The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-24 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-MONDAY.

To-day the King departed from his usual custom, and
took a morning drive as far as Shoreham. This afternoon
his Majesty drove towards Rottin3dean, in a close carriage
and four. _

Earl and Countess of Jersey, Countess of Charlemont,
and Lady Elizabeth Clements, have received their Ma-
jesties' commands to dine at the Palace this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp's grand ball takes place next
Thursday.
The Earl and Countess Cowper, and Lord and Lady
Ashley, took their departure this afternoon.
Lord Palmerston has left. Brighton.
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, and his family, are
among our latest arrivals.
Last night a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Phillips,
confectioner on the Steyne, but owing to the exertions of
two officers of the Coldstream Guards, who cut away a
quantity of the woodwork with their swords, the fire was
confined to the shop and underground apartments. The
stock and furniture were insured.
A house is taken in Brunswick-terrace for the Dowager
Marchioness of Cholmondeley, who is expected in the course
of the week,
In the same terrace a house is taken for Lord Frederick
Fitzclarence.

The Usher of the Black Rod, and Lady Clifford, quitted
the residence of the Duke of Devonshire, at Kemp-town,
this morning, for their house in Eaton-square. Yesterday
evening Sir Augustus and Miss Clifford dined with Mr.
Smyth Windham, at Kemp•town ; on Saturday evening,
with Mr. Byng, M.P.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, in Somerset-place, from
Greenock, N. B. ' • Sir Charles and Lady Douglas, from the
Continent; the Dowager Lady Rivers and the Hon. Miss
Flit, in Belgrave-square, from Eltham ; Col. Sir John Wood-
ford, in Wilton-creseent, from Derwentwatcr Bay, Cumber-
land; Admiral Sir James Whitshed, at Nerot's Hotel, Clif-
ford-street, from the Continent ; Tracy Leigh, Esq., in
Dover-street, from a Continental tour; Miss Baget, at Lord
Maryborough's, Saville row, from a visit to Lord and Lady
'Palmer
Mahon, at ; Colonel Gurwood, in Jermyn-street, from
the Continent ; General Sir William Houstoun, at Gordon's
Hotel, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Phillimorc, in Portland-
place, from Leamington ; Viscount Glandine, at the Hanover-
Hotel, from Buxton; Sir Richard Bulkeley Phillipps, Bart.,
and Lady Phillipps, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Picton
Castle, Haverfordvvest ; James Russell, Esq., at his residence,
Park-place, St. James's, from Paris.

THEATRES.

LYCEUM.

A new piece. entitled The Poacher and his Dog, was pro-
duced last night at this theatre. The plot, which professes
to be taken from a tale in the " Three Courses and a
Dessert," is rather confused, but though overstepping in
many instances the boundaries of probability, affords full
scope for those forcible burrts of vehement passion, and
those exquisite reliefs of rude but tender pathos, which Mr.
Rayner renders so effective :in his delineations of an
English rustic, drawn by circumstances into the very depth
of trazic situation. The piece appears evidently to have
been written for him, and he carried it through very suc-
.cessfully. Mr. Oxberry, as a parish constable, was very
amusing in an awkward but unsuccessful attempt to uphold
the dignity of his office, as he more pompously called it, his
official dignity. The dog, whose name occupies half the
title, went through his business as if he did not like the
part assigned to him. Indeed there was not much to be
made of it. His only business was to set at the drunken
constable, and so little did he seem to relish the duty, that
the poacher himself, when putting and patting him to it,
seemed afraid lest he should turn round and resent the in-
dignity. He went very surlily through the pill; and if he
bad only had a classical education we are satisfied he would
have addressed the audience in the words of the old
Roman, whom Horace mentions as placed in a similar situa-
tion. The piece was well received.