Star.
London, England, 1827-10-04 00:00:00

ENGLISII THEATRICALS IN PARIS.

The lust pert.irn.ance at vie Odeon was 'like Fchool
for Scandal, upon which Comedy acre is an tlaborate,
and in some respects an intelligent and just ciiticiow
in the Journal des Debuts. Mows Foove was the
Lady Teazle, and her performance is said. to. have
been the especial object Of French curiosity.. The.
critic decides t' at she was successful in the frivolity
and coquetry of tl.e part, but deficient in the force.
required by the more serious sent ments. At the tall
of the screen her contusion is said to have been but
leesly eapres•ed in her countenance, a: d the use of her
Lien to have aispeared rather 1 ke the trick of a coquette
than the expression of sh ime or the eff ct of lean He
adds, that the laugh and la pith seem to be the true
ements for the di.rplay of 311sa FOOTE'S theatrical,
Went, as was proved by her performance in the Farce
Of ke Weathercock. There is a very just, though rather
sevcre complaint of Miss Foora's having taken the
liberty of introducing a song in the part of Lady 1 eazle,
~ which," says the era c, wai not in the piece, which
was..r.ot proper to the uatien, and which nobody
asked for."

Yesterday his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER, the
newly appointed Postmaster-General, arrived at the Post Officevin
Loinhard•street, where he was Mer-by FRANCIS FRIELING,' %sq.
the Secretary and other Officers connected with the Ililand and
Po. eign departments. His Grace Seat then sworn into office as
Postmaster-Geoesal of Great Britain. His .Graee was girt wards
'sewn through the mire est Aslishment, and spent eamio Ow in
examining the arrangements of the ',dice of the treaMilkalent,
with wh c`i he expressed himself much gratified.
The rece.pts at Drury-lane Theatre, on Monday:Wt.
when M. KdAN, j .n. mule his first api Nuance. Were
six hundred pounds.
Tierc is !ikely to be a sharp contest between the two
rival Hou es, Drury-laneTheatre and the SurreyTheatre.
That rear prodigy, Master Bun Elt, is to perform Young
Norval at the latter, so that the public will have air
o portunity of judging of the respective merit of the
joseniie Rosctus and young KeAtt.
Mr. BANNISTAR was among the curious and anxious
wect.itors of young KRA N'S debut, on Mon !ay evening.
He hobbled up the staircase to the dress boxes, appa-
l. fly with much difficulty, appealing to be as great a
martyr as ever to his old tormentor, the gout. .
NINE PlNS.—Ttielate kat I of LONISDALE was so Plt•
tensile a proprietor and patron of Boroughs, that he returned nine
Members every Parliament, who were facetiously called " Lord
Lonsdale's nine pins." One of the Uemb.rs, thus designated,
having made a very pant speech, was answered by Mr.
Hulls In a vein of the happiest sarcasm, which elicited from the
House loud and continued cheers. Mr. Pox, entering the House
j•ro as MIAICR/LIL was sitting down, enquired of Sninuoam what
the House was cheering. "0, nothing of consequence," replied
SAMURAI, " rmy Burke has knocked down one of Lord Loos-
dale's nine pins."
In 'turner times it would appear as if some operations
,ietre done for the patient and some for the, practitioners.
A friend of mine met a sailor with a wooden leg—
" bis precious limb was lopped And where
was it lopped off?"—.., At Saint Thomaa's."—N' And
—.. what was it lopped off for ?".• 1,1,11 y„ .as tp big
m.tter u',hat," quo:h Jack, '4 nothing, that .1; toald
ever see." Mr. Hunter, who - did more' than any,
human being to lessen the frequency of operitioni,
once had a patient of a similar kind. He yai a
most anzi.rus man about an operation, Which njhose
day., were attended almost with the Sitirmalitiaseg4
erecution..• lie had got on his dress, and a profound
silence reigned in the Theatre; the 'surgery roan was
o dered to bring in the patient who was to have his leg,
taken off. Toe surgery man dislcipeared ;. in top
mi-
nutes he returned, with a face as long as the leg, solos.,
4" Why do you not bring in the patient?" was demanded
by the rxi ectant operator. Because, Sir," said the
astonished surgery man, " because, Sir, he has run
away."

The vacancy occasioned by the depaiture of one of the
senior boys in the Blue•:oat fur College, has been.
ballotted fog by the Governors at lag ge. Mr. Aldeitssan
FARIibROTURICS n ame wai dlr. first drawn our, and he,
in consequence, became entitled to the presentation,-..
Innumerable applications here made to him, by Lnrds
down to Common Councilmen, solgciting the piesenta-,
tion; but he replied, that he should give the presentation
to no boy except the parents were unable to pay the ex-'
penses of education, i.t order that the objets, of the
charity might be effected. This decision reached the
Navy Club House, and a letter was addressed, by a dis-
tinguished member of the Club, to Mr. Alderman FARE.
ancdrHest, representing, that an object of pure charity
would be found in the son of Lieut EiLtorr; who resided
near Plymouth. The letter stated, that the Lieutenant
had been wounded its the head, while in the naval ser•
vice, and he had only 7cl. per annum on sshich the
Lieutenant, his wife, and eight children, had to depend.
The Es-Sheriff wrote down to the parson of the parish
for a confirmation of the facts, which lie received in a
few days. The presentation card was filled up for the
Lieutenant's son, aged eight years, and sent down to the
Lieutenant without his knowing what had been done
for one of his family.