The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-08 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
John flames and John Clements were charged with
robbing Henry King of eleven shillings and three six-
pences. It appeared that the prisoners were coach-cads;
that the prosecutor, who is a hackney-coachman, was sleep-
ing; in the tap-room of the watering-house in Newcastle-
court, at about half-past three this morning; the prisoners
were also there. When King went to sleep he had eleven
shillings and three sixpences in his pocket, and when he
awoke he found that his breeches-pocket bud been cit
through, and his money extrAeted. He procured an
after, and described two of the shillings and one of the
sixpences. The prisoners had left the house befute he
awoke, but on their return the officer searched them, and
the thre. piecesl of nion.y which King had described
were found in their possession. They now denied all
knowledge of the robbery, and stated that the money found
was their own.
Sir R. BiriNzE, however, fully committed them for trial.

BIRNIINGII-A-31 MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

(FROM OCR CORRESPONDENT.)

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Triennial Festival, in aid of the funds of the Gene-
ral Hospital,
commenced here yesterday. Signor Coma
and Mademoiselle Beasts came from Germany expressly
to afFord their professional services; and as the selections
are, for the most part, novelties in the country, inuall
curiosity and' intere•t his besm excited. Indeed, to
*nob a height haves these arisen Chit, iu despite of the
bad times" (which has been the recitative from every
Person since trade has declined), the gross amount of the
receipts will exceed that of any former Festival here.
Cathedral Service was chaunted in St. Philip's Church,
and the gram! " Miserere," performed at the funeral of
autta
Tuovere the composer, was introduced, and went off
!itil great eclat. This commencement of the performance
displayed much esteemed—no matter how great the merit
m‘3Pleyed in it--donbtless bee ause the sermon with which
h concludes is, not unusually, quite dull and stupid.
The theatre in the evening pr:asented a brilliant woe-
-10 was crowded, boxes, pit, and gallery—and the " Brum-
magem" folks, who rarely have such orportunities of dis-
play, gratified their vanity even ad nauseaum. Plumes
waved in greater abundance than ever a novelist introduced
into his description of a touraament ; bonnets, as large as
could be procured, were quite abundant; and as for arti-
ficial flowers, the mass of torbonneted heeds presented a tnov-
inflparterre. The selection for the evening's pet formanaes
aa operatic—as an antidote to the dulness of the Church
fildle morning—and was well suited to display the powers of
various performers. Indeed the wole of the selections, both
• churzn and the theatre, are admirably at ranged for
-17 Purpose. A scena from the first Act of "La G •zza
,:actirah opened the performances, and introduced Made-
sslle BLASI3 (as: Ninetta) to an English audience.
f--di Ming lady resembles one of our own blondes, rather
—ln 4 native of the Continent. In person she is I age,
f;:cd us Mrs. eed she reminded one of ELIA'S description of the
b,-,; Barrts of Oxford—her features are regular,
Without any pretensions to beauty. The highest
Praise that can be given her is, that she is " fat, fair, and"
o: forty, Her voice is a first treble, capable of rising
.
Feat height, but quite unable to go into the low
it", Which Madame MALERRAN GARCIA makes Sa much
So very high is it—without being disagreeably so—
tae at idle (•ould sometimes be heard above the loudest peal of
Music. Da BZGNIS took the part of Ferdinand. In
`e duet Per questo amplesso" they were much and de-
Itrredly applauded. Mademoiselle 13easrs also gave the
144 Io tremo, pavento" with much effect. But she is
aaa"Mething more than a mere singer. In the whole of the
