The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-05 00:00:00

ADELPHI.

A pretty little operetta with the title of The Fox
and the Goose has been produced here. Its origin is
French—Le Ruder Fleuri being the parent stock—it
has not suffered by grafting, and an increase of vigour
has been attained by the transplanting. The plot is sim-
ple as the burthen of an old ballad. A pretty widow,
named Angelique, is the landlady of the Fox and the
Goose. She is pursued by lovers of all classes and
complexions, genera, and species—among whom
figure in the foreground Robichon, a sergeant of
police, and Michel, an old rentier. Now the
regulation is that all cabarets must be closed
at eight o'clock ; to evade this, Angelique en-
courages the sergeant's hope of a return of his pas-
sion. The same plan is used with Michel, for the
purpose of securing her lease. An Irish hussar—
O'Donoghue—the widow's husband, returns im-
promptu from the wars. His jealousies have, upon
former occasions, had the effect of disgusting her cus-
tomers. The widow, however, by counter assigna-
tions, contrives to secure her admirers in opposite
rooms, and obtains by her blandishments both the
written permission to keep her house free from the

police surveillance, and also her lease. The
Irish hussar, by fomenting a quarrel between the
rival candidates for his wife's favours, sells the use
of his sword for 501., the sum necessary to re-
lease him from his military service. However, when
the lease and the permit is gained, the truth is dis-
covered. The hussar claims his merry moiety, and
the brace of admirers take their conge. Mrs.
Fitzwilliam acted archly, sang charmingly, and
imparted a point to the music which in reality it did
not possess. She is our best singer of vaudevilles.
Bedford's huge comedy and buffo supremacy were
capital ; and Hudson's brogue whilst speaking, and
its absence when singing, were quite in character.
Mr. Cowell evinces much promise—he has excellent
means—with industry, perseverance, and a determi-
nation never to sacrifice propriety of character for the
purpose of eliciting unworthy applause, a career is
open to him which will lead to professional emi-
nence. The operetta was laughed at, and applauded
throughout.

MONUMENT TO SIR SIDNEY
SMITH AT PARIS.
A monumental pillar of beautiful marble has just
been erected in Pere-la-Chaise to the memory of this
celebrated warrior, by his surviving, friends, resident
at Paris. The pillar, which is 15 feet in height, is
square at the base, slightly declining in the ascent.
Surmounting the inscription are the coat of arms of
the deceased, with the motto " Forward." The fol-
lowing is a copy of the words of the inscription :
" Peace to the Hero who undaunted stood
Where Acre's sheets were red with Turkish blood ;
In warlike France, where great Napoleon rose,
The man who check'd his conquests finds repose.
England, who claims his triumphs as her own,
Has raised for him her monumental stone.
This tomb, which Marks his grave, is now supplied
By friends with whom he lived, with whom he died—
A tribute to his memory. Here beneath
Lies a bold heart of England—Sidney Smith."

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Captain Vansittart, Coldstream Guards, in Halkin-
street, from Cheltenham; the Earl of Milltown, from
Brighton; Lady Osborne, at the St. George's Hotel,
Albemarle-street; his Excellency the Belgian Minister
and family, in Portland-place, from Brighton; Lord
Middleton, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square; Colonel
Maclaine, from Cheltenham; Lady Morgan, at her house
in town, from Boulogne-sir-Mer ; Sir Charles Scuda-
more, M.D., in Wimpole-street, from Buxton.
DEPARTURES.

The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, from Apsley
House, for Woodford House, near Kettering, Northamp-
tonshire; Major Everard, for Brighton ; Thomas Glad-
stone, Esq., for Sussex-square Brighton; Lieut.-General
Sir W. Peacock, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; the Hon. Lady
Capel, from Grosvenor-street, for Brighton; T. Erskine,
Esq., and Mrs. Stirling, from the St. George's Hotel,
Albemarle-street, for Paris; Captain and Mrs. Stevenson,
from ditto, for their seat in Kent ; Major and Mrs.
Graham, from Cumberland, for Brighton; Lieut.-Colonel
Snell, for Eastbourne, Sussex; Mr. and the lion. Mrs.
Wallis Grieve, for Lord Northwick's, Thirlestone
House, near Cheltenhum; the Dowager Lady Kilmaine
and Miss Louisa Disbrowe, from Chester-street, Bel-
grave-square, for Hartlebury Castle.
CHANGES.
The Hon. L. A. Grant, Royal Horse Guards Blue, at
the Earl of Seafield's, Castle Grant, N. 8., from the
south; Sir H. D. Goring, Bart., at Highden, Sussex,
from Brighton; Lieut.-General Sir R. Arbuthnot, from
Morrison's Hotel, Dublin, on a tour; Earl Spencer, from
a visit to the Earl of Leicester, at Holkham Hall; Sir
Augustus and Lady Foster and Mr. Vere Foster, at St.
Leonard's-on-Sea, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Jane
Lawrence Peel and family, at Paris, from Dieppe; Sir
J. Kimpton and Lady James, from Cheltenham, for
Dublin; Lord Northwich, at Thurlestane House, from
Northwick Park.

