The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIIIPIING, &c.

Dr +L, A tw. S.E.— Sailed yesterday the ScalebY
Castle, Newall, for China ; and Perseverance, Luke, for the
South Seas, Arrived and sailed for the River the Balfour'
Gunson, from Tobago. Came down from the River and remain
the Euphrates, /fart, for the Isle of France ; Asop, Barker, for
Pernambuco; Fame, Jackson; and Kinnerslcy Castle, Adams,
for Miramichi ; Ann, Atcheson, for Demerara ; and Hercules,

Wellroid, for Havre. Came down from the River to-day and
sailed, with the whole of the outward-bound, the Mary, Ark-
cot; for Portsmouth and New South Wales.
FALMOUTH, At G. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Urania

Le Cocq, from Cork. Sailed the Enterpriz; Hoskm, for
London. Arrived off the port the Blucher, Gregson, in (35
days, from Bahia for Hamburgh.

LYMINGTON, AVG. 19.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Niemen
for Lisbon.

PORTSMOUTH, Au a. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived yesterday
the Dispatch, Teasdale, from Galipoli. Sailed the Welling-
ton, IWCole, for Petersburgh. Arrived to-day tae Urania,
Reynolds, from Malta for St. Petersburgh. Sailed the Velo-
city, Stanton, for Gibraltar ; and Elizabeth, Fotheringham, for
Jamaica.

HArtwlcir. AIT G. 18—Arrived the Alliance packet, with a
mail, from liottenburgh. Sailed the Charlotte packet for
ditto ; Lord Duncan packet for Holland ; and Leicester packet
for Cuxhaven, each with a mail.
111oNTRoSE, Atr G. PL—Arrived the Spencer, Keith, from
Greenland, with 9 tish, 135 tons.

KING'S TnEATnE.---This splendid Theatre
closed for the season on Saturday last with the
Comic Opera of Le .2Vozze di Figaro. It was
throughout supported with admirable ability,
a!; may be easily conceived when it is said that
AMIIROGETTI, A NGRISANI, Mesdames CAMPORESE,
MORI, and RONZI DI lEGNIS, exerted themselves
with such spirit as evidently to shew that they
were resolved to make a strong impression on
the audience on the termination of their present
labours. The merits of the other Performers are
too well known to the public to require any eulo-
glum,. but Madame RONZI demands a distinct
notice. She is perhaps the most beautiful wo-
man that ever appeared on the Italian stage in
this country. Iler person. is altogether well
formed, and her manner is easy and elegant.
She is an excellent actress, and a good mu-
sician ; her voice is sweet, and sufficiently
powerful for the Comic Drama. She is much
too charming an ornament of the theatre to
be oinited in the arrangement for next sea-
son. The ballets were also well supported.
ALBERT, DE VARENNE, MILANIE,
indeed the whole corps de ballet, deservedly
received the warm applause of an audience
that nearly filled the house in all parts. At
the end of the Opera all the performers came
forward to sing the national anthem, and " God
save the King" was received with such enthu-
siasm as to spew that it went to the hearts of the
audience. There were about six malcontents,
who had the hardihood to attempt to disturb this
harmoniouslfeeling of the audience, by hissing,
but this shameless outrage only drew forth
redoubled shouts of loyalty, and the song
was, encored with loud and fervent accla-
mations. CAMPORESE, Madame GATTIE, and
Mademoiselle Moat, were the leading perfor-
mers on this occasion: We• should be unjust to
the new management if we did not say that it
has been marked throughout by an unprece-
dented spirit of enterprise, liberality, and judg-
ment ; and as our travelled Nobility and people
of fashion in general, besides the consideration
that we are now a musical people, seem to ten-
der the establishment of an Italian Opera House
a permanent feature in oar national amusements,
we hope that it will continue to be entrusted to
the same hands, as we are persuaded that it can-
not be assigned to more liberal, intelligent, and
judicious conductors,

Sir 11Y.kNI MARTIN, Sir ROBERT SEPPINGS, and
the lion. Colonel STAPYLTON, have lreen engaged
at Portsmouth Dock-yard since Monday morn-
ing last, as a Board of Inqury into the various
departments,with a view to make reductions in the
expences.—The Dock-yard gates were closed on
Friday night against the workmen, they having
performed their newly stipulated time of working
five days only in the week. The officers are to
attend on Saturdays as usual. It is said the
estimated savings, in wages'and materials, at this
Dock-yard, by this regulation, exceed seventy-
five thousand pounds per annum,