Star. — London, England, 1821-08-27 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE. After the Opera of Fontainebleau, which is admi rably got up, a new Interlude, entitled Match-making, was produced at this Theatre on Saturday. The story is of course a brief one, but possesses more interest and variety than usually belong to pieces of that class. Mr. Matchem, an old bachelor, is possessed with the mania of making matches for all the single people of his acquaintance, though the greater part of them had ended in divorce and separate maintenance. — Ile has a large list of names destined for wedlock ; but the chief object of his care is Lady Emily Courser, his niece. He has projected for her an union with Captain Belmont, a Gentleman he has never seen since he officiated as sponsor for him, whose per son, therefore, is quite unknown to him. He sends to the head-quarters of the Regiment to which he belongs to invite him to his house, and the invita tion is accepted ; but Colonel Rakely the Comman der of the Regiment, a man of intrigue and dissi pation, gains sight of Belmont's letter, and in a frolic, determines to circumvent him with his mistress.— He employs Belmont on some service, which must prevent, for a few days, the prosecution of his amour, and visits Lady Emily, under the assumed name of his inferior officer. • Unfortunately for him, Lady Emily, disgusted with the absurd projects of her uncle, determines to accept no lover of his proposing. Rakely, therefore, whose character as a man of gal lantry would otherwise have paved the way to his success, loses all chance by personating Belmont.— When he is about to declare himself in his own per son, Belmont arrives, and, both Officers, being equally unknown in the family, is taken for Rakely. Some amusing equivoque arises, which leads to the dis covery of the'rekkl rank and pretensions of each. Bel mont is selected as the happy man by the capricious Lady Emily, partly because Rakely, though under an assumed name, had the misfortune of being first pro posed by her uncle, and because too, she recognizes in him a Gentleman who had rendered her an essential service on some former occasion. The chief agent in the different disguises and discoveries is Shatbte, an old servant of Rakelys. This little Piece is entitled to praise principally as an amusing, well-airanged story. It met with the most decided success, for which it is, in an eminent degree, indebted to the excellence of the acting. Mr. TERRY, as the old bachelor, W. JoNEs, as colonel Rakely, Mr. OXBEHRY, in Shuffle, and Mrs. CIIATTERLBY, as Lady Emily, exerted their talents with the best effect. The l louse was extremely full; but owing to the new and excellent system of ventilation adopted here, the heat was much less op pressive than might have been expected. VAUXHALL.—This inimitable spot of pleasure and useful recreation has been most elegantly and nume rously attended during the last week. To give a list of the many fashionables who have added to the splen dour and gaiety of the tcene, would far exceed the limits of a Newspaper. Those who have not visited the Gardens this season can form bat an imperfect idea of their exquisite brilliance; and those who visit the Gardens this evening will certainly witness a spec tacle which they will remember with interest and with pleasure for the remainder of their lives. A se ries of entertainments, surpassing in magnificence all which have ever been presented before, are announced by the Proprietor ; and when it is remembered that, unlike many who promise more than they mean to perform, he always even exceeds his promises, ex pectation cannot be raised too high of the splendid scene which this evening will present, and particu larly as it is the last night but one of the season. A Gentleman, a lover of good wine, on looking into his wine-cellar the other day, where there was a /ripe of Sherry lying near to a pipe of Madeira, dis covered, with great surprise, that on the head of the Sherry pipe there were a great many long small wor ms round the little wood peg where the cask had been bored to taste the wine, but not one worm near the peg of the Madeira pipe; and on inquiry of dif ferent wine-merchants, he finds that it is constantly the case, that Sherry always breeds worms, but Ma deira does not. In the garden of Mr. Avann, of Canterbury, is an apple-tree which has bloomed three times during the present year, and is now very full of fruit, which is nearly ripe, and, at the same time bears a consider able deal of blossom. basil MURDERS EXTRAORDINARY.