Star.
London, England, 1807-12-21 00:00:00

DOVER, DECEMBER 20.

Silted the buy Jufftow Metti, Captain Slraicxsa,
ftorr* Buurdeaux, with wine, bound to London—flue
hasbien detained here for twtMonths by a gun brig,
and now releafed. Paired by this day the (hip Jane,
Captain Rnss, from New York, bound to London.—
Wind E. S. E. and moderate, with a very thick fog

DEAL, DECEMBER so.

itmain in the Downs, the Trolly and Prineefs of
Orange men of war, ayde and Banterer frigates,
Ofprey hoop of war, Speculator lugger, Harmony
tiaualler, and feveral detained sails.
GREENOCK, DECEMBER st.

A letter has been received from Captain DouG
LAII, Of the fhip Eme►ald, at Newfoundland, dated
7th nit. mentioning the lofs of the brig Albion, of
Glafgnw, CRAW FORD, bound to Pieton, at Trepairy,
and all on board perifhed except the mate.

DISTRIDU I'ION OF PRIZ.F. MONEY.
The Mof' lie. for capture of the Hope. January ;30, Anti. will
I aid at Portfmouth, and recalled at No. is, Arundel Rivet
Stritod.
't he Ariadne, Milfquito, and Pwrinuq. for the capture of the
Anna Margaretha, April 9. 1806, will be paid on their arrival, and
recalled on Wednctdays and Tbutfdays, at No. 9, New Broad-
litrett.
The Minerva, forth. recapture of the Elias*, February to, :807,
will be paid on board on its arrival.
The Maria Charlotte, from Geffle for London, is on
Grote in Hclfingbourg Roads.
The Charlotte, Phelps, from Peterfburgh, is put into Leith
Roads in difttefs.

On Saturday the difpatches were &idly clnfed at
the Lail India Houle, and delivered to the Purfers
of the folluwing viz.
life'. Captain P.. Masers ; Flphinftone, M. CRAW ; Win-
than, W. Mors* ur—Bombay and China.
Walmer Cattle, Captain L. Don os—St. Helena, Beneriolen,
and China.
Pheenix, J. /LAMM am—St. Helena and Bengal.
PASSINGERS TER WALMEIL rt.a—For Bencoolen. Mr
Salmon, free mariner ; Mifs Cox—For St Helena. Mifs Green,
Mrs and Mifs Cutrron, Mrs Jane Mailey—For the Cape of Good
Hope, Mr and Mrs Pringle.
PASSINGKIS Pea Fuzz—For oramhay, Mr Clarke, free ma-
riner; Mr Skotton, free merchant ; Lieutenant Thomas W.
Stokes; Mr Richards, cadet—For the Cape of Good Hope, Mr
jofeph Lufon.
PASSSNOtiIs est FLenymone—For Bombay Lieutenant H.
Aug. ; Mrs Weft, two Mils Welts and two Matter Weft.
Macs Goodwin and Hare ; Mars Afitworth and Montgomery,
free mariners ; Mr Hay, Bombay Marine ; Lieut. J Arthur.
PAISVN Gill! raa WINCIItLIEA—For Bombay. Mr. Drury,
fenior merchant; Mrs. anti Mifs Drury; Mrs. and Mifs Harri-
fon ; Lieutenants H.wkie.s and Taylo, ; Captain Camplaell; Mr.
Woodward, free mariner. For Madras, Mrs. Connelly.
Passenger's tea PHOENIX—Fur Bengal. Mr. Savage, flirgeoll,
Mrs. Savage, and Captain Watfun. Fur Madras, Mr. Clarke
adst.

W. Balmer, Efq. Head•Mafer of the Royal
Academy at his MAjetly's Dock Y.srd at Portfmouth,
and Mr. Cilium SIR, the Fiends Teacher, ate fuller.
annuated by the Lords of the Admiralty, on a very
liberal salary.

3IIIKES PRAR.

. (No. I )

ANNOTATIMII ON THI TINPIIIT, IT 4 CENTLIMILII.
Page s--Blow 'till thou built et, wind, if room enough—
I concur with Mr. Sra eche in the following read-
ing _

Blow 'till thou bur* olfre wind, if room enough.
His authorities from the Pilgrim of Btattatcurr
and FtlrcHra, and Pericier, Pratte of Tyre, are peet t y
prong : but there is Rill another, in our Author's
King I ear, which fpealcs more convincingly in favour
of the emendation,
Blow winds, and crack your cheeks !—rage !—blow !
This Mr. &ream' s has not noticed.
boatfivain, have care.—Mimes the Matter t-•
Play the 11141S-.....t
I have always differed from Mr. STILvIMS in his
interpretation of the lift fentence of the above paf
Page. The guilty Alonzo avowedly delivers himfelf
nnder the influence of terror ; and mull, therefore,
he conceived incapable of eihorting the crew to coo.
rage • and his addrefs being ,to the hnatfwain only,
renders the plural " men" inapplicable. I am of
opinion that it imports a direffion, or requeß, to ar-
range the fearnen at their feveral Rations, fo as moR
effethially to promote the fafety of the veffel ; and
have fometimes doubted whether SRAILIASPEAI did
not write,

