The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-26 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

L •st night a new burletta in three acts, called The
Rake and his Pupil, or Fully, Love, and Marriage, was
produced for the first time at this theatre, and °brained a
reception pi-rhaps as deservedly flittering as any piece it
has ever fallen to our lot to notice. It is the pi oduc,ion
of Mr. BUCKSTONE, the already popu'ar author, and in
this to him new style of dramatic composition, we think
he has surpassed all his previous efforts. The incidents
of the drama are developed in three acts. At the opening
we find the Baron De Florville (Mr. BAYNE) intrusting
his son, the Chevalier (Mr. IlEmmina), to the care of
Rosenbert (Mr. YATES), a rake who had already distin-
guished him‘elt in affairs of gallantry, but of whose cha-
racter the Baron appe,ted to be comparatively ignorant.
Rosenbert has long cherished a penchant for, though his
advances are reject-d by, the Marchioness de Bans (Mrs.
YATEs). The youth and his guide arrive in Pais. With
a view of exciting the jealousy of the Marchioness, Rosen-
bert persuades De Florville to assume a female attire at a
ball. The Marchioness enters into conversation with the
disguised Chevalier, but speedily discovers the deception
with true feminine tact. The Marquis de Bares (Mr.
J. REEVE) is marked in his attentions, rather of the gr.°
tesque character, to the pretended lair one; and, after a
droll scene at a supper table, he insists, in a spirit of
somewhat questionable hospitality, that the Chevalier and
Rosenbert should remain else night at his chateau ; and
the first act terminates by the Marchioness's discovery
of an attempt on the part of her lord to violate the
sanctity of the pseudo fair one's bed-chamber. In
the second act the pupil has excelled his master as a
suitor for the smiles of the fair sex. With the same
disguise, but under a different name, we now find him
domiciled at the summer retreat of the Count de Lignolle
(Mr. W. BENNETT). The Marchioness, under pretence
of obtaining the solution of a charade from the Count,
visits the pavilion. A scene of smart and pointed warfare
of the tongue ensues between the two ladies. The pre-
tended demoiselle is discovered by both husbands, to whom
the name of De Florville, for certain reasons, had been

long one of dread, and vengeance vowed. They attack
the Chevalier, who in the mei& is slightly wounded. The
reverse of the picture now presents itself. The rake re-
forms, returnine to his father's home to marry the object
of his early affection. Bath ladies come on his wed-
ding_d ty without the knowledge of their husbands; or
of each other, to advise with him upon the step lie
is about to take. Just as they have foliilled the
object of their visit they are surprised by hearing the
voices of their lords. At the usual expose occasioned
by their being disturbed Roaenbert adroitly removes the
awkwardness of the meeting, by informing the husbands
that the whole affair was a charade got up between the
ladi-s and himself far ibe amusement of the Count de
Lignolle, and the piece ends by the marriage of De Flor-
ville,and the reco:,ciliation of the angry lords with their wives.
The drama abounds with a subtle satire, graceful yet
pointed, which we have not been accustomed to hear in
thon of recent production. Mr. YATES seemed to be
Endued with new life, and performed the part of the roue
with a force of colouring, yet truth to nature, which
could not well be surpassed. He seemed to feel that he
could render every justice to the character as drawn by the
author, and the audience testified their approval of his
exertions to give it due effect by their reps-aced applause.
YATES, though in a part somewhat ❑ovel to her,
portrayed with considerable elegance the fashionable
Marchioness. Mr. REEVE, for a wonder, app uteri to
be perfect in the language of his part, and was occasion-
ally very atnu•ing. We most also notice Mr. W. BEN.
NETT, who, in the part of the old charade inventor, was
exc,llent. On the whole it is long since it has fallen to
our lot to afford such unqualified praise to any piece as we
feel we may, without fear of contradiction, bestow on
The Rake and his Pupil. On the falling of the curtain
Mr. YATES announced its repetition for every night amid
loud applause.

Hailebury College, Herts, is immediately to
be newly modelled, in a certain degree, according to the
plan of the Right Hon. Charles Grant. The professors
of the Hindoatanee and Sanscrit languages are to retir,
un full salaries, as a remuneration for their past labours,
and in future the pupils are to be taught both languages
when they arrive in ludia.

