The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-30 00:00:00

CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK.

PLANTATION SoGaas.—There has been a little busi-
ness dune this morning, at steady prices. The good quali-
ties continue scarce.

FOREIGN SUGARS.—A few lots of middling and good
white Havaunahs sold by public sale this mooing at 495.
to:sos. ; some yellows were offered, but were bought
much above the prices bid.
REFINED SUGARS.-The market is rather flat to-day,
and low goods were the only descriptions taken off with
any spirit. The middling and better sorts are becoming
very abundant, and can be bought on advantageous terms.
CoFru.—The Plantation offered by public sale this
morning is chiefly ordinary, and is now selling with scarcely
any variation from last week's prices. A parcel of good
ordinary brown Havannah brought 335. 6d. a 345., and a
few lots of celoury 355. a 365.

Fitum—The Muscatels offered by public sale on Friday
were partly sold at 110 s. for fine bunch Fruit in boxes
115 s. in half boxes, and 1325. -to 1345. in quarter boxes;
one parcel of ordinary quality was chiefly bought in, but
afterwards taken off at 90s.

DEFINITION OF AN AMERICAN ESQUIRE.
I asked the little shabby barefooted boy, our guide,
whether he worked at the wool.manufactory we were
passing, No,' said he, rather bluntly ; Igo to school ;
my father's a 'squire.' Thinking I did not hear correctly,
I repeated the question, and received the same answer.—

' And pray what is esquire—what does he do?'—' Oh, he
attends sessions, trials, and hears causes.'—' And what may
your father do at other times?'—' He assists Mr.
at the tavern there, in the bar !' " Welby's Visit to
North America.

On Thursday, 11th. instant, JOHN PARKER
was brought up to the New Bailey, charged with a shame-
ful assault upon his wife. Mr. JESSE, solicitor, stated,
that hearing a great noise as he was sitting in his-office,
Essex-street, he looked out of the dBndow, and saw the
prisoner, who lived on the opposite side, knock his wife
down, and then jump upon her. The unfortunate woman
not being able to appear against him he was remanded.
She lingered until Sunday last, when she expired, and on
an inquiry before the Coroner on Monday, a verdict of
" Manslaughter" was returned, and PARKER• was com-
mitted for trial.—Manchester Gazette. " -

IRISH SUPERSTITION.—At Newry Petty
Sessions, a countryman applied for redress against a party
who had stolen his ducks and assaulted him. He stated,
that having heard that a woman and her son PAT, who
were in Court, had stolen a couple of his ducks, he went
to their house and saw his ducks, after being killed ; but
instead of giving him any satisfaction, the son followed
him out and thrashed him. " And pray," said the Ma-
gistrates, " what were you doing—you are a stronger man
than he is?" " Yes, place your Honours," replied OwEN
MAGENNIS, the complainant, " I am a stronger man, but
I was feart of him, becase I was standing on unlucky
ground." A Magistrate asked why he called it unlucky
ground. " Becase," said OWEN, " Paddy's grandfather
killed his uncle, and they are all a bad crew together."—
The Magistrates were satisfied with the explanation, and
held the parties to bail, and OwEt; left the Court praying
fin• long life, and all the blessings of Heaven to their Ho-
nours for taking his part.

Large fruit has proved, as was auticipated, a
very indifferent crop this season, as to quantity, and the
want of sunshine during the period of ripening has in
general had injurious effects on its quality. The sea-
sons of 1826 and 1827 were unusually prolific, and
experience has shewn that two successive favourable years
exhaust the treei, and nature seems to demand the ful-,
lowing ene to recruit. Indifferent as the crop has
proved, however, it still exceeds the demand in this
quarter, and cart loads of apples and pears are daily
despatched to Dundee, and almost as frequently to Edin •
burgh, from the Carse of Gowrie and this immediate
neighbourhood. Of apples, the common early sorts, the
Lemon, Leadington, and early Codling, sell at from 2s. 6d.
to 4s. a peck of 28 imperial lbs. ; the tine winter varieties
are remarkably scares; the Winter Redstreak, Rennets,
and Pearmain, bring 6•. a peck, and Ripston Pippins can-
not be had under 7s. Pears, particularly the late kinds,
are also scarce ; Black Auchans will fetch Bs. a peck—
theearlier sorts are selling at from ss. to 6s. —Perth Corn•.

