The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-16 00:00:00

THE OPERA, • - King's Theatre. THE season commenced on Saturday last at this place, with a .new Opera, entitled La Vergine del Sole ; the music of which was composed by the ce lebrated ANDREOZZI. The fable is nearly the same as th e O pera of Idalide, part of the English brarn.t namcd Co/, mhus, and of a German Play written b y KoTzEisug, aril translated under t he title pit The lirgin of the Sun. . . The chief aitraaton of the evening, however, wa s Signora Gaiss , itat, who i peara made her first public ap nce' ttati4:co un tr y We have - already gi some accou nt ~t this performer from her efforts ven on th e r eh-ea,t,s, l any I,sa t and we ha ve no reason to, retrao really a veiylile perf ormer, b ut as she still lablabours a.cold, - . we are chiefly to admire her on this occasion as an adress. q She is evidently - well ac uainted w i th music,and she sing s w i t h great feel ingom . The com pass of h er voice is extensive, and se of her lower tones approach very nearly -to a tenor. She knows bow not to throw in addi t i ona l Motes with skill and .effeta. At present, how ever , it would not be fair to enter into too particular an estimate of her vocal powers, because they are re. Strained by indisposition. The figure of GRAssista is tall and commanding, and her action is dignified and impressive. She has a good face and fine eyes. The whole of her de_ portment indeed seems to b, diretied by her feelings, and betrays nothin g like artifice and•aifeaation. .... The only ands`=are-ofnight was a duo'betlxieell iiRASSINT ICANGNI, which was indeed. well SUslairied by both. Her upper tones resemble those of BAtv bilk are rather fuller, though perhaps not quite So sweet. Upon the wha l e Or GRASSINI i s a - very fit ie per f h tner, and will certainly become a favourite wit tose whOSe taste i s hot corrupted by affeded. re.h finemeni. ... .. The o t h er vocal novelty' w as Signor Riont. ? . whose voice is fro m airc . a good tenok. is eHe too exemp t vioo, and sings in a plairi manly way. VIGA Notir is the same as last year in voice, but knore bulky in .person. He ru ns hi s g lib d i valons with asqiiii-ch2easer h ever. It wgitd:beiiiiistice to Rovantsro to pas s hi m 4elf env r w 1 1114 , '.1t a" dis tintt 'notice, as h e acqu i tted him. very ably in a trio, in the first ad. - • i G RA'st stt particularly distinguished herself in her This air, which was a pathetic address to her father. air would doubtles s haVe been encorql, if th e tudience had not thought the exertion -too great f or Ilex tinde r h er p resent indisp WEI CHSEL osition. L . ec,„,,, pani , A this song in the-most delightful man iner, and cuhtlita e d the band with admirable skill. The _musk of the Opera is very grand, and the ccornpanyrnents t.e tasteful and charming, but there is nutting of very striking excellence. It is eiotnewhat curious that the Composer, in a grand Serus Opera, has introduced in one of the chorus. es the well-kn9wn air of ,‘ Pretty Maud," i n the. Farce of Peeping Tom. .1 t is however, i n .much SIOWer time, and nothing ' association , ludicrous is ,excited by the , As the new grand Ballety-composed by WINTER) lvas noL.in sufficient forwardness for exhibition on day,Saturdy a printed. paper of apology was circulated ' over house, stating that only the Divertisement called Le: L'ireu Temeraire ou L' ilm;tie cede d L'A monr could be performed that evening, and that, by way of substitute; a celebrated Overture of NozART would be played between the two ads of the Opera. • ~_ The Divertisement introduced Monsieur DE klAvEs again to the Public. He was here three Years sago. He is a very fine dancer, 'and displays Ztreat sof improvement in point of grace. His vtlivity is prodigious. - His wife was brought for a. rd for the first time in this country. She is a athart little buxom Daine and loOks very much like t.:ative of this country. Her face has somewhat of if?,i!lasjonctind expression of- HlLLicsuEttG'. 