Star. — London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

iNGTok Arkkii.vb. lesterdayeveldng a mod inuhetous alonetiviy yectable Meeting of the above populous district :AS held at CanOnbary-hodse, Islington, for the pur roe cf an Address of Congratulation to her MA- I% `.lf, and also to Petition his MAJESTY to dismiss :is Ministers. The great room was crowded to excess by a most respectable assemblage of Ladies and ientlemen, and many hundreds were unable to ob ain a dmittance. At seven o'clock Captain LONGSTER took the Chair, in consequence of the illness of Mr. THOMAS WILSON, from whom a letter was read. The Requisition to the Churchwardens was then read, as was also the correspondence between the Re cuisitionists, the Churchwardens, and the Rector. Mr. Smorn then addressed the Meeting in a very able speech, and, after accusing the Churchwardens c f a want of directness and straitforwardness in their dealing, with respect to the Requisition, as one of them had at first given him to understand that the Meeting should be called in regular form, if the consent of the Vicar could be obtained, he observed that they might have taken a lesson from the Mayor of Bristol, who had lent the Guildhall one day to a Meeting called to Address the Queen, and another day tor what was called a Loyal Address, without deserting his duty or compromising his principles. In the latter of the Meetings at Bristol, as well as at many other Loyal Meetings, there were a number of truths brought forward to which he cordially gave his assent; the only difference was as to the conclu sion to be drawn from the same premises, as to the causes to which the evils which they witnessed were to be attributed. His opinion was, that the proceed ings against the Queen had weakened the stability ef the Throne, and that it was, therefore, one cause cf the dangers which the Loyal Addresses deplored. There was not, he believed, a man, who did not now lament that the proceedings had commenced (Hear, hear); they had tended to break down the barriers of the Constitution, and those laws which had fenced round Englishmen as with a wall of adamant. Nei ther would any one now deny that a great majority of the nation was in favour of the Queen. Was there a man who would say that such protection had been afforded by the King to the Queen, as a man of ho nour and generosity would extend to a wife?— (Hear, hear, hear). The omission of her name from the Liturgy had, in all Catholic countries, the effect of an excommunication on the minds of the people, and no alternative was left her but to return and to throw herself on the protection of this nation. As to what had happened since, he had no hesitation in saying, that all the evidence against her was such, that it would not have been entertained for half an hour in any inferior Court—( Hear, hear). Had the Minis ters felt any strength in it, without question, instead of a majority of nine on the third reading, they would have had a majority of 90—(Applause). By what ever quibbling they might excuse themselves on the strength of that majority, the Ministers knew that the middle and industrious classes of the community, those who worked as well as thought, were of opi nion that the evidence had totally failed, and that to have pressed the Bill further would have endangered the Throne—(Applause). They knew that when a number of men got into a scrape, every man put the best face he could upon it in order to get out of it ; :o that if there were forty or fifty persons, there would be to , or fifty pretences. This was he key to the variety of opinions among the Ministerial Lords. If the Ministers had been wise, when the proceedings in the House of Lords had terminated, they would have allowed the whole matter to go to rest, and the Queen to sink to a level with other Royal Personages, and have allowed her to inhabit one of the Palaces which the King did not occupy. This was not their course. But whatever proceed ings they might meditate for the future, the Queen having thrown herself on the People and the Press, it was not in their power to weaken her security. After some further observations, Mr. Smith pro- posed the first Resolution, on the abandonment of the Bill ; which was seconded and agreed to. Mr. TieLocir rose to move the second Resolution, expressing the indignation of the Meeting at the con duct of Ministers in permitting and encouraging the diffusion of " a polluted and contaminating stream" to deluge the country with vice and immorality. He called on the Meeting to contrast the circumstances of the country at this period with what they were thirty years ago. What Englishman would then have dared to calumniate the Queen of England ? What