Star. — London, England, 1820-05-30 00:00:00

i t THE CORONAT - iOV, • • WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ctensive preparations have already been no. w !,ieli are now actively taking place within w es :rripsv-r Hall, so earnestly that the parties who ea sarnol y attended the last sittings of the present C ou rt of King's Bench, could with difficulty get. to the court for ti:e scaffolding, workmen, &c. It now r emains of the still more ample preparations that have been begun within the venerable Abbey Church of St. Peter. The procession of the Royal Coronation. it may be known, will approach through t i,e noble west entrance, over the inner arch of which, and between the two grand towers, stands the monu ment of WILLIAM him with Treason on one side cast down in despair, and with the Genitts of History on the other side. The Pro Cession and Coronation ceremonies in 1761 occupied six hours. The festival and hanquetin the Hall afterwards took place. The interior 'of the Abbey will be magnificently fitted up for the performance of the chief ceremony, that of the Coronation of Geoiwc IV. The platform, which w ill be raised over the space from the Hall, will be continued along the Abbey-nave and Choir, railed in and covered with blue cloth. This platform iviU be from 6 to twenty feet in width ; and on either side will he ranged those stationed for the purpose of preserving regularity. In the space now occupied by the Choir; Altar, &c. will be raised the stage on w hi c h the Coronation will take place=in the space firmed by the four great pillars, and under what is called the lantern of the Abbey, which was rebuilt after the partial fire occasioned by the negligence of piumbers engaged in repairing the roof, in 1805. This part of 'the Abbey has hitherto been occupied with the - Choir and Chapel, in which Divine Service -vas daily performed. The Choir is a late improve ment, executed in the ancient Gothic style, the archi tect /the late Mr. KEENE), the surveyor of the works, having successfully blended simplicity with ornament. The whole of this structure is being removed—the screen-work, the pews, desks (or stalls), and pulpit; indeed, nearly the whole is already down, each por tion of it, however, being carefully and ingeniously ticketed, so that each pamcular part will be restored to its former station. Nearly the whole of the Altar Piece, which stands on the space leading to Henry Vll.'s Ch.:ul, is 4130 taking down. This Altar Piece is of marble, and finished in the Grecian style of ar chitecture. It was handsome of its kind, but did not accord with the surrounding buildings. It was pre tented to this Church by Queen ANNE, from the gores at Hampton Court, it having previously belonged to, or been designed for, a Chapel at Whitehall. l his Altar Piece, it is understood, is not to be restored, but is to be presented to some other Church, possibly r.ne of the new Churches- about to be built. The Organ, at the s opposite end of this interior construc tion, alit, about midway between the marble Altar Piece and the west entrance, is also taken down ; the loft remains, and will be occupied by musicians. Those who are acquainted with the interior of the Abbey, will easily imagine what an immense space will be afforded by removals for the raising of those preparations requisite to an effective performance of the Coronation ceremonies. According to the fashion of those days, the Church is built in the form of the Latin Cress' and by these removals and alterations, there will be an open space for the erection of gal leries, &c. from the Chapels near Henry VlL's Cha rd, to the west entrance, along the aisles, and in the several transepts; and crossways from the north en trance, which is directly orposite to King -street, and near St. Margaret's Church, to the south transept, or Poet's Corner, occupied with the statues and busts of Shakspeare, Dryden, Handel, Addison, &c. FATRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday sets- Eight a Sermon was preached at the Octagon Chapel, in Bath, for the benefit of the National Schools ; and after the service a collection