Star.
London, England, 1825-12-02 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DRURY•LANE.

jgc .vehosl for Seandal was performed at this House
I,,tnlght, with considerable novelty in the representa-
-11,1 r.t die prim ipal female characters. Miss KELLY
Lady Teazle, and Mrs. DAsitsota sustained the
cf,iop.satlvely. trifling part of Mrs. Candour. In the
rxr,oslo:l of true feeling, pathos, and singleness of
Fehr, which occasionally appear in the ci dement rustic,
Miss KELLY was eminently successful ; but in her por-
!Nitore I the ilasliing, volatile, nearly criminal, votary
rt 14shion, she was inferior to many of her prede-
tci,cas in the character. Mrs. DAVISON'S performance
ot Mrs. Catalonr was excellent t DOWTON, in Sir Peter
spirited and correct. The other characters
sae cast as usual.

COVENT-GARDEN.

Vie Rivals wAs performed at this Theatre last night.
JONES was to have assumed the character of Acres,
he continues indisposed, and the representative of
• ii;hiing• Bob. last night was Mr. BLANCHARD. ,•••
I,l,lame VESTKIS supported, with some spirit, the love-
!ci: Lydia. In Julia, Miss A. TONES was interesting ;1
IA Mr: POWZR had the trifling part of Fag. These
lire the novelties in the cast of the play. Mr. C.
Kimist.E resumed his original character of Jack Ab-
siute, and Mr. FA RRIN and Mrs. DAVENPORT were, as
usual, the able representatives of Sir Anthony and Mrs.
.latiprop. The House was well attended.

The East India Company took their share yesterday
with the Bank in efforts to relieve the commercial world,
luring, given notice that the payment on the tea then
Lied to take place, might be postponed, at the option
et the parties* to a future period, on paying of interest
fel the delay. - The -payment is estimated at between
300,000/. and 4(.0,0001.
The letters and papers from Batavia state, that an
wort, with treasure, consisting of 40 soldiers, and with
'..t0,000 silver rupees (about 20,00014 proceeding from
Batavia to Souptha, had been attacked by the Rajah of
kulo. Every man was killed, and the treasure seized
by the insurgents. •
Letters have been received from Mexico to the 2d of
October. The sickness lately so prevalent on the coast
had reached the capital ; the letters state that 1000
peopie were buried in one week, chiefly from the rnea-
sles, Trade was, in consequence, very dull; exchange
with England nominally 54. to 5.5.
"fhe accounts from Vigo Bay teach to the 10th ult.
The stormy weather still prevented the further progress
of the adveeturers in searching the vessels they' have
already discovered. No attempt had been made with
the diving-bell.
The Brussels papers contradict a report which pre-
'inled in that city, that the frigate on board which
31. Dorms ne Gnisstozeres had embarked for Bata-
via, had been wrecked off the coast of Portugal.
'fee Jesuits have lately celebrated at Rome, in a
most pompous manner, the beatification of a member
of their Order. There were three solemn masses, and
as many vespers, accompanied by two large orchestral.
The facade of their church was profusely illuminated
on three successive evenings, and a large band of music
Played in the area before the edifice, to amuse or edify
the populace.
Saturday, at Leeds, Mary Wright, a girl six years
01 age, was so dreadfully burnt, as to occasion her
death in four hours.
Considerable curiosity is excited by the appearance of
'n immense structure now building by Messrs:f AYLOR
trd WRIGHT, of the Borough, for the manufacture of
Pins, in the Borough Road, close to St. George's Mar-
ket, the west side of which faces an opening to the
London Road. The dimensions of the building are in
"myth 185 feet, in width 40 feet, and in height 50 feet,
and coniain upwards of 120 windows, besides loop-
_,l''ltc. The pins me to be made entire by ore blow of
The machinery, to be worked by steam, at the rate of
19,000 per minute, chit fly for the export trade. The
"am engine chimney is 110 feet high, but it is thought
it must come down, the foundation having sunk so
al to cause it to incline, on the east side, at least two
fief trona the perpendicular. -
Old Wxwirzert was joking and laughing st a re.
teaval, instead of minding the business of the scene.
I Asyloun, who was then stage-manager, took him to
task for this, and said, " Come, Mr. Wewitzer. I wish you
zo.uld pay a little attention."—" Well, Sir," answered
‘e" iizer, "so 1 i m—l'm paying as Utile as Ica's."
r DLcittAsE or RELIGION.— In 1815, after Ishse:a.coN's
tetum, a violent Royalist excliime,l to his Confessor,
010 happened to dine with him at Ghent—" What!''
' t"Lia'cl he," Henry 111. and IV. were ass:tssinated,
anti nobody can be found to rid us of the Usurper-3o-
:Apar e?"—The Priest fetched a deep sigh :--46 Alt,toy dear Sir," said he, " there is no longer any religion
!r. the world as in those days!"—.BON APA RTS is said to
'4' t ben muzli ernsesi with this anecdote.

