- sCrr. 'V THE DRAMA. ENGLISII OPERA !MUSE. The new farce call"d Amateurs and At!tomira3 bfi c,:;ae, as we anticipated, completely popular, and will, ff.!) doubt, run for the remainder of the season. The Llase throughout the week has been crowded in every part. On Monday their •Itoyal Highnesses the Behc and Duchess of Kent, and 11. 11. the D u k e o f s umsc ,„ l r .lottred the theatre to see the new farce, the whimsi calities of which created excessive mirth to the Tarty, as well as to the whole audience. The man datua of Two Words was perfumed also, and Miss Kelly gave the delight init which we are always prepared. to .r,.ceire front her very distinguished talent. Oa Wedaesday ermAng, the musical entertainment of the Boarding llouse was extremely well acted, and , Tarley, with the eccentricities of lido- Fidorl, kcpt", the audience in a roar of laughter. On 'Friday night, the comic opera of Tke Prirn!rer .was repeated. A hand-bill vas affixed at the doors, Eating that Miss Kelly laboured under violent f osition,and interceding with the audience in behalf of Miss Carcei, who had kindly undertaken tozead the part of Sophia Dore, at a few hours actice. It is but tq remark that this eopompliShed yoang ludy ac quitted hers,:lf •so wall, that if it had not been for rOtt, of a bo3k in her hatal, the audience would not 'ave discovered that she had , not previously played the port. In the whole of the u:osie (though at so short a notice) she was completely perfect. bliss Carew. h a powerful - aectiisition to 'the English sOpera, and crery lover of a sweet voir.:. and s4ieutille execotiop, added to a modest yet elegant deportment, must regret .she want of Cresight in the Covent Garaen Ananage anent, in idlowint so much talent to escapettheir notice. canaratulate Mr. Arnold upon Ler engagement. -r:.;tieh, we understand is for a couriderable peried. In consequence of the sudden indisposition of Miss Kelly, the new opera, called The Rendezvous, whielt was to have • appeutud ie:the English Opera, Saturday evening was, we nnderiatal, obliged. to /a .- Tune d until Weilmselay next • -The interior imorov.ornents and tleenetttions of Covent Carden tlicatre..whi'...ll have been carried Lao effect_ tasriug tho4hort recess, were on Friday night submitted • to the t.:.st of the fill light used dtirhig performances,. tool the inspeetieutif a few friends of the proprietors, iavited for the pi:rim:ie. The chief alteration is in the faints of the boxes; theprostottiom, and the eziling, al! of which are of a soft !ialinon coheir. -which harmonizes -ralminibly both with the deep crimson, the prevailin - , tete of the boxes, and with the ornamental g.lding ilayed on its surface. The drop-eurtain used last year is, we understand, withdrawn, and another, before only in occasional use, exhibiting a Grecian temple, with die stautes of the great draraatie•poets, to be sub stituted. The theatre opens, we are happy to observe, -With a penalise at least of .greater exeellence in every • i.eportmeat of the bis rionie art that can be matched, dicen cellectivcly,aluritio. the modern dramatic mu. I Mr. inch-ion irrrive e d it: Liverpool from ;America. 'lie has realised; it is said, bi his Trans-Atlantic expo • •ditto, uptr.artls of 50001. • - I)owerost —We are sorry to-state,. that as this poonlar Actor, who is on a visit to kis friend - Mr Leigh, at'Bexley, Kent, was amusing 'thyself on Wednesday zooming in shorting, a spark entered his powder - horn , which exploded on his right hand. ..fortunately, how ever, it occasioned no other injury than a general and 4 vvcre excoriation of the skin , ' which isalready in ileomirable a stato.as could be expected. Mr. Kean retarus from his trip to the Continent through Holland ;. but his: arrival in Lendou is not e' petted until a few days before the. General Meeting •oC Proprietors of Drury Lane Theatre, in October. The Drury Lane Sub Committee continue., assem-. •Ca daily, to form the necessary arrangements for the opening of the