Star.
London, England, 1810-05-31 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 30.

The Court sat in the morning at Westminster,
where nothing was done except sheaving cause in a
few uninteresting actions involved in legal intricacies;
the Court afterwards sat at Nisi P► ins, in Guildhall,
in the City, where a few undefended causes were
decided.

Klx :s TllEATRE.—Tuesday night a new Comic
Opera was performed at this Theatre, cAlled ii
trintonie per Swarrn ; or the Marriage ly .Voile.

DRAMATIS RERSON.T.
Valerio . . Sioor Roe: ni NO.
Leandro - - - Signor Tlt A ‘I i: A /. A N I.
Cicala. (a Hair-dresser) - Signor NA:. n :.
003V10 .. .. .. Signer Br A c.:! ,: r ri.
Mangia Fuoco . - Signor Ile (iI:)VA N NI.
Angelina - - - Signora CAIA LA NI.
Cloria - - - Signora Ili A NC II I.

The construction of the piece is thus—Baron ra-
lerio, who had been an officer, is resolved to indulge
himself in ease after the fatigues of war, and will nnt-
suffer the least noise in his family ; in consequence of
which he disinherits his nephew Leandro, who is of a
volatile nature, and resolves to marry, in the hope of
having an heir. Cicala, a hair-dresser, who is in the
interest of the nephew, presents to the Baron, iln,ge-
lino, the mistress, of his nephemi, in the expectation of
frustrating the Baron's scheme,- and instructs her to
flatter the prejudices of the old Gentleman, so as to
induce him to sign articles of marriage. On the com-
pletion of this event, which she effects by a constrained
and modest deportment, she hecomts suddenly a
most capricious termagant, and in concert with the
nephew, Cicala, and tl:e rest, tires the old Arson so
much, that he eventually solicits his nephew to take
his had bargain off his hands ; by this manceuvre
Leandro gains a double advantage, inasmuch as he
gains the lady of his heart, and induces his uncle to
make over to him the half of his estate.

This subject is not new‘ it h borrowed from a
story by Korzent:e, and was perfivrmed a few years
siomon this stage, and set to music by Signor SA -
LIEN. The music of the present piece is by kloct-
ANTE, a pupil of the celebrated PA ItSl gL
In the first Ai', bi ANGIOLINI, which is tweedy
composed,

" Amor cos e
Chi du ml pito ?
Giacche nol qo
C4pir da mr,"
Madame CATALANI exerted herself with an ability
that chew forth boundless applonse ; and her acting,
in her attempts to delude Vakria, was truly charac-
teristic.
NALDI, in the part of Cicala, (which is a second
edition of Laserille, in the Simasith Barber) was whim.
sical, natural, and excellent.

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The defendant was tried at the last Salisbury As- ! This Opera terminated with marks of unequivocal
sizes, for an assault on William Stone, game-keeper Approbation, and we think that it will prove advan-
to -- Bennett, Esq. tageous to the Manager.
Plaintiff it appeared was employed to serve on de. i In the Spanish Divertisetnent, VErrats and :Lvov,-
fendant a notice not to trespass on the manors of Mr. um were loudly encored in the par de 4/tux of the Bta.-
Bennett, and took the Opportunity of dropping the Lauri ; but ANsioniNt conveyed mote of the Spabish
notice into defendant's jacket-pocket, one morning manner than VESTRIS. There was a par de tail by
when he vi%is going out a shooting on horseback. This DESIIAYES Madame DFAHAYES and Madame MJNitot,
conduct of plaintiff's did not meet with the approba- that was executed with infinite grace ; hitt as it does
tion of defendant, who immediately alighted limn his not involve the same points of fascination vith the
horse, and chastised the plaintiff for his insolence, in z . audience as the BELLARO, it was merely enjoyed, but
most unmerciful manner. For such an assault the . not encored.
aetion was brought, and a verdict of Guilty against I The Ballet of Anacreon, 0u PAmour Fugity, did not
the defendant was hyoid. ! prove so attractive as the Divertisernent ; the truth is,
Mr. -Justice BAILEY, before whom the cause was that the story is notsatisfactorily made out, and pos-
tried, read his notes of the trial, by which it appeared sesscs somewhat of a heavy character.
that the defendant made at long defence, but which A journeyman butcher was yesterday charged, at
was not believed by the Jury, who found such verdict Guildhall, with assaulting a woman in Newgate-
as before st sled. Market, by which her collar bone was broke, and she
Mr. Hunt, the defendant, is proftrid periond, ad. was otherwise much bruised. Several Irish women
dressed the Court. He read several affidavits in er- gave evidence, that last Friday, after the hurry of
.tetsuatiort of judgment, and admitted the assault corn. the market was over, they were joking between them.
plained of, and which was the ostensible ground of selves, and laid a wager to carry this woman in a
action ; but he again contended, what he maintained basket upon the heads of two of them a certain dis-
before the Jury, that the plaintiff Stone had first corn- tance ; that they got the basket on their heads, with
nutted an assault on him, in serving the notice as he the woman in it, but had not proceeded three yards
did ; and that he, the defendant, was justified in doing when the prisoner ran to them, and wilfully overtur-
whithe haddonefor his own defence. Healsossid that ned the basket, by which she was so much hurt that
theaction was brought againsthim not forsuch assault, she was sent to the Hospital. The poor woman was
but was the result of a conspiracy against him, on ac• brought into the Court, seemingly in a very weak
count of his political principles. state. The prisoner said it was by accident he
Mr. Bonnowts was convinced that the defence of tumbled her down, but was waling to make any re-
Mr. Hunt cmdd avail him nothing, for as to the coinpence, which was consented to, and the proceed.
ground of action there could not the any doubt. *The ings quashed.