Star.
London, England, 1826-10-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Malta, dated
24th August :—" The Henry Toms, from Bristol, which arrived
here on the 17th iuct. has been subjected to 30 days' quaraatiue,
having been boarded by an Algerine sloop of war:"
'The Catherine Toole, from Belfast to Riga, was totally wrecked
near South Ronaldsha on the 9th inst. Crew saved.

Rumours', Ocr. 21.—Wind &E. and &S.R —Arrived the
Sandwich packet, from Lisbon, with dispatches—sailed the 14th
instant ; Duke of Marlborough packet, from do.—sailed the Stk;
and the Magnet packet, from do.—sailed the 4th. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's brig ROYALIST, for Lisbon; Cygnet packet, for the Leeward
Islands; and the Lady Mary Pelham packet, for St. Domingo, is.
mica, and Vera Cruz.

Davonroar, Orr. 19.—Sailed the Bittern tender, for Liverpool ;
and the Coquette yacht, H. Tooaous, Esq. for Naples. The Pa-
Wan% 18, Captain CHARMS Corson, is eirpected to sail to-morrow
for the Mediterranean.

FoersMouTu, OCT. 21.—Wind S. to S.S.R.—Passed by, the
Lady Nugent, Cosiest, front Calbutta—sailed the 234 of Mar*
damaged her rudder, and put into Madras—sailed the Tth of May;
from the Cape 4th August ; and from St. Helena the 27th. Left
at the Cape the Osprey, hliGn.t., with rudder damaged; and the
Castle Forbes, ORD. Remain, the Woodbridge, Sir G. Prevost;
and Venelia, all for London.

Thursday, the Patuistac, 10, Captain Lord Ww. PACIST, sailed
fnr the Mediterranean. The PSLICAN, 18, Capt. Hon. C. L. lair,
is expected to sail on Tuesday next, for the same station.
The Rmonovs, 18. Captain THORNIROIXIII, is expected front
Chatham, to be paid wages, and to proceed to the Halifax station,
to relieve the ItiFLISISN.

The ARACHNE, 18, was paid off on Tuesday by Captain Bair"
and laid up in ordinary.
The Rouser, 50, Captain N. Lavern', C.B. Wag at Corfu on
the 17th ult. and was to sail on the 20th for Spithead.
REMAIN AT SPITHEAD-.—BIODde, Galatea, Pyramus, Pelican, *full
the Russian ships Moller and Sinavin.
IN THE IJAEIOUR— Victory, Asia, Melville, Spartiate, Diamond.
Dartmouth, Swinger, and Arrow.
Dem., Ocr. 21.—Wind variable.—Passed by, the Frederick;
CURTIS, from Jamaica; Christopher Scott, Dottoox, from Virginia
for London; Chief, Porrison, for St. Vincent's; Clementina.
WAITON, for Naples; and Malvina, Kerr, for Porto Rico.
Ocr. 22.—Wind S.—Passed by, the Underwood, Rossuscreso
from London for Demerara. A ship passed this morning fur the
River, from Hudson's Bay, reported the Prince of Wales.
PETICENEAD.—Arrived the Gleaner, SHAND, with nine fish, and
105 tons of oil ; Union, Macßae, six fish, 2200 seals, and 95 tons ;
Alpheus, DutecAll, seven fish, 90 tons; and Eclipse, Sorrow, sit
fish, and 80 tons. The Eliza, LAWRENCE, from hence, went on
shore on the rocks to the N. E. where she lays holed, and is ex-
pected to become a total wreck.
WHITEHATEN, OCT. 20.—Wind S.S.E.—The Favourite, Froaos,
from hence to Cardiff, sprung a leak, and went down in sight of
this port, at eight, a.m. The crew landed in the boat.

