The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-16 00:00:00

THE OPERA,

• - King's Theatre.
THE season commenced on Saturday last at this
place, with a .new Opera, entitled La Vergine del
Sole; the music of which was composed by the ce-
lebrated ANDREOZZI. The fable is nearly the
same as the Opera of Idalide, part of the English
brarn.t namcd Co/, mhus, and of a German Play
written by KoTzEisug, aril translated under the
title pit The lirgin of the Sun. . .
The chief aitraaton of the evening, however, was
Signora Gaiss,itat, who i
peara made her first public ap-
nce' ttati4:coun tr y We have- already gi
some account ~t this
performer from her effortsven on
the reh-ea,t,s,l
any I,sat and we have no reason to, retrao
really a veiylile performer, but as she still lablaboursa.cold,-. we are chiefly to admire her on this
occasion as an adress.
q She is evidently -well ac-
uainted with music,and she sings with great feel-
ingom . The com pass of her voice is extensive, and
se of her lower tones approach very nearly-to a
tenor. She knows bow not to throw in additional
Motes with skill and
.effeta. At present, however,
it would not be fair to enter into too particular an
estimate of her vocal powers, because they are re.
Strained by indisposition.
The figure of GRAssista is tall and commanding,
and her action is dignified and impressive. She has
a good face and fine eyes. The whole of her de_ portment indeed seems to b, diretied by her feelings,
and betrays nothing like artifice and•aifeaation.
.... The only
ands`=are-ofnight was a duo'betlxieell
iiRASSINT ICANGNI, which was indeed. well
SUslairied by both. Her upper tones resemble those
of BAtv bilk are rather fuller, though perhaps not
quite So sweet.
Upon the whaleOr
GRASSINI is a- very fitie per-
f htner, and will certainly become a
favourite wit
tose whOSe taste is hot corrupted by affeded. re.h finemeni.
...
..
The other vocal novelty' was Signor Riont.? .
whose voice is
from airc. a good tenok. is eHe too exempt
vioo, and sings in a plairi manly way.
VIGANotir is the same as last year in voice, but
knore bulky in
.person. He runs his glib divalons
with asqiiii-ch2easer h ever.
It wgitd:beiiiiistice to Rovantsro to pass him
4elf
env r w 11114,'.1t a" dis tintt 'notice, as he acquitted him.
very ably in a trio, in the first ad. - •
i GRA'st stt particularly distinguished herself in her
This air, which was a pathetic address to her father.
air would doubtless haVe been encorql, if the
tudience had not thought the exertion-too great for
Ilex tinder her present indisp WEICHSEL
osition. L
. ec,„,,,pani,A this
song in the-most delightful man-
iner, and cuhtlitaed the band with admirable skill.
The
_musk of the Opera is very grand, and the
ccornpanyrnents t.e tasteful and charming, but
there is nutting of very striking excellence. It is
eiotnewhat curious that the Composer, in a grand
Serus Opera, has introduced in one of the chorus.
es the well-kn9wn air of ,‘ Pretty Maud," in the.
Farce of Peeping Tom. .1t is however, in .much
SIOWer time, and nothing
' association, ludicrous is ,excited by the
, As the new grand Ballety-composed by WINTER)
lvas noL.in sufficient forwardness for exhibition on
day,Saturdy a printed. paper of apology was circulated'
over house, stating that only the Divertisement
called Le: L'ireu Temeraire ou L' ilm;tie cede d L'A-
monr could be performed that evening, and that,
by way of substitute; a celebrated Overture of
NozART would be played between the two ads of
the Opera.
•
~_ The Divertisement introduced Monsieur DE
klAvEs again to the Public. He was here three
Years
sago. He is a very fine dancer, 'and displays
Ztreat sof improvement in point of grace. His
vtlivity is prodigious. - His wife was brought for-
a. rd for the first time in this country. She is a
athart little buxom Daine and loOks very much like
t.:ative of this country. Her face has somewhat of
if?,i!lasjonctind expression of- HlLLicsuEttG'. 'Madame
„,vel-IAYRs is very well calculated for the lighter
otidancing''•There is great spirit and ani.
ni.3:llolnricein her manner, and she is very agile and neat
Wejlerrerne:iivutria::slleland her husband were both
PARIS 'l,, 3ij ~,:, I n
o,T ta,..._
t; _ ' •
LpAisforward with her usual grace—and
the female'
DABoRTE ,Iso
came forward
looked as beautiful as ever.
CDNDELL, We find, with -effed. -
person alluded to in
the public prints, as the Perftohretnter who has been re-
movd from the harpsichord, foreigner, who does not seem onake
Way
for a
tion, as far as we could observe, by any
entitled to the situa-
superiority
of talents. The former has resumeu his station with
the Violin. •
The house Was much better attended than is usual
on the opening
.night, and Burin? '
receas. There was indeed a very
dParliamentary
111,er'us audience, and the F • . splendid and nu_
at together „,,,
an _
.Atert,tinments passed.off
at
~ta ”ii eclat that-- Promises a very flourish_

