Star.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

Last night, after the performance of Before Breakfast;
for the fifth time, the Bashird Man was represente.l
for the first time this season. MATnEvcs war, of course,
the Bluskington, a part which has hitherto been all his
own, and in which, we are inclined to think, he will
scarcely ever find.a.rival,.as, without his peculiar talent
for humour, it would be scarcely possible that a piece so
entirely destitute of plot or incident, and so independent
of any pretension to wit or humour, in the dialogue, to
make up for its other great deficiences, could succeed
on the stage. The same comic powers in the hero of
the piece, however, which obtained for it a run on its
first coming out, were again successful ; and the Cril IC
Lure of bashfulness exhibited in ail the situations in which
Bluskingion is placed, and which, in the hands of any or-
dinary performer, would be scouted for their absurdity,
were, by the comic genius of his representation, rendered
' productive of peals of laughter. Of every scene in which
he was engaged, and the whole weight of the perform-
ance is very properly left with him, he made the most ;
but in the love scene with Miss Dinah Friendly, and in
the drunken scene, he was quite at home, and produced
loud and long applause. The part of Miss Dinah
Friendly was performed by Miss BODEN, and the other
parts were well filled.
The Spoiled Child followed, in which Miss GOWARD performed
Little Pickie, and danced a hornpipe with great spirit, and was
warmly applauded.

GLEANINGS ALONG-SHORE.

MARGATE, WinumnAv Evrwuca; Szrussini 6.

Arrived in this place a little before five P.n. yesterday,
in the Dart steamer, Capt. Jones ; and a capital Captan
he is—a quick eye, strong lungs, very vigilant, brown
visage, vastly polite, and five feet eleven without his
stockings. The Dart, darted past every thing—leaving
all the other steamers behind her, like so many legs
upon the water, and making the trip in something less
than seven hours and a half, inciuding stoppaees; that's
at the rate of about thirteen miles an hour. Passengers
two hundred and seventeen—am:mg them, Lord Fitzroy
Somerset, who made a very hearty breakfast, and ate
many eggs, to the great edification of the citizens then
afloat—many of whom had never before had an oppor-
tunity of seeing how a Lord with one arm could eat eggs.
(N.B.His Lordship allowed to sit upon the paddle boxes!)
A son of Mr.Wilberforee also on board ; but he did no-
thing but stalk too and fro on the deck fasting,with one
arm across his bfeast, and the other propping his chili;
and giving the Ladies on the benches abaft the sta;e
cabin much trouble in dras ing their kid-clad toes cut
of the way of.his iron-shod heels. Wiled legs of nitn-
ton,.and H bones of beef premised at one o'clock—not
ready until half-past ; consequently many elderly Gen-
tlemen were compelled to sit with their watches in their
hands, and their mouths full of water, for nearly half
an hoar. (Hope defered, maketh the heart sick !) At
half-past one, some hundred and twenty Ladies and
Gentlemen got as much boiled leg of mutton as they
could manage at 2s. a head—c r per sauce included. Bot-
tled stout at Is. "in prime order," and much in de-
mand—port and sherry, pretty tolerable, at five shallop;
the steward sa'd his arm ached, "re idy to drop
off," with drawing so many corks! (Credat,
Learned from the Captain, that during the lase two
months more than eight hundred pleasure-seekers have
been afloat daily between London and Margate .only.
(A sad proof of national distress.) One harp, one French
horn, and one clarionet, giving every b rdy "all the
most fashionallest airs in Der Fraischutz," set en hours
together for little or nothing—" just what you please to
give, Sir," and every individual musician equipped like
a cadet, spick and span from Sandhurst ! Sundry
slender: trying to do things "by the book"a little
book, intituled " A Week at Margate," which proleises
to tell you how
You may stay out a week, tote the pleasures all round,
And carry home change from a note of five pound.
—some of the thinnest and most elderly were of opinion
that 44 it might be done, perhaps," but the thinnest
amongst them admitted that it was next to impossible—.
4, for instance," said he, " I exceeded the first item cent.
per cent. by giving 4 Poor Jack at the Tower stairs, 6
penny instead of a halfpenny !" "Pooh! the book's all
nonsense!" said a fattish Gentleman in a Bath gray
wrapper and seal-skin cap ; I went up last Saturday, anti
it cost me and mine, five shillings in the article of
brandy only ! for it was a blowing day, Sir—an immense
blowing day ! and somebody said there was nothing like
brandy to keep everything down; but we swallowed fire
shillings-worth of it, and gave everything up at last!—
The book is all nonsense, Sir--it makes 110 allowance for
uncomfortable contingencies." " But here we are! there
ate the three windmills !" cried a sprightly young G.;n•
demur from Itothethithe; and behold we entered car
pier of Margate beneath the assembled eyes of all the
fashion and beauty in the place, our baud playing
46 Cherry ripe" to admiration !

