Star. — London, England, 1822-12-27 00:00:00

THEATRES. Dnuav-LANE.—Last night, according to ancient p - . • •vdege. and almost immemorial custom, the holi ' e i av folks, and especially the London apprentices, were treated with the awful warning of George Barn „it to deter them from falling into the snares of im modest women, to the neglect of their business, the de.truction of their morals, and the ignominious and un timely end consequent upon breach of trust, lead mC to robbery, and sometimes even to murder itself. It 1, s ufficient to remark, that Mr. COOPER played the apprentice with much feeling and effect; but dela. : ed a m e i. WEST was placed out of her sphere, by having to personate the meretricious and inhuman Millwood, character so totally opposite to that of her modest a•td sweet self. The great holiday attraction of the evening was an entirely new and splendid Pantomime, e ;:tituled Gog and Magog; or, liarleynii: Antiquary; 71.1.ineced, so splendid was it, in scenes, dresses, de c..7ations, and all the extravagances which should .:end such pieces of stage representation, that had i t :let been for some unavoidable defects usually at tendant on the first representation of a Pantomimes i t would have been the most effective Piece of the sort i!A has been offered in the annals of this kind of exhi hition. The scenery was of the most beautiful descrip tion ever witnessed ; the most striking were two views of London as it was in;1666, immediately before, what emphatically called the Great Fire, and as it now appeals in renovated and greatly extended beauty ; , n d a beautiful shifting scene of the whole of Vaux aall Gardens, concluding with a most correct repre !entation, by a moveable mechanical figure, of Ma ,' Ime SAQUes grand ascent on the tight rope, amidst fireworks, similar to what used to play around fat aspiring genius. Cheapside, with Paul's Cross, ; 1( it was in 1600; St. Paul's itself, as it was in 1540, a.7tl as it now stands, the' noble monument of Sir C. n a, were also charming scenes. The Overture and as composed and arranged by Mr. T. Coou.a, - .. c pleasing, and well adapted to the business of the • e and there were some good comic songs, by :•• •-srs. FITZWI LLI A 3,1, and G. SMITH. But, notwith all these excellencies, and the admirable ci:act:ll: of Miss TREE, as Columbine—the acti iitv of llinowav, as Harlequin—and the gro t. ene capering of Sourinsv and BA RTLETT, in the 4,wn and Pantaloon—" the gods were wroth r indeed, scene-shifters, stage traps, moving pannels, milk-pails, and joints of all descriptions, •evated to have conspired, not to shift at all, or, wa. as bad, to shift at ally other than their :lined period, and consequently to prevent the :,:ess of that which, it appears to its, would, under :Tier influences, have been a most attractive spec- These things ate, however, the result of a . pei fort mince, which, in matters of this .!, i. a sort of trial of the different parts, which :.i;: ir t work well, or simultaneously, until they are 4,ougllt into easy and uniform play " by the aid of The behaviour of the Gentlemen in the upper :tgions was, as usual at this period of the year in our .ce , , of amusement, boisterous and noisy, but ap -I..ti 2.sly pre-eminently good-!iit mon ted, only that they and the pelting of the audience in the pit with t. ,nve-peel and nuts, to somewhat too great a length. "lleff'aotomime was given out for repetition, amidst rt. snit noi-e and confusion. Cuvz:•:r-GAtinEN.—The Ttagedy of Douglas pre the neve Pantomime at this Ilousc last night: is hen Mr. MASON, the Gentltman who some tine ago made ddmt in the character of Lady Randolph's repeated the character. The audience, as usual, sere too impatient for the appearance of their fa the Heroes and Heroine of Ilarlequinade, : iiste . • ,uietly or patiently to the effusions of the Awe, however beautiful or sublime they might aid to attempt a criticism on a performance v.hich was every moment i—Jrrupted by a call for It or GRIMALDI, would be at once unjust and ridiculous. The curtain fell at a very early hour; and the gods were soon after gratified by the com mencement of the Overture, which was to introduce :o them a new favourite, under the title of Hark : tin and the Ogres; or, The Sleeping Beauty of Wood. The source from which this holiday treat derived, is that inexhaustible one, the Fairy Tales. 