The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-03 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, from Broadstairs,
for the Bail of Winchelsea's seat in Kent; Lord and Lady
Churchill, from Newmarket, for their scat in Oxfordshire; the
Earl and Countess Gower, from the Marquis of Stafford's seat,
Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, for their scat, Lilleshall, Salop;
\V. A. Roberts, Esq., from Newmarket, for the Duke of Dor-
set's seat, Drayton House, Northamptonshire; Colonel and
Lady Harriet Forde, from the Burlington Hotel, for Ireland ;
Sir Jenison Gordon, Bart., from ditto, for his seat, Haverhohn
Priory, Lincolnshire ; Wm. Hawkins, Esq., from the Bristol
Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent; Lord William Mon-
tague, from the Berners Hotel, Berner's-street, fur Gerrard's
Cross ; Lady Hughes and the Misses Hughes, from ditto, for
Ramsgate; the Archdeacon Probyn, Mrs. and Miss Probyn,
from ditto, for Longhope, Gloucestershire.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to his
residence at Kew, from a visit to his MAJESTY at the
Royal Lodge in Windsor-park on Sunday evening. His
Royal Highness came to town yesterday morning, and in
the afternoon returned to Kew.

The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke o
WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury.

The French Ambassador had a long confer-
ence with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday morning.
The Spanish Minister had an interview with the Noble
Earl yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office.
Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.

The Marquis of DOURO arrived in town yes,
terday afternoon from Portsmouth.

The Bavarian Minister, Count MUNSTER,
Count MAtrucEwin, Monsieur ROTH, and Monsieur DE
NEUMANN, were of the dinner party given by the Duke of
WELLINGTON on Sunday evening at his residence in
Downing-street.

Mr. T. P. COURTENAY, Vice-President o

the Board of Trade, left town on Friday night for Paris.
Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD arrived in town
on Sunday morning, from a visit to the Marquis of HERT-
roan, at Sudborn Hall, Suffolk.

Mr. HUSKISSON left the seat •of the Marquis
of Henrrotto, Sudborn Hall, on Thursday. On his way
to town the Right Hon. Grnt;man remained to enjoy a
day's shooting at the seat of Lord RENDLESHAM, at Hen-
dleshatn Haul, Suffolk. Mr. 11. arrived in town on Friday
night.

On Monday evening, the 2d inst. a General
Assembly of the Academ'cicars was held at the apartments
of the Royal Academy of Arts, in Somerset-house, when
CHARLES RountT Coca:sand., Esq. was elected an As—
sociate of that Institution.

DOVER, Nov. 2.—At a Common Council

held this day, GEORGE BAKER, Esq. of St. Stephens, near
Canterbury, was unanimously elected Recorder of Dover,
in the room of the late WILLIAM KENRICK, Esq., and the
Freedom of the Town of Dover was at the same time un-
animously voted to him.

It is currently reported in the literary circles
that Mr. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, the Nithsdale bard, has
purchased one of the Newspapers in the south of Scot-
land, and purpooes to take upon himself the Editorship of
the paper.— Carlisle Journal.

Madame PASTA is engaged at the King's
Theatre for the approaching season.--Furet de Londres.

LISTON is said to have an exceedingly droll
part in the forthcoming new two-act piece announced for
this evening. Miss Moitakywr has also a part in it. It
is entitled Snakes in the Grass, and is attribnted to the
pen of Mr. BUCKSTONE, of the Adelphi Theatre, who al-
ready stands before the public as a successful dramatist.

Mr. H. WALL ACK, we are sorry to hear,
having met with an accident, was unable to perform last
night in Julius Gesar—he will re-appear as soon as he has
recovered from its effects.

TALMA, in his recitation of the French tra-
gedians, carried to such an extreme his peculiar taste for
concealing the rhyme and relieving the ear from the mono-
tony of versification, that a celebrated poet once said to him,
with great naivete, that he " recited his verses so well, be
should not know them again.

MR. BANNISTER.—The Chronicle, speak-
ing of this admirablelactor's performance of Tristram Fic-
kle, in the Weathercock, says, " We shall never forget the
energetic vivacity of BANNISTER ; how be bounded about

the stage, despite of occasional fits of the gout, and how
the words started from his lips like the cork from a bottle of
champaigne. The la.st time we saw him, he was hobbling
along Tavistock-place, by the aid of the area railings and
a stou; cane, is la pilgrim and the peas ; but his eye had
not lost a spark of its spirit, nor his mouth a particle of its
benevolent expression."

We learn, by letters received from Malta, that
2,500 English troops were to be embarked for the lonian
Islands.—French Paper.

A correspondent, residing in Bristol, requests
us to insert the following recipe for rendering leather im-
pervious to water :—Take of frankincense one ounce; olive
oil, four ounces; oil of turpentine, twelve ounces. Dis-
solve the frankincense in olive oil by gently boiling, and,
when nearly cold, add the turpentine." He directs a little
of this mixture to be well rubbed into the inside of the
shoes or boots before they are worn, about every second day
for a week, and once outside. For ladies shoes, sup-
posing the smell of turpentine may be unpleasant to their
delicate olfactory organs, he advises two ounces of the oil
of spike lavender to be added. This composition, he says,
will not only render the leather completely impervious to
water, but also supple, and protect it against the caustic
quality of the fashionable blackings of the day. He par-
ticularly recommends it to sporting gentlemen, and those
who suffer from corns or bunions.—Berkshire Chronicle.

MESSRS. BRAITHWAITE AND ERICSSON'S
STEA M-ENG I N —We understand that it is intended to
apply the principle of these gentlemen's steam apparatus,
the superiority of which was satisfactorily proved during
the recent experiments on the railroad, to the propelling of
vessels. A vessel is forthwith to be fitted up with their
angine, and the experiment will, we hear, be made as soon
as it is complete. One of its great recommendations will
consist in tie saving of fuel, as well an in the dead weight
in coal which every steam-vessel is compelled to carry for
use during a voyage. A small quantity of coke will, it is
conjectured, enable a steamer, fitted up with Messrs.
BRAITHWAITE and ERICWN'S patent engine, to cross from
England to Ireland, and vice versa. These gentlemen's
apparatus will, it is thought, be admirably adapted for
inland navigation, from the ease with which it works;
and there is some intention of trying it on the Shannon,
under the auspices of the Irish Inland Navigation Com-
pany, recently formed by C. W. WILLIAMS, Esq., of this
town.—Liverpool Chronicle.

An undertaking of some importance as re-
gards the prosperity of our coloniee in North America, is
about to be submitted to the monied interest of the city,
with the view of obtaining the degree of assistance requi-
site for its completion. We refer to the formation of a
canal in Nova Scotia, from the town of Halifax to the
Bay of Mines, by which a very circuitous and danger.
ous sea navigation will be avoided, and this, according to
the estimates prepared, at an extremely moderate ex-
pence, more than half the distance being practicable by
the natural advantages which the lakes and rivers pre-
sent. The whole cost is calculated at 75,000/, of which
18,000/. has been subscribed for in Halifax, to which a
donation of 15,0001. has been added by the provincial
legislature, leaving the sum of 42,000/. to be provided
for in England. The legislature of Neva Scotia has fur-
ther voted an annual grant of 1,5001. fur ten years, to
assist in defraying the interest on further loans or subscrip-
tions. A considerable portion of the 'canal is already
completed, and the, whole is to be made navigable for ves-
sels drawing eight feet of water. We have seen, how-
ever, no estimate of the annual sum expected to be de-
rived from the passing of ships through this canal, on
which of course its fitness as an investment of capital will
depend. •