Star.
London, England, 1822-10-31 00:00:00

CALEDONIAN CANAL.

ISVERNESS, OCT. 24.—After a labour of nearly twenty years,
snd an expenditure of about £900,000 on this great national un-
Eh-taking, the country will feel a great degree of satisfaction in
hearing of the completion of it. At ten o'clock yesterday morn-
ing the Lochness steam yacht, accompanied by two smacks, de-
part,d from the locks of Muirtown on the first voyage through
the canal, amidst the loud and enthusiastic cheerineof a great
concourse of people, and the firing of cannon. The morning was
peculiarly favourable, although rather calm. There was scarcely
a breath of wind to disperse the smoke, which ascended unbroken
after the firing of the guns. The banks of the canal were
crowded with spectators, a great number of whom accompanied
the party front the Muirtown Locks to the Bridge of Bught.
The band of the Inverness-shire militia went on board at Doch-
garrach Lock, and immediately played the national air of" Goo
save the King." As a minute examination of the most remark-
able features of the canal will be gone into, it is not expected
that the party will arrive at Fort William before this evening:
and it is their intention to return to this town to-morrow night.
They will be met at rack Oich by the Comet steam boat. The
Lochness steam boat passed through Loch Dochfour at ten mi-
nutes before one o'clock, on her tirst voyage through the C.de.
douian Canal, the band playing, and a salute fired in passing
Dochfour, which was answered by Mr. BAILLID'S people on
shore by loud cheering, and a salutefrom a number of small arms.

The supply of fresh herrings at Billingsgate, this
morning, was greater than it has been this season.
They were sold at 2s. per hundred.
Tuesday afternoon, as the Duke of Beaufort steam
packet was proceeding down the river Avon, it was
met by a small boat, in which were four men and a
female, when, by some mismanagement, the boat
coming directly under the bow of the steam vessel,
was instantly crushed to atoms, and one of the men
was drowned ; the remainder were picked up by a
boat that chanced to be passing.
Some of the masts in the King's dock-yards arel
three feet in diameter, and 40 yards in length. These
long firs are such conductors of sound, that a watch
placed against one end may be heard to beat very
distinctly by an ear applied to the other end.
Letters have been received from Madras, stating
that considerable alarm had been excited there by
the discovery of a plot, which had for its object the
massacre of all the Faringus (Europeans), that the
flag of the PROPHET might wave undisturbed from
Delhi to Cape Cormorin. A Subidar of the 66th Re-
giment, and of the Bth Cavalry, it appears, found in-
flammatory papers, and immediately conveyed them
to the Commanding Officers. Various motives are
assigned for these blood-thirsty intentions. They are
partly, attributed to religious infatuation ; but it
seems that hard measures had been tesorted to for
raking the revenue, which had caused great dissatis-
faction among the natives.

The most dreadful charges of infanticide have been
establihhed against a midwife at Zuuguy, in France.
This wretch used to admit females in a state of preg-
nancy to her house, and for a certain reward under-
took to carry the children to the Hospital, but inva-
riably murdered them. The police, upon getting
iilfOrMation of the circumstance, repaired to the scene
blood, and in her garden found buried the bodies
of several murdered innocents. She has been sent to
prison to take her trial for the crime.
Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, the parish
officers of St. Mary, Islington, received information
that a man was found in a field near Canonbury
House, supposed to have been murdered. On arriving
at the spot they found the man quite dead, and pre-
senting a shocking spectacle. He appeared to have
been taken out of the river by some person and left
in the field; his pockets were turned inside out. He
appears to have been in the water some time. He
was dressed in a black coat and waistcoat, blue trow-
sers, black stockings, and shoes, and is about thirty
years of age, and six feet high. He is lying at
Islington Church to be owned.

THEATRES.

DittrltY-LANI.--The Tragedy of Macbeth was per-
formed at this House last night. Mr. Yours°, in
Macbeth, acquitted himself with his usual ability ;
the agitation of his scene immediately after the murder,
where he shews Macckar to the chamber of Duncan,
was very spirited, and the banquet scene was selected
for the particular honour of three rounds of applause.
Mrs. W. Wzsfa Lady Macbeth was more striking
than might have been expected, from her peculiar
turn of mind and feeling in a character so masculine
and terrific. Mr. COOPEN as Macduff, was very ef-
fective, especially in the fine scene where he is in-
formed of the slaughter of his family. There was an
improvement in the chorusses, by the introduction of
some principal singers in the vocal parts.
COVENT-GARDEN.—The Comedy of the Wonder
was repeated last night in place of the Clandestine
Marriage, which was postponed in consequence of
the indisposition of Mrs. DAVENPORT. The Clan-
destine Marriage was itself to have been substituted for
the Opera of Artaxerxes, the postponement of which
was occasioned by the illness of Miss PATON, so that
two Ladies of this Company, and each of importance
lin her respective line, are now on the sick list. The
Comedy went off with great spirit, and was followed
by the new Farce of the kith Tutor, which seemed to
increase in attraction.—The House was well attended.
ROYAL WEST LONDON THEATRE.--MORday, CIS-
DER'S Comedy of " She Wou'd and She Wou'd
Not," was brought out at this Theatre as a Burletta,
under the title of " The Female Impostors." The
fascinating heroine of the Piece, Miss BRUNTON, in
Hypolita, delighted a crowded and elegant auditory,
and received most justly reiterated plaudits. In male
attire she has no equal at present on the Stage. Her
figure, symmetrically formed, enables her to add ad-
ditional charms to that character, and her naiveté
and comic humour should be witnessed, to conceive
the delights this unrivalled young actress is capable
of exciting.