The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-01 00:00:00

11,71-4 E FOREIGN OPERA-.

Last night was a kind of trial at- this house,
atu! public opinion began to tnaniteSt itself loudly
against t::e -most shabby entertajnarents which are
now proVided at the most extravagantly expen.-
sive Theatre in Europe. The Comic Opera was
again represented, if ,ve inay.designate Ore
cornic,"whiCh is so grievously doh, as to be inure se-
riously afflictive than " thescrious;" and a meagre
house was so meagrely treated; that it could not
retrain from an expression of marked disappro-
bation.

The only antusenietit we derived Iron) the Per 7
forniances arose in reading the .fotiowing Criti-
cisihs in the- Morning Papers :

" The substitute for it 6-idey'a,vitt,l was Tia Dam; Soldata,
which went off with its accustomed Vicces.s."—(f. Foal)
" Madame Mt, Cam) and her junior asiociates retired with
an ample share public approoation„ The Ballet of Le
L'ul fete liagtiad went off witit its asaal kappy rAtt on a
ter" fashionable audience."—(m go)

This is corroborated by the British Press, which
says,
La Dame &Idea was performed last night, with its
usual eclat; Nl7idatile DEL Luto, and the rest of the Corps
de Belled; received dtserced applause. The ballet of Le
Celife de Beedad closed the amusements of the evening, 'to
the perfect satistaetion of a well attended house." •

The Similarity of these paragraphs swack of the
,slfnie Waters, and against then, we have the
Morning Chrunicte:—

" Last night, at the King's Theatre; the comic Opera was
again substituted for the se: ions--to the great dismay. oi the
audience. 41t the clue the distipprolialiom was lucid aud ge-
neral. We trust we have seen the last of it."

Non nostrum tantas co;aponere lites.

COVENT•GARDEN TH EATRE.

MISS O'NEILL.

Miss O'NEtt.t. has so deservedly become one of
the chief favourites of the Public, that we regret
we have to state that she was so ninety overpower—
ed by her feelings last night in the performance
of Isabella, at this Theatre, as to be unable to
proceed in the part. -Mr. Alt OTT bore her from
the stage in a staie of ex trewe weakness, and in
about halt an hour rtuinetl to iUtorm the audi-
ence that she was too ill to be able to appear be_
fore them again that night, and. was attended by a
physician who fortunately happened to be in the
Theatre. He then signified that, with their consent,
Mrs. EAwcur would read through the character,
trusting for the lenity usual oil such •occasions
A general silence seemed to imply assent ; but as
soon as she appeared with the book in her hand,
a fUrions storm arose and Mr. -AllpbTT was
obliged to assist her also 'oft. the stage in
a state of severe agitation. During the ,con-
fusio.n that vrevoiled Mr. AszoT stud Mr. EGLR-
ToN attempted to allay the storm, but. in vain, as-
suring the audience that Miss O'NErt.t. could not
possibly resume her part. Airs. FauctT again ap-
peared, but the tumult obliged her t 6 retreat, and
after vain attempts to proceed. with . the Tragedy
it was discontinued. At length the curtain dropped,
the tu.:lience were regaled with God Sure the King,
Rule Britannia, and other National tunes till the
Pantomime .coinwenced, and it soon converted
discontent into ineriment and laughter for the rest
of the night.