Star. — London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY. isen d a y re 'onight, the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, stationed at t he barracks in N e wcastle. underwent a review on the 'Fawn gone, by L o rd Somaaszr. Monday, the dismounted t'avalry„ an d Mr. BNANDIANG'S Corps, were reviewed by the Colonel of tit , D rag oons, and complimented on their soldier-like appearance. It is mid, that in consequence of the new arrangement in the Array, the dismounted corps will shortly be disbanded. The Commander of the Forces in Ireland reviewed the 22d Regiment in the park, o n Frida y last, and the state of its disci pline ra ß:d forth his warmest praise. Although the Regiment bad received its route to march fur Kilkenny on Saturday, Sir /10 ,,, m ie n prolonged their stay till Monday morning, as a ma rk of his approbation of the general appearance and excellent &scipline of the Regiment. Saturday, the grand division of the 40th Foot, under the com mand of Colonel Ilaistona, arrived in Limerick, from Teinple more, on a route to Newcastle• Wednesday amorous, an Of fi cer and twenty privates of the arr 7 tepiene ' ne fted in Limerick, from T emplemnore , and cee "h proceeded for s hanag raden, where they are to be quartered. The 4 3j Light Infantry, from Dublin, replace the 40th at T e mplemoss. The 55t h Regi me nt (intended for the Cape of Good Hope ) wa led troni Dublin for Liverpool on Tuesday se'nnight. Transports have arrived at Cove, to convey the 33d Regiment $ tie West Indies. NAVAL LNTELLIGENCE. A b out ealepast twelve o'clock in the night of Monday se'n ebe cruiser belonging to the revenue cutter SYLVIA, on the H'' Nation, station, fell in with a large smuggling lugger, who, Haugh „ r ube, pistol shot and exposed to a continued fire, per used a, deowing overboard the whole of her cargo, and did not str ik e t o ow of their crew was killed and another wounded. n o William, Maass, from Jamaica to Halifax, is lost at Ifaannket. Ike Alligator, from Jamaica to St. John's, New Brunswick, ins lost on the 26th-August, off Jamaica, after being detained o f plundered by a piratical schooner. The Aurora (late Stewart), from Aberdeen for New York, rived at Ed wardstown on the Bth ultimo, in distress. 'lke Indian Chief, from Jamaica, is arrived at Eastport. She as plundered by a piratical schooner of 2000 dollars, etc. two dap after sailing. Fautoirre, Oct. 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the William, !Lee man'', from Cork. Sailed the Cosmopolite, Neese, for Names; aid Active, CHARITON, for New South Wales. Arrived off this pm, the Trent, Hear, from St. John's, New Brunswick, in 31 ilayie fur Topsham. P ro mo': Is Ocr. 16.—Wind N.—Sailed the Circulation, k„, x , f o r Leghorn; and Sr. Johannes, NILSON. fur Cadiz. PORTHIOCTII, OCT. 17.—Wind W.—:arrived the Sr' George peewit, Aloasusos, from Quebec; and George the Fourth, }d a ys, from Waterford. ocee 17.—Wind W.N.W.— Arrived and sailed for the River, the Trusty, MATHER, from Quebec; Levant Star, mg*, from Odessa; and lkro, Dye, (tom Smyrna. Sailed the homeward bound, for the River. Caine down front the giver a nd sailed, the King George, Toetueez, for the South Seas; Jabs Cesar, —, fur Honduras; Antzus, Bye's, for Amp s; and Paquite de Bilboa, Onerre, for Bilboa. flammt, Ocr. 17.—Sailed the Leicester packet, for Hot bed; and Castkeeagh packet, for Cuxhaven, each with a Mail. Ltvesecoe, Oct. 16.--Arrived the Lord Collingwood, Tater, kom Paraiba, with loss of rudder; Jane, Ws zzzzz LIER, from Samna, with loss of misen-mast •' and Lady Forbes, Kitties., km Davis Straits, with eight fi sh, 110 tuns. Causeax, Ocr. 16.—Arrived the Comet, Lewis, from Cat'. +( for Liverpool, in distress; cargo much damaged. KJIGALR, OCT. 14.—The Lindo, IGGLESTRuNI, from Stock lbois for Ncw York, was fallen in with on the 12th instant in a flaky and disabled state ' by the Ditsoitsce revenue cutter, and was towed in here by her last night : she must discharge her cargo. CUSTOWHOCSI, OCT. 17.