The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-06 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

The system of pilling, so clumsily pursued by
Theatres Royal, which oogitt to be above these little
arts, has extended .with additional fiery to a place
of Entertain it does indeed sum much
wanted to delude.the public. Thtt Foreign Opera
hail a hill rehearsal Yes' erday,and opens stextThurs-
dayr The subscript-ions are ashigh as ever, though
there is 'set-net:ly a tythe of the talents we have
been accusromed to see engaged in the concern.
But to make amemis for this-grt•at deficiency,. the
utager seems to pride himself on having got
entirely rid of native Performers, and having no-
thing butt Foreigners on his 11.4tablislonent. Of
this fact he boasts in dl his pull: paragr,:plis, and
cet:tainly expects that it is a mighty recommenda-
tion to the British public, that, he has diseharged
the most meritorious and distinguished of his,
ov,•ft countrymen to make room for Miens, not
possesi.ed of a quarter so much' merit. It is
our intention. to offer strictures'on this sub-.
.j,fet, and on what appears to us to be the shame-
f,,l ustisconduitt, of this expensive Theatre. In the
meantiine, we shall only notice one.example of the
practice we have reprobated. Mr. Writ CHSELL,
the vTryaldeSt Leader of a Band in. England, has
been pushed front the stool he occupied so meri-
toriously for a dozen of years, to make wary for
an Italian, who is not to he compared to hint in
the most distant degree. The ff.lloeeing tribute
to Mr. W. we copy front a Morning Paper—it
spews what his colleigues think of his talents-.---
The Performers of the ()tall Bind, in order
to vest;iy theiroldnion trf Mr. Vscictit:F.E.E.,-their
•Leader, lave presented him with an elegant em-
bossed Silver Cup and Ctiver, on .their is engraved
‘
the follokving Inscription

" On the Ist of .Linum,v, this Cup, the Cift of the
Perforiner, the 01.ci.!1 presented to
%Veit:ll;oi, E:q. their as an humble trilmte
doe to his Iranscendout tidents, and it gr;itct;il t,,tioloity of
the re,ir.trti arld e.loeni c.•iiich they 11,1(1.11;e trietutihip and
u;iitorm Adlicitiple evins:eci f,o; thcir duriiis the
urnty"season,i t!ii••.• have itad the honour and the harpiness Uf
tieing under (tit direction." - .

An appeal, we uudertantl, has been !wide, by
such performers of the t)pera LlousL as eredi-
tot s tooter the former' ttrmusgettient, to the Lott)
CIL\ MEEKLAINI, in vonsequetice of receot ar-
ran,,...,enteuts in that Theatre ; and the excision of
his Lordship is expected to take place befoul the.
opening-for the ensuing sea,:on.

A Letter from Paris, dated Dec. 31, says,—
" Sir IL WELLE,LEY has tins moment arrived
from Math id, after au uninterripted jorirneY of
inurteett clays : passing through Vittoria, he wait-
ed on
.the xvife. of the. gallant General ‘ALAvA, to
whom he gave some cousolitary information.'re-
specting her husband. Sir travelled in an.
baronehe, accompanied by Mr. KENN u:r),
a Medical Genticnian attached to his Embassy',
and an Officer in the Spanish uniform, of the
rlank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Passing through the
Sierras, they saw several band:; of maned men,
who, understanding, who the travellers were,
'not Only suffered them to pas; uninolested; but
cheered them by repeated virus The Brothel-
of the Duke of WELLING-ros no...hing to
fear. his P.;kcellency looks renunliably wen ; he
is considerably taller than the Duke, and beats a
very prepossessing appearance. To-morrow (Sun-
day), lie %vitt be pre.ente‘l to his MAsasrv, mud
no doubt uyill add to the brilliant :ussetablage.on
the New Year's Day Fete. We hear that CoAs.
VAtton N, Esq. SecretUry of Etnhassy (assisted
by Mr. 11. Kit_Bi.:lo, remains .in charge Of the
business of the Embassy pro tempore. Sir 1.1 eN nv
proceeds to England, it is said, by the way of
Brussels.'
. _

The Manager of
,the Opera House, it seems,
has conceived such 'a disgust towards evtry thing
of British grok%•th, that it is said he-dislik.2s even
"WI) name ; ,from the nature of,the
tins which he has recently issued in favour. of his
own prOecedins, it is not improbable that if he
does not call him:elf, the 'world- will soon have
reason to style him Signor Brag -I:7'T .
'flue celebrated Mr. ASIIE is Ito Iwitger a member
of the Opera Baud.
Miss O'NEILL has'exeited so much poetic en-
thusi.isin, as well as public admiration, since she
first graced the Loudon boards, that we are its-
cured the verses wiiieh have been sent to her from
various quarters would actually fill three or tour
good-sized vol:ssines.
Tile story of •a woman being nearly buried
alive at ..illoreditch, turns oat to be, as we 'ss-
po9ted, all invention. '
'flue Bardettite orators are etietnieS to every sort
of tax, but particularli to ,Sipt-iit.r.

Tay a fette►• from earnhani, w?. ,NI:C thi'S
inorning intOnued that the. gol)!e;
Jciux tiE1111," Marquis and aid of Lo-i-nIAN, 'EA; t
of Act t, K. T. Ste &e. died at his ,!;tt there:
on Viredliesday night, the 4th instant. ILs Lord-
ship. was bora in 1737,. and; %vas consciphlitir
aliout 78 .years of age. lie f; succeeded hy his
eldest son, WILLIAM, Earl of Ancram.

-The late Marquis was one of the oldest Genera&
in the army, and by his dcceaSei.itik Colonelcy.of-
the 1 Ith Dragoons, as well, as a gree,, ribbon;
becomes vacant. He was, in foriner time,,,
great• favourite with his Majesty, and rrii 1,,t be
called his personal friend, belly. nearly_ of the
same age ;. but differing from the Alinkter
the tii'St Regency tpicstio%A, Ibis Lord hill "f.oon
after retired -4roin Court life to the . quiet of
043 country, Here, as. a private. character, lie
was much beloved for his constant -benevolence
innumerabWelniritieS. " 1 bilieve," says our
informant 001(5 has, long
.reside(l in his vici-
nity), " nu one ever applic.* o,omin vain."
can add nothing to this etiedniiinn, tint that 1.1i4
birdship's means were'. far froni being propor-
tioned to the goodness (if his hurt.