Star.
London, England, 1819-02-01 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. I COVENT GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND.

Weeerm Deese— A high dress composed of , French grey
Circassian cloth; the bottom of the skirt is ornar;tented with ttitioll was celebrated at the Freemason's Tavern, .
bands of white lutestring, edged with cord the colour of -the
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dress, which forms lozenges ; each lozenge is ornaments! at it has certainly never been our fortune to wit. at the -
top and bottom with aIA bite lutestring lose, the heart of which tress a scene so truly gratifying, not only from the
is very much seen ; it is formed of hard-twisted silk, and this benevolence of the object, but from the variety of
gives the flower a rich and novel appeerance. The body is made. exquisite entertainment which it afforded. 4U the
up to the throat, but without a collar; it is ornamented round I talents of all the
Theatres were assembled, and used
the top of the bust with a light silk trimming; hods the beck '""`' ~,
and front are full, but the Athenian braces, which are-worn with their utmost exertion to contribute to the enjoyment
it, confine it to the shape. The dress has a plain long dteve. A of the company. Each, indeed, appeared emulous •
long plume of white ostrich feathers, the edges of wench are to heighten the hilarity of the evening, and that enm-
curled, is placed on one side. French grey gloves. A large lation naturally enforced the appeal to every generous
dian scarf i., throe. n over the shoulders. This (tress is wurn in
I carriage costume as well as for elegant promenade dress. • heart to provide the means of protecting the mem-
Ersaiso Darss.—A round dress composed of white satin; the bers of this liberal profession from the visitations of
skirt falls in easy folds round the figure ; the bottom of it is indigence. That appeal was, indeed, irresistible, and
richly trimmed with a double ruche of white net, over which is its effect was manifest from the amount of the con.
a beautiful wreath of white net rose; intermitted with large vel-
vet leaves: this is surmounted be a net ruche to correspond tributions. His Royal Highness the Duke of yoltic
with the bottom. The body is cut low round the bust, but so was in the Chair.
as to shade the bosom in a very decorous manner; it is trimmed A few minutes before seven o'clock, his Royal
with lace Lilts. The bottom of the wai,r i; trimmed to cones-
pond. A very short lace sleeve, made full ; the body is contrived Highness entered the room, accompanied by his
in S very novel way, so as to form a part of the sleeve. The Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and followed by
head-dress is a low white satin toque, ornamented in front with The Marquis-es of Lansdown and Angleaea, the Earl of Ls' set,
white roses, which are surmounted by a plume of ostrich fee- Viscounts Torrington and Lowther, Lords Holland, Cahir, and
there; it is tied under the chin by a row of pearls, finished by Normanby, the Lord Mayor, Sirs G. Heathcote, L Skeihngtoe,
pearl tassels.—ekke,,,acittn's Hi'.sitars of .arts. J. SOvester, G. Webster, G.Beauntan, H. Peyton, the Attorney
BALL DRyis,—Frock of scarlet gauze, brocaded with white and Solicitor General, General Gwynn, Colonel Berkeley,
silken flowers, worn over a white satin slip ; the dress richly or- Messrs. G. G. W, Taylor, D. Kinnaird, J. llobhouse, J.
namented with fine lace. The head-dress, consisting of either a Maberly, sI. Dawson, 11. Harris, and Mr, Alderman Birch.
beautiful tiara of pearls, or a fancy ornament of downy plumage, Covers were laid for 470 Gentlemen, but the great
pi or of frosted Italian
re/de—this ornament s, however, almost
room being, found insufficient for the accommodaticn
concealed. by a bonnet de 'fore, composed entirely of v. bite
ostrich feathers. The stamina of the Turk's cap, with the pistil, of all the visitors, several Gentlemen were under the
are represented by a small plume of short white herons feathers. Aee.essity of dining in another room, when Mr. Dania.
Erneuse Deess.—Gallician frock of black Italian gauze over Movlo took the, Chair. A much greater number at-
a white satin slip; short sleeves. Head-dress composed of pearl
than was originally expected, but so judicious
cordons and rich plumes of white ostrich feathers. Oriental tended
pearl necklace, and white satin slippers. was the arrangement, so well did the host, as well as
FRENCII.---CARRIAGE COSTUMG—Round dress of fine cambiic, each of the Stewards, all of whom were of the thea-
with six flounces of India muslin; spencer of cherry-colour( d trical profession, act his part, that every individual
or Tyrian purple velvet ; with bonnet to correspond; the spencer
was comfortably accommodated, as well as agree,
elegantly finished down the bust with rich silk Brandenburglis;
the bonnet lined with white, and suranuunted by a plume of ably amused, the whole of the company being,
white ostrich feathers. Black satin slippers, and Florence gloves. through the introduction of at: additional table, as.
senibled alter dinner in the great room,
The great gallery w,ts tilled with female beauty,
and the gallery above the Chair was occupied by
musicians—so the eye, the ear, and the heart, were
equally gratified upon this very interesting occasion.
