Star.
London, England, 1825-07-16 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

After the Opera of Broken Promises, the. Musical
Entertainment of The Padlock was list night revived
at this Theatre. Miss GOWARD appeared as Leonora,
and displayed her taste and sweetness of voice to great
advantage in the sweet airs of that part. She alscr
played with great intelligence, and repeatedly elici•ed
the warm applause of her audience. Mr. TIMNIC was
a pleasing and successful representative of •Leinder.—
SLOMAN'S well known drollery in Mungo, and the ex-
ertions of Mr. and Mrs. TATLILLTRE as Don Diego and
Ursula, combined to renew the claims which this ex-
cellent little Piece has so often presented to the public.

The hay harvest is drawing to a close in the neigh-
bourhood cf Worcester ; the crop, though not large, has
been got together in the finest condition. Hay has ad-
vanced 10s. in the Birmingham market. It is feared
that the barley will prove a vet y short crop.
WESTERN SHIP CANAL.—Gieit rejoicings took place
at Chard, Lyme, and most of the towns and villages
situated near the intended line 'of Canal, on the arrival
of the news of the passing and Royal Assent being given
to the Bill, sanctioning the carrying into effect this
great national undertaking, on Wednesday last.
A dreadful storm has lately been experienced, the
most violent that has ever been known at this season of
the year, in the United States. The Baltimore Papers
contain a long and melancholy list of losses sustained
on the occasion.

By advices from Bigota, dated early in May, we
learn that the very extraordinary rumour had reached
that place of an attempt having been made to assassi-
nate the illustrious BOi.IVAR in Lima—in the capital,
in fact, of that country just freed from its degrading
subjection to Spain, principally by his effort!. It Is
stated that the attempt was made as the President was
on his way to a ball, or other public entertainment,. ac-
companied by M. MONTEAUUDO, the Secretary, we
believe, to the Congress. 'fhe latter was stabbed by
the assassins ; but the confusion which followed pre-
vented their carrying into effect the intention against
the President. The Secretary is said to have expired
the same night, of the wounds he received. On the
following day, a proclamation having been. issued,
offering a large reward for the discovery of the assassins,
an inhabitant of Lima, who carried on the trade of a •
cutler, gave information that he had recently sharpened
three poniards for a black man of suspicious character,
and it was ascertained that by one of these the S cretary
had been stabbed. Orders were in consequence given •
to assemble the whole of the blacks. in thegreat square
of Lima, w here they were pass d in succession before
the cutler, who pointed out the individual for *beim he
had sharpened the poniards, who was immediately
taken into custody, and is sold to have revealed a plot
for the destruction of Botavaa, in which several of the
principal persons in Lima were implicated; but the
immediate instigator to the crime was s to be Rotor.,
the Spanish Governor of Callao. We have. no infor-
mation of what measures had been adopted 'by the
Executive of Lima in consequence of tSe discovery of
this diabolical plot. It is remarkable, thet the OHel.
ligence of such an event having occurted uric not
-generally known in Snot* itself.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Thursday night; as MC JEsspr, of
Fountain-place, Goswell-stteet, was proceeding titian W.
Islington, 1.0 complained ,of being vcsy unwell, and
caught hold of a n. at, and the test •itilkukeHi he • fell
b.u.k aid cspitcd. • • •

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•COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 15.. •
HEAT IN THE COURT.
-The LORD CHAHCRI.I.OR, upon takinz his seat, di-
r- c'ed the doors and windows of the hall to be opened,
in order to admit as much air as possible. His Lord-
ship stated that he had been obliged to rise yesterchly
before the usual hour, on account of the excessive heat
c.f the Court. He_was scarcely-able to walk to his room.
Mr. Hoorn assurer:this Lordship that the Bar felt the
heat equally oppressive. At the Rolls Court last night,
Counsel. were forcei to go out, one after another to pre-
vent them from fainting. Sir Thomas Plumer had
adapted the building to the purposes of a dwelling-
house as well as a Court of Justice, and if its present
form remained, the 13,r would he nearly destroyed. It
Was like the Black Hole of Calcutta.