Star.
London, England, 1830-01-26 00:00:00

A DELPHI THEATRE.

In addition to the attractions of the Elephant, this
Theatre last night presented a new Burlett*, called Slip-
per's Over—one of those laughable trifles which .is in-
tended for a short but pleasurable existence. Mr. Y v. 4
played the part of a young officer, who is all love and a
little for his supper, and Mr.JoriN REVVES enacted that a
a corporal, who is equally fond of frolic or of fighting. amt
who regulates the law of the community by what he calk
the law of arms and the civilisition of life. Between them
both there wee a considerable share of wins drank, and a
great proportion of another malt's supper consumed. Thera
was no lack of merriment to season these prarzical jokes,
and the audience partook of the fun, and laughed heartily
in concert with the heroes. The plot of the piece is not
strictly necessary to a true relish of its wit, but one is
given to understand that the officer, benighted. takes
refuge in the hose of the father of the damsel to whom
he is attached, and that, in his joy at the fortunate cir-
cumstance, lie cats up the old man's Last, and compels
the intended bridogruom and rival to wait at table. The
father goes for the Commandant of the garrison to take
the intruders lute custody; but true love prevails at last,
and when, " Supper's over," every thing is forgiven, and
the whole affair is settled by the Corporal according t..
the " law of arm and the civilization of life." The piecl
was received most favourably, and announced for rep.-
tition every night with general apulsuse.

M. Cuvier, in one of the early lectures of the C
which he is at present delivering at Paris on the natur
sciences, remarked the astonishing conformity whic!l
existed in the traditions of various nations with rest ect
to the period of the occurrence of the Deluge. The.
Hebrew text of Genesis fixes it in the year 2,349 B.C.
The Indians make the fourth age of the world—the age
in which we are now living—commence in the year 3,01:?.
The Chinese place it about the year 2,384 Confucius,
in fact, represents the first King, Yao, employed in car-
rying off the waters of the ocean, which had reached the
summits of the mountains, and in repairing the damage
which they had caused.
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON.—This great man was of
a very diffident, retiring temper, of which he sometimes
gave whimsical proofs. There was a certain Colonel
Humphries, a co-patriot and intimate friend of the ('e-
neral, whose notions of the pomp and parade of o:l.ce
were any thing but republican. He had long endeavo:red
to introduce the practice of levees, without snece, ;
length, however, the old General was teased into a..-
quiescence, and a levee was herd. When the coni:any
had assembled, Humphries advanced with the President
from an inner apartment, and as ha threw open the
door, he called out, in a loud voice, " General Washing-
ton, President of the United States !" Poor Washingtr.n
was so utterly confounded by this mighty announcement,
which came on him accidentally, that he could }really go
through the ceremonial requisite on the occasion. When
the levee broke up, and the President got back once
more-to his own parlour, he turned to Humphries, hi:.
officious introducer, and exclaimed—" You have taken
me in once, Humphries, but by Heaven you never sit-It
take me in again.' —Spectator.
A LAPLAND STRANGER.—On Thursday morning,
as the Reading waggon was on its way to London,
having passed Maidenhead, the ivaggonor discolored
a deer quite exhausted, having, it seems, been hard
run by some dog : however, finding the animal ap-
peared tame, be approached it, and took it without
difficulty, and eventually placed it in his waggon, and
upon his arrival at the Rose-inn, Fleet-market, some per-
sons present wished to have it killed as a bon bouche for
the cockneys, expecting it would produce something hand-
some by the sale of it ; however, it having got wind, it
was declined, and it turned out to be a fine rein-deer, one
of four which were being conveyed in the Bristol stage-
waggon to Mr. Cross, of the Royal Menagerie, but whAt
escaped unknown to the waggoner; and such m.B the
progress it had made on the road before taken that it
arrived in London upwards of four hours before tie. wag-
gon containing the other three. Notwithstanding the
extraordinary manner of its escape, it sustained reared:.
say injury They are a beautiful set of animals, feel
peifectly tam:.
SIGNS OF THE Timm—Will it be believed—nay.
can it be believed, that the Mayor and Corporation t fot.r
venerable borough, who have so long supported, and, irt
their turn, been defended by, hie Majesty's Government.
have at length declared their hostility to " the Pew( rs
that be !"—Yes, gentle reader, such is really the CAI,
strange and unexpected as it may be ; for we learn, from
undoubted authority, that, at the dinner given to the
Grand Jury, after the Borough Sessions on Thursday
week, and after Mr. Toone had been called upon to give
a toast, and had proposed " His !Majesty's Ministers,"
that the company not only refused to drink the said
toast, but the Mayor himself (Isaac Lovell, Esq.) who
was surrounded by two or three of our Borough Justh e ,
actually gave—" Ckarnpape to our real Friends, arid
real pain to our sham Friends !" an indignity, as far as
respects Mr. Toone, which that gentleman resented by
immediately leaving the company, and by subsequently
sending in his resignation as a member of the august,
though, of coure, not NM. " loyal" Body ! being de-
termined (to use hie own language) .1 no longer to remain
a member of a Body which refused to support his Ma-
jesty's present Ministers and the Government of the
country !"—Leicester Chronicle.

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