Star.
London, England, 1807-08-18 00:00:00

MARGATE, AUGUST i 6. •

This delightful place is nearly at its dome of per:
feEtion. Thurfday night we had a grand Concert at
the A (limb), Rooms. Mr. WitigyslT(uperintendett .1
The Mufic commenced with "The Rd Croft Kaighes,"
by Mein. DoirLll• GRAY, and Taitars.i. The long
of " Deep she Vale .a Cottage/oar by Mr. GRAY, •
leas char rningly lung, as were the glees.Poore to
tie Souk," etc. Whenfial we three noret again," and
" Crass wile the/e yam farads." MifSW/IPPERT per.
formed a concerto on the grand piano forte with her
anal ability, which was attended by the cuflomary
treed of applaksfe In the duet which followed, by
Mr.WEin.ssr on the harp, and Mifs WEIPPERT On
the piano, the fame luccef* attended. Mr. KIDMAN,
with his ufual liberality and taffe, contributed every
•hing in his power to add to.the elegance and com-
fort of the very numerous and genteel company
which attended this fcientific treat. About 200
rr', u-ere prefent, among whom were noticed the
Duke Of MANCH eSTER, Marquis of ALINTLEY, Lord
COLERAINE. Lady E. BaNTrwca, and her charming
daughter ; feveral of the officers belonging to the
German Legion, the Militia, de. The fecond Con-
ceit takes place on the 2d of September, under the
fame management. ‘•
The T!teatre, under the management of Mr.
WILMOT WELLS, is unufually well attended this
feafon. The new pieces of the curfew, and 'town
and country, are very refpedably performed.
lite arrival of vifitors have for dick feveral days
nearly doubled thole of the departures : the Duke of
Kent and Prince of Wales Packets brought Soo
fengers n Friday.
Donlies are dill the rem. In the courfe of their
peramb,larion, the biped' and quadruped frequently
exhibit Icet,ts full of natural comic incident, which
provokt laughter, even from thole whole riftble muf
cies are but Odom brought into adion.

LON C E vim-I-There are now living at Chumleigh,
a firo.ll t •wn in the north of Devon, three women,
wh .fe united ages form a total of 277 years. Two
of them bear the fame name, hut are not related to
each other; the elder (Mary Collins), whnsompleted
her 93d year bait December, fucceeded her hufband
many years ago in the capacity of Sexton of the
Pardb, and, until within there few months, fhe dili-
gently performed tee duties of that office. No one
was more methodical or exnediti-uc in the digging of
a grave ; and a, this time (he regularly tolls the bell,
and, doting Divine Service, perambulates the church,
to keep idle b 'vs under proper dilcipline.
From the regiliers of deaths in the Po -aim empire,
during the year 1806, it appears that there died in
that.period one between 145 and 15o.years of age,
one beta ten I 3o and 135, four between-les and 130,
fix between Ito and 125, thirty two between t 15 and
1 zo, twenty fix between i to and t t 5, eighty fix be-
tween 105 and r to, an hundred and thirty (even be-
tween too at.cl 105, and 1134 between 95 and too.
PUBLIC OFFICE, BntoP3TRF T.—YOlerday John:
Green was hr tight before James Read, Efq. charged
with different felonies.—Mary, the wife of Richard
Oliver, of Surrey fquare, Kent road, laid, that on
M nclay afternoon, the loth intl. between three and
four o'clock, the prifoner came to view her houfe, as
it was to be let ; the (hewed it him. When they came
to the back parlour, he opened the clofet, pretending
he wanted to after ain its depth. The cltdet contained
feveral articles of plate. He made an excufe to go up
Pairs, to look at fume glares ; the followed him.—
When he returned, the oblerved him go into the
back parlour, and then left the houfe. As loon as he'
was gone, the difcovered that two large table fpoons
were miffing. She went to the door, and faw the
prifoner running. She called out " Stop thief." The
prifoner was purfued, taken, and feen to throw the
fpoons away. The prifitner was charged with a fimi.
bar offence by Elizabeth Fort, of Union-row, Kent-
road, in Dealing a watch. He was alfii charged with
a like eff, nce by Alice, the wife of John Born, of
Union•court, Old Broad firect, in Dealing a valuable
gold watch.—The prifoner was committed for further
examination. He has lately returned from New
South Wales.
On Friday, the fum of poi. in bank notes, was
Vier' ft om a box belonging to an ()filer in Hounflnw,
the amount of his favings of thirty years, and which
he had lately fold out of the flocks, and he had been
filly enough to talk about it, and the eircumliance
of his being in poffeffion of the money was pretty
;ener ally known. On the dircovery of the robbery,
information was fent to the Public Office, Bow-
thee, and Adkins and Pearls were difpatched in
purfuit of the robber, and to endeavour to recover
the property. The Officers upon their arrival at
Hountlow, fearched every perfon belonging to the
inn where the oilier refides, and the houfe age, with-
out being able to trace the property, or to difcover
the robber. The Officers determined to try a 'theme
and pretended to leave the town, but returned to the
inn in two hours, and proceeded to fearch again,
when they found the bank notes placed in the box
belonging to the oilier, from where ftolen, but the
robber remains undiicovered.
A letter from Limerick, dated Augull
" Sabout eleven laft night, a number of gentlemen,
returning to this city from a party at Mountthannon,
the feat of the Countefs of CLARE, in this county,
were attacked, near P.onarcotty, by a gang of rob-
bets, about twelve in number, all armed with piftoli
and blunderbuffes. The gentlemen ware in three
carriages. In the fit El carriage attacked was a gen-
tleman, who, being provided with a blunderbuls,
prefented it at the robbers, who inftantly retreated ;
the gentlemen in the other carriages were not fo for-
tunate ; they were robbed of their watches. money,
&c. One of ahem, Dr. WARBURTON. the 13dhop of
Limerick, received two flogs in the !boulder and ear,
fired from a blundetbufs by one of the villains. His
Lordarip, I am happy to fay, is, however, pro•
flounced out of Jaeger. lklajer 111‘Manoa, and
another of the gentlemen, who made a fpirited re-
finance, were beaten is a fh.tcking manner.—ln
about two hours after, a gentleman, returning from
Caille.Connell, in a putt chaife, was attacked near
the fame place, fuppofed by the fame gang, who,
having ptetented pillols at his headt robbed him of
a gold atch, scl. in notes and cafh, and his port-
manteau of clothes ; the villains alfo ford at but
miffed him. The greaten aatvity is tiled for the
eitcovery and apprchention of the offenders." •