Star.
London, England, 1828-11-28 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.
he Earl of Lisburne in Albemarle-street ; Viscount Barnard
:!onnaught-place ; Lady Elizabeth Fane in Great George-
from Sberburn Lodge, Oxfordshire ; the Marquis and
chimes, of Thonsond, the Ladies OBryan, and Miss Hoare, in
rer Berkeley-street, from Richmond ; the Earl and Countess
Ferny, at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat,
dleton Park, Oxfordshire ; Lord and Lady Montague, at their
to in Hamilton-place, from their seat in Bucks ; Prince and
ice's Lieven, at Ashburnbam House, Dover-street, front Rich.
id; Colonel Macdonald In Piccadilly; Lord Fitzroy Somerset
'elacr yard, from Brighton ; Colonel Dasbwood in Piccadilly.
Mexico • Mr. lino° in Upper Brook.street ; Major and Mrs.
ries in Conduit-street ; Captain Caldwell in George.street,
lover-square, from Fmk ; Captain Fitzgerald in Parliament-
:t; Baron de Ceuta in Grosvenor-street; Major and Mrs.
nt in Curzon street, May-fair, from Lisbon ; Mr. Tritton in
ucester-place; Mrs. and Miss Parry in Harley-street, from
Thorough ; Mrs. and Miss Walpole in Conduit-street, (ruin Chel-
tam ; Captain Hooper in from the lonian rslands ;
Graves in Argyli street.
CHANGES.
ady Georgiana and Lady Elizabeth Russell, for Brighton ;
d Say and Sele, for Belvidere Park ; the Doke of Devon-
r, from Devonshire House, tot Brighton ; Mrs. Ashweil, from
iing's Hotel, Hanover-square, for her house at Leighton
Bard, Bedfordshire; Sir Edmund Stanley, Lady Stanley, and
. Iluntein, at Bath, from Cheltenham; Major and Mrs. Kelly,
Bath; .Captain and Mrs Cooper, for Dublin; Mrs. and Miss
e, for Bath ; Captain Bouchier, for Chatham, Kent ; Captain
Mrs. Maxwell, for Bath ; Earl Spencer. from his house in St.
es-place, for Lord Bagot's seat' Blithiield, near Litchfield,
furdshire ; the Korl of Cassillis, from his boast In Privy-gar-
', for his seat, St. Margaret's. Middlesex; Captain Fascia-
e, from the Royal Hotel, for Portsmouth ; J. Metcalfe, Esq.
a ditto, fur Paris • My. Knight, from the London Hotel, Ai-
lark-street. for Canterbury ; Wm. Lloyd, Esq. from the
.I%h Hotel, Jet/styli-street, for Cambridge.
ARRIVALS AT BATH.
riscount Ebrington, Sir R. and Lady Vaughan, Le Compte
pier de Is Ruchefinicault, General Ckmeron, Lieutenant-Col.
p, Major and Mrs. Morgan, Major and Mrs. Spinks, Captain
nilton ; Captains and Mistiessei Nurse,.Blair. Conyngham,
molds, &c. &c.
ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.
ord Doneraile, Lady Duncan, Sir John and Lady Lambert.
onel Jackson, Colonel Andrews, Major Perks, Major Richards,
or Rutledge, Captain Connell. Captain and Mri. Foy, Captain
am 11r. and Mrs. Snartats,U

ENGLISH OPERA ilOutt.

)ne would be almost inclined to apply to our large
eatres the reason the Jew gave why his edgeless
fe was made, and say, that they were constructed
receiving money, and not for seeing the play.—
lilst there is a rage for any actor or piece, the house,
Matter how large, will be sure to be filled; the mut-
ide are satisfied to be within sight c f the stage on
h an occasion, as the Hibernian thinks it is Sditig
mats to ascend a hill fret* whence he can lee the
ipel. It is in a great Measure owing to this enormous
of our narwhal theatres. that we see our best actors
I noblest plays so often neglected for a timei—notte in
litl appreciate their-real Thine; but the few whd
amble OW the first row of the Pit. All the &Wise of
art is lost tat the rest of the house—no lasting im-
uinn is produced. _ _ _

