The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-17 00:00:00

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• ire!te--_Wagso y,m gractig to Il4q PpNIE iii
,i
Tuesday; that t was repeated: to an'overilowing
house on Sattirday; and VicAiloNt gave
all dtie efied to thefine,thusic of-OLticx, who May
be styled the French HANOE.,'as the attention of
both Composers was.partieularly paid to the sense
of the words, which they endeavoUsed to, convey
by the music... Should this Opera be repeated, we
would recommend RovEbtr4o to consider that it is
not quite analogous to the dignity of seriotis Opera•
,to produce a laugh from the. Gallery by the eihibi-
of 'pautomimicalltricks-with the Furies:
t'A disturbance-in :rite .PiCattraded the attention
`bf the audience, acwell ;it mighS4 froni Its being an
- unusual- cirettnistande•: ,bue.there..ire always' infest
ing London-a.certain.seriol.oo:hg men, who con-
ceive it highly recommendable to make themselves
remarkable by being obnoxious ; in this cases hooted
from their posts in the side scenes, they take kefuge
in the paSsage of the Pit : it would be peThaps pro-
per to recoiled that a passage is for .the purpose of
passing, and that any unnecessary obstruction is a
palpable offence against propriety.; and although
it may attrad notice. on the individual,. yet that
such notice is by no means made—with favourable
conclusion.s to the party.
The Billet was Irza, of the merits of which
we have already spoken.; but we cannot help, re-
marking, that LABORIE seemed particularly ex-
cellent,
.and that D'EovILLE is certainly a fine
PantomitMe ACtor.

The Princess of WALEs was in her box, with a
most splendid brilliant tiara as. a head dress, and
a fancy drapery dress of blue and. silver.:

-20 Y AL' AC ADEMY.

No. r 53. The Tenth Plague of Egypt;--(. Tui
NER, R. A.

As this Artist seems anxious to 'be the founder
`of a new style of painting, and as he has already
some follower?, it is the more necessary to ani-.
madvert on his produaions. It must be acknow-
'edged that he possessosa considerable portion of
genius, but it mus.t., 44`*fttyledged also chit he
in greatdaiger, 017,bing,bcii rayed into theffaffe._
sub/ me, and of„delliding,:.itithers by his example,
There is an appeiirance of;oijaeur in this pt Lure,
bur there is much •that is 'extravagant, and much
that is obscure. It would be absolutely impossible
for the speaator to guess the subjed, if the Artist had.
not given a designation to the piece: The general
impression, indeed, is striking, and it must he con-
sidered as the work of no ordinary Artist. It is of
course his.' purpose to represent the desolation re-•
suiting from a sudden stroke of Divine vengeance ;
but the ruins of the city rather exhibit the di:.
lapidatiors of time. For our part we see no -marks
of that violence and horror which might' be sup_
posed to arise from the immediate interposition of
an offended Deity. Even the figures which are in-
tended to exemplify the death of some, and the
dejection of others, display nothing that peculiarly
mark their condition, unless we refer to the title
of the piece: Still, however, we consider this
produftiOn the work of genius, but of genius
misled by erroneous notions of sublimity.

Na. 6t. Portrait of Ili R. H. the Duke of Cumberland.—

Sir, W. BEzQuEy, R. A.

This is a very good, and a very spirited Portrait.
The attitude is unaffeeted, and the likeness is exaa.
The Artist has very successfully exhibited the pc-
Culiarity in the vision of His Royal Highness, ren-
dering it charaaeristic, but not ungraceful. The
0-ut-line of the figure is firm and manly, and the
colouring is throughout .clear and harmonious.

No. r 3. Mrs. Montague and her Sister decorating the Bust
• of Handel.—Sir W. Brzerizyi R. A.

There are few works in the Exhibition superior
to this in the province of portrait. The ladies' are
elegant in their forms„and,easy,in their attitudes.
Breadth of lightianithatmony of colouring are con
spicuous qualitieS in 'the: piece.. The wreath of
Flowers is paintec,l4.y.4li,A.degree of taste and skill,
that chews the:versatilityOf the artist's powers. We
Cannot, however; :cobsi,der such a floivery
.band as a
suitable ornament fcir the'bust of HANoti, whose
genius was of so lofty and majestic a kind, as to de,
mand something more dignified and charaaeristic.

