Star.
London, England, 1809-10-21 00:00:00

NEIV THEATRE, COVENT-GARRDEN.

The admirable dialogue, poetry and music of the
Duenna attracted, last night, a numerous and fashion- I
able audience. The boxes were completely filled at
first price, and were graced with a greater number of
elegant females than we have witnessed since the
opening night of the season. The most perfect order
prevailed, and the performance was marked with the
utmost attention until the admission of the half-price
visitors. The pit was the only part that was not
crowded, and of that not quite a fourth was left va-
cant for the half-price folks.
Even after their entrance some time passed before
any thing like a strong and systematic opposition
could manifest itself. Certainly on no former occa-
sion has there appeared so fair a prospect of the re-
establishment of tranquillity. Not a buzz was heard
until half-price, when the row began as usual after the
full-price had enjoyed a treat in the warbling of Mrs.
Diexoss, Miss BOLTON, and Mr. INCLEDON, in the
Dactiner, the two former of whom were encored.

The placards were as numerous as usual, and were
distri.;uted without opposition—but the pit audience
contrived to keep the gymnastic exercises alive. We
did not hear of any one having been taken into cus-
tody. E2sides placards, the letters 0. P. were very
prevalent, fixed on hats and ribbons. The Gentry
in the pivate boxes were last night assailed by the
pit orators, in language too indecent to mention.—
Amongst the placards were the following :

" 0 ! KEMELE, THY OFFENCE IS RANK.."
" No wonder Jack Kemble should cease to be civil,
Set a beggar or horseback, and he'll ride to the devil."

A caricature of Mr. KEMBLE, with a mournful
countenance, over which was inscribed Pity my
aiches.

" No fighting Jew,
Nor prices new."
66 DIALOGUE.

MANAGER—NOW AFTER ALL, JOfiN BULL, YOU WILL
PAY THE NEW PRICES
JOHN BULL—NO I'LL BE D—'D IF I DO."
" CALL ME COUSIN, BUT COUSIN ME NOT."
" SHERIDAN—A NEW THEATRE AND OLD PRICES."
" BRITONS NEVER SUBMIT Te IMPOSITION."
" When JOHN By :.L is imposed upon,
Threats can't make him dissemble,
He has conquered many a Don,
And will not fail to humble KEMRLF."
" Beware of mock charity upon the 25th."
" KEMBLE tries to gull the court,
He has tried the people in vain ;
But vain is this his last resort,
To cut the court and people in twain."
" The public are respectfully informed that Mecsrs. Kruitt,
CLARK E, and READ have joined their concerns."
" John Bull's voice has humbled many, and it rust humble
John Kemble's."

" If Captain BeLL continues his nightly cruise, he will regain
his cld priccJ, and capture that private-ti,r."

The person who held this placard, pointed to the
Private Boxes.

Mr. SHERIDAN, who was sitting in the Stage Box,
happened to be recognized by several in the Pit, and
they exclaimed, Bravo ! Sheridan ! A speech from
Sheridan !—This Gentleman did not, however, com-
ply with their wishes, but retired.
There were several indecent placards, in large
characters exhibited to the private boxes. There was
also a bill, printed in the form of a play-bilt; which
had very little point, it being a mere echo of one pub-
lished at the beginning of the week, burlesquing the
Managers, Mendoza, and others. A considerable num-
ber of Ladies retired after the second act of the Duenna ;
and, at the close of the afterpiece, not a syllable of
which was heard, the audier.ce seated themselves, and
" GOD save the King," and " Rule Britannia," were
sung; and, after three cheers, the company departed.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

SEVILLE, ISZETEMBER 16.

Atnong the Spanish heroines who have so much
contributed to the defence of the country, and the
honour of their sex, Do_nna Susanna Claretonna, wife
of D. Francisco Fel°ll6, merits a distinguished place.
By her services in the companies of Somatenes, she,
some time ago, acquired the rank of Sub-Lieutenant
of Infantry. By certificates from the Justices of the
town of Capellades and Pobla de Claramunt, and by
information from the Commander of the division in
the Lilobregat, transmitted to the War-Office by
Lieutenant-General the Marquis of Coupigny, it ap-
pears, that Donna Susanna has served, with her hus-
band, in the Somatenes, from the very commence-
ment of the war. She has been present in a number
of actions, and on one occasion being surrounded by
the enemy's cuirassiers, she fought her way through
them, and after killing several of her opponents, re-
joined her company. The reputation of her valour
procured her the appointment of a Commandant of
Somatenes, in conjunction with her husband.

