The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—ln consequence of an erroneous state-
ment which has appeared in the Police Reports
relative to the dismissal of Mr. JAMES BItANDOS
froin Covent• Garden Theatre, t am directed .by
the Managers to acquaint you with the exact ciri
cumstauces, and to request; your iusertiou of
them.

The misconduct of Mr. BRANDON rendeied it
quite imperative upon them, both with regard
to the security of their property and the
accommodation of the pubfici to remove him
from his situation ; but, hi consideration of his
age, and the length of time he had been in the
Theatre, they were unwilling to make public the
particular circumstances which led to their deter-
in:nation ; and are still anxious, on his account,
to withhold the same, unless they should find it
necessary to detail them. 1 t was proposed to
give him a retired allowance Of 9.001. per annum,. if
Mr. IlAttttls and Mr. Coign', the other Preprieo
tors, consented tnit ; and it was ci nsidcredthat
Mr. Mums, though not'at present con:eroed in
the management of the Theatre, w( uld agree to
his proprotion of the annuity, as Mr. rAtAsnoN's
claims, if any, were on tho'e under whom he had
served. Mr. Maim altogether declined, aileg•
ing as his reason that he thought highly of Mr.
BRANDoN's services, and totally disapproved of
dismissing him. Mr. CONST, upon hearing the
grounds on which the present Managers deter-
mined on that measure, altogether refused t°
bear any part of the expence, considering Mr'
BRANDON not entitled to any allowance what
selves, toarisloetli:
offered
ever. Notwithstanding these circumstances, thel
perwithou
them,
hu t
taht
felt unwilling to discharge a person of his age
gallitlioilmiweahnaacnde,ananonndcul,iattiymhesfroewrfholraiefteeovorefrtitillespingi.
isiuhme
doeuctl
ion
condition that he quietly quitted their premises'
fedtlawitiorgoewthter:rivate- parses, on
The sub Sequent proceedings it is unnecessary
•to repeat, they having been already detailed its
the Police Reports.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very obedient Servant,
HENRY ROBERTSON.,
?Imre Royal, Covent-Garden, Aug. 23, 1823'

EXPRgi4S PARTS.

We have received by Express the Pilote of
yesterday, and the Etoile of Sattirday. Both of
these papers contain, under the date of " IViadrid,
16th inst.," the important decree issued 'on the
stii at Andujar, by the Duke d'ANaouLtME, for
the purpose of divesting the Madrid Regency of
every shadow of authority. The Decree also ap-
pears in the Bayonne Journals of the lath. It
was inserted in THE SUN of last Wednesday (tile
9,0 th)., On the following day, in consequence of
it% authenticity having been disputed by. several
of our Contemporaries, we stated that we
had received it from such a quarter
as justified us in considering it as genuine,
and indeed in believing that our copy of
it had been received from the French Govern-
meet. Now that its authenticity has been esta-
blished beyond doubt, it can only be tegarded
ay a conclusive proof that the French ate deter-
mined to bring the war at all events to a termin-
talon, and that they are even prepared to tie-
knowledge the Constitutional Gotertiment and,
the Cortes, if they cannot otherwise effect their
object immediately. 'rite Deefeef it is true,
does not absolutely pronounce the dissolutioh of '
the Regency ; because circumstances might still
arise to change the views of the Duke
d'ArlootmEmE, in which case the Regency
could be reinvested with such powers as
would be suitable to his designs. On the other
and, stripped, as they at present are, of their

shuyt.lived authority, they can be dissolved 'at

any period of the negociationi; without difficillth
hand without the possibility of offering any re
sistance. The foll Owing *are extras; is from the
Papers received by our Express .

From the. Pilote of ye streittry • )

ARMY OF,IIII3Py#NEI S.-4D1111), A T!,l.
M. MAnsuAL-,-Lieutenant ,General liourck
sent me an account, dated the 7th of this month,
that his batteries Were ready to lint un Corutnia,
and that he 'vas going 'again to :suminott the Go-
vernor of that place to surrender. After
having waited three: hours tlfe-: Governor sent
him a negative. answer... 'teu minutes had
only expired when the garrison fired 'from
all. the batteries. Half an hour afterwards,•Ge.;
neral Bourck unmasketrbis batteries; and rem-
menced firing on the place., 'lie result was,:that
the town was set On tire in three different places,
which were burning when the General ;wrote his
letter. Although the fire of the enemy was
very brisk during the night of the 6th, we only
had a few men wounded, and not one kill-
ed, nor have our batteries been destroyed..
By another report, of the same date, this Officer
announces the taking of the fort-of- Bayotia, a
little place in the extremity of Galicia, by the
troops under the .orders of the Count Carthagena.
(igneit} Duke of R4qqm.:.
[From the 'toile of gitanLiy.l
PERPIGNAN, AUG. 16...---The.Marslial visited
on the Mit the cantonments of our trdops near
Barcelona, and is going to return again to Villa-
franca. On the ;Eh of this month a sortie was
made from Figueras of 8 or 9000 men ; but
they were repulsed in all directions, and retired
to the fort in disorder.

