The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-01 00:00:00

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KING'S rttittivra.--:=The'rieit Opera of PIA.;
rOine de Raab, composed by FEttaAttt,-was fol-
lowed; on Saturday last; by' a we* Ballet; en.:
titled illqrs et L' Arniciir, the prOductiotf of the
elder VEsTats. It was hardly to be expected that
-any thing new or striking!could be derived froth
the old worn-out Pagan Mstliology ; but stich art
able master of his art as VESTRIS, alwayS•
give an interest to what he courp-m,e,, particular-;
ly when he perfOrtas hinitell, did on' thi4
occasion. The- chief circumstance of the night
was the appearance . of .the _Princess CHARLOTTE;
who entered the Theatre just as the Opera con-
chided, and remained there tilt the cihse Of the
hearty 'greeting, and. demanded
Ballet. The audkmce gave her uniVeissil and
'' God, Save the
King," which was performed
.by the Band, and -
and rapturously applauded._ The- Princess appear.;
ed in high health and good spirits:
aIkURY-LANE.—Mr. KEAN, for the first time,
assumed the character of Penrudducic on Saturday
last, at this Theatre. As this character was writ-
ten purposely for the great Ator of the day, by
an experienced Pramatist, who well knew. bow.
to et,tintate the gitalities of perfortfters, and to
adapt his works to their respectike talents; and
as that great Actor represented the part in such a
manner as fully to :satisfy the Author, as well as ,
the'Publie, we do not think that iv would be libe-
ral, or jusr, to enter into a tviunte critique of
Mr: KEAN'S eilotts on this occasion. We shall
consider his_ performance, therefore, rather in the
light of a final rehearsal, and suspti(i our opinion
till his next representation of the 1):0, content-
ing ourselves to say, at
,present, that be gave a
strong effect to particular passages, and that he
was throughout. ranch applauded uy a'very nume-
rous audience.

COVENT-GARDEN.—On Saturday evening Miss
O'NEILL performed. Euphrasia, in the, Grecian
Daughter, for her benefit. She reeeived and.
=rife,' the wannest applause from a very crowd.
ed audience.. filer performance of the character
tivill be noticed on next appearance in it. .

Mee,ros's Comns was repeated on Saturday night at this
Theatre with all its plendour and wagnitleence. This fine juve-
nile production of otir great Bard, luxuriant in poi:tical ima-
gery—abounding in excellent moral--L-amrd beeeing in its com-
position all the marks of that stupendous genius irons winch
it emanated, is withal constructed' on eitich•a•model, and is
so defective in point of incident, that it is perhaps rather to
be enjoyed in the closet than on the stage.---A mind' formed
on smell a scale'as-that of-AlletoN, considering the manners
of the. time in which be lived, the course of his studies, and
the direction. taken be his genius, when tallied to the com-
position of a masque, was likely enough to disdain the dra-
matic laws in ii,:any points in which their neglect might be
quite inconsistent with stage representation. The long
speeches in comes, replete indeed with grand poet.c flights,
and alWays beautiful, •could never be endured on the stage—
not ecru with all the varied effects of recitative and sioging.
As to the plot too, some change must be necessary to keep
up the interest and 'attention of an audience.—The repre-
sentatien of Friday night, was, we must say, much more
pleasing Oats we anticipated.. Not that an absolute failure
was to be looked for, hut if it had been felt somewhat heavy,
the piece itself vould have afforded reasonable excuse.,--In
the part of, the Attendant Spirit, there is ground for cons-
plaint, on account of the exclusion of sonic passages, cape-
cially considering that a Im:fere:tee Jess been given to those,
Which, without increasing the interest or advancing the plot,
ought, in point of taste, to have given place to the grander
flights of the Poet: For instance, the enchanting descrip-
tion of Cosmos and his retreat given by the spirit, the snore
brilliant passages of which might havelicen „selected with the
must happy effect. However, this is not the first time thatConnot
has appeared upon the stage in our days, and t he St ages Manager
perhaps found something in favour of the old way. There is
more to be complained of in the interpolation_ of the songs
at the beginning, of what is made the 2d Act. The dispute
between Comus and time Lady, is beyond qiiestion the moat
affecting part of the whole piece; and yet, withontremorse,
it is nil struck out in favour of five songs, none of them better
than merely tolerable. What would Miarax think of the
taste or judgment of our days, if he were to find the most
animated part of his Goings omitted,• to be supplied by ex-
tracts from VA/le/fro, and such songs as that emphatically
called the " Laaghin:, sung I.lth chorus Precedent,• hbw- .
ever„ may he pleeded'in behalf of these alterations. The
character of Cwirres is one of airiness and jollity,--such as
was to he expected in the-moms of .Circe and Bacchus. It was
in this point of view, a little misconceived by CONWAY. De-
licacy is nut to be looked for from the son of Bacelids•'—but
the child of Circe practising the allurements of his .Anther,
should have both elegance and grace. The Comes of last
night was somewhat . deficient in both. Several of the other
parts were. well ,cast: Miss STEPHENS sung enchantingly,
her execution of the .Eeho song was particularly hue. tx-
cressis sung so well that we bad only to regret he had not
oftener occasion to display his talents.-Thesceaery was very-
'beautiful, and according to the technical phrase, the Piece
was excellently got up. The marine Grotto of Sabrina, was
executed with fut.tle more effect titan is commonly found-in
such scenery. The general error of the Artist in depicting
marine objects,' is the tawdry profusion of gold and silver.
shells, and sea-weed can never look like nature, ,vben
thus.ornaineoted : they should be pure, cold', and well reliev-
ed from the canvass. The Masque was received with un-
butrodcd applause, and *ill long delight the public.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, iris.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29.
Sweepstakes of Isogs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 411). fillios, Bst.
l lb. Ab. M.
Mr..NeVille's ch. c. Sir Joshua. •
Gen. Grosvenor's f. by Popinjay
• 3tol on Sir Joshua.

