The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-15 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

Drury-Lane.
THE Opera of Artaxerxes, which may be con,..
,sickred as an atchieveinent of musical genius, highly
"onourable to this country,. was represented on Sa-
ttrday last.

Mrs. 13tLLINGTON certainly appears to more ad-
:;•.antage in this piece than in the lighter qualities of
e Comic opera. Her Mandane is dignified-and.
impressive. The recitatives, and all the airs, were ,
given with admirable skill, and with beautiful "
graces of finished execution. The song of, " Let.
not rage," produced a contention among the Au-
dience, some of whom were
an xious. to hear it again,
and others, mere humane, conceived that the repc-
t.ition ' would be too laborious, considering the
length and difficulty of the character. " The Sol-
dor tir'd" is,. however, such a
_popular favourite,
d was so exquisitely sung, that an universal de-
mand compelled her to repeat
it. .
,Mrs. MOUNTAIN acquitted herself very ably in
4rhaces," and was encored in " Water parted."
i '''Fore the Opera commenced, DIGNUM came
)rward to apologize for. KELLY; who, lie said, was
(IPPresSed by a severe fit
of the Gout, but DIGNUM'S
jolly
f4ce, and portly person render him so unfit for
itiitteous pleading, that he excited laughter rather
hean sYmi',„.'tllY• • He stated, however, that, ill as
tan:V.fas) -NRLLY
in A. ccordin Would perform the part of
pureArta_
love', of • 1 . ..
gIY KELLY appeared, and "limpid
h the part:
The A C ,
„ter.r. "Ey, through
tece The Spoil'd Child, and was
in reality 7,/ s . was ..
mere bu je fiail'd Farce ; for it was h scene of
n ffoonery 1 tnroughotr. Miss DE CAMP iS
and. haPPY in her representation of Little' Pickleo
.into as she is a good Aaress, it is a pity to put her
:ft()
, ) 7an„
of Mrs. JORDAN'S charaelers. The part
- fig, which is one of PALMER'S best efforts,
teas very indiffereatly supported by DE CAMP, who
I
d.s' a Mere ropiest of KNIGHT, and exhibited a
I austing extravagance unallied to true comic
'44lour. The House was crow/tied.

Covent_ Garden.
7'he Cabinet, which is certainly a repository of
11111sical treasures, was more attractive on Saturday
:I than on any of the former nights. The con-
tiNrse of people was indeed so great that vast
timbers were rejeded for want of room.
chpitAHAm excited the warmest 4pplause j)y his
ti. 'fling vocal exertions ; and. STORACE was un-
(ll'l44 effeaive in hey Bzfga humours. Some
ofs:t.tirlances arose in the Lower Gallery, on account
ag ti
the prodiaious throng that had pressed in toit ; but,
thriti e music has charms tb soothe a savage breast,"
te
Perturbed spirits were soon softened into at-
on.

Per
the first regular Meeting of the Dilettanti
JQrilers takes bnlace this evening, at their theatre
In Tottenham-street. The Play Bill for this night
sets forth..
1. A Prologue by Mr. H. GREVILLE.
2* A French Proverb; •
3' One Aa of The Bedlamites; a Piece translated
from the
French expressly for 4. A French Proverb. '
the occasion,
S• 'An Epilogue.
After •
which there Will be a Pic-Nit Supper.
There are
~
us °o cards of invitation.
NahciNic used to be, v'-i Nack. T F
_a. _ OOTE'S
~0,, we have . - 1 R., -- .
it explained. * •
CousEkv,
Sun-
lit next • . Betsy Robins has a rout and supper on
jAZ"JS• lam afraid I ' cards, but shall at,
tend the re. cannot come to
coi,,r
kPv4st• A Nick-Nack, I suppose.
I'lbste •' t• Yes, yes, we all contribute usual ; the_
antials from Alderman' Sirloin's . Lord Frippery's cook
tnds fric. •'
to
~,__ . , a6sces
_and ragouts ; Sir Robert Bumper's butler i
17,:a 111, thF wine, and I shall supply the dessert._
cribbed
tliis morning out is a brace of birds and a hare that I
_ out of a basket of game. • .
‘-01,1SERVE. They will be welcome.
4- We learn from a Gentleman lately returned from
t
~ 'is., and who bad an opportunity of dining with
lie First Consul, that the utmost pomp and
Alen_
dot' are observed at the Court of the Thuilleries.
All Officer sat on each side of the Consul at table,
and next to them were the Ladies, and then the rest
Of. the company, consisting of 170 persons.' The
dinner lasted precisely one hour and seven minutes,
when the First Consul rose from table, and the
party broke Up.
.
.
At the Lincoln Assizes, a Cause was tried, in
'which an Inn-keeper was Plaintiff, and a Cornet of
Cavalry Defendant : it appeared that the latter
gave a dinner to fifty-four of his friends at the
Fl.aintiiT's house, and resisted the payment of the
bill on a supposition of its enormity. It appears
that the party met at half past four, and retired
about ten o'clock, and the items in the bill were
0", hundred and twenty-six bottles of Port, forty-
e„Tht qf Sherry, sixty-Aur herlf-crori-un bowls o
runch, and twenty ofA'regus. The Jury thought
it %vas probable ; but were displeased at the price
bottle.
charged for the Port Wine, and took off Sixpence a

On Monday s;.s.'nnight, four human skeletons were
dug up in the parish of Brandon, Norfolk, by. some
labourers making a bank ;'they had been buried in a
strait line, ribogt three feet below the surface of the
earth.