Star.
London, England, 1813-08-31 00:00:00

tO THE ED.ltoii OF THE

IiTIStITURE OF LOlib frIIITIE7OR27-1.
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. ' DUBLIN, Atthtin..ll4 ts ' .. : • Sit-ztleignit me to chrrett 1 mistake -in which To-
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. bird titstel-Whant entered Dnblin Castle this mien- tyre madvertently fallen in your excellent 'account
ing, at a quarter past five o'clock. His Lordship of the seraites of Genet-o'de Wir.LoT, the new oppo-
alighted at the Grand Portal, where he WAS received neat of BoxAPAwrE in the North. In 'the STAR of
by several Personages of distinction, and by them i Saturday the 21st inst. you state, that the fret time
conducted to the State apartments. At half past five i the inhabitants of Marseilles heard of the name of
his Excellency entered the Council-chatuber, preceded 1 BoNaeaterz was, by seeing it placarded with Ole an-
.by the diferent Officers of State, and followed by his i pellations of coward and assassin affixed to it by order
suite, the Duchess of DORSET, many Noblemen, and 1 actuallyra de WlLLirr. That such a placard was
numerous friehds and visitors. On his Lordship's exhibited, thete ate many persons now in •
entrance, his investiture to the office of Lord Lieute- 1 London who can testify ; but, I.nfortunately for the
flans of Ireland immediately wok place, when the i Marseillese,•they wait ii7i-stratigert to the name and • -
Duke of Itionstosto resigned into the hands of his ' virtue: of the BONAPARTE family. It asw at Mar-
suceelsor the high and important trust. The oaths seilles that the Corsican landed with his mother and
were administered by the Lord Chief Justice of the sisters, after dieir expuisi at from their native island.
King's Bench. The Duke seemed happy in the ter- iAt that time he found it convenient to profess the
mination of the arduous duties of the Vice-regal office. most fun sus licobinism ; but Marseilles was no
•Anoust 27.—This morning, at half past eleven, theatre for such an actor, and he accordingly 'pro.
the Duke of RICHMOND held an undress Levee at the i ceeded to Paris in search of employment.
Castle, which was most numerously attended ; many F
Ili: mother and sisters, Burin i kis absence, earnindebted
of the Nobility arrivil in town expressly to pay his for the necetrarie: of hie to put is charity: Their allow.
-rucipAl,

-..,iiity
Grace this last tribute of their respect. At an early ante from the municil _Ay consisted of a piltind of
hour the, streets of the Metropolis through which his bread and half a pound of meat each pee diem, ind
Grace was to pass, in his way to the Pigeon-house, whatever other comforts or indulgences they enjoyed
were obtained with the wages of prostitteion—the •
were lined with soldiery; and at one o'clock hit Grace ;mother uniformly acting di a procurcss to her
took his fitvil departure fronr.Dublin, attended by a
. daugh .
crowd of distingnished friends, and followed by the
Whters I
en General de Wlmot. took the command at'
Lord Mayor, and various of the Nobility, in a long I
train of carriages. His Grace had been preceded a ! Marseilles, tl:e municipality withdrew their bounty
few minutes by the Duchess of RICHMOND, the Ladies from this hopeful family, probably thinking it would .
Lax and their attendants, accompanied by mane • be agreeable to their new Cnnni.indiint ; for he was
'female friends. •1 a decided Antijacobiii. The mother of BMIAPARTE
Their Graces will embark on board the LEO24tOAS presented a petition to him in person, and the alibis,.
frigate, the —1404! Cowin SEYMOUR. -i ante teas continued, her claim bring instantly 'al.
. ' . I lowed, . .1 .s
It was long after these loccUrrences that Omierd '
de Wll.l,ol'.posted the HAMt of liosneattTl, with the -
epithets Aim d to it, which his *bole subsequent coo..
duct has proved he so justly merited.—l am, Ste. •
A MAIMILLIIII6.

Betting at TATIIRSALL'S yesterday tit. the St. Led,
ger, was as follows :-9 to 2 against Altitidora ; 6 14)
1 against Tigre; 7to 1 agait.st Prime Neuter, who
has been beat at York ; 10 to 1 against Lord Strath-
more colt; and 12 to 1 agais,st the Grimaldi colt, which
was second favourite, but has something amiss.