'Madame „,vel-IAYRs is very well calculated for the light e r otidancing''•There is great spirit and ani. ni.3:llolnricein her manner, and she is very agile and neat Wejlerrerne:iivutria::slleland her husband were both PARIS 'l,, 3ij ~,:, I n o,T t a ,..._ t ; _ ' • LpAisforward with her usual grace—and the female' DABo RTE ,Iso came forward l ooked as beautiful as ever. CDNDELL, We find, with - effed. - person alluded to in the public prints, as the Perftohretnter who has been re movd from the harpsichord, foreigner, who does not seem onake Way for a tion, as far as we could observe, by any entitled to the situa superiority of talents. The former has resumeu his station with the Vi o li n. • The house Was much better attended than is usual on the opening . ni ght, and Burin? ' receas. There was indeed a very dParliamentary 111,er'us audience, and the F • . splendid and nu _ at together „,,, an _ .Atert,tinments passed.off at ~ta ”ii eclat that-- Promises a very flourish_ ......_________ rnoTti,:t,Rde_cettifs_ at ,the doors7------- of Drury -lane Theatre O„ tile.i9ql,37:e before last, to 30001. November last, a stone inrom the was'clouds i which fell France, prense'the Department of 'Vaucleure, and deposited in th e n h t ti ed to the National Institute, A Bill of Indidtrienujeum uf Natural History. of a found b y t h e G rand Jury at Wincheste r, on Twds n• Lord B OLTON and A.4'e/4daY' against the Right t7r Libel respecting the veLitdlir NEvtu.E,GE.;)(si.. I\ t ,c , in awarding compensation to the a th j e ur l y te a v t Mr. o,.__ Am, for.t.he surrender of his land for the use I Go Am, ' ' four There Will .be' a rdwing march to.morrow for hundred .2-i Zlt e B oat, and a—sl betwee n the - ./.llblo n Plea tlekohp, p oint Vi e. at..lia•B_Oat. They are to start from I if pAst six in the morning, tnw roun d ,oi_t the Note Lights, and return toCuekold's i, _n . The bet is between Gentlemen, and, at it I'Le;lll)POSed, will take twelve hours to decide. 'I , , a are to have three pair of oars. 4.4 rried on Tue:day last, the -loth inst. at Fn_ ache Rt!V. JOHN Or.rvEa, of Croome's liii, ctn._ ttt wlch, to MiSS DOD, of Enfield, only dough of itl4 . the late WILL/ ANI DOD, Esq. of Lincoln's . DUB . L7N, JAN. 12. THE offender Cttltinau, alias "General Clarke," who was wounded in the head by a sentinel in the Castle as the fellow was attempting to escape, died this week in the infirmary, to which he was imme. diately sent after being wounded.=.Thus has lie saved to the publiC the expence of trial and execu tion for his enormities. . Another Rebel, one of Thuyer's associates, James Cullen, has surrendered, and is safely lodged in the Guard-house at Humewood. He sent Capt. HUMS a message on Saturday last; that if rho would :be so good to accept his surtender,: he wa§:ready to give himself up, requesting at the same rime that Mr. George Hume, son: of: - Mr. Hume, of Sinnot_place, might take the-- trouble of going into the mountains some miles in the night to receive him, where the person he (Cullen) sent, would Conduft him. Mr. Hurne accordingly set - out, attended by one of the Humewood Cavalry, and meeting him at the appointed.placf, he surren. dered himself a prisoner. cullth was engaged in. the Rebellion of 1798, and at the memorable battle of Hacketstown received a severe wound in the hand. However Mr. ADDINGTON may have negle&ed :foreign relatiovs, no man will accuse him of having negleCted domestic relations since he has been Mini.: The office now held by Mr. BR AGGE, is striking proof in the Minister of extraordinary pre dile6tion for every thing conneaed with the House of Addillgtolt. Men who have soifie degree of merit very often lose all credit with the world when they pretend to qualities which they do rt - Dt possess, and when their pretensions have raised them to offices "to the duties of which they are unequal. Mr. BeactsE originally studied the Law ; h e be came afterwards one of the Train-bearers to the Lord Chancellor ; •he obtained a seat in Parliament, and, he was raised to the situation of Chairman of the Committees of Ways and Means, in the 'House of . Commons, by Mr. PITT. If, while he was bear, ing the Chancellor's train, he had' beeti"ti,l , ; l by Norwood forwne_teller, that he o ai t al one day to be Secretary at War, and one of the plinCiptalfitvieers . of the Minister of the British tripite,ll4446tild have cheerfully paid his sixpence for the!fittqrteitig • fable, stared, arid' laughed in the Gypsey's' iliCe.