Star.
London, England, 1821-09-21 00:00:00

TUE.!! RIC .1 LS.

Mr. Ems Tow, it is said, has in preparation a grand
pageant for Drury-Lane Theatre, combining the prin-
cipal scenes of the Krtro's visit to Dublin.
The Duke of WELLINGTON visited the English
Opera on Wednesday night at an early hour, and
remained in the Theatre during the whole of the
performances. His Grace had the double gratifica-
tion of being warmly received by the audience, and
highly diverted by the dramatic productions.

Dftuay-LANs.--A new Farce, entitled Monsieur
Towson, was performed for the first time last night.
It is founded on the well-known story by Mr. JOHN
TAYLOR. The scene is laid in the Seven Dials, and
a French barber is the victim of a combination of
provoking circumstances, which make his house a
place of general call. It is unnecessary to describe a
story so well known; but we should say of the little
Drama, that it is conducted with vivacity, and with a
degree of humour which can only suffer in compa-
rison with the compressed point of the original tale.

HAYMARKEYLast night a new Comedy in three
Acts, called Match Breaking, was produced at this
Theatre. Its reception was highly flattering, and its
claims, with some allowances, were such as to justify
that reception. The materials of which it consists, are
out of the order of legitimate Comedy, but are ma-
naged with an effect as generally pleasing as it is
novel. A Prince undertaking an assumed character
for the purpose of ascertaining the propriety of a ma-
trimonial union, to which one of his favourites asks
his consent, forms a leading design, not, we believe,
anticipated in the range of the Drama. But in the
discoveries which his Highness makes in this capacity,
there is a tendency to party feeling which we must
deprecate. As far as the love story is concerned the
plot is good, but it is connected with an attempt to
throw a slur upon all opposition to Courts, and there-
by to extinguish the manliness of public opinion. The
parts of the Prince, by Mr. TERRY, and of Baron
Solomon, by Mr. JoNEs, were admirably sustained.—
The former preserved the dignity of his character
amidst all the embarrassing circumstances in which
his disguise necessarily involved him ; and the latter,
unconscious of the Royal presence, betrayed, in its ge-
nuine colours, levity of remark as distinguished from
independence of sentiment. Mr. De CAMP, in Edgar,
the favourite, who, from knowing all parties, had the
most embarrassing part to perform, received a cor-
responding encouragement from the audience. Mrs.
CHATTERLEY, as the heroine, gave to the virtue of
constancy that interest which it is so peculiarly cal-
culated to excite. When tempted to abandon the
man she loved for the splendour of a throne, she ex-
hibited an elevation of feeling which proved her
powers in the pathetic. Miss CORRI, as Page to the
Prince, acted in a very interesting manner, and sung
some agreeable songs, which were received with great
applause. The whole went off with the most unqua-
lified approbation. Mr. KENNY is, it is understood,
the author of the Piece.

THEATRICAL Row.—An Afterpiece was got up at
ASTLEY'S Theatre on Tuesday night, entitled an en-
tirely new local Drama, called Irish Loyalty; or,
The. King in Dublin ! and, according to the words of
the bill, gi the l'iece to conclude with a Grand
Pageant and Banquet, at which the national anthem,
GOD save the King, will be sung by the whole of the
company." The curtain rose and displayed the usual
parade of a grand Procession ; but the performances
were instantly assailed by the most appalling vocal
interruption from every part of the Theatre. This
obstruction became more vehement in consequence
of a few dissentient voices being raised against the
general feeling of the audience; but the Performers
were in a few minutes compelled to abandon the Pro-
cession, eight or ten figures in which had only crossed
the Stage, and to attempt to stifle the overwhelming
opposition, by the display of the " Grand Pageant
and Banquet,' which presented a very shewy scene:
his MAJESTY was represented at the head of a finely
illuminated state chamber, seated at a table covered
with cloth of gold, and decorated with all the usual
insignia. The moment this banquet scene was opened,
the gorgeous display appeared to add fuel to the
flame, and the uproar became so deafening, that the
curtain was necessarily dropped, and the Piece
abruptly concluded.—Thehouse was remarkably full.

The new Opera House, at Paris, produced for the
first seven nights of its performance the sum of
131,9`2.•1 francs. The Theatre is very much criti-
cised; it is extremely defective—the boxes are so,
constructed, that the Ladies must stretch their necks
out with torture, to enjoy the pleasure of seeing and
hearing. The architect intended to ornament the
front with the statues of the nine Muses, but he left
himself room only for eight. The wits say he did
this because the Muse of Architecture did not pre-
' side over the building.
The mother of the present Emperor of the Turks
was by birth a Frenchwoman, and said to be the
greatest beauty of her time in the Sultan's dominions.