The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-09 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCIC.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 89 to for
the Account, opened this morning at 89i, and at
present may be quoted 89f to J; for money, 88i
89, with no business doing as yet.
There is some doubt in the city with regard to the
Russians being in possession of Adrianople; but
still it is looked on as probable.
Is the Foieign Market there is not a feature worth
Aervation. Prices are nominal.
The following has been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house :

" CUBA.—To the Collectors of the Port of New
York.--The Superintendant of this island has de-
clared the port of Santa Cruz, on the south side of
the island, in the jurisdiction of the city of Puerto
del Principe, to be open for foreign trade for the
term of six months, as a trial : he will then deter-
mine whether it shall be continued or not.

" JOHN OWEN,
" United States Commercial Agent."
Bombay Papers have been received to the 26th
April• The following is an extract :

(Prom the Bombay Courier, April 25.)
•
A report, received in the evening, announces off
town the arrival of the steamer Enterprise, having
9n board the Right Han. the Governor-General, who
limited under the usual salute. The said Papers
contain a petition from the East Indians to the
Commons of the United Kingdom -of Great Britain,
to the following purport :—" The first grievances
which your petitioners beg leave-to notice to your
Honourable House is, that a very large, majority of
the class to whieh they belong are entirely destitute
of any rule of civil law to which they can refer as a
standard that is to regulate their conduct in the
various relations of society."
A vessel has arrived at Cowes in a short passage
from the Havannah, but the information she brings
has not as yet transpired.
The private letters, received by the Lisbon Mail
this morning, and the Papers, make no allusion to
the defeat of Don Miguel's troops at Terceira.
Three per Cent. Consols, SS i; Ditto, for Account,
80
half ; Three per Cent. Reduced, SSi; Three and a
per Cent. shut; Four per Cent., 1021 i; Ditto,
1826, shut ; India Stock, 2211 21 ; Bank Stock,
shut; India Bonds, 62 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 67 9.
Foximx.-13raailian, 591 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 21121;
China; 16 17 ; Colombian, 151 164; Danish, 69 -8- -g;
I?"4ch, Five per Cent. 1091 101 ; Greek, 131 14;4 ;
Mexican, 171 TS; Peruvian, 9 10 ; Portuguese, 45 6 ;
Russian, 99 1 100; Spanish, 81

TW O'CLCK.
Consols have remained during O the whole of the
morning at 89rfor the Account, alternately buyers
and sellers; and 88i 89 for Money, with no busi-
it" of consequence transacting. The Foreign
Market is in the same dull itateas that of the British.
The report of the taking of Adrianople has
)10t had the least effect on the Market.
Private accounts from Constantinople state, that
the levy of 40,000 men, ordered by the Sultan,
°4IY produced 2,000 men.

K.
Consols for Account 89 THREE O' CL C
A Charge d'Affaires to Lisbon is expected in
Aext Friday's Gazette.
It is now positively stated on 'Change that A iris-
nople is in possession of the Russians.

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 884 ' Danish 69i
Do. for Ac. 89* Greek, 1825 14
Brazilian Bonds 59# Mexican, 1826 17i
Buenos Ayres 22 Peruvian
Chilian Do. (Russian 994
Columbian, 1824, 16 j Spanish 8i

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

(THIS DAY.)

A meeting of the -performers enga-ged at this theatre
as well as of ita,creditors,
.and the patrons of the Drama
generally, was held this day at one o'clock, in the saloon
of the theatre, for the purpose of considering the means of
carrying on the performances in the approaching season.
The meeting was announced in the advertisements as
affording the last and only opportunity of averting the ruin
Which threatens the numerous families connected with this
Itreat establishment.
A.! the appointed hour Mr. Ronnes took the Chair.
he CHAIRALiN said he hoped no party feeling would
Prevail in that meeting, as its only object was to prevent
,the theatre remaining shut, which would throw about six
44n4reli people into great distress. Nothing could he
"lie without money, but much was not wanting, the
a'aunt of the executions on the property net exceeding
2,8901. still- it would be requisite to have the properties
lk) Secured, that no subsequent executions should be placed
'Von it.