A HERMlT.—Soine,Alere in the township of
Godmanchester there lives an old Dutchman, who, with-
out any stretching of the word, may be called a her-
mit. When he first came to reside there, the place was as
wild and lonely as any man-hater could desire ; foxes,
bears, squirrels, pigeons, and bluebirds, were for years his
only visitors ; and the solitary poured the affections of his
heart upon pigs,-hens, ducks, and ducklings, which formed
the whole of his companionship. He built a log-house for
his (lseelling—it is a rude . piece of arehiteeture—it has
neither door nor window, if we may except a hole through
which Mynheer has his entrance and hie exit. The
furniture of the mansion is as simple and rude as can
well be conceived—there are sonic planks laid in sundry
positions, which serve as chairs—a pot, a platter, and
a spoon. His bed rather resembles a canoe than a place
for sleep—being the trunk of a tree, hollowed out, just
large enough to held him. In winter, he places this bed
or canoe upon its side, with its face to the fire, and there
he enjoys his repose. His clothing is somewhat like that
of ROBINSON Censor, being composed of the skins of
such animals as he may chasm to kill. His only employ-
ment is in the cultivation of a few roods of ground, on
which he rears corn and potatoes for the benefit of his
" live stock." With them he enters into conversation—
asks them questions, and furnishes them with answers.—
His diet is spare—potatoes, onions, and ever and anon
chicken. His beard is redolent of " days before the
flood." Of late, be feels rather uncomfintable at the in-
roads which mankind are making upon the woods that en-
circled biro. For many years there were about 20 miles of
untouched forest on each side of him, upon which axe and
ploughshare have been making fearful changes. Human
habitations and human industry are now within four miles
of his hermitage. A friend of our own even presumes so
far as to pay the hermit a visit. The old man always re-
ceives him with politeness ; but his visitations, though
" few, and far between," give evident umbrage to the do-
meaticated pigs and poultry—they are as fond of lonelinesa
as their owner, and the appearance of a stranger creates a
cackling of no dubious import. Once or twice of late the
hermit has left his wilderness, and with praiseworthy
loyalty joined the militia ranks at parade, and he stands at
the head of the corps to which he belongs with evident
zeal for the service of his most excellent MAJESTY. He
is a harmless good old man—what was the cause of his
forsaking the " busy world" we cannot tell.-2lfontreal
Herald.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE•

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light and brilliant appearance. The drop •ace'lele were the
painted by Roberts. It represents a Temple 4,,,t, but the al
Muses, whose statues line either side of the btlii°ll'
In the centre there is a fine figure of Shahal'ea:
and to the right and left of him those of Tragete, 'take at
Comedy. The back of the Temple is throw litg been't
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Messrs. MATHEWs and YATES I.—great name 4dt"le Ivor.
or, as Pope says, " unspotted names and memoravid"' e
el:er men
long ;" these are the gentlemen who have conjoin. %Zed Witl
undertaken the management of this delightful little' tt4n9Y api
Theatre. Their bill of fare last night was of a vet/ I,i'gre thi
attractive character, consisting of a piece 0: we'tot th
titled,--Wanted, a Partner ;g and a laughable Atit:not lo
trifle under the name of .114 Absent 84 dame ;
The first explains to the audience the circou'' Houghen Ar
stences under which Messrs. MATHEws and Y'vri,g.s th" come'
present themselves to their notice, and gives t.." ,i: 'ailnit
former an admirable opportunity of putting fort - 3ti;eilly
some illimitable powers of mimicry. Mr. YAKs than'
it seems, left with the whole theatre on his 001 :"lch so
handS, wants a partner in the concern, who it iq ati rl'Haat en
dic This fine pulated is to be no actor. MATHEWS accordius- v --11 e's
presents himself in the different disguises of : Ingle, in
Seotchman, a man of fashion, and a composer l''‘`, (,‘l3igoori,
advertisements (for which we cannot say much), eel" ,h 1" that
at last by appearing in his own person, effects the r,'°st rema
object of his visit, and YATES secures a partner ' ~,,\''b 1 for th
There is much fun about this piece, particularly le' "I'lduct at
MATHEWS'S imitation of PELLEGRINI, which is the, ;°°etdisapi
closest and the most ludicrous we ever saw. The' 'las well
last piece, as we said before, ~
is laughable. EselP "hen sue)
however, in the representation, two or three del., Itt‘ataneou
mined Michaelmas devotees in the gallery attack!, he
swa:
it,, and though Mr. M.,, acting under the greateP. Le noW 1
disadvantages, as all will .admit who know ht ° ;44tett-rot
nervous temperament, made many good points ill 'ttigs.r ..
some rather original .as well as goOd situations, he ttikiration
was eventually so completely disturbed_hy the Par; i"4.4tion tl
tilll annoyance, as to quit his character,. and step 01 41 his. pa/
the frOjir of the stage to address the audience. 'l tk
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Ladjes and Gentlemen, said. Mr. MATHEWS, el' '
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.gently much - agitated—Ladies -and Gentlemen": Chi the i

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.

