The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-25 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK
At
f, length we have arrivals from Oporto of the 17th, and
-.'°nl Lisbon of the 15th instant, which are highly interesting,
n. ot of a decisive nature. There has been daily skirmishing,
alt f: time.s
nguelites
in favour of both parties. The grand object of the
was to take the fortified convent on the Serra moun-
tam--five times the attempt was made without success.
stew There appears to be some mystery in respect to Don Miguel's
rner foundering with all on board, to the number of 190
.I..)er"s ; the account does not state if it was a steamer going
"nru Lisbon to the fleet, or a steamer from England with can-
non and seamen on board.
We have seen several private letters from Oporto, all of them
to the tame purport as already published in the morning
Journals.
The information this morning from Portugal is viewed by
the public and the merchants in two ways. The Miguelite party
say it is in favour of Don Miguel, as his army will make re.
Peated attacks upon the positions of Don Pedro until they suc.
eeed• Don Pedro's party state, that if he can hold out another
week at Oporto he will have his reinforcements, when he will
be able to act on the offensive, as the rainy season is at hand,
When Miguel's army will he obliged to make their retreat.
The e accounts received this day from Cologne, by the French
mail, in respect to the Prussian army, are of a nature favour.
able to the pacific intentions of the King of Prussia. They
state that important movements are taking place in the Prus.
sian army stationed on the banks of the Rhine. The troops
composing the 4th corps are going to be stationed at Erfurth.
All the Horse Artillery of the 7th corps, on the right and left
of the Rhine, are to retire to Westphalia. The manoeuvres
which were to have taken place near Dusseldorf!' have been
countermanded. All the infantry are to be put on the peace
establishment

THE FUNDS.
Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off at
yesterday,--84 to fer the Account; since which they have
been done at 84% M.
We have no further information as yet, which can be relied
upon, respecting the state of affairs between Belgium and Hol-
land.

In the Foreign Market there is little doing as yet.
HALF-PAST ONE.
A French Paper remarks, that in respect to the present state
of Spain, all will depend on the Royal Guards stationed at
Madrid and its environs, who are to the number of 20,000 men.
Should they declare in favour of the Queen being made Regent,
the other corps of the army will follow their example, but it
is much feared that their Commander, the Marquis Zambrano,
who is an Apostolical, will be in favour of Don Carlos.
Consols, which were done in the morning at 84 1,6 to for the Account, are not so good at present, and may be quoted 84
to %, With little doing, owing to its being a great holiday with
the Hebrews (their New Year's Day), which causes their ab-
'ence from the Market. The general topic of conversation
On 'Change relates to the affairs of Portugal.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish and Portuguese Stock and
Scrip are lower.

THREE 01 CL 0 CK.
Contols 84 i• for Account.

CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK.
Consols
rlitto for Account 83i 4 Greek
Brazilian Bonds Mexican
11 uenos Ayres... Peruvian
Chilian Ditto.... Russian —
Columbian 1824 Spanish
Ti

ie father of the Duke DECAZES died a few
5Ye ago at La Grove, in the Gironde. M. NACIIET:
in tProfessor at the Ecole de Pharmacie, died on Thursday,
he 75th year of his age. M. PELLRGRINI, one of the
on
roost distinguished singers of the Italian Opera, died
f
Thursday, after a severe and lingering illness.
FINE ARTS IN FRANCE.—The
Paris have petitioned the KING for an annual exhibition
of their works artists Of
from the Ist of November to the Ist of
February, when the capital is inhabited by the rich and
powerful patrons of art.--Literary Ga2ette.
EXTRAORDINARY SPORTING. On Satur-
day last Mr. HuoicEs., who was fishing in the Loddon,
near Twyford, caught with his hook a hare, which was
iimming across the river. [We do not know whether
there is any penalty in the Game Act for this.]—
Berkshire Chronicle.
The living of Hayfield, near Buxton, in the
ourity, of Derby, which is in the gift of the resident free-
holders of the place, and for which there were several
candidates, has, by a considerable majority, been presented
to the Rev. SAMUEL WAsse, Master of Sherburn Gram-
mar School, Yorkshire.
MEMOIRS OF LAFAYETTE.—The memoirs
of this celebrated man, which M. SA RRANS has just given
to the world, and of which a translation is now published
by Mr. BENTLEY, of New Burlington-street, are correctly
believed to have been dictated by the General ! In fact,
the interesting correspondence of JOSEPH BONAPARTE,
LOUIS PHILIPPE, and various Members of the Cabinet,
and other curious details, could only have been derived
from the distinguished Individual himself. The disclosures
of the secret history of the famous three days of July,
Ontke the present one of the most important works pub-.
644 for many years.

