Star.
London, England, 1822-08-08 00:00:00

EXTRACT OT A LATE ACT OF CONORESS.

" That the President of the United States be, and is hereby
authorised to employ so much of the land and naval force of the
United States as may be necessary effectually to prevent the
Lining, cutting down, or other destruction of the timber of the
I:::ited States in Florida; and also to prevent the transportation
or carrying away any such timber as may be already fallen or
cut down, and to take such other and further measures as may
be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the
Coated States in Florida."
The United States brig Spark has been dispatched
to St. John's River to carry the above into execution.

A very marked impression was produced yesterday
in the City by intelligence of the sudden death of Mr.
JOHN biota:, the East India Director, and partner in
the house, late limas, ELLIcs, and Co. of Mark-
lane. Mr. 'Nous was, we believe, in his 73d year.
Few individuals have maintained a higher estimation
in commercial affairs, or will cause, in the imme-
diate circle of their acquaintance, more sincere regret.
We forbear to notice any rumour connected with this
unfortunate event.
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.—In the year 16C4,
on the sth of December, a boat on the Nlenai, cross-
ing that strait over which a bridge is now building,
with 81 passengers, was upset, and only one pas-!
senger, named Hugh Williams, was saved. On the
same day, in the year 1785, was upset another boat,
containing about 60 passengers, and every person
perished, with the exception of one, whose name also
was Hugh Williams; and on the sth of August,
1820, a third boat met the same disaster, but the pas-
sengers of this were no more than twenty-five ; and
singular to relate, the whole perished with the excep-
tion of one, whose name was Hugh Williams !
PIDDING and Co. No. 1, Cornhill,lemind the Pub-
lic that Nazi TURSDAY (August 13) will be the Last
Day of Drawing the present Lottery, and the Con-
clusion of the Contract ; in that One Day Two Prizes
of TUIRTT THOUSAND POUNDS are to be decided,
and probably they are amongst the Numbers uow on
sale at the Lucky Corner, 1, CortibilL
Poou ilatm.—The poor rates of Leeds are now about £6OOO I
per annum teas than they have been for five years back ; and in
Sheffield, instead of £3OO and £4OO per week, which was paid
to the pour two years ago, the expenditure now is only ,50.
fullowing singular direction was affixed to a
letter that passed through the Post-office at Sheffield,
a few days ago—" To my cousin ann iu L'clifield
reenbill bar husband is a coach maker his name is
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1 ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS.
The Drapean Blanc gives the following details or.
the, acas at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin :
" If it is true that reciprocity should be ate basis of every good
treaty of commerce between nations, we have great reason to
complain of the inequality of our theatrical exchanges with Eng-
land. When we send actors to London, they are always first-
rate in their several lines; and as soon as the English resolve to
send us over a whole troop, as a sort of wholesale repayment for ,
our retail exportations, instead of their best specimens from Co- I
vent-Garden or Drury-Lane, we receive country players, :who
would scarcely satisfy a town of the fourth rank. What opinion
would they have us form of the dramatic art in their country
from such a sample? What would they themselves think of the
merit of our actors, if they were to receive by the packet-boat
one of those strolling companies who make passing visits to Pon-
Wise or Montargis?
We ought, however, to state here, that the first Comedians
of England would not have experienced a more favourable re-
ception than the unlucky Performers who were assailed by the
most furious storm which ever raged within the walls of a
Theatre. There was a party formed, we might almost say 3
plot settled, to hiss and boot them down, good or bad, solely
because they were English! Must we not deplore this intole-
rance, which covers with the mask of patriotism the violation
of the kind laws of hospitality? We should therefore risk little
in offering to bet, that amongst the most ardent persecutors of
those Comedians from the other side of the Channel, there
would he found many of those apostles of tolerance, of those
enemies of prejudiees, who are themselves the slaves of preju-
dices the most balefuL
" A great part of the spectators, and particularly of the Pit,
did not even attempt to dissemble their hostile disposition, for a
long salute of hisses and hooting! assailed the first Actors who
appeared upon the Stage, before they had uttered a word.
" Let them hiss them, if they are bad—let them hiss them,
if they are good, since that is a kind of barbarous right which
the spectator buys at his entrance, and a chance which every
Actor incurs when he enters on his profession ; but at least let
them be heard, if it be only not to have the appearance of in-
sulting them merely because they are English.'
" Soch was the opinion of all the respectable persons whom
curiosity had attracted to the Theatre. It was nearly in these
terms that I expressed mine in the interval between the first and
second acts, addressing myself to the persons in the same box
