Star.
London, England, 1828-08-25 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA. •

A new piece, under the title of.--11 Not for me! or,
The New Apple of Discord," was on Saturday evening
produced at this Theatre. The Music by Louts
MAURER. of Hanover, arranged and adapted to Eng-
!kit words, under the superintendance of Mr. HA was.

The Characters and outline of the Plot, are as follow :
Mr. Richard Roe, (a retired Attorney) .. Mr. J. Roseau.
Captain Bouncer, (of the )lilitia) ... Mr. G. rarisou.
Henry Finns/Avid, (a Farmer) ... Mr. THORNE.
Charlet Vivid. (a Travelling Artist) .. M. J. Rsh.xo.
Miry Fairfield, ... Miss. KICLLT.
Lucy Fairfield, Wards of Mr. Roe ... Miss Caws=..Ann Fairfield, .0 Miss H. Cask&
Miss Winifred Virulent, (an Old Maid) ... Miss Oow*aa.

Fairfield, a Yorkshire manufacturer, emigrated to America. has
left Isis three nisces, under the guardianship of his old friend line,
a retired Yorkshire Attorney, who at the opening of the piece, is
c.osids ring in bis own mind the possibility of inducing his Ward
-try to ni.Jte an assignment of her pretty person and future ex-
pees from her Uncle. to his keeping. The same subject also
occupies the thoughts. of Captain Bouncer; but the young Laily,i
wish that waawardness, which generally governs young ladies
under such circumatinces, has made a choice for holielf, in the Ow
son of young.Failowfield, a rich farmer in' the nsighbourhood.--•
Whilst Miss Winifred ‘'iruint, who having been disappointed in
her own wishes, feels infinite pleasure in seeing whets equally/wpm
.as herself, is eat firstly et);:aked in watching all the parties, with a
view, as tar ,a in her power sirs, 1.1 marring the plans rat all. At this
period a letter arm, s from Amnia, Worming Nit.. line, of the
death of his Wend Fairfield, awl containing also his last will and
testament, by which, en r Waving to each crt his nieces 2.310/. Con-
sols, he bequeaths the taint and estate occupird by Roe, to hero( tbe
, three who should be considered as the simplest and the uglie-t ;. and
by a codicil he directs that in prevent difficulties or partialities, in
deciding this Torsi the le ranger who first passes through the vil-
lage, atttr the arrival of the will, shall he concitued the Judge.—
Mr Coatis% Vivid, a travelling artist. chances to pass at this time{
and is, of course; selected an the modern Paris; and he, feeling
difficulties under which he labours, all the young utakis disclaim-
ing the legacy under the conditions attached to it, arranges with
Air. Rue and Captain Bouncer, that he will, taking a contrary
course to that. adopted by his predecessor, hem)* an apple on
the Lady who has the best pretensions to the farm, •entier the
provisions of 01J Fanfold's will. The judgment follows.* when
die young Aitlat. finds it absolutely impossible to decide which is
the ugliest of the three ; but Miss Slary Fairfield, with the consent
of her sisters aids him in his verdict. and leads him to a decision
In ben favour, by assuming the garb of simplicity; and having
thus obtained judgment, and the farm, .declares she .will *divide the
prize between them. Whilst Mr. Roe and Captain Bouncer,. having
each itrsecrer tampered with Vivid, co aid their suit with 'that
Lady, who should obtain the farm, to prevent exposure, with.
draw their pretensions, and Mary is, to the satisfaction of ill-parties,
united to her lover Fallow he'd.
Sock are the material of which this bagatelle is
composed, and the exertions of the peifoiniers carried
it through with suCcess. The acting of Miss Kact.v.
as Mary Fairfield, displayed her usual exceikuce. In
delineating simple nature, she is without an equal at
• pre!ent nn the stage. Miss Cawas. and Mist H. Caws's;
also gave very efficient aid to the piece, both by their
*singing and actil.g. Miss GOWA ltD had a difficult tack
assigancl to her, in having to sustain the character of
,glint **lndent she, however, precei d herself_ equal to
it, 'and the audience, by their verditt, declared that she.
•bici i'aecided claim to a fair share of the success of the
, piece. In talks songs, which were assigned to her, each
very trying in the execution, she succeeded in obtain-
ing unanimous applause.
' • One of Vie beet scenes in the piece, -is that in which
rivid, by chance, meets Miss Virulent and two' friends;
•at
and. having never seen- the three sisters, open wheel
he is to pronounce judgment, falls, into a mistake, and
bestows the apple on Miss Virulent, at aber'sasse
time, making a declaration of love to hero tin-behalf
of his friend Captain ierancer. Mr. J. Bt.,saD, whq
is an improving aCtoi; managed the judpment scene
With much spirit and ingenuity. Hussite, as the re-'
tired Attorney, and Pansora, as the Inertial Militia Cape
laid, were quite at borne, and gave the author strut
efficient support. The music possesses considerable 1
.merit ; it has a character of simplicity and sweetness,
I well adapted to the English ear.
'rhe House was fully attended, and the announcement
of the piece for repetition, this evening, was received.
with a general expression of approbation.
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The KING is in the enjoyment of excellent health and
spirits, at Windsor Lodge, and makes frequent excursions to his
delightful retreat at Virginia Water, where he takes minions on,
the Lake, and amuses himself with fishing.
Dt4ixtches were received on Saturday morning, at,
the Colonial Office, from Sir C. SMITH, the Acting Governor of
Trinidad.

