Star.
London, England, 1823-09-30 00:00:00

bRUPYLA NE THEATRE.

This Theatre was lighted up last night, and thrown
4en to a numerous party, welcomed by a military
band, and who not only enjoyed a sight of the novelties
vitich the recess has brought forth, but also eiteicisell
their various tastes in discussing the merits of certain
ss hies, andsdivers other refreshments, about which there
seemed to he but one unanimous favourable opinion,
although they were freely cut up by almost everybody
present. With regard to the improvements, the first
icka that presents itself to the mind is the difficulty of im-
proving Drury. Lane such as it was lest season. This,
however, has certainly been effected in the ceiling. A
large quantity of gold ornament has been advantage-
ously added, and the lustre has undergone alterations
about which there will be a variety of opinio.ss. In the
scenic department there are two new drops of great
beauty and met it. The one is the joint proetiction of
NIA RINA and STANtlein ; the other, we be-
lieve, is wholiy from the pencil of the latter Artist. who
has distinguished himself beyond all his former efforts.
The magnificence of the Saloon has been increased by
the painting rf all its columns in imitation of marble,
and al,o by the drapery painted in relief round the tops
of its walls.
About eleven o'clock the different patties collected in
the Saloon, in which another band was stationed, to
v:hose martial airs the company promenaded. Here
edvindant refreshments, te,i, coffee, sandwiches, and wine
v.e:e served. In the body of the House the visitors were
adn,itred, as if to an exhibition ; but here they were re-
ceived as the guests of Mr. Eeetsrox, and everything
which could contribute to their comfort or entertain-
ment was most hospitably and comfortably provided.
Mt:ic for quadrilles and country dances was not omitted,
and in refined and social pleasures the night, and some
hours of the morning, wore happily away.

The Duke and Duchess of PORTLAND and family
kr expected in a few days, at their teat, Welbeck, Nottingham-
s:nre, trom Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of STANHOPE have arrived
at :heir seat in Kent, from a tour. _

The Earl and Countess of SURREY have arrived at
their seat, Worksop Manors, Notts, from a tour.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER arrived at his
house in Downing-street, yesterday morning, from Charlton.
The Marquis and Marchioness of LONDONDERRY;
Farl FIT:WILLIAM, the Earl and Countess of Haatwooo and Ladies
Ltsccurs, Lord and Lady bloats-in, Sir "Vina.r.ssi ELLIOT, Ban.
Sir Vinyard lscs.Est, Barr. Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lawny's, at-
tired at York last week to attend the Musical Festival.

Sir CHARLES and Lady LONG entertained his Excel-
kncy Baron Rum., and a distinguished party to dinner, yesterday,
at their seat, Bromley Hill, Kent.
Among the visitors to view Covent-Garden Theatre,
en Friday night, were two nephews of General QUIROGA.
The diamonds worn by the IVlarchionei.s of LONDON•
PTART at the Doncaster Race Assembly, were estimated at thirty
ti...and pounds.
111 r. ELLISTON has appointed Mr. BRANDON Director
and Manager of all .the Private and Family Boxes in Drury_
Lane Theatre.

We regret to learn that the body of Captain RostsoN,
R.N. of Anstruther, was found drowned in the harbour of that
place, on Wednesday last.
An Exchange-broker's servant, hitherto reckoned pen-
ATless, his bought a house in Paris for 200,000 francs. This for-
tune he has acquired by employing his trifling peculius► in slow but
fortunate speculations in foreign funds.

A sum of money has been sent by the Duke of Buck.
fNGHAM to Colonel Bnowtiz, and the visiting Magis-
trates of Aylesbury, for the purpose of liberating thei
debtors confined in Aylesbury jail. Pursuant to the in-
tention of his Grace, two of the debtors have already
been liberated ; but difficulties have arisen in negotiating
with the creditors of some of the persons confined,
which will, perhaps, retard their liberation. However,
by judicious management, his Grace's donation will
ultimately procure the enlargement of every debtor
now confined in that jail.
A futther dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound was last
week declared of the estate of the Portsmouth Bank.—
No less a sum than .£25,000 has been proved since the
first dividend, which comes in for the first as well as
the second, making together 10s. in the pound. •
Letters from St. Petersburgh of tht 30th of August,
mention, that the Capitalists had swept the market of
2300 casks of tallow, at 120 rubles per cask, which is
five rubles dearer than the last account.

