Star. — London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

- *Mil THEATRE Lo Seatiromide was repeated last night to cerowded audience, and with - increased effect: the acting (as well as singing) of Madame PASTA, was benutitul—and were sbe implores pardon of and embraces Aram:, was particularly applauded. Madame VasTam, as Armes, was not ififelior in this respect ; and the beauty of the duet which iinmediately follows (Giallo d'Orrore), and the perfect manner in which it was given by these Ladies, produced, is on the first . repiesentAtion, an unanimous encore. Signor GASCI A'S part ( !dreams) is nos one of very great scope, but.he gave gfeAt effect to that which he had to sing: The Ili 1, A _guei deal, in which he was supported by PORTO and Itemoattet, was. delightful; and the quintett. Qual neesto de rieila toetba, by the above and PASTA and VESTRIS, 4s much admired. The principal male character (Aw) is performed by RbiORINI, whose powerful bass is most efficient in the concerted pieces, and no llss flexible in the duets. The - overture and chorusses were jestlY applauded: one chorus strongly reminds us of Der Freisdiate—we are not preparel to say which of the Ope as was composed first. The chorus of Magi, ill% the last scene, in which the subject of the overture is assigned to the voice , is a charming compositi In. THE Pons A SPORTSMAN. --" His HOLINEsS," says a 'tree from !louse," wing* fora few days to Filenueino, to enjoy the ple asure of quail &booting." The health of Sir JOHN RICHA RDsON, who Was Com pelled to resign his Judgeship of the Common Pleas, from long continued indisposition, is so far restored as to enab'e hi n shortly to return to ngland bons Malta. By an Act of Vie present Session, the duties hereto. fore chaiged on internal windows in d welling-houses (commonly called borrowed lights) are repealed; we therelne recommend such of our readers as are now charged with the duties for windows of tl at description, to give immediate notice thereof to the as essors of the vespective parishes, who are empowered to make reduc tions in the assessments in the current year. The Swedish Government enters freely into the ccurse 'Opened to them, of commercial relations with the new and independent States of South America. Not only are numerous expeditions to Colombia and Mexico preparing in the ports of Sweden, but the Govern ment seems very much disposed to insure to the cons. mercial interest every guarantee which may be re. quired. An agent went to South America some time ago from Sweden, and we now learn th it Consuls wall be shortly appointed to all the American ports.— The formal acknowledgment of those States does not meet with any difficulty in the Cabinet of Stockholm. The power of the Pore, as a temporal Sovereign, Prince Marraatticit seemsdisposed rather to diminish than to ailment. Even the Eccles'astical authority of his Holiness is kept within strict bounds in the Austrian Empire, where theprinciple i, firmly held— " that all Ecclesiastical power, with regard as well to its aids as to its means, is merely spiritual, and, consequently, that the State, as such, is in no degree dependent on the Church." A poor man named Grimes, residing near Minna, and *rho bad been for some time unwell, was visited by a person named Kelly, who proposed , to remove his complaint—a violent head-ache. He commenced his operation by making an incision in his forehead; and in order to take from the patient a sufficient quan tity of blood, had recourse to one of the temporal ar teries, by the sever in; of which a locked jaw was pro duced. The man lingered in excruciating agony about two days, when he died. A striking proof of the extraordinary daring of Bri tish seamen was witnessed in Greenock on Wednesday, in the arrival of the Dart cutter, Captain Low, a vessel of no more than 45 tons, from New South Shetland, in the Pacific Ocean 1 The Dart went to the South Seas, to co-operate with the Adeona, and having assisted in Inking the cargo with which that vessel returned some time ago, proceeded to collect another, and has brought home a cargo of 6,000 skins, principally seal. The late celebrated penurious JEDININOS, Esq. of Acton Place, who was reported to be the richest commoner in England, when at the age of ninety two, was applied to by one of his tenants, then in the eightieth year of his age, to renew his lease for a farther teem of fourteen years ; when, after some ge neral observations, Mr. Jainism& coolly said, " Take a lease for twenty one years, or you will be troubling me again r and this was accordingly granted.