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'llllss BODEN.

To woman's power surrender,
Resistance is in vain ;
'Tis not for man to bend her,
He still must own her reign.
SONG, Tareare—(Mß. BRAIIA141).
When peace has spread, with lib'ral hand,
Her smiling blessings o'er the land,
'Tis then the Tartar's heart may prove
The gentle joys that flow from love.
But when war's sounding clarion calls him to the find,
Then ev'ry thought of love must to his honour yield.
So, should insult ever madly dare
Approach his sacred hearth while love is there;
it Revenge he cries, to arms he flies,
And the rash daring traitor o'ertaken dies.
And thus fcr her, whose love inspired.
lily arm with matchless strength was fired;
For her alone—my soul's delight—
I slew the dastard in the fight.
So shall love, guiding vengeance, still direct my are,
And ev'ry foe subdue and ev'ry threaining harm.
And should insult ever madly date
Approach my sacred hearth while love is there,
For revenge I cr
Swift to arms I fly,
And the rash daring traitor,
O'ertaken shall die.
SONG, Ninetta—(Miss Perox).
Ali ! where the fairy vision,
So bright with wi:h joy's elysian,
Alas, a quick transition,
Has snatched it all from me,
And turned to sharp derision,
What used my pride to be.
Love, then, its dearest treasure,
Its every sportive pleasure,
Without alloy or measure,
Showered plenteously on me.
Then all my charms admiring,
Soft love their bosoms firing,
One gracious smile desiring,
Their homage paid to me :
And bashfully retiring,
Adored I used to be.
Now what a different scene surrounds me,
A haughty tyrant's slave :
What cold contempt now wounds me.
Man's frown I scarcely dare to brave.
None to my channa now bending,
Not joy or woe can I impart :
To what an abject task descending,
I stoop to bow another woman's heart.

They were all most rapturously encored last niaht:
and of the songs it would be invidious to say which ui
them were the better sung—science and taste, and a rich and
varied intonation of voice were displayed in both, and the
genius of the musician and the performer hehl proud ri-
valry together. The processions have undergone some
very judicious curtailments, and the invocation scene in
the Temple of Brama was rendered much more effective
by the shortening of its representation.

