Star.
London, England, 1813-07-29 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEA77a.

The Comic Opera of Love is a Village was last
night perforinedthe character of Rarenti.by Mrs.
CHILD% who, about two seasons ago, made* very
successful Mat at Covent:garden, and' has recently,
been attached to the Bath Company. Having sue.'
ceeded in a Theatre of such magnitude as Covent.
garden, it was impossible that she could fail at the
Lyceum, which, from its small dimensions, may be
mfectly filled, even by a voice of moderate compass.
Mrs. CourpOs powers are of a very superior order:
her tones are remarkably rich and full, particularly
those of her upper voice—her execution is not very
brilliant, but it is clear and expressive—her cadences
are, in general, beautifully simple, an-1, perhaps, give
greater pleasure than the studied trifles of mare scien-
tific pertOrmers. But the merits of this Lady are not
confined merely to her vocal abilities—she delivered
the tii:tingtte, trifling as it- is, with so much good
sclise, and accompanied it with such graceful and ap-
propriate action, as imparted to several passages an
interest they would not have otherwise possessed.—
Her performance received the most general and line-
quivocal testimonies of approbation ; rapturous ap-
plause succeeded each of her songs : two of them,
" My heart's my own," and " How blest the maid,"
were enthusiastically encored. —Mrs. BLAND., as Madge,
was extremely entertaining: her imitation of the pro-•
vincial dialect is perfectly unique. The two ballads,l
incidental to the character, were given with her ac-
customed melody, and were highly applauded.—Mr.
J. SMITH supported the character of Raw/horn, and li
appeared to greater advantage in this part, both as
an actor and a singer, than in any other we have ever
seen 'rim perform. He introduced the favourite air
from Family Quarrels, ,g May we ne'er want a friend
nor a bottle to give him which he executed with
considerable effect.—Mr. Prue was the roung Mea-
dow: of the evening: his performance was mediocre.—
Justice Woodcock and 1. a Delorah were very ably re.
p• esented by Mr. LOVEGROVE and Mrs. SPA RIC! their
ludicrous disputes were managed on each side with
great comic humour. The amusing Farce of the
Bee-Hive followed, in which GATTIR sustained the
arduous character of Mingle with considerable effect,
and was highly applauded. The House was well
attended.

CENCKET MATCH.—The Grand .Cricket Match be-
tween the Enfield Club against the St. John's Wood
Club, was decided at Lord's Ground, on Tuesday, in
favour of the St. John's Wood Club. Five to four in
favour of the St. John's Wood Club at suiting.
RUNNINU AND DRIVING..--A Gentleman .of the
name of BENSON, undertook yesterday. morning, for
a wager of 50 guinea, to go on foot half an hour,
and drive half an hour, and to perform the distance
of sixteen miles in the hour. The ground fixed on
was the Bath road, and the pedestrian did five miles
and nearly a quarter in die half hour. He then
mounted into ;Might chaise, drawn by a blood horse,
galloped eleven miles in the half hour, and tem the
match easily.

FOOT-RACE.—Two Gentlemen, mimed WILSON and
SAWYER, ran a race yesterday of four miles in length,
on the Edgware road. .The former won the race by
about twelve yards. The distance was run in twenty-
four minutes. The betting was even, and the sum
posted was 450.

Boar Race.---Monday evening, a rowing-match
took place between four anscrielo-s in their own skiffs.
The starting-post was the centre arch of Westminster
Bridge, and he who first got thsof..th the centre arc::
of Battersea Bridge, was to be considered the winner
of a very considerable stake. The task was the more
difficult, as they had to :ow against tide all the way-
The match was at lengtil decided in fav,mr of Mr.
WILLIAMS, of the Temple, who reached the destined
goal about three boats' length before his antagonists ;
but he was so exhausted by his exertions, that at his
last pull lie fell senseless in the bottom of his skiff ;
he soon, however, recovered, and having partaken of
some invigorating cordial, rowed back to London the
same evening.
Wroxham Water Frolic was this year very gen-
teelly attended, and about ten o'clock, four boats
started for a silver cup, which was won by. the Le-
viathan, I'. T. BERRY, Esq..of Brecon, beating the
Telegraph, LovELL Wroxham, HAWKES ; and La-
vinia, CLOWES, all of Yarmouth. _

Sunday, as Mrs. Cor.► was walking in a meadow,
at a short distance front her home, near Windsor, she
suddenly fell down and almost instantly expired. It
may appear extraordinary, that as Mrs. C. was walk.
ing on the same spot that •day twelve months, at the
same hour of the day, she fell down in a similar man.
ner, and was taken home almost lifeless. _

Friday afternoon, a very violent storm of thunder,
lightning, and rain, fell near Bromley, which conti-
nued for nearly an hour and a halt. The torrent of
rain overflowed the roads, and made thein for some
time impassable. The storm extended only a short
distance. A ball of fire fell upon a chimney of a
house occupied by Robert Samuels, Esq. which it set
fire to, and passed down into the kitchen, carrying
with it an amazing quantity of soot, threw several
plates from off the rack, and struck a female servant
with such force, that it nearly deprived her of the use
of her right side. It then made its way into a par-
lour, where Mrs. Samuels and three of her daughters
were, burnt the door in a very extraordinary manner,
land at that period the room appeared to be filled,
with sparks of vivid fire. It then forced itself by the
bell wire through a passage into the dining-room,
tearing the room and wainscoting very much ; threw
sevcral splinters across the room, and turned the
gildings of the frame of some valuable paintings en-
tirely black; it then burst with an uncommon explo-
sion, leaving the whole house full of sulphurous
smoke. Li the room where it burst, there were four
gentlemen,none of whom received the slightest injury.
Fossils of an extraordinary nature have recently
been found in the neighbourhood of Brantford. The
soil, far as it has been dug, consists of five dis•
tinct beds. The uppermost is a gravelly loam; the
second, sand and gravel ; the third, a calcareous
loam ; the fourth, sand ; and the fifth, blue clay. The
uppermost bed contains no fossil remains whatever.
The next three contain the tusks of elephants, both
African and Indian. of the hippopotamus, the horns
and jaws of oxen, the horns of deer, pearl shells, and
the shells of fresh water fish ; but no sea animals.
The clay contains the fossil remains of sea animals
' alone, as echini, shells, &c. These fossils are scattered
without order in the beds.