Star. — London, England, 1804-12-03 00:00:00

filE YOUNG RQSCIUS. No perlon could be furprifed to find, after all the ezpedation that had been railed, evet• avenue to Co. vent Garden Theatre filled at an early hour on Satur day evening, when this plienortienon was to make his firft appeatance. Under the Portico in Bow-ftreet, and the Piazza, a conliderahle number had affembled at iirro o'clock, and before five they became fo very chi. thofbas that it was found neceffary to open the outer doors j the perfnns thus admitted into the palfage which led to the bars, where the money is taken, Cound 4hemfelvesmtith more uncomfortable than they were bfore, on account of the great prriTure, and almoil Intolerable heat of the place. On the inner door being opened, nearly all the firft who gained admial:4l, not being of the number of thofe who had taken places, ' forced their way over into the pit, which having rhos fu many inlets, was filled in about ten mintites.—The few' women who entered among the crowd Coffered stremely, having their pelices torn, as were silo the I tkirts of the Gentlemen's coat*, &e. The (creams elf, the females were very diflreffing, and level al fainted away, but we do not hear that any ferions accidents happened. The pickpockets were bury, but we fhould hope that few were fo imprudent as to hy oid% them with the means of making much booty ; two of them were fortunately fecured by the activity of the police officers. On the riling of the curtain, Mr; C. Kissing came a forward to deliver a (bore Addrefs, written for the oi..eafion by Mr. Talmo', and which was announced in the bills ; but the audience was of fo mifcellemeous a defcription. that the cask& of his appearance Was not under hood by many, and a great clamour enfued, which prevented any of the lines.being beard diaind ly, we have, however procured a copy of them.— ' They were as follow : Impatient for renown, aft hope and fur. 1-low many a Candidate has ventured here ; Wiser. dawning meth neva mire'l its aim, But roach% by dug degrees, the heights of fame. Yet raw, unheeding 'Study's fertile cares, (So Rumour, with her hundred tongues. declares) A re* your favour courts, whole early prime Derides the tedious growth of Wring Time: Mature at °rice, sale° Nature urg'd he !trove, Starting like Pallas from the brain of Jove. 800 ebb!' not, though on fortune's fruiting tide, Led by exulting Pator see travels wide— Think sot he mow,. with vale triumphant fail. 240/retreads the danger- of an adverfe gale. Though crawls on crowd: here !cilia in food areftins, Through his bright track, to bear aloft his name; And to complete at length his bold career, Have fent Ma 110 k hart in &fay here; Not pride but gratitude has wandd his bre aft, And hence alarms his modal doubts fuggeft, Left that a pp!aufe has been with ru'rous ars Not !raid on his genius but his age. He knows the temper of • line® mind, For omit zealous, bat to error kind; Nor can be datable honours juftly due. n Until confirm's!, ligeed,ratify'd , by you." Like the above Added' the firft levies of Donor Baowa's well written, but rather heavy, tragedy, Barbar.gEn (judicinufly enough choler: for the Mist of Mailer BITTY in the juvenile part of Achaur, Or more properly Vim) were rendered inaudible by the up roar which prevajled through the book ; the ap p!arance, however, of Mrs. H. SIDOONI , in frost, and Mrs 'Altar it to in Zaphfra, had the effen of lulling the tempell, and tolerable tilence was afterwards ob- Served. • It is not till the middle of the Second aft that Abort is vifible, when, as the interelling moment ap proached, a murmur of impatient expeflation again entirely drowned the voices of the aeon on the page, and which broke forth on the entrance of the young hero in Such a torrent of continued applaufe, as lhook the Theatre to its foundation. —It was . full five mi nutes before he was able to (peak, during which pe riod he preferved a moll graceful and piaittercine de portment, though the fervile habit of difguife which Ahmed wears is ill calculated to give any advantage to figure Ilis delivery of the fird lines of the poet, beginoing " Hail, mighty Barbaro& !" was Such as to infpite a full confidence in hi s abilitie man, s, but it was in the n ext fceue, with his frie nd Oil that the audience were peculiarly (truck by the fenft hility of his tones, the beauty of hi. , aftiun, and the varying emotions which marked his countenance. — lit concluding Speech— " Oh, thou bait roads thought,on which