On the 14th of March last, she prevented the
enemy from entering the Capellades, distinguishing
herself by her steadiness, and the repeated discharge
of her blunderbuss, which occasioned the disgraceful
flight of the enemy, with the loss of several killed,
wounded, and prisoners. With the same intrepi-
dity and coolness, she continued to serve in several
subsequent affairs, until that which occurred on the
21st of Jbne, when she received a severe contusion,
which has confined her to her bed.

His Majesty, attending to the distinguished merits
of this patriot, and the recommendation of the Mar-
quis de Coupigny, has been pleased to grant to her
said husband D. Francisco Felonch, the pay of a Sub-
Lieutenant of Infantry; and to order that these traits
of valour and loyalty, of which the Spanish females
have given so many examples at this epoch, should
I,be published in the Government Gazette.

The Supplement to the Government Gazette of this
date contains a long letter from the Marquis deSome-
ruelos, of the 11th June, offering his resignation of
the Captain Generalship of Cuba and the Floridas ;
with the aliswer of the Supreme Junta, dispatched on
the 7th, refusing his resignation, and confirming him
in his various appointments. The Marquis wished
to be excused from holding his present, or any other
public employment, to avoid any suspicion of his be-
ing in correspondence with the Count de Montarco,
his father-in-law, who has accepted from the Usurper
the office of Royal Commissary for the province of
Santander. The Marquis was first apprised of this
circumstance by a paragraph in the Valencia Gazette
of the 21st March. He gives an extract of a letter,
dated the llth of last October, from the Count, en-
couraging him to persevere in his patriotic career;
and imprecating the heaviest curses upon those who
should attempt to dissolve the alliance between Spain.
and England. He says he cannot account for the
opposition between the Count's professed sentiments
and his conduct, but upon the supposition of being
unable to effect his escape from Madrid, he had in-
voluntarily entered into the service of the Usurper for
the present, with the intention of abandoning him at
a proper opportunity. If this conjecture should not
prove correct, the Marquis wishes that all the cur=es
contained in the above-mentioned letter may fall up-
on the head of his noble relative. In offering his r. -
signation, he begs that he may be permitted to serve
as a private soldier, in any regiment of Veterans or
Militia in Spain, or America ; enjoying, he adds,
" whatever pension my services may be thought en-
titled to, for at this moment I have no other means
of subsistence, the whole of my property being in the
possession of the French, or in the hands of Count
de Montarco. I shall serve with pleasure as a sol-
dier, because I shall be employed in the defence of
my country, and I shall be free from all anxiety ;
because the most malevolent cannot attach any sus-
picion to my conduct." The letter concludes with
a brief statement of the exertions and sacrifices which
he had made for :he patriotic cause since the 17th
July 1808, when he was first apprised of the perfidy
of the French Emperor. His personal donations re-
mitted to che Supreme Junta amount to 7000 dollars,
being the full half of all his appointments.
The Supreme Junta, in their answer, endeavour,
in the handsomest manner, to soothe his wounded
feelings. " In this awful crisis," they remark, "in
which our heroic nation is placed, it is not one of the
least of our calamities to find, that our enemies have
by their perfidious suggestions and atrocious proceed-
ings, been able to sow dissention among families ;
and, as in a civil war, to separate friends and rela-
tions from each other. But let not your Excellency
conceive, that either in the eye of the State, or of
public opinion, the disgrace of particular individuals
can tarnish the lustre of others."--" Let good pa-
triots, enjoying the complacency of conscious recti-
tude, and alike honourable in the eyes of the world,
in good or in bad fortune, continue to perform the
first duty of every citizen, which is to aid their ccun-
trr, when struggling for existence, and to resist with
their utmost efforts the torrent which threatens to
overwhelm her." They then proceed to inform him
that the contrast between his conduct and that of his
Father-in-law, redounds the more to his honour, and
that they cannot permit him to resign a situa! ion
which he has filled so much to the advantage of the
country.

SEPTEMBER 26.
Head-quarter, Tarragona, Sept. 13.

Lieutenant-Colonel Augustin Amanda has sent a
dispatch to the Captaia-General of this army, and
principality, under the date of the sth inst. from
Martorell, in which it is said, that in the neighbour-
hood of Barcelona the enemy had some pieces of can-
non collected before the battery of St. Peter the Mar-
tyr. Thus apprised, he proceeded thither with a small
party, whom he rewarded for the duty they under-
took, and taking advantage of the obscurity of the
night, he obtained possession of two 4.-pounders and
one 3-potn.JPr, manufactured in Barcelona in 1803,
with a quantity of balls and ammunition, all which
was safely conveyed to Martorell.