FASHIckNAIII2E iNTELLIGENCt. .

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Lord and Lady F. L. Gower arrived yesterday at their house in
Alhensarle.street, from a tour.
Lord Molyneux arrived in town yesterday, from Croateth Hall.
Sir Wm. Scott, Batt. arrived yesterday at the Royal Hotel, St.
James's-street, front his seat in Scotland.
Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. M.P. arrived yesterday in St. James's.
square, from his seat. Tatton Park, Cheshire.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey have arrived at their seat, Mid-
dleton Park, Oxfordshire. (rein a tour.
Don Manuel Sarratea has arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent-
street.

Sir John and Lady Marckbank have loft Cook's. Hotel, Albe-
marle•strert, for Paris.

Sir William Abdy, Ban. has left town on a tour.
Earl Verulans has arrived at his seat, Gorhambury, Herta, from
a tour.

Departures from Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Captain Lindsay,
for Cheltenham; J. Owen, Esq. for Bath; and J. Garth, Esq. on
a tour.

Arrivals at Fenton's new Hotel, St. James's-street—Sir William
Parker, Bart. from bis seat in Suffolk ; Major Graham, 10th Dra-
goons, from a tour; James West, Bag. from Warwickshire; and
Capt.Wollaston, B. N. from Suffolk.

BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY.

Yesterday a meeting of Shareholders in this Com-
pany was held at the Auc. ion Matt, in consequence of
a previous meeting, which hod been held at the Offices
of Mr. Fenton, the solicitor.

Mr. FENTON now appeared as the representative of
several Shareholders, who had paid deposits on their
Shares, but refused to pay up, on account of the alarm
which had been excited as to the prospects of the Com-
pany ; and, also, from the refusal of the managing
persons to give any infotmat.ors as to the transactions
of the Company.
Mr. VIGERS said, lie appealed there as the prote.tor
of hos daughter, who had p•►rchased SO of the shares of
Mt. each, but he hai refused to pay fut flier calls until
he received some information as to what the prospects
of the Company were, and what t' ley had been doing.
Mr. HORNE and another Gentleman wished to know
whether Mr. Vigers was not concerned in the Imperial
Gas Company, and if he was not actuated, by such
connection, to make the opposit on he bad manifested?
Mr. Vigers.said, he was nut : he had made no tender,
and knew no more of making gas than the inhabitants
of the moon!
It was here intimated, that it was a Mr. Vickers, and not Mr.
Vigers, that had some connection with other Companies.
Mr. VIGERB and Mr. FENTON then proceeded to ob-
serve, that all they wanted was some information as to
the state of the Company ; until that was done they
would not pay up.
Mr. Holum said, they would then become forfeited
shareholders. He was a shareholder, and was per-
fectly satisfied with the Company, which he considered
in a nourishing state.
Another shareholder spoke to the same effect, and
instanced that Mr. Alderman Thompson had bought
several of the shares, when at a premiyM, which a per-
son in his situation would not have done,. had he not
considered the Company respectable.
Mr. Viczas said, that was no answer to him. He
would not pin his faith on any man's sleeve. Why was
not the information sought for given ? There had been
many reports respecting contracts which had been
made, and complaints of the unfitness of the pipes which
had been bought. It was also well known that the
shares bad been raised to a fictitious value.

