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The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-05

COUNCIL

" Tranquillity was completely re.established at Madrid
on the 26. h. General Balboa has entered there with
his division. The political Chief and the military Go.
vernor have been dismissed. Tee ayuntamiento (munici-
pality) has been invited to suspand its sittings during the
stare of siege."
The falsehood of the rumour set afloat by the Car-
lists and their partisans, that Sevora fell because CA.•
laitxßA had resolved not to defend it, is sufficiently
proved by the number of prisoners, of pieces of cannon,
and the quantity of stores and provisions seized by
ESPARTERO. Had the Carlists resolved not to defend
the fort, they would not have been such fools as to
await being made prisoners by ESPARTERO, and deli-
vering into his hands the guns and military stores of the
fortress.

A riot took place between the military and the citi-
zens of Madrid on the 24th, when one of the National
Guards, not in uniform, was killed by a soldier of the
!ine, and another citizen mortally wounded. The troops
of the line passed the night under arms, and every pre-
caution was taken for the public saFefy, as if Don CARLO 6
was at the gates of the capital. This is but the deve-
lopment of a Ministerial plot to crush the Liberal
party, and if it fail the re-action will be terrible. But
they only are responsible for the consequences.
London, England, 1840-03-05

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

W. have reeeTved of letters, under various
signatures, from a correspondent at Nottingham, who has
at hat dammed' the lame of " Pluto." W. regret that we
ea.nnot oblige this unwearied writer by inserting any of his
ecrnsaunieations, se the one half of the manuscript is gene-
nay illegible, and the other half we cannot understand.

WOK WATHR ♦T LONDON MUDGE TO-1107tiOW.
Morning..." 3$ minutes after 3 I Eveniug 51 minutes alter 3.
London, England, 1840-03-05

THE NAVY.

RF:TURN of the Average Number of SEAMEN, MA-
RINES, and BOYS, employed during the year 1839, with
the Number Voted for the year 1840.
Number employed Number voted
in 1839. for 1840.
...................10,970 24,165
................. 9,k;;5 9,000
••......• 4,152 2,000

Seamen..
Marines .
Boys__

34,137

165

Mr. Basset stands for He!stone, as Whig can-
didate, in the place of Lord Cantilupe, who has taken the
Chiltern Hundreds, and is in the feld as Tory candidate for
Lewes, to the diseouiSture of Mx. Sheriff Evans,
London, England, 1840-03-05

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

•f watraerdinary inagnitude—New Historical Drama-
** Lnead, in titre* Epichat, depicting England in 16614,
sarlsdoes in 1663, 0:d Landon in lt3ii, with a representa-
tion of the Great Fire of London.

THIS EVENING, Mmtcrt 1.
ill lac astioi, ad time, a Historical Dramatic Logeni, called
Till CITT APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES
lepporteci by the entire strength of the Company.
Aftsr whish, a Comediettc, front the French, entitles
FAMILY JARS MENDED.

Beehouse, Mr. Smith; Chapinot, Mr. Saville ; Madame
itosiesine, Mn. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin.
Ti sunshade with the Nautioal Drama of
BEN THE BOATSWAIN.
Ben, Mr. Saville.
London, England, 1840-03-05

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

Three young barristers, named Crookenden, Williams,
and Johnson, were charged with committing an unpro-
voked assault upon :11r. William Kendal, landlord of the
White Lion public-house, in Were. Street, Clare-market,
under the following circumstances:—
It appeared from the evidence that about half-past eleven
o'clock last night the first-named defendant entered the
complainant's house, requiring to be served with gin, and
being very much intoxicated, the complainant told him he
was more in want of soda water to cool himself. Without
any further remark he took him by the nose and gave him
a severe pull, and upon his wife interfering he else laid
hold of her by the nose, and committed a similar assault
upon her. The complainant then insisted that he would
leave his house, but instead of doing so he struck him re-
peatedly with a stick, by which he infl.cted severe wounds
upon his head. On proceeding to the station-house the
other defendants, who were sober, obstructed the officers
in the execution of their duty in such a manner as to
enable him to make his escape : but he was shortly after
re-captured, as he fell head over heels in the streets, and
his friends were taken into custody on their appearing at
the station-house to render him their assistance.
The defendants made a lengthened statement of the oc-
currence; the latter denying that they were the cause of
their friend's making his escape, and the former declaring
that the offence was committed entirely through the ef-
fects of intoxication.

Mr. HALL ordered the principal aggressor to pay a fine
of 51., or one months' imprisonment for the assault on the
landlord, and a further fine of 40s. or 14 days' imprison-
ment for the assault on his wife. The other defendants
were fined 31 each for obstructing officers in the execu-
tion of their duty, or to be sent to prison for three weeks.
Thy defendants instantly paid the fines and were dis-
charged.

Roberts, M. P., appeared to prefer a charge against
a tailor, named John. lVyle, for having, at eleven
o'clock this morning, relieved him of his pockethand-
kerchief in the Strand. The Hon. Member feeling a
tug at his coat, put back his hand, and discovered that his
pocket was empty, at the same time seeing the prisoner
run away he called out to stqp him, and as be turned the
corner of the street, John Bailey, a postman, laying hold
of him, found the prosecutor's property concealed under
his coat.

