Star.
London, England, 1823-04-01 00:00:00

-E4trpt 41,10.4 DA

GREENWICH Fein.7—The usual sports at Green-
wich were yesterday numerously attended: The
coaches plying between the Metropolis and this place
were crowded with 'anxious company, 'and the .con-
course of persons at the Fair, in consequence of the,
favourable weather, was prodigionc. The Park was
the chief scene of sportive eccentricity-s—the gambols
of the Ladies rolling down the hill'were without re-
-4traint—the oglers were all captivated until night
drew its curtairf, and veiled those fetpale charms
which were so much admired. The Fait was a scene
of great merriment—Tragedy, Comedy, and Falo,
were. seen in all their glory, and the performancei
were such es woulderequire a Hognrth to describe.
ISTEPaEY FA R.—Yesterday morn ing, notw ith stand-
ing the attempt of the Magistracy to abolish this
place of festive resort, the Fair commenced with all
its former gaiety. The votaries for fun and frolic
were unprecedentedly numerous, and feasted their eyes
• on the various attractions that were presented foi the
holiday folks. Richardson's Company of Tragedians
were first in the gaudy tlircing, and Saunders's Troop
of Equestrians appear to ride triumphant, as there is
no other equestrian troop in the Fair. At the south.
east end of the ground was noticed a vast erection,
entitled the Crown and Anchor Tavern • it is built
upon a site of ground.3oo feet by 60, and as sub-
stantial as if intended to remain standing:
Torun.l.-Fiactis.—This memorable Fair (though
greatly shorn of its usual rustic merriment, ex-
hibited a tolerable sprinkling of happy faces. 'Scow.-
ton's and Manley's ‘4lleatreif encouraged a deal of
" living merit." Amongst other noble animals ex.
hibited, there was a reaf bear, " al ilive;* and cer;.
tainly he so used his "lungs" as taleave little doubt
about his reality. His master, drossed as a species of,
Calmuc Tartar, brought him on the stage for all the
world—since all the world's a stage—to behold " the
Rassian." as he was pleasantly termed; and on the
outworks of the stage, stationed on the organ, trump
petykc. were several monkies, fantastically deio-
:And as French soldiers, one of tam having a longl
sword at' his side, which ever and aueniie touched on 1
the hilt," and griattedao litroically, that all the 1
people laugheip"-and'Al theAussiast" roared applause.'
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Then " the Russian," cliaced thß.morallek before 1146__,
whereupon the Calmnc• intereeter observed, 4.700
see how .they obey his Imperial npd, Only step in
and see bow he will dance. BUS, you, he can go
1-upon two legs. He is 'adj. civilieed, though I say
it, and though'yon may not think it." With this the
man put his hand into his friend the Russian's moeth :
but whether he was disturbed by " internal rebel.
lions," or whether he did not like the Calmnes
liarity, we could not learns however, the " Russian"
made the hugger and eulogist increase the entertain-
ment of the assembled multitude, by giving bun a
goad bite!
STREATHAM.—Amongst theEnster Monday holy.
day-keeping, the fanciers of fun and frolic in their
way gratified their taste, and dropped their bustle on
the Streathatn enclosures yesterday, in two fights, the
Oat battle was between Sutton, a feather-maker, and
Coulson, a sawyer, for ten sovereigns a side, and it
was a rare gay battle of seven rounds-in twenty-two
minutes. The plume man led with much gaiety, and
floored his adversary well in the first and second
rounds after much counter-hitting in ofestsive fighting.
These rounds lasted seven minutes.-3. The sawyer
bad his turn, and droppedhis adversary by a stinging
slap on the temple, which made his napper beat rani
tunes of anything, bar glory.-4th, sth, and 6th
rounds, the sawyer led, his adversary being in a sleep-
ing and forgiving state. In the 7th round, the sawyer,
who had worn himself out, was hit out of time by a
lunging blow on the ear, which laid him senseless,
and won Sutton the battle. There was a good deal
of severe hitting. Matthews and Hird.—These litile
men, in want of needful, fought very earnestly for
.tcn minutes. Matthews wnis it in the 6sh round by
a cracking hit on the jaw, which bent it. Hird had
all the beit of fighting, until this chance hit, and
Matthews, as a winner, was covered with bruises and
scars, aiwell as glory I I

THEATRES.
