Star. — London, England, 1803-01-18 00:00:00

TIFE AT RES. COVRNT GAlDlN.—Another new aeor Repped forward at thisTheatre laft night: the part he chofe was that of Othello. He appears to he a very young nun, and report (peaks him a fcholar. His figure , iia good, and he feemed to have a juft conception, of the charaeer : he treads the Rage with fome dignity, but his aeion wants cafe. His voice is not bad, though he knows not the management of it. He evidently poffeffes feeling, but generally fails to execute to the extent of his obvious inten tion. Upon the whole, he Taft night experienced as kind reception from a numerous audience. He was very much embarraffed on his firft appearance, but foon recovered his fpirits, and towards the middle of the play was very fuccefsful in fome of the moft imprerfive paffages. He appeared, how. ever, rather exhaufled in the latter fcenes. Provin cial praelice will be of ufc to him, as we underaand Ise is quite new to the Rage. The merits of the other performers in their re. fpedlive parts are well known. CooicE, as ufual, delineated 'with admirable felicity the cunning, avaricious, and unprincipled lago. The gentle Didernotta was fupported with much fweetnefs by Mrs. H. SIDDONS. KNIGHT excited much merri• ment in Roderigo; and Mrs. LITCHT:gLres Emilia loft nothing of its wonted energy. Davao-Lan r.—Lag night the part of Richard 111. was performed by a Naval Officer high in the Eait India fervice, of the name of Ft ARON. When M. 'roma lately appeared in that tharader, it was obferved that his profeffion, the Bar, crouded the Theatre on his firft night. Laft Might the Navy, particularly that part conne&ed with the EaR Indies, formed a thong phalanx in the Houle. One difference was (hiking in the con duCt of each :—The former applauded their friend judicioufly—the latter were no lefs warm in the approbation of their frihd ; but failnrs have not that nice diftiation of ading which diftinguifh the bar. Hence warm plaudits were fometitnes given lag night where they were little merited, and tome times withheld in the belt parts of Capt. Fsatotes eharader. Mr. Maula was equally well received en his fiesauinight in the abfence of his friends. We dare not promife this Gentleman that he would fare equally well in the fame circumflances. In giving any opinion of the merit of his et. big, we Ihould be a good deal difpofed to he guided by the motives which have given rife to this firil effort in a Theatrical career. If it was the . object of the Gentleman Madill, or of the friends, by whom this difplay of his &e -metic powers was patkonifed, to give him an wortotsity of (hewing the Public that he pof felksl-talenM of a very refpedable kind—talents of ten calculated to plea& and feldom to offend, we certainly think this object has been completely gained. Few who «knelled the manner in which be fuppported the charader of the cruel, 'iodic tive, Mid ambitious Rkiar4 would be di* fed tot deny that he difplayed powers of a refpedable Oafs. Few would be inclined to call in queftion the correencii of his judgment, or unwilling to do jullice to the energy and force, with which; in many palliges, he expreffed his feel.' ings. If, however, his friends flattered themfelves the: his delineation of the charafler would be of that dlafterly defeription which not only precludes cenfure, but irrefillibly calls forth admiration, we do not think that the feelings of-the audience cor refponded with the warmth of their expedations. We are far from willing to infinuate that as a candidate for popular favour, he does not polfefs talents for the liar. We bilieve, on the con trary, that in many characters his aging would he correct, fpirited and impreffive. Without, however, queflinning his judgment, we cannot :allow him any of the higher attributes of genius. He wants that originality of conception and that peculiarity of manner which dillieguills a firft rate aaor from the reft of his cotemporarics. In no one inftance could we difcover the leaft appear ance of novelty. If he never offended by any grofs blemilhes, he never furprifed by any (hiking sod uncommon beauties. As a Gentleman %/tithing merely to gratify a favourite propenfity, it is im s•ollible to refute him great crcdit for his exertions; but as a candidate for popular favour in the higher walks of the drama, his fuccefs would, In our opi.. nion, be extremely problematical. His voice is powerful, but deflitute of melody. In his lower tones he was fcarcely heard, and he dropped his voice at the cod of his !ententes in witranner which rendered them frequently unin 4elligible. He,.however, corroded this defect as be advanced, and his higgh tones were melodious, ftron, And well full:tine . His procunciation is • frxpid.