Star. — London, England, 1804-05-17 00:00:00

rq. nd 'V as VOLUMEERS3 am. wri dif- may nning. at Royal red yet: xed for sire rni ging to votary', one and Ely. At and rob• houfe in ths from the tom• ate with made of The Surrey Yeoman Cavalry, who have been gnat- ' tered at Croydon fence Saturday evening laR. were yefterday brigaded with the Croydon Volunteer Corps of Cavalry and Infantry ; the brigade was formed on S.nderilead Downs, where they were infpetted by General Fox, and went through a &am fight under his direction. The General paid the whole of the Corps many high and well deferved compliments on their very fuperior difcipline. His Majeßy has been pleated to confer the title of Boyd on the Cumberland Militia, (at prefent quar tered at Beverley) which will in future be called the Royal Regiment of Cumberland Militia. The York Volunteers leg Scarborough on Satur day, on their return home from permanent duty. The Wigan Volunteers, commanded by General Earl BIII.OIIIIAII, are to march to Liverpool, to be oh duty for a month. The fix troops of Derbythire Yeomanry Cavalry. commanded by Lieut. Colonel Sir Hamar Hatpin, Bart. marched on Monday for Buxton, and remain there on permanent pay and duty for fourteen ddys. The Oufe and Dement Corps of Volunteer In• fanny. commanded by Lieutenant Col. Tamer:on, Marched for Scarborough yefterday on permanent duty for 21 days. On Friday morning the Trafford Volunteer In fantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Coos% ) between three and four hundred in number. beg in their march for Holywell, in Wales, whire,they in. tend to Ray a, month, for she practice of military difeiplim.—To the great credit of this corps, not one of the privates was abfent. The Laneaßer Volunteers have received their route for Ormikirk. They march on the aSd latent. and will remain on permanent duty for three weeks. The Bolton Regim ent of Volunteer Infantry will march to Choler on permanent pay foe all days on the isth of June. . The Oldham Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Less, are expected to march to Lan caller or Pretton, early the enfuing month. On Tborfday the Royal Manchefter and Salford Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Ac RI eI, marched from Mancheller. 61t their route to Prefton, for the pnrpofe of a military difcipliee of a month.— The regiment is formed of a very Rise body of men. and on this particular occafion they muttered, as far as we can learn, about Soo. Thurfday. General Waver's reviewed at Ayr, the rath Battalion of Referee. commanded by Colonel Guar. The accuracy of their movements, the pre cifion of their firings, and the Ready and fine appear mice of this orderly and well behaved body of men procured from the General the moll tiattering . com• pliments. This Corps, in confequence of their be coming a regular regiment, is to be the math or sosth of the line. Oa Friday, the syth oh. the Wandlike Volun teers, commanded by Lieut. Col. GIOIGa ROIIaT SON SCOTT, of Benholm, were infpeeed at Stone haventile by tti o i l l o . nel h G ev o i a o rso us s t , o Infp the OsFoleti pair of colours, a gift from Mrs. ROSILITIOII SCOTT. were weferited to the corps. Mrs. RolltiTS*oll SCOTT. being prevented from being relent. two Tweet young boys, her Cons, attended by a proper clean and the regimental wok, carried the colours into a circle formed by the corps, and approaching their father. the-Lieut. Col. Commandant knelt down and each tbccefGvely gave into his hands a Ran dard. The eldeß at• the fame time delivered to him a letter s which was immediately opened by tbeC.Mismandant: read aloud, and was as follows: N Mrs. ilabertfca &tett prakatetbefe eabar• with dee pleas( 'Eunice t h at they will Dever tecabre ali Wert— balm la the panto of the WOrteseilre Vatsteeera we ever be eipleyal bet la the greet (*aced Ibillabo. KY& sad Camiey." A Court of Direttors was ye lerday held at the EaR India Houle, which, djourned at a late bout till eleven o'clock to-morrow. Yellerday morning the fecond battalion of the Coit'll mans Regimentaf Guards hada grand field day in Hyde Park, under the command of Colonel Aast • On Monday lag the sift Light Dragoons, com manded