• DRURY-LANE—Last night the Castle Spectre was
acted. Mr. Cdoren was the representative of Osmond,
in *hit+ character he acquitted himself to the satisfac-
tion of the audience, who were remarkably attentive
fon holiday visitors. The Motley of HARI•SY., and;
the Reginald of POPE, were good in very -different
ways; and the Angela of Mrs. WE..T was throughout
interesting, and marked by w.ell-regulated'encrgy,
where effort was called for, aad 'judgment and deli-
cacy, where patient enduring' was to be depicted.
The performance of zthe might closed wrath , a new
Chinese Spectacle, entitled The Chinese Snraerer
or, The Empernr- and his Three Sons, the fable of
which is as follows :—The family of Kein.Long, Em-
peror of China, is supposed to be patronizealsy a
benevolent Magician Fang-Wang, who foreseeing
that the wife of the Emperor is in. danger of..aeclue-
•
laors.by the wiles of a pretended friend, and that ICarn-
Zom-ti and Fekin, the Emperor's three sons, swedes-
tined (if not prevented by superior power), to plot
against their father and destroy each other, he (the
Sorcerer) snatches the Empress and boys from the
impending- peril, secludes the Empress, and brings
up the sons- as peasants till the hour of trial is past.
The piece opens with the festivities usual pn the Em-
peror s birthday, at which period Fon,r Meng arrives,
informs kein-Long of the safety of his wife anrksons
(all supposed dead by the Emperor), and propos% to
put the youths to certain trials of their dispositicias,
before they are acknowledged by.Kein-Long. The
adventures they go through in the course of this
ordeal, varringin circumstance, interest, and situa-
tion, form the subject of the piece, and the vehicle of
as spud! pittnresque .splendcmr as perhaps :has ever
been ,wit,n,esseJ in.a holiday dramas Su4fice.it to say,
dice Pripaes„pr,R,7. worth,y of the..stock ,they spring
from,lbeir vicissitudes rprmintate ppUy, the Impe-
rialfather.receives back htis consort aml children with
tliAtitrtrtt nod' the denouement is Aucceedesl by mag-
iiificentp.hibitions attendant on the Vast of Lanterns.
.We ..should, weary our Readers by enumerating the
splendid scenes exhibited in tong succession in this
romanee ; and to doJnstice to them is description is
almost kospossible, They represent, with superb ef-
fect, the brilliant moriatrotities of China; and pen-
plo.d, is they frequently are, ,by hosts of dancers, in
appropriate costume, they exhibit pictures as magni-
ficent as Quire, and furnish the eye with a treat such
as, it does not often realise. The paiare,ole flarfiossr,
and the Saloon, are all beautiful, and tbefinal scene
is particularly captivating: it was WI, appreciated
by the spectators, -and the.cattain descended amidst
a tumult of applause.. • •
The- Overture, by 4lr. 3'..Cooice, was much ad-
mired ; and some delightfully varied music, by
s,lessrs. PAltity and /Jona, in the course of tbe .per-
formance, greatly contributed I`o the successful
stilt, and won universal approbation.
The dancing, in the opening of the Piece, is admi-
rably arranged; and Mr. and Mrs. 4). Braun, Mr.
and Nrs. soi3l a, and kliss TREE. exerted them-
selves most.feiicitonsfy in the cause, which, as we have
alieady stated, came triumphantly off.
Coy.orr-PanDEN.—'Tie Tragedy of Wallace was
441319N0cP4.10F riepreilsotatioo yesterday exerting Ftinc
in constpuence:of the Ohm, of Mr.,Macneavy who
was to have personated theherob the 'tragedy of Jane
Shore was substituted. The sorrows of ward's
mistress were very affectingly delineated by ;Miss
L•tor. Co,Niiott, lizitivgi, declaimed with-touch
force, and received considerable applause. After. the
Tragedy, a new Piece, of uncommon scenic splen-
dour and vasiety was presented, and crowned..wi
complete.success. It is entitled 6! The ficioa of th/
Sun; or, sie orpkoo of Pers.'," and professes to pa
fouuded on incidents, in the Peruvian Wei, 19
the construction of the story, it is indeed a vhioa,ouid
a daaaling visions. drawing largely on the Ogooty
of magic and enchantment. The plot ishrielia,rbia;
A :certain reravian Kling, Capac (Mr. cuantoso).
