The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

TEE OPERA.

King's Theatre.

ON Saturday, in consequence of the sudden in.
dispoSition of i3Atvrt and VINCP(of which the Au-
dience were informed by printed hand-bills, con-
taining the certificates-of Dr. MosELY and Mr.
MORRIS to that effc6t), instead of either Aizira or
Ani Winn, the interesting Opera, in one Aft, com-
posed by FERRARI, I Due' Svizzeri, and II Ca-
priccio Dramatice„ were performed ;' in both which
Signora ROVEDINO ,undertook the first Parts.--
Without commenting on ?ler musical talents, which_
appear much improved, 'she is certainly entitled to
the approbation of t'he Public, for fir.eadiness in
stepping forward to such 'an arduotiil4Sk.,atsO shore'
a notice. ar
The Ballets of Amintas and Sylvie, andWeliska,
went off with spirit. PARrsor never 'appeared'
more enchanting,- and Lkau4te and his Wife were,
as usual, graceful and interesting.
Mademoiselle Gut ARDELLE gains on the Public.
in het entrée a Am; serieux,
The news of the Green-RoOm, if such a term
can be appliett to the. coulisses of the Opera,
that HILLICSBERG, had begun ,rehearsing, being
sufficiently recovered from her late accident to alipear
in the new Ballet.

We were astonished to hear the Audience (Es.'
curbed by some Blackguard in the Gallery : such cir.
cumstances occur so seldom at- this refined
.epter-I.
tainment, -that an interruption of thislind appears
more striking than .a t ths 4ther: Theatres. --

THE THEATRE.

coven! Garereff.,

IVIRs.. BILLINGTON was to have performed Routto
in Lo,ve in a Pillage on Saturday last at this That•
tre, but was prevented by severe indisposition.--
She, however, apprized the Aeling Manager veq'
early in the morning, in order to prevent the Pub-,
lic from being disappointed. -
BRAHAM and STORAGE, who were on the wing
for Bath, being informed of this circumstance, very
kindly deferred their journey, and the anew Operacif Chains of the Heart was the
,j-d'siitn- and
went off with great eclat.
Printed bills were posted through; the, town early
in the morning, and were distributed in the Theatre
arttight., CLAREMONT carne_ forward before the
curtain was drawn up, to repeat the apology, and to
inform those who entered the Theatre without being
acquainted with the intended change in the per-
formance, that their money, if .they required it,
would be returned at the doors. This address wail
very well received by a large Audience, and the
Opera, proceeded without interruption.
We subjoin the Letter which Mrs. BlLLlNcrolc'
sent to Mr. LEWIS on this occasion, as it shews aQ
anxiety to discharge her duty, very creditable to .
the -fair Writer, and which is rarely found- in Peri
formers of first-rate talents.

" IIEaR Slit,

IT grieves me to the heart that I am not able to play thio
evening, my throat acing so chati:d as not to leave me a sing-• 1
note' in my voicv., I have tried all possibiemeans but
mriilistorttaw they have' not Athicpited. —aiqibwahmt, relict 1
petted. I hope, as 1 hav,: but h Sli'ght fever, I. shall soofib_t
restored
.and next wf:ek, it yau please, I will perform twj._„
at Covent-Garden.---Aly anxiety to pertain this evening law
much increased my malady. •

".Saturday,

":Yviars; S.
"E. BILLINGrON.''.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.

Qtrx.cx was announced on last Monday. nighl.l
to play on the Wednesday 'following, but an apo"
logy- was affixed to the posting-bills, and Pizarro.' 11
was substituted.

The best public .concert out of London, is
this town, which has 'always' engaged vocal rl"*..
instrumental Performers of the first eminence,
The frost for some days past has been yeti
severe here, and it has snowed, but not very heavi'
It is hoped thi cold will check CilC Scgi6
lever,-which has been very fatal ; a Ane young:PO'
that came to pass the holidays witli,bis parents?
went to .see a school-mate who was lindisposedf
caltig,ht• the scarlet fever,- and was a corpse on die
third day,
The scarlet fever th 4 has rciged in Dublin arty
its environs so 'tog haveso,czoo- down at one
tithe (according 'to the': Pai)ers), the iiihabitatir9.
think has been imported there in the Packet thar
sra]Lilbelditif.roM this.placecrowded with passengers fa

. .
By a singdlar coincidence, ,§ANTI, Bit L INGTOg/.
and Vikci,:appear to have been all taken ill at the
same dine; and we understand the attadt in each is
in the thrOat, • , .

