Star.
London, England, 1825-01-22 00:00:00

MISS FOODE=SECOND stun:
In this sceptical age, when the merits of Shakspeare.
Milton, and Potatoes, have been impugned at one fell
swoop, some persons have gone so far as to affect to
doubt that the faculty of second-sight is possessed by
our northern brethren on the other side of the Tweed.
Luckily, 'however, for the honour of Scotia, instances
are too numerous and too Well anthenticated; lb permit
her thus to be shorn of one of her privileges. We might
refer to the assassination of Mr. Perceval, the battle of
Watetloo, and to several other events, all of which were
known in Scotland, before the couriers had left Lon-
don with the intelligence; but we shall rest our argument
in defence of second sight, on a more recent otctierence.
Every one knows that Miss roote's re-appeatance ttt
Covent-Garden Theatre has been constantly ammo e d
and deferred, and the Public is somewhat :lotions tir
know bow she will be received ? Thanks to our Northern
friends, we can satisfy the play.going Public in this re,
spect ; and proceed at once to quote the account of her
teception as it aneared in an Edinburgh Paper
of
,Monday last.
RE-APPEARANCE OF MISS FOOTE ON THE STAGE.
Covarer.GalDEN.—The announced re-engagement of Miss
Foote at this Theatre, excited so much public attehtion, that
a vast crowd of persons besieged the box-dflce for several
days previous, in order to secure places. Many speculated upon
the general eagerness to witness her return, and disposed of the
places which they bad taken at enormous prices. There had hero
much discussion among the Managers as to the character in which
She should first appear. It was proposed that the part should be
Juliet, but it was shrewdly observed by one of the Managers. Um
Juliet's lover was" faithful ;'--this remark led toot her proposals, sed
it was finally determined that she should assume the part of Opittlia.
Saturday night was fixed for her appearance. Every avenue of the
Theatre was crowded at an early hour,inssmuch that that vigilant
and active Magistrate, Sir Richard Birnie, ordered a posie of con-
'sables to attend, for the purpose of keeping the peace, and the
prevention of robbery. The theatre was almost instantaneously
filled as soon as the doors were opened. Mi the scenes preceding
the appearance of Miss Foote passed amidst such a buz of expec-
tation, that little could be heard, and yet there was no call for
" Silence." At length she came forward, handed by Larne'. The
moment she appeared, there was an universal rising from this seats,
and a burst of congratulatory acclamation from all quarters, whiclt
was several times repeated. The effect was strongly impressive on
Miss Foote, who seemed ready to sink under agitation—The fe-
male part of the audience seemed to be particularly affected.
Who will now deny the existence of seconi sight, for
although it is true Miss Foote has not )et made her
re-appearance on the stage, who can doubt that when
this event takes place, everything will occur in the
precise manner above narrated ?

We learn, by letters from Kingston, Jamaica, dated
early in December, that it is in contemplation, on the
part of the planters, to petition the British Parliament
for a compensation in money on account of the losses
sustained by the late insurrections of the isegioe-...
Several A; rests have been made by order of the Go-
vernment, in the Itoman Slates ; they have made
sensation, because persons distinguished by their rank
and fortune are implic,veJ. It seems that it is the Le-
gation of Forli which has induced these rigorous mea-
sures. Even at Rome; some persons of consequence
were arrested on Christmas night.
By the Westmorland, arrived at Liverpool, accounts
have been received from Calcutta of tie 24th of At-
gust. They state that his Majesty's ship Atligatni, had
a,rived therefrom Rangoon, with advice', to the 26th
of July. These represented that our army suffered
Much by disease; that all operations had been sus-
pended; and that the King of AVA had interdicted
all communication with the British force, &chit ing that
any bearer of propositions should be shot. The letters
from Calcutta mention, that Captain GRANT, of the
LIFFEY frigate, Commodore on that station, was alarm-
ingly ill, and one of them announces that his decease
had actually taken place, The Asia, Captain LINDSAY,
was loading at Rangoon, for London; and the arrival
of that ship may therefore be hourly expected, with fur-
ther intelligence from the seat of
.military operations.
At the Berkshire Sessions on Thursday; the 13th of
January, one Roger Pettit was indicted, under au Ace
of Parliament passed in the reign of Qdeen Elizabeth,
for compounding a penalty. it appeared from the evi-
dence, that in June last, Pettit discovered one Isaac
Chapman hawking without license, which subjected
the latter to a penalty of 10/. and that Pettit teceived
from Chapman 20s. as the price of his forbearing to
proceed against him for recovery of the penalty. Upon.
the clearest evidence Pettit was foistd guilty, and was
sentenced to both fine and imprisonment. By this cou-
viction Pettit is rendered hereafter incapable of suing
upon any statute popular or penal. This is one of se-
veral prosecutions at the instance of the Commissioners
of Hawkers and Pedlars, which have been attended
with like severe effect ; and as the Commissioners are
aware of this mischievous practice of compounetiug
being carried on by others to a considerable extent, they
are determined in every future case of the kind to rro-
seeute with equal rigour; and as in most cases the parry
paying the composition is dissatisfied *with being thus
robbed (his liability to the penalty also still continuing),
he generally gives information at the office of the fact,
and evidence is therefore seldom wanting to produce
conviction and punishment.
Twenty-three years ago, George Robbins, of Wethes
field, went to tea, and was supposed to be lost. His pa-
rents have long mourned for hien. On Sunday last les
brothers received from him the following letter, written
in the Si a tish Mines f—
" Yucatan, May 20, 1824.
" DEAR BROTHERS—.-TbIS Is die Brat time for 14 years I have
had an opportunity of writing to anybody. Fourteen years art
I shipped on board a smuggling vessel in Ilavannah ; we got
taken and carried in by a Spanish man of war, and were coo.
demised, and all of us sentenced to three years in the Mines.—
, We had been in about one year, when our Captain laid a plau,
we
thought to get clear, in getting out of the Mines. Our t.,ptain killed
a sentinel, we were eferpoweted. our Captain was gibbetted, and
all of us sentenced to the mines fur life. The Governor has cleared
one man for good behaviour, and promises to clear an of us
bis neat birth-day, if we behave ourselves as well as we hare
done. We are not allowed to write, but, by the help of a winos
I have gut pen and paper. The man that is cleared, carries the let-
ter out of prison, stuck to the bottom ul his foot. To relate say
misfortunes and sufferings, would be more than you can have all
idea of ; but the worst of them is over, 1 hope. If, through the
blessing of GOD, I 00 get clear, and once more enjoy illy iri:nds
and country, it would seem like a new world to me. Most likely
my father is dead., Give my affectionate love us father,
and all the sisters.
" Dear brothers, I remain your affectionate brother,
" GEORGE ROBBIN4I
• The old man is alive, and ready to go and visit Isis sans if 'her'
is no redemption.
A few days since, as Mrs. Elizabeth Pett, of Mat-
ate, was sitting before ate fire, her clothes caught
the
fames, and she was so dreadfully burnt, that she Was
with the utmost difficulty conveyed home, where she
lingered in a most deplorable state until Wednesday
morning, when death put a period to her suffe
Mrs. Pett was sixty-two years of age.—Saturn ty, at
Chislett, the clothes of a child of Mr. Carter's c orgt.t
fire, in the absence of its parents, and. it was ua rte.'
lately burnt to death.