threatened. with the loss of his crown, in bip.eono
person, or that of hit successor, • unless a attain
Giant; who has usurped his authority and laidistaste
his dominions, be put to death by some-advalcurimi
' youth. The prize of the successful Knight is pi be
the hand of his Majesty's beautifnl daughter,-.ftimeas
Moat (Miss Foote), and with her the heirciesn eche
crown. Maq 'engage is 140 perikotts etykettruiet
but. -neither...stratagem nor.force are *fcisod .an;
Against the charmed-Wee( the monster,. and they all
perish in the rash attempt. At the dale of this tally*
meant hunter, Xonns (Mrs. Vtaftta),-Avecomea,
in-
ilpir& 'with a resolution to accomplish the cttiliver-
stiiittef thl kingdom from- then:easiest he hears of
;di=he is enerneinrad of it; Ina- from the first
of die 'now of Thom,

.he ~lade. of the "leo, therefore, is oeictsfkied .Svia4
Visit stlatession of' his adventure; chi prttletofirdtal
his plan. .The -Kokos- of tie San unfold s.itseW ti)
him In all the majesty of revolving clutads, and from
the visionary spirit behind the curtain he receives a'
sword, a golden lyre, and a shield with the name of
Risaac marked in*letters of embossed gold uponit.—
With two of these it is unnecessarj to say what be is
required to do; by means ofthethird he is to be secure
4ons personal harm; so long as it Is inhispossession.
us equiPPed, the illiant youth mates his way to
thehiuntiot the'Glant, whom he succeeds' in first
lulling to sleep by the dolcet notes of his lyre, and
then abiolves him from all mortal cares by cdnvert-
inghis transient slumber into the sleep of death.- A
grand 'triumphal procession to theiCing of Copac
succeeds this victory, and preparations are set on foot
for the approaching royal nuptial. The Giant's bros
ther,hOwever,Onltaripac(Mr.FanLev)being instructed
in the reteises of his magician% abode, of the danger
which assails his brother, transports himself to the
scene of action. He arrives only in time to learn the
fatal result, but resolves oft vengeance.• This he finds
means to attain by substituting himself for the in-
tended Priest, who is to perform the nuptial *cere-
mony. Upon the order being given for the holy
junction of their hands, the magician throws off his
disguise, and spreading his wings to the air, mounts
into the higher regions, and goes clean out of sight,
with the bride and bridegroom in his possession. On
traversing an arm of the sea, the enchanter succeeds
in wresting from Koran the talismanic lyre, and
plunges him into the ocean. By the sea being made
to rise gradually to the altitude of the stage, the il-
lusion is in fact produced of the spectators descending
with Koran to the: depths of the watery element.
Hese they are introduced to the 4 Palace of Silence,"
where. Koran finding favour with the dumb-Mo.iarch,
by' the constancy he evinces for his Ruriac, in resisting
the charms of the water-nymphs, is supplied with a
novel kind of vehicle, by which to make his return'
to terra firma.—This is nothing less th:.:l a car drawn
by swans, in which the love-lorn youth tracks his
fluid course back again to mother earth. In the
Meantime Mimic is set loose from the power of Onl-
tanpac by the aid of a former attendant of his, Tyco-
or oc (G arm cat), and Tamar (T. P. CooKE), the fos-
ter, father of Koran. In the last scene these three
engage Osinctroilre and his whole legion of devils,
whom they succeed in killing or dispersing, with the
single exception of the'Magician, whose person is
impregnable to human assaults, when the interpo-
lition of the Vision, or Spirit of the Sin, puts an end
to the struggle, 'and by the extinction of Oulkospic,
,dissolves the enchantment. •
We cannot, by description; do justice to the mag-
nificence or costliness of the scenery. If it were any
praise; it might be said to be wearisome in its profit-
don. The perfection of the machinery, as seen in
the sudden metamorphoses, is deserving every ?raise.