revenge " Mound with redoubled fire!" was delivered with an arJour that proved irrefiflible. The interview with Zaphira, in the third all, was truly affelling. It was a glowing. p iflure of all that is noble, impAillurieJ, and heroic, In a youthful mind, ready to facrifice life foi the farm and honour of a beloved mother. The amiable and ardent emotions of filial teniicrnefs never found a more nauoal perfo nitication ; and he no lets excelled, after her Tydepatr ure. in the exretTion at his f ears, kart drant hould dillsonoupr h e r, and at his refolution ie to refcue her from pollution. All his powers and judgment were mot? happily unitcd tive an atedo g effenin adequoi ate ro the feelings by which he is Agit the fl o :Alit y ; "Now tker and (Ilene. ------------ '• Brood o'er th e city. The devoted centlecl Now takes his 131.c1y (land, and idly humsl . Of tt.it to-morrow he dull never fc. . • • In thiii dread interval, 0 bury thought, • From ou tward t'' hiss &trend i n to thyfelf-- Si arch deep my heart'. Bring with thee awful coniciencc '' And firm rerolre ; that in the :Twitching ?woe • Of blood and horror I may land unroiv'd t " Nor femr to ftrik c where juit tee crib, nor dare - To fltike where Gin forbiJ•." Every paffage was deceiving of the wait:tell praife; 'it if there was any one peculiarly 'hiking, it is -` Ili , very nieJt the tyrant thica' ens viol, nee i II w.itro : •• tiro: I'll hunt lons thro' the palace; And, fhould he mcditote a deed to vile, I II hover o'er him like an unrcen porta , nee., And WAIL hini in ho guile' . ' -The Ipirit and animation w ith w hirl, he &livered .r.fe lines elearificd the liouf-. All rernernhr.mc: if. e boy was 101 l in contemplati.in ot the 3 41‘. - . Ile 7med to piaci , all the powet of excrutin the me :e. Two lewd, prolonged, and diftinet peals cf --... • - • apptate, declared the enthttrultie ideliratioli of die audience. When, its the fiatrlit ael he difeottered hittifeif to Awbarop, the'Prirree Was revealed in a blaie of Ma jelly that feemed to awe the Ufnrper; and ahhoiigh the ipterell of the Tragedy is but poorly managed, in v the fifth, his genius kept it nearly nu an equality 4:h the preceding fcenes, to the end of the piece. when he delivered lre following concluding linis with fuels an awful dignity as made us entirely lofe fight of the boy, and think we were liftening to an after of veteran celebi it y • " Now let us thank the Eternal Powers convinced, . That Heaven but tries ot.' virtue by affliction: " That oft the cloud which wraps the prefent hour, " Serves but to brighten all our future days!" We confefs we went to the Theatre rather fcepti cal, after all we had heard ; but we now acknowledge, that the powers of this young aftor are aftonifhing he is, however, as we have hinted, a mere boy ; and we could with that, after he has gratified the impa tient town with a difplay of his abilities in all his prin cipal parts, he would retire to his Rudy till time has ripened him to man—At prefent, he is not without his faults. In Tome palTages there is, perhaps, too great a rapidity of utterance, and his aftion may be conlidered by the CIA judges of the art, too unre tirained and vehement. His grand claim to pre•emi nence in the profeffion is feeling, which fo happily varies with the motives and cues for pallion as to ap pear the working of Nature herfelf. His deportment is dignified and graeefol without affeEtation, and his voice is firring and diftind, and, with very few es eeptiow, finely modulated. On the fall of the curtain, on Saturday night, nine fucceffive plaudits crowned his labours, which were repeated, on his fccond performance of the fame cha raeler being announced for this evening. With the exception of Mrs. 'Arc FIELD in Zatbira, Mrs. H. Smoot:. in Irene, and ME'lltAY in °Oman, the red of the charaClers were vet) languidly performed. The PRINCE of Watts fat in Lady Ms Lemma e's box, where his Royal Highnefs remained an atten tive obferver of the aftoniThing performance of the Infant Rosctus. In the Icetie where he difcovers himfelf, and points to the (car on his forehead, the Prince toot the lead in the loud and reiterated burgs of applaufe, which attended that uncommonly great difplay cf his talents. In the interval between the fir' fcene and the time of Matter BETTY'S coming forward, he fat on a bench in the Green Room by the fide of Mr. KN IGHT, the Comedian, where, inftead of being employed, as other performers were, in reading his part, he amuf ed hittifelf