VISIT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.—It is understood his
Majesty, weather permitting, will land at Portsmouth on
Monday, and, after a due reception from the Corpora-
tion, proceed by the South-Western Railway to the
Farnborough station, and from thence to Windsor Castle.
The Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse, has given di-
rections for six of the royal carriages and four to be in
attendance at the station to await his Majesty's arrival,
and convey him to Windsor. Prince Albert, attended
by most of the great officers of the household, will also
be in waiting at the station, to welcome his Majesty on
his arrival. The Duke of Wellington leaves town on
Tuesday for Portsmouth, to be present to receive his
Majesty on his arrival in this country.
THE ROWLAND HILL TESTIMONIAL.—DarIington
has contributed 371.55. 10d.—Carlisle, 36/. 17s.—Hawick,
29/. 3s. 6d.—Gateshead, 18/. 3s. 9d.—Alnwick, 11/. 18s.
—Hexham, 11/. ss. 6d.—Tyne Mercury.
FATAL ExPLOSION.—A frightful accident has just
occurred at the powder manufactory of Tivoli, near the
Faubourg of Bourges, a place in which cartridges and
other articles for the use of the army are made. On
Friday last, about three o'clock, while the workmen were
engaged at work, a terrible explosion threw the neigh-
bourhood into consternation. The labourers were en-
gaged in prosecuting their work, but the powder being
in a very dry state, and exposed to the heat of the sun,
became ignited, and a dreadful explosion followed. A
child of 12 years old, belonging to a man named Ducot,
a quartermaster, was thrown to a great height, and was
literally in flames. The mutilated head was afterwards
found separated from its body ; the remainder of the
corpse was a complete wreck, and scattered here and
there. A gunner also received a severe wound. The
chief artificer was injured slightly in the leg, and one
of the children of M. .Affre, quartermaster, had its arm
fractured, besides sustaining other injuries of a less seri-
ous nature.

BREWERS, VICTUALLERS, AND BEERSHOP-KEEP-
ERS.—It appears from a Parliamentary document, that
on the 10th of October last there were 2,644 brewers in
the United Kingdom, of which number 2,318 were in
England, 188 in Scotland, and 138 in Ireland. There
were at the same period 86,073 victuallers in the United
Kingdom, of whom 57,698 resided in England, 15,499
in Scotland, and 12,926 in Ireland. In England there
were 31,227 persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on
the premises, and 4,252 persons licensed to sell beer not
to be consumed on the premises ; there were 27,009
victuallers who brewed their own beer, and nearly 14,000
beershop-keepers who also brewed their beer.
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN WHEAT.—For the time
of year—arising chiefly from the comparative sluggish-
ness in the demand for wheat here, and the low prices at
which that article has been disposed of—the imports of
foreign wheat have not proved large, though they have
quite equalled our necessities. Of Canadian flour, how-
ever—from the premium offered to its importation by the
new Flour Bill—the receipts have been large beyond all
precedent, and no doubt will continue so, while the pre-
sent legislative enactment continues in force. Our ad-
vices from Quebec and Montreal inform us that not less
370,000 barrels of flour has been exported this season,
against about 180,000 at the same time last year.—
Farmers' Magazine.
REGISTER OF BAPTISM AND BIRTH SETTLEMENT.
—The Rev. 11. Ely, of Broomfield Vicarage, near Chelms
ford, having inquired of the Poor-law Commissioners
whether the register of the baptism at the parish church
was in itself of sufficient evidence to prove the settle-
ment of the parties baptised, the Commissioners reply:
" The register of baptism is not of itself sufficientevi-
denee to prove the place of birth of any person, with a
view to ascertaining his settlement, although it may be
adduced as one of the circumstances tending to prove it
(R. v. North Petherton, 5 B and C,.508 ; R. v. Lubben-
ham, 5 B and Ad. 968)."---Chelmsford Chronicle,