Star.
London, England, 1802-01-07 00:00:00

DRURY:LANE THEATRE.

The Tragedy of The Difilei Mother, which
was pet-firmed here laft night, prefented Mrs.Stn-
nowt in the eliarafter of /termites, and Mr. 811 M•
ILII in that of OrOes.
Had old Sir Roase Da Coy eesav been prefent
he would have liked the play Rill better than when
be faw it with his friend Srsc. It certainly never
was lifted better. Mrs. SiDiana s (hewed an Herwione,
and Mr.Ks sr. san Orein, that would have exceed-
ed the expeaations of the Author himfelf. Mrs. SID-
DON II by no means appeared in an amiable point
of view, but it was her bufinefs, on fome occafions,
to aa the fury, and throughout to reprefent a wo-
man without foftnefs, without compalfion, with-
out regard to the confiderations which ufnallyinfln-
ence her fez. Her cool difdain at the infidelity of
Pyrrhat,was even ftiperior to her violent denuncia-
tions of vengeance,or her tranfports when the deed
had been perpetrated. Mr. Kam si.z (hone chiefly
in the !aft fcene. Without uttering a word, he
drew down three diilina peals of applaufe. Her-
mime, at whore infligation lie had reluaantly en-
gaged in the murder, had upbraided him for his
bafenefs, and denied any (hare in it. When the
left him, he feemed for fome minutes not to know
where or what he was. On recovering from his
Rupefattion, he painted beautifully the pangs of
remorfe and the mifery of fruitlefs guilt.
Mn.Powet.r. was very refpeaable in ilsadreseathe.
She looked extremely well in her bridal drefs, and
repeated admirably the concluding lines of the
fourth aa, defcribing how ill her heart, notwith-
(Landing, was at cafe :
Thus the gay Melina with (refit garlands crowed,
Pined with the famed fife's enlivening found,
Tiara* Lasing crowds in totems Rate proceeds,
And dead in foie= pomp, magnificently bleeds.
The other charalcrs were well fupported. The
piece was got up with all that attention to ccjimme
and charaaerillic embellithment which might be
expeaed, as it has beeen always experienced from
a Manager of fuch pure and claflic cane as Mr. I
KINDLE. Notwithtlanding it had to contend with
the difadvantages of Twelfth Night, it drew an
elegant and numerous audience.

Mr. Damon, of St. James's-fquare, gave a
rand dinner yefterday to feveral Noblemen and
Gentlemen. Mr. NIPEAII and Mr. ANTRODU3
were of the party. •

The prefent rage for Irarkra tinging reminds us
of the with of Dr. Jonnsow when he heard a per-
former execute what was called a difficult piece—
" I with it had been impotlible." Already the
attempts of imitators are expormg them to ridi-
cule, for what they want in fipging they make up
in finanting, and what was formerly addrelled to
the sort, now makes a furious attack on the nerves.
The chariot of Madame BONA PARTS is finithed,
and is to be Blipped immediately at Dover for
Calais. It is, agreeable to the modem fafhion,
quite_plain, and nothing mere on the panels of
the doors than the fimple initials J. B.

It is very extraordinary in the late dircovery of
adultery, and adds to the terrible perplexity of this
cafe, that the injured 'hatband and his venerable
father, are Orialor the identical perfons to whom,
in cafes of this nature, it is neceffary to apply for
procefsand redrcfs.
The abolition of the rack, to extort confeffions,
in Rufus feems rather 11101-01W0Pa, after the very
able manner in which certain variations of it have
been defended, fuch as whippinz and hay banging I
But the new EMPEROR, perhaps, does not under-
Lind 4, a vigour beyond the Law."
Am EY, TO susinass.—A Gentleman travelling
poll tall week to town, being info med by the
tattler that there were two roads, afked the land-
lord which was the fhortel way ?-44 A poji-tbaili
ad four, your honour."