......_________
rnoTti,:t,Rde_cettifs_ at
,the doors7------- of Drury-lane Theatre
O„
tile.i9ql,37:e before last, to 30001.
November last, a stone
inrom the
was'clouds i which fell
France,
prense'the Department of 'Vaucleure,
and deposited in the nhttied to the National Institute,
A Bill of Indidtrienujeum uf
Natural History.
ofa found by the Grand
Jury at Winchester, on Twds
n• Lord BOLTON and A.4'e/4daY' against the Right
t7r Libel respecting the veLitdlir NEvtu.E,GE.;)(si..
I\t,c, in awarding compensation to the athjeurlyteavt Mr.
o,.__ Am, for.t.he surrender of his land for the use
I Go Am,
' '
four
There Will .be' a rdwing march to.morrow for
hundred .2-i
Zlte Boat,
and a—sl between the -./.llblon Plea-
tlekohp, point Vie.
at..lia•B_Oat. They are to start from
I if pAst six in the morning,
tnw round
,oi_t the Note Lights, and return toCuekold's
i,
_n . The bet is between Gentlemen, and, at it
I'Le;lll)POSed, will take twelve hours to decide.
'I,, a are to have three pair of oars.
4.4 rried on Tue:day last, the-loth inst. at Fn_
ache Rt!V. JOHN Or.rvEa, of Croome's liii,
ctn._
ttt wlch, to MiSS DOD, of Enfield, only dough-
of
itl4. the late WILL/ ANI DOD, Esq. of Lincoln's-
.

DUB.L7N, JAN. 12.

THE offender Cttltinau, alias "General Clarke,"
who was wounded in the head by a sentinel in the
Castle as the fellow was attempting to escape, died
this week in the infirmary, to which he was imme.
diately sent after being wounded.=.Thus has lie
saved to the publiC the expence of trial and execu-
tion for his enormities. .

Another Rebel, one of Thuyer's associates, James
Cullen, has surrendered, and is safely lodged in the
Guard-house at Humewood. He sent Capt. HUMS
a message on Saturday last; that if rho would
:be so good to accept his surtender,: he wa§:ready
to give himself up, requesting at the same rime
that Mr. George Hume, son: of:-Mr. Hume, of
Sinnot_place, might take the-- trouble of going
into the mountains some miles in the night to
receive him, where the person he (Cullen) sent,
would Conduft him. Mr. Hurne accordingly set
-out, attended by one of the Humewood Cavalry,
and meeting him at the appointed.placf, he surren.
dered himself a prisoner. cullth was engaged in.
the Rebellion of 1798, and at the memorable battle
of Hacketstown received a severe wound in the
hand.

