The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

GIBRALTAR, OCT. 27.—The Owen Glendower
convict ship, Mr. Bradshaw, master, arrived on the
22d instant., in nine days from Portsmouth, having on
board 200 convicts to be employed on the fortifications
and in the Dockyard of the garrison ; also some su-
pernumerary seamen for the Mediterranean squadron.
She has been stripped of her rigging, and moored off
the Dockyard, where she is to remain stationed.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Prometheus arrived
from Malta on the 23d, with the mail for England,
and sailed again on the evening. sif the 24th with that
brought out by the Montrose packet. Her Majesty's
ship Rodney was to sail from Malta two days after
the Prometheus left, to relieve her Majesty:4s ship
Formidable, at Gibraltar, which latter ship is to pro-
ceed to Malta.

Considerable improvements are being made in the
fortificatithikof this garrison. A large battery was
inaugurated on the 25th in the Salatneda, by his Ex-
cellency the Governor, Sir F. Woodford, K.C.8., un-
der the name of Queen Victoria's Battery. The
whole of the troops of the garriseal were drawn out
on the occasion, and a Royal salute was fired from the
saluting battery.
Ships at Gibraltar—The Formidable, 84 ; Savage,
10; and steam-vessel Lizard.

ALICE LOWE:CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.--
The notoriety of the case of Alice -Lowe and Lord
Frankfort, with the verdict of the Jury in her favour
induced' the managers of this theatre to speculate on
the chance of her attraction on the stage, and she made
her appearance on Monday in two characters—Lucy
Lovetrick, in the Dead Shot, and Mrs. Somerton, in
the burletta of My Neighbour's Wife. The announce-
ment drew together the largest audience of the season

—box, pit, and gallery were crowded to the ceiling.
On the appearance of the young lady she was greeted
with the most deafening applause, which she returned
with some grace. Her acting was tolerable, and at the
conclusion of the piece she advanced to speak a few
lines written for the occasion; her feelings, however,
overcame her, and after saying something about " the
immortal bard, lovely woman, an unhappy maid, and
no wife," she fell on the stage. Mr. Johnson, one of
the actors, came to her assistance, and the curtain
fell. A loud call was made for her before the cur-
tain, and Mr. Dunn, the manager, appeared to beg the
indulgence of the audience on her in conse-
quence of the exhausted state of her feelings. The
audience were most indulgent, and the manager re-
tired with applause. As a matter of speculation the
lessees will be gainers, judging from the first night,—
' Adverttser. .

—„
STATE OF TRADE IN PAISIXY.—The hopes of im-
proved trade continue to be disappointed, and from
their utter inability to obtain eniprOyment, the num-
bers on the relief list are rapidly on the increase. The
additional numbers last week amounted to no less than
523, and the total amount of those" 4ependent on the
Relief Committee is again swelled up to seven thou-
sand persons. In addition to this increase in the
number of distressed operative manufacturers, great
suffering also exists amongst the labourers dependent
on agricultural work, who, either from the poverty
of the farmer, the dryness of the season, or some other
cause we are unaware of, are thrown idle almost
universally, leaving themselves and families in a state
of destitution almost indescribable. Sometimes about
200 of these men, heads of families, are going about
the town ready to labour at any wages, but unable to
get work. These labourers have been denied all
assistance whatever from the ordinary Relief Com-
mittee ; but, in the expectation of being supported
with subscriptions at the forthcoming county meet-
ing, the Committee of the county appointed at Ren-
frew have been giving a very age gratuitous food to
a few of the most destitute families, and from a dozen

to twenty families have also been sent home to their
native places, some of them to the Highlands, but the
most of them to Ireland.—Glasgow Argus.
TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION --A special
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rules of this Society. The Institution was formed
for the benefit of decayed members of
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Mr. Stulz, the celebrated tailor, has r tea p the
Institution with six almshouses and a chapel, to be
added to others already built by the I •
Institution. The
new rule submitted on Monday
of investing Mr. Stultz with
the power of nominating
two pensioners on the Institution. The rule was
passed without a dissentient voice. Mr. Stultz has
been a benefactor to this Institution"to the amount of
12,0001., and is the President of the Institution.
THE ASTEROIDS OF NOVEMBER.—The periodical
return of the shooting stars, which for some years
past have attracted much attention from astronomical
and meteorological observers throughout Europe, may
be expected on the evening of Friday and morning of
Saturday next, the 11th and 12th inst. For several
years their annual revolutions have been noticed in
the months of August and November, but the atmos-
phere in France and Italy having been the most fa-
vourable for observations, they have in those countries
excited most notice. Their usual appearance, as
noticed abroad, has been a series of bright scintilla-
tions, emanating chiefly from the constellation Lyra.
In some cases they have been noticed in rapid motion
m 150 to 200 have
from eight to ten hours, and fro
been seen by observers. The years 1839 and 1840
were favourable for observation in the neighbour-
hood of the metropolis, when the " asteroids" pre_
ceded the singular phenomena of the aurora borealis,
which then excited so much attention. The prevalent
opinion of astronomers is that they are the re • of
mains
former planets, split by some internal convulsion, or the
approach of a comet, which are only visible withinfihe
range of these periods of its revolutions in its orbit.
Their appearance within the last few years has been
attended with some curious meteorological pheno-
mena, which in the present week will be meteorological
the object of
investigation by many of the metropolitan and pro-
vincial Societies by a series of simultaneous observa-
tions which have been agreed upon,
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEM —The Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests have given notice that
it is their intention to apply to Parliament early Bext
session for an Act empowering them to widen and
improve-that part of the carriage-road and side-foot-
way of Piccadilly, in the parish of St. George's,
Hanover-square, which lies between Bolton-street, on
the east, and P
ark-lane, on the west, and to take and
use for that purpose (by her Majesty's permissida) b 0
much of the Green-park, in the parish of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields, as will make it of a uniform width of
seventy feet ; it is likewise intended by the said Act
to sever that portion of the Green-park so used from
the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and annex it
to that of St. George's, Hanover-square, so that after
the carriage and footway shall be levelled and paved
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, they
shall be henceforth maintained and kept in rep'sFrr by
the parish of St. George's, IIRHOVET-Square.
THE GRAVE-YARDS OF THE METROPOLIS.—A peti-
tion to the House of Commons is now in course of
signature among the householders find inhabitants of
the Strand and Drury-lane, praying for the closing of
the various burial-grounds in that vicinity. The
Petitioners contend that the overcharged_ state of the
various grave-yards in the neighbourhood is destruc-
tive to the health of the inhabitants, and therefore
pray that Parliament will take such steps, at the ear-
liest possible period, as may lead to the abolition of
the present system of interment. The -petition has
already received between 7,000 and 8,000 SlenatprOE.

THEAXRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 9,
Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin..
eipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly,
Wright, Sterling, 'Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P.
Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly. &c.
After which, a New Comic Barletta, called AN I ONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss
Murray.
To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giubilei.
To concleywith DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 9,
Will 'be presented an entirely New Nautical Drama, en-
titled THg UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P.
Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville,
Smith, Heslop; Mrs. R. Bonner. and the entire Company.
New scenery and splendid nautical effects never beforeattempted.
After which, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS. Burl, Mr.
H. Hughes; Ellen Murray, Mrs. H. Vining.
To conclude with the Comic Drama of MILITARY TAC-
TICS; or, THE LADY AND THE LANCER.
Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
the Bo* office, from eleven to four.