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London, England, 1825-02-08 00:00:00

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This convenient-sized Theatre overflowed last night.
The entertainments were the Life of an
.Ador, and the
new Pantomime. Mr. REEVE performed the Manager
is the original and excellent manner with which he
usually ponrtrays characters of that description. The
Leader of the Band was well sustained by Mr. SALTER
there is a good deal of quaint humour in this Actor
Mr. WILKINSON% dry, self-satisfied mannerism, in the
part of Burnaby Parsnip, we were auch amused with.
The Manager of this Theatre has very judiciously in-
troduced several interesting little female dancers, who,
with wands in their hands, went through a variety of
pretty dances. This is the most pleasing part of the
Pantomime. Mr. PAULO is an excellent Clown—se-
cond now to Young GRIMALDI only. Mrs. SEARLE
makes an interesting Columbine.

The Paris Papers of Saturday state, that letters had
been received at Bordeaux from Buenos Ayres, dated
the 14th of November, confirming the intelligence of
the complete defeat of CANTRRAC by BOLIVAR. The
news had reached Buenos Ayres by express.
The Lords of the Privy Council have appointed Sa-
turday, the 19th of this month, as the day for hearing
Counsel in support of the petition of Mr. Serjeant
Ronan, late President of Demerara, against General
MOIRA; late Governor of that Colony.
Friday, the election of a Member for the Borough of
Cambridge took place, when the Marquis GRAHAM,
Pon of the Duke of MONTROSE was duly elected.
The Lords who have taken ihe oaths and their seats
this Session, are Lord NAPIER, as a Peer of Scotland,
in the room of the late Marquis of LOTHIAN ; the
Bishoptof DOWN and Comma, and CHRSTIR ; Viscount
Sreancuroao an being created Baron Penshurst, and
Lord DALHOUSIR.

CATHOLIC Rest HI LoNnow.—Sunday evening the
fifth Meeting of the friends 'of the Roman Catholic
Rent in London cook place at the Catholic School-room,
Dean-street, Soho. Mr. Rosson, the Chancery Bar-
rister, was called to the Chair. After the usual routine
business of the evening was gone through, the Chair-
man stated, that last Friday, 291. 17s. 7d. was paid
into his hands as Receiver-General of the Rent in this
Country, and he announced the receipts of the present
Meeting to be 101. 9s. 7d. including a handsome do-
nation of 51. from their excellent friend Mr. Sweetman.
The Meeting adjourned about half-past nine o'cloct.
ll ,DIUL FIRE AT 13111MONDSCY.—Yesterday
af-
, about two o'clock, a fire broke nut in the pre-1
of Mr. Flockton, turpentine manufacturer, in,
Spa-road, Bermondsey. The manufactory was
With pitch, tar, turpentine, and other combusti--
old notwithstanding every exertion, the whole of
ilding and its conten:s were soon reduced to
Mr. Flockton's premises were situated close by
Bermondsey Spa, and, from the closeness of
ighbourbood, the utmost alarm prevailed for
safety. The promptness, however, of the en-
with the fiserarn, confined the flanies to
,operty of Mr. Flockton; and the supply of
, considerilig the situation, was abunclitt.. itlo
serious accident ()centred ; but it could not be
:ertained how the fire originated.

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