The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-21 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM.

ARRIVALS.—Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon. Captain Craven
F. Berkeley, M.P., Hon. Thomas Coventry, Lady Darrell, Sir
George Tapp, Colonel Pentland, Colonel Wilson, Colonel and
Mrs. Hopkinson, Colonel Bowyer, Major Dalton, Major Perks,
Major and Mrs. Snowpaul, Major Finling, Rev. F. Laing, Rev.
W. Colston, Rev. F. W. Hayes, Captain Burroughs, Captain
Edgecumbe, Captain Fulcher, Captain Thorpe, Captain Ellis,
Captain Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds, Mr. and Mrs. Harley,
Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Low, Mr. and Mrs. Wad-
dell, Mr. and Mrs. Stovin, Mr. and Mrs. Robley, Mr. and Mrs.
Fenwick, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. John Bolton
Thwaites, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. Hincks, Mr. Home,
Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Peel, Mr. Bainbridge, Mr.
Salmon, Mr. Chessall, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Buck, Mr. Bertie
Mosey!), Mr. Kingdom, Mr. Allen, Mr. Jones, Mr. Trevelyan,
Mr. \Vihan, Mr. James, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Blick, Mr. J. B.
Thwaites, Mr. Arkell, Mr. Longman, Mr. Farnley, Mr. Coke,
Mr. Drake, Mr. Loveridge, Mr. John Watson, Mr. Hamilton,
Mr. Crawford, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Aycock, Mr. T. S. Wood-
ward, Mr. W. F. Beatson, Mr. Hibber, Mr. Ormerod, Mr.
Wiggins, Mr. Joseph Bailey, Mr. Honeywood, Mr. Beach,
Mr. Butler, Mr. R. Whild, Mr. Andrews, Mr. W. Smithe, Mr.
Nessall, Mrs. Stevenson and family, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Church,
Mrs. H. Leigh, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Willoughby, Mrs. Holland,
Mrs. Towers, Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. M`Lean,
Miss Saunders, Miss Pest, Miss Holland, Miss E. Kirkes, &c.

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.—Mr. and Mr Ward, from
the metropolis for this Town.—E. Johnson, Esq., for this
town, &c. &c.

CHATSWORTH.—The Duke of Devonshire
gave an excellent dinner on Saturday week, to the whole
of the artificers employed on the works at Chatsworth.
This entertainment was given in the new sculpture gal-
lery, which was used for the first time on that occasion.
Mr. Holmes, the clerk of the works, was in the chair.
The sculpture gallery will, when finished, be one of the
most magnificent rooms in the kingdom ; it is 110 feet
long, 30 feet wide, and upwards of 30 feet in height, and
is lighted by two splendid chandeliers. On Monday fes-
tivities were resumed in this dpattment, a ball and supper
being given to upwards of 200 persons of the household
and their friends. Mr. Conte (pianist to the Duke) pre-
sided at the pianoforte. The entire suite of rooms, 700
feet in length, were thrown open as a promenade
between the dances. The Duke remained with tilt-. cota-
pany until a late hour. The visiters at Chatsworth joined
in the dance during the evening.
The ceiling and walls of the entrance to the
House of Commons have been whitewashed, the woodwork
painted, and the usual preparations are making in the in-
terior of the House, as is customary previously to the
commencement of the Session of Parliament. If any
improvement could be made in ventillating the House, it
would be very desirable, as the sudden gusts cf cold air
are so very chilling there, that it is often attended with
very ill effects to the members and ira.dividuals in the
gallery.

LICHFIELD, Nov. 18.—it is with extreme
regret we have to announce the death of the Very Rev.
Dr. Woodhouse, Dean of Lichfield, which event took
place at the Deanery yesterday afternoon about four
o'clock, after an illness of only eight days. The venerable
Dean was in his 86th year, and was on horseback a fort-
night ago. It is supposed he took cold, when, added to
his extreme old age, nature became exhausted. Dr.
Woodhouse was installed Dean of Lichfield in 1807, and
was beloved in the Church.

