The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-24 00:00:00

,he Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign Office.

The American Minister and the Right Hon,
STRATFORD CANNING transacted business yesterday at the
Mee of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Strathfieldsaye, the seat of the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON, is speedily to be a scene of great gaiety, where a
shooting party of distinguished characters are to be enter-
tained by his Grace. The estate abounds in game, parti-
cularly pheasants; and it is probable that politics will be
blended with pleasure, as the Administration, it is under-
stood, will have an accession of strength in the Cabinet on
the meeting of Parliament in February.—Morning Advt.
MAHMOUD IL—The Sultan has only one
son left, ABDUL MEDSHID, born April 20, 1823, who is
the presumptive heir. The number of his daughters is
considerable. He has seven lawful consorts and many
concubines. If his family should become extinct, his
throne will be claimed by the descendants of the late Tar-
tarian Khans of the Crimea, and the family of GHERAI,
which likewise is descended from the famous GENOIS
KHAN of Tartary.

We have frequently had to record the benevo-
lent acts of the Earl of EGREMONT ; and we have now to
add to the list the following, which has just come to our
knowledge. A very short time ago a clergyman in the
west of Sussex abandoned his wife and family, and went to
France, leaving them in great distress. The circumstance
was communicated to the Earl of EGREMONT, who did not
appear to notice it at the time; but on his return home,
after eleven o'clock at night, his Lordship drew up a
paper, settling an annuity of 2bl. a year upon the wife. It
is gratifying to record such an instance of charity, and w-
can only say to those who have the power to follow the exe
ample—" Go and do thou likewise."—Brighton Gazette.

MISS SAIITHSON.—We are glad that Miss
S3IITHSON has recovered from her sudden indisposition—
she reappeared last night in Belvidera. The overpower-
ing and absorbent affection which Belvidera entertains for
her husband, together with her madness and death, Miss
SMITHSON delineated with the most vivid reality and truth.
It was altogether a picture of the most exquisite beauty,
intelligence, and power. The house continues to fill at
first price on the nights of Miss S.'s performance.— Glas-
gow Courier.

We have just heard that the veteran DowToN,
MaLaosE, Mrs. WAYLETT, and many others of equal ce-
lebrity, with l'Eacr FARREN as Manager, will shortly
open the winter campaign at the West London ; and if
Mr. Cunnr, the eminent flutist, may be taken as a sample
of the band, it must be pronounced one of the most select
in the metropolis.

ACTRESSES.—The Greeks, as ST. AUGUS-
TINE, informs us, did not consider the profession of a
player as dishonourable. Ipsos scenicos non turpes judi-
carerunt, &c. The more prudish Romans, however, were
less tolerant ; and we find in the Code various constitu-
tions levelled against actors, forbidding Senators to marry
actresses ; but this was afterwards relaxed by JUSTINIAN,
who had broken it himself. He permitted such marriages
to take place on obtaining the consent of the EMPEROR,
and afterwards without, so that the lady quitted the stage
and changed her manner of life. —Edinburgh Review.
" SHAKSPEAHE'S LIFE AND TIMES."---
A new drama, partly historical and partly imaginative, is
now in rehearsal at Covent-garden Theatre, and will shortly
be produced. CHARLES K EMBLE will represent the Bard
of Avon ; and KEELEY, a sort of Juvenile Shakspeare;
WRENCH will personate Tarleton—an actor of no mean
celebrity, and one of the witty companions of SHAK-
SPEARE and of BEN JoNsoN ; Burbage, one of the
partners of SHARSPEARE, will be acted by Mr. WARD ;
Lord Southampton, by ABBOT ; Sir Thomas Lucy
(the proprietor of the park where the legend has it that
SIIAKSPEARE stole the deer), by BARTLEY ; Dr. Ortho-
dox, by BLANcHAAD ; the Justice, by MEADOWS ; and
Slyboots, by RUSSELL; the Mother of Shakespeare,
Mrs. GIBBS ; and Queen Elizabeth, by Miss LACY.
These, we understand, are the principal characters. The
drama is in two acts, and is reported to be written with
peculiar neatness and elegance, especially the first act. The
author, a highly accomplished gentleman, is quite new to
the stage. The play was sent anonymously to a friend
of Mr. CHARLES KE3IBLE.

On Wednesday, and, by adjournment, on
Friday, an inquest was held at Henley Castle on the body
of SARAH MAYO. This was a case of a very melancholy
nature. The deceased, about twenty-two years of age, was
in the service of Mr. F. W. LUCY, farmer, of the parish
named, and with whom she had lived about two years.
About six o'clock on the the morning of Monday se'nnight
some words arose between her and her master's son, 111r.W.
LUCA, in the course of which the latter called her a ----,
and she retorted with the epithet of liar. This appears to
have so exasperated young LUCY, and thrown him off his
guard, that he struck her more than once or twice ; a
struggle follower], and she fell to the ground. According
to the testimony of one of the men-servants, who witnessed
the transaction, the deceased, on rising, was i❑ tears, and
sighed deeply, observing at the same time, that he (Lucy)
" would be sorry for what he had done." She then left
the house, and nothing further was seen or heard of her
until about three o'clock the same afternoon, when her body
was discovered by the elder Mr. Lucr in a moat, at the
distance of about twenty yards from the kitchen in which
the quarrel took place, and into which the unhappy girl
plunged herself whilst under the influence of extreme ex-
citement and agitation of feelings at what had taken place.
The jury returned their verdict to the effect, " That the
deceased SARAH MAYO, being in a lunatic and distracted
state of mind, did throw herself into a pond of water, and
was there drowned, and that such distraction of mind was
produced from ill treatment received from WILLIAM LUCY,
the younger, of the parish of Hartley Castle, gentleman,"—
Worcester Journal.