The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

GENEROSITY OF A CITIZEN KING.

It is whispered in the coulisse, and it is believed
in the foyer (saloon), that during the late residence
of the Royal Family at Fontainebleau, the leading
members of the corps operatiquc were commanded
to repair to the Royal residence, to contribute to the
rejouissanccs of its illustrious occupants. With the
details of their performances I shall not trouble you ;
with the results to themselves I intend only to deal.
One day in the beginning of the week just expired,
M. Aguado was agreeably surprised at his country
house by the visit of A. Nourrit, Levasseua, and
Madame Damoreau Cinti. "We come fora glass of
water," said they. " A glass of water ! why, where
have you been ?" "At his Majesty's palace of Fon-
tainebleau." " Flow comes it that you demand a glass
of water ?" "We are literally in want of it," said
one of the party. "We have been performing for
the entertainment of their Majesties, and, to use a
figure. which I picked up in England on my last
visit thither, the inquiry Have you a mouth?' was
never made of any one of us. Pockets were out of
the question." It is needless to say, M. Aguado,
that " Royal merchant" (as Mr. Baron Vaughan
once called his client Mr. Rothschild) immediately
invited the party to enter his splendid and hospi-
table dwelling, where they found with regret his
distinguished friend and guest, the Maestro Rossini,
labouring under a severe fit of indigestion. Of the
manner in which they were entertained it is not my
hint to speak. It was of a nature, however, to
console them for their reception at the Chateau.
On leaving the hospitable mansion of M. Aguado,
they were each presented with a diamond ring.
On reaching Paris, they immediately stated to M.
Veron, the Director of the Opera, the incidents of
their sejour at Fontainebleau, and their departure
from it without a remuneration of any kind. M.
Veron, in reply, represented to them (that which
they knew to be true), that he had at his disposal
no funds out of which to indemnify them. " The
only thing I can do for you," said the director, " is
to allow you the use of the theatre (Academie
Royale de Musique ), for an extraordinary represen-
tation for your joint benefit on Sunday night." Such
is the rumour in the green-room, and as green-room
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DEATH FROM STARVATION.—Yesterday
morning about 8 o'clock, a miserable looking old man
was discovered by policeman No. 211 lying on the pave-
ment in Barnsbury-tnews, llornsey-road, in a state of
complete exhaustion. Being unable to walk or speak, a
truck was procured, and he was conveyed to the station-
house, Islington-green. A surgeon was called in, and
some restoratives administered, which partly revived him,
but not sufficiently to enable him to speak intelligibly.
Inspector Miller then sent for Mr. Ashley, the overseer of
St. Mary's parish, who immediately wrote out an order
for the poor fellow's admission into the workhouse. He
was accordingly conveyed thither in a coacb, when every
care and attention was paid him, but his exhaustion of
body was so great, through the want of food and sleeping
in the open air, that he was unable to eat, and expired
about 12 o'clock. A coroner's inquest will be livid on
the body to-morrow.