Star.
London, England, 1804-09-03 00:00:00

DUBLIN, AUGUST :IL

Doinvaeoax Feta, the Bartholomew of
a-eltdin,r, to ancient cottons. commenced '
day, and on Sundae, notwitlittaridiag the appear-
ance of the City, Magittrates with a *adroit of
dragoons, many thoutand per funs of all chafes, ages,
and diainhions waited the green, a; if to view the
kene from which they were to experience In many
hours of revelry, rn the removal of the reftrielion
placed for the due fairer vance of the Sabbath.
At an early hour in the morning.• and during the
entire day, the road from Dublin prefented as motley
a cavalcade as on any former or finalar occafion.
Coaches, chariots, landaus, jingles. gigs. ears of all
kinds, barouches, curricles„ noddies, hunting carts,
dirt carts, drays. holies, cults, mares, geldings, mules.
and saes, followed in tech rapid fucccmun, that the
pedeatians had hardly a (pace lett to them except
upon the pathway, which was plentifully (treated
with whilkey, ale, and cider, and a great profufion of
rotten oranges, green apples, fugar pe,l%,fguert whey,
red herrings. cheefe, and gingerbread, occalionally
relieved by fhewmen,,ltedge gamblers, and a
nume-
rous groape of impure:, with their paramours from
town, who preferred Adam's ten-toed machine, to
the beg vehicle love or money could procure.
Arrived at the Fair Green, one was naturally alto-
naked at the Strange madam of wiles that iffued
from a thoufand uninftruBcd atuacians, producing
that kind of ear.offending difeord which Hogarth
defcribes fo burnt-woolly in his print of the Eur.tt.ted
Fidler; the young Farina were tmetinkious of their
Want of harmony—and while one capered to the
larcitiotts number," of a penny fife, another blew a
(oteau) Mali Ilmns a Tunbridge trumpet, with all the
atergy of Sbmidt or Wilrnan ; drums were innume-
rable, and a thoufand little gentlemen (hutted round
the fair with wooden (word-, like fo many Bona-
pastes in mini.tture.
Although the tents were (truck
,at an early hour,
by the Ltd Mayor's direhiotts, the people could not
refill the opportunity of drinking health' to their
friends in Dublin—and accordingly the kite of each
tent was occupied by thole who hat hived the grounds
who accommodated a►ll kinds of cullomere at their
unfheltered larders, without any drfinaios of religion.
Whiikey punch, the poifen, or as tome enemies to
water drinking terns i•olle honey of this country, was
mixed in churns, tubs, and buckets, and the Dod-
der's banks, if they were moulded into man, and re-
ceived the breath of life, could iellify how many vd.
taries of Bacchus reeled betide its Stream till Monday
' Palming.
Yetleiday, the tents were erefted. and the fair
was waited by thoufands ; the Rock road was in a ,
manner deferred, as neoly all the fixpenny neck-
br•eakers plied at Donnybrook.
On Sunday, when Heaven was their canopy, and
the earth their font-Stool, the feeereige people. as they
are contemptuoully termed, experienced a delightful
day, which they well merited by their exttemely
proper condo°. and a due regard for every taw but
that of fobriety.

On Sunday night two lads, aged ten and thirteen,
of the name. of 'Fulton and Wittingtun, both Cons of
refpeklable perfons in Bath, were drowned near Put-
teney bt ;dire by the upfetting of a boat in which they
were paddling on the river.
A Gentleman, named Barham, telling near Col-
chener, on Thurfday eveniag palling a loaded cart,
in Shadwell Highßreet, in making way for the dri-
ver, fell under the-cart—a Gentleman ran, and pul-
lr.d him fo far away as to lave his life, but the wheel
went over, and flasaured his knee and part of his
thigh.
Lift week, as a jobber, at Barnham, Norfolk, was
cutting up a hog, the rope by which it was fufpend-
ed broke, and falling on the knife, it cut off the 111110's
left hand at the writ.

nem—Early yellerday morning a fire broke nut
in the houfe of • Gentleman in Saliibtiry-fyliare,
Fleet-greet ; but by the timely exertions of the fire.
men, and the promptitude of alTalance from the neigh-
bours, the rnifchief was chiefly confined to the room
in which it commenced. It is Paid to have been oc-
cafioned by a female levant (who WAS burnt in a
molt flincking manner) indulging hcrfelf in the very
dangerous praftice of reading in bed.
Saturday morning about kalf pan four, a fire broke
out in the laboratory of Meffrs. Bufh and Howard,
Cannon.fireet, three or four doors from ‘ValbroA ;
it fit ti appeared in a lbower of fpatks, which fell in
Salter's Hall paffage and St. Sv.i:hitdsdi Inc, and
threatened extenfive damage ; as neatly half an
hour elapfed after the arrival of the engines hel,sre
any water could he obtained ; by great exertions,
however, nn the part of the Volunteers and Firemen,
the flames were nearly confined to the laboratory,
which by (even o'clock was reduced to ruins.

A vaR quantity cf cloves were lately deftroyed by
a fire at Ambeyna.—it broke nut in a clove planta-
tion, and is Rated to have originated in the friEtion of
two trees againß each crhs timing an ainenmmon
high wind. The flames raged with great violence
for two days and a night, devouring every thing in
its muff. Some village., and fevcral depots of
grain, have likewifc been dcilroyed.
On the 14th of ha menth, about one o'clock in
the murriiiig, a Lady of the name of BOWMAN, wlsufe
hufband (C♦aptain nfthe Duckenfield NVeR Indianian)
is at fea, unfortunately fet her head drefs on fire by
a, candle, as the flept with her head on a tattle, which
inßantly communicated to her clothes, and, before
any affiltance coald get to her, (the reit of the fami-
ly being in bed and afleep), burned her whole body,
from bead to font, in a manner impeffible to de-
fcribe—nnt hardly an at••m of her clothing but was
reduced to tinder, and her flays, which are (WI to
he feen, hutned to a cals. From her knees to the
crown of her head was a complete cirid r ; her flefh
in many parts, particularly her hreari,, break'ng
open as if lacerated by a knife : her a•nt., from the
fingers end to the armpits, wete as it wailed, and
nothing but a groan indicated life. In this &pinta-
' hie condition, the matter of the horfe, after rifkoiv
his life in ertitwoilhing the flames, %huh, when hr
got to the woman, had communicated to the fin.,
■nd wainfentting of the pattage where fhe lay, called
in a t.entieenan of the faculty, who immediately ten-
tiered her all else afflftaner the moment would allow.
and, though be dcfpaired fir tl.r.• days of faring
her lite, me u DOW la 4 lilt a+) of TC.:. Ica is