— There,are many situations 'however in which Mr. BaAcos might have been eminently useful, and as Chairman' of the Committees of the House of Commons, he often shewed great accuracy, and a knowledge of the technical duties of his Office; but the blind and indiscreet partiality of Mr. ADDING. TON seems to have chosen for his Relation the Office for which he is the most peculiarly unfit.—He-bas neither the temper, the manners, nor the turn of mind suited to the Office of Secretary at War. When, he lately opened to the House of Commons ,the Army Estimat es , he did it we understand in a manner quite unintelligible td the House, though it was a matter of mere figures and detail—and we,hear from per sons who are in the habit of transaCting business at the War-Office that, with the exception of getice, he does not appear to posses any requisite qualification for the Office he holds. It seems to be the plan of Mr. ADDINGTON, the moment he has discovered that a person is fit for the Situation to which he has appointed him, to remove him to an. other-,—This shews, what is lamentably the case, that there is a great dearth of talents among the connexions of Mr. ADDINGTON. Mr. Yount was quite equal to the duties of the . Office of Secretary at War, and a most important Office it is at the pre. sent moment. Mr. ADDINGTON had no sooner di's . .. - covered his sufficiency, than he determined to remove him, and, with all the respet we have for Mr. YORKE, we doubt much whether, as Secretary of Srate he will acquit himself, either to his own sa tisfaCtion, or to that of the Public. To the evils which are experienced from a weak Administration, is now to be added that of almost all the inferior Offices being inadequately Mr. ADDINGTON% partiality to rli4e connri t tsd, with him, particularly if it is a Family : ,coot*tiop a id knows no bounds ; but it is rep i dcring neither to his Friends or to the Ccyntry,.,to. im. pose upon those Friends duties which-they ,are.un. able to perform. Among the impressed men who have been pit o n board the Enterprize off the Tower, has been disco vered one of the mutineers and murderers of the Hermione Frigate, in time West Indies. He says he is a Dutchman, and calls himself House Christian ; from several circumstances it is supposed his real name is Thomas Taylor, and particularly from having T. T. marked on both arms; and a Marine of that name served on board the Hermione. The man is ordered to be detained on board till such time as it can he ascertained whether he is one of the villains concerned in that horrid mutiny. On Friday last Messrs. BARCLAY, PERKINS and Co. gave to their principal Clerks, and other per sons concerned in their brewery, a mosteitcellent dinner. The tables were set out inside the copper lately ereeked in their brewhouse, Park.street, Southwark. As soon as the cloth was retn4ved, the company retired from the copper to an adjoining room, where HENRY PERYINS, Esq. 'kept up the conviviality and good humour of the meeting' till a late hour. Several good songs were sung upon this occasion by Mr. JOSEPH Gwtur, the Archi tea, and others of the company. When the above_ mentioned persons had dined, all the servan-ts be longing to the house, above zoo in nurriT;tl', 'were regaled (by parties of between zo and. at 'a time) in the copper with plenty of beelOteaks and capital porter, in the genuine stile of British hoS.:" pitality. The copper is about zo feet diameter is ' capable of containing upwards of 700 barrels, and has never yet been brewed in. • Sittings appointed in MiddleseZ arid London be fore the Right Hun. EDWARD Lord Er.Lr—Nßo. ROUGH, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Hi. lary Term,, 1804.. IN TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. - Friday, January 27 Saturday, lautiary 28 Thursday,, February 2 Saturday, February 4 Friday, to Saturday, t T u e,day, AFTER TERN!. 14 W e.incsday, TPIE ST .7 Am Esri.P..imk. z.;7:1-osr. . . • Tks stoiy of the appearance 'of an ::71ccf - t th fskre, in St. jairies's-Park, in the dead of the night, had oocaSioned much conversation amongst the Guards for some time Past., and so generally was the fait belie:yeti, that, at a late Lour on Saturday _slight, a Clergyman entered the Bird Cage Walk,and patroled it for several hours, in the hTe that he might meet the f: are, when, he tru:ited, he should deteCt some person, who, through wantonness, was endeavour ing tb alarm the neighbourhood ; the whole night, however, passed aw,gi iwitlkut his being abl e to make" any discovery. 