in playing non:beliefs boyith tricks with that Gentleman. He fot Dade the ? rtimpter to affil him, and indeed his affiltance would have been alto gether unn:ceffary. Behind the fcenes were many of the &ft perfonages, botl: for rank and learning in the country. Bet:des the LORD CHILI BARON, Lord Metvitts, Mr. Coss r, the Counfel, &c. there were all the theatrical judges of merit. Mr. Cotsiew was there, and he (poke of the youth in terms of the molt enthufiallic admiration. Mr. K ZAMA'S eye. were riveted on him whenever he appe tred, and that great connoifeur did not vrith•hold his due weed of praife. Behind the fcenes alt . () were numerous groups' o f L a dies o f the kit { A lbion, who were content to Rand doting the whole of the performance, in any hole or corner where they could h et a glimpfe of the wonderful boy. In the impaffuned fcenes where he was ffw wonderfully great, not only the tender-heart ed fair flied tears in abundance, but even the molt veteran performers did the fame. The father of young BUTT! was behind the fcenes during the whole of the play ; and when it finifhed. he hurried the boy off the Rage through a private door, in an inflant no doubt to avoid the crowd who would have preffej upon him with their congratulations. He will play every night this week, an exertion almoft too great for his tender years and ftripling form. We luppofe, on no former occalion was the Thea tre fo completely filled ; few, however, Raid to fee the Farce. Maxims ox TNa YouNG Roscius.—Upon the following Raternent, from the molt authentic fources, perfect re.iance may be placed : WILLIAM HINItY WEST BITTY, the Young Rof eine, only fon of Witt tam Hiner BETTY, was born on the ,3th of September. t 79 t, as appears from the peril regifter of the church of St. Chad, in Shrewf bury. Mr. Berm the father, was the fon of Dr. Br rrv, a phyfician of eminence at Lilbourn, not far from Belfalt, in the north of Ireland, at whole death lie became pnfic Wed of a handfome independent for lune. His wife was Mils MALT STANTON, thc daugh ter of a reipedable gentleman in the county of Wor celler, a Lady of good education and high accom plifhments, who brought him a Tel l :et:able fortune, part of which, it is laid, is entailed on the young gen, ticman who is the fubjeA of thcfe memoirs. it has been frequently laid, that Mitt STANTON had or e in formerly either a per former on a public Rage, the frequent habit( f aflit g;in private theatres; neither of which reports have the 'Mallet foundation intruth. Mr. Barry, at the time oldie birth cat his Inn lived within a finall dialance of Shrew fhttry, from whence he removed, a few years after, to the neighbourhood of his native place, in the north of Ireland. He oc cupied a tarm, and alio carried on fume bufineli re. lating to the linen manufadory, near Ballyhinch, in the county of Down. In the fummer of 1802, the play of Pizarro was brought out by the Belfall manager with much fplen dor, and bits. SIDDONS was the Elmira. As Mr. BETTY and his fon happened to be in the town, they were induced to go to the theatre, being the Rift time that Mailer BE TT Y had ever fret: a play. From this moment his fate was decided. When he came home he told his father with a t look of fuch entlitilialm, and a voice C. palbet;e, that thole who heard him will never forget the es; r _Rion, " 'hat he fhould f crafting die, if he mull n. ta• plas er.Th• wonderl of Mrs. Smoot: a, tint eatily to he Ingot phlegmatic, had lett an imprelLon to by the moll on his g lowing mind, which rot liing could ever crate. Every thing was negleCted for his !a•ourite objet ; and every thing not eonnetcd w ith it became tirelome and infipid. His propensity grew visibly in u re to. , trd by time ; his importunities were irreldlible ; and l is parents at length, finding all oppolition un availing, were compelled to think ferinufly of the praeli..ability of iadidging him. The happy moment ; . q. length :strived, which Was to realize OUT "MOE'S imres and mifilev. Mr. ATKINS, the Manager of the Bahia Comp ail, induced by the reports he . , . • ' • this bid iticeihd, tad Iblititoisx to firing ortilar extraordinary novelty okaecount of the extreme d: preflicin of the times*, offered him an engagement to plafr at Belfaft, for four nights. Accordingly about the middle of Auguft, in the year 51103, lse announced the tragedy of Zara, the part of Climax to be under taken by a Trial Gentleman only elrreti 'tars of age. The fingularity of the exhibition drew