Star.
London, England, 1803-01-27 00:00:00

CLEOPJTRA•S NESDLS.

This wonderful piece of antiquity, by the phew
and mea forts of Lord Cavaa, was to be brought
over to England. A canfe•way WAS made, a vetrel
properly difpoled, and the fum of 4ocol. fnbfcribed
by the At my of Egypt, to tranfport this monu-
mental pillar, to be placed in the centre of Cka
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patrahuare, in I,c4odon. On a fudden this patrio-
tic fcheme proved abortive, by potitive orders frost
Lord Kt trm and General Fox to abandon it.—
The ofiergible re:Zon of this coder was, the fear of
offending the Turks. What the r'al reafon was,
we cannot conjeaure ; foi the Turks were perfect-
ly inditrets,nit to the removal of the Pyramids them-
felves. We believe that Adminiaration fent no
direa:ons to prohibit the tranfportation of the
Pillar.

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It Teems indeed deilined that all the Monuments
of Art Wall find their way to Paris. When we
lhAll have ceded P•lalta, it ever that fatal day ar-
tives, the French will again obtain pofreffion of
Egypt ; and they will have r.o Innitar fcruples to
prevent the temoral of Cieopatra's Needle, and
other Egyptian -Alt:tit/aides, to France.

Or. the Bth ii-flant, Lord GRANTHAM came of
age. The wa, celebrated with every demon-
Itratinn of jny at his Lord'hip's teat at Newby, in
York hire. His Lord'hip is on his travels, and is
expelled from the Continent in the courfe of this
month.

Dowager Lady MAKI-it. had a &lea card party
let eight, at her haute in Gloucencr.place.
Mr. METCA LF gave a grand dinner yefterday to
a fcleet party of friends, at his houfe in Hill-fttact,
Berkeley-knave. _ _

Among the accomtilifhed women of the prefent
age, may be reckoned the mirs MAR IL HA 14 s• Their
(kill in Painting and Drawing has been the °Nee
of many a panegyric.
The Counters of Suettset.aun had on Monday
night a Grand Mnfi:al party at her houfe, in Ar-
lington-areet, Piccadilly, which was attended by
zoo perfons of dillinftion, among whom were—
The Prince of Wales ; Duke and Duchefs of Devimadre,
Duke and Michels of Leeds, Duke and Duchefs of Montrok
Duke of Redford ; Marquis and Marehionefs of Hendren; the
Portaguefe Ambalrador ; Lords Cardigan, Mclhourne.Camps
bell, Chefterfield, Douglas, Dartmouth.- Uxbridge, Carfifte.
Mansfield, Harcourt; Ladies Cardigan, Melbourne. Canspbeft,
Chcfterheld. Douglas, Dartmouth, Uxbridge, Mansfield, Hat.
court, Caddie, Perth, Lavingtnn, Camden; Hon. Mr. Lof-
cites, the Mifs Anguiihse, and the HO:I. Mn. Pole.

Among the vocal performers were, Mrs. Bit.
LINGTON and Signora VICANONI, the former of
whom enraptured every auditor.
LADY CALL'S BALI. AND SUPPER,-..Lally CALL
gave a grand Ball and Supper on Monday evening
at her honfe, in Portman•fquare, to about too
Falhionables, amongft whom well,

Leeds Falmouth. %holm. Headley. Pannell, and Aylmer ;
Ladies Headley. Conmell, Popham, C. Collier. Cavan Ideal,
Lambeth, Daaftanvilles, sad Aylmer ; Sidney Amttli, Han.
Mr. Elliot, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Collier, Mroßrown, Mts. Fits.
herbal, Hoe. MIN Bokamm, Mrs. T. &Wt. &s.

The firft dance called was the Detail's Drees,
which was led down by Sir W. CALL and the
Hon. Mifs &maws*. At half pall ten obelosk
the company fat down to an elegant (upper. At
twelve they recommenced dancing. and did not
break up until paft four in the morning.

Mr. INCHIALD had not courage to fee her own
Drama performed at a private Theatre before a
Royal vifitant. Being invited by the Marquis and
Marcbionefs of Astscoaa on Friday left, the was
preparing to let off for Stanmore, when, on being
told it was her own Comedy to be reprefented, the
declined the journey, declariag the could bettet
endure the groans and hides of aLondon audience,
than encounter the criticifing eye of a filed part?.
Lail night Mr. Pat.rt la performed, for theAril
time, at Drury-Lane Theatre, SIIAKESPIAI'II amiss
root AJAX to which charatter he gave a tk
common place outline, and an hereditary breadth
of colouring, which brought it very forward in the
dramatic centrals. Though he might not /ear tba
fat Knight quite fo well as a late reprefentative on
the fame boards, his fiftion of the kale was better.
WRONG H TON'S Ford is one of his ben performances.
Mars. CLELAND and Jaca, Glafgow, have con.
traded to ere& the new Theatre there for 74001.
When to this fum are added the con of the ground
and the expence of the neceffary decorations and
Randing fcenery, the whole espence may be efti.
mated at 12,0001. and it may juftly be laid, that
city will poffefs the moil elegant of the provincial
Theatres in Europe.
Mr. THOMAS WELCH, late of Drury-lane Thee.
tre, has been appointed by the Bilbop of Losnott
one of the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, in the
room of Mr. Km yv Err, fen. who has been appoint.
ed Compofer to His Majurry, vice Dr. Aamokn,
deceafed. Mr. VAUGHAN, of Windfor, has been
appointed deputy for Mr. Maot.sy, in the room of
Mr. Ss tru, who is appointed Organift, in the room
of Dr. ARNOLD.

In our Paper of Monday lel, a paragraph ap.
peered alluding to the Opera Houle, in which the
name of Mifs Dim', of Covent Garden Theatre,
is hinted at.—The following is the true Rate-
ment of the tranfaltion as it really took place t--
Mifs Dims was in the gallery of the Opera.houfe
on lafl Saturday night, accompanied by two Gen-
tlemen, one of whom is a very near relative. A per.
font apparently a gentleman, came round from the
°mike fide ofthehoule,andaddrefled her in a very
improper manner. Her attention being engroffed
by the flag;, the did not hear him, but his rude.
nets was obferved, and inaantly relented by asp
of the Gentlemen, who knocked the intrudelt
down. In the crowd and confufion produted by
the rencontre, the latter efcaped, but he tome time
after made his appearance, when he was recog-
nized by Mifs Dixow's friend, who afked for his
addrefs. to which he anfwered that he was a Mr.
S. an Officer in the t tth Light Dragoons, and
that he lodged at the Prince of Wales's Cof-
fee Route—but this upon enquiry turned out to
be a fallehood. Mifs Diana never interfered, nor
was the even fenfible of the infult offered to herr
the Gentleman who relented it being the only per-
fon in comps. who took notice of it.