The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-01 00:00:00

MARLTIOROUGIT-STREET-(TITIS DAY.)

THE EARL OF BURLINGTON AND THE POOR RATES.

—The further hearing of the arguments upon an applica-
tion by the pariah officers of St. James's for a warrant to
distrain on the Earl of Burlington's goods for nonpayment
of poor-rates, was resumed to-day, before Sir G. FAR-
RANT, Mr. CONANT, and Mr. CHAMBERS.
The circumstances of the case as they appeared at the
former discussion were briefly these :—The Noble Earl
had formerly been rated to the poor for his splendid man-
sion at about 1,0001. per annum ; but in consequence of
great dissatisfaction in the parish at the inequality of the
assessments upon the mansions of the rich and the bumbler
dwellings in the parish, a new survey was made of all the
buildings, and the Earl of Burlington's assessment was fixed
neon 2,94.3/. ; that rate:was made in April last, and was
confirmed by the Magistrates in May. In July the Noble
Earl appealed, under the Local Act, to two resident ma-
gistrates (Sir R. Farquhar and B. Beaumont, Esq.),
against the high rate, and it was reduced to 1,6501. The
parish officers contend that the proceeding was illegal, and
consequently applied for a distress warrant, to levy for the
higher amount.
Mr. Clarkson appeared on behalf of the parish, and
Mr. Rogers on behalf of the Earl of Burlington.
After considerable discussion the magistrates refused
to grant the distress warrant on the ground of a doubt
in their jurisdiction, after the Noble Earl had had relief
at the hands of two other magistrates. They advised an
application to the Court of King's Bench to have the
question, which was of very great importance, settled.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The Barber of Seville was performed here last night
and introduced a debutante in the part of Boutin,
described as " a young Lady, her first appearance at any
Theatre." The experiment is a dangerous one, and we
cannot but regret the departure from the old practice of
preparation in the well-regulated provincial companies.
The " young Lady," who appears for the first time upon
any Theatre before a London audience in a principal
character, must be deficient in the qualifications which a
London audience expects, and cannot give full satisfaction
when rivalled by the cultivated talents of other performers
to whom nature has been no less bountiful than to herself.
This is the case with the debutante of last night. She
displayed some superior qualities, but they were aided by
few of the resources of professional art, and her deficiencies
are principally such as experience and study might cure.
But they exist now, and it is our task to speak of her as
she is. The " young Lady" possesses a voice of a pure
soprano quality, equal, flexible, and of sufficient compass ;
its defect is in the volume, which is somewhat thin. Of
her style, considering the florid character 'of the music
selected for her debut, and the temptation it holds out,
we should infer that it does not lean to the common vice
of eternal flourishing, but evinces the better taste of rely-
ing more upon expression than upon feats of dexterity.
Her cadenzas were not confined to those written by
Rossrm ; but neither were they mere repetitions of other
popular singers, worse executed and shorn of their bril-
liancy i❑ the wearing. The defects principally consisted
in some occasional faulty intonation, arising in some de-
gree, no doubt, from anxiety, and from the want of ex-
perience in managing the voice in such a space. Both
the cavatina and the pianoforte song were encored. Upon
the first our general remarks are of course chiefly founded ;
and the latter was sung with much freedom and point.
The " young Lady" fully answers her description in re-
spect to age, and her personal attractions are considerable.
She is a blonde, with more of vivacity than is general with
that class of beauties, and her figure is rather full, but not
without elegance. Her exertions were warmly applauded.
PHILLIPS gave us his capital Figaro in its best mood ; and
TEMPLETON appeared for the first time in Lindor. The latter
acquitted himself well, but appeared not quite ready in
some of the part ; the duet was excellently done. SE..
outs; was the Bartolo, but he should redly get some
instruction in the representation of age. It was quite
painful to see the inconsistency of his hobbling gait and
the quick youthful action i❑ everything else. Hie singing
of the part was excellent. Mr. BEDFORD exaggerated the
caricature of Basil very injudiciously. If be had been
content to do it with fewer legs and faces he would have
succeeded much better.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, OCT. 31.—Wind S.W., light breezes.—Arrived the
Mary, Miller, from London, for the South Seas; and Bruns-
wick„ from Quebec, for London. The Anna Dorothea,
Locke, from Amsterdam to St. Übes, proceeded for Ramsgate.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind S.S. W., light airs.—His Ma-
jesty's ship Rattlesnake, which arrived yesterday from Valpa-
raiso, has come into harbour to be paid off.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Zephyr,
Babb, from Seville. Off port the Samuel Robertson, Greswold,
from New York, and Perlin, Meyer, from Bilboa. Sailed his
Majesty's ship Nautilus, for the westward.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind variable, light breezes. Ar-
rived his Majesty's steamer Flamer, from Woolwich, and the
William Fawcett, steamer, from London, and sailed for Dublin.
PETERHEAD, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Commerce, Stewart,
from Davis' Straits—nine fish, 110 tons of oil. She reports the
Traveller and Joseph Green may be daily expected, and that
they had made no improvement since the last accounts.
MONTROSE, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Monarch, Tutton, from
Davis' Straits, with 150 tons of oil.
DUNDEE, OCT. .—Arrived the Hannah, Doeg, from Arch-
angel ; Monarch, Kennaith, from St. Petersburgh ; and
Scolea, Rohl, from Memel.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Charlotte, Abbenitt, from
Malaga. Put back the Mary Morton, bound to Bombay, leaky.
DARTMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Arrived off port the Bolivar, Beau-
vais, from St. Thomas ; and the Abbotsford, Nicholson, from
Lisbon.