by General TAILLTON, arrived at South hampton from Ireland, where they have been ferving four years with great kredit to themfelves. and high ly to the fatisfailion orthe inhabitants of that part of the United Kingdom. It is generally underßood that they are Coon to embark for India. Letters from the military head.quarters of Kent I and Suffer mention, that ahnoff every regiment in thole dißrias is on the eve of taking the field, the ground for very large encampments having been already marked out. The firft regiment of Royal Surrey Militia, commanded by Colonel Lnrd Ga AN r. LET, marched in two divifions (the fitfl under the command of Lieut. Col. War/ennuis and the fe• cond under the command of Lient. rson,) from Margate, on Monday and Tuefday lift ; and, on Tuefday and yefierdav encamped on the Wellern Heights above Dover. ihe Surrey is upwards of ico Rrong, all fine healthy young men in a very high Rate of difcipline. They are repla ced at Mar gate by the WeR Middlefes Militia, who marched .:om Ofpring Barracks on Monday for that purpofe. The rage of Autry has defeended even to fehrnl boys : a short time since. on a trivial dilpute happen. ;lig at one of our public fchouls, between a lon of Sir jOllll Renault, Bart. and another of Ric w•so Dave- Efq. of Ireland, a challenge enfued, and the young combatar,ts met with Rifnls, leaded with fwan fhot. to decide this eFirof portals Mow, in the pre fence of more than so of their fcboolfellows ; lona. stately only a that or two were lodged in the skin of the challenging &What the Margin:of Hearhttores was fecund to one of the parties. Two Gentleen of Cork had lately the curiofity to open a vault, belonging to the family of the Ga dere, in Lower Shandon church yard, which bad not been didurbed for above is years, and difcovered a coffin empty, with the lid removed, and the corpse lying proftrate alongfide of it. From the infeription on the coffin, it appeared that the body it contained was that of a Mr. GRAUT. who was interred in the year 178 s. As many iultances of premature inter ment have meowed in that country, it is probable .! this gentleman bad been only apparently dead. SPORTiNG IMZLLIG?►NCE. EPSOM BETTING, PA.4.Y 14. tot sift Mr. Wilfoo's Waxy Colt. 4 to I set Zodiac. • 4 to I agit HannlbaL S to i agft Hippocatnpos. lo to I sift 6ir E. Poole's Wary Colt. Even betting, Pell& spina the Field. to 2 aglt Lord Daby's Sir Peter fitly. S to t sglt RingtalL to tot aft Peggy. to to t aft Spluatay. Lord Egremont's Hannibal, 811. 7lb. and Mr. Warington's e. by Guildford, out of Slammerkin, MI. are matched to run the new mile at Arcot, on the firft day of the enfuing Races. Yefterday fennight, a match, for too guineas a fide, was decided between Mr. T 'a chefnut galloway, and Mr. HAYMAN'S black poney, rode by the owners, too miles on the road between Northal lerton and York, which was won by the former. — They fet off from Northallerton at eight o'clock in the morning, and the winner returned, after com• pleting the too miles, at half pall eleven at night.— The poney kept the lead eighty two miles, was then paled by the galloway, which won eafy, beating the poney fie . miles. They were to ride once to York and back, and twice to Thirfk and back, round Nortballerton Croft every time. In going back to Thin& the poney gave up at Thornton-le-nreet, when about a quarter of a mite behind the galloway. Beforellartiug 6 to 4 on the poney ; but after they ' bad t one -eighty-Iwo miles, g to t on the galloway. Mr. TENNANT is about fluty years of age, was quite in liquor when he went of, and had been all the night before; nothwithilanding, he rote the nest Morning at five o'clock, and appeared to be not in the lea fatigued. The galloway is about fourteen hands, and the poney between eleven and twelve hands high. Yefferday the Philanthropic Society dined together to the number of soo, at the Freemafon'l Tavern. Queen -greet. Lincoln's-inn fields. The reign dame, the favourite dance of the Jews in Psrever time, appears to eonfitt of only two tsovememb, kik and cpgins. The removal of a Volunteer Corps, for permanent duty to another place, is of more importance than many people imagine. The city of Carlifie fuffered no little inconvenience, left week ; all the bair•dr#r:, and moll of the gastritis', being in a a Sate of recoil. Gaon" at Penrith. - - • Cottons EIZATUIC—A Country Paper left week 1 addreffes its readers thus—" In our left, p. 3, col. a, it is very obvious that we meant" Emperor of the Gavle," hinted, as it appeared, by a mi./kart, Em. , peror of the Gelb r KNIONT'S &DAVIT awn FAILIWILL.