The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Colonelcy of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of
Infantry has become vacant by the death of General Sir
John Murray, Bart. G.C. H.

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A Detachment belonging to the 13th Regiment of Light
Dragoons marched yesterday morning, from Westminster,
for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone.

. .
A Detachment belonging to the 7I st Regiment of In-
fantry marched yesterday morning, from Ilre3tminster, for
Hull. ••

A Detachment belonging to the 14th and 40th Regi-
ments of Foot embarked yesterday, on board a steata-vesstl
in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham.
One Troop of the 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards is
ordered to be relieved at Dursley by a Troop belonging to
the same corps, from Dorchester.

The Ist Dragoon Guards have passed through
this city, since. our last publication, on their route from
Newbridge to Cork.—Leinster Journal.

On Monday morning the troops of the 4th
Royal Irish Dragoon Guards stationed at our barracks, left
Weymouth for Dorchester, to the regret of all ranks.—
Dorset County Chronicle.

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His Royal Highness held a Levee, which was numerously
attended. The Duchess of CLARENCE visited the Princes
-AucusTA, at her residence, in the King's Palace, St.
James's. The Princess SOPHIA
.also visited the Princess
AUGUSTA. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE returned
to Bushy in the afternoon.

The Ambassador from the- Netherlands and
the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign Office.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL continues at Coombe
Wood ; the health of his Lordship has during the last few
weeks slightly improved. The Noble Earl, accompanied
by his Countess, takes an airing in his carriage daily when
the weather is fine.

SHOREU Am.----The number of carriages pass-
ing through this place to ay.' from Brighton, during the
last ten days, has been very great. The sportsmen of the
neighbouring villages are somewhat disappointed with re-
gard to pheasant shooting, as the pheasants are very few in
number this season.

The report that Madame Caradori has with-
drawn herself from the Corps of the King's Theatre is in-
correct. —She is on the Continent, but will return to Eng-
land early in December, for the purpose Of fulfilling an en-
gagement which she has entered into with the lessees of
the Opera House for the ensuing season.
Madame Fearon,, the Prima Donna of St.
Carlos, Naples, is engaged at Covent Garden Theatre by
Mr. Kemble, to sing two nights a week—and by' Mr.
Bochsa for two other nights in each week at the King's
Theatre. The public will be gratified by scientific excel-
lence on alternate nights at both these houses. Mr.
Lanza cannot be too much commended for the exertien he
has wade to persuade Madame Fearon to visit this country.
MADAME RONZI DE BEGNIS.—ThiS de-
lightful vocalist, we are happy to state, has recovered her
voice, and is now in London. Great offers are made to
her and the Signor (her husband) by the Proprietors of
the Italian Opera, in Petersburgh ; but it is not yet de..
tided whether they will accept them. We hope the En-
irepreseurs of our Italian Opera, (whoever they may be)
will avail themselves of the talents of this distinguished
couple.

MADf:MOISELLE MAILS.—The. girl Con-
stance Richard, femme de chatnbre of Mademoiselle Mars,
has, as we stated, been arrested, and she has p.aswered all
the questions put to her by positive denials. When she
was reminded that she had already appeared at the bar of
the Cuort of Assize, she replied that they confounded her
with another person, but that she had certainly been arrested
in the Duchess of St. -Leu's (Hortense) affair, but it was
on a charge of conspiracy,--Franck Paper.
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On Monday e-,:ening, Miss Foote appeared as
an eccentric ldminary on the Tewkesbury stage, in her
favourite character of Letitia Hardy on which occasion
she was honoured by one of the most crowded houses ever
witnessed ; and her performance excited the most general
and animating applause. Several of her songs were sung
in an exceedingly gracefid and powerful style, and were en-
cored. She sustained the' part of Rosalind, in As You
Like
It, on Tuesday, when, as on the preceding evening,
the house was filled to repletion....— Cheltenham Chronicle.
SALE OF EAST INDIA SlLKS.—Yester-
day morning the sale of the East India Company's Bengal
raw silk terminated. The whole quantity offered, viz.,
2,400 bales, having been purchased at a considerable ad-
vance on the last sale. The contention to obtain the
coarser description was greater than recollected for a long
time past, and, making allowance for the late improve-
ment in the silk trade, the quotations obtained since Mon-
day have been much above what was at all expected.- The
silks are divided into three classes—the first, consisting of
the finer and better qualities, have gone from one to two
per cent. advance on the last sale; the middling sorts from
six to eight per cent. ; and the more inferior descriptions,
of which the larger portion of the Company's declaration
consists, from 10 to 12 per cent. higher than last
The prices obtained at the for Mer sale were, upon an aver-
age, five per rent, above those obtained at the February
sale ; thus making an improvement in the quotations of
East India silks, since the commencement of the present
year, of not less than from 10 to 15 per cent. The sale
of privileged raw silk has, just commenced, for which
equally high prices are expected to be gives. The extra-
ordinary high prices given for East India produced a cor-
responding advance in all other descriptions
a degree s
tionsof silks ;
upon the whole, it may with truth he stated that the silk
ntrade,
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ness