MILFORD, Auu. 30.—The vessel sunk near Abercastle, is
the Mary and William of this port.
GALWAY, OCT. 29.—The St. Aubin, from hence to Liverpool
has put back leaky—cargo discharging.
QUEBEC, SEPT. 30.—The Dryope arrived to-day from Liver-
pool, saw about seventy sail in the river. The telegraph re-
ports fifteen square-rigged vessels at the station.
AMSTERDAM, OCT. 26.—Two vessels, names unknown,
are stranded on Amelaud-29th, The Preciosa, Torgora, has
put into the Nieueve Diep, leaky, and must discharge to
repair.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Montreal Papers to the 4th October, and Quebec to the
2d of October, have been received at the North and S.llitli
American Coffee-house.

(From the Montreal Paper, Oct. 3.)
Yesterday evening the Hon. Chief Justice of Newfound-
land left Montreal, for Quebec, where he will wait the
arrival of a vessel of war to convey him to the future scene
of his judical labours. The telegraphic report this day an-
nounces twenty•two square rigged vessels and four
schooners at anchor at Grosse Isle.
Comparative statement of arrivals, &c., on the 26th of
September of this and last year :
Vessels. Tonnage. Settlers.
1832 815 218,927 48,354
1833 842 218,001 21,494

(From the Quebec and St. John's Papers, New Bruns.

wick. )

The New Brunswick Land Company have completed
their purchase, and received a charter for four hundred
thousand acres of land to be laid out for them in the
county of York.

THE FUNDS.

We announced yesterday, in our City article, that a
telegraphic despatch had been received at Paris, stating
that General Saarsfield had defeated the Carlists, and
marching on
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s's party cannot make any stand against the regular
troops of Spain ; and we have no doubt that they will
be obliged to leave the towns and villages, and take
refuge in the mountains.
Owing to the French Rentes coming higher, Consols,
which left off yesterday at 88, opened at 814 to 1, for
the Account.

HALF•PAST ONE.

We hear again that Don Miguel has made fresh over-
tures to marry his niece, Donna Maria. The well-informed
are of opinion that Don Pedro will never'give his consent.
It is now generally supposed that Don Carlos is with Don
Miguel, and that they will proceed together to Abrantes
and make offers to negotiate.
Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the
morning, when they reached 88/ for the account; at pre-
sent they may quoted 881.
In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock 601 s ;
Spanish 231 ; Ditto 501
It is a holiday at the Bank.
Letters from Jamaica have been received of the 6th of
September, via New York. All was quiet there.
Accounts from Rio Janeiro state that the House of De-
puties have thrown out the Currency Bill on the first
reading.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 88 to 88k.

The Earl of Lichfield, we are concerned to
state, has been seriously indisposed during the week, at his
seat, Shugborough, near Stafford. It affords us consider-
able satisfaction, however, to add, that his Lordship's
health is improving.