—Everything in Ireland appears to be killing. Irishmen are kill ing fellows ; Irishwomen, very devils for killing ! But what is still more curious, even a bog could not move a little from its place without a great deal of killing ; for it left Kill-maleacly, clroaked the road to Kill-bride, and was finally stopped itself by the engi neer Kill-aly! The story of the Kern from Kill-many going to Kill-more, is inferior to this new example. A fire of a very singular but alarming description was occasioned at Canewdon, on Monday last, from the following circumstance :—A perscn, who held in his hand a burning glass, directed a child to put a piece of paper against a barn, upon which he brought the sun's rays to bear in a manner which set the paper on fire, when, that part of the barn being covered with moss, the blaze was communicated to the thatch. The barn and a stable adjoining were totallyconsumed. Friday se'nnight, a young man fell from a bed chamber window in South Frederick -street, Dublin, into the area. He was taken shortly afterwards to the house of a surgeon in Dawson-street, who care fully examined him, and to his utter astonishment found that no bone in his body was broken, nor even a tooth displaced, though the side of his face was greatly disfigured by the fall. Wednesday, a fisherman, of the name of Howell, advanced in years, while leaning from his bed-room window, in George-street, Brighton, overbalanced himself,and,falling to the ground, .vas killed on tb4poc„, Thursday, Thomas Dyer, one of the crew Telemachus fishing-boat of Ramsgate, lying in 'Mk.' gate harbour, fell overboard and was drowned: The violence of a desperate set of men in the neigh bourhood of Soham, in Cambridgeshire, had for a length of time created an inconceivable sensation Circumstances at length happily led to the detection of the entire gang, and at the last Assizes for Cam bridge they were brought to trial, and all found guilty : ten of the number were sentenced to seven years transportation, and tke rest adjudged to receive minor punitkments. SUSSEX SUMMER ASSIZES. LEWES, AUGUST 22. RAPE.—John Hale, aged 18, a fine strong young man, was . charged on the oath of Lucy Parsons, with having, on the 16th of Jane, at Kingston, committed a rape on her body. The prosecutrix, who did not • appear to possess any personal attractions, and who was verging towards forty, had no Counsel. She stated herself to be a married woman, but had been deserted by her husband for upwards of seven years; and she was now in the capacity of housekeeper to a day-labouring man, a widower. That on the .16th of Jane, about five o'clock in the afternoon, on crossing a field from Southover to Blind-lane, she observed the prisoner sitting on a stile. He got up, and let her get over. She had proceeded but a few yards, when she turned round, and saw the prisoner follow ing her. He said it was a fine day : and also ob served, he should like to kiss her. She answered; " No, I had rather not." He then immediately threw her down. She begged and prayed of him not to ruin her. He said, he would not hurt her; and, after some entreaties on her part, he let her get up. But shortly afterwards, he again threw her down in a hedge among some brambles. She begged and prayed of him not to ruin her, as she was a poor woman.— She also made all the resistance she could : but, in spite of her resistance and cries, the prisoner commit ted the crime against her will. She had scarcely been released by the prisoner, when she met a Mr. Hilman, and she instantly communicated to him the injury she had received, when the prisoner ran away. Mr. ANDREWS was Counsel for the prisoner, aad cross-examined the prosecutrix. She did not know Master Hilman before she was ruined. Her master had two beds. She did not sleep with him. A child, a boy of nine years old, his son, slept with her master. She was allowed a shilling a week from the parish, and she earned a little in addition to it by weeding. She had not winked at the piisoner. She did not con sent ; but resisted him till her strength failed. She never slept With her master. The Judge.—You have no right to answer that question. Such questions shall not be put to a witness. I will not suffer a witness to disgrace herself. If per sons put up into that box are to be hunted and terri fied as to the whole history of their lives, who would become a witness ?