The primer's late master said that he had not worked
for him since Christmas last, but he has since associated
with very indifferent characters, and he left his work with-
out any apparent reason.
The prisoner's father said that he never could keep him
at home, for he seemed determined to lead an idle and
disorderly life.
Mr. HALL said that as there was no hope of reclaiming
him, he should be fully committed for trial.
London, England, 1840-03-05

G. IkiERiNGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET.

MOUSSELINE DE LAINES, CHALIS,
CACHMIRE, BROCHIS, BAYADERES, SYL-
PHIDES.
Upwards of 2,000 of the above Fashionable Dresses, of the
richest quality; and most select and approved patterns of the
Parisian and British mode, are now offering at less than half
the cost to the manufacturer. The whole of the Stock is now
offering at a great reduction of price, in consequence of exten-
sive and necessary alterations. Shop front for Sale. Mering•
tins, 154, New Bond-street.

Collars, Canzons, Habit Shirts.—Upwards of 6000 Muslin
Collars at less than half the Manufacturer's Cost, Blondes,
Mechlin, Valenciennes, and Lisle Lace. ,0 bozes of rich
Paris Bonnet and Cap Ribbons. Silk, Cotton, and Thread
Hosiery, Gloves, and Haberdashery.
The whale to be sold off at a great reduction of price in con-
sequence of the alterations.
G. MERINGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET.
London, England, 1840-03-05

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty took equaitrian exercise yesterday in the
Riding .school, near Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked yes-
terday in the gardens of the Palace.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience )esterday of the
Queen.
The Royal Dinner Party last evening included the Earl
of Surrey, Lord George Lennox, and Lord Alfred Paget.
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance during the evening at the Palace.
Mr Mertin Colnaghi submitted for the Queen's inspec-
tion yesterday a lithographic print by Mr. Lane, from the
last pm trait of her Majesty, painted by Mr. Ross. Her
Majesty was pleased to express her approval.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine Ser-
vice yesterday (Ash. Wednesday), in the Chapel Royal,
St. James's. Lady Charles S4merset, Hon. Miss Hud-
son, and the Ho-a. Miss Mitchell, were in waiting on her
Majesty.
The Duke of Cambridge left town on Tuesday on a visit
to the Duke of Rut:and, at his scat, Belvoir Castle, Lei-
cestershire.
The Committee of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel, consisting of the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Nova Scotia. the Rev. Dr. Sheri, the Rev. A
M. Campbell, and Joshua Watson, Esq., had an interview
with Lord J. Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. Bruee of Then-
net, and Mr. Graham Speirs, a deputation to present a
Memorial of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, in regard to
the present state of the Church of Scotland, .accompanied by
the following—The Duke of Argyll, the Attorney-Gene-
ral, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Bannerman. Mr. Hastie, Mr.
Maclean, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. Pringle. the Hon. G.
Elliott, Mr. Dundas (Orkney) and Mr. Wallace, had an
interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his offieie.4l
residence in Downing-street.
Captain Pelly. and Mr. Herbert, of the Trinity House,
had au interview with Mr. Labouchere yesterday at the
Board of Trade.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset and Sir Richard B. Philipps had
interviews with the Marquis of Nuratanby yesterday at the
Home-office.
Mr. B. Wood, M. P., and Mr. Slaney had interviews
with Lord John Russell vesterda,r at the Colonial-office.
The Earl of Mint° gave it dinner last evening to the Ca-
binet Ministers, at his residence in the Admiralty.
London, England, 1840-12-23

to make objections; and the fact hat year after year

since that time, property of more than ten times the

value of the amount of the several rates demanded,

as been seized from him, he gives an account of

he prisoner, and the state of his mind, which may

well cause a thrill of dismay in the heart's core of
the persecutor, be he Bishop, Priest, or Deacon,
Parson, Churchwarden, or Proctor, Official Prin-

cipal, Registrar, or Judge ; whatever be the title
these worthies delight in, we tell them, they cannot
subdue the men t o whom the following sentence

applies: --
Mr. Baines has counted tie cost long before he was
brought hither, and expresses himself now calmly, but
fixedly determined by God's grace, for which he daily
prays, to hold on to the end without wavering, whatever
that end may be, that, whatever others may think, he
believes the glory of God first, and man's freedom after-
wards, are involved in his determination not to violate
the dictates of his conscience.

But irrespective of the folly, not to speak of the
wickedness of this coercion of the consciences of
Christian men, a circumstance occurred while Mr.
CHILDS was in the prison, which illusttates the
kind of person, as a citizen, whom the Churchmen
of St. Martin's, Leicester, have lodged in gaol. Mr.
BAINES was summoned to take his turn and act
as a judge in one of the local Courts, as the follow-
ing copy of the notice then served on him will show :
" Leicester, Dec. 19, 1840.
"Sir—You are respectfully requested to attend the
Court of Requests, which will be held on Tuesday next,
ut ten o'clock, as one of the Commissioners of the said
Court, whose turn it is to attend.
" I am Sir, your obedient servant,
" H. WELFORD,
" One of the Sergeants of the Court."