THE REGULAR DRAMA!!

The following is an extract from Mr. Winston's evidence
on this subject before the Dramatic Committee :

...
What do you consider is meant by the regular drama ?
—The regular drama I consider to be tragedy and comedy,
and every thing on the stage.

Burletta—do you consider that to be the regular drama?
—Yes ; because Tom Thumb was played in the regular
theatres, and is printed and called a burletta.
What do you consider a hurletta to be?—Recitative and
singing; no speaking whatever. The Golden Pippen
is a strong specimen of it, and Olympus in an Uproar.
Is Olympus in an Uproar the regular drama ?—lt is
played at the regular theatres, and played under license.
Do 1 understand you to include every stage representa.
tion ; of course you must inehuhe Olympus in an Up-
roar, or any thing of that kind ?—I think the patent or
the Lord Chamberlain's license allows them to play any
thing ; for regular drama includes every thing.
Can you state what you consider to be the regular
drama ?—I do not know ; that is a very difficult thing to
ascertain.

If they can play every thing, every thing is the regular
drama? In short, there is no species of stage representation
(including dancing and tumbling) which is not the regu-
lar drama; pantomine is also the regular drama ?—Panto-
mine is, because it was played originally at the regular
tbe.ttree, time out of mind.
. .

Do you consider pantomine the regular drama?—Under
those circumstances you must consider it so, because it
came out at the regular theatres.
Is Astley's the regular drama ; is horsemanship the
regular drama, or lions?—No, I should consider not,—
not lions, certainly.
Is it every thing that is performed at Covent-garden
and Drury-lane ?—lt is a very difficult thing to say what
is the regular drama, and what is not.

RUMOURED MARRIAGES.-A marriage is
generally talked of between the Earl of LINCOLN, eldest
son to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, and the lovely Lady
SUSAN Douotas, only daughter of the Duke of HAMM
TON. Mr. OTWAY CAVE iS about to be united to the
eldest unmarried daughter of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. A
marriage between the Grand Duke of FLORENCE and the
Princess MARIA D'ORLEANS is said to be in contempla-
tion ; the Grand Duke is a gallant widower, and the
most popular of the Italian Princes.— Court Journal.

Lady BLOOMFIELD and her daughters, the
Hon. Misses HARRIETT and GEORGIANA BLOOMFIELD,
have quitted Hampton Court for Loughton, King's County,
the extensive estate formerly the property of the late
TimmAs RYDER PEPPER, E,q., who was killed about four
years since by a fall from his horse whilst hunting. Mr.
PEPPER was married to the sister of Lord BLOOMFIELD,
by whom he left no family. He directed by his will that
Lord BLOOMFIELD should, in the event of the estate
being sold, have a preference, and his Lordship has ac•
cordingly purchased the domains. Lord BLOOMFIELD has
also large estates in Tipperary, his native county. The
Hon. JOHN ARTHUR DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD, only SOD
to the Envoy at Stockholm, has recently arrived in that
capital, to resume his functions as Secretary of Legation.

On Wednesday last the Rajah RAM MOIIUN
ROY, accompanied by Miss and Mr. HAKE, &c., arrived
at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury. In the course of the
day the Rajah visited the Cathedral, and expressed himself
highly gratified at the splendour and magnificence of the
building, which, he said, much surpassed anything of the
kind he had ever witnessed. He was no less delighted
with the great attention and politeness he experienced from
the dignitaries and others who attended upon him. He
slept at Mr. WRIGHT'S on Wednesday night, and with his
suite proc• eded yesterday morning for the continent.—
Kentish Gazelle.

