The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-15 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.

Prince Rusky, Earl and Countess of Southampton, Earl Beau.
champ, Dowager Lady Rodney, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Noel, Sir
Edmund Carrington, M.P. Sir Harford Jones, Colonel Rodney,
Colonel Baines, Major Harrison, Major Sankey, Rev. Mr. Fold-
ing, Rev. Mr. Barber, Rev. Mr. Jenkins, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Easton, Captain A. J. Griffiths, R.N. Captain Anderson, R.N.
Captain Light, Captain Kay, Captain Cunningham, Captain
Coulthard, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Eccles, Mr. Mrs. and Miss
Wheble, Mr. and Mrs. Dore, Mr. and Miss Preston, Mr. and
Mrs. Lemaistre, Lcng, Webb and family, Gilbert, Ricardo,
G. S. Dove, Messrs. George Morgan, Hodgkinson, Bath, Hardy,
E. Smith, P. F. Tinne, Cunningham, Holdship, Smith, Lee,
Brown, Horton, J Long, Harford, Higgins, R.N., W. Vaughan,
Bellew, C. Coventry, H. M.• Pope, Foster, G. Parkhouse, Glan-
ville, C. Johnston, Evans, Talfourd, Resser, Polhill, Horace.
Twiss, M.P. Sircomb, Perkes, Biscoe, Higgins, Butler, Bid-
dulph, Walford, G. Twyning, Western, Fox, Hackett, Beck-
with, :Nicholas, Abington, Spottiswood, L 3 mburner, Dean,
Prater, Pilgrim, Simpson, Browning, G. S. Butler, Longridge,
Warton, G. W. Marriott, Mistresses Sykes, Woulfe, B. Hod-
son, Barclay, Waller, Fentham, Kyan, Geale, De Crespigny,
York and family, J. Sanford, Fry, Holden, Dean, Molony,
Misses Boynton, Burton, Rawlinson, &c.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came
to town yesterday morning front their residence in Bushy-
park. The Princess SOPHIA paid a visit to their Royal
Highnesses, and partook of a dejeunc at two o'clock with
her Royal relatives. The Duke and Duchess left their
residence in the King's Palaee, St. James's, about half-past
five o'clock, on their return to Bushy.

The Spanish Minister and the Saxon Charge
d'Affaires had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN
yesterday, at the Foreign-office.

Despatches were brought to the Foreign-
office on Monday night, from Lord HE'TESBUKY, at St.
Petersburgh.

The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke de
LAVAL MONT3IORENCY yesterday, at his residence is
Portland-place.

Sir BROOK TAYLOR, Minister to the Court
of Berlin, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.

Mr. Secretary PEEL has left town on a visit
to his father, at Drayton-park, Staffordshire.
We have reason to fear that the KING will
not arrive at Brighton so soon as was at first anticipated.
His MAJESTY'S arrival had been expected this day, but
we now learn the visit will not take place till a more dis-
tant period—probably several weeks from the present
time.—Brighton Gazette of this day.

Captain Sir J. BRENTON is appointed to the
.Donegal, guard ship, at Sheerness. The Talavera, of
74 guns, H. PIGOT, Esq. Capt iin, is fitting out at Sheer-
ness for foreign service.—Maidstone Journal.

Captain MIGNAN announces for immediate
publication his " Travels in Chaldsea, including a Journey
from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillab, and Babylon, performed
on foot in the year 1827, with Observations on the Sites
and Remains of Babel, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon." The
work is expected to throw much new light on the accounts
of former travellers, particularly BUCKINGHAM, Kxr-
FELL, Ilictr, and Major RENNELL. The author has been
enabled to append many valuable notes, as well as transla-
tions of numerous curious Arabic inscriptions, which have
hitherto been inaccessible to the public.
A WIFE'S REASON FOR ELOPING.--A
person, named GEORGE PERKINS, of Biddeford (United
States), cautioned the public by advertisement not to give
credit to his wife, who had left his bed and board, and
" refused to perform the marriage covenant." To which
the wife replied by advertisement in these lines
" When George would whip me night and day,
(If it wa'n't for that, I shouldn't),
I took my bed and went away—
And pray who's there that wouldn't?
" Biddeford, Aug. 24, 1829." " CHRISTIANA PERKINS."

WINTER IN AUSTRALIA.-Mr. MARTIN
exemplifies by a fact that the winters of New South
Wales are delightfully mild. He has placed at night, at
Paramatta, a vessel of milk under a tree in his garden,
and in the morning, while eating the iced cream, plucked
the ripe and ripening oranges and citrons. Frequently a
second crop of pears and other summer fruits is produced
in winter, and trees blossom again. The same gentleman
mentions a very curious fact. The increase of population,
he says, has been most rapid, and is to be accounted for by
the number of females born, the proportion being, with re-
gard to males, as three to one ! The great preponderating
number of females brought forth among domesticated ani-
mals will account for the countless herds of cattle which
overspread the colony.

Upon the subject of Free Trade, the New
York Herald has the following remark :—" We are re-
peatedly told by the friends of free-trade, that our restric-
tive policy prevents Great Britain front taking from us our
bread-stuff.. But the fallacy is sufficiently exposed, when
we find efforts made on all hands to preserve the Eng-
lish Corn Laws, and to sustain a state of currency favour-
able to high prices. Great Britain does not want our corn,
and will take it only in times of scarcity. She protects
her home industry—her agriculture. And shall we do
less. What would be the object of Great Britain in buying
corn cheap, if her agriculturists were to be starved and
ruined ? And we may ask, what object is there in this
country purchasing British manufactures dog cheap, if we
have not the money with which to pay for them?"
It is said to be under the consideration of the
new Commissioners of Police to raise the salaries of the
officers, their present pay of one guinea per week, after the
deductions for clothing are made, not being considered
sufficient.—Morning Paper.—[This, we believe, is a
mistake. The Commissioners have, indeed, an opinion
(in which it is impossible not to concur) that the present
pay of the policemen is insufficient; but they will adopt
means to improve their condition without much increasing
the charge to the public. They intend to allow a suffi-
cient quantity of coals weekly to the men, and to give
them the opportunity of purchasing all the other neces-
saries of life at contract prices; by this means the guinea
per week will be equal to 28s. under ordinary circum-
stances.]— Globe.

We have been requested to caution the public
against some rascals, who are now in this part of the
country, laying informations against tradesmen and others
for accidental emissions or commissions. These fellows
appear to have no other mode of obtaining a livelihood
than by taxing people in trade, who with the best motives
may not always be aware of the technicalities required by
law. We heard of one instance in which two of these
fellows sought to inform against a dealer in rags, &c.
merely becau.e he had not annexed to his sign the words
dealer in marine stores:" the worthy Magistrate be-
fore whom the informers wtnt, treated them with
the indignant contempt they deserved, and dismissed
the case. These observation do not apply to those really
useful informations, one species of which is alluded to in a
subsequent col►mn. It is laudable to enforce a perfor-
mance of the useful parts of the law, but it is not ne-
cessary to t ►ke advantage of quirks and quibbles.—.-Boston
Gazette,