Preparations are making at the mansions of the No-
bility and Gentry at the west end of the town, who are expected
to return from the country in a few days, in consequence of the
approaching Meeting of Parliament.
Fatal and distreising accident on board his Majesty's
ship Ultimo, in Hamoaze, Devonport. Saturday evening se'nnight,
labout six o'clock, as Master Enw. sa Morassoaincv, son of Lieut.
Da Monnsoansicr, of the Ordinary, in the above ship, was playing
with his brothers and sisters, he accidentally fell from the lid of
the main deck water tank, into the clean swept main bold, a height
of nearly forty-seven feet. He was immediately paid all possible
attention that skill and humanity could dictate, by Doctor DAL-
LAwAy. the Surgeon of the Ordinarf,Snd his Assistant. Though,
remarkable to state, no bones were broken, yet; front severe in-
jury of the brain, Etc. he lingered from the following morning, in
the Royal Naval Ilospital, sill about seven o'clock the same even-
ing, when it pleased the At atuairre to put an end to the sufferings
of this amiable, beloved, and ever to be lamented child, in the
fifteenth year of his age. eoroser's Inquest," Accidental Death."
Military guards and sentinels are to be withdrawn
from ail County Gaols in Ireland, from the Ist of Janu-
ary next, by an order from the Lord Lieutenant, di-
rected to the respective Sheriffs of Ireland, and the duty
of watching the prisons is entirely to devolve en the
Civil Authorities. The Cork Reporter says, that the
Sheriffs of that city have received intimation that no
military guard, from the period above stated, will be
allowed them for any prison in their Bailiwick, nor will
a military guard be allowed to escort prisoners to or
from the Gaol or the Court House during the Assizes.
The pot tico to the new building erecting for the Duke
of 'roar, in the King's-palace, St. James's, is bpished. The exterior
.1 the stone work of the building is being cleaned, after which the
,caffolding erected around the walls is removed as the qzterior ed.
, he building is curnkleted.

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LANG.
Saturdey evening, the Opera of The Devil's Bridge
Introduced BRAHAM to a Drury-line audience, after an
absence of three years, and be was greeted with the
most cheering plaudits from every part of the House.
In the song of Though kw is wane a while, he was en-
cored, bat his chef d'airore was the descriptive ballad
of Fancy's Sketch, which be gave with a spirit And force,
that drew' orth a rapturous call for its repetition. Miss
GRADDOW was encored in the song, Tell me, my heart.
A Gentleman named Gunmac made his dlnct in the
character of Florian. His voice appeared to want com-
pass, and to be destitute of sufficient melody to raise him
very high in his profession. The White Lady followed.
COVENT GARDEN.
Saturday night, a new Opera entitled Patera of the
Peak, and founded on the Novel of that name, was
produced at this Theatre. The following are the prin-
cipal characters:
114 Charles 11. Mr. Scam .
Duke e But:1.110am . Mr. Pow's:
Geoffrey Peveril Mr. FAWCETT.
Peverii . . . Mr. &WO.