—Ships Entered Inwards : General Murray, harmony, sad Joseph and Anne, front Antwerp ; Vestal, from Gottenburgh ; Itookwood, from Davis' Straits ; Leckie, from °twinges; Violet, front Amsterdam ; Lively and Sprightly, from Harlingen ; Lark, from Tonningen ; Nymph, from hlemel; Friends and Janet, from Petersburgh ; Acorn, front Dantsic. Cleared Outwatds: Syren and Sir William Curtis, for Calais ; Stanley, John, and Angerstein, for Jamaica; Elisabeth, for Honduras ; Elizabeth, fur New York ; Friend ship, for Cork; Ridley, fur Trieste ; hievagissey, for Naples. Annum—At New York, the Panthea ' Eldridge, from U. verpod • Stephania, Burke, from Havre ; Washington, Mount, bass aodon ; and Sandwich Packet,—, from Falmouth and Haifa:. At Baltimore, James, Wendt , Bremen. At Dom, Palinure, Williams, from Trepans; Mexico, Cromwell, item Palte.ho ; and Elizabeth, Lapham, from Malaga. At beloub, Diana, Martin, from Dumfries. DAVIS' STRAITS ViIIALE FISHERY. Lan, OCT. 15.—Thursday morning, the :Middleton, Been, ✓ived at Aberdeen front the DAVIS' Straits whale fishery, with belie, about 80 tuns of oil. The Middleton got her last fish ▪ die 541 September, very thick weather, with snow, and bore way on the 19th, when most of the ships had left the country *proceed homeward. The Middleton, on the Gth ult. spoke, betward-bound, the St. Andrew, New Toe, of Aberdeen, with 11 fish, and the Norfolk, &mimesis, of Berwick, with 11 fish ; dot the last mentioned ships brings about 140 tuns of oil : ad as tie 9th, the Middleton, CARGILL, of Aberdeen, with the fish, eighty five tuns of taiL Reports the Thomas, Beau, if Hull, with twelve fish on the Mb, and Friends, THOMSON, of landau, with four fish, 60 tuns of oil, on the 10th of September. Filth this latter ship the Middleton was beset till the 29th of Aught, and Captain Rem gives a terrible account of the state t 4 the weather, and the losses which in consequence took place, and which he partly witnessed. One ship in particular, the FarlFakonberg, of Grimsby, was cut through by the ice, under silicate meet soon dlsappeared ; and the Leviathan, of Hull, was berally penetrated by the ice on each side, until it cut through, and carried away the mainmast. The loss of the fine tip Dexterity, of Leith, was attended with aggravating circum stances; for, having got twenty-two fish, a violent gale came on . 11 11 the greater part of the crew was absent in the boats, and the dip was driven on a reef of rocks and bilged ; so that oil *mare ef her boats and seamen, with six fish, sufficient to lithe vessel, it was found that their ship was lost, and with great reluctance, but of hard necessity, it was abandoned.— Ik North Pole, DuNCAN, of Leith, arrived last week, with tries isle 150 tuns, front Davis' Straits ; reports the Alexan k Weems of Aberdeen, 13 fish, 1150 tuns ; and the Princess of Wales, Wooowaao, also of Aberdeen, seven fish, 120 tuns of d. Wednesday last, the Resolution, PHILIP, arrived at Peter had, from the same fishery, with 15 fish, about 185 tuns et and entered the new harbour, where the remaining Ulm alp arc intended to lie, when the tide wanted four feet of its Siring. Ileports the Superior, Rumor, full; Traveller,,H wrens. us,about 220 tuns of oil; and Hannibal, Rouramox, well fished. Ike schooner ()Wan, AlualtAT, of Aberdeen, about to load her noes on the Caithness coast, when getting under weigh on Fri th", the sth instant,struck on a sunken rock, aad made so much tract in consequence, that it was found necessary to run the tad shore on a small beach near Dunbeath, where, by the Wt accounts, she lay in a dangerous situation.--As the wltalo - Ike Achilles was taking Dundee harbour on Thursday forenoon, dims, by the ca• relessnets of the pilot, it is said, run against powder magazine. The eastern turret of the magazine was hid is ruins by the shock, and the bowsprit of the ship was also Wakes The Achilles brought home three boats crews belonging tot* Dexterity, of Leith, which was lust among the ice. lic of be The melancholy catastrophe noticed in the STAR 4 . the 10 t h instant, res p ec tin g the loss of the Cl ove lly wat, employed in the herring fi shery, proves to be of the most appalling description. It appears that th ele boats, about sixty in number, were compelled, by the sudden springing up of the dreadful gale alluded to, to relinquish their nets, in the hope Of gaining the shore in safety ; but unfortunately mote than forty were driven among the rocks. The cues of the drowning, thirty-five in number, most of "born have left large families, produced an effect too heartrending t o b e adequately expressed. The dis tress occasioned to the families of the unhappy