Star.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

THEATRES.

litnota Tneatain—Tuesday there Was a General,
Rehearsal of the forthcoming new Opera, PaliGna
Algiereta, at this Theatre. The music is by Itos-1
suit. If we should venture an opinion upon its
rits from the specimens which we heard, Iva should
speak of it in favourable tennis. Some of .the Airs
struck us as very delightfuL In the Symphonies
and Accompaniments there is much original fancy;
Madame Gaoacit Bitiwitsit sustains the principal
character. This Lady comes from the Theatre La
Scala, at Milan, where she has earned the double
fame of being' an actress and a singer of the first
rink. Her treble notes are not so mellifluous as
those of Madame FODOR, nor can they ascend so
high as those of CATALAN!, whose voice we have
heard quiver at the top of the scale, like a lark's in a
summer sky. Her forte
,appears to be in her tenor.
When her voice subsides to that key, she pours it
forth in one rich volume, somewhat resembling the
deep and mellow tone of the flute, but far sat passing
it in harmony. Signor FLACCI seems to have been
engaged in the place of NALDI, whose ill health last
season frequently interrupted the exertion of his un•
questioned talents. Signor Piece' has a fine bass
voice,. and he combines with great strength of tone
an occasional lightnes=, and, it we may ese the ex-
pression, an agility of movement, which is at the
same time manly and graceful. The boxes arc all
newly painted. The mouldings of the compartments
in the pannels over the first tier are richly gilt.' The
ground on the pannels over the second tier has been
retouched. so as to throw the grouper of figures more
inWi. the light. The grounds of the pannels over the
third and fourth tiers are alternately blue and pink.
The cieling remains as before, but the gilding on its
borders and on the proscenium has been refreshed.
The tops of all the boxes arc festooned, and. when
the Theatre is lighted, the appearance of the House
will be brilliant and cheerful--A collection of the
most popular Operas now performing on the Conti-
nent has been added to the Musical Library of the
Theatre, for the purpose of being brought ferv:ard in
the quickest possible succession. In forming the
Corp: de linh'ct, an arrangement was entered into
with Mademoiselle LE Onos, Monsieur PALL, and
Monsieur retIDINANC); but from Mr..Warens's de-
-dining so far to injure the present Establishment as
to give up Signor GARCIA% services to the Italian
Opera in Paris, the contracts of these artists have
been absolutely forbidden to be fulfilled. From the
same school, however, a selection of talent, not so
singularly restricted, has been made. The terms de-
manded by Madaine CATALAN' thr the ensuing sea-
son were—a sum of £5OOO, a Benefit to produce
£lOOO, a coach; a dinner of fourteen covers daily, and
liberty to sing at Concerts, as she pleased ! It is al-
most superfluous to add, that these extravagant terms
were refused.
CoSsier (Limn:N.—The return of Miss STEPHENS
to her professional duties at this !louse, after reaping
a rich and well-culled harvest in the Sister Isle.
last night attracted an audience not more numerous
than splendid. She appeared as Diana l'ernon, in
the very amusing and successful Drama of 1:o5 Roy.
The enthusiastic plaudits which marked her entrance
stimulated her to the most powerful exertion ; and
certainly the lovers of genuine unsophisticated bar-
ninny never enjoyed a more delicious treat than her
lextriisite performance afforded. She was repeatedly
encored ; but the song of " John Highlandnian;
aohich she executed with surpassing • talent;
manded almost unprecedented applause. tlr. Du-
RUSET appeared, for the first time, as Francis qshal...
distotee. He supported the character, with reference
both to speaking and singing, extremely well. In
consequence of the demise of poor TOKELY, EMERY
performed the part of Dovgal. He gave to the cha-
racter all that savage roughness and barbarous cun-
ning by which it is distinguished in the original. Tile
,other characters were represented as heretofore. Mr.
Macazany's Rob Roy, had he performed no other
, character, would entitle him to the character of a
man of genius. Mr. LISTON, who appeared to be
snore than usually full of frolic and humour, was
admirable as Nicol Jarvie. The little part of Major
Galbraith was exceeding!? well sustained by Air.
TAYLOR ; and the wife of the Macgregor was repre-
sented with considerable force by.Nlrs.-FAUCIT.

AISERICAte THEATRICALS.—Sirs. BARTLEY con-
eluded her engagement at the New York Theatre on
the 2lst. of December, in the character of Jul%o, in
axi Dumb—Mr. BARTLEY was dui Abbe D
L'Epte. Mr. WALLA= concluded hie engagement
:It HoF,ton, and was expected to return to New York.
The Charleston Southern Patriot, of 244th Nove:nber,
says--,, Last night terminated Mr. PHILIPPS'S Suc-
cessful engagement, with a benefit of fourteen hun-
dred and forty-one dollars. Such an assemb!age of
fashion and beauty we have never before witnessed
in our theatre. Upwards of 300 persons were com-
pelled to go away from want of room." The next
most succebsful benefit has been that of Mr. COOPER,
at Philadelphia, whose first appearance, in Macbeth,
Iptoduced 1,123 dollars.

_Potty OF LIVERPOOL.—The following is an ac-
count of the number of vessels reported at the Cus-
mm-hoitse for the year 1818, without including the
vessels employed in the coasting trade :

From Europe - 807
British from Foreign Porte - - 8:17
Foreign from Foreign Ports - - 556
Ireland and Ibie.of Man - 1924
Total .
xceectng the arrivals in the preceding year by 717.
The number of vessels arrived from the East Indies
last year (and included in the aboVe statement), was
'S4, comprising 26,852 tons. The number which has
cleared out from this port since the opening of this
trade exceeds one hundred.—The number of vessels
employed in the coasting trade (inclUding those from.
Ireland with grain only may be computed at from
2300 to 2500: exclusive of 10 to 50 vessels daily na-,
vigating the Mersey between this port and the Weaver
and the Sankey -navigation:.
' HElRlllo.Funenl.—There were 6537 barrels and
105 crane, in bulk, of herrings imported at the Bro-
mielaw, direct from the fishing, from the 20th ofl
October last to the sthinstant, in addition to the
quantity already C.rted, as imported into the Clyde
during that
At Shrewsbury New Monthly Fair last week, the
show of cattle and sheep-waittusually large ; prime
fat beef averaged 611 per lb. fat sheep Old. stores
flop: 6!d. to