iftdorliridgersords Mr. WARD&
Tophant . . Mr. Has vows.
Whittaker Mr. BLANCHARD.
•
Cbuntess of Derby Mrs. FAUCIT.
Lady Pe Brit Mrs. SLOYAK.
Ake Bridgenorth . Miss PATON.
Fend& . Miss M. Gravies.
Deborah bebbite.h . Mrs. Goss.
The story of the novel is closely followed throughout.
there are of course great omissions, but we observed no
considerable deviations nor additions. The Opera opens
`with a scene of the Court-yard of Peveril Castle, with a
'fine view of the surrounding country. The servants are
expecting the arrival of Sir Ge9firrey, but in his stead
the Countess of Derby and Fend& make their appear.
-once. The Countess obtains an interview with Lady
Patera, and meets with Bridgenorth. The Countess
relates the death of Christian on the scaffold. Bridge-
north enraged, threatens her with imprisonment. He is
placed under confinement in the Castle of Peveril, but
contrives to make his escape, and returns to the Castle
with Tophant, an Officer of the Parliament, and some at-
tendants, to take the Countess into custody as an accom-
plice in the plot of Titus Oates; but the Knight, who
has arrived in the meantime, treats Tophanes authority
with contempt, and the Countess escapes. These events,
with some love-scenes between Alice Bridgenorth and
Julian Peveril, make up the first Act. The second com-
mences with a view of Peveril Castle in the distance,
and Deborah'Debbitch soon arrives with news that the
Knight and his Lady are in the custody of Bridgenorth.
He gets into his power Julian Peveril also, and endea-
vours, by means of his love for Alice, to bring him over
to his party. Julian is confined in Moultrassie Hall,
.Bridgenorth's residence, while the Knight and his Lady
are left to be conveyed to London by Topham to answer
charges brought against them. They also are conducted
by lispham to Ilridegnorth's. In order to rescue Julian
Peveril, Whittaker, at the head of a band of miners and
'tenants, attacks Moultiassie Hall, and breaks through
the window, but is unable to accomplish his purpose,
as Julian has given his parole not to leave the custody
of Bridgenorth. So ends the second Act. The third
Act cotnmences in St. James's Park, with the introduc-
tion of fenella to the notice of Charles. Alice then ap-
pears and claims protection of the King from the vio-
. fence of Buckingham. Then follow the scenes between
BuChiseghant and tenella, and between Sir Geofisy and
Julian t'everii find Bridgenorth, at Btidgenorth's lodg•
ings. In the litter, the meeting of round-heads is lett
out; nor is Sir Geostfrey Hudson exhibited. In the last
scene, the secret of Fend& is discovered, Bridgenorth
is exposed, and the lovers are united. The music, by
Boa's!, is not Without merit.—The opening chorus is
simple and charactetistic. _Au air by Mass PATON,
414 When sorrow speeds," in the first act, was encored;
.and so were a glee and chorus at the commencement,
of the second act; and an air, by Miss PATON, to the
following words:
0, I never will marry a Puritan lad,
So dull snd'so formal, so solemn and sad ;
• • He talks about love, while he thinks of your pelf,
And he cares for no being in life but himself;
His heart is like ice—and his passion so cold,
One would think little Cupid a hundred years olds
But I have long cherished the pretty boy here,
And I must be the bride of a young Cavalier !
0, a young Cavalier is so Whilst and gay,
He's bright and be's warm, as a sunbeam in May;
With a =llia on his lip, and a bonny blue eye,
That goes home to the heart, be one ever so shy.
They may say little Cupid is blind, if they please,
But I know 'very well that the pretty boy seek;
lie shot but one arrow, and hit Me just hire,
Su I must be the bride of a young Cavalier !
An air by Julian, in the second act, to these words,
was given by BAIIIO with much modulation and effect,
and deservedly applauded— •
Tell me, 0 tell me, thou Maiden dear,
Tell me, without disguise,
Why from thy Lady thou'it wander'd here=
I read it in her eyes!
(Repo& frosts?* stakes 'Ala Fend& gives Brits,)
The Lady would roam
To her island home,
" And may there in safety dwell;
" But thou art beset,
• " By the fowler's net,
" And I know the fowler well!"
Tell me, 0 tell me, the traitor's name,
Sheer me the fowkr's snare;
Tell me, 0 tell me, if here you came,
My hapless fate to share
rikPress artist--
" It was only thee,
" That was kind to me
" Wbea I had sus friend or home,
" And thou ash net die
" By traitor or spy,
"Thu' Fenella be.deaf and (Wahl"
The introduction of Cherry Ripe, as a Finale, excited
some disapprobation. The actors bad not much to do.
WARD; in Bridgenorth, was sententious and solemn.
Mrs. Etyctr was a most imperious Countess, and
looked, indeed, like 44 the Queen of Man:" Fawcrrr
played Sir Gape, pretty much as he does Captain
Copp. Miss M. GLovaa's dumb-chew, in Fenella, was
expressive, and the little she had to say, was delivered
with emphasis and good discretion. BLANCHARD, -as
Whittaker, was capital. The scenery is good through-
out, and the last scene, the Royal Chamber is, of its
kind, one of the most ingenious in contrivance, and
beautiful in, effect, ever exhibited. The opera was an-
nounced for repetition with applause.