was made at the doors of the Chapel. During the collection a Gentleman's rervant, who was standing in the passage, asserts, that he observed a Lady secretly take a bank-note from the box holden by one of the Gentlemen, to receive the deposits of the charitable. He further asserts, that the Lady, perceiving she was observed, muttered as she passed him, " It is my own note." The elan instantly replied, " No, madam, you took it out of the box." The man gibes on to state, that the Lady then passed on, endeavouring to mix with the crowd, but he followed her so closely, that on reaching Quiet-street, and still finding him at her heels, she zeturned back, and making her way to - :he Vestry-room, exclaimed, " I have discovered a El note in my sleeve, which I suppose I must accident ally have taken up when 1 put my donation into the, box." The servant man who witnessed the transac tion, having related it to his master, was by him di rected immediately to inform the Gentleman who managed the collection thereof, which he did ; and his master has since borne testimony to his strict ve racity and integrity. Some corroborating circum stances are said to have come to light ; notwithstand ing which the Lady persists in asserting her inno cence, and her accuser as resolutely persists in asse verating, the truth of his accusations. The accused s said to be a Lady of considerable fortune, and moving -in the first circles of fashion. The friends of the Lady in question have since pub lished the following, as the "plain, unvarnished tale:" " The Lady, not having money in her hand on gring out of the Chapel, put her hand into her pocket to take out what she was to contribute, holding a parasol in one hand,.and a small smelling-bottle and• a folded raper in the other. She put the money she ha4taken ior the purpose into the box, and passed 4 . -n. In Quiet street, on using- the she observed a paper adhering to the sleeve cf her penssc, which, o n exa mi n ing, proved to be a De vizes one pound note ; she supposed it must have 'augl.t to her sleeve from the box, and instantly re turned to deliver it at the Chapel. The crowd was p,rcat ; which, when dispersed, s h e wet in and stated the fact to the Clerk, and with him went into the Vestry -room and delivered the note, with an ex n of the circumstance, and never expecteig to hear mote of what had so very unintentionally oe r4rrLd. The man's speech to her she had not heard, nor noticed him ; nor had she asked if, nor said the nute was her's." It has been subsequently stated. in a Bath paper, that the friends of the Lady are taking measures In appeal to the kws of the country, the only. sure Ins tree from which condemnation or acquittal can eelkt.liaally proceed" L all immons, , a .. •• OP - NATAL INTELtftatWCI Ills Majesty's ship Amin, of 48 pns, Captain Sir Atm anima Column, K.C.B. is fitting for the reception of Count is* Ramseur, the late Portuguese Minister Plenipotentiary. to this country, and his suite, who are to proceed in her to Lisbon, from whence it is said the. Acne' will proceed to Rio Janeiro. Lieutenant E. A. Frankland, late of the Cazoix, has been promoted to the rank of Commander. The linizenik, of 1•20 guns, lately expected to have been or dered to be broke up, bas been ordered to be thoroughly repaired. Captain ADA* MACCENZIIt, and not Captain GriIDRICE CHARLIS MACKIN-lit (as lately mentioned), is Appointed to the Cam= frigate, at Chatham ; which ship is intended to bear the broad pendant of Confinodore Sir T 11031415 MASTLIMAN RAILDIr. on the South American station. The &MIMI and Venezia& line-of battle ships are ordered from that station. Captain Maccsaszte is appcinted to the Sureaa which ship he will bring home to be stationed as guard-ship at Plymouth. The FLY, of 15 guns. Captain I. P. Corms,' is intended for the Irish station, to be employed under the orders of Rear-Ad miral Sir Josms %swum The Sarni°. of 18 guns, Captain I. 11. PLUMIUDGY, is likewise intended for the Irish station. Sixteen Warrant Officers (Boatswains, Gunners; and Carpen ters), appointed to s hip s i n t h e L a k es o f C ana d a . with their wives and