The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-08 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

of the Conductor 01 this Theatre, t hat he

has engaged such vocal Performers as Miss
CAREW and , Mrs. 11. 1 ENII3LE, and, with the
rest of his vocal department, the Public may rea-
sonailly expect tO see THE ENGLISH OPERA brought
forward in suck a manner as to deserve, and
to demand, its support and encouragement.—
Louisa was perfouned with spirit by Miss SI-
PHENSoN, who is a very improving young Actress.
BARTLEY, as the phrase is, " bustled tolerably well"
through Don Jerome: CHATTERLY would have
been more entertaining in Isaac Mendoza if
he hsd not been so stately in deportment.—
The Jew has humour, and ought to be more free
in his gesture. Mrs. GROVE'S Duenna had much
pleasantry.—We could not but observe with regret
that there were frequent intrusions on the text.
The dialogue has too much sterling point, ,terse-
ness, and ispirit, to require impromptu improve-
ments, and we hope to hear them no more.—The
grand Ballet of Perouse followed, which was
brought forward in a very beautiful and pictu-
resque manner. The hero was well sustained
by Mr. 'l'. P. CoortE, and the American In-

dians, as the Savages, performed their parts to
the life. It is indeed extraordinary that they could
be taught to act so well, whatever might be their
natural genius for such characters. The whole
was received with very great appliuse.

CORN EXCHANGE, JULY B.—The Wheat trade

this morning continues much the same as on Mon-
day, fine samples support their price; Barley and
Beans are full as dear; the Oat trade is dull,
and, where the Sales are forced, rather lower.
In other kinds of Grain there is no alteration.

A few days ago a swarm of bees, the property
of W. R. BAILLIE, of Grayabbey Mills, near Bel-
fast, came off from their parent . hive, and were,
by the usual means, put into a straw bee-cap,
with which they seemed. at first to be perfectly
contented, and in which they had actually com-
menced the formation of combs. Bat soot) after
an alarm was given that the bees OA deserted
the cap and were flying towards Mr. MONT..
Gotactue's, at Rosemont. Several of Mr. BaLcus's
labourers, who happened to be at dinner at the
time, pursued immediately.; the bees, however,
gained rapidly from them, and at last got out of
sight. But, it is supp-sed, not finding a ,7onvenient
resting-place, they whe..led suddeWv rou.)d, and in
their return met those who still continueil the pur•-
suit, when, strange to tell, they instantly settled
(lowa upon one of the men, and actually collect-
ed in a regular swarm upon his thighs and the
lower parts of his body ! It mly be easily ,
conceived that the. poor fedow (who, from the
heat of the weather, had [brow!) off most of his
clothes) was not a little alarmed and incum-

moded by this unexpected compliment ; how-
ever, his uneasiness was much increased,
when they began to creep up towards his
face, where they finally settled, and comdlete-
ly covered his eyes, mouth, and cars ; but what_
was most extraordinary, several of the insects
crept into his nostrils, and it was in this instance
only, when, unable to bear the irritation, he put
up his hand to brush them from his nostrils, that
he suffered from their stings. Though every ex-
ertion was used to free the man from his trouble-
some companions, it was more than an hour before
he could he entirely free front them ; tilt), were
at, last got into a bee-cap, and are now at full
work in Mr. BAlLLts's garden.
This year the adders are more plentiful than
has been observed for a long time back. In the
muir of Rusky, near Kippen, several very large
ones have been killed, some of them exceeding
two feet in length.
Monday afternoon, as the child of Mr. GEORGE
FREEMAN, builder, of St. John-street, Westmin-
ster, was playing before the door with some
other children, a woman passing by took the in-
fant, which was about two years old, up in her
arms, and, going towards the Horseferry-road,
she was proceeding to strip it, when a boy, who
perceived the transaction, gave the alarm. The
woman attempted to make her escape ; but the
mob overtook her, anti proceeded to execute sum-
mary justice on her by drawing her through a
pond. She would probably have fallen a victim
to their vengeance had it not been for the inter-
ference of a constable.

• Mr. Wm. WILSON, of Oxford-street, walking
along Tottenham-court-road, on Monday night,
about 12 o'clock, was attacked by t►ro men,
dressed as sailors and armed with bludgeons, who
knocked him down and robbed him of his purse,
containing a 21. note, a sovereign, and titter half
sovereigns.—Mr. WRIGHT, of Tottenham, was
knocked down near the same place on Sunday
night, by two men answering the description of
the above, who, aftcr severely beating him, rifled
his pockets of their contents.

Saturday se'nnight, -during the time of feeding
Mr. POLITO'S wild beasts, at Skipton, a man of
the name of John Smith, an ostler, in that town,
attempted to stroke the lion's paw, wlten the ani-
mat snatched at him, and bit a piece out of his
hand.

Saturday night the melting-house of Mr.
Richard Rickwood, in Sharp's-alley, Cow-cross,
was broke open, and robbed of two casks of
melted tallow, each weighing upwards of 500 lb.

The charmir►g, Opera of The Duenna mrs per-
formed last night at this Theatre, before a very
numerous audience. The commencement was
retarded by some difficulty in the management of
the Gas Lights, which, at one time, suspended
their pow et 3, and left the audience in total dark-
ness, and continued to exhibit a kind of inter-
mittent and fluttering appearance. At length
the fault was remedied and the Opera began.
Miss CAREW made her first appearance at
this Theatre in the part of Clara. She sung_
admirably, and was encored in all her songs,
except '' Adieu, thou dreary pile," which,
however, was eagerly desired, but she was ex-
ctoed on account of her previous exertions, and
the probable fatigue attending a repetition. Iler
acting also was unaffected and interesting. We
cannot but (eel increased surprise that such as
excellent Performer was suffered to leave Co-
vent-thirtieth. it is creditab!e to the taste