The undermentioned gentlemen were on
Frid y called to the Bar, by the Honourable Society of
the -oner Temple, viz. :—Thom is 'Mitten Sherwood,
Es Charles Hance, Esq. ; William Ramshay, &rt.
George Gearnett, Esq. ; William Shaw, E.q. ;
Patrick Grant, E-q. ; William Ktinnedy Bayley, Esq.
Thomas Hare, Esq. ; Charles Webster, Esq. ; Edward
Eyre Williams, Esq. ; Henry Udall, Esq. ; Joseph Trot-
man, Esq. ; the lion. Henry Spencer Law, and William
Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq.
CURIOUS DETECTION OF A THIEF.-011
Tuesday at the Town Hail, Sheffield, a man named Pilley
was charged with stealing a fine barn door fowl. Ilia
house had been searched by Wild, to whom a considerable
resi,tance was shown by the prisoner's wife, when the
fowl was discovered dressed. The owner was satisfied it
was his property, but timid not identify it sufficiently to
swear to the saute. On being asked wbat the fowl had
1)- en fed on the previous day, white wheat was the reply.
The coos-able was then directed to open the cray, when
half a pint of white wheat wag found; and the man was
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committed in consequence.—Doncaster Gazette.

REPORTED CHANGES AND REDUC-

TIONS IN THE ARMY.

TO THE EDITOR UP THE SUN.

is repotted that the Adiutmt and Qu ►rtet
master-General are to e done away at the Horse Guard.,
and that the duties of the e dep trtmeo's are to be pet
furmed by one officer, the chief of the Stiff, and to h
under the Secretary at War,--one assititant in the two de
oartments to remain.
Tbe Adjutant and Quartermaster General department,
it Batbadoe., Jamaica, Iflifax, and Canada, are to b
lone away, the duties to be carried on by one offie,r a.
those stations. . _

It has b-en recommended that all Commissariat Officers,
as also Staff, should be changed every four years, as it it

found that many of them, after long residence, become pro-
prietor?, firmers, &c., &c. ; and that, notwithstanding the
•orders to the contrary, a large number of soldiers are toil
-mployed, as servants, carpenters, masons, and all °Hit I
trades, leaving the duties so much harder on the other
soldiers. . . .

't has been found that after all the reduction that ha.

t iken place, the duties are as ^ well carried on for th
public ai before., and the expense of those Stiff Officers i
enormous,—not the pay which appears before the public
but the extraordinaries, of office rents, stationary, postage

forage, coal, candles, fuel, horse-keepers, office-keeper.
ne.sengers, and soldiers employed as orderlies and ser-
vants, which will allow a eduction of the troops in tht

colonies.

Several Staff Officers have held their situations fo.
many years, and it can be no hardship for them to be
changed; besides, it is an injustice for other deserving
officers to be kept back.
A very great reduction and change is spoken of among
the Engineers and Artillery.
The Adjutant and Quartermaster_General of Kings
troops in India are quite sinecures, and always have been d,
considered. The deputies can very well perform all the
duties.

AN OLD OFFICER AND ONE OF
YOUR CONSTANT READERS.

Nov. 23.

DUTCH PAPERS.

THE HAGUE, Nov. 20.—0 n the 18th instant a mili-
tary convention was concluded at Zondhoven between th,
four superior officers on both sides, to regu'ate the execu
tion of the last part of the fourth article of the convention
of May 21, respecting the free communicati.n between
the fortress of Maestricht and the frontiers of North Bra-
bant, and between the same fortress and Germany. A
period of eight drys is fixed for the etc: ange of the
ratific oions of this convention. Stant* Courant, Nov. 21.

Novmime, 22 —His Royal Highness the Prince of
Orange, and his eldest son, left the Hague to return to
the head quarters on the 20th, in the evening. Prim.,
and Princess Frederick, and their daughter, set out far
Berlin yesterday afternoon.
The committee of retrenchment had a meeting yesterday,
which is said to be connected with the discussions on the
budget in the sections of the Second Chamber.
Numerous objections have been made by the member,
to the budget, and they are now under the consideration
of the Government. The objections, as we bear, chiefly
relate to some particular points, it being generally agreed
in all the sections not to repeat the objections and remark-
which have been made every year by members of the
C,.ambers on examining the budget, and which are know'
to the Government. The first objection was to the
fortn of the budget, relative to the division into ordinal)
and extraordinary ; 2dly, the charges for the Marine
and War Departments were considered as much to.
high ; 3.11 y, it was unadvisable that to meet the deft
ciency of this year, or of 1834, new debts at 5 p-i
cent. should be contracted, as all other means ought to
first tried ; b-sidee, it was by no means clear that then
would be so great a deficiency as to make it necessary t.
contract a new debt of 6,000,000 ;-4thly, objection,
were m ede to the placing among the extraoralinaries the
6,000,000 of florins for the first payment of the new deb
or that centrac ed since 1830 ;-5 hty, and lastly, it w a
pretty generally considered as objectionable that the ex
pense of the government of the colonies was omitted, sine,
they are to be con.idered as part of the kingdom. It was
thought that the payinen•s which the colonies were hap
pily able to make to the state ought not to be placed uncle,
the head of the ordinary revenue, since it could not be
taken for granted that they would continue.
Besides these general objections, there are many other•
to different articles of the budget, all tending to the grea
object of retrenchment and the simplification of the ad
ministration ; the amount of the budget being considere,
as too high and not proportioned to the ability of the ns
tion. It was hoped that by reducing the expenditure.
financial measures might he rendered unnecessary, whit;
must more and more increase our financial difficulties.
Information and explanations have also been r•quired
respecting several expenses, also a communication tespectint
the intentions of the Government with regard to the ina
port and export duties, the Syndicate. the entire abolition
of which is advised, &c. Information is also expecte/a
respecting the pensions, on which in any observations ma
be matle ; on the revenue of the colonies, and the produce
of the several loans.
The answer of the Government to all these objections is
expected, according to which the projects of law will pro
bataly be modifie.l.