ELOPEMENT.—A few evenings ago, the
dsughter of a respectable tradesman in High-street, Poplar,
a fine and accomplished young woman, was missed from
her home. In a short time it was ascertained that she
had been seen to get into a chaise near her residence.
She was then driven to town by a gentleman, who, it has
since been discovered, is a married man with a large family,
residing in the neighbourhood of Paddington. The retreat
of the parties has not been discovered.

A paragraph has appeared, stating that three
members of the Society of Friends have gone on a voyage
of pleasure to the South Sea Islands. It is a fact that
they have gone ; but their object has been misstated.
We bay* received communications on the subject front
three respectable members of the Society, one of whom
says :—" The three members of the Society of Friends,
who have sailed in the Francis Freeling (purchased for
the purpose, as weil as fitted up), to visit the South Sea
Islands, are not gone on a journey of pleasur.,, but with
the view of establishing a mission or missions; and the
visit is altogether a religious one, though too vagrant to
meet my ideas on the subject. The funds are not pro.
Tided by the individuals themselves, but by a subscrip-

tion amongst a few members of the Society." A
'econd states that the voyagers will visit New Zealand,
Owhyhee, Otcheuse, New South Wales, &c. &c., and
will probably nearly circumnavigate the globe. It is in-
tended to combine religious instruction with the endea-
vour to promote civil zation amongst the inhabitants of
hose parts which have been entirely neglected, or but
little visited by Missionaries. The whole is at the ex-
pense of the Society, and will cost from 4.0001. to 6,0001.,
and the time calculated for the performance of this mission
from four to six years. A third correspondent says:—
" Daniel Wheeler, of Russia, has gone o❑ a religious
visit, or gospel mission, attended by a companion and his
son. If information could be obtained from members of
the Society, it would be snore likely to be correct." W:11
any one, properly informed, undertake to give us timely
information of any thing which may take place in connec-
tion with the Society of Friends, which may be of public
inteTest ? Christian .Advocate.
It was reported last night (hut we can hardly
ive credit to the report) that, in the event of the demise
of a Noble and Learned Lord, now in a very precarious
state, Ministers intend appointing a Noble Earl and Ex-
Cabinet Minister to the sinecure office of Auditor of the
Exchequer. The salary, we believe, is upwards of 4,0001
per annum.

We understand that a material part of the
Public business which occupied the attention of the late
Cabinet Council held at Brighton, related to the appoint-
ment under the King's Commission of the Superintendents
of the China trade, who are to succeed the supercargoes
nominated by the East India Company. As the provisions of
the Act are to take place in April next, the time has arrived
for forwarding the necessary authority and credentials.
CAPTAIN SKINNER'S EXCURSIONS IN

INDIA..--" In taking up this work a second time, i❑ its
new edition—in its cheaper and more portable form—vv,
experience an unusual feeling, a wish—a desire—to go
over it again at length—to review it—to write about it--
to make extracts from it. Why is this ? Not because it
in a wonderful book, but because it is a delightful hook
because, while truth is the writer's idol, it has all the
picturesque and graceful charms of fiction ; because it is
quiet and unpretending; because it is gentlemanly and
benign i❑ spirit, in principle, in feeling throughout. We
are not, indeed, acquainted with any pleasanter work
relating to India."— Court Journal.

On Tuesday evening a number of gertlemen
met at the Percy Hotel, Rathbone.place, Oxford-street, to
adopt measutes for a public subscription to raise a fund
with which to purchase some appropriate mark of national
respect for Captain Ross. Mr. Kallion (who was called
to the chair) said it had been thought best to limit the
amount of subscription to one penny each person, that the
tribute of respect might be more general. It had been
said 8,0001. bad been presented to Captain Ross by Go
vernment No part of that sum, however, was awards d
to the gallant gentkman ; it was merely given to him to
distribute among his crew.—R-solutions to carry into
effect the objects proposed were agreed to.
VICTORIA. THEATRE.— Last night the
Opera of Love in a Village was performed here. Miss
E. Romer, as Rosetta, executed her songs with much
sweetness, and elicited much and deserved applause. Cap-
tain Stevens followed, and was well received by a crowded
audience. The vicissitudes of Barry Splashton and
Captain Stephens, by Forrester and Selby, afforded much
amusement, as also did Latham as Tom Stag, the
laughing bailiff. Mr. Selby is the author of the farce.
On Tuesday morning some boys, who were
playing in an untenanted house in Carlisle place, Rich-
mond-street, Lisson grove, discovered an oil man, appa-
rently dead, and lying in the corner of one of the upper
rooms. lie was surrounded with filth and vermin ; lie
had scarcely a rag on his back, and the place was satu-
rated with damp. Life was not extinct, but he died soon
after his removal to the Alarylebone Infirmary. The de-
ceased was recognised as a beggar who had the name of
" Clean old Jack," from his invariable cleanliness of per-
son. The deceased had evidently died from starvation.

