Star. — London, England, 1806-12-30 00:00:00

TREAT REs. Dautv•Lans..—Saturday night Mr. Ray, from the Cheltenham Theatre, made his firit appearance in the character of Tosorg , Jfarlowe, in the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer.' Mr. Ray is brother to the Lady of that name who came nut a Short time time, and is an &Sof of foam merit. He has a good voice and perfon, knows the bangle of the Rage, and may be rendered a uteful Comedian of the middle rank. The new Pantomime followed, but from a avant of accuracy in managing the (corral changes, and dex terity in Rating the teems. much ditapprobation was again expreffed by the audience. \Comity Glllolll.—Laft night a new Panto. mime was preduced at this Theatre for the amule. mint of the young mailers and miffes ablest from fchool during the prefent feftive vacation, intitled Nor/spin and Mother Goole ; or, tbe Golden Ea..— Of this produdlion the following is a (ketch of the plot t—iivero, the rniferly guardian of Connate, breaks a promite he had given Color, to marry his ward, in favour of;Sivire awes The piece opens with preparations for the 'Squire's marriage with Colinette; during the balk this or.- cations, the Beadle and runic Peri& Officers bring Mother Goofe before the 'Squire as a reputed witch. The 'Squire condemns her to the duckingaciol. Colin oppofes the (entente, and elpoufes the tank of Mother Cofe, who crapes, miles the ghoft of the 'Squire's firft wife, and pats an end to the feftivity of the intended nuptials. Cohn, however, cannot prevail on Avaro to keep his promife, when Mother Goole makes him a prefent of the feathered animal, fo famed for poffeffing the wonderful ohility to lay a Golden Egg every day, with pertniffion to give this curious bird to Avaro in anchange for the band of Colinette. Avaro receives him with rapture, but inftigated by the natural rapacity of his difpoGtion, refutes to give his Ward, nnlefs Cohn will content to open the en chanted animal, in the hope of producing all her wealth at once at length, fearful of toting his be trothed, he gives a rafts content to facrifice the gift of his patronefs, who appears. refutes the bird, and condemns Avaro, Cohn, and the 'Squire. to wear the Stapes of Pantaloon. Harlequin, and Clown, and wander in mutual contentions for Colinette; ( who is changed to Columbine) till the golden egg, which is cal into the lea the Enchantrefs, Stall be again produced by one tithe offending parties. The purfuit and alternate paffions of the Lady, commences and continues through a variety of fcenes and fituatioas, till Mother Goole at length relents, commiffions a tea fprite to reftore the egg, and unites the affianced lovers in a fplendidtubrnartne pavilion. The butinets of obis piece is carried on tluoogh a ftureeffion of fcenes which do great credit to the talents of -the painters and mcchanifts, with confiderable effee. A few lapfes occurred fall night,. but they were fuck as not to impede the performance any great length of time. Among the new fcenes, of which there are nearly twenty, two, of Vauxhall Garden:, and a Sub-tnarine Pavilion, which doled the piece,. were the molt confpicuous . The &Loaves sad Ge its a tat as Pantaloon, liarkrin, and the Clown, were admirable ; and Mifs Seaass's Cokradirse was light and graceful. Mr. Faaxar is the conftruaor of this Pantomine, the piety and tonic of which are by Mr. T. Mums and Mr. Was,. The piece was received throughout with unbounded applaufe. 50N0....-(garraia Boy.) The isa was rood, the deeds were dark, • Fir &tam very jor, . *ben toted by fortune to anted, I amen a Caste boy. My purrs Loos Bird -mkt Frenchmen's gad, I Mitred base with joy Bet, orreeted hi Agin organ, behold A tapiffs Csiste•boy. ' The audience was very fafhionable.—Among others, we oMkrved hie Royal Highneis the Duke of Cassell:sea, tffitrqtsis of Aasacoate; Lord.o !- dn.