Star.
London, England, 1815-11-25 00:00:00

Ti/EA 7 RES.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The new Comedy of
Where to find a Friend, was performed, last night, for
the second time, and was again received wtth every
mark of approhatian. It was announced for its thitd
representation with the same applause AS before.
COVENT-GARDEN4—The splendid Opera of Cynton
was repeated last night with increased effect. The
singing of Miss &a:minus and Miss Houma was
highly and most deservedly applauded by a numerous
audience.
°TWAY'S ORPHAN.—AS this celebrated Tragedy
is about .o be revived at Covent-Garden 'rheatre, for
the ptirrntio of disrlaying the pathos and the melting
tenderness of Mks O'NEILL in Munimia, the following
fact, trout which 0 rwav took his plot. may prove
acceptable to our Readers :
The father of Charles Ilrai.doti, afterwards Duke of Stiff ilk,
retired, on the death of his Lady, to the borders of Hampshire.
lino family consistid of two soti,,, ancla youti, Lady, the daughter
of a dived lately deceased. 'I lies young I singularly
beautiful, as well as amiable iii her roan tieib,,ctractd the affec-
tion of both the hi others. Thu elder, however, was the favourite
am. he privately married her; which the younger not knowing,
1, and oserlie;wisig all arpointment of the lov..rs to meet the next
contrived to get his brother otherwise employed; rid
male sirnal of adinivtion (thinking it a mere intrigue).
Unfortunately he succeeded. Una discovery the I.ady suet her
thiamin, and :mot alter died. The two brothers fought, and the
tinier tell. lie lamer broke his hearts '1 be younger brother,
Charles Llratichm, quoted England its despair. Some years a fret.- '
ward* he returned privately to Hampshire, where he .savt,', Tieing
Xing Henry tits Lightles life, who tilt only rei.ooessed inns of
his estate, bat took hint gooier hit immediate prottc:ion. lie
afterwards created him Duke of Suffolk ; and on his hearing of
bet &att., as h. was tatting in Council, the King de/anvil that he
_bad never wAspered a word to the disadvantage of anywise ;
t, and are there any of you, is 4;. L0t.1., who can say a. much ?'
There is a urge p.onting of the above incident
now at Woburn. Or was bait{ the scene of his 'rra-
yedy in Bohemia, to avoid affecting some noble fami-
lies at that lime living.

We beg leave to inform our Readers, that we have
tasted the Cape Wines, of the' quality as Adver.
thed in our Paper of this day, by the Commercial.
Hail Wine Company, and can confidently recom.
mend it as being ot the good quality stated in the
Advertisement, ai,..1 consider it not only as the hest
Speciment of Cape we ever. drank, but as being really
a fine flavoured, full bodied, and respectable Wine.
The Gazette of last Tuesday contains the offer of
a Reward of One Hundred Guineas to any person
who shall be the means of detecting, and bringing to
justice, any person or persons making a composition
in imitation of the Patent Anti-Attrition Compo . r
tion to present the effects of Friction, either for the
own use, or for sale.
New BUILDINGS IN PALL-MALL:—The fine build-
ing now erecting at the Corner of the Haymarket,
close to the Opera House, will become an admirable
ornament in that part of the metropolis. We under-
stand it is all to be laid out in shops of the first de-
scription. A colonade of eighteen or more fluted
pillars will adorn the frost:. Above the cornice there
is to be a very handsome stone ballustrade, enclosing
' an extensive platfOrm, which must command a plea-
sins view over the Park. The elevated square build-
ings at the angles add much to the general :iffect of
the edifice. The extensive improvements making
opposite Carlton-House, are now going on with in-
creased activity. The sines tithe Chevalier RUSPIXI'S
1(0 house, the corner of Si. Alban's-street, the late
Sir C. W Ray's, and two others, will be lost in the
new grand quArangle, in the centre of which a fine
statue of the Duke of WELLINGTON is to be placed.
The two houses adjoining to the new residence ot the
Chevalier, in Pall-Mall, have been purchased at a
high price, by Mr. WAGNILI, and are now elegantly
stuccoing : these will form the west corner of the qua-
drangle, from which the new street, t,i be called the
Regent'street, will lead to the Regent's Park.
Tun CITY WATCH.—We have authority to state
that - the LORD MAYOR visited, from dve to nine
o'clock, four mornings in this week; every watch-
house in the City, consisting of 32 ; the number of
watchmon he saw were nearly 700. He examined
' every man as to his age, how long he had been a
watchman, and the manner in which the, duty was
performed, their pay, tki.. He found in several Wards
very old men, some of whom had been the army
many rears, and had endured great fatigues, but still•
healthy and strong, making good watchmen, being
men that can be depended upon, and not slumbering
in their duty. Out of the number examined, the
Lord Mayor does not think more than 40 ought to
he discharged. Many of the Wards have very stout
men, with few exceeding the age of forty.
HATTON GARDEN.—Tkumas ?sung, charged with
stealing a quantity of valuable printed paper from
Mr. Bensley, his employer, whiCh he sold as waste-
paper to James Francis, who keeps a stationer's shop
is crosi-street, Hatton Garden, was brought up yes•
terday, and confessed that about eight weeks before
Christmas last, being then in the employ of Mr.
Bensley, he happened to pass the door of James
Francis, and seeing a bill in the window—" Waste
paper bought here," he in consequence carried him a
bundle of paper, toe riyeity of Mr. Beesley, which
he sale from Iris warenouss., and afterwards another
handle ; Francis would not give more than 3.1. a
;witild for the paper be carried him at different times.
.wean Mathews, a fruiterer, living in Leather-lane,
proved buying several quires of the said paper from
Mr. Francis, as waste paper, for which he paid 10d.
per poield.—ltlr Bensley proved, that even as waste-
paper, some of the works being on royal paper, ,was
w:irtli at least lls. a ream, and the others in deny,
ibuet 11:, a ream, but that last year they were worth
co.isiderab4 more. The works in th.einselves were
iiivalualsle.—After those depositions were taken, the
M igistrate addr,ssea hit. Francis, who was in the
Mee, and told him that tr.irn the nature of the evi-
st.nice before him, he thought it his duty to call on
him fur bail, as he looked on hint in the light of a
• common receiver, particularly as he might, it he took
the least pains, make the proprietor, whose name was
to the works, acquainted with the depredations that
. were committed on him ; he should likewise send an
o facer along with Mr. Bensley to examine his shop,
t i see if there was any of the paper wade up into
hunks (or sale, so as to corroborate the prisoner
Young's story-- Mr. Bensley, his two sons, :1:1d Wil-
liam Read, syn. the officer, then went and looked
over bir. Francis's shop, where they found another
ream of paper and some p.eirpEets made up out of
the paper he bought from Young. Francis v.ars ad-
mitted to bail, and Young was fully committed to
Newgate.