VOLUNTEERS FOR PORTUGAL.—The Leeds
steamer, which has been at the tail of the bank for the
last few days, waiting for volunteers, sailed for Portugal
thi.. morning, at 5 o'clock. She had on board provisions
or 500 men. On Thursday 250 young fellows went on
board of her from Edinburgh, Dundee, and Cupar ; and
we believe she sails with neatly 500 recruits. Many of
them seem in a state of great destitution ; and whatever
befals them abroad, it is probable they cannot he more
miserable than they have been at home. Major Christie,
formerly of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, and Major
Carter, formerly of the 58th Foot, are the officers in com-
mand. Other officers and cadets, many of them gentlemen
connected with families of first-rate respectability, proceed
with the party.— Greenock Intelligencer.

THE " BREECHES BIBLE."—Many of our
readers must have heard of the edition of the Scriptures
called the "Breeches Bible." The name arises from the
manner in which the 7th verse of the Sd chapter of Ge-
nesis is translated—" Then the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they
sewed fig-tree leaves together and made themselves
breecles." The date of this edition is 1588 ; it is printed
in black letter ; and the impression is excellent. So
ignorant were the people in the days of Elizabeth, of the
kind of garment with which the translator was pleased to
clothe our first parents, that a note is put in the margin,
explaining the use and purpose of " breeches." Any of
our readers, curious in these matters, may see this edition
of the Bible by calling at our office.—Belfast
KIRKALDY.—It is a curious fact, that out of
the five gentlemen who compose th. Magistracy of this
Burgh, there are three Dissenters, each belonging to a
d fferent sect, viz.—one Independent, one Baptist, one
Antiburgher. We are told that no Dissenter of any de-
scription has sat at the Council Board of Kirkaldy for a
long series of years.—Dronfries Courier.

HORRIBLE SUICIDE.—On Wednesday last,
about one o'clock, a man of the name of Robert Stephens,
one of the gate-keepers at Johnstown Castle, the seat of
U. K. G. Morgan, Esq., in a fit of insini y, put an end
to his existence with a razor. So determined was this
unfortunate man on the perpetration of this dreadful act,
that be nearly severed the head from the body. He was
quiet, inoffensive man, and married but a few weeks &ace.
--Wexford Freeman. .

Horace Walpole informs us in his corre-
•pondence, that when Lord Mountford, at the heed of
half White's, went to see Maclean, the highwayman, in
Newgate, he found his aunt crying ever him. "My
dear," said she, when they were gone, " what did those
Lords say to you?—Have you been concerned with any
of them ?"