—there would be an end to justice. Mr. ANDREWS.—I will put the question in another way. The prisoner's life is at stake ; and with de ference to your Lordship, I shall be able to make her contradict herself. Mr. Andrews then continued his cross-examination.—The prosecutrix did know a Mr. Trigger, at Tarring. She had never said he was a nice man. The Judge.—And if she had, what has that to do with the present case? Mr. AN onews.—l humbly hope that I have a right to put such questions as may tend to shew that :lie prosecutrix is not entitled to belief? The Judge.—Yes ; as many as you like, connected with the pre.seut tmusaction ; but none else. Suppose she did sleep with Mr. Trigger : that has nothing to Jo with the prisoner at the bar ; she has no right to be ravished on that account. Mr. ANDREWS—My Lord, it is the first time I was ever checked in this manner. At the Queen's trial, the questions were put much stronger. I have no other mode. The - Judge—You are proceeding very wildly. I again observe, I will not suffer any questions to be put to the witness but what relate to the transaction in question. The prosecutrix, in answer to further questions, put by Mr. Andrews, observed, that she did not go to meet anybody in Blind-lane. It was her road home. She aid not content. She was overpowered, and her strength and spirits were gone. The Judge—Did not you tell the prisoner to make haste? Witness—l have no recollection of it. I • don't know what I said in my fright. The Judge—Did you not tell the prisoner that you did not lay right ? Witness—l don't know what I said in my fright: my strength and spirits were gone. Mr. Ililman deposed, that he was attracted to the place by the screams of a woman in distress, and on his arrival at the spot, he saw Lucy Parsons lean ing on a rail, quite exhausted. She told him the in jury she had received, when the prisoner ran away until he lost sight of him. Mrs. Wright swore, that she heard the screams of the prosecutrix at the distance of a quarter of a mile. She came up nearly at the same time with Mr. Ilil man. The prosecutrix was bleeding at the mouth, and black in the face. Her bonnet, spencer, and gown were in a torn state. She was also quite ex• hausted and crying. She saw the prisoner run away : she shortly afterwards told some labouring men of the circumstance, who pursued him. W. Smith swore that he pursued the prisoner, and found him lying on his back concealed in a bean field ; when he motioned witness to pass him. He (Smith) said, " 0 John, I hope it is not you, who have done this crime: for if you were my brother I would take you up." The prisoner observed, "It was me, and I forced the woman against her consent." The Counsel for the prisoner and the Judge ob served, that these expressions were not in the deposi tions before the Magistrate. Smith answered that the friends of the prisoner had persuaded him to go no further than he was forced ; but he thought that in this Court he was bound to tell the whole truth. He was never before a Magistrate except in the above case. Mr. Asntews.—Mention, Sir, what friends of the prisoner, and their names? Smith.—My own uncle, Sir. For the prisoner, Mary Simmonds was called to prove that the prosecutrix did meet Trigger at Tar ring; and also that she had said, if it had not been for Hilman she would not have prosecuted the pri soner; and that, if lie was hanged, she should never be happy again. The Judge.—This has nothing to do with the case. I do not like these attempts to raise prejudices against witnesses. It was very likely that the prosecutrix might say. that she should be unhappy if the prisoner was hanged ; but it sheaved humanity on her part, and therefore tended more to raise than depreciate her character. Samuel Borrer swore to the same effect as Mary Simmonds.