The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 21.—The Volage of 2$ gun s
Captain Seymour, .arrived in 64 days from Rio de
Janeiro, on Monday last. She brings home silver
and platina on merchants' account, to the value of
about 160,0001. She left the Ganges, Thetis, Sap-
phire, and Adventure there, as well as two French
men-of-war, and two American men-of-war. A
Dutch frigate had just left the coast for the West
Indies. The following are recent promotions and
appointments :—Lieutenant Fitzroy to be Com-
mander of the Beagle, vice Stokes, deceased ; Lieut.
Langford, of the Sapphire, to the Ganges; Mr. D.
Otway, Midshipman of the Alert-, to the Sapphire ;
Mr. Kemp, of the Ganges, to the Beagle; Mr.
Murray, Second Master, late acting in the Ranger,
to the Beagle ; Mr. J. Wilson, to be Surgeon of the
Beagle. The Volage came into harbour on Tuesday.
The Pallas frigate, Captain Fitzclarence, recently
escorted as far as Madeira, and left her to proceed
to Rio Janeiro, a Danish ship, having on board 400
of the Portuguese Refugees front Plymouth. On
the return of the Pallas to the Island of Terceira,
about the Bth inst., she found there the Shannon
frigate, Captain Clement, from this port, which
ship, it was supposed, would send the Ranger on to
Jamaica.

The Onyx, 10, Lieutenant Boteler, arrived on
Thursday from Gibraltar, which place she left on
the 6th. The fever had wholly abated, and a free
communication was to take place on the 13th. Gen.
Don had nearly recovered from his late severe indis-
position. Captains Brown and Fielding, of the
23d, and Lieutenant Widrington, of the 73d, came
passengers.
Tile Nimrod, 18, Commander S. Radford, arrived
at Plymouth, on Monday night, having returned
from cruizino. off Terceira, in consequence of her
main-mast being sprung. She left there the Pallas,
42, Captain Fitzclarence, on the Ist inst. The Nim-
rod was accompanied by the St. Lucia, Portuguese
schooner, with fifty refugees on hoard, which vessel
sailed from Plymouth on the 10th January, and not
being permitted to land them at Terceira, she has
returned to England.
The William Harris transport, Lieutenant Ste-
phens, agent, arrived on Tuesday, from Antigua ;
she brings Captain Tompkin, of the 35th Regiment,
and a few women and children passengers, and about
300 tons of returned stores, which she is ordered to
deliver in the River. The islands were healthy, but
we are sorry to find that the want of rain had injury
the sugar crop. The estates generally were not ex-
pected to yield more than half their usual number of
hogsheads.
The transport John Bushman, under the charge of
Lieut. Thompson, Mr. Lawson, master, and the
transport Amity, Lieut. Lester, agent, arrived here
on Thursday, from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar,
bringing invalids from the Fleet in the Mediterra-
nean, and the widows and children of deceased offi-
cers aid soldiers from Gibraltar.

The 'Melville, 74 guns, and the Volage, 28 guns,
will be paid off on Wednesday or Thursday. They
will both be re-commissioned.

A Court Martial was held on board his Ma►jesty's
ship Victory (flag ship), on Monday, upon Lieut.
\Vood, and the officers of his Majesty's late schoo►►er
Nightingale, for the loss of that vessel on the
Shingles. Lieutenant Wood, the Commander, was
reprimanded, the Second Master rendered incapable
of serving as Second Master for 12 months, and the
Pilot mulcted of his pay, and rendered incapable of
again serving his Majesty.

ADMIRATION OF THE AUTHOR OF WA-
VE IILEY.—On Sunda• afternoon this distinguished Novelist
and Poet received a living tribute to his fame, in South
Leith Church—a fine thumping child being christened
44 Walter Scott."—Scotsman.

LEEDS STUFF WEAVERS.—Wo arc CX-
trewely sorry to find that there is at present great distress
amongst the Leeds stuff weavers, particularly amongst
the Irish, owing to the scanty supply of work, and the very
reduced rate of wage*,--Lceds Intelligencen

Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Branston
Wood ; Tuesday, at Brant Broughton; Wednesday, at
Fiskerton Long Wood; Thursday, at Brattleby ; and Sa-
turday, at Wragby lown End—at eleven.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Elkington
Cow Pasture; Wednesday, at Kingsforth-house; Friday,
at Thonock-house; and Saturday, at Blyborough-hall—at
eleven.