M. Kr3IBLE here intimated that he believed the cre-
ditors would be as lenient as could be expected.
Mr. ROBliiki said he believed so too, for it was their in-
terest to be so. The parish authorities might by the sale
get 1,500/., but how would they get the Christmas quar-
ter ? If the. sale proceeded, the creditors might get some
of their money, but they would never get the remainder.
--(Cheere.)—The worthy Chairman then drew a parallel
between the present state of Covent-garden theatre and
that which was the Use with Drury-lane some nine or
ten years ago, and said, that the money which the public
had then subscribed to save Drury-lane theatre had been
tillrepaid. ( Cheers. )
Mr. BARTLEY said that Mr. Robins had ably stated to
d
ern the object of the meeting. That nothing could be
one without the concurrence of the creditors, was evi-
dent, and they were necessarily included in the advertise-
Int" but the friends of the drama were included, in
rtbequence of several applications from the lovers of the
~fatl,ll requesting an opportunity to come foward in aid
telling
establishment. He had now the gratification of
telling them that Mr. C. Kemble, who had been detained
t'itit the Continent by engagements entered into long before
t difficulties of the theatre were contemplated, arrived in
Tvn on Sunday night, and was most anxious for the sake
°`the performers to endeavour that the theatre should be
openedti at the usual period. He had been all day
e on Mon-
,"exerting himself with thet .view, and this day he had
let
all the engaged performers of the theatre, who
Ltd promised him their most cordial co-operation. Indeed
hail the pleasure to tell them, that the greatest possible
b 4dnels of feeling prevailed between Mr. Kemble and his
'Other actors.—(Cheers. )—They declared themselves pre-
red to to meet his difficulties; they said, we will adopt what
Kembto ' psle roposes we will stand by one anoth n
null
succeed , by a' Yong lull, "a strong pull, rand a
altoil
gether.—(Much cheering.)—He would now con-
evtd", by leaving Mr. Kemble to state what the difficulties
Art Which he had to contend with. •
—KEMBLE then rose and the moment he pre-
44ted ' •
Am nmsrlf to tbe meeting he was received with loud
le, "h.,' continued cheering. As soon as it had in some
ileaintre subsided, he proceeded to address the meeting,—
04:4!d that they had been informed by Mr. Bartley of his
to, 1(•'s) Desire to meet the difficulties which assailed the
to Ile!rn, and lie was then there to show that he was true
t profession.—(Cheers.)—He had never entertained
tt) 4nlallest doubt of the buoyancy of the property of
be veT'Lgarden theatre, if the creditors would only
it *Hdulgent, and wait with some patience until
thate"l,ld get through its difficulties. He trusted
ao "e would not be supposed to he actuated by
ditt 41fiSb feeling in what he was about to state, for
t °ugh his interests were closely connected with the
cis4l,4ttihllihrnent, yet neit.her he nor any member o. f his family
ed to derive one farthing of profit until every just
At upon it was discharged. He wished to im-
tv:- Upon the minds of the meeting, that it
op° Uot the
proprietary they were then called
to to but it was. to provide means
l(tes(°:'tinoe, by the opening of the theatre, the very
t'tr`' of existence to many hundred persons who
Vis "'Pendent upon 'it for every thing. It was with this
11,:v that he ventured to ask them to relieve hint from
to 7. difneulties, in which he at present stood alone, except
4tt,t-t as the aid he had been promised by his brother
would swear to them, on the honour of
'Nre'r,et)at whatever funds might he subscribed should
'94,,,,,u1Y employed for the purposes for which they were
:Pr :(1---(Cheers.) He had little more to say than to
t:ll,°Pn the rneetng, that their assistance was not
n. 11,6 fur the teeprietors, but for the many hundred
V 1114 Who wouldi be thrown out of employment
4441411444 e was not opened. .The monies you may
said Mr. Kemble, I pledge myself to return

