The Lady Mayoress gave an...
The Times, 1824-02-07T00:00:00

The Lady IMayoress gave an elegant ball and supper, on Thursday night, at the Mansion-house, to a select party of about lso. COVENT-GARDIIN THEATRE.-After the opera of Clari, which was well acted and well received, a new farce, enti- tled The Poachers, was pertbrmed. It is said to be from the pen of Mr. Peake; but the whinisicality of its situa- tions, the liveliness of its dialogue, and the total absence of pun by which it is distinguished, lead us to suppose that eii a French piece a(lapted to the English stage. Dr. Hurd says, that the end anti object offarce is to excite laughter; *u2xd tJ th.t ,,d a,nd th~t <bjeot have been most per- fectly attained by The Poach2ers. The piece involves a se- ries of very comic mistakes, arising from the deternina- tion of a certain widowed Countess (Mrs. Chatterley) to fathom thce character of Baron Wolnenstein (Mr. Jones), on whoom her brother wishes to bestow her hand. She proceeds in military costume to her brother's estate, and discovers that both lie and her intendedc are unbridled poachers on their neighbouts' matrimonial manors. She is induced to personare Grizette, the betrothed of Sour- crout, an old farmer (Mr. BlaRchard). who has been guilty of deer-stealing, and she proceeds to the Castle for the pur- pose of pleading on behalf of her supposed good man. Here much agrecable confusion occurs. The farmer chuckles at the amorous attentions which he sees paid by the Count and Baron to one whom he supposes to be a young officer in disguise; but at length, after a good deal of fourberie, the widow is confessed to be the Count's sister, wvhile the Baron is recognized as the brother of the Countess. The Baron, who had of course fallen in love with his sister-in-law, is honouredl with her hand, ant the piece concltudes with a laughable exposition of the delasions under wlhich all the parties had been labouring. It is a lively and spirited farce ; at times a little too luscious in its allusions; but always full of life and cheerfulness. It went oc' in the best manner. Letters from Oporto of the 20th of January mention a very ut.just proceeding by the Camara of that place towards the merchants. By the existing law respecting the im- portation of corn, foreign wheat was admitted, if the price of the Alquive was 1,000 reas ; and the averages are taken weekly. 'fhe return of the 10th of January was below, but that of the 17 th above, the prescribed price; the Camara, however, of their own authority, annulled the latter aver- age, and the merchants,consequently,who had large cargoes waiting at 17igo, could not bring them to Oporto. The proposed trial in Dalzell parish of Mr. Owen's sys- tem is at length fairly commenced. A numnber of workmen are constantly employed in spade-labour, digging and level- ling the ground. Every one that chooses gets constant employment at los. a week, which at this season of the year is a great benefit to labourers. Mr. Owen was person- ally present on Friday, superintending the operations, and receiving estimates for the building of the houses of the new rstaD)nsumenir.-nae mgow t;/2rosCLe. The hoase of Wiliiam and James Levin, of long stand- ing and high charac:er in the Hamnburgk and Baltic trade, stopped paymnent yesterd,y. By the Unity, arrived in -the Cyde from Para, whence she sailed on the :3d of November, it appears all was quiet at that {ate, and ',business going on as usual.-Glasgo'w Cottrief of Tucsday lash. MIAe are authorized to state, that the conductors of the KinF's Theatre have offered Madame Caialani a clear half of the receipts of the house tor every night of her performance during the season. These conditions Aladame Catalani has just accepted. It hus been erroneously stated in the papers that Air. EUiston had of- fered Madame Catalani 2,000 guineas for tiirty nigh&: the propo- sals made bv that gentleman were, 1,000 guineas for ix per formances.-Liverpool paper of Tuesday last. ELOPEIMENT.-About a quarter past eleven on Sunday night last, Mr. i'. Robertson (nephew to Mtr. Robertson, manager of the Lincoln compaLny of comedians) and Aliss Tindall, only cbild and heiress of Joseph TindaU, Esq., of Greenhill, t3rantbam, start- ed from the latter place on a trip to Gretn,.green. The young hdy took a lover's leap oat of the window of her father's house into the ,,rn. nf her s,ain. A carriatre was in waitino. and awav they drove to consummate an ardent attacfment ot seven years stanaing. X Lie lady was not missed until the breakfasthour on londay. Atabout ten o'clock her father, accompanied by ageatleman who is said to wear the willow, set offr in a chaise and four in pursuit; but as the young couplth ad ten hones and a half start, they arrived uninter- rupedly at ehe temple of H?ymen bey nd the borders and were unmted mndissolubly at two do'lock on Tusamorninn. The happy pair were expected back at }rantham yesterd'ay, to receive the con- reaturation of their numzerous, f!riends, and the acknowledgment end benediction of the bride's forgiving and wealthy father..-Stanzfe'rd iUercury. INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTY oF LINCOLh.-yA meeting of gentlemen desirous to promote the election ot' representa- tives in Parliament for this county, free of expense, was hed at the Nag's Head-inn, Sleaford, on Thursday the 29th ult., when the fol- lowing resolutions were adopted :-" That the gentlemen present do form a central committee for that purpose, with power to add to their numbers.-That Colonel Johnson he chairman of this com- mittee.-That persons friendly to the cause be invited to form local committees in diffierent parts of the county.-That such committees be requested to correspond with the central committee, by their re- spective chairmen, and promote local subscriptions in their several neighboarhoods.-And further, that a general subscriptioH be en- tered into, and all persons intending to cubscribe thereto are sol cited to transmit their intention to the chairman of the central com- mittee."_-Stamford News. An inquisition was taken on Thursday, at the house of Mr. Dawkms, in Oxford-street, on the body of Harriet Fincham, a servant, who was killed by falling through a sky-Ight. It appered t;hat the deceased, who lived servant at the next house, and other men and maid-servants, frequently met itogether at the tops of. the honses which was the case otn Teesday night. In con&euence of some alarm, they separated in ahurry aad the decesed slpped ofF the leas on to a sky-light, vhieh:bro7ce aud let bar into Mr. DlWa.. kiiisi parloutr whilit she familwere at quppa.:' she diet ian few liotur aler. eait-4cclk.est Deaths~