The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at the Fox and
Barrel; Wednesday, at Becton-hall; Friday, at Duddon
Heath ; and Saturday, at Tarporley Town End—at half-
past ten.
The Craven Hounds, op Monday, at the Red .w, near
Marlborough ; Tuesday, at Welford Park ; Friday, at
Hungerford Down ; and Saturda4y, at the Cross Keys,
Froxfield—at half-past ten.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Dunton ; Wed-
nesday, at Kirkby ; Thursday. at Orton-on-the-Hill ; and
Saturday, at Lindley—at half-past ten.
Mr. H. M. Chadwick's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at
Muckley Corner ; and Friday, at Packwood-mi11..--at half-
pastten._ _ _

Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Longford ; Thurs-
day, at Ingleby ; and Saturday, at Blithfield—at half-
past ten.

The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Nescliffe ; Wed.
nesday, at Prees Village; and Friday, at Lee-bridge--at
half-past ten.
Sir Rich. Puleston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Petton ;
Thursday, at Millbrook ; and Saturday, at Carden--at
eleven.

The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Gaddesby ; Tues-
day, at Staunton Harold ; Thursday, at Wimeswold ; and
Friday, at Oakley Wood—at half-past ten.
The Derbyshire Deer Hounds, on Tuesday, at Holland •
Ward ; and Friday, at Ashbourn-green—at half-past ten.
The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at the Kennel ;
and Friday, at Litcham Bull—at eleven.
General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr.
Brown's, Weasenham ; Wednesday, at Brisley ; and Fri-
day, at Mr. Brown's, Norton- hall—at eleven.
Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Wretton ;
Thursday, at Fincham ; and Saturday, at Pickenham—at
eleven.

Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Haugh-
ton School ; Wednesday, at Sandbeck-park ; and Friday,
at Shire-oaks—at half-past ten.
The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hampole
Inn ; Thursday, at Woodle-hall ; and Saturday, at Nostell
—at half-past ten.
Sir G. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Sartliff-
park ; and Thursday, at Norton—at ten.
The H. 11. on Monday, at Cross Lanes, Holybourne ;
Tuesday, at Hinton ; Thursday, at Newton Common ; and
Saturday, at Tunworth Down—at ten.
The Hambledon Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Cathering-
ton-house ; Wednesday, at Southwick Park ; and Friday,
at Upham—at half-past ten.
Mr. Nicoll's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Church Moor;
and Saturday, at Nerley Inclosure.
The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Mitford-
bridge ; Wednesday, at Oakley Wood; Friday, at Upton-
house ; and Saturday, at Ihnington—at half-past ten.
Sir 'l'. Stanley's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Little Moiling
ton ; and Saturday, at Hinderton—at ten.
Mr. Wickstead's Fox-hounds, on 'Tuesday, at Aqualate ;
Thursday, at Bridgemere Guide-post ; and Saturday, at
Broughton—at half-past ten.
The Vine Hounds, on Monday, at Frcefolk Wood ;
Wednesday, at Paul's Wood; and Saturday, at Silchester
Dial—at ten.
Mr. Assheton Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at South-
grove ; Thursday, at Penton-lodge; and Friday, at Clat-
ford Oakcutts—at eleven.

Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Tbori.age;
and Friday, at Bintry—at balf.past ten.

We understand that there has been a Requisi-
tion sent to the Lord Mayor, to cell their " floiors," the
Corporation of Dublin, together, in consequence sf the
present dreadful and alarming state of political affairs,
and that his Lordship has caused summonses to be issued
for Monday next —Dublin Morning Post.

The celebrated horse Itubens, formerly the
property of his Majesty, died last week at Barton Court,
!3crks, the seat of Chas. Dundas, Esq., aged 21.

An address of congratulation to his Majesty,
" upon the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, and
to thank his Majesty for the recommendation to the Par-
liament to remove the Catholic disabilities," was agreed to
by the Common Council at Norwich on Tuesday last.

IRISH MIETORIC.—The resolution for put-
ting an end to the Catholic Association is worthy of the
land of bulls, it being resolved, " That the Catholic Asso-
ciation, at its rising this day, do stand totally dissolved!"
—Literary Gazette.

FEB. 2l.—Wind E.S.E —Arrived the Arcturus,
, from Lisbon ; Morning Star, 'Watson, from
Buenos Ayres ; George the Fourth, , from Mar-
seilles ; Janverin, , from Trieste; Earl of Liver-
pool, , from Trieste.
Sailed—The Hamilton, Buncar, for New Fork,
M'Clellan, Higgin, for Baltimore ; Hull, , for
New O►leans; Arab, Ball, for Philadelphia; Hibernia,
—, for Newfoundland ; James, Murrow, for New-
foundland.

