Star.
London, England, 1813-09-21 00:00:00

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• • v4...att* ot-The omecly of The lellwrin lYrfe
lir 10 priforme4: fait night to i very numeroUt 'and
pm:Vence Mrs. di.osVek sustained the'pery
• of "friWalley with great't4ft4t, and the play through-
out WAS-exceedingly well performed. . •
Comtv-Qatcoet— There. was a repetition last
Itlght of the Drama of thf Stanger, _ in which Mrs.
litlnfaisom ...ppeared, for the 'Second time, •in Mrs.
lie/krs with" tact' an i tide ;sill Inicd of merit, as to
..vatT the very.f`ttelierebk iinprensloti which she made
on she public bind isrhivltrioteryseffori in. this Me-
tropolis. • . • '
4u OP tY ;T,u T R a very interesting
1114:iie.4h.:, tilled the Sicfref St.*Se lastian,,w'as repro.
• sertiiti for' tbefirietiine at -tins Theatre. • It is, ,of
coense';/ but' we . have scarcely ever seen
• 'llll.* think •stiore spirited, .more appropriate, or more
There is nothing iither .mapkish or vio-
lent inn the loyalty; in chain with ati interesting story
there is. much .comic: bumotir, and the bt?tle of the
scene is never degraded by idle panning;r unmean-
ing conceit. We congiltulate-the Author (whoever
he may be) upon a production of considerable merit.
The piece was received through Out with loud shouts
of applause by a crowded audience: _ ' •
7 AbEßllfiliV CURTIS'S CRUIZE.
• •
A letter of the 10th instant, from the
nOrlrney
• Islands, mentions the arrival of Sir W. Corns, in his
armed y,itch, in Kirkwall Roads, on the Sd. Instant;
from Leith, on a cruize of pleasure. As the yatch
had no colours flying, and was prevented ,by a tre-
mendous gale, from sencrng her boat on shore until
the attertioim !.t the 4th, the inhabitants and military
were,,appri hens, ye that rite, wok one of Commodore
Ittirkiitues izers, and Under:the toiliesiion 'made.
eut -prepAration to defend themielies against their
supposed hostile visitors.- At lourreclock, however,
on the 4th, their fears were dissipated by the landing
of Sir W. Coals, accompanied by his friends, Sir C.
S. HuNnen, and Captain LANDON, of the least India
Company's' service. The worthy Alderman had a
numerous party of thi.Gentlemen of the place 1.1 dine
' with him every day during his stay, and in return he
-.end his friends were complimented with the freedom
of the Borough, and hollowed with an elegant enter-
tainment and ball at the Town-house. He sailed
;• from Kirkwall on thi Sth, and was to be escorted to
' a certain distancelif wrierenue cutter.

Government have given permission to the Irish
Distillers to commence-working on the 14th of Octo.
ber ;. thirty days alter the Proclamation issued to that
effect. This measure, while it proves a most ser-
viceable financial resource, is an indication of the
prnsperoils liar/est; and the abundance of provisions
in the country. •
Of ;he twenty-seven millions, the amount of the
lyre loan, the sum of 424152,675 has been paid
according to accounts made up at the • Bank on Sa-
turday.
About three weeks sinee, as Mr. Pratt Wit; On the
road new Henley-in-Arden, WarWickhhire, he was
thrown violently from, his horse; bY which accideot
be dislocated his 'shoulder, *received a painful con.
tusion on, his hip, and Other severe bruises. He is
slowly recovering; }hut is yet unable to get out of bed.
MELANCINLY ACCIDtNTS AT Ilaurax.--Captain
PATTERSON, tl e Selus transport, and. Mr.-Josits
BROWN, of Halifax, met with an untimely en 4 on the
15th of July, by the oversetting of a.sail-boat in which
they were eoipg to Dartmouth. The accident hap-
, petted within sight of the SPARTAN, and several boats
were sent to their assistance. Captain: ParTenboti,
and a third person who was in the boar, were picked
up and carried on board .the SPARTAN ; but Mr..
paowN had sunk before. the boats reached the plac&
where the misfortune occurred. Captain PaTrattsoe
lived but a few .minutes.--Next day, Mr. J. F.
MoNc, of the Barrack department (son of Judge .
MoNc), and three seamen belonging to the SUCCESS,
there unfoitur ately drowned by the oversetting of a
boat ,n ti,e !Jason. The boat belonged to the SCC.-
, Suss: on board d her were, eght seamen, Mr. Moiisc,
and his y, linger brother EDWARD; they left Birch
Crve for town about Nye o'clock' •' ; the* wind blew •
fsesh from S E. and they hid to beat 'to' windivird ;
seirett, a squall struck the boat, and she overset.
• The accident being seen from the Itirtexiste, lying
in the bas' n, a boa' was instantly dispatched to their
assistance, which succeeded in saving five of the sea.
men, and •Enwatti Mnisa ;. but his brother, who was
stay 27 years . age. and three secimen,fiad 'perished.
Yesterday se'unigiu, at.Balloch-mill, above Ruthcr-
en, an Irish labourer, while attempting to catch a
Vat going d, wn the riv.er. went beyond his depth, .
stud was drowned.
Thursday the Workmen employed to enlarge and
repair he ceHar 'of a public Mime at
.Stoke Ferry,
found the remains of a huniati skeleton under the
!I ; the teeth in a part of:•the ja* are perfect.—
From the position of the billies- the body, must have '
been ditalifid, aiid the Bead and feet put downwards;
a. corroded instrornint was also' in tI • hole, supposed
to have been a knife.. The above 'has been a • public-
house more th;in 200 Ykars, and' he probable cctinjec-
tore is, that the remains ate of some drover or pack.
manr murdered and there secreted. • •
Thomas Bradley, acensed of swindling a shopkeeper
in Greenock, has been traced and apprehended by
Mr. limy an, the Sufierintendant of the Lei* Police,
and committed to Leith jail., A fabricated pur-
porting to be drawn by Thomas. Wilson and Co. of.
LiVerpool,..en a
irespectable house in Glasgow, be.
sides other stispictqus papers, have been found in his
•
possession.
Wednesday • sennight a very daring robbery was
srkietrated in Leeds.—About five o'clock in the if-
• • *noon a genteel looking man, knr-cketi at the door
I
ofMr. Hanson, tea-dealers at the bottom' of Wood.
hi:blase-fine, and asked verreiVilly if he could be ac-
commodated with lodgings.); Being shown into the
house, he seemed to recal.ohimsell on the sudden,
and begged to have a poundtf tea, and while Mrs.
• Manson was wrapping up thei3Oa, he drew a large
••
clasp-knife from his pocket and otdered her to deliver
• ter money as pain, of instant death. .He forced his
bnd'into her pocket, from which he took out a small
ack leather purse, containing a few shillings, with
Whic
decamped, but not till he bad blade Mrs.
'lV•insoil prisoner, halting locked tlf koala door and
liken away the key. . - -