb, from a tour; Lord and Lady Godolphin,
"aYmouth, from a cruise; the Countess Mount
Fielding,
at Lacoek Abbey, on a visit to Lady E
from Buxton Wells; Viscountess Exmouth,
tt Clifton Wells, from Cheltenham ; Sir Horace
Seymour and Lady Clinton, at Cowdray Park, from
iuirr
Iv' tan ; Sir F. and Lady Bathurst, at Clarendon Park,
• I,l.tnr from town ; Lord and Lady Southampton, at
)er from Inverness-shire ; the Eral of Eglinteun, on a
Visit to the Earl of Scarborough, at Sandbech Park, from
rslintoun Castle, Ayrshire; Sir Hussey Vivian, at
~ItYone from a tour • the Marquis of Tweeddale, on a
t 84 to the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, at Aclina-
Za_a. Inverness-shire, from Yester Houst,, Haddington-
Ire; Viscount Emlyn, and Lord Wm. Thyme, at Castle '
;nrther, Pembrokeshire, from Cawdor Castle, Nairn;
;la Duke and Duchess of Portland, at Welbeck Priory,
irarn town; the Hon. Captain Macdonald, on a visit to
-40 rd Saltoun, at Ness Castle, from a tour of visits ; Lord
4pd Lady Massareene, at Stillorgan, from Dublin ; the
;yelibishop of York and Miss Harcourt, at Bishopsthorpe,
a visit to Earl and Countess Do Grey, at Wrest
kl,r,K, Bedfordshire ; Lord and Lady Guillamore, at
eo, from Rochbartcn ; Lord Ward, at Hiniley
8 ta
tafFordshire, from Scotland ; Lord Prudhoe, at Gas-
tfrom Stanwick Park, near Richmond ; the Earl and
ntess of Zetland, at Repleatham Hall, from Aske ;
Lord Talbot, at Ingestrie Hdll, from a visit to Sir Robert
IZi Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor; the Earl of Portar-
AkisPm at Portaferry, from Abeyleix Abbey ; Sir W.
"ulr at Dover, from Tunbridge Wells.

t UEATII OF ADMIRAL EDWARDS.—We regre,
ruloounce the death of this gallant sailor, which took
race on Monday last, at Ringwood, Hants. He had been
le a declining state of health crime time, owing to his ad-
-4ge-95 years. The deceased, with the exception
old
Sir Charles Nugent and Sir James Whitshed, was the
est Admiral in the navy his commission as Admiral of
,ethe Red bearing date 4th 'June, 1814. He was actively
1/1,-11ga,Fed throughout the American war, and when corn-
,``leg the Atelante, of 14 guns, was captured, after a
na"alit cohflict, by the American ftigate Alliance, of 40,
In 1793, then commanding the Terpsichore, he
4-Nsted at the reduction of the French West India Islands.
f ;44' MACKRETii.-With the sincerest feelings
we have to state that Mackreth arrived in this city
-%terd9Y, en route for Bristol, in perfect health. He
Throe up his abode at the Bell Ilotel, in Broad-street.
h the kindness of a friend we had the pleasure of
bei
ng Introduced to him. The wound on the face, ex-
iitennding from about an inch on the right side of the mouth
arly t_
the left car, will, doubtless, shortly he no more
1, 6 "Y than many ordinary scars. The wound across
-e throat (which S
at first seven inches in length, but
INZoR ntny contracted to little more than four), is healed
re Perfectly than that across the mouth. The rapidity
whkh these frightful gashes healed, and the absence
tom4,l'eninthflamation, Mr. Mackreth attributes, under Provi-
pe dense' the goodness of his constitution and his tem-
rate habits.— Worcester Chronicle Sept. 16.
uring the recent experiments in the ginning of
to_he East India Company, tton
~n
from Bourbon
Liverpool, in the presence of several Directors of
1
dostan
saced sampleproduced, ofcottlagnrdowenornii-i
4_nuded the admiration of all the cotton-spinners and bro-
ers who had an opportunity of seeing it. The staple W2S
only long with that and even, but, what is by no means the case
bo of the same cotton grown in the island of Bour-
n, very sound and strong ; and the cotton, if it could be
trewn in suffir.,ieut quantities, end at a moderate price,
3uld prove exceedingly useful, and would answer all the
P,viurposes of the b!st Pernambuco cotton. The sample
shown was valued by spinners at about 1014. per lb.,
taarkb, to the present depressed state of the cotton
et* was a very excellent price. A gentleman from
ln dig, who was in Manchester shortly after the experiments
atnaresti"' and who has paid perhaps more attention than
other European to the growth of cotton in India,
stated that he was quite satisfied the Bourbon cotton would
Ina r short time be very extensively cultivated, wherever
_lleo
-be existed facilities for irrigation, without which it call-
a very suceQssfuly attempted.—illanchester Guardian.
1112 Dock Company, upon hearing of the want of
Whaanaratus for the rescue of persons from drowning
rn, ay I,y accident fall front off the new pier, have or-
‘',re"ulaiie of Carte's life buoys to be placed at the end of it.
iit.;:logrtoifsn'ts''h,eetr'citearo'NmalliTytl.ihat a life-preserver is also lodged at Mr.
rv.a Tavern... On Thursday,. at a meet-
klumber uss'°ners of Pilots, six new pilots for the
,arit,i ointed, who are permanently added to
trade of
the nun
.ILtehreoraeplready chosen. The great increase of the
- has rendered this step necessary.—Hull
Ex •
1 ItAORDINARY CHANGE. There have
been this week employed on one farm on Chat Moss, 80
reagent, principally, engaged in reaping wheat, though
twenty years ago the whole 6,000 acres scarcely produced
a bushel of that kind of grain,—Leeds Mercury.