Star.
London, England, 1829-02-02 00:00:00

MEETING CF SILK WEAVERS.

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• S lord ty night, Meeting of Weavers to..k
the Duke id Giouce•ter, Bethnal-green-a
the Purpose of Malting the recemary strangavneme relative
*rude; rinchildn, 10 morrow, to lita clots tist. Duke
asuorun. and to hear a Memorial to Me •-•7 road. Mr,
Moctorr,took the Chair.
Mi. GARLAND hiaLly approved of*, One 111/111111 10 ,
ktat thought it due to:the,rmik of his Grace for a jirevious
goo to wait sport Mai. for the purpose of ascertaining sar
would suit his convenience to receive dean Alumnae!, sod
'lgesahtilooio that street:.
s' Mr. *Doge thought, as the Meeting was called and
posted to tea: area, it would be impolitic to change the
peoetealing.
•Mr. J. lioness moved, a.' an amends not, that as alienates
'take plate in their arrangtorross.
• • Mr. Bestows aecooded the oosendinent.
Mr. Lamas was of opinion. that even supposing the
*apt there toreieive them, their deploraiik appearance atm
e /octets of avarice itself. A lung debate &Wooed; •
Uniersdimirot war carried. •

Idir.'Ga SLAMS stated that is addition is the blue lag of It.
crape banners, with white letters. on a black. lessitisa, beating
following inscriptions. were prepared to accompany the 14--
a. was also the model uta, town without reed or dames*.
.. % Victims of Free Trade"..—‘ lkitish 'Att4aalts r.duced
:atite
m"—" British Silk Trade ruined by Forvigts. Competition'
‘ Free Trade and pauperism"—• We wish to live by nor
The Withal.) was then lead. ant liras in erect....
a. To his (ir .er the Dukt Of WeLLIJIGT.M, 14e 114.
"'flat your lenvorialists present tbetvikle. s !white
under circumstances of the must trying desctiption,
'boured fur a considerable p-rlod under many -ewer.
which Our 11lemorialiats attribute to the competition _
they have heist thrown, in Coon-gurney of the introduction
reign wrought silks, :hereby superseding the donned
labour, sad depriving thaw of the means of subsistence
selves apd families.
4 Your Memorialists slat not presume to dictate to your
any pgnicular mode or relief for the existing distress.
there are 'upwards of 7,000 looms out of employ, the
only partially employed, sad working at smelt low wages,
cannot obtain she commosissecessaries of life. •
-'• *Your Measoci.lisv hope that your Grace, n conjunction
ilds Majesty's Ministers, will adopt soca measures ag v
ilhent hams the wretched esti-unmerited condition under
Laat Sim* pbced. And your Memorialists, as in duty bound,
The reading of the Memorial gave gerieral iatisfactiuo.
711=Mlesel

•••.' . THE g1i403 THEATRE....
•—ws-- .
'Satire** eight was lied for the costlier*
the season at this Theatre. It 'ire' not till aft
int* tided. in the bills tot the begintriag tr;he
fossoance that she doors were opened; tier- For •
Mt le quartets nr an hour afterwards was there
that these would be any performance et all.
audience.however, remained iranquil until the,
bison to play the ovesture,.and then cries of 4.
lays e. heard, and several voices oalled loudly for .
oager. No notice was taken of these roakifestati
dis,atisfaction ; the orchestra went on with their
lest. and fisiisted it, though nobody could distil!
mete in tie midst of the nth • e that f recalled. Tim
eau cus of the Opera was enti ely lost from
sause;- but the malcontents, who Pet e cumpat
in number', were overwhelmed by the general applause
.which berst forth on the cuts ante of Mademoiselle
TICE.LLI. Some feeble et.rts mere made. in the
evening to renew the inters uption, but the!
faded. The Opera si cted for the occasion
sass's La Ddmota del Lego, sad it wa,. pesfsni.
lea• ability and success. Mademoiselle MosTscet.t.t,,
,oho made her brit appearance horn'
part of Hasa allotted toiler. She is a, fine wornal
assd,well formed, with handsome features end •
discus -voice. Her first air, " Oh, niattuliiii
quieted the discord of tl a house in a moment,
warmly applauded throughout; her tones
and her -action was ezpressive sod becoming'.
Madame l'ssanoar appeared. fot the first
Nalco/sr (ramie. She coma Anse. Pet is, .
•liked established ',considerable re( s'asion. and,
•undoobtedelasosiess great tafeht. Her fit weal
wave4l7 Id Tor the tples.chd stile in
etectued aid she Wks "Assn .encored
spiriteJ, and excellet.t` 111111401 f in which she
4411.4- pore Her Voice is posesfisl, and "be
with great skill. 'She was esoiredin,tly well
acid willkoodoubtedlY. be a valuable acqui items
totapany.-- StglicriDostip.t.t, who appeiredlor
time also, is Isceiiisetrias Peri,. He did not so
finmidable librfkrick .44", but be .sung much
pleasure -of irk house, whurewarded him with
Wirthisk he is likely to continue a favourite.
filled the part of liittplinstes On entering the
Mudd bills spread over it, stating that he was
%MM.." is severe cafes:llml affection," but that
anxiety hot, to disapp. int the Amite ou the .
its opening, he would attempt the part assigned
1k went thrdughitioot of course ea be would
if be bad enjoyed perfect health, but, never
in a triode which reflected great credit mime
The- Opera was altogether well supported, and
quisite music in which it abounds produced its
on the audience. At its conclusion, "Gun ,
Kier was sung, after which the new performers .
theatre were led forward, and received the tasteful
plisse df the b. use, particularly Mademoiselle
cau.t. Anew ballet followed, entitled LaSeseureashekis
which IL CV ore made his appearance again, Pi"--
years &basica; as did Mademoiselle Peones
.The house was 0 course gratified by their '
and they bounded and twirled with all their;
agility and dexterity. The house was well
atter the first half hour of the performance,
be entirely satisfied.
- The " stalls," we observed, occupied the
rows of the pit; Init as they had not been all
ordinary frequenters of the pit were allowed
such seatsias were not marked.us engaged-by
ing of a card to.the back of Ahem.
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