'lle story of the Sleeping Beauty is familiar to al most every juvenile mind. In the present instance :)nt a small portion of the story is preserved, and that - :irtion is only introductory to the Harlequinade. —We are first introduced into an Egyptian cavern, •- here Windier, Trindlet, and Spindlet are employed, ;:der the di: ection of the Ogress, in spinning a thread, which Leing tied iound the wrist of the sleeping Prin cess (an o'leet of jealousy to the Ogress), is to prolong ;.er sleep for another century. While this operation is .e:-forming the following Stanza is sung; " While the wheel it is twirling, A the thread we are hurling t,t ,ireful mischitl and woe ; When the wire is all spun, Then our task will be done, Aud rest from our toil we shall know," &c. The scene then changes to the Enchanted Cedar (;iove, where Prince Azoff, and his faithful attendant Abnab, are directed by a fairy sptight unseen, the Fait y Blue Bell, to seek the Princess. The various changes which take place in the form and appearance of the Cedar Grove are beautiful is the extreme, but are totally eclipsed by the succeeding one, which displays to the view of the audience, the outside of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle by moonlight. Prince 1 1 Azoff and his attendants succeed in eluding the vigi lance of Grim Grubber, the mischievous guard placed the entrance of the Castle by the Ogress. The Prince and his*Squire penetrate to the Chamber of Sleeping Beauty ; the charm is broken, and the incess awakes. In this scene the artist has exerted his skill most successfully. I'he ornaments of the loom ale pink, but in an instant are changed by the • the mechanist to a blue; and that which was • elei;ant room, containing a splendid bed, becomes it an instant a brilliant audience-chamber, the bed izavtng given place to a magnificent Throne.— T:,e Fairy Ogress here appears, and is about to im ruse new punishments on her victim, but is pre vented by the interposition of the more powerful and betii:ficent sylph Blue Bell, who, to punish the Ogress (Ltaitszs), transforms her into Pantaloon—gives to Gum Grubber (GRIMALDI) the fotm of Clown—be stows on the Prince and Ptincess (E_LLatt and Miss lin ',ism() the characters of Harlequin and Colum bine—Abu:at (young GRIMALDI) becomes Whirli ;i4—aird the business of the Ilarlequinade com menses. All then becomes bustle, - confusion , *nd activityt The scene changes in the twinkling of eye ; one moment the parties are amongst the prof 4, mids—the next in the harbour of Rosetta; and again, qnicker than the wind which blows, they are waft"( to the happy shores of Britain, and we find their ' A gamboling in front of the Mo n a rc h' s P a l ace at B r i g h -1 ton; here Harlequin changes, with a touch of his wand, a fish-stall into a post chaise and pair, in which himself and mistress are quickly conveyed to London.' Tire Clown left behind With his patron, Pantaloon, with great ingenuity constructs a carriage out of two velo cipedes, a baker's basket, a sign-post and sign -board, with various other articles which fortunately come within his reach, and having completed his vehicle, attaches it to a fish -cart, and thus pursues the lovers. A variety of changes follow. Waterloo-bridge, a beautiful scene, changes to Hyde-park, and the Sta. tue of Achilles; Achilles and the Park are in an instant changed to Brook-green Fair, the Irish Giant, &c. and these again give way to a most romantic and picturesque representation of a village near London. Pall-mall, the Tread-mill, a pastry-cook's shop in Pic cadilly, and a variety of scenes succeed, till we .have Greenwich and the River, as it appeared on the oc casion of the Royal Embarkation for Scotland ; after which is introduced moving panoramic views along the River, and until the Royal Squadron arrives in Leith Harbour. Upon this portion of the piece the scene-painter has exerted his utmost skill; we are persuaded we are justified in saying, the art cannot be carried further; we are imperceptibly carried from meridian day to evening twilight ; from twi light to the shade of night. We have then the moon rising in a cloudless sky; and this succeeded again by the splendour of morning. Gravesend, Sheer ness, the Nore, and all the objects along the shore, being represented with the greatest accuracy, and partaking of the character and colouring which the different shades of light prevailing at the time they pass in review before the audience, may he supposed to bestow upon them. The applause which this scene called down was enthusiastic. Harlequin and Colum bine are present at the landing of Scotland's Royal Visitor, and they subsequently experience many changes of fortune, but are ultimately led to happi ness by their patroness and protectress, the Fairy Blue Bell, with a splendid view of whose Palace the Piece concludes. The tricks in the Piece are numerous, and several of them extremely ingeni sus, and we never recollect any first Right's representation in which the machinery went so free from error. Miss Bittasaic, who played Columbine, as we understood, for the first time, performed her task with consider able effect—her figure is, however, too heavy for the heroine of Pantomime. The Piece went off with com plete success, and was announced for repetition amidst loud applause. SURIIILY TUEATRE.