The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-02 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Sir H. Jones Bridges, Bart., from the Burlington Hotel, for
Oxford; Miss Glanston, from ditto, for Liverpool ; Colonel
Wildman, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for his seat, New.
stead Abbey, Nottinghamshire; Captain Brenton, for Brighton;
Colonel Fox, for ditto ; William Hammond, Esq., from Fla-
dong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Kent ; Kerr, Esq., from
ditto, on a tour ; B. Stane, Esq., from ditto ; Captain and Mrs.
O'Neil, from ditto, for Wales ; the Rev. Sir William Dunbar,
from ditto, for Hampshire; Rev. Charles Murray, from ditto,
on a tour.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER has pre-
sented the Rev. THOMAS EDWARDS to the Rectory of
Aldford, vacated by the Rev. RICHARD MASSIE, who was
presented to the Rectory of Eccleston, upon the resigna-
tion of the Rev. C. Tfloamcaorr.— Chester Courant.
Mr. GISBORNE has again threatened to re-
vive the currency question. He has intimated that on the
20th of March he shall move for leave to bring in a Bill
to repeal the Acts of 7th Geo. IV., c. 6, and 9th Gee.
IV., c. 63; alias "the Small Notes" Abolition Acts.
It is a curious fact that since the resignation
of Lord PALMERSTON of the office of Secretary at War,
on the breaking up of Lord GODERICH'S Administration,
there have been no fewer than four Members of the House
of Commons who have held that post in the Ministry—
viz., Lord FRANCIS LEVESON GOWER, Sir HENRY HARD •
INGE, Mr. C. W. WYNN, and Sir HENRY PARNELL.
Lord PALMERSTON was appointed War Secretary in 1809,
and discharged the duties of that office during the long
period of 18 years. The present Lord GRANVILLE was
his Lordship's predecessor in the War Department.
Lord KINSALE died on the 25th ult. in Kin-
sale, county of Cork. His Lordship was in the Church, and
succeeded to the family honours on the demise of his fa-
ther, on the 24th of May, 1822. He was premier Baron
of Ireland, and possessed the hereditary right, granted by
King JOHN to DE COURCY, Earl of Ulster, of wearing
his hat in the Royal presence. He is succeeded in his
titles by his brother, the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel GERALD
DE COURCY.

MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—Some weeks
ago we announced the prospect of the speedy union of
Lord MARSHAM with the beautiful and accomplished
sister of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. We now understand
that his Noble father is about to form a matrimonial alli-
ance with Mrs. CHOLMONDELEY, widow of the late
CHOLMONDELEY, Esq., and sister to the present
Lord Viscount SYDNEY. Mrs. C. is residing at Bexley,
where she has endeared herself to the villagers by her many
unostentatious charities. Sir EDWARD C. DERING is
understood to be on the eve of marriage with the Hon.
Miss EDWARDS, daughter of Lord KENSINGTON.
Maidstone Gazette.

STRAND THEATRE.—Last night Mrs.
WArtErr made her firaloppearance at this theatre in the
character of Celeste, in the piece of Mystification. She
looked well, played well, and sung charmingly. She
was encored in all her ballads. Love's Frailties fol-
lowed, in which RAYNER sustained his old character with
great effect.

COBURG THEATRE.---Last night Miss
SMITHSON repeated the character of Adelaide of WO-
fingen, and drew from a crowded house the most enthu-
siastic plaudits.

PASTA, GARCIA, and DONZELLI, are per-
forming together every evening in BELLINt's new Opera of
Norina, at La Scala, in Milan. BELLINI is now super-
intending the Grand Theatre of Saa Carlo, at Naples.—
Court Journal.