The new after-piece,of Urania, or The illumifilp •
is, a • ..pre have said, a mrnanti'e sketch or The sent''
mental kind, rather than'an attempt at farcical white
'and' humour. The music is partly to be supplie'
by KELLY, and partly by'a brother of the Author,

- Mr. 'Afolvi
procure the representatiOn. of his new Tragedy a 5 •
Covent Garden Theatre,
.though he has already sub."
trotted it to ihe,Pnblic.through the medium of the •
Press.—=This Trag.edy, 'like most of .Mr. LErvis?
prOduetions,' exhibits a kind of . bastard strettsti"
denoting rather extravagance of language thafF
pregnant irriaginatiOti.' Soineof the passages are Tv
gorous, butsit is weak up.On'."the whole.
The diffident manner in which PAI,NizR anno.unce6
leis "intention to appear in Fa/staff, was. gi.,t.adoptel
by °um, •who on the• illness of Bovoicitiortile:
the Public .!‘ that the part of Cato woult tiot attemptei
'
by Mr. QUIN." We wish PAtmcg.sipiay. be: 5
sth;cessi-til in. the English free-booter, a$ QUIN 08
in the Romal10 Patnot.
A SoCiety of Deists, -whose tenets were all
hostile io morality and religion; was lately forme3
in'. Massachusetts; 'they 'disclaimed marriage, an
"
In*. of our civil ordinances, on the grouo "1,5 e
they were contrary tot or restrkli-ve of, the
of Nature. These ruffians. have been guilty of jou
tr
der, and other acts of atrocity; 'but the' hanging,
few of then) has had a powerful pperation in quie`
nig the remainder,

A.W. 4

Trltt famous brigand, LOUIS CHARLES THEO-
11°RE TURPIN,
.calied LE VIEUX, the most danger-
ous of the accomplices, and the most intimate of the
confidants of .L. pr ELL c-rt ER E the Elder, has at length
been arrested in the Commune_ of St. Quintin. des
DepartMenr of L'Eure. The Prefed of the
DePartment, and the Sub_Prefed of the Arondisse-
recut of arna attached the greatest importance.
to the arrestation of this desperado, and caused him
I° be pursued with as Much ability as perseverance..
Ie was arrested just when preparing to repair to
Paris, after having used every possible means to
deceive the Police respeCling his projeci : he is now
detained at. Evt-eux with LEPELLETIERE, who has
recovered of the wounds he received in the attack
When seized.

Notwithstanding the considerable increase of the
'Waters during yesterday and. last night, the Seine
having risen six centimetres (above two inches),
higher than even it was in the ,year 1740, no ac-
cident happened in Paris; precautions had been
taken to cause the apartments- in projeiions next
the river. to be emptied, and those' also of. the
houses situated in the Marche-Neuf, called corn.-
rnonly Ia Pate, and of the houses in the street Sr.
Louis, near the Palace. The Proprietors and Te-
tants exerted themselves in procuring to the persons
who occupied these apartments every necessary as_
sistance, and the removal of the furniture was tired-
ed with the greatest tranquillity. The water,
'hich decreases in a sensible manner, has calmed
In heeasiness of the Inhabitants. Since one o'clock
these4'neh.l4°rnlng the river has decreased above 61
M. SP
"
GrerhOble' A Archbishop of Corinth, arrived at
from Paris on the z4th of last month.
'V(-)" the 28th he was to continue his journey to
aler.., •
In order .to make the necessary prepara-
/ions for trans porting
Rome,. the remains of Plus VI. to