The Performers all exerted-themselves to the utmost,
and the Piece was announced for repetition amidst
tumults of applause, such as we have never seen stn.
passed on any occasion of theatrical exultation.
Scriuttry Tff SA TRX—ThiS elegant Summer Theatre
opened for the season last night with the grind naval
spectacle, called The Fatal Coral Rock, or The Less
of the.lita;rgalore East heiessart. The Piece, notwith-
standing the serious nature of its title, end the main
incident on which it is founded, contained a sufficient
mixture of comic character and situations to affi

great pleasure to the 'holiday audience, by whom it
-was received with the loudest tokens of idrbiration
Some of the scenery was particularly well executed;
and the tremendous effects of a storm at sea were given With great truth and effect. The performers;
all of whom are kupwo to 'the public by their former
exertioni, '%-ore received and welcomed by the au-
dience with the-utmost cordiality and good humour.
A new Operaticliallet, called The Slatie Merchant, or,
AI Fie it the Seraglio, was afterwards performed, and
served dirpl;y lie state of the ballet department
Of this Theatre, which from the addition of Mr. J. J.
'Jones fromihe Italian Opera, and Ma'am Belle Maria,
M'a'am'selle Rosier, and Monsieur Gilbert Els, from
Paris; now displays considerable stfeogth. ' A laugh:
able broad farce, . entitled Three Xitt4 Eyes, or MI
Princeu of Stmt.'', concluded the evening's entettain-
mints, the Whole ,of which went off with great eclat.
CciaunG.—A well-tipied Piece,.entitled the Siege
of Saragossa, or the French in Spain ; the circum-
stances of which being- applied to the present threat-
ened invasion of that' country. "produced a_ most in-
teresting eirtpa and roPitirells Wising. . ••..._
I) is (wet AsrLax'i)---Tnis Tbeatre .qpened '
wrier the_ In4pa_ginnent of Mr. CNA/LT.3 Dinosw?
with the Ifs*. d. kr.r; . and other.Entertain-
meat! of it ;amyl!) deicnpt;qn. . • •-- ,%-
SA/LE/13 WSLES.•••4II:RICe4ent Ballet and a fine
busilinthinmhime; performed in the best style. .
OiminC.Tireartg.- 4t this Theatre last night.
11.' 41.x*iospee. conseitinred his exhihitifin of Ven-
triloquism for the prow season.. It is unfair to M.
Max/tonne, however., to describe bit exhibition as
neexe.369o4 far—bas .19e$44ditrseielt. IF4
less in siii ''', ormatfon of his' • ' . ce than in
.
the reinirkeble-nsOcluliiioni. br. Liiiironn i ni-
prove!, and will continue to improve the effect of 'his
exhibitions at lie grows more . &fakir With g)e Eng-
lish langung4o bis • betinitiOli aindlitworreCtion of
enuneiatiosi,• formed at the. outset .Of Ins. chreer a -se,
TWOS difficulty, and .. in part' cielptio.yed the illusion of
Resit:
his
its sti:E4 utmost efforts elhis art. We are happy
$: Aker be has been ieef arakcisifisl in his pro.
visaed -progresi since he last appeared in London.
' ELZGANT GLASSES, FEriljliTUNE,', &c.—The No-
bility and` Gentry are Invited to ImPect the Ware.
rooms of Com.** and Sof. 99, Bishopsgotte-Within,
where it exhibited an amoittnitit of-new
Sand second-
hand Plate GlxisissailenlraliliAtited do eve y &strip-
* of drawing or ofinuoutzoms.' The prices arejialit
reduced 40 per coup eskriates measuring 100 inches
by Tfli and upwards ijild on those of. stuallertlinsets
'lions the alteration* NF: found bqually important.
The extensive "prefesiegce given to this Establishment
is thankfully acknowledged by the Proprietors, who,
in their endeavours to evince their gratitude, by, nia-
nu4ettifing articha;in'a superioi manner, gat prices
Suitilie to the tie*, hope toi-merit a continuance. of
poblic.support. - lin the &I-nitwit department ii,.com-
?rued . every new and' elegant article of Upholstery,
talsiner, And chair.-work, . regulated • upon such a
sscale.if sOfgoair auto deeseirdeud ertsine the pe-
. tronage of Ina and fashion..
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