—Mirror. On the commencement of the war which followed the Peace of Amiens, BONAPARTE addressed Lord WHITWORTH, then our Ambassador in France, in in temperate language, which he repressed with great dig nity. " Ile was so violent,' said his Lordship, " I thought he would have struck me." The person to whom his Lordship was speaking, asked, 44 Had that taken place, what would your Lordship have done r to which L ord WHITWORTH replied, "I should certainly have drawn my sword, and ran him through the body." BIGHT OF SEARCH IT CUSTOM-HOUSE OPFICERS.— At the Thames Police Office, ran Saturday, the Secre tary of the General Steam Navigation Company, ap peared on a summons for obstructing a Custom-house Officer in the execution of his duty. it appeared that on the arrival of the Super.) steam-packet horn Ca lais, on the sth of March last, Forsyth, a tide waiter, went on board to search the passengers, but was pre. vented by the interposition of a Mr. Hall, who swore that they should not he searched by such wretches, and pushed the officer gently aside, which was declared to amount to an assault. The Magistrate, Mr. HALL, said, "It is not for me to try this question here. As a lawyer, I have an opinion upon this subject, which I shall not now state. But I a ill afford you the best opportunity I can of bringing it to issue. I shall take your own recognizance to appear to answer this com plaint, at the Sessions to be held on the 21st of June nest—at the Quarter Sessions. And (turning to the Solicitor employed) I hope the Commissioners of his Majesty's Castoms will meet you there. Then, ad dressing himself to the officer, he said—" Let nee cau tion you. Forsyth, how you exercise this sapposal right of searching his Majeity s subjects." Mr. HALL said, he should most willingly meet this question at the Quarter Sessions. Considerable consternation has been ezeted in this city this morning, by the discovery of a murder, which has been perpetrated by some person or persous un knoa n. The body was di covered against the river side towards Dolemead, wrapped up in a sack, in a state of nudity; on the left breast was a cut extending sane i ches tiLwnwards, and below it a stab, which had perforated the heart. Several nth. r mat Its • were also on various parts or the body, which is now undergoing examiration. In the bottom of the sack was found a large stone. The body has Lot yet h.en owned.—/foth Gazette, May 24. • H~p~fARI~CL►T TXF.~T'I~~ The Provoked Ifitsbaid was played hit night. The principal novelty was the appearance of Mr. MODS as Lord iinvaley. He played generally with manliness and judgment, and in the concluding scene e xhibited energy and feeling. WILLIAMS was an ahle repre sentative of G. the head of all the Wrongheads." RAT MOND'S Ma* would be unproved by a littli more :alertness both in dress and deportment. Mrs. DAVI SON and Mrs. GLovat were as natural and intelligent as usual in 1.44 Townley and Lady Wronghead, and Mrs. HUMIST was successiul in the strange part of Miss Jenny. There is a peculiarity in her voice, manner, and delivery, which is remarkably well suited to the romp, the hoyden, and the dairymaid. Miss P. Gr.ovrat played Lady Grace in a sensible and efficient manner. The House was well attended. LA TV REPORT. COURT OF OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 24. TUE ATTORNEY-GiNZRAL V. MCAD. This was an information filed by the Attorney-Ge neral, to recover peiialiies, in consequence of the de fendant having adulterated a quantity of ale which he, as a brewer, had made. The circumstances proved in evidence were these : The defendant had forme' ly held a situation in the Bank of England, and at the time the establishment of that House was reduced, he, among others, was dis missed with a pension. By the assistance of his uncle, he was enabled to set up a brewery at Poplar. Being totally unacquain.ed with the secrets of the business, he was recommended to obtain the assistance of a man named Howson, who, he was informed, was deeply skilled in the mystery. Accordingly, Mr. Howson was engaged, and he proceeded to the house of the defen dant. When he arrived there, he found that the defen dant was tolerably well informed of the mode of adul teration, for, of that evening, while standing at the side of the copper, the defendant came op, and told him that he had got a quantity of Coculus Indicus, and Spanish Liquorice, which he was accustomed to put into the ale. These ingredients were then put in, and this operation repeated on four other occasions. Tne defendant refusing to settle the account which his coadjutor had against him, for his assistance, the latter informed the Otficers of the Crown, and thus the foun dation of the present proceedings was