'lndeeiJ o it would appear, that the result of the tfial'of'Srm . tth, arising from the me lancholy, affair of the: Hammersmith Ghost,, had reached the ears of. the beadles (woman in the Park, and that she had, in 7 tonsequence, bade adieu to her 'nightly visits in that quarter. The last time, it is said, that this phantOM was ;was upwards of a week ago, when it was ob served, ;16001 one o'clock in the morning, to walk with solemn gait, from the Cockpit door to the Ca_ nal ; but whether it a f terwar d s va ni s h e d i n the air, or sunkinto the water, the Informant Ca n not say, The Officers of the Onards did not think it worth while to investigate this tale of horror, till they had reason to believe that the story had made some tin; pression on the minds of some of the soldiers. Ac cordingly, yesterday at one o'clock, the Adjutant of the-Coldstream Regiment went to the Orderly room, at the Horse 'Guards, and sent for George Jones, of the I.6Ji Company, for the purpose of interro gating him relietting the Ghost, as it was said that he was one of the men who had seen it, and had been considerably affeeted by the sight. The man ac curdingly attended, and declared - his readi;less•to make oath of the truth of what he had itready stated. The following is a Copy of a Declaration which he afterwards made and signed before an OtE.:er : " I do solen,nly declare, that whilst on guard at the Recruit House, on or about the 3d inst. about halt past one o'clock in the morning, I perceived the figure cola woman, without a head, rise from the earth ; at the distance of about three feet before me. ‘vs.so alarmed at the circumstance, that I had not power to speak to it, which was my wish to have done; but I distinedy observcd that the figure, was elresaayl in •a red stripe&gowd . wirlt' red spots between each stripe, and that paik of the dress and #gure appeared to me to he enveloped in atltrtid:' ." In about the space of two seconds, whilst trw eyes were fixed on the object,it vanished from my sight. I was perfectly sober and collected at the time, aad being in great trepidation, 'called to the next sentinel, who met me about halfway, and to whom I communicated the strange sight I had seen. (Signed) " GEORGE JONES, ea " of Lieutenant-Colonel TAYLOR'S Company of Coldstreath Guards. " Westminster, Jan. 15, 1804." To the Declaration of romEs we have to•achl ano tlitr, 'ecnileeted with 'thr.: subject, and which is equally genuine - : " I do hereby declare, that whilst oh gu ar d b e hi n d t h e Armoury-house (to the beat of my recollection about three weeks ago), I heard, at twelve s'dock at night, a tremen dous noise, which proceeded from the window of an uninha bited house, near to the spot where I was upon duly. At the same time, : I heard a voice cry out, Bring me a light bring me a light l"f he last sentence was uttered in so feeble and so changeable a tone of voice, that I concluded some person was ill, and consequently offered them my -ray assistance to prcui.e a light. I could, however, ob tain nn answer , to my proposal, atthouglt 1. repeated it .7everai times, and as often heard the voice use the same terms. endeavoured to see the person who. called out, but in vain. On a sudden the violent noise was renewed, which appeared to me to resemble sasticS of windows lifted hastily up and down, but then they were moved in such quick succession, and at ditrerent parts of the house nearly at the same time, that it seemed impossible to - me that one per son could acconaplish the whole business. I heard several of the R , :• ,, irnent say they heard similar noises and proceed ings, but f have never heard the !:use accounted for. (Signed) " RICHARD DONKIN, " .1 ails Company of Coldstream Guards.. " Whitehall, lan. is, 1801." CORN EXCHANGE, JAN• 16. THERst is not much further accession of Wheat at Market this day ; from the late full suppliei of this and most articles, it is not dearer, and the trade heavy; Barley in small supply, at little varia tion in price With Malt; Pease are in great plenty, difficult of sale, and a, , tsifie.lower ; Beans at small difference ; Oats are it giiddling s sppply, and the prices supported Fiour - plentiful,and on the de cline. . .. . .