Rrrorr Porwrara." Well, Old Qidnunc,
(fays a young mercantile Buck, who keeps a brace
of nags and a millrefs) how will you employ your
time, now that Peace deprives you of your &you.
rite amufement of reading Extraordinary Gazettes
of bloody battles ?" Why, in reading what will not
be extrafrefmary in Gazettes—the whereals of (Feb
iinong tradefmen as yourfelf."
BOTANY AY THSATMCA LS.—By thelaft advice:
from South Wales, a letter mentions, that a fmart al-
tercation had juft taken place in the Green-room
of their Theatre, in confequence of the Beggar!:
Opera having been given out by the Manager. It
was agreed on all hands, that the Play vas very
firmly calf obferved, that as he had
atleel, on all occafions, like a Gentleman in his pro.
feffion, he (hould have no objedion to the perfor-
mance of the cbarafter. Pay and Lucy remained
paffive.--Baefix4 exprefled fome fa-soles—the reft
of the gang were divided in opinion. At length,
from a fuggeftion of Fah, how far the reprefen.
tation of the piece might tend to wound theferfiap
of both Audience and Performer:, the matter was
poftponed for further confideration.

Laft week a Court-martial was held at Prefton
on Serjeant-major Newton, of the Third Royal
Lancalhire Mihtia, for riling unbecoming language
relative to his Colonel, Sir II P. HOGHTOtio Bart.
of which being convi&cd, lie was degraded, and
dircharged from the regiment.

A few weeks ago, an eagle was frequently teen
hovering about the i•oods of Cawood, and one
day, defcending to feed, it was wounded with
fhot, by a farmer, who, with much difficulty, wok
it home alive. h is• a remarkable fine bird, ex-
tremely fierce, and meaftnes from the extremity
of its wings eight feet four inches. It has been
puichaled for exhibition. •
WILL of the late General BATHut sr.—The
eltate of Clarendon for life to his brother, and then
in fee to the fecond fon of the late FILTON Haft-
v EY, Erti. whole Lady (Mifs ELWELL, now Mrs.
FAIEMANTLE) was niece to the General.; the
ell.ae at Lainilon to the eld,:r fon of Mr. FELTON
HAIVIT ; about.l2,ociol. iii legacies; the refidue
of his perfonal property, one third to Sir Joni(
MOISHILAD, one-third to :he children of Mr. ALI/.
I qv
a HISTLETHWAITE, .111 d one-third to the children
of Mr. 17: LTON IJARVI? it is calculated theft
ltgacics v ill amount t, about 20,c901. cad'.

HIGHLAND REPELS, AI7NYERARY

Cifs7l.E.

We are proud to find, that the fpirit of hofpi.
talky, for which our anceflois were juttly famed,
has not yet evaporated amida the mention of new
principles and modern refinements. Little inclined
as we may feel to lament the abolition of thofe
corruptions, which the feudal &Rem generated in
there realms, we may Rill regard the remnant of
antient nfages with a degree of veneration, diveft.
ed as they now are of every power to affect the in-
terefs or liberties of the community. With fuch
a fentiment, turn we to the illuttrieus and venerable
Chieftain of the Campbells; furrounded by an
adoring family, an extenfive clan, and a loyal and
attached tenantry, the Duke of Argyll opens wide
Ms hofpitable gates, and the cattle rings with the
found of mirth and revelry—

0 The Duke a Royal Guam, Int.
" Wi mirth and Princelye cheere;
" To bhp repaired many a Knights.
" That came both far and ncarc.'