—'ne with Il Podesta (Signor GUIBELI.I) she displayed
considerable talent as an actress; particularly when she
reads the letter and misleads the ignorant Magistrate.
13"rhaps she carried herself a little too hotly towards the
conclusion, where she threatens the Podesta with her ven-
ge:f ee•er "Benches sole, vi potrei" was given rather too much
~. tmagant. Notwithstanding these slight errors, she
mast be reckoned a decided acquisition to the Oper Bra.
of scena was succeedede c
bv " Grand variatines
lire' on the celebrated romance from Mentri.'s Oratorio
" Joseph." Mrs. AxneusoN, the pianist, was very
Ruelt applauded in this performance. BRAIIAM followed
'Wit a seena from " Der Freyschutz," (" Oh ! I can
aab my fate no longer !") but was quire hoarse. A
'no from Rossrart's " La Donna del Lago," with
v'
FArxTATTON as Elena, and Signor COSTA as Hubert,
reed the first act. Mies ATTON seems to have fallen off.
ItntY arise from a desire to imitate the gestures of the
I„taclans; but she has unfortunately acquired a habit of d:s-
-thag her face when singing, which is by no means
I,agretable. It is a caricature of the Italian singing. Signor
.cs4'A• in this his debut in England, was well received :
the voice is a clear tenor. In the second act a Concerto on
Violin, by Monsieur DE Betour, was very good. Mr.
~,Il4tattes was ,ricotta! in a German drinking song,
~Pre'on de reit lit min Nectar." Miss PATON WWI in ex-
-1471
;us voice i a scene from " Der reysutz—' Bere
'laic:Yes ',chin ld him.'" Her transitFionsch from slow to
fant„Movements, and her varied modulations of tone,
gre
t"e highest to the lowest notes, were rewarded with
W " reafh aPplanse. But the " Crowning Rose of the
„
tif, was Madame 3,1 a LIBMAN GARCIA'S, Romeo, in
rh"rd act of " Romeo Guiletta." As a specimen of
ee-er,„4B!"fliy beautiful singing, it was a pet feet perform-
-1 not her acting was, if possilda, superior to her
heo▪ ll,ng• In look, tone, and action, she was the heart-
n dour. 'Miss Guiletta was pretty good.
reftcwuaY the morning performances at the Church were
CoedbY 4 Selection of Sacred Music. The 4' Grand
~,e
etere-"ation Anthem" of HANDEL was given with powerful
Mr. Pntturs sung Catcorr's adaptation of part
4,u•
r424Plißt.T.'s poem, " The Last Man." Miss FANNY
itifs.2ll Was very happy is HANDEL'S "PIOUSOrgieS, pions
cut The double, single, and sera-choruses, through-
Gait: day, had a very good effect. " The Triumph of
sholeti:" (the third time of its performance) was useful in
la 1 off the strength of the vocal and instru-
aZtai perfume's. Mrs. KNYVETr gave the first
oe great simplicity and sweetness. It was
eierer" Its a (M.S.) March, composed for the Loyal So-
(llMusicians, and performed is itla their permission.
sittitrteaTols had a very fair opportunity of display in a
alta o, in a recitative, end finally in a semi-chorus at
end of the drama. A selection from Jeplatha was
tafiZPriated to BRAkIAM and Miss Paxesr ; in the mei-
txaftl; Deeper and deeper still," the former was sue-
tat.a but he gave th_ beautiful air " Waft her, Angels,a
se, ugh tbe skits," in a stale «pral to his most happy
Church Madame MALIBRAN GARCIA'S voice filled the
of uth in One of CIIERUBINI'S airs. The second part
c Selectin core steel of a ennui sacra, by ZINGA-
Ni:s• "' ewnposed expressly fur this festival. (Miss PAToN,
TA, „,rrox, Air. BRAHANI, Mr. KNTVETT, Signor Cos •
tail " Beata/env, acquitted themselves admirably in
4' asarla)iere•) Part of CINIA nosa's " Nel Sacrificio
Jesia Incl again intraluced GARCIA. Part of the " Tod
tip fro /ra3 also given, and the whole concluded with an
HANDLL, by Miss PaToar. Put of the " Judas
itabi'alta 4°`," by Iluertam, which Mr. LINDLY.Y action-
Itaee ; with a beautiful violoncello obligato. The perform.
kteul t the Theatre this evening will consist of a miscella-
eOnCert.

LITERATURE.

TALES OF FIUD AND FLOOD.
EDlNBuiteit, 1829.