obtained. Mr. Jenvis, for the de:endant, having addressed the Jury, some witnesses were called to prove that Howson had acknowledged his having taken indecent liberties with the wife of the defendant. In Howson's bill for instructing the defendant in the art of brewing, and for four attendances on his part, he charged 204 and for attending him to buy drugs, 10s. The SoLICITOa-GKNERAL, in reply, contended that the present case was one of those which rendered it impossible to have any other witness than Howson. As to the character of the witness, he bad listened with great attention to the cress-examination of his Learned Friend, and although that Gentleman was generally pretty skillul in managing the pick-axe and shovel, so as to dig up any bad parts which might be concealed beneath the surface of men's characters, yet not one circumstance had appeared to enforce his suggestions. The Learned CHIEF BARON having summed up the evidence, told the Jury that their verdict in this ease must depead on the credit they attached to the testi mony of Howson. If they considered him worthy of belief, there could be no doulst the Crown was entitled to their decison; but if nor, the defendant. The Jury, after consulting some minutes, returned a verdict for the Crown. The grand City Entertainment, whiz!) was postponed at Easter, in consequence of the repairs and embellish menu necessary to be made in the Egyptian Hall, is to take place on Wednesday, the Bth of June. The pre parations are. upon the most splendid and expensive scale. A great number of his Majesty's Ministers are to be at the dinner. It has been found necessary to limit the cards of admission to the evening visitors con siderably, in order to obviate the inconveniences which have invariably arisen from crowding the rooms to excess. The old practice of gathering together thou sands of the citizens to the evening entertainment was first broken in upon by Alderman MAONAY, who limited the cards of admission to 1,500, and so much satisfaction was given by that arrangement, that the present Loan MAYOR is determined to issue just as many tickets as will not incommode the dinner company. On the Wednesday after the Entertainment at the Mansion-house, the Loan MAYOR is to lay the first stone of London Bridge. The preparations for the ceremony are daily making. Accommodation is to be made for 800 persons, all of whom will have a full view of what takes place forty-two feet below the sur face of the water. The trowel which his Lordship is to use in laying the stone, is one of the most valuable kind. It is reported that the LORD MAYOR, when the KING was applied to twin the occasion, proposed, in the Committee, that he should have the honour to bear the whole expense of entertaining his MAJESTY. The Glasgow Chronic'e says—" Owing to the high prices of the cotton wool and yarn, the muslin weav ing is at present very dull in this quarter. At the commencement of the stagnation, some extensive ma nufacturers proposed a small reduction in the rates of weaving, so as to enable them to keep on their hands; but overawed, no doubt, by the toolibh leaders of the combination, the weavers refused to accede to the pro position, and in consequence several large houses have ceased giving out work altogether. Besides those who have had their reeds reduced, it is supposed that there are about 5000 weavers idle in this city and surrounding villages." An United States Paper states the apprehension of a man of the name of Williams, who had purloined Ma jor Slimes pocket-book, containing 4500 dollars ! What must have been the dimensions of the pocket, if the book was so capacious? We presume the Major's propeity was in notes. Monday night, as Mr. Thompson, merchant, of Lawrence Pountney-lane, was riding along the City road to hi. country-house, at Highgate, his horse took fright at the fire-works which were exhibiting at the time in the garden of the Etgle Tavera. The animal began rearing and plunging violently, and a Lady , of the name of Buckler, and her two daughters, happenangl to cross the road at t,e same instant, Mrs. Buckler and; one of the young Ladies were knocked down and con sidei ably injured. The other Lady fortunately escaped unhurt. The Lades were immediately taken to the Green-gate public-house, from whence they were shortly afteiwards rem.,ved to their residence, Basing hall-street. r f ~..i . -7 R . LiTICROURE; • - -• • Excursiois Sania,;ilsirinithe Ait tun of 1823, Jut his Third ro,ag to Africa. By the T. Enwi .11ewp =R. Esti. Conductor di the Mission to Ashontee, HOlsoiari Member of the Camkride Philosophical Society, 80- %o which is added. by Mrs. nowatc.H-1. A Aartative of the Continuance of Me I oyage to its Completion. '2. A Description of the English Siettknien . ts on the River Gambia. 