No. 84, MARv.—J, IloprwEa,
Mr. HOPPNER succeeds so well in representing
feMale beauty,-Wand the eleoncies of fashion,, that,
much as wo:adinire the force which this pifture
displays, we are sorry to see his pencil.employed on
such a vulgar subjed. We know not who MARY
is, nor are we disposed to inquire ; bur, 'relying
upon the fidelity of the resemblance, from. the usual
accuracy of the Artist, we should n.,t much like to
''encounter the original, as she seems capable of.no.
thing but gloomy malignity and savage violence,
such 'at might be expeded in a CATHERINE HAYES,'
or. some such Heroine in the records of barbarity.
.There is such a sober dignity of colouring, and
such general 'vigour in the treatment of this sub.
je6l, that' we must again express our regret at see-
ing so much merit so ill employed.

Mrs. Bit. LINGTON, on Saturday last, was to
have 'performed Rosiner," in the intereitint• little
Opera of that name, at Covent-Garden Theatre,
but was too much indisposed ; the Comedy of Folly
as it Flies, was- therefore the substitute for The
Birtb-Day and Rosina.'

Mrs. SIDDONS read the tragedy of OrlJello on
Friday night before' a numerous company at Mrs.-,
WEDDE Cs. A few nights ago she read The Dir_
tressed Mother. The intention of these readings
was for the relief of Mrs. SEMPLE, wife of the
celebrated, Major SEMPLE, a respeftable woman,
who unfortunately stands in need of friendly assist-
ance. Ohehundred persons subscribed two guineas
each, and Mfs. Sroposs kindly amused them two
nights with dramatic readings. The 1k hole of the
subscription money is given to Mrs. SEMPLE.
The Proprietors of the Liy.erpool Thelitre have
.given a new' lease of it to, Allessr... LEWIS and
K.- NI C

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COURT' O KING'S IENCI4- SikTurs6A.l,, Mist

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Trl k~_ti' ~~: '* 'i:roD:

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the Defendanti who stands coin iled of iub
!ming two Libels; tliq hoe %Hcaing on the late
Earl Oc. Clare; Chancellot IreLnd; ,the Other re_
fleeting tyn the. system adopted fur establishing
Martial tact in Trelan4' during the late Rebellion
there; &e: came into Cotirt for the plirpos Of fe.-
ceiViti Judgment) ;on •thc Motion of 'the- AITOR.
NEY GENERAL.

Mr. SCorii,addressed the dOurt in a very short
speech in behalf of the.Defendanti- and afterwar4,
the.llefendant himself in two spetches, of very ail's-
)siderable length, one on each of the Libels;
insisted on the truth 'of both, and also the puri n - 411'15 (1-
hiS Motives in their publication :but.in the -
"of.his itddres's h waslnore than once reminded, thatt.:l.i ',;
he was not brought into Court to deliver invec.. •
tiVes, atid, that unless be spoke in ruircgation of.‘
punishment,- the-Court,: in this state Of the pra.
ceeding, alight not to hear hirn.- • ,

Th ATTF,OfiNEY GENERAL went liver the
•
whole of the Case, and made many able obervic-4.
Lions on it.

The •Pdendant was then... remande4 to Nc.wgate,
and•it as ordered that he be heought up to receive
the judgement of the Conn on the 16ch' in:jtant:

, .
Sohn • ifilliid7,7l) and 63:L.:a/kit RMort•i: were
brought up to receive the judgetnent of the Court,
upon conviction of "ob.m=uaiog art•..^oflieer of the
Revenue in the execution of his duty;
They had'heen four months-ittpriSon at Shrew's_
bury, where they wer2 tried. Mtiriis was the ser:.
vant-Of tiFv illiains, an,i therefore the Court ,m,i,le a
distinaion in' ponishilienr, ordering Iktirris
to be imprisoned .four months in Carriallrbil 'Jail,
and Williams to be ityrisoncd.tor the. same iieriod,
and atso to find security for his hood behaviour for one.
year, himself in tool:: and two sureties it SOL each 4

THE KING 41;. GORING, ESQ. AND OTHEItS.
This was a.Rule calling nn:the Defendants to skew
cause why a criminal information shouid not be
filed against them for alledged miEcondua as Magil.
strates, in a case where some spirits were brought
before them as being above proof, contrary t 6
law, Szcs.

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The'AT'iORNEY GINS:RM. was proceeding .tek-,:;::!
spew Cause against the Rule) but" •it wat . give-17'0 .-.'
on the other side, and therefore -the Rule. was '-.41.7-... -_
charged with costs,

There- were some other cases brought on, but
they were not decided,
On Mon4ay no business, except the faking or
Bail, and hearing' some Motions, will be done in
this Court.—i-Lord ELL ENBOROUGIi will sit at
Nisi Prius at ten o'clock.