Star.
London, England, 1804-08-29 00:00:00

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This Lady commenced her dramatic career at a
very early age : her mother, Mrs. Keys, has long
been an aarefs of great celebrity at the provincial
theatres, pa,ticularly at that of Weymouth, where the
has nittil been honoured with the Royal command,
and i f,id to have no equal in the char:seer of Dorcas
in •Tkomar and Sally. Under her protation, Mils Keys
made her debut in the operatical line, and was fo well
received, that Mr. Daly, the manager of the Dublin
theatre. engaged her and her mother as auxiliaries to
open the campaign of 1.793. Madame Mara was alfo
engaged, and played Matuhrne, in the opera of rirto.
soma ; Mifs Et.ofe Rider was the rfrbortt• and Mill,
Keys the Murton; whether male attire was new to
our heroine, or from what reafon we know not, her
perfoimance of the ("aural did not pleafe the mana-
ger; fines edited, and her receipts on Saturday from
trraftn, &dons (acceded a guinea. But *inking
genius is not tp be di:ln:led, and ..he faking foamy
lie joined a &oiling company, under the management
of M. Mots, which travelled north and call t here
Mifs Keys became an aftrefs of the fire magnitude.
, At each point 'of the compafs the received the moll
pone, Sid prntedion in Mr. Leigh's family, of Rafe-
garland. and Mr. Leflie's of Glifilougla. It was not
her dramatic merit alone that recommended her to
their faveur, but the firio propriety that marked her
private cbaratter. The amateur, or private theatre,
asit was called, was then at its zenith, under the ma-
nagement of Mr. Jones, theirefent manager of Crow.
.heatre. Mir, Leigh was one of the moil ami-
able and acerinplifited women of that day, had been
the favourite reprefentative of the uagic mute at the
- elegsnt pi ovate theaue of the Commis of Ely, where
tette, falltion, and talent for fome feafons held their
Court ; Mr. Leflie, jun. was alio an amateur of the
irk clads, and a leading pet fan in the concern, of the
theatre; under thde aafpices Mifs Keys commenced
the Jordan of the froweeftege, with a good falary,
and, what was to her more gratifying, the approba-
tion of every perfon who taw bet perform ; natu-
rally lively, in the enviable Mate the was now placed,
her vivacity knew no bounds, and fuel was her gra-
titude to her benefaitors, that no talk was confidered
difficult, that conduced to their entertainment. When'
the 'fparkhng Champagne had dazzled the wits of the
amateurs, or duller Burgundy clouded them, Mitt
Keys was toady to dance a hornpipe or flog a Cong
to antufe the audience; here the became acqoainted
with the Mifs Coughs: now Mrs. Galindo, and Mrs.
Huddart ; Mr.. Galindo was then, as at prefent. the
Siddons of the Irina Rage. Th6fe Ladies lived with
Mifs Brownrig, their patronefs, whole honk was the
retort of rank, Italie, and fatties& At their met
Mifs Keys often joined the merry glee with the aril
of Barrymore. Mr..Bellaray, Captain Ante, Ike. ttee.
The feennd feafon drew to a cloth, and the waited
on Mr. Jones. the manager, on Come harmers. Whet-
thsf it happened to be at a moment when his mind
was engaged on the important fubjcit of cookery. as
this Gentleman is allowed to be as good a judge of a
noted dieter, as of a cod performer,
we_cannot de-
termine. Boa certain it is. when oar heroine entered
the audience chamber, he acetified her with the coarfe
interrogatory of what do you want ?" Ationifbed
at fuch a recep ion, Mifs Keys, who never wanted
expoltulated, perhaps not in tbemildea terms;
e great man became enraged, and they parted (le-
t/mitt:4 that all engagements Should ceafe with the
fitafcc. Mr. Juno, however, relented, and took
pains to seta a reconciliation; but in vain ; Mifs
Keys felt her own fit ength, and was determined to
ale ir. Our heroine, though not expenfive in either
habits nr drefs, was no wow/miff ; and, on rum-,
wing up her cc:stint found, trilling as the demands
agalnll her were, the could Dot with convenience
dilcharge them, This circumstance determined her
en accept at engagement that offered at Galway
for a few nights. The inhabitants are proverbial
for their pnlitenefs and attention to hangers : well
freighted with recommendations, her reception er-
eeedcd her molt fanguine espeaations, and etrabled
her to fettle every demand. From Galway the
embarked for her native land, and commenced
a prnvoicial campaign ; in the progrefs of her
march, the met with Mr. Mills, the Rep fon of Mr.