—This establishment, which, under the management of its present spirited lessee, has again assumed the lead amongst the minor thea tricals (if the metropolis, was last night thronged to a bumper. Mr. BURROUGHS, not to be behind hand with his contemporaries in his endeavours to provide amusement for his holiday friends, produced two new Pieces. The first an historical Melodrama, under the tide of Massaniello, Me Fisherman of Naples. The Piece is got up under the stiperintendance of Mr. DAVIDGE, recently Stage-Manager of the Coburg and Royalty Theatres. The story is well told, and in its progress excites considerable interest in the minds of the audience. The part of the hero, Massaniello,was well sustained by Mr. H. KENIBLE. DAVIDGE, as Popoloni Aniello, cousin to the hero, contrived, with the aid of his steed, Julius Czsar, the most sagacious ass that was ever exhibited on the Stage, to keep the holiday lads and lasses in a broad grin, from the commencement to the end, whenever they appeared. Mrs. Pore, as Leone, the wife of Massaniello, and the heroine of the Piece, played with a degree of force and feeling which gave full effect to a part infinitely superior to the characters usually found in Pieces ranking as Melo-drames at the Minor Theatres. Nor ought the excellence of Mrs. DAvinoe, as Teresa Anielle, the wife ..of Popolin ; or that of Mr. Bari um:cm, as Guilo Genovino, an outlawed Monk, to be passed over without notice ; the performance of each se as excellent, and fully merited the applause bestowed upon it. The other characters of the Piece were ably sustained. The scenery is,of the most splendid and beautiful description ; especially the Bay of Naples by moonlight, with an Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; a Rocky Defile in the Mountains, in which the band of outlaws, horse and foot, are introduced, so as to have a most surprising and imposing effect. A view of the Market-place at Naples, and the Court yard adjoining the Viceroy's Palace: in this scene is introduced a splendid procession of horse and foot, to give the greater effect to which, a platfo:m has been extended over the pit, and the procession enters from the back part under the boxes. Along this platform passes the splendid state carriage of the Viceroy, drawn by six horses ; the Grand Officers of State on foot and on horseback ; and the hero Massa niello, mounted on a war-horse, richly caparisoned. This Procession, for magnificence and splendour of decorations, and for the numbers of individuals in cluded in it, surpasses anything we have ever wit nessed at a minor Theatre; and rivals all the recent pageants of the Winter Houses. In the third Act the Funeral Procession of Massaniello is introduced, with a repetition of ecse-tt ian spew and magnificence; and here the sagacity displayed by a horse, which seems to fall dead at the tomb of his deceased master, is truly extraordinary. The concluding Scene, the Citadel of St. Elmo, with the attack of horse and foot, and the blowing up of the fortress, is truly grand and magnificent. The success of the Piece was complete; a circumstance at which we cannot but re joice, since the bringing it out must have cost the, Proprietor a very considerable suns. - The concluding Piece was a farcical Extravaganza called The Royal Signet ; or, The Fool and his Cousin ; which gave much satisfaction. The whole of the performances were of the first description, and will, no doubt, amply repay the Manager for the very liberal manner in which they are brought forward. A DELPHI THEATRE.