FLUSHING, Nov. 20.—The Bellona and the Scheldt.
merchantmen, both belonging to Belgian houses, and which
have been in duck here since the breaking out of the
troubles in Belgium, will soon leive it a•ol sail under
Dutch colours, es the houses to which they belong remove
t establiqhment, from An werp to [lon intl.
DUTCH FU DS— A MSTERDAM, N0v.22.
Actual Debt, 2Y per Cent. 48% to 4914
Ainort Syndic' 4y, per cent
Ditto, ditto, 13Y, per cent.
Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 pel cent 102% to 103%
Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent.
Exchange on Loudon
Ditto, two months 11.97 6-10

Lieutenant Desborough of the Royal Ma-
rines, of his Majesty's ship Imogene, hai, we regret to say
in a heated moment, struck his superior officer, the Firs'
Lieutenant of the ship. He suhsequen lv deserted and got
into the interior, at Sydney, but was apprehended, and is
to be tried for the offence as soon as a sufficient number of
officers on the India station are collected together.—

Hampshire Telegraph.
MR. BULWER'S PAUL CLIFFORD.—It has
been justly observed of this work, of which a cheap edi
lion is now on sale, that it contains " one of the most
powerful and the ti nest pictures ever drawn of a had man
of great talents in the character, portrait, and life of the
Lawyer Brandon—Attorney, Barrister, Judge, and all ha
Chancellor. It shows in its author a deep knowledge of
human nature, not ob.ained from hooks, but by looking
right through the hearts of men—not the men of history
or the men of poetry, but the men of reality, who live
the life, who struggle, swak, write, lecture, wheedle, time-
serve, trim, barter, smile, assert, retract, deny, but still
push on, deceiving and deceived, to their great end—
power or wealth,—on the arena of this, our most viciou,,
most glorious metropolis, the great hotbed of exaggera-
tion, effort, stimulus, toil, talent, and tic elculoureux ."
,‘ We have studied this character," says the Spectator,
from one end of the book to the other, and have examined
and compared every part of it, and pronounce it perfect
in its kind.

J. HE LIVERPOOL EXPRESS.—Another acci•
dent of a lamentable nature occurred to the Liverpool Ex-
pre.s Coach. It will be remembered that the same coach
was upset a few months back on its way to London, and
several persons seriously injured. On Sunday afternoon,
when it arrived at Hornc'iffe, near Dunstable, in its
course to town, the coachman, Warde, on mounting the
box had not secured the reins, and the boy, who had the
care of the leaders, left his hold, when the horses imme-
diately took !right, and, after plunging furiously for a
short time, the coach was upset and the coachman and
she passengers were precipitated to the ground. The
passengers were much injured, and the coachman lies in a
ilmgerous condition. It is a singular circumstance that
the late accident took place near the same spot, and the
coachman had only a short time resumed his duties. He
has a family «f six children to support.
A new novel, entitled " Gale Middleton," is
announced from the pen of the popular author of " Bram-
bletye House." Graphic as were his sketches of former
days (witness the inimitable scenes in his first work of
fiction), his genius appears more especially at home in
describing the peculiar features of our own time, &c. ; in
this respect the new story is likely to possess fresh at-
traction. His well-known powers of wit and humour
will find ample scope when depicting the ridiculous points
in civic, as well as in more elevated life.
THE CORPORATION COMMISSIONERS IN
yoRKsHLRE,—Toe gentlemen appointed under the coin
mission of inquiry into the existing state of municipal
corporations arrived in York on Wednesday, and cum
tnenced on Thursday the inquiry into the state of the
corporation of York. We understand the corporation are
extremely anxious fur the fullest investigation, and are
de emined to give every facility in their power to the
commissioners, in accordance with a resolution to that
effect passed at a meeting of the body in September last.--
Leeds Mercury.