Several weeks are included in the celebration of
this feftival, during which period, every fpecies of
entertainment has been adopted to keep the (pinks
alive, and excite the intereft of the numerous,
guefts. A feries of plays have been got up with
the Itrieteft attention to their own intrinfic merit,
and the salt of charaeers. The Richard of Lord
Lorne, tic Cwiamer of Lord John Campbell, and
Colonel Campbell's Macbeth, are amongft the fineft
efforts in the Tragic; and the Snarl, Tony I amp-
iin, and Link flaw, of the fame three admirable
performers in the Comic line, peculiarly claim
our admiration. We need only fay, that Lady
Charlotte Campbell was the general heroine, to
convince the world, that excellence reigned in
that department of the Dramatic Per ocia.—A
Pantomime, taken from the Opera of iArmada,'
was produced, in the contrivance and machinery
of which, much ingenuity and tafte were diC.l
played; many furprifing leaps were taken by a
young Lord, whofe agility was never snore con-
f?icuous than in Harkria ; and his noble brother
was the life of the piece, in the charafter of Death.
A charaeteriftic Polifis Interlude, in the manner
of Pafquin's Budget, invented and performed
folely by Sir William Hart, crowned the lift of 1
theatrical excellencies. The calk was now con-
verted into a fcene of new gaiety, and feveral
hundred malts, in lintel& and well-imagined
grouper, formed one of the moft exhilarating and
fplendid fcenes fancy can conceive. We should
exceed the limits of our Paper, were we to para.
cularife individual merit. Tv fhew, however,
how well difguifed Tome of the charadters were,
we cannot help remarking the appearance of Lady
--- as a goofs, whole temporary and extra-
vagant metamorphofis was well fuftained. Freed
from the dread of improper intrufion, innocent
mirth was unreftrained, and the gaiety of the
heart was difplayed in the witty but unoffending
fillies of the happy affemblage. The hours of ref
were the only interruptions which the fucceffion of
entertainments experienced ; every morrow was
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anticipated with delight, and uffiered in by tome
novelty and varied fcenes of feftivity ; and the
fighs and tears, which the conclufion of this little
Carnival has drawn forth, mnft be confidered, not
merely as the figns of felfith regret, but as the
unfeigned tribute of refpea; love, and gratitude,
to the great and good charaiter of their noble hoft.

On Chrillmas•day, Joins Hoaiocas, Efq. en-
tertained fome hundreds of lads and ladles, who
work in the different cotton faaories at Prellon,
with pies, ale, and other refrefinents, while they
amufed themfelves with the entertainments which
he had' prepared for them.
Jamas Lowr, atop, Efq. of Welton, gave to tbe
poor of that village and its vicinity, a few days ago,
more than 500 (lone of flow.
TwiLFTH NIG r.—The City, as ujual, was far
more fplendid lag night in the exhibition of twelfth
cakes than at the Well end of the town. BIRCH'S
in Cornhill lhone particularly refplendent. In the
back of the (hop appeared a beautiful tranfparency
from Bbakerpeare's Midfummer Night's Dream,
reprefenting the King and Queen enthroned, at-
tended by courtiers. In the foreground a motley
dreffed clown was on the beaded knee, in the aFt
of prefenting an enormous twelfth cake covered
With devices, applicable to the fubjea. In the front
of the (hop was a long range of frame-work, about
three feet high, reprefenting the attendant confe-
quences of Peace, with medallions of the King and
Bonaparte. On the right fide appeared the Bri-
tifh flag, and under a medallion, with the word
" Hawkelbury." On the left fide the tricoloured
flag and Otto." The cakes were covered with
(wane, &c.—Crowds of people allembled early in
the afternoon, to view this exhibition.

Among the molt amufing publications of the
new year, we recommend to the attention of the
public' 44 The Deteitor of Z.:mockery," by the Author
of if Satyrical View of London at the Commencement
of the IVineteenth Centtny Our Readers may recoi-
led that our decifion in favour of that work was
afterwards corroborated by the Reviewers; and
we will venture to predid that fuch will be the cafe
refpcding the prefent volume. The Author does
not confine himfelf to the detedion of medical im-
piollure ; he alfo fatyrizes the manners of the age,
and Oyes anecdotes of certain confpicuous charac-
ters in the farhionable world, in a Rile which corn-
bines elegance with wit ; and found fenfe with ge-
nuine humour,calculated to excite rifibility and itn.
prefs conviaion. We are gratified with obferving
that it has already been reviewed in the Monthly
Mirror in terms of the highea and molt defervcd
approbation.

A perfon paging the Dover Road, obferved a
coach and four going with great rapidity towards
London, and feeing a broad grin on the faces of
the boys, had the curidity to examine the tra-
vellers. The one was a jolly tar, who, with a blue
jacket, had a head powdered till it refembled a
cauli Rower, and fat fmoking his pipe in one corner.
In the other reclined a Lady in a fcarlct riding-
drefs, ind with a face nearly refembing it in colour.
So much fur Dritil luxuty. •