—After fhb *attain dropped. Metier Qeeftberfelf announced the pteee for a fecond reprefeatation ; and Ste was received by Joins Buxs with that clamoroes aspreffion of his feelings to which he is mentioned al the view of an old favourite. Aces onts have been received at Richmond Honks Privy Garden!, that the - Duke of Ric HIPIOIIO lies at the point of death, at his feu of Godwocd, Sufrea, when he wit attended by his nephew, General Les sor. His Grace's diffolution is hourly expefted- General ACSLAM, third in command at the gioti cue battle of Maids, and General BILObll ICS. came paffengers front the Mediterranean in a tranfport, which was rtleafed from quarantine on Wednefday. The depot for recruits at Portfmouth Barracks is quite fell, owing to the quick levy of men for Centen nial ferviee, which it is under ftood now Implies cs peftation. The light brigade formed of the 43d and sd batta lion of the pd regiment, k is expected, will move ftom Braborne Lees to the barracks at Hythe, lately onapied by General Thu.'s brigade. A very numerous fleet is now affembled at the Motherbank and Spithead, &Wined for the Eaft and Weft Indies, and various parts of the world ; and will fail the moment the wind fixes idelf in the N. E. —The Devaynes and Retreat Indiamen are in the Downs, and will only be allowed twelve hours to join, on the wind coming fair. It is not true that the Duke of Baumswice in his l..ft moments, or that his Con, folicited permiflion that his empfe fhould be depofited in the tomb of his anceftors. In his will the Duke &fires to be buried in the place where he may happen to di.. Bet the acquit to burs his body at Itrunfwick was. made by the States of Bond - wick : and BONAPARTE, enraged that the people fhould evince any affeition or attach ment to their legitimate Sovereign, returned that in relent and unmanly anfwer which has been pobldhed in the papers. On Nlrmday fennight a Court MArtial was held on Lieut. Archibald hit'Donald, of his M.:jelly's (hip Capelin, for his isondult on that fchonner's getting on (here. The charge was in part proved, and lie was fenteneed to be reprimanded and put at the bottom of the till of Lieutenants. On Tuefday Thomas Hil. tier, W. johns, M. Cunningham, W. Clark, and J. Joplin ' feamen of l his Majelly's (hip Pomone, were tried for attempting to defcrt with her jolly•boat.— They were fevetally feutenced to receive aoo lathes. NAUTICAL MTELLICLVCE. MAILS THIS DAT. All. DSC All, mil. Dublin o a I Gottestortit a 4 Waterford 0 1 An account has been received from St. Helena, by the Ocean whaler, that the extra. ups hone, Torrawnaw, and Hummer, oatwerd•bonnd, ar rind at the Cape of Good Hope the 3d of Oftober la(, and failed the tsth of the Came month. PORTSMOUTH. DECEMBER 29. Put back his Majeay's flips POLYPIIIIMOS and OLYMPta from the Weftward. with damage. DARTMOUTH. DEC. at Arrived the French cartel Jean Marie, from Mor• hi:, with Captain Baairrom, late of his Majedy's Osip Minerva, and five other paffengers. DIAL, DECEMBER 2g. This morning attired in the Downs. the BoLo gun brig, Lieut. CH: vets, from a ernize, after being on fhort near Hytbe ; and remains in the Downs with the chips as ptr laft.—Wind S.W. bloWs hard. . DOVER, DECEMBER 29. Palled by this morning the Ocean South fea whaler for London, late from St. Helena. lam happy to communicate, that this afternoon peed by this place for the Downs, a large French lugger privater, cap- tured by Come of our cruizen.