3. Appendix, containing Zuo'ogical and Bo tanical Descriptioks, and Translatidns from the Arabic. Illustrated by &dimes, Costumis; and Zuo'ogical Figures. 4to. London, 1825. Oar readers need not to be told, that Mr. Bowdich fell a victim to African discovery, a cause in winch so m .ny have perished. Young, ardent, and active, he distin guished himself in conducting the Mi)sio r to Ashantee m a way which gave great hopes from his fortwe tions. On that occasion, his courage aid his firmness saved the members of the Mission, and sustained the honour of his country. In 18.23, I.e set out on a nee excursion, attended by Mrs. Bdwdich and his family; after exploring Madeira, particularly its geological and z products; he proceeded tie Africa, where he died iii January, 18'24. His accomplished wife, who is an admirable artist and acquainted with the Arabic and other Oriental, as well as most of the E.sropean lan guages, has edittd an account Of the last labours of her husband, and added some additional narratives. Th? Work has a strong claim on pub is support ; for not only is it entitled to this on account of its merits, but her hitsband perished the unpaid and unpensioned victim of geographical discovery, leaving a wife who had shared in his fatigues and dangers, and three chil- dren. Madeira has been often described, and yet Mr. Bowdich gives many interesting particulars relating to the Island and its inhabitants, as well as to the part of Africa he visited. We hate, however, only room for short extract : •' Near the Fazenda dos Padres is a fine malmsey plantation, created entirely by an avalanche of tufa, which, falling from a height of upwards of twelve hunired f-ct, has lodged and spread at the bottom Q 1 the cliff:— " The houses and vineyards are only accessible by water, to those who shtidder, as most persons do, at the daring route of the labourers, who ascend and descend the cliff by a succession of simple stakes driven into, and projecting from it. These avalanches, which are not unfrequent (and which have occurred from lesser heights without much injuring the property), with one or two sliding plantiitions, occasion curious suits in the Courts of Madeira; the one party insisting that he must - follow his grounds and habitations—the other, whose less valuable grourrds have been covered or enlarged by the accident, pleading, I presume, cidns est soigne, ejus est cselum: " Ascending the rocks between the Fort and Freya Bay, we find, close on their brink, about eighty feet above the sea, and but a few yards inland, an elliptical funnel-shaped depression of five hundred anti twenty feet in circumference, and about thirty-five feet deep. The greater axis bears S. 7° W. and within (a little northwards of the centre, and about thirty-five feet be low the brink) is an aperture about twenty-five feet long, and fifteen broad, through which you see the sea, the walls of the caverns resounding with the rush of the waves entering below. The depth' of this vast marine well, a term which I merely hazard for the moment, as conveying a better idea of us position and appear ance than any further description could, is about forty five feet. This tent, apparently too considerable to be attributed to the mere elastic force of confined va pours, presents every evidence of having been formed by a minor volcanic heave, which threw up vast blocks of the rock it rent from beneath the ocean, to forth a passage, but did not eject any lava or contents of its own; for both the basalt rock in which it is formed, and that of the vast masses which are scattered at the mouth of the aperture. are highly scoriaceous. and pre sen: the strongest traces of fusion on the surface. The elliptical wall which rises thirty-five feet above this fearful aperture, and forms the greatest circumference of the funnel, is of tufa, dipping to the south, and which, yielding more easily, has been undermined, and has fallen in, to a greater extent, from the same heave which rent the stubborn ro.k beneath it; the shock hav ing spread as it proceeded upwards through these looser and softer strata." The work is enriched with numerous engraving:, drawn and lithographed by Mrs. Bowdich, several of which are coloured. They are illustrative of the natural history of Madeira and Africa. Foreign Scenes and Travelling Recreations. By JOHN Howison, Esq. Author of Sketches of Upper Canada. Two Vale. post Soo. Ldinaurgh and London, 18'25 Mr.Howison is an able and intelligent writer, and his work on Canada is decidedly the best account that has