Star.
London, England, 1818-07-17 00:00:00

corENT-GARDEY ntrATIZE.

This Theatre dosed last night for the season with
the Opera of Rob Roy, followed by the Melodrama
of The Miller and Ms Men. At a very few minutes
after seven o'clock their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of KENT appeared in Prince LEOPOLD'S
box, and were received with the liveliest expressions
of attachment and respect from all parts of the
House. The Duchess is an interesting woman, of
easy and affable manners ; she looked around her as
if she expected to find in every face that of a frier,d,
and seemed as much at home as if she had been born
among us ; this was not lost upon the audience.--7
After their Royal Highr,esses had bowed their ac-
knowledgments, and the manifestations of public
sentiment had sub;Lied, " God save the King was
sung by the Performers, and encored. The Opera
went off with great eclat. Miss STEPHENS even out-
shone herself, and was encored in almost all her songs.
The Highland Chief was supported by Mr.'MAcitEADY
wi:h uncommon force and spirit. Mr. SINCLAIR was
much applauded in the beautiful Scotch airs in this
Opera ; and Mr. LISTON, as usual, produced loud
and continued merinrent in the Baillic. At the con-
clusion of Rob Roy, Mr. Fittvegrr came forward, and
delivered the following Address :
L►nixs AND Gsamassum—The termination of this season calls
forth the most grateful acknowledgments front the Proprietors
of this Theatre, for the liberal patronage they have continued to
receive at a time, when many events have occurred which have
proved considerable drawbacks to the prosperity of Theatres„
conducted on a scale of expense commensurate to the dignified
support of the national drama in the metropolis of the Empire.
—Your kindness has stamped the popularity of the Company,
your presence has evinced the high estimation of public accommo-
dation in Covent-garden Theatre, and this has enabled the Pro-
prietors successfully to contend against thc.r opposing difficulties,
and the receipts of the season have rewarded with a profit which,
on an average, is equal to all their wishes and expectations.
The new met had of liglting and ventilating the Theatre which
they bad the honour to introduce, has answered so completely,
that not only has it Leen adopted partially itt Theatres here, but
on the Continent. Measures are now taken to bring it into ge-
neral use.

The revivals, and new pieces produced during the seams, have
be:n numerous, and (with very few exceptions) most successful.
rts. oc new Tragedies, from the pen of gifferent Authors, have
b:en greatly admired for their classi, :1 and poetical beauties
aml their success in representation is a proof that this high species
of composition is not lost in this country, and most grateful are
the Proprietors to a public, who have taste to appreciate, and
generosity to reward, such distinguished talent.
Ladies and Gentlemen—dintil Monday, the 7th of Septem-
ber, the Proprietors most respectfully bid you farewell! rour4
encouragement of their efforts during this season is a fresh sti-
mulus to their cx:t:ions for the next ; and they trust they shall
re-open the Theatre with an accession of novelty in performers
and performances, which will merit the continuatLn of your
approving favour. For the Performers, Ladies and Gentlenicn,
I have only to reiterate their expressions of gratitude fur your
unceasing kind and cheering indulgence, and, till the time of
re-opening, they hembly take their leave.

FORGERY or BANK NOTES.-At Lampeter fair, in
Cardiganshire, on Friday, the 10th inst. a person of
the name of Morris Morgan, a native of Llanddewy-
brefi, said county, purchased a number of horses, for
which he paid in new notes of one pound each, pur-
porting to be of the Governor and Company of the
Bank cf England. The execution, paper, and water-
mark, being so admirably done, no person at Lam-
peter could ascertain but what they they were ge-
nuine notes of the Bank of England. A per?on of
the name of Hugh Lloyd, a very respectable farmer
from the neighbourhood of Aberystwith, attended the
fair on Friday, and sold Morgan two horses, one for
£34, and another for £7, for which he was paid the
whole in forged paper. Mr. Lloyd took the said
notes for inspection to the Aberystwith Old Bank,
when immediately Mr. Jones, the manazer of that
concern, pronounced the whole forged ; at the same
time declared they were Trolly welt executed with the
genuine notes, except the signatures, which betrayed
the forgery. Mr. Lloyd immediately obtained a
warrant againtt Morgan. Mean time he was suspec-
ted by another person from whom he had purchased
a horse, and on Saturday was given in charge of two
constables, from wliorn, however, he made his escape.
A countryman brought a horse to offer him for sale,
wl-ich he said he would buy, and the constable,: were
so imprudent as to let him go out of the house to try
the animal, v.l.an he immediately 11:Glinted it without
his hat, and lode off, taking from a woman whom he
met near the place her hat, and putting it on his own
haat!. The pursuit of this fellow is continued, but
hitherto without effect.

G a ERNWICIt MURDERS.-•-•We stated some time ago
that a hammer had been found in a pit at Green-
wich, which was supposed to have been the instru-
ment used by the murderer that destroyed Mr Bird
and his housekeeper. The Magistrates immediately
endeavoured to discover to whom the hammer be-
longed. It was recollected that Mr. Lutton, a cooper,
with whom Hussey lodged, after he had Ith the ser-
vice of Mr. Stephenson, had mentioned in his evi-
dence, that he had lost a cooper's hammer, on a day
when Hussey was in his shop, and a few days prior
to the murders. Mr. Lutton and his wife, were
therefore sent for,
,and the former deposed, that the
hammer was the same he lost out of his shop, when
Hussey lodged with him ; he knew it particularly,
from the handle being split and repaired. It is re-
markable, that the face of the hammer, and the other
end, which is not a claw, but a rivetter, should be of
the size of the wounds in the skull of Mr. Bird. The
pit which the hammer was found in, is between the
houses of Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Lutton; and a per-,
son could.have stood in Mr. Lutton's yard, and have
thrown the hammer into it. Hussey still denies all
participation in the murder ; he says, that the bleody
gaiters found in his box at Mrs. Goddard's, were nut
his property. Mrs. Lutton deposed, chat she believed
the gaiters were the property of Hussey, and that she
had seen him wear them. The Magistrates d6e.:•..e•
red the person whom Hussey purchased the gaitct s
from. The man is an ostler at the l'r‘nce of Oranz;ef
Greer.v..ich. He deposed, that Hussey gave him fuer
shillings for th,:rn, and that he bought them of a Jew,
and gave him two shillings for them. No marks of
blood could be discovered on :the hammer, for the
rust had eaten into the iron very deep. Hussey has
been informed of the discovery of the hammer, and,
at the time, he evinced must unusual azitation.