—Wind S.S.W. COWES, DECEMBER 19. Arrived the Neptune, of jerky, Mt sssavry real% ter, with tobacco from Norfolk, (Virginia) bound to Gnerafey, driven into this port by fires of weather; and the Mary, of (ttebee, a new Ship, Stevie' mailer, one of the Tmatra's convoy, with a cargo of furs of immenfe value. She has experienced a mutt dreadful paffage, and when near the Wolf Rock, expeCted every moment to be drove on Shore. She was hailed by a French lugger privateer, which was obliged to Sheer off on account . of the Mary's pea , loos &nation : the day after She was boarded by the Se/ALLOW (loop of war, to the Captain of which in formation was given of the Frenchman. Arrived alto the American Ships Juliana, Cotues, for Fal mouth, and Young FeCtor, —, for Charante. The Taft fpring tides on the coal) of Hampihire, have stole to au unufual height, inundating itreets, groundAoors, and cellars cianneded with the (Imre+, to the great annoyance and difcomSture of the quiet sad regular inhabitant'. GREENOCK, DEC. z 6. Yefterday morning it blew a tremendous gale from the W. S, W. and continued with little abatement the whole of the day. Thee was not a fingle voffel , in the roads which did not drive. The Independence, was put on.thore at the hill of Ardmore, and has loft her fore and main torrans. The Di ana, Rc;itanaon, was driven up as far as Dray/Work, and bas 101 l her fore-malt. It is feared that much damage will be funained along the coaft. The tide alto role to an extraordinary height, the water being upwards of a foot deep in fome of the houfes on the Draft. The Michael, U aaaaa rox, from Limerick for Liverpool, 101 l her anchors in Rothfity Bay yet- terday, and put in here with her fails much tore.— The Captain reports having teen a (loop on (bore a little under the light honk. CHATHAM, DEC. 33. The Favotrarra !loop of war failed to the Nore on Thurfday lat. On Saturday, the DIFINCII, oi l 74 guns, dropped down to Long Reach. The A sou-i ass, of 74 guns, building at Chatham, is ordered to be completed without delay. The M and Hr al:rosy/in, soguns each, are to be prepared to terse as Rore4hips atWoolwicb. On',Friday and Saturday left, the tide in the Medway rote to a height which far . exceeded any thing of the kind that has occurred for more than fifteen years. In Strood, the beet was filled with water more than half way to the turn. pike, and the ground floors and cellars of loch hooka as flood near the river, were completely inundated. Boats were plying in the beets, and paffengera were under the neceftity of reforting to them, for the car. pole of being conveyed to different parts of the town. We have not beard that any material damage has been follained.—Lafi week, WaLtram Bvcx LI, a Serjeant of the Royal Marion, fell overboard from the FRMICHite frigate, lying near the Doek.yard, and was unfortunately drowned.. A Corona's In. queft was held on the body. Vadisi—fluids! Death. DISTRIBUTION Or PRIZE.MONEY. The Pluto, fur the capture of the Freundrehaft, July ty, flay sod lnduftria, September ay, rgoe, will be paid on board, on her arrival In port, and recalled every Monday and Theaday, at No. SB, High-ltreet, Porthnouth, for three months. Tile Cerberns. for the capture of k Bonheur, April t,, dos, will be paid on board, on her arrival in port, and recalled at the fame time and place as a►ove. The Defperate,for the recapture of the join and Jane, February 9, 1806 ; and for the capture of the Frederkk. and FAventure, Odtober as, 1 ffos, and June s. tBo6, will be paid at No. rB, Cle• meet's Inn, every Tuefday and Friday for three months. The Martial, for the capture of the San Sehaftlan, June, ts, read, will be paid every Tuefday and Friday for three moodas,at No. tB, Civinent's Inn. NAVAL APPOrNTMENTc. Captain Paget, h appointed to the Prince; Captain Ceo. Hart, to Mc Majeftic; Captain Littlehalca, to the Hindoßan ; Captain Temple, to the Malabar; Captain Andrews, to the Ringdovc ; Captain Crofton, to the WiWarrer • Captain Spence, to the Pan dora; Lieutenant Whitton to the Rebrif gun veffd; Lieutenant Beckett, to the Lionett ; eintrnant P. Crawford, to the Surly cutter ; Untenant Price, to the Gladiator Lttoternaot Gardner, to the Dapper pa regd. TO ?WE EDITOR OF TIM STAR. Si t— , ln your ftatement of the proceedings on Walsefday, in the Court of Ring's Bench, Baillie o. Cock, 1 find there is an error, which I qua you will reify by inferting this letter in your Paper of to morrow. It was Mr. DALLA3. the Counfel for the Defendant, who propofed an arbitration, (during the ,time that Mr. BARIVIIV, the Junior C.ounfel for the Plaintiff, was opening the pleadia s,L which I agreed to, by the recommendation of Mi. Wallow and Sir VICARY Gum, who laid great (heti upon there being may five of the Special Jury prefent. The whole was therefore fubmitted to Mr. WINTHROP, Governor of the Bank. I am, Sir, your very humble Servant. CIO. BAILLII. N 0.65, Upper Berketep-Street, Portman. fquare, December 26, 1626. BREAD.