The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-24 00:00:00

tillt OPERA.

K;oi'srbetztl`t.

Tat serious Opera of illerop wts ftpeatea on
Saturday night. Mrs. BILLINOTdif was in fine
voice, and sung most delightfully. The beautiful
Duet with VIGANONI, in the sectind,Aa, seems to
be given with increased dxcellence every ',time it is
performed : indeed it is difficult to seleo,lwhere the
whole is so near Perfedion. . • ;
The new piece of La Faire De 'Ratadvh was
brought forward as a Ballet, with considerable al.
terations for the better.

The COIALL TS danced a Pas de Deux delight-
fully : they are fine Dancers, and very deservedly
gained the general applause of the Audience.
The House was extremely full in all parts.

The Stage, as usual, was crowded by. Loungers,
to the annoyance of the Machinist, Dancers, and
Audience in general.

GLEE CLUB.

ON Saturday the Glee Club held their third
Meeting this season at .the, Crown and Anchor Ta.
vern in the Strand. , This being the day appointed
for the eleetion of a President, in the room of the
late much lamented Dr. ARNOLD, the 'company be-
gan to assernble at art early hour. STEPHEN GROOM.
BRIDGE, Esq. was proposed to fill the Chair, by.
Mr. SALE, and seconded by Mr. GREGG.
Wit tont, Esq. was proposed by Mr. FERGUSON,
and seconded by Mr. JAcKsON. 'On the shcw Of
hands the Majority was decidedly,in favour of Mr.
GROOMBRIDGR, upon which he was declared duly
eleded. The question brought an: uncommon full
meeting, almost the whole of the Metiribers being
present. About half past four o'clock the Club sat
down to dinner. After dinner the celebrated Grace:
of Non Nobis Domine followed of course ' • it was
sung in a most solemn manner, and had a very
grand effea. The Stock Glee -of 4 6 Glorious
Apollo" followed, after which the Requiem, corn.
posed by Dr. "CAL t.coir,. for the express purpose
of being sung over the grave, of his departed friend,
Dr. ARNOLD, wqs performed with a solemn; effed
by Master PRICE and Messrs. VAyorsiw, !AWE,
and SALE, twihe memory of Mr. ALDg:laltri who
died since the last meeting of the Club.
A new Glee, composed by Mr. SPOPFORTI4 was
introduced and sung by Messrs. GORE, WIER,
PAGE, and SALE, which was much admired by the
Professors. A new Glee was likewise introducid,
composed by Mr. Gtoxas SMART, and was sung in
a masterly style by Master PRICE, and Messrs.
Hmta, 'sou, SM AR.; and SALE. It was universally
,encored. Mr. SALE was called upon to sing Pocu-
40s, a celebrated Latin song, which he.did in his
best manner. It produced A burst of applause. A
new Glee, composed by Mr. HORSLEY followed,
which was sung by Messrs, ° G.RI?, COOK, HAR
RISON, LEETE, and SAL much E. The admired Glee
-
of " Fair Flora decks,"bYAßDßAirstraoN, y, was sung most
jAcKsoN, and
most
H
charmingly by Messrs.
SALE. Mr. JACKSON is an amateur, and has a
very fine alto voice.
Mr..bIGNUM gratified the company with several
excellent songs.
The Hon. Mr. SPENCER presided at the Grand
st theen 0 principalf e
m le)ea
tr
itnogf iwhaes cvenin
conducted
by,
P:lain'oheFhour
Mr. SALE.
Soon after nine o'clock the Meeting broke up,
highly gratified
,with the harmonious repast they
had enjoyed.

NEW SOUT4 WALES.

As this flourishing Settlement is now become. an
obje6l of public curiosity and inquiry, we insert the
fullovying statement of its present establishment of
Civil Officers. from a Resident, dated in Juliet
Philip Gidley jling, Esq. Governor in Chief.
Lieut.-Col. Wm. Paterson Lieutenant-Governor.
Capt. Neil Mackellar - Aid-de-Camp to the Governor
Mr. Wm. Neate Chapirtan Secretary to Ditto.
Mi. David D. Mann Chief Clerk ti.)
of 'Palmer, Esq. - Commissary.
Mr. W. N. Chapman Deputy Ditto.
Mr. john Bennett
Mr. James Wilshire Met Llerks-to do.
•
Richard Atkins, Esq. - fudge Advocate.:
Mr., Michael Robinson Chief Clerk to do.
John Harris, Esq. Naval Officer.
Lieut.-Col. Paterson judge of the Vice-Adm. Court.
Richard Atkins, 'Esq. - Registrar ti f do.
Aug. Alt, Esq, tinvafide4) Surveyor General.
Charles Grimes, Esq. - Acting Deputy; do.
Ref; Sam. Marsden • - Acting Chaplain.
Mr. 'fames Thomson - Acting Principal Surgeon.
Mr. D'Arcy Wentworth ) • .
Mr. lames Nlikbain Assistant Surgeons.
Mr. Martin Mason )
.Mr. Thomas "Moore = - Master of the, Dock-yard,.
ThomasSmyth, Esq. . Provost Marshal.
Clerk in Court, and Registrar
Mr. Robinson: for the County.
Dine „, Clerk:of the Appeals.
- ' (Vacant) Chief Constable at Sydney. •
--- • -
•Ciattiel Gaoler at Sydney..
Chief Constable at Parrarnatta,
john Jennings, vice George Barrington, inva ,
Andrew Thompson Chlet Constable` at Ilawkesbury.,
Thompson . Wharfinger at Sydney.
john Archer - Summoning Bailiffs under the
(Vacant) $ Provost Marshal. •

VOW SiOttkeepers--Six Superatitendants.

Mr. ST. ANDREW WARDE, of !Woodlouse, has
given' rtk fifty poor families of, Hooton
three hundred .seventy.:thrce yards of cloth, and
forty stone of hoef : a benevolence worthy example.

.
At Doncaster the fall of snow was so great, on
Wednesday and Thursday, as .to render the roads
nearly impassable.

A few days since a new species of swindling was
practised at Beccles :—A genteel looking man, pce.
vailed on
.several persons to purchase contVtd*A
,
goods,. under which title he sold two chettli"tiffti-a
and nutmegs for 71. 7s. which he valued atlitFp.A.
each.. On unpacking the chests, the .putlifilas4s
found a small quantity.ol tea and. nutmegs .at the
top, the remainder. being filled with . mahogany
saw..dust. The swindler effected his escape.
The stealiog 6f poultry is . continued in the
County of Norfolk with the greatest regularity.—
A few evenings since, Miss lticumtps; of Fritton,
• had all her fowls stolen, and two of her horses taken
away,. but the latter were sent back. The same
night Mr. WE SWALE, a farmer in that neighbour.
hood, lost all his ducks,.

TIIE MARt*NOyE.t'S OF AbtPeORIV'4

'T iEA I'kic iu.

Ti a preparations Making at Bentley t'iloi.yrnear
Stanmore, for Theatrical Representations, were
brought forward on Friday night ; and all the dis.
tinguished visitors at the Priory (about one hun-,..
tired and Oventy), have since spoken in terms of.
the higiteit encomium, not only of the scenery,
dresses, iitd-de6rations, but of the finished style in
which each individual chara&er was supported.—
The petformances were Mrs. ItqcHuALD's lively
Comedy, " The Wedding Dly," and ." Who's the ',I
Dupe?"' The charaaers. in the Play were thus
cast