Star. — London, England, 1817-10-22 00:00:00

THEATRES. p c uay-Lath.—ne Beggar's °Arra was last night -erfmmed—and (great and various as are the abili. q r:.l for an effective representation of it) per- , r ,, rn , d s o well, as to leave the most fastidious taste er rs little to wish for. Miss BYRNE appeared, for t h e first time, in the character pf Polly, and placed her cl.ims to a lofty situation. " amidst the tuneful e. o i r ," -el so firm a basis, that they cannot be assailed tsv doubt, or shaken by envy Her execution of the' de li g h t f u l air— Can Inve be contrord by advice"— ep i c pathetic appeal to her parents, not merely as „ trews . hut as human beings, who had themselves felt the inflii..nce of passion—was exquisitely mel II was encored.— , . Cease your funning"— a n air demanding a greater extension of note—was, if ris ible, still better sung. The force and clearness which marked her execration of the short but spirited and difficult running passages—the taste and has which were diffused over the whole song, and u hicn were peculiarly observable in Miss BYRNIt's cadences —place this amongst the most pleasing, and. at the same time, thi• most extraordinary vocal efforts, which we have recently heard. Here, also, an waversal encore was elicited. The dint — "" Why how no , Madame Flirt," was finely sung by Miss K ELLY and Miss Sven& In the pathetic pas.age— Ah ! can you pee rue made hr scoff of such a aim," 1.-the soft murmur in which Mis BYRNE uttered her complaint vt.as indescribably moving. The duet was encored—and the whole Of Miss BYRN es performance was received with enthusiastic greetings. Miss KELLY'S lacy is, by far, the finest on the stage. She divests the character of those fiend-like qualities which s , me performers have considered its esse. ti alb; sad slide she represents Lacy as a being subject to t h e nu,st powerful passions, she never forgets t hat s h e is a woman. In truth, Lucy': ardent affect on, as delineated by Miss KELLY, would, in ordinary life, secure a dozen Motheatht, where the wee-begone tenderness of Polly would not enchain one. Mr. T. COOKS was in g, r,si voice—he sung Mocheoth': airs with much science and force. The two arch-rogees, ProtAtm and Loth:, were represented to the life by Messrs. MUNDIN and DOWTON. The quarrel-scene was highly humorous. Mrs. SPARK It. as the prudent Mrs. Pathan, delivered her anti-moral, but money- making maxims with much comic force. Her fa veuti,e, Ma s t e r Filch, whose cleverness almost per. nudes her that he is her own, coast not have found a more knowing representative than Mr. KNIGHT. CoVEaT GARDEN.—Many persons attended this Theatre last night with the expectation of greeting an old favourite, Mr. Bawls am, who was to have made his first appearance for the season in the cha ratter of the Steadier, in the Singe of Belgrade. Some thing, however, occurred to detain him in the country. The alteration of performance was announced suffi ciently early, to prevent anv material disappointment 'to the Public. The Comedy of She Stoops to Compeer was the Piece substituted, in which Miss BRUNToN, who appeared for the third time as Mite Hardeastk, was received with increasing marks of the public favour. The Dramatic Romance of Cymen followed, and was mos: etcellently performed. Miss STRPHENS Ras in fine voice, and gave her songs as only herself can give them. She was encored in the beautiful Duet with Dimmer- With a diligence and atten tion on the part of the Managers which is truly com mendable, every part was well filled, and the Piece gave vinivenal satisfattioß. MR. ROBERT PALMER. We regret to mention the death of another very mpectable Member of the Drury-lane Company. Mr. PALMER, the Either of the Company, died sud denly on Monday evening, about an hour After the death of Mr. RAYMOND. He had been a sufferer by the gout for some years past, but had me immediate illness trom which his loss might have been presumed. He was in his day a pleasing and gentlemanlike Actor, a great favourite with the Public, and one who en joyed to the last the peculiar respect and esteem of his theatrical and personal friends. Mr. PALMER was brought up to the profession under the imii.ediate care and tuition of Mr. GARRICK, and belonged to the establ.shnient for nearly fifty years : He was in his sizty.srcen i d year. Like his brother, the eelebra• td JOHN PALstaa, his rise was gradual, and fie never muted any character to which be did nut feel his ).