Star.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

'MEETING OF WE r:7l INDLI SIIIROWNEPS,
TIDS DAY.

A General Nleeting of the Ship•owners in the West
• India Trade, from the port of London, was held at
the City of I,o'ircion Tavern at one o'ciock. for the
pdipoie of tecriving a Report fro & their Commit-
i.tee eoncerhing ti:e Petition yet:6llly. Pret.:efited to the
Hous.e of ,e,orrrilcils for a:: equalizalion o! the duty
lon East ;tint West India sirga..,:• A counter Petition
to the lionse of ell!l•niolts' was agreed to, represent-
tliqt such a rtieasure was unjust to the Colonies,
and would occajori. .eir ruin.
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Kixo''Triga.:rat...--,The Opera Howe was itumer-
ouSly intended on Saturday night. The boxes pre-
seated a brilliant display of faslricn, and the enter-
tainments gave general sati,facti.in. The new Ballet
of _lifted (kr Great is become exceedingly popular.
The scenery is tincemnroiA beautiful, andthe dancing
is_ excellept.
Co vxsi-G An DE A new Tragedy was brought
forward on Saturday evening, and received by a
crowded aadiefice with very great applause. The
fair author (for. Ladies now-a-days bear away the
palmfrom !Teti, wlte:vver works of imagination are
concerned) is Miss Myryorto, who is already favour.
ably known to the literary world: The following is
an outline or the fable:
Ruggiero (Mr. Benner), Duke of Melfi, and Regent of the
kingdom of S!cly, as ut:cle and guardian of the young King
Alfonso (Miss Fours), having ordered preparations TO be made
at Messina for the coronation of the latter, under pretence of
proceedir6s thither for the performance of that ceremonial,
leaves
.17111 a d'Oro with his charge, and in a lonely part of
their way, which lay through a pass of the Albano mountains,
is on the point of murdering him, when his son, Prince Ju-
lian (Mr. nacitranv),. who had ridden forth to meet them, Is
drawn to the spot by the cries of the victim, in which he recos-
nises the voice of Alfonso, and rescues him by stabbing the es-
sassin, whom, as he Calle,' he disco'vers to be his own father.
Struck with horror at the crime of Lis parent, and apprehensive
of farther danger to the youtig Kies, he flies with him to his own
palace, and introduces Mint° his bride, the Princess Ann abef(Miss
Lacy), in the character of a page, under the name of Tlanodore.•
The horror of the agonizing scene in which he has been engaged
throws him into a delirious fever, under which he has been suf-
fering during eight days at the period of the opening of the play,
which discoveri the Princess Aimabel'and the young Kies hang-
ing in tender and anxious solicitude over. the couch of Juliana
who, gradually recovering his reason, awakens to the conscious-
ness of his deplorable situation, in having been a witness of the
treason of his father, and' as he believes, his murderer. The
Duke of Melfi, however, through tftnely succour of a muleteer,
recovers,• and spreading a report of the murder of Alfonso by an
assassin, by whom 'dwelt had been also wounded, naves at
. Messina, and causes himself to be proclaimed as King. Julian,
called
.upon by- his father to recognize his sovereignty, vainly en-
deavours to dissuade him frbm persisting in his-treasonable usur-
pation, and failing in the atttmpt,•renoutscea him,' and inter-
rupts the cerentonail of his coronatioanby.reshiag into the midst
of the assembled... Nobles with the young Alfonso, who is imme-
diately recognised by them,: his title protlaimed, and allegiance
sworn to him. Coeint d'Alba ( Mt. Airsot); a rejected suitor of the
Princess Annabel, whohad gained sorak-kn9wtedge of the attempt
of Meth upon the life of the rang King, then openly charges
hint with trearOn arid attempted rmard._.r„ and calls upon Ju-
lian to beartestiMony- of the race. This, however, he refuses
to do, and anxious In pleserve die life of hiC parent, declares
that-the only blood_ sited-npnw that oceision was spilt -by his
hand, and that he was, th.frefore, the only .guilty party i • the
Duke, haw/ever,. avows his own shaie of the transaction, and the
ambitious motives which had prompted hint to the attempt.
Upon this donble-declaration, sentence of outlawry and banish-
Mont is:passed on both' father and stilt, and a price-set upon their
beads, if found within the kingdom of Sicily in twentibur hours
afterwards. The rage of .111elfi on bearing the sentence causes
his recent wound to open .anetv, and he-fills. A scene otre-
tAinciliatioa ensues betwen 1 • and who has flown to
his autunite, and in whOse arms hedies. While yet mourning
ovet.the corpse of his parent, Julian is roused by a faithful ser-
vant, who informs him that she Pritic:sor Annapel has been car.
tied oft by Count d'Alba. lle.flies to rescue her, and discover-
ing the place of her concealment in a high tower, wheie d'Alba,
enraged by her scornful s-ejrction of his cowlid love, has left
-her, with the purOse of seeing out d'ulianand causing him to be
put to death. lle gains admitt.nee, and despairing of preserving
her honour by any other means than her death, is about. to ac-
complish that purpose when the' guards rush in to await la:in;
and the Princess throwing herself before herhusband, receives
the thrust of a sword aimed at 'him, and filh dead at his feet.
A powerful and affectihi scene then ensues. Julia; covets the
body of Arinabetwlth his own Mantle, and wraps himself in the
cloak of brie of the suislieri whom he had stain, the rest having
fled. Count' d'Alba then 'Wets, and eagerly' inenising of the
suppoied soldier for the-Princess, ts' knswered'hylnlian, who
throwing' aside his disguise, snatches .the teieries Ikon the
body, and exclaims, " She's here!" and afterwards, exhausted
"with the violence of the contending emotions arising out of the
dreadful calamities which had so suddenly been heapettou him,
he sifts on the body of his wife and expires. ; .
There are several
ipoWerful appeals to' the iVnses in
this Play, and many interesting scenes.: We were
particularly struck With the determinatiOireipressed
by Ruggiero to be crowned where his ancestors were
buried, who had been the satiours of their-Couritry,
and where statues were erect ell to theiehoriiiiiii Per-.
haps Ow hole cast of-the Tragedy is a. little trio
scenic and melo dramatic; but perhaps,. this only
seemed so to us from the passionate astrng.• of the
performers. Certainly they all exerted themselves to
give full effect to the writer's conceptions. It miglt
have been necessary for Mr. MACREADY to nave been
violent, and for Miss LACY to have been impasSioned,
but we could have wished that the one bad groaned
and the other had screamed less affectingly. The
Play was announced .for repetition amidst loud and
vehement applause.

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CORN EXCHANGE, hi ARIC-LANE, -MA RCH 17.
• The arrivals of last meek. were Moderate. This morning the
fresh supplies consist- chiefly .of a toletabk good quantity of
samples of Wheat, Barley., and Beans, from Essex, Kent, and
Suffolk, with a few vessels from the. North. The Wheat trade
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quarter lower loan. this day stonnight. Barley is also rather
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