tilt TRIPUNATE.
SITTING OF JANt7AItY I.
tHtNtElt spoke to the following purport: " There
"'vete two'subjeCts• before the Council—.Confisca-
'Con and ivii'Deatli ; or, as we say, rfeit, and
'corruption of blood. Enotigh h f ad alreadyure been
/s ai d.to.prove the-. iinpolicy of the first: '- I shall pass
on to
the consideration of Civil Death. Th,is.
tystern strikes the as monstrous and absurd. M e
have presented rnan dead to us the contradiCtory idea of a
according to law, and whom, for some
purpOst 'the law be supposes to .
stilt alive. If,
legislators
ess , you were merely insignificant and use_
live , since that must be, it would matter compara-
tly little. But an 'examination of the terrible ex-
communication which follows civil death, shews
Ithat in agreeing to it you would likewise be guilty.
t-separates the husband from the wife, the father
a ,and
from his children. An affectionate and
virtuous
"woman remains constant
to her husband,nd
gists him to support the miseries of his condition. She is no longer considered than as a concubine,
arid the children of this couple, whose misfortunes
Perhaps have only drawn closer the ties which
lUnited them, are braneled with bastardy. We
. heard much of Religion. Here I feel that
e gravity of this Tiibune calls upon me to weigh
<veil all my expressions. The same principle on
which I shall ever boldly Oppose a domineering re-
.l")', ti
8P
,Fion,
' calls upon me steadily to defend the perfe
..lertY of religious opinions. Is this liberty re-
in.ea this projea ? Two individuals, Join-
`'' at the Altar of Hymen, consider their mar-
riage as indissoluble., In despite, of this belief.:....
in violation of this imperious. sentiment -- of
those impressed by religious ideas—the Law sud-
denly breaks in pieces-* these eternal ties ;—it
forces this woman to stain her reputation, or to
wound her
conscience—to become a strumpet, or
person guilty of sacrilege. This woman
wishes
YO devote-herself to, the misfortunes of her husband,
to eat along with him the bread they have wa—
t‘ered with their tears, to he to him another uni-
t'eere; and You think that from this. union no-
-1.,;11-2.g'e..a- sPring 'ijtit illegitimate fruits. After
remit ',C-' conjugal, filial, and pa-
II l-°:V-e-fieilliaving violated every diaate of
thus • • '
"utit'
'tiv .'veiy sentiment of nature, you would
punish in
Legi 1
s,„tuts, let the son the crimes of the father.
from .the ci,ii ns spurn from us—let us reject
11 Code of French—this impious
regtqtion, Do n the .
which is not yet in existence
no vent your rage against that
lice,a slur upon the deg. existence. of vi Instead of casting
bl'
in virtue, venerate all that
lime. Legislators, as lovers of jos-
punishing yon are
that
overwhelm ; vice, do not punish virtue—do
- -nnocence. WhO has told- you
a aft the child -born of a condemned husband and
faithful wife, which you declare illegitimate,
_may not one day become. a great man ? Who has
....._ " your that the son of an abandoned criminal may
„,,,,t ne
_,
-.fty prove the saviour of
it is his Country ? But
,r,. . not enough to deprive them of the honour of
emize •
%till nsbiP
: the law stretching its fatal effeas
.. farther than under the ancient order of things,
Intew,„_ , .
; '' de than
theta of the benefit they
.might
tler,ve
from the industry and exertions of their
t"fielllned father. No distinction is made, wile-
thOr th
giderith! fortune left by the unhappy wretch is con-
fiscate Lie, or,trillin. If it is considerable, to con-
grades -I;:ilews a disgraceful cupidity which de-
:it betr t---
law to enrich the treasury ; if triaing,
al a sordid disposition, to ' •
pillage the wi-
dOw and I,
1,41. i • -er children of the miserable pittance on
thlich alone
they depend for support. It is said
e 19°veronient reserves to itself the power of,
assisting
.. them.. ,The power !--What ! shall vre
the Goy arbitrary even in the Civil Code ? If
e xxoVernment his the power of giving, has it
not ;likewise the power, of Withholding.? It can .
.411e.w mercy, then, 'to the widow, and none to the
children ; to the children, and not to the widow ;
to collateral% and not to the lineal heirs ! It can
grant the whole, or deal out only a part ! If it is
painful to find penal provisions in the Civil Code,
how much more painful is it to find them when
the offencest9
they are meant to prevent and
ti?epunish,' are vague and unspecified, and where
Y cannot be of a very deep die. Those con-
tinaed of enormous crimes are sentenced to death,
5 dePQ/t4lion, and to perpetual imprisonment.

Tribunes, let all the guilty surer ; but do not ere&
despair into a. system—do not invoke an eter-
nity of ,punishments--do not kindle a hell upon
earth. Hasten to reject a system of Laws so bar_
Ivarous and inhuman. We are told, the people
confides. For my part, 'I do not understand the
expression I confide. No ! we were not sent here
to confide—we have all received a commission to
inquire and discuss. Let us inquire then—let us
discuss. Let us discuss with wisdom, with inde-
pendence—l do not say with courage. I believe
that at the present moment we do not stand in
need of courage to discharge our duty. • Yet we
shall have a Civil Code, but it 'shall, be, free from
the prejudices which philosophy' laS exposed, true
to the principles consecrated by the Constituent
Assembly, worthy, in fine, of the talents and vir.
cues of those called upon. to raise this vast monu-
ment to the people for whOm it is destined. The
Projel has my most decided negative;
The Project was accordingly rejeaed by a ma-
jority of 61 to 3 t.

