The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-24 00:00:00

THE OPERA.

Fallat;co di ißerlina, an Opera horn* pen or
,PAstELLO, in his best manner,_was_perforirted. at
thi Theatre, for the first' rime, on:Saturday ; the
nave of the author is a sufficient recommendation
ut ie music, which is of the highest finish.

'here is rather a singular history attending this
Piee. When Operas Were performed at, the Pan-
then, PAEst ELL° was engaged to compose a Comie
Opra, and he produced Lalocanda, the music of
wlrh met ,With such universal applause, that he
hirself being \at that time at Naplss,, revised and
alteed it, and partkulatly added'a,Quintetto, on
wlrh he bestow :Watt his powers ; and the Oieera
wa: thus performed ai Naples, under' the title of
Il ?anatico di Berlin, at the same time that it
was performing in London under that of La La_
canter. There is some little alteratiOn in the fable,
muill in the recitative, and some in the concertante
pars. ;The Finales remain nearly the, same, and
are remarkable for all the spirit of the Atithor in
tlrt particular species of composition.
ViNcr and VIGAtroNt gave the Duet, " Tutto
do rim; dipeude," with effete, although we think a
little too slow. The
.Quintetto Pian piano alluded
to above, is a remarkably fine produdion, and as
soon as the Performers, by being perfea in tile ex-
ecution, give it all its due effect, . must become a
favourite with the ,Public.

We suppose that a first night excuses some inac-
'etira-cy, but we thought, in this Morceau, the. Pe-
rformers larticularly negligeht.
Virstc is Bravura we do not recolleet in La La-
canda, nor indeed does is breathe either the spirit
or style of PAEsi ELL(); an Air of less execution
would, we think, produce more effe6l, with less
difficulty. The first part of the last Finale, and
the last part of it introduced by the solo movement
of Leander's .Horns, Monozani's Flute, and
Holmes's Bassoon, is,,of the first stile of musical
elegance : the whole was rather long, and some
of the less prominent pails might be omitted. with-
out much loss.

Paul et VirAinie was revived as the Ballet, and
produced on that pleasing satisfaftion
which such' an. affecting story ,well told, :will ever
.do. HILLIGSBERG, we think, triumphs in this
Ballet. LA-BOttre's-- ading is' too .universally ad-
mired to need a comment. 'The Ballet was received
with general "applause. The clap of thunder we
think- the most-extraordinary , we ever remember,
perhaps it is usual in those climates.
The House was excessively crowded in every
parr—the Pit was unusually filled- With Beaky
,and,
Fashion, and the\ Boxes to the 'roof displayed a
shew of elegance.

THE. THATRE,—The amusing little .oj;era of
'Rosina w'as on Saturday last revived, at Covent-
Garden, for the purpose
,of bringing forward Mrs.
B/LLINGTON again as the beroine, of the piece.
is needless to say that she sung/ the airs, which a
some/of the most beautiful compositions of SHlELD;
with admirable taste and skill. She was encored In
" Whilst with "tillage maids, &c." and rapturously
applauded in alLthe rest. LEDON, who seems to.
have been fired with laudable emulation by the sue-
.... of ‘,Qcy ugh *itim
prpved, obtained abundant applause in "Her mouth,
which a smile, &c." and was obliged to repeat it.
'The first dramatic piece was The Birth-Daj, and
Rosina was followed by Brazen Mask. The audi-
er.cc,
.which was not very numerous, were ex-
It-Cutely clamorous" to have the finale to Rosina re.
peated. .
MUSIC.—BARTLEMAN, a very respeftable orna-
ment of the musical world, had his annual concert
on Friday at VVlLLts's Rooms. Mrs. BILLING-
TON, HARRISON, SALE, GOR.Ei VAUGHAN, NE ILD,
&c. assisted on the occasion, • The Rodin was very
'well atten'cled, and the company were
,highly grafi-
fied, which may easily be supposed, as the' harmonic
treat was supported by Mrs. BiLtiticToi; BAR-
TL ENTAN and HARRISON, and so many. other Ter,
formers,of-adklt4wltdged merit.
The Pitfifl.liviQpra House was crowded before
eight 0'c19,45,,,,994:payirday last ; between six and
seven hundied,.Guineas were taken at the door.
Jri

The Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. POPE at Drury_
Lane, on Friday. last, was.'one of the most produc-
tive which the' season has yet afforded, and tLe
manner in which they played Mr. and Mrs. Love_
more, in The Way to Keep I-Em, spews that they
might be employed in genteel 'comedy with con-
siderable advaniage•to the Theatre.
KELLY has become a singer at the P;c-Nie Thea;
tre. This Gentleman's business: multiplies': he
now belongs, it seems, .to three Theatres.•.
As; the Executors of, the _late Earl of OP.PORD
have at length formally declared that the Play of
Fashionable' Friends: wns really found among his
Lordship's papers, there can be no room for doubt.
Such a declakation was indeed necessary for their
ovvrt credit and that of their friends, as it was
thOught.that many of, them had contributed their,
efforts.toivards.the formation of a Pic_ Vic Comedy.

Fresh instances daily occur of the dreadful cf-
feets of our modern Romances. A young military
man at Strasburg!, lolew out his brains on being
refused in marriage to a young Lady, who had,
been promised to irnother: On his tAble were
found his Will, and a copy of The Sorrow,t, of
fP;rter

The loss'occasioned by the fire in Woolwich Wa'r_.
ren on Thursday morning is lininenSe ; 'however,'
()win to the great exertions of the officers and men,
several valuable articles; ,as manuscripts, models,
carriages fOr guns, &c. were saved. The fire was
entirly confined to the, square, 'nor did the houses
belOnging iti Pfie);6fECii,• though some of them were
very near, ':suffer iaritbe least. No perion suffered
any material injury during the conflagration, but in
the afternoon of the same day; two men were un.
fortunately killed by- the falling of a wall'.
We are desired to state•that a paragraph which
appeared;in our Paper of Saturday respeding Lord:
BROWNLow, is a misrepresentation of that Noble=
man's intentions. , •

Friday the Gentlemen of the Bank Association
were -discharged from their duty as a militarY body,
their services being no longer required,

IPCST LVDIES.

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KINC.7TON, ST.I VINL:YiNriS, MARCH 10.

WE learn' by -let tors from Martinico, that the
Island of ,Sr. Croix was evacuated by the,Br4i,,,b
Forces, andz'sen up to the aloes on the 15'th u.ir,
St. Thomas's was su'rrendered on the ig,rh.
Two C mpanies of the Ist West India .Regiment,-
tinder, the command of Capt. BitAUGHTON; were
landed here last Friday.