Upon the cloth being removed,
The King—the Prince Regent—the Hoye' Family—the AP-
any, and the NAV y, were drank with enthusiasm, and followed
by .4 Cod save the King"--" Hail, Star of Brunswick !",
" How merrily we live"—and " Rule Britannia."
The Duke of SUSSEX then rose, and observed, that
as one of the Vice-Presidents, it fell to his lot to pro.
pose the health of his Illustrious Relation who now
filled the Chair. When the Army was given as a
toast, the name of his Royal Highness was omitted,
though never coupled with it but with applause. No
one, indeed, could look at the events of late years
and not feel that the applause was just. but not only
was the Army indebted to his Illustrifts Relative,
but the country' at large also ; for the Commander in
Chief had introduced into the Army economy and
sobriety—(applause). It must also be gratifying to
the country to see him, whenever he could spare a
few moments from his public duties, devoting them,
as in the present case, to forward the objects of dia.
city. He concluded Ly proposing the health of the
Royal Chairman.
The Duke of YORK returned thanks. This was the
third year he had presided in the same place, and
each succeeding year he had seen the Meeting more
numerously attended, and the suhscription amount
to a larger sum ; still the funds were not equ4 to
their object, and his Royal Highness trusted the
friends of the Institution would this clay prove that
their good will towards it had increased rather than
diminished—(applause).
Song, Mr. linoeutteasr—" Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace blue."
The health of the Duke of Sussex being drank
with warm stud universal testimonies of respect and
regard-
-114 ROYAL Hum NESS, in returning thanks, begged
again to call the attention of the Meeting to the truly
beneficent object for which it was assembled. The
Gentlemen of the Theatrical profession were, he ob.
served, in the habit a calling themselves his Majesty's
Servants, but he had always regarded them as that
Servants of the Public, and they were to be classed
among the most useful and honourable individuals
by whom that Public were served. The transcendent
talents which at present adorned every department
of the Drama, and the excellent character which die,.
tinguished the several Members of that respectable
profession, tbarcharacter being indeed such as to
'raise the profession higher in universal estimation
than it ever stood at any former period, it was im-
possible that an appeal of this nature could be made
in vain to the proverbial generosity of Englishmen.
Every heart and purse must indeed be ready to aid
in forming a Fund to relieve those from want and
melancholy in the evening of their days, who, in the
vigour of their youth, had contributed so much to
our entertainment and instruction ; or who could
forget, or fail to feel a lively interest in the fate of
those individuals who bad so often excited our
laughter and called forth our tears, while they incul-
cated these superior lessons of morality—those im,
pressive precepts of decorum—those liberal and he-
roic sentiments with which the British Drama abound,-
ed-,-(loud, universal, qnd long-continued applause)?
Toast—" The Lord Mayor and the Citizens of Louden."
The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the honour done
himself and his fellow-citizens, Who, he said, he was
convinced, would always be most ready to co-operate
with their illustriouS Chairman in forwarding the ob-
jects of the present institution.
Mr. Maritima, who is ever ready to promote the
cause of humanity, and who had come from Yarmouth
to attend the Meeting, was here called upon for a song.
The call was immediately echoed by the whole corn,
pony, and was cheerfully obeyed, The song was "The
Nightingale Club," and it war loudly applauded, as
it could not indeed fail. to be, as this highly enter-
taining perfornier was its the hest spirits, and fully
displayed hi% characteristic versatility of talent. Me.
Mathews also entertained the company in the course
of the evening with a new recitation, entitled, " The
Adventures of a Voyage from Dover to Calais,"
which, in our judgment, far exceeds in richness of
humour and variety of comic description even his
very popular recitation as to " The Adventures of *
Mail CoaCh."
