The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-09 00:00:00

GENERAL MINA.

PLYSiouTn. DEC. 6.—On Monday the General
•
invited the officers of the French brig Cuirassier to dine with
him at the Royal Hotel : the invitation was accepted, and the
officers, on coming on shore, first waited on their Consul,
J. Hawker, Esq., and then retired to the hotel, where they
dined with he General, and aftewards accompanied him to the
Play. The French officers speak in the highest terms of him,
and the General has
.purchased several very valuable presents
which he intends giving to the officers of the Cuirassier, as a
• ' mark of his esteem, and in return for their kindness and atten-
tion to him during the voyage.
' On Tuesday General Mina dined, by invitation from Gene-
: ral Sir John Cameron, K.C.8., our Connuander4n.Cidef, at
the Royal Hotel, where Sir John at present resider. The coin-
'. pany present were, Sir John Cameron and his Lady; General
Mina and two of his suite; Colonel Cochrane, of the Royal
Otiards ; Colonel Lloyd, of the Gist; Colonel Vinniconibe, of
itoyal Marines; Colonels Morshead and Hawker, of the
nro.l,PginecTs; and Major Smith. The French Captain
of sb "tirts of the Cuirassier were invited, but in consequence
wind blowing so hard, the boat could not with safety
fait
then ship : they attempted to put off twice, but were at
sijohliged to relinquish it.
n Wednesday the General received an invitation to dine on
boardaw his I.Aiai
tit 's ship Genoa, with Capt. Sir Thos. Living-
hi.44eLllan., but was obliged to decline it from the wound in
" "ugh making it painful for him to go on shipboard ; he
• dineddeuce,
on that day at Captain Hodges', of the army, at his resi.
cri", in Stonehouse, with a select party of army and navy offi-
cers.,i The attention which Capt. Hodges has paid the gallant
General since his arrival here, deserves the highest praise :
• , this gentleman had the honour of knowing him in Paris several
Zeus since. On Thursday he went on board the Admiral's
snip the Britannia, the Admiral's barge having been sent for

'al* day he has an invitation from Cotain Wise, R.N., to
dine with a select party at his Residence, Hoe-house. On Non-
IltY with T. Bewes, Esq., the High Sheriff of the county. The
general has been visited, since his arrival, by a great num-
ber of the resident gentry of our town and neighbourhood;
many officers of the army and navy ; amongst whom are
Sir Wm. Word, Bart., Recorder of the borough ; J. Hawker,
vv
q•T the French and Dutch Consuls; an Alderman and a
Taltutrate for the county, and his faintly ; Thos. Bewes, Esq.
. Iligh Sheriff for the county; J. Were Clarke, Esq. a
.I,l,l4gisitrate and banker; W. Tingcomb, Esq. banker ; C. Bird,
barrister ; G. Bellamy, Esq. M.D., &c. On Wednesday
Tt Was the Hero's birth-day—he is 43 years of age. J. Collier,
Zl. one of the principal merchants of our port, is his agent ;
Air. J. Collier, jun., waited on the General at his
T)landing, arid accompanied him in the carriage to the hotel.
in'„urtny the onday evening in the Theatre, a sailor who sat
the pit, with M
that characteristic freedom which British sailors
„, remarked for, held up his hat, which contained a quantity
rants, to Gen. Nina, with a wish that he would take sonic ;
ire General put his hand into the hat, and took out a handful,
him" !Hone time remarking to a gentleman who accompanied
-"'" I will keep these nuts as long its I live, for I am cer-
r:Lhad they been guineas he would have given them me."—
woon • •
Liirr rerhohier.

CALAII, DEC. 3.—We had about a fortnight
!lilt' another glaring instance of French polite-
to our country folks, and to a Lady too.
`vountess MANTERS, I think that was the name,
‘'43 So extremely 111 when the packet arrived at
o'°
quay, indeed I have since heard she has been
°lug 409 that she was obliged to be carried on
"er° hy two men, and placed in a sedan chair.
You would hardly believe savages that could have
beenfo guilty of such unfeeling, unmanly conduct,
aliru?twithstanding the state they saw her in,
wholee chair having no curtains, and scarcely a
the
Moe of glass in the windows, they made
Where
bearers set her down between the gates,
A ~e‘re. of course there are many currents of air in
air windy day, and exposed to the gaze of
"fish women, boys, &c., for a quarter of
houratt or twenty minutes, until they had exa-
smined the persons of all her Ladyship's suite for
aa uggled goods; they did not even apologize, or
inY„tbey had orders to be thus strict, but did it
c rudest manner.—We have also had a spe.
togof French wisdom here lately, at a meet.
3 of the Authorities, (the Mayor at the head,
wlO is certainly no second Daniel), for the el
o ~
tururagernent of the Arts and Sciences, Agricu
e 5 kc. among other rewards, bestowed almost
as
for 401Y1 was that of a Gold Medal, and a kiss
fore'l all the members of the meeting, to a man
rna having proved that digging ditches round
y land would drain off the water, and an
spring
who has undertaken to extract fresh
:Lin"g water from a salt water well, is to be re-
th ed with 2,000 francs, and the Order of
Holy Ghost.