-1) lowers fully competent. The Michaelmas He id Court of Freeholders of Renfrewshire W 44 held on the 7th inst. at Renfrew. There were 39 new claims for entcnment, of which two were withdrawn, 26 sustained, and 11 rejected. Yesterday a foot rice was run on Sunbury Com mon, between WA, ALL, of Eton, and a famous than from Lancashire. They started at three o'clock for three n u s; WANIaLL ran it in 16 minutes and 12 seconds; ihe Lancashire man was beat 100 yards. It was for. 30 guineas a side. WASSAIL is thought to be the best runner in the kingdom for three or four miler. There was a great number of spectators. Srtßailia.—The Fives' Court yesterday attracted together a great assemblage of the amateurs of gym nastiest' for the benefit of Belem, the best miller of the lilmaie Tribe and his civility and good behaviour as a public man was rewarded liberally after having keen defeated by Randall. The setup to kept pace with the p Ittonage afforded him. They were not numerous, but the exhibitions were good, and ma naged in a handicap style. inasmuch as the men most note of the day were properly and equally ;titled The four leading men of nearly equal weights, and in combat sanely to be distinguished as to suffriority, met each other, and afforded a high treat. Saogginsi bad a turn wi th Randall, considered by most the best of these light weights. Much interest was excited from Randall having challenged Turner, who re cently beat Scroggins. La this scum, much caution was observed as to measurement, and at length Ran -411 planted a good hit upon his opponent's eye. &loggias returned with muck gallantry, and some scientific maneeuvres took place. Scroggins's rash kept pace with Randall's quickness and science, and gave him equal advantages. Randall received a wv‘re hit on the neck in one bout, which Must have been severely felt with the naked fist. The men he hayed in the best trimmer. and Scroggins skewed that defeat had not lost him confidence in himself.—Tur- 1 ter, although not up to the marl, turned to with Be. lasco, who was beat by 'Randall; and this was also a fine treat of science, with equal advantages. TIMMS FOR RIG! TRLISON. DERBY, TUESDAY, ocrosrft st. The Dial of William. Termer sir is continued this day. The 'Court' met at its mil I *or of eight o'clock, and the business proeeede f inu,sediately. William Turner looked even m re dejected than yesterday. Mr. Cnoss then ad :re.sed the Jury—his speech' was much more strikiug than the previous one; he professed, indeed, that both himself and his Learned Friend had despaired of success in the former cab-, on account of the taint of murder which was upon, and the general ferocity of the prisoner's character ; I whereas they both trusted- that, in the present in stance, the simple question of whether the facts proved amounted to treason be not would alone be entertained by the Jury. He hinted that he bad no doubt of the firmness of a Derbyshire Jury, though he saw some reason to fear whether men whole lives and properties had been at stake would not come with prejudiced minds to the examination of this important question, and be apt to overlook the dis tinction between riot and treason. He went over his former ground, but with more precision, of the object of the Riot Act, and contended that even a declared design to overthrow the State could not, except by the grossest perversion of common sense, be called treason, when there wait an litter inadequacy of the means to the end. He particularly entreated the Jury to dismiss from their minds all recollection of Brandreth's peculiar case, and accused the Crown lawyers of management in bringing forward that case first. He told the Jury not to be intimidated or iiveraoed by the unusual array of Judges and Crown Lawyers who had come to wage war against a miserable pauper. I-% then commented with great inrce and ingenuity on the facts of the case ; and in sinuating, as before, that base meaps had been taken to exasperate poor and discontented men into acts of public violence, he concluded by desiring the Jury to adhee to the old law, as established by the eta. tut of Edward and the Riot Act, and not to sanc tion the novel doctrine of construetive treason. Three witnesses were then called for the prisoner. who had known bim for different periods of SS, 12, and 8 years, and who *treed in calling him a hu mane, loyal, and peaceable subject Mr. DUOS AA followed, and aftez stating the law of the case, commented with great perspicuity and force upon the evidence. He insisted tan striking out the evidence of Martin and Ashbury as perjured, ind contended that the rest of the evidence proved not a single circumstance of treason against the pri soner. In the conclusion, he appealed to the con sciences of the Jury in the most solemn and impres sive terms, conjtuing them to beware that no doubt upon the subject should hereafter agitate their minds on their death-bed, or overwhelm them with confu sion