MADRID, AUG. 16.—1 informed you that the
President of the Regency (the Duke del In.'
fantado), and the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
(M. Sacz), wero going to St. Mary. It appears
that this resolution has been changed, as they
have not quitted Madrid.
[here follows the Duke d'Angouleme's De.
cree of the Bth inst. at And-ajar.]

MATABO, Ave. 1 B.—L'Escachen, who suh-
mltted at the same time as General Ma os•o, is ar-
rived at Mutaro. The head=quarters of the Mar-
shal are at Via. He has caused the. enemy,
who are In full retreat in the quarter of the Seu
Urge!, to be puisued, •
AuG. 19.,--:-Rotten has had a discussion writh
Mina, who wishes to remain in Barcelona, and
refuses to take the field.

Pt R 11161.01 Auo 10 --=We learn to-day that
• •
the fort of liostalrich has been evacuated by the
Spanish Constitutionalists ; they abandoned their
wounded... . •

P. S. We have received the following news by
an Extraordinary Courier !---
64 VICH, Aun. 17.—Genera I 'neatens] and
Baron Eroles were yesterday at. Prater de Clan.
zanes, and wore to depart at two o'clock for (n.
ronnella, where Milans Is with his rear-guard.—
The enemy wishes to gain the plain of Urge!, or
the position he occupied at Mcnthlanch.
Frond] Nantes, 93f. /oc.—Spanish

The 14imct of this morning I►aging said that
our news of the 15th instant from Ferrol. (see
TILE SUN of requires confirmation, it
is necessary that we should repeat, in the most
positive itianner, that tl►e iutelligefice-referred to
is authentic. .*We now re-state the facts, viz.
that after three days' negociations between the
Governor of Cordoba and General Bounot, u
suspension of hostilities bad been agreed onj
and that hostages were mutually exchanged
for the faithful, observance of the conven-
tion. We are not informed of the motives
which led to this convention ; but thot..the
convention was in fact concluded is matter of
certainty.--It is probable that the suspension
of hostilities has be'en occasioned by the expecta-
tion of both parties that the dispute is on the
eve of adjustment at Cadiz,

In our p'rectding Columns We bate given 01-
tracts -from the Moniteur and other Paris
Papers of Friday. The news contained in
the dispatch of Marsind MONCEY, detail-
ing the battle fought against 111ILAs9 and
I.4.onettA, was anticipated by our Express
of Saturday. The more minute account
now furnished, only renders it more evident
that the French had suffered a severe defeat.—
We have also Inserted in mir preceding oolumns
an interesting " Diary "of the events at Coronna
from the 2d to the 11th instant, inclusive'.

Private coMmunicationt from Paris state that
there was a general expectation that this day (the
birthday of the KiNu) would' be disting'uished
by some Important Communication to the Public.

CITY, One o'Cleek.--Consols opened at 82i,
83 at which they are steady. Spanish Bonds

opened at 371, ni are.fiow 3711. Russia SO 1.
French loan 94. 2 prem.

7,14. IlEco Cabinet Messencr6er, left town on
‘4aturday morning with dispatches for Sir \N
t.-
r. ut A'coma at. Gibraltar. The dispatches
are supposed to contain instructions for Sir Wrt..-
LIAm A'Cot wr's government during the negoeia-
tion,.

EV.IcITATION OF BAIETA.
Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Jersey,
dated ‘2-2,t1 August :—" Arrited fiu. Courier, LE
MAITRE, from Rio Janeiro, in 49 days ; spoke,
on the 7th inst., the Louisa transport, from Ba-
hia to Lisbon. The Captain reported, that
nEI On the 2d July, evacuated Bahia, and em-
barked with all the Fjuropean troops on Imard
the ships of war and merchant vessels, to the
number of 61 sail, taking on board all the plate
of the Churches, and whatever was Valuable.
Lord Cocnit.t:srr allowed alert to proceed unmo-
lostelL"

Adr.ici.s from, Bayonne of the 16th instant
stati,, that according to letters from Vittoria, the
pp,:ons arrested for political opinions had been
set at liberty by virtue of the order of the Duke
of Angouleme, dated Andujat the Bth instant.—
The A icalde of Vittoriav• who refused to carry it
iuti) execution, had himself been imprisoned.