• and forms a firiking contrail with the long paufes of Kamm'. His corpulency obliged him to move his arms in a manner which reminded us - Coot a ; but there the refemblance ended. His countenance is naturally fo amiable, flint lie could afrume neither bypocrify nor premedi tated malice. As a man of the moft engaging Coda! qualities, we cannot but confider him ; but we tabs his word, when he fays— 0 I ass croft for State sod Majefty." In our opinion, the part which he delineated in the mon mallerly manner, although the houfe did not notice it as we did, was that in which he ap pears in want of his " ulital atrocity" before the batik. It was left ilrongly, but more finely and charafteriftically marked t an it is by Coosa. In I id Awe, Mrs. GLOVER was very impref five. Waooc arms was too loud and rather rant ing in Hairy .VI. BARSTMORR bad all his dial fyllabic precifion. and in his walk his ufual march of a drill-ferjeant in ordinnry time. Mrs. Pows Li was highly interelling. but has always too much '4 KaseaLs's monotony. CHARLES KEMAL& was fpirited in itiviara4 Nor can we refute applaufe to the Lintettast f the Tower. Why mould the fluff Magifirate of the firtt City in the Empire be always held up is this play in a ludicrous llght NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY t 7. The (hips bound to the eaftward have not yet failed. PLYMOUTH. JANUARY i 6. Arrived the Faufokett, , from Malaga ; and the Ocaila, Barham, from Barcelona. FROM LLOYD', I.ISI'. - • DEAL, JAN. r 7. Sailed the AITOW floop of war, to the north ward —Wind E. S. E. GRAVaIIAND, JAN. t7.—Pilled by the Commerce, Howe, from Malaga; and the Wettmoreland, Haynes, front Barer lona. Sailed Alliance, Ifherwnsd, for Hamburgh. DOVER, JANUARY ss. No retiel has arrived time Friday evening, but a Danitit brig, partly difmatted, which fortunately got ()lithe thore, near Dell, where the Bruck the night before, but with great damage. The Taft accounts from Calais Rate, that the French Coaft about Ettaples, is almoft covered with wrecks during the Lite gale. A fine Dutch Chip is on fhore near Dunkirk ; crew fared. The Prince of Wales, Captain Sutton, is Juft gone out with the Mail and Paffengers; but the will land both at Boulogne, as the cannot well make Calais from the Batt of the wind, which bas blown very Yard every night this week; but is now more moderate, at S. E. I HARWICH, JANUARY ts. ( We are happy to Rate the arrival here of the Ring George packet, Captain Elyn, which failed from Cuxhaven ten days back with the Mall and Pafengera. In about 36 hours alter leaving Cuxhaven, they anchored at night near Yarmouth, but the weather being foggy, did notthink it prudent to land either Mail or Paffengers till the morning; and in the courfe of that fame night (salt Saturday week) the molt violent gale (prong up, which obliged them to weigh their anchor, and they were driven to the northward as far as Whitby. • • HULL, JANUARY le. On the night of Saturday lilt a revere Rorm commenced at this place,suld continued with little intermiffion until the even ( iag ~ f Tuefday. The wind blew violently from the fouth-ealt quarter, and was accompanied during the whole of Sunday with very heavy rain. Part of the end of : linufe in Parliament rect, and of the New Ropery on the Humber bank, was blown down. Two floops were funk at the entrance of the harbour; the Athol, Barton, of Leith, lying in the Humber, oPrr polite to Barton, was o' Aged to cut from her anchors apd cables. The effedts of this dreadful ftorm on the Ripping along the whole eaftern emit wi. are apprchenfive will prove to have bees melancholy indeed. Extract of a Lester from Capt. Watfon, of the Alexander, at Hull, dated Jan. 14, 1801. ■ I have to inform you of the arrival of the Alexander at this place yefterday, havingbeen drove out of the Elbc on the roth instant, with the lofs of anchors and cables, in company with five fail of flaps, after a coarfc paffage, owing to leant winds and Idowing weather : we arrived at the entrance of the Elbe on the 4th instant, got pilots on board, and proceeded to sena up the river every flood, the wind being eafterly ; Friday, the yth, it tegan to blow a very (mere gale of E.B. F. wind, I with (harp frog, which fit much ice in the river, and continn ing to blow very hard till Monday, the rah, fo much ice got into the river that we Were in danger of being drove OR more with it, and for the (hip's prefervatioa cat from both anchors, I and went to fea, and bore away for England, and arrived here Cafe yefterday, without farther damage, unlefs oceafimed by the ihip's ftr:ining whint at anchor; in the gale might make fome water; part of the decks leak. Have brought both of my pilots over with me. The upper part of the Elbe has been from up dicta three weds as far as Glockftadta EDINBURGH, lAN. t 3. A great many reffels that had failed fame time (tree have bee* obliged to pot back, the matters of all which agree in Miring. that the prodigious and uncommon (well they encoun tered at fa was truly tremendous. Semen veins that had taken Reiter under