Star.
London, England, 1803-03-04 00:00:00

rok TAE STAR.

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AT SPITHEAD,
Koch 3, t Soy.
Ma. Earroa—The natemcnt in. your Paper of
the in, of the difturbance which lately took place
in Portfmouth Theatre, I mutt beg leave
to correct, as you affect that Naval (2Fers were the
whole occallon of it. I mutt inform yon, that it
was a party of heedlefs young Mi4fhipont, who do
not come entirely under the head of Gfttrs ; you
likewife fay, Conflables were fent for to remove
the nuifance : this I do not think very proper lan-
guage to thofe whom the country look up to for
proteCtion. I was not prefent at the bufinefs, but
am well informed of it from an old Shipmate and
Brother Ofeer, who unfortunately received a dan-
gerous wound in affitting the Ladies. I am happy
to add that, much to the credit of the Peace Of-
ficers, filch notice will be taken of it, as, I tnitt•
sill deter others from difgracing the Naval Cha
rafter by fuck infamous conduit.
I am your's, &c. &c. N. P.

• SONNET-TO THE SNOW DROP.

timid of Spring, in pureß white,
Dolt thou, like Show, Real forth to view,
Merely to baffle fpite,
So Item to dowers of lively hue!
..O, in that garb thy rattly lies;
For as bleak Wisq►', ear motes on,
Thee as a gem of lsow he eyes,
And thou efeap'll.—for to, he's gone!
80011 too wilt THOU departure take ;
Ev'n ere the radiant Spring appears;
As cautious left thy form may wake
Within her youthful Worn tears.
That chilling Wine► Rill preterite, his reign,
And thou a DROP a Siiolo adornll his train.
Beverley, February 25.

There was a Grand Concert at Oxford on Mon-
day, under the slireaion of Dr. Caorcw. The
performance was the Oratorio of SAMSON.

On Tuefday evening the feeond grand Concert
took place at-Oxford. alto under the direction of
Dr. CIWTCH. This was a mifcellaneous fel;.aion
from various authors. It commenced with an over
ture .f 1411.YDN'S.

Moooy, the Player, went to an Au!hon Room,
a few mornings fince, to purchafe a Share of
Drury-I tne Theatre ; but being very deaf, he dif-
covered, when the lot was knocked down to him,
that inßead of the Share of the Theatre, he had
purchafed 'be Leaji of a Barber's Shop in the Strand.
On Tuefday a man of the name of M'Gowan
was apprehended at Greenwich Hofpital, for per-
fonating a feaman with whom he bad fcrved on
board one of His Majefty's [hips, but who was
dead ; endeavouring to obtain sl. prize money,
which had been paid into the faid Hofpital. He
was fully committed to Maidftone goal to take his
trial at the next Affires.

We are forry to hear that Mr. Alderman Comsat
a few days ago, met with a very difsgrecable ac-
cident. Having gone into a dog4hop hear the
end of Piccadilly, a dog laid hold of his calf, and
before he could be difengaged tore his leg in a
very revere manner.

A Phyfician at the Weft end of the town has
received a letter from Dr. M. an Englifh PhyficiAn,
reticent at Paris, of which the following is an
cztraa

a We have had for thefe three weeks paft an
epidemic diforder which has proved very fatal, and
i which (fill continues. It commences with the
common fymptoms of cold, fhiverings, head-ach,
fore throat, accompanied frequently with a de-
ranged (late of the flomach and bowels, varying
lin every polTible way. The fiat attack commonly
'yields to an emetic, followed by mild diaphore-
tics, and when the oppreflion or pain of the ellen.
lis troublefome, it yields to a blitlcr. The fatality
lattending it is, in my opinion, attributable to the
indifcriminate ufe of the lancet, fo common among
my medical brethren here, for it is almolt con-
ftantly attended with great probation of firength,
I and the fyllem, after the firti two or three days,
evidently requires to be fupported both by diet and
I medicine. To give you an idea of the number of
perfons fick with this complaint, I need only tell
you that the bakers make full one•third lets of
bread than a month ago, and you will eafily ima-
gine its fatality, when I inform you that the num-
ber of but ills are increafed two-thirds for the left
fortnight."
This account Teems to prove decifively that the
epidemic which rages in France is the fame with
that which fo feverely aflliits the inhabitants of our
own metropolis.
In the Influenza, which is fo prevalent at this
time, the red:ph/is': Peroder is found to be par-
ticularly efficacious, as it was in the year 1782.—
Eight or ten grains fhould be given on the firft
attack of the Fever, and four or five grains every
fix hours, for the firlt day or two, it it does not
fooner fubftde. In the mean time, the irritating
Cough, when very troublefome, (tumid be allayed
by a tea-fpoonful of Syrup of Poppies, or by so
or t s drops of Laudanum, as occafion may require.

EXTRAORDINARY ROIIIIIIY.-.4:011 Wcdnefday
night, about ten o'clock, a man genteely dreffed
hired a hackney coach at Charing Crofs, and or-
dered the coachman to drive to St. John's Farm,
near the one mile none, on the Edgware.road•—
When the coach got to the top of the lane leading
to St. John's Farm, the man in the coach pulled
the firing, and told the coachman to let him out,
for he had patted the bottle he wanted to go to ;
upon which the coachman got off his box and let
him out of the coach, the man .then silted the
coachman what his fare was t He told him 55.6 d.
when he put his hand into a fide pocket and pulled
out a piftol, and fwore he would immediately
(boot him, if he did not deliver his money, which
the coachman complied with ; the robber then de.
manded his watch, which the coachman likesife
delivered, and the robber made his efcape acrofs
COIN fields.