Minister would then have had the hardihood to commit this act of treason—for treason 'it is, by the law of the land, to traduce the character of the Queen Consort—not only to commit the act, hut to encourage, by their own conduct, the promulgation of such a flood of immorality as could only be al. luded to in such an assembly as 'he now addressed: Yes, by the conduct of Ministers and the enemies of I the Queen, language which would disgrace a brothel, had been rendered familiar to the ears of the vir tuous—the subject of household interlocutory in the ears of the rising generation. How hateful—how execrable the 'conduct of the men who, 'by their la bours, had endeavoured to render' opics familiar to our ears about which it was difficult to converse any where without blushing, excepting only. in a dissect ing -room, where the gravity of philosophy and the garb of a dead language, furnished a veil to hide the blushes of the speaker. Is there now no other place v:ileie such topics can be rolled about as sweet m0r01,,, and without one feeling of shame ? He would leave to others to answer the question. He -could not, however, avoid noticing, that in many cases the Judges, when evil might be apprehended either to the parties in Court, or to the Public, pro hibited publication of the proceedings ; but, on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, not only was the pub lication permitted, but great pains were taken that the moral poison should go forth without the smallest diution or antidote. The Counsel for the Prosecu tion had stated many crimes, too, which they had not even attempted to prove; in what they attempted to prove they had entirely failed; but the summing up—without one word in reply being permitted, was sent forth to act as poison on the public mind during the whole time of an adjournment. — Ile then reverted to the conduct of Migisters at the eommencemeot of the present Reign. No sooner was the good old King dead, than machinery was attempted to be put in operation to destroy the Qum. Ministers were at their wits gads. There wad fio law thtt could punish the Queen, had she even been guilty of the foul conduct which some wished to impute:—and where no law is, there can be no transgression. But how much more diffi cult to fix crime on an innocent person/ Mi nisters were out of place for twenty four hours; but the sagacity of one or more of them, count ing on the talismanic, influence of Court patronage, persuaded themselves that they could in this coun try—in England !--carry an ex post Ado law to effect that which was contrary to law, to punish an individual—that individual the Queen Consort of the English Throne. The goad sense of the country— that innate hatred of injustice and oppression, which animates every honest English bosom—that love of truth and impartiality, which ever rouses the virtuous to defend innocence—had defeated their mighty pro ject, and humbled them in the dust, loaded with con tempt and execration ; and, therefore, it was fitting and proper that Meetings such as that which he had now the honour to address, should express openly their honest sentiments respecting the immoral ten dency of every part of the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, driving these demoralizing proceedings.— The Resolution was carried, with only three or four hands against it. A Resolution to Congratulate the Queen was then moved, in a neat and appropriate speech, by Mr. RICHTER. The proposed Address was then read, and carried. A Loyal Address to the King, praying him to dismiss his Ministers for ever, and to call to his counsels only such men as would duly maintain the dignity of the Crown, enforce a due administra tion of the laws, and by yielding equal protection and encouragement to all, ensure the affections of the People, was then moved and carried, as were also Votes cf Thanks to the Members of both Houses who had exerted themselves to prevent the carrying of measures threatening the ruin of the Queen, and the destruction of the liberties of the country ; and to the uncontaminated, the free, and incorruptible [ part of the Public Press, which had so nobly sup ported the cause'of truth and justice during the late struggle. The Rev. Mr. DRAPER then moved, in a long speech, the Address to his Majesty, which was agreed to, there being only two hands held up against rt. The Address to the Queen was ordered to be pre sented by a Deputation—that to the King, by Earl GREY, the Earls of DARLINGTON, GROSVENOR, and DARNLEY,LOrds ERSKINE and HOLLAND, Or such of them as could make it convenient to attend. A Vote of Censure, on the Churchwardens, was passed; Thanks were given to the Chairman, arid the Meeting broke up soon after nine o'clock. A Requisition is in circulation for a General Meet ing of the County of Kent, and will speedily be pre sented to the Sheriff, for the purpose of addressing the KING and the QUEEN. We have authority to state that there will be a Musical Festival, on the grandest scale, at Chester, about the• latter end of September in the ensuing year. A duel was fought on Saturday, on Blackheath, between Mr. H--N, a Gentleman of fortune, in Kent, and a Mr. S•••it.