Star.
London, England, 1812-06-09 00:00:00

THEATRES.

KING'S THEATRE. The attractions of this splendid
place of entertainment on Thursday night, for
the benefit of M. and Madame DIDELOT, were such
as have seldom been witnessed in this country. The
divertisement of the Dal Chanel:etre introduced be-
tween the acts of the Opera, was so contrived as to
introduce the whole strength of the Cos de Build,
and never was an audience more delighted than with
the Russian Dais: which was executed by M. and
Madame DIDELOT. It exhibited an exquisite picture
of a Russian courtship. The grace and naivete dis-
played by Madame DIDELOT tilled the spectators
with delight and admiration. The varying passions
of love,scorn and anger, were, indeed, most bewitch.
ingly pourtrayed by both pet formers, and we trust,
that although advertised I IT that night only, M. DIDE-
LOT will not withhold such a charming composition
from the public. It was encored with great enthusi-
asm. The grand new Ballet La Refine de Gokonde which
followed is one of the most superb representations in the
power of an artist to produce, and exhibits an addi-
tional proof of that happy talent which has marked,
in a peculiar manner, all M. DIDELor's compositions
since his arrival in this country. The story is per-
fectly moral, and is taken from one of the light airy
romances of the Chevalier de Boufilers, in which, the
author elevates a French peasant's daughter, after a
great many vicissitudes, io the rank of Queen of Gol-
conda. In the person of an Ambassador from Franie
the Queentecognizosit faithful lover, to whom she had
been betrothed in her youth, but from whom fate had
long separated her. The artifices of the Queen to remind
the Ambassador of his early attachment, and an at-
tempt
made to assassinate him by a jealous Vizier,
constitute the Plot, and hasten the denouement which
of course makes the lovers happy.
COVENT-GARDEN.—Mrs. SI ODONS, on Saturday-
night, performed the character of Lady Randolph, in
Home's Tragedy of Douglas. No imagination can
form an idea of a more faithful picture of the grief
of Lady Randolph, which, long nurtured, had become
constitutional, occasioned by the loss of her husband
and her infant—the joy consequent on the discovery,.,
not merely of her son, but of such a son—and the
horror anti despair induced by his melancholy and
premature fate—than was displayed in Mrs. SIDDONS'S
performance. The interv'aw with Old Norval was
very fine—and the szene in which she discovers to
Douglas the secret of his birth, and that with which
she concludes, were exquisitely natural.—The cha-
racter of Douglas was excellently sustained by Mr. C.
Remne. The lofty spirit, towering and expanding
as views of greatness and of glory open to it, was de-
picted with boldness and disci imination. , The scene
in which he is taunted by Glenalvos, was particularly
fine—the struggle between the desire of revealing
the nobility of his birth, and the wish to obey his mo-
ther's injunction of secrecy, was pourtrayed with
great fidelity.—?'lie Siranpr (Old Norval) ‘'lts render-
ed highly interesting by Mr. KasiaLa. His tottering
knees, and faltLring voice, in his first scene, bespoke
at once the decrepitude of old age, and the powerful
effects of terror. Mr. BARRYMORE was respectable
in Glenalvon. Both in the dialogue, and in his solilo-
quies, he was forcible • but the deep, subtle malig.
nity, which Comte displayed, particularly in his un-
der-acting, was wanting. The house was very well
attended ; and independently of the intellectual ban-
quet of the evening, the audience were occasionally
delighted with some of the finest of the Scottish me-
lodies, which were played with great taste between the
different acts of this beautiful drama.

SUMMER CIRCUITS IN IRRLAND..-.The foilolllolr, we are in-
formed, is the arrangement for the Judges at the diffcrunt Cir-
cuits:
Home, Lord NORIRRY and Justice DAT.
J.einster, Justice DALY and Baren-SatiTn.
Munster, The Cults BARON and Baron Grouor.
North East, Justice Fus and Justice OsSORNe.
INotrhWest, Baron M'CLRLLAND and Janice MARRS.
Connaught, lustier FlaTeuza.

All the prisoners confined in the black holes (Idle
prison ships at Portsmouth, were liberated by order cf
the Transport Board, on the King's Birth day.
About a fortnight ago, a blood mare, the property
of Mr. Jackson, Queen-street, Glasgow, brought forth
1 two fine mare foals ; a circumstance, which, it is be-
lieved, rarely occurs in the horse species.
Fifty volunteers from the different militia regi-
ments to tpe line, embarktii at Leith on Tuesday,
for London.