Star.
London, England, 1812-07-21 00:00:00

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Yesterlay ntornine, at six o'cicct,
place between General Tanawroft and
Hnocx. req. After exchanging one
was avoidably seuled. Colonel
second' to. Mr. Hooka. and General
second to die General.'
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°RAW) MASQUERADE, Ar P

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Law night this long-expected interlude
mer amuse gents of this great metropolis
The unfavourable state of the weather
Feavily. with but slight interns:scion during
day and night) had considerably damped
of the gay parties. who had promised
pleasures of the scene, and no doubt
merons groupes of interesting masques.
however, the evening went off with '
and there was u a sprinkling" of all
amusements which are usually witnessed
rade In this country.
Soon after the doors were opened, a
made his debut, and bawled himself hoarse
hour before he could muster a ship's con
was succeeded in his short-lived popularity,
ly by a Jack-ass-Driver seated between '
on an unfortunate donkey, which was
made to take op an additional rider from
motley *mope, until the poor animal'
under its Mad. A junta of Fox Holston
company with. the 'new-halloo until the •
supper, when they were no more heard
were Watchmen, Countrymen, Sailors,
Butchers, Shoemakers and Taylors in
like nue leaders of the canaille they were
ed only for their noise, vulgarity, and ;-
1 Among the best supported greupes,
with great delight, a Wild Man of the
his keeper nr showman, holding him
tached to his middle. Both were excellent
—the former astonished the company '-
and agility of his movements, an A imitated
and chirping of an ape most naturally,
perfectly MI fait in his part, and described
ful qualifications of the man-mons,.. _
with the tree science of a caravan naturalist.
A Savoyard, with his pipe and tabor, •
a tambourine, and a pretty girl.lhis
.now and then gave us a peep of a
sante, through the extended jaws
Bear, were most amusing masks.
effect of a beautiful face now and
from under the mask of a Satyr or
twee, as-we believe, a most prominent
humour of the Saturnalia of ancient P
has classicality, therefore, to recommend
the present occasion it was most happily
A group of Ballad singers, male
41 Robin Adair," harmonized, or
transatlantic expression) den itionalised'V
r 0919 voices. Maugre our objection sr
' of an exquisite native melody, by the
cater for the dilettanti of the Metropolis,
was frequently sung most delightful!,
In the ballad style was called for during
The female voices were of the first order
scription of lyrics.
A group of .Highlanders, attended
with craclwd violins, affbrded some
the display of the Highland fling, w
pirouettes. They were accompanied by
tish damsel, but she was the Lady
in point of elegance and beauty.
Some smart repartees occasionally
twccn a Jew Rabbi and one of the elt
bernacle. They mutually charged
violating their creed, by visiting such
ceptacle for sinners. An old Clothesman,
uniform dullness of his deportment,
brains and his bag were alike empty.
only one Barrister present, but luckily'
qualifications, there were no disputes _
importance. He had evidently emerged
Courts below. A stock-broker, whose wK
above par. but who impudently demanded
omnium round the supper tables, was a good butt
for the better sort of wits, as they sat at table. There
I was a tolerable Turk, who preserved a due gravity
of manners, but his Sultana was like the rest of bee
sex garrulous in the extreme, and profiting by the
laxity of English manners, frequently u threw the
handkerchief') from a pair of killing black eyes.
A Hamlet wandered the whole night in search of
an Ophelia, but no love-sick damsel seemed willing
to associate with such a counter of a Prince. His
whole pretensions to notoriety consisted in his" inky
cloak, ungartered hose, and beard unshorn."
There were abundance of- Spaniards, who had
never heard of the character, except through the me-
dium Of Boniface's sign-board between Highgate.
and Hampstead—Hidalgos without' gentility, and
Peasants without patriotism. There were a few sk
whose assumption of the Spanish hat and man-
tints gave anew lustre to truly British charms, but -
they canstrand departed like shadows, unable to find".
suitablepittneen
Maid-servants out of place were, profusely sew..
erred thyttogh the crowd, and were invent imte
their oritreatios, to be taken into empiiyamot's and •
great nninbesii of Gypsies were lavish in •
good or bidformes, in proportio‘ te. the MAW
their fees. Upon the whole. we unite Let' left '
that the entertainment went AWL: The Andes
was kept up with much spirit thrall/Witt. audit was
six o'clock this morning before thecompeey left the
scene.
When the Supper Room! were thrown. epos. the •
tables presented a difftwirm of all the deSeacfeskof the
wawa' They were displayed with nusehleses,
Some idea may be formed of the proftwites, from the
following bill of fare s • -
Ono hundred sod fifty dem Of fowls-180 AMA of hub.
200 topples sad hams. orrantsotod-1100 tontine—too sidled
ples-200 army Bikes—ro dishes of ponll%-11111 }Miss.-100
quarts of ice creme-60U l,outs of umwtorilies-400 wt. et
Cherries, besides a vast %misty -of seisse fradhe. MA& lama

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a Duel toot
and THR.Delar
shot e ich, the
tel DAVI was
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wie to the suns.
Ais tnk place. •
r (for it riined
ming the
sped the ardour
themselves the 1
it withheld nu-
tem As it was,
tolerable eclat,
the varieties of
ed at a masque.
s drunken sailor
tootle in half an
company. He
larity, alternate.
en two punniers
ras occastoosilr
from among the
repeatedly sank
men amused the
be .6011 rang for
ieard of. There
eilors, Pyemen,
a abundance, bat
were distinguish.
d impertinence.
apes, we noticed
the Woods, with
int by a rope at-
cellent
y by the rapidity
rated thegrissacee .
y. His leader was '
ribed the wonder- I
et' to the curious,
uunalist.
bur, his wife with
is daughter, who
a lovely counte-
rs of a diacing
The ludicrous
then peeping not
wild animal, for- •
inent part of the
t Rowe the ides
nmend it, and ma
,ppily executed.
and female, sang
rather (to use a
onalixed' to suit
to this murdering
the tricksters who
etropolis, the air
illy—nothing else
luring the evening. f
t order for this 4-
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dud by 1111;SOUVbf
tie ansusensent, by 4
with all its savage ~
dby only one Scot- I
Lady of the Lake"
ally took place be.•
elect from the Ta-
d each other with
such a naughty re. ,
:lothcsmarl, by the
nt, proved that Ms
empty. There was 11
ckily for his slender
ttes to settle of any
emerged from the
whose wit was never
lemanded a slice of
t, was a good butt
sat at table. There
rued a due gravity
like the rest of her

ars desiert. •
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by herself, have at length *mimed. Thorsen., fie
the first time, exhibit, in the broad lighter=
of the most important transaetioneerekt
Century, and Jice 'misled twessok-eatoosirlilUilt
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