-•—•Ttlefday night Covent• Garden Theatre was unufually crowd ed with the moll falbinnable audience, to expreft the feelings of the Theatrical World in parting with a moll favourite Mice. Long before the Rift Aft was finithed the Dozes were completely full. In the Play of Sped the Pkesgh, KNIGHT, in the charaaer of Farmer Afirferiii, difplayed in the fella perhaion dude high powers of acing which Dave made him Co long and defervedly a favourite with the Town. Muwoaw was in the higheft degree entertaining in the part of Sir diet Randy, and all the charafters wire flipported with as much cleft as poMble. Demme introduced the favourite Cong of " The Thorn," which was loudly encored. The principal (centre, however, of the reprefentation of the night, and that which touched moll forcibly the feelings of the audience, was the Farewell Addrefa fpoken by Mr. Keiser it was a poetic .l Addrefs, returning thanks for the kind patronage of the public for twenty-three years, and Rating " ill health" as his principal reafon for retiring from the Stage. At this declaration the audience appeared eonfiderably af feited.—ln the eourfe of the addrefs it was Rated by Mr. Kwiowr, that "ttla Writ yet might walk spat the nue." And it appeared to be very flrongly hinted, that he intended (howdy to offer to the Rage fame new piece of his own campofition ; in which cafe (alluding to his retirement in the country) he appealed to the audience, • Will you then refufe The awl ,artl hobbling of a rattle mare ?" —This queßion was inflantly anfwered by univerfal applaufe. After Mr. KNIGHT had retired, the op plaufes were continued for a confiderable time. In the Entertainment of The Prize, Mr. KNIGHT alto difplayed his comic powers to great advantage in the part of Dr. Lenitive. Upon the whole, the reception he met from the Public malt be in the higheft degree flattering to his feelings. Coast's SUSSCRIPTION CONCFRTS.The fecond of thLfe Concerts was lall night attended by a numer. nits and elegant company. Nearly 200 perhins of fathion were prefent. Mils Lass MAN, a young lady, ' apparently about fifteen, formed a confiderable part of the attraaion of the night. Her voice is extremely melodious and plaintive; and, although flie fling with that modclly which always accompanies genius at its ontfet,fheftaciently (hewed that the had made the art her careful Rudy, and thatlbe poireliesthat feeling and acrimination which alone can fuhdue its difficulties. Her voice and jodgmrnt wan , . nothing hut maturity to make her a molt fuccefstitl finger. Her face and figure are interelling ; and the will prove, no doubt, an acquifition to the Rage, if that be her deaination. She had two Airs in the Concert—A.4 , th ever Bet z& cad Fair (by HANDF L), and Blibl with Maids (by SHIELD). In both, particularly in the fecund, the received the loudett applaufes. A charming overture of P 's, given with great delicacy and talk, introduced the firfi part of the concert I and a concerto on the piano forte, by Mr. WOOO - finely performed, preceded the fecond. 'Three or fuur pieces were highly applauded, and none more defervedly than the Sapling OA and B.'ari eyed Sulam, the former of which was rung by Mr. Buasnws, and the latter by Mr. WuLr. The Air of Tea Reyli was given by Mrs. Coast, with great fweetnefs. It was with difficulty the could proceed with it, for the impatience of applaufe. Between the Firft and Second Part of the'Concert, refrefhtnents wet e Greed in the rooms adjoining the amphitheatre, in a moR elegant ayie. Theis rooms rote esceifirtly crowded. ROYAL ACADEIIfr. EXHIBMON, 18c4 190. The Ferry.—R. Wsvrast, R. A.—Lets - nittPd than Mr. Wertairs drawings are in general, and the colouring is of rather a fombre hnc, but the defign is good, and the figures, &c. are correelly dra;:n. 543. A Storm after Vern". —J. Ft TT LI e, A.