Star.
London, England, 1829-11-30 00:00:00

111 M spoke of SICILY, Of COPIMUONS, of PILIOA :—but hence-
forth " PORTUGAL"--devoted Possuoax-Aer most ancient
and most faithful Ally—a PORTUGAL," shall be the war id's
weed of scorn and execration against Immix&
" But Rusnia," they exclaim, " will rule the world—the old
markt at hear—Belt so. With the exception of lINGLMID, who
wallow by the change'—The great nations never will be so
ruled—if the Sovereigns desire and know bow to unite with their
most natural allies—the people :—As for the lesser states, they wit
always be more or less dependent ; and there is always somethin g
to be gained by a change of dependence—hope at least I"
From this point the writer passes to the long series of
grievances which his country has suffered on the part of
the English Government. We know• them well ;—the
British Nation knows well all that that ancient ally has
suffered at the hands of our Ministers.

And we yet retain strong confidence that, in the justice
of our country these grievances may be redressed, and
that, with respect to PORTUGAL, EUROPE may not long
have cause to accuse us of want of faith, and of revolting
eruelty. The approaching Session of Parliament, we
trust, will efface that infamous stain, by which an inca-
pable and vainglorious Ministry has tarnished the na-
tional honour.
The New Monthly Journal,' of Germany, and the
Prussian State Gazette,' which we quoted in THE
STAR of November 4th, and which bore the dates of Oc-
tober 25th and 28th, perfectly coincided in the opinions
of the Portuguese writer. It is well known that these
Journals German and Prussian are the organs

of the Cabinet of ST. PETERSBURGII, and convey
to Eu&ora whatever the policy of the AUTOCRAT
CONDESCENDS to promulgate of his intentions.
The Portuguese article which we have here trans-
lated, is of the 28th of October, and it must be
owned that Our EMIGRANT CONTEMPORARY has
"Mt right." In the style and spirit of that article. we
think we recognize the same vigorous intellect, the same
eloquent pen that, during the regime of the
Charter at Lisbon, gave strength to the Constitutional
Journal entitled " 0 Portugaez"—ao highly estimated
in the political circles of this country, and from which
the papers of London and of Paris made such. frequent
and important extracts. Having paid this tribute of re-
spect to a distinguished exile,—we pause to ask, can it
be possible that our country will longer look on in cold
blood, and see her ancient ally given up to destruction ?
How long will she see her name and her glory sullied by
sacrificing to the caprice of two Ministers a whole people
—a people claiming, and deserving freedom, and with
_ whom Great Britain sympathises in all that unites na-
tions--in interest and in honour?—No—Ministers have
much to do :—England will not suffer it.

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LANE:" FOLLIES OF FASHION."

"Tormenting" as &ZANE pronounces "the cant of
criticism" to be, we could forgive even the affected
fastidiousness of judgment which would regulate the abi-
lities of the actor by the movements of a atop-watch ;
and hold it a very blameless piece of absurdity when
compared with that vile prostration before worldly
rank—that servile ministering to aristocratic pride,
which without exalting the object of its adulation, or
influencing the ultimate decision of popular opinion,
betrays the pitiful spirit of the sycophant, and dishonours
the Press. by the contemptible abuse of one of its most
important functions. In the "
„Elizabethan" days of
our dramatic glory, or in the" Augustan age" of our po-
lished literature, the nobles of the land were honoured-,
aye, and felt honoured—as the friOdet. rather than the
patrons, of men of genius ; and so far from suffering
themselves to be pampered late any notion of " a gracious
condescendence,' were proud of being admitted to the
worship of the temple,": and assiduously joined in the
pursuit of literary renown—assiduotesly but diffidently,
and with a full consciousness that, is rare Bea" re-
minded them,

" Poets see s rarer race than Mass."
But it would seem that the degeneratto oracles of modem
criticism, like the pretending experimentalists of the sur-
gery, " have changed all that'—or seek to change it ;
and, instead of exciting " men of high rank and station"
to'do honour to themselves by cultivating the most enno-
bling taste—the taste of literature,—and to enter **arena
boldly, and generously to contest the .nestimable prize—
the never-dying bays—with the full vigour and fresh-
ness •of thought, and energy of mind, and with a due
regard to the difficulties of the enterprise; would lure them
by some circuitous and beaten track to ascend the
Parnsssian height--which, " who can tell how hard it is
to climb ?"—and humouring their • vanity, when they
should stimulate their intellectual tmbition, they leave their
excited dupes baffled in the pursuit; and fit only to claim
the insignificant distinction • of ^ being " Lords
amongst wits, and wits amongst Lords."—These
remarks have been drawn from us by the • en-
gemess 'with which " the Times" seizes upon every
occasion to indulge that proneness to grovelling
and abject servility, which nothing but an in-
herent principle of baseness could prompt him to gratify
at the expense of that public favour• by which he has been
raised to a station which he so very unworthily occupies.
—Nothing can palliate the despicable meanness of such
an introduction to a theatrical criticism, as the follow-