Fawcett, Alt) a brother of the foci, or rather of the
flipper, as his theatrical merit never placed him in a
higher lunation at the London theatre than walk-
ing in a pr, celliom or ,t flipping a hilkt doux." We
do not seat to inquire into family ferret:, they fel-
dom prove " ferrets worth inow.W:," but they had
lived separate fume time prior to her death. Vatious
caulks were afligned, all, perhaps, equally untrue.—
Mrs. Mills's debut in Covent garden theatre was in
Liter Pickle, at the commencement of the feafon. She
was totally unknown to a London audience. No
newfpaper writer had followed her from town to
town, reciting what the had played and what the had
not played. No puff, direa or indirect, announced
her entree, and criticifm threw its Iberia without
mercy; but flerling merit will always fucceed, and
Ike 11,4 only became a favoutite with the public, but
bad the diftingssithed honour of affifting at the Frog-
more royal fetes, dcfigned by, and executed under
the direction of Her -Royal Highnefs the Princefs
Elizabeth. In one part of the gardens, Mrs. Mill.
appeared as a gipfey.with her jack-aft and bantling.,
and err fled the hands, and told the fortunes of her
royal viiitants with great humour. When they reach-
a,l the Turkith pavilion, Ihe received them as a Tor.
kith dancer, with her cafnets, and difplaycd all her
attiloy and grace for their amulement. How to
account for the oblivion the has been placed in latter-
ly. we comet-, ostrielves at a loft; her appearance
before the pitblie had fo gradually declined, that her
death only reminded Its of their having been fuch a
perfon in evidence. She had been declining in health
f..r tome time, and unable to attend her daily duty,
when ft,- received an order f, um Mr. Keinble to ap
pear at tA rthearfal of "The Stranger," with an
tratc-do "No work, no pay." Determined to pre
feat I etf.lf at the Theatre, her appearance belpoia
ng ditfoluti,,a, and her attendance being
with, Mr Harris directed an' application
' ,colifb her engagement. aed me Cbould
This the ,du4cd, sad Mr. Harris, with

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hiswonted liberality, allowed bee al. per week, which
was, however, unequal to the expence attendant on
an illnefs like hers, and the was fo often obliged to
apply to her friends for pecuniary affinance, that the
became totally deferted, and left to the care of het
nurfe ; who could have laid with the Poet,
" No friend's complaint, no kind, &mate tear, •
" Plaid thy pale ghoft, or pried thy mournful bier.*
At this awful period, her brother, who is in the
tnufical line, and rendes at Canterbury, wrote. and
prevailed on her to go down to his houfe. She fur-
wised her journey a very (bort time ; and, like all
other confumptive perfons, to the Taft moment (poke
of her recovery, and fulfilling the engagements (be
had entered into for the rummer with the provincial
theatres.
Mrs. Mills's finer, Mrs. Lee, alfo an Aetrefs of con-
fiderable merit, died about a year fence in London.
Her diiiblution was as rapid, and, in every particu-
lar, fimilar. She had kind benefadors, who paid all
expeoces that occurred by her senesce ; and it was
not nnufual for her to receive a benefaCtion of 501. at
a time, to ameliorate the pangs of ficknefs.
Mrs. Mills is a ferious lots to her profeffion ; (he
always pleated, and oftener reached perfeetion, than
fell below it. Her Little Pieik had but one fuperior.
Her Uwia and Phek lnitetlmew, no equal. Her
haeiwha and Sophie Warm, were well conceived, and
appily executed. In private life the was good-hu-
moured, good-Natured, and playful. In her dealings,
honourable and jun. She was a.good figure, had
pod eyes. and good teeth; and fomething in the
espreerson of her face extremely pleafing. She was
nucleons and attentive to her profellion, not only cor-
re& herfelf, but could prompt any perfon that was
' at a lots.

The dirorderly fpirit which has fo long prevailed
among the boot makers, at the weft end of the
town, has again manifelled Kell; in continued riot,
for the laft three days. On Sunday morning, tome
froth differences having arifen among them, a con&
derable number of Makers and Clofers affembled in
Oxford-road, where a general conflia enfued, and
fume of them were feverely cut and maimed- After
this conAiß had in part fobfided, the Makers vifited
feveral of the elders at their rerpeCtive homes, and
carried their outrages to the molt unwarrantable
lengths. On Monday afternoon, they repaired to
the houfe of Healy, a Clofer, in Henrietta.
