Star.
London, England, 1822-11-28 00:00:00

FROM THE LIMERICK CHRONICLE.

Saturday night, William Collins, of Doon, Barony
of.Coonagh, in thi: county, returning from the fair
of Cappawhite, was murdered near his own house.
The perpetrators are not discovered, though the po-
lice ate on the alert.
FROM TILE CORK ADVERTIZER.

The house of Mr. Langley, of Cahermee, neatly
midway between Buttevant and Doneraile, was at-
tacked on Sunday night by a gang of Whiteboys,
who demanded fire-arms ; but not obtaining any, and
finding that Mr. Langley was from home, they shat-
tered the house, broke into it, destroyed the greater
part of the furniture, and searched every apartment
for fire-arms, but found none. The same night some
miscreants set flu e to some corn at Cooline, near Bally-
boom, distrained by R. Hill, Esq.
Sunday night, the 17th inst. a wanton and barba-
rous murder was committed on the lands of Mount
Catherine, between Rathcormack and Watergrass-hill.
The lands of Mount Catherine had been distrained
for rent, and on Sunday night a number of persons
attacked the house of Jeremiah Cullinane, where the
keepers were; the ruffians broke open the door, and
were most unmercifully beating the keepers,when the
wife of Cullinane, remonstrating with these savages,
and incautiously calling on them by name, they turned
their vengeance towards the unhappy woman herself,
and murdered her. On hearing of the above outrage,
\V. Ryder, Esq. repaired to the spot, and was so for-
tunate as to secure two of the ringleaders of the mur-
derous gang, who are fully identified.

Earl FarWitt.tam has caused ejectments to be
served upon a number of the Gentlemen on his estates,
who were rack-rent middlemen, owing several years
arrears themselves, and making the poor cottagers
pay to the day—his Lordship has, however, ordered
that the occupying tenants shall not be removed.
The Earl of Goaroan has arrived at Blake's Hotel, Tetmyn-
street, front a tour—Lord Vattonast has left ditto.
DCEL.—A meeting took place on Tuesday last, at
the Five Elms, near Virginia Water, between Mr.
A--o—sr and Mr. Gentlemen of fortune.
The dispute originated at a Ball given by the Mem-
bers of the Farley harriers ; a Lady was the cause.
Mr. A. was wounded slightly in the breast, by his an-
tagonist's ball grazing it ; when the seconds, Captain
P—a, and Mr. W—r—T, interfered, and here the
affair rested.
ELOPEMENT.—Lieutenant D—, an Officer upon
halt-pay, lodging. in Queen-street, Golden-square,
on Monday morning hired a post-chaise in Picca-
dilly, and left it in waiting in Regent-street. In a
few minutes afterwards he arrived and handed a
young Lady of considerable fortune, residing in that
neighbourhood, into it, and told the post boy to drive'
fast as he could down the Kent-road. In half an hour
afterwards the fugitives were pursued by the Lady s
brother, who was armed With pistols. He traced them
to the Bricklayer's Arms, where they quitted. the
Chaise, and no further clue.cold be obtained.