the Maud of Inch Keith from the ealterly lea, upon its riling to fo unufual a height, were forced to Rip and run up the Frith for (murky. A wird from Yarmouth to Leith, laden with grain, (name unknown) was Branded near Ale/south a few days ago, and k is reported that the country people made very free with the Mega The Were, Tomlinfon, on her voyage ham Cadiz to Leith, coafigned to Meffrs Bertram, with a any of eon butts marry, WAS wrecked on the tab MR. near the eoemiet Wand. Crew all fah, and the weather having become moderate it is believed that the greater part of her cargo would be Caved, bet the vet te! entirelr int ST. ANDREWS, JAN. Is. The Rorrnmrhich for kene der; paft has been feverely felt in our bay, had yelterday nearly proved fatal to a large brig, bound front Hull to NamMe, and having on board ten men and a boy. She was ken about one o'clock five or fix miles from the harbour, and netwithitandiog the prodigious fury of the tonna, and agitation of the waves, which broke over ha in every direllon, he continued to advance in an minim courfe, till the lights, kindled as agnate of faker, being bar• meted by the crew in a contrary manner, they tacked tad borie away to the north. The miltake, however, wee meredied by a Rag tailed on the extremity of the pier, avid Y'esakiliensto the again turned. During her approach he preketed to Shiny thoufaed fpeetatars one of the moll awful and hem: Ring °h ied* which the human mind can conceive. A: one time he appeared perpeadicular to the face of the waves, with her beeffpcit painting to the bottom, and her Ran railed to wards the doods.--at another Se was completely covered from the Sen, except the top of her mita Happily, however, he ekaped thek dangers ; but not being able to enter the mouth of the harbour, was thrown ems a rock so yards tag of the loath pier. While hews, in this lineation, the life beat was roamed, and by the eneritnelose nations of Cathcart Dempfter, Efq. Captain Harlbersk, of the nth, and Mr. David Stewart, matter of the Vents, and a gallant crew, the men were taken nut, after belies nearly =Maned by wet, cold, and hdgue. The vidkl Rill remains so the rock, and it is WON* to fay whether he will net be entirely darned. Another account of hes date Lays— On Monday it blew a teem Rom front the N. E. with very thick imather. About two o'clock a veal appeared olf St. Andmv's, Co near that lee could not poll* clear the land on fide, and It was impollible for her to anchor ; there was no alternative for her but to attempt the harbour, or to rem upon the kends. Flags were balked, fires node, and every thief NSW done to dired them fee the harbour, and a number of were atrembied to lend them every affiltance. U fortunatel y, fall as the AI p was about entering the harbour, a tremendous tea made bet Rrike, and drove her out of the channel among the breakers and rocks. The ilk boat was le readinefe—the great fee that was dahlia( upon the them inade the people afraid to weenier out with her, but young Mr. Dempace„ Major tforhargir, of Caper, and Captain. David Stewart, readily vahmesered their faviees, when (ethers followed, and per fanned wooden, Ia foes bringing ahem the crew of twelve p-rfons. Had I Olt been an eye wiener's to 141 could set have believed it politic far any vend to live in No a fee. The veal is the Magewell, of Scarborough, from istudease, lag from Huh M Neweank, with knee tweedy, wine, gee. which I. laved, as a& the ihip's materials; the ball is bulged. Capt. Stewart made great mations as his, as be has dome set other unfortunate medians. AAAAA CT OF A TTTTTT IRON TOR SAIL Of 'atm, DATID CA1190.110811, I3TE lAN. 1403. I have the (Waterline to Inform yes that oar St. Andrew's Life Boat pr eformed woodman lelt hianday, the fah, I. raving the crew, twelve perks' V nemher, of the hiesowell, (of Scarborough,) Captain Hailiday.-1 happened to be hi Town that day Vice It blew • tremendess Berm at N. ii. with the fez running earomeains high, sad thick weetherporsbout two o'clock a nap appeared, fo near the Sae, that at could am ponsiy clear the Sod —bands* of pa* nested oat to give MBAs:we—every Signal was made far the Harbour. and the Life float La readloefs ; unfortunately, NA a the Sup was en tering the Harbour, a very ham, lea made her Itrike the grorsaJ, and have her out of the Chased among the breakers and rocks, where the Llie Boat fora brought the crew Cafe as Aare; had I not Nos an eyemitnefs,l amid not kave behead that any boat mold have lived he fuck a lea rid farge.....-The Rona was I. violent. tem the flistrearn meld est beprrigeded to moms in the Bas till Mr Denspace, use a the hiMfameeei end a Major Herfirargh. volarsteerod their ; alie • wa r . saw. David Stcwar:, who made great (=rims hedged. SURREF ZU/IRTFR SESSIONS. CONSPIRACY OF SHIPWRIGHTS. YeflerdAy Thomas Hall, 7ohn Firmer, Th omas ilashony, john Samminj, lfrilrnm Sattcn, William Eykr, William