suf ferers, who looked forward to the fisher, for their enure support, but who are now betels of the means of subsistence, is most afflicting. A fi'mtin.'b Chapel fur seausen was lately opened at 114, i ''' 4 POPULATION RETURNS, 1821. The Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Parliament, " for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase and Diminution thereof," is now in a very forward state. Clerks of the House of Commons, together whh about fifteen assistants, are daily occupied in the Committee-rooms digesting those several answers and returns. Mr. PHILLIPS, the Speaker's Secretary, is particularly active in the su perintendence of this great national work. The grand totals, however, for the several Counties, cannot yet be made, as some returns, or amended returns, are still wanting; and for the obtaining of such requisite! documents forthwith, special Circulars, where there had been omissions or defective answers, have been forwarded. London and Middlesex, laborious as it must have been for them to comply with the orders of Parliament, have been unusually prompt and ac curate in returning the required information ; these are fewer deficiencies for London and Middlesex than for any other Divisions of Great Britain. Some of the details we shall lay before our Readers; their accuracy may be relied on. They are interest ing, 'as will be mote particularly perceived by the comparisons with the last Returns in 1811. We shall first give some of the Hundreds in Middlesex, re markable for being well known and populous ; and then some of the Parishes in the Metropolis where there have been carried on, or are takine place, great changes in buildings, in forming new streets, &c. Ensiostrox.—Males, 11,855; females, 13,916—t0ta1, 25,771. In 1811, the total was 20,577 ; so that there is an increase of 5,194, or one•Mth, in ten years. ELTHORNE (consisting of Brentford, Uxbridge, &c.)—Males, 8,967 ; females, B,B76—total, 17,841. In 1811, the total was 15,266; increase, 2,377, or one-seventh. Goax (which includes Edgeware, Harrow, &c.)—Males, 5,067; females, 4,739—t0ta1, 9,806. In 1811, the total was 6,738; the increase therefore being 1,068, or nearly one-ninth. Isi.xworrn.—Males, 5,735; females, 6,550—t0ta1, 12,285.—. The total of 1811 being 10,669, there is an increase of 1,616, or less than one-eighth. Seximioasi (Hampton, Statues, Teddington, &c.)-r-Males, 6,514 ; females, 5,903—t0ta1, 12,417. The total of 1811 was 11,656; so that the increase is only 761. The Hundreds of Ossulston and the Pat i , ,hes in the Metropolis here named, will, in some instances, shew still greater changes (f another character, namely, in the Buildings, &c. ossuLsros, DIVISION.-Males, 56,316; females, 63,480.--r:ltal, 119,1402. In 1811, the returns were—males, 42,503 ; female., 50,055—t0ta1, 92,535. Increase, 27,264, or nearly op.-fourth. In St. lark:is, Clerkenwell, there are houses inMdsited, 4995; building, 185; uninhabited, 202—total, 538!. In 1811, there were houses inhabited, 4166; budding, 104 ; un inhabited, 108—total, 4378. So that there is an increase of 98 in the houses building, and of 1004 in the grand total of houses.— lii St. Mary's, Islington ' there are houses inhabited, 3495 ; building, 124; uninhabited, 172—total, 3791. In 1811, there were houses inhabited, 2399; building, 185 ; uninhabited, 7!— total, 2656. Increase in the number of houses, 1135, or much above one-third. Out/1470x, Towrit Divistos.—.-Males, 163,709; females, 137,948—t0ta1, 301,650. In 1811, the returns were—males, 108,090; females, 129,357—t0ta1, 237,487, being an increase of 64,163. It is curious, as well u singular, for the remark does nut apply to other returns here mentioned, that according to the present account there are now 25,754 more males than females in this Hundred; while in 1811, there were 21,507 more fe males than males! OTT OF LONDOM—According to the returns for the City of London within the walls, there were—males, 27,506; females, 28,568—t0ta1, 56,074, In 1811, there were—mAks, 27,566 ; fe males, 27,918—t0ta1, 55,484—increase, 590. Comparative view i and Leith, in 1811 ai Parishes. New North Church - In 1811. 