The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-01 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

A new comic drama, entitled the Turf, from the
pen of Mr. Ark Lemon, was produced at this theatre,
last night, and was fully successful. The whole plot
turns upon one -of those tricks which are practised in
manifold ways on the Derby day. The leading eha-
meter is Clovis Culpepper (Mr. Bartley), late grocer
in the Barbican, who, having received a legacy, re •
tires with his wife (Mrs. Hamby) to the fashionable
quarters of Montagu-place, Russell-square. Here
Culpepper determines to start for a gentleman, and
having made acquaintance with a Captain Flatooker
(Mr. Walter Lacy), a lounger about Tattersall's, is
led, on the Derby day, to book some thousands on the
favourite horse, Woodman, the property of Squire
Warren (Mr. F. 11Iatthew's). Flatooker had tried
in vain, on account of his reputation, to
to be accepted by Squire Warren's daughter (Miss
Lee) ; and he now uses Culpepper for the double
purpose of making money and gaining a character.
Of course the grocer loses his cash, and, worst of all,
Squire Warren, who has upheld the turf like a true
country gentleman for the encouragement of sport, is
ruined by his bets. The trainer's uneasy conscience,
and the hints of the jockey, John Trusty (Mr. Ridg-
way), betray the secret. The Captain offers to gua-
rantee all 'the losings if he can but carry off the daugh-
ter ; the Squire re.;ects all such base offers, and sifts
tha whole to the foundation. The sharpers, to raise
money on the pinch, have induced Culpepper to make
a compromise, by paying 3,0001. in a cheque, with
which they are about to " bolt" to France, when it is
discovered that Clovis Culpepper is not entitled to the
legacy, that a stop is placed upon the money at his
bankers, and the " biters" are regularly " bit." The
piece not only carried with it a good moral, but was
sharp and witty in its dialogue, and was throughout
excellently acted. The house was very full, and it
was announced for repetition amid hearty applause.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

W. C. Towers, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Towers, at
Nelson's Hotel,
Portland-place, from a tour; Major
Hobart and Mrs. Hobart, at ditto, from Exeter ; Mrs.
Purcel and G. Pureul, at ditto, from Calais; George
Reid, Esq., and Miss Reid, at ditto, from Ostend; C.
G. Parker, Esq., at ditto, from Chelmsford, Essex.
DEPARTURES.

Mrs. Alleyne and Miss M'Culloch, from Nelson's
Hotel, Portland-place, for Oxford; Major-General
Monteath, from ditto, for Madras.

Thanks to Sir IL Peel's tariff, American cured
meats are placed within the reach of the poor of
Halifax, at very low prices; but are accompanied by
a vigorous competition, at proportionably low prices,
of fresh beef in our market. Last week no less than
61 fat beasts were slaughtered at the Halifax New-
market—an unprecedented number. The competi-
tion of the butchers has Ileduced the Halifax prices
about Isd. per lb.—Hal/fax Guardian.
EXHUMATION 01' BATMAN BoNEs.—The men en-
gaged in digging up that part of Oxford-street, for-
merly known as Oxford-road, threw up, yesterday
morning, two skulls and other bones, belonging to the
human species, but they were in such a decayed state,
that Mr. Coroner Higgs, after consulting with the
authorities, declined holding an inquest upon them, as
it would be impossible to say how the parsons to whom
they belonged came by their death. The general sup-
position is, that where they were found formed a por-
tion of one of the old metropolitan burial places. The
bones were ordered to be deposited in the parish
churchyard.

PEDESTELLNISAL—A first-rate pedestrian match,
which drew together upwards of a thousand spec-
tators, took place yesterday in the Wandsworth-road.
It was a six-mile race, for 101. a-side, between Samuel
East and John Pink, two men who, although termed
novices, have before acquired some celebrity as walk-
ing men. The ground selected for the match was
from the two-mile-stone between the Goat's Head,
and the Stags, or Spring Wells Tavern, to the third
mile-stone and back (a mile out and a mile in), and
at three o'clock, the whole of the parties being on the
ground, the umpires and referee were chosen. Bet-
ting was in favour of East ; but there was a great
deal laid out at even that the winner would not ac-
complish the six miles under fifty-eight minutes. At
a quarter-past three the start took place. East took
the lead in going off and maintained it in the most
gallant style, never giving his opponent a shadow of
a chance, and winning, without being in the slightest
degree distressed, by nearly half-a-mile. He accom-
plished the distance in fifty-five minutes and, a few
seconds, and exhibited in his style of walking con-
siderable freedom and excellence.
THE ARMY.— CHANGE or REGIMENTS.-teYgiemSteenri
day morning three companies of the 15th
of Foot,*ander the command of Captain Cuthbert
marched from Windsor to
trao Watford f
Manchester,e do distancer(a
m:nina, b 3
up-
wards of 20 miles), where they were billeted for the
tnoigpitr.mi willßirmingham, and
proceedthen thence this 'wrdlre,
he
way'
it
is expected, the regiment will remain during the win-
ter. The 2d division, under the command of Major
Smith, will leave Windsor to-day, proceeding to Man-
chester by the same route ; and the 3d or head quar-
ters
'division, commanded b 12,00rn d
uDrought,ctof the men
leave Windsor to-morrow. The
during the several months the regiment has been in
garrison at Windsor has been, generally good,
the good,an
and
nearly equal to that of the men co
regi-
ment it succeeded, the 72d, one of the best disciplined
corps in her Majesty's service.