Fortunately for the interests of the drama, the present
reseritations at the English Opera Hodse hier agaid
ickened the public tell. KEAN has never been seed
more advantage, and that Without the least dieninuA
nof his extra, rdinary powers. The theatre was full
t night at an early hour, to see what we are inclined
think his masterpieceasaMyteek. Such a perfect tot,:
tion of the chiracter,u-such ah adaptation of every
vernal movement to the Wciikings of the mind,
iking a visible commentary not only on what is ea-
rned, but what is thought; and if to all this be added
variety and suddenness of conflicting passions, so
isterly deliticat-d—these make an excellence of the
;hest order.
CHARLES ItallaLl'a B kio is spirited and polished
it possesies the ease aid dignity of a courtier, and
e warmth and openness of a friend. He is• always
tened to with pleasure. and often with enthusiasm.
Miss JARNAN plays Portia with a deal of sportive-
ss and vivacity. In general, she changes the tones
her voice a little too often ; but her delivery of thd
aise of Mercy was free from this fault, add extremely
nphatie. A Slight circumstance in her diess as thd
loam, offends the eye—we mean her appeasing with
a hair in coils, and stuck with a comb. If she does not
ease to mount the wig (a hieh we believe is however
efined to Westminster Hall), why not Wear a cap,
ch as the Advocates on . the Continent use ?;
is not that atiy spectator who knoses thd play is to be
.ceived—no such deception ever exists; bye we are
tiling fir she grave Duke and asagnificom before
hom she appears. But this is I slight matter.
In The Beggars' Opera there was the attraction of
lies Ihriritus s first appeal:ante in the character of
may. The experiment was so succossfol as to have
Ided very considerably to this young Lady's claims
)or. the public f 'VOW. Iler depottthent, although
strained by intinsidation at first, was quiet, onto:-
',sassed, and interesting ; and her sr ;,cal exertions were
asked by a gootedeal of raze talent. the was encored
nearly all her songs, but the most distinguished'were
e one in which, she pleads for het parent's forgiveness,
Id that which is so much more difficult of execution,
Cease your Funning." In the former she displayed the
chows of her voice, with the simplicity dictated by her
nod taste as the aopropriate characteristic of the sob.
ct, and imparted to it the charm of those sweet effects
Iher softer tones which we have before noticed. Then
tore florit song afforded her an opportunity of sin WV
lieestieme flexibility of which she is possessed, and M
ae same time of showing how well it has been cultivated.
e
ler divisions we et chted with estraordinary neat-
en, and she gave us the rarity of a new and very tasteful
adence at us close. Miss GOWARD made a fist ap-
eat.ince in Lacy, which was full of talent, and only
iant.ng the force of petso* and manner to place it.
3 the rank of the most celebrated reptssentations
the character. These are qualities for which Miss
aOWAND is compelled to wilt; if they were within
ler reach she would doubtless lay hold of therm, as
he does of every professional accomplishment that
an he expected from her at present. Mr. WOoD was
be Micheal's. The bills, we believe, have announced
hat this Gentleman had a cold; he does not seem per-
fectly to have recovered from it; he sang with less effect
tan usual; and inwards the end of the Opera his at.
tempts to impart f ace to several passages threw him
considerably unties theorthestr Peachuni and Lock!
title ,aell be tamed by BLANCHARD and BARTLIY ;
the 101 mer, indeed, was admirably played, and, we need
st.scely says no less admirably supported by Mrs.
,u4TEmeohTrws his Lad/.

DARING ROBBERY.

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Monday. a most auchfciont robbery was committed
by three fellows, all most fashionably dressed, at the
house of Mrs. Poole, a willow Lady, in Howard street,
Strand. On two previous occasions before the day of
the robbery, the three men in question called together
at the house to look at a set of apatfrtients that were to
be let there, but differed each time with Mrs.. Poole as
to the rent ; the one, who represented himself as the
principal person, said that he was the son of a Noble-
man, and, as his means were ample, he should have oc•
casion to see a great deal of company, and that an old
Gentleman, an uncle cf his, was very particular not to
dine off any thing but plate. Mts. Poole assured
her noble lodger that was to be, that she had a very
good assortment, and that his uncle should have
nothing to complain of in that respect. They then had
recourse to an expedient to see the plate, and represented
to Mrs. Poole that, as the dinner parties would be nu-
merous, so must the supply of wine be abundant; and
the Nobleman's son wished to see all the closets, cup-
boards, &c. to ascertain if they would answer the purpose
of keeping sine in. Mrs. P. did not hesitate to open the
place in which her plate w as depo,ited.Theythen departed,
saying that they would call at another time and make
up their minds. Monday they called again, and finally
.ettled with Mrs. Poole for the lodgings; but just as
they were about to depart ore of the gang apologized
to Mrs. Poole for giving her trr üblr, but said, Oat as
he was exceedingly thirsty, he would feel obliged it she
would ask the servant to bring him a glass of water.—
This Mrs. Poole immediately did, and withdrew for a
moment to receive the tumbler of water from the set•
vans at the head of the stairs, but before she could re-
turn to the room she was met by the three geneemen,
who followed her into the passage, s here one of them
drank the glass of water, and then the whole party
walked out of the house, the door being very politely
Opened for them by Mrs. Poole het self, to whom they
wished a very good morning.

, On returning to the Loom, Mrs. Poole missed her gold
witch, chain, and seals, from the chimney piece, where
it hung, and then on looking at her plate closet, she
found that the whole • f the plate had been carded off.
0.1 making the discovery, she gave an instant alarm
in the strut; but, although every search was made, no
trAer could be found of the thieves, so quick were they
in their movements. The value ( f the property in the
whole thus cart ied away exceeds 1001.

