Star.
London, England, 1829-03-11 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

A new Ballad Opera, called The Casket, with music
(originally by Mozart.). arranged and adapted to the
English stage by Mr. BOPHINO LACY, was ; erformeJ
for the first time last night, and experienced very i.t•
different sutce,s. There is willing in the plot that 1.
necessary to be mentioned ; and the piece is not likely
to he often presented to the public. Miss BETTS made
her first appearance on the►e boards, and sung the airs
all tted to her with great sweetness, taste, and effect.
BRAHAM sung and acted to perfection; and FARRIN,
JOWLS, HARLEY, COOPER, MIS. WEST, and Miss Love,
did all they could for the piece in their respective pasts.
At the cenclesion. Commit came forward to announce
the Opera for repetition, but there was so much tumult
in the house that he retired without being heard. ' '

MARK SUPPLE AND MK. SPEAKER

ADDINGTON.

rThis story. which we give from the Atlas. we have
seen in print five and -twerty years ago. In these ma -
I ters Isciwever, most of the merit lies in the telling.]
"Mark Supple was a reporter to the Morning Chronicle. • Peter
Finnerty (his crony, coadjutor, and fellow coiner yman) used to tell
this story of him. filark was big boned, loud-voiced, and had ar
much wit and fun as an Irish porter could carry—often mons than
he could carry himself, or knew what to do with. He took his
wine every day.at Bellamy 's, and then went up Into the galkrf, and
reported Übe a Gentleman and a man of genius. The members
hardly knew their own speeches again, but they admired Mark's
flee and bold manner of dressing them up. None of them ever
came to the office in the Strand' to complain that the tali Irishman '
had . given a lame. sneaking version of their ,sentinteitte—:they'
pocketed the affront of their metamorphoses, and god-fathered
speeches they bad never made. Mark's we/ was Ar hyperbole;
a strong vein of Orientalism, with a dash-of the bog-trotter.—
The thing took, and Mark Supple was a favourite, and pre-
sumed upon it. One evening, as he sat at his post in the gal-
lery, waiting the issues of things, and a hint to bang his own
tropes and figures upon, a dead silence happened to prevail in
the House. It was .tbe period that Mr. Addington was Speaker.
The bold leader of the press-gang was never much on serious busi-
ness bent, and at this time he was particularly full of meat and wine.
Delighted therefore with the pause, but thinking that something
might as well be going forward, he called out lustily, • A song from
Mr. Speaker !' Imagine,Addington's long, prim, upright figure, his
consternation, and utter want of any preparation for, or. clue to
repel such an Interruption to the rules and orders of Parliament.—
The Hoene was in a roar; Pitt, it is said. could hardly keep his
seat for laughing. After the bustle and confusion were a little
abated, the Macebearer came up into the gallery to take the auda-
cious culprit Into custody, and demanded indignantly to knew who
it was, but nobody would tell: Mark sat like a tower on the.hind-
most bench of the gallery, imperturbable in his own gravity, and
safe in the faith of the united brotherhood of reporters, who alone
were in the secret. At length, as the Sergeaut-at-arms was making
many frnitless inquiries, and getting impatient, Mark Supple pointed
with his finger to a fat (lusher who sat in the middle of the crowd,
I and nodded assent that be was the man. The Quaker we% to his'
great surprise, taken into immediate custody; but after a short
altercation, and some further explanation, way released, and the
hero of our story put in his place for an hour or two, but let Ow
an assurance of his contrition, and of showing lies wit andlnore
discretion for the future." •

Saturday, between two and three o'clock. the whale
ships from Leith, booed for the Davie Straits and Greenland
fishery, via. the Dan, North Pole, William and Ann, sod Diver-
sion, were tugged out of the harbour by the Lion steam packet.
Thursday there was law.ched from the buildmviard.
of Messrs..). Darns and Co. a most magnifiCeni steam ship, which
was named the Duke of Wellington. We believe the Duke exceeds
in tonnage the Queen of Scotland, and is about the kngtb of a 40
gun frigate. She Is to be propelled by two engines of 190 horse
power.--Aerdeeo asexick.
The tende.ed teagnstions of Lord Low nien and .Sit
.lons Bacicerr have not been accepted by the Duke of Wettiormov.
The oat. owing season has commenced. and a mote
favourable time fur it, we believe, never was experkuced.—Sasses
4fdsertistr.

Raffles held in public.honses are illegal, and subject
the landlord to Bee hundred pounds penalty.
A very numerous Meeting of the Trustees of the
Surrey New Roads took place yesterday at the Holm.
Tavern, to confirm or not the recommenJariou of their
Committee to elect a Tull-bar actors Blackfriarsvoad.
between Holland-street and Stamford street, to „guard
ogain4 the very many schemes that ate adopted to
escape paying the C.rcus Gate. After.a lung discussion
pro and con. the CHAIRMAN ptit the question, svh.n.
there appeared for it 20, against. 32. The palish of
Christchurch will, consequently, remain fsr ;he present
without that great nuisance, a Toll-bar, in the middle
of this respectable parish. This Meeting was one of
the largest that has been known for many years. The
whole of the licensing Magistrates came np as soon as
the business was over to the S. ssions House..
An Inquisition was last evening bolifen oaths 'London
Hospital, Mile Endload, before J. W. [Jowls, Esq. on
view of the remains of Miss Elizabeth Mari Hut, a
1 .fine young woman, 28 years of. age, who came to her
death under the following distressing circumstances;—
horn:the evidence it appeared, that oq Sunday evening,
while. the deceased was engaged at the horse of her pa-
rents, in. Old Caravel-lane, to her domestic concerns, her
apron caught fire. Her dress being of light. texture,
flames soon ignited them, and, before assistance could.
be afforded her, she was burned in an shocking a man-
ner that the. Medical Gentleman who was called in re-
commended her immediate" removal to the HoipitaL
There she lingered but a :Wort time, when death put an
end to her sufferings The Jury having examined se-
veral witnesses to the above facts, and.there not appear-
ing the slightest blame attributable to any person, they
returned a verdict of Death.
Its citisecknence of the depressed
.state of snanufac-
turiii,:ibere are a( 'present 509. journeymen
I emplojed Glamowt • . .]