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

THE SECRET imvinort.

We announced oa Tuefday the reparations whieW
were making for an expedition again dealerse, and
force other porn of the enemy. Thai preparations
have been followed by an embargo in our ports, and
the execution of a vigorous and simian mesfure is
at hand. _ _ .

The plan of the intended espeetios originated in
Mr. &Immo Ps twits, of St. Paul's Church Yard.
That Gentleman has, for a coafiderable time. pro.
poled to Government to elofe op and permanently
blockade the ports of the enemy by finking at their
entrances old Sips of various bertheas, filled with
chalk or awes. By varying the number and the
fize of the foam reads, and by other contrivances,

adapted to the circurniances of the enemy's poet. be
confiders it to be in the power of this country to ren
der every harbour of France. Holland, and Pleaders
unnaripble, and totally tads.
After mature invelligadon, the idea has been
adopted by Government, and a number of old dips.
filled with Madam* rag Roue. are immediately to
be funk at the entrance of the harbour of Boulogne.
fo as to render it impodible for the enemy's rads to
come out, which have rendesvoufed in that port.;
ca♦fequeatly nothing farther will be to be apprehend;
eel from as intrafsos in that quarter I
The Sallow and intrigue *Weems of the Ports
of Holland will afterwards be more softly &caked
op and ruined. emftly in the Tama manner. and by
chaining numbers of him Ships together. Mr.
PHILLIPS deems it equally praftieable to eboak up the
harbour of Thu and all tbelarier ports of Fronor.
Co that so Sip of war can coos not of or go into
dint.

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Duds/ the war. the& Manning bloehades will
be rendered pennant. by doer or final dips
being Redound of each port. to shiny the anachl-
nery with which the sang may endeavour to :site
the foams asps.
In hon. the plan is as elicacioas n k is Staple I
and the power which we enittfivdy polish to avail
oerfelves of it, refaltsfrcos the peculiar eireasolbaca
of oor being the Mallen of the Ocean t a dominion
which this plan alone will enable us to perpetuate
daring any somber of ages. We have. &ley. to
maintain oar naval fuperiority. and the ports dewy
country. which nay dare to Whit uss are at our
mercy. The =Tice and the rivalry of bean will
henceforward be baronies t we Oa ban weft to
dread froth issrafion. and the Genies of Britain nay
suable her to bid defiance to a waddles one oppoted
to her I

Yellerday_Comm Woooono had a lons iataniear
with Lord HINIIIISBUILT, at his Mee m Dooraiar
beet.

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We are defied by Lard Corneas, to contradia
an ankle copiedw la the STAII on the 37th ak. from
a Morning per, raid to be an extra& of a letter
from an 016cer on board the AII4II. the Ilatement it
contains being unfounded.
Yeiterday Lord Curs, late Governor of Madras,
and fake, landed at Northfleet, from the Cairns
Eves Eail Indianian, Capt. Comma. His Lordthip,
after taking tome refrethment at the India Arms
Tavern, proceeded to town.
Covsmr.G•aoem Titsavas.—Laft night a new
nsafical Farce, intitkd The Para:P.4k e literary
prodoeion of Mr. Panics Hoaas, was performed ax
this Theatre for the firft time, of which the follawing
are the Dramatis Perform, and a !ketch of the Fable :
Mr. Topple . - Mr. MONDtill
Frisk Toppk, his Nephew • Mr. rAWCVTT
%Wok, oa Apothecary - Mr. BLANCIIAIIo
Harbert, Nephew to Ma& . Mr. BIA awn
Ilieloolitsatiti Faikmhx. mods cm.% ceeeenoNT
Maipr Ys." et Prank Toptt. -, Mr. Simmons
Baron Diu EMr. K
Scasmos, Mr. Topples Steward Mr. Emus,
tio. Cloth to Freak Top* • Mr. DAIPUPORT.
We. Top* . • . Mrs. D AAA P. A oar
Ma, Fmk Toppit's Sifter • Sly SToRACI.
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Frank Toppit, a young traddman, Wag ruined by the vanity
of keeping Winnable and expender mortar, reports to app;y
to his rode, Mr. Top*, who be. been fosse time retired into the
country, and is amp become a complete vsktodirtarlse. He
forms a party of plasm to wilt kit uncle on the median, aid I.
wady to let oot, when he reads la the nes.fpaper an account of his
' death, which has been Wetted by Eliza, Frank's finer, with a
good-humoured deign to frighten ber uncle out of his conduit
Wks of taking pliyile. TM. den net alter Frank's fame of
kis party to Topples villa, and be sceortlingly fend. an
ripkt toiMmaon. the Reward, with orders to prepare a dinner
i. jtyk, sod to give Reid lajonaions that no mention may be
made of his uncle's baying formerly been to trade. Solomon, an
hood! alleftionate levant, brings the letter to his matter, who,
essfperated by his nephew'. vanity, refoives to mortify him, by
renaming the &snider of his fifft employment. wl lch was that
of a 'ismer, making hie book pak fiir an Mooted bringing in the
dinner In ref" This predates eh., dared +et; Prank's fa•
filloulbet friends Ism Wu, and Toppit, having (albeit:nay pa-
mend his folly, pronsifes to return with him to town to adjuß his
affairs. Elea. having, conleted Acrid( the e ufe of the cnnfuhatt
which has taken place. obtains her uncle'. pardon, at the interce-
de' of Dr. Fieldale, a benevolent phydcien, and alto his c intent t t
give her herd to Herbert, Ficklair's nephew, who has lung Deco
smelled to bet.
Though in this piece we recognife a yet of old
friends with new faces, yet, upon the whole, the trt-
enef, of the fcene i, fo well concluded, and leveral
of the fituations are fo hum( urou.,, that we c.innot
withhold it our commendation. The afting of Nlcli•
DIN and FAWCE rr in the /wit:, uncle and nephew,
and of LLANC11•111). EMIIIIY, Mrs. I) PPPPP ORT, and
Signora Stos•cr, in rsaair, Soli:masa, .Ifrb To it,
and nee, was excellent; as wan the ranging of. nu
latter and Beaman throughout. FAWCLTT was ,i•
tremely whimfscal in a kind of mock bravura, in t x
fecond aft, whicit was encored. as were a long If
BRAHAM'S in the firli, and f l other airs and due: r..
The mufic, partly original, and partly (defied, by
BR•NAM, il much in the Rik of that of the Eirglo
Pier:, ar.d 1....% to 1..0a1l of no great variety; it is how-
ever al ogethcr pleating.—Tine Farce experienced a
favourable rccep:inn from a very fplendid and crowd-
'l cd auditnt y, and eat given out for a frond rept!.
fentation. Some mwinurs of difapproilat ion arc.e,
but they were overwhelmed in loud api!.tufc,•