Sweepstakes of bOLVs. each, h. ft.; Colts, Bst. 41b. Fillies,
Sst. Ilb. Ab. M.—(s Subscribers.)
F)..lGraftori's Minuet - • • 1
Mr. Northey's f. by C*awenut
10 to 1 on Minuet.
Mr. Prince's Young Eagle, ust. 131 b. beat Mr. Lake's f. by
Zudiae;put of Britannia's 6ia, Y. C.2sks.
7 t 0.4 on Youno.Ea,bfle. .

COa\-EXCHANGE, MAY 1.---We had a fesvar-
rivals with Wheat for this day's Market from Es-
sex and Kent, fine samples of which went oif
briskly in the early part .of the morning, at rather
better prices than this day week but at the close
they were dull, and there is no, better sale for
ordinary samples than Just week ; Oats sold at an
advance of Is. per quarter; Tick Beans are alio
Is. dearer ; Fine Barley is still in demand. In
other kinds of grain these is no alteration.

Foreign Wheat 335. 435. 455. Grey Pease .. - -29 s 355.
Fine-dig to - - -71 s. -s. Fine Grey Pease -40 s. -s.
English Wheat - 495. 595. Tick Beans - - -31 s. 2.;.5.
Fine ditto - - -71 s. -s. Old ditto - -.- 375. 445,
Old ditto - - - -s.-s. Small Tick Beans 335. 38s•
Rye - - .- - - 345. 365. Old ditto - - 395. 495.
Fine ditto - - - 3§s. -s. Feed Oats - - - 185. 21S.
Barley - - . - - . 245. 235. Fine ditto - - - 265. 48s.
Fine ditto - - - 335. -s. Poland ditto - -18. s. els.
uFsthit(o:ln:vr, ol'ork , als d Veal,
New ditto . - - -s. -s. Fine ditto - - - 225. S3s.
Malt
.595. 695. . Potatoe ditto • - - -353. --s.
Fine ditto - - - 725. -s. Rape Seed 301. 391. per last.
WhitePease (boilers) 475. 52asB.nede:;11,:tei
- -(4--t tl e 56i
51:58: otherG6Os: :
Fine ditto.
E-LD: m-Ay 518.-S.
Trl:i's dSacyc's°ll:diairket bad a considera-
ble supply of prime Beasts,
wererespects
dearer;'4.as Lambl)rety was aid Beef,
aper ; and the, trade in general
was tulera lab, brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were some-
what lively; Clover has got up in price; Straw has fallen in.
price ; Hay fetched last price.