Star.
London, England, 1818-10-15 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DRIIRT-LANE..--The Comedy of The Fashionable
Lover was performed last night., It is one of those
productions which may perhaps have some interest
in the closet, principally on account of the benevolent
sentiments, and sensible observations upon life and
character which sometimes'occur, but as an acting
Piece, it is, to say the least of it, but indifferently
adapted to produce effect. There is something so
languid and undramatic in its structure and language,
as in our opinion must defy the exertions of the
highest talents in the performers to render it more
than tolerable. Some of the parts, however, were well
sustained.. Among those we would mention as the
most distinguished, Mr. H. JOHNSTON'S Colin Mac-
leod, Mr. H. KEMBLE'S Tfrel, Mr. WEST'S Augusta
Aubrey, and Mrs. ORGER S Miss Bridgemore. The
Lady last mentioned had much to do in order to
overcome the odious and repulsive aspect of the cha-
racter itself, and she succeeded as far as could be ex-
pected. The Farce of My Spouse and I followed, in
which a Mr. YARNOLD made his first appearance as Ned.
He met with a very favourable reception, and was
encored in one of the songs. We consider him as a
performer of promise, and think that he•must prove
an useful adjunct to the Company. The. House was
not very well attended, nor were there many demon-
strations of enthusiasm en the part of the audience
throughout the whole performance.
COVENT GARDEN.--Thc Barber of Seville and The
Miser were repeated at this Theatre, last night, with
the completest success. Mr. W. FARREN'S perfor-
mance of the latter is one of the happiest displays of
humour and character that we have seen. The miser's
distraction, upon the loss of his gold, produced the
,jnost powerful effect. The two scenes with Lappet
were also admirable. Mr. Aztort played the miser's
son with great spirit and judgment ; and Mrs. Gress
was very lively and entertaining as Lappet.—ln The
Border of Seville, Mrs. Dictons sung with the same
brilliant effect as on the preceding night. The
dialogue was given with more liveliness, and the co-
mic situations were more ludicrous in the representa-
tion. The scene in which the doctor suffers the ope-
ration of being shaved, secundum artcm, by the bar-
ber, produced loud and universal bursts of laughter.
The House was crowded.

Mr. IRONMONGER and Mr. Alderman Cox, are the
rcw Members of the Sub-committee of Drury-lane
Theatre, in lieu of LOIdYARMOCITH and Mr.WALPOLZ.
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Miss S. Boor had a crowded house to her benefit,
nn Friday last at Shrewsbury, and the following even-
ing she played .;!Mina Mai:di:oil& and Little Pickle, at
the Chester Theatre. _

Tuesday last as Colonel HANNIER, son of Sir Tuo-
MAS HANMER, Bart, was proceeding on a shooting
party, with Mr. CONGREVE, of Aldermaston Park,
Berks, in getting into the shooting cart, one of the
pieces went off accidentally, and so dread! ully lace.
rated Colonel flaituctt's arm, near the shoulder, that
it was greatly feared he would be obliged to undergo
an amputation of the limb.
Tuesday night a young gentleman, who was on a
visit at the house of Mr. hay& in the London Road,
arose in his sleep, and jumped out of a one pair of
stairs window : he was taken up by a watchman,
dreadfully lacerated, and died soon after.
Monday last, a wherry going to the Satellite, at the
Motherbank, was upset by a gust of wind, when a
woman named Hai was unfortunately drowned. She
was the widow of the watcrman who was drowned
With three Midshipmen of the Tiber, in March last.
She has left five young children.
The following curious account has been taken from
a Bombay Paper :—" Mr. Powzia., Commander•of
the Queen Charlotte, informs us of the interesting
Circumstance of his having recovered from a rock,
21 miles N.W. oF Nooaheevah (one of the Marquesas)
a man that had been its solitary inhabitant for nearly
three years. His account stated, that early in 1814
he proceeded thither from Nooaheevah with four
others, all of whom had left an American ship there,
for the purpose of procuring feathers that were in
high estimation among the natives of Nooaheevah:
but losing their boat on the rock, three of his com-
panions in a short time perished through famine, and
principally from thirst, as there was no water but
what was supplied by rain. His fourth companion
continued with him but,a few weeks ; when he formed
a resolution of attempting to swim, with the aid of
a splintered fragment, that remained of their boat,
to the island, in which effort he must have inevitably
perished. He had once himself attempted to quit'
his forlorn situation by constructing a catamaran,
but failed, and lost all means of any future attempt.
They had originally taken fire with them from Nooa-
heevah, which he had always taken care to continue
except on one occasion, when it became extinguished',l
and never could have been restored but by a careful
preservation of three or four grains of gunpowder,
and the lock of a musket, which he had broken up
for the construction of his catamaran. The flesh and
blood of wild birds were his sole aliment: with the
latter he quenched his thirst in seasons of long
droughts, and the skulls of his departed companion;
were Eris only drinking vessels. The discovery made
of him from the Queen Charlotte was purely acci-
dental ; the rock was known to be desolate and bar-
ren, and the appearance of a fire, as the vessel passed
it on an evening, attracted notice, and produced an
inquiry which proved fortunate to the forlorn inhabi-
tant of the rock, in procuring his removal to Nooa-
beevah, whither Mr. PowaLL conveyed him, and
left him under the care of an Eoropcan of the name
of Witsoia, who had resided there many years, and
with whom the hermit bad a previous acquaintance:.