The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths voted
one hundred guineas, a few days since, in aid of the fund
for the relief of that unfortunate but deserving class of
workmen, the Spitalfields Weavers.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—Although our Cot-
ton Market continues dull, yet the sales to-day amount to
3000 bags, 1000 of which were Brazils, and 400 Co-
mmas. The principal sales in American were Uplands,
at bid. and 6d. per lb.

A very rich and valuable lead mine has lately
been discovered on the estate of Richard 13, escott, Esq., at
Alverdiscot, in the north of Devon, which is about to be
worked without delay.—Sherborne Journal.

A few days ago a very large fish, supposed of
the sturgeon tribe, was seen in the Nore,. at Sheestowu,
only three miles below Kilkenny.—Waterford Mirror.
It is a melancholy circumstance, that twenty-
three debtors confined in Oxford Gaol, have one hundred
and thirty-one children,—who are thus bereft of their
natural protectors.—Becks Chronicle.

On Saturday, at the Old Bailey Sessions, a
boy of the name of Catholic, after having stood his trial,
was ordered to be set at liberty, upon which ➢lr. Charles
Philips observed, " There gOes the first of the emanci-
pated Catholics."

A case came on before the Tribunal of Com-
merce at Paris, last week, in which M. Giovanni Genero
was plaintiff, and M. Laurent, the Director of the Italian
Opera and of the English Theatre in Paris, was defendant.
The plaintiff averred that he had been engaged by M.
Laurent, with the consent of M. Lanari, manager of the
theatre at Florence, to whom he was under articles to take
the part of principal tenor at Paris, at a salary of 5,000!
for 14, weeks, and that he had arrived in the French capital
on the 15th Dec. last in consequence. The part of Ramiro,
in " La Cerentola," bring assigned to him for his debut, he
demanded 15 days to perfect himself in it, never having
performed it -before. This was granted ; but his success
not equalling the expectations of M. Laurent, that manager
submitted to the musical committee whether he should not
him fur incompetency. The reply
which he referred to the physician of
;11:aee
sin justified
establishment theg
nienadtiisvnwhetheron the recent traces of the small- pox,
exhibited by M. Genero, were not a sufficient obstacle to
preclude his admission to the beards. The answer was a
second time unfavourable to his views, on which M. Laurent
tool arbitrarily dismissed him on the plea that he was un-
able to perform his part without fifteen rehearsals. Having
been thus brought all the way from Italy, and now left
without resources, in furnished apartments at the Hotel de
Malthe, M. Geller() contended that he was entitled to the
full enforcement of the contract. On M. Laurent's part,
it was alleged that the Counsel on the opposite side had
strangely distorted facts ; that M. Gencro had been em-
:gbietloNrveasa
tll'iaalt.i seinanl a
raguedai esnatl•ear;y eats) ds,oolol
othfirsanuesleari-i
engaged as a first-rate tenor-singer, capable of appearing
as
tsasnutli (ill
been agreed upon ; whereas, in fact, that gentleman,
though be might be able to sing a lithe, could not
act at all, and had been moat unmercifully hissed through
the whole part of Ramiro, which lie had taken above
a fortnight to study. Further, it was argued that
the plaintiff was not prepared in the parts sung by first
tenors, not even in those specifically council to him, of
:deli the character in questioo had been one ; and that if
,ins. G. was to have fifteen rehearsals, or rather lessons,
every time he had to sing in a nee, part, it was evident
that he could not perform above twice in a mot,th, and
would get the whole eight thousand francs for half .a (I, zen
appearances. It was perfectly dear that a deception had
been passed upon the llanagemeut, which, therefore, now
demanded to he released from its bargain.
_The Court,
at tee some consultation, ordered the affair to b'e -referred to t
the arbitration of NI. Luidiert, director of the Royal Aca-
demy of Music, whin wasdesired to make his report non ‘.',„:1,.),
the case.—(This same M. Laurent, if we recoileat aright, :•.,;)
is the gentleman who snakes presents of, boxes at the .
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theatre on his Benefit ni,;lit, bcare taut who takes especial r,..,,'"
to sell the same boxes to the first comer—realising thereby
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a double benefit.) -: .- : - ,7's'

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