in the day of judgment. .The Arroamse-Gssituae made an animated and perspicuous reply, in the cow se of which he contended that the statute of Edward IIL was itself intended to mark the distinction between riots for private pur poses and a war against the State or the Kt:lg% Royal Majesty. The latter expression was at that time always used to signify the Guvernment ; and an at tack upon any part of it,. with numbers and force of arms, had uniformly been decided by Courts of Liw to be a levying of war % j oust the King, in the sense of the ancient statute. H. itkewese seek occasion to repel the insinuations thrown out by Mr. Cross, that some management had been employed in order to procure a conviction. by putting Brandreth, who was tainted with the crime of murder. first upon his trial. He declared that he had not been at all ac tuated by this motive, and that the only reason for trying Brandreth first, was. that he had been selected as IC4OeT by his co-conspirators. The same reason had induced him to take William Turner, who had been second in command, the second is order. The Attorney General having concluded about halt-past twelve o'clock, Mr. Justice DALLAS ad dressed the Jury and summed up the evidence, which occupied the Court till nearly half-past three. He stared the law as it had been held by the greatest law authorities, .and described what kind of tumul tuous assembling or insurrection was decided by them to b e a levying of war within the meaning of the statute. He'quoted on this subject Mr. Justice Fos ter 'old Justice Hale, to shew that an insurrection for • public and general purpos:, to ch.inge the go vernment or to alter the established laws by Violence, or force of arms, 'constituted a levying of war that came is ithin the law of trees n. The first question therefore to determine was the fact of the insurrec tion. Though he stated ibis to be a question to the Jury in point of form, it could not be one in point of substance, alter the evidence they had beard. The going Irons abuse to hovel collecting arms, the vio -1 Iznee offered to the inhabitantsof the districts through which they passed, their formidable numbers and menacing conduct, all shelved the fact of the insur rection beyond the possibility of doubt. The other questioa, and the only important one as to the intent of the insurgents, was their object to accomplish a public and general or private purpose a and here he must say, that no trace appeared in evidence of any private object being in the contemplation of the people thus assembled in force and arms.— There were two ways in which the intention of a party is known—by their declarations, and their acts. If the Jury, therefore, looked to their declarations, they would see that they all tended to shew a general object—the overthrow of the esta blishments, and resistance to the authorities of the country. The evidence of declarations all going this way, it was for the Jury to determine, whether. this . was not a rising for a general purpose, which con stituted a levying of war. Another way of learning the intentions of parties was their acts t declarations might be mistaken on account of their obscurity, and might be misrepresented by witnesses who could not re e mber th em with accuracy; but acts of such a public nature as those connected with insurrection, could neither be mistaken nor easily misrepresented. The long line of march, the numbers assembled, the mode in which they were armed, their advance almost into the presence of the King's troops, together with acts they committed on their way, were facts which, in connexion with their elicit:rations, could not be controverted, and would enable the I lury to decide whether the purpose of the insurrection was public or private. On the part of the defence they had been told, that if they had any doubt they must give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and is this he con -11 clued; but they should retsitather that the (Mak mitt be fair and reasonable. whatever OSjeetion had been made by the Learned Counsel to the latter el pressi in. The Learned Judge here went over some of tl e heads of the evidence as it affected the prisoner. Obkrvations, he said• had been made to tie Jury, n; their feelings at the hour of sickness or drub, if • het should find they had been mistaken in their verd:c , It was not for hint, sitting where he did, to •v«aka n such impress•oas—he rather wished to give them ►nrce ; but he would tell them, that in the hour of sickness or of health, at the day of death And in the contemplation of the final judgment, they would find their best consolation in the consciousness that they h.d d me their duty and fulfilled their solemn oaths