—Here the case closed. Baron WOOD made a most able and impartial charge to the Jury, and observed, that it was the opinion of a very Learned Judge, that the charge of a rape watt easily made, but most difficolt to be re pelled. The evidence required upon such occasions, was, that resistance had been made ; that the female had called for assistance ; and that she had made a discovery of the injury she sustained to the first per son she met. It was certainly an odd circumstance, I that the prosecutrix could not recollect whether she had told the prisoner to make haste, and that she did not lay right. If she had uttered these expressions, of course it was giving her consent, and no rape had been committed. Ile, however, must inform the Jury, that he did not like the mode of hunting and terrifying witnesses when put into the box, and the whole history of their lives raked up, as a set-off against their evidence ; for who amongst us, at one time or other, has not committed on e foible? But he was confident the Jury would dismiss everything like prejudice from their minds, and conscientiously do justice to all patties. The Jury were in consultation about a quarter of an hour, when they returned a verdict of—Guilty. The wife of Hale, who is an interesting, pretty looking, young woman, and had only lain in ten days, was in the Hall; and upon hearing-sentence of death passed upon her husband, she fell down in a fit, and was carried out of Coutt by five strong men. So violently was this poor woman convul9ed with grief, that it was with great difficulty she was re stored to her senses ; and' upon her recovering, she was immediately seized with another violent fit, and continued in this dreadful and afflicting state for se veral hours. His mother was also present, and was affected in a similar way. This, together with the tears and lamentations of his sister, produced a scene to the sus rounding spectators of the most heart-rend ing description. Sentence of death was afterwards passed on Bra zier, for horse-stealing ; Swift, for stealing 419 in his lodging; Fawcett, for house-breaking ; Brown, for Stealing goods in a dwelling-house; and Hale for a rape. The Learned Judge hoped that some circum stances might arise to spare the punishment of death. It was, however, out of his power to offer any com mutation. He therefore recommended them all to re pent, and prepare themselves for another world. CORONER'S INQUEST . An Inquest was held on Saturday, at the Duke's Head, Highgate, on the body of Edward Sell, aged 82 years, a watchman in the service of Thomas (lane, Esq. of Highgate, who was robbed and murdered on the preceding morning. James Barratt.—l am an assistant to Mr. Demp s ey, gardener to T. Hale, Esq. I went to ivork on Friday morning, and in the tool-house I saw the deceased lying prostrate on his face. I called the bead gatdener who put his hand on the deceased, said he was cold, and he thought that he was dead. We had no idea at that time that the deceased had been murdered. Mr. Elide was informed of the death. I went to Crouch- End to inform the sons of the deceased, and on my return I found a Doctor had been sent for. I then observed that there were a number of wounds on his head and face, which I had not noticed before.— During my absence Dempsey had been for a Doctor. I did not think of going for a Doctor myself when I hist found the deceased. I thought it was best to let his friends know. Dempsey alarmed Mr. Hale and family. Examined by a Juror.—l never heard any one wish for his situation. The hedges and grounds were searched by me to find the place where the persons entered who committed the crime. The place was found. It was first seen by Mr. Hale, jun. and it was evident that they had come into the premises the back way, ovet the palings and wall leading to Mr. Hurst's held. Mr. Hale's premises were robbed some months ago. There were marks of the feet of the persons who entered the premises on Friday night. There was a .pick-axe lying near the body. The deceased had been robbed, I understand. The grounds had also been robbed. I have.not touched the deceased since his death. I have no objection to go with the Jury to view and touch the body. I have known the de ceased twelve years. We were upon the most friendly terms. lam naturally timid, and do not like to touch dead bodies. The above witness was strictly examined by the Coroner and Jurors; but nothing was elicited that threw the least discredit on his statement. He con tinued :—I was of opinion that the wounds were in flicted with two different instruments, one blunt, and the other sharp and cutting. There was no blood on the pick-axe, nor do I think there was room sufficient in the tool-house for a person to stand and strike the deceased with such a weapon. There was someitp. l pearance of blood on the ground close by the deceased;' but I thought he might have cut his head with some garden tools which lay near him as he fell. When I set off for the deceased's sons, I did not then know he was murdered ; I learned that fact when I re turned. I was always on good terms with the de ceased, and have no grounds for suspecting any per son of the crime. Thomas Dempsey sworn.