Mr. i'lalcolm's genius is of a very pi.easing
descriptive character. He published some two
or three years since, we remember, a volume of
poems, which were distinguished by their graphic
skill and the easy national flow of their versifica-
tion. The present work, which is a collection
of prose talcs, alternating between the grave and
the gay, possesses similar qualities, and as it has
little or no assumption about it, no meritricions
decorations of style, no forced vigour of senti-
ment, it can scarcely fail to please. The part,
however, that has afforded us the greatest grati-
fication is decidedly that which is devoted to
military sketches and reminiscences. The author
has himself been a soldier, he served, if we
understand rightly, through the greatest parts of .
the Peninsular campaigns, and closed his military
career at the battle of Waterloo. Of course,
doming this varied and eventful period, he cannot
but have witnessed much that is well worth nar-
rating, and accordingly in the volume before us,
we have a few sketches of a soldier's life which
are nearly, if not quite equal,—whether we re-
gard their spirit, their interest, or the manner in
which they are detailed—to any thing we re-
member in the " Subaltern." As a specimen,

we present the reader with the description of a
brandy-drinking Irish Lieutenant. It bears
evident marks of having been drawn from life.

" Jack O'Flanagan was a native of the South of Ireland,
somewhat above the middle size, and apparently not under
middle age ; or, if he really was as young as he professed to
be, toil had forged the hand-writieg of time with such fe-
licity, that no one could have suspected the deceit ; in
other words, the crow's-foot had made a deep impression
at the corner of each eye, and numerous wrinkles mean-
dered over his brow. In the construction of his eyes,
nature had deviated from her general plan—they might
indeed well be said to Le matelless, inasmuch as they bore
no kind of resemblance to each other, one of them squinting
in a most unusual degree, and the other having what is
cslled, a cast. The former, with a bewildering dubiety
of direction, seemed to ogle two or three objects at once,
while the 'Ater, which occupied a situation about half an
inch higher in the face, like a jealous guardian, seemed to
keep a watchful outlo,ik upon the little leering libertine
below, least it should wander away after the dal k-eyed
Donnas of the land. Collapsed cheeks and a mouth having

a leaning to one side of his fare; formed its remaining pe-
culiarities, and his cravat or stock be wore so lomie as to
afford a distinct view of a long scraggy neck, rising from a
narrow pedestal of shoulders, one of which ambitiously
overtopped the other, and terminated in a sharp knob,
whereon his epaulet, like the dove of the ark, finding no
resting-place, slid from its bony pinnacle, and hung down
upon his back in drooping repose. His legs were the
smallest on which warrior uver todd'ed forth to battle,
and Jack, with an infatuation, common to men of his
make, constantly exposed them in tights. During the
whole of the Peninsular campaigns, the toils of which

. _
Jack had suffered and survived, he had lived chiefly like a
wood-cock, upon auction, and in the absence of his favourite
national beverage, potheen, had solaced himself with rum
and brandy, in which articles of daily consumption most
of his cash was liquidated."

THE ANATOMY OF DRUNKENNESS.
GLASGOW, 1829.

There are two subjects which from time to

time, from the days of Anacreon down to those
of Captain Morris, have been almost exclusively
the property of poetry, namely, love and wine.
Of the former we shall say nothing, it is a diffi-
cult subject, and requires peculiarly delicate
handling ; but, as regards the latter, we believe,
on our conscience, that for two bards who have
chaunted the praises of " Apollo and Mercurius,
and the rest," twenty, to say the least of it, have
sung those of Bacchus and his first-born, Drun-
kenness. Indeed, the worship of this deity is
the only relic of Paganism that yet clings to the

institutions of England. In this respect the ma-
jority of our countrymen are absolute Methodists.
They have the enthusiasm without the hypocrisy
of fanatics, and offer up their devotions to Bac
chus with the same zeal with which the late Mr.

Huntingdon dedicated his corduroy breeches to
the Lord. Even in Rabeiais's time they were
famous for these specially devout propensities,
and to be " drunk as nu Englishman,'' was a
phrase adopted on the Continent to express that
extreme stage of inebriety in which the victim
can neither speak, nor;move, see nor hear. Such
being the former, and in a more partial degree,
the present popularity of this habit throughout
the exemplary country of Great Britain, what
wonder that it should draw forth the fancies of

her poets, and excite the curiosity of her philo-
sophers ? What wonder that the former should
declaim, and the latters peculate, on a propensity
which sets out by lifting the devotee to Heaven,
and ends by leaving him on the floor? Which,
upon the old Propertian principle of " sine
Baccho friget Venus," accelerates the march of
love, thaws the chill resolves of celibacy, and
puts to an awkward test Mr. Sadler's Theory of
Population ?