ing sentence, which so unnecessarily prefaces some,
otherwise just, remarks upon the Earl of GLEN GALL'S
new comedy :--" If it had fewer claims to approba-
tion than it possesses, we should still be inclined
to look upon it with a favourable eye, because
we are always happy when we find men of high
rank and station in society paying their court to the
muses, rather than wasting their time and their fortunes,
as too many have done, in the debasing pursuits of the
gaming table, or the degrading brutality of the prize
ring." The introduction of such topics had just se much
to de with the judgment about to be pronounced on the
play, as the low-lived scurrility with which the same
journalist " travelled out of the record," to spit his in-
noxious venom at the venerableß awri A ar, had to do with
a professed notice of DUMONT'S biography. Lord GLEN•
GALL must pardon this digression, which a sense
of our public duty has compelled us to make—most re-
luctantly—from the consideration of his Comedy; upon
the success of which we congratulate the admirers of dra-
matic.talent,—we congratulate the management which
has reaped the reward of a very judicious selection;—and
" though last not least,"—we congratulate the Earl of
GLENGALL with the utmost sincerity, though without
any affected deference to his rank, or any.desire to com-
pliment him at the expense of his less, talented Peers.
' In "The Follies of Fashion," so far from }rutting forth
any extravagant pretention to originality of plot, story,
or incident, the author has given proof to the long-seem-
ing paradox, that neither plot nor story can be said
to constitute a qualification indispensable to the
success! of well written play-,the.characters of 'dirk
though modelled on some of the finest of thosawldreit
ween..oo, hyperbole to term " the cluck "t4e.of the oamip
schOol of Art," have acquired an , air :of nor*
from_ theiradazirable adaptation to tha limitedness
Wing OTC igkeithatioPl,7oo ?ay er4o4

' premeditation from the circumstances in which the
Dramatis Persona are placed, and are not the result of
laboured invention, or far fetched conceit.
We feel that we detract nothing from the deserved po-
pularity of the Comedy, when we say that in many of the
situations we were reminded of some of the happiest ef-
forts of SHERIDAN—and that the reminiscence rather
heightened our enjoyment, than diminished the effect of
the scene. All that we can conceive of BANNISTER'S
versatility, even in his best days, is more than re-
stored to us in the e'er-varied excellence of WAL-•
LACK, who sustained Lord Splashton with a spirited
elegance, which gave the happiest force to the alternate
feelings of lore and jealousy which actuated the lordly
spendthrift,and the inconstant, but unconsciously attached,
husband. FA RREN so completely identified himself
with the " head of the COUNTERS," that a spectator who
had witnessed his performance for the first time, wculd
scarcely have given him credit for the finished elegance of
manner, which renders his Lord Ogleby the most perfect
representation on the stage. Jones was, as he ever is,
excessively amusing as Sir Harrg Lureall ; and• whilst
his fine tact subdued the revolting duplicity of the blended
" Backbite" and " Joseph Surface," his assumption of
the character left nothing to reconcile even the most
abandoned libertine to the pursuit of his heartless specu-
lations. Mr. W. BEN I( ETT played Sir Simon Foster we!!.
We regret to see an actor of Mr. COOPER'S tragic talent
so frequently forced into the mediocre station of a walking
gentleman, when a performer with such qualificationi for.
that "role," as Mr. JAMES VINING is in the Theatre.
Mr. H. WALLACE requires nothing but more frequent
intercourse with Onetropolitan audience to render him an.
excellent representative of,thelrish gentleman—his brogue
will then become mellowed, but vulgar we are sure it
will not be. Miss MoRDAUNT played Lady Splashton
with much ease, and considerable feeling ; the " note
scene" was finely, very finely enacted by her and WA tr
LACK. It is one of the most " decided hits" in the whole
Comedy. Mrs. GLovea was as affectedly important, and
as unaffectedly humourous as ever we can suppose the
original of the eccentric portrait to have been—and
such an original, we have " in our mind's eye."—
Mies FAUCITT did infinitely more for 'Lady Mary
Fretful, than, we presume, even the author could have
anticipated. But we must protest against the propriety
of assigning such a character aoung lady, who can
scarcely be said to have passed her noviciate, in
her Theatrical career. Mrs. Otto Eit's Jenny was
worthy of her ; and that is saying sufficient, to vouch
for the excellence of the performance. The comedy was
announced for repetition with enthusiastic approbation.
Onthe present controversy between Mr. KEAN and the
Covent-garden management, we shall have much to say to-
morrow:—but, in the meantime, we would ask Mr.
Kexime in what situation would his theatre have
been if personal forbearance and public syinpathy
had not enabled him to have kept the doors open long
enough to have rendered Mr. KLAN'S performance of
his engagement possible ?—Where would Mr. KEAN'S
redress have been in that case ?
TO THE. EDITOR OF THE STAR. .

