Star.
London, England, 1825-04-26 00:00:00

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THE ki.vG'S .VISIT to COVENT-GARDEN
THEATRE.
Thos./U*lh honoured th 4 Howse with his presence lilt night. It
was announced that the doors would be opened at six o'clock, and
long before the arrival .(that hour, the Imam entrances weesi be-
sieged by crowds, who boreal! the fatigue of staxding anil pressure
with exemplary patience, in the hope of being able, by obtsiaing
early admission, to secure a situation from which they could com-
mand a view of his Meassir. When, at length, the doors were
thrown open, the rush was tremendous. Nor was it • confined to
the doors alone; the struggle to ascend tit; stairs leading up to the
boxes was for some moments-quite tereMc, and rendered more so
by the screams of theme Ladies who had the hardihood to encounter
such pressure. There were two who very narrowly escaped being
trampled to death; fur, ,either their strength or their holds giving
way, they were forced down from the second or third stair, thrown
upon their backs, and with the greatest dilliculty dragged from
under the people's feet. In a very few minutes the House was
completely tilled to the roof. The crowd in the pit was so over-
powering, that most of the few women who had ventured into Jr'
were obliged to be taken up into the boxes, many of them in a
fainting state, and all as if just emerged from a bath. As the ladles
in the dress circle assisted in pulling them up from beneath, their
humanity was loudly applauded by the rest of the audience, par-
ticularly by the galleries, who seemed to appreciate it most fully.
Everything, however, was perfectly quiet and orderly before the
hour Of performance arrived. The Royal hex was handsomely
fitted up for, the Occasion ; it was made to project beyond the
others, in order to afford the audience a fuller view of its Royal '1
occupant, and was covered with a canopy, surmounted by a crown.
Immediately in front of the box, beneath It, was a platform erected
for the Yeomen of the Guard. Shortly' before seven o'clock, the
Kix°, attended by his usual suite, and escorted by a party of the
Life Guards, set out front Carlton Palace, and on reaching the
Theatre, was received by Messrs. KssataLs and FAWCETT in full
dress, who conducted him to the apartment prepared for las re-
ception. Precisely at seven. his Marine entered the box, when
the` whole audience rose simultaneously, and greeted his appearance
with the most enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats and hand-
kerchiefs, in return for which his Mosssis bowed repeatedly. The
curtain then rose, and the entire company came forward, "and sang
" God save the Xing," in the chorus of which both the Sovereign
and the rest of the audience joined. It was repeated in compliance
with a universal encore. The Kis° then again bowed to the

audience, and sat down, those members of his suite who were in
the Royal box. remaining unseated in the rear. The rest of the
'bite, together with the officers on guard, .ate. occupied the box
immediately over that of the Kuto. His Massery was dressed in
the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), and wore four
brilliant stars on his left breast. He looked extremely well and in
good spirits. After his Marten bad been seated_ a few minutes,
the Duke of You entered the box, and was cordially cheered.
After acknowledging the compliment by bowing to the audience,
bis Royal Highness took a seat on the left of his Illustrious Bro-
ther. He was dressed in the uniform of a Field Marshal. The
piece selected by his Kummer was I)er Freischnix, of • the
music of which he is said to be passionately fond. As soon as the
overture cemmenced, he paid the greatest attention to the perform-
ance, timing the music with the motion both of his head and
bonds, and at its conclusion he applauded it warmly. He manifested
equal interest in the performance of the rest of theOpera,and seemed
particularly pleased with the song which Miss PAvON sings towards
its close, and which, as well as most of the other airs, was honoured
with his applause. At the conclusion of the Opera, the audience
called for Riskafritennia,which was sung by the whole company,his
Meaner and the audience standing and joining in the chorus. One of
the verses was executenn a style of peculiar brilliancyby Miss Peron,
who seems tobave caught some of CseatArretbravura embellishments.
The air was loudly encored, but unread of it the Royal. Anthem
was repeated. The entertainment, Zing Charles the Second, then
commenced, with which his MAJzsry seemed to be greatly amused.
He laughed heartily at various passages, especially at that in which
Lady Clara tells the merry Monarch be ought to devolve his mid-
night labours upon Ms Ministers: The audience loudly applauded
every passage in which the Kinn 46 praised or his follies excused ;
and whenever be was spoben.of as ".a sad rake," or " no better
than the rest of them;' &c. both he and they joined in good-hu-
moured laughter. On the fall of the curtain, the cheers of the
audience were renewed, and Giid saw the King sung mice more ; at
the cdnclusion of which hi 4 idAstorir bowed profoundly to the au-
dience three times, and then retired, kis Royal brother and his suite
having first withdrawn from the box.
Nil rA L
Arrived off the Wight, the Buossa, Huxcinusou,' from the
Mauritius.
Arrived off the Start, the Camerons, TaTINOLE, from Berbice.
The Honourable Company's ship Inglis, Szeti, for Bombay and
China, wag all well on the 18th ult. in lat. 2. S: long. 21. W. The
Inglis .has 500 troops on board, for Bombay.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.R. to E. light airs.— Arrived
the Competitor, GADDY, front Norfolk (Virginia), in 50 days.
Sailed the Caldiot-Castle Hsu, for Quebec'; Ebor, Anoeason
for St. John's (N. 8.); SoLthwortit transport, for Barbado es; and
Lawns, Cason, for Teneriffe.
PLYMOUTH, Aunt. 24,—Wind S.W.—Passed by for .London,
the Clydesdale, AVGitt from Calcutta—sailed 3dJuitisry, and
landed passengers. Arrived hit Majesty's schooner Puts, 55 days
[rent Sierra Leone.

