Star.
London, England, 1827-12-25 00:00:00

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-OPERA IN SCOTIAN& •
The nov I eaperinsept pf a' Vrgular Italisn•ttetillw
Clothing,' has been successful. hithecao, andy
rewarddl ti:. manages frrr his spisil.and enterprise.'
Ilussines Benoit?* di Siviglia has been perforVed four,
times--onThursd'iy, Friday, Sat.•rday, and Mithstae-''
•0 say goosl botch, and, en each isretiti-.0, has goo',
(4 with increased eclat. The :applau ran Sa-urdas
evening in particular (alien the house was very fut),
wet tumultuous; and the au,lience evidently entered'
into the spirit of 'this liiely drama, and enjoyed it as"
heartily as if it.-had been in our own language. The
',wee, indeed, was admirably performed. We have
•een it produce leis dramatic effect"
.at the King's
Theat re; and: is our own exper.ience is but limited. we!
may fairly add the testimony ore° accomplished friend',
who sat beside us, who declared, that though he had
seen this Opera in almost every town in Italy, he had,
Dever seen it played in Eo spirited a manner. .

PIRACY PUNfsHED.
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On the 30th of September, the briliComet, of Yar
mouth, Captain %vett, sailed. from Smyrna, in corn.
parry w ith eleven more vessels under convoy of the
United States' schonoer Porpoise. On the evening of the
16th, the convoy being becalmed off the isla id of Andros,
arid the Comet beiogputside, about hue miles fi um the
shore, Captain illivett, bout eight o'clock, observed
three mysticosi or huge row-hootr, fuil of Greeks.
pulling up .towardi "her. The Porpoise was about a
quarter of a mile distant, and captainitivett, lowering
his jolly boat aith his mate and . a boy, ordered diem
to make the be of their way to her for assistance: AN
the pirates reated.him, Captain Ilitett hailed, d siring
them t.. keep r ff,"tshiih was answeied with-a valley
muske ry,One young maw on board ,the Comet rem
a ball in his Lead, Which, cau,ed his death. They the,
hoarded the brig to the number of about 40, who in
siintly feria plundering, in treating Capt. H. and •hr
cies*, whom they stripped of their cluthe., taking every.
portable ar vele out of the cabin,and tans ack.ng the cargo;
their boats in the me.isnitt e taking the bri4 in tow, and
making the best ut their way with her t..lw.rils the islatid
While they were thus engaged, three boats front OW
Porpoise, manned and armed, pulled up, and or toed
upon the mysticos a fire of •musaetry ; upon which thr
latter instantly cast off the towropes, and, abandonii4l
their comrades on board the Comet to their fate, t:.ey:
plied their oars with such vigour as quickly to distance
their 'minuets. The latter then*retutned .tu the brig,
firing upon the Greeks, as they approached, with a dr
terenin.tion to give them no quarter. Vainly hoping
to escape destruction, and gain their boats by
the greater part of the pirates plunged overboard as
snow as the Americans boarded the (16met ; and Captain
It. repoits that, of the %hole number left on board the
brig when the uiysticos took to flight, not one escaped
death, either from shot, or the sword, or drowning..

Application has been made to Government to grant
part of Wormwood Scrubs (or the new 11114tliesez Lunatic Asylum.

CARLTON HOUSE.--The workmen are art length era,
played in ta►ing down the table portico of Gaston limos.
ANNIVILREART OF THE SHUTTING or THE GATE.-
16511.--Loomeigasaar, Doe. IL—Bearing dleg (answered by mot
al-dusty from the ramparts],, aceiots *ell ►town to the Inhabi-
-. `.of

Emits, petting them oci die reltipi of an anniversary justly dear
to then' AIL The motto of ouiiiigrn city, " No Surrender!" bat
just been placed neer each of the gates, the effigy of him who would
have betrayed she city to us implacable enemies, Isis been hoisted
in King Willi.mi'e-square, to dais& in the wind, " a gibbet's tat..
gel and the gallant 'prentice boys are waking in pros:essisisi'

through the %met', bearing transparencies with emblematical de•
tire•, and preceded by amateur bands of music. Every thing, in
sheets gives cheering promise chit the day wiU be celebrated with

the griatest

ANTIGUA. NOV. 13 —This island has recovered from
the effects of the pies in Augu,t, and assumes. a very
promising appearance for the ensuing crop. The first
September packet is still missing, and great fears tile
e..teitained for her safety. , Meas.,The Heal tr brig-ol
war, Lieu:enant Henry Jeenry,. sailed from Falmouth
nn the 12th of September,with the mails far the Leeward
islands and Jamaica. It was reported that Antigps
bad suffered by a hurricane in October, biti ibis eon—
tradicts it. • .

Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, as a young man
was passing along the Water 100 Road, near the Feathers
public house, he was suddenly ati.elted by three mm,
two of whom held his arms, while (he third 141 d his
pockets of their contents, amounting to 15.. with which
they made their escape.

Siturday night one of the marine! employed 4n the
Docit-yard service n' Deptford, owing to the ob .eniity,
stepped into the bason, and most hive been iampaj..
ately drowned. as on being missed in the roaming ;Mr
water was let out of the bason, and he waatoond•stand•
mg upright against one of the walls with his watch;
c •at on and his musket uoder his arm, so that he mus.
have made no struggle to rescue himself..

Loss or TON VIGILANT GKAVLMSND BOAC.—An
Inquest was. held on Thursday, at the White Hart,
Gieenhithe, on the bojy of Mr. 'MARTIN, an sane-
pens!ent Gentleman, who lost win life on Wed-
nesday, in consequence of the. 'Whetting of the abote-
sessel, on Wednesday; in. it'lquall of wind off that
place.—Joseph Sims, a seemntelbelongiog to the Li-
verpool Wig, said be and d* fen of the crew ob
served the Vigilant •stietchirit up the River under
sail; she seemed top-heavy, but did not C4fty
sail; while we were looking at her, * squall suddenly
capized her. We saw three men immediately aftee
on her bottom while- it Hosted; our boat• went de
their assistance, but one man fell off, and antitht
boat picked up the two others alive, We (nand
deceased afloat in the water. He was not quits deado,
but he flees?. recovered. We brought him her* fir
assistance, and be had medical help itnmediatelj,
it was quite useless. the. Vigilant is'itill under wereiesi
and several people air said to be in her hold.—S.-Tord;
min, a surgeon, deplosed, that be and two others had
paid every attention to the deceased fur two hours and
a half, withbut effect. The trachea was rupturedby a
blow the deceased bad received under his chin. Verdict,
.4 Accidental death by• drowning." The Vigilant sunk
in about 18 fathoms water. There were several barges
trying to weigh her, but the roughness Of the water im-
peded their operations the whole of Thursday:
The following passage in Don Qnisorie beats a sin-
gular application to the affair at Naval-in. Its the 88th
chapter, the captive, relatiog his adventures, sap—
The year following I was at Navarin, rowing in the
captain-galley, and there I saw and -observed the op-
portunity that was then lost of taking "the' whole Turk •
'fob navy is poet. For all the Levantinekaad 4.usissaiiess
on board took it for granted they should be attacked
in the very Imbour, and had their baggage and their
pahsamaques. or shoes, in readiness for running away
immediately by Amid. But Heaven ordered it other-
wise, for the sins of Christendom, and because God
permits and ordains that there shoot& always be some
!COVTgef to chastise us."—* Egyptians and Turks.