The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-05 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

A new Opera entitled Masaniello; or, the Dumb Girl
of Portici, was brought out here for the first time last
night. It is very shewy and splendid, and front its bustling
incidents and imposing conclusion, bids fair to have a run
through the season. The scene is laid in Naples, and the
time when that country was governed by a Spanish Vice-
roy. Don Alphonso (the son of the Viceroy) Mr. T.
Coors, had seduced Fenella (Mademoiselle AL ex.
ANDRINE), who had become dumb frona horror at
seeing her father killed by a fall from a precipice.
Masaniello, Mr. BRAHAII, the brother of Fenella,
and the bravest and most patriotic of the fishermen
of Naples, resolved to be revenged, and to deliver his
country from the Viceroy's tyranny. The fishermen and
lazareni unite in the enterprize, and the Spaniards are put
to the rout. Masaniello is mounted on a milk-white
charger, the same in appearance that was rode by the Cham-
pion of England at his Majesty's Coronation, and proclaimed
King amidst shouts of triumph. Pietro (Mr. BEDFORD),
one of the leaders of the revolt, either envying Masuniello's
good fortune, or apprehending, as he says, that they bad but
changed one tyrant for another, infused poison in Masa-
niello's wine at the coronation feast. A Spanish force at
this moment arrives to contest with Masaniello his new
authority. Masaniello puts himself at the head of his
forces and rushes on to meet the Spaniards, whom he
puts to the route. Just at this moment au eruption of
Mount Vesuvious takes place, which terminates the con-
flict and the drama. Among the singers BEAHAM shone
conspicuous, by a more than ordinary exertion of his great
powers. In fact, he was the chief support of the piece, if
we except Madlle. ALExANDRINA, who as Fenella, the
Dumb Girl, performed with much effect. As far as sce-
nery is concerned, the Opera was unusually strong. In
particular, the Bay of the Market-place of Naples, by
STANFIKLD, attracted very general admiration; but the
chef d'oeuvre of the whole was decidedly the appearance of
an eruption of Vesuvius ; the mechanical operation of
which was superior to any thing we have ever yet wit-
nessed. The flowing torrent of burning lava is really a
surprising exhibition, and perfectly novel, at least so far as
our recollection of these matters goes.

Monsieur ROTH, the French Charge d'Af-
faires ; Count de MOLTKE, the Danish Minister ; and
Count Luroti, the Neapolitan Minister, transacted busi-
ness with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Office
of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH and Mr. Secretary
PEEL visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the
Treasury. Some Delegates from the Spitalfields' Weavers
attended at the Treasury yesterday, and delivered a letter
for his Grace.

The Marquis de BARBA.CENA came to town
yesterday morning, from the residence of the young Queen
of PORTUGAL, at Laleham. The Marquis had a conference
with the Brazilian Minister, and afterwards proceeded to
the Foreign Office, Downing-street, and had a long inter-
view with the Earl of ABERDEEN.

The Bishop of WINCHESTER has lately Cir-
culated a string of searching questions throughout his dio-
cese, which some of his Clergy, it is said, find it rather
awkward to answer.

The Governor and Deputy, Governor of the
Bank of England had a conference with the CHANCELLOR
of the Excnaeuin yesterday morning, at the Treasury.

Mr. RIPPON has been appointed Cashier to
the Bank of England.

Nothing of public interest took place in the
Law Courts this morning.

A singular occurrence took place at Rothley
on Thursday week. Mr. BROWN of that place having
gone into a close and began to stroke a bullock, the ani-
mal turned upon him, and was in the act of goring him
most furiously, when his cries attracted the attention of a
pony grazing in the same field, the latter came galloping
up to him, and attacking the bullock, compelled it to
run off to a considerable distance from the spot where Mr.
BROWN lay. Mr. BROWN was much bruised, and felt
considerable difficulty in reaching his home.—Leicester
Chronicle.

NUMBER OF LAWYERS IN ENGLAND AND
WALZS.-The new Law List contains the names of 1,034
barristers, 138 counsel under the bar, conveyancers, and
special pleaders. There are 283 pages of names of Lon-
don attorneys, and on an average 32 names on each page,
making 9,056 total amount. There are 25i pages of
names of country attorneys in England and Wales. Tak-
ing the average number of names in each page at 106,
which will be found to be pretty correct, we get 2,667.
Thus we arrive at rather a curious fact, viz.—that the at-
torneys in the metropolis alone lkar a proportion of 7 to 2,
when compared with the grass amount of attorneys in
England and Wales, London excepted. The whole amount
gof o lawyersing s
tatoinnenEngland2aBn9d. Wales, according to the fore-
going

On Tuesday last, seven young unmarried men
of the agricultural class, left Epworth, fit America, in
consequence of the distress experienced in the agricultural
districts. On the morning of Friday, the Dapper, Dicic-
Ex sox , sailed from Hull with an extraordinary number of
pEosengers, for New York, being the third vessel this year ;
and the Clarkson, WARD, sailed on the following day for
Quebec, with about 100 passengers. —Maichester Times.