The very able and accomplished author of
the little volume before us, (Mr. Robert Mac-
nish, of Glasgow), seems fully awake to all the
various phenomena of drunkenness, and has
searched into, explained, and suggested reme-
dies for them, with a care, a precision, a
minuteness, and a diligence, which are almost
without parallel in the annals of pathology. No-
thing seems to have escaped him. From the
first crude stage of inebriety, when the tippler is
all song and sunshine, and sociality, down to
the last closing scene, when his limbs refuse their
office, his tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth,
and his brain seems possessed by Beelzebub, and
" seven others more wicked than himself," from

the alpha, in short, to the omega of the business,
Mr. Macnish has proved an adept. What, for
instance, can be more strictly true, and, at the
same time, more animated than his account of
the sensations of incipient drunkenness ?

" First, an unusual serenity prevails over the mind, and
the soul of the votary is filled with a placid satisfaction.
By degrees, he is Fensible of a soft and nut umnusical hum •
ming in his cars, at evety pause of the conversation. He
seems to himself to wear his head lighter than usual on his
shnteders. Then a s:,ecies of obscurity, thinner than the
finest mist, passes bef,re his eyes, and makes him see ob-
jects rather indistinctly. The lights hewn to dance and
appear double. A gaiety and warmth are. felt nt the
same time about the heart. The imagination is expanded
anal filled with a thousand delightful images. Now comts
a spirit of universal contentment with the world. The
drunkard thinks no more of misery ; it is dissolved in the
bliss of the moment. This is the acme of the fit—the ex-
tacy is now perfect. As yet the sensorium is in tolerable
order : it is only shaken, but the capability of thinking
with accuracy still remains. About this time the drunkard
pours out an the se. rets of his soul. Ilia qualities, good
or ha I, come forth without reserve ; and now, if at any
time, dm human heart may be teen into. In a short

period, he is seized with .a
most 4:m..l:trite propinsity to talk
nonsense, though he is perfectly conscious of doing so."
This last fact reveals the secret of many an
after-dinner oration, and may probably afford a
clue to the curious absurdities so plenteously
developed in a late much-vaunted ultra Philippic.

We continue the description. -
" After this the scene thickens. The drunkard's ima-
gination gets disordered with the most grotesque concep-
tioos. Instead of moderating his drink, he pours it down
more rapidly than ever ; glass follows glass with reckless
energy. His head becomes perfectly giddy. The candles
burn blue, or green, or yellow, and where there are per-
haps only three at the table, he sees a dozen. According
to his Louperament, he is atnorouq, or musical, or quarrel-
some. Many possess a most extraordinary wit, and a great
flow of spirits is a general attendant. In the latter stages
the speech is thick, and the use of the tongue in a great
measure lost. The drunkard's mouth is half open, and
idiotic in the expression, while his eyes are g',..sed, waver-
ing, and watery. He is apt to fancy he has offended sonic
one of the company, and is ridiculously profuse with his
apologies. In attemptinz to run, he conceives that he
passes over the ground with astonishing rapidity. Houst s
reel from side to side as if they had lost their balance, trecs
and steeples nod like tipsy bacchanals, and the very earth
seems to slip from under his feet, and leave him walking
and floundering upon the air. The last stage of drun-
kenness is total insensibility. The man tumblee perhaps
beneath the table, and is carried away in a state of stupor
to his couch. In this condition be is said to be dead
chunk."