families, sailed in the Iluddart, from Splthead,.Qn Tuesday, for Quebec. • The Frolic, LoTHERINGTON, from-London to Trieste, put into Ramsgate yesterday, with her bowsprit sprung. The Moreland Hall was burnt at Kingston (Jamaica) on the 3lst of March. The : goods for Kingston nearly all landed. The Nymph, HENDICIWN, a London, from Cadiz to the Havannah, taken by a privateer, and carried into Margaritta, arrived at Barbadoes on the 13th ultimo, after being plundere of her cargo. A melancholy accident happened on Monday sennigitt, in the River Yealm : six meet lltlonzing to the Joker schooner, of St. Ives, had twen taking in ballast, and were on their return, when the vessel overset, and four were drowned. Porrastoui a, Mar 29.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Transfer, (Toonsett., from Oporto for Petersburg!), in twelve days.— Passed by for London, the Dangly, LAMB, from Bombay, last from the Oapi of Good Hope, whence she railed on the 25c1 of March ; left at the Cape the ,Eolipse, Coom.r., from Bengal, to sail for England the following day. Fat.mount, 31av 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, with a m.,a for Lisbon; and Miley, Waal), for Pernambuco. I.ivEaroox, MAY 28.—Arrived the Golden•Fleece,Jousts, front llehia, sailed 7th of April; Antigua Packet, llewsos, from Araii,ua ; and Brothers , Saeaciivarte., from Kiel. Mat., Mer 119.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Vali ant, FelillYMAN, from Jamaica; George, Sevens, in 39 days from Sr. Vincent's ; Swallow, Is7tcuoxsox, from Bombay ; Stag, from Faro; and several others, particulars unknown. Came down front the River, the Woodman, Kw's, fur Madras and Bengal. The George spoke the Isabella, for Charleston, in lat. 37. 10. N. 10ng..42. W. out sixteen days. The Swallow re mains in the Downs. • HAUSGATIC, MAY 29.—Arrived the Four Friend! ' OAK, from Cowes for London, with her main-boom sprung. The Wilco, BAULKY, from Sunderland for Poole, has been on shore op the Kentish Knock, lost her rudder, and sprung her main-boom : she is now off the North Foreland, in charge of a Yarmouth boat, and will come into this port, wind and weather permitting. Haawicii, May 29.—Arrived the.. Prince of Orange packet, with a Mail froin Holland. Vomits 'Ponta max.—The London, Borodino, and Lady Hamilton transports, from Cork to Ceylon, on the 9th of Fe bruary, in latt 1. \. lung. $5. E. Voltaire, 111‘Phzrson, from Gibraltar to Philadelphia, op the 17th ult. on the Equator, in long. 42. Maria, Evers, from Bengal to Antwerp, on the 10th, in lat. 3. long. 21. Flora, from Aberdeen to the Havannah, on the 10th inst. in lat. 58. long. 37. by the Commie arrived from Bengal; Phoenix , Weynton, from London to Bc:mbay, on the 16th ult. in lat. 12. long. 24. Spanish Patriot, from Bristol to Newfoundland, on the 21st. inst. in Lit. 48. 16. long. 22. 30. Swan, from Bristol to Quebec, on the 22d inst. in lat. 48.10. long. 14. 4. Assivro--At Lisbon, the Principe and Camoens, from Ben gal; Vigilant, Martin, from Liverpool; Thomas, Robson, from Sunderland; Felicite, //fickle, from Newcastle • Mercury, Nevin, from Plymouth ; and General Pinto, fr om . liaranham. At St. 'Ube's, Virginia, Allen, from Newry. At Barbadixs, Whim, Thornhill, from London. At Faro, Lord Exmouth, Tiack ; Albion, Price; and Lavinia, Sim, from London. At Gibraltar, Freedom, Edwards, from Liverpool ; and Thistle, Willis, from Belfast. At Dominica, Dominica, Holder, from London. At Havre, Trois &stirs, and Charles, from London . At Bengal, Bencoolen, from New South Wales. At Jamaica, Duke of York, Andeison ; Cambridge, Langdon ; Friends, Barkley ; Ajax, Armstrong; and Thetis, Middleton l from London; Welling ton, , Waters, from Bristol ; and Isabella, Cameron, from the Clyde. At arleston, Susan Pollock, from Belfast. At Nas sau, Dart, Corbyn, from Lon don.; At Nevis, Ush, Wellday, from Bristol. At Valparaiso, Portsea. Nichols; and Rebecca, De Peyster, from Bogal ; Caledonia Laughren from Liver pool; Devon, Wil.on, from `-; and ' Dragon, Catling, from At B arbadoes, Richard and Sibella, Evelyn, from Lon don; and Earl Talbot. Lambert, from Cork. At Constantinople, Eclipse, Ward, from London. At Savannah, Liverpool Packet, 13irkett, from Liverpool. At Jamaica, Fox and Lady Welling ton packets, from Falmouth. At New South Wales, Daphne, blatison ; Grenada. 