On the wedding day of Lady Er.IMA HAY with Cap-
tain WIMYSS, every mark of joy was displayed by the tenants or.
the estate of the Earl of ERROLL.
The Martin, JAMISSON) from Limerick, for wlicsv
safety fears were entertained, avrived at Miratnichi 16th July.
The GANGES, 84, (Sir ROBEIIE WAILER OTWAY4
arrived at Lisbon on the 18th utt. in nine days from Spithead, ..wl
was to proCeed the next day for Rio Janeiro. The TALIOT, •;,S,
Capt. lion. FRED. SPENCIR' arrived at Gibraltar on the iiStii Jul;',
and sailed the next day for Malta.
Sir H. DAVY, Bart. is at present enjoying the sports
of the fieliet Ardgowan, tikt seat of his relation. M. S. STEWA at.
Lord ViSCOUIIt NEWARK, the eldest son o! Earl MAN-
yEas, came of age on Saturday last,wkich gave occasion to festivities
on an extensive scale. Ifis Lordship's tenants in the vicinity of
Nottingham were entertained at the Black's Dead on Monday.
BANGiOft FERRY.—This delightful spot his, to its
own natural beauties of scenery, &c. this season received an adJi-
,tional attractitiii in the completion of that magnificent work, the
Chain Bridge, across the Menai. Among the distinguished visitor:
of this place, werE—Lord and Lady Livraroot., Earl Frrawn.i.tas,
Earl CARRNARVON and family, Earl of SIAM roan and WARRING-NW,
Sir THOMAS and Lady STANLEY, Sir JOHN Tosisi and family, &c.
Menai and Conway Bridges have been for some time
hack, and still are, quite the scene of attraction. Bangor, Beau-
. marts, Conway, &c. and the various hamlets round about, ar.: now
thronged with visitors.
The following was the allowance of provsionsgrint -:'.
to Lady Lucy, one of the Maids of iionour in the reign of 111:Nak.
VI I I.—Breakfast—A chine of beef, a loaf, a gallon of ale. 1.1:0-
chton—Bread and a gallon of ale. Dinner—A pier.: of !wiled her:.
a slice of roast meat, a gallon of ale. Supper—l'orlid;e, tou..:e:
a 10-r, and a gallon of ale !
DUBLIN, SEPT. 5.—A number of men and boys
made their way through Kevin-street, Netv-street, :I,d
the streets immediately adjoining. List eveninj. and
having entered the sh •ps o: several bakers And litliSCl.
carried off a quantity cf provisions. Three of these
persons were apprehended by the. Police, and lo.lged in
Kevin-street barrick.. They have been hithei to engagei
as overseers of road labuur, and one of them. tia•iic?
Thorium noyle, his beets icittatkah!e for having takot
Au active pat, in evety riot of a •aini.ril de .crikatt.o.

I,Aw 4EPokt.

COURT OF CHANCERY, &mama 7.

The Lem Chavicellor sat to day soon after ten o'clock. He risk
rather unwell, and therefore did not sk till a very late hour. He
stated that he should continue his sittings for some days to come.
IN EBB MATTER OF BOURNS, A BANKRUPT.
This Petition was presented for the purpose of super-
seding the commission, and the great point was, whe-
ther the commission had been taken out for the purpose
of putting an end to an action that had been previously
commenced by Mr. Bourne, and not with the addi-
tional intentien of letting the commission have its ope•
ration as a commission. This branched 'cff into two
questions; the first was, what was the matter of fact?
and then, what was the law ? .The opinion of his Lord-
ship most decidedly was, that if-the object of the corn.
mission was, as above, the law would not allow it to
stand. This he stated, following the law as laid down
i t exparte Wade, in the matter of Wade, decided
by himself, which law, he was prepared to say, he
would again lay down, if he had the same case to deal
with to-day, notwithstanding, from representations
made of that case, it appeared to him it had been rather
quarrelled with elsewhere. The inquiry consequently
was, what was the object of taking out the commission.
This was to be collected from the depositions under the'
proceedings, and the affidavits filed in the matter. From
these, his Lordship's judgment was, and particularly'
from a letter written by the person who took out the
commission, that the intention was, that its operation
should be entirely concluded by putting an end to that
action, and that therefore the commission his Lordship
would supersede, penning the order himself, that the
principle on which he proceeded might not be mistaken.