The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-08 00:00:00

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL.

THE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and
SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, in-
chiding the Pictures of the Battle of the Nile, at the moment of
the Blowing-up of the L'Orient, and that of the Representation
of Admiral De Winter delivering his Sword to Lord Duncan, after
the Battle of Camperdown, presented by the British Institution
to the Royal Hospital of Greenwich, is open daily, from Ten
in the Morning until Five in the Evening. Admittance' I s.—Ca-
talogue, ls. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

THOMAS MOM'S, Wholesale Wine and
Spirit Merchant, No. 10, Skinner-street, Snow-hi),

London:

s. d. s.
Good Gin... 5 9p. gall. New Port 24 p. doz.
Strong do. 7 6 do. Old Port 24 do.
Old Rum ...10 9 do. , Old Port, 3 yrs. Crusted, 32 do.
Old Brandy 24 9 do. Full Bodied Sherry .26 do.
Whiskey... 10 6 do. Ohl Palo 32 do.
Shrub ..... 11 6 do., Port and Sherry £6O, per Pipe.
Gentlemen and Dealers will do well to take a copy of this ad-
vertisement, as it will not be repeated.
For ready money the above may be depended upon, as being
good in quality, the legal strength, and the imperial measure per
gallon.
No attention paid to letters, unless they contain remittances.

PATENT COMPOSITION of MALT and
HOPS only.—The above composition is with confidence
recommended for use in private Families, on board ship, and in
the Colonies, on the score of economy, convenience, and health.—
Beer of any strength, and equal both in flavour and quality to ge-
nuine home brewed beer, may be obtained by dissolving the above
in cold water.

To be had, wholesale and retail, at Sd. per lb., with instructions
for use, at the counting-house of Williams, Pitt, Lamb, and Co.,
Patentees, 1, Turnwheel-lane, Dowgate-hill, where beer obtained
by this mode may always be tasted.

THE OPERA AT LiSi3ON.---Mademoiselle Sicard
took her benefit on Monday night, at the Can Carlos, having an-
nounced it with a humility which would ill be suited to the sup-
posed dignity of a London Prima Donna. Every box was crowd-
ed, and the pit filled to an overflow the moment the doors were
opened. All our Staff were present, with their rich uniform, in
:different boxes. Our Natal Officers were but little inferior in
point of show. The beauties of Lisbon, in fuller dress than is
usually worn at the Opera, displayed their beads, loaded with
French curls entwined with flowers—some with artificial wreathes,
others with various-coloured hats ' • all, however, with shawls, as
the weather is not yet to them sufficiently warm to allow low
dresses to be worn. The Opera was Moss iti Egitto. Sicard
took the part of Eleia ; Cartagenova, the bass, of Pharoah ;
Ra-
the tenor, of Osirides; the cont'-alto part of Amaltea
was' sting by Madame Zappuebi, in lieu of Madame Patralia,
for whom she made AR indifferent. substitute. Sieard's
dress of white robe and turban were the praise of all her
admirers, and her sweet voice bewitched their hearts', On
her first appearance, she was vehemently applauded, and
each successive entrance and exit was equally distinguished. I
was astonished at the apathy with which the audience took the
refusal to repeat a duet in the first act between Sicard and. Ra-
vaglia. The English party were strong, and the house, for a
little time, supported them ; "but the instant a new scene was let
down, the excitement died away. The moment the act was over,
a general plaudit was given for the fair Sicard, and two, milk-
white pigeons, emblematical, I suppose, of the lady's purity, were
flown from one of the 'boxes. The birds fluttered from side to
side ; one of them was at length laid hold of by a jolly midship-
man, who looked at it, as if in doubt whether it would eat best
roast, or in a pasty ; and the other flew to a maiden's bosom, in
"the first tier, where it was no doubt welcomed, as a harbinger of
her own individual love affair. Showers of medallions with ama-
tory devices were then dropped from above, and miniatures of the
dear Sicard on enveloped paper. These: were succeeded by a de-
luge of poetry in every metre that a Lisbon lover could conceive,
printed with the curiosities. of their patent "press.