The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-23 00:00:00

T.-IE
.e7OVCEPr OF AYTIENT MUSIC,

COMM NC FD last nigh, dr the elegant itioms in
ii..tnovr 1:111,e, we gave a descriptiln in
Paper. wis very numerously attended
by the N hi.ity and Gentry, and gave great and
genrral .sar istaaion.
The Earl cf CU ESTERTI ILD was Dire&or cf the

The. firs. con,isted of a SrleClion from 7.rreias
kaccabeus, preceded by " Ged Save the IG/Ig,"
harinunizo4l by Mr. Git ATOR kx, and sung by Mrs.
111 L INCTON, HARRISON, W. KNYYETT, and BAJL•
RuAN--,it was encored,
The principal solo parts of Judas were admirably
'llPPorted by Mrs. I t —IL,..INGTON, MISS TEN NANT,
t"sra• HARR IsON, NI ELD, W. K'NYV ETT, ar;d
great
lIITituAN, and the Chorusscs were given with
turct and correctness.
~, Mrs. LLINGTON sung a beautiful air by HAN.
'IL in the second ad with great effect ; and HAR-
duetby MABC
RisoN and BARTLEMAN were much applauded in a
ELLO.
u GREATOR EX presided at the organ with his
distinguished himself in a Concerto of GEMINI AN 1.
The absence of our
amiable SOVEREIGN and his
family was universally
regretted.
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_HE IRATORIO.--The sublime composition of
n. Messial, was performed last night at Covent-
garden Theatre. Before this grand Work of 1-L4N-
i:in commenced " God save the King," with the
additional stanzas from Mr. Pict% loyal Muse, was
given with admirable
principal female singer last night, and she displayed
great musical skill. BRAHAM was finely in voice.
Miss MONDAY, aver y interes:ing young Performer,
acquitted herself so a ell that she obtained consider-
able applause. WELSH, PLATT, and VattcHAN gave
a respettable support to the harmonic treat, Gene-
ral AEHLEY resumed his place as Leader, and kept
his musical Corps in a state of effeaive discipline.
The Chorusses, particularly the Hanetujah, at the
end of the second Ad, were very grand and coned.
thougThe House was very well attended. Mr. Astir.tir,
h entirely out of danger, was not able to at=
tend the 'Oratorio last night. His four sons, however;
conduded themselves very
departments. ably in their respettive
ease;Mil HOAR E, SecretaryS for Foreign Correspond-
proposed to teCt uncil a plan for establishing
itn Annual Publication of the Proceedings of the
RPYaI Atadetny and ft perpetuating a regular Cot.
respendinet with the primeipal Academies of Euroi e,
for the purpbstof the
c,.mmunicaiing what-
ever can *,Dtlauct to the improvement of the Arts,
Which piaposal was the approved.
The DUlett atti botches* of No T BERLAND
and family lift A;alvick Castle ltll Fr% c
~ for &k. tt, split
,days ago. They have ~0
i„ casitc. ()a their wd I:i'-cl a short time at New-
„,ci,yr,„,,
andY, Which place tut), will quit on
House in the beginndirneg"Peded at Northumberland
of the next week.
Ttf, Dutchest ofpatro •
,
NsHIRE has been expeaed
;In Than for three days past. Her Grace has he,en
is!.l-iscptu.:iciii.o.ildiyede,.lteained .• r atli, on account of the in_ t 1 r dangtitarl,Laiy
reantsat, 'who is confined to h' 'HARRIET CA.
et loom by a severe
sore throat,
On Saturday the 18th inst. ditd, after a few days
illness at his seat at Port Eliot, in Cornwall, in
the 77th year of his age, the Right Hon. EDWARD
CRAGGS, Lord ELIOT, Baron of St. Germans ; a
N.)bleman, whose e?egance of manners, refi-ed taste,
and brilliant wit, rendered him the ornament and
admiration nf society, and whose kindness, hospi-
al and benevolence to his friends and depen-
dants, will make him be long and sincerely regretted.
die is succeeded in his Title and Estate by his eldest
Son, the Hon. JoHN ELIOT, one of the Represen-
tatives in Parliament for the Borough uf Liskearcl.
M. Robert England Ferrier, the person in cut_
for sending threatening letters to the Dut-
11,,tf.ss of LEEDS, is said to be insane. He is
Mated to have been very troublesome to Lady
i:it4110,_11:4141, last summer. During the autumn
0 wziks.rtutudogings in the neighbourhood of the Earl
Where
he
seized seat, in Northamptonshire,
to attrad the
Wye of the beautifeulvel?ady°PP°tortquuenistiion. Not We-
ceettdinegs isnohfisLoabaj-"De6s}
'ailed SuPPosed that Mr. PITT, the
the Countess of CHATHAM.,
then on a visit there" were the „ cause of his
letters not being attended to, Vossessed with this
idea, he wrote several letters to .11,1r.;lirT. to which
be received to reply.
and
MANS I ON.Houss .
-- Yesterda
mined y yawn' N;,raa
Wm. Barnett, notorious offenders, were exa-
, charged with burgtatiously breaking and en.
teriret :lic warehouse of an Inn in Culuautreet,
Pen h-stteat The watchman at the next post
observed a light in the warehouse about two oclock
on Wednesday morning, when he tried the outer
door with a key, with which he is entrusted, but
could not unlock it, there being a key on the inside of
the lock. He gave the alarm to the other Watchmen,
and alarmed the master of the Inn : they then
broke open the door, and on their entering found
the boxes and ages broken open, and the goods
Strewed about phifloo On a fur ther search, they
perceived the Prisoners, who were attempting to
escape, when one of the persons belonging to the
Inn ran a bayonet through the shoulder of one of
them, while he was getting through a window, and
by that means secured them' both. They are so
well known, that a number of
police officers attend-
ed to secure them on other charges, if they should
be acquitted.
Samuel Burton, a dra
for trial, for embezzling the, property of his em.
, Messrs. Hanbury and Co. Brewers. It ap-
Peart that numerous complaints been made at
the house, that the beer was deficienthad in its measure,
when it was at length
bee proved that the Prisoner had
ce n for a long titne in the habit of stealing a
rtain quantity from each cask previous so its de..
livery. A person 'attended who proved that she
bought barrels of beer of him at different times, for
which she had paid to him los. which is ss. under
the value. He appears to have been, in this habit
10r upwards of four years.