8157 Old Church Trott Church Tolbooth Church High Church College Church - - Lady Yester's Church - Oid Grey Friars' Church New Grey Friars' Church St. Andrew's Church 2' St. Get,rge's Church S ('anongate - - St. Cuthbert's - - North Leith - Totals - 2124 44:4 2961 1533 3646 31115 12,341 7622 38,673 4375 15,488 104,693 the Population of Edinburgh 1821 : In 1821. 2181 2928 3358 5142 2553 3985 2353 4728 46R 1 15848 i 6070 S 9870 50,597 7025 18,975 138,235 2178 11,924 2151 3487 he Freedom of the Corporation imously voted to Viscount SID. KING. South Leith Monday se'nnight tl of Limerick was unani MOUTH and Sir A. B. • FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Cnousourrzazy, in Piccadilly. Lord Itlationaug, at Whitehall. T. Ovaxcv, Esq. M.P. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street. The Duchess of Duct:Lawn, from Cheltenham, to her •illa at Richmond. DEPARTURES. Earl Tatssirr, from Fenton's Hotel, for trance. Sir F. HESNIKEE and Mr. J. HENEIKEE, for Sir Mark Sykes's seat, Bassington Park, Berkshire. JAMES MITCHELL, Esq. fin Southampton. G. NI TA Esq. from the Clarendon Hotel, for Scotland. The Rev:C..lE3:ms, from the Royal Hotel, on a tour. The Rev. J. Ihmsoron, from ditto to Ashford, Kent. J. WADDINGTOW, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, for Norfolk. The Hon. G. Axsotr from ditto, for the seat of Mr. Coke, Holkham Hall, Norfolk. Lord BICDVIELL, from ditto, for France. MARRIAGE LOTTERY.—It has often been said, figu ratively, that marriage is a lottery ; but we do not recollect to have met with a practical illustration of the truth of the simile before the following, which is a free translation of an advertisement in the Louisiana Gazette:—" A young man, of good figure and dis position, unable, though desirous, to procure a wife, without the preliminary trouble of amassing a fortune, proposes the following expedient to attain the object of his wishes. He offers himself as the prize of a lottery to all widows and virgins under 32. The num ber of tickets to be 600, at 50 dollars each. But one number to be drawn from the wheel, the fortunate proprietor of which is to be entitled to himself and the 30,000 dollars.—New York American." A PUNNING EPITAPH ON AND BY A PUNSTER. — A report having been circulated in the Four Courts of the death of a certain great Law Lord, he himself was supposed to have been the author of it, for the purpose of affording him the opportunity of giving the following lines to the Public, and of enjoying the merit of them in his life time: " He's dead! alas! facetious punster, " Whose jokes made learned wigs with fun stir ; " From Haarcx's High Court a tipstaff's sent " To call him to his punishment : 4 ‘ Stand to your ropes, ye Sextons, ring, I' Let all your clappers ding dong ding ; " Nos suer him without his due, " lle was himself a Tos.ts • too!" • Lord Nossusy's name. Last week, at Northtawton Michaelmas Fair, Mr. THOMAS HOOPER, of Bow, purchased three mach cows, and forty sheep , for 38 16s. 6a. • r • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1821. WEDNESDAY ' OCTOSKII. 17. Sweepstakes of 1.5 p. each, for 3-yr-olds, 7w. 916. 4-yr-oldss thrt. 91b. 5-yr-olds, 9st. 21b. 6.yr-olds and aged, 9st. 61b. R.M. Duke of Rutland's f. by Waxy, 3 yrs old Mr. Villiers's ch. c. 'lanais, 3 yrs old - Mr. Crockford's 1. by Ilubens. 3 yrs old Mr. Rogers's e. by Blucher, 5 )rs old ' - to 1 apt f. by Waxy. Renewal of the October Oatlands.Stakes, B.M. a of 30gs. each, 10gs. ft. if declared by One o'clock inu Tuesday, for three years, conunencing iu 16.11, to be run fur by horses of all ages (2-yr-olds excepted). Mr. O. L Fox's North Wester, 5 yrs old, 6st. 121 b. - 1 Mr. Batson's Lusa, 4 yrs old, 7st. 91b. - - 2 Duke of Grafton's Carbonaro, 3 yrs old, 6st. 121 b. - - 3 Lord Stradbroke's Intantator, 3 yrs old, 6st. 151 b. - 4 Mr. Greville's Banker, 5 yrs old. 9st. 71b. - - - Pd 4to 1 agst North Wester-5 to 2 apt Lusa-2 to 1 apt Carbonaro The following declared forfeit by the time prescribed : Lord Foley's Sultan. Mr. Wortley named Fleur-de-Lis. Mr. G. L. Fox's I'acha. Mr. Wilson named Pantoufle. Lord Exeter's Ardrossan. Mr. Wyndham's Black-and-all- Lord Exeter's Athenian. Black : he also named a colt Mr. Gil-vine's Oracle. by Partisan. Mr. I3ouverie's Paraluv. Lord Vernlam did not name. 1). of Grafton's Reginald. 1). of Rutland Mr. 11. Wilson's c. by Walton, received 40gs. from Major Wilson's c. by Juniper, &it. 71b. each. A.F. 100 gs. h. ft. NORTH A LLE STON RACES.—(Concluded). 11A1URDAY, OCTOIKS 13. Fifty Pounds, fur all ages.