Mt:Num, AUG. 9.—Our renders have not for-
' gotteu that, at the conclusion of. the LeoribTress'at Vienna, two
'of the greaiest German Powers united to take stvx for the as-
sembling of vt.Gennan Congress at Vienna, to.which it was in-
tended to invitesairthe Powers of the German 'Confederation,
:itnd'at WhlCit the act of the confederation of 1814 was to be re-
vised, in order to remove from it all traces of the concessions
the moment had extorted from the -Ilia.:
-fiterco.Ctliat tidy. The endeavours Of the Cabinets of Berlin
tiiidArfenna•lVere ffuitless, and Prince Metternich was obliged
'to .4'''n'tsiluiself. with havim; deStroyed the spifit of oppesi.
tiontathich.luut been•formid in the bombin of the German Diet.
But the views; of Austria were only adjourned, and that Power
has now 'sent .a eireulafto several .Gernian Governmenta to
'intiite Them to a Congress which is to be. held at Vienna in the
month of October next. 'rite object °fans-Congress, says the
eirttlar, is to introduce into the system of OVernment in Ger.
many, more similarity and uniformity,. thereby to strengthen
th.! ties which Must unite nil the !limbers of_ the Confedera-
tion; 4c. 'This circular has caused it to be generally believed
aril r‘lorted, that the atritint of Germany are ro. be regUlated at
Vienna. under the-influence of. the lit ly Alliance. ,Our Go.
vernment refused to send a' representative W. this Co4,reisi
gat Wurt:ntberg 'has imitated the firm coutl 40 of BaVAint;,-.!
liaper.)

There were no less than three Ilepartures with
if4spalltes en Friday: JT addition to Mr. AR.
„
fnr:TuNoTa.3un. -ror,..Altror. otenna, ‘....onstantinopiel
,ttrc. Mr. V LGO, j•itht f;'prtnitil) Conrier, after being
under orders ferseieral days to be in readiness
to leave. lingland, left town on Friday night
r with dispatches for 'Sir IVrr.:EJAM
at Gibraltar and •Mr. MowttoE, the. King's
Messen4er, left town with ...dispatches for Sir
Cu All L I:S BAG OTT, our Ambassador at St. Peters.
burgh.

Letters from Barcelona, dated the 6th
wil-e received yesterday thrnugh France. The
Freud at that time hold the City in strict block•
ade hv land, but no military movements are men.
Coiled; the writers studiously avoiding to speak
ou Public. affairs: It is remarkable that the only
sure,eoeveyence'for letters to Barcelona has been
diseo4red to.lte through France, those sent
through other'channels, such as Corunna, Vigo,
or Lisbon, on account of the distrust the writers
entertained of the French past office, having '
aim Ist all instances failed to teach their deal
tina (ion.

A' letter from Paris of the gOill AtigUsti says--
" On the 14th of April last, the police
R discovered.
in Rue Montergueil part of the printing utensils
wbich bad served to print a protest of the Cfram•
Ler of the Hundred days, and smile songs a&
itessel to the Army of the Pyrenees. Ascagne
Audiat, a young law student, who had pogsession
of these articles, has kist been condemned to six
months' imprisonment, and td pay a line of 10,000
f uncs. Ills brother, Felix Audiat, and a person
named' NeY9l7, ft • worker in embroidery, who
were impliceited iit.the same transaction, were tic-
qutted.
' Captain KoncuvE sets out on a new voyage
nand the world in the course, of the present
month.`

There is not the slightest' foundation. fOr the
report that . the Pavilion at Brighton is either to
hawked down or altered: his MAJESTY is far
more attached to this whimsical edifice • than to
any other of his Palaces, and Intends to return
thither in the autumn, where, as usual, he will
remain until the spring of nest.yeric.--(Morning
Chronicle.)
CitAnLts KEDJULT YOUNia, end MACREADY.4
host of talent in Tragedy rarely equalled, are to
personate by turns -the heroes of the dagger
next season at Covent, Garden; whilst DEAN,
at the other horise, is to exercise " sole and un.
divided sove'relgrsty" din the higher departments
of the drama, With such aid and assistance as a
vigilant Manager can produce.
USEFUL EPITAP.II.—On a giave-stdne in the
cemetery of Pere.b.Chaise is the following sin.
gularly-prudent inscription, which, in its praiie
of the dead, does not laic sight of the living:
et flere lies N—, the best of .fathers—the most
tender of husbands. His inconsolable widow Still
keeps the fancy shop, Rue Richelieu, N 0........,,
The body of a youth about 12 years of age,
was found on Tuesday last (19th lust.) In a most
shocking state of putrefaction, in d 'Wood near
Emsworth, haVing been missing ever since the
having found
second day of Portstlown.fair (28th July). The
d the
him,
and
prdordered
d him
children orphan, had asked his brother's leave
to go to the fair, and, on being refused, took the
opportunity of itealilig. a sovereign and Bs. with
him'vhi cohnhteh eran hill, away,orcrueilcdte
to go home!', bat instead of which he went into
the wood near his home, and hung himself.....-
(Brighton &rah')

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