A fatal accident occurred at Eaglesham on
Wednesday afternoon to one of Mr. O'Boyne's children, a
boy betwixt four and five years old. He had, in the
absence of his parents, urged upon Paterson, the groom,
to paddle the pony, and to give him a ride. Paterson
yielded to his entreaties, and put him on the animal, and
behind him he placed a boy of his own. He then
walked the animal for a considerable time with the two
boys on it, but when in the act of taking of his own boy,
a lad who was standing by had incautiously flourished a
stick in the animal's face, at which it took fright and ran
off at full gallop with Mr. O'Boyne's child, who imme-
diately iost his seat, but one of his feet had got entangled
in the stirrup-leather, and he was dragged in that manner
from one side of the village to the other, when he fell to
the ground shockingly mangled. A person ran and lifted
him up, but he gave only a few convulsive quivers and
expired. Mr. and Mrs. O'Boyne were both absent when
the fatal occurrence took place. To be near the best pro-
fessional skill, they had removed to Glasgow with their
other child, who was, only nine days previous to this
accident, dangerously injured by the exploding of a quan-
tity of gunpowder.— Glasgow Herald.
VENERABLE YEW TREE—At Crum, the
seat of the Earl of Erne, in the county of Cavan, is a
venerable yew tree, one of the curiosities of the place.
a I almost fear," says a writer in the Dublin University
Magazine, " to say how old it is ; but it must be sonic
hundred years. Its branches are supported by woollen
pillars, and extend on all sides to a circumference of two
hundred and twenty-five feet. It appears in perfect health,
long continue. to repay, by its grateful
shade,
il
the who are annually attracted to be-
hold it."al, I trust,
hundreds

COOPER'S NEW NOVEL, " THE HEADS-
srax."--,, The characters in this story are extremely well
drawn. Adelheid and Sigismund are models for the ad-
miration of all who love to view human nature and moral
excellence in the finest and most alluring forms, and the
descriptions of extt rnal nature shrouded in tempests are
magnificent. The voyage across the lake of Geneva, and
the ascent to the Convent in a dreadful snow-storm, are
admirably painted, and may rank with the finest passages
in this author's very clever productions. The minor cha
racters have not by any means been injured by a too great
desire to embellish the principal, and the reckless Maim,
with his Nettutio (a very important personage
itr thnede story),
Pippo,d?g the merry-andrew, Conrad, the
u the unfortunate Balthazar, Marguerite,
and Christine, are in themselves interesting. This wilt
scoundrel-pilgrim,
t gallant ly ,n
be one of the most successful of Cooper's works, and give
a favourable view of his peculiar talente".— Leeds Mer-
cury.

THE ARMY.

(From the Limerick chronicle of Saturday.)

Sixty men of the 91st Regiment, under Capta:n Gore,
have been detached from Fermoy to Ballinamult, Coun,y
Waterford, where they are expected to remain during the

winter.

Transports to convey the 92d Regiment to Gibraltar
arrived at Cove on Thursday.
Major Kettlewell and Lieutenant Papillon, with a de-
tachment of artillery, are stationed .t Duncannon.
The sergeants of the 56th depot entertained the ser-
geants of the 24th depot to dinner on Monday last, the
day of their arrival at Kinsale. The sergeants' mess a
the 56th depot is one of the most complete and best mi.
ducted of any depot in the service.
Lieutenant Colonel M'Gaskill, one of the officers who
came to Ireland under the Coercion Act, is appointed (by
Lord Grey's express order) to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy
of the 9Sth Regiment, over the head of Major Grevil!e,
from half.pay without giving the difference.
Captain Selwyn, commanding the Royal Engineers in
Athlone, has been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope.
Ensign the Earl of Hillsborough is appointed Lieut..
Colonel of the Royal South Down Militia, vice Mathews,
deceased. George Echlin, succeeds to the vacant
Ensigncy.

Twelve Field Officers of the Royal Marines are to he
allowed to sell out, an additional Mijor is to be added to
each division, the Pay Captains to be done away with,
and the twenty-five senior First Lieutenants made S-cond
Captains, to embark in such ships as now carry two
subalterns.

The Hon. Captain Villiers, son of Lord Jersey, has
retired from the Horse Guards Blue on th,-, occasion of his
marriage, and is succeeded by a nephew of Lord Hill.
The etiquette observed in this corps makes it imperative
on the officers to quit the Blues wb,n they approach the
hymeneal sitar.
Ensign the Earl of Hillsborough is appointed Lieute-
nint•Colonel of the South Down Militia, vice Mathews,
deceased.

Eight officers and 280 rank and file for the 15th, 32
66th, and 79th Regiments, have arrived in Canada and
joined head quarter.
The depot of the two companies of the 42d Regiment
has arrived in Stirling.
The 91st will commence next year to wear their national
uniform, the bonnet and Campbell's tartan kelt, &c.