Star.
London, England, 1804-11-24 00:00:00

711E17RY.

DIORY LANS eartt.—Laft night, the come-
dy of the Baty, , Body furnifhed Mifi Duncan with
another opportunity of difplaying the extent of her
talents in the charafter of Miranda, which (be per-
formed with much fpirit ; there is however, in
her Manner, a fomethiag which v ill admit of foften.
iag. In other refpefls, lice is certainly an accomplilh-
eof afters. Be.nmistsi, in ittorpist, is bottling and
eccentric, and hiift Port hae loft nothing of her vi-
vacity in Patch. In SUITT'S Sir Fr'caoci: Gripe there
appears rather a falling off. The others, with the ex-
ception of DOWTOSI'S air geishas Traffic, derttvc little
notice.

THE FOLLOWING WHIMSICAL INITANN 114-4iiN TON..
STONE IN THITPOID CITVICNiTAILD.
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My Grandmother was biuied bete,
My Coat!) JANE, and two Undo:li dear.
My Father petalled with a mortification in bla
My Sifter dropt down dead in the Wooden
But the mains why I'm here infixed. acceirdini to rot

• thinking,
it owing to soy good Hain and Bard drlnkhrg.
If therefore, good Chriftlane, you WI& to live lorti;
Beware of &inking Brandy, Gin, or any thing prong;

Lady Aiscaritomate and her, amiable daughter
have returned to town from Scotland.
The Earl of STAHL and family have returner! from
Scotland to his Lordlhip's houfe m Grofvepor-fqoare.
Lord EARDLCY, on pairing through Windfor on
Wednefday lift, faw a erotid collated, and, on en-
quiry, the caufe was told that a poor Clergyman's
goods had been fcized for a debt of 471. which his
Lordhip immediately paid.

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On Fliday WI, the Hon. Mill Srawaar, third
daughter of the Earl of Lorionwosaar, died at Con.
way, Wales, hi her way to Ireland with ifie Countefs,
her mother.

Mr: H•ZILIA, thi chief Proprietor of Covent.
garden Theatre, has been Come time much iodifpof
ed, at his feat near Uxbridge. He is; however, in
a fair progrefs towards recovery, but was not able to
be in town on Wednefday evening, in order to attend
his Maj co* at the' heatre.
A long pending match againß time, was yefterday
performed, by Lieut. &arta Lay, an officer in the
Army of Defence, for a cOnfiderable Wager. This
match has beat In agitation for Come months t the
pedeftrian having offcre4 I bet that he would go to
Maidenhead-bridge, and return to town in eight hours
and a quarter; the diflance, 6y the high turnpike-
road, is p miles. Mr. S. flatted at five o'clock
yefterday morning, actors the country, for Burn-
ham, Bucks, where he halted a few feconds, and ar-
rived at Maidenhead-bridgt at a quarter before nine,
returned by the higb road, and arrived at his bottle
in Conduitareet, at five minutes part one, P. M. hav-
ing won the wager by ten minutes. The pedeftrian
halted an his return, for a few minutes, at a public
houfe at Beaulieu: Confiderable bets were pending
on this performance.
AstosiaoTick—On the agth of lilt Month an ex
periment was made at Vienna, before their Royal
Highneffs the Archdukes CIIARLII, Joni. LIM%
Ram tit, Ronoirn, and FIRDIMAND, and their tons,
I as well as a numerous affemblage of the public, with
a Parachute of Profell'or Rosaarsou's invention; the
form of which is convenient, and May be applied to
Pave people from fire, if properly difplayed before it
finks down. The parachute was of taffaty, only so
feet in circumference, and opened at the fummit ;
the gondola or boat, was very fmall, and furrounded
by a fmall drapery, which difplayed it felf in the fall,
forming another little parachute round about the
per(on. M. bIiCH•VD, a pupil of profeßar RODIRT•
SUN, afcended to a confiderable height. On the fignal
given by two gun., he cut the firing to which the
little boat was fattened. His fall was very rapid at
firft ; but the parachute loon opened majeftically,
and he dcfcended in the park, in fight of the nume-
rous fpeetatnrs, without experiencing any inconveni-
ence. This fpeitacle made the motnively impreiton
on the minds of the frieftators ; and profefor Ro-
asersos received a confiderable prelim from the
Court on this occsfinn.
NAVAL ANICDOTI.-.•411 the reign of Queen Ana It
Captain Hattor, whole (hip was Rationed at Lagos
Bay, happened to receive undoubted intelligence of
the arrival of the Spanith galleons, under the convoy
of t y men of war, in the harbour of Vigo ; and with.
nut any warrant for fo doing, let fail and came up with
Sir GOORGI ROMER, who was then Admiral, and'
Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, and gave
him fuch intelligence as induced him to make the belt
of his way to Vigo, where all the before mentioned
galleon', or men of war, were taken or deftroyed.—
Sir Grocos was fenfible of the importance of the ad-
vice, and the fuccelsful expedition of the Captain ;
but after the fight was over, the victory obtained, I
and the proper advantages made of it, the Admiral
ordered Captain HARDY on board, and with a Rern
countenance, laid, " You have done, Sir, a very im-
portant piece of ferric, to the throne you have add-
ed to the honour and riches of your country by your
diligence ; but do:i't you know, that you are liable
at this inftant to be (hot for quitting your Ration ?"
" He is unworthy of bearing a commiffion under
her Majefty, (replied the Captain) who holds his
lite at aught, when the glory and interelt of his
Qijeen and Country require him to hazard it !" On
this heroic anfwer, he was difpatched home with the
firft news of the sit:tory, and letters of recommenda-
tion to the (Zieen, who inftantly knighted him, and
afterwards made him a Rear-Admiral.
The following is a fomewhat laughaP.: inflance of
the propenfity inherent in the modern Ft cneh Charac-
ter to give importance to trifles and trifling men:—
By an impensi Decree, given at Aia•la•Cliapene, sad Inch •
dor, Sir Jam, Douglas, a Scodnian, • mechanical linginexr, is
admitted to enjoy the rights of a Reach Citizen. HU petition
110,1 that he bas inen two years eftabliilied in France, and tLat
be had obtalawl a patent of invention. for making dusiag that (pace
of fi t,en years, the rnacLintry for the manufadory of cloths.
kerLyrnerts, &c. that lie ha. formed a ofvful efiablithment at
NIl for the nianu (adore of Englifh cloths."
Thus an obleure Scots mechanic, a were maker
of cotton (pinning machine', on being admitted to
the privileges of a l'tench Citizen, has alto obtained''
the di imaion of being created—iy for Fr.vd. C..
r.
a:nrnl —a Seal 13411 ! The nest accounts of his I
prthaps, be his advancemsat to the Legias of
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