Star.
London, England, 1819-08-31 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

A new Operetta was produced here last night, it
is called A Cnre.fir Romance. The little of plot there
is turns upon the love of a young Lady for Romance.
She is induced, by a number of stratagems, to marry
the man her father wishes, without knowing that she
is conforming with his desire. The heroine of the
Piece was admirably represented by Mrs. CHATTER-
Lim, and Wilms:cif, HARLEY, WILKINSON, CAA T-
TERLEY, and Nil,. STEVENSON, exerted themselves
with remarkable success. Every part was well filled
and the applause was universal. A Curefor Romance
is indeed only a trifle, but a most agreeable ore.
The comic songs attracted unusual attention ; and a
serenade, sung by Messrs. PEARHAN, O'CALLAGHAN,
and HUCKEL, is an elegant composition, and was
eAscuted with much taste and precision. Mr. MouN-
TAII4.B obligato, in the overtone, is of itself a
high treat. The more frequent introduction of such
displays of excellence in instrumental music, is very
much to be desired. The formality of a detached
eencerto, renders that tiresome which is most de-
lightful and refreshing, when introduced incidentally
in the course of theatrical entertainments.

Arrangements are made for Mr. WARES return
to the Orchestra of Covent-Garden Theatre.
There is no truth in the reports that Mr. KEAN has
concluded an engagement with the Managers of the
principal American Theatre, and that before his de-
parture he is to perform at Covent-Garden for a cer-
tain number of nights ; nor is there any reason to
doubt that this eminent Actor will re-appear at
Drury-lane, where he is under articles to perform for
two years.
General D'EvsitEux, accompanied by Major
YOUNG and Captain Surrir, arrived at Liverpool on
Tuesday last, in the Waterloo steam-packet, from
Dublin.

George Crooke, a fine boy, was taken yesterday
to the Middlesex Hospital, in consequence of swal-
lowing a plum-stone, where, in spite of medical and
surgical assistance, he expired in the greatest agony.
Last Tuesday afternoon a number of men were
employed in reaping a field of corn, belonging to a
Gentleman in WlHand, near Collington. The heat
beirig intense, obliged several of the reapers to give
out, being unable to continue their work : upon
which, one of them, called Searle, jocosely observed,
" Why, will you ...Li give out before me ?" and he
pursued his work, in apparent good spirits. But,
awful to relate—five minutes had scarcely elapsed,
when he threw out his sheaf, fell on it, and imme-
diately expired, without uttering a word. This awful
and sudden death, was doubtless the effect of extreme
heat.—" In the midst of life we are in death !"

Monday se'nnight an Inquest was held at Spalding,
on the body of a child two years old, named James
Higgins, who died the day before, in consequence of
his having, on the Saturday preceding, climbed into
a chair, and reached from thence, off a chimney-
piece, a phial containing oil of vitriol, of which the
decea<ed drank a small portion. It is needless to re-
mark that the child lingered in great agony : he died
in about twenty-four hours. The father of the de-
ceased was in the room at the time, but was ignorant
of the mischief that was hovering round his infant
till too late to rescue it from the dreadful operations
of the vitriol.

The following Inquests have lately been held in
Oxfordshire:—At Shillingford, on Mary Robinson,
who suddenly fell down and expired; at South Stoke,
on Richard Ham, aged abeut 20 years, who left his
ftther's cottage in the afternoon, and was found dead
the next day in a field near his father's house; at WAt-