together a ; great crowd of people, who were equally ationithed and enraptured at the performance of the young attar. He af etwirds performed with increared celebrity ho the fame Rage, the characters of Doug/at. Rolla, and Rosa. With his fuccefs in other parts of Ire land, in Scotland, and feveral towns in England, par ticularly Birmingham and Liverpool, the Public are perfeelly acquainted through the medium of the daily prints, and it only remained for a London au dience to witnefs the rare difpl.ty of his talent , , to confirm the tributes of panegyric previoufly crinfer red upon his different performances. In his private deportment he exhibits the manner and feelings of boys of his own age. He is fond of, and participates in, the ufiral games and fpnrts of youth. His difpo fition is remarkably docile and benevlent, and he is free from all pride and vanity, but padres a juft confidence in his genius and proters. • The much lamented bifurcation In Dublin. which ceded the. death of Lord Kilwarden, had recently taken psca, and had fluent a great aunt over all parts of the country. LOIN tIVTEL LIGEtt CB. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, NOVeMBER ;to. 1.1 V. VAUGHASI. This was an aElion to recover goof. on a policy of infurance, made bf the Defendant on a cargo of flour (hipped on board the Prefident, from New York to Gibraltar, on the zd March, sBo r. Mr. GI sus Paid that this cafe lay within a very. nar row compafs. The plaintiff having a contrail to (ap ply the garrifon of Gibraltar with a qtrantity of flour, Ihipped the fame on board the Pi ef,dent, &mind from New York to Gibraltar. Wifhing to infure this cargo, his clerk went to Lloyd's. where he met with the de fendant and Cetera] other underwriters. Having ex• plained to the Defendant the nature of the infurance he wifhed to have executed, it was explained that there were reports at Lloyd's, that the Spaniards about that time had been making captures of (hips from America to Gibraltar. On this ground, the premium deman. ded, mid at which the policy bad been underwritten, was ten per cent. although at the tame time common infurance ran only from a to 3 per cent. • The (hip tailed from New York for the place of deflination, and in the Straits (he was (urrounded, taken. and car tied into Algefiras. To recover the amount of the policy this adion was brought. Mr. Lander, clerk to the Plaintiff, who lead got the policy executed, and other witnelfes, proved the flatenient of Mr. Gibbs. Mr. Emma, for the Defendant. raid that there were here, to his mind, fufficient grounds to induce hem to fubmit to his Lorelfhip, that the cafe might not to go to a Jury, but that the Plaintiff (honk' be non fished. In the policy, the flip to be infured was de- fcribed as being the American (kip Prefident, or by whatever other name the might be called ; but in re ality, the name of the (hip was the American Preli dent, a name which did not at all correfpond with the defcription given in the policy, a defcrlption which, he maintained, the Plaintiff was bound to warrant. Lord ELLINBOROUCH faki, that it did not teem to him that the defcription in the policy went the length of inferring a warranty again(( the Plaintiff. It mere ly amounted to a denomination, which was fuflic:ently evidenced by the fubfequent words—" or by whatever other name fhe may be called." It was often impof fible, in the cafe of foreign (hips, or, where the (hip on which the policy was to be executed, was at a dif , tance, to give the name with minute accuracy. It was, he thought, fufficient, that no doubt (hould re main as to the identity of the (hip meant to be Minted. The g Jury accordingly found for the plaintiff, re• retyin to Mr. Emmert, on the ground of objedion '• he had Rated, to move the Court for leave to enter a nonfuit. Lord ELLESISOROUGN having quitted the Court, • his feat was taken by Mr. plaice LAWAINCI, before whom the following cafe was tried : GARDIISIt V. SCALES. Mr. Gaer.ow flated,that this was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a wine and brandy merchant, to re ' cover from the Defendant the fum of soh 5.. being the price of wine furnithed to the Defendant. He had been informed, bat he could not believe it poffi ble, that a defence of a mull difgraceful kind, and one which, if made, he could not vampire to any thing flout of an attempt to fwindle, was to be fet up in this cite. The Defendant had been introduced by his father, an opulent and ref p ei l able man, both at a