Star.
London, England, 1818-10-16 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— There was a very bril-
liant audience here last night, and the entertainment
throughout was worthy of so great a concourse. It
was the Tragedy of Macbeth. Mr. KE ts presented
1 a fine portrait of the Chieftain. Ilk dying scene was
, one or his finest efforts, and was highly applauded.—
Mrs. WEsT sustained the part of Lady Macbeth, and
Ithoult this actress's forte is rather in characters of a
tender kind, her performance was by no means dis-
creditable to her abilities. Mr. If. KEMBLE repre-
sented Maedeff with good effect. The scenery and
all the mechanical appendages were admirably got
up. On the fall of the curtain, the loudest expres-
sions of satisfaction were continued during many
minutes. Mr. KEAN was announced for the perfor-
mance of Othello on Monday evening, by special de-
sire.—The Tragedy was followed by the Farce of
Past Ten detach, in which MUNDEN, in the character
of Dozey, kept the audience in a roar of laughter.
COVENT GARDEN.—Miss O'NEILL last night per-
formed the part of Mrs. Haller, which we think, on
the whole, her best character. Independently of her
talents as au actress, her age, figure, and countenance
convey the exact idea of the unhappy female she re-
presents. The best proof of her success was the sym-
pathy evinced by the fair part of the audience, who,
during nearly the whole of the 4th Act, were in tears.
The Play was followed by the Barber of Seville,
which, mellowed and enriched by the facilities and
'graces that successful repetition is apt to bestow, was
received throughout with increased applause. The
most striking, and perhaps the best specimen of the
songs, is that sung by Mrs. DICKONS in the second Act :

SONG.—Rusina.
An old man would be wooing
A damsel gay and young;
But slfe, when he was suing,
For ever laugh'd and sung—
" An old man!—an old man will never do for me;
" For May and December can never agree!"
She sung till he was dosing—
A youth, by Fiprtune blest,
While Guardy's (gips were closing,
Her hand, delighted, prevt!
" An old man,' ice.
Then kneeling, trembling, creeping,
(I vow, 'twas much amiss.)
Ile watch'd the old man sleeping,
And, softly, stole a kiss!
" An old man," &c.
The Theatre was crowded in every part.
BEAUMARCHAIE' Barber of Seville was first intro-
duced on the English Stage, by the late G. COLMAN,
Esq. about forty years ago, under the title of The
Spanish Barber, at the Haymarket Theatre. At that
time JOHN PALMER was the Count Almaviva ; PAR-
SONS, Dr. Bartel° ; EDWIN, Figaro ; and Mrs. BAN-
'iIIsTER (then Miss HARPER) the Rosins —Upon its
revival, some years after, the present Countess of
DERBY was the Heroine of the Drama.

The Edinburgh Theatre closed on Saturday evening
for the season, with the Melo-drama of Robinson
Crusoe, during the representation of which several
persons in ♦he dress of gentlemen, and apparently in-
toxicated, entered one of the upper boxes, and imme-
diately attracted the notice of the audience by beha-
ving in the most riotous and improper manner. The
general cry of " Turn them out," being raised, the
performance was obliged to be stopped, and the
proper-Officers were desired to interfere ; and, after
some resistance, they were carried off :amidst the
unanimous hisses of the spectators, and two of them
Were sent to the Police Office.

DESTRUCTION or THE LIMERICK THEATRE BA
n E.—Saturday se'nnight the Theatre.Royal, Corn-
wallis-street, Limerick, was totally consumed by fire.
It broke out between eleven and twelve o'clock. Al-
though the attendance of several engines was prompt,
and the supply of water was considerable, yet the
flames spread so rapidly, that their progress could
not be stopt until the interior of the building was de-
' stroyed. For several days previous to this calamity,
the Theatre was undergoing some necessary repairs,
preparatory to the introduction of Miss STEPHENS.
She and Mr. HoRN, with the entire strength of Crow.
street, were to have made their appearance in it on
nest Monday. The Theatre destroyed, was built in
1770, and then cost £9OO.

Yesterday, as some boys were amusing themselves
at Muswell-hill, by throwing stones at each oll:cr,
one of them received a blow on the eye which cut it
out in a dreadful manner.

An elderly poor man was killed, the other day, on
the Deptford Road by a butcher's cart driving over
him, while he was heaving at the wheel of a cart
loaded with gravel.

Yesterday morning a man who was employed to
clean windows at a house in Craven-street. Strand,
in consequence of having nothing but a slight hand-
rail to lay hold of, it gave way, and he was precipi•
tated to the pavement, and injured so much, that he
was ionveyed to the Westminster Infirmary, with.
out hope of recovery.
Wednesday Mr. DAVIS, of Theobald-street, New
Kent-road, was robbed of his pocket-book, containing
£l6 in bank Ilbtes, as he passed through a crowd of
persons assembled in the street.

This morning, about three o'clock, the coach-house
of M# Rothchild, at Stamford-hill, was broke open,
and robbed of the cushions and glasses of the coach
and chariot ; toTether with two bot-coats, and va-
rious other articles belonging to the Coachmen.

Mr. BARNES, who keeps an academy in illoxton-
square, had removed from his house to another in
the neighbourhood. His servant maid, who had lived
iu the family many years, was tent on Monday night
secure the shutters of the house which was unoccu-
pied, in the inside. She had hardly entered, when
two men, who had concealed themselves upon the
premises, seized her, and after treating her exceed-
ingly ill, forced her up to the garret door, which is
at the top of the staircase, and tied a cord round her
neck, which they fastened to the key-hole, and left
her banging in that position down the stairs. A
baker, who lives next door, heard a very great noise,
which led him to suspect the house was being rob-.
hed ; and in consequence he and Mr. BARNES went
in, with view of catching the thieves. They proceeded
up stairs, and found the maid hanging in the manner
above described ; the baker held her in his arms
whilst she was cot down. She was in a very ex-
hausted state, and in a few minutes more would have
been totally deprived of life.