Star.
London, England, 1814-10-19 00:00:00

7 fiE.l7 R ES.

• Daunv-Laws.—The new Comedy of PrZe.y was
perfo, rued for the second time last night. Consider-
able a!terations have been made in the construction of
the piece, snd it was received throughout with much
approbation. A handbill announced that " owing
to the sud len indisposition of Mrs. Oil Gee, the part
of Fidget wonld be attempted by her Sister." Accor-
dingly a very pretty yining girl perfumed the Cham-
bermaid wish ease, and p.iinted the sentiments with
vivacity. She was quite p :rlect ; so that as the indis-
position was sudden, she must have a quick study, and
promises to be usei til.
C.iveNt-Ganner.N.—".The Mad of the Mill," was
list night revii el. The vocal strength of the com-
pany is successitely put forth in it, and several of the
st.eaes, as it is now cast, present us with some licit
specimens of comic acting.' Stsc‘ant, in Lord Ains-
worth. sung the songs allotted to him with great
sweetness and erptessiern ; an..llNctenox. as Farmer
Giles, had several eeewes. The song 4, May we ne'er
want a Wend, or a bottle to gig him," was parti.
cularly effective. A great portion of the au.lience
were agreeably sarptisesi to meet with this old ac-
quaintance, wilich was first introduced ti them in
the character if .Foxtglovr, in "Fastriiy Quarrth," while
assemhled to witnesc the repreteintatien of The Mai d
.04 the Mill. tyli s SI-mums, Ides MATIIEws, and
rs. Lis-rev, are very satistectorily brought forward
in it ; and Mr. Duttusur, who, since his voice changed,
has beets Fttle thottglit .-f as a singer, judging tt,)tu
his s:eccess last nigh:, is rapidly rising to impatatiu.
As Mervin he sung the following song (composed in
*Bistioe) with great taste and feeling, and was rap-
tut ously incor e :

ONG—Mervin. BIS star.
The mart that sprints to meet the morn,
tir sir the .atly dews
Js finr .1 a‘lout with many s thorn,
1 hit guawls the virgin hue.
lot 4', 31 wi h a .larint fryer.,
rve s Sled its cheri.l d mires,
By low, impOrtl, I fly to etas;.
'the Maid ►oy heart adores.
And sh.dl her Quite no more beiviiie
Me sortinvi of eac't sigh;
Nor speak the wish that pnin•s her smile,
I he truth that lights her eye ?
It shad, when f-rtune, with love,
Eseh h,ppy r- restores,
And brings with Viis .ippror'd above,
The Maid my heart adorns!

Miss STEptte%s was also loudly applauded, in exe-
cuting the following declaratory ballad, by Sir J.
STEVENSON :
When tl.e rosebud of summer. its beauties bes•owing,
On Winter's rude harks all its sw,ettuss shall pour ta
And the sonshine of day in tight's darkness be slowing,
0! then dearest Henry, IT love you no more!
Wien of hope, the last spark wl,ich thy smile bred to cherish,
In my bosom shell die, and its splet.tiour be o'er:
And the pulse of that heart which adores you shall perish,
01 then dearest Henry, love you no more! .

•
The comic characters were• admirably sustained.
Fnwce•tr and Mrs. DAVENPORT, as Sir Harry and I,
Lady Sycamore, and EMMY, as Ralph, kept the house
'in a roar whenever they were in sight, and .gave
fine relief to the strong feeling displayed by the ve-
teran, MURRAY, in Fair:Pd. The new music intro-
was generally admired. A medley overtnre,
;by Rimy, in which a variety of popular Millers'
songs is given, seemed to hit the public taste. It is
managed, and does him gi cat credit.—
Thsiinr-has been also very successful ; and while no•
ticing the laudable exertions of the various parties
concerned in getting up this Opera, the scene pain.
'ten ought not to be wholly forgotten. They contri-
buted their full share to .the success of the perform-
ance, which was most complete.