MADEMOISELLE SONTAG.—A foreign mer-
chant in the city has received letters from the Countess
Roast (late Mademoiselle SONTAG), now residing with her
husband, the Prussian Charge d'Affaires at the Hague,
giving a circumstantial account of her movements since
she quitted the King's Theatre, from which it appears
that this celebrated cantatrice has cleared no less than
8,0001. sterling by her last professional tour to Hamburg,
Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, after de-
ducting all her expences, which were very considerable.
She was every where received with the greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. PARISH, at Hamburg, gave her a grand entertain-
ment. The King of PRUSSIA conferred letters of nobility
upon her, and employed her husband in the diplomatic
character he now fills, though a foreigner, a Sardinian by
birth. Her numerous friends and admirers unanimously
regret her premature retirement from the stage, her voice
being still in its prime, and full of vigour and brilliancy.
THE OPERA.—The greater part of the vo-
lumes designated as above, is given in the form of the
journal of a young man of high birth, who, being born
on the continent (though of English extraction), records,
from time to time, all he sees among the select coteries of
London during a visit here. Some of his remarks are
highly pungent. The heroine is a young Prima Donna,
of our Italian Opera, whose fortunes and whose agency in
the story, are to the last degree stimulative of the curi-
osity of those readers who seek, in the works of the day,
for lively entertainment.

The halls of the Ministers of France were
never so thronged with place-hunters as at the present
moment. The other day a sturdy applicant said to one of
" their French Excellencies," " Monseigneur, I cannot
consistently be content with a Prefectship." " Well then
take two," replied the Minister good-humouredly.— The
Parrot.

DUEL.—An affair of honour took place in the
neighbourhood of Barnstaple on Friday afternoon last, at
four o'clock, between C. ROBERTS, Esq., solicitor, of that
place, and Jonw SIIERARD CLAY, Esq., also a solicitor,
of that town. ALFRED NICHOLETTS, Esq., accompanied
by Dr. Bunn, attended as the friends of Mr. ROBERTS j
and JOHN MARSHALL, Esq., and Mr. CURRY, surgeon of
the North Devon Infirmary, attended as the friends of Mr.
CLAY. The parties fired together at twelve paces distant,
when the shot of Mr. ROBERTS took effect, and passed
through the lower part of the thigh just above the knee,
and fractured the bone. Mr. CLAY immediately fell,
when the medical men ran to his assistance and bound up
the wound, which, we are happy to find, is not likely to
be attended with any serious consequences, though he may
probably feel the effects of it during his life ; he was soon
removed in a carriage to his house. We understand the
dispute originated respecting certain evidence given by
Mr. CLAY, in favour of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, in a cause
lately tried in London, and brought by Mr. BREHRIDCE
and Mr. ROBERTS against Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, to re-
cover the money which they had expended in his behalf in
his contest for the borough of Barnstaple, in August, 1830.
—Western Luminary.
IHE Two BLOWS.—Cardinal MAZARINE
was dictating one day a letter to his Secretary. The latter,
overcome with incessant work, fell asleep, and the Cardinal
continued dictating, while pacing up and down his study.
When he had come to the conclusion he turned towards
his Secretary, saying " End as usual." He then perceived
that the first lines of the letter only were written. The
Cardinal was very partial to that Secretary, and treated
him as a father. To awake him, he gave him a box on
the ear; the Secretary, in a fury, returned the blow. The
Cardinal, without showing the least emotion, said coolly,
" Now, Sir, as we are both wide awake, let us proceed
with our letter."-- The Parrot.
We are very happy to state that the small-
pox is subsiding in this town. Those persons, therefore,
if auy such there be, who have felt any apprehension on
the subject, may now visit us in safety.—Brighton Gaz.
Mr. JAuEs's ,4 Memoirs of Great Comman-
ders" will be published in a few days. The great curiosity
excited by all the productions of this populous novelist is
evinced by the high estimation, in which " Darnley,"
,4 De L'Orme," and Augustus," are still held by the
public. This new work, though extremely interesting
to military readers, is likely to prove more especially at-
tractive to the novel-reading portion of the community, on
account of the romantic interest that attaches to the
fortunes of those heroes whom the author has introduced
into the volumes ; to which an additional charm is ins-
parted by the circumstance that the eventful narratives are
also strictly true.