Rreet, Mary-la bonne. where they behaved in the
molt riotous manner, and ufed the moll hitter invec-
tives again& any man who dared to oppofe their
vrifhes. A Clofer, of the name of Quigley, a lodger
in the hook, was to &ft okjeit of their vengeance;
they maimed him ro dreadfully, that his life is def-
paired of. A number of perfnns, who had been cut
and maimed by there defperadoes yefierday brought
a man of the name of Brown, a Maker, to the public
office, Marlborough-ftreet, who was charged with
being the ringleader of the mob ; and the evidence
being fatisfaeorily made out, he was committed un-
til the fate of Quigley and the other perfons wound-
ed be known.
boasts •1115 Mtoaastow or fociety
of frtfmen, in the county of Norfolk, have agreed
to devote much attention to afcertain in what degree
Snipes are migratory, and at what periods they de-
part from and retnin to this country. It is known
that a confiderable number of there birds are bred
upon the moors. heatits. and fens of Norfolk and
Suffolk; but no dataare yet eftablithed to prove that
this race alone is fuffleient to account for the very
abundant appearance of Snipes, upon almolt all the
marshes, from the preterit time till the end of 08o-
bet, when they difappear till the end of February. It
appears that the projefts of this fociety, whole objedt
kerns to be to efiablifh a compkte natural Wacky of
the Snipe,w ill be conduaed u pen a very extenfive kale,
as they mean to have correfpondents upon the coati,
to watch for the ingrefs and migratioa of thefe fin-
gular birds, while others arc to.be etiablifhed on the
(mall and rapid Dreams of the county, and in the vi-
cinity of the extenfive fens, where they are known to
hat boor. As the time, of their migration are known
to be fynehronous with occurrences in the kingdom
of Naturalins, thefe agents are to take notice when
their appearance or disappearance coincides with any
fait obfervable in the animal or vegetable kingdoms,
though thee ciiincidences can only be confirmed by
the obfervations of feveral fears.
Cuss row Tile Bort/ or • MAD Doo —The fol
lowing is recorumended by Dr. De Moneta, former-
ly Phyfieian in Ordinary to his Polifh Majefiy :
The Deeor advice' to cover the whund with (refit
earth, or with fnuff, to imbibe the faliva of the ani-
mal, and to walls it with water. At the fame time.
warm half a pound of butter, in four times as much
vinegar, and when the wound is cleared. apply a
comprefs of linen Beeped in that mixture, and molt
ten it very often dith the fame for nine days, after
which you may Cafely remove the compreft, and cure
the wound in the ufual way. During the time the
vinegar is ufed outwardly the patient mutt take it
internally four times a day, in dotes of an ounce and
one half of vinegar, warmed, with a little froth but-
ter ; and his common drink, for at lean fifteen days,
mutt be pure water, with a little vinegar and juice
of citron. Strong liquor is extremely hurtful, as is
any emotion of anger or impatience. Phlethoric pa-
tients may be blooded. Dr. De Moneta has tired
the fame remedy again the bites of vipers, and al-
ways with faeces. He has prevented the hydropho-
bia in more than flay people : and many other phy
ficians, who have followed his method, have found it
equally efficacions.
The following mirthod of putting two hives of bees
together, that arc too light or too weak feparate, for
flock., ha. been owl, and found fuccerstul :—Take
one, two, or more pounds of (ugar OA as they Sand
in need of weight). put to each pound four ounces
of water, heat them ;WI fufficently to make the fogar
melt. pat it into a bladder, to the neck of which tie
the top past of a water ing•pan (pout, then at night, or
early in the morning, win your weakell hive bottom
upwards, betwixt the pegs of the hive you with to
drive them into, WI letting the other hive down
dole by, then immediately pour the contents of the
bladder an r.v. r thtfe bee., it will make them neither
fly nor figl.r, put the oilier hive upon them. mouth
rrvattli, they nil all go down to clean them
Gn the fake of the fugal., and by, that me..rs be fami.
liarifed ; let them hand Ls days, then let the top
bite in it. prover place, knock out the bee. that re-
main in any dittaat part of the garden, 1.1 they will
all join the othcr