—After the performance of the well-known Burletta of Tom and .Jerry, at this Theatre last night, a new Comic Pantomime, intitled Harle quin's Hoax, was presented to a full House. It con sisted of a series of views of bakers', tailors', and bat hers' shops, including an exhibition of another Mer maid, and of the Brixton Trend-aiill. Most of the scenery was new, and aloes credit to the artitls. The , Piece was occasionally telicved by some sprightly The KING'S Theatre will open on the 4th of Janu ary, with liosstNt's Opera of II Toucredi, in which Madame BORGONDIO makes her first appearance in this country. The Opera has been already twice re hearsed. It was at first intended to commence the sea son with MOZART'S La Clentenza di Tito, but the Ma nager has, on second consideration, thought it more expedient to give Madame BORGONDIO the earliest opportunity of making her debut before a British Public. We may take this opportunity of stating, that among the improvements made at the Kmo's 'Beate during the recess, is that of a new stage. SPORTING lATELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATrERSALL'S, DEC. 26. DER BY. 7 to 1 agst Emily colt 11 to 1 agst Talisman 7 to 1 agst Folly 12 to 1 agst Pantina 11 to 1 agst Web 20 to 1 agst any other OA KS. 7to 1 art Zaida I Bto 1 agst sister to Sultan 9 to I agst sister to Sailor LO to I ago Olivera CLARET. 41 to 1 agst Posthuma 7 to 1 agst Wanton DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 1010 1 agct Sherwood I 18 to i apt Mandane 11 io 1 agst Miss Fanny I 20 to 1 agst any other 3 to 1 apt Moses 4 to 1 apt Swap HUNTING. Mr. bleynell's Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at • Sudbury House; Thursday, at Markeaton ; Saturday. at Hulland. Mr. Chaworth s Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at Fox Hill; Tuesday, at Harrowden ; Wednesday, at Reining's; 'Thurs day, at Brockhall ; Friday, at Buttock's Booth. Sir E. Smythe's Hounds meet on 'Tuesday, at Shawbury White Gates; Thursday, at Condover Hail; Saturday, at At. chum Bridge. The Ludlow Subscription Fox•bounds meet on Tuesday, at Ashton ; Friday, at Onibury The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday, at Norton ; Wed nesday, at Weaver Hall; Friday, at Barr Bridge; Saturday, at Duddon Heath. Sir R. Puleston's Hounds meet on Monday, at Emrat ; Wed ' nesday, at Twemlovi. ; PETERSHAM COURSING MEETING. The Matches not having been run out on Saturday there was a full morning's diversion yesterday. MATCHES TOR TIN Mr. Bean's bl. b. beat Major Owen's Random. Capt. Hall's Flirt beat Mr. Jones's wh. b. Mr. Iloneymaa's Juno beat Mr. Talbot's Peg. Mr. Russell's brind. d. beat Mr. Moorhouse's Trusty. MATCHES TOR FIVE GUINEAS. Mr. Howard's Hawk beat Mr. Pine's Fly. Mr. Goodison's Pi - ter beat Mr. Holliday's Fury. swintrirraxes O► THISZ GUINTAS WITH THE WINNING DOOR. Capt. Hall's Flirt won in two runs, beating Juno and Hawk in the ties. ' amok and darning . —The House was croided, as 1 EDINBURGH, DECE MBER ft• 1 , • • Mum, an every pa r t. , I WEST I . O NDON TaBATEli r --4 new entertainment, 1 -.• • •., Monday evening, about twelve o' c lock, ITegb Statue, called The Giving e. atue, was presented at this elegant i2i and Walter Joiveson left Ardrossah for 1\ little Theatre, Jost, night. tte story is founded upon Kills ide , the place of their residence, when, owing the old nurse r y tale of a great King fallen deeply the darkness of the night, they w ent dff the road, into love with an imaginary being, who, finding all the end of Glasgow. street, and both were precir• human means of obtaining the object of hi.; tlesii es into the free-s.,one gum ry, a depth of thirty feet, fail, is driven to the expedient of calling in super- about ten feet %sour at bottom. Hugh Mill? natural aid. He consults a magician, famed for much bruised by the lA, but managed to swi, his occult skill, and by the dazzling offers which t'.le other side, and got oit ; but Walter Jameson he makei, p reva il s upon hi m to ta k e hi s case fallenon his head, sun!: in the w a te r , a n d into conside thowned. The body n.:.s 1.. t .n.d next r o l i ng . r ation. The stream of tree I , we never had arrived at Ardrossan that day Kith the yet ran smooth, an d t h e accomp li s h ment o f t h e Two Mothers, of G.asgow, front Loch St re van, love-sick Prince's wishes is, therefore, hampered tip --. .. with conditions difficult and dangerous of execution. cliarc(Qi, As the price o f his concession the sorcerer requites rite body of William Davidson, shoemaker that the Prince shall search for a In ide of unble- Kit knialme, who has been missing upwards ofa mished purity; bus to assist hint in his search after . u 35 washed ashore last week, .opposite the an object so difficult to be found, he suppiles him wood embankment, in a very putrified state. with a mirror, which has the magic power of making appeared no mai ks of violence on the body, any face look deformed where the mind was not of . dottht is felt that his death was purely accidental. the purest cast. The Prince having, without success, Sir Davto NloNctuarFe, Bait. has presented applied this ordeal to the Ladies of his own country; l • Literary and Antiquation Society of Perth visits Bagdad. in the same pursuit, but with no better very handsome donation of two beautiful gol fortune. At len g th, i n t h e d aug h ter o f one o f hi s rot- ROBERT IL two gold (St. Andrew's) of Roy Officers, whose obscure condition had for a long time 1 111 and six-silver coins of ROBERT 111. —two prevented her from being exposed to this di ffi cult test , hitter struck at Perth, and all in the finest pr he finds such a woman as the Magician pointed out, tion. They were turned up by the plough, and the natural result is, that all his troubles end in i farm of Balcony, in the parish of Abernethy, his being united to this. obscure fair. The Oulicer, , ing to Sir DAVID. whose daughter the Sultan thus espoused, turns out to be an Irishman, the archness of whose blunders gave considerable interest to the Piece. The whole Concluded with the descent of the Genius in a cloud of sulphur. The parts were well performed, and the representation wanted nothing ()Idiot glare and bustle so necessary to a holiday entertainment. The House filled well, and the folks in the gallery forgot all their cares in joyous uproariousness. STATE OF MANNERS IN XNGLAN, BEFORE 1678. FROM A . MANUSCRIPT OF AUBREY'S, IN THE A. LIBRARY, OXON. In the days of yore, Lords and Gentlemen the country like petty Kings; hadjura regalia ing to seignories ; had castles and boroughs; 1 lows within their liberties, where they could I demo, and execute; never went to London Parliament time, or once a year to do their to the King. They always ate in their Gothi at the high table or orsille (which is a little room at the upper end of the hall,where a table stands), with the folks at the side table. The meat was served up by watch-words : jacks ,are but of late invention; the poor boys did turn the spits, and licked the dripping for their pains. The beds of the men-servants and retainers were in the hall. In the hall mumming and loaf-stealing, and, other Christmas sports, were performed. The hearth was commonly in the middle, whence 'the saying " Round about our coal fire." In the halls and parlours of the great houses were written texts of Scripture, on painted cloths. The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day was a red herring riding away on horse. back:—i. e. a herring ordered by the cook, some thing after the likeness of a man on horseback set in a corn salad. The custom of eating a gammon of bacon at Easter (which is still kept up in many parts of Eng land) was founded on this: viz.—to shew their ab horrence of Judaism at that solemn commemoration of our LORDS resurrection. Before the Reformation, there were no poor-rates; the charitable doles given at the religious houses and the church ale in every parish did the business. In every parish there was a church house, to which.be longed spits, pots, &c. for dressing provisions. Here the housekeepers met and were merry, and gave their charity. The young people came there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. Mr. A. Wood assures me there were few or no almshouse; before the time of Henry VIII. That at Ozon, op posite Christchurch, was one of the most ancient in England. In every church there is a poor's box ; and the like at great inns. 'fhe lawyers say that, before the time of Henry VIII. one shall hardly find an action on the case, as for slander, &c. once in a year rod note:. At the parish priest's house in France, especially in Languedoc, the table-cloths were on the board all day long, and ready for what was in the house to be put thereon for strangers, travellers, friars, pilgrims : so it was here, I have heard my grandfather say, in his grandfather's time. Public inns were rare, travellers were entertaincd at religious houses for three days together, if occa sion served. The meetings of the-gentry were not at taverns, but in the fields or forests, with their hawks and hounds, and their bugle-horns in silken bawderies. In the last age, every gentlemanlike man kept a spar row-hawke, and a Priest kept a bobby, as Dame Julien Barnes teaches us (who wrote a book of sports in Henry the Seventh's time). It was a diversion for young gentlemen to man sparrow-hawks and morline - : Captain Silas Taylor says, " that in the days of yore, when a Church was to be built, they watched and prayed un the vigil of the dedication, and took that part of the horizon when the sun arose for the east, which makes that variation so that few stand true except those built between the equinoxes." The use of your humble servant first came into Eng land in the time of Queen