It they really had Any diiubts as to the purpose of the insurrection, or the prisoner's share in it, they were bound to give the accused the benefit of those doubts, and to bring in a verdict of acquittal. If they thought otherwise, they shotihi bring in a corresponding ver dict, however painful, without any regard to conse quences. The Jury then went out ; they remained in consul tation about twenty minutes, and returned to the Court at half.past three exactly. It was easy to gather from their countenances that they had a painful task to perform : their names were called over, and the usual question of Guilty or not guilty,' being put, the Foreman answered in a faint and deje:ted voice, Gems The prisoner looked somewhat paler than before, but there was no other differences he was im mediately taken away. The verdict diJ n t scene t• make much impression on the numer.:us auditory. The Judges, as soon as the prisoner was removed, asked the Attorney-General whether he would pro. teed then or to morrow morning t The Al T.iliN GENERAL thought it best to adjourn, as the Jury could be merely impanelled that night, arid might, without being of much use, be confined two ntglits.—Ad journed till eight o'clock to-morrow. Many of the poisoners here are of the most respec table connections, and sortie of them have relations even in this town. It is a melancholy circumstance to relate, that the sister of one of them, named [lnns, a most respectable milliner and dress-maker, residing in Queen-street here, expired last week of a broken heart, occasioned by the horror which occnoied her mind ever since she first learned that her unfortunate brother was one of the persons indicted Icr High Trea son. This unfortunate young man is nl a mo a respec table family, and spent a very considerable part of his life here previous to his apprehenion. His unhappy sister was interred on Saturday last, and her untimel ) and melancholy death is universally lamented. • lirandred was an Monday afternoon visited by the .Chaplain of the gaol, to whose religious admonition. he was extremely attentive. His conduct. since conviction, as well indeed as before, has been deco roes and correct. He says he (eels very comfortable in his unhappy situation, end exhibits pear firmness in the contemplation of his unhappy fate. This morning, on the prisoners being brought down fr m teeir cells, several of them, among whom were Bran dreth and the Ludlams, pr. seeded to perform their religious duties, and rewained in devout prayer for some time. Thee. men, as well as the test of their associates have betiav ever since. their confinement,l with the utmost propeley. Brandreth has a wife and three children, and from a letter which he ha written to his wife, it appears that she is now preg nant of a fourth. All his desires now seem to be centered in the happiness and future prosperity of his family, for whose sake he has expressed a wish to raise a little sum of money. Persons who view, n ith pro per sentiments, the crime of which the prisoner I.as been found guilty, but who, at the same time, regard the atonement which he is about to make with the feelings of humanity. have contributed in a 5m..11 de. gree to his desires, for which the wretched man Las repressed himself most grateful.—The followiag IS a literal copy of his letter : " Derby Gaol, Oc:iibcr is. " My dearly beloved Wife—At last I thought it my duty to write a few lines to you, which lam sure will affect you vary much, to inform you of my dreadful situation; but I hop,. (son will be your frisod—and if you will by prayer appt.al t!. Coo, you will undoubtedly hod great consolation and relief fur your Maness and as a husband and tather let me entreat you that you will Ic motherly part to the pour fatherless children, and bring them up In the tear of Goo, which is my most encore desire; — sod tikewise coinidet yourself in an undeniable manner, as en example to the children to the love and tear of Goo, iu the iaith of Jesus that you may never depart from that !alai in Costar ; and I wish fur the convincing of all the sou s in the house, that they may brig the arrival of ibis, and that we may all meet in Heaven, where trouble cesses, and an is joy and glory I And I pray to Coo may this fatal stroke be joy .o all :hat belong to me, instead of sorrow. Oh I that I may be the cause ot their holy salvation—nuy it penetrate each wounded ' heart, so as to be their sn:e court-1 . .4.m to Goo. My Dear, you r may suppose my feelings arc not easily so be described. At tins time the senteuce is out paned; but I am found guilty by the Jury. this day. " My dear wife, It would give me great consolation if I could see you before I depart from this life; but my dear, if you are pregnant, I would have you advise with our poor distressed mo. ther-in.law, whet:set it would be proper ur not; and if she thinks it would sot be of serious consequence, I should be very glad, but let khe well considered before you cone to me; and if you do sot come, itt your lather (if he whits it would not be more than he CM bear), as I know he is of a very timorous turn; but If neither come, I shall writs again, If Goo permit ate.