—Three mile heats. Mr. J. Smith's b. h. Percy, 5 yrs old - - - 5 1 1 Mr. Ilarri,4on's ch. f. Eliza Leeds, 4 yrs old - 1 2 4 Mr. Sykes's b. h. Alexander, 4 yrs old - - 4 4 V Mr. Peirse's b. c. by Whitworth, 4yn old - - 5 3 Mr. Horsley's b. c. Venture, 7. yrs old - . 6 3dr Mr. Robinson's ch. f. blaiden, 4 yrs old - - 2 dis Percy agst the field at starting, and after the second heat, 2 to 1 un him.—A very fine race. SE A FOR DIIUNT RACES. The Stewards' Stake for Hunters, of sgs. each, to carry 12st. Ikea, two miles.—(Ten Subscribers). Captain Jamts's Ramrod - Mr. Bouverie's Dentout - Mr. Sadd's Jeremy Diddler - Mr. L. B. Forth's Music - 1 1 4 4 6to 4 agst Ramrod—ll to I agst Demont. The Filly Stakes of I sgs. each, logs. ft.—One mile. Mr. Jones's Penelope Mr. Harris's Miss lithe Eight started—Two were placed—Penelope the favourite. STEEPLE LII ISE. The second Steeple-chase match between Captain Snort and Mr. llonywoon took place on Tuesday, from Hawthorne-wood, Surrey, to King%lake, for SOOgs. aside. The distance is 20 miles. It was done by Mr. tiosnrwoon in one hour and 20 minutes over a rough country. Captain SMITH took a circuit through Crane wood, and swam across the Beddel river, his adversary keeping the high ground in the direction of Leith Hill. Each had many leaps. The Captain lost the match by about a quarter of a mile, his horse refusing to leap a hedge. TIGER HUNT IN THE EAST INDIES. G elms Sawa*, JAN. 16, 1821.—We lost a man here, on Sun day morning, who was taken off the banks by a tiger, and car ried into the jungle. He was a poor foolish fellow, who had been here for many months receiving his victuals from the Coolies, except what he got from out tables: He was seen by a Coolie, dancing and singing on the bank, and immediately after the Coolie, observing a tiger crossing the bank, lost sight of the mat, and reported the same to Mr. NUNN. Mr. N. returned to me with the intelligence, and we immediately set out, accom panied by two Sepoys, in search of the poor fellow. Going along the back we were met by one of the Coolies, who had the cloth , of the missing nun, found nearly a mile from the bank where he was seized, and all covered with blood. We reached the place, and were able to trace the path through which he was dragged into the jungle. After following the track for some time, I lost it, and looking round rather sharply for some mark to guide me, I saw, about twenty yards off, a most tremendous large tiger sitting ready for a spring, with his bead facing me. I had only time to call out to the others " Here he is," as I levelled my piece and fired. The ball entered his head through his nose, and the monster roared most hideously. Mr. News and one Sepoy came up and fired at him, both shots I believe taking effect. lie however got up and was making off: the other Sepoy was now by, and it appears had been so frightened he could not discharge his piece. Not knowing this, I snatched the musket from him and gave chase to the tiger. On coming up I thrust the bayonet up to the muzzle of the piece, when the animal at tacked me, but I stood stiff to my charge. lie then turned and ran away from me for nearly a hundred yards, and I lost both of my shoes before I brought him up the second time. He at tacked me again—and I looked round to see if there was any assistance at hand, but not a person was in sight, except my boy, who was close at my heels with a rifle gun, calling out, " Bun dook Saheb." I caught the piece out of his hand, and putting another ball into the tiger's head, he was dead before any one came up with us. He knocked me about so that I was scarcely able to move the next day, and my breast i 3 much pained now, where he drove the musket up against me as I attacked him. He was as much as 12 men could carry; 11 feet long, and his fore leg much bigger than my thigh. I never will lay any blame to a Sepoy for being frightened at a tiger, for that fellow would have killed twenty Sepoys if they had missed the first fire, and in the jungle he was enough to frighten the devil himself. Two soldiers, a few evenings ago, at Chelsea, were bragging of the privation they bad undergone, when one of them said, be had slept for weeks on rough boards, with a wooden pillow,the other observed, that was comfort compared to what he had en dured, having slept night