The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-26 00:00:00

THE ORATORIOS, &c.

HAN6VER-SQUARE.—,-The Vocal Concert, under
the, direction of Me,srs. BARTLEMAN, C. and W.
hNYVETT, and dk;r..vroucx, commenced for the
Season last night, andfkas, as usual, attended by 0
very nnmerons and elegant-assemblage of Sub-
scribers, The principal Performers. were CATA-
LAM; TRAMP.ZZANI. Mrs. • LACY, Mr. and Mrs.
VAiIiMAN, the K NYVETTS,BELLAMY, and BARTLE-
MAN. WEICHSELL was Leader, and the Orchestra
was ahundantly supplied With first ?ate Performets.
The compositions were in general well selected.
and as well execute(' by the respective vocal ••ind
instrumental Performers. 'A new glee for four
voices, composed by \V. KNYVETT, WaS fnuch ad.--
mired and applauded.

DRutixi NE.--The Oratorio Season com-
mence(t last night, muler the direction of Sir GEo.
SMART. Mrs. DicKoNs, Mrs. BLIND, BELLA)IY,
Smut!, and VvNE, were the chief Vocal Perform-
ers. Mr. LEONARD made his first appearance
his voice is good, and, with a little more expe-
rience, he will prove an acquisition. A ;sister of
CATALAN' also made her first appearance in, this
country ; she sings in the style of Gil 15sINI, but
with a better voice. The airs and the chorasses
wokt off with correctness and energy. Miss
Smrrir, between. the acts, gave some recitations
from MILTON.

COVENT-GARDEN.—Tbe ASHLEY'S, as usual,
opened this Theatre last night for• the Oratorio
Season. The grand composition of TheXessiah,
was performed on this occasion, and in a Illaklner
worthy 'of SO sublime a work. It w'as ably °pli-
ed by BRAHAM, and the other parts were power-
fully supported by CATALANI, Mrs. Siu.tos, and,
Mr. litt.Lxv.a. :The Band is aniple, and was led
by General ASHLEY'.

An eminent Barrister, when told Of Soissons.
having been taken by storm, said, the only remedy
for the town's people was to bring an action for
an assault and batteT.
An ingenious Author thinks that " New
Dynasty" must needs be in a critical situation,
since king JOE has turned Reviewer; and a Poli-
tician declares, that the unanimity of the Allies is
wonderful, considering how many. divisions there
are in their Grand Army.
A peace with BUONAPAUT6 What ! (is the ge-
neral exclamation) stall a peabe he, signed- by.a
man xvhom no treaties ever, yet bound, and who
will certainly employ the. short interval of repose,
with his accustomed energy 'and perfidy, irp pre-
parations to be able to violate, with impunity,
.conditions which his pride and, his ambition will
-represent as obnoxious .and insulting--a man Who
is a tyrant from temper, and treacherous from
principle. Ask any ten persons you meet, and
nine , will pronounce without hesitation,, that it
would be an act of the grossest impoltey, both
short-sighted and disgraceful—to treat. with so
abominable an adversary.—(Bath Herald.)

An application was beard before the Lords of
the Council on Tuesday, in the Council Chafiber,
Whitehall, for a Charter, from a number of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons,
,to constitute them a Cor-
porate Body, which was opposed by the College
of Surgeons.
71.1onday se'nnight the remains of Mrs.WIIIGHT,
late Prioress of the Nunnery at Lanlicrne, were
interred in Mawgan church ; on, which occasion a
procession of the Nuns of that institution took
place, in the following order :

- Eight females, dressed in white, with long white veils.
The coliin,'carried by eight Nuns, in the full dress of their
• • order, and wearing-611', black veils.
Twelve Nuns, with lighted tUpers, channting a funeral dirge.
.--The nuns accompanied the remains of their late
Superior no farther than the church-yard, when
the corpse was borne to thh grave by the ladies
who had preceded it,' the Nuns retiring imme-
diately to the Nunnery. A considerable number
of spectators assembled to witness this novel ex-
hibition.

LAVINIA ROBINSON.—MV. GOODIEII, the Gen-
tleman wbo casually found the body of this la-
mented young lady, has divided the reward of a
hundred guineas, which he received, among thre
of her survivinti sisters.

MURDER.—Francis Mite ,vas found buWg, Pt
the Sessibns in Dublin, on Monday last, of the
murder of MF. GOULDING, by shooting bho with
a pistol on the South Circular Road, when walk-
ing with his wife, Mrs. Gouty'No, on the 11th
September last. The prisoner, it will be recol-
lected, was apprehended immediately after. the of-
fence, and committed ,to Ncwgate, from which be
made his escape, disguised in woman's clothes.--
He was ordered for execution on Wednesday.

A man, charged with a horrid murder in Ire-
land, was detected in London a few days sinee,
'and was taken into :custody. He was sent off on
Wednesday evening,' in the 'custody of a Bow-
street Offic,,r, and Mr.'WAttly, the Messenger on
the Irish EStablishment; for Dublin.
Monday evening, about six 0'e10,4;., Mr. BO_
snAw, china-merchant ill Dumfries (Scotland),
,tvho had been in a high state of
_fever and dtlirium,
slipped'out of the house, unknown to those who
had the charge of him, and proceeded tow,ards the
water, at the foot of the dock, unfortunately fell
in, and was dray:med. His body was found next
morning, a little below the place ‘vherethe acci-
dent occurred.

A fine healthy bov, apparently not 'more than
four mouth old, Nvi,3 handed to the care of a
barrow-wo;nan yesterday afternoon, in Oxford.
street, by a very decent dressed country-looking
• woman.,-while she went to a neighbouring lioase,
as she pretended, with a bundle under her arm.
She. however, did not retinl, and the infant was
taken care of hv the parish officers. This is the
second offence of this sort committed in Oxford-
street lately.