1)onald ; Atlas, Short ; Regalia, Dixon ; and 'Mary, Lusk, from London—the Litter sailed for Bengal on the 16th of October. At Bengal, Essex, from London; and Fort William, irons Gibraltar. We observe that, by an union of the interests of two of the Shipping Companies trading between London and Leith, an important improvement is immediately to-take place in the conveyance between these Ports, as the Smacks belonging to the New Company will now sail nearly every other day from London and Leith. We understand that the small sized Smacks formerly employed by those Companies are to be put in the trade between Greenock and Belfast, from which Ports they are to sail, on fixed days, with the same punctuality as the London Smacks now do, by which means they will greatly improve the convey ance for passengers and goods between the West of Scotland and North of Ireland.—See Advertisement. The if akffield Journal states, as a proof that the. times are getting bctter, that a clothier, of Ossett,. ten miles from thence, of the name of William Smith,. • . ? sold three pieces of cloth, in the Cloth-hall, at Leeds, on the 11th of August, 1818, since which time he has attended the market twice a week till the 15th April, 1820, on which day, and not before, he sold two other pieces of cloth to a merchant in Leeds, which cost him ten-pence a yard more than he sold them for ; so that he has travelled to and from market, in the accomplishment of this profitable business, no less than 3,500 miles. This, we fear, is not an untom mon case.—Leeds Mercury. GLASGOW, Mnr-27.—1t is particularly gratifying to be able to state that the trade of this town conti nues in progressive improvement. Commercial men are gradually extending their business; and are daily getting fairer prospects and better spirits. Weavers for every kind of fine plain work, are in considerable request. The wages of weaving are a little higher. DOVER, MAY 28.—Besides the eleven smugglers released in the late riot, there were 13 other prisoners in jail, two of whom escaped, but one of them, a smu*gler, returned voluntarily, after seeing his wife, to Ins confinement. The jail is a very old and in secure building; a new jail, under plans of eminent surveyors, is commencing building, on ground pur chased by the Magistrates, adjoining the old build- It is a fortunate circumstance, the Magistrates did not authorize the military to fire, for had they so done, great slaughter must have ensued, their being amongst the crowd numbers of women and children. ten of whom, it is said, were the distracted wives of , the unfortunate smugglers, with forty children, all belonging to Folkstone. • THE ARMY. - .L 111.1 INTELLIGENCE. arrriwb. AT Apirlltitsl4l4ll4xliMPAL The 71st Regiment is ealicied to*Trepiate the 88th, .which has received orders tit hold itself in reailiness for marching. • • ' ll -4 ••• • - Three companies of the 40th Regiment of Foot ar rived in Durham on Wednesday last, on their march fiom Sunderland Barracks to Manchester. Three other companies are to follow them in a day or two, and the remaining four companies are to continue at li Sunderland till relieved by other troops. The Military have not yet taken possession of their new quarters in the Royal Mews, •at Charing- Cross. Saturday, his Royal Highness the COhf hfANDSR IN CHIEF, and several Officers of the Metli;f cal Staff, inspected the different sleeping-roome,"&c. and they We're of opinion that they were not yet suffi-• Ciently aired for the reception of the men.