after night ill Italy on marble- An Irish fisherman, who was in company, observed, " it was all bother and nonsense, for he had often slept on a bed f f widen." A letter in the Limerick Chronicle, signed a " Ro man Catholic Priest," states, as his contli med opinion, " that all the parties which disturb the public tran quillity, have originated inightingfactions." In the alms-house at Trome, there is at this time living a woman, named HEWLETT, who remembers the visit of Queen ANNE to the Nouse family, at Berkeley House, and taking wine with one of her MAJESTY'S waiting maids. Tuesday, a young man, a labourer on a farm near Brighton, was brought before the Magistrates, at the Old Ship, charged with having a cask of geneva in his possession, thereby incurring the penalty of £lOO. In his defence he said he had found the cask in a ditch, and knew not what it contained. " Had you found such a thing, your Worship (said he, turning to one of the Magistrates), and nobody by, I dare say , you would have thought there could be no harm in putting your hand upon it."—" I would as soon have thrust my hand in the open mouth of a mad dog !" was the forcible reply.—The fine was immediately confirmed ; and, in default of payment, the young man was committed to the county jail. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as the Salisbury luggage van was proceeding out of town through the Strand, when nearly opposite Northum berland-street, the axietree suddenly broke, and the van was thrown on its side; unfortunately a Gentle man, one of the proprietors, named WYATT, was sit ting.on the box at the time with the driver, and was precipitated under it. On his being taken up, he was quite dead, and appeared most dreadfully disfigured. His body was conveyed to the Northumberland Coffee-house for a Coroner's Inquest. Neither the driver nor the guard received material injury. The horses immediately stopped on the carriage overturn ing. Mr. WYATT has left a wife and large family. • THEATRES. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--The Opera of The Exile was revived last night, with a magnificence of scenery and decoration, perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Stage. The scenic and pantomimic de• partments, which are too important to be confounded in this instance with the dramatic one, or even con sidered as subordinate, introduce us to another Co ronation in a foreign country, in Russia, which, if L the present be a faithful representation, may trium. .hantly compare with our own. It comprises a vast number of persons, representing the chief dignitaries of the Russian empire, the deputies from tributary States, the foreign Ambassadors, &c. all clothed, if not according to the costume of their respective countries, at least in resplendent dresses. The Chi nese Ambassador, and the deputy from Tartary, were mounted on ge barbed steeds,' and gave to the gods • a sort Gl' foretaste of what was coining. Presently, the Empress, who was personated by Mrs. FAUCIT, appeared in a triumphal car drawn by four handsome piebald horses, elegantly caparisoned. The proces sion was close d: by a body of cavalry ; one of the horsemen striking the kettle-drums with great skill and effect. Every change of scene, and every item of pageantry, was received with that loud and bois terous delight which is the characteristic expression oT an excitement not purely intellectual. There was. however, in the dramatic representation, a fine source of amusement of another description, and there can be little, if any, doubt that the combinatiort of both, as they are here combined, will be productive of the hest effects, as far as the treasury is concerned. Mr. YOUNG, as Daran, exerted his extraordinary powers with great effect. An important attraction in himself, the very mention of his name among the dramatis persona. seems to shed a sort of classical light over the whole undertaking, which his acting had every tendency to increase. There was also a new debutante in the part of Catherine, who sung very sweetly, and was very flatteringly received. This Lady's name is TENNANT, and her musical powers afford much pro mise of future and permanent success. It is only necessary to mention the names of PARHEN, LUTON, and FAWCETT, to shew how well the comic parrs are cast. In the cast scene of the Drama, where