In the American papers is a decision by a Judge of
that country, of some importance in an international
point of view, on the props iety of surrendering a person
who has fled for refuge into a foreign Stake, on the perpe-
tration of an offence in his native land. The case is
that of Edward Short, an Irishman, accuseclof a murder
committed in the county of Tyrone, and thrown into
prison on the application of a private prosecutor in the
territories of the United States, The Judge determines
that the accused shill be set at large ; but there per-
vades the whole speech, which comes: to the conclusion,
Much legal knowledge and good sense. He esteems
the stirrender of a prisoner, whenever it takes plate, as
batter of comity, in this agreeing with the opinion of
the most respectable of our own Judges.
Saturday the 13th inst. Mr. Welch, of the Plymouth
Inn, Fore-street, Dock, being in the Sound shooting
tells;.a rope, by accident, caught the trigger of his gun,
which exploded, and lodged the whole contents in his
thigh. Being brought on shore, medical assistance was
ptomply afforded, and the violent hemorrhage stopped;
but mortification being expected to ensue, his thigh was
amputated on Friday last, but the operation having
been too long delayed, he survived it but a few hours.
Dey Rosneu.—Saturday afternoon, as two young
Ladies of fashionable appearance were taking an airing
in Hyde-park, in the company of their mother, near the
.-,erpentine River, two fellows of decent appearance,
who had followed them for some distance, advanced
towards them : they not having the least suspicion of
theft intention to rob them, continued to walk on ; but
one of the fellows rushed on one of the young Ladies,
and seized her reticule, which he endeavOured to extri-
cate from her grasp. She, however, kept tight hold,
and the chain broke; on which the villains made off as
fast as possiblo with thiir booty. The young Ladies
Were greatly alarmed, but their mother, with more pre-
sence of mind, pursued them with the cry of " Stop
thief !" but nobody was within hearing ettept the rob.
hers, who made their escape. Fortunately just before
the robbery took place the young Lady had given to her
mother what property of value the reticule contained, and
the thieves did not profit much by their depredation.
Monday mot ning (or the preceding evening) three
stacks of peas were set on fire in Bening, Cambridge-
shire, the property of Mr. W. Bryant, and entirely con-
sumed. The perpetrator is ai yet undiscovered.
When PA RSONS, the great comic actor,diedo CHARLES
DOOM produced the tisllowing extempore:
" At the death of poor Ttirksti, Mirth's favourite eh:hi,
'Tveiat the two tweak Moses, what hope& and what testi!
then he heaved'his last sigis, sad Drepoowtsfsniirdi
Aid lortln If hatiittegou to shcd :Me."

VAPAL iNtELL:GENOt. .

r.stract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at bourdeaui.
dated Sept. 23.-" The Bonne Sophia, bound to Calcutta, we find
is not taken, as was reported."
The Hard, Maxim; for London, put back to Southampton yes-
terday, with much damage, hating been ran foul of by the Honour,
GILCIIEIST, from Newcastle.

Fatmorrtt, Sart. 28.—Wind S.S.E.—Afrived the hope, from
London for Van Dietnan's Land. Sailed the Mary, Roam!, for
London.