—l am gardener to Mr. Hale. Yesterday morning I came to my work about six o'clock, .and found Barratt there. The gate was fast, I opened the gate and let Barratt in. After wards I looked on the railing, about two yards from the gate, and there the key hung. It was customary for the watchman to hang the key upon a nail inside the gate, within reach of me aad Barratt, to open it at any time when we came to work. Nothing was lost from the garden on that night; but there were six dresses, and other property of Mr. Hale's stolen from the yard. He then confirmed the former state ment as to finding the body, and proceeded,—l picked up an empty linen bag, or purse, at some dis tance from the body of the deceased, and threw it on the ledge of the window. On the arrival of the deceased's son and grandson, they identified the purse to be their father's, and said, that when he left home it contained a quantity of silver. The deceased had a watch stolen from his fob pocket. John Conway, a superintendent of the watch of the hamlet of Highgate, deposed—On Thursday night, about twelve o clock, I passed up Hornsey-lane ; everything was then perfectly quiet. About half-past one o'clock in the morning, I went again up the lane, over the bridge, and on my return I stood between Mr. Hale's and the house immediately adjoining, and walked backwards and forwards far some time. My attention was particularly drawn to the spot by a light being in the front parlour window of the .house adjoining Mr. Hale's. One of the sash win: dows was also up; the blinds inside we're • let daw n . and I heard voices - in the parlour, and the dice an d dice-box being played with. Whilst standing, I heard a voice say, " You be off." This voice seemed to come from Mr. Hale's fore-court. I knew there was a watchman on the premises, having frequ ent ', heard him call the hour. I heard nothing further, and remained on the spot till I heard the watchman call two o'clock. I then thought that the words had heard, which were not used angrily, were spoken in the honse by the persons using the dice. Wh en I heard the words first, I thought that they were ap plied to me by Mr. Hale's watchman, but h ear i n g no rep,aition of them, I took no notice, and %ven t away. I required no explanation of the w‘ads. surmised that Mr. Hale's watchman probably saw me in the lane, and not knowing me used the words CORONER.--I wish you had spoken to the wa tc h, man. If you had, you probably might have R ex vented this dreadful deed being committed. It is evident, in my mind, Gentlemen, that the person or persons who murdered the deceased must have beers well known to him, and therefore, Gentlem en , he might not have used harsher terms to tie trespassing than those heard by the Conductor of the Police. had I been on duty, and heard such lan guage, I should not have done my duty, I think, without learning from whom they proceeded ; and 1 think the words were used by the deceased to the person or persons who inhumanly murdered him. An infirm old man would be most likely to use suck words as you be off,' in my opinion. NVitness continued—There were two dogs kept on the premises. Ido not know that anything had been given thcm to make them sleep. The Jury then took a view of the body. It a•:!s an appalling spectacle. Tine deceased had been a re markably tine stout man. The Jury and Carener ex amined the wounds very minutely. They here of opinion that some of the wounds, which had the ap. pearaace of stabs with a round in,trumeat of a pyra midal form, had been inflicted with the round cud of the pick-axe. The first wound appeared to havebeen given on the head, and probably the decea s ed was asleep (it was stated that he usually slept half the night) at the time lie received the fatal wound. • The Jury returned to the Inquest-room again, and . took the following evidence: Mr. Benjamin Snow, surgeon, of Highgate,deposed: 'vas called to see the deceased at Mr. Hale's on Fri day morning. I was told that lie had been mur dered; find, on examining him, I found that he had received injuries sufficient to.have destroyed 50 men. There were eight wounds on his head, neck, and breast ; his ribs were all• broken, and appealed to have been kicked in. His breast bone was broken ill; it had been jumped upon, in my opinion, with great force.