Star.
London, England, 1826-09-01 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

Last evening CHARLES MATHP.WS resumed his situa
tion on these boards for a limited period. The per.
fotmances chosen for the occasion were a new Farce,
called Before Breakfast, and 27,e Boarding House, or
Five Boars at liri!llton. The new Farce is from the
pen f Mi. PEAKE, and written, of course, principa'ly
r NIA VIEWS. The Olt, which is extremely amusing,
consists of a testy old retired civilian,
tßatrLay), who has a niece Fanny (Miss Boui.N),l
v6ich niece he intends to marry to Major liavannah,
from the Colon;es,(W. BENNETT), Miss trinity being in
lore with the Major's son, Lieutenant Huvannah, itorn
the depot at Chatham (J. BLAND), and which said mar-
rias between the Major and Fanny is prevented, and
that of her and the Lieutenant brought about by the
agency of Nicholas Trefoil (MATHEWS). The scene is
laid at York, where MATfiews is just discharged from
gaol, where he has been confined twelve months for
assault and battery. As necessarily happens, he very
opportunely discovers his old master, the Lieutenant,
whi!e sitting on a post, which he describe; as the first
vacant one he has found, and is anxiously considering
how to obtain a breakfast. The Lieutenant, after re-

minding him that while in his service he bad had his
raut4loons to brush, out of the pocket of which he
hd brushed three sovereigns, with which he had
brushed off, consents re accept his services,for a second
time, in older to avail himself of them in the accom•

piishment of his object in marrying Miss Fanny, and
commences his servitude with his master, 1.81,.. 1.
lle then introduces himself to the Major as a Scotch:
man in want of a situation, and is accepted; and thus
Otai-s his master, No. 2. In carrying a letter from
the Major to .Sir Buffers house, he falls in
wih the Knight, who has just discharged his servant
(KELLEY) for dropping his right hand boot into the
vviter butt, and here, as a Frenchman, introduces him-
sell to his master, No. 3; and the difficult situation in
which he is plAced by this triple servitude give: rise to
same equivoque and most amusing acting. The de.
nmement is brought about by all the parties having
ass. mbled at the Knight's to breakfast, when Trefoil,
being no longer able to sustain three characters in one
material corporeal body, is obliged to come to an ex:
pi !nation, and the Piece concludes by the marriage of
Lie Lieutenant and Fanny; Trefoil, for his ingenuity
in bringing it about, receiving irom his master, No. 1,
the p:omised reward of one hundred pounds.
From this outline it will be seen that the object has
been to give MATHEWS an opportunity of personating
three characters, and all of which he sustained with most
admirable effect. The most original character of the
three is the Scotchman, and certainly it received ample
justice at his hands. His Frenchmen are too well

itlown to need comment here ; they are perfect. Much
amusement was excited at the conclusion, where he
charges his masters with abusing him, and threatens to
race their numbers, in reference to the numerical order
by which he always distinguished them ; and his de-
scription of annoyances to a nervous personage was
most happy. He gave a song descriptive of rural
sports, for a she shin, grinning through a horse collar,
and donkey racing, inimitably ; and the encore was
an admirable new version of the original subject.
—BAarult, in the Knight, was admirable; he untor-
tnnately is subject to "sudden impulses," which lead
him into a thousand little diverting situations with all
those with whom he comes in contact. It is impossible
to conceive a finer picture of an irascible John Bull.
Bieasrsrr, in the Major, who is always " carrying on
the war," was very droll, and the manner in which he
uttered the common-place observations—" Dear me:"
" Sort tithing I"—" 'Pon honour r—on all subjects, was
very good. Kann had but little to do, but tha was
well done; his taking his departure from the house,
of Sir William Buffer, when discharged, and his
affectionate leave-taking of the holyoaks and statutes
in the garden, particularly his good-by to \Venus,
was very clever. Mr. J. BLAND and Miss BODED had
each a song, which they gave in their best manner.
The music is by Mr. BARN TT, and it does his taste and
skill much credit. There must have been consid. rable
difficulty in arranging a trio in the second act, where
Marx aws parodies two popular Scotch and French airs.
The whole went off extremely well, and it was announced
for repetition with every demonstration of pleasure.
The House was crowded in every part. The Prince um IMAM
with a large party. occupied two private bouts on the King's side,
and the Duke of Wiwitovon one on the Princes.

The Princess Avousra arrived at her residence at'
PTogmore yesterday front a visit to the Earl and Countess of ARRAN,
at their seat near Bognor, where her Royal Highness has been
staying fur the last fortnight.
Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the Governor
and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England had an interview
with the Earl of Livaaroot. and the CHANCIL4OII of the Excuse:se,
at the residence of the Noble Earl at Whitehall. The iutetview
hated a conaiderable time.

DOVER, Ann. SO.—Arrived the French steam packet
Henri Quatre, with the mail, and also his Elcelleney the Ambas-
Imfor (rum Spain to this country. The Gibraltar steam vessel George
'lv Puunti, passed by here yesterday down Channel.

♦ LADY S}IOT.

FROM THB OLAIIGOW VEER PRESS, ♦VG. 30.

LAMENTAELE Occunnance.—On Monday afternoon
a most distressing ccident recurred at the country seat
of Mr. John Lang. writer, which is situated at Kirkin-
tilloch. Mr. L3ng's grandson, a little boy, had unfor-
tunately laid his hands on a loaded pistol, which Mr.
Lang thought be had deposited in a place of safety,
and with it in his possession he came to the lobby,
ss here his cousin was standing, the Lady of Mr. Wright,
an advoc 4te, on a visit to her grandfather, ft-, m Edin-
!sing'', who desired him to lay it down, on which he
said, " O, there is no danger, there is nothing in it,"
and holding it in the direction of Mrs. Wright, pulled
the trigger, when, most melancholy to relate, the bali
which the pistol contained went through her head, and
she almost instantly expired! ! Mr. Wright, it is said,
is still in ignorance of his calamity, or has come to the
knowledge of it very recently, he being gone with a
shooting party to the moors. Some accounts say that
she ha,' her infant child in her arms at the time. She
had been married only two years.