—So, my beloved wi fe, I hope you will excuse my short letter at this time. You may inform all friends that GOD gave me great forti tude to bear up my ;pints on trial. So I hope the blessings of Goo will he with you all, and most especially with you and our poor little babes. ho I conclude—your most affectionate boa hood, " J. Baauciarru. " For Ann Brandreth, Geo. Bridget's, Bedlam -court, riuttoo-in-Ashrteld." The following, with sense corrections in the ortho graphy, is copied from a letter by MiCriltal, exe cuted at Greenock, along with the Mi/itiosmer, cn Friday last, addressed to his mother and relatives, a kw days before be suffered s " Greenock, October 7. * TO my deaf Mother—l received your last letter when I was jest writing to you. Since It did not answer gay brother to come and me me, it did Dot grieve use in the least, so as be be well him sale Tell dear WtWam to.he mindful of his duv towards (Aoo, sad we hie children Christian education, and bring then up In the love end leer of Goo, as it is the only way to gain Immor I MI glory. Dar deters, l hope that you wilt not let your bro ther's death take any effect on your tenderness—put your trust in Gob, sod he will wipe sway the tears of year distressed hearts. My recast anniniou must be very distressing to you all ; but I send yes this wkh a joyful mom is hopes that l will get a fa vourable sentence in= my blessed itaaaisteit, as he never yet put any one away that came to him with a bumble and contrite Mat Whets I think mrthe goodness and promises of our Loa° mid Sammie to a sinner that would retorts to him, I am happy to bid harmed to wife, mother, asters, anal brothers, in hopes to meet with them In a be on pierce in du not be grieved about me—just remake one as a man who has received mercy from Goo. I know that your love towards me, my dear mother, was I ver y great, and therefore the way to atown all our lave Is to glee tbahba to Oar bland Kuwait** for calling your son to hitnivlt from misery 411 &Itchy, from 'trier to htins.qrhaiiy.•;— teal is an appearanc e of c o nsiderabl e a7,' clan In the writer.) .‘ My two coo.ins bend their v.:I - Mew love tn you., mf mother, and I ant happy to think that they and I have toirted tie hmiglut of thi• 'ricked woad, and have reigned ottrulsres ti this): and we rejoice th.t ite are to accompany ach other SO He.tv,n, where we hop- to hi- r.ceived, !hrou t h the ass! tance 1. 0 111.1. d Saviour, laws ('oat sT.—May the grace 30.! imam our Curd and Saviour I.• with you all" .I,hts ithley (left for execution at the last stinentt Ass'zes, for forging a* Waterloo ticket), wi•h 16 capip t convicts, have been temnved f r o m Ilchrstie gaol to Vt. Jostitia hulk on the Thames, and are ail to be transported for life; Ashley was a marine in the en gagement when Atimiri I Duncan captured the Dutch fleet ; and was one rtf the th.isen a and o no carried the troph;es taken in thii. engagement to St Paul's. Hi afterwards hecarn, a sowier in the 4 h regiment, and was with the Duke of YORK, in Holland ; whete he tnrrred one of 42 th it were sent to relii've hit Royal Eithness the ti tie his horse was unable t.• 0,01.1 cer tain dyke • lie was Out %%hole of the c impaig4 with General NiOinte, And Wide him when ht AC tunes —he was at Copenhagen snd Walcheren, aiid again through the l'infnsula with WELLINGT .N, being at the hattirs of Barossa. Bis brry N ke , Salama c 4. itt the siege of Badajors, Bayonne, and many otit rs, wh n Ise WAS &afire, for America ; he was at the burning and sacking or Washington, and with General, IC , ,as and when t hey fed at New Orleans ;he can* home and on the eight!. day again elibarked Int service, at Dover ; hi landed at Ostend, and arrived in the rteir,ht• bourhood of Waterloo on the evening of the 160 i, laid at his arms the night, forimd in the morning early, and got on the pl.tin • of Waterloo ; lie fought on the 18th, until pierced with five of the enemy's musket-shot, when he fell, and WAS removed, in his turn, witit others / to the Elizabeth Hopital at Bri.ssels, where he re mained three nrintlis. Seven of the persona confined in Worcester gaol a tor being accessary. in some shape or other, to the late riots, were oil Wednesiay fuly committed for trial at the next Assizes, charged