POLISMOUTII Arun. 45.—Light airs from the Southward.—
Arrived the Lrittiu,-BuRN, front St. Michael's. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Games, for North America ; Kains transport, for Jamaica;
and the Sovereign do. for Chatham.
Cows', APRIL 25.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Blucher, Poem
from St. Domingo, 47. days; Concord, Vaaßatax, from St:
Michael's; and Zephyr transport, from Leith, for troops.
Dias, Aratr. ss.—Wind S. W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Honourable Company's ship Gestic Huntley, Daus-
woes:from China; Rasa, JOHN ' SON from Jamaica; and Glory,
Pees, from The Sir Edward Paget, for India; John. far St.
Kitts; Mulgrave Castle, and. Columbus, for St. John's (N. 8.);
the Medina, for New South Wales;und several others remain, the
ilna4 three aving sailed yesterday, and since put back, the vind
being light and variable. • • -
await, Arm. 45.—Five or.sirlarge ships are in sight to the
westward, some of them are Indialnen- 01f the ports the Betsey
and Sophia GARRA.WAY, from Dominica; and Dimond,
front Batavia.

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GILAINIUNDi APRIL 25.—Sailed the Honourable Company's ships
Warren Hastings, ROWILS ; Lowther Castle, llama; and Assn-
bay, CiaalLlTler for China.
MAIIMIHAM, MAACK 19.—The Venus, AMMER' from Alexan-
dria and Pernambuco, is totally lost on this coast. The crew, and
a small portion of her cargo (Hour) were saved:

Six backney-coach loads of convicts were yesterday
transferred from Newgate to the Millbank Penitentiary.
Saturday evening a boy, four years of age, son of
Mr. Laurie, a tailor, in Stanhope-street, Clare-maiket,
was discovered, in a state of nudity,, in the vault of an
unini.bed house in Gray's Inn Road, whither he had
been decoyed by two boys, who seduced him, return-
ing from school, under pretence of getting. butter.
flowers from the fields, and having got him to the
vault, they stripped him, under pretence of brushing
'his clothes, and then lett him.to his fate, whence he
was extricsted by two of the Bow-street Patrol.
A discovery was recently made, that an organised
plan to rob the Dundee Union Bank, was formed by a
gong of the most daring housebreakers from London;
but steps were promptly taken for frustrating the ac-
complishatent of the plan.

Aire arrival of several Packets and Foreign Mails,
and the receipt of an unusual number of ship letters,.
prevented the letter-carriers from leaving the Post
Odice until a very late lour yesterday morning.
• Last week, a young Lady of Plymouth, on a visit
at a friend's house, near one of the extensive copper-
mines in the parish of Gwennap, on being informed
of the method adopted by the workmen 1,4 descend-
ing the perpendicular shafts of the
_mine, immediately
resolved to descend. the principal engine shaft, and
after having obtained the usual dress worn by the
agents on their visits to inspect the underground work,
descended with a light, to the depth of nearly 150 fa-;
thorns from the surface, when, having duga fine piece
of ore Irons a vein at that depth, the ascended the.
ladders with her guide, and reached the surface with
apparently little fatigue; a task %filch f.-w out of the.
great number of labouring females whose lives are
Alent on the suifa:e of mines would voluntarily have
luadgr taken.

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