A fatal occurrence took place on Sunday week, at'
Ashton-on-the-Mersey, Cheshire. A family tithe name
of Hamlett, consisting of the father, mother, and son,
Were suddenly attacked by the cholera morbtts, and all
died within the space of an hoar. They were buried in
one grave at Ashton Church, op Tuesday following. ,

THE MURDERS NEAR LEATHERHEAD.

Wednesday, it will be recollected that Hall, the chief
constable, and Pople, set out for Maidstone, in conse-
quence of! information having been received that Mary
Ayres. the grand-daughter of the old man Akehurst, and
her paramour, had been seen in that part of the country
immediately subsequent to the murders. °Rae officers'
arrival at E.lthans, they met with an encampment of
gipsies, from whom they learned some particulars re-
specting the parties of whom they were in pursuit.—
The gipsies described the person of Mary Ayres and her
paramour very accurately; the latter, they said, was
a middle-sized man, very stout, and his face deeply
scarred with the small-pox; the last time they bad
seen him he was dressed in a smock-frock and vel-
veteen trousers. He went by the nick-name of " Cobbler
Bill" • was a shoemaker by trade ; but his real name
was William Page. At the above encampment they
also ascertained that " Cobbler Bill" was wanted at
Manchester, for horse-stealing. The officers then cut
across the country to Broniley, and from thence to
Beckenham, into Surrey ; visiting Croydon, Beddington,
Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, and the whole extent of that
county, without, however, meeting with the parties
whom they were in pursuit of. At Esher they came
up with several trampers, all of whom said that they
knew Mary Ayres and " Cobbler Bill," but that they
had not seen them for some time before Leatherhead
fair. In the course.'of their journey, on arriving at,
Ewell, a woman named Lucas, who resides in that town,
communicated to them that she bad seen Mary Ayres
a few days prior to Leatherhead fair, but whither she
was gone, or what direction she had taken, could not
be ascertained; and on Saturday morning the officers
returned to town, after an unsuccessful pursuit of four,
days after the fugitives.
Subsequent to the examination of the premises, after
the perpetration of the murders, the police officers, it
will be remembered, did not discover any money secreted
in the cottage. Since that search took place, however,
21 guineas have been found in a place of concealment.
that was little expected. Mr. Hankey, the Magistrate,
all along conceiving that the poor old man had hidden
a little taeasure in 'the house, did not feel satisfied with
the search that had previously taken place, and accord-
ingly commenced one himself on Thursday last, and
succeeded in hunting out the above sum in gold. After,
having diligently rummaged all the crevices and places
'in the rooms above and below stairs, Mr. Hankey
went into a small pantry, where the old people used
to keep their stock of victuals. In this place be ob-
served an old churn, that had not, apparently, been
in use for years, and on taking off the top, and look-
ing into it, he perceived a part of an old silk stocking.
On taking it up, the stocking was covered with cob-
webs, and feeling heavy, on turning it inside out, the
guineas; that in. all probability had been there for years,
rolled out. It is a curious circumstance, that when,
Pople, the officer, searched the pockets of Elizabeth
Haines, the housekeeper, on the morning after the mur-
ders were perpetrated, he discovered in one of them the
remaining half of the silk stocking, which, it appeared,
she actually kept her money in, but was empty on that
occasion.

The Rev. Mr. Rolland was at Union• Hall yesterday,
where he attended for the purpose 'of being present at
an examination of a man named Jones, who was appre-
hended on Saturday last, on suspicion of ha►ing been
implicated in the murders at Fetcham. It, however,
turned out that he warperfectly innocent of that charge.