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London, England, 1825-03-11 00:00:00

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VIE ARMY.
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Tends, rienflight; Jos& LAWIELT. .
inspected vise 59th Regiment,. at Bettevant.
LiettealoOt-Colonel Detafinav,.Rcrial Artillery, commanding
the Athlone Mulct, k. ordered to assume the command of the
Artillery in 3amaica.
We mentioned some time baci, that ierleant-Major Wawa'
ll'assintsr, of the ist Royal Veteran Battalion, had enlisted :sr line
recruits of the Line--since that period he bas' by his-indefatigable
exertions (which were not alone confined to Galway), enlisted 53
fine spirited young men, making a total of WI daihing young
fellows, fit for any service in the world. Tnese young then, who
have all been approvedof, are drafted into the 13th, 44th, sith,
and 65th Regiments.—Vsehusi Advertiser.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

Mr. MATHEWS, whose irPesistible humour and versa-
tility of talent have so long rendered him an idol with
all the lovers of frolic .and fun, was " At Hoare" last
night, at this Theatre, and was honoured with as mirky
visitors as the House could hold. His entertainment
for this year is called The Memorandun, Book, and con-
sists, as usual, of three parts. It chews up, with perfect •
good humour, a host of characters, and thus happily
displays the varieties of life. One of the most curious
characters with which he makes us acquainted, is Mr.
Theophilms Outline, a man who " has an eye for every
thing, and a pupil in that eye who never forgets any
thing." He commences the character of every person
he comes in contact with, but finishes nothing. Mrs.
Tinsel is one of those common and venomous• creatures,
but two frequent a disturber of the harmony of society.
She deals in insinuations, but never ventures an asser-
tion. Mr. Alum is the portrait of a well known prac-
. tical Chemist, with a kind of alembic face, and.a sort
-of crucible body. He mars the happiness and appetite
of all, by his exclamation of " Beware," " Poisonous,"
" I'm analysed it, and I know it." The anchovy sauce
he declares to be red paint and pickled. sprats ; and, is
fact, every article of food or drink conceals some mis-
chievous ingredient, which is guarded against by " Be-
ware." For his own part, Mr. Alum declares he never
eats, he tastes but to analyse. The character of Mr.
AUladt is humorous, and affords a very laughable hit
at the speculating mania of the day. He is always upon
the point of making a fortune, by some lucky expedient.
—Amongst other ingenious devices, he raises a com-
pany, with a capital of a million, for the purpote of
working a machine for curling hair of twenty bather
power. .He declares the City to be absolutely choaked
with specie, and considers it incumbent upon him. to
swallow up a part of the floating capital. The new
Milk Company is complained of for having aimed
all the pumps in the neighbourhood. The Mining Com-
panies undermine every thing. The Water Companies
pour in upon us on every side, excepting in cases of
fire, when they never intrude. He proposes to dig for
a silver mine on Primrose Hill, and to establish a Bri-
tish Mousetrap Company, which is to repay the sub-
scribers by the saving of toasted cheese. Mr. Methusa.
km is well worthy our attention. He is incessantly la-
menting the melancholy changes that have taken place
since the days of his youth, at which period there was a
newspaper once a week, but now he declares the times
to be so altered that it requires a week to get through
a daily.papee. A very humorous anecdote is related
in the second part of the entertainment, of a Watchman
who has long been teased by various Performers, who
at all hours of the night, disturb his literary amusement
of reading novels, by demanding " What's o'Clock?"
The scene at ,the police office, wheie the guardian of
the night prefers his charge, produced much laughter
and applause. Kama, and the poisoned Ghost in
. Hamlet, is, also very ludicrous, and excited great
amusement. In the third part we have all the cha-
racters united, and Mr. MATHEWS has fall scope for
.the versatility of his powers and .the rapidity of his
changes. The German Cook, who " weeps u ith ex-
cessive sensibility and skins eels," is not perhaps much
' overdrawn, and affords one of the most humorous
sketches in the latter part of the entertainment, which
is denominated "The Crown Imn—Danger," from the
circumstance of an inn called the Crown, having been
kept by a man of the name of Danger.
Such is a very brief sketch of Mr. MATHEWS'S
"At Home" of the present season. It is enlivened by
many humorous and effective songs, and Mr. biat
THIWS was hailed with the most cheering applause at
• the commencement, and throughout his performance.
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DRURY LANE THEATRE.--A new Farce was pro-
duced last night, called Change Partners. The plot is
founded upon one of those slight mistakes, which, of
however rare occurrence in real life, are of infinite
utility to dramatic writers. A Lady writes love-letters
for her servant-girl, and a Gentleman conducts the
amatory correspondence of his Yorkshire fr otman.
Unknown to one another, they both believe themselves
the passionate adorers of a person of inferior...rank, until
an eclaircisseinent takes place; and the confusion ends,
as usual, in matrimony. WALLACK, KNIGHT, HARLEY,
and Mrs. YATES, played admirably ; and the piece was
announced for repetition amidst geneml applause.
ARGYLL Rooms.—Madame CATALANI gave her se-
cond Concert last night, to a very numerous and fa-
shionable audience. the concourse was so great, that
by eight o'cluck.every seat and box in this spacious
Concert-room was occupied. Madame CATALANI
maintained her power' unimpaired throughout the even-
ing, though the number of pieces in which she sang
must have required from her no ordinary exertion.—
They were all received with the warmest applause from
the audience; but that which produced the deepest
impression was her execution of the few simple note;
contained in Luther's Hymn, which were expressed
with a force truly sublime, and, we might almost add,
little' short of inspiration. A repetition was unani-
mously called for. The other singers exerted t' ern-
solves to please, not without success, and the orchestral
parts were well supported.
CORN EXCHANGK, MARK-LANE, MARCH 11.
The arrivals of all sorts of Grain this week are tokrabiy lane.
There is not much business doing in the Wheat trade to-day, and
prices remain the same as on Monday. There is a dull tru a for
Barley, unless the samples are superfine. Beans sell very heanily
at last quotations. Peas have uo variation. There is a very large
quantity of Oats for sale, both English and Irish, and this article
as rather cheaper than on Monday.
Aasivats—English Wheat 5,650 qrs. Barley 9,900 qrs. Oats
13,5410 qrs. Irish Oats 15,909, qrs. Flour 7,050 sacks.
SMI'I'HFIELD MARKET, MARCH 11.
The Meat Market continues firm, at Monday's pricesvahhough
the closeness of the weather prevents the butchers laying in much
.rock. The finest Beasts are quoted as high as ss. 241. to ss. 4d.
per atone, and the larger and coarser Beef at 4s. to 4s. 1041. pet
stone. In
we Mutton trads
also Monday's quotation is rives;
the best Dod, Steep, Ste. are at Si. 641. Ss. Old. per stone. Veal
is dear, and not very plentiful, the best young Calves reaching
6s. 10d. to 7s. per stunt : and in Pork there is little variation frow
Monday's prices. Beam XO9 ; Sheep 5260 ; Pigs 106 ; Calveal 41
Beef, 4s. 441. to ss. 44. Mutton, 4s. 10d. is Ss. M. Veal, 64.0.:
Pork Is. 6d. to 66.441..-1467, per 16414, 65 Se. tit £5 Os.; Cloves
44 to 105. Suave, "QS. to
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