_Paris, February 15, 1802._
After the beautiful theatre of the old _Comédie Française_, under its
new title of _l'Odéon_, became a prey to flames, as I have before
mentioned, the comedians belonging it were dispersed on all sides. At
length, PICARD assembled a part of them in a house, built at the
beginning of the revolution, which, from the name of the street where
it is situated, is called the