Star.
London, England, 1816-07-26 00:00:00

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• • 84:OTTI8li SONG.
• ' • • Braes a' Dome
• -Mr fidthheiliddle fiat the wars
Will never main return to me;
For sae wits fought wr gallant GslMt
law JAMIE fa', and saw him die !
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Me saw•hiabeart's re.l reeking stream,
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His blooming fait turn pale and wan ;
He bearJ the last sigh o' his breath,
And his last beating ptlre bo fate!
• Where are they how Earth's joys to me ?
E'en life itseirs oar worth my care;
My Lthrt e lies 'mang be:sps o stain
It wrings my bean, 1 kenna where)
0! *ere I but beside his grain,
• • fay me down and vent my waes :
• Out distant far I'm doom'd to mourn
In sleepless nights an' weary days,
0, JAMUL b thy seal gene ham.? '
Or art thou hovering in the sky;
White watching thy fond Maar's breath;
• There counting ilka broken 1110
Via:loos thy light —I bastel I come)
lk thou thy Gnardian Angel now
'The wasting pang thrills through my heart;
For thee I bid ilia world adieu?
Au'derstan, Glasgow.

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ENGLISH OPEItA.HOUSE.

Thp Beggar's Ofiera was last night lierfemedA—and
In such style of excellence. as men, we ire confi-
dent, occasion its frequent repetition, in the emir* of
the season. Miss hinny' appeared, for the first time,
as Polly—awl difficult at the character is, she sus.,
taingi it extremely well. Polly is almost always
before the audience—the interest of the piece depends,
perhaps,,as much on her as on Macheath —she has
many interesting songs to execute—and she is placed
is some situations, where the sense and feeling bf the
actress must give ll.iag force, Strength, and espres.
Ann, to that which GAY has but lightly sketched.
These are difficulties sufficient to deter a novice from
the assumption of the character. By combating and
overcoming them, Miss Mahar has placed her claim
to public applause and approbation, ott a very Secure
basis. Her diffidence is gradually wearing away—
and, as it retires, her merits become more and more
apparent. She sang, last night, with great taste—.
end occasionally poured forth a volume of voice,
clear and dulcet, which, while it delighted the ear,
was directed by so fine a judgment that it also
touched the heart. In the duet, " Were I laid On
Greenland's Coast," which was unliored, she acquitted
herself extremely well. She sang the justly cele-
brated song, " Cease year fanning," most excellently.
She here exhibited a depth and power of voice, and a
facility of execution, which have rarely been exceeded
by veteran vocalists,; certainly never by any novice.
• The song was loudly (Rebored. It would be unjust
sot to notice Miss MEnet's acting. She appears to
have studied the character extremely well—arid, in
every scene, she delivered the dialogue, not merely
with propriety. but with great feeling and judgment.
Her answer to Lacy, in the prison scene, was well
delivered. Mr. Hoax made his first appearance in
the character of Macheath. He sang sweetly—and,
in some instances, forcibly; but he must throw more
spirit into his songs, to meet our ideas of the diui-
pated highwayman. In our opinion his best effort
was ,6 My heart emu sops," which he sang with much
animatio..—and which elicited an :score. He execu-
ted the fine air, s• What the heart ofa "sad," very taste-
fully—but. to give full effect to this song, a bolder
and more energetic style is necessary. Mr. HORN
was exceedingly well received ; and, doubtless, a
little application will make him master of the Bharat.
ter. Miss KELLY supported the part of Lucy inimi-
tably well. We have seen many performers in this
character, but Miss KELLY leaves them all far, very
far behind. She blended, most exquisitely, the tender
fol.dness of the woman with the fiery passion which
jealousy and suspician arouse. She did not make
Limy a mere termagant, as she is generally made. In
the midst of her passion there were gleams of feeling—
they gave us the key to her characters-ands in her
hands, poor Lucy was far more pitied than laughed at.
Prachants was supported by Mr. W. S. CHATTERLEY.
We think he will be a favourite, if he studies to be

so. He played the character well. Mr. -RARTLZY'S
Leckie was highly creditable to his comic talents.
His quarrel scene with Peachuns was very amusing.
The Opera went off with the utmost eclat.