- The:cavity of the chest was filled with brood. The wounds on the head were all sufficient to cause death ;but the immediate cause was the jumping on the breast. If only one person was concerned in the 'Murder, lie was determined to effect his purpose. After hearing three more witnesses, who deposed to nothing important, the Jury consulted for some time, and returned a verdict—" The decc:sed erns robbed and murdered by seine person or persons unkiwzrn to us Jurors." The Parish Officers of Highgate have called a Meeting of the Inhabitants this day, to take the subject into consideration, and adopt measures relating thereto. CHILD STEALlNG.—Saturday Martha Dowd, a young woman about twenty-two years of age, was finally examined at Hatton-Garden Office, charged with stealing Louisa, the daughter of Mr. James Smith, 2, Queen-street, Clerkenw ell, a child five years of age. About half-past seven o'clock on the pre ceding Sunday evening the prisoner was seen by a young woman to beckon the child to her from where she was sitting at her father's door across the street; the child went to her and she look her by the hand and led her along Percival-street and Goswell-sueet road, where she took the child up in her arms, and was walking very fast towards Islington ; the child began to cry, and desired her to put her down, as she wished to go home ; the prisoner shook her and told her to hold her tongue ; the road was full of pa - sengers at the time, sonic of whom noticed the beha viour of the prisoner to the child, from which they suspected she was not her own, and she was ques tioned; she said the child was in her care, and that she was taking it home; but the child, on being asked, said she did`not know the prisoner, that her own name was Louisa Smith, and that she lived at 2, Queen-street, which was in a contrary direction to that the prisoner was going. On the prisoner being searched they found several pawnbrokers duplicates for frocks, Ike. supposed to be stolen from other chil dren.—The prisoner was committed for trial. BIRTHS. August IS, at the Vicarage, Eccles, the Lady of the Ser. J. Blackburn., of a daughter. August S, at Barton-upon-Humber, the Lady of the Re. George Uppleby, of a son. MARRIED. The Rev. John Irving, B.A. of Worcester College, Orford, to Margaretta, youngebt daughter of the late Rev. W. DAVIth B.D. of the same Society, and Rector of Langorse,Brecondi re. August 13, the Rev. John Prima Maud, of Hillingdon, Middlesex, to Miss Matilda Elizabeth Bans, of Swainswitk, 001:11CMCIZEUIC. • August 15, at Niddric, the Rev. David Wauchope, to Anne, fourth daughter of Andrew Wauchope, of NiddrieNlarischal, Fn. At Kirkham, the Rev. James Formby, to Susan Alice, laugh' ter of Edward King, Esq. late Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy a Lancaster. August 10, the Rev. John Williams, of Balliol College, 01 " ford, (lately of St. Lawrence, in Winchester), and Vicar of Lampeter, Cardigauihire, to Mary, only child and heiress of the late Thomas Evans, of Llanilar, Cardiganshire. At Badgeworth, Gloucestershire, the Rev. E. Pavan, of Al' Berton, to Miss Hill, of the former DIED. The 224 ult. suddenly, the Rev. Ellis Wynne, Rector a Lbnferras, in the county of Denbigh. Friday, aged 65, Win. Wilson, Esq. of Worton House, osed his Majesty's Justices of Peace for the County of Oxford. Sunday se'nnight, in Frankfort-street, Plymouth, the haat son of the late Lieut. Matthew Hay, R.N. July 22, at Gibraltar, on board his Majesty's ship Spe/i 3 P 4 16, Edward I'alk, Esq. fifth son of the late Sir Lawrence P 5 Bart. of Haldon House, Devon: he was Midshipman, first so board the Rochefort, and last on board the Spey. On the 29th ult. at his Mother's residence, in P-irswicf , . Gloucestershire, of a pulinonary inflammation, in the prime ,1 life, Mr. Oade Roberts, of the Inner Temple, Londna, oar 0 1 the Society of Friends. This Gentleman, whose loss will lost be deeply felt and lamented by his survivin,,, relativts. va 9 en''' Inently distinguished by an affectionate and amiable "u'. conscientious and honourable conduct, superior talct;and ei" tensive literary attainment:. LON DOLS Prated and publishriby l.sva kV', NW'. lint s Ica:plc-Du. ~E