Star.
London, England, 1825-07-21 00:00:00

THEA7WE.S.

HAYMARKET.
Ike Cady wonky at this Theatte last night was the
first appearance of Mr. W. Faints, for the season. is
Admiral Fran Hist, .in dm Operatic Comedy of Sweet-
hearts and Wives. The Home was numerously and
elegantly attended.
ENGLISH OPERA.
Last night, the Opera of The Marriage of Figaro,
was played at this House for the first tittle this season.
Mr. THORNE appeared for the first time as Figaro, and
sang with a good deal of skill. The Susanna of Miss
"STIORESS is too well known to need praise. Her est-
Maim of the letter-duet with Miss Non, who persrated
the Canniest, was tasteful and effective. The Page,
Cheruoixo, was played in a most entertaining style-by
Miss KELLY. Mr. BARTLEY'S drunken gardener; An.
lonia, was i good piece of acting. The Huse was well
attended,•in spite of the hot weather.
tt ULEs OP THE KING'S BENCH • •
JAW FLEET AMON& •

Abstract of " An Act to enable the Insolvent Debtors' Court to
dispense, until the end of the nestSessinn of Parliament. with the I
necessity of prisoners residing within the walls in certain eases." 1
The preamble recites that the Act 5 Geo. 4, cap. 61,
enacted that
.all. prisoners who pet'tioned the said
Court, should remain within the walls of the prison
during the proceedings connected with such Petition,
and. then proceeds—ii•Whtrets, in consequence of the
present crowded state of the King's Bench Prison, it is
expedient to telaa the said recited provision foesome
time; and the same inconvenience May happen• to the
Fleet Prison ; be it -therefore enacted, by the King's
Most Excellent Majesty, &c. &c. that it shall_ be lawful
for the Court for the Relief of Insolvent I)elrors at
any time after any Petitioner, bit* a prisoner within
.the..waus of either of the .said prisons, shall have-ob- '
wined from the Said Court an order for hearing his
Petition, to grant .a dispensation to such Petitioner,
.with the provisions hereinbefore recited. if the said
Court shall think fit, movilled that no such dispensa-
tions shall be granted, 'ice. unleis Abe Court shall be
satisfied, by the affidavit of a Physician, Surgeon, or
Apothecary, either that the Petitioner cannot reside
within,the-svalls Without injury to his health, or that,
for the sake cf the health of the poisoners in general, it
is necessaey, that , the number of prisoners within the
walls of such prison should be reduced.
adly, That any prisoner to whom such dispensation sbv be
&ranted, soing.beyond the limits of the !Wks and-Liberties et the
PrisOu,sltaU ipso fact* be deprived of the benefit of .any Act-for
the relief of Insolvent Debtors.
3dly, This Act to continue in force until the acid
sesWiouof Parliament.

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The ridiculous custom of ringiog the belli of the
churches in the provinces eluting a thunderstorm,
add•which has so frequently had 'a 'fatal result, has
lately caused a sad misfortune at Taurissa, in the
department of Carcassone. A storm having maul-,
tested itself on the 26th 61 June,. in this commune,'
pine children went .to the church. for the purpose of
putting the bell in motion. They had hardly begun,
when the thunder -shook the belfry, and killed the
eldest, a boy of 16, and rendered insensible the re-
minder, who were also much wounded, but by prompt
attention were recovered.—Reach Paper.
lies heat of khe Wea'sisser in Canterbury,on Friday last,
Was excessive. At half past ten in the morning, the
,theritometer in the- shade stood at 80 deg. and at one
.clock at:B6: dig. acivirricis altitude it continued nearly
die whole day. Tht mercury, in the sun, at the same
time, averaged from
.11.2 to 118 degrees Fahrenheit.
Saturday, a north !meet cooled the atmosphere, and
the thermometer ranked at 80 deg. Sunday it stood at
82i deg. about 21/ warmer than on the preceding day.
At eleven o'clock yesterday. morning,alle same instru-
ment indicated 81 deg. with light tefreshing airs from
the north ; at twelve, 82 deg. and 'remained so nearly
the whole afternoon:
The damage done to the Plymouth Breakwater by
the tremendous storm of November, is, now undergoing
repair. The masses of.stone . are no longer put into
their places rude and unshapen as formerly ; but Vie
top and tke two sloping sides are now built up of regu-
lar square blocks of marble, of an immense size, and
the same care is takers in squaring and disposing of
them as if they were intended for the-fronts of houses.
The sea will now have une vast uniform surface pre-
sented to its influence; and we hope, from the manner
in which the stones are laid, 'that even a ruder tempest
than that of last winter will not displace them.
It is not perhaps generally known, that if the head
of a snail be pricked with a pin, and the eluding matter
applied to a wort, a disappearance of the callosity will
take place in a few days. The writer of this para-
graph witnessed the effects of a successful experiment,
a few days since.
A carrier pigeon brough the first news of Cannon's
defea-, at Warwick, on Tuesday. The bird, which is
of the Flemish kind, was let loose at twenty minutes
past one o'clock, and reached the Kent-road within
three hours.
Yesterday morning as the Duke of WELLINGTON'S
valet, Sr. John, was returning home, about three
o'clock; from Vauxhall Gardens, in a boat with some
friends, he expressed a wish to bathe, jumped into
the river for that purpose, and sank to rise no more.
The body was some time afterwards picked up rear
Vauxhall Bridge.
Owing to the heat of the weather, a valuable horse,
the property of JOHN T.TYRRELL, Esq. dropped down
in a gig, near the village of Stock, and expired soon
after. Several other horses, of great value, have died
from the same cause.
FATAL. EFFECTS OF THE HEAT OF THE SEASON.--
Tuesday,about one o'clock, as a man in the employment
of Mr. Abercrombie, of Wapping, was returning from
Poplar, %here he had been executing some business for
his master, he was seized with a sudden faintness, and
fell abruptly on the pavement. The spectators, natu-
rally alarmed by the circumstance, had him placed on
a truck, and immediately sent for Mr. Jackson, a SW*
geon, residing at W pping-wall, who tendered his un-
fortunate patient every assistance that skill and humanity
could suggest; but all his of were.unavailing, and
the object of his anew ion is now no more. Mr. Jackson
is of opinion that a coup de soled, owing to the, int( nse
heat of the weather, an unusual circumstance in this
country, ledio the fatal catavroplre.
Mr. EnwAan PanKElt, of Maiden-lane, Wood-street,
Cheapside, .axed three youths from being drowned,
while habil g. yesterday morning, betaeen Blackfriari
And S rand Bridges-., At the risk of Lis own life he
plunged into the water, and brought two of them first
with lUm, and their returesed for the other, whom he
likewise brought sale to shore. This was ssitnessed by
Lwo of three hunired zet..ons,