ASTI,EI"S AMPHITHEATRE.
This is a pleasant house, where gentlemen may go is
boots and ladies in bonnets to the boxes, and never lose
caste or become unfashionable notwithstanding ; which
we hold to be a comfort and an advantage by no means to
he sneezed at. Added to this there are sundry other ame-
nities appertaining to Astley's ; as for instance—there arc
the nobility, who sometimes go to the private boxes, and
the amateur tumblers, who luxuriate in saw-dust and
sotnersets in the circle between the acts, and amuse the
spectators in the absence of the more regular performers,
biped and quadruped, with an extemporaneous interlude
of their own. Then there are the never-to-be-forgotten
listle boys and girls who, in holiday time, come by the
Greenwich coaches, for the purpose of eating plumbs and
smelling gun. pow& r in the gallery, and wondering at the
odd admixture of old and new lights afforded in the alter-
nate rows of tallow candles and gas chandeliers, ahich
decorate this most free and easy of all places of public
amusement. In addition to all these advantages, there is
a characteristic English air about the place, the perfor-
mances, the actors, and the audience, which is well calcu-
lated to pot a critic into good humour, if he is not sadly
overrun with bile ivrdeed ; and in that case we recommend
him, instead of visiting Astley's, to resort to Sir Autry
Cooper forthwith, and medicate himself with calomel.
Then there is Ducrow ready,
" To min and wind a fiery footed steed,
And witch the waif' with noble horsemanship !"
And the Duke of Wellington, who soniatimesgoett to "fight
Isis battles o'er again," anti witness the overthrow of his old
rival on the mimic field of Waterloo, for the two hundred
and thirty-ninth time. These are all good in their genera.
lion ; and last night we had another good thing added to
their number, in the shape of a fresh edition of the Coro•
nation ef Charles Me Tenth. However, when we say good
in this instance we speak " by comparison," and likerytsc
" with a difference," as Dogberry bath it. It is not evil
if you talk of shows of the same nature already exhibited
at the winter theatres, neither is it excellent, compared
with other spectacles produced at this house such, for in-
tetance, as the Battle of Waterloo, aforesaid, Or the Burs.
ing of Moscow; but yet is it good per se, and what is
better, an exhibition well calculated for the meridian of
the spectators for whom it is intended. Some of the
scenery is pretty, from which, however, we except what is
called the panoramic portion of it. The dresses are very
fair, and the whole spectacle got up with a degree of pro'
priety and effect, which are the more surprising when the
limited resources of this stage and establishment are coo'
tittered. "'There has been made," to adopt the worded
the printed bills, "a most industrious selection of dancing.
music, action, and dialogue ;" and though we cannot es.
actly understand what is meant by an industrice
dialogue, we are free to admit the claims of the
dancers and musicians to that epithet, for their stack'
and elbows were extremely indefatigable through*
iVith regard to the action it is not busy, as it merely coy.
sista of the ceremony of the Sacre at Rheims, the publ:e
entry of the French King into his metropolis, and an a.-
legory with which the piece concludes, apparently for the.
purpose of heaping a considerable majority of the cardinal
virtues upon Great Britain, and introducing Nero" u,
crown her Queen of the sea, after the most authentic sou
established fashion. By the way, this last stroke of patriot'
ism was hardly necessary on the part of the author or cob'
piler of I this performance, for every scene is o'l.
(we should think) ad nauseasia, with nationalities oil',
ficiently gross to have passed intuter at the pert
of the projected French invasion ; but, we e
the writer knows his audience, and we rather think that
the mode in which some of the appeals to trial by Jura
and Sir Richard Bitnie were received, shows them to be In
the right on this point. The dialogue forming the thus!d
on which the ornamental portion of the piece is hung, is
ere
of coarse in its texture, and both it and the plot i
of a nature too ordinary to require any further notice ;

lean.
or e4l last night:
to say which ui
ate, anti a rich and
in both, and the
I. held proud
undergone some
ivocatton scene in
ch more effective
RE.
tlemen may go in a
es, and never lose
standing ; which
e by no means to
undry other ame-
istance—there arc
nivate boxes, and
in saw-dust and
C
s, and amuse die ft
Dgular performers,
raneous interlude
er-to-be-forgotten a
rime, come by the
rating plumbs and
wondering at the
Tiled in the alter-
tandeliere, which
places of public 0
vantages, there is 1
dace, the perfor-
rich is well calcu-
if he is not sadly
se we recommend
[ort to Sir Astley al
if with calomel. Qr
er
anship !"
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mewgoes to " fight fli
'erthrovr of his out
• the two hundred ri
ci in their genera• th
oil thing added to Rc
lition of the Con ca
-
when we say good car
on," and likeaisc
t. It is not poi/
th
already exhibited
at
tcellent, compared
use • such, for in- bt
tid,?a. the Burs. R.
• se, and what is fh
be
r the meridian of
A. Some of the
ye except what is
e dresses are vet? ah
I a degree of pro'
rprom
' • g when the
lishment are con-
lopt the words of
'teflon of dancing.
;h we cannot ex• he
an industricus Cl
claims of the an
ter
, for their stacks
Able through*
as it merely coy.
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gpolis, and an
if
• ilUyoPscPa tiougfaruetniNhhtelecY forpncattuir:nisiettnalhtsJel
Ns
t stroke of patriot' ea
he author or cob- tan
scene is litte'l
nationalities all'
I' at the ?IA Th
mt, we suppose
•ather think that
to trial by Jutl
owe them to be in.
rming the thresii
.•
wee is hunt,
is
it and the plot are
further notice si
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our ham's. If we .were required to particularise the per.
formers that afforded us most satisfaction, we should retake
ktmourable mention of the horses. We have no doubt
that the,' will run through the season, and catue the piece

to draw.

THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
Min Foote has fulfilled a fortnight's engagement with
the Managers of the Liverpool Theatre, and, since the ap.
penance of Miss O'Neil on these boards, no performer has
been more attractive. On the evenings of Miss Foote's
performances the Theatre has been well attended, and fre•
quently crowded: her benefit war an overflow ; and the
Liverpool play-goers, as well u the visiters with which, at
this season, the town abounds, have given a cordial wel- ,
come to the fair stranger, and distinguished applause to
L„ wring. She has generally performed in both the play
and the afterpiece ; sometimes in three pieces on the same
evtoing. She has supported the cberacters of Letitia
ildriy, Juliana, Lady Townley, Itordind, Ilratrice, Pio- I
loft, Mist Hordenstk,Clori, Annelle, Va4ella, &c., and'
it is very evident that so much practice has improved her
style. Her provincial exertions will perhaps give her a!
claim to the same characters in London, which she appears
aa be fully as able to support as any actress now on the
ewe. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Miss Foote, when
the passing attraction which recent circumstances may have
oacasioned have passed away, will become an ornament to
her profession. Recurring to those circumstances, the
publicity of which is much to be lamented, it may be said
that '

THE JESUITS' COLLEGE AT ST °NI-HURST.
The Jesuits, when they were driven from Liege, and
halt property eonfiseated at the French Revolution,
might an asylum is England, anti were presented by the
lather, or grandfather of Mr. Weld, the present owner of
Lalworth Castle, with the home and 100 acres of laud, at
Illsonyhurst. They have since purchased 100 more. They
are also tenants fer no inconsiderable quantity of land,
although the produce of the whole is insufficient for the
wants of their establishment. The society consitts of at-
missionaries, and teachers. The first of these are
Mfr in number; they are the governors of the establish-
ment, and have the whole direction of its affairs. One of
inn is called the President. The missionaries are priests,
'who officiate in different chapels in the neighbourhood,
where there is no resident priest ; and are also ready to
Illerectl or assist those who are at a great distance. The
ambers have each the care of a particular school, and are
Wader the direction of one who is called the superintendent
'sf studies. There arc alto what are called prefects, who
have the superintendence of the scholars at their studies,
Astir sports, and in their walks. The number of scholars
'is about 200; the greater part of them are Irish, but there
are foreigners, we believe, front every part of the globe.
The circumstances attending the situation of one of these
are not a little peculiar : the boy is an Armenian, Conse-
quently, we sUppast, a member of the Greek Church,
which, If we mistake not, differs considerably front the
Roman Catholis. His pension, or board, is paid by the
• - __.-se- a Malionetan. He is
in Manchester, who,
Roman Catholic Este-
scholar pays SOL per an-
mber has been sometimes
),0001. Their real pro-
including the at of Mr.
themselves expended oat the
and enlargement of
may therefore not
gains must have been
to lay out 30,0001. in about
twenty years, and there is no reason to suppose that they
are, at present, at all below the general average-yet they
are soliciting subscriptions towards building a new chapel
(salting for the contributions even of their surgeon and
physietan), to which they themselves magnanimously sub-
scribe 3001. In the course of the five-antb.twenty years
that Stonyhurst has been in possession of its present own-
ers, an entire change has been wrought in the religious
character of the neighbourhood ; the majority of its inha-
bitants were not then Roman Catholics; the preponderance
was on the side of the Protestants. At the present time
the Protestants are reduced to less than one-seventh of the
whole population of the district. Of course the "College,"
as it is called, gives employment in one way or other, to a
great number of persons, anti none of them are Protestants.
Intermarriages between Catholic and Protestant families
have been most numerous in the neighbourhood ; and this
we know to have been the most prolific source of what they
term conversions. The refuse meat of 250 or 300 people,
the cast-off clothes of nearly the same number (fur they
provide the scholars with an uniform dress), must either
be given away or sold for very little ; and it is the general
understanding of the neighbourhood, that nobody must
look for any thing in the formal way of disposal, without,
occasionally at least, appearing at mass.