Star.
London, England, 1805-11-07 00:00:00

TIESITREs.

The peat eventaot yetterday could not be flipped•
ed to.wals without notice. At Drury-lane, after
The Sap of Belgrade, Geo lave the King," and
k Rule firit Ann's," werefung, and the following beau-
r;fol line,. by Mr. Cl/sebum/tan, were well delivered
by Mr. WILOUGHTOM •-•
la there a man who this great triumph hea-s,
And with his tranfport does not mingle tears t
For whiles BRITAIII4I A'S flag viCtorious flies,
Who can ninth his grief when NELSON dles
Stretch'd on his deck amidfl fammoding fires,
There, Phcenix-like, the pliant Chief expires!
Cussed with trophies let his antes relt,
His nientorylives in every Britillt breaft ;
His dirgeour groans, his monument our pm&
And whilit cash tongue this grateful tribute pays,
His foul afeends to Hcav'n in Cilot7's bright& blasel
Co, E NT-GAlt MO.—Lail night, after the Comedy
of the Would and, Sbe Would Aot, the Proprietors of
this Theatre, ever alive to the national glory, pro-
duced a haßy but elegant compliment to the me-
mory of Lord NELSON. When the curtain drew up,
we were furptifed with the view of a foperb naval
Rene. It confined of columns in the fore ground,
d.corated with medallions of the Naval Heroes of
BI stain. •In the dillance a number of (hips were Peen
and the front of the picture was filled by Mr. TAY.
Loa and the principal fingers of the Theatre. They
were grouped in an intereßing manner, with their
eyes turned towards the clouds, from whence a half
length portrait of Loid Nsi..cut defcendcd, with
the following words underwritten :—Horatio Welfoa,
Ob. 20 08. Mr. TAYLOR slid the other perfor-
mers that fang is Rule Britannia," verfe and cho-
rus. The following additional verfe, written by Mr.
Arawt, of Bath, was introduced and Tung by Mr.
TA Yinß. with the moil affcaing expreffion ; it was
univerfally encored
* Again the loud ton'd trump of fame
Proclaims Ila ITANNIA rules the main,
Whilit Sorrow whifpers idetsor's name,
And mourns the gallant Vigor Bain.
Rule, brave Britons, rule the main ;
Revenge the Gokik Hero Rain I"

A new Tragedy, called Hear" of Trarifkorrera, was
brought out at the Edinburgh Theatre. laft Friday
evening; the part of Henry by young Bat-Tv. The
piece was received with unanimous applaufe. The
author's r.r.me has not tranfpired.
Rota'. Acansmy.—Monday laft a General Al.
fembly of the Academicians was held, when the
Prefident produced his Majefty's approbation of
Joint Opts, Efq. as Profeffor of Painting, he having
been eleeed at a General Affembly, held the 26th of
Anglia 'aft. Mr. RICHARD WASTIMIACOTTi. was
afterwards eleeed an Affociate of the Royal Acade-
my-JOHN RICHAIDA, R. A. 'Secretary.
The Cottage, in Kew Gardens. has undergone con-
fiderable alterations and improvements, under the di.
reEtion of Princefs ELIZAIITH. Several of the rooms
have been hung with originals of Hogarth, and e
number of other valuable paintings, eftimated at &-
werel thoufand pounds. It has likewife been new
furnithed.
Oa Friday Colonel MATTHEWS, and the officers of
the ift Herefordthire regiment of Volunteers, gave a
grand Military ball to the ladies of Hereford and its
Vicinity, at the milk room in. Gloucefter.
One night laft week a fharp rencontre took place
on the Dicker, near Lewes, Surrey, between a party
of fmugglers and Come revenue officers, in which one
of the former was molt. defperately wounded with a
cutlet's ; another of the gang had the muzzle of a
loaded piftol at his brealt when it miffed fire, and
thus fortuitoufly (pared his life. The officers main-
tained their ground manfully, though greatly out.
numbered, and after receiving Come heavy blows,
brought off two horfes laden with contraband fpirits.
CURIOUS Discoveay.—A gentleman between
forty and fifty, and a youth about fourteen, in male
attire, have for Tome time paR lodged at a linen dra-
per's, in King-greet, Covent Garden, as father and
fon—but the youth being forpeiled of being a fe-
male, a warrant was granted by the Bow.ftreet Ma-
ftratec to take her into cultody, under an idea that
Die might be the young girl who lately eloped from
a boarding fchool at Beverley. The (ufpicion as far
as refpefted the fez proved well founded ; the young
lady did not deny the fait—but it was fatisfaitorily
a(certained that the was not the Boarding School
Mifs alluded to: She wore nankeen trowfers, a yel.
low Marfeilles waiftcoat, and 'a brown jacket—but
termed her female attire before the repaired to the
Public Office. She (aid her name was Ann Edgley,
that the had left her father about three years ago,
who is a capital farmer in Devonthire. She had been
for the tall tour months with her companion in Ger-
many, who is a native of Ireland. Mifs was to have
thrown off her difguite in a thou time after the
Officers went to apprehend them. She and her lover
were going to remove to other lodgings, and they
were to have bone in a hackney coach, in which the
was to have changed her drefs. There being no
charge againft them, Sir RICHARD difcharged them.
Mr. Allnutt, of Great Marlow, had prefented to
him-in February laft a (malt potatoe, the offspring of
an Egyptian potatoe, (aid to be very produdive, and
well flavoured. •It had go eyes, and weighed nut
quite gioz. It was feparated into tingle eyes, 22
Mr. Allnint planted himfelf, the others he gave
away. The produce was as follows : 22 eyes pro.
duced ggo potatoes, weight 810. meafure it both-
els, on lets than Ane.third of a fquare pole of ground.
Mr. A. does not know the ezaft produce of the other
one-fourth, but kas realon to believe it equal to his
own, and on that fuppotition one ',titanic of gtoz.
produced 480 potatoes, weighing loylb.in matfett
two blithels, on lets than one-half a fquare pole of

ground.
Yeliereay (even men were fined twenty ihillings
each, at Shadwell police office, for firing fquibs
to
the Brett the night preceding.
Tuefday a bricklayer fell from the roof of a chapel,
building mar Canonbury-lane, and was killed on the

'pot.
Ttief ay (nine perfon obferising a tenant of the
Mila Scup s cleaning plate in Sloane-greet, watched
the opportunity of his going into a back part of the
hourc, Ileppcd down the area, and carried off the
whole of the plate, toast value of tool undikaaatcd