PORTSMOUTH' Sem 29.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Stephen,
Wasawr, from Petersburgh, with bowsprit sprung. Henry Carter,
Dorm, from ditto, passed by. Sailed the Demerara packet, Valu-
ate+, for Demerara ; Vibelia transport, for Dublin.
DEAL, SEPT. 29.—Wind F..N.E.—No arrivals or sailings. Re-
mait..f, his Majesty's ship RAMILLIES.
GREENOCK, SEPT. 25.—Arrived last night the ship Homer, KERR,
from Charleston—sailed thence the 19th ult. Left loading, for Li-
verpool. the brig Alexis, to sail next day. On the 10th instant,
lat. 46.0. long. 46. spoke the ship Cumberland, from Liverpool to
Quebec—all well.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 29.
Sims ENTRiIeD INWARDS—The Old Maid, Sappho, and Leeds,
from Fetersburgh ; John Albert, from Stockholm ; Martha, and
Concordia, from Dantzic ; Eatl of Clancarty, and Marshal Blucher,
from Rotterdam ; Union, from Falmouth ; William, and Emulous,
from Hamburgh; Elizabeth, from Nam ; Sarah, from St. Mary's;
and Elizabeth, from St. Domingo.
ENTIRID OUTWARDS—The Hercules, for Havre; Perseverance,
for Calais; George, Ann, and Hive, for Jamaica; Roseville, for
Venice; Unity. for Lisbon; Janet, for St. Vincent's; and Duke of
Kent, for Rotterdam.

CLEARING OUTIVARDSThe Vigilant, for Barbadoes ; Lord Hill,
for Lisbon ; Valiant, for Jamaica ; Weser, for Bremen ; Britannia,
for Hamburgh ; and Matilda, for Leghorn.
ARRIVED—At Quebec, the Nicholson, from Liverpool; Jean,
from Gibraltar; Wilberforce, from Newcastle; Hebe, from Lon-
don; Dido, from Demerara; and Southampton, from Bristol. In
the River St. Lawrence, ; and Thetis, Dimley, front
Iliverpool. At Newfoundland, Diana Ferguson, front Greenock ;
and Dublin Packet, German, from London. At Bilhoa, Welling-
ton, Edwards ; Miners; Morley; Harriet, Taylor ; William, An-
derson ; Teresa Josephina, —; Bramin, Rawson ; and Trader,
Castles, from London ; Alicia, Brand ; and Mount Vernon, —,
' from Plymouth • Hodgkinson, Cherry ; and the Stert, Lawson,
from Bristol; George, Nerlen, from Yarmouth; and Gleaner,
Mortimer, from Newfoundland. At Gibraltar, Cora, Le Grand ;
and the Hazard, from Jersey ; also the Fortitude, Smith,
from Nice. At Constantinople, Mary Ann, Meal; Eleanor, Ro-
bertson ; Skylark, Monday ; and Amphitrite, Morgan, from Lon-
don ; Industry and Nelson, from Gibraltar; Latona Bully ; and
James and Teresa, —, from Genoa. At Valencia, Albatross,
Harlow, from Gibraltar. At L'Orient, Pere de Famille, Jean
Pierre, Cing Sceurs, Africaine, Espoir, and Amphitrite, from Senegal.
DAVIS' STRAITS WHALE FISHERY.

The Middleton, Reid, of Aberdeen, arrived there the 21st inst.
with 15 fish, a full ship; and en Tuesday, the Bon Accord, Par-
ker, with 34 fish, also full; 700 butts, supposed to produce '260
tuns of oil. Captain Parker left the ice the Ist September, at
which time the Alexander, Picket, and Middleton, Cargill, of
Aberdeen, were both full ships.
The Alpheus, Duncan, is arrived at Peterhead with 27 fish, 180
tuna; the Dexterity, Robertson, 35 fish, 200 tuns; the Hannibal,
Robertson, 2$ fish, 210 tuns; and the Resolution, Philip, 26 fish
220 tuns.

Several vessels have also passed through Aberdeen Bay to the
southward, in the course of the week, from whom we learn; that
the fishing at the Straits this season, has been the most successful of
many years past. No accident had happened up to a late date; and"
all the ships were well fished.
MONTROSZ, Seer. 27.—We do not recollect a more cheering sight
than was witnessed here on Monday morning. All our three Davis'
Straits whalers appeared in the bay early that morning, and it was
soon circulated through the town that they were all bumper ships.
It will easily be conceijed what joy this intelligence spread among
the numerous families interested. The following is a list of vessels
reported : Eliza, Swan, 33 fish; Monarch. 26 fish ; London, 23 fish.
They are supposed to produce about 1808190 tuns of oil each.