In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Monday
last, a conditional order was obtained by the Solicitor-
General on behalf of Lord Dungarvoi, far liberty to
file a criminal information against the proprietor and
printer of the Dublin Luning Mail, for a libel on his
Liirdship, in that paper of the 7th instant, by stating
that his L ndship had gone to a public dinner in a State •
bf intoxication, and had behaved there in a very impro-
per manner.
Yesterday afternoon, as Charles Casey, a fine little
boy about nine years < f age, belonging to the Bluecoat
School in Little Chapel stree„ Westrnin ter, was leasing
out of a window on the f nrth story of the school house,
to teach a pigeon which had alighted on a pole which
projected brim the window, for the purpose of drying
Clothes, he overbalanced hibirel, and fell headlong out
of the Window on to the pavement. He was immedirely
taken to a surgeon's in the Broad way, when it was ascer•
tained that his thigh was sadly harken, his lower pier
thrashed to pieces, and also the uppir one much injured,
and several other set tire injusiei. He was afterwards
conveyed to the Westminster Hospital in a dreadful
state, suffering the most ,zerutating agony—but little
hopes are ent.rtained of his recovery.
Sunday the preiniiei of Mr. Whitby, of Leyburn
Mill, West Mailing, Kent, were brokers open, and a
valuable mare stolen. Two men were traced with the
Mare and twer colts to Ripston, a village near HorshArn.
IThe man with the colts was taken, but the other fellow
unfiltunately made his escape with the mare.
The marriages, and ceremonies preceding them, are
singular in Prussia; When two young personi mutually
consent to enter into that state, their parents are in
formed of it; and if they approve of it, all the parties
'meet at a grand dinner, after which the young couple
are formally promised or bethrothed to each other.—
This frequently bappent• six or twelve month befori
the marriage, and the event is notified by small printed
cards, announcing it, which are distributed by the
parents to their acquaintances,or not unfrequently by in-
setting it hi the newspapers; the e notices are repeated
at the marriage, and at 'the birth of a child. Prom
henceforth the bethrothed ,receive the appellation of
bride aid bridegroom, which they retain only anti)
mars iage.
We convened the other day with a genuine Ancient,
who remembers the rebellion, and the sojourn the High.:
lenders made in Dumfries, when 12 men and a ser-
vant were billetted on her mother, much better than
the events of yesterday. Iler name is Ann Hamilton,
alias Butler—her age nearly 99, and her general health
and activity df both mind and body very extraordinary
Sir a person of her years. With the exception of me-
mnry, which is
.a little impaired, all her faculties remain
*Mire, and so far from being bed rid, she can walk
.about the doors without a stick, and. with the aid of
one, to and (tom the mat ket. Regarding the Pretender,
Mrs. Butler avers that he was a 's very clever, pretty
Man ; and when questioned as to whether she had ac-
tually seen him, her answer was, if see him how could
I miss seeing him, when be was walking openly %I a
the Ladies and Gentlemen 01 the place. He had Mune
secret friers, I crow, and some that turned their backs
on him afterwards, were thick aneugh wi' the Prince.
while be stayed here. I mind ae auld wife in particular,
wha cam frae aboot Terregles town, and nae doubt was
a Catholic, that brought in a sack o' white oats, at a
time whan the grey kind was far mair common, and in-
sisted that it should be keepit for the Prince's hour, and
said al ?truckle to an Officer that was stantrin on *he
street. The Officer clapped the woman's shouther, and
this was a' the reward she got, for the next day whan
they set off in a huffy, her beast was pressed, which I
mind was ai white ade, And its back broken wi an un.
Merciful lade &fore it got loony miles out o the town.
—Dumfries dud Galloway Courier.

CORN:IrECHANGK IWARK.LANE, Ito(. MI.
We must quote prices nominally as on Monday, for there was
siucely any thing in our market, although the supply this week
has been large, and many country buyers ; but the (actors not being
inclined to give way, Wheat, Barley, sod Oats, continne at the
same prices.
114POWiATIONS sues NOPDA T.
Wheat, English (qrs.) 0,650 Foreign 1,450
Irish 1,100 Oatt, English 7,500'
Foreign 27,550 Itish 10,450
Barley, English 5:60Q Foreign 1,900
Irish -h— Flour (tasks) 4,900
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 21.

CAT?LI A? seamnrn
Beasts 651 I Sheep and Lambs SAM I Pip 120 I Calves 166
Beef . . as Od to 41 2d Veal . . 4s ed to Ss Od
Mutton . 41 od 4. ad `Pork . . 4$ ad S. 4d
Hay per load. £2 Ss. to .04 4s. Clow AS ISt to £5 0..
Straw 8111. to 41 les.