as soon .as it shall be in my power, and it will
then give me great pleasure to return you at the same time
the grateful acknowledgment of those families, who, but
for the opening of this establishment, must have to en-
counter all the evils of poverty.—( Great cheering.)
Mr. ROBINS now rose and said, that he wished the
meeting to remember that the monies were to be in the
shape of a loan, and not a gift. He was happy to inform
the meeting that some of the creditors had set a noble cx-
emple. Several of the principal of them bad met at the
house of Mr. White, who was a large creditor of the esta-
blishment, but who also had strenuously exerted himself
to enable the theatre to open. They had signed a paper,
which other creditors had since been solicited to sign, and
as yet all that had been asked had agreed. The paper was
to the following effect:—
" At a meeting of some of the principal creditors of
Covent-garden Theatre, held at the house of Mr. White, on
the 7th of September, 1829, it was agreed, that on taking
into consideration the difficulties under which the theatre
labouri, they trusted that the proprietors would see the ne-
cessity, both for their own interest and the interest of the
creditors, of terminating the disputes, and that they (the
creditors) would take no steps to obstruct the perform-
ances during the ensuing season. They recommended that
the other creditors also should sign this paper, and that
the shareholders should be invited to do the same."

Mr. ROBINS then proceeded to say that the creditors
were disposed to act with kindness, and he never knew
creditors otherwise, unless they had been ill-treated. They
had thus got rid of the difficulty as regarded the creditors,
and the next difficulty was the 5001. shareholders. At
Drury-lace, when it was placed in similar difficulties, the
shareholders were called together, and told that they could not
be paid, but that if they had three or four years' patience to let
the concern get out of debt that they should be paid. What
was the result ? The proposition was agreed to, and at
the expiration of the three years their property became as
secure as if it was in the Bank of England, and the divi-
dends of Drury-lane theatre were now in the hands of
the bankers for months before they were required. The
name of Drury-lane theatre was now ready money, and
it would be the -same with 'Covent-gtri-ilen in twelve
months, if the same system were adopted. The
bondholders also gave up their interest. Drury-lane had
then a debt of 50,0001., and Mr. Calcraft, who was a ge-
nuine supporter of the drama, together with himself and
some others, lent assistance, and the creditors agreed to
take a composition of 10s. in the pound, which was paid
to them. They had in this instance of Covent-garden no-.
thing now to fear from the creditors, and he had no doubt
but the new renters also would agree to wait. The only ob-
ject, therefore, was to get rid of the gentlemen in possession.
Mr. Kemble hail taken the advice of Counsel, as to whe-
ther the property would be liable to future executions,, if
the present ones were paid off in the manner prol7Zied ;
and the opinion was, that it would not be liable—there-
fore he (Mr. Robins) would take care that nobody should
touch it.—(Hear, hear.)—When Drury-lane was in diffi-
culties, his Majesty was applitral to 'for a loan of one bun-
' dred pounds; and he had the pleasure of informing
the Meeting that they found his hand and his heart
alike open. He very kindly on that occasion seat
them 1,0001. Every one was eventually paid prin-
cipal and interest, but when the 1,0001. was offered back
to his Majesty, he generously said he intended it as a gift,
and should not receive it again.—(Much cheering. )—Prince
Leopold also had lent 2001. , which he also refused to receive
back. When the King had thus kindly aided Drury-lane,
what reason was there for supposing that he would not as-
sist Covent-garden ; and if his Majesty did lend his aid, it
would give sad] a stimulus to the loan, that be (Mr. R.)
could not tell what they were to do with the surplus.—
(Great laughter )—The Duke of Bedford, who is fond of
theatricals, had also lent 1,0001. to Drury-lane, and it should
be remembered that Covent-garden theatre belonged to his
family, so that it was by no means likely that he would
withhold his assistance. All they had to do that day was
to set a good example; and lie was happy to say
that he saw a friend of his then present, Mr.
Shakespear Read, who held four five hundred
pound shares of the theatre, on which he had four
years' arrears due to him. That -gentleman said that
he should feel happy to allow them to stand over until
a more convenient opportunity—(cheers)—but he had
done more, for he had offered in addition a loan of 2001.
—(Great cheering.)—That gentleman would be the first
whose name would be placed upon the list. He was sorry ,
that there were not a long list of illustrious names at'
the head of it, but the reason was, that the meet-
ing had been hastily called, and the Nobility knew
nothing of it as yet. As soon, however, as the
Public Journals would reach them he had no doubt that
names would be sent in so rapidly with subscriptions at-
tached to them, that in a week they would be
under the necessity of going to Mr. Rothschild to know
how the money" could be best -invested. ( Laugh ter. )_-The
performers were not good men of business, and he bad no
secretary.—(A gentleman here tendered his services. )
Get a sheet of paper (said Mr. Robins)—a large sheet, and
it shall be handed round to the Company, and in the mean
time it will be necessary that a Committee be appointed.
We were pleased to see the interest which this meeting
excited. The stage was full, as were also the side-boxes;
the pit too had a great number of auditors, indeed, it was
nearly full. Such an audience every night a%:r the season
commences would be no bad thing.
In the course of his speech Mr. Robins said that he was
a disinterested person otherwise than, as a lover of the
Drama, for lie had no share in Covent-garden Theatre,
while he held a great many in Drury-lane. Ile did not,
however, think the dosing of one theatre as being at all
serviceable to its rival.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.

