Star.
London, England, 1802-04-07 00:00:00

PIC.NIC THEATRICALS.

The fecond meeting of the Snbfcribers was on
Monday night,and theTheatre was literally crowd-
ed with beauty and fahion. Nothing could exceed
the general fatisfaaion produced by the entertain-
ments ; and the difficulties attending the prepara-
tions for an ellablifhment of this nature having
been furmounted, the performances went off with
great eclat and faced's. ,
The amufements of the evening were introduc-
ed by a Prologue, fpoken by the Hon. Mr. Lamar,
which turned upon the many fabrications and ri-
diculous Rork: invented to run down the innocent
amnfements of a &lea Society of perfons of fafhion,
and fcandalizing the motives of thole who were
the promoters of it. It entered into a humorous
comparifon, of the little Rage of the Tottenham
Theatre, and the great pile of building of Old
Drury, and affected the privileges of individuals to
amok themfelves as they pleafe, while they kept
witbin the bounds of law and decorum. We hope
to be able to obtain a copy of the Prologue, which
was admirably delivered, and was replete with
epigrammatic wit and raillery.
After a little French proverb, called 41 Le Fou
Roolomalle," which introced a young Lady to the
Itage, who performed with greare aaiveti and cor-
reancfs, General Ae Asia, in the character of Lord
0:41,1, delivered an Effay on Taße, written by
GARRICK, with fo much humour and knowledge
of the Rage, as to give univerfid delight. Every
articulation and gellure reminded the audience of
the inimitable aaing of Ki wo in that charther ;
and the attention of the coflume of drefs very
much heightened the effect of the fcene. He was
molt loudly encored.
Mr. GRIVILLI (poke an admirable Epilogue,
which turned principally on the definition of the
term Pic Nic, about which there had been fuck a
variety of opinions. Many of the fubfcribers ex-
preffed a hope to fee it publifhed, as it contains
many excellent hits at the mifreprefentations of the
town on this legate& expreffion.
The Farce of le Cadet introduced Monf. La Ta
Ira, whole dramatic abilities have fo often delight-
ed the town at his own little Theatre. The fcene
opened with M. La Ttxtsa as an old woman, fit.
ting at her ironing board folding up napkins,
wailing with impatience the returi of her fon at
night, who is a thoughtlefs young man. Her com-
plaints naturally turn on the inconveniences to
which parents are fubjea by the indifcrerion of
their children. The delineation of the old Ma-
tron was highly preferved, and we never recollect
more entertainment than is produced by the whole
of the reprefentation.
In the courfe of the evening, Mr. Amore° was
introduced as a Lodi Pouweezk, and afforded
much mirth.

Catches and Glees, and an excellent fupper
doled the evening's amufement, than which no-
thing could be more decorous or entertaining.—
People of Falhon met their own Society, and the
only difference between it and a modern route was,
that the monger twuri, that dreadfbl enemy to
chalk pleafure and tempered hilarity, was exclud-
ed from it, and his place occupied by rational re-
creation—" the full of reafon and the flow of
foul."

The orchellm wasted by M. de MARIN ; Count
MONTER A RI, and Mr. TAs on the bafs ; flutes,
Lord CHOLMONDOLEY and Mr. Mow LAN!; and
tenor, the Hon. Mr. LIAR l•
Among the company were Ladies HAMPDEN,
Msi.soosaa, BUC IRO H ANIS IRI, JERSF.Y, MIL.
HER, MOUNT EDO [CUM HI, BE SNOROUG H, KEN.
CASTLERRAG If, two Ladies CADOCAN,
CHOLMOIIDELIT, CHARLOTTE GREYIL LE, MARY
BENTINC ICI_ TEMPLETON, Roos, ELI Z• FOSTLR,
TH TN NE, E. MONK, COUIIIeS STA HR ETERERG, MIS.
CREWE, BOUYERIS, SPENCER, Mitres WIDDER.
BURN, &c.
Lords FRU:ORRICE BINTINCE, MOUNT EDGE.
COMES, DILLON, BORINGDON, GU/MILLE LEVI.
EON, CNOLSIONDELEY, MELBOURNE, CH. SPENCER,
JERSEY, STIR; Sir JOH STEPNEY, &Co BCC•

ENGLISH STATE LOTTIIIII-ThirLy•ftCOLld Day
—The following Numbers were drawn Prizes:—
No- 48,752, as firft-drawn, entitled to z 0,0001.—
Nos. 23,170, 33,314, prizes of tool.—Nos. 20,585,
35,401, 1.5,7129 20,343, prizes of pl.
Laft eight, about eight o'clock, a number of
ream met at a publiclonfe, called the Pea-hen,
in Gray's Inn Lane, for the purpofe of feting Bel-
cher, Bourke, Gamble, and other noted pugilifts,
fpar, for the benefit of Belcher. They continued
to exhibit in turn until near ten o'clock, when they
were interrupted by a vifit from a party of the Bow.
fireet Officers, accompanied by a number of Con-
Habits, armed with cutlaffes, who feparateu into
two divifions, the one taking their Ration at the
door, to prevent any peel* efcaping, while the
ethers entered the room, and took into cuttody
not only the principal bows, but alto the company
affembled, who all fuffered themfelves to be car-
ried quietly to a place of fafety.
On Wednriday night five prifoners broke out of
Cl,efter Cattle.

Early on Wednefday morning laft, the premifes
of Johnfon, carpenter, in Applegate- Preet,
Leiceller, were difeovered to be on tire, and raged
with Co moth fury, as totally to confume the whole
flock in trade. The wife of the (offerer, who is
very mar her time, v:as throwndown in the affright,
and now lies witliout hopes of recovery.
Oa Monday fe'linight fix culprits, the eldeft
years of age, were guillotined in front of the river,
at Bourdeaux,- amidit univerf:4l public execration.
Thefe young toonfters, forming part of a nume-
rous gang of depredators, were coaviOed of hav-
ing, during the fpace of two years, and to the no
fm.dl difcredit of the police, within a circle of 20
to 3o miles, perpetrated the moll atrocious rob-
btri:s, abufing, plundering, and burning the poor
loiterers by the felt, to torture them into a con.
feflion of their hoards, violating, with the moll
aggravated circumftances, the unfortunate females
who fell in tkeir way, without difcrimination of
age or condition. They likewife cut down the
trees of liberty, &c. in order to give a fpecious air
of political motive to their horrid pradices.

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