Star.
London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN 7 HEATRE.

This Theatre was opened last night for the season,
with Romeo and Juliet. We noticed no alterations in the
general appearance of the house—indeed no change
seemed to be necessary, as the decorations of last season
have not yet lost any of their splendou.. The princi-
pal performers, as they came in successively on the stage,
were greeted with flattering tokens of " auld acquaint-
ance." There was son- ethtng peculiarly cordial in the
reception of Mrs. DAVENPORT-a veneration mingled
with regard, for those happy traits of talent which have
shone through so many winters, and still continue un-
impaired. JONES, too, was welcomed in an affectionate
manner, for, amidst his wildest flights of gaiety, there
appears always a genuine vein of good nature, which
remains on the memory long after the scene and its
merriment are forgotten.
To CHARLES KEMELE a distinguished tribute of ap-
plause was paid on his entrance. Of his performance
as Romeo it is unnecessary to speak, as public opinion is
settled with respect to its merits. A similar reason
prevents us from commenting upon the Juliet of Miss
F. H. KELLY, who is much improved in personal ap-
pearance, and was very favourably received. The
general effect of the tragedy was, however, impaired by
the interruptions which were caused by some noisy
persons in the gallery, who came chiefly to see the pan-
tomime. The cock,-the cat, the rat, the dog, and the
meal sack,were, in their eyes, infinitely superior to all the
poetry of SHAKSPEARE ; and they had their enjoyment.
The house was well filled, especially after second price.

Count FLEMING is appointed Mirshal of Sweden, in
the place of the late Count Von Essex. _ _

A law has been promulgated in Norway, consisting
of numerous articles, fixing with great Precision the limits between
the civil and military jurisdiction.
A I:andsome ship of the line, the Dronning Maria,
of 84 guns, was recently launched at Copenhagen, in the presence
of their Majesties the King and Queen of DIDIMARIL.
An extraordinary deputation of the Canton of the
Prisons, in Switzerland, is to go to Milan, as soon as the Emperor
of Auseata shall arrive there, in order to solicit of his Imperial
Majesty the final adjustment of various points in dispute between
the Canton and the Kingdom of Lombardy.
An Imperial Ukase has been issued at Warsaw, by
which Jews, who have hitherto inhabited the principal streets of
that city, are commanded to remove, by the Ist May, 1825, into the
most remote streets;whith are assigned them. This ordonnance will
be enforced when the time expires, without any exception whatever.
Our Papers are lull of accounts of the damage done
by a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning, which
passed over the provinces of North Holland, Zealand, Friesland,
Groningen, Drenthe, &c. along the frontiers of Munster, and which
continued, without intermission, from nice in the evening of the
15th, till nine the following morning. Several farm-houses were
struck by the lightning and burnt, and numbers of cattle killed in
the fields.—Detch Alper. •
There is a great deal of company still at Margate and
Brighton, as it is considered very inefaskimale to be seen in the
month of September in town. _ _

The claims upon the house in Berners-street are said
to amount to about £500,000, and the met, to about £400,000.

Advices from the Isle of Frmice still complain that
business is very low. The Governor had become very
popular in consequence of the improvements he was
making in the Island by constructing roads, &c. and
lessening the impositions formerly laid on the shipping.
On the Ist of January, the Batalago Act was done away
with, and ships allowed to load or unload in their own
boats, paying twenty chents per ton. to Government.
The SLANEY, of 20 guns, had sailed for Ceylon, on the
-16th January, and two men of war brigs had put to
sea, to look after a Fiench schooner taken by one of
them, having slaves on- board. Captain Clat k.on of
the Nancy, from Penang, was in confinement on a se-
rious charge, connected with the death of one of his
' men, and was to be kept in custody until a Judge ar-
rived to try him.
The Emperor of RUSSIA has, by an Imperial Ukase,
ordered a levy of two men out of every 500 persons
in his dominions, which, taking the whole prpulation at
fifty millions, will produce 200,000 recruits. This is
rather a large force, and although the Manifesto issued
on the occasion says, that it is intended to replace the
vacancies occasioned in his armies and fleets by the
" oidinaiy diminutions," and the retirement of the
soldiers who had completed their time of service, it
appears too considerable not to have in view some
~other object, which the future will reveal.