Tlizatre. Besides the play from the . eta of Mr. Walter Scott, which is fordteeraing. tragedy by Ann Porter has alro been accepted, and will speedily be produced. Mr. the se e n of the Manager, who' is to • :Inca in Ranee on the opening of Dritry Lane 'thea tre, was intended for the Church, but quitted the university for the .Stage. The Lady who is to appear on the opening of New Drury, in, the chsracter of thegentle Juliet, is Mrs: :Mackenzie. who a. few years ago.perforined sone of the late sirs. Jorilan's.paists, as a juvenile dramatic prodigy, at Covent Gordon Theatre; she was then- Miss Miulie. Mr. H Harris has arrived -from 'the Continent, to • - settle the final arrangements for the croening of Covent • (.Garden Tlie.ore ; and the Public will proliohly be in tlibtzil to ll ‘ tS trip, tidr some novelor«::. of a seperiorould. costly desc...i;itimi, in Vie course of' the se....vson. •There are some niisue.es, it seems, in the accounts giver. of the distribiltion s London performers. Neither ./olinstene oor Kni ht, it is no. , stated, are to quit Drary Leo. Theazi.,... N.r - is it true due. Dowton is enga c ,oed by F.:Egon fer his &lymph; Theatre. Elliston la expo:it:Ll 2,0301. in decorating the Olyi tip' c • l' lie..:trt • NATIONAT; REG TSTETI. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR AUGUST. The average produce of the Wheat Harvest is al ready so well ascertained, as to demonstrate that it will fall short of that : a:km(lmm which was expected ile fective, however, as it may prove in quantity, the gnat- . lity is found generally superior to -the ‘Vlicteti of last year; and those from drilled clover-lays to exceed those sown on fallows considerably in weight. Balky and Oats have turned out the must failing crept: aline:it . ! ever known ; ns have also Beans, and every ether article of the pulse kin a. Front en accurate calculation in several districts, it ancars, that the general produce of, Soft Cora has scarc;:ly given hark the seed (that was sowa. The flame of Clover is general, and the young Cloversimve suffered much by the drought. Turnips and Coleseed have planted. aril in the fiat parts, which.', had the benefit of partial showers ; hut, in most coun ties, little or no vegetation of either isabservable Latin ' furrows. The general deficiency in tile Potatoe crops, it is feared, will be severely felt. The f:74. , (1 of the grazing counties is not only burnt up, but in *many et them the cattle are destitute of water. Hay, which proved but a sliOtt crop, is Fast dimini,thing, from the necessity of appliiug it so untirtiely•thr the support of. steak, and is thereibre daily advancing in .priew; and when the shortness of .st=r, and probable want of green crops, is also considered, the most experience,: agricniturists are at a toss al devise means the the sus.. tenancc either of fat or lean cattle; through the winter. Lean Beasts are fallen much in price, and ere expected' to be touch lower. Sheep and Moths, burn the greet losses iarthe flocks last spring, are scsrc e, and command high prices. The prices at ..SmitliCeld are better, for prime Beef, Alettan, end .real. The Wool Market is statiowary at last mutant's prices. ,`. - ,tore Hogs Ate cheaper, from the statrcity of shtick feed. .Gatal Cart: Colts kith more money. Commissioxins or 13.xsKnurTs.—A plan has, it is ',aid, beet' submitted to the Lora Chuncellor to pay the Catulnissirmemin titture hy fixed salaried, instead of thei{ taking feedlot. earth datiug., as the practice hitherto has been. 'Hie Commissioners of the Northern tights arrived et Portsmouthin their yacht on Titers:iv week, hewing ivisited the Breakwater at fiyinouth, and the new works atiCherbur . They again on the follow. .in day, on their return to Leith. The object of Mr. Galatiu'l,mission to this eetuntw is•to ncgoeiate a (commercial TreatyAmtseeen Great Britain and the United States. Mr. Clark,: Purser of the 'lSlorthuteherhind, arrived on Wednesday at Earl atilt t Otte, with dispatches :from St. Helena, which we. c immediately forwarded to his Lordship at Lisiscat at Paten. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence were to quit 'Hanover, for some time, on a visit to the Queen Dowager of Wirtetuberg. • His R iyal Highness the Prince Regent has com muted the sentence of death passed %Ton Wm. Evison, who was convicted ofiforgery at the Old Bailey in June lust, to that of transport:icon for life. Saturday week the Grand Duke Michael sailed from Dublin for Holyhead, .on a. visit to- the linniais of ' 1 A ngl esea. A meeting of -the alvocates:of a Ra di cal Reform roe , Universal Suffrage is intended to take place w twelve o'clock to-morrow hi Palace-yard, at 'which Hunt.iiii.to .preside. The meeting is called by o Committee of • .whom "E. J. Blandford is Chairmtni_and "James Watson, Secretary.' A Morning Paper says, "'lklr D. W.Alaryey,•.-iii consegnetwo of Ening elected a Members" hc. Housenf i Commons, declines offering himself at the next elotaioir. for a Common C.ameiltnan of the City of Londtin." Thirteen tbettsand firkins of 1 Chit butter have been landed at Portsmouth within the last moorie;rthelprice is upwards of per cwt. , A calculation is made in on article from Frankfort, that it will cost the labour of ten long years to make' the strong post of hrenbreitstein " impregnaltle." The ReLfent's pock of which the composition ..is champaigne, Mixed with various liqueurs, with ai amuL portion of an infusion of green tea, titkieh is the only, water used in the mixture, is now thedavourite v:_x•tii•e during dinner, of .all. the higher order of Ain . th • es. W uinftc t!.MISTAKE. —The death of M. Perrier, of, the Royal Academy of Sciences, has occasioned a' strange mistake. The . Secretary of the Royal 3oeiety of Sciences happens to be also named Perrier. At a recent • meeting of the Litter body, the Chevalier entered with a countenance wo-begone,•aook his place among his brethren. then rolemnlv stood fr arew forth a manuscript from his pocket, and with a voice of the deepest sorrow, began a fnneral oration " upon his deceased friend." What was his surprise, when the " deceased friend" stood up , from the President's chair, which he filled (the pane g yrist was so blinded with tears es not to oleierve him sooner), &slime the honour . about to be conferred on bins, thankill' his fiend in the warmest terms, and proposed, a roars of laughter, to adjnurn the rat di;; of the oration inc die. Pa ;is paper. ~w BARTHOLOMEW I s AIR --This annual City festival of noise and confusion on Thursday with all its gaudy splendour. The Loni Muyor proclaimei it 'very early. The fair is ranch larger than usual. rho exhibi- . tors of wild beasts exce.tl by far a:,:y thing of the kind hetbre known—there na less than twenty lions in b e see n. .Seventy years aso this fair lasted affortniillit —now it .is restrained to four days. _ . Summit .Pni.v:.N•ru.n.—A French e:,!lbler had .solved to commit suicide, nO, .to ituil.e his exit the mow heroic, prepared the following nicntoritj, in writ ing. :—" I folluv.—the lesson of a great roaster, and Mulicre r'ay's, . . _ z Al isles!. And even hope " He had ; jolt writ a 7 thtis fog. instrument to the carnal Artery, :vhot suddenly re. collectin , .., he stuppetl, anti cried to himself, 4 . xik_ but is it .loliere who says so?-1 shall make sure.--1! shall be laoglied at." lie nom. got Molierc, mail fc...v, comedies, mid rct;uriled „to Lis usa.occupation ut ink The Dajliess of Rig ntiontl has taken one of Pic new' houses in ‘Vatcrloo i'lace, facing Curium House, witc:e she int.m.b; tore4t c during the absence of the I)tike. NVe are. giver to tatadcletipuelotitt, the ititcilitiou in the plan of Bartlidloniew I iir, which Was Ailed so much to the accommodation and convenient* of the public, ntol given :iv much Agstreral stitif.iction;•in the design of M,r Pearkes, the Clevk of Smithfield ; • The Irish have their 1)oonyhrook. fair, as we hr.ve our Bartholomew fair ; anti ,it is, like out own, tile resort of all the refuse poiallatioo,of the metropotit. The Granl Unite Michael, •stkom a ;wish pralrthl:.