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• • NATMASICItf.
The sttesidsome at Waikato is fall army sight.
The -01111VeltieS011 of swill; sad Wavily. and the
facetious chummy of the- intterteismoste, render it
peculiarly agreeable et this season of the year.
After the comedy of Pigeons mid Crows, sad the
farce of A Roland far as (Meer. last night, Miss
R. Coast repeated the part of Haim. She
piss fresh credit from each repentolii. She
has occasionally much power. and always much
sweetness, or, as musicians call it. tonation......
Her graces are well selected. though not ori-
gins) ; her only fault (which is a very general
one) is in pronouncing the verses inarticulately—this
alone prevented her from receiving the approving
testimony of sit encore. She will mike an excel-
lent singer after a little more experience. Mr.
Confect& displayed his usual richness of national
humour in the Irishman, and the piece was al-
together as warmly received as if it had betas
new, instead of being, as it is, of very old stand-
ing. Perhaps it is the most unique and per-
fect of all pieces belonging to its humble class.
The house was not only very fully, but very
fashionably atteutled. Some of the new scenery
is also entitled to praise and attention. The harvest
scene used in Rosana seems to be of superior execu-
tion. A new comedy is announced for Saturday.,
So that the short season to which the monopoly of
the winter houses confines the Managers will still
be occupied, as is usual with them, in the most
buoy preparations of interest and novelty. We
need not wish the theatre success—such spirit and

assiduity will command it.
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
The Vampire attracted a crowded and elegant
audience last night: indeed we have seldom wit.
nessed a more brilliant display. The finished style
in which it was brought out on Wednesday left
little room for improvement. The repetition of last
night presented it in a perfect state. It went off
with Mut, and promises us long a run as the season
will admit.

EDINBURGH THEATRE.

Mr. KZAN. on Saturday night, took his farewell
benefit here before ■ crowded audience. previous
to his departure fur America, which fit►i.lted his en-
gagement of twelve nights. The character of
Junius Brutes was the one chosen fur the occasion,
which afforded a fine display of Mr. KeAts's great
powers of acting. On the fall of the curtain Mr.
KEAN was loudly called for amidst the most rap.
turous applause ; when a short interval having
elapsed, he appeared, and feelingly expressed his
gratefulness for the approbation he had received,
and his wish, on a re-appearance, to be worthy of a
continuance of it: l►e then botublg and affectionately
took his leave.—Monday night Miss S. BOOTH
and Mr. Minor?. from Covent-garden, made their
first appearance here this season, in the comedy of
The Belles' Stratagem. Miss BOOTH possesses. in
• very high degree, the sprightliness and gaiety
which belong to the line or character she performs.
Her voice, in the dialogue, is one of the sweetest
we have heard, and she sings and dances charm-
ingly. Atmore played Boriconrt, in his usual
style of excellence.
On Tuesday Miss BOOTH appeared in the co.
medy of As Yon Like It, and was very interesting
as Rosalind. In the afterpirce of the Innkeeper's
Daughter, she performid the character of Mary
with great feeling. Last night site afforded us so
much pleasure and amusement as Peggy. in the
Country Girl, and Lady Contest, in the Wedding
Day, that we hope the manager will indulge. us
with a repetition of them.—( hdiebargh Courant.)

The new Birmingham Theatre is finished, End is
• most elrgant and beautiful edifice. It is built on
the site of the old theatre. upon an improved plan,
from the designs of SAMUEL MUTELY, Esq.
Madame VESTAL'S is in the list of new engage.
memo.

The comic opera of The Barber of Seville was
performed at the Dublin theatre on Tuesday night ;
(.'Duet Alinarioa, Mr. Philipps; Rosin°. Miss M.
'Free.
The precognition regarding the fatal occur-
rences of Saturday last has been closed. The re-
sult, we believe, entirely confirms the accuracy of
the details which we gave on Tuesday. All the
seven ►oldiers remits in gaol. We are happy to
learn that the two persons wounded on this unfor-
tunate occasion are doing well. On Wednesday
morning the detachment of the 13th, which coo-
sisied of two companies, left this for Stirling, and
was immediately succeeded by a company of the
let rifle brigade. which remains.—(Greenock Ad-
vertiser.)