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.DRti►AMMO: TRSATRB. - .
Ever since Mr. KEAN returned from his provincial
engagements, the Public have been anxious to see his
talents and those of Mr. YOUNG exerted in the same
Tragedy. Their desires have been fully Fratified by
the performance of last night, when the Tragedy of
Othello was performed—the' character of the open,
free, and unsuspecting Moor by Mr. kaasr, and that
of the crafty semi-devil, logo, by Mr. YOUNG. :Ile
Public were long acquiinted with the respective
merits of these Gentlemen ; but they felt that the
collision of genius would elicit sparks brighter and
more beautiful than could be produced when the
mind of either was opposed to materials which it
despised. This was not the trial of some newly-en-
listed soldier against one who had long maintained
his reputation in the scenic field—it was not strength
against weakness—it was the powerful opposed to the
powerful.: KEAN, aided by the stores of nature—
Youso, seconded by the perfection of art, which
looked all but nature. The Public, the great arbiters,
filled the House almost to suffocation at an early hour;
and, by their impartial conduct, proved themselves
to be judges, not partisans. Every praise that noble
personation of a most difficult character deserves, is
due to the performance of Mr. KHAN last night.
His laurels bloom as freshly as they ever did—ltoused
to a most powerful exertion by the just feeling that
the eye of the Metropolis was upon hits, he put forth
all his vigour, he entered into all the passions. of i
Othello, he rivetted the attention. and he subdued the
heart. His address to the Senate was not, as it al-
most always is, a piece of well-turned declamation -;
it was the appeal of a man, " little versed in the soft
arts of peace," whom truth and honour had made
eloquent, and whose eloquence should bear, not the
formal stamp cf the schools, but the honest feelings
of an ingenuous nature. The whole of his scenes in
the third act, the most perplexing in the Tragedy,
from the moment of logo's villainous insinuation,
until Othello arrives at an unwilling but a dread-
ful certainty, were finely acted. In this most trying
part of the character, the workings of his coun-
tenance, and the exquisite propriety of his gesture
and motions, formed a fine comment on the text,—
' The scene with Desdemona, in the fourth Act, where
love and hate alternately strive for mastery in Othello's
soul, was a heart-rending representation of a mind
46 perplexed in the extreme." One of' the greatest
beauties in the last scene (and it abounded with beau-
ties) was his sudden reflection, (when Emilia's visit
occasions him, unconsciously, to speak of his wife)=—
"My wife! what wife! I have no wife !" These
words were given in tones so melancholy and de-
sponding, as set description at defiance. Mr. KEAN's
performance was enthusiastically applauded. Of
Mr. YouNG's logo, we must observe in the outset,
that, except the logo of Mr. KEAN, we have not,
since the time of Mr. COOKE, witnessed its equal. It
good forth prominently on the canvass ; and when
there was such an Othello, this is no trifling praise.
The character is one of extreme difficulty. To appear
before the audience as a well-known villain, and yet
to perform so skilfully as to lead the same audience
to believe that Othello might have been deceived
by such simulation as the actor adopts, is a task
accomplishable by very few. Mr. YOUNG did, how-
ever., accomplish it. His scenes with Othello, in
the third Act, were masterpieces. These scenes are
the touchstone of his abilities who plays the part:
Mr. YOUNG went through the trial with admirable
success. Ile introduced the devil jealousy into
Othello '$ bosom with so much apparent reluctance at
the idea of disturbing his patron's rest, and with so
much seeming dread of doing aught that might be
considered derogatory to his own honour, as fully
exculpated the open-hearted Moor from the charge
of credulity in giving credence to his well concocted
falsehoods. In an earlier scene of the Tragedy we
were highly pleased with Mr. YOUNG'S mode of play-
ing on the passions of Roderigo : he varied with great
art his manner of giving the constantly recurring sen-
tence, " Put money in thy purse!" Entreaty, remon-
strance, command, and good-humoured pleasantry,
were by turns resorted to, and each in turn was urged
with excellent effect. Mr. YOUNG'S performance was
also received with great applause. The audience, in-
deed, seemed to have adopted Queen DLDo's sentiment,
" Trus Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur !"
The parts of Desdemona and Emilia were well filled
by Mrs. W. WEST and Mrs. G Lovett. Mr. TERRY'S
CtaSiO was respectable. The inferior characters were
tolerably well sustained. The Tragedy was given
out for representation on Monday next, amidst the
loudest acclamations. .
Such were the crowds at Drury-Lane Theatre last 1
night, to witness the exertions of Mr. YOUNG and
Mr. KEAN in the same Play, that long before the
rising, of the curtain the several parts of the House
were crowded. The Pit and Galleries were soon
filled to excess : in the Pit not above five or six La-
dies ventured to gain admittance. It looked almost
like a French Pit, into which Ladies never go. In
the Boxes there were strong contestsfor places ; and
it was with the greatest difficulty that, in the dress
and first circles, the boxkeepers could retain the
places for the company.who had taken them. In the
second tier, especially at each end of it towards the
stage, and in the slips, individuals in vain endeavoured
to retain the seats: the company were obliged to
stand, and they were then crowded together with
most " profitable" closeness. But still there were
many persons in the lobbies wholly unaccommodated,
and who having paid tor their admissions, very pro-
perly complained when they found that the regular
boxes andseats presented not the most distant chance of
a momentary sight of the performance being obtained.
Under these circumstances, and to keep faith with
the Public, such private boxes as were unoccupied
were opened to the surplqs company; and in those
boxes (his MaJEsTv's box amongst the rest), where
seats were arranged for fora' persons, twelve indivi-
duals, on an average, contrived to get toler ably good
views of the performances.
Amongst the company present were the Earl of ,
ESSEX, in his box over the Stage, with.a party, in-'
eluding Mt. Trsataky, M.P. Lord Het.t.aern was in
his grand private box over the orc and in line
with the first der ; his Lordship alsok arty with
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lulu. Lord and Lady Martynottoutiar iug unable
to get into the private boxes bemeen eight and nine
o'clock, went into the boxes amongst the general eons-
part y. In the orchestra were PAseo G ItY.NYMLL, Esq.
M.P. and several caber persons of distinction.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCK.

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ARCHERY.
Saturday, the Geese Medal was shot for by the Royal Com.
pang of Archers, at their Butts, Archers' Hall, Edinburgh, and
won by Jon* Wtt.sme' Esq. W.S. There were more shooters
present for this Prise than have been for mazy years.
BO X I N G.

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The two battles between Godfrey, the Giiport Black, and
Csernmings, the navigator; and Pltillips, the tioman, and Goucley,
the wrestler, took place on Tuesday, at Chorley Common, near
Farnham.
The first two contended for a state of ten sovereigns ind
purie of ten, and had it been hundreds, according to the pre-
vailing humbugging, the men could not have gone to work more
in earnest.
In the first round, Godfrey floored his adversary by a right.
handed facer front the scratch, which produced plenty of claret.
2. The navigator drew blood from the Black's right deceiver,
which laid open the eye-lash, and the crimson hue followed. A
well contested rally ensued, and the navigator was thrown.
3 and 4. The Black's superior strength gave hint rathei the
lead, but in the fourth the navigator got him upon the right
lock, and tipped a rattling cross-buttock, winch lopsided him,
and took the rough off his fastness.

5 and 6. In favour of the Navigator, the Black going up to
the scratch lame in the right thigh; and it was 2 to 1 on the
Navigator.

7. In a severe rally several hits were exchanged, and none of
the tapping sort. The Navigator's right eye was closed, and the
Black gave him a rattling facer, which not only turned the odds,
but reduced the fight to a win.
8. The Navigator was floored front the scratch, anti the Black
won a merry battle in 22 minutes.
l'imurs AND Goonov.—These men fought a good battle for
/.75, and a afice of love to boot, conserving a viuow. It lasted
.16 minutes, and the men knocked each other about with more
energy than skill. Goodoy had the best of the hrst 25 minutes,
but a severe slap on that lick/isla part, the tip of the nose, spoilt
him, and Phillips won it, who was escorted home by a well
dressediensate I