• Thursday, the Light Horse Volunteers gave a su perb dinner, at Freemasons' Hall, to Colonel BOSAN• QUCT, or, his election to the Command .of the Regi ment. Among the numerous visitors were his Royal Highness the Comma Notn-I sr-Cum, the Marquis of ANGLESEY, Viscount SIDAIOUTH, Lord EDWARD SO. MERSET, the Adjutant-General, with various other Officers, Civil and Military. The Royal and Noble visitors were highly pleased with their reception, and 'there never was witnessed so imposing nor so uncom mon a scene, as a whole Regiment, Officers and Pri vatei, entertaining the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and some of the most distinguished Soldiers and States men of the day ; it could only be seen in England, and with .a corps in which men of the first conse quence and property consider the ranks as the post of honour. Lieutenant-Colonel DUNLOP, whom Lord SIDNOUTH complimented with the title of Father of the Regiment, presided on the occasion, with that pe culiarly spirited urbanity which has so long gained him the affection of his comrades. :,.2.41r.. • 12 to 1 agst Arboatils. Itt . . 13 to I ass* 111oWnitis.. 13 to 1 agst Smalenskoe. 15 to 1 apt 'Lisette: 13 to 1 agst Arbutus. • • OATAANDS STAKES AT ASCOT. 7to 4 apt CharbpignOri. 14to 1 agst Shoveller. 2 to 1 apt bro. to Miracle. 5 to 1 apt Charming Molly. Tnt Ginn Car oat Tnuassat.....3 to 4 an Banker. 1 Morn arm; riteDpasr liace..-rThere is much controversy relative to which was the first favourite, at starting, Pindarrie or Sailor. Many heaVy bets were pendi n g that Pindarrie wc'jld continue to be the first lash:mite at starting, and it it contendrd that he was, and the Stewards have made him sa in the 4:alen dar, by placing the ;Kids against him at 5 to 2, at,tl &to 1 art Sailor, and this decision should be conclusive. .A forinistable - party backed Sailor just before stining, but yet Pindarrte lad the turn. The Jockey Club will, it is said, make another titc!.. don, which will be ADA DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new Tragedy, entitled Virginias; or, The. Fal 'fare Decesaviri, was produced last night. The lead.- ing character of VirOtins was, of course, assigned to Mr. KuAN; and it is almost unnecessary to say, that he did as much for its success as was pos.ible to be done. The outline of the part afforded him op portunities of which he was sure to avail himself. It was not for the Roman we cared ; our admiration of that people, in this distant age, partakes rather of the coldness of criticism than the enthusiasm of heartfelt interest ; it was the father, clothed in those feelings which belong to all mankind—elevated, if ,you. will, by *the grandeur of Roman sentiment— whore sufferings attracted our sympathies and wrung Our &horns. He stood befo:e_ us in all the reality which the best imitation of Nature could afford, pleading for his child, • raving and despairing under the weight of her injuries and his own ; and, at the extremity in which Jife and honour are no longer compatible, interposing with the protection of death itself. But here we are only speaking of the subject and the performer. The dramatist; whose work we must notice, calls for a more qualified tone of obser-, vation. He is evidently a writer possessing no small acquaintance with the best productions of our Stage; • and it is not improbable that his taste for those fine specimens of the art has betrayed him into a resem blance too close to be unattended with danger; at all' events, we are disposed to attribute his ialtations to taste. The first and secsind acts were those which hung heaviest on the audience. • At the close of the third act, there s' ere- two very effective scenes; one wit.% the unexpected meeting of Virginius with his daugh ter, when a plot was laid for her destruction byAyt pius ; and the other, his interview with Appius him= self, on coming, as he supposed, to profit by Mai treachery. From this there was nothing very Jet . markable until the trial, in which the great sacrifice; is made, and here the powers of the performer vrgre again transcendent. We would hiie wished, 10w... ever, that the death of Applies. had been otherwiza contrived. Even as it stood, though a great blemish, in the catastrophe, it did not counteract theeffeat:Of: - - Mr. Krtax's manner in the sacrifice of vir g inal. The recollection of the moment when he struck — the:Vow- - ; - was still too vivid ~to be. effaced by this second and far less acceptable offering to the genius of tragic execution. Mrs. WEST; as Virginia, displayed