The Cargoes of two or three of the oyster smacks
which have arrived at Billingsgate since Saturday
last, have been discharged into the Thames, by or-
der of the inspecting officers, as not fit fur the
market.
Large quantities of pilchards were seen on Wed-
needs), evening off Falmouth. One of the drift-
boats was on the point of securing • number of
them, when ►he was ran foul of by a vessel going
up Channel. by which five of her nets were carried
away. With one that was left, the crew took about
400 fine fi.h. Shoals of pilchards have also op-
peered in Mount's Bay, but as yet they have not
approached sufficiently near the shore for the seams.
The herring fishery commenced in the early part
of last week. in the Moray Frith and adjacent
coast ; and althrugh not altogether so productive
hitherto as at the commencement of last season. yet
on the whole promises favourably, particularly at
Fraverburgh, where the boats have of late been
generally very successful.—(Aberdeen Chronicle.)
A boxing match for 100 p. will take place this
morning, in the vicinity of Cobham, between
Strong. a Gloucestershire man of provincial fame,
who lately beat Pine, the fatuous gipsy, and
Malpas, a Warwickshire giant, of more than six
feet. who has beat all opposed to him.
Owen APGraterawbas challenged Reynolds, which
has been accepted by the latter. MiGowrsis. in his
make and way of fighting, is like Scroggins, of
the London ring, but stands five feet seven, and
is termed one of the gamest and hardest hitters
in the country. Reynolds wants • moderate time
from his battle with Cunningham. which takes plot.*
in October...-(Dubuc freemen's Journal.)

Crp4

Last evening Mr. Mudge commenced at Mitchell's
assitonbly.vonus, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's [oil-
field,. his series of explanatory di,oertations on the
plans of Mr. Owen, of New Lanark. for bettering the
state of the labouring classes, and fur ameliorating
the condition of society at large. He proposes to
examine in a cantos of four Lecture, the probable
moults of that Gentleman's plan, if carried into
effect, and to answer such objections as had been
hitherto urged against it.
The present lecture was iii the nature of an intro-
ductory exposition of the causes of the existing dis-
tress in tins country, which the lecturer traced to
circurnstaisces interwoven in the frame of all politi-
cal societies hitherto in existence, and 'tot resulting
from forms or maladministration of the powers of
their governments. He was assisted iu developing
Mr. Ogren's ideas by a ground plan of one of that
Gentleman's villages of co-operation and unity, cal-
culated to contain a pauper population of
.1,300
'remiss.
The room in which the lecture was given is
spacious, and well lighted and ventilated. It
has been observed. that though Mr. Owen seems
perfectly assured of the truth of his principles.' yet
from whatever cause tt may arise. he has not as yet
succeeded in impressing the public generally with
the same opinion.
The scheme of lectures proposed by Mr. Mudie
seems, at all events, well calculated to give the
public that thorough knowledge of the subject
which the acknowledged importance of it so well
deser res.

IRELAND.
GUMMI, AUGUST 7.
Saturday afternoon Lord Cloubrock, Sir George
Hill, M.P. Master Ellie, M.P. Mr. Ver.ey Fitz-
gerald, &c. arrived at Sir John Rogersou'a quay,
by the Talbot steam packet, from Holyhead.
Sunday afternoon Lord Wealth', Capt. Croker,
R.N. and ether persons of di.tinction, arrived by
the Ivanhoe .team packet from Holyhead.
Friday General Fitzgerald and Alm Fitzgerald
arrived in Limerick, from kroner, and proceeded
for his rear, Carrigoran, county Clare.
Arrived at Swinbtarn's Hotel, Limerick—Mr.
Mahon and Lady Charlotte Mahon, ou their return
to Betaborough, county Tipperary, from a visit to
the Hon. Major-General Armesley, at his seat near
Cork.

Lady O'Donel, whale death we lately an-
nounced, enjoyed • jointure of 9,000/. per annum,
which reverts to her eldest son, Sir Neal O'Do-
nel, Bart.. and the life use of the principal part
of her comiderable personal property is vested in
her other sun, Connell O'Donel, E.q. of Sea-
mount.

