The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-11 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Duke of Bedford, for Woburn Abbey; Earl and Coon-
of.Thanet, for Hothfield, near Maidstone ; Sir Charles
and Lady Hastings, for Bath. • •
BATH .4knltlVALS.—Cottntes9 of Cork, Sir W. Elford, !zir
George Eyre, os.'Mrs. Brown, Hon. Major-Getieral James
ilamsay, General Barry, Lieut.-General and Mrs. Cameron,
Major-General Deneral Dyer, Lieut.-General Mitchell, Cul.
Col. Coke, Cul. Pepper, Col Thornhill, Major Dicken,
Major Goulding, Major. Pepper, Major Stuart, Major S.
St Eaton .

OLYMPIC THEATHP..—Lnst night this little
Theatre opened with All at Coventry, The Dia-
mond .-irrow, and Dampfylde Moore Carew. The
above pieces were uncommonly well got up, ;Ind
sevcral new, performers were most flatteringly
received. iNlr.linssiu. was peculiarly entertaining
in his various changes of the King of the Beggars,
and loudly applauded. The bou3c was filled in
every part. •

'I he Grand Duke JOHN, a yotioger brother o:
the G►art(' Duke NICHOLAS, 13 expected • to visii
Englan►l in the course of the ensiling summer
St. Alhan's house in Stratford Place will remain it
the, ttlite it is for the reerptio►t of his Imperia:
highness.

Sir NATIIANIEL CONANT 811.1 Mr. STAFFORD n

tended yesterday at Sri-fields. Mr. lintrixe nn
•

Mr. HICKS were in close attendance at the Office
during yesterday, us were the clerks, officers,

constables, &c. 1% variety of reports were brought
to the Office during the morning. The two young
hullos and Mr. Penton underwent. private exa-
minations, charged with uttering forged Bank of
England Notes, knowing them to be so, and were
again remanded.
Mr. PLATT, who was shot on the 2(1 of Decem-
her last, the day of the Spa-lields Meting, we
are concerned to say, recovers but very slowly
fi'olll I►is woond, which still dischurges s•ery
mach, the seat of the ball is not yet ascertained,
tind. the surgeons, in expectation of dislodging it,
cause Mr. PLATT to keep stirring about as mir.,h
as possible. Lie is only able to con►c dawn stairs
for a short space each .day; and he is not able to
‘6llk without the assistance of two persons to
icon on.

Thursday next the prisoners who stand com-
mitted on charges of felony, will be removed
front the several gaols in
.the city of Loudon and
comity of i‘liddleSex, to Newgive, prepiratory to
their taking their trials at the ensuing Sessions at
Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, which commences
on ,Weducitlay, the I9t it instant. The SeSsions
for the county at Midaiescx begin at Clerk-
en well on Monday next, when the trials of tra-
versers, and others out on hail on matters of as-
sault, nuisance, and misdemeanour, will be pro-
cceded on.

Thursday night, between nine nod ten o'clock,
severEl very vivid dashes of lightning were seen
in the streets ut this city and neighbourhood.—
(Edinturgh Courant.)

A sheep was lately. stolen from the grounds of
he Royal Society in Dublin. The thieves were
otinti in the act of carrying it away in -a sedan.

chair.

The etTects of the late dreadful storm h.►ve been
severely felt it Jeriey. One of the barracks at
the N. W. side of the- island had the whole roof

lifted up by the gale, but fortunately it- settled
again; A- Sheet of led ,of more than 400Ibs.
weight, that covered a flat part of the building,.
was entirely blown off; the barrack' bUstained
no other injury. The weather has since been
beautifully fine. The spring wheat and other
corn• are now preparing to be sown, as the
fineness of the weather admits at ploughing
every where. The command at the Island had.
devOlved on Lieutenant-Colonel Tonzat., in the
absence of Major-General GORDON, who is now
in England.
On Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire
broke out in the Rosin Works of Messrs.Ricnaari
CLARK and.. Co; in Stanhope-street, Harring-
to.4 near Liverpool. The fire raged With the
greatest fury, atuL owing (o the combustible
nature of the articles they:contained, and the
agency of the wind, the whole premises were re-
duced to a mass of ruins before it could btrabdued.,
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