—This engraving prefents a good copy of a very popular piCture. The Rile of Mr. Fluter is rather laboured, but it is neverthelefs effective. Of all the old pain ters, the pencilling of Vernet is, perhaps, better foiled to the touch of his g ban any we could mention. 565, 566. Portraits.—H. EDRIDG E. There are pencil dram. ings on vellum paper, molt freely hand led, and very correaly drawn. We could, however, with that the artitt would not wage his life in theft niggling purfuits, but let us fee what he can do on a larger kale on canvas. 352, 353, 354, 355. Pithirel in Eeairel.—H. Bows, A.—Some of the bell things of the prefent day, in this Rile of painting ; they are, however, all copies of well known piaures. 210. Signora Gres; ar Virgin del So!e.—P. E. STROCI4I.IIIG.—A brilliant pit:Wm, but not painted RriCtly according to the fober rules of the Englith fcbool. The figure is well drawn, and coloured, but there is too great a glare of light fpread over the whole compofition. 604. The Loan: of the 11)40 Army in Egypt. — N. Focoear.—The intention of the Artifl in this produttlon is more to give a precife idea of the great ation it celebrates, than a pleating pißore ' confider. ed as a compofition. It is what is called a bird's eye view, and the boats, bomb !hips, fleet, &c. are all we underhand corrally arranged, as are the lines of the enemy on (bore. Every thing is well made out, but the Cubic& does not admit of pictorial graces. 636. Sisoevdoes.—J. Ds FLEURY .—A well drawn and coloured landfcape. but the outline of die dillancel is rather berth. This is an improving young artiß. :31. Stuifi Peafants.—J. J. MASQ/ at azt.—Thefe I figures are true to charafter and centime ; and the back ground appears a faithful reprefentation of Helvettc Nature; but there might have been more boldnefs and projeaion in the general management of the pitlure. :31. Chrtjf Healing the Bind—H. 511101.2702. — One bf this Artift's bell piCtures.—The defign and companion ate good, and the colouring is brilliant; hut there is no great Rrength of expreffion in Tome of the faces.—lt would be better if Mr. S. would pay more attention to local minutia. 623. Cupid and Phclre.—P. E. 5T10C111.111G..... Sufficiently voluptuous for public Exhibition—but inodellly enough hung in a fituatioa where its merits cannot be particularly examined ; it appears, how ever. a well defigned, though gaudily coloured, pic ture. 212. Orlando contemplating the Chain gives bin by Rofofinel—T. P/111.1.12.—There is a fober tone of colouring thrown over this piastre, which faits well with the fubjell ; there is, however, nothing flriking either in the defign or compofition. It is below the poetical (Lyle of painting. 220. A. Old Gleenser...—W. R. Brous. A.—This is not equal to Come former pianres of a fimilar de fatiption, by the fame rutin. The figure is probably a portrait ; and, perhaps, fervilely coloured from nature, but it wants that intereft which frequently attaches to Inch rural fubjelts. 229. Bilhopfgateßridge,Norotrieh....-S.W. REYNOLDS., —There is confiderable merit in this protlation ; the view is corral. and the di Rribution of light and (bade is harmonious, but the general hue of the piaurc is not pleating. 256. Portrait of Genera! lfrdlot in Prifon.—Countsss Dt Torrs.—This is a boldly painted, portrait. but the colouring appears rather luta ; it however bangs in a very bad light. A Mr. Moore, of the county of Tipperary, was killed a few days fine by a fall from his boric. We copy the following from a country paper—' " A melancholy accident lately happened at Black. thaw, near Halifax, which plainly dentonftrates that the age offsprifirion is not yet paffed. An aged man of the name of Robert Sotcliff. a , poffeffed I the filly idea that his houfe was troubled by a witch or devil, by whole fupernatural agency the clothes of his family were cut, the threads of his looms broken, and other injuries committed. He at length applied to a John Hepworth. of Bradford, a fortune teller, to deliver him from his tormentors. The pretended ezorcifer went to the haunted Louth, where he procured a large iron bouts, into which he poured human blood, a quantity of hair, with other materials; and, after a few incantations, corked the bottle well up, and depofited it in a hot fire. In a (port time the bottle burg, with a terrible explofinn ; the (windows of the houfe were driven out, and a great pail of the chimney fell down. It is melan choly to relate, that the poor unfortunate old man received a dreadful wound by the burning c.f the I bottle, and died a fhort time afterwards." A Tian Day Anacnors.