The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-13 00:00:00

THE OPERA.

King's Theatre,

THE, Opera of Vier. o,be Was
_repeated to_an
flowing and brilliant Audience on'Saturday. Mrs.
Btt tt Natog gave her Songs, if possible, within:
"Creased etfe'. We have always had occasion to re-
mark, that the evolutioni of :tll3 Machine of tins
'Theatre are so great, and so complicated, that we
seldom can arrive at a sound judgment-of the etfett
of a representation. till after the two or-thre.e.first
nights'. The trutlt of this-observation was evinced
by the performance.on,Saturday. The! Kachinist,
Chortissesond generally the Accessoirer of the Theatre
were more petit:6l,', and' consequently .the ensemble
more striking and impressive. •
GERI3-NI, relieved .probably from the usual effea-
of a first appearance, gave her Aria with 'a fine
round and full* tone, and great eff,l ::--she was
much applanded, and,,even with Mrs....Bit.-erNGTOII
as a point of costrast, •becomring a favourite.
We think we may boltity prcinounce-that the-Dtio
in the second Aa, betWeenArs.Bitt.lNGTON And
Vic ArroN I, is one of the'finesi disPlays-_of xquisite
Science,-thar ever we witnmed on those boards.—
At the close of it, BiLLI.NCTO-N -;educed her
tone to a Pianissimo, vhich, by its gradation, ap7
feared to suspend even the_ breath of the Audience,
for noihing but.the most pert-ea sileoce woutii have
rendered'the notes ; 'bust as that silence was
the result of attention,- the effzet was thereby mtich
increased.

We hear VIGANONI so well in this Duo, and,
hearing,- find so mu4,:11 to admire, that for the future
we shall be inclined -to quarrel with him when we
do- not hear him distinctly: •
The Ballet of La F.:riit Eneha.ntle foll Owed—
. judicious curt-ailments have been made in it
since the first night, which improve the elle& of
.the most prominent parts:—the Scenery, of which
there is a great di,play, was correety managed, ex-
cept -in some trifling iocid!_.nts, and the general!in-
terest well sustained—Thy, enchanted Forest on
Fire, and the subsequent _Scene of the Enchanted
Fountain,- merit. atimiration.'7-/The CoßArAts are

charming Dancers, and execute their Pas with pre-
cision and (1 Plomb.—PAarsoT is, as usual, elegant
and striking in the Scene witli,theHarp Accompa-
niment.—The Pas deTrois between LAB 0R 1 PA-
R XSOI4, and Madame CoRALLt; is highly finished.,
The movement of Pt. EEL gives a good opportu-
nity tdr the display of the excellence of the Solo In-
struments—the Flute, HautbOy, Horns, Bassoon,
and Harp, by turns; succeed in pleasing, and in
spewing the pre-eminence of this Orchestra.

The House was crowded, and is much warmer
than we remember any preceding Winter. , The
PRINCE passed the whole evening in the DUKE of
YORK'S Box, and both paid much attention to the
Music of the evening-. The Boxes gave a general
display of the best Fashion.

THE THEATRE.---ThC -Comedy of The Merry
Wives of Windsor -was repeated on Saturday last at
Drury-lane Theatre, and STEPHEN ICEMIIbE took
leave of the Antlienee in the character of Ft:loaf.
He seemed anxious to leave a good impression upon
the Public, and gave the whole of the charieter
with judgment, humour and effel. He may now
return to the country with the satisfaetion of hay-
ing had his merit in this Charaaer confirmed by
the approving sandion of a London Audience, which
has always been deservedly considered as the deposi-
tory of true critical taste and judgment. The House
was very well attended, and Mr. KEMB LE received
a very gratifying tribute of applause on his depar-
ture.

BANNISTER shews so much comic versatility in
his performance of Colonel Feignewell, that as he is
now vested with Managerial authority, it is
strange he did not chuse Brainworm rather than
Bobeidil. PA LLI ER dOes not succeed so well as was
expeded in Brainworm, and it is probable that his
Bobadil would he vouch more eft-alive. We re-
commended this cast of the pails before the repre-
sentation of Every Man in his Humoar, and the re-
cent performance of that good'old Comedy confirm-
ed us in our opinion.
The new Performer on rue Harp at the Opera,
whose powers on that Instrument are so striking;
is as young Professor from the ci-devint Austrian
Netherlands—his namq Do z r.

GLEE CLUE.—On Saturday the Glee Club held
their first meeting this season at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern. Mr. WR IGHT was President, the
Chair being vacant by the death of the late much
lamented Dr. ARNOLD. 'After the usual stock Glee,
" Glorious Apollo," the much admired Elegy, of
" Come Shepherds, we'll follow the Hearse," was
called for from the Chair, to commemorate their much
loved President, which very much affeaed every one
present. In the course of the afternoon, to comme-
morate the same, an Elegy composed for the occasion
by Mr. WEBB, was performed. A beautiful little
ballad was sting by MPSICi SMITH, the words and.
music by the Honourable JOHN Sr Eislc ER, who ac-
companied it on the grand piano forte.
A Cast from the eelebrated Egyptian Slab,, pre-
Sented by the Antiquarian SOciety to the' Univer-
sity of Cambridge, was last week placed in the Uni-
versity Library. It contains an inscription in
Hieroglyhics, Coptic, and in Greek.; commemo-
rating a donation. of one of the Ptolemies to the
town of Rosetta.

A Monument has lately been ereded in Univer-
sity College Chapel, Oxford, to the memory of the
late Sir WILLIAM JONES, by his 'Lady. The de-
sign is 'well conceived, and is simple, grand, "and
expressiVe : the whole is finished in statuary mar-
ble with great taste. The bas-relief represents Sir
WILLIAM' forming the Digest and Translation of
the Hindoo Laws, from the Sacred Books which the
Bramins are reading before him. The bas-relief is
supported by two trusses, ornamented with tigers'
heads. On the top of the Monument is a Hindo-o
Lyre,. a Grecian Lyre, and a Caduceus. Another
Monument, to the memory of the same personage,
has been erected in St. M cry's Church, by several
Members of the Universities of Oxford and Cam-
bridge.

A young man, confined for •‘debt in Norwich
Castle, is rim-holder of a sixteenth share of a Prig
of wool, drawn ht the course of IZiL week,,