Mr. SINCLAIR played Orlando, in The Cabinet, for
his own benefit, at the Newcastle Theatre, on the
evening of Wednesday se'nnight, being the last of ht.
engagement.
Sunday last, as Mr. Andraide, a butcher, in
Wlfitechapel, was driving 'along the Commercial.
road in his chaise, he met his daughter, whom he in.
•iced to take a ride with him. She had scarce got
seated in the vehicle, when a mischievetss !Lab dog
ran before the horse and endeavoured to bite him ;
the animal being alarmed set off full speed, and Mr.
Andraide was thrown out, and received such a vio.
lent contusion in the fall as to occasion his death in a

day or, two afterwards. His daughter was more
fortunate ; she had resolution and strength to keep
her seat till the animal was exhausted.by his exer-
tions, and stopped of his own accord. The young
woman had been led to this determination in conse-
quence of having repeatedly heard her friends say,
that to remain in a chaise when a horse was running,
away, was the most probable way of avoiding injury/
We are informed by Drs. Coma, Munaos, and
DUNCAN, Physicians to the Medical Board at Char-
lotte House, Blackfriars Road, that upwards of 4000
patients are cured innually of prevailing disorders,
that hundreds were in a most distressing state owing
to quacking themselves, and by consulting men
ignorant of an important branch of the profession.
Eruptions on the bead, face, and body, ulcirated
throat, swelling in the neck, nodes on the shin•bones,
pains in the head and limbs, frequently takes for
ebeutnatisns, swelled ancles aad nervous debility are
the consequences of improper treatment.--Messes.
COOP'S, bturraok, and Co. are consulted iron) eight
la the warning until nine at night, or by letter, cos.
taming, a fee, and the poor have advice on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Sundays, till twelve o'clock..A ads
dtior sad Finis zoom for koala.

'POLICE.

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Bow gram.-Mr: Rape, a fruiterer, of Covent-gar-
den, was convicted in the penalty of 101. and costs, for
exercising his trade on the Sabbath Day. Mr. Raffiu
, thought it bard that a quantity of fruit should be loste
t or that. the law should be so strictly enforced, when
it was so prejudicial to the individual who laid out
his money in so uncertain a speculation. Mr. NAIL'S
observed, that he thought it but right that they
should be allowed until church tittle to dispose of
`thejr fruit; but lie (as well as the law) held it mo-
rally wrong to. keep opeothe whole of the S ibleith.
Jean Jiang was,,,eharged on suspicion of having
committed divers felonies : he was met early yester-
, day morning by John Glare, one of the Lord Mayor's
day patrole, near St. Clement's church, with sonic.
, thing bulky at the bottom of a smock frock, which
being considered a disguise, lie stopped and searched
him, when it proved to be about a hundred weight
of lead, irhich no doubt he had stolen. He was
committed for further examination.
• The Coultirncy.—the proceedings of Mr. NAREE on
Wednesday, against Ben lihneon, related to his Se-
ducing a man to break open a house about two years
ago in Gray's Inn-lane, and stealing silver to the
I amount of about kl 6 and other property, when
Johnson, - with the assistance of a city constable.
whose name was Brady, took the man into custody,
for which he was tried and convicted. Upon the
trial'a witness was brought forward by a subpizna,
who had not given evidence before the committing
Magistrate or before the Grand Jury : he swore that
he saw the prisoner go into the house in Gray's Inn-
lane, and come out of
sit. Why he did pot attend
before the Magistrate or the Grand Jury did not ap-
pear. The statement of the parties on Wednesday
before Mr. NARES, with respect to the transaction,
was so much at variance with the evidence given by
them two years since on the trial, that Mr. NARBS
read it to them from the Sessions Paper, wherein it
was reported verbatim. The only answer given in
explanation was, they had forgot. Some of these
infamous wretches bad become so well known 'at the
Old Bailey for bringing to trial such a number bf
persons charged with felonies and misdemeanours,
that they were greatly admired for their supposed
activity in the cause of the public, and two of them
have received the thanks of that Court from the
mouths of the RECORDBR and the COMMON SERJEANT:
Vaughan and Mackay were, we believe, the men.
The RECORDER was so much idiposed upon, it is said,
in one instance, by one of these hangers-on the
patroles, that he wrote to the Secretary of State, re-
commending him to be employed, considering him
to be such a useful and active man. These infamous
characters, and the discovery of their practices, will,
we trust, bring about the abolition of fixed rewards,
and in lieu whereof all persons concerned in the po-
lice shoild be liberally paid according to their exer-
tions: such has long been the recommendation and
wish of persons best acquainted with thb subject, and
even of the police officers themselves.
.MARLBOROUMPSTREET.W. Cod, who keeps the
Artichoke, near the Church, at Kensington, was
charged with stealing pots of his neighbours: The
prisoner had sent 14 pots to a pewterer's in Skinner-
street, Bishopsgate-street, to be melted. Some cir-
cumstances, such as the names having been partially
filed out, &c. induced the pet:terer to set an inqui4
on foot. A search-warrant was obtained to -xamme
Cook's house, and Plank, an officer, apprised bin of
the nature of his errand, and asked him if lie had any
pots belonging to other publicans in bis howe ? He
answered. in the negatise, and said, when such mis-
takes occurred, he always sent then honk. The
officer found two pots on the cellar stairs. recently
filed, avid the instrument and filings were on the spot.
Anothdr pot, the whole belonging to the neighbours,
was found in the bAr. The landlord confessed bis
guilty knowledge of the nefarious transactions, and
was remanded.

