Star.
London, England, 1824-02-02 00:00:00

DRURYLANE THEATRE.

The Merchant of ['cake was performel on Saturday
at this Tht-atie, when Mr. WAl.t.,►cl assumed, for the
first :inie, the part of Bassani°. It is not one which
requires great powers or great exertion, and therefore
was nut caiculatei ing all his abil;tie-i into
They were displaye,l, however, in a manner that gave it
more than usual importance, ar.d obtained much just
applause fur its t-epresentative. Mr. KEAN, in Shylock,
equalled, if he did not surpass all his former personifi-
cations of the character, and received loud and ample
procfs of the admiration which his excellent portraiture
of the revengefnl Jew exciteJ. Mrs. WEST was spirited
and impressive in Portia, and the whole peifortnance
highly gratified a numerous audience.
FA 51110.% s FOR t'LBRUARY.

Warms. Dasss.—A rich brown-colour cloth coat, made plain,
and trimmed in front, where it fastens with graduated scollops of
French braiding ; broad at the shoulders, and lessening towards the
waist, from thence extending till it reaches the bottom of the skirt,
and finished on the outside with fringe of the same colour. Broad
band of braiding round the collar, waist, cuffs, the bottom of the
skirts, and the seams of the back, which meet in a point, and are
ornamented in the centre, and finished with frogs. The epaulette
is formed by a double row of fringe, and from the wrist an orna-
mented scroll of braiding extends half way up the arm. Black vel-
vet bonnet, lined with the aame ; the brim very broad, and edged
with amber-colour satin and cord; the crown deep, and small to-
wards the top ; the velvet in large folds round it, and relieved with
bands of amber-colour satin, garland of fancy flowers, and satin
bands of French folds. Cottage cap, with full border of British
Mechlin lace. Yellow gloves, chinchilla muff, and black satin boots.
EVENING Mass.— Dress of lace over a pink satin slip ; the
corsage a la Reuben s; the front formed of four pink satin straps
edged with white satin, and fastened on each side with small gold
buckles. The sleeve short, and composed of four rows of pink satin
squares edged with white ; between each row a full puffing of lace
appears; satin band round the arm. The angular-embroidered
stripes of the skirt are terminated in festoons of flowers, and a deep
flounce of scolloped lace arranged beneath, and the whole finished
by a rich embroidered scolloped border ; the length of the skirt ap-
proaches to a train. Spanish hat of pink satin, turned up all round,
rather broad in front, where it is slashed transversely, and tulle II:-
traduced, excepting towards the left side, where a feather protrudes,
of which there is a full plume of pink and white. The crown has
a quadrangular ornament, which is lined, and each corner turned
over. Ear-rings and bracelets of pearl set in gold ; gold chain and
cross. Long white kid gloves, lace scarf, and white satin shots.—
From Ackernsann's Repository. _ .

Orasa Dana.—A gostarner satin round robe of a pale amber
colour, with three flounces at the bottom, in festoons; the flounces
falling over each other, and quilled en denies de loups ; over these
I are slightly scattered China-asters of different colours. The bust is
not distinguished by any ornament, but is remarkable for the deli-
cate correctness that shields it, without concealing the contour,
which is embellished by bollfont drapery, laid across next the
tucker, and divided simply by a bow in the centre. The sleeves
are short, but not so full as they were worn last month. The hair
is arranged in the Parisian style, with a head-dress formed of pearl-
coloured satin bows, which tie under the chin, a In Illarrnolie, with
.fichu ends, trimmed with blond. Two white feathers, beautifully
drooping, fall over the left side of the head, and nearly touch the
shoulder. A necklace, composed of two rows of hrge pearls, and a
'calf of fine white lace, disposed in drapery, finish a costume,
which, we must say, has more style and novelty to recommend it,
than what is generally more becoming in full dress; for a coffeure,
tied down close to the face, with a robe ornamented with flowers,
and white feathers depending from the head, is one of those inno-
vations which a pretty woman of fashion will sometimes fall into,
but it is not in good tasted and conveys the idea of indisposition.—
From La Belle Auensbile.

DUEL.—Early on Saturday morning a meeting took
place near the Regent's Park, between B. M. Esq. and
Capt. P. of the Navy, attended by their seconds, when
Mr. M. received his antagonist's ball a little above the
left knee, but it did not lodge. The parties left the
ground on friendly terms.
DUEL PREVENTED.--Captain F—W—ER and Mr.
a Gentleman of fortune, met at Thaxted-
Green, Middlesex, on Saturday mot ning, at day-break,
to decide a dispute ; but, after the measurement of the
ground, two officers appeared, and they were suffered
to depart, on pledging their honour to find ttueties to
keep the peace, which have since been entered into.
Accounts from Bayonne to the 25th, and Dutch and
Brussels Papers to the 31st ult. have reached us. The former are
insignificant : the latter intimate that some conspiracy of an exten-
sive and alarming nature had been discovered in Bavaria, but with-
out entering into any other details than that " the Officers cf Jus-
tice and Police were permanently assembled to continue the exami-
nations of a considerable number of prisoners, and that six pounds
of poison had been blund in the barracks of the military at
Nuremberg."
A Jamaica letter, received by the packet, mentions
that an application has been sent home from the Post
Office there, to allow the packet, when she arrives from
England and has landed her letters, to proceed to Car-
thagena to take letters on board, and then proceed to
Kingston to complete the mail. This would prevent
her from lying three weeks idle in port, the usual time
that intervenes between her art i vat and sailing again.
Four students, who, with several others, have been a; -
'rested in consequence of disturbances in the vicinity of
Halle, were lately conveyed through Potsdam to Berlin
with a military escort.
We hare received Bogota and €arthagena Papers ;
the former to the 26th October, the latter to the 23d
November, inclusive. In the latter Papers we find a
notice of a correspont'ence which has taken place be-
t %Ten the Governor of Ma, tinique and the superior Mi-
litary Chief of the North District of Colombia. The
Governor of Martinique assures the Colombians that ! is
orders are strictly to preserve neutrality.
The new composition to prevent the corrosion ofcop-
per on ships' bottoms, noticed in another page, is now applying on
the bottom of the Suat.ir cutter, under the direction of Sir R. DAvy
and Sir It. Szeruoia, at one of the F.astern Dock-yard,.