This is vigorous writing, and proves that no-
thing has escaped the inquisitorial scrutiny of
Mr. Macnish. In a subsequent chapter, he
details with equal spirit the different orders and
degrees of drunkards. We have first the semi-
mental ; secondly, the amorous ; thirdly, the pug-
nacious ; and, fourthly, the religious drunkard.
The first of these is usually, like Master Slender,
of a peculiarly timid nature. He is fond of being
" melancholy and gentlemanlike," has a slim
bilious countenance, no calves to his legs, and
thinks he looks well in tights. We have re•
peatedly fallen in with this class of tipplers, and
have invariably found them people of slender
pretensions to brains, with an amazing relish,
nevertheless, for Rosseau and Byron. The
amorous drunkard is of a much more entertain-
ing character. He has not unfrequently red
hair, and eyes fraught with the transparent pro-
perties of a gooseberry. In making love, he is
always sure, with a " curiosa infelicitas," to pick
out the rrost forbidding creature possible. In-
tending to press the fair hand of Mary, aged six-
teen, lie squeezes the mutton fist of Tabitha, aged
sixty—an ugly mistake, but one which, like
" accidents," will occasionally " take place even
in the best regulated families." Being some-
what protuberant in front, he fancies himself a
model of sylph-like symmetry, sighs languish-
ingly, notwithstanding he is near four feet round
the waist, and conceives that he is an Adonis,
even though lie be a decided Buckhorse. Of
the pugnacious drunkard we have little or no-
thing to say. He is an animal to be held in
respectful abhorrence, and meanly should we
think of our discretion, if, when he asserted that
black was white, we should venture for an in-
stant to dispute his position. The religious
drunkard is commonly a great rogue, and still
greater hypocrite. He thinks to cheat Provi-
dence in his sobriety, and propitiate Satan in his
cups. He will tell you that his " little infir-
mity" crept unawares upon him, from a thirsty
habit he had acquired by singing psalms. That
he prefers spirits to wine, seeing that they are
no where spoken about in the Scriptures. The
Ordinary in "Jonathan Wild" was a drunkard of
this description, and took religiously to punch,
because after an attentive perusal of the New
Testament, lie could not discover that it was
objected to. The reader who meets with a
tippler of this complexion will do well to look
to his watch and purse, or both will assuredly

vanish.
All these various orders of drunkards, together
with some few others that we cannot stop to
enumerate, Mr. Macnish has described with a
power, and minuteness of observation, equalled
only by his eloquence. His next point—taking
it for granted that " once a drunkard always a
drunkard "—is to give a list of those liquors
which are the most beneficial, or rather the least
injurious, to the constitution. Spirits he de-
cidedly condemns, a condemnation which we
perused with a heart- felt pang, when we reflect
that Scotch whiskey—a nectar fit for the Gods,
and out of which the social toddy is manufac-
tured—was on the list of the proscribed. Ale,
however, (and this is something), may be taken,
says Mr. Macnish, with comparative safety. He
does not add what ale, but we conclude, of
course, that it must be Welch, inasmuch as this
beverage is by far the most nourishing of the
prolific family of the ales, and richly deserves
the " Ex-ale-tation with which the witty Bishop
Andrews once complimented wine. Altogether
our author's volume is one of a most amusing
character to those who seek mere amusement,
while to those who look for information it will
be found eminently instructive.

DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. LADY BAR-

HAM.-We have the painful task to report the death of
this deeply lamented 144, who expire I, after a short ill-
ness, at Barhim Court, early on Sunday morning last.
Her Ladyship was the second daughter of Sir JAMES
WILLIAM lIAMLYN, of Clovelly, Devon, and was married
to the present Lord BARHAM, June 29, 1520, by whom
arc several children.

The Secretary of the Navy, with the approba-
tion of the President, has ordered a full suit of sails to be
made of cotton canvass, for the sloop of war Peacock, now
fitting out for sea. The experiments instituted hitherto,
support the opinion, that it is nut at ull inferior to that
made of hemp.—New York Paper.

A correspondent has called our attention to
the rapid advancei of the ocean upon the Town Moer of
Sunder land. We understand that the pond which was
formerly situated in the centre of the mom- is now so
near the verge, that it may he expected in a very short
time to run over the edge of the hank into the rel. But
this is a trifle ; if the sea continue to advance as rapidly
(of which there is every probability-) as it has hitherto
done, the lower part of the town of Sunderh.nd will, in
the course of a few years, be swept away.—Tyre Mer-
cury.