yet been published of that portion of the British domi nions. His present work consists of a description of various scenes, and their impression on his mind, ac companied by s-nsible and judicious ',ma, ks. His de• scriptions of society and manners are extremely lively and spirited, and every page in these volumes supplies la due quantum of interest. There are ten distinct ankles in these Foreign Scenes and Travelling Recreations, under the varied and at tractive titles of " Life at Sea," " Boarding House Recollections," The City of Havannah," " A Jour ney in the Deckan," " Two Days at the Cape of Good Hope," " A Voyage from Havannah to New Prowl- Ideate," " Foreign Adventure," 4 4 The Cantonment of Sewn," and " The Delinquent." They are all very well written, and display an acute ness of observation and felitity of description which are rattly combined to such an extent. One extract we subjoin; it relates to an execution at Cuba, where, although crime abounds, yet punishment may be averted by bribing the Priests " Some years ago, a Spaniard, who lived in the su burbs of Havannah, discovered that his wife carried on a criminal correspondence with her confessor. In his jealous rage he hired a negro to murder the priest. When the assassin had accomplished his purpose. be went to the house of his employer at a late hour one night, and told wtat he had done, and demanded the promised compensation; but the Spaniard either would not or could not give this, and some high words which ensued between the parties having been overheard by the neighbours, the whole affair was soon broug ht to light. The Spaniard was apprehended, tried, found guilty, and condemned to death. However, by means of bribery, he succeeded in delaying his execution for more than two le.irs. His funds be tug at last ex- Mowed, the black cross and lanterns, the appearance .of which announces, in Ilay.inufin, that the criminal has •:11•••71; . 'only two days to love, wee *Aida WNW the windows. Nevertheless, cakthe stsaciiiding morning, to the astonishment of all, they were suddenly witbdraws; for the wi 'etched Murderer hid, by si deiTerate effort ! raised a small sum of mOriey, and purchiced with it k few weeks respite. (in the expiry of these he was hug; tied to the scaffold and eiteCuted." A General Wog.. a"phicai ctionary.--" 1. • , . We are happy to seethe system ofpublishing in cheap weekly numbers extending to 13 ography. The 6rst number of this woik, which has just appeared, is neatli printed in dotib'e columns, and coniatas a well digested and well wi iiten manual of biography. The Ed tof appears to appreciate duly the zelavire importance of t e several individuals, whose mt moire are given at a length propertionate. ravels of illy Night Capp o', Reveries is Rhyvie with Scenes at Ms Congress of Perona..• By the Author of 4 , My Note Book." 12tno. Loaddn, 1823. .~ ;;.: . .. 77:; Thi. i, a very clever little volume, in which the au•hur, with a good•natured, yet keenly satirical Muse, describes the cosintries, incid-nts, and individuals he met with in a Journey, iviaVienna, to the Congress at Verona. The following description of young Napo leon, at the Theatre at Vienna, thougliby no Ans the happie•t of our author's descriptions, we Watt OR ac count of its being easily detached: " I saw young NAP, and he appears A youth matued beyond his years; His nose and chin proclaim his sire; His eyes bespeak a latent fire • His manner ardent, quick, an d bold, Reminds one much of NAP the old. Attended by two surly sages, And three or fur Imperial pages, He came see night to see the Play, And look'd and laugh'd and talk'd away. His granddre close adjoining sat, And Nappy's pate would often pat : While Nappy, smiling in his face, Apposed to ask if be could trace The organ there which skullmen find In skulls foe sos'rrign pow'r design d? But politicians well may doubt, If cranium quacks e'er fond it out !" THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MAT ,S. Whatever business has been done lathe Meiling trade this morn ing, bas been confined solely to superfine samples of Wheat, and of this kind very few sales were effected ; but Monday's prices are fully supported. The Barley trade continues in the same stagnant state but prices remain as our last currency Oats are free sale at Moo, day's prices.—Oor arrivals since Monday are, 4,650 qrs. of Wheat, 600 qrs. of Barley, 5,000 qrs. of Oats, and 4,550 sacks of Flow. The Markets for Colonial produce were closed yesterday en account of the Holidays. For Coffee, however, it is understood that there are orders from the markets Of the Continent at higher limits. COTTON WOOL—The sales of last week consist of 1900 bags, the market quiet, without any ma alteration in prices. 