Mr. FENTON said, the Company had deviated from
their prospectus. In that it was stated, that the Com-
pany were to light cities and town:4ot then suppling
with Gas, instead of which they had laid down a Pant-
her of pipes by the side of other Gas Companies' pipes.;
There were many circumstances to warrant Shareholders;
itt not paying up all the calls, and signing the deeds;
which, if they did, they would tender themselves liable
to every shilling of their property.
Mr. HORNE said, the Company could not be in a bad
state, when six shareholders, of 200 shares each, and
who had paid up, could not be found to calla meeting.
If Mr. Vigers and others would pay up, and sign the
deed, they would then have a legal claim to call a
meeting of the Directors, who would then answer every
question ; but till they did that, they had no legal
claim to demand a meeting.
Mr. Vicuna said, he supposed that certain persons
wanted the deposit-money of shareholders to work upon
for their own profit, and to forfeit the shares. He had
come forward manly and honourably—let information
be given—he would be satisfied with a report of a
Committee of four persons, two from each side. If
information was not afforded, they must get it another
way. A few interrogatories in a Bill et Chancery,
would, perhaps, produce some light.
Mr. FLIITON spoke to the same effect, and stated sonic recent
decisions of the Lord Chancellor respecting Companies.
Mr. lloaes, and another shareholder. spoke favourably of the
Company and its prospects, and reiterated several times their
former observations.

A desultory conversation here took place, and all the topics before
adverted to were renewed : and at length the assembly separated.
We understand proceedings in Chancery will be instituted.

Mr.. Secretary Palm, at the Anniversary Dinner ofl
the Royal Society, on Wednesday, announced that his
MAJESTY had placed two annual medals of the value
of fifty guineas each, at the disposal of the Council of
the Royal Society, to be distributed by them as rewards
for scientific discoveries. The two Copley Medals were
awarded to M. ARAM the Astronomer Royal of France,
and to Mr. BARLOW, the Professor of Mathematics in
the Military Academy at Woolwich. Both these me-
dals were given for discoveries relating to the variation
of the magnetic nee !le.
The Brussels Oracle announces a serious struggle
upon the road ttom Fechaus to Mairousel, Province of
'Namur, between a party of French smugglers and the
Belgian revenue officers. One of the smugglers received
a ball in the shoulder, of which he died next day.
The Nile has retired very promptly•this year, and the
next harvest will be still less abundant than the last,
which was far from heavy. The exportation of corn is
expected to be prohibited. and this will exercise a very
trnlavnurable influence upon the finances of the country.
An Inquest was held yestei day, at the sign of the Pied
florae, Chiswell-street, in consequence of the sudden
death of J. M..CATTA, Esq. of Finsbury-square, when,
after an investigation of the circumstances, and from
the evidence produced, the Jury immediately came to
the conclusion that it was occasioned by a spasorodic I
affecti•.n of the chest, to which the deceased had been
subject, and retained a verdict of " Died by the visita-
tion of GOD."
TUE GENTEEL BOTCHER.IO the Bristol multet, a
Lady, laying her hand upon a j.,int •of veal, said, " I
think Mr. F. this veal is not quite so white as usual:'
" Put on your glove, Madam, replied the dealer, and
you will think differently." It may be needles to. re-
mark, that the veal was ordered home witout another
oord of objection. .

LAW INTI LLIGENCB,

COURT OF. KING'S BIiNCII. Dammaml.

BROOKS AND ANOTHER V. NIGHTINGALE AND ANOTHER.
The plaintiffs are coal-merchants in Scotland Yard,
and the defendants are ta;lors, who had guaranteed the
pl int.ff. to the amount of 2001. for coals, to be supplied
to one James C x. The guarantee was in 1818, and by
it a credit of three months was reserved CO Cox, and two
month,' notice was to be given to the defendants of
Cox% default.

It appeared that Cox neglected to pay for the coals
supplied him by the plaintiff•, and the plaintiffs were
compelled to resort to their guarantee. It was contended
for the defendants, that according to the strict con-
struction of the words of the guarantee, the plaintiffs
ought not to have trusted Cox on their credit, for a
longer period than three months, and that they. should
also have given notice to the defendants of Cox being in
ai rear.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion, that the plaintiffs had
complied with the terms of the guarantee, and that the defendants
were liable under it. If there was any legal objection to the con-
struction of the agreement, the defendants might take advantage of
it hereafter.—Verdict for the plaintiffs.