--. n, a merchant, in conse quence of a dispute at a Coffee-house in the City, when some blows were exchanged. Mr. S. received his antarnist's shot in the shoulder : the ball was ex tracted in the evening, and he is doing well. Saturday st'nnight Earl CARRICK arrived within six miles of his seat, Mount Juliet, in the county of Kil kenny, where he was met by his own tenantry, and an immense crowd of the people of the neighbourhood, to express their affection for his amiable and patri otic character—they took the horses from the car riage, and drew it to Mount Juliet, amidst loud cheers. Lord CARRICK has endeared himself to his tenants by his impartial conduct as a Magistrate, by his kindness as a landed Proprietor, and by his con- stant residence among them. THE QUEEN'S LAW OFFICERS." It is now under stood that Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. BENNETT will certainly be appointed by her MAJESTY as her Law Officers in Ireland, and that the appointment will be by letter, under the QUEEN'S sign manual. The do cuments, it is said, if they have not arrived, are ex pected by the next packet. The Law Officers, we hear, are s earching the Rolls for precedents, from which it is inferred that the CHANCELLOR intends to resist the retognition of her MAJESTY'S appointment. If so, the matter will, of course, be the subject of much discussion, judicial, Parliamentary, and other wise. It is certain that Lord LIFT ORD considered such appointments as legal, and that Mr. HEwirr would have filled one of them, but for an irrecon- 1 , citable altercation between him and his rival , re -1 lipetting which of the two should be the Attorney ,GeneraV—Dub/in Paper. Culuotts ROBBERY. Between seven and eight 'o'clock on Sunday evening, a Gentleman was met en the road near the pond, at the entrance into Tot. teridge, by two men, in a light chaise-cart, who asked him how far it was to Totteridge? The Gen tleman answered, " you are now in Totteridge e. and was proceeding on his way, when one of them made a sudden jump and seized him by the collar; the Gentleman lifted up his hand, and was in the act of knocking the 'villain down, when the horse, with his mouth, laid hold of him by the thick part of the arm, and held him fast till they rifled his pockets of his money, watch, and what other property he had about him. They then jumped into the cart, drove off, and effected their escape. Information of the robbery was given yesterday at the Police Office, Hatton-garden. It is supposed they were house breakers, and that the horse was properly trained to act his part. RHEUMATISM.—The following is the famous Ame rican receipt for the cure of the rheumatism, and, in some cases, even a contraction of the joints :—Take of garlick two cloves, of gum ammoniac one drachm, bruise them well together in a mortar, make the mixture into two or three boluses with spring water, and take one of them every night and morning, and drink while taking these boluses very strong sassa fras tea. The cures performed by this receipt in' America have been extremely numeious. GLASGOW, DSc. 7.—lt is consoling to contrast the present state of the workman with what it was this time last winter ; then there were great numbers of tradesmen idle, and, with their families, suffering the extremes of distress. Since Whitsunday the trade has been in such a way, that all the workmen have been able to support themselves without any assistance. NAV2L'IN'th LL idENo • TMe Ent radii' Company!, AIR Prince. Resole arrived at Madras the 49th June • the Alps Pcincess Amelia and General Hewitt bad arrived sa f e in Anieet Road oh the 4 7 th of Ely. Polvrassonsw, Dec. IL —Wily! 3 . W. —.Arrlved the Coeback, Tccgra, from Sr. Petersburgh for Bristol ; Zephyr, Cox, from Honduras; Madeira Packet, Annex ; Tom iiowliae Levam- Toss • Eclipse, Bitactv; and Tobago, Dataszut, from the Downs. Sailed the Alice, roasts, for Lon. LtvravoOt., Dec. lo.—Thym•y, Oohs Miramichi for this Port, Wu abandoned at sea the 97th November--crew arrived at COrk. Dam, Dec. 