1000 ['steams, 214. to 22d. per pound in ; 300 • 200.10 214. per pound, duty paid ; 300 Surat, 91d. to l i tr i rec pound, in bold; 300 Bengal, rid. to 10ed. per pound, in bond. TALLOW.—By public sale yesterday 183 casks of Tallow, at 12. 64. to 335. 64. per cwt. H AY-M ARK ICTS, Mar 24.—Se. Jaxas'.—Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay front £9 to £3 Ss. Fine Upland Meadow Hay, from £3 ss. to £4 15. Clover Hay. from 214 to £5 10. Oat Straw, from Al 10s. to 42 ; and Wheat Saxe?, from £2 to £2 Su per lead of 36 trusses. Supply abort; trade rather brisk; prices, for everything but the most inferior Meadow Hay and Straw which are still scarcely marketable at any price, looking ur . . Sieriisramia—Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, front ZS to 43; line Upland Meadow Hay, from £3 to .04 4s. Clots, Hay, generally from 4315.. to £5 sa. extraordinary line, £5 15s. Oat Straw, from £1 10.. to .81 16a. and Wheat Straw, from .E 1 16'. 11 to £ , 7. per load, of 30 trusses. Supply rather limited, and trade dell, with prices of everything (except the best Wheat Straw, vrhi, was a shade higher), stationary.. . • Accounts from Canton of the Stith of October last, state, that everything . there is going . on quietly with the Chinese, the Lintin question having been eniirely set at rest by the Chinese themselves having given up every point. By the arrival of the direct ships from England, Mr. Uararrow, the chief of the British fac tory, had received accounts of his MAJESTY having been graciously pleased to confer on him the honour of Knighthood by patent, for his conduct during the long a:.d anxious discussion in which he was engaged with the Chinese Authorities, relative to the affair of the Tovnze frigate at Lintin. The Lords resume their sittings to-day; the Com mons to-morrow. The Lords' Committee on the State of Ireland re-assemble today ; the Honourable Roszwr DAT, the Rev. W. PHELAN, and the Rev. MORTIMIM OSULIVAN have been summoned to attend their Lord. ships to-day. The pilot balloon, sent up by Messrs. Gaza, pre vious to their ascension from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 11th instant, fell at Red Chester: near Kit kwelp ington, about 25 miles from Newcastle, on a bank side, and rolled into a brook, where it was burst, by the country people pelting it with stones, under the terror that it was some portentous being come among them with a mischievous design The 811 now in the House of Commons, for regu lating the Quarantine, appears to be much misunder stood, as the only alterations proposed are— - lit. To take off the laioraatioe Duty oa Goods, and charge the expense of the diffirretit Qauandne listablishinenta to the Consoli dated Fund, u it is for the benefit of the public in general tk t sack precautions are taken. 2d. Vessels with dean bills from Turkey to sir Cottons, 82. 14 days on board the Lasarettes—with suspected or foul bills, 21 - days—instead of 21 and 40 days. sd. The Privy Council to have authority to reduce or increase the lardays according to drcunistances. It is a case not generally•known, that if appreneces who are bound after they attain the age of 14 years, enter into his Majesty's army, their masters cornet claim them, a clause tb that effect being in the Mutiny Act. Greenwich was yesterday again a scene of harmless enjoyment and gaiety, as a great number 'of 'persons arrived there from town to enjoy the sports of the holidays. The tea-gardens, and other plates of public resort in the vicinity of the Metropolis, were also vi sited by numbers of holiday folks. The combination amongst the cotton-spinners of the neighbourhood of Carlisle is still in operation—boys are secretly sworn not to commence spinning ; acid we know of mote than one instance where youths have refused to earn from 15s. to 18s. per week, though, . s piecers, their wages are only 6s. under the pretence that they would prefer the:r present occupation two years longer—the period appointed by their high mightinesses the dictators of the Union. Messrs. Bothwell and Co.'s Ispidners struck on the 13th, and the Mains manufactory has therefore been standing still during the whole of the past week. It will, however, be set in motion in a few days, by fresh hands ; and Messrs. Dixon commenced working one rf their mills on Tuesday last ; so that few of the turn-outs (whom truth constrains to confess that they have nothing of importance to complain of) ate I kely to resume their former comfortable situations ; many of them. in fact, have already quitted the town.— caths e Patriot. I W I' , IF iifl i