On Wednesday last a very beautiful specimen
of the Stormy Petrel (Procelluria Pelagica, Lin.) was
shot on the river Tyne, near Beroveli Boat-house, and has
been presented to the Natural History Society of this town,
by Mr. G. ATKINSON, of Cu r-hill. This is the suialle►t
of the weh-fo ,tel birds, awl i. r,r,,lv net with iulabd.—
Tyne Mercury.

Such is the extraordinary produce of plums
itnd damsons in this neighbourhood, that they are scarcely
worth the cost of taking to market. Indeed, many of the
farmers say that they would gladly give one-half a their
produce to any one who would gather the other hell for
them.—Jlianchester Afercury.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Miss FANNY KEMBLE made her second appear-
ance last night as Juliet, and was, if possibl,., more
succesJul than on Monday.

CURIOUS A:NECDOTES OF NAPOLEON

It was before the departure for I.!_zypt that
INT. de Bourrienne, without any particular inten-
tion on his part, as he tells us in his Alemoirs,
and merely to say something and bleak a long
silence, asked Napoleon if he were positively de-
termined to quit France. The reply was
" I have tried every thing. They won't have
me. (He alluded probably to the place of Di-
rector.) It would be necessary to upset them,
and make myself king; but that must not be
thought of yet ; the nobles would never consent
to it. I have already taken my soundings ; the
time is not yet come ; I should be by myself: I
will still dazzle these people.' iNTy only answer
was, Well, let us go to Egypt and I changed
the conversation." On one former occasion
he had already expressed similar views.—
M. tie Bourrienne says,—" lie renewed,
but without success, the attempt which he
had made before the 18th Fructidor to obtain
a dispensation as to age to entitle him to be a
Director : perceiving that things went. against
him, he said to me, on the 29th of January,
1798, Bourrienne, I will not remain here ;
there is nothing to be done here. People will
not listen to anv thing ; I see that, if I remain, I
must very shortly go down. Every thing wears
out here. My glory is already becoming dim.
This little spot, Europe, does not afford enough.
I must go to the East ; there is the only theatre
for names greatly glorious. However, I would
first make a tour to the coast, in order to judge
from my own observation what may be under-
taken. I will take you with me, you, Lannes,
and Sulkowsky. If the descent on England
shall appear doubtful, as I fear it will, the army
of England shall become the army of the East,
and lam off to Egypt.' This conversation, with
others of a similar tenor. give a true idea of his cha-
racter. He always considered war and conquests as
the most noble and the least exhaustible sources
of his glory. He loved this glory with passion :
the idea of seeing it tarnished amidst the idle-
ness of a Paris life, while new bays were grow-
ing in foreign climates, was intolerable. His
imagination had already inscribed his name on
those gigantic monuments, the only ones, per-
haps, of all the works of man which hear the
stamp of eternity. Proclaimed already the most
illustrious captain of his time, he sought in an-
cient times for rival names which his own might
eclipse. If Car fought fifty battles, he de-
sired to fight a hundred ; if Alexander left
Macedonia to go to the temple of Ammon,
he would start from Paris fez- the cataracts
of the Nile. While by such means he
should be keeping renown alive, events,
bethought, would succeed in France which would
render his return necessary and opportune ; his
place would be ready for him, and he would not
come an unknown or a forgotten man to take it.
Shouts of Viva Bonaparte,' and the incense
which was prodigally offered him;did not change
his actual position. But a short time before
conqueror and ruler in Italy, and now the sub-
ject of a set of men whom he held as nought,
and who looked on him as a formidable rival, he
said to me, There is no exploit of which the re-
membrance lasts any time at Pa: is. If I remain
long inactive I am lost. In this great Babylon one
reputation ousts another; when I shell have bee

seen three times at the theatre, 1 shall be more
thought of, and therefore I shall go but seldom.'
When he vent it was in a private and close box.
The managers of the opera offered him a grand
special representation, but he declined. I le-
marked to him that it must nevertheless be gra-
tifying to him to see his fellow.eitizens crowd to

see him. Bah ! the people would crowd as
much to see use if I were on my way to the scaf-
fold.'

A detachment of Life Guards (w•e believe the

Ist) is expected on the 12th ; and Sir liensßive TAYLOR
s understood to hare been at the barracks with Colonel
TIL of the 15th Hussars, on Saturday, arranging
for the quarters and ditties of the Guards and of the KING's
escort. The Guards are to do the town duty, and the
15th are to be in more immediate attendance upon the
KlNG.—Brighton Gazette.