with me. I beg pardon of my readers for speaking of a fact re-
lating to myself personally, but I am in some measure compelled
to do so, both by the publicity which this fact has necessarily
obtained, and by the mention made of my name by some of the
Journals, in giving an account of this tumultuous representation..
" I added, that our performers returned from London loaded
with guineas ; that Mademoiselle Noblet bad very recently had a
benefit which produced 5000 guineas. A Gentleman in the gal-
lery, under my box, abruptly addressing me, said,' None but an
Englishman would speak thus.' Not only,' I replied, am I
not an Englishman, but I was not long ago regretting that I was
not sufficiently acquainted with the English language to follow
the delivery of the actors ; I am now consoled--' As for me,'
continued the Gentleman, down with the English ! I have
reason for my enmity. I eras insulted, and almost assassinated,
in London, because I was recognised as a Frenchman.' If
you did receive insults and bad treatment,' I rejoined, as a
Frenchman, it could only have been from the lowest of the po-
pulace ; this is an additional reason for not wishing to find
amongst ourselves a similar canaille.'
" These last words, pronounced in rather an elevated tone,
no doubt reached the ears of some persons in the pit, whose at-
tention had already been drawn towards us by the animated ve-
nires of the individual with whom I had been talking. Not
having heard the sentence which that word terminated, they
probably did me the injustice to think that I was making an im-
mediate application of it. Thus only can I explain the vocife-
rations which burst forth from the corner of the pit and from
the orchestra, in the course of which my name was often heard.
I answered only by silence and an undisturbed attitude. The
applauses of the respectable people :hewed that they approved
of my conduct. I would willingly have given the explanation I
now give, if I had had an opportunity, and that it is correct I
can prove by the testimony 01 all who surrounded me.
" But I have said too much of myself. Let us return to the
unfortunate English. They resisted with imperturbable courage
the hisses, cries, and insults ; and desirous to bring up the time
lost by these noisy interruptions, left out the whole of the fourth
act in order to arrive more quickly at the bed scene. We should
be sorry indeed to repeat the coarse pleasantries, the filthy apt),
trophes which this scene provoked. If we speak of them here,
it is at once to justify from these scandals a youth, who from the
very professions to which they are destined, cannot be ignorant
of polished letters nor of the duties of justice and decency.
" Mr. Beams, who played Othello, succeeded in a moment of
jealous fury in obtaining some applause. This mark of favour
was the signal for a fight in the pit; the efforts of the combatants
upset the first rows of spectators, and many determined to scale
the orchestra in order to cake refuge on the stage, which was im-
mediately occupied by gens-d'armes.
" A calm seemed to be established between the two pieces ;
but as soon as the curtain rose for the Afterpiece, a storm even
more violent than the first shook the Ilouse. It was, notwith-
standing, an entertainment translated almost literally from the
French (Les Rendezvous Bourgeois, by M. Hoffman). Instead
of amusing themselves with the awkward air of two actresses,
and the strange ambling pace which they substituted for the light
and lively walk of the young mad-caps they represented, the Ca-
bailers overwhelmed with insults women and strangers, whose
weakness should have been their protection. They appeared
furious even against the one who appeared most to merit encou-
ragement-Miss Gaskill,who played the part of the waiting-maid.
The piquant gaiety of her countenance, the extravagant vivacity
of her acting, the very oddity of her manners, and her singing
(for she sung two couplets, repeatedly interrupted by the pit),
should all have conciliated for her interest and indulgence.
" The truth must be told in spite of the repugnance and die.
gust which so scandalous a fact must excite. Coarseness, barba-
rity, and cowardice were carried so far, that there were thrown
at her and her companions, apples, bowls of tobacco pipes, crusts
of bread, &c. Miss Gaskill was struck over the eye by a penny
piece with considerable force; she fainted, and the curtain fell,
44 It is said, that in a few days a Vaudeville is to be performed
at the Theatre de is Porte St. martin, in which there arc two
charming couplets on French politeness and urbanity. It will
nolloubt be repeated by way of an expiation for this evening.
" A. MARTAINVILLE."
P. S. It was hoped that the second representation of the
English Company would be less stormy than the first ; and the
Management, as a measure of calculation and of prudence, had
doubled the prices of admission, In the expectatiun of collecting
a leas tumultuous assembly, and promising larger receipts. The
hope vanished long before the drawing up of the curtain. Could
any one be ignorant that there is in Paris a class of people always
ready to bid high for scandal and disorder?
" As soon as the scene was displayed, shouts, hooting., and
!timings were heard on every side; but the fury of the cabal was
not confined to these. hostilities; eggs, potatoes, and even Bios-