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed tor the River ' the Sir James Kempt, STEWART, from Quebet ; B li nden Hall, Gaya, from Bombay and the Cape; Gay:, Wazum, from Ilooduras ; William, Wusrams, from New York for Hull; Eliza, Awls, from Smyrna; Marianna, Gomm, from Malaga; and the Alexandria, pilot Turkish 'frigate, from Alexandria. — Came down from the River and remain, the Charles, MILNE, for Tobago; Reward, Moan; Stranger, Hats; and Indian, Jurr, for Jamaica ; Lively, &Mt, for Sierra Leo ne; and Rose, Taaimesow, for St. Michael's. Dove's, Dec. 11.—The brig Minerva, mentioned yesterday, has gone to pieces; a great part of the wreck has Boated by here. Mrsvoms, Dec. 10.—Arrived the Sheffield, HASLAA, from Demerara, short of provisions, and with loss of boom, jibboosat, rigging, and split her fore and main sails. Tomokr, Dec. 10.—Arrived the Vigilant, MAILTI.V, from Lis bon for London, with damage to her sails. Neweaar, (U. S.) Nov. s.—Arrived the brig Ann -Gads. den, Penwell, of this port, 52 days from St. Übe's. On Tues day last (the 31st ult.) off the Capes of the Delaware, fell in with the schooner Only Son, Fuller, from Kingston (Mass.) bound to Alexandria, and took from her Captain Gibbs and,crew of the schooner Augustus, of Falmouth, which vessel had been run down by the Only Son, on the afternoon of the 25th of October. Captain Gibbs has furnished us with the following particulars of this distressing event :—The schooner Augustus, Rufus Gibbs master, sailed from Boston on the '274 October, bound to Phila delphia, with a valuable cargo consisting of 15 tons of quicksilver, wine, &c. valued at 20,000 dollars ; and in the afternoon of the 25th October, in a squall, was run foul of by the schooner Only Son, Fuller, of Kingston (Mass.) and which stove in the bows, and ripped up the deck ; when, finding she was sinking, Capt. Gibbs and crew jumped oe board the Only Son, and the schooner went down a few minutes after. In the cabin there were four passengers, viz. T. Armstrong, his wife, and daughter, with her infant child, which was born on board the schooner the night previous, who all went down with the schoouer, although every exertion was made to get them from the cabin. They were emi grants from Carlisle, in England; and were going to Philadel phia, where the father said he had two sons living. The Only Sou was considerably injured, having her bowsprit unshipped, the rigging and stays carried away, and other damage. On the 31st ult. fell in with the Aon Gadsden, and was received on board. Capt. Gibbs and crew return their thanks to Capt. Dun well, for his kind and generous treatment to them while onboard his vessel. Cusmm-House, Decamps* 11.—Ships Entered Inwards: Har mony, from Lisbon; Mary, from Malaga; Prudent, from Waterford; Duke of York, from Seville; Friends, from Lis bon; William, from Bilboa; Le Flora, from Hoofieur ; Re gent packet, from Limerick ; Thomas, from Waterford ; Bro. thers, from Quebec; Betsey, from Douglas; Langford, from, Berbice; Fidelity, from. Liverpool ; Hope, from Lisbon; Jean, from Limerick; New Blessing, from Galloway; Elizabeth, from St. John's; Marquis of Huntley, from Lisbon; Nouvelle. Alliance, from Bayonne; Dispatch, from Malta; Constantia, from Waterford; Mary, from Oporto; Brussa, from Smyrna ; ' Trent, from St. John's • Hercules, from Havre ; Henry, from Lisbon ; Martha, from Virginia ; Atalanta, from Memel ; Nes tor, from St. John's; Elizabeth Hill, from Smyrna; Prince Eugene, from )(Ada; Albion, from Valencia; Mercury, from Palermo; Two Brothers, 'from Cork; Venus, from Bilboa; Sisters, from Jamaica • Thomas, from Malaga.—Entered Out wards : Atlas, for Trinidad ; Matilda, for Lisbon ; Dear, for Jamaica • Friendship, for ditto • Thetis, for ditto; Prince of Waterloo, for Ostend ; Prince Regent, fur Ross; Sally, for Jersey. Aearveri—At Paraiba, Latona, from LiverpooL At Jamaica, St. Doming., Proctor, from Liverpool. At Africa, Fame, Fdl. kelson ; and Jonathan, Brassey, from Liverpool. At Demerara, Demerara Packet, front London. At St. John's, (N. B.). Ro bert Neilson, from Dublin. NAVAL APPOlNnuners.--Captain Thomas Graham and Lieu tenant T. Brown to the Seringapatam; Lieutenant Caswell, Surinam (for the West Indies); Lieutenant H. A. Bates, Smug gling Preventive Service in Ireland ; W. Thompson, Esq. for merly Surgeon of the Royal Oak, to the Royal Sovereign yacht.; Mr. Mantor, Master, Pheasant; Mr. Atwell, Master, Satellite. Mr. Thompson, of the Royal George yacht, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Capt. Francis Newcombe, C.B. is appointed to the Seringapatam, a new teak-built frigate, recently brought home from the East Indies, and ordered to be commissioned at Plymouth. Lieutenant J. P. D. Larcom is appointed to the Athol. Five Mates and Midshipmen passed their examinations fur Lieutenants, on board the Queen Charlotte, last Wednesday. Wednesday, four fishermen lost their lives in the Solway Frith, near to Bowness, whilst coming to wards the shore with their nets. The unfortunate sufferers we; e in a small open boat, which sunk about half a mile from the shore, owing to its being overladen, and to the tide flowing in upon them.