Star.
London, England, 1829-08-25 00:00:00

NEWS OF THE STARS.

Signor COSTA, a young tenor singer, is coming from
Naples next month, will make his debut in this country at the
Birmingham Festival.
Mr. Pasta has been for some time in treaty with Madame Vas.
tam to perform, for a limited period, at Drury-lane Theatre. The
laVeternse are said to be Wt. or 30f. per night.
proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre, with the exception
of Mr. Cower and Mr. Kusma are on the Continent. They have
each of them, 'however, left with their representatives in Loudon
full powers to act for them upon any emergency.
Mr. Toone and Miss Fatima are engaged by the lessee of
Drary.lane.—A tragedy by Miss Nitrous, it is said, has been
accepted by Mr. Puce, in which Toe= has a character equally
prominent with Bina, and Mile Pnisurs will again be the
satiable heroine in his drama. .

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The report is not UM that Mr. Fs WCETT Is engaged by Mr.
Pasco • Me. Fawn renames the exact Ikea of characters which
have blentsitherto sustained by Mr. Fawcett, and k
is still hoped that -Covont-gardes win open at the usual time.
The Paris Italian Opera opossin *lcemen of a few days, under
tke direction of M. Laurent, who has fted an additional bass
singer Glebe name of Inchindo, aosideoW bi Italy as of One rates
talent, and also Mdle. Heinfetter. when wake is aid to possess
power and sweetness superior even to that of Monk. Sontag.—
Mesdames Sontag and Malibran arrive the end of this month or
early in the asst.—Csurtieseenoi.
hid*. Soma Is giving concerts at most of the large towns. In
company with her skier. They have been at Blimingham, Man-
chester, and other large places.
Mies PATON has, during the last week, bean performing at the
Yarmouth Theatre.
MISS Gas LIDOS has been playing at Hastings with unbounded
applause. As Lucy Bertram in Guy Mannering," and Apollo
to " Midas," her vocal powers proved a great treat.
&Amax is engaged by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, but we
understand be does not appear until after Christmas.
The receipts of Covent-garden Theatre, it appears, last season,
amounted to only 441,777-1f78.610 per annum Mr. Haaius
states to have been the average amount under bis management.

Yams has been performing at Liverpool, much to the enrichment
of his own, and the managerial treasury.
Hunt Jonossou had a most tempestuous voyage to Ireland ;
but arrived safe, and immediately commenced the fulfilment of his
p
engensents.
Parra who has just purchased a villa on the Lake of Como,
visited the town of Como on the Ist of August, for the purpose of
giving a benefit at the theatre to the poor of the plate, where she
passed her tally years. M. Maamem. director of the theatre of
Carcano, having seconded the benevolent intentions of Madame
Pasta, by coming over free of expense with all his company of
singers, an estrao nary interest was excited, and the theaue was
filled to an overflow. performance was 21ancredi, chosen pto-
bably en account of several appropriate coincidences which the dr-
cutouts:ices of Madame Pasta having retuned to her native soil.
The performance was heard with the greatest enthusiasm, and a
marble tablet, engraved with letters of gold, was placed in the ves-
tibule of the theatre. to commemorate the event. It may be pointed
to as a singular evidence of the partial " march of intellect," even
in Italy, that the Prior of the Church of the Crucifix caused a mu-
sical Mass to be performed on this occasion, at which Madame
PASTA was invited to assist.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Suss EX leaves Ken-
sington Palace to-morrow on a tour to Wales. He afterwards
proceeds to Newstead Abbey on a visit to Colonel Witamsu •
thence to Chartley Castle and Staunton Harold, on a visit to Esti
Faunae. By a aims be returns to town in sit weeks, first
ins en his aid friend, Mr. Coca, at Holkham Hall.
His Grace the Duke of ROXBURGH, accompanied
by Colossi Wuxi** Kim &runts:ono and Colonel CXAIIII..
woos, attired at Flaws Castle on Thursday last, front the south.

Lord and Lady GRANVILLE have apartments engaged,
and purtose being at the Royal York Hotel, Brighten. this day.
The Princess SOPHIA Of GLOUCESTER, who continues
Werthln, Higharis and its venerable church a few days
bock ; bet Rosis has also larked Arundel, sad Imputed
the Castle. _ _ _

—SWMATTHEW TIERNEY and family, from town, re-
awned to their Pavilion Parade modem at Brighton, yestergy.
Mademoiselle SONTAG and her sister NINA, were at
Brighton on TWidap as their route for France.
THE SCOTCH PlPER.—Wednesday last, the much
talked-of Scotch Minstrel made his appearance in the streets of
Chester. His celebrity had travelled there before him, sod cense-
queady be was gasod on with considerable interest, in order to
asesitain if he was the notarises Capt. Gannett or not. That be was
net an ordinary meant was pretty evident us those who scrutinised
his moidnet and iffasmseer. He was by no moans importunate.
and when say we casfeered en him a few halfpence. which
was very Wien, he rewarded the dome whit a most sigoilicant
smile. He was dressed Is a grey mit of clothes, a blue esp. and
disguised in eye giggles, and a black handkerchief tied over his
neck and ebbs. His stature Is about six feet, and. were be pro-
perly dressed, we amid think his person would be thin and spare.
—ln undies thmesh the streets, he did not selick mosey frees
any parsao. bat seemed desirous of going over the ground with as
esych celerity as possible. He resided at Kassecer's. the Nees
Bead ; and, after his pereviaWens. attired himself in a very
ceepectable drease—dfispsia Charier.