n oath 4. with feloniously a:sd riototy ly assembling, and destr. , iing the buildings. f nc?c, and other pt . -petty, of Jobe and Abrahi:n F.Jmunds." An , they man. confined an the same charge, oas held to ball for hit good behaviour, and :4 b.ly was dibchlrged. The PRINCE Iti:cFxx has p , .rroiteil a remission to Janet ll.tugl is, pi i.oner in Eiinburgh, under sentence 41 death for child-stealing, on condition of transpor tation fur life. Thursday, as three falls of the name of Middl.tei, add two bays named Melville and Taylor, were &in. ing in the river at nintrose, and :approaching too close to she Anitet. the surf broke into the boat and upset it. The Mid.liet.ins swam ashore, but the other two boys were mitoiztriately drowned. Caurros TO Pltitz.4oN9 WMO aaSIINbTER MgOICINIft —An Inquisition was takes' last night, at the Turf Tap, Grosveniii-place, near Z::t. Geing..'s Hospital, on the body of Dennis Kenny. who died on Solder trio:ning last, in St. George's Hospital, from having an excessive quantity of medicine of A det.teriosie quality ad fff t tisteied t, tam accidenta/ly by the nurses NVright Hewitt sworn.—He le resi c knt apn. thecary to St. George's Hospital. The deceased has been about a month in the Hospital with a rheumatic complaint, which lie was afflicted with yearly, and had been for the 14st eight years regularly confined in the Hos; hal with that disiiriler. On Saturday morning last, about eleven o'clock, lie was sent 17ir by Nurse Waik,r, who informed him, that she had given the deceased, on the preceding night, the whole contents of the bottle of medicine, instead of the fifteenth part of it, as the label directed, and bad cgs. cowered her error. The cleceair:il was then labouring under rely distressing symptoms; he gave him some medicine ; the symptom', inste <d of abating, in. creased in violence, notwithstanding all has efforts, and on the Su Way morning he expired. Catharine Walker, widow, day nurse in St. George's Hospital, sworn.—The deceased WAS a patient under her care in the King's Ward ; she brad a woman to assist 'her, hut she never ennuited her to adniininer rn , •clicines to the sick. On Fiailay night last, the gave the de ceased the whole contents of a phial bottle, wan**, looting to the written . climilitaff on the label. 8!:e could only account for e„,. doing bj being very much buy. tied in attending a medical Gentleman who cs a; cup ping some of the p'at'ents. Sffe was very much high . cried ; about eleven'Onlowls she itifirmed Mr. Heal t of the circunistanot ; flight prevented her fri m telling bins before.—The Girona. and Jury very much cen t:tied the nursefpr not informing the suigton until four hours after she discovered her error, hit; it was possible if he bad had an antidote sooner his life might have been saved. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned the following verdict—" Died in consequence of having administered to him by ae ' cident, an excessive quantity of medicine of a deletce riot:; nature." A PERSON nnowtms.—An Inquisition was taken yesterday at the Jew's Harp Tavern, Regent's Park, on the body of a MAN unenowa. Mr. Goslin, of Wardonr-street, stated, that he saw the deceasecloo Saturday morning last, floating in the canal under the bridge in the Regent's Park; he called to several persons, and with their assi , tance he got him otit of the water, and conveyed the body to the Lw's Harp. The deceased appeared about fifty years of age; there were no marks of violence on the body. He h ad on an o ki bla c k coat, black waistcoat, and grey trowscrs: he had no shirt on. In his small clothes pocket was an empty snuff-box, the linings of which were marked W. C. Brown, No. - 2. As there was no evidence before the Jury how the deceased came into the water, they returned a re:diet—Found drowned. HORRID DRATH.—Yesterday another Invest w s held at the Elephant public-house, Kings:and, in the parish of Hackney, on the body of a poor black man whose name is unknown, who came by his death in the following plinlut manner :—Thomas Parsley, a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Hobson, brick-maker, of Kingsland, said, that .on Saturday mon ing last, about six o'clock, he observed the deceased lying ~11 a clump of hot bricks, lzurcied in a most dreadful manners his left eye (the side on which he lay) was literally burned out of his head. Witness 'says that the deceased was well known about the neighbour. hood, by going about selling religious tracts, ►ome of which were found in his pockets, and thinks from the want of means to procure a lodging, he was necessi tated to that resource for warmth. The deceased WAS about 50 years of age. Verdict—Accidentally ' burnt to death.