A slight interlude, entitled Management, or
Prompter Puzzled, Was last nlght produced for ~w,
first time at this theatre. It is, as a matter of Co
from the French, and turns upon the old stale,
dent of the manager of a provincial theatre being °.
tressed for performers. The interest of the piece'
such as it is—is kept up by Mr: W. FARREN'S Ya
rious manoeuvres to secure one or two stars, w"
have promised to make their appearance at hislieh:
The
acting but who seem likely to disappoint him. j-
acting of this gentleman throughout the pieel.,l;
admirable: he is the only performer at C't
Haymarket who has the slightest spark of infeJl.f'
or vivacity : the others—if we except; peFlor
Messrs. REEVE and VINING—are mere machiller
as dull as a Dutch" canal, and as heaVy as a c'sl;
waggon. The piece (thanks to Mr. FARREN) viL
received with applause, and bids fair to run to Y 1;
end of a season which, as regards this theatre, 480 i
been pre-eminent only irr stupidity. " The fore
dullness can no further go."

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(Much itritoar, and cries of hear him)---I very mutt`
lament that on the first night of my management;

and of any management I ever assumed, that
should have occasion thus to address you. But f
address you as much on account of the author as°
any body. I have known many of our best face'
to be literally hooted off the stage on the first night;
They were not heard out
.fairly, and yet on beiv
afterwards represented they secured their station
the stage. On the present occasion we have
been fairly heard.—(Seme uproar, with cries
" that's true.")—You have not heard the piece;
you have not heard us. You have paralyze
the efforts of the actors, of all, and of me
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for one.--(Mr. MATHEWS was so much - AF,
tated that he could not proceed for some tiene'i
He said, on resuming, if I thought that the opini°l'
of the audience was against the performance, I till;
hesitatingly say, that, with all humility, we would
bow to it.—(Loud cries of " go on," &c.)--I
only say, once for all, if it be the opinion of the
(Hence that the piece should not be heard again, `ve
will bow to the opinion ; but (clasping his 11804
agitatedly) hear us out.—The performance after
wards proceeded somewhat tranquilly; but it had °f
reality so unfair a hearing, from the interruption °
two or three voices, that to attempt a detailed 0111
nion on its merits would be unjust. The house "°1
fully and respectably attended.

SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.--Ors Suil(l
morning a young woman named EDWARDS, who was a it';'
vant in the family of Miss NOAKES, of Chapel-stree
Lamb's Conduit-street, put an end to her existence bye 15,,i
pending herself with a cord from her bedstead. Shell,
met with a disappointment in an affair of the heart.
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oung man who had paid his addresties to bee for'some tin);
had deserted her, and his false-heartedness so preyed Ter
her mind, that in a fit of despondency she committed
fatal act. A Jury sat upon the body yesterday, and Le,
the above facts being proved, returned a verdict of InsanitY,
A blind man of the name of ROUSSEL, °II
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known in the streets of Paris, had for his next door ne;fi-
y
hour a sailor of time name of BAUSOUIN, whose cat nesrue,
every day stole from him a portion of the meat which „t
had set aside for his different meals. en the 29th of °-
August, after a warm dispute between ROUSSEL and JO'c.
'multi upon the misdeeds of the cat, the blind man as
si
heard to say, " all the same to me—the cat's coc
shall pay for wait fir him to-night." It cur
out that ROUSSEL left his garret about a q"ar`e,-.
before twelve that night, with a hammer in his barn"
waited in the passage for his neighbour, who be knew was
to return home at midnight. BAUDOUIN arrives---Rnus,
sLe hits him several blows with his hammer, and lea"
him for dead. Having been taken into custody
diately afterwards in consequence of the cries of the
widow BAUDOUIN and her neighbours, he exhibited tbej
greatest joy at the gratification of, his vengeance, ut
said—" If I had possessed fire-arms, I would have
served him out with them in the same way."!
BAUDOUIN Was taken, severely wounded, to the boar,
tad, where he still remains. He has been able to ape'',
as a witness before tke Correctional Police. Rouesf:,
pleaded, in excuse of his conduct, a violent quarrel,
which he had been engaged the evening before with BA';
DOUIN and another individual, who had struck him Wit,,
so much violence on one of his blinded eye-balls as to leay,
marks of a very strong contusion. The blind w,re' d,
being convicted of having inflicted a serious Wound
premeditation, has been condemned to two years'
ment, and tv a Etc of 30 francs..FroicA Paper.