Star.
London, England, 1815-04-17 00:00:00

rimirrias,

liINC'S TitraTne.—Saturday evening the comic
company of this House Were called into action in the
Opera of L'Orgnglio Avvifito, and sustained the piece
with considerable humour and much excellent
singing. The audience were afterwards greatly de. i
lighted with the Germ de Ballet in the Meer iisernent,!
end Le Prince Troubadour, in which VESTRIS and
Madame DEL CARO were greatly applauded by an.
elegant and numerous assemblage of fashionables.
DRURY LANE.—Saturday evening Mr. KERN per-
formed ilfuebet4 at this Theatre to a crowded Au-
dience, with increased applause. The Theatre was
well attended : among the fashionable: present we
observed the Duchess of Anent.% Marchionesses
CAMDEN, SALIsBURY, and family ; Ladies COWPER,
MELVILLE, and C. HOPE; the Spanish Ambassador,
Lords GWYDIR, BYRON, FORBES, and many, other
persons of distinction.
Covers r GARDEN.—Mr. KEMBLE resumed his- en.
gagement on Saturday night, and for the first time
afforded the public an opportunity of admiring thi
exertion of his abilities iN conjunction with those or
Miss O'Neter. The play was the Stranger, and at
an early hour the House was crowded up to the very
pigeon-holes. No sooner did the veteran Rorciut niake
his appearance than he was received with thunders of
applause, accompanied with shouts and waving of
hats. which continued for several minutes. This
country tour has evidently recruited Mr. KEMBLE'S
strength: his figure is fuller than when he was last in
town, and the powers of his voice have increased.—
Instead of being impaired by the accumulation of
years, his action displays augmented energy, and li!s
deli. vauon of character assumes still greater truth.
and reveals more striking and natural touches than
his former exertions were wont to exhibit. If he be
a setting sun. he sets in all his glory. His perfor.
mance of the Stranger was masterly. Those magic
changes of tone and countenance, which'depict so
faithfully and so powerfully the varying emotions of
nature, and which the enthusiasm of admiration
lately considered as novelties on the stage, because
successfully displayed by a new performer, thrilled
the heart through almost every part of Mr. lilesint,e's
performance, and clicked bursts of applaust!, and re-
peated shouts of bravo. Animated even beyond her
excellence by the importance of the occ.ision,
ass O'NEILL'S appeal to the feelings of the audience
was irresistible, and the united exertions of those two
unrivalled perfot triers, produced an impression which
we do not remember to have been esceeded by any
theatrical rdpreitiltatinit tva have eta witnessed.

THE pearcs.—The multitude collected in Hyde
Park yesterday, bore rather the appearance of per-
sons assembled to celebrate some festival, than the or-
diaary awed:nits of the promenade. The Ride, the
Drive, a d the Walk, were alike crowded, and such
was tie p.ess.tre of pedestriaos next rociadilli Gate,
of those tutering the Park and those coming from it,
that it required no iacoesiderable skill to escapt with-
out contusion from the iron bars. Noiwithianding
the sudden ch Inge in the state of the atir.o.phere, and
t Ie chilling blast which prevailed, the gay costume
of spring was every where perceptible, and gave to
the whole scene an aspect of the most lively descrip-
tion. Among the dashing belle:, and indeed among
all ranks, straw hats, of various corms, are worn.—
They are set cff by prolusion of artifici I flowers or
ribbons, act.. adieg to the taste of the wearers. Spen-
cers of sarsnet, velvet, and satin, are also In universal
favour. The colours most gener.:lly in vogue =ire
lilac. violet, azure blue, and rose colour. Pelisses a
I s Frannie are also numerous ; and among the M 1
who piefa heir carriai.tes to the promenade, satin
caps of fermi colour, richly trimmed with french
lace, are in esteem. Among ethers distinguishable in
tie splendid throng were—His Highness the Duke of
Geouezeren, Marquis WELLesLEv, Earl GLIM', Earl
BA.' I 1 UR STI Earl of GALLOWAY, Lord and Lad)/ CAR-
RINGTON, the Marquis of DOVGLAS, Lord A. HAIM L•
TON the Right Hon. Gemini: PoNeoese and Lady
M SONBY, Lord BINNING, SIT CHARLES and
Lady Ismorr, Lord FITICHARRISi Lord and Lady
SPENCER. Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH, Lord and
L.idy I.lu.tountl, &c. Of City fashionables there
was an innumerable display. In the evenicg St.
James's and the Green Park had to boast of a strong
muster of the bourgeois. Kensington Gardens, too, be-
gins to afford strong inducements to pedestrians who
prefer the pleasures of a delightful walk to those of a
r
Cr %ilia].l crowd.
At tile Chester Assizes an action was brought by
a brewer, to recover from a publican a balance of
Al2O, " ter beer furnished." The beer was sent in
barrels, arid the defendant haying gauged the last
beer delivered, fee keret that each barrel, instead of
35' contained only s 3 gallons. He went to tie brew.
hoese to complain of this deficiency, and was then
told it was the usage f the trade to put only :33 gal-
lons into the barrel. This sea of usage not being in
his idea consistent with honesty he refused to pay the
balance, and upon calculating the number of barrels
which he had received, he found that the total defi-
ciency, according to the usage stated, anuernted
more than the debt due. The usage was attempted to
be established, but the Learned Judge repreutted
such a practice, and suggested whether, for the sake
of the character of the house in question, it would not
be wise to prevent the matter going to the Jury, for
although it certainly could not bt proved that the de-
6eieec at question. had existed in every deli-
vered; t..r he would leave it to the Jury to say
whether WO WAS not the fair presumption ? The
plata fr consented to withdraw a Juror, arid thus the
gen was cAucellid, eacb pawn paying 116 ORII ousts.