The return of the Duke and Duchess of
CLARENCE is fixed for this day. Count 111L-NsTErt has
received a letter from his Royal Highness to that atrivt,
and dinner is ordered for a party at seven o'clock at the
Royal York Hotel. The Admiralty yacht, in which his
Royal Ilighness will embark at Dieppe, is expected to ar-
rive at the Chain Pier about three o'clock, and preparations
have been made for receiving. their Royal Highnesses with
naval honours. If the weather should permit, the whole
of the tenders belonging to the blockade on this part of
the coast are to be in attendance, so that the scene will be
of a highly gratifying and animated character.—Brighton
Gazette.

The improvement in the demand for cotton,
which we noticed in our publication on Monday, continued
during the week. The sales reached, up to Friday after-
noon, 25,000 bags, and on Saturday they amounted to
4,000. Prices advanced id. to id, per lb., which ad-
vance was maintained for the finer qualities of cotton. On
Satin day the dispute which had fir some time existed be-
tween the master and journeymen spinners at .Manchester,
and which had partially stopped the working of several
►hills, was, we are happy to state, amicably settled. The
fine spinners agreed to retort► to their work this morning,
so that the mills will now resume their former activity.
This gratifying event wil► have a favourable influence en
our cotton. market, and will tend to improve still further
the prices of the finer qualities of the staVe.—Liverpool
Albino.

Provincial theatricals are not in the deplorable
state which has ben generally represented. A season of
only four weeks at Bristol has cleared upwards of 4001. ;
at Oxford the mtnager put in his pocket 1,2001., after a
season of three months ; and although much has been said
of the bad houses at Worthing, the proprietor, we are as-
sured, declared the other day that the season had been a
most suceessful one.—Brighton Gazette.
We have reason to believe that there is no

truth in the reports which lace feat confidently pub-
fibbed in the papers, of the approaching retirement of Mr.
CROKEIL from his office at the Admiralty.—Brighfon
Gazette.

We waited until the opportunity offered, and
the cause exerted, of calling upon Mr. SADLER, either to
admit or deny the following- expressions, which we posi-
tively ussei t he made on the hustings during the elec-
tion :—" These," said Mr. SADLER, " 'are really honest-
hearted fellows. Ido sincerely hope none of them will be
harmed for voting for lee." Nerd we say more ?—Newark
Times.

We are glad to state that all the cotton•works
at Johnst ,ne, amounting to eighteen, are in full operation,
and the work-people in good s,.irits. The hand-loom
weavers, amounting to 150, are pretty well employed.
The colliers in that quarter are at present averaging a
pound a week. In Kil:tarelian the weaving is also looking
better. Work is more plentiful, and the weavers who
were employed i❑ improvements about the v'dlage, are get-
ting work at their own trade. The crop in the neigh-
bourhood is most luxuriant, anti has not been equalled for
twelve years past. It has neatly been got into the barn-
yard in safety.— Glabriow Chrohick.

NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FA llt.--On Friday
cheese Wits dull of sale, and, except fancy dairies, did not
produce more than 42e. to 495. ; on S,turday it was still
lower, and much tema;ned unsold. Light horses sold
best, but al kinds experience great reduction ; fat stock
was als a little in demand, at about O. per .s.tone.
Newark Ti nes,

THE EAST INDIA NAVAL SERVICE.
The investigation which has for some weeks past
been fr&ng en at the India House, relative to
Fr,r, ref eg- i Captain Thomas Larkins,
Connna,der of the Honourable Company's ship
f:s f.;:niden, ermi, :red yestes day. The re-
`flit ofpe.cx:•ited :s much feel.
ing among those eng4ged in the nay.il service of the
East India Company as a late Court-martial did in
his Majesty's Navy.
The charges preferred by Mr. I hyle tt, C.iptain
Larhins's chief officer, were tiled before the Ship-
ping Committee, Captain William Stanley Clarke,
President of the Cour'.
The following is the official statement of the
charges preferred against Captain Larkins:—
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMITTEE OF SIIIP-