-: -,- •.. _ . Wheat '36; a 44$ a s3s od 1 Tick Beans - 3is a 35s od Fine ditto - . 54$ a 56s od i Oats - as a 2os a 23s od, Rye - -•- 2.8 s a3is o d 1 P o l an d di tto * 24$ a 25s od B at ley . - 2i)s a 25s od Rape Seed - - 351 a 381 M a lt . `. . sos a 57s od Fine Flour -44 s a 48s od White Pease 37$ a 440 od Seconds - 4os a 45s od Beans - • -34 s a 38s ed A press-gang stationed at Chester having, on the 28th ult. pressed one of the Volunteers, who had been at sea, and lodged himin gaol, a, great num. ber of the. Members of the Corps to which he be longed, pr9ceeded, after their parade, to the prison, i n a demanded the man. On receiving a refusal, they threatened to proceed to vi o l ence , w h en M a j or tmoTT,. their Commander, came up, and declared that he . would put the first of them to death that attempted to force the gaol; upon which he was seised by .the Volunteers, some. of , WhOm called out to have his sword broken over his head. By the assistance of some friends, he was, however, rescued from them unhurt. They then turned their fury against the gaol, the windows of which they first forced in, and then the door ; upon which th e gaoler, in order to secure the rest of the Prisoners , gave up the man in question, who was chaired thro . all the principal streets of the City. The naval rendezvous house was the next object of attack, the windows and doors of which they destroyed. At their approaCh the press-gang retired ; but leay. ink their Colours, the Volunteers tore diem from their staff, and dragged them in dm. kennel.— CUYLER, I If4caln6 Etter of the V o l unteers ' Distria, sent to , lend called u p on the May6t arid' Magistrates to use ''their authority,. who sent a note to LeLt. BUR cut ELL, earnestly requesting hi,n to take his gang out of Chester, till troops should arrive in the city. The Magistrates, at the same time, sent an express upon the subj:-d to PR I-NCE WILLIAM of GLOU. CESTEtt, who continands the Distria., in constcpie,,ce o f which, four Companies of the Shropshite Supple. menta Militia were immediately matched in f r om Live rpo:)1, and, at t h e en d o f some days, peace was restored. Lady GROSVENOR has presentei the Flintsh:re Militia, with three hundred and biXty.fiVe fialinel waistcoats. CLEI 11'11111i-IT. Fps r,TI-1 DAY—sATuanAy, JAN. FORGEgw. 11;:rle stood indicted tot having, on the r 2tli December last, forged and connteirited a certain instrument, purporting to be a Power of Attorney; and also for publishing and uttering it as tri..4, knowing is to have been forged 'imd counterfeized, purporting ,ro. be. a. Power of Attorn,!y - fr,13.1 , ,T r t Benjamin Allen, of Greenwich,' to hers, 'die •Aini Untie, to empower her 14 sell, tilinWeryi,4'' ,dispose .of 500 i worth of Stock, standA'r t g in -41)6'7 name of the said Benjamin Allen, in the of the Bank of England, the property of the. said Ben.. jamin Allen, with intent to defraud him ; ,and al'o with intent di defraud the Governor and Company, of the Bank of Er,gland,• Mr. GAR:to* opened the case on behalf of the Prosecution, which was instituted by the Bank in their care for the Pubtic Security, so-much of which depends ,ion them, and of whi c h t h ey always C.is charge th"e*elves With honour. • • George Franeillan, Stock-broker, said, that on rodl of Deeeenher, the Prisoner, whom lie ,sorne knowlqige ; of, Caine to hier, to take airs a Powee.:4'Altrnfj', i;r the purpo,c of ettToWerieg her to sell, or transfer 5001. Sock, then the pr'n • perty!of Mr,,Benjarnin Allen, Of Greer - Avieh, 'say- ing, that he was an elderly Gentleman, to whorl-) she herself had •been many years servant in his" n“ , j , and that her aunt had freers with him mmy and that he had agreed to give rhem nnweif lOr their attention to him. The ••Witness mql,.itutt tht Power.of Attorney in the proper fern] ft.r tit purpose, and delivered it to heron the same day to he executed.. by Mr. Alien, and who,- s !