The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-31 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Miss Chester appeared last night in the play of
" Catherine and Petruchio," which followed an ex-
ceedingly tame performance of Arne's much injured
opera of " Artaxerxes." She was well received by
a full and fashionably attended house, and went
through her part with all her wonted elegance, and
much of her wonted spirit.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the following ships were thus
timed, viz.:—Regent and Rose for Madras and Bengal,
be afloat 15th March, sail to Gravesend 29th ditto, stay
there 30 days, and be in the Downs 3d of May. Asia
and Marchioness of Ely, for Bengal direct, be afloat
14th April, sail to Gravesend 29th ditto, stay there SO
days, and be in the Downs 2d of June. Captain Trios.
DOWCAN was sworn into the command of the ship Castle
Huntly, consigned to China direct.
A melancholy event occurred at Henfield
about a fortnight ago.—Mr. JOHN MATTHEWS, a re-
spectable yeoman of that place, rose from his bed early one
morning while a deep snow was upon the ground, and pro-
ceeded without shoes, and with no other covering than his
shirt, to a pond about a quarter of a mile distant from his
house, where he was found art hour or two afterwards
drowned. The pond was covered with ice, but not being
of a great thickness, it was broken by his weight. A
Coroner's Inquest assembled on the body, when from the
evidence adduced it appeared that he had manifested une-
quivocal symptoms of derangement, and it is therefore sup-
posed he threw himself into the pond. Under these cir-
cumstances the Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity."—
Brighton Gazette.
With regard to grain, we regret we cannot
speak in favourable and encouraging terms. As compare,'
with the general rent of land, prices are still too low, and
the wheat, wherever it has been thrashed and cleaned,
falls, we hear, but indifferently to the barn floor. Stacks
that were computed to contain about 80 bushels of grain,
and which justified the calculation in former seasons, are
fromrbazlak
Octouln the gainsspereent of the year. As respects the . short of the mark another serious
d
t or shipping trade, there is very little doing in wheat,
willing to
and the bakers, the only purchasers at present, are un-
give more than 6s. 6d. for the very best samples
that are offered. One extensive shipper told us the other
day that he had not bought a bushel of wheat, crop 1827,
this season. Barley, however, is now brought pretty
freely to market, and the demand is at least equal to the
supplY. A number of farniers were in attendance last
week;the dealers too mustered pretty strong, but al_
though the latter seemed anxious to buy, they demurred to
any advance of price. Upon the whole, the market was a
shade better; and although 35. 4d. per bushel was the
general price, samples weighing about 52 lbs. brought in
several cases Ss. 6d. For oats there is but little demand
at present, and we
,only know one shipper who has orders
to purchase a whole cargo, which is intended, we believe,
for the Glasgow market. Potato oats bring from 2s. 4d.
to 2s. 6d.; and common ditto from 25. to 2d,....Dumfries
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C.grivr•