The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-27 00:00:00

VIE OPERA.

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• • - 's. :771 afire:
Tyr . new serious -Opera which " was bioniht
ward lost Saturday at this Theatre; wht4 the title of
e 18 one bf' the nua-beautiftil,,, in
point of .colaposition, that. has ever been heard.—
The Composer is PoRTooALLo, a Musician of seli-
known' merit, and ivho.se fame will be .considerably
augmented by this admirable prod4ce of hiS•profs-'
stonal learning, Jucigthent, all 4 genius.. 'llse folleiNV-
ing is the state of the
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Xerxes,
Sebastes,
e ras peg,
A rbantes,
A rgenis,
Barsgnis,

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DRANIA.tIS PER'SON/E.
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Sign4,r ROV.EDINO:
•••'. Si;iior De (.; tov Anti.
. BLI:LINGTON.
, - Signqra COLOMBA Tf.

- The fable is supposed to_ take place in Persia at
the time When Xerxes, the Persian Monarch; is in-.
volvedin a War with the GreekS. kgenis, the Par-
thian Princess, is betrothed to Limn, and is waiting
hip return at the court of Persepolis. Bueduring
the absence of Xerxes, she unfortunately becomes at-
tached to tis son &bastes, who is equallyenamoured
with the Princess. • Sec' stes is beloved by the Priu-;
cess Barsenis, who, in revenge (or, his preference of'
Argenis,' determines on vengeance. She therefore
spreads a report 'that Xerxes' 'was tie,' 'more, ana
Sehastes, of course, Assumes :the sovereignty of
Persia. It appears, howeVer; that -After being
defeated: .by the Greeks, Xeres had•-rettlened
iii secret to his capital: Mortified by This
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stung with resentment at the attOlpt ti, de
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price him of his Mistress and his throne,' be.Ord6rs
hiS son tit be confined, and resolves that hislife shall
.Ite the fOrfeit. At lengtly, however, .11-lerapes, the
grandfather of ,Si,bast., interposes;' and Xera ' par-
don 4 the 'latter, and even ccin'sents -that. the lovers
shall be united.
seldom give any account. of the fable a tin
Italian Opera, but this is so interesting and-beauti-
ful, .and is likely to be so successful from its oWn
merit and that of performance, thitt wethink it
entitled to more than usual Attention.

• Well as Mrs. BILLINGTON'S talents are known,
and highly as they, are admired, 'it may be said that-
she hardly ever appeared to so much advantage be-
fore. Her singing.was charaCterized by every qua" 7,
lity that coUldilWakenisurPrise and adruiratson:_' 1111;
her songs were given With
_e*iuisite skill, and some
of them Were' enjOred. Nothing could be
.r4ore
charming than her ditet witli AIlAlq. in the Second Act. It .was finetinitetition of skill, and th.64:11
Mrs. BILLINGTO\ certainly carried otf'the 'prize of
superiority, BrAHAbI WAS deservedly and loudly
applauded. The trio by; Mrs.- sti..LlO•rox,
Wont; 'and BRAII AM; in the ,Pirit Mt, 'was also
,a great favourite with the Audienee: The Opera
iudeed,..rapturously applauded 'very bril-
liant and crowded Audience, and.willtno•stprobablY
be well attended through; the season. •

The last letters froth Bombay inentian4mt Scin-'.
dea and the Berar Rajah had appointed an interview
with the•Peishwa, at Poonalh.to'whieb the hitter had.
consented, on the express condition*iat :he British
Resident should he present. ~"
Mariluis hai, by ramous conee.s-
siOns,.in a- great degree restored tranquirrifY In the
Rajahmundry ; be has, howe*r, found it necessary
to keep up the establishment of Police Peons, which
it hid been his intention to abolish.
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The war against the insurgent Polygirs continues,
almost without intermission 'against' tine Chief or
other. The following is an,E:t•l'ra:i. of a Letter from
.an Officer recently employed .agninA the 'Rajah of
Ponagliur
'" After a march of five ch!ys and nights without
interthission, and without sleep, and nearly witho'at
-food, we arrived last,night in two divisions, each
having two brigade of guns, before,tbe Fort of- Po-
naghur, 20 miles North ofVellore ; and at three
o'clock this morning commenced ,our attack. • After
a heavy vannOnade of six,horirs a breach vas disco-
vered in the South bastion ; ancithe storming party,
consisting of the flank companies of the tst Batta-
lion of the 4th Regiment; and the -Ist Battalion of
the 16th Regiment, -with four gallopers, and 1,00
pioneers to clear the jungles, was ordered to'ad-
Vance. Our gallant fellows, marched to the spot
with their accustomed bravery, tutdeti a 'shower of
shot, and in face 015000 Men, who lined the breach
and ramparts,. On reaching the breach, having re,
served their fire,.they diSchargtid a volley,, and tbe
forlo, n hope rushed forward with the bayonet, with
such irresistible' enthusiasm, that.the Enemy tied in
all direaiims, abandoning to us the Fort, and leaving
behind them 2400 killed and wounded.

". Our loss on this occasion was-Ist Battalion,
4th Regiment, 12. killed, 30 wounded ; 2d Batta-
lion, Ist Regiment, 9 23 wounded ;, Ist
Battalion, I Gth Regiment, tr killed, 41 wounded
and pioneers, 5 killed, I t wounded,--,-Total; 43
killed, and 105 wounded. LieutcnantALEriA; of
the 4th, -was the only Officer'wounded. Captain
Ratx..r.ipsozi. lost part of Isis jacket, _and several but-
tons from the frOnt of his waistcoat, by a 11b.-shclt.
:oliwithstanding the great, fatigue" which our
Troops have urtdergone, the,serviCe is so urgent as.
not to admit of their halting.foi rest,-and •we are
again under march, in pursuit of'the fugitives.",

The General We Indiaman, whith was em-
ployed to carry honie the Ambassador from Bagdat,
was nearly lost on her passage up the Persian Gulph...
She struck one rock near Cape .I.3ornbarie, and made-N
so much water, that the Ambassador, Captain, and
part. of the crew, were landed, in the exPe6.tation of
Ter sinking. - On their landing they were, howeVer,
made prisoner's by thelArabs, a party of :whom put
Off to plunder. The Chief Mate (Mr. likowti), -
who remained on board; received them so spiritedly,
as to make them all" prisoners, An exchange after::
wards -took - place, the vessel was got off, and her
leaks stopped, and shortly after falling in with. the
Mornington and Vipt.r, 'was :by them attended :to
Bushire, from 'whence' thet,:Ambassador proceeded'
in the Piper to Bussoralt. •- •
-- The treasure taken by the Army und&-tt'..neral
WELLBst.EY, at Anainatighur and Assay; I.; said
have.proved to .be greater than, Nra at first supposed.
The speciealone nowsaid tw amount .to four hundred
thousand Ines of yupee3; rand its conveyance requir-
ed tour hundred, tumbrils, each drawn` by twelve
bullocks. Niue thousand, camels, ladeu•with silks
aild musHns ; sixty thousand bullocks iari::h uitti•
rice;.,; andtwo thousand elepilauts,, tell into
the hanis of the viao/S. . - •