AGITATION AT THE OPERA-HOUSE.

MARVELLOUS is the cunning of O'Corereeee and his party—mar- vellous the dulness of the Tories! That it should rest with the Spectator to detect one of the darkest of their intrigues, and to

unravel one of their deepest and direst plots! Where have slept the trusty guardians of the Tory cause? to what avail is the

shrewdness uf the Standard, or the vigilance of the Post P Where is LYNDHURST'S sagacity, or the eloquence of WI:SC[11 LSEA- where the keen scent of KENYON, or Wievernso's sterling inte-

grity? What avail all these qoalities, if they are unequal to the detection of a Popish plot—whieit is not hatching, but executing, under their noses, eyes, and ears ?

Withuut further preamble, we impeach DANIEL O'CONNELL of having formed "a compacr—not with Protestant Ministers and Privy Councillors, but with Papist managers, composers, and actors—for the express and diabolical purp :se of carrying on his infamous preject of destroying the Monarchy and polling down the House of Lords. We denounce him as chief agitator, and we proclaim the Opera-house to be the scene ofhis machinations. We charge LAPORTE, CO,TA, TANI BURI NI, and L ABL ACRE, with being leagued with him in furtherance of his horrid purpose.

The prophetic words of that eminent critic Jon x DENNIS have often been present to our minds of late years ; and at the present crisis they ought to live in tile recollection of every- honest and consistent Tory. More than a century ago, he thus warned his countrymen against the encourageraent of Popery and slavery by supporting the Italian Opera- " There can he no doubt tltat this new entertainment is an engine set to work by the Pope, and that the singers and dancers who come over hete are KO many Popish ereisseries. Theii intent is to debauch our morals, corrupt our princi- ples, and overthrow our Constitution in Chinch and State. Let me exhort you, Britons, to unite, in order to repel the dangers which threaten out safety, and to defeat the implacable malice of our foes : and since it is our happiness to be Englishmen and Protestants, let its not be wanting in our endeavours to transmit those blessings to our posterity."

We had some suspicions and misgivings last year on this sub. ject, when Tentitteten and LABL ACHE were singing in the omi- nous garb and character of Puritans, in praise of what they called liberiA," but which really, as we well knew, meant rebellion. It did seem very strange, that in the King's Theatre, and in the presence of our male and female nobility, sentiments of so seditious a character should have been uttered night after night, and re- ceived with apparent enthusiasm by the audience. That the vociferous plaudits came from O'CoNeess's etnissaries, will now be clear and palpable; for their dark designs can no longer be mistaken. Not content with rousing the people of Ireland,—not content with thundering in the ears of Metropolitan mobs, and awakening the dormant energies ofSuffolk farmers, mangers, and printers,—his wily arts have enabled him to carry agitation into the very fortress and stronghold of the aristocracy, and to get up the cry of "Down with the Peers!" to their very faces. This will hardly be credited; but we have heard it with our bodily organs, and the plot shall now be exposed in all its ramifications. The anti-patrician war Was to be carried en during the week in the House of Commons ; on Friday night the arch agitator himself was to open his battery, and on Saturday the blow was to be fol- lowed up at the Opera-house. With this view and for this reason, it was agreed betwixt hint and his prime agent, LAPORTE, that Marino Faller() should be represented. For w Ito are the persons in Marine) Faller° A rebellious tnub, a bloody agitator, a de- nounced and vilified nobility, and a decapitated sovereign. The languege—the sent iments—the moral—the tendency of the piece— may be inferred front the following speeches ; which, though " writ in choice Italian," it may be necessary for the edificatiun of

Mine of our readers to translate.

" The nobles detest our ft iend and benefactor. Our attachment to him has caused their hatted of us. They would destroy a !WM belOVIA by the people."

The intended application of this passage is obvious enough. Tue f011owing is sung by Israeli Bertucci,—called in the ope-a " Cann d'Arsetiale;" which may be fitly ttanslated, "Guardian of Combustibles," or " Superintendant of Explosions," he being the Otos:Nett of the piece.

Derived. " 0 detested Lords ! vile as ye are haughty ; unjust and cruel as ungrateful ! Is it not enough that you fasten an aectirsed yot e about our necks, lout dare ye to add insult to injury ? If now we are compelled to submit to your hated tyranny, and bear your injuries in silence, the day of teveoge—of glut iuus revenge—shall come ! " The People. "Yes; the Lords are savage tyrants—tigers, whose delight is in blond, and eager for our destruction. Proclaim their crimes to the citizens: at thy voice the people will rise."

Further on occurs this passage-

Faliero. " Trembling slaves ! will ye not resist the tyranny that enthrals ye Br-church. "Ye4, to punish these hated Patricians, and to free our oppressed country, ten thonsand armed and patriotic heroes will arise." Fuller°. " The doom of these wretches is sealed : our vengeance shall be sated: the hour of retribution is at hand : their power shall end ! "

This inflammatory duet was encored, like that in I Parleani ; and, doubtless, by the same parties and for the same reason. We might easily extend our quotations ; but these will suffice to show the moral of Marino Faliero, and the intention with which it was produced at this critical juncture. Of the latter it is impossible to doubt. LAPORTE, COSTA, TAMBITRINI, and LARLACHE, are all Papists—bloody Papists. We have seen them at mass: we have witnessed their guilt—and here we have its fruits. Treason and blood, gunpowder and assassination, are the legitimate offspring of Popery ; and accordingly here we find them. Having now discharged a sacred and solemn duty, we leave

this atrocious affitir in the hands of the proper authorities; and if Lord WINCHILSEA does not make it the subject of immediate and searching inquiry,—if lit does not unravel that dark labyrinth to which we have given the clue,—if he dues not move for the im- mediate removal of this brood of vipers, who, nourished by the fostering patronage of the Mistocracy, dart their venomous fangs into theirvery hearts,—we shall almost suspect him—even him—

of being a partieeps erirninis. At auy rate we have taken the

patriotic course ; and the machinations of rate, and his Italian.confederates stand exposed and detected by cur vigilance and integrity.