Star.
London, England, 1826-11-28 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

In the tragedy of Hamlet, last night, at Covent-gar-
den Theatre, YOUNG personated the hero in his nsualex-
cellent style, too well known to require comment ; his"
efforts brought,down frequent and loud applause. Mr.
RAYMOND (from the Haymarket) made his first appear-
ance at this Theatre, in the character of Laertes ; it is
not a part requiring great tragic powers, and he got
through it very respectably. The Forty Thieves closed
the entertainments of the evening.
At Drury Lane, Humor is proceeding rapidly with
the music for a new Opera, by ICENNZY. Miss STEPHENS
and BRAHAM, with the comic talents of HARLEY, are
prominent in this Opera. A new Tragedy, a Comedy,
and a Farce, are likewise in preparation. LA PORTE'S
performance has been very successful ; his next charac-
ter will be John Bossey,in the Farce produced last year,
which is freely translated from a French Vaudeville,
called Journee,a Versailles, performed last Winter at the
Theatre in Tottenham-street, and in which LA PORTS
acted the principal character. The lessee is nearly ready
with his Christmas Pantomime, the subject of which is
said to have been furnished by an eminent literary Gen-
tleman, connected with Ireland.—At Covent Garden,
Miss 1111Tvoan's Tragedy increases in well-merited at-
traction, Poomr's Comedy is shortly to be produced :
Madame VESTRIS and CHARLES Kuntz have each of
them characters in it. Neither MORTON'S nor Moone's
Comedies wall appear until after Christmas. The
Proprietors have prepared La Dame Blanche, with
the music by Hommel:4 for representation at a great
expense. A new Opera is likewise in a forward
state at this Theatre, written expressly for Miss PATON
and SAPIO. FARM, with the aid of FAWCRTT'S ex-
perience and admirable judgment, is still at work
upon the Christmas Pantomime, which is intended to
exhibit some new gambols of the younger GRIMALDI.
Our old friends, TERRY and YATES, are going on tri-
umphantly at the Adelphi Theatre. The whimsical
Comic Piece of 23, John sired, Adeljshi, taken from the
kschange of Cards Story, in Reynolds's Life and Times I
whose volumes, from the beginning to the end, are
purely dramatic, is particularly successful. YAMS is
preparing a Christmas Pantomime, founded on a story
given to him by the literary Gentleman who suggested
the subject at Drury-lane. MATHISIVS has been ex-
tremely fortunate in drawing crowds to the English
Opera House, who highly applaud his various Budgets,
and the inimitable acting of MATHEWS'S endless variety.
D'EuvaLs is busy with his Grand Ballet, for the open-
ing of the King's Theatre; and SPONTINI'S serious Opera
of La Vestak, with which the season is to commence,
has been frequently rehearsed.

Sir Roaaa GRESLIT is gone for a short time to the
Continent. Lady Soren Gassum remains in England.
The Winter Assizes for the Home Circuit commence
on the 6th of December, at Hertford.
PARIS Nov. 24.—The benefit at the Odeon, for the
widow of the unfortunate Weber, took place last night,
but the receipts were not so good as might have been
espected, and the House was poorly attended.

The state of the roads yesterday, in consequence of a
heavy fall of snow, accompanied by a sharp frost, was
such as to retard the arrival of nearly all the northern
coaches five or six hours. In the vicinity of Leicester
the roads were in a dangerous state indeed.

A man in a state of intoxication fell into the unguarded
area of an unfinished house, near the Regent's Park, on
Saturday night, and was taken to the Middlesex Hospi•
t.ll, frightfully bruised by the fall.

Thursday afternoon died suddenly, at his house on
Hounslow.heatb, Mr. Thomas Fagg, the
.great coach
proprietor. It appears that he was sitting in a chair in
his parlour, with his daughter, when feeling himself
suddenly ill, his daughter got up from her seat and
crossed the room to him • be exclaimed, "it is all over
with me r and before she could call for assistance be
sunk back into her arms and expired. An Inquest
was held on the body on Saturday, before Thomas
Stirling, Esq. Coroner, when it appeared that the de-
ceascd's death was occasioned by the rupture of a
blood vessel, and a verdict of "Died by the visitation
of Gon4 was returned. _

h 1803 a very singular duel took place in Hyde
Park, between a Lieutenant W. of the Navy, and a
Captain I. of the Army. Captain I. had seduced the
Lieutenant's •sister. Lieutenant W. seemed impressed
with a deep sense of melancholy. He insisted that the
distance should be only six paces. At this distance they
fired, and the shot of Captain I. snuck the guard of
Lieutenant W.'s pistol, and tote off two fingers of his
right hand. The Lieutenant deliberately wrapped his
handkerchief round the wound, and looking solemnly
to Heaven, exclAimed, " I have a left hand, which never
failed me." They again took their ground. Lieut.
W. looked stedfastly at Captain I. and casting his eyes
up to Heaven, was heard to utter " forgive me." They
fired, anti both fell. Captain L received the ball in
his head, and died instantly. The Lieutenant was shot
through the breast. He inquired if Captain L's wound
was mortal. Being answered in the affirmative, he
thanked Heaven that he had lived so long. He then took
his mourning ring off his finger, and said to his second,
" Give this to my sister, and tell her it is the happiest
moment I ever knew." He had scarcely finished the
last word, when a quantity of blood gushed from his
wound, and he instantly expired.
When Mr. Samuel Rogers heard that Sir Alexander
Grant had been voted into the Chair of the Committee
of Ways and Means, he observed, that it was quite na-
tural, since all Grants were voted in that Committee.

A shrewd observer once said, that in walking the
streets of a slippery morning, one might See where the good•nasured
people lived, by the ashes thrown on the ice before the doors.