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London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

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Seatiromide was repeated last night to cerowded
audience, and with-increased effect: the acting (as well
as singing) of Madame PASTA, was benutitul—and
were sbe implores pardon of and embraces Aram:,
was particularly applauded. Madame VasTam, as
Armes, was not ififelior in this respect ; and the beauty
of the duet which iinmediately follows (Giallo d'Orrore),
and the perfect manner in which it was given by these
Ladies, produced, is on the first . repiesentAtion, an
unanimous encore. Signor GASCI A'S part (!dreams) is
nos one of very great scope, but.he gave gfeAt effect to
that which he had to sing: The Ili 1, A
_guei deal,
in which he was supported by PORTO and Itemoattet,
was. delightful; and the quintett. Qual neesto de
rieila toetba, by the above and PASTA and VESTRIS,
4s much admired. The principal male character
(Aw) is performed by RbiORINI, whose powerful
bass is most efficient in the concerted pieces, and no llss
flexible in the duets. The-overture and chorusses were
jestlY applauded: one chorus strongly reminds us of
Der Freisdiate—we are not preparel to say which of
the Ope as was composed first. The chorus of Magi,
ill% the last scene, in which the subject of the overture
is assigned to the voice , is a charming compositi In.

THE Pons A SPORTSMAN. --" His HOLINEsS," says a
'tree from !louse," wing* fora few days to Filenueino, to enjoy
the pleasure of quail &booting."
The health of Sir JOHN RICHA RDsON, who Was Com-
pelled to resign his Judgeship of the Common Pleas,
from long continued indisposition, is so far restored as
to enab'e hi n shortly to return to ngland bons Malta.
By an Act of Vie present Session, the duties hereto.
fore chaiged on internal windows in d welling-houses
(commonly called borrowed lights) are repealed; we
therelne recommend such of our readers as are now
charged with the duties for windows of tl at description,
to give immediate notice thereof to the as essors of the
vespective parishes, who are empowered to make reduc-
tions in the assessments in the current year.
The Swedish Government enters freely into the ccurse
'Opened to them, of commercial relations with the new
and independent States of South America. Not only
are numerous expeditions to Colombia and Mexico
preparing in the ports of Sweden, but the Govern-
ment seems very much disposed to insure to the cons.
mercial interest every guarantee which may be re.
quired. An agent went to South America some time
ago from Sweden, and we now learn th it Consuls
wall be shortly appointed to all the American ports.—
The formal acknowledgment of those States does not
meet with any difficulty in the Cabinet of Stockholm.
The power of the Pore, as a temporal Sovereign,
Prince Marraatticit seemsdisposed rather to diminish
than to ailment. Even the Eccles'astical authority
of his Holiness is kept within strict bounds in the
Austrian Empire, where theprinciple i, firmly held—
" that all Ecclesiastical power, with regard as well to
its aids as to its means, is merely spiritual, and,
consequently, that the State, as such, is in no degree
dependent on the Church."
A poor man named Grimes, residing near Minna,
and *rho bad been for some time unwell, was visited
by a person named Kelly, who proposed, to remove
his complaint—a violent head-ache. He commenced
his operation by making an incision in his forehead;
and in order to take from the patient a sufficient quan-
tity of blood, had recourse to one of the temporal ar-
teries, by the sever in; of which a locked jaw was pro-
duced. The man lingered in excruciating agony
about two days, when he died.
A striking proof of the extraordinary daring of Bri-
tish seamen was witnessed in Greenock on Wednesday,
in the arrival of the Dart cutter, Captain Low, a vessel
of no more than 45 tons, from New South Shetland, in
the Pacific Ocean 1 The Dart went to the South Seas,
to co-operate with the Adeona, and having assisted in
Inking the cargo with which that vessel returned some
time ago, proceeded to collect another, and has brought
home a cargo of 6,000 skins, principally seal.
The late celebrated penurious JEDININOS, Esq.
of Acton Place, who was reported to be the richest
commoner in England, when at the age of ninety-
two, was applied to by one of his tenants, then in the
eightieth year of his age, to renew his lease for a
farther teem of fourteen years ; when, after some ge-
neral observations, Mr. Jainism& coolly said, " Take
a lease for twenty one years, or you will be troubling
me again r and this was accordingly granted.—Mirror.
On the commencement of the war which followed
the Peace of Amiens, BONAPARTE addressed Lord
WHITWORTH, then our Ambassador in France, in in-
temperate language, which he repressed with great dig-
nity. " Ile was so violent,' said his Lordship, " I
thought he would have struck me." The person to
whom his Lordship was speaking, asked, 44 Had that
taken place, what would your Lordship have done r
to which Lord WHITWORTH replied, "I should certainly
have drawn my sword, and ran him through the body."
BIGHT OF SEARCH IT CUSTOM-HOUSE OPFICERS.—
At the Thames Police Office, ran Saturday, the Secre-
tary of the General Steam Navigation Company, ap-
peared on a summons for obstructing a Custom-house
Officer in the execution of his duty. it appeared that
on the arrival of the Super.) steam-packet horn Ca-
lais, on the sth of March last, Forsyth, a tide waiter,
went on board to search the passengers, but was pre.
vented by the interposition of a Mr. Hall, who swore
that they should not he searched by such wretches, and
pushed the officer gently aside, which was declared to
amount to an assault. The Magistrate, Mr. HALL,
said, "It is not for me to try this question here. As
a lawyer, I have an opinion upon this subject, which
I shall not now state. But I a ill afford you the best
opportunity I can of bringing it to issue. I shall take
your own recognizance to appear to answer this com-
plaint, at the Sessions to be held on the 21st of June
nest—at the Quarter Sessions. And (turning to the
Solicitor employed) I hope the Commissioners of his
Majesty's Castoms will meet you there. Then, ad-
dressing himself to the officer, he said—" Let nee cau-
tion you. Forsyth, how you exercise this sapposal right
of searching his Majeity s subjects." Mr. HALL said,
he should most willingly meet this question at the
Quarter Sessions.
Considerable consternation has been ezeted in this
city this morning, by the discovery of a murder, which
has been perpetrated by some person or persous un-
knoa n. The body was di covered against the river
side towards Dolemead, wrapped up in a sack, in a
state of nudity; on the left breast was a cut extending
sane i ches tiLwnwards, and below it a stab, which had
perforated the heart. Several nth. r mat Its • were also
on various parts or the body, which is now undergoing
examiration. In the bottom of the sack was found a
large stone. The body has Lot yet h.en owned.—/foth
Gazette, May 24. •