Star.
London, England, 1801-01-09 00:00:00

DR DRY-LANE THEATRE,

tat night Kmg Lear was• repeated with aft ef-
fed worthy of one of the bed Tragedies.of StiA a.
SPEAR E. It is acted according to TATE'S alteration.
We thould, on the whole, be better pleated with
COLMAN'S. The love of Cordtfia for Edgar, in
the former, resins to detract from her merit in
the prtitisafcent. as her antivers.may be didated
by private motives. TAT E's alterations in the Efth
ad are judieiouily adopted by Cotrisit. Without
them, indeed, the catiftrophe would drike the
fpeidator with the mod gloomy horror.
In fome parts of Mr. Kara ate% Lear we were
forcibly (truck with the ftrength of his feelings,
ant propriety of his manner. In the firit part
of his Rrik imprecation,! we think he wants ilrength,
until he comes to the words “ HOW tharper than
a ferpent's tooth," &c. when he is admirable.' We
think the Aril Una teem, la the third aft, wants
effeft. But this is fn faits meafure to be attn.
hated fo the bad thunder and lightning, and to
the total want of wind and rain. In the whole hf
the firth ad, Mr. KIMBLE is excellent. Lear's
drefs is certainly too modern.

BARRYNOIIe fridom appears to fo much advan-
tage as he does in Edgar. We have more than
once reprobated Mr. Alstsit's frenchined manner
of pronouncing words ending with a confonant.
Our readers, who have lien lAA/a, will recoiled
what we mean, in his method of fpealchtf en-ne
him-me--on-ne him-me! and in DARRYMOILE I Un-
houfill'el-e—unannoimed-e, unanneall 'Se. This foreign
vice is happily cured in KEMELE'S Lear; we are
forry we cannot fay the fame of Edgar. Ohotild
not his firli mad words 4, Who gives any thing to
Poor Tom 1" be fpokett in a lea terrifying, and a
more fupplieating tone ? Mr. C. Kamm., is a good
figure for Edmund. But he wants more effea In
his manner, and lets contortion in his eyes.

Kent would have been excellently afted, hadrtot
Mr. WIOUGHTON laboured under a &item cold.

Old PACKER eras refpeaable—fo was Mrs.
PowsLL.

Of Mrs. .311)DONS we need fay nothing.

On the Ift inft. the Union of the kingdents of
Great Britain and Ireland having taken place, the
guns of the Salute Battery, in the Phcenix Park,
Dublin, were fired, and the Royal Standard of
the United Kingdoms was difplayed upon Bedford
Tower.

The new Union Flag was hoifted in the Cagle
of Edinburgh the ift inftant, under a difcharge of
the great guns, and the Dumfries Militia, drawn
up on the Cagle-hill, fired aims de joye of their ar-
tillery and (mall arms. "The Admiralty excepted
{hips in the Firth of Forth, and the forts and bat-
teries on the fhore, from the order of a general
falute, on account of the Herring Fifhery.
The Magiftrates and Town Council of Edin-
burgh have unanimoufli agreed to addrefs his
MAIMv an the Legiflative Union with Ireland.
On the if inft. the day on which the Union
Was appointed to take place, Governor Vauamem
caufed a Royal Salute of twenty-one guns to be
fired from the Filhgoard Fort, in honour of that
important event, and afterwards partook of an ele-
gant dinner given by Mr. Caocasv, on the occa-
fion.

Mrs. BARRY, an a&efs of very great cilftinEtion
in the end of the feventeenth century, the original
feprefentatiite of the leading pant in Molt of the
tragedies of DRYDEN, was the firit performer in
England that ever had a Benefit.
The celebrated M. Islicasa has emerged a little
from his retirement to mingle in public affairs. He
lately communicated to the Legiflature of Helve-
tia, plans for the better regulation of feveral
branches of finance.

Mrs. CHAMPNEYs' Masoyettens.—Wednefday.
fe'nnight an elegant fuite of apartments were
thrown open at Orchardleigh-houfe, Bath, for the
reception of mails', who to the number of 200,
airembled at an early hour. In order to heighten
the hilarity of the entertainment, all dominos were
excluded ; the charaaers were numerous, and
thefe, by their frequent charge of drefs, added
apparently to the catalogue of merry mortals.—
Amonk the molt prominent were--a JefferT Wild
Goofe, in fearch of his daughter--an Owl—a lame
Fidler—Punch—a molt beautiful figure in the
drefs of a Chrift's Hofpital boy—a Fury, cloathed
in terrors of infernal paraphernalia, purfuing an
Oreftes—two chattering Barbers—a dancing. Bear
—a pretty Milk-maid—an elegant reprefentative
of a Filk de Patmos—and a French Taylor, hien
bailie, galloping on a very Magnificent goofe ; this
laft malk was erquifite, and by the drollery of its
appearance, and the novelty of its accoutrements,
preferved its fafcination throughout the whole of
the diverfion.

Tat biasqpis or EXITE;L'S Srarz43o.—A
(tibial of general converfation arming the higher
circles is Lord gene
bed, which is extraordi-
nary for fide and elegance. The following parti-
culars may not be unacceptable to our fafhtonable
readers :—The bedfiead as, with a canopy top, at
leafi eighteetrfect high; the dome is of crimfon
velvet, the hangings of crimfon fatinj lined with
white fatiri, and .a correfpondent fringe of crimfon
and filver. Three fluted columns, with very
highly finifhed Corinthian capitals, infiead of a
tingle pillar, appear at the foot of the bed, three
on each fide. The family arms are placed on the
head-board, richly carved and gilt. On the returns
of the cornice are likewife the arms ; and the coro-
net is in the centre, in railed gold. The coverlet is
of whitefatin, with a very magnificent embroidery
I in gold ; the blankets oldie inert fwanfdown, and
the mattrefes are finifhed in the fame (hie as the
bed ;* the height is fir feet, and the afcent is by
Reps affixed on each fide. The bed is upon a
retiring principle: by means of fwivels, the whole
paraphernalia of a imam firnBorsim difappears,
and then it exhibits a throne or (fate drawing-
rocrn, where the bfarchionefs May receive the
Eons and daughters of fel/lion in appropriate teitlßK.
The expence of this fuperb bed is laid to be !girl,
thi cc thoufand pounds.

•'s IVdfIITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS THIS DAY.-4WIND E.

Aimlvry.
.Q Hambumb,
Dutdtl,
o Waterford,
O Dotatagbadee,

FALMOUTH, JANUARY 6.

DUE.

The Lilbon and Leeward Ifland mails are ftill
detained by contrary winds, which has prevailed
for foine time pan, from W. to S. W.

YARMOUTH, JANUARY 8.

Two mails continue due, 'their non-sfrrival muff
be attributed to the wind which has blown for this
week paR from the W. to W. S. W. which pre-
vents the packets getting out of the harbour of
cuzhaveu, butthe wind having now fhiftcd to the
S. E. they may be hourly expelled.