The Swiftsnre packet, with ■ mail from New
York and Halifax, has arrived at Falmouth, she
sailed from Halifax 22d ult.
Advice' from Buenos Ayres to the Ist of Jane
have been received, but nothing material had
occurred in that city since the previous accounts,
which were dated the Bth .Mov: Don RAMOS
MEXIA continued to exercise the functions of Go-
ve►nor, and Don MANUEI, OnLIGADo that of Pre-
sident of the •Junta. The communication with
Chili was again open, and a free intercourse was
ouce more established between the two Govern-
ments. The dates from Valparaiso were the 24th
of April. The expedition against Peru, under
Lord COCHRANE and General SAN MARTIN, Wall
nearly ready to sail for its destination. Seventy
sail of transports were collected, and SAN MAR-
TIN'S regiment of horse grenadiers, with a consi-
derable body of infantry. forming the advanced
guard of the army. were on the eve of embarking;
the rest of the troops were on the march fur Vul-
paraiso. An embargo was laid on all shipping in
the harbour till the sailing of the expedition. It
wise certain that SAN MARTIN was in a stale of
communication with BOLIVAR, and the first opera-
tion would probably be an attack on Guyaquil by
the combined troops of Venezuela and Chili. The
brig Williams lied returned to Valparaiso from a
survey of the land said to have been discovered lo
the south of Cape Horn ; but Captain SEARLE. of
the Hyperion, had prevented all intercourse with
the shore, which led to the opinion that some dis-
covery of great itn!sortance had been made.
Letters have been received from Lima, dated
27th March. They were conveyed across the isthi.
mils of Panama, and owing to the distance and the
uncertainty of navigation in the lower part of the
Pacific, the above date may he deemed very re-
cent. The capture of Valdivia by Lord COCH-
RANE was known in the capital of Peru on the
16th of the same month, and the loss had been
regretted by those emigrants only from the south of
Chili, having property in that quarter, the tenure of
so distant a point having hitherto been extremely ex-
pensive in the Viceregal Government. Accounts had
also been received there, that the O'Higgins, the Chili
Admiral's flag-ship, had struck on the Quiriquine.
in Talcahuano Bay, by which accident she lad
been so much injured, as to make from 50 to 60
inches of water per hour. With► the greatest diffi-
culty she had been got up to Valdivia, subsequent-
ly to the capture, uud shipwrights had been ordered
from Valparaiso to endeavour to repair her, which
was deemed almost impracticable. owing to the want
of convenience, us well as the general state of the ship.
—The greatest tranquillity and confidence prevailed
in the whole of the Viceroyalty. Accounts from the
ROyalist army in Upper Peru bad been received,
slat lug, that the war was at a staud in that quarter,
the troops opposed to them being chiefly withdrawn,
or in a state of complete insubordination.

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lit to 1 opt Athletes 18 so I oast Monteith
was uraitinK en toga to hear his Lirelship's judig-
IS to I apt Mr Mark 7O to 1 apt say other.
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VICC.CHANCELLOWS COURT. I.llllloUrs INN, . •
TiSvaliDAY, AUGUST IP.
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j i NX-PAATE NANDI IN TUE MATTIta or ems.
Mr. 'lsar Mee fur the Pelitiourr Nabbs. al.o
Inge(' 'hit the Court worth! be pleased to et..y the
certificate of the bankrupt Spear. The facie of Ore
case appeared to be as follow :--Spear cartied on
business as a woollen draper at London and iii the
country, ander the firm of Spear end son— tLe
elder Spear getting into embarraminents. a cola:
miss• of bankrupt wits issued against him stoma
tritely, under wheel) commission swagoires were duly
chosen. Op commenced on action epeeist the Pelt.
Hours fie er'seopposed balance of accounts doe to
the bankrupt's estate of 1.500/. The aril-was tueit
oat, anti the Prisoner was arrested sod lodged to
the Fleet Prison, where he remained fur the space
of five months. In that interval he prrseuird a
petition to this Court, in which he complained that
the cummtmion taken out against the bankrupt
Spear was concerted mill fraudulent, anal that au
far from bring indebted so the bankrupt in the sum
of 1,5001. fur whirls he had beets arrested, there
was a considerable balance due to bier,' lie Petetioner.
His Honour the Vice.Cliancellor, on the hear.
jug of fleet pentimi, decliiirel making any order
in it, as the validity of the commission would be
ascertained at the trial of the suit then pending.
The trial accordingly came on at Guildhall, and '
the Jury found f..r the validity of the commission.
The matters of account were referred to Mr. Cum-
mins, who in his award.. made 8611) May last.
found. that the bankrupt lees indebted to the Pe-
litioner. but did not state what sum. the order of
reference not extending so fur. Under throe comma
stances, he (Mr. Hari) now prayed that the bank-
rupt's certificate might be stayed.
The Victz.CtiancELLoit doubted whether, un.
der the circumstances, the bankrupt was so mixed
up with the proceedings of his arstgereet, es to jus-
tify the Court in staying his certificate.
Mr. !hid. and Mr. TRFSLOVE contended, tint-
there was nu ground for staying the certificate, as
allowing the utmost amount claimed by the Peti-
tioner to be due from the bankrupt to he correct.
it would not amount to a SUM large enough to turn
the certificate, considering the nomber• and value
of the creditors who had olrearly signed.
The Vice-CuAnceLhon ordered. that the Peti-
tioner should go before the Commissioners and
prove his debt; and the slaying of the certificate to
depend ou the amount of the debt so proved.