one, and overpowered with the injury or with alarm; the cur-
tain fell, and the Manager of the Thea're came forward to ask
whether it was the will of the Public that th. representation
should go on. No, no! Damn wile Me English ! were the only
cries that could be heard, and the Manager retired, andoinicing
that a French entertainment would be prepared.
" This glorious victory had elevated the courage of the victo-
rious cohorts. They endeavoured to fill up the long interval
before another representation, and were Porto gate enough to
discover in a dark box (it was mine) four or five peaceable per-
sans, amongst whom there was doe who has been always distin-
guished by the hatred of the seditious, the revolutionist!, and
the jacobins. Vociferation, and menaces were immediately di-
rected against that box, where the most perfect silence reigned.
Stones, with which the assailants were provided, soon began to
be thrown into the box, and one of the persons in it was struck
by a flint-atone, but was only slightly i-jured.
" As these base outrages did not make those who were the ob-
jects of it change their position, a cry was raised of a (amid
a ensuing ! A last discharge of the noble artillery of these wzr-
riors forced the persons threatened to raise the grating of their
box in order to protect their lives ; but one of them advancing
jusque mr la picric, said in a firm voice, pointing to the nearest
groupe, you are robbers and assassins a."

• The substance of this narrative is, that M. Afartainville rats
the greatest risk of his life. From this circumstance, we may
judge to what fiction the outrageous persons belong. Their ex-
cesses at length obliged the Authorities to clear the Home. The
madmen, aft& breaking some of the benches, rushed to all the
outlets to escape. Several groups having been formed on the
llaulevarsls, the gendarmerie dispersed them, and all the heroes
took to flight.—Note ethe Editor.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Last night, Miss PATott
repeated the character of Susanna, in The .►;arringe
of Figaro, and each successive appearance more than
confirms the high expectations which her debut hail
so powerfully excited.
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—Gordon, the Gipsy, was
repeated last night, considerably improved by some
judicious curtailments, and the introduction of a
comic medley, sung by WILKINSON, as a parody on
" Ole ! where, and Oh ! where," We're a' norld.'n," and
one or two other Scottish airs, which was unani-
mously encored, by a crowded whence.
Poor: Enmity.— -Tl,e kind intention of the Dike of
YORK, suggesting to the Committee not to relax their
labaurs till a permanent fund is received for the pro-
per maintenance of the whole family, has been cheer-
fully adopted by those Gentlemen ; ho will sit daily
throughout this month at the Theatrical Fund Office,
27, Bow street, Covent-garden, to receive the bene•
volent donations of a discerning Public. Mr.ROBINS
has hod the gratifying task of communicating that he
has been favoured with a very kind letter from his
Grace the Duke of BEDFORD, containing a draft
fur 23. with very fervent wishes, that complete suc-
cess may attend the good cause. He also announced,
that the Committee had caused this distressing case
to be laid before his MAJESTY, and he had not the
least doubt of having the happiness, in a day or two,
to recor d another instance of the kind feeling that is
known to exist in that quarter towards every one who
needs it. He had also to acknos ledge, from Earl
SPENCER, 101. T. COST, Esq. 5/. -- FOLEY, 101.
R. CURTIS, Esq. 51. W. PERRY, Esq. of the Morning
Chronicle, 101. 10s. T. BARINO, Esq. 101. the Pro-
prietors of Covent Garden (Captain FORBES and W.
WILLET, Esq.) 5 gs. each.— FA RLEV, ABBOTT, and
FA RREN, have liberally contributed 5 gs. each ; Mr.
KEAN has most handsomely sent IW. Thus pro-
ceeds this gratifying work of charity.