The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-20 00:00:00

N©. 13428.,,-

THEATRE,ROYAL LYCEUM AND
ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

The above THEATRE IS TQ BE LET,, with immediate
possession, with tllc whOle of the Sienery, Wardrobes, Properties,
Machinery, &c.
The conditions nn which the same is to be taken may be seen,
together with elcry necessary information, by application to A.
W. Arnold, Esc/, Solicitor, 31, Golden-square; or to Mr. Peake,
the Treasurer, at the Theatre, between the hours of Twelve and
Two o'Clock.

Sealed Tender, adh:essed to either of the above parties, en-
dorsed ".Tenders for • taking the Theatre Royal Lyceum and
English Opera House," to be left with them on er before Thurs-
day, the 28th day of January.
N.B. The License empowers the Theatre to open on the 15th
of March.

BRETT'S HOTEL (late OLD FURNIVAL'S)
Gentlemen and Families visiting the Metropolis, will find
at this renovated Hotel, not only the choicest Wines, but com-
forts and conveniences of a very superior description, upon the
most moderate scale of charges, consistent with the known respec-
tability of the Establishment. Baths.
No. 139, Holborn Bars.

INCREASE OF INCOME.—Profitable Agency.
AGENTS continue to be Appointed in London and Country
Towns, where there are no grocers dealing with the establishment,
by the EAST. INDIA TEA COMPANY, for the SALE of their
celebrated TEAS. (Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate. )
They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, and
labelled with the price on each package. The fac-simile of the
Secretary is attached to secure their delivery free from adultera-
tion. But little trouble is occasioned by the sale. Any respectable
tradesman may engage in it with advantage ; he promotes, indeed,
his own business by this valuable appendage ; the license is only
Ils. per at.num ; the very trade an amusement; and from an out-
lay of 20/. to 501., many, during the last ten years, have realised
incomes of from 501. to 1001. per annum, without one shilling let.
or loss.—Applications to be made to
CHARLES 1-IANCOCK, Secretary.

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ITALIAN MUSICIAN.

PRICE 7D.

THE DEATH OF STRADELLA, ,THE

(Froth liogarth's History qf Aftisico
Alessandro Straddle, remarkable not less for his roman-
tic and tragical history than for his musical genius, was born
at Naples, in the earlier part of the Seventeenth century.
While yet a
.young man, and having .acquired (-treat reputa-
tion at Venice,,he was employed by a 'Nobleman of that
cityto give instructions in music to a young lady of noble
'birth, named Hortensia. She had been seduced froM her fa-
mily by this Nobleman, with whom she Was living,. when
Stradella was introduced to her acquaintance. She was
beautiful and accomplished ; and, notwithstandingher un-
happy fall from virtue, must have posseskd 'estimable, as
well as amiablequalitiis.-. A mutual passion sprang ifp in-
the minds of_thminstructor and his Pupil:;',andAlky_agreed
to fly together-,f min:: the bouser.. of her seducer_ The 'en-.
raged Italian, on disc Overing 'theii: flight,. determinedthat
nothing but their death'should satisfy 'his vengeance';
he hired two bravos, avithiastructions to, follow. them, arid!'
execute his purpose, wherever they shouldybe found., They..
proceeded to Naples,the birth, place of Stradella,.supposing
he would 'most probably' return thither. After: a'vain
search, however, in that city; they learned that he "and-'the
lady were living at: Rome, where she was ,regarded; -:as his
wife. They applied to their employer for a recommenda-
tion to the Venetian Ambassador at, Rome, in order that
they might find "an asylum *hen the deed was perpetratdd
arid, thus providetLithey. arrived at that city. They soon
discovered the residence, of Stradella ; but hearing,that an .
oratorio of his composition was to be performed in one: of •
the churches, in which he was hiMsell to sing, they deter- I
mined to waylay and murder him on his return hoinc,in
darkness of the night. They entered the church while Stra-
della was singing ; and such was the exquisite beauty and
pathos of his music that these savages were melted by it
and they could not bear to take the life of a man who had
procured them such sweet and unwonted emotions. They
waited for hini in the street; hut, instead of plunging their
poniards in his. heart, informed hiin that such had, indeed,
been their purpose, whichthey •now-detested ; and warned
him to fly with his mistress-to some place.of greater safety,:
for that the revenge of their master., would soon reach them .
there. The lovers 'immediately haitened from Rome, and
took up their abode at Turin. The bravoes, returning to.
their- emplyer, told him that they had traced the fugitives'
to Turin ; but that, as the laws were exceedingly severe in
that Place, and the chance of escape, after the commission
of such a deed very difficult,' they would have no further
concern in the matter. The Venetian, however, was de-
termined to proceed in his bloody purpose ; and therefore
engaged two other assassins, on whom 'he could place mere
reliance, procuring for ..theM letters of recommendation
from the.. French Ambassador at Venice to -the Ambassa-
dor of the same country at Turin, in the character of two
merchants who were led, by their commercial pursuits; to
that place. The murderers delivered their credentials, and
remained in the. city, waiting for a favourable -opportunity.'
In the meantime, the. Duchess of Savoy, then Regent of the.
kingdom, having been inforined of the story of the lovers,
and knowing the imminent danger in which -they were,
placed Hortentia in a convent, and ietained Stradella in
her service, giving him a residence in the Palace. After
some time Stradella's fears for his safety began to abate ;
and one evening having ventured to walk.on the ramparts of
the town, he was attacked ,by two ruffians, who each stabbed
him with a dagger, and fled to the house of the French
Ambassador, as a-sanctuary. The news of this assault im-
mediately reached the Duchess, who ordered the gates to
be shut, and demanded the assassins of the French Ambas-
sador, who refused to give them up. Stradella's wounds,
however, proved not to be mortal ; and the murderers
were allowed to escape, in order to put an end to the dis-
cussion as to their delivery to justice. The persecutcir of
this hapless pair remained implacable, and continued to have
them constantly watched by spies, whom he kept at Turin..
A year elapsed after Straddle's cure was completed ; and
no renewal of any attempt having been made, he began to
think himself in safety. The Duchess of Savoy, deeply in-
terested in the fate of the lovers, had them married in her
Pahce, and the prospect of happiness was now before them.
It was a deceitful prospect. Stradella; having to
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com-
pose an opera for Genoa, went to that city, carrying hts
wife with him. The Venetian, informed by his spies .of
this movement, and finding that his victims were no longer
under the protection of the Dtichess of Savoy, despatched
murderers, who, watching for an opportunity, rushed into
their chamber early one morning, and stabbed them to the
heart in each other's arms. The murderers effected their
escape, 'and were never more heard of.