Alexina (Miss FOOTS) departs in triumph from Siberia, the horses were again introduced. On this occasion they were mounted by a body of lancers, and thunders of applause were bestowed on their evolutions. Indeed, the whole is so admirably got up, both as a Spectacle and a Play, that the only way in which a critic can excercise his proverbial disposition is by quarrelling with the very excellence of the former. We repeat that it cannot fail to be attractive ; and, in making that admission, we offer the best apology that can be made for the :Managers, who have embarked so much property upon mere decoration. The Farce of the Liar followed, in which Mr. MEADOWS played Skop with much intelligence and humour.—The House was crowded in every part. HAYMARRET.—Mr. TERRY'S Rob Roy has excited general interest, and attracts the most numerous and respectable audiences. He repeated his performance of this character last night, and was more successful than ever. It is impossible to speak too highly of the singing of Miss CAREW and Mr. LEONI LEE.— The voice of the latter, in some of the notes, strongly reminded us of BRAHAM. TAYLEURE'S Baillie Jarvis was an able performance; it possessed humour with out buffoonery. Miss BRUNTON is engaged by Mr. HARRIS for the Dublin Theatre. Dunleary, named by his MAJESTY "Ring'. Town,* was not so named in compliment to the Noble Lord so titled, but because his MAJESTY embarked there. Dun is an Irish word, which, Anglified, is a" Palace;" and Dunleary was the residence of LEARY, superior of the four Irish Provincial Kings, in the time of Sr. PATRICK, and so called " Dunleary," 1. e. the Palace of LEARY. ST. PATRICK, the first Irish Bishop, die' in 491, aged 122. THE ALTERATIONS AT SHEERNESS.—The improve meats on the north-west side of the Isle of Sheppy are exceedingly gratifying to the spectator, and credit able to:the projector—throwing down the Blue-houses and laying the foundations for a new town, promise many advantages to the neighbourhood ; but the Sea wall and the Sluices between Queenborough and the Royal Docks are of the greatest irnpottance. The broad and lofty jetty head at the extremity, winding majestically into the Medway, is a strong testimony of what cost and labour can accomplish. Previously to those improvements, on the very site of the jetty were the Old Sea-breaker;, to be revived no more, for they are now buried within the projecting mass, and not to be remembered but by their aquatic name. ST. JAMES'S PARK.—Yesterday morning, several workmen belonging to one of the Gas Companies commenced the long contemplated plan of lighting this beautiful place with gas. This is the only place , near the centre of the metropolis where the merchant, the tradesman, and the mechanic, can breathe the air freely, and promenade after the labours of the day ; but, for a considerable period, the disgraceful scenes at night, in the dark walks, and the number of thieves and other abandoned persons who have frequented this place for the purposes of plunder; &c. have caused the Park to be deserted by respectable inha bitants. To put a stop to these nui ancec, the Board of Works have given orders to a Gas Company to prepare a plan' for lighting all the walk, from Spring Garden•gate to Buckingham•gate, a:ld from Storey's gate to Chelsea. The workmen were dt ivrag pegs at given distances yesterday morning, where handsome lamps are to be erected, to be lighted with gas. SCorCII RINC-DRoPPEits.—M , nJayse'nnigh - , wl:ea three young Highland women, who had been at a distance at the harvest, were returning; to Glasgow, they were accosted by a fellow who had w,.lked but a short way with them till he picked up a pair of ear rings and a key far a watch. The fellow politely • informed the females that they should have hall the value of the articles, as they were in his company . when they were found. While they were examining • them, another fellow came up, and declared at once that they were gold, and well worth 30s. After some conversation the women purchased the trinkets . for 15s. and came and offered to sell them to a watchmaker; when they learned, to their mortifica tion, that they were not worth eighteenpence. ionday, Mr. W. E. HARDY, many years Deputy • Keeper, of Newgate, was appointed Keeper of Ilches- I ter Jail, in the tOOlll of Mr. BRIDLE. ? 3 3 dr - 1 2 lift. _