Michael Burley, a strapping young Irish libourer of
two-and-twenty, was remanded till Friday, on a charge of
bigamy.—The prisoner married his first wife at seventeen,
lived with her a year or two, and then married another
with whom he live‘l till she gave birth to, and buried, a
child, he then returned to his " first love," and was de-
nounced by his second, who to-day gave him some furious
looks, to which, however, he seemed perfectly proof.

On Monday, between one and two o'clock in

the afternoon, the footman of - COSTE, Esq. of
Streatham, was found hanging in the cow-house belong-
ing to his master, and quite dead. Notmore than five or six
weeks ago he received the sum of 6001., bequeathed to him
by a deceased relation. Ile was paying his addresses to a
respectable young woman, to whom he was 'shortly to
have been married, whilst his conduct during the 14 or 15
Months he had been in Mr. Coszx's service ,had been
quite correct and proper. Thus no motive for suicide
arose out of his private affairs, but for three or four days
previous to the fatal" act' le- had been observed to be at
times flighty, thougls.litillTorrect in his conduct as a ser-
vant. On Monday,,,about the time mentioned, he was
wanted, and being missed in the house, a search was made,
when at length the gardener finding the door• of the cow-
house fastened withinside, hurst'it open : the melancholy
spectacle then presented. itself of the poor footman bang •
ing. The gardener immediately cut him . down, and a
surgeon being sent for, arrieed'almost immediately, but
every effort to restore animation proved fruitless. In his
hoz was found a sort of will which the deceased had very
recently made, bequeathing 2001. to his intended wife, and
the rest of his .property to Lis sister. "He was very re-
spectably connected, and, its already stated, apparently very
comfortable; but the manner in which he had cut the
rope in the laundry, and then tied it in a knot in order
effectually to hang himself, shewed the most determined
and deliberate purpose of suicide.

My mother beiivg sick to death of a fever,
three months after I was born, her friends and servants
thought to all outward appearance she was dead, and so
she lay almost two -days and a night; hut Dr. WINSTON
comiog to comfort my father, went into my mother's
room, and looking earnestly in her face, said, " She is so
handsome, and now looks so lovely, I cannot think she is
dead ;" and suddenly took a lancet out of his pocket, and
with it cut the sole of her foot, which bled. Upon this
he immediately caused her to be laid upon the bed again,
and to be rubbed, and by such means she came to life, and
opening her eyes saw two of her kinswomen stand by her,
my Lady Koot.tv and my Lady RUSSELL, both with
great.wide sleeves, as the fashion then was, and said, "Did
you not promise me 15 years, and are you come again ?"
which they not understanding, persuaded her to keep her
spirits quiet in that great weakness wherein she then was ;
but some hours after she desired my father and Dr. Howls.
WORTH might be left alone with her, to whom she said,
" I will acquaint you, that during the time of my trance
I was in great quiet, but in a place I could neither distin-
guish nor describe; but the sense of leaving my girl, who
is dearer to me than all my children, remained a trouble
on my spirits. Suddenly I saw two by me, clothed in
long white garments, and methought I fell down with my
face in the dust ; and they asked why I was troubled in
so great happiness. I replied, " 0 let me have the same
grant given to HEzitsran—that I may live 15 years to see
my daughter a woman." To which they answered, "It
is done;" and then at that instant I awoke out of my
trance. And Dr. HoWLswonxit did there affirm that
that day she died made just 15 years from that time.—
Memoirs'ofLady Fanshate.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, SEPT. B.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the
North America, Barton, from Alexandria; Richard
Reynolds, Roberts, from Jamaica; and Hymen,
—, from Bombay, sailed about the 10th April.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. B.—Arrived the Alexander,
—, from the Mauritius.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived
the Magnet packet, Porteous, from Lisbon, sailed the
30th ult.