BOXING EzraA.—A resolutely contested pitched
battle tpo,k place ou Mowbray Downs, below the
vale of White Horse, on Monday last, between two
amateurs of the fist, Messrs. Crossett and Wingfield,
farmers in Wiltshire of considerable property. There
had been a grudge between die parties since a wrest-
ling match between- them at a ncighboming fair,
which at length broke out into an open challenge last
week, andBIOU aside was deposited to fight for on Mon-
day. The first round hits were exchanged one for one
as if by agreement, but with considerable weight and
quickness, fo- seven minutes, when the countenances
of the combatants were completely- destroyed, and
the round finished by Crosset doubling up his adver-
sary by a body blow. • Srventeen roundi•of this sort
were .fought with much equality, but there was no
aliiiting or sparring for wind; it was spent in death-
, like bitting, until neither had left the remnant of a
feature.. -both at last fell after fighting fitty minutes„
and 'astrossiet could not rise again, Wingfield Was.
declared conliierots.
Monday se;unight, a woman of 'the name of Trot-
ter, in Kelso, vt4.4 dreadfully burned, in consequence
of. her clothes taking fire. She lingered in great tor-
* Picots till the Wednesday nigkit following, when she
died. .To add to the distressing account, the woman
was with child,.and symptoms at Latour came on the
Wednesday morning, when she was delivered of a
deal child. On Muntlay se'nnight also a child, about
thiee years years of age, was so much burrkt from the
same cause, at Edam, that it diadem Tuesday eveu-
ini.

• THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

The extent of the calamity we noticed yesterday is
not yet ascertained. In the course of enquiry yesti
day it appeared many more persons have perished
than we supposed ; twelve bodies, it was said, had
been collected, but that is not all the unfortunate mil-
ferers—twenty, at. least, have been deprived of life !
The immense mass of ruins, particularly the houses
in New-street, in which several poor families resided,
and were known to have been collected at the wake
when the accident happened, and which are still un-
explored, abed the most alarming grounds of ap.
prehension ;and there are still a great many of Mr.
Meux's servants, and persons in the neighbourhood,
missing. resides the destruction in New-street and
among the labourer's houses, the back parts of the
houses of Mr. Goodwin, poulterer, of Mr. Hawse,
Tavistock Arms, and several others in Great Russell.
street arc entirely destroyed. From the rear of Great
Russel!-street, where the pi emises are kid in ruins, and
where the vat, which was equal to three or lour stories
in height, is reduced to fragments, the surrounding
seeneot desolation presents a most awful and fel-6k
appearance, equal to that which tire or eatthquake
may be supposed to occasion: Much activity is now
exerted in exploring the ruins, and in conveying
bricks an rubbish out of the 10-uses in Great Russell-
street.—.-The street opposite to the doors of two or
three houses that had particularly suffered, are cover-
ed with mounds of rubbish, • carried out fronethe
broken down rear and partition walls. Tice whole
extent of the na;chiet done by this dreadfid and ex-
traordinary event, cannot be ascertained for several
days. Great minibers of individuals are in thi• most
distressing state, in the uncertainty of the fate of per-
sons connected -with them, who were near the place.

The following are the -wines of three of the unfortu-
nate sufferers who were dug from die ruius ou the first
night:

Anne Saville, a grown pervin, about 95 years of age, whose
body Dow lies at tle i• naiiihrit%v-street.
ileanor Cooper. a girl b tWel:11 13 :sod I 4 years of age, the
servant to Mr. HAW ae. rll6 keeps tree Far istoek Arius public
house its C.reat Piton:al-street., Blooirtbury--the body lies at the
Urui k!J+Liie.

lignmib Bacon ?Id, a fine child, four years ap4l a half old, sulfo-
clted by the Mani.

A great number of men are employed in removing
the ruins, and at eleven o'clock yesterday morning,
they Li td so tar succeeded in clearing the rubbish, that
two bodies were found -one a grown person quite
dead, the other a child with lite still remaining
Surgeons are in attendance on the spot to render
every assistance necessary to the unfortunate suffer-
ers. A Coroner's Inquest will sit on the several bodies
this day.
Several gentlemen have been busily employed in
soliciting relief for the distressed families who are
suivivors, from this accident, their little all being to.
tally destrnlcd, and themselves left without a habita-
tion and a home : they are chiefly Irish.
Oise of the interesting circumstances attending the
melanchr•ly event was observable in the anxiety ex-
pressed by several gentlemen, who were drawn to the
spot to preecrt -t:iy noise among the crowd, that the
pers us who were employed in cleating a..vay the
rubbish might, in pursuing their work, direct their
ears to die ground, in fader to discover Whether any
of their victims were casing for assistance. The cau-
tion an humanity with which the labourers proceeded
in tt,eir distressing task, excited a strong interest, and
deserve warm approbation. •
A Mr. Pryce most miratillously escaped from being
killed, while in the act of saving another large vat, in
which were several hundred barrels of beer.