Star.
London, England, 1811-09-21 00:00:00

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A letter has been received from Rugensburg, scat
ing that the people of Pomerania have risen ea iattfie,
to the number of between 40 or 50,000, to resist the
oppression of BONAPARTE. This account receives
some support from letters which have arrived Gant
Gottenburgh. A letter from an Officer on board
one of the ships of the British fleet in Wingoe Sound.
dated September ;contains the following paragraph:
Intelligence has reached us of commotion the.
have happened in Pomerania ; and from the char.4ctea
lof the accounts that have lately been received irons
I thence oldie niiserable situation of the inhabitants, it

is not thought improbable.'•
FORTUNATE ESCAPF. —We feel happy in having it,
in our power to state the escape from the Incinisitioa
Prison of Seville, in Spain, of that brave and old Offs.
cer Major Bitootts, who was most severely wounded
in three places in his head, by the Polish Lancers,
and taken prisoner in the battle of Albuera ; in which
action, the battalion of the 48th Regiment which he

commanded was almost cut to pieces. We uncle!.
,tAnd that the fracture in his skull continua yet dis.

charging particles of bone, and that he is returning
to this country for recovery. We notice this escape
as a singular act of determination rarely fortunate
enough to succeed, as the Inquisition prison of Sc.
ville is one ri the strongest and best guarded in Spain;
.Ind his nee being much advr.nced, together with the
wounds I.e received, and difficulties he must have had

to encounter in a journey of at least 100 leagues,
greater part on foot, through a mountainous country,
renders it a bold and great undertaking happily ac-
complished.
COVENT-GAZDENTHEATRP..-....Last night the Comte
Opera of The Dwane was represented at this Theatre.
for the purpose cif introducing a vocal stranger to the
town, in the part of Carlo:, and for transplanting Mrs.
BISHOP from the small parterre of the Lyceum, to the
wide establishment of Covent-garden. The Ditenaait
unrivalled among modern operas, for the elegance of ite
language, and the natural and simple succession of the
plot. I'ke songs are not forced upon the parts ; Red the
fortunate thought of selecting popular tunes, which no
one then or since, ever heard without true musical de-
light, finished the excellence of a production which was
conceived and produced in the happiest moment of ge-
nius. Having frequently had the felicity to hear Mrs,
BISHOP sing the allotted airs of Clara, there was not
the same interest called forth by her appearance, as if
she had been an immediate detutante. She played the
part with more spirit, on this occasion, than formerly.
!and executed the first song with chastity and sweetness;
but she was not so entirely at her ease in the celebrated
bravura of " Adieu thou dreary pile," for though she
was nearly perfect in her time. the politer oilier voice
'was not wholly equal to the complete fulfilment of
that exertion. The young Gentleman who played
Carlos burst upon our senses like a rare grit, as we
were not prepared to hear any thing so satisfac-
tory. His voice is a tenor of a very fine qua-
lity, and his management of that voice proves that
he is acquainted with the elements of his profession.
He appeared to us to fail only in his shake ; but we
have much more to expect from him than was in.
eluded in his bright essay on yesterday evening.
as he evidently drew upon a vocal power that was
not then put forth in all its strength. He suffered
from the visitations of a becoming modesty, yet
it was not fraavaite honer. He ran from a manly
tenor into alt in a clear unbroken stream of me-
lody, and his emphasis was so just, that we have
even heard Mr. iIRAHA 11, in some instances, less cor-
rect, though more animated. If we are not much de-
ceived, this Gentleman will become a material acqui-
sition to the musical world. His name is Snit-Lein,
and he is A North Briton ; he was formerly at the
head of a regimental band in Scotland. His figure
is somewhat graceful, and he is about five teet seven
inches in height.—The parts of Father Pad and the
Lay Brother were assumed by Mr. EMERY and Mr.
SIMMONS, and we are impelled by candour to aver,
that we have never seen those characters so ade-
quately filled before. Mr. BLANCHARD in Dells Jerorar,
Mrs. DAVENPORT ill the Duetiaa, and Mr. F./terra
in the Motai‘ Carieatura, were meritorious ; but fura
ther this deponent saith not.
By a Gentleman who has recently left Archangel,
and arrived in town, we have received the following
communication on the state of affairs in Russia. Ho
says that most of the commerce with that country is
now carried on by the Americans, and that there
were no less than 105 Americans lying at Archangel
when he left it. There were also a great number at
St. Petersburgh, all laden with colonial produce, aa
article which the Russians were in great want of.—
He further states, that the Emperor ALEXANDER has
a very large army on foot, but owing to the officers
being so badly paid, no reliance could be placed on
them, and this is in a great measure the cause of his
not commencing hostilities against France. In gene-
ral it was expected, by the well informed, that, should
a war take place, BONAPARTE would be soon at St.
Petersburgh. Our victories in Portugal, when re-
ceived there, were hailed with joy, particularly by the
i
i Nobility, who are all in favour of England ; but all
i their attempts to persuade ALEXANDER of the dread-
ful situation of his Empire were in vain. Ile is en-
chanted by female intrigue, not by that of BON A.
PARTE% Ambassador,- but by the arts of a French
mistress.
Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, a dreadful
fire broke out in the upper part of the house of Mr.
Kaye, of Croydon, which was almost totally consumed
in the course of an hour. The family, and servants,
Frovidentially escaped without receiving the least per -
vpal injury.

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