-, e • would extcure it that afterrio Shn brct;ght tto Frith on the same day, and desired him to c:o - ry on -- the husiress for her--at first she was doubtfial Whe ther she - would sell the Stock', or transter E:;e7 ' determined, however, to. sell it: She - gave the Witness the Power of Attorney exectred, by Mr. Allen. He took it to the proper Gffiee to be examined, for there is a mode of - r. - &riiinir*' Powers of Attorney to transfer Stock at tale Baek- 3 to prevent forgery or imposition. The Oflieet'at'ilie Bank doubted whether the Signature to this Power of Attorney was of die hand_wri.ti,in of Mr. Allen, 1 and therefore rent for the Witness, ani aske,l Lim if he knew Mc. Allen ? The Witness said he did noi, he only kneW the prisoner. Mr. - Hatetnan, the Of:_ firer of the Bank, asked the Prisoner if she knew . ' 1 " Mr. Allen ? She said, yes, that she had lived:- 7 with him ; that he was near 90 'tears of .-age----that his hand-writing was altered. Sire 'said, that, if there was any doubt, she would ta k e out anoth e r: but Mr. Bateman said,, that if she would get a me-• • morami , uirt signed by Mr. Vardey, appeared ro be a subscribing Witness to the Power of Attorney, ten to me,,, and whom M r . B ateman k new, as he 'had Bank Stock, stating, • “" the within named Benjamin,-Al hn is known the Stock- shouhl,be trans.: ferred. She said to the Stock-Broker, that a kv,r dayi before that time she was - .—on which he said', that if she was mat ried,: he was surpried she did not tell him so beibre, that hernietro•ike•- out the. Power of Attorney in another form, for that at present it was void, andlliat there must be' ' another. Then she said, that the Marriage good ; that a Terson of the name of Innis had pere suaded her to go down with l,im to. BristUl, :where he married her, The Witness - asked ~h er at •wh,t Church ? She said it was at no Church, hitt in a =.‘. private house:. That this maiv had afierwat-,ls taken away her clothes, and gone to k,4 ; And 'afttri6rds all her friends advised her . to g,) by - her, own'oatne . ,. for that she was not lawfully- married. She Oleo took the Power of Attorney to get the Inern.;ramitirn upon the back' signed by . Mr. - Vardey, :as: •Mr. Bateman required. She afterward; canon' back with' Mr. Vardey's name to the men:or:indult) which-A]as ' • required. • She delivered it .to the Broker,: arid' he delivered it up to the Direttnrs, and the Prisoner,Was detained, for by this time it .was discovered to be a forgery. Peter Vardey was 'Stated in, the memo. randum to be a cheesernonger at Greenwich. - Mr. Bvernan said, that he is Inspenor of Nwet's' of Attorney at the Bank. 7He gave - ,;n account as ' Mr. Francillan had done, of both him and the Fri. sorter corning to the Bank with the Po Weir Ar. torney—of his suspeaing it' not to Signature of Mr. Allen; and of his requiring tife!netnuraodu r i signed by . Mr. Vardey; one of the attes,ti;z' Witnesses, and of the Prisiiier afterwards bringiig it so attested. • Mr. Benjamin Allen was then called, bur he an_ peared so old and superannuated as to be hardly ca_ [sable of comprehending any question that was put to him ; he said he could not Jell when the Prisoner was last at his house. Oil being= askA, whether the.. signature to the Power of Attorney . was his hanct= writing or not ? Tie said he was sure it was rot that he had not written his name at lull length fur many years : that he had not been out of his house fur the last so years. 'He said, on hea r i ng t h at i t Was witnes s ed by Mr.Vardey and another person at Greenwich, God bless toe l I did not'authorise any body to sell :my Stock in December last :" he said lie did not know Mr. Viirdey: he said then, that he did nut remeMber that he had signed the paper; he said, "I think not, but if I did sign the paper, cannot they come and say so." He said,.that when he signed papers they were brought•to him hy fane.Hurl e , hi s housekee'irr, and nut by the" Pri soner, who washer niece. Peter Vardey, and the other attesting supposed Witness, proved, that their names as witnesses to this Power of Attorney was a forgery ; that neither of them saw Mr. Allen for the lasi t , velve years. They knew nothing of this Power-of Attorney. J:sne Hurle, 'the aunt of the Priso::er, proved, that she was a servant in Mr. Allen's house, and left it in December la,t, and never was' there since : that the signature to the Power itlAtc9rney was not of Mr. Allen's hand, who never wrote the name Benjamin itt full : that it was imrossible for any paper to hay . e tern signed by Mr. Allen out the knowledge of the Nitness, for nobody ever saw him but in her presence for many years. The Cut P F BARON summed op the Evidence 4r13 said, that he had no 'obsezvation to make on this