The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-04 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

A new drama, with music, called The Carmelites ; or,
"ze Convent Belles, was produced here last night. The
piece opens with the arrival of Beaudeau (Tilbury) at the
dress of Gold, in Tours, invited thither by Captain Bris-
(Osbaldiston), on the part of his friend Captain Ernest
Webster), to whom he had formerly been tutor, that
e might intercede with the Count de Courley (Thompson),
111 favour of his union with his daughter Marie (Miss Tur-
-11n), whom the Count has devoted to take the veil, in part ,
atonement
of some laxity in duty on the part of his brother,
ta' Cardinal, spoken of but not seen. " Perplext in the ex-
treme" between.the sanctity of his office and affection for
'Lls former pupil, Beaudeau is at length prevailed upon to
make intercession with the Count, who is Governor of Tours,
rld who opportunely arrives there at this juncture ;. but his
,Ilt°l'eession is unavailing ; and being threatened to be re-
ported to the " Cardinal," is haunted by the horror of doing
penance in a white sheet. About this time arrive at the
same,,,i place two conspirators, in the .guise of monks, on
t °in Brissac places a guard, having heard over-sufficient
° excite a suspicion of the honesty of their intentions. The
conspirators relinquish their monkish habits, of which Bris-
'te and Ernest avail themselves, and in that disguise visit
i`ii,,,.convent which contains Marie and her cousin Louise
(Miss Taylor), and they are about to carry them off, when
jile Count de Cowley arrives and frustrates their inten-
h°4s. An explanation necessarily ensued, when Brissac is
return,
to have saved the Count from assassination, who, in
11'n, promises to grant him any favour he may ask. He
alms,cl
therefore,-Marie's' hand for his friend, and Louise's
tjhim Self, which, after a slight demur, are granted ; and
I:us the piece legitimately terminates to the satisfaction of
Parties—the audience included. The various artistes did
4e Utmost for their respeetive parts.

a Ris Majesty has given orders for a new library on
b.!Pagnificent scale to be immediately constructed al
Illridsor Castle.

Majesty's dinner party on Saturday evening
'°nsisted of naval guests, and among the party were some
veterans in the service. Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, in par-
4geular, who is upwards of seventy years old, and suffering
knelt from gout, was wheeled in his chair to the Royal
droner table.

:1) The Duke of Montrose is, we learn, dangerously
• His Grace is a Knight of the Garter, and Lord Lieu-
ant of the counties of Dumbarton and Stirling.
_ The Duke of Buckingham is, we understand, some-
irhat -better, but has been seriously indisposed. His Grace
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a Knight of the Garter, and Lord Lieutenant of
Iteks
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham,
Colin Mackenzie, Esq.,, Dr. Birkbeck, Miss L. Sheridan,
Miss. Jane Porter, N. P. Willis, and P. C. Forbes, Esqrs.,
ere elected members of the Verulam Philosophical Society
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Wednesday. Earl O'Neill has accepted the office of
'-resident for the ensuing year.
it.,IIAMBunG, Nov. 28.—Sir E. Disbrowc and fa-
. „,_IIY have landed at Cuxhaven from .the Lightning, and
-"rived here, and are gone to the Hague by land.
Past
Sir Charles Bagot has been suffering for some days
v4stlinder severe indisposition.
is There is now no reason to doubt that Lord Segrave
(-1;0 succeed the Duke of Beaufort as Lord Lieutenant of
Gloucestershire.
MEETING OF THE KING'S COUNTY TO AD-
"S LORD MULGRAVE.—On Monday last, pursuant to
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tetequisition bearing the signatures of many of the nobility,
4 IltrY, and respectable freeholders of the King's County,
meeting of the inhabitants was held in Tullamore, for the
..4riiose of addressing his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
wi°l3 account of th beneficent and impartial principles
~41elt have distinguished his administration of Irish affairs
ince be became Chief Governor of Ireland." The meet-
! %vas convened by this requisition, in consequence of
nrd Glandine, the High Sheriff of the King's County,
lavie'rb declined, on application to him by letter, to do so ;
t_e also refused to grant the use of the Court-house, wherein
hold the intended- meeting ; upon which it was adver-
tised,. that it would take place in Morgan's Buildings, at the
rear of Purcell's Hotel. Shortly before the appointed hour,
however it was ascertained, from the number of persons
jw_ho had congregated, that these buildings would be quite
safficient to afford accommodation to all who were de-
sirous of being present, and an application was accordingly
fade,„, to the Rev. Mr. O'Rafferty for the use of his chapel,
rich the Rev. Gentleman most readily consented to afford.
the evening the county Members, the Hon. Colonel
estenra and Nicholas Fitzsimon, Esq., were entertained
w a public dinner by nearly 100 gentlemen. John H.
alsb, Esq., was chosen to preside. On his right sat Co-
Westenra, M.P., Lord Rossmore, and John Sheil,
N' sq. ; and on his left Mr. Fitzsimon, M.P., Sir Richard
agle M p and James Power, Esq., M.P. Mr. Robert
Ca • ' •
ssidy acted as Croupier.—Dublin Register.
Died on the 15th ult., at Tralec, Commander
Francis Edward Collingwood, R.N. This Gallant Officer
ed as Midshipman on board the Victory at the battle of
Trafalgar, and, being stationed on the poop, shot the man
bad just inflicted a mortal wound on the heroic
". The circumstances are thus described by Dr. Southey
"t Within a quarter of an hour after Nelson was wounded,
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They
50 of the Victory's men fell by the enemy's musketry.
4ey, however, on their part were not idle ; and it was
ri';:t long before there were only two Frenchmen left alive
tri the mizen-top of the Redoubtable. One of them was the
tCa who had given the fatal wound ; be did not live to
),oast of what he had done. An old quartermaster had seen
4.0 fire, and easily recognized him, because he wore a
aed cocked hat and a white frock. This quartermaster,
" two Midshipmen, Mr. Collingwood and Mr. Pollard,
Were tho only persons left on the Victory's poop. The
them
Midshipmen kept
.firing at the top, and he supplied
with cartridges. One of the Frenchmen, attempting
t make his escape down. the .rigging, was shot by Mr.
pollard, and fell on the poop ; but the old quartermaster
°reed
oat That's he ! that's he," and pointed at the other,
~210 coming forward to fire again, received a shot in his
Te.uth from Mr. Collingwood, and fell dead. Both the
:111dsilipmen then fired at the same time, and the fellow
h 9PPed in the top. When they took possession of the
':lze, they went into the mizen-top, and found him dead,
with
one ball through his head, and another through his
-41,?ast." Commander Collingwood received his first com-
sslen as Lieutenant, on the 15th of January, 1806,.three
bi'
';'nths after the battle of Trafalgar ; but his second com-
Ipssion was not conferred upon him until the 15th of
ilanuary, 1828, 22 years after the Lieutenancy, although
was constantly employed during the remainder of the
"Ir, and had been the avenger of Nelson's death. Com-
pander Collingwood was a son of the late Captain F. Col-
'l4'"eda,R.. N., and nephew of the late Admiral Sir W.
parker, %rt., and the late Captain Richbell, R. N., many
3'4l's A Magistrate at the Thames Police-office.