—At a time not very remote, when the Duke of Gordon. and all the Lords of that family were Roman Catholics, a Pinteflant. not unknown to his Grace, rented a (mall farm under him, near Huntley Cattle, and, from whatever caufe, had fallen behind in his payments. A vigilant Reward, in the Duke's abfence, feised the farmer's flock for arrears of rent, and advertifed it by the parith crier to be romped, that is, fold by auBion, on a fixed day. The Duke happily returned in the in terval ; his tenant, who knew his road, made the belt of his way onward to the Duke's apartment, and he was not interrupted, but forwarded to it by the fervants, who concluded be came by appointment. What is the matter, Donald r' Paid the Duke, as he law him enter melancholy.—Donald told his for rowful tale in a concife, natural manner; it toothed the Duke's heart, and produced an acquittance in form. Staring, aii he exerily withdrew, at the pie tures and images, he esprefTed a curiofity to know what they were, in his horndy way. " There," Paid the Duke, with great condcfcenflon, " there are the Saints who intercede with GOD for me."—" My Lord Duke," laid Donald," would it not be better to apply yourfelf direetly to Goa; I went to muckle Sawney Gordon, and to little Sawney Gordon; but if I had not come to youtr guid Grace's felf, I could not have got my difchsrge, and baith I and my bairns bad been barrind.". LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCH. MAT ili. PURER D. TELL AND This was an action of Troyer and Gaut The plaintiff had tome goods coming upfront . by the waggon, and fent a potter with gm obi . ceipt to the Swan, St. Giles's, where the waggosfets up, in order to get the goods ; the defendant. Sell, a Police Officer, having perionated the clerk - waggon ; and, as was alledged, in concert plaintiff's wife, obtained poffeffion of the and wider that got the goods. He then fent plaintiff, took him into cußody, as the reeei‘ Rulen goods, and brought him before the Magic. at Hatton-garden, rho, after a long examination both him and the wife, committed him to gao mifdemeanour : he was afterwards difcharged. goods were returned to the plaintiff, and moo to his wife ; but there was no evidence to prop were the fame good, that had been defcribed been in a chell, which came up in the waggon. Mr. Gataow Rated the cafe for the defender (aid the plaintiff was a boric flaughtererr fame lhort time previous to the 'rani - a/lion . two, the plaintiff's wife went to fell rime gold at the fhop of one Goodwin in Holborn, perfon who attended the fhop, recognifing the to have been part of Come which had been Rol of another fhop belonging to Goodwin, in the fireet, /he was detained till the fhould account the had come by them ; the raid the had from her hufband. who bought them from (the thief, Mr. Gaaeow faid). This gave idea, that the goods coming by the waggon Bolen ; and it was agreed, a Peace Officer attend at the Swan, when the goods were dem upon which the plaintiff was taken into cello& The Learned Counfel obferved, this was nt. action for falfe imprifoensent. but of Troyer . Converfion ; and there had been no legal evidence converfion adduced. He would prove was a&ually given to the plaintiff's wife back the goods. One Cotter, a Parish Cos.. and Chapman, a Police Officer. were examined. depofed, that the receipt was given to 0 9 -* wife, in his pretence. and that the had got goods; but it not appearing that dm* goods stoned to have been in the cheß were returned, Jury found a verdia of col. for the plaintiff. VARDAR v. merman:a. This was an action brought by the plaintiffi is an attorney, to recover a balance of 41. frost defendant. It was Rated that the defendant called on the