Upon " the h,ealth of Mr. FA.wearr, the Treasurer
of the Theatrical Fund," being drank, that Gentle-
man addressed the M osier to the following effect:
e May it please you: Royal highness, Lords and
Gentlemen, I rise te over yea my Iv.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The regular entertainments of the TheatrCs being
suspended on the 30th ofJanuary, that day is usually.
appropriated to the commencement ed. the Oratorio
season, which is continued on Wednesdays and Fri-
days in Lent. This Theatre, under the conduct of
Sir GEORGE SMART, who gave on Saturday evening
a good foretaste to the town, of his discernment in
selecting the best specimens of the works of the
leadi;ig musical composers, and in the still more dif-
ficult task of disposing to the best advantage the
Vocal talent of the counti y. The Concert began with
three extracts from Mower's /?eyukai, a name that
cannot pass the lips of a musician without excitine
sentiments of veneration fln the author of the work,
and of sorrow for the unhappy circumstances unde..
which this master-piece of musical genius was be-
queathed co the world. These were the introduction
and Agee, the Ricordare, and the Benedictus ; the
two last ate distinguished by the utmost tenderness
and depth of feeling, and are the best parts oldie cone.
position. In Germany it is recorded as a fact, that a
stranger came to MOZART, and gave him a commis-
sion to compose a Requiem on a Royal death. which
was about to take place: MOZART pursued the sub.
ject with such ardour, that he became delirious, and
died with some wild conception that the stranger,
who never came to claim the Requiem, was a being
of some higher world, sent either to tempt, or warn
him,—BEETHOVEN'S Mount of Olives was the next
prominent feature of the evening. It. was performed
both in the instrumental and N'OC.:II deriTiMetit with
great steadiness and precision. The remaining selec-
tions sveie principally taken from the Messiah and
the Creation. The chorus from the latter, of "The
Heavens arc telling," is a climax of nutsical effect
that rises gradual and unbroken to the last note.—
' Madame lier.i.oent, the prima loaitu of this years
Opera, appeared on Saturday fin the first time as a
concert-singer. A trifling incidiait at the outset had
nearly disordered her nerves, end obstructed the
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play of her rowers. Arriving a law minutts too
late for her first song, entirely, as it afterwards ap-
peared, by accident, she was greeted on her entrance
by a few uncosurteous hisses—an explanation om
Sir Geonce Smanr converted them into applause,
but the spirits of the fitir stranger were at first evi-
dently affected. Madame Bet,t.oent cannot but gra-
tify her hearers highly any where, but she is less
striking as a concert than a stage singer—her talent
appears to be purely and almost exclusively dramatic.
Mrs. SALMON, the most exquisite of oratorio singers,
was loudly applauded throughout the evening. She
was encored in the beautful air, from the oratorio of
The Illexsiah, " Rejoice greolln," which she executed
in a style of the most surpassing sweetness and deli-
cacy. She was also encored in the melancholy tile—
" My twilling is on Me cold ground," which she sang
with new variations. Miss Goovata. is much im-
proved, both in yoke, taste, arid science. She sang
most expressively Mr. BISHOe'S pretty air, " Observe
you yon neglectedllusCr." Mr. T. COOKE, in the ab-'
sense of Mr, Pvtee, undertook the airs originally
marked out for that gentleman, and with good effect..
Between the second and third acts, Mr. LIN COLEY
performed a solo on the Violoncello-I.rom which hi-
strumeut he drew forth times as soft and delicious as
those produced by the ablest baud, from the finest
violin. His performance was received with the meat
enthusiastic applause.
The exertions of Sir GAORGLSMART, under whose
direction the Oratorios at this Theatre are got up,
will, we have uo doubt, be crowned with complete
success. The house was, on this occasion, exceedingly
full—and the display of fashion and loveliness in the
dress circle was equal, if not superior, to any thing
we have witnessed at former Oratorios.

CORE-EXCIIANOE, MARK-LANE, FEBRUARY
The supply of English Wheat being very small this
morning, fine runs from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk,
met ready sale, at an advance of 2s. per quarter on
the prices of this day week. By a very large arrival of
Barley from Suffolk and Norfolk, and which consi-
derably exceeded the demand, the sales were exceed-
ingly heavy, and full 2s. per quarter lower than on
last Monday. Oats are Js. per quarter cheaper, but
were rather brisker in sale than last week. In reas
and Beans there is no alteration.—Wheat, Kcnt and
Essex, 745. to 82s. Suffolk, 745. to 80s. Norfc4k, 70s.
to 78s. Flour, 60s. to 655. per sack.
Ssurporisrp Pas, I.—Dref, 4ti od. to Sr. 2d. par
atone of Nibs. • Mutton, Js. to 6s. N. VW, ss. 6,1. to 7s. Pork 4e.
M. to es. ed. Lamb Os. Cattle at Niarket—l3*ast% 1490 ;
cave', 013;. (Sheep and Lambs, 17,840; Pigs, 120; Hay, 1,,,r
10(1;51. to 71. ?I. Clirrocipt. to 01. Q. btu& 4t. Ih. to Si.

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