— Their cries for help were heard, but no assist ance could be rendered them in their perilous situa tion. Their names are as follow :—John Pattinson, Richard Pattinson, Jacob Bell, acrd William Bell.— The two Pattinsens are brothers, but the Bells are not related. Saturday, J. Goodrich, a fisherman, 70 years of age, and resident of Hammersmith, was charged, at the Mansion-House, by Ruth, the Water-Bailiff's Assistant, with fishing with unlawfulnets. Ruth, however, in detailing his complaint, stated many facts of the veteran, which would have done honour to one in a higher station. Several years ago, he was engaged in one of his midnight enterprizes, when he heard the cries of a child on the bank. He instantly rowed to the spot, and saw a girl about five years old, who said she had lost her parents, that she knew not where)they lived, and that she knew no one else.. Jack took her home, and, with consent of his wife, brought her up among his own. She is since respect ably married, and proves that Jack's bounty was not misapplied. A short time ago, two boys were swim ming in the Thames, when they suddenly disap peared. Several persons were on the bank, but no one seemed disposed to venture his life to save theirs, when the veteran plunged boldly in, and brought them safe on shore. Mr. Howell, the Water-Bailiff, in consideration of these and other acts of humanity detailed by Mr. Ruth, would not press for the pe. nalty. He could not, however, but observe, that the culprit was the most destructive enemy of the finny brood of any on the River. The LORD MAYOR ad vised him in future to conform to the terms of the Act of Parliament. He would not, he said, in the present instance, enforce the penalty, but the nets must be destroyed, which was done accordingly. As three sailors were on their return last night, between seven and eight o'clock, from Brandenburgh House, to their ship, which was laying off Rother hithe, the man who was paddling let his oar fall overboard : in his endeavour to reach it, he fell into the Thames, and was unfortunately drowned. In a northern English town, a few weeks ago, an honest Crispin, who officiates as sexton, was thus ad dressed by his better half:—" Thomas, we should have a goose, everybody is getting one." " A goose,' indeed! replied the husband, " an' has'nt buried a living soul these three weeks I" A man has been apprehended on suspicion of mur. dering the travelling charts= near Dumfries, and is lodged in Lanark Jail. . kHz .6 e rtighlanders hai'e Cointintied tiseirrouti froM Castlebar to Dublin.. The 11th Regiment, poi; at • Gibyakir ' are tinder orders for embarkation for Plymouth, to be relieved by the 80tbRegiment, from Cork. Extract from the Montreal Newspaper, dated tid October, 1820: " In addition to a recent contribution of nearly £5O, from his Majesty's 70th Regimen', commanded by Lieutenant-Co el 141 , Garoon, and stationed at Kingston, for the relief of distressed emigrants, we have the gratification to announce the donations of £l5 to the Presbyterian Church now erecting, and the further sum of £95 for a new Episcopal Church, intended to be erected in this place next summer. These donations are entirely the voluntary contribu tions of the Non-commissioned Officers and privates of the 70th Regiment, of whose disposition to gene 4, nil charity we cannot speak too highly, and who, in this last act of liberality, have given an unequivocal proof; that the British soldier is not merely possessed of the virtues of courage and humanity, but that iso entertains a due sense of piety, and a high respect for the Institutions of Religion." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTER t ALL'S YESTEIWAt ODDS OH RACES TO COWL. 15 to 1 apt Gustavus 118 to 1 apt Charm 16 to 1 asst Parasol 18 to 1 agst Jock 17 to 1 apt Absolute Wisdom 20 to 1 agst any other. Oafs.-5 to 1 apt My Lady. SWO LTD. I 9to 2 apt Selima 4 to 1 apt Motel lIUNTING. The Quorndon Hounds meet to-morrtiw, at Widmerpool ; Thuteday, at Kettelby ; Saturday, at Cotes Turnpike. • The Pytchley Hounds meet on Friday, at .Ecton; Saturday, at Glendon. Lord Anson's Hounds meet on Friday, at Linley ; Saturday, at Ratby Burrows ; Monday, at Chemdey Wood ; Tuesday, at Shugborough. Lord Scarborough's Fox Hounds meet to-morrow, at Gate forth Toll Bar; Friday, at Aldwark House. The Badsworth Fox Hounds meet on Thursday, at Nostell Park; Saturday, at Ringston Hill. The Hatfield Harriers meet on Friday, at Slay Pits. The Worcestershire Fox Bounds meet to-morrow, at Stew poney Kennel; Friday, at Bagley Tap-House. Sir Edward Sinythe's Fox Hounds meet to-morrow, at Con dover Hall; Friday, .at Haughmond Farm. The Earl of Derby Stag Hounds on Friday, at Leatherhead. The East Essex and Thurlow Fox Hounds meet on Thurs day, at Finchingfield Park ; Saturday, at Troy's Wood ; Mon day, at General Elwee's Park-gate. Mr. Meynell's Fox Hounds meet on Thursday, at Bradby ; Saturday, at I3lithfield ; at half-past ten. Public Coursing at Doveridge to-morrow. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet to-morrow, at Castle Thorp ; Friday, at Bihden Park. The Oakley Hounds meet on Thursday, at Wootton Wood; Saturday, at Gabe/ Wood. H. Joliffe, Esq.'s Fox Hounds meet to-morrow, at Horse Hills; Saturday, at Pease Porridge Gate. The Surrey Fox Hounds meet on Thursday, at Westerham ; Saturday, at Gedstone.—The Harriers meet every day. The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds meet to-mormw,. at Langton ; Friday, at Brough. The Lambton Fox Hounds meet en Thursday, at Flue; Sa turday, at Urpeth. TROTTING MATCH, GUILT Panvontrancr.—Yesterday, Mr. Mars undertook to trot his favourite Arabian mare 15 miles, in a gig, on the Black water-road, for 200 guineas, and to carry fourteen stone. The mare went off at score, and did the first mile under four mi nutes. Immense sums were pending upon the match, and bet ting, which at starting was two to one on time, was live to four on the mare after she had done the first mile. She did the next three miles in eleven minutes and four seconds, with plusity of work in her. Half the distance was performed in 29 minutes ten seconds, and-the whole was completed in a quarter of a mi nute within the hour. The mare did not seem fatigued; she performed the distance without making a single break out of the trot. Saturday se'nnight, the winter prize medal, given by the members of the Thistle Golf Club, was played for on Leith Links, and gained by GEORGE St.too, of Auldhame, Esq. writer to the signet. The late shooting party at Gunton, the seat or Lord SUFFIELD, in Norfolk, bagged, in three days, nearly eight hundred head of game ; four hundred of which were pheasants. The Duke of Yoax killed nearly three hundred with his own gun. Saturday, the son of Mr. Hesse, of Argyle-street, was accidentally shot by another youth, sixteen years of age, iu a field leading from Uxbridge towards Rickmansworth. They were shooting small birds, when the gun of Master Smithers went off accident ally in going through a hedge, and lodged the con tents in the body of young Hesse, who died yesterday *EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCKAIetter from an O ffi cer of the CONWAY, dated Rio Janeiro, Octo ber 2, says;—" In latitude 1.20. N. and' long. 22. SO. W. we caught a bird called a Booby, With a piece of leather tied to one of its legs, having . ' Henry e Nantes on it, which we took off, and tied on a piepe of silver, with' H.M.S. Colova,T,'-and the la de and longitude as above markedon it, and then let the bird fly : and what is very singular, on our arrival at Rio Janeiro, we found the said ship Henry de Nantes, loading for France ; and it appeared by Tier 'log, they caught the bird and let it go again at least 600 miles from where we caught it." DRURY•LANE THEATRINThe Play of Marro 'was last night represented to a very numerous and respectable audience. The part of Rolla was well suppOrted by Mr. WALLACK, and the other cha racters filled with good effect. The very humorous Afterpiece of Don Giovanni .in London succeeded : At the commencement of the. second scene a serious accident occurred, which caused much consternation throughout the House. On the descent of the dragon , owing to some mismanagement of the scenery , the person who was seated on it-fell headlong on the Stage, from nearly the top of the cieling, and al. peered motionless: he was immediately carried off, and the performance was interrupted by loud cries from all parts of the Theatre, for the Manager. A delay of some minutes took place, when a performer came forward, and assured the audience that medical aid had been called in, tied the result should speedily be made known to them. At the end of the Act, the Manager was again called for; and Mr. HARLRY then intimated that the accident was not so serious as at first apprehended, and that the person who had unfortunately fallen, though severely bruised, was likely soon to recover the performance then went on. COVENT.•GARDKW.••••• VANDZ3IHOPI repeated the character of Lear, last night, with increased WC% cess. The audience testified their approbation of his great merit by repeated plaudit. 'The iiintio was well filled. % \