Mary, daughter of Henry IV. of France, which is derived from 4 4 votre tres humble serviteur." The usual salutation before that time was " GOD keep you," " GOD be with you:" and amongst the vulgar, " How d'ye do," with a hearty thump on the shoulder. Till this time the Court itself was unpolished and unmannered. King James's Court was so far from h b e e i r n se g l f, civil co to o l women , could h a rdly th p a a t s . t s h ethLea King's nay s ythe apartment s Queen without receiving some affront. An Ox fatted by Mr. LEECH, of Longparish-house, Hants, on hay and tut nips only, was lately killed, which weighed nearly sixty score. The Ox had ten score of fat in him. • . • , • igh • • - re West wing to , oid, ? 4 . ipitated et, with . 7 , lar was ,wim to •son had nd was They e sloop an, with aker in month, Nether- There and no ental. nted the with g lid coins ROBIRT D of the oreserva• on the , belong- IND, ILSHMOLB 2 lived in 2 belong. had gal- ~ I try, con- ! but its homage hic halls, • ! SPARRING. Carter had a Benefit at the Fives' Court yesterday, but there were so many other benefits, in the line of Christmas baling, that the attendance was very shy. Holt and Cioper (the gypsy).-This was the only set-to fit to be looked at. Holt is a great genius with his mauleys, and he made an excellent set-to against a good man of superior weight. Both, as tacticians, afforded a fine specimen of science. MATCH TO NEWBURY. In our last Number we left Mr. ADERNETHT at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, he having reached Twyford (34 miles) in seven hours, in his match to go to the above town and return to London (112 miles) in 28 hours. Ile reached the 44 mile stone at 12 o'clock, fresh and well, having gone out of the turn pike road to the village of Woodley, where he refreshed, and halted three hours. He finished half his ground at three o'clock, and returned to Theale, in 16 hours. He made the most of his ground to Ilarehatch (32 miles from Guidon), and arrived there at half-past five o'clock, and went to bed. Ile started again at ten o'clock to do the 32 miles in seven hours: he reached Slough . (12 miles) in two hours and a quarter. He halted at Hounslow, Ihaving two hours and three-quarters to do the 10 miles in. The pedestrian won cleverly, with ten minutes to spare. Row-sTarrt—Yesterday G. Smith was fully committed for trial, charged with defrauding Messrs. Roberts, mercers, in Chandos-street, of two pieces of silk, value 91. which the prisoner obtained by representing himself to be a shopman of Messrs. Harding, in Pall-Mall. . . Two young naen were charged by a watchman with h av i ng " bother'd him on his belle," and refused to " go along off o f it when he torrid 'em." lie was asked to decribe the nature of the bather, and he said they came rambling up to him intadica tally, and aid him—" Charley, where are the waits ?"—"I don't know," says 1—" get along nut of it, and don't be after acing about such nonsense," says I. "We won't," says they—" we'll wait for the units, and have a dance, for we've nothing better to do—wit bout we go and break Oren a louse !" says they to me. " Fait," says I, " but ye'd better be off to the beds of ye, out of the cowld," says I—" and with that they took hoidd of me, and twirled me about and about for a bit of a wont, as they called it ;"---in short, they twirled him, and he twirled his rattle, till at length they were waltzed away to the watch-house.—The defendants when asked what they had to say for themselves, ia!d, that it being Christmas time they got tipsy together, and in that state they thought to have a bit of a trait% with the watch man ; bht be was " such a sulky chap ' that he shut them up for it.—The Magistrate told them to pay the fees and go home, and to oda a little wisdom with their merriment in future. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, DEC.p7. - - - The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are middling.— Wheat fully -supports Alonday's prices. Barley meets with dull sale, at the last quotations. Beans maintain their value. Peas of both kinds sell more heavily than of late. There is no altera tion in the Oat trade since the beginning of this week. SMITHFIELD MARKET. DECEMBER 27. The amrket was very short this morning in all descriptions Of Cattle. Although the prices of various kinds of meat have con siderably lowered, there were but few purchasers. Beef. 2s.tid. to 3s 01. per wine of Bibs.; Mutton,2s.od.to 21.10 d. Vsal, 4s. 01 ,to 5 Od. Pork, to Ss. and Straw per load : Hay, 3/. to V. 05. Ckrrer, 31. 10s. to IL Si. ' Straw, If. Bs. to 1/. 16s.