The following curious notice, which excited much
attention, is stuck up at the entrance gates, at TAT-
TERSALL'S :
Wm... Tattersall trusts. Gentlemen will ail eacourage Dog
Stvaleis v. ho frequent this yard."
The Devon and Exeter Grand Musk al Festival
commenced 'on Monday se'nnight, at St. Sidwell's
new church, Exeter, when HANDEL'S celebrated Ora-
torio of The Messiah was opened by Madame CATA-
LAN!. The audience consisted of nearly 1000 persons-,
PANTHEON.—Last night Mr. Count's Opera of The
Travellers was brought out at this Theatre with more
splendour, skill, and taste, than have been dispt:yed
iu any of their former exhibitions. The dresses, sce-
nery, and decorations, are happily appropriate, rich,
and well executed; and a new scene, of Mount
Vesuvius, is introduced, not given in the original
performance, though prepared by the Author,
which .is very beautifnl. Proper judgment and
authority have been exercised, in this instance, in
not permitting the Performers to introduce their awn
airs, or airs at least foreign to the piece, as they
have done on other occasions, to the ruin of all
integrity in the character of the drama they had to
' perform. The Travellers have been brought out un-
der the eye of Costar himself, the Composer, and
it does high credit to his science and instruction.—
He WAS admirably seconded by the orchestra, as led
by Mr. SHAW, and the music went off well. Miss
SINGLETON has talents that would, With proper culti.
vation, make her an admirable singer. Miss Gue-
vara joins to a voice, the lower ones of which are
eXcellent, the good taste of avoiding all those super-
abundant cadences in which most of those around
her indulge themselves, without the musical power to
make thcm either brilliant or affecting ; and she is
also a sprightly and graceful actress. The Opera
was received throughout with great applause, and
promises to be attractive.

Sunday se'nnight Robert Wood, private in the
North York M litiA, fell down and immediately exe
pired in the Giccn, Glasgow, when attending at the
evening pude.
Monday se'nnight Edward Limerick, belonging to
a coal boat which Plies on the Glasgow cAtial, tell
overboard in Port Dundas harbour, and was drowned.
He has left a wife and four children.
Saturday se'nnight, at Greenlaw, two labourers
were overwhelmed •by the fAlling of a bank i one of
them was killed—the other is recovering.
Monday a powder mill, at Cosawes Wood, in the
parish of Gluvias, near Penryn, belonging to Mr. Gill.
blew up with a considerable explosion. No lives were
lost. and only one man slightly scorched.

Saturday se'nuight, about half past nine o'clock, a
large meteor, or ball of fire, passed over Glasgow, in a
direction from nearly south to north ; its durauon might
be about half a minute, and its brilliancy WAS so great
that a pin might have been picked up on the streets.
It was also wen in different places many miles round

