Star.
London, England, 1820-09-26 00:00:00

THE ATRES.

COVENT •GARDEN.—Mr. KNOWLES'S Tragedy of
Virg/nit/A was performed last night, for the first time
during the present season, and with the same brilliant
success which marked its production in the last. The
cast of the characters was very nearly the same, Mr.
MACREADY in the principal one, from which the
Play takes its name, and which, by his manner of
playing it, he has rendered his mot, furnished new
proofs, if possible, of the justness of the reputation it
acquired for him.—After the Tragedy, the Opera-
dancers :appeared, for the third time, in the BaUet of
Joconde. A scene ensued, similar to that which oc-
curred on the first night of their appearance, ex-
cept that their adversaries were lea numerous.—
The piece was brought to a close, but such was the
clashing of discordant sounds from admirers and
enemies, that the music was almost wholly lost. The
Farce of ihe Sleep-IValker,comptessed into one Act,
succeeded; the part of Sam°, by Mr. YATEs, for
the first time. In the course of the performance.
Mr. YATES gave imitations of the most celebrated
performers of the day—KEAN, KEMBLE, YOUNG,
MACREADY, &C. in various passages of popular Plays,
and sometimes in the same passage. In most in-
stances the likeness to the original was striking and
den, and a perpetual fund of amusement and mer-
riment to a crowded House.
ENGLISH OPERA-HousE.—Mr. HARLEY'S benefit
took place last night at this Theatre, which was
fully and fa-hionably attended. No one has a better
claim than this excellent performer to public favour,
and, to do the Public justice, Mr. HARLEY never
makes his claim in vain.

The correspondence copied into our Paper of yes-
terday, respecting the challenge sent from Lieutenant
HOWNAM to the Baron D'OsirrEDA, forms, we UR-

derstand, but a small portion of that which really
passed. Mr. IIowNANI is n:w in France, and when
he returns to town, it is said, that a new light will
be thrown on the subject.
ELOPEMENT.—Last week, a young Lady, about
sixteen years of age, of large fortune and highly re-
spectable connections, eloped from her friends in the
neighbourhood of Plymouth. Her admirer is on the
verge of forty. The Lady's friends have gone in pur-
suit, but have received no tidings of the fugitives.

LEAP YE-Alt.—LW week, at a certain Sea-bathing place in
Yorkshire, a respectable Gentleman, a widower, having nearly
completed his stay at a boarding-house, announced that on the
following morning he should take his departure. . When he left
the room, two blooming daniscls followed, and one of them,
amidst the blushes of modest confusion, intimated that she had
something particular to communicate. It, however, soon be-
came evident that they both wish:l to say something pat ticular
to the interesting widower, and he was at length informed that
they had both fallen in love with him ! and that having waited
with patience to the very eve of his departure, without having
any tender intimation from him, they had at length resolved to
take the advantage allowed the sex in Leap Year; and each pre-'
sentlng him with their separate addresses, solicited the honour
of a letter to the one be most approved. In so singular a situa-
tion, his feelings (as may Le supposed) were overpowered; but
a Gentleman who, unseen, heard the whole affair, states,
that at length recovering his composure and firmness, he ob-
served, that to answer either whilst both were present was ins-
poarib/c—but assured them that he tidy appreciated the honour'
they had conferred upon him—and stated, that he undoubtedly
should be " Happy with either, were t'uther dear charmer away !"
ECLIPSE OF 11IE sloon.—Gisseoter OBSERVATORY (Da. 131:1
tuff's), SEPTEMSFR .22, 1820. —The Moon's southern limb im-
merged in the north side of the Earth's shadow at two minutes
past five o'clock, a.m. mean time. The Moon gradually grew
dim, changing trom a whitish light to a dull red colour, and
the edge of the Earth's shadow was ill-defined on her disc.
—At twenty-two minutes past five, when she was ere-f urth
eclipsed, she imin:Tged behind a cirrostratus cloud, near the hori-
zon, through which she afterwards had but a faint appearance.
Until she sank beneath this cloud, the eclipsed part of her disc
was perictly visible to the naked eye through the earth's shadow.
The Moon set half-eclipsed at 45 min. 50 sea past five o'clock,
when she was scarcely visible through the cloud. At the
middle elf the eclipse, the digits eclipsed were more than 10 deg.
ow of t 2 deg. which is nearly equal to that of the late Solar eclipse.
This eclipse was rendered more interesting from its being about
midway between the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
An Itiquest was yesterday held in Bartholomew's
hospital, on the body of J. Dudley, who had formerly
worked as a bricklayer on the premises of Messrs.
Reid and Co. in Liquorpond•street. The deceased
was found lying by the side of one of the vats, which
is about 30 feet high, with his head much cut, his
back, and several ribs broken. There was a pewter
pot lying near him, from which it was conjectured
that he had got iit unperceived, had mounted the
vat by its ladder to get some beer, and had fallen
down. Ile was speechless when found. Verdict—
Accidental Death.

Weclnes.iay last, a small fishing-boat, in which
were two men, named TAW and \Viacom, upset in a
squall, about half a mile off Looe, and instantly
sunk ; bnth the persons on board were drowned.
TAw was an infirm man, seventy-five years of age ;
WALcost was about twenty-five, and has left a wife
and child. His wife was on the beach waiting for his
coming on shore when the accident happened.
A. 6 entleman of the name of BAKER, residing in.
Oxford-street, was drowned, while bathing in the
Serpentine River on Sunday morning. Ile was sub-
ject to fits.
Friday se'nnight a poor woman, named Furlong,
going f(,r water near the fountain-head, in the suburbs
of Wexford, her foot slipped while crossing a stile,
when she fell with her head against a rock, and %vas
killed on the spot.