Star.
London, England, 1824-04-02 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDi. N THEATRE.

Mrerny's excellent Comedy sit :111 in the Wrong, and the Mar-
riage if Figiiro, were performed here lest night, in a manner that did
tredit to the comic and musical strength of the company. The po-
polarity ut• Mr. C. Keano.c, for whose benefit they were acted, the ,
meth both of the Comedy and the Opera, and, in no small degree,
peth 10; the curiosity of the English play.going l'ublic to hear Ma-
' dame CATALAN' sing" Buie Britannia" and " God save the King,"
hrought an immense house—thronged, indeed, to suffacarion, even
to the slips and the lobbies. The excess of the crowd, in all parts
that admit of crowding, and in some that are usually protected from
such inconvenience, produced also another and more universal
annoyanee.• The noise arid uproar, from contention fur halves and
quarttrs of places, with the attempts, somenmes repelled and
sometimes successful, at scaling boxes front the pit, and jambing
up door-ways from the lobbies, might almost have revived the me-
mory of an 0. I'. row.
In the midst of this deafeliing clattiour, twis-thiraa of the first act
of the comedy proceeded with the effect of pantomime, for nut a
word could be heard ; and at last, by a pretty general call from the
pit, and other parts of the I louse, Mr. KIMBLE found it necessary
to vacate the st:ise, and give orders for the play to begin over again,
which, even then, had but a very imperfect hearing to the end of
. the first act; when Madame CATALAN', accompanied by DvausiT,
Isaacs, and a chorus, came forward to sing Bute Britannia. Ii
was loudly encored by a considerable part of the House, though
the style of the performance did not appear exactly in accordance
with the general taste of the hearers; any more than that of thi:
other national anthem, God save 8,4 King, at the end of the play.

DUEL IN HIGII LIFE.

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• A duel, which might have been fatal to one or both of the par-
ties, had the pistols used upon the occasion 'been properly loaded,
directed, and elevated, was fought within these few days by two
members of the haul monde. Some particulars of this alarming
affair have transpired. We give them as the voice of rumour has
conveyed them to us, and as fame is not the most veracious of
gossipsohtre may possibly be sense slight mistakes in the story.
Thu, however i; is :

A young Nobleman, Lord who has lately figured as a
principal in an elopement to the Continent with a beautiful married
lady, having heard at Paris that a Mr. 11-, who Was paying his
addresses to one of his Lordship's lovely sisters, had lately shewn
symptoms of coldw,as, and a desire to retract, determined to brave
al/ dangers, and call ;he ungallant suitor to account. Ills Lordship
accordingly ccinuis,ioned Colonel F- to arrange a meeting,
which took place, we 4elivve, on Saturday last.
When placed upon the ground the principals were desired by
their seconds to stand hack to back, and ..t a given signal to advance
six paces and fire, which was done literally, and we are happy to
say without mischief to either of the parties, the seconds having
prudently omitted a direction to the parties to face about previously
to discharging their pistols. A reconciliation immediately followed
this combat, in which we are informed all those aoncerned dis-
played the utmost coolness and determination.
Another report-of the affair has reached us, which states that the
parties did fire when at the end of the six races, add that Lord
B.'s pistol was discharged in the air, and that of his antagonist
into the earth; but we hope for the sake of humanity that the first
version of the story is correct.