Star.
London, England, 1802-01-16 00:00:00

ACROSTICHE

PRISINTS AU PREMIFR CONSUL A LA YARAVS pU
15 NIVOSII.

teoufrole des Fraumlsi ronrul guerrler et Cage.
Objet dc !cur amour, accueilte mos Mama:re,
Zos arum, dcpuis la pain, font Murcia et content.
Ste former le eld fe pn'para long•tems.
Vourfuls, digue Wros, rots joust de tee 'Lilies;
>jam chaque Jour rntrreillts fur manilla, •
Peas refprit public, met, un terme 4ux Ans.
1-:an nom, ccusert de &ire, eft beau per nos °reales;
t'l to voyant de pros, on eadnaire encore plus.
—He after.7ards dined with Boa A r•STE : the
company confifted of Igo perfons, principally Of-
ficers and the Foreign IstEifters; the fecond eon-
ful, CAM DACE s, was of the party, but no Ladies
were present. You behold, with furprife, amidd
Co n.any handfonie men who contpofeNs'Bfrrr
Alaj:r. 311 rifhly tir,:sfed with lace 4 hats and

feathers, the Farr Colrain mounted on a Marl-
coloured borfe, without lace or leathers in his hat,
and plainly drelred, a diminutive young man; with
his hair cropped, a final' cocked hat with a fmall,
tricoloured cockade, and with very little embroi.
day on his clothes; he looks like a fentimental
philofoplter ; benevolence is depleted in his coun-
tenance,but not the kali appearance of the warrior.
His complexion is kilt like was, hut pleating, and
he looks, excepting the note, which is not fu pro-
minent, like Joux Ks 14/ILE, of Drury-lane, when
performing a very ferious part. He went to the
Theatre Francais de la Republique in the evening,
the only Theatre he ever goes to, accompanied
by Madame BONAPAkI E. Between the play and
Farce he fcnt for the celebrated Tama, who ailed
in the Plity, and who fat with him during the
• Farce. M. Taxma is a great favourite of lioN A-
TARTE, and is gone to Lyons to perform, where
Ytsra;s is aifo.

THE FRENCH THEATRES
are numerous, no refs than fixteen open every
vening, hut the management does not relied
much .credit on the manners or talk of the French
nation. The two principal Theatres are the
Theaire Franfair de la Repullique, and the Opera
called the Thaatre de In Rebubliye et d' "fru ;
nci-
thcr of there is fo large as Drury-lane; fu elegant,
or In well lighted. At the former they only per-
form Dramas—no Dancing or Singing ; the cele-
brated Ta tit A plays there. XL TALMA was born
in England, and fpeaks Englini well ; his father
is a Dentift. The famous La Rive alfo plays
here. though feldom, but when he doeF, the Houfe
is crowded.—At the Opera, there always a
French Opera, with a Ballet, where VES rim and,
Des Flay.. (late of the Opera-houfe in London)
are engaged. There is a• very excellent dancer
alfo there tailed GARDELLE. After thefe two,
are the French Opera Coinique, and the' lafiaa Okra
.115 f a, both of which arc decent, and nothing more;
but the remaining twelve are really a difgrace to
the word Theatrc—they refcmble more Bartholo-
mew Fair, or a Spouting Club at St. Catharine's ;
all of thefe are larger than our Little Theatre in
London; and always lull. The prices of admif-
11On are lower than at the other four, viz. three
livres the firs boxes, two livres the fccond, and
one livre the pit, or upper boxes; which is a kind
of gallery. The performance, as may be expeded,
exceedingly bad, and the number of pieces given
in one night et:JAR of four, forattimes fix, Petit
Operas. It is very common to fing the fame air
in the fame Piers, perhaps fix times, only with
di Terent words.

I was laR night at one of thefe barbarous Enter-
taiments called the Veatre Montanfier, in the Pa-
Idu Royale Or.e of the pieces was Pourceaugnac, of
Moliere, curtailed. The country Gentleman, who
is alternately perfecuted and teazed by rielts,
Lawyer.:, Protlitutes, Phyticians,and Apothecaries:
the latrcr, about fix in number, enter on the Rage
arith glitter pipes of pewter. The country Gentle-
man r uns off, and they after him: in a minute af-
ter, he appears in a box in front of the Houfe ;
he then defcendi into the pit, gets over all the
benches, over the orcheftra, again on the Rage,
and fix men with the glitter pipes in their hands
;milting him, till they at laff get hold of him,
and difeharge their machines, fome at his face,
clothes, &c. ! !—The plaudits continued for five
minutes at leap. I confefs I felt mortified, efpe
cially as there were a number of genteel perfons in
the Houfc,..ild I could not have fuppofed that thefe
were as eatily pleafed as the Canaille. I have re-
marked here in the Theatres that there ate fix men
to one woman, and men and women are not well
dreffed, but ca dyhobille. 1 (hall now leave the
Theatres, and fay a word of