plaintiff and told bias his fonars.law been ill-treated, and he would fee him righted then gave him direaions to foe oett a writ' Wfor the - law, aid Ggned a kind arrant of Attorney for that pa:pore. A young lady, Mils Anna Maria Carpenter, produced : the depofed that the was prefent time Pickherring gave the direnione, and fir order for Cuing out the writ for his fon.in.lw Fanner asked him for a guinea on account, romifed to fend it ; that he called crystal • Farmer to know if he was WILISS and that the delivered the bill of coils to in Oftober lag. Upon her crofrezaminatit Al by Mr. Glees, the Paid the wis not clerk to Mr. Farmer. bat only on a vitlt at his houfe, and generally fat in the room when he tranfaded his buunefs; knows all the Courts Mr. Fanner pradices in. and beard he was Prothonotary of the Five Pound Court. at White. chapel. Upon Lord Et.tiasoaovon's examining the ceder or Power of Attorney. he found it was without a Ramp ; it therefore could be neither a Warrant of Attorney or legal Agreement. and' could not be produced in evidence. The plaintiff was nonfuited. Some other undefended caufes of ao moment wets tried. 01•11 T O, stouroccr. An anion for the balance of account of the plain. tiff's bill for grocery goods, &v.—Verdi& for the plaintiff, for 41. 3s• 6d. MORRISON II stosaisom An salon upon a Bond for sool.—Vadia for plaintiff. The Adjournment Day was appointed for Mooday fe'nnight. COURT Of COMMON PLEAS, MAY ail. BILL O. SOTLIIL. This was an aaion brought by as informer spina the Defendant. for having & iv. s a teeeipt upon on (tamped paper. under maw ciresinfiances. The Statute of the 43d Geo. 111. c. so, mils a penalty of tot. for a receipt fo given. There is a reference in the Aa to the eth Geo. 111. fee. is and ty. aad to the 3ta Geo. 111. e. ay. by which the prefent quellion was to be determined. Mr. Serjeant BAILAT. for the plaintiff, recited the 'words of the Statute as applicable to this penalty, and proved the hand writing of a receipt given to Mr. Pulcher on unftamped paper. It was dated the toth December. t Boa, for 391. es. being the amount of a Bill on the defendant. in the hands of the patois to whom the receipt was given. Mr. Serjeant Bssr, on behalf of the defendant. contended. that this was not that (pecks of receipt which was referred to in the Mt, and be read, in fupport of his opinion, the pelages in the three Sta tutes to which we have alluded. He obferved, that it was merely a receipt for a Bill of Exchange ; and an acknowledgment of this defcription on the back of the Bill itlelf. is one of the very exceptions is the Mi. Lord C. J. This is an aerials to recover the penalty of icl. for a receipt given without a (tamp. The °Nett of the Leginature wag, to rails a certain revels's, and in order to enforce compliance, they thought fit to ma a penalty. This may be Paid to be fever; on the defendant. but what would be the confequence to t.' , e honeft fubjeas of the realm. if artful men were permitted to evade thefe duties f The burden mull be greater upon thofc who pf.frefs molt integrity. If this were negligence in the de fendant. the law mull he obeyed, and he mull refer for hi.. inadvertence. I cannot underftand the cafe as Rated by my Brother Bs sr: if an action had been brought upon the Bill. this receipt would have been a good defence. It is cootrary to the Statute, and the party by whom it is violated. bas filtisteed (elf to the penalties.".—Vadtift for the pladaa soh • si. vertino•—• rum Bath. e aftud re. 'aggon fets Gant. Bell; erk of the n with the he receipt, ent for the receiver of lr . fagifirate mination rf gaol for $ ged. Some note gives prove they )ed to have non. endant ; hr. r and th, t an in noel- gold rings. n, and the the articles r; Rodeo oat in the fame count bow • d got them do a perfect rife to the In were alto Seer Gould demanded, sflody. was not an Troyer and evidence of the receipt fs, who got Callable, 'mined. and o plaiotilfre rot beck the I goods am. tensed, the aintiC who tin fromd t lst a l a.i,o-law had righted a be it to recover of orate at Tenter, was efent at the Id fignea the in-law ; that emu, and be ..sral times on a. dm - sglari - to defendant.