And this is the class of citizens, to say nothing

of Christians, whom the Church in her wisdom
thinks she can oppress for the purpose of strength-

ening her pillars, and widening her gates. We ven•
ture to predict that ere long she will see and fee
with what effect I
There has been, however, a refinement it

cruelty practised on Mr. BAINES, for which we
can find but one motive ; this persecution
has been going on for a long time, the writ had
been in the hands of the Sheriff several weeks, and
the time selected to arrest him happened to be a few
hours previous to that on which his wife was deli-
vered of a daughter. Did the humane and feeling
gentlemen think that in the hour of nature's extre-
mity the extortions of the Church would be forth-
London, England, 1840-12-23

-I'HEIMAIKETS-(Tiii D AY.)

NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL

Thcre mls but a shclt supply of Meat at roark.ct.
demand was brisk for all descr 'Along, and prices were ex-
tremely high. Prime Beef realized 5s to .53 6d;
3: 6d to 4a 6l; Veal 4s 8d to 63 ; Purrs 3e 8d to 5-3
per sttn:2 of 81bs. Poultry and Game—There was a very
moderate show of Poultry and Game both from abroad and
-he country. The trade purchased freely. Cock Tcr-
keys 14s to 403 ; lien Turkeys 63 6d to 12s each ; Geese
7s 6d to 103 each ; Hares 2s 61 to 3s 61 each ; Rabbits
6s !o 183 per dozen ; Grouse 41 to 63 per Lracc; Ducks
2s 61 to 33 6d each ; Widgeons 61 to 12e per dozen ;
Chickens 23 6d to 4, 61 each ; Cspons 7s 6d to 18s each;
Pigeons 6s to 93 per dozen; Pheasants 3s 6.1 to 43 each ;
Black G ime 7s to 103 per brace; Snipes is each ; Teal
and Plovers 63 to 12a per dozen. Eggs, brisk sale at 6-
tl 8a per 120 for English.
COLONIAL MARKET.

;„ There wc ra but few public sales, and the private trans-
actions were extremely limited, both for home use and ex-
port; prices, however, were firm for all the leading arti-
cles. The arrivals were light from all quarters. The
markets will close on Thursday, and remain so until sth
January.
London, England, 1840-12-23

GOLDEN SUN

Was published to commemorate her most Gracious
MAJESTY'S CORONATION ; but the
Penny Postage, which now facilitates the send-
ing of letters, was not then in existence. Look-
ing forward to an event of great national in-
terest, which Queen VICTORIA has now
HAPPILY realised, we reserved a few copies of
London, England, 1840-12-23

LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dice. .22.
ISASLITT V. SHAW,
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the pro-
prietor of a barge, named the " Kate," against the Corn-
mi.rcial Dock Company, to recover damages for injuries
sustained by the barge in consequence of the neglect of
the Company to give proper notice of repairs going on
in the entrance of the dock, in consequence of which the
barge was run upon certain piles and sunk in the river.
Sir F. PoLLocic (with whom was Mr. Burr) stated
the case for the plaintiff, and examined his witnesses.
Mr. CRESSWELL, who, with Mr. WATSON, conducted
the defence, called witnesses to show that the accident
was attributable entirely to the conduct of the plaintiff
himself in mooring his barge in an improper manner.
Lord DENMAN summed up, and the Jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1761. 11s..
London, England, 1840-12-23

WOOLWICH.—Dec. 22.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Captain Rowland's Company, 9th
battalion, and Captain Slade's Company, sth battallion
witha detachment to complete Captain Elgee's Company,
4:h battalion, stationed in Jamaica, were inspected in
heavy marching order by Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield,
G 8., and G. C. FL, on Saturday, at one o'clock, P.M.
On the guard mounting parade, and at the conclusion, his
Lordship was pleased to express his high approbation of
their appearance and good conduct whilst in garrison.
Indeed, it is but justice to state that a finer body of ar-
tillerymen have not left Woolwich on foreign service for a
long period. These companies and detachmert, consist-
ing of six officers—Captains Rowland and Slade, Lieute-
nants R. Harvey, Alston, Graham, and Ty tier—sixteen
non-commissioned officers, 133 gunners and drivers, and
three drummers and trumpeters, marched to the Royal
Arsenal at nine o'clock on Monday morning, accompanied
by the bind of the regiment, and immediately embarked on
board the Horatio transport-ship for Jamaica. The men
appeared in excellent spirits, and their embarkation was
most orderly and soldierlike.
Lord Bloomfieldhiving-gone on leave for a short period,
Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8.. has assumed th&com-
mand of the garrison.
The Deputy Adjutant General, assisted by Colonels
Jones and Cleaveland, and a board of officers, assembled
at the Royal Ordnance Hospital this morning, to inspect
the non-commissioned officers and men deemed unfit for
further service, and to recommend the disposal of them
according to their several cases, in conformity to the re-
gulations. There are several Waterloo men amongst the
number.
London, England, 1840-12-23

TO TIiiEDITOR-O--F THE SUN.

Sia,—.l have
perused the correspondence between Mr.
Tooke and Lord Nugent—with what feelings, being an
Englishman, it is utterly needless to state.
As the membsrs cf the Society to which Mr. T. is
Treasurer, are doubtless geatl,men,
general meeting 11:s,
of course, been already called, in order to remove the
offender. Believe rue, your's, &C.,
BE IR N 1 AD.

MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL.
Just ready, in 3. ♦ols. post Svo.,
G RE V IL LE
Or, A SEASON IN PARIS.
By MRS. GORE,
Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Peeress," &e.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
To be had at all the Libraries.
London, England, 1840-12-23

MAR R Ih:D.

On the :221 inst.. at St. Alary's, Reading, the Rev. J. 'W.
Moore, Hector of Hordley, Salep, to Frances Marianne Yates,
second daughter of the Rev. S W. Yates, Vicar of St. Mary,
Reading.
At-Brussels, Captain Willems, of the General Staff of Bel-
gium, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Captain Clabon,
her Majesty's Stith Regiment.

DIED.
On the 7th of October, at Alhow, in the Malwa country.
Captain J. S. Grant, of the East India Company's Bombay
Engineers.
On the 18th inst., Mr. I'. Mayew, of Clarendon-square,
Somerstown, aged 77.
On the•2oth inst., Mrs. W. B. Cleaver, of Ashby-street, St.
John-street-road, aged 34.
On the 21st inst., at Bishop's Down, Tunbridge Wells, Mrs.
Mart ha ‘t' ix.

On the 21st inst.' in New Bridge-street, Blaekfriars, Elisa-
beth, the wife of J.
Foa, Esq., of Herne-hill, Surrey.
On the 22d inst., H, Allen, Esq., of Dalby-terrace, Isling•
ton, aged 70.
On the Q2d inst., at Clapton, Mr. J. P. Leigh, aged 60.

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London, England, 1840-12-23

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

Mr. ELI ASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that
the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING
with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled
THE CONCERTS IYHIVER.

Conductor, Mr ELIASON (his first appearance this Season),
Leader, Mons. NADAUD.

PROGRAMME FOR THIS F VENING, DEC. 23.
PART FIRST. ••
Grand Overture in D.-I?omberg;
Valses—Victoria Alexandrina—Labitzki.
Overture—Oberon—Weber
Quadrille—Krakoviak—Solos on the Cornet a Pist-ns, Flute,
and Flageolet by Herr Koenig, Herr Frisch, and Monsieur
Colinet.
New Overture—Eberstein—Raper.
New Solo, Cornet a Pistons—Herr Koenig—Musard.
Grand
,Fantasia—Purceo's Frost Scene—Solo Oboe, Mons.
Barret ; Solo Opliieleide, Mons. Prospero ; Solo Horn, Mr.
Jarrett ; solo 'I rombone, Mons. Dantonet.

PART SECOND.

Grand Selection from Luorezia Borgia—arranged by Coote.
Quadrille—Le Gothique, with Solos for Violin, Flute, Flageo-
let, Clarinet, and Cornet a Pistons—Musard.
Duo Concertante from 11 Pirati, Violin and Violoncello, Messrs.
De Loffre and Pilet.
Valses—Tanz Recopte—Strauss.
Overture—Guillaume Tell—Rossini.
Quadrille—Victoria, with Solos—Musard.
Tarantella from Bellphegor—Roche Albert.
Prices of Admission : —To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress
Circle, 2s. Gd. ; Upper Boxes, Is. Gd
Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and
from the Promenade. .

-1-1-1- Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications,
begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the fu-
ture he opened at the admission of Is. to each person.
Doors open at italf-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at
Eight precisely.
Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, 80, al
Library, No. 33, Old Bond.street. and at the Box-office of the
Theatre. Prices, 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and I/. I Is. 6d. Boxes
and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on
tpplieation to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten
till Four o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept
during the whole of the evening, if required.
London, England, 1840-12-23

AND THE GIANT HELMET.

Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
.tommence at Seven o'Clock.

Tickets and plates for the Bons to be taken of Mr. Grogan
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets
may De had upon application.:
Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second
Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2106 d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Seeond Price.
us. ; Gallery, Is.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Anal arts, bookseller
167. New Bond-street.
London, England, 1840-12-23

THE CHURCH.

Tile Venerable Lord Primate of Ireland has given
the following reply to an address from the clergy of
Tuam diocese, on the subject of the meditated plan of
. altering and revising the Articles and Liturgy :
" My Risverend Brethren,—ln gratefully acknow-
w- 'edging your affectionate solicitude for IN, spiritual and
temporal welfare,, and in duly appreciating the respect
which, as Churchmen, you entertain for my office,
mit me to assure you that it is the first wish of my heart
and the daily subject of my prayers, to be e labled by
the Divine assistance to exercise the spiritual superin-
tendence with which I am entrusted, in promoting the
welfare of the Church, and in thereby securing the ap-
probation of her pious and enlightened minisiers.
With respect to changes in the Artic'es and Li-
turgy of our Church, which you so justly deprecate—
changes which, I trust, are meditated by only an in-
considerable number of the members of our confirm-
nion—it is with heartfelt satisfaction 1 learn, by your
address, that your sentiments are in perfect accordance
with my own. Those Articles, to which we gave our
tizir rit ; to
and tis
solemn assent on entering upon our ministry, 1 regard
as a standard of the doctrinepureii
we m ahanded dle
in Holy Scripture, from vihie
that Liturgy I venerate, as framed upon the best mo-
dels of primitive worship. on which d
we cannot hope to
improve. These invariable possessions of our Catholic
Church, you may rest assured, it shall be my anxious
endeavour, by whatever influence I possess, to preserve
inviolate from the attempts of men desirous of novelty
and change in matters in which there can be no uove ty
but that of error, and in which no change can be anti-
cipated but what will be for the worse.
" Having thus made you a plain declaration of my
principles, as a pledge of my future conduct, I earnestly
commend you to the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
who can alone preserve us incorrupt in doctrine, and
make us careful to maintain good works.
" I remain, your faithful brother in Christ,
" JOHN G. ARMAGH."