con siderable talent; but the feelings of the House, not Withstanding that every exertion was. made by , ..the performers, were much divided on the oceasioia,. : and it still remains so be determined whether it shill have even a moderate career of success. We shouldstate, that the scenery, decorations, &c. were liberally af forded by the Manager. The Ordnance Estimates for the Service of I S2O have been printed, and will be moved by Mr. WARD in the Committee of Supply, in the House of Corn .mons, on Friday. The estimate of the charge for Land Service for Great Britain is-- Ordinary £548,304 14 9 Extraordinaries Expelibe of Services-nor provided for by Parliament' 60,145 17 2 Total for Great Britain £893,810 5 10 From 'which deduct £285,000, the presumed sale of old stores, lands, buildings, &c. there will remain a total of £608,840. 55. 10d.—The total for Ireland is £111,986.25. 6d. making for the United Kingdom a total of C 20,826. Bs. 4d. The Committee, appointed by the House of Lords, on Friday last, to inquire into the means of extending our Foreign Trade, notwithstanding the adjournment of the House, lost no time in assembling-to promote the important objects of their appointment. The several Members named assembled in the chief.Com mines Room of the Lords, on Saturday, at two o'clock. The order of th, House having been read, the first object was to appoint their Chairman, and the proposition of the Earl of LIVIRFOOL, that the Marquis of LANSDOWS should take the Chair, was agreed to unanimously. Lord Ltrearoot, who had a tax filled with_ papers brought into the room, then presented a series of documents illustrative of the progress of the Revenue, the balances of Trade, &c. to which his Lordship referred in the course of the speec)s of. Friday. Most of them are original, and have net yet been printed. Their Lordships then en tered into some conversation as to the course which shotrid be pursued in their investigations ; and a dis position was evinced to procure, and proceed - on as much documentary evidence as possible, but without rejecting the aid of oral testimony. One witness was KING'S Ttfrwrit E.—Mr. Keta.v, so long a favourite named, whose attendance, according to the practice, at Drury-Lane, and now Stage-Manager at the.Oper t a. must be ordered by a vote of the House. After having House, had hisl 3 enefir last night. bxclusive of the sat about an hour, their Lordships adjourned. usual Entertainments of the Theatre, Mr. ELLISTOH Yesterday, a General Meeting of the Governors kindly lent his powerful assistance, by appearing in and Friends of the Society for the Suppression of one of . his principal characters. The House was a Vice took place at the Society's house, in Essex- bnmper, and many hundred persons were unable to street, Strand, when Lord Kontos, Mr. WILBER- . . gain adtr.ittanbe. ENOLISII OPERA Housr.—Mr. MITTFIEWS'II At FORCE, and many other Noblemen and Gentlemen, of the first rank and distinction, assembled for the Home was last night honoured by a most respectable purpose of hearing the Report of last year, and to attendance. His Trip to Paris and La Dilligence s discuss matters relative to the Society. The Secre - constituted the : muiements of the evening, 'and tat y's Report presented to the assemblage many in- which were, as usual, received throughout with shouts • stances of the necessity and beneficial effects of such of laughter and applause. . an Institution, in the restoration of persons to the THE FRENCH PLAY.—La Fausse Agnes, a Comedy path of rectitude. The Meeting having made some in three Acts, gave Monsieur VESTRIS an opportunity fresh arrangements, it *as adjourned to a future day. of appearing with credit as the. Baron de Vieux-boil. A free pardon is stated to be making out for Ed- A very pretty Opera followed, called Le Bowe e t wards, Adams, Monument, and Dreyer, for any treason le Tailleur. At a quarter before twelve the dancing committed prior to the 23d of February. commenced in the two rooms, two sets in each., Wednesday last, five persbns were apprehended at The leaders performed admirably well. Baron Duane - - - - 1, Lady MARY RTDI/4 Falkirk, and conducted under a military escort to Coups CiIIIAMAX - . - Lady G. Powit. Stirling Castle. They are all supposed to have been • Prince Famscavu.s.s. - - Lady Lowenca. present at the famous Radical battle of Bonnymuir. Sir Trawnere Jams - - Miss Fresno:. One of them was lately a delegate at Glasgow.' i Hon. 11. Tnrvia -- - - Alia Seats:. Idr • Sr. PATRICK'S CHARITY SCHOOLS.