BRISTOL, SEPT. B.—Arrived the Antigua packet,
Cherry, from Antigua, sailed the Ist tilt., and on
the 23d, in lat. 37. long. 32,experienced a heavy gale.
The Halford, Waters, of and for Swansea, from
Truro, was wrecked the 28th ult. in Baggy Point,
and all on board drowned.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Industry,
Boardman, from Carthagena ; Thomas Burrows,
Dawson, from St. Thomas and Tortola; and Age-
noria, Drysdale, from St. Vineents.

CowEs, SEPT, B.—Arrived the Majestic, Hodg•
son, from Havannah.

RAMSGATE, SEPT. 8.--Off Port, the Alexander,
Alexander, from Jamaica.

DOVER, SEPT. B.—Arrived the Alexander, Rabe,
from the Mauritius.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 7.- Arrived the Killon, Craw-
ford, from Trinidad; and Melo, Bowser, and Mary
Clark, from Quebec.

BELFAST, SEPT. 6.—The Lord Ebrington, Day,
from Ayr to Dublin, was yesterday taken off the
rocks at Ballyferris, and brought in upon the beach;
should the weather continue moderate, she will re-
ceive temporary. repair, and be brought in here.
MARANIIAM, JULY 17.—The Conceiai d'Oliviria,
has been condemned, and broken up.

The Margaret, from St. Lucia to London, has
put into Antigua with much damage, and would be
obliged to discharge, having been on shore at Bar-
buda the 27th of July.
The Courier, from Matanzas, has arrived off the
Wight.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

The report of arrivals of all kinds of Grain and Flour
this week is only moderate. The greater proportion of the
New Wheat still continuing to come damp, such parcels
are quite unsaleable, while the few dry samples that ap-
pear sell on full as good terms as on Monday. Barley,
Beans, and Pease, without alteration. There is a mode-
rate demand for Oats, at the prices last quoted. The
Flour trade continues very heavy.

ARRIVALS.
Barley. I Oats. I Flour.
250 qrs. 3,200 qrs. 1 I,7ojsacks.
4,220
4,0.50

Wheat.
English
Irish —
Foreign

- brLi.

COURT-MARTIAL UPON CAPT. DICKEN•
SON, R.N.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY—TWELFTH DAY.
This morning the Court met at ten o'clock, as a matter
of course. On entering we found the JUDGE ADVOCATE
presenting a large bundle of letters, said to be those which
Sir Edward Codrington complained of not being received
by the Court, as containing some very important matter.
On the Judge Advocate presenting them,
Sir ROBERT STOPFORD inquired if they were the letters
offered by Sir Edward Codrington, and which the Court
refused to read, as not being evidence?
The JUDGE ADVOCATE replied that they were, and that
they were all there except two, which Sir Edward Codring.
ton complained of not getting a receipt for ; the rest of the
correspondence was upon the subject showing the position
of Sir Edward as a witness, and not as a prosecutor.
Sir ROBERT STOEFORD said that he thought the Court
were bound to have the entire read. They had read a part,
and therefore, as • the Court were the first to broach the
subject, they were bound to read the whole, but by no
means should they be used in evidence.

Sir H. BLACKWOOD observed, that he considered that
they should be clearly open to all parties; and, should
Captain Dickenson wish to resort to them, he WAS of
opinion that the Court should give his application their
consideration.

