Star.
London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

GREENWICH.

Neighbour! Neighbours! haste to the Pair."
The morning was unfavourable to the far famed
sports of Greenwich ; but about three o'clock, the Sun,
no longer obscured by clouds, again bestowed the happy
tribute of its beneficent rays. The effect was soon vi-
sible in the joyous faces of the holiday lads and lanes.
Whitsuntide is generally auspicious to the votaries of
dress, and on this occasion there was a b'illiant display
of holiday suits. The road from the Elephant and
Castle presented unbroken lines of youthful pedestrians,
moving to the scene of mirth and fest' vity. The equi.
page►, as usual in holiday times, were diversified ; we
obsessed carriages of every class, from the broad wheel
coal waggon to the donkey cart. Groups( f kind hearted
queens of the dripping pan, and knights of the thimble,
rode in triumph, drawn by Blackheath lions, alias
Joiskies. Several of these civic precessions produced
much fun and frolic.

Of late years the limits of the fair have increased
annually, and it may niw he said to extend from the
Bricklayet's Arens to Greenwich. On evil side of the
road We have an ample display of all amusements and
apparatus for extracting the brownies. The OW Kent
toad w.ts all lite nut of London; the World Turned
Upsidedown, the Green Man l'avein, the Prince Co
burg, and the famous Turk's Head, were thronged so ith
company—every preparation was made for the Bacha•
nalia, and comfortable things were enjoyed in high ;flee.
The shows this year are splendid, but not numerous.
Scowton's Royal Pavilion occupied the ground near the
Creek bridge, and like a towering castle commands the
Thespian domain. Its gilded pageantry and gothic
turrets present a formidable appearance. The tragic
muse holds sway within the portal,. and heroes die to
please apprentices. The hill of fare for last night was
' Berinthia, of the Fall (If Rome. with the Mountain Hag,
or the pirit of the •ettenth Night.
" Vain spirits here. shunning Heaven's high noon.
Swarm thick beneath the concave of the Muon."

The modern //ascii •Iso performed what they class,.
caliy termed • Melo ama, taken from ait 'man tale,
called Virginias, and during the day they occasionally'
eivei tamed the crowd with combats by gladiators.
Richardson has also a grand Theatre, with powerful
attraction.

Amidst the wonders of the Fair, the Yorkshire
Giantess, and several dwarfs, were introduced to the
public; and an African Prince, seven. or eight feet high,
aas seen gratis, inviting the public to inspect a gentle
Boa Constrictor, with various species of the brute cre-
ation; they have that (dee animal, she Camelion, which,
Ike many of our rat•. cant hange his coat. All these,
however, were but a bagatelle compared with the superb
and luminous ball-souin at the Crown and Anchor Ta-
vern. The dimensions of this elegant Temple for 'the
fora, ies of Terpsichore were not le.s than last year. The
company was prodigious, and dancing continued until
the ra; sot Sol bt dce through the peepholes of thecanvas.
" All was jollity,
Dancing and mirth, light wantonness and laughter,
• Piping and playing, mistatrelary and love."

The beautiful hills and dale of bheenwich displayed
an immense body of visitors. The showers of the morn-
ing made the grass unfit for the usual diversion of roky
poky, iii;cl few of those disclosures happened which are
prt.auced by running down the Hill—the lasses mere not
slisposej for tie race; but the.appearance of the visitors
walking ..midA the sylvan bawls off rded a delightful
scene from Flamstead House :end One Tree Hill.

Ealy yesterday morning a robbery, the extent of
which amounts to nearly 4001. was committed on the
premises it Mr. Leith, an importer and manufacturer
of bonnets, in Cantion-strett-road. The thieves entered
lat the tear, and succeeded in cart ying away three sacks
foil of property, consisting of Leghorn bonnets, straw
plat, and othei articles to the amount above-mentioned.
HOKKIBLIS OUTRAol.—(Extract of a letter front
Ai magi), Julie 2 )—On Sunday night last, or rather
Monday morniog, the house of M'Ardla was burned
down. Some dispute had occurred between his son and
others in Par taJotisn on Saturday. To tevenyie this feed
a number • f men, from ten to twenty, approached
M'Ardle's (the father's) house, and aqemoted to break
into it. He resisted—he was cut with a hatchet on the
head; in this state he got a biro-et, an t stabbed one of
those who attempted his life. On this the patty retired,
hut returned and set Ste to his house; those in the hots e
came out to save thein-etves from being burned, they
also endeavoured to at re.t the fl Imes, but on their at-
tempting to do so they were filed at with guns fromthe
bilis; in consequence they were obliged to desi..t, and
the house was committed to the flames. We understand
that examinations were sworn before a Magistrate by
M'Ardle the father against two persons, and aeainst four
men by M'Ai rile the son. The Police were in attend-
ance, but the persons:worn against are still at large.—
/Mlle Mondial; Register.
Sunday morning test two young men, named George
Holme and John Fryer, neither of whom could swim,
got out of their depth, while bathing at Lea Marsh,
4nd before assistance could be procured the former was
drowned. Fryer was more fortunate : he managed to
regain his (coring, and on giving the alarm a boat was
ptocurei, and every means use 4 to find his companion,
but without success; and it was not until the tide had
sufficiently ebbed, about an hour after, that the body
was taken up quite dead. An inquest was held before
R. Pastaian, Esq. and a verdict of *, Accidental Death"
wag recorded.—Prestors Pilot.
We have just experienced one of those extraordinary
vicissitudes of climate for which this country is so re-'
:nark ask. and by which the extreme of one season
often replaces that, of another in a few hours. On
'Saturday the ntather became as cold and piercing as
!in February or March ; and the thermometer, which
had ranged in the night between 60 and 70, fell to 40.
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'ln sang plow we hen ibere,bas been a sharp 'frosts