Tray LATE GALES.—The late equinoctial gales have
greatly impeded the intercourse between Dublin and the
ports of Liverpool and Holyhead. The Belfast (which
is the best sea-boat out of Liverpool) sailed on Saturday
at six o'clock,l.. st. for Dublin, but some part of her
machinery failing, she put back, and her deck and cabin.
passengers embarked on board the Mountaineer on'Sun.
day, at four P. N. the wind blowing strongly from the
westward. She did not leave Liverpool until Monday,
at seven A.N. when from the head wind and heavy sea,
the Captain very properly made the bay of Beaumaris,
where he landed his passengers for the night, and pro,
Iceeded at seven on Tuesday for Dublin; but which he
did not make until two, A. M. on Wednesday. The St.
George sailed on Sunday from Liverpool, at one P.M.
but was obliged to put back, and come to anchor (on
Account of her depth in the water) down the river. She
weighed again on Monday, at nine, P. M. and proceeded
with some difficulty to Ddnleary, which she reached on
Tuesday morning, Dublin Freeman's Journal, Sept. 26.
A letter received yesterday from Cadiz, dated the sth
of September, states, that the disposition then existed to
make a capitulation, if terms consistent with the honour
of the Government and the troops could be obtained.
At that time reliance was confidently placed in the me-
diation of England, for effecting an adjustment honour-
able to the besieged ; but should that ill-founded expect-
ation fail, it was their determination to hold out to the
last extremity.
Up to the 30th June, according to advices from An-
tioch, shocks, of earthquakes continued to be felt almost
daily throughout 4yria which in some instances had
done vast damage. This, however, was not the whole
of the evil with which this unhappy country was visited.
The rainy season generally begins in December, and
continues, with some interruptions, till the end of March;
but from March to October it is very seldom that a drop
falls. During the last week of May and the whole of
June, it had rained violently withbut intermission, and
torrents pouted from the mountains. The Orontes had
overflowed its banks, inundated the fields, and swept
away men and cattle, the harvest in the fields, and that
already housed, trees, houses, &c. Above 1,000 persons
have perished. To fill tip the mtasute of misfortune,.
the plag%e has broken out at Beirut.
The Dublin Correspondent of Saturday, states, that
one of the persons arrested for the murder of the Franks
family has turned approver. This is the younger Shee-
han who sat in conclave when their doom was sealed,
but who denies having been inside the house when the
murdercus edict was executed. Through his informa-
tion six persons have been arrested. The female clothes
in which the ruffian leader was disguised have been se-
cured, and found stained with the blood of the victims.
• In New Hampshire (United Szates), where the pope-
lation amounts to 250,000 persons, an anhtial sum of about 9.5,000 L
sterling is paid in support of charity schools.
Qua:ls are very rare in China ; they are bought not
only for the table, but also to be trained for fighting ; the Chinese,
being as fond of this sport as many in our country are of cock-fight-
ing. When one of the combatants has lost his eyes, the owner of
the other sweeps the stakes.
The great foot-rate took place on Friday, at West Bromwich,
between Sam Bedoe, i native of the country, and JaMes, Ben
Burns' man; for 200 sovereighs. Bedoe took his ground at start-
ing. At 140 yards Bedoe *as sit a-head, James baying lost two
yards in the start. When near home he wail within four yards of
his adversary, but he could not head him,• and be attributed the lots
of the rite to a slip. Bedoe, the winnet, did his grotind within 21
seconds. Our Correipondent, i Birmingham man, adds, is your
reko in St. 011ees are playthings of vulgarity to what was trete wild
nested. The eollieti and women spit in the face of James in running,
which We were Otis 41hamed of."
Anothct Match, made it the same time, bet Ween the lame peat
triank for tee like tuns, will be tun this day, twenty miles froth Lon;
duis. Jail eves 10 /sr& ict M. Five to (Our an Janet.