P 1,7 the men. . .
The f,lloutng may 'be received is an ap.logy for
this fitrmife—Go, ply thv needle, (7ettniteg of the
Shrew )—I mull?, my theme, (Titus 4ndronieset.)4--
Let himp& his mulic. (Nantlet.)
Page have with fuch provifion in mine art
So fafely ordered, that there is no foot—.
No. not fo much perdition as an hair,
Betid to any creature in the veffel--
Mr. MALoNS has fatisfied himfelf with the 'intro-
&llion (.1-Mr. Sr a a's« s's note on this ohfcore fpeech
intimating that fuch interruptions are not uncommon
to SHAK SPEAR. it is true, when vehement delivery
is recloilite to fullain the fpirit of a pattage, he has
frequently introduced Inch interruptions, or breaks,
with evident propriety, and great effeft, as the natural
refult of impettiofity. In Coridanus, for inftance,
One's Junius Brutus—
Sicinius Velutus, and I know not--Sideafts,
The rabble amok, have firs, &c.
And in Mr. MaLon e's emendation, referring to the
fame Drama,
Aft the contagion of the &nth fi ht on you,
You flumes of Rome ! you herd of—Boils and plagues
Platter you o'er, Scc.
Likewife in many of the fpeeches of Hotfpur ;
hut thefe are beauties in the management tit a ju-
dicious allot. Here, however, all is dark and abrupt,
without reafon ; for Profpero is fuppofed a pet fon of
mild philofophy, difcis•fing himfelf with accurate pre-
cifion ; and fo true is our author to charatter, that a
deviation here cannot be imagined. To the printer
of the ancient editions I ant willing, in this inftance,
to afcribe all error, as Mr Rows, Dr Wattausros,
Mr Tistosato, and Mr Poor, have done before me:l
but as I cannot cimform myfelf to the adoptions of
either, I am prefuming enough to offer a new reading,
which' deranges the prefent text only a tingle letter,
and deviates nothing from S H d ssplaa's ufual manner.
It is as Tawas :

The diretal fpedtacie of the wreck, which toutrd
The ♦ary virtue of eompaffion in thee,
i.bax le with fuch provifion in mine art
So fafely order'd, that there is no fowl
(No not fo much perdition as an hair)
Bctid to any creature in the ♦effci.

COTIIHT GARDIN THEATltll.......Cihelle was per-
formed here on Saturday evening. Mr. &mace
appeared for the itir time, as it was announced, in
the charafter of lay. If Ire affumed it from necef
fity, his ,performance is not a fair objeft of rigid cri•
ticifm. If it was for the purl:knee of encoring that it
was not impnftible to fill up the void created by the
abfence 4 Comte, that purpofe has not been anfwer-
ed. Mr. K snout is far, very far indeed, below his
predeceffor in the part. There was nothing marked,
nothing prominent or (hiking in his delineation of
the charafter. it was a cold, tame, ineffeCtive per.
formance. He placed lap in quite a new light. Intlead
of making him an object of deteflation, that confum.
mate villain appeired as if he was a much wronged
man', idling uncle( the fenfe of great and unmerited
injury. We in vain looked for the plaufibility, the
finifhed hypocrify which form the principal features
in the charalter. Mr. Kessar.a threw out fume quaint
tones in that ;mirage in the firft Ad, where :ago
tells Roderigo " to put money in his purfe," which
obtained confiderable applaufe, as did alfn the vigour
with Which he gave the fecond foliloquy in the fecond
Alt. 13tynnd theft, he eftablifhed no claims to public
approbation. Throughout the whole of the third
Ad, the great tett of the !kill of the aZtor, at no
time did he rife to mediocrity. It might be Paid of
him, that he fell ajleep early in that aft, and did not
await during the red of the performance. Mr.
KIMILII is fo rich in profeffional reputation, that he
can afford to fquander a little of it now and then ;
but if he is fo imp Udent as to often repeat the ex-
travagance of Saturday evening, he may live to lee
the end of it. He had a number of friends in the
houfe, who Mewed every difpolition to fupport him,
bat he gave them n 3 opportunity ; he did nothing
to lupport the charafter.
Mr. POWs very powerful and richly toned voice
cannot fail to produce effects in violent pillion of
Cthello. Mr. C. KIMBLE'S Cleo an accurate per-
formance ; his drunken fcene produced reiterated
plaudits ; and Mrs. ST. LIGbII in Antilles conceived
and executed this little charafter with a remakable
force and feeling ; but Mifs SMITH towered above
all her competitors in the fcene : her Defdemena is
nearly equal to that of Mrs. SiDDONS.—StiII the
eogurne of this play is inc,nreft. Othello, though a
Moor, being an officer in the Venetian fervice, lbould
certainly wear the uniform of the cruntry. At a
period when charafters were not fo well duelled 4s
they generally now, there was more continency
°Vetoed. In Ginlick's time Othello wore (cadet and
gold, as did alto /aso and Cajo. Why not a fimilar
urn fortuity nbferved now, with a better difplay -Iftem-
porary and local decoration than we then p &fled ?

Wednefday evening lag, about nine 'clock, as
Mr. RICHARD BRICk, farmer, of Patrixbourne Court,
accompanied by Mr. —:HUSBARD, et Bridge,
were returning in a light cart from a dinner party,
met that day at the Halfway Honfe towards Dover,
jolt as they had reached that part of db.: road oppo-
fi,e to Barham Court, Mr. B, ice, who was efving,
tell (as is fuppofed in a fit,) between the cart and the
hotfe, and initantly expired.