GUlLDHALL—Yesterday Thomas Jaw was brought
up and underwent a final examination, charged with
stealing a mare and a colt, tie property of Joseph
Tilt, on Sunday the 14th instant. The prosecutor
deposed that he was a farmer, and resided at Hulm-
wood, near Decking, in Surrey. On the evening of
the day mentis-ned, be left his mare and a colt safe
in the field adjoining his.premiset, but found that on
the following morning they had been stolen from
thence, and were not to be found in the neighbour-
hood. Witness, however, accompanied by one of his',
servants, set off for town, and having arrived in thel
neighbourhood of Smithfield, he observed the priscs.l
ner riding towards him, when he immediately ex-
claimed to his man, that tht beast Was his. The pri-
soner soon perceiving him, alighted, and for some
time walked up and down, leading the mare. The
prosecutor then advanced, and dewed to know where
he had obtained it? The prisoner replied, he had
bought it, but the prosecutor not believing his story,
procured the assistance of an officer, and gave him in
charge. The prisoner, in his defence, said, he. had
bought the mare, upon the highway between Met ton
and Kingston, but that of the colt he knew nothing,
wlrstever. H. was fully connoitted for tsisi.

HACKNEY-COACH ACT.
As we see by the daily reports from the Police Of-
fices that much ignOratice prevails as to the regula-
tions of hackney-coaches, and that thus the fraudu-
lent drivers are continually practising the most bare-
faced impositions, we think we cannot do better than
republish an abstract of the principal features of the
last Hackney-coach Act. The Act consists of ten
clauses, Of which the following are the most important:
Clause S. The driller of a hackney chariot is compellable to'
carry three grown moons without My addition to the tare.-
4. The an additional fates are allowed upon driving into the
impunity; with this exception. that in the day time no addition is
allowed except the distance he four miles from town, and then at
the rate of N. for every mile-above four.
I. The driver of hackney-coaches wherein any property is left
shall nasty such property. In the state in which it was found,
within four days, to the Hackney-coach °See, and deposit the
same with one of she clerks, wader a penalty not excading ,C2O.
7. No agreement to pay mote than the regular fare is binding;
any pesos may, notwithstsadlag such agreement, refuse to pay
awe than the established lass; and if be pays more, he may re•
cover thuverplus, the driver being subject to a pansity of 45
ter aos-painseini •
S. Hatkoepeoachatea who leave their coaches onatteadhd,
whether Wed or not. are liable to &penalty not exceeding XS.
S. Wears sou not refuse a fare, although they may have been
oat 1$ hours t as one than the regular fare is allowed on such
occasioos.
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OW *Wire Wimp, itc.: the priskies of former
Ain amino is *nit