Ilne—Elappadag to be 'mope the number of those who have wit-
nessed the dangerous effects arisiog from the loss of rudder at see, 'I
need icarcelypasy with how much satisfaction I read the account
given in a but washer et your journal, relative to the Improve.
swot of Opal° Limey. Having subsequently seen the diagram
appended to the gallant of/ker's prospectus, I am enabled to speak
with more certainty concerning the simplicity of this invention, and
.perfectly agree with you, that a plan which affords such facility for
repairing ow et the most frequent accidents befalling ships' rud—
ders, and prevent* the oecessity of their golog•into port, may be
jet* regarded as an object of national Importance.
.11todless are the 'cases which might be cited to prove the advan-
tage of being able to repair and re-bang the rudder. The one I
erns about to relate occurred so far back as the year 1796, to hie
Ilejeaty's ship Meta*, of 64 guns, in which I was a midatiptnan.
Being overtaken by a heavy Dortb-west gale, on our passage home
from honks, the ship broached too, and after labouring very hea-
vily far several hours, the tiner snapped, soon after which the rudder
was Imaldppsd. Raving succeeded in hoisting it on deck we found the
whole et the plinks brokeeondirere thus unable to make any farther
use of the fodder. The ship being thus rendered unmanageable, the
whole of the masts went by the board shortly after, and we were,
in consequence of the hopossibilky either of re?heneing the rudder
as supplyingits place by any of the plans Min* suggested, and all
of which are eseeedissely defective, finally trader the neceek, el
abandoolog the ship altepther. • • • -F"' ••

In addition to the Instance. noticed M Cava to Linoe's Pros-
pectus, I recollect the cam of His Majesty!. ship Captain.
Ibis ship having unshipped her rudder off Falmouth in 1105,
there were no means of replacing the br4en pintles ; the
cesioquencet was, that she drifted about the channel for several
days in the most lonsinont &Eiger, and would have been infallibly
wrecked, bad it not been for the timely arrival of the San Josef,
which was sent out of Plymouth to tow her into that port. In
'lllO9, another Mae of battle ship, the Venerable, lost her rudder or
Flushing, and narrowly escaped shipwreck in consequence. one
of the most recent eases which has came under my observation, is
that of the Valorous, tweoty•siz, commanded by the late Lord
HONTINOTOII, and which bad her rudder unshipped off the Baha-
mas in NIS, wittiest the possibility of its being reigns.
As you justly observe, oar Indiamen are more liable to have
their rudder damaged than any other class of vessels. While the
distance and the nature of their voyages generally keep them from
the land, reader it diScult, and sometimes impassible to gain a
port. With regard to our ships of war, It is of the greatest
importance that they should be provided with every means of
remedying an accident of such common and frequent occurrence.
Indeed there is no reason to apprehend that either prejudice or
jealousy will step in to mar the adoption of Captain Luton's
valuable 'menthe ; at all events this gallant *Seer is entitled to
the best thanks of his country.
I am, Ste.,

Ponsmouth, Nov. 27.

NAuticus.

CITY. Twin.vs o'CLoca.
It is supposed that on Saturday some of the Bull party
began to slip out their Stock, and 'turned Bean; taking
the advantage of the high price of Camels to realise. Con-
nie which left at on .Saturday at 940 for Money, and
94if for the Account, ate rather worse this morning, and
opened at le for Money, and 941 for Jannry. at one period were"
done at 94k. In the Foreign Market little business done as yet,
except in settling accounts (it being a settling day). The Bank is
shut, being a holiday.
• CITY, HALF-PAST OHS.
There appears to be a great pause in the operadona of the
Coned Market this morning, and less busioess has been done than
for several days past. Consols were done in the early part of the
morning-at 941 teethe Account ; since which they have reached 940
audit present may be quoted sellers, and for money foli. In
the Foreign Market, Mexican Stock has been the chief attraction. .
owing to the surrender of the Spaniards at Tampico to the
Mexican forces. Some doubts were intettained oo the
above infatuation, since which the aliteial account of the
capitulation has been received, and all doubts have ceased.
—Mexican Stock has improved One per Cent. The Be.
loses Money Shares have got 430 per Share, and are 1110•
United Mexican Shares have aim
Be an estreowlisary conveyance we have received accounts from
Vienna to the 113 d Nweembermpall she fends there en the rise..
MetteSictee 6.0, .101 1 Back Slilites,.l,24, 0, and looking up., The
•lisseisn Head-quartos hate beE ferioved we Salim
CITY, -HALF-PAST TWO.. •
*me Ibis hear a Omen has taken place in the Camel Nadal,
And they have received from Dei Ito ptil kw the Amami, freekag
to Wow Messy Wei of Ikea: PL
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THE KING.

WINDSOR, Nov. 26.

This forenoon the KING, attended by the Lord
.S. tzwxAD and the members of the household in waiting,
heard Divine Service at the new Chapel Royal. The
Rev. Mr. SEYwouit officiated, and Mr: HORN presided,
as usual, at the organ. His MAJESTY has, owing to the
unfavourable state of the weather during the last week,
been prevented from taking his daily exercise, and, con-
secmently, confined to his apartments at the Royal
Lodge, where his MAJESTY, as usual, devotes a great por-
ti•:u of hi 3 time to public affairs and foreign despatches.

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