—There was no Coort of Aldermen held to•day; the LORD Mavoa after infpating the Returns, ordered it to remain at prefent Prices. Out of 130 convitts, lately tranfpnrted to Botany Bay, 124 are women, young and beautiful—what a precious cargo of Femak charms! A perfnn who has lately wi itten a Treatife on Cook. ery, rays. Green: fhould be bailed ip cold water. Thole who pay particular attention to the weather, and maketninutes of its variations, inform us, that we have had between 40 and 5o days of fucceffive rain, during which time the wind has blown almoll con dandy from the S. W. It is worthy remark that the heat sof the weather was ezadly the fame the 24th of June !aft as the 24th of December, on both thole days the Thesmometer being nearly 60. Among the intlances of the mildnefs of the prefcnt •inter, none is perhaps more unufual than the finding of a robin's neft with two eggs, near Reading. We hare alfo heard of eamationsiviolets, and prim: ores, in full bloom in the open air. Wednefday lift, a Sweepflakes of rigs. each was run for on Norbrnok Downs, Oslordthire, by Mr. Hoy s's grey horfe Country Lad, and Mr. Norrow's Ilioxharn Left, by Critic ; Mr. FAuxosa's Sin et Parer paid forfeit. The dillance was fix miles, carrying lA. each, which was won city-by the former. SPORTING LlAP.—Rosser MOMS, Efq. of Louth, in Lincolnfhire, being out with the hore hounds left week, leaped his horfe over a 4. rail fence and a drain. The -Company canted the leap to be matured, and it was found to be eight yards eight inches. The horfe performed it in a canter, with the greateil cafe, though the beat was up bill. In confequence of a bet made between fame off cers of the South Glonceflg militia, at their mere at Brighton, refpcfling a tree in the garden of Mr. Wel far, of the Royal George, at Shoreham, bearing plums at this late period of the year, lateral branches from the tree in quellion, were brought to that place on Tuefday fall, by Mr. Wellar, with plums in atma dance on them. At the Juflices meeting on Tuefday fall at Tre g^nl• a man lately married, appealed to get rid of his wife, on the plea, that the c lo ck had :truck twelve before the marriage ceremony was performed! A Marine who revved on board the Haar:oar, and one of the crew who mutinied, and, after msfacre- I ing the officers, took poffeffion of the Tercel, was brought to town lan night from Deal, and lodged in the Tilt-yard guard•room, for examination touching the horrid deed. His Majefly's (hip the THITIS tranfpoet has ar. rived face at Gibraltar. The other fhips engaged in the Expedition to Sicily were in the Cut when fbe wai parted from them by a heavy gale of wind. We ar: informed that they have bad bad weather ever &ice they left England. The Franklin, Smarm, from Virginia for Barba. dues, is captured and carried into Guadaloupe. The Brothers, WHITVNAT. from Newfoundland, is captured and carried into Vigo, with feveral other reffela. Three or four collier+ were captured on Sunday night Lill off the North Foreland, by a large French lugger privateer. The John and James, WILKINS, from Demerara for Liverpool, has been taken, retaken, and tinier! into Antigua. The Stranger, Roatasoa, front Philadelphia for Jamaica, is captured and carried into St. Domingo. The Fortuna, Coaamarrsow, from L, on, is put into Dantzic, difmafted. 