Star.
London, England, 1830-06-24 00:00:00

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TIIE DUBLIN THEATRE.

Miss PATON and Mr. Woos made their second appearance on
Monday night, when the Beggars' Opera was selected for repre-
eentation—the part of Polly by Miss PATON, and Mackeath by
Mr. Wool). In the afterpiece of Charles the Second, bliss PATON
also appeared as Nary Copp. Notwithstanding this attraction, and
the interest which was supposed to be excited by peculiar circum.
stances, the house was rather thinly attended, and there was a very
remarkable falling off amongst the female portion of the auditory,
particularly in the dress circle. Miss PATON, upon her entrance, was
received with applause, but there was nothing like the tumultous ac-
clamation with which she was wetted on Saturday evening, by a
portion of the auditory. All her songs were given in her usual
effective and delightful manner, with perfect self-possession, and
without any of that trepidation which weaker minds might have
evinced upon so trying an occasion. It was evident that
there was an effort, on the part of the audenry, to treat this
lady with forbearance; but when Mr. Wimp appeared, the
feelings of disapprobation, which had becti previously sup.
pressed, burst upon his devoted bead, and he w.:s received with
evident marks of contumely, almost of cxecraMrt. Altogether, he
wasa bad Capt. Maeheath—he had nothirg Anna hint of the fasci.
nating bandit. Aboriginal vulgarity, 4.1t1 seeentiy.acquited confi
dente, formed aa inltarlooteintis navitre, and he had the air of a
man who triumphed in having achieved a vinery, rather than of
one who had suffered or Inflicted a deep degradation. His dress
was out of character—his songs were not suitable to his powers,
and although his voit.e possessed considerable volume anti compass,
he was received badly, and deserved to have been received worse.
The I; Win Evereinj Mail informs us that " *general feeling of
disgust prevails at the sent exhibited on this occasion. A com-
plaint has been *nude that dramatic taste is falling off. Can any
thing more directly tend to its extinction than the open display of '
profligacy and vice ? One of the strong arguments urged against
those who have a conscientious and religious objection to dramatic
representations, was, that a moral was as capable of inculcation in a
well written and a well acted play as through the medium of a
homily or exhortation. If the stage became the arena for the
display cc persons who have earned an infamous notoriety else.
where, can this argument be urged; for how can a virtuous
precept be enforced, or a didactic sentitnent impressed, by a
run-away wife, or a professed paramour ? We shall be told that
the public has nothing to do with the private conduct of individlal
performers. We grant this--so long as that conduct is not osten-
tatiously and offensively exhibited, and relied upon as the principal
means of attraction. The last time Lady W. Lex Noi appeared
in Dublin she frequently played to houses under foOL a night. On
Saturday evening, In conjunction with Mr.Woun, who as a singer
is inferior to Mr. Benpoan, the hawse was crowded to an overflow
The frequenters of the galleries, always remarkable for their gross.
ors and obscenity seemed to consider the announcement of hater.
day as equivalent to that of a Ssfurvialia ; and with a quickness air
perception and readiness of wit that would place the national eha.
r*Cferistica in a atronf point of view if exercised in a bev*, cause,'
seized upon every point In the dialogue, sons, and act, which
could be construed into a referees to the topmast 031MiltiOn sub-
sisting between !Jody LZINNOZ and Mr. Woos). Hatethers'e Mee
of Ramona wee Neely ~era I I I

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Juitz 23.
The House sat this mottling in a Committee of Privileges.
THE BOYNE PEERAGE.
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The examination of witnesses in this case was resumed this morn-
tag, at the conclusion of which their lordship. declared that the
claimant had established his right to vote at the election for Repte-
ttntative Peers for Ireland.
THE BLoomrIELD PEERAGE.
Their lordships, after the examination of witnesses on behalf of
the claimant, adjourned the further consideration of this claim until
Wednesday next.