I • P. 4 VAL INTEn.: 1 tic E..
, - •
'Advites frOm the nth De viteiriber state that tCe• • t;sh
.struldront const,46:g of iit ships was ts• liil Rot Tontifon the w-
ing. morning.
An iron forethast vitt bowsprit, sent ErorriPeptford to dt.thani,
are now to be sent to t heerness, and to he stepped in the Ars.l%i:
frigate, which is goSog to sea to make Oil of them.
Sailed from Portsmouth. the 11:meow s=itlier, Lieutenant POWSKY,
to the Eastward, and arrived again on Saturday morning, having
crept up on Friday, off Chichester, 57 to ba''if foreign spirits, mak:ng
upwards of 120 within the .last month. . •
Captain W. Bowie .N 1 kW 1/1 (brucher of t(telate Codennslorr.Slt
R. Alicins), is appointed to the BreNeist, 46, fitting as citithemt:
for South America. Lieutenant E. Hatiort4,.ii• is a:so appointed to
that ship; I.leutenant Pv gssarr, to the Goa': (Mock :de serrke.
Lieutenants G. L. SAUNDERS, G. C. Aleuts, are
promoted to the rank of Cutomander. Mesirv. L ikissuri,
CA lOW-NITER, H. G. Ket.i.oci.:, G. I [GORY, 1141rr.. It. S.
TOM! Viti, NI PEAR:II:, .1. J. 1"4.1.,:p,inx, C. G ;NUM% .1.1.1 N
HILLS, A 11.TLI UR T. Moßkeir' Jad CII A •;.. 11141/dllpaleli,•
are promoted to the rank ofLietitecalt.
The Urania, NEw:cos, of :Leith, arrived safe at Port .rackson;
New South Wales, on the 16th of July last; the A:ndruutecia,
Crum ditto, arrived out on the 7.lst of the same month; and'
the Berwick, iserter, of latu.doo, which hat! aao nizny fiassengers:
from Scotland, arrived at Port Jackson, on the 7rh of August: The
Urania sailed for Rio Janeiro on the 12th of the leter month.

FALMOUTH, JANUARY W Ind S.S.Wa?—Acriv 1:1 the Earl of
Selkirk, WALKER, from Newfoundland in nintteetz days. Sailed the
Steamer packet, for Lisbon. Put back, with da.-naze, the Lady
Mary Pelham racket, fot the Leeward Islands. •
Poarsatoutn, FRIXUARY I.—Wind S.F---Sailed the Macqueen,'
Waaaaa, fur India; and Joseph Green transp,ort, 1: sr Cork. Ar-
rived yesterday the following outward-bound vesoela from the
Downs; viz.--..Ttmo, Elbe, Stag, Cambria, John Tuserer, Barba-.
does Planter, Medway, Posthumous, and Lot:bin:ton.
DEAL, FESILVARY .—Wind S. by W.—Remain, oda rwo
names unknown, the Salacia, Haws, for Jamaica; and theDolni•
nica, HOLDER, for Madeira and St. Vincent's.
Cowas, FEBRUARY I.—Sailed the Lord Hungerford and Diichess
of Athol, for India ; Smeaton Castle, BROth4, for Chariest( m ; Anil,
%Yam:oar, for Cape Coast Castle;andComet, Moons: for S. tvlalliah.•
LivER IVO JANUARY 31.—Arrived the Thomas ;furrow s,—l'
from 'f iinidad ; Antigua packet, from Bahia ; Cortes, Da Cr, er; and'
Duchess of Gloucester, KING, from New York ; Braganza, m IgieltY,
from Virginia ; Ida, ALoainca ; True Blue, and Thomas Gil stone,'
Irmo New Brunswick; and William and Helen, ROWLAND, fie"
Hydra. Captain CA RGILL, of the Nerina, arrived here with the
laticholy account of several shipwrecks, between the 21st and *lith"
ult. principally between Chetecon and Cape North; viz.—Neril lay
of N Hull Shields ; Wyton, of 11 ;
Assistance,
of Liverpool ;an 4.
Commerce, of Bristol: most of tke crews were saved. The coast 4
seas stremt.l with wrecks.