'rho Nova Moro, Olivia; A, from Lifbon foe Am iterdam. is loft near Swanfca. The Harriet, Cia x, from Demerara, for London, 'bar been on lhore, and unloaded, at Grenada. The Baltic Merchant,—,from Riga for Lowden, is on &ore on Gothland, but expetted to be got of The Rebecca, Baoc ssssss from Sicily for Btiftol, is captored. The Two Brothers, —, from Spain for MU, is loft in Q2iberon Bay. All rani; are now devoted to holiday pleafuret. In the ftsida of their fellivity and good cheer, it may not be amifs to fuggeft, that the jocund rearm is pregnant alfo with the means, to numerous individu• ale, of enjoying good cheer, and a continued holiday fur the remainder of their lives. Will any one pre• fume to fay, that the prefent verb Psperior Lottery Scheme does not pofk-fs an ample fund for this pur ple, and that too within the fpace of a few smite attainment ? At Banoes's Lottery Office, No. 237, Piccadilly, efiabfilbed near 6o years, is a great variety of Tickets and Shares for the corning Lottery, that Iseghal drawing 13th January. The Scheme is univerfiblly approved of—it contains two prizes of 30,0001. two of ao,oool. two of to,oool. three of pool. itc. Ste. No. $7,880, a Prize of to,oool. lafk February, tad 17,739, a Prize of toool. the lad Lottery, Were both fold in Shares at the above Office, and the Moue, paid on demand. COSSET'S RIGISTSR.—Whether it be that this writer's arguments are weak in themfelves, or that the sttraaive 'acme of the preterit Lottery oft. weighs them, certain it is that (ince Mr. C.'s attack on Lotteries, the rale of Tickets and Shares has much increafed.—Caarta, No. 8, Charing Crof- in defi ance of that authority, Qrongly recommends to the Public the preterit Scheme—lt is fingularly advan• tageous to the purchafer, and the boner he becomes a purchafer the better, for Femme as well as Time filould be takcn by Ike/ore/v.4. GLASGOW, DEC. 25. Since about fir o'clock thismorning it has blown a tremendous norm from the S.W. accompanied with heavy rain. A number of chimney tops and car tve bees blown down, b; which feveral perforn have been bun. In the High ftreet, above Duke ftreet, a (lack of chimnies fell down upon a low houfe, drove in the roof, forced ont the front wall, and danger nufty hurt an old woman and child, who were imme • diately carried to the Infirmary. EDINBURGH, DEC. 27. Thurfday, the following convias were fent from the Tolbnoth of this City, and (hipped at Leith, in order to be tranfpnrted, viz. John Thornton and jiln Nelfnn, lately conSemned for tinning forged Note * ; John Maeleod, Atidertnn, alias nweshie, and Jifeph Todd, for 'Sealing. It blew a pedal hurri cane nn Thurfday morning from the 3 W. Betw.ett ten and eleven it was extremely difficult and dr g t ons to walk the fire its t feveral cans, Rte. were bliawn down. Part of the gable of a hook in Hnwe.flreet was blown down, and busied the carpenter's fhede built of brick, in its ruin-. Fortunately, ,in lives were 1011. During the ROM on Thurfday, pat 4 the bal. lußrades on the Well of that beautitui building the New Bank of Scotland, were blown dnu n from the parapet upon the roof. At the houte of °agar while the family were at breakfafl, a Rack 4 chitnnieis were blown down p they came through two Rana. Though the breakfall tables and their contents were demob& ed, providentially none of the family were hart. Al though many chimney cans were blown down, ire have heard of no accident happening. The North poll, which &mid have artived on Thurfday after nano beta ;at twelve and one o'clock, did not active till ten o'clock yellerday morning. :~ ...: ~, ~ ~} ~ V DUBLIN, DECEMBER 14. Friday morning lak a duel took place between Ds Efq. a gentleman of the law, and Captain J—w, of the Bth dragoons. The latter gen tleman received his antagonitt's firft fire a little above the groin, which fortunately was obftrated by (ome dollars in his ;raincoat pocket; another fhot was exchanged, which hit the Captain in the abdomen, and great doubts of his recovery are entertained. On Monday morning a party of the 18th Dra goons fet off for Nev.in, for the purport of efcorting to town Tome perfons charged with delinquencies of a faint's nature.