However Mr. ADDINGTON may have negle&ed
:foreign relatiovs, no man will accuse him of having
negleCted domestic relations since he has been Mini.:
The office now held by Mr. BR AGGE, is
striking proof in the Minister of extraordinary pre-
dile6tion for every thing conneaed with the House
of Addillgtolt. Men who have soifie degree of merit
very often lose all credit with the world when they
pretend to qualities which they do rt-Dt possess, and
when their pretensions have raised them to offices
"to the duties of which they are unequal. Mr.
BeactsE originally studied the Law ; he became
afterwards one of the Train-bearers to the Lord
Chancellor ; •he obtained a seat in Parliament, and,
he was raised to the situation of Chairman of the
Committees of Ways and Means, in the 'House of.
Commons, by Mr. PITT. If, while he was bear,
ing the Chancellor's train, he had' beeti"ti,l,;l by
Norwood forwne_teller, that heoaital one day to be
Secretary at War, and one of the plinCiptalfitvieers.
of the Minister of the British tripite,ll4446tild
have cheerfully paid his sixpence for the!fittqrteitig
• fable, stared, arid' laughed in the Gypsey's' iliCe.—
There,are many situations 'however in which Mr.
BaAcos might have been eminently useful, and
as Chairman' of the Committees of the House
of Commons, he often shewed great accuracy, and a-
knowledge of the technical duties of his Office; but
the blind and indiscreet partiality of Mr. ADDING.
TON seems to have chosen for his Relation the Office
for which he is the most peculiarly unfit.—He-bas
neither the temper, the manners, nor the turn of
mind suited to the Office of Secretary at War. When,
he lately opened to the House of Commons ,the Army
Estimates, he did it we understand in a manner quite
unintelligible td the House, though it was a matter
of mere figures and detail—and we,hear from per-
sons who are in the habit of transaCting business
at the War-Office that, with the exception of
getice, he does not appear to posses any requisite
qualification for the Office he holds. It seems to be
the plan of Mr. ADDINGTON, the moment he has
discovered that a person is fit for the Situation to
which he has appointed him, to remove him to an.
other-,—This shews, what is lamentably the case,
that there is a great dearth of talents among the
connexions of Mr. ADDINGTON. Mr. Yount was
quite equal to the duties of the. Office of Secretary
at War, and a most important Office it is at the pre.
sent moment. Mr. ADDINGTON had no sooner di's...-
covered his sufficiency, than he determined to remove
him, and, with all the respet we have for Mr.
YORKE, we doubt much whether, as Secretary of
Srate he will acquit himself, either to his own sa-
tisfaCtion, or to that of the Public.

To the evils which are experienced from a weak
Administration, is now to be added that of almost
all the inferior Offices being inadequately
Mr. ADDINGTON% partiality to rli4e connrittsd,
with him, particularly if it is a Family:,coot*tiopaid
knows no bounds ; but it is repidcring
neither to his Friends or to the Ccyntry,.,to. im.
pose upon those Friends duties which-they ,are.un.
able to perform.

Among the impressed men who have been pit on
board the Enterprize off the Tower, has been disco-
vered one of the mutineers and murderers of the
Hermione Frigate, in time West Indies. He says he
is a Dutchman, and calls himself House Christian ;
from several circumstances it is supposed his real
name is Thomas Taylor, and particularly from having
T. T. marked on both arms; and a Marine of that
name served on board the Hermione. The man is
ordered to be detained on board till such time as it
can he ascertained whether he is one of the villains
concerned in that horrid mutiny.

On Friday last Messrs. BARCLAY, PERKINS and
Co. gave to their principal Clerks, and other per-
sons concerned in their brewery, a mosteitcellent
dinner. The tables were set out inside the copper
lately ereeked in their brewhouse, Park.street,
Southwark. As soon as the cloth was retn4ved, the
company retired from the copper to an adjoining
room, where HENRY PERYINS, Esq. 'kept up the
conviviality and good humour of the meeting' till
a late hour. Several good songs were sung upon
this occasion by Mr. JOSEPH Gwtur, the Archi-
tea, and others of the company. When the above_
mentioned persons had dined, all the servan-ts be-
longing to the house, above zoo in nurriT;tl', 'were
regaled (by parties of between zo and. at 'a
time) in the copper with plenty of beelOteaks and
capital porter, in the genuine stile of British hoS.:"
pitality. The copper is about zo feet diameter is '
capable of containing upwards of 700 barrels, and
has never yet been brewed in. •

Sittings appointed in MiddleseZ arid London be-
fore the Right Hun. EDWARD Lord Er.Lr—Nßo.
ROUGH, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Hi.
lary Term,, 1804..