that city.
A few days since a fire broke not in the farm-house
of Mr. Glyn, of'St. Stephens by Launceston, which,
netwitlistandiag ir happened in the forenoon and
mediate assistance was given, entirely consumed the
same. The furniture was mostly preserved.
Sunday se'noight a fire broke out in a thatched cot.
rage at Gladswood, neer Edinburgh, belonging to W.
S:11BAI!Do Esq. which was entirely consumed, together
with a barn and granary adj,ining. No part of the
property of the-cottagers could be saved.
Thursday morning, between three and fon r o'clock,
an alarming fire broke out in the Drying Kiln of
Messrs. Nevile and Sowdin, of the King's Mills, in
Leeds, which consumed the stock of grain and ma. .
chinery in that place, and reduced the building to
mere shell. -
Saturday as Mr. R. a Pyrotechnician, was pre.
paring some fireworks, at a small teneutent in White
Bear Gardens, Kingsland.road, a Tiantitt of powder
exploded,-by which that, and two other tenements*
were entirely destreyed; and Mr. and ,Mrs. R. so
shockingly burnt• that the, were carried to the boss
pital without hopes of recovery.
Sunday afternoon an alarming flee broke nut, at
the house of Mr. May, plaisterer, in James-street, Ox-
ford-road. It was first perceived in the first floor.
wherethe flameburst foith with great fury, the windows
being open. By the timely arrival of the Mary-lii:
bonne engine, together with the exertion of the neigh::
bouts, the fire was got under. The first floor, with
the furniture, was almost entirely consumed.
This is doomed to be an Age of Wondersl and
those Wonders are rendered doubly singular by their
uniform plurality, for example—One Comet at a time
was a rarity, now we have two ; One Victory in a
month satisfied the most ardent lover of his country,
now we have two; where we had one Capital Prize
in a Lottery, now we have two ; and even the fortu-
nate Days of Drawing which were lately limited to
one in each Lottery, are now increased to two. We
scarcely-need add, that the first of these is fixed for
the 17th of September, when the purchaser of ma
Ticket will obtain two Capital Prizes.
A LUCKLESS Wrr !--The admonition of Etiot.
'NIL'S to his friend Yonica, to restrain the high met.
tled speed of his wit, and the adage of 'l',actrus.--
Faretiarum in !ovum wistaria ea ! were re-_
Gently enforced-in a painful manner upon is witty, but
unguarded expectant of a living :—Dining one day
at his patron's table, whose family name had a De
prefixed to it, a conversation arose on the origin of
this custom, when all present agreed that it was a
mark of very high distinction ! Disgusted with so
much egotism and flattery, the Reverend wit sat•
castical'y exclaimed—a Give me leave to stick my
fork in one of these De-Um ling: !" It is scarcely ne-
cessary to add, that the joke was never forgiven, and
the poor parson went without the promised living.
A worthy co:kney, had mounted his horse, a
la Gilpia, to'sce the bite ficht near Margate, having
unluckily dropped the-bridle, seized fast hold of the
inane " That now," said a spectator, "is a prudeot
fellow, fir you see, he minds Lie inam-charce."
A foreigner having lately asked one of the fancy,
what red w.ts most prevalent is Englaud—Metheafitie
or Oiekrina P the other answered " Neither, Pusihrm. e.
briffiess kirriaer,hoving expressed his determine.
66.1 to sfuit fht bar, was asked by a friend to leave
him his bag ! The other humcrously answered. 1.0
would scorn to pay an evay compliment.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The following are
the principal alterations made at this Theatre during
the recess, with the new decorations :—The Prosce-
nium has been widened one foot on each side, by put-
ting hack the pilasters, which are now of Brocatelli
Sca,gliola. From them springs an eliptical arch, the
centre of which rises to the height of the ceiling, the
whole forming a species of'cove. It is divided into
compartments by burnished gold, mouldings and
stiles, with wreaths of oak,„ and the double rose of.
England. The Thistle and Shamrock, in gold, are
likewise introduced.—ln tire centre of each com-
partment is a silver branch of palm ; all these orna-
ments are carved in bas relief. The King's arms
are placed upon. the entablature in the centre, below
the arch : they are carved in afro retinas, and gilt.—
The ceiling is made flat; and supported by pillars on
each side ; it is divided into compartments, coloured
and enriched in a manner corresponding with the rest
of the House. In a richly-carved ornament forming
the centre, the. colours of the Union are introduced.
A triple fret of oak foliage, gilt, is carries round the
pit tier. The dress-boxes have an additional row of
seats in the front ; the basket-boxes are consequently
diminished, and thrown back : • a skreen, to prevent
the draught of air, has been made on each side. The ,
'ornament, in' the first circle of boxes, consists of
wreaths of oak, encircling the Red and White. Rose.
On the second circle is introduced the Thistle, in
octagon pannels, with sprigs of oak in the span-
drills—and on the third circle is the Shamrock,
empannelled by closely woven laurel, and having
sprigs of oak, as in the circle below. These chaste
' and classical ornaments are carved in bas relief,
and gilt, and are laid on a ground of light stone
1 colour. They continue throughout each circle,
separated only by small gilt pilasters, on which are I
carved a lion's head over a branch of palm, silvered
on a pannel of laurel foliage. These carry the co-
lumns supporting each circle, which are of burnished
silver. 'file brackets and mounting of the chande-
liers are also plated with silver. The horizontal
mouldings on each circle are richly carved and gilt.
The cushions and seats are scarlet, and the backs of
the boxes are painted with a rich rose-coloured red.
—The two-shilling gallery has been enlarged and
heightened, and a most perfect view of the stage is
now obtained in the last row. A rich ornament, with
the lion's head and sprigs of oak, is continued round
. the circle of the upper.gallery.—The saloons, lob.
. bies, passages, Ste. have been entirely fresh painted
. and decorated, and the whole interior of the Theatre
bears a completely new appearance.