banking-bottle of eminence in the City, and to the acquaintance of feveral merchants in the whole- Isle trade, as a perfon who, bearing every appearance of braving reached the years of manhood, had been fettled by his father in Inch a (tile as to enable him to carry on a contiderable export trade to the Well Indies. He kept a counting bottle and lodgings in town, and a country !route on Blackheath. He frit- ed his crinkle and lervanr, and in every rtipoft bore ! the marks of an extenlive and opulent London mer chant. ('rider thcfe appearance., and knowing that his father had introduced him as a fit pet lon to be dealt with and nulled by other merchants, the Plaintiff had carried on trantaftions with him to a confiderable e‘teia. 'this, however, was not the prefent fubjea of inquiry. What the Jury were now called on to award to the Plaintiff was the firm of Sal. for wine fmnill•ed to the defendant, for hi, own private rife, and that of his friends. The farts of the deliver y to the defend int of tt , e wine in torellion ; of his lather's having givers f.im credit with a banking 'mule, and having introduced him to tome merchants of his acquarna.nee as an ex' 'curiae export merchant ; and of the eleg rut Rile in which the delendanillived, being prove alr.Garrow do I tred the plaintiff's cite concluded. Mr. WIGLSY then Paid, that the defence he was inlitneted to make, nonvithfiantling Mr. Gar row's expeclations to the contrary, was minority. 'lie prove this haft, he -adduced the torgeon rho had :Milled in bringing the defendant into the world, and l,is father, from whole evidence it appeared that the defendant WAS not major till the sth of next month. Mr. Gaairow, in a very animated and perfoafive fpeech, called the attention of the Jury to what ought with propriety and jutlice be deemed neceffaries to a merchant of the City of Loodor, liv'ng in the Rae of Fle at which k*a primed the derealme ltd maintained ; recommended by his father, en olpolent and relpatable man, not likely to be lapelled of deceit, as a fit perfon with whom commercial deal. ings might be had ; and, alluding to the extrema: fiance of the age in which we lived, and in which tee within thefe so years was elleented the &remelt lux ury, was to be ken in every hedge cottage where a kettle was pot on the fire—maintained that neither in minim, nor in the generally received notions of pro; priety, could the furnifhing of fix dozen of three dif ferent kinds of wine be viewed in any other light than that of neceffaries, to a perfon holding nut abetabet appearance which the defendant had borne. The plaintiff had, by his appearance, been defrauded out of 25001. which, in mercantile concerns, he had en. , trutted to the defendant ; but he nulled the defier dant's plea of minority would not here avail him. Sir Jullice Lawasaca could not think that the article of tea, which now, fo far from being an ea penfive luxury, was the cheapen beverage which the common people of this country could command, af forded a fair or jolt illutlratirn of the argument of the Learned Conflict. If the Jury were of opinion that the furnillt,og of Wine to the extent of Sol. at a tithe, was atedirry to a young man like the defendant, who, before he came of age, had fpentr toool. which his fa ther (a Tile-maker) had bellowed on him, merely be caufe he kept a counting haute in the City, furndhed lodgings, and a female friend in the weft end of the town, and a country haute on Blackheath, they would find for the Plaintiff ; otherwife they would find for the Defendant. • The Jury found for the Plaint:if—Damages 501. ft. aaae W. THQMION. This was an anion brought by the plaintiff to re cover wages to a certain amount from thedefendant; who is a merchant, and had employed the plaintiff as a clerk. Mr. Gm's opened the cafe by Rating, that in con fequence of learning that the defendant wanted a clerk, the plaintiff's father applied to him, offering his fun for that fitoation. An agreement was ver bally made, that the plaintiff &mild he paid at the fame rate at which the former clerk had been paid, which was 351. for the fire year, 421. for the farm& year, and col. for the third. The defendant, how ever, MAI ved, that it would be neceffary to have the young man for a little time upon trial, before lee could engage him for three years. The plaintiff ac cordingly did the duty of clerk for the defendant for the (pace of four months and ten days, after which the defendant wrote to the plaintiff's father, inform. inn him that he could engage his fon only at the rate of act. f..r the fire year, eel, for the fecond, and 301. for the third ; and that it this was not agreeable to the father, defining him to call and receive the boy's wages for four months at the rate of aol. a year. The learned Connfel mentioned Come intances ef the tilefulnes of the yottng man to the defendant, who had drawn a bill and got h im to accept. T he de fendant, he contended, atter having fixed the rate of 351. a-year, might net to be allowed to pay only at the rate of zol. a-year had been uttered, but properly refuted by the plaintiff's father. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff went to prove the agreement to pay at the rate of 351. a year. That a trial was agreed upon was admitted, but all the time that the defendant kept the young man, he was to pay him at the rate of 351. a year. • Mr. GAIROW, on the part of the defendant, Rated that 61. 13s. 4d had been paid into Court, which were the wages for four months at the rare of aol. a year, which was all that the fervices of the boy deferved. He was called out of a Sunday fchool, and was only ts .) cars of age, Co that he was pertai n ignorant of the world and of Winds when he en gaged in the defendant's fervice. The jury would confider that the boy had acquired a knowledge of bufinefs with the Defendant which was more than adequate to his fervices ; and bearing this on their minds, he hi pell they would think the fain paid into Court to be amply fitfficient for the plaintiff. Lord Et.t. ea tosouo a, in fumming up the evi dence, obferved, that during all the time the plain. tiff was in the fervice of the defendant, he had boarded with his father, and preffed upon the Jury the propriety of taking this into their confiderauon, while fettiing what was a reaconable rum for the plaintiff's Cervices. The Jury found that the plaintiff had a right to be paid at the rate of 351. a•year, and therefore in addi tion to the Cum already in Court, gave sl. • PALACE COURT, NOV. so. PASCO6 Aan WITS V. FRAM". Mr. Haar, in fupport of the motion made on a former day for granting a new trial in this cafe, re• • plied to the various arguments which had been Co ably urged by Mr. Agar at the time when the mo tion was made. He then with the utninft candour and liberality conk a regular review of all the diffe rent cafes which the ingenuity and indullry of that learned Gentleman had fuggefted. He maintained, however, upoil the whole, that, though the general weight of attain' ity appeased to be againtl the prac tice of Judges in the interior Courts granting a new trial to be had before themfelves, yet that the rear= of the cafe molt appear very llrong from a reference to the praftice which is now become fo general in the higher Courts. His client was aAing as a Magiftrato in endeavouting inn liipprefs the tumult which the Plaintiff and her alinciates were railing in calling out Barden for ever," and dillurbing the peace of the neighbourhood. He did not complain of the bard thip of having to pay the damages of 51 he only endeavoured to alien and maintain the honour and chs. after of the Magill rates of Middlefix, and in that to Inpport the independence of the Magiffracy is m utt al throughout the Empire. Mr. SetitAilt MARSHAL, the Judge of this Court, recapitulated all the arguments which had been urg ed, and adverted to the various precedents whicla had been quoted by the learned Counfel on both fides, and complimented them in the midi flattering terms for the liberality with which they had &Cuffed the quellion before the Court. Upon the whole, he con. ciuded that he did not conceive the prefent to be a cafe of fuch importance as to authorife him to ditlurb the verdiA nt the Jury. But, if the damages were of much greater magnitude, he Ihould (et slide the verditi, and leave the Plaintiff to Peek his redrefs in the Court of Kiny,'s Bench. This was not fo portant a cafe es to induce him to adopt that moss of aCtingt He therettrse ordered that th e rile be difcharged. I 4 ' • ' , ~ fy , ••• t•'. 1 i i • ........ s t IS , A ti t .'s • • , if k f ' K I. . . , - - . t r • e i- ' ~,,,,' • i , a Co Ics- ur re- at ' 4, al 4 , IC• Me on see the ate the out .I._ 4a of MT. of tad tic. La 'an; 55. ley, and are bet- rht. toms made rcigiU. 1 cd I cj 1 od I 6d Don. egant I's the Town lion. ng ap. ember Linked >e}tg•'d from ucceed iy the adj Parer n. werh A s Ma- Sir, and on he 'tale of ago, tot, to rear ur .t I be t6p+•d • a qua uvict y of