--Yesterday . W. 1.001101041 Miss ram • Ms. McaTurox - - - - Lady J. Coaxw A ws, 'evening, the Anniversary Festival of this Institution Riliwg RaTZIWAZT - - - Lady C. Nave. ' " - • . f wap held at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen- . Among the company present were the following • street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, which is for the•Educa- The PrineeLlehtenstan, Prince Sapicha, Princess Esterliassy -" ; tiori, Clothing, and Maintenance of the. Orphans of Dukes if Wellington and Argyle, lhicbesses of welting(); Irish Catholics. His Royal Highness the Duke of Buteleitgli, sad Area . • e OF THE WASHINGTON THRATIMe7AIacIi it W SUSS= in the - Chair, supported by his Grace the Bust. seven. oclock: of the morning of the 19th Aprils. the Duke of Noarotit on the left, and on the right by Theatre. in scarcely is city was discovered to be onfire. Lord ARUNDEL. About three hundred persons sat , There was scarcely an interval of a momentfroni the down to dinner, amongst whom were; The Karl of Donoughrnore Lord Nugent, Lord Clifford, Sir discovery of the fire, before the whole roo f and intc 0. Jerningham , Bart. Sir J o hn Doyle, Joh n Cam Hobhouse, rior were istarnes, and in less than fifteen minutes Esq. M.P. Mr. Blake, M.P. Mr. Tempest, Rev. Dr. Collins, t h e roo f fell i n . The opi n i ons of t h ose w h o h ave i n- Mr. O'Brien, Mr. MiLennon, &c. quired inte the matter vary as td, the cause of tb e The Gallery was filled with Ladies of distinction, ' fi ,.. Same suppose it to have beenk work of an . and a musical band played several delightful tunes. i nce ndiary, whilst others suppose it to hive bee n t h e The Duke of Sussex, Lords ARUNDEL, NUGENT, • resu of acc ident. It fortunately. happened that theie and DoNouonsions, Mr. Homouse, and Dr. CoL- had been a light fall of rain the preceding eve n i ng , LINS, made admirable speeches; and the collection otherwise; - such was the suddenness and rapidity of in the whole amounted -to upwards of £l5OO, to i the c onflagration, that the •showers of burni ng em which the Ladies contributed handsomely. Messrs. bees which fell on the roofs of the adjoining houses, WooLPE, &firm - and G. SMITH , attended profes would have fired them also. As it.was no material sionally, and sung some glees, Ice. P damage was sustained by them, except that Which A cow, on Saturday, at Pecchester, produced the extraordt. I was unavoidable from the hasty removal ot the cdr nary number of three cow calves, which are all in fine condition, tents of the houses: Th ee ngines were immediately and likely to live. lon the ground, hut it was useless to attempt to save A sheep, bred and fed by Mr. Large, of Proadwall, in Glou cester, was killed a few days ago, and the carcase was found to the Theatre, which was almost destroyed before ki ze weigh two hundr(4 and sixty-four pounds. tire was discovered. - : The thermometer, in the course-of theliast week, has varied ' e 22 degrees ;- i:s highest being 76, and lowest.s4 I ill Jiampshire the ancient custom of Mayitt Lau at . . About Silt O'CiOCk on Saturday evening, a fine child of Mr. J. been revived, and kept up with uncommon ' pi nt , : i n Row, nurseryman, King's-road, Chelsea, was found daiwileti almoit every village. Maypoles and bowers adorri e d in a tank in the garden, the delve of which shappetted aceident., with flowers have been erected, and all c • i AWE, old ally to be left open ; the child was accustomed- to p l ay cf• an • ~ 'evening in else gatedeal he‘ had not been again mom chars tat a minutes when he was discovered. . . I nu young, rich poor, have, wi th ers' e zeopt i va, oiued in the merry dance on the green. :. .•% .-.ems--tR,.:....r ~ ~.,,._. , . .. c 1 •