The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-11 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

The closely-packed audiences which nightly assemble here
are the best evidences of success deserved. The present per-
formances are announced to close with the present a eek, and
to those who have not yet witnessed Mrs. Yates's vivid pot,.
traiture of Agnes de Vere, or the unctious humour of John
Reeve in the Unfinished Gentleman, a time is still left for
tears and laughter they will not soon forget the cause of.
Huge John, indeed—that Momus in the flesh, and what a cu-
mulus of flesh it is too—seems to draw as many tears as the
lady, only it is after another fashion. If Mrs. Yates some-
times makes the heart ache, Reeve, like a good leech skilled
in the appliances of counter-irritants, successfully attacks the
ribs ; and what between mirth and melancholy, you leave the
Adelphi with April emotions—alternations of gloom and sun-
shine. It would be unseemly to speak of this house and omit
mention of Yates and Buckstone, and " clever little Mrs.
Keeley"—like wine, they improve by age.

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.—His Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester, it appears, has died pos-
sessed of very great proporty, the whole of which is left by
will to his widow, of whom he always spoke in the most enthu-
siastic terms ; a short time previous to his death he had pur-
chased a large freehold estate, in Hampshire, of great v=alue,
and had upwards of 200,0001. in the Funds. It is believed
that the whole of the property will exceed 500,000/.'in amount.
So certain was his Royal Highness that his disorder would
prove fatal, that a few days prior to his demise' he made all
family arrangements ; and his last request .was that the
Duchess should place a valued ring upon his finger, and he
should be interred in the clothes in which ho died, and be
placed in an elm coffin.
The will of his late Royal Highness the Duke of
Glocester has been opened, and it appears he died worth up-
wards of 90,000/. He has left legacies to most of his house-
hold. Colonel Edmund Currey, the Duke's Secretary and
Comptroller, has 20,000/. bequeathed to him ; and Colonel S.
Higgins, K.H., the principal Equerry, 25,000/. ; each of his
Aides-de-camp has been left 3,000/. It should be mentioned
to the honour of the late Duke that he was never in debt, and
afforded an excellent example in the punctual and immediate
discharge of his tradesmen's bills.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Place
Vendome, at 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Sir Robert left
Rome on the 27th ult., at 2 in the afternoon, and slept at
Massa Carrara, Susa, and Lyons. Yesterday morning Sir
Robert received the visits of his Excellency Lord Granville,
and his brother, Colonel J. Peel, and at 11 o'clock left Paris
for Calais. A courier, who was despatched from England
subsequently to Mr. Hudson, having missed Sir R. Peel, ro.
turned on Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, to Paris. and
was immediately sent on to Calais, to have every_11"-e
made for Sir Robert's immediate embarkittim-
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LAUNCH OF THE Roy •
interest was excited the,. _AL VICTORIA.—Greater
the magnificent on similar occasions on the launch of
the Royal Victoria, from the
oft Messrs. Menzies and Son, of Leith,
file 2d inst., at half-past two o'clock. Since the memorable
landing of George IV. so great a concourse of people had not
been seen assembled in Leith as on that day. At about 20
minutes past two o'clock the Royal Victoria glided smoothly
and majestically into the water, the ceremony of naming the
vessel being performed by Miss Robison, daughter of John
Robison, Esq., President of the Shipping Company, for whom
this vessel was built. The Royal Victoria is the largest vessel
ever built in Leith. Her length over all is 170 feet • length
of keel, 142 feet : breadth of beam within the paddle-boxes,
29 feet • ditto over all, 47 feet ; her length and breadth on the
upper deck being nearly equal to those of a 74-gun ship. This
splendid steam-ship will be ready early in the spring, and is
intended to run in conjunction with the Royal William and
the Royal Adelaide, powerful steam-ships already well known
in the Landon and Leith trade.

Its.

PARIS, DEC. B.—A letter from General Mina, of Nov.
28, written by himself, informs us that the two convoys
had arrived at Pampeluna, without being molested by
Carlists. He intended to put himself at the head of his
troops, and commence his military operations very shortly.
M. Pussy has been elected Deputy at Louvier (Depart-
ment of the Eure).
M. Spiers has notified to the electors of Aix that he -
shall not present himself at any other Electoral College.
M. -Duchatel, who was elected at lonzac and Ma.
rennes, intends to offer himself at lonzac only, where he is
sure of a majority ; but the Countess Duchatel has already
been at Marennes, with one of her sons, to propose him as
a candidate. We hope that M. Senne, who lost the elec-
tion by one vote only, will succeed this time, and defeat
his young competitor.
The Madrid journals of the 2d, are principally filled
with accounts of the events of Navarre, which we have
learned before by other channels.
A letter from Madrid speaks of a change in the Ministry.
Martinez de la Rosa to retire ; Toreno to be President of
the Council and Minister for Foreign- Affairs ; Ramisa,
Minister of Finance ; and M. de la Rivaherrera to take
the place of M. Morcoro. The two latter, says the Ga.
zette de France, are considered as men of moderate opi-
nions, perfectly adapted to the present circumstances.—
Messager, Dec. 9.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pailis, DEC. 9.
Five per Cents., 1011 f. 4 )c. 45c. 50c.
Four per Cents., 931. —c.
Three per Cents., 77f 10c. 77f. 77f. 10c.
Bank Actions, 1800 f. —c.
Rente de Naples, 93f. 75c 70c. SOc.
Roman Five per Cents., 95.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 404 40,
Royal Spanish Loan, 454.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Ccnt., 434.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 99.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., R 441.
Haytian Loan, 240 f. —c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
Otte month, paper, 2.5f.:3214e. ; money, —.f.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f, 17}4c.
- Ours Authentique.

GERMAN PAPERS.

DRESDEN, Rte. I.—Prince Esterhazy arrived here
three days ago, from his extraordinary mission to compli-
ment the Emperor and Empress of Russia ; he had re-
ceived the insignia of the Order of St. Andrew, in diamonds ;
on Saturday he dined with the King, on Sunday with the
Prince Co-regent, and will set out to-morrow for Vienna,
whence he will soon go back to London, to resume the
functions of his post as Ambassador at the British Court,
which he has held for these twenty years.
Several cotton manufactories in the Saxon Ergebirze
are now engaged in the manufacture of articles, which are
fit for the markets of the United States of North
America.

At the last Leipsic fair the whole stock of cotton stock.
ings, the consumption of which is very great in America,
was bought up ; much more might h. _;'e been sold if there
had been more at the fair.

Mr. Craffe, a merchant from New York (a native of
Rinteln, in Hesse Cassel, who has acquired a large for-
tune chiefly by cle";ing in the production of the Saxon
stocking mani'factories, and had come to Germany to see
his relattms, purchased at the autumnal fair, at Leipsic,
c°1....0n stockings from the
.Ergebirze to the amount of
14,000 dollars, for his house at New York.
CASSEL, DEC. 3.—His Highness the Elector has con-.
ferred the Cross of the Family Order of the Golden Lion
on Baron Antony Von Rothschild in London.
BERNE, Nov. —M. Rasthofer has withdrawn his famous
proposal, and the reasons he assigns for this are—that the
discussion of it would make explanation necessary, which ho
(Rasthofer) had not foreseen ; that it had been misunder-
stood (certainly not, it was understood but too well by
everybody) ; and that, contrary to the regulations, it com-
prehended too many subjects. For the comfort, however,
of all lovers of the extravagant, he promises to bring for-
ward singly the measure which he had proposed.—Frank-
fort Papers, Dec. 7.