An alarming accident happened in New Bond_
street on Saturday afternoon, which was • happily
attended by no serious consequences.—About half
after four o'clOck in the afternoon, a chariot belong-
ing to Mr. JOHNSTONE, M. P. of Hanover-square,
stopped opposite the door of Messrs. OAKLEY'S
' Furniture-warehouse ; the coachman imprudently
getting off his box, and leaving the horses, the
animals, high spirited, set off on a full gallop down
Bon&street. Near the corner of Little Brook_
street they encountered the chariot of Mrs. PEA-
COCK, of Portmansquare, who was in it at the
time with another lady. The concussion was so
violent as to overturn the chariot of Mrs. PEACOCK ;
both pole and springs were broken by the fall. The
ladies fell with their heads through the window next
the ground. Mrs, PEACOCK'S head laid upon the
ground. Providentially the horses did not move
during the accident, fot if they had, both the La_
dies must have inevitably been killed. Several
Gentlemen assisted to get them from their perilous
situation, which was- accomplished without much
difficulty. The most singular and happy circum.
stance attending the accident was, that both the La-
dies escaped without the least personal injury. The
coachman was thrown from his box, but not hurt.
After overturning Mrs. PEACOCK'S carriage, the
horses of Mr. JonNSTONE proceedYd furiously clown
the street;. about twenty yards 'Further they drove
against the carriage of Mrs. ORIELI., of Park latter.
who was in it with her daughter. Mrs. OR rELL's,
being a family coach, was too strong to be easily
overturned ; the result was, that the pole and springs
of Mr. Joinss-roxi..!'s chariot gave way, and the
splinter-bar likewise breaking, the horses were
loosened from the carriage, and 'proceeded in their
career a few paces further, but without doing more
mischief. They were stopped by the servants of a
neighbouring stable keeper, Mrs. OR I ELL and -
her daughter were much alarmed ; but neither they
nor any -other person, were hurt by the accident.
Mr. JourisToNE's carriage was greatly damaged.
On Friday evening, between eight and nine
o'clock, as Colonel SULLIVAN was returning to
town on the Edgware Road, with his servant, in
his post.chaisz, he was stopped near the Hide, by
two footpads, who presented their pistols into the
chaise to him, and demanded his money : he replied,
if they would take their pistols away, and treat
him with humanity, they should have what he had
about him; and, accordingly, gaVe them six
guineas and some silver. Bat, not satisfied witk
this, they insisted on taking a favourite dog
he had with him. This he refuSed them, upon
which they fired into the carriage ; " but, for_
tunatery, on perceiving them present, - he fell
back, and evaded the shots; which he instantly
returned, by discharging his pistol at one of them.
Both the Colonel and his servant then got out of
the chaise, when a trial of strength ensued between
them and their antagonists, Which proving unfa_
vourable to the ruffians, one of them drew another
from his pocket, and shot the Colonel in the breast,
notwithstanding which, the contest continued, which
at last ended in the total defeat of tile robbers. The
Colonel is hut slightly wounded.
A poor Sweep travelling through Stretton, near
Burton-upon-Trent, last week, being benighted,.
knocked at the door of a Farmer, and begged he
might sleep in the stable-till the approach of day,
but was refused. The labourer, however, hearing
the answer, and having more humanity than his
master, suffered him to take his repose upon some
straw in the barn. It happened about two o'clock
in the morning, two villains came with a horse
and cart, with an intent to rob the barn, and
having nearly filled one bag, said, 'twas a pity they
had not engaged another man to hold the candle; the
poor•sweep hearing this (and imagining the men be-
longed to the house), rushed from the straw and ex-
claimed, " 0, I'll hold the candle !" The villains,
at this unexpected answer, and the appearance of his
black face and white teeth, hastily decamped,
leaving horse, cart, and bags, at the disposal of the
supposed devil.

An unusual circumstance was observed to take
place fast Sunday se'nnight, which is considered as
portentive of a hard winter or great fill of snow—
A flock of Lalks, covering to a very ttat depth
an extent of ground three quarters of a mile in
breadth, and two miles in length, and so crowded
as to represent an immense curtain, passed over the
western coast of Kept, in a dire} line fur the Con-
tinent. A similar instance occurred the beginning.
of the last hard winter we had, which is the only
similar instance remembered. The Lark is not in
general considered a migratory bird.

To-morrow the Sessions of the Peace for the
City of London will be held at Guildhall, for the
trials of assaults, misdemeanours, &c. before the
Lord Mayor, Recorder, &c.
On Wednesday the Ses.sions of Oyer and Termi-
ner will commence at the Oid Bailey. There are
upwards of 8o prisoners for trial, several of whom
are for capital ofFences.

Nearly two millions of'oranges have been im-
ported into tl•he Metropolis within ten days ; ten
thousand cwt. of raisins, and five thousand seven
hundred cwt. of currants, were received within
the like period