POLICE.
David Ammon& was charged by-Mr. Mill., of Brined,
and of Winchester-street, Pentouville with having nabbed
him of seven pustle, at about one o'clock in the day, is Bar-
tholomew-lane, strike the followieg singular ciretastaace.:
Mr. Mills stated, that on Thursday !Wee weeks, as he wa•
walking along the Strand, with • French foraging cap epee
his head,. the Prisoner came up to him in the dress of
sailor, sad said, " Noble Captain, this man," penning to
as old-clothes man, " wants to give me b 1 fur this watch ;
I gave 141. for it, and I lave !oat 301. prise-money. My
father lies dead, abut I am obliged to go demo to Liver-
pool to-night." Wiesen really believed, autwithstand.
jog all be lead !want and read of imposition, that she
fellow was really an homiest man. He told him to take
the watch to a respectable watch-maker, and lie would
gel the value of it. Witness bad, at the time, • cheek
in his hand for 471. sad walked into the City to get tha
amount. The Priaoaer followed him, nutwitbstandise
his repeated animating list be could not give may sweet-
:ace. Vflien be arrived at the banking-burn of Sir Pelee
Pole, and got the 471. the Pri s lipped the watch into
his (witness's) waistcoat-pocket, one snatched 7f. *hien
be held is his hand, and ran off with it. Witness to--
towed him, bat be escaped at that time. Afterwards vitt. •
. -
ens met him it the street and secured hint ; upon Comma-
nicatiug the circumstances to a Now-street patrol, he wa4
told by that person that if he would let the man go, he
should have his sausiey, and gave him a entseonnduir to
that effect. Winces tbeu did as the patrol wished, and
pot the watch into his hands. Soon afterwards tie pa-
trol gave bite 3/. of the money, but not having received - -
the engender, and believing that it was a plea bemetu lb,.
patrol and the Prisoner to deprive hint of the H. he thought
proper to submit theca,' to the Lord Mayor.
The Lord Mayor immediately qiiestiosied the Bow-s:rei t
patrol, who said Mr. Mills told him the Prisoner bad J.-- •
frauded, sin rubbed bins, iu • transaction shout a watch, and •
that he (Mr. Mills) would be content if he received I is
money back. Witness added, that he (Mr. Mills) had, after
he had got back the W. said the Prisouip had rubbed biro.
Mr. Isaacs, an attorney, crose.exasmired Mr. Mills, Gir the -
purpose J denting that the case was one of mere deeing.
The Lord Mayor said, that if • City officer bad acted
such • manner, as immediate discharge of the officer •
be the consequesce. This system gave the greatest encourage- •
meet to depredations of all kinds. If the City officers Ilea
proceeded on such • system, the pleader of the City would • •
be muds greater than it was, but pined's, was piubibited •
by the City Magistrates.
The Prisoner said be bad doffed the gentleman, but not
robbed hiss, ..and that the trick be had practised was the tad
one so well knows to liet police.
The Lord Mayor regretted that Mr. Mills bad not, iu the
first instance, applied to the City police, as the radian sow
at the bar would, in all probability, he mill off fur life, if the
accommodation bad sot bees listened to; " as it i.," said his
Lordship, " I most discharge him." . -
Mr. Mills said he should prosecute the Prisoner and the
patrol fur a coisapiesey.
'fhe Lord Mayor—" That is certainly the plan I should
recommend."
Queer-tiensat.
Arena= Elder, t private soldier is me Criblatreara te-
giment of Poo. Greeds, was charged with rubbing the house
of a poor woman, named Sean Herrn, Andersou'isyto
Took's-row, Chelsea, of linen and wearing apparel ; also did
house of Mr. Lamb, Paradise-walk, Owns, of wearing ay.;
perel, silver spoons, fee. • also with robbing the house of Mr.
Bird, Flask.lase, it July last, bet the vritneeses in
this last cheers did sot adored.
A see:yeast ion corporal of the regiment attended. The
serjeaat said he banned to the regiment Iselin mouths, sod
during that period be hod bees repeatedly penished fog
that viag ; that he wee • disgrace to the regimi 0, and the
officers would be glad to get rider such a diameter, mid
convincedly left hiss redidy is the bands of die Civil
Power, to be dealt with seder law directs.
ging, the esisstable who Rpm-decoded the Prisoner,
Marra that eshherOth other charges were likely to be brought
against his..
The Msgistratts seared the *teases lr the two Snit

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