DINNER TO SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—A
grand dinner was given to Mr. SHERIDAN KNOWLES at
Glasgow, on Friday, at which Professor SANDFORD pre-
sided. The company consisted of about 140 gentlemen.
The Chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. KNowtzs,
alluded to the difficulties which lay in the path of
him who ventured upon scenic poetry. "From tha'
region of art," said the Professor, " the fervid muse
of CAMPBELL has religiously abstained. The fancy 01
Moonz—gay, frolicsome, and subtle as it is—but once
essayed the scenic lyre, and speedily shrank back, 'scared
at the sound itself had made.' BYRON, with all his know-
ledge of the human heart, and all the passionate vigour o f
his strains, was tremblingly alive to their unfitness for the
stage. Even our mighty Northern Enchanter, when he
approached dramatic ground, beheld the wand fall broken
from his hand. Gentlemen, these facts are sufficient to
set in its true light that fortunate audacity of purpose,
and that power of imagination, which have made Mr.
KNOWLES the most succe.sful dramatic writer of his
age." Mr. KNOWLES, on his health being drunk, re-
turned thanks ; after which, " Miss Fanny Kemble and
the British Stage," " Miss Ellen Tree," and several
other toasts, were drunk. The health of Miss TREE was
followed (we know not why) by the air, " I'll clout my
Johnny's grey breeks,"—an occupation of which we are
sure the fair ELLEN is as ignorant as the Pope of Rome.
COLLIERY DISTURBANCES.—We have the
greatest possible satisfaction in announcing that the pit-
men have at length returned to a proper sense of their
duty and their interest. We learn that, yesterday, the
Hetton men offered themselves to be hound, surrendering
the Union and all conditions. The owners of the colliery
agreed to take 400 or 500 of them ; which, however, we
are sorry to say, will still leave a considerable number un-
employed. We trust the lesson which these deluded men
have been taught this year, will suffice for the rest of their
lives ; for we are assured, that if ever such another strike
should take place, the Coal Owners will re-people the dis-
trict entirely from those counties where the colliers are
literally starving, as is the case at present in Staffordshire,
Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, &c., as well as in Ire-
land and Scotland. We understand that about 200 were
bound at Hetton at 3 o'clock in the afternoon ; and crowds
were flocking to the Company's Office—the only contest
then being who could sign the necessary Bond first.
STATE OF TRADE.--The woollen trade of
this neighbourhood has been brisker than ordinary during
the last month, and much business has in consequence
been transacted. The flannel trade is particularly so, and
the demand at present, at Rochdale and its vicinity, is
such, that the manufacturers have difficulty in fulfilling
the orders. The demand for blankets is likewise good,
and the manufacturers of that article are running their
machinery full-time in order to supply the demand. At
Leeds and Huddersfield markets, last Tuesday, there was
a rod deal of business done in broad-cloths, and other
woollen goods; and prices were rather advancing. At
Bradford market, last Thursday, there was an unusual
demand for good six quarter wide, and also three quarter
wide merinoes, for the Russian market. Other descrip-
tions were, also, in much request, and the sales effected
in them considerable. The wool trade is also improving,
and extensive purchases have been made lately by the
woolstaplers, spinners. and manufacturers of this and the
adjacent counties. Wool, we are informed, cannot now
be obtained for such prices as were currently accepted
about a month ago —Halifax Express.
STATE OF TRADE.—There is an evident im-
provement in the two great manufactures of the country,
the Woollen and the Cotton. In regard to the former, the
improvement is much less in the superior qualities than in
the lower cloths, for which the demand has become brisk
and steady, as might be expected when the shop-keepers
are laying in their stocks of winter clothing. The London
m irket is still very dull, but the country trade is decidedly
better. The Cloth Halls of Leeds and Huddersfield have
for some weeks been growing thinner of goods. The
blanket manufacturers are active, as are the makers of
flannels and haizes at Rochdale, Bury, and in Rossendale.
The Worsted Stuff trade is in a brisk and good state :
large quantities of goods are sold at the Bradford market,
and there is a tendency towards an advance in the prices—
mote, however, in the superior and middling qualities,
than in the lower qualities, for which the demand is still
slack. We understand that the prospects of this manu-
facture are decidedly good. There will, no doubt, be an
increase in the quantity of stuffs sent to the United States,
owing to the great reduction in the Tariff on that article;
but we hope the merchants will not burn their fingers by
glutting the American market in the spring, as is too often
the case when any new and favourable opening presents
itself in trade. The Cotton manufacture, we are happy to
learn, is in an active and improving state. At Manchester,
and generally throughout Lancashire, the spinning mills,
as well as the weavers, are fully employed. Cotton has
risen M i
Ind. per lb., within the last week, in the markets of
i
Liverpool, London, and Glasgow ;
and there is also an ad-
vance, though not quite in proportion to this, in the price
of manufactured goods and of yarn. It will be seen by
our report of the Liverpool cotton market, that another
advance of id. per pound took place on Wednesday. This
is in part ascribed to the belief that the crop of cotton will
be very deficient.—Leeds Mercury.
A CHOLERA ROBBER.—The shop of Mr.
Douglass, of Killenaule, apothecary, and member of the
Board of Health which has been established in that town,
was entered on Thursday evening. Su great was the
love for physic with which the light-fingered son of
Hermes was actuated, that he did not leave to the disciple
of Esculapius Withal to compound his medicine. The
pestle and mortar were taken off! !

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR
WALTER SCOTT.
FROM THE LAST PUBLISHED NUMBER OF AN INTERESTING

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