TATE Aith
PROSPECTS or TRADE.—There
" has been a very great demand for cotton for some days, and
n a general expectation exists that there will be an activo
trade next year, provided the loans now negotiating on the
Continent do not throw the Bank of England on its beam
ends _Liverpool Times,
London, England, 1840-12-23

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THE " CRACKS OF THE DAY;" A
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London, England, 1840-12-23

TALLOW MARKET.

The market was dull, and prices tsiumed a downward
tendency, for P. Y. Caudle, sellers on the spot at 475..6.1.
and 48s. for spring months. The stcck is much larger
than last year.

FRUIT MARKET.
Prices are on the decline for Valencia Raisins, and the
market is dull. Currants cheaper, and but few buyers.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVECPOOL COTTON MARKET, I UESDAY.—The SACS to-
day were 6,000 bags, of which 2;000 have been taken on
spe'•ulation. Prices steady.
We have no Share List.
London, England, 1840-12-23

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS`

Last Night of performing befcre the Holida3s.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 23.
Will be repeated Shakspere's
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr.
Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ' • Snug,
Mr. N. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame
Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First
Fairy, Miss Rainforth.
After whico, the New Farce, in One Act, entitled
BROTHER BEN.

Commodore Cutlass, Mr. Bartiey ; Benjamin Bowles, Mr.
Charles Mathews; Mr. Shoffleton, Mr. Harley; Dorothy,
C. Jones.

To conclude with

A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS

and Mr. KEELEY, entitled
TWO IN THE MORNING.
T.:-morrow there will be no Performance.

OiiSaturday, -The. Spanish Curate, after which
The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be
produced, entitled
THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN
London, England, 1840-10-29

RVENING ED1T1,01.4

THE NEW NAVAL STORY.
Pri „I E N Just
A V ready,AL
Sin 3 vols. postU S
Rvo.,
-rGEON/
13y the Author of
" Cavendish, " " Gentleman Jack," &c
ry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
To be had at all the Libraries.
London, England, 1840-10-29

FINE ARTS.

LORD STRAFFORD GOING TO EXE.
CUTION.
Molten°, London, 1840.

A passage in Southey's Book of the Church
has furnished the subject of this picture, which re-
presents Lord Strafford halting on his way to execu-
tion in order to receive the last prayers and blessings
of his friend, Archbishop Laud. The figure of the Earl,
who is drawn in a kneeling attitude, is very graceful,
and there is a settled melancholy in his countenance,
which at once attracts notice. The original paint-
ing is by Delaroche, and has been cleverly engraved
by Saunders.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Arrived on Sunday from
Woolwich, her Majesty's steamer Hecate, Commander
Ward, on her way to the Mediterranean, with detach.
ments of Royal Artillery and Sappers and Miners,
for service in Syria. She also brought round an im_
mense quantity of the munitions of war, which have
been em:mrked on board the Howe and Britannia,
120 gun ships. These powerful ships will leave Spit-
head on Wednesday (being fully manned), to join Sir
R. Stopford's fleet.
The following three-decked ships are ordered to be
commissioned immediately :—The Caledonia, 120, and
Impregnable, 104, both at Plymouth, the former as
port flag. ship of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and the
latter for service in the Mediterranean, to be com-
manded by Captain Thomas Forrest. The Camper-
down, 104, is also ordered for commission at Sheer-
rites for the same quarter.
'file Calcutta, 84, Captain Sir Samuel Riberts. has
left Plymouth, f',r the Mediterranean, via Cork and Gib-
raltar. The Inconstant frigate, Captain Pring, has also
left Plyniouth for Dublin, for volunteer seamen.
It is confidently rumoured that the Queen, 104, flag-
ship at this port, will he .'et,t out to the Mediterranean
as soon as her internal fitments are completed ; and that
the St. Vincent, 120, will supply her place.
A large number of 50 gun-ships arc in course of pre-
, partition for the pendant, amounting to ten sail.
The Indus and Vengeance,B4 gun-ships, will be com-
missioned at this port about the 10th November.
Great dispatch is used in their equipment for the
pendant.
The Rhadamanthus steamer,
C
tofi be p
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off
at
Woolwich.
by thisport from the Commander V
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Mediterranean,
George
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yacht,
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and Hecate
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steamers,i a
E, llt2c Oe iigeup nta,
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tenders.
London, England, 1840-10-29

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The letter of " Sigma" is an advertisement. if he has any re-
marks to make cin the letter of " A Member of the Greek
Church," we will endeavour to find room for them, if briefly
stated.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON RRIDGE TOMORROW.
Morning 46 minutes after 4. 1 Evening 6 minutes „fter 5.

Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN corn-

menced at. 25 minutes after Three.

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LITERATURE.

THE DUWAGER-3 VoLs. --"khn'r
frrr;•,.
Bentley, London, 1840.
Mrs. Gore's are almost the only novels of mo-
dern fashionable life that we can endure to read
with patience, for there is no aristocratic assump-
tion in them—no sickly, fine-lady sensibility—no
pampering to the prejudices of the West-end, by
depreciating and turning into ridicule all who do
not happen to be members of its various coteries.
Mrs. Gore has too Catholic a spirit thus to
hedge in her genius, or to degrade it by
applying it to such paltry purposes. She writes
for the public at large, not for that emalt frivolous
section of it who haunt the neighbourhood of Hyde
Park, and think that there is no world beyond it
worth knowing. Rank and fashion, in this lady's
clever novels, go for just as much as they
are worth, and no more. Hence we read
her works with pleasure ; and this, not only
because she metes out an equal measure of jus-
tice to all classes ; but because also the charac-
ters she undertakes to pourtray, are such as we can
conceive without an effort to be direct transcripts
from the life. Her present tale, the " Dowager,"
the scene of which is laid almost exclu-
sively at the West-end, abounds in sketches
which have all the vividness of reality.
Morison Langley, the staid, intelligent County
Member, whose strong good sense has caused
him to be regarded as a sort of oracle in
the House of Commons ; the old Dowager,
who is never so much in her element as
when cooking up a piquant dish of scandal ;
the bland, fashionable physician, Sir Lucius
Flimsey ; the stiff, formal, but highly honourable
veteran, General Maxwell ; and the amiable and
somewhat pedantic governess, Mrs. Bennet ; these
are portraits which must have been drawn from
living originals, for by no mere effort of the
fancy could the authoress have touched them off
with such felicitous minuteness, or with such singu-
lar ease and freedom of colouring. Though
among the most brilliant novelists of the day,
Mrs. Gore is never brilliant at the expense
of good taste. Her wit and humour—and she
has a great deal of both—are always within
the pale of the proprieties. She is wanting
however, in the art—a more rare one, than is gene
rally supposed—of concocting and unravelling a
plot ; and is to be admired chiefly for the truth and
spirit of her portraits, and the unstrained vivacity
of her dialogues. Her " Dowager," though not
the best, is among the best of her stories.
London, England, 1840-10-29

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
M. Guizot, immediately on his arrival yesterday,
waited on M. Thiers, by whom his presence in Paris
was announced to the King. In the course of the
afternoon M. Guizot had interviews with Marshal Soult,
the Duke de Broglie, and M. Duchatel. At nine
o'clock M. Guizot was received by the King, and re-
mained in conference with his Majesty upwards of two
hours. The result of this audience has not transpired.
(From the Constitutionncl.)
Although a report was spread yesterday. evening that
M. Guizot had accepted the portfolio of Foreign Af-
fairs, under the Presidency of Marshal Soult, we
do not learn that the honourable hesitation of our
Ambassador to the Court of London has been
overcome. M. Guizot was to wait upon the King in
the course of the evening. It is stated that Marshal
Soult, who appears definitively to have undertaken the
task of composing a new Cabinet, has been actively en-
gaged. If we are to believe report, he has overcome
the resistance of M. Dufaure, who wished to have the
portfolio of the Interior. He is said also to have ap-
plied to one of the leading members of the Conserva-
tive party, M. de Larnartine, who, after some objec-
tions, resigned himself to take his share in the burden
of public affairs. The following are mentioned as likely
to form part of the new Cabinet :—Messrs. Duchatel,
Pussy, Martin (du Nord), Villemain, and Teste ; for
the latter a ministry of Public Worship would be cre-
ated, the seals being given to Martin (du Nord). Be-
fore the arrival of M. Guizot, and in the doubt of his
accepting office, means were thought of for substituting
another person, and in this case it was proposed to
give the portfolio of
FrFooretigne
Tenzps.)
Affairsto M. Villemain.
It was rumoured last night that an arrangement was
thought of which would give M. Guizot a lace in the
days Ali Ministry i satgar
ago,
,dmosfiuncuhs,, Marchiptewr
halas,pagr;eso-ecnrotone re-constituted ttwuwtooeudlodf abi stes it was eig.h
mem-
berst
the solution
of the present crisis.
(From the Courrier Francais.)
The Russian Embassy contradicts formally the ac-
count which we have given of the departure of the Rus-
sian fleet. If we are correctly informed, M. de Pahlen
has acknowledged that the Imperial Government is or.
London, England, 1840-10-29

more-hill
Watson, Joseph, Chelsea
Watt, Wm., Brunswick-parade,
Islington
Watts, Wm., Davies-street
Webb, Henry, 19 Nottingham-

street
Webb, Joseph, Cullum-street
W ebb. Mex., Teddington
Webber, John, 37 Wigmore-st
Webster, George, Harrow
Weekly, Richard, jun., Har-
mondsworth
Weekly, Henry, Harmonds-
worth

