The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-09 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

KING'S THEATRE.—The Opera of Ote/10, one
of the novelties of last season, although by no
means successful, was chosen by CURIONI, last
night, for his benefit. The estimation in which
this chaste and delightful singer is deservedly
held, joined to the re-appearance (after an ab-
sence of four years) of Signor GARCIA, attract-
ed a numerous and fashionable audience, with
whom curiosity was more powerful than fashion,
'as the house was filled unusually early. The
Opera was almost entirely re-cast, and so power-
ful is the effect produced by superior acting,
'that Well°, which last year made little or no im-
pression, now promises to be one of the standard
productions of the • present season. GARCIA,
animated by the applause with which on his first
appearance he was universally greeted, outdid
his former efforts, and gives us fresh occasion'to
laud the perseverance of the Management in re-
storing to the King's Theatre one of the most
favourite Performers who have ever trod on its
boards.

COVENT GARDEN —Á new Opera, entitled
Clari, or the Maid, of' Milan, was last night pro-
duced at this Theatre. The beautiful scenery
and expensive decorations for -which this Theatre
is proverbial were not spared op the present oc-
casion. The Plot is as follows young country
girl,deceived by a promise of marriage; is induced
to elope from her paternal roof with the Duke
Vivaldi, Unmindful of his promise, he subse-
quently makes dishonourable advances, which,
although backed by splendour and luxury, are
not sufficiently strong to predominate over the
virtue of Clari, who, finding too late that she
has, been deceived, escapes, and is pursued by
her repentant lover, who offers her his hand and
Dukedom in atonement for the outrages which
she had suffered from his unlawful passion.—
_
Such are the simple materials on which an in-
teresting piece is founded. It has often been
regretted that, however great may be the merits
of'singers in general in their own peculiar pro-
vince,-their histrionic attempts by no means
render them worthy of distinction. Miss M.
TREE does much to remove this impression ; the
judgment and discrimination always perceptible
in her actin.? would (independently of her mu-
sical abilities') entitle her to a permanent situa-
tion on the Landon boards, and these united
qualities were never more powerfully exerted
than in the Opera of last night. Her first song
was beautifully and pathetically given, and
the feeling of her acting,'in the last scene, deeply
affected many persons around us. FAWCETT was
excellent in 'the old Father :—for this we were
in some degree prepared, as the known excel-
lence of his-Job Thornberra allowed us to expect
much from him in the pathetic. We should not
forget Miss Love. (an obviously improving ac-
tress), who played and sung in the character of a
soubrette with much naivete. The other Per-
formers (from our want of room) must content
' themselves,with our general praise. The Music,
by 13isnop, allowing for his constant imitation of
ltotsiNt, is' entitled to praise : Miss Tnra's
song, in praise of Home, is very beautifully
composed. , The scenery is in the usual style
of splendour, and, in every point of view, we
think Clarii, will have a long and successful
career. •

ADDRESS of the GREEK COMMITTEE.

Crown and Anchors Tavern, May 3.—Lord Mwrox, M.P.
',is, in the Chair.

presentth
the
friends
of
ieandsorGhruemecaeniitsy,heigivhilly teizaitnion-
ar ensdit 1.111 itgoi on .
Under circumstances the most disheartening, the Greeks have
daily advanced towards that independence to which they had
for ages anxiously aspired.
The attempts to perpetuate their bondage have hitherto fail-
ed ; nearly the whole of Southern Greece has been freed, anti
the Greeks are making continual progress. Amidst the.miseries
of a war of peculiar ferocity and suffering, they have established
a regular Representative Government, uniting. the suffrages
of the people, and obeyed wherever the Turkish power has
been subdued.
It was impossible to contemplate this most affecting struggle
without eager interest and anxiety. In Germany, Switzerland,
and France, Societies have sprung up for the purpose of ad-
vancing the holy cause. The sums they have raised have hien
very considerable ; and the energy with which Grecian inde-
pendence has been supported abroad, is as honourable to the
Greeks as to their advocates and friends.
In England, where the sublime spectacle of a nation awaken.
ing into light and freedom could not' but he regarded with
sympathy and admiration, a thousand proofs have been g, iven
of the existence of those feelings ; and it is a matter of sur-
prise and regret, that hitherto they have produced so little
active anti beneficial result.
At length, however, a numerous Committee has been formed
of the friends of Greece, and the time is arrived in which they
deem it right to make a public appeal. It is in the name of
Greece. It is in behalf of a' country associated with every sa-
cred and sublime recollection :—it is for a people formerly free
and enlightened, but long retained by foreign despots in the
chains of ignorance and barbarism !
While the attempts of the Greeks were limited within a
narrow circle, and it seemed probable they would be in-
stantly crushed by the Ottoman power ; while it was un-
certain whether .there was a single element of successful
opposition to Mussulman tyranny, it might be doubted
how far it was prudent or justifiable to encourage a struggle
which might have aggravated the evil it was intended to re-
move. But the war has now changed its character. It is clear
it cati end in nothing but in the independence or the absolute
annihilation or the Greek people. If the Turks could not put
down the insurrection in its early stages, when the Greeks pos-
sessed neither arms nor military knowledge, nor strong holds,nor
regular government, what can they do now against a renovated
nation supported by the active sympathy of the Christian world ?
It is to stop the effusion of blood,-to consolidate a system of
permanent tranquility—to promote the progress of knowledge
and virtue—to enable the Greeks firmly to possess, and quietly
to enjoy, the land of their fathers, that the Greek Committee
venture to solicit the co-operation of the British nation.
In every point of view, they deem it most important for the
general interest of man, that a strong and national Govern-
ment should exist in the illorea. To England commercially,
and to the world in general, it could not but be eminently bene-
ficial. On a religious ground, how strong, how irresistible is the
claim of the Greeks upon their fellow Christians ! Shall millions
of our brethren be delivered up to the butcheries of the Turks ?
Shall the scenes of Scio and Cyprus be renewed, and a whole
Christian people be extirpated
The Greek Committee have been for some time occupied in
deliberating on the best means of' promoting so noble a cause-
They have opened a direct communication with the existing
authorities in the Morea. They have also been actively en.
gaged in correspondence with the different Continental Com-
mittees : and believing that they have now ascertained the
most effective means of assisting the objects of their solicitude,
they come before the public in the assurance of finding that!
co-operation on which alone they can rely for success.
The Committee have therefore determined on calling a
Public Meeting to be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern,
on Thursday,. the 15th instant, at 11 o'clock. Chair to be
taken precisely at 13.

Yesterday being Ascension-day the children
of the different parochial schools in the parishes of the metropo-
lis, preceded by the ministers and church-wardens, peranibu-
.lated the different boundaries of each parish.