Star.
London, England, 1818-04-14 00:00:00

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Nre umed his station on e-7-EaT4
boardslatt night, and was greeted on his en-
with universal and ecstatic bursts of applause.
,stained the character of King Richard with his
•ecellence. •
:NT-GARDEN.—Miss O'NEt ix again electrified
...hence last night by her admirable performance
Beividera in Venice Preserved. After the Tragedy
Farce, called Who is my Father ? was acted
first time. The plot consisted merely of corn-
ire intrigue. LISTON'S irresistibly laughable
lity was the chief support of the Piece.—Lord
(Mr. Jones) the son of some Noble Marquis,
Emily (Miss FooTE), the daughter of a Major
',Nisitv). In order to carry her off he disguised-
as a gardener, and entered her father s ser-
A letter having been addressed to the Major,
that Lvi,d Alton, in the disguise of his servant,
irosecuting , dishonourable views towards his
,ter, and inclosing his picture the more perfectly
:tire his detection, Fanny, the waiting maid (Mrs.
opens and reads it, and substitutes in the
of his Lordship's picture that of poor Fitz, a
indling- (Mr. Lisros) her fellow servant and ad-
fhet deception succeeds. The Major calls
account, but lie declares his intentions h „mon-
Such is the principal incident. The lackey
[resses and struts according to his conception of
manners of a nobleman, but the Marquis having
his consent to 'the marriage of his sou with
on discovering that her portion was twenty
thousand pounds,
_Lord Alton declares himself, to the
awsnishment of the Major and his intended son-in-
Fitz, who vainly supposed that he had found a
among the nobility. The Piece concludes with
ible marriage—that of his Lordship with Emily,
of Fitz with Fanny. Upon such materials the
,or has constructed a light agreeable little drama.
, favourably received, and promises to live its
with a moderate portion of encouragement.
KING'S TIMATRF..
litiv Music's', Rim—We have seldom, on any
!casion, witnessed such an assemblage of eminent
• Professors (both English and Italian) as have
offered their services for the approaching Festival of
• truly laudable Institution. The great attraction
•hffer will no doubt produce an overflowing house.
of the Boxes are already engaged, and amongst
_lames in the Box list we observe those of the
Dukes of Sussex and GLOUCESTER, and sr veral other
•lustrious Patrons. We congratulate the Mana-
; on the prospect which they have of their anxious
:xertions in behalf of the excellent cause in which
- are engaged being. crowned with all the distin-
tished success which it merits.

• Between the 21st and 31st ultimo, there entered
Boulogne from Dover and Rye, seven packet-boats,
67 passengers ; and there sailed from Boulogne
those ports, five packet-boats, with 48 passengers.
lursday the transports Minerva, Jour CARRICK,
Nearchus, GEORGE SURR, arrived at the Mother-
e, from the Mediterranean, where they have been
toyed for nearly four years in transporting troops
one place to another, and bringing gram from
lexandria, in Egypt, to Malta, &c. They are now
home laden with army and naval stores, cement,'
..—His Majesty's ship GLASGOW had arrived out
'lalta; as also the transports Regulus,.Brailsford,
terva, and Christiana, which sailed from Ports-
Ith some time since with the 28th regiment. Sir
.ARLES PENROSE, in the ALBION, was also at Malta.
They left the island on the 2d of March, at which
it enjoyed good health, as did also the town and
garrison of Gibraltar, where they touched on the 27th.
His Majesty's ship MYRMIDON was then lying in the
;; as was the brig Swan, E. S. VICKERS, from
tessina to Portsmouth, laden with lemons. On the
of March, spoke the ship Augusta, of Boston,
from Ti ieste, bound to Gibraltar ; and on the 4th inst.
ship Lady Warren, of and from Liverpool, all well.
A letter from Sierra Leone, dated January 25, in-
forms us, that the Expedition for the discovery of the
nerior of Africa was then in the river Gambia, and
not likely to sail this season, as the rains would
soon commence. The command had devolved upon
Lieutenant GRAY, of the Royal African Corps. Forty
thousand pounds are supposed to have been expend-
' upon this hitherto fruitless, though meritorious,
•pedition. Captain 'WAN, of the Colonial brig,
sent in two vessels, found with slaves on board.
had also captured two other vessels, one French,
other American—the latter for endeavouring to
aiggle tobacco into the Colony.
DARING RODUERY.—Friday evening a man, very
iteelly dressed, called at the house of Mr. Cousen,
Alpha-row, across the Regent's Park, and asked
very kindly after the health of Mr. Cousen, affecting
a be a distant relation who had just returned front
Bombay. Mr. Cousen had left home that afternoon
Salisbury. Mrs. Cousen, who had only a maid-
servant in the house, welcomed the stranger with a
glass of wine, and he talked of his, school-boy ex-
ploits with her husband at Bridport School. In the
interim there came a knock at the door, and another
fellow entered, whom he recognized. The relation,
he termed himself, then threw aside his disguise,
and demanded to know where any money was con-
taled. After shutting Mrs. Cousen and her servant
a latindry, and requiring them to keep peace at
the peril of their lives, they ransacked the house of
71. some silver, and some plate, with which they
,nade off. The females were locked up fOr two hours
before they could give any alarm.
HicitwAr ROBBERIES, &e.—The following is an
Abstract of the Bill for Repealing such parts of se-
veral Acts, as allow pecuniary and other rewards on'
the conviction of persons for highway robbery and
other crimes and offences :
After reciting these several Acts, it enacts, that so much of
the same as authorize the receipt and payment of the sum of
401. on apprehension and conviction of prsons for the offences
therein named, shell be severally repealed, and that no certi-
ficate shall be granted to any person who shall so apprehend or
c3nvict any person guilty of any of said felonies, to discharge
such persons front Parish and Ward offices; and whereas many
persons are deterred from prosecuting persons guilty of felony,
by the expense and loss of time attending such prosecutions,
the Bill further enacts, that the Court, before which the trial
takes place, shall be empowered, at the request of the Pro-
secutor, to order the Treasurer of the County to pay unto such
Prosecutor and Witnesses, as, well the costs and charges of the
indictment, as also a sum to reitubursq them for the expenses
incurred in attending before the Grand Jury, and carrying on
said prosecution, and to compensate them for their loss of time
and trouble—said order to be made out without fee or reward,
at.d to be paid on sight, by the Treasurer, to he parties.

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