The JUDGE ADVOCATE said that Captain Dickenson was
at liberty to.re sort to them whenever he pleased.
Sir ROBERT STOPEORD said that if Captain Dickenson
could make any rational objection to their being read, that
it would be entertained.

Sir ROBERT STOPFORD concurred with the Judge Ad-
vocate, that as part of the correspondence was in the pos.
session of Sir Edward, they should not be read until his
arrival ; and suggested to the Court the propriety of hav-
ing them first read on Thursday, before the defence was
gone into.

Captain DICKENSON...It is my wish to have immediate
access to them.

Sir ROBERT STorromn said, that the understanding
with the Court was,—it was agreed that they should be
read on Thursday, when Sir Edward would be present.
Mr. MINCHIN, solicitor to Capt. Dickenson, hoped that
they would prolong the time allowed to Capt. Dickenson
for making his defence, as there might arise something out
of the correspondence which would make it necessary for
them to allude to it in his defence.

The JUDGE ADVOCATE said, the proper time for making
the application was at the time they were going to make
the defence. As to the contents of the letters, they were
all about the orders.

Sir H. BLACKWOOD was anxious to know if all the
letters alluded to were in the hands of the Judge Advo-
cate? JUDGE ADVOCATE—AII that came to my bands
are here.

Sir IL 131.AcKwoon—Sir Edward Codrington com-
plained of the absence of a particular letter. We under-
stood the Judge Advocate to say that he had got the
original, and the whole, except the translation from the
French into English of a document which the Admiralty
had not granted receipts for; and only these were not sent
down, and which were not at all necessary to elucidate
the present investigation, and were merely French de-
spatches translated into English.
Mr. MiNcnix said, that after reading the papers alluded
to, he would be able to know if a further time was neces-
sary for the defence.

Sir
ROBERT STOPFORD—The letters will be read on
Thursday, but not received in evidence.—Adjourned.

CORONER'S INQUE iT.

SUICIDE OS A PRISONER IN BRISTOL CITY BRIDEIVELL.

On Monday last an Inquisition was held at the Bank
Tavern, before - LANGLEY, Esq. Coroner for the
City of Bristol, on the body of a young man named Wil-
liam Woodfield, who the Saturday previous put an end to
his existence by hanging himself.
Mr. Evans, Keeper of the City Blidewel!, stated that
the decease was in his custody on a charge of felony. He
had formerly been a gentleman's servant, and a short time
since, being at Cheltenham, he was invited by the servants
of General Molineaux, (father-in-law to Lord George
Somerset), to take tea with them. The following morn-
ing it was discovered the deceased had taken advantage of
their hospitality, and carried off with him some valuable
plate belonging to the General. A few days subsequently
he attempted to pawn the plate at the shop of Mr. All-
man, a pawnbroker in. Thomas-street, when he was ap-
prehended.

Wm. Perry, one of the officers, was directed by the
last witness to take the deceased for the purpose of being
present at the examination of his boxes. On the road he
attempted to escape, and witness was obliged to use great
exertions in securing him. About an hour after the
deceased had been locked up, witness had occasion to go
to his cell, when he was surprised at not being able to
open the door. Ile got assistance, and they forced the
door open, when it was discovered the deceased had hung
himself with a hankerchief to the irons over the door, and
the reason he could not open it was that the whole weight
of his body lay against it. Witness immediately cut him
down, but he was quite dead. The deceased was a very
fine young man about 24 years of age.
Thomas Poiaton, another officer of the prison, and
John Smith, a prisoner, corroborated the evidence of the
list witness.

A Mr. Acland said he had several witnesses to prove
that the deceased had been ill used by Perry, one of the
turnkeys.
The CORONER desired they might be called, when two
or three females presented themselvts, and, in answer to
questions put by Adam!, gave a rambling account of the
deceased being struck by Perry on the head at the time he
attempted to escape. They all of them,
different account of the affair, and the Jury, considering
their evidence not entitled to much credit, returne4l a
verdict—That the deceased hung himself whilst labouring
under a fit of temporary insanity, however, gave a