Welstead, Charles, 66 Berners-
street

Westall, John, Billiter-street
Westbrook, Edw., Heston

Whaley, John, Enfieli
Wheeler, H. J., Montague-pl
Wheelwright, Robt., Enfield
Whisson, Nath, 32 Judd-place,

West
Whitby, Wm., Billingsgate
Whiteside, R. 8., Aidgate
Whitmore, George, 42 Morti
mer-street

Whittam, Henry, 78 Gower-
street

Wickens, John, Lincoln's-inn-
Wigram, William, 56, Upper
Harley-street
Wilby, William, St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital
Wilby, H. S., Lincoln's-inn
Wild, John, Martin's-lane,Can
non-street

Wild, William, Martin's-lane,

Cannon• street
Wilde, G. T., Carnaby-street
Willan, Leonard, Tottenham
Willetts, Robert, Whitechapel
Williams, Edw. Jones, Enfield
Williams, Edward, Enfield
Williams, John Strange, En-

field
Williams, H. W., 12 Hamilton-

:errace

Williams, Sir John, Grosvenor.

square
Williamson, James, Gray's-inn
Willis, F., St. James's-street
London, England, 1840-10-29

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—Do you consider it right for an accused felon#
to have command of a regiment during the period his
own life is at stake ? I should say, for the security
of the public at large his sword ought to he taken
away from him till the result of his trial he made
known. JUSTICE.
a The individual to whom we believe our Correa.
pondent alludes, is not an accused felon, but simply ac-
cused of felony.
London, England, 1840-10-29

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—An error having crept into your Paper of
yesterday, I feel convinced that you will do me the
kindness of correcting it. The name of Lighthead is
inserted instead of Broadhead, of the Coldstream
Guards, as one of the Field Officers on that highly dis
tinguished Court-martial. Now, Sir, as I happily re-
tired from the service in its brighter days, and have no
wish to be placed in Lieut.-Colonel Broadhead's unen-
viable position, I am-particularly anxious that this mis-
nomer may be speedily rectified, or, as public feeling
now exists, I verily believe I should bring upon me the
odium of those neighbours who now form the solace of
any declining ears. This feeling against the Court-
martial is based on tne following grounds :—First, the
unprecedented number of Field Officers of Lord Car-
digan's rank (ten), and the unfair disproportion of Capt.
Reynolds' rank (four), to try the accused. Secondly,
the refusal of this Court to allow Captain R. his right
to prove previous oppression, this right being founded
on precedent, as in the case cited of the 9th Lancers in
1817, when Colonel Morland brought one of his officers
to a Court-martial. Thirdly. the endeavour of the
Court (by their comments on the evidence produced)
to intimidate future officers from giving their evidence
freely and honourably ; and lastly, by their treating
with silent contempt the high and unexampled charac-
ter given to Captain R. by a number of the oldest and
most distinguished officers in her Majesty's service.
I can only in addition say, that as soon as ever Mr.
Harvey, or any other individual, will point out where
subscriptions will be received, towards making up the
sum of Captain Reynolds' commission, I will have great
pleasure in forwarding my contribution, as a proof of
my utter detestation of anything like undue severity or
oppression.—l have the honour to be,
Your obedient servant,
J. LUSHINGTON LIGHTHEAD.
Royston, Hull, Oct. 28.
London, England, 1840-10-29

SPAIN.

MADRID, OCT. '2.o.—Perfect tranquillity prevails.
Queen Isabella and the Regency of Ministers will be
here on the night of the 27th. The Cortes is con-
voked, as you will see by the decree below, for March
19, 1841. The Junta has just received the following
communication :
London, England, 1840-10-29

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

have troubled you with some remarks* on
the trial of Captain Reynolds, because I think that in
Captain Reynolds' case the spirit which ought to regu-
late a Court-martial has been departed from, and be-
cause this departure may have an influence ❑ot yet
noticed.

There is, however, another spirit in which this case
is viewed. Captain Reynolds is, by the public in ge-
neral, considered a most ill-used man. Derogatory ex-
pressions were applied to him, and because he ventured
to request an explanation, he was ordered to hold his
tongue, to refrain from addressing (I will not say his
calumniator, nor even his traducer, but) his Com-
mander, except on official business.

Now, I may put it to any Englishman, could a
course more likely to irritate and inflame be adopted ?
think not. Let every one recollect that the first of-
fensive expressions proceeded not from Captain Rey-
nolds, but from Lord Cardigan ; and that those expres-
sions had no relation whatever to military matters.
If Lord Cardigan in private society chooses to cast
reflections on any officer in his regiment he does so in
his private character, and at his personal risk. He
cannot with justice talk as the private individual, and
act as the officer.

I know that this case is extensively felt to be a
case pregnant with evil, especially to our army, and an
instance of truculent and unmitigated oppression.
A few individuals meeting at the Peacock Inn, Wol-
verhampton, (who by the bye have not Lord Cardigan's
aversion to black bottles,) have heard with satisfaction
that it is in contemplation to raise a subscription for
Capt. Reynolds, and they have requested this letter
to be addressed to you (knowing your readiness to resist
tyranny in all shapes), in support of the attempt, not
meaning to confine themselves to a mere verbal expres-
sion of their feelings towards Captain Reynolds, but to
remit a check for the amount of their subscriptions to
any authorised party that may be fixed upon. May the
subscriptions prosper, and may the haughty, ill-tem-
pered, and overbearing in high places be made to know,
that although they may appear to depress their victim,
they can never rob him of the support and sympathy of
Englishmen—that Englishmen, in cases like the pre-
sent, will say, " Lord Cardigan shall not ruin Captain
Reynolds."
I am, Sir, your's most obediently,
A WOLVERHANIPTON MAN.