• to ' see society uadsc all its *rant, ,this scene (al Thurs,ltty sennigit, anti was much h i vratified with; the .mnusesients, which the 11 4 •... h editor is careful to tr.. 1 1. -us, .seerc ns usual .44 knocks down fur love,' awl cttt heads, with the neversetiling accompaniment of pickiau pockets. the editor thinks the.: tliver t ,ions a certain remetly agaitutt treasons, stratagem, at,tla i ti.r. ll'e are sorry to tlitfer-ftwnl rich .high aadarrity; but we really think,-from .liin Allowing, that litatnylirook fair is no batter a ftcharel.nr .11rttic than tltc,t i alitam . ratae taraisetice whitii it nowir fasting Smitlaftiltl. On 'Patirsday morning, ns•cm: ofehta-kunt belcag;ng to the Lord Mayor was drivii;g a cart, entitaitiM;:, three pips.; ct port wir.c, :dung Chetcpside, one of theta iitir-t.; and the whole of Queer-street, ils•lar as his .Lardslaly'a house, was immediately streaming with wine on b loth sii!c.t. The first perstm•wka -attempted to-tlerive any advantage from the nevi .hant was a bettiter!a bety,,. who layrzacsi to he passing With „An canpq trey. tilt !Bahr 'be received about. to o graiturs.of the likunr. vaiti4l4 va.s immediately drank oft by a otateams band of* tutc.ra .who surrocatied him,. with u.asauelt eagcruess es if it. 'had been served up in glamor .silver. .Stanetitisli Louvers were soon attracted to the.spo. and, -though • the driver urged on the shordes as quieltiy 4k; he arnica, they tontrived.to fill their hats with the wine.; aa.l many of them in amsequence were eauhled to .14.1nyw •tite humours of Patricka-day. The cask was nearly etuPtied heti= it reached hiaLordabip'sSlGlCE 1:1 gaCeti- - street. On Er?dayiastiAlie cottage cf ii.l.allevrer. in doe pa rish of Wribtle, was broken open itethe day tinto, amt.- * suni ef money, amounting. to upwates of fift? in gold, 44:len from it. We am ha.py to learn era Man has loan apprehended wider stcong visphion being.rtrictr of the burglary. and coniasitted for furthez examination ; but it cocites eloally our surprise a.;.d regret to fold, that so many persons-in the lower st toms of lite stapersevere iu ileephog.lagGe sumo of money in their entiages; in this tirade and improdi,,..- htive state If this money had beetr , :.invested Oar 'Savings Bank, the owner would have been probably, tar some time past, -in the receipt of a•regular interrst , arising from it, the capital would have beets .suf. as the Government of the country can make It, and a fellow christian would not hare heat tetnose to en.a.- mit this. atrocious crinni. It has always strtte!tAs.,..l one of the principal ,idvaatages which distilwaiiih th:••se I I excellent institutkos, that in prof ortiin to theirs: day will diminish the temptation to the :Erne which has become so frequent, af.lieritkieg Lou t:te cottages of the poor., and we stil; hope 0 , see the time when everyJnan, whose industry a.,d iin!Jfendt,..t spirit prompt him to I:,y by 'alma his ho:h•st fx.iotino, ivillhave•th.e. wisdom to carry it fegalarly..li it sticatt:-‘, to the &rings Bank nearest to itim—('itehrr~f ,d C7u•ostele. .011 Treslay se'tini3Ott in implost was held at Bur ton npan Trent, before J. 1). Fow'er, the b: of a caila of about t:oree years of %at'', whose ilcat.it was oceasieited Eby Ca' !1;.;* a (111:ii . .t.ty et the seeds of a plant or Thorn at% plc. :Fie -" deceased and some other chin.en had .leenotatuolug themselves with plueling off the ftait o utuntsaving it to each other, when ore of the apules,-eihich.dutet.been trod upon, discovered to the inkut yids it contained; she immediaiely •pi , duntt . herinoutlt, anti finding theta rather eivett,. eat it coasiderablc quantity, in ma,•equeuee of -r , hich she was taken -ill in &rola an hour afle ; teasthe poison in its progress, that not wi; liot,tt.ttitig every or ert i.,n w r.ao-c , l by the most eminent of Ate profession, it preyed C.ttal art little more titan t:gl4cen