—(Satmdcrr I Paper.) The Ponboy conveying the Mail from Drogheda to Slane, was flopped about fir o'clock on Sand ty morning, at a place called Curly's Hole, by tab men, who robbed him of the bag of letters dif patched from thence for Slane, on Saturday night. and the croft poi letters from Drogheda to Havart i , &c. The Potimallets General have offered a reward of Sol. for the apprehenfion of the offenders. Early on Saturday morning a violent fire broke out in the extenfive concerns of Meffrs. Sweetman, brewers, in Francis-fir**. We ate happy to Rate, that there has not been much damage (Whined. At Tullatztore, on Saturday lak there was one of the grearell forms of thunder and lightning ere, re membered. A boy and boric belonging to the Poll- Mailer, were both killed by it, in view of the Canal Pcfrage Boat, which chanced to pats by at the time. On Friday night, Dennis Goodwin, a perfun em ployed in the General Pon Office, was apprehended under a charge of embezzling letters containing property. Orders have been iffued ►y Goretnoient, to the corps of Yeomanry in this City, to parade four days in the month. An Athlone Correfpondent income, that a notice was polled on Sunday laft upon Dylart Church, or dering that the Tythes Gould not be relied, and that any mice doing fo Gould be threllied. Some time ago, a party of Tinethere called at the houfe of a Gentleman in the neighbourhood of Edge worthaown, who on being jfuntmoned, went out to them—they were very numerous, partly nonmed, and accompanied by a piper. The Gentleman was rcquelled to afk for a tune, which he ignited to de cline, but they infißed he thould—he told them the tune he would afk for he was afraid would not pleafe them, and called for a Goa lave the King," which was very cheerfully given. They then faid - he Gould have their tune, and they immediately thud up Sa Vourneen Declifh."—When it was Gilled, they tendered him the oath, which he having de ' dined taking, he was then folicited to promife that I he would not pay Tythes—*this he alfo declined, and they fufferell him to expoßulate with them for tome time—and on parting be was told they would give him a week to confider of it. He was then dehred to afk for another tune, when be repeated his de mand for " GOD fave the King," which was played as before—they then seabed him good night. SFSCIAL COMMISSION. The following is the rank of the trials at Long ford, of the perfons charged with being ThreChers Ferral Blaney and Thomas Donohoe, acquitted. Patrick Wrin, acquitted, and to be difcharged on giving bail for bis good bebaviotss for (even years. Peter Morris to be hanged on the 27th infiant. Robert Fitztimmons, James Klibtidge, and Patrick Coyle, labourer, to be publicly whipped in the town of Craned on the sad inflant, and the inth of Jan. 51137, and coLfined fix months each. Patrick Coyle, farmer, to be publicly whipped in the town of Grattard, on the aad indent, and to be confined three months. Muarna..—On Tburfday evening fall, about ten o'clock. a murder was commuted on the Eaft pie Wall, &negate, the perpetrators of which, we are forty to fay,lave not yet been difcovered. 'fhe per. fon killed *as William Rowland, a (allot belonging to the fortitude, of London, now lying in Ramfgata harbour. This man, it Teems, cat Con thole quite (ober,* little before ten o'clock, and bad but jolt got on the Pier, when he was dabbed by lone perfon or perks', in three different pane of hie body, and fell dead almoft immediately. It fauns that a young lad was near him, and law a man run *wavy I and, al• though It was moon light, It is feared the bny canna (wear to the man if he law him again. The Coroner and Jury fat on the body yefterday, and, after a long inveitigation, brought in a ?Lydia of.--Wilftildo -der o g oialk a F arina or perfuns spknown ~.. _ -4 0 1 4F , 1 i I 1 1