Star.
London, England, 1828-10-03 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN.

The pleasant and agreeable opera of the "Barber
cf Seville", was performed here la t evening. whea
Miss FADE made her first appearance before the au.
dience of a metropolitan winter ;heat( e, in the character
of Boum. Th's young Lady is not entirely new la
Loudon play-goers, many of our readers have doubt.
lets seen her a season ago at the H tymarktt, wherethe
sung with considerable success. In the interval that has
since elapsed she has improved both At an actress and
a singer. Her voice has acquired additional firmnes.,,
and she plays with more ease and precision than for.
mealy. The beautiful bat difficult song. "Tyrant, SOU
111 burst thy &rains," was given with great effect by
the fair vocalist. whose excellent articulation we had
occasicn to admire in the course of it. She snag anal
acted "An old man would be wooing" with vivacity
and humour. The song was warmly and very dem..
edly moored. We may as well take this opportunity to
notice and commend the by-play (if WEENcsa, FAW-
cm', and Miss Foam in this part of the play, is
which WaItIOCH looked the ardent and animated lover
to perfection; FAWCETT dozed very naturally ; and hs
fair ward peeped under the napkin that cioicealed ha
features with great archness. Miss Forme sung 4. litson
of rapture," a cavatina, composed for her expressly hr
A. LEE, extremely well. It was loudly applauded.—
On the whole, we consider her effort of last evening I
very successful one. It is something to have maie &
stand in a character, which, in addition to its intrinsic
difficulty, can never be seen without recal!ing to out
recollection the performance of Miss TIM, its bet and
most delightful representative on the English stage.
Mr. GRIMM. from the Bath th 'atie, made his Ere
appearance as the roguish and vivac;ous Iti‘nro
are happy ti be able to add, he performed ;he part with
great ability. This actor has epteasive features and a
showy person—his speaking-voice is clear and liars*.
nious—fie sings with taste and sweetness—and his acticio
is free and unconstrained, but perhaps rather Tito eso-
berant. Figaro': portion of the duet with Fiords.
81 Mighty Jove," was given by Mr. (;user vein et
mock heroic burlesque that amused tile galleries li,ghlT;
and in the scene with kosixa his loo!: of micgied drol.
lery and astonishment, when she produc:s the letter to
her loess', ready wt itten. obtained a heat ty rt,nr.ll f
plause. The petformance was one of conside able liu-
, moor and sprightliness, and exhibited an easy
ittspr-
deuce throughout, that suited ext.:erre:y well wiin ihe
statute of the character. Mr. WRENCH, in VT
played last night with more th•Ol orklitlAry bpitit„
and was most happy in his assumpti:in of the chatacter
of the music master. liorello was undertaken by Mr.
TtionNE, who sung sweetly enough, but occasionally a
trifle too flat. The exquisite trio u Step
as bolt as
zephyrs dying" was well executed by Ins, Miss }mum..
and Mr. GREEN; and iit the inimitable iiaaie to the lira
act the same performers were equal:), sticcessful.--
FAWCITIS Dr. Battle is too well kilos n and do pal?
appreciated to require a single obtet eat tcn, fut the( this
that it was last night as excellent as ever.
The Opera went off remarkably 'tea. On tl-e falliog
of the curtain the applause w.ts loud and long coo -
tinned ; and the announcement, by Mr.FawcErr, of its
repetition this evening, in consequence of the success
with which it had been at:encied, appeared to afoul
unmixed satisfaction.

Dispatches weir receive i veverday morning at the
Foreign Oirwe from Mr. Seitaeroan Cawstea. 7 hey air da"
Navarin, the btli ult. 'I hey wing the agreeable intellegeuee. that
the preparatictis log the evacuation of the Mute+ baJ been email,
concluded with Isittonti and teat he and the EinTilas
troops under his command were to embark on the tmetediug tlaY
(the Bth).
Time 'cll./wing it an extract r.t. a letter (rum Zante.
dated August '• Sit litwar.o Conaiiit.roe sailed v....today from
this island for Malta. whence lie retutti. to England. The
lord
High Cul11111i••Imier. Sir FSKl.irkla•li Antis. and Mr. Sleet/SW
CarrTlltka, are now litre, and the F.t•uta and linstim Aouhassaden
are daily expected. CAKTWRIGHT ha. preceedel
to Egina, wuert die negociatiuna reapectseg the More.. are to take
place. Today it is repotted that 31ava.moituato, Tsweri, anJ
other Greek Senators, have t..r having ennspiri4
against the hte of the l'rendent Can. WI., NIA 111 a tint 41114400
of the Freuch expedition, ticarliacti bpi the ~ mutt now tie
near its destination, hot as INSAIII/1 VACUA ha. -gntd ki
evarwt
the Mores, it remains to be seen whether the French will at
effeadvely against the Washtub gannets of Pares, WA," awl
Cocoa"

MANCHESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL, SEPT. 30.

ABRIDGED PROM THE MANCHESTER HERALD.
Our F stiv 1 c.sninielmed this morning, at the Col-
legiate Chuich, when r e 1.11 C.theiiral Service was
rl;innted M the It v. ROBERT c Tinos, assisted by the
lisYvitrrs, VA t tyHAN, Ir,d PHILLIPS. None of the
oc .lisi S. with the exception of Madame CA-
TALAN! siiki Miss STEPHENS, were engaged for this
mow ning's per for mance : the fi,rmer sang Lidher's Hymn
in her he.t manner, and the latter did great justice to
Pions Orgies. The Concert at the Theatre this evening
Was crowded to exce,s. The pit was converted into
boxes. An apology was made for Madame CAEADORI,
who is 'Anti, ing under a cola. Madame CATALANI
was in fine voice. In Rule Britannia she was, as usual,
pre•emii,e .tly successful. BRAHAM sang his Scena
from Oberon in a masterly manner. Miss PATON sang
Savourueen Deelish with the most intense feeling; it
was most war m y received, and enthusiastically encored.
This Lady is a fist rate favourite in this town, and her
exertions this evening have added considerably to her
popularity. Madame Srocxuausex sang a Swiss Air
in a very agreeable mann, r. Miss STEPHENS sang
I've been roaming with great sweetness; but this Air
has been so.much organised of late as t) have lost its
popularity.' The KNYvETTS sang the Midge's Dance
tielightstilly—it was encored, as was PHILLIPS's Maid
of Llewellyn. Miss Lova sang an Air of Ermines in a
Very talented manner—it was encored.
On the whole, this was a superb concert, but the re-
Viritions were too frequent, and the performance lasted
till half-past eleven.
Every part of the house was crowded to excess, and
many Ladies, we tear, suffered much inconvenience
from want of seats.