We have omitted the remarks alluded to, as their ob-
ject was to prove that Captain Reynolds had not had a
fair trial—a conclusion to which all (except those whom
no facts will convince) had come to for some time.
London, England, 1840-10-29

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-1 have read with much satisfaction the obser-
vations you have given publicity to in your invaluable
and impartial journal respecting the military efficiency of
the Earl of Cardigan, and more particularly his line of
conduct which led to the unfortunate court-martial
la•ely held on Captain R. A. Reynolds, of the 11 th
Hussars. After you have already allotted so much space
in your widely circulating journal to this subject I am
reluctant to trespass further, but I cannot refrain from
remarking that it appears one material part of the find-
ing of the Court-martial has been passed over without
comment—namely, when the Court finds Captain Rey-
nolds guilty " of conduct unbecoming an officur and a
gentleman."

I defy any one to show, nor is it attempted to be
shown before the Court, that Captain Reynolds' con-
duct throughout fifteen years of service, had been
any-
thing but that of a most amiable, honourable, and gen-
tlemanly man ; and surely the act for which he has
suffered cannot, from the most severe, bear an ungen-
tlemanly construction ?
No one acquainted with the strict code that neces-
sarily regulates the service but felt from the first that
Captain Reynolds had (alas !) seriously committed him-
self in a military point of view by wilting his second
letter, and had thereby subjected himself to the stern
letter of the military law ; but they had hoped that,
from the extenuating circumstances in his favour,
mercy might in the end be extended to him from the
higher powers, as we have so many brilliant instances
during the command-in-chief of his Royal lliglinc%s the
Duke of York and his Grace the Duke of Wellington,
in cases where much more serious infringements of dis-
cipline had taken place.
I may instance the case that occurred in the
G en regiment
then commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel (now eral)
Sleigh, where a subaltern officer was tried for conduct
the most violent, insulting, and insubordinate to his
commanding officer, yet was thought deserving of his
Royal Highness's clemency, and was allowed to retire
on half-pay,
Officers dismissed from her Majesty's service with the
stigma of " conduct unbecoming that of a gentleman,"
become virtually excluded from the society of gentle-
London, England, 1840-10-29

THE DISTRESSED POLES.

The Corporation Corporation of London having unanimously
granted the use of the 'Guildhall to Lord Dudley
Coutte Stuart and the rest of the Council of the
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, for a
ball and concert in aid of the funds for retieing the
starving Polish exiles, a very numerous and influential
meeting took place at Guildhall on Monday last,
for the
purpose of making preliminary arrangements. Ver
much to the honour of the Committee appointed by the
Court, a Committees consisting, in faCt, of every mew
ber of the Corporation, .the number• assembled was
much greater than ever met upon any former occasion,
them together on this. The'
even in aid of the benevolent object which brouglit
Courts, and of various and conflicting political opinions,
here appeared to be animated by one feeling, and they
P
proceeded to business with an energy which
distinguished success to the cause. to the
Mr. Peacock was unanimously appointed
Chair, and Mr. Carr was appointed Secretary:s°a;
tions in which these gentlemen have been accustonieu
to act for the service of the unfortunate exiles, wig' have
leading Tagil' of both
suffered severe privations since the last generous efrort,
_,..,
of the Corporation for their relief.
The meeting felt and expressed the feeling,
that the
failure of all the experiments made since last winter by
the warm friends and advocates of the exiles added iin''
measurably to the claims upon the compassion of those
to whom they had never lo ,ked in vain, and
whose la'
hours had never yet proved unavailing or unproductivs
in their cause.
It was determined that the ball should take place n
Tuesday, the 17th of November, in order that the prof
parations, which are to be upon the most maguifierst
scale, may be completed to the satisfaction of the
oeug
judges ; and, notwithstanding the fact that eaoir.o_
as
sremiums were given last year for tickets of achnotaiin;
the night approached, the price on the splendida"sei A
occasion will be the same as it way when so p the
company at that period came forward to support
C zirity. It was at the same time resolved that sncittm
limit should be placed to the issue of, tickets 0 wool..
prevent the chance of an interference with the sae
tnotion and comfort of the visitors.
talTenhteincLamonmdiotnte.
perintendence of Professor Taylor, whose musical Wei
The Concert, it was arranged will be under the I.ll'
rience will ensure the aid of the most emit:lent "Gil
considerable
a be
most minute attention, in their anxiety
Committee were occupied for
time in the numerous details, to which theY Patietst-
traction even greater th bad filled t"
•
an t at w le A
01'10 to thee
Hall before, when ' • similar appeals were
humanit •
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We expect to be able to announce in a f 'a
000 1
long list of names of the most distinguished Pe
the nation as patrons.
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to render,t
heir