The Thames was higher nn Wednesday.last than has
been known for twenty-green years. All the low land about Gor-
ing, Pangbourn, klappledurham, Caversbaw, Sunning, Sm. was
under water.

Mr. WELLISLET's sons are now residing at DOTHAN'S,
Sa!Milli, where the elder boy is seriously indisposed.
We have advises from Barb:Woes to the 12th tat
The Barbadian states from authority. that in future no slave will
be allowed to depart from that island to any British colony, unless
in the character of a domestic ; and that no goods, the produce
of the United States of America, from foreign islands in British
vessels, will be admitted to any entry if transhipped from an Ame-
rican vessel, but they ate admissible to entry if taken from the
*bore. Vessels violating the latter *order, if ender 70 tons, are liable
ta forfeiture.

At an early hour yesterday morning, the house of
Mr. Cre.well, the corner of Russrll.cout t, Di ury4anc,„
was forcily entered from the tear of the house. They
cut a large pane of glass out of the skylight, which
enabled them to descend into the panty, trod whence
they proceeded to the bar. They found about 21. of
silver in one till, which they took, and about 30.. worth
in copper from another. There was about 401. in copper
coin, packed up in paper, close to the counter, and
about 25t of the same currency in a towel till, which
escaped their notice.
Saturday, an Inquest was held at the Westminster
Hospital, on the bodies of two youths, named Marguett,
and 'Luke. who were drowned in the Thames oa Fri-
day crating. It appeared that the buys proceedod.2o
bathe in the Rivet, opposite the Penitentiary,.rwhett
Marguett, who w.s un..ble to swim, got out ut hurl
depth, and called aloud fir assistance, cling that he!
was *axed with the cramp. Burke immediately swim'
to his companion's assistance, when MArguett clung sa
violently to the unfortunate 4ad that he could not 4131
cite himself, and they sunk together. A verdriC:of
Accidental Death was returned. • •

NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE.

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Nbas.s joasersto Tugs DA I.— q- Waterford 2.—Gultrnst)

. and Jersey I—Dander. —France I—Lisbon 1.
Extract from the Agent to Lloysl'a at Lisbon, dated Aug's.? 9
6 r —" The Expe...ition for the reductinn of the islands of bla
deira and Terceira is now going over the Bar."
The Dispatch, LAIMASTIM from• Londonderry to Quebec, w. 4
wrecked on the lOtn ultimo near Cape Ileay ; the blamer and up
wards of 50 passengers drowned. The Mate and crew, and 15_
pa.Avnigert saved, and carried to Halifax by his Ildjeety's ship Tyne
The Henrietta, Ihnerre, from 'limerick to London. was ;than
dotted at sea ou the 6th instant, with three feet water in her hold
and disma tt in consequence of having run foul, or been run foul
dr, by the Smite, tram Liverpool to Bston, which lost brr
ph-licsom.
PAtitau.ka, AUGUST 42 and iiirt —Wind N. M.—Arrived the
Meisel 'locket, from Lisbon-141rd 10th instant, end from Vigu
14th. Sailed the Stanmer packet, for Lisbon. •
Ptratouvii, AUGUST 23.—Wind W.—Arrived from Lon lon flu
Victoria, SMITH, for New South' Wales. Sailed the Surrey, bits.
THAN, and Jupiter, Wanner, for New South Wales; and Argo
blit.umo, for Miramichi.
Mat, Auousr 23 —Wind N. W.—Arrived from • Loudon the
Africa. SKELTON. for India. Arrived the Isabella, Ittcnanuson
from D:nierara.

AUGuaT 24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Sarah. —, from St. Yin.
cent's ; and Reward, /loco, from Januira. ,
l'oamtnuvii, AUGUST .i 3.— Wind W. to N.W.

AUGUST 24.—Wind Westerly.— Arrived the Wanderer tram-
po t, from Fernando Po. Arrived from London the T mar,
Altura, for Demerara ; and Nautilus, NASH, for China. Sail. A
the Bichmotid, Caaararis, for Virginia; North America, &SR, tr
for Philadelphia; Daniel, GA IDNER, for B 1; and Tamer
MILLI, for Mole rara.

lIRoM THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH.
PflltsM VTH. At/G.23.7-11e G:1 •gs) 50,.Capta'n
Hon. JA. Mande, B. sale.t tr.tns N svann op the

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29th I fJune ; Corfu, the 31; Mali, the 10th e f July;
aud.G.braliv, on theAth.inst. Tele-squadron blockad-
int the coast of the Moira o as coropossd of the Ozean,
Revenge, Blonde, Ka t:esnak , Alacrity, Wa.p. and In.
ter nal And Ems blush:. On the north stde Of Candla.
were the Isis and Dartmouth friest s; the Warspite,
74 D. rad fitate, and We-zle, Pd.:us. and Jasper,
were at E4itta. Ibraham Pacha had proceeded with
one thousand five hundred of hi. chosen troops, in
.he direction of P drag,. to endeavour to bring the
Alba huts to subjection, many of whom it was un-
derstood had revolted and
.cornotitted sad deprecla-
tians. The greater pot of the Tosco-Egyptian fro .ps
were one mkrei at M qirin and Nayarit', apparently in.
etrached sweat( nose' y, subsisting on a reduced al-
loo;sitice .or hearts and rice ; bread being an article of
f aid they have scarcely tasted for some months. The
whole force of the effectist troops in the Morea is sup
posed to comprise about 160000 men. The Paella, finding
the entire coast of the tsjbrea so closely watched (his
irisielinoctseing suffered in leave or enter ail of the
po?ts). had requested the :senior Officer of the. British
and French' s4undrons ofeNiva. ire, to allow an English
.sloop Sin to convey a confidential Turkish Officer to
Alexandria, with'dispatches tri.Nlahornmed Ali Pacha,
beseeching permission fir his (Inrahim's) troop. to 'vas
cove the Morea, the'soldiers. being sickly, in want if
!.prori,nnis, and totally unable to subdue the Greeks.—
This request was acced:d to, and the Rifleman conse-
quently dispatched, bu. she had not returned. The
whole lace of the country piesented -one scene of deso-
lation; immense fires were burising day.and night, and,
the destruction by this elemeot.of the olive trees and
vineyards was immense. All the houses in the country
were deserted and falling to ruin. In short„.the apparent
misery beggars alldescription.
In the harbour OF Naustrin there were six Egyptian
men of war, none of them larger than a corvette,except
one of the line,..erbich was driven on shore and much
i jured, by shot, in the battle of the 20th of October.
She is now afloat, jury 'nested. and rigged, and wai
nearly ready to follow her crippled and disabled com-
panions to Alexandria, where they remain mere hulks,
kept afloat only by constantly working at the pumps. In
so deplorable a condition, indeed,.are they, that without
undergoing a thorough repair they can never leave the
port. Vice-Admiral Sri• E. Codrington, in the Asia,
left Corfu on the 3d July; he was to take t •e Gulf of
• Patras on his way to the squadron off NAVat in, where
he was proceeding for a few days, previous to his re•
pairing to Malta, to await the arrival of his successor.
The Mu-quito and Raleigh were at Malta, with the
Russian frigate Fiore. which, was performing (paten-
L tits. ,She bad then been 60 days ander restraint,
' * ing lost five men by , the plague in the Lazaretto;
a Ir.otyasptoms of the disease had, however, disappeared.
'The French squadron off Navarin consisted of one ship
the line, two frigates, one of 60 and one of 50 guns,
'and other smaller vessels. Vice-Admiral de Rigny
called off Alodots on the 28th June, from Corfu to the
Levant. The pirates sr/Inch formerly infested the Archi-
pelago had ceased to annoy
.the trade.
Glatew has heen.mose Win two years absent
from •Eogiand, during which time she has been chiefly
'tit pea.. shertailesi oo.Wednesday morning to Sheerness
to be paiteff; NMI% previously discharged the crew
of the; late sloop Parthian. .
' A,Coort Martial was held on board the Revenge, off
Navarin, on che l6tb.of Co try Commander G..
F. flotham,tlte Officers and crew of hi. Majesty's s'iip
Parthian, lathe loss of that vessel near Alexandria, on
the coast Of root. on the 16th of May ; President,
Captain Nirhorne. Thompson ;.plesent,Cal ttinsWilliata
Parker, C.B. Hon. J. A. Maude. C.B. Commanders
Garland and Bruce; wisest the following sentence was
delivered—" And having heard Commander Hotham's
narrative of the circumstances, and examined o ittiessea
produced in support of. it, and. maturely and deli.
berately weighed and considered the. whole—The
Court is cf opinion, that. the loss f the Pal titian is
imputable to a Southerly current, setting the sloop
out of 1 er course, and to the neglect t f heaving the lead.
But as it appears that the said sloop on %II former occa-
sions, and with the exception of heaving the lead on the
present. has been conducted in tits most exemplary
manner, and that the omission of the lead arose from
too great confidence in the position of the shi,., deduced
from the sight obtained of flee land in• the morning,
corresponding with the observations and chronometers,
and that preparations were. actually made for heaving
the lead, t rgether with the very. great exertions which
appear to have been made- by the said Commander
Hotham, his.officers, and company, in their endeavours
to sere the ship and stores, the Court does, in considera-
tion three. f, only adjudge the said Commander Hotham
and Mr. b. Hawkins, the Master. to be admonished to
be more-careful in future, No blame attaching to the
test of the officers and ship's company, they are hereby
aconittect:f •
Two Neapolitan brigs arrived here on Monday from
Corunna, with about three hundred refugee Portuguese
oaten, and a few privates, who formed part of the
Constitutional army, which retired into Spain on the
advinsce upon Oporto of the Don Migurlites.
Don Miguel was remarkably .sctive in fitting out t e
late expedition against Madeira. llc superintended the
equipment himself of the line of battle ship Don John,
and from a state i,f ordinary, prepared her f r •nd
manned and anchored her cif Fort Belem, in Ove Oatys,
and 'then indeed the fleet to sea ; but the Admiral
begging, a day's respite.to putshe ships ie.a little order,
the req lest was granted. Orr the sixth day Don Miguel

Pi► .

• 41 afloat At dallighr, ordered all the troops in to t! e'r
,),At•, and made a lal( itieesum of 4tioi a, by 1400-
ug (la the south siJe of.. the Tagus. to a MOO get s.
:mutt, amid Salutes and cheers and sounds f natif rut

Some apprehensions :have been entertained for the
ofety of the Russian Adariiars ship, which parted from,
t lest of the squadron off Scilly. We entertain, how-
•ver, hide doubt that she is making pond her passage
Gibraltar; had sf,e been wrecked, sou e vrtion f
ler spars. or casks, Iltc. would have float, d ashore. 41 d
hereby indicated such a catastrophe. When the pilots
prided her, the Admiral was sufficiently aware of if e
intuti'n of Scilly Islands to avoid them, and qu to

live to the circumstance that an indraft into St.
George's Channel would endanger him, if he stood so
tar to the westward AS to bring him irt ) the neighbout.
,and ol the S.W. patt of Ireland ; consequertly he
,voilld tack in time, and lay over toward► U.hant.
The Galatea, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart. arrived on
Thursday, from Plymouth. She is preparing, with all haste,• for
:ht• 'reek t on of Viscount Strangford, who proceeds in her to the
lira ztl., on a special mission. She will sail on Monday or Tut clay.
Ili. Exceilency Viscount Strangford arrivedbere this evening.
The Challenger, 28, Captain Fitz-Clarence, was spoken with on
the Cots, of America, on the Ist of August.
The C:istutl..n, 5 t guns, razes., late Clarence. is ordered to be
commisslotted at Chatham, for the flag of Rear• Admiral G. E.
II •oinionit, C: IL who succeeds to the command in the east Indies.
• The Pallas, 42, at this port, is ordered to be brought forviard for
commission.

A rr.aaiNikNT.—Commander C. R. W. Hoyle, to the Cordclia;

Li utensil's 'l'. P. Clarke. Ramillies) F. Vere Cotton, Galdtta ;
Cornwallis Ri.kett, A►ia; A•slstatit Surgeon Mitchell Tharepems

S it, rday information,'" as siii.nat Bow-street Office
to Sit Ittormact 13iItwrs and Xis... HALLS, the .sitting
Nlagi.ttates, that .a number of Btok Di tes which sem
stolen i Mitch last, at Giecnt4.k. in the.bankias house
of the Greenock Bank Cosopany, had recently been ut-
tered 4116(11.g t treilestiten at the west end, of Vie town,
and Mi. Alei.sildrr. of of the partners t f the Greenock
13aiik, al plied for, the assistance of Ledbetter, Bishop.
any the, t.ffii.eis t.f. this eqabilshment, to dircover Inc

pa. tits who b d beets engaged in uttering the notes.
s he police ulticers proceeded to the house ot a mr. Par-
kins°, who k °cps a looking-glasrmet.siufactory, No.
Greek etteer,.Sai•o-squ aret and took hins, and Ann, his
Nit, t .nt v custody. They were brought to the office
that night in a coach; a number of trunks' and port.
areeteaus were also brought tiom the house ut the ps
sone; t s this office, and.the aeiusecl were taken into,a
private room, and underwent an esamiTstion which
lasted a consdetable time. Tiro of the patrnees of the
banking establishuielt, and two sol citoss, at ended tire
examination, and no pinions were permitted to hi•ldc..it•
munication with the prisoners. The evidence add C.... 1
was to tse following effect :—Ab ,ve five wet ks age, e
of the prisoners went to the shop t f Messis. Sewell aid
Cross, the haberda,hers, in Compton-strert. Soho-squise,
and purchased a quantity of goods, and in payn e.t •
tendered a 201. note of the Greenock bask. • A-nout
fortnight ago, both the t risoisets again called at ih :
shop of Alessrs. Sewell and Cross, and porches ed a quan-
tity of dimity, aqd they tendeted aiorthet tsf
the same bank in payment, and received the change..l ti •
notes having been subsequently paid itre thehatik, ts
were discovered to be past ot the inirrease rote- I
which was carried off by thieves from the Greenock :liar./L.
early in the present yeas. The potice.q them. bllO. s
ascertained the residence ot the pros.oneis, avid iecarist •
them both. The two notes which had been litteiell by
the prisoners were produced, and a Gentleman:con-
nected with the establishmert of Messrs: Sewell and
Cross deposed that the prisoners wire the persons wito
uttered them. The notes were both masked. Mr. I ti-
kinson, on being asked to account f.. r his hissing .!
session of the stolen property, said that a Scotch Gen-
tleman, about six weeks ago, came to his shop in G4Mk-
stieet, Soho-square, and purchased sever:al filil rois,lol
in pal) meat of them he gave .he Bunk-note- produce::
In reply to a question a: the Magistrate:, Parkin-
son said the name of the Scotch lies.t ems!' was Grant,

that it WAS the only trai.saction he ever lial v 4 t•i Mr.
Grant, and it WAS not in his porter to b4y, %br;e
Grant could be fuund. Sane inlurnution ...Ai given

to the Magistrate. before the terminati..n of u.e 11;tiqat y
which continued till A late hour. that will in ail
biiiiy lead to very important result., Ana b.itti pri.unets
were reminded.