The Sun.
London, England, 1813-07-28 00:00:00

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The Siege of beigratie, I,olicts bas the powerful
recOmmendation of beautiful music from tiro RACE
AIMS last night represented lit this Theatre, and
Mr. CooKE, of high musical repute ih 15nblin,
where he was Leader of the f;anii in the Crow-
street Theatre, appeared in the character of The
Seraskier. His professional taste and knowledge
need no eulogium. His voice is a tenor, and
chiefly excellent in the lower tones. it is not of
great compass. His shake is very good ;and his Man-
tier of singing is marked by feeling and expression.
Perhaps he is a little too much inclined to the
modern style of flontishing, but it is the fashion,
and he 111',1q of courscconform to it. As an Ac-
tor, it would be hard to scrutinize his preten-
.
simm, as it was ins first appearance in that capa-
city. It is sufficient to say, that he displayedgood
sense and aniumtion. His stature is of the middle
size, if ii,7t a little below it. lie was very %yell
received, and encored in the Song of The Rose
and the Lill?), and 'also lit a duet with Mrs. CooKE,
as well 'as a serenade of his own composition:
Mrs. Ciingli was the Lilla. She was formerly
Miss hlownr,i.s, and was a pupil of KF,i,LY mid
caoupat. She has not suffered her talents
to rust by disuse on the contrary she displayed
incitased merit, and performed the part with
spirit. Her voice is much stronger than it was;
and in air echo son, she exhibited great executive
HA, The opera altogether was well received.

P ET It Y.

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TO ELIZA..
There); not a looli, aword of thine
My soul hatb e'er forgot
Thou ne'er hast.hl4 a ringlet shine,
Nor glen thy lock:: one graceful twine,
Which I remember not.

There never. vet a murm►ir fell
froin that beguiling tongue,
• 'Which did not, •with a ling`ring spell.,
Vpon my charmed senses dwell,
Like something Heav'n haitsung.
' that I conid at once forget
• MI ! all that haunts me 110.
And yet, thou witchil;g girl !—and yet,
To die were sweeter than to let
The lov'd' remen►bt once go !
No ; if this slighted heart must see
It's faithful pulse decay,
Oh I it shall die renvenab'ring thee;
And like the burnt Aroma, be
Cvnsutu'd in sweets away. .

We have had a view of the internal arrange-
ments for the splendid ftte to he given to-morrow
evening at the Opera flouse, and confess it sur-
passes any thing ( f the kind we ever saw in this
country. We cannot but express our full hope.,
of its meeting that support which an entertain.
anent on such a scale Merits. The refreshment
_rooms, which, Are most truly elegant, are to be
thrown open at twelve o'clock, and continue all
the evening, which will prevent the inconvenience
so huge ttri, nasumbly wimlit he enutsied to on any
other plan.
We learn with pleasure that Mr. JoNas, of Co-
vent. Garden Theatre, has been ponounced to he
out, of danger by his physician, Sir W. 13t.aNe.
llis disorder was a violent bilious fever, which.
has left him in astute of great debility.
A late rescript of the Emperor of RUSSIA or-
ders all the public seminaries Ilf education in Fini
land to be provided with teachers of the Russian
language.
'tire understand that Mt.SADI.ER, the celebrated
aeronaut, is now at Cheltenham, and intends as.
tending from that place in the course of a week or
two. Ile has unquestionably ,with biro (me of
the largest balloons in the world, by which he
proposes crossing St. George's Channel from Ire-
land, very shortly, and which, we arc informed,
is capable of carrying 72 persons.
A miser having ,been offered a wife, who had a
sufficient income to support herself, refused to
marry, upon the gronnd that it would be a specu-
lation too extravagant, as he.could not afford to
squander away his affections.
We hope it will inn be considered premature to
congratulate the public on the improved state of
the police at Chepstow, seeing it publicly noti-
fied that the House of correction with all its ap-
purtenances, are to he sold by auction.
There was lately growing in a garden at Stour-
bridge, a single potatoc plant, the branches or
fibres from the root of which amounted to'lo9
DROniIIZDA,. JULY 17.—Vesterday, at the Ce-
neral Quarter Assembly of the Corporatioo, an
affectionate Address to oar illustrious Viceroy the
Duke of RICUMONO,, on his retiriug from the
Government of Ibis Country, was proposed and
carried 'with general approbation. Air. MaYon
was requested to forward the same to his Grace,
which, with his Anslvtr, was ordered to be pub-
lished. .

GOOSO.BEIiRIRS.--:-We lately mentioned a goose-
berry of an extraordinary size at Yarmouth, beta
Correspondent at Leicester assures ns that there
are Many trees in the hitter place loaded with
fruit of a much larger Size. The following he
states to be.the dimensions of one. unripe yellow
gooseberry, in the Orden at a Mr. Gird,. viz. io
length two-inches and a half, in &comic:veil
four and.a half ditto, and its weight, when ripe,
is Opected:to be at least dcvt,
litAi No. spirited and most determined
pitched bottle was fought on Monday on Lea
Heath, a few miles from Dorchester, for a stake
of►fot) guineas', between Richard Ealen, on ath-
letie young farmer of 16 stone, and. Jacob. Last-it
00ii, a publican nod borge-oWner, .of equal
prowas.. A dispute originated between tire par-.
bet about a parley -I-free,
ties 'respecting a trilling
Words ran high, and in extolling each other's
manlithrel, fifty guineas were staked by' each to be
fought for mi the following day. ,TNey.fought
toe an
static;,ttirtahielyd treett;
s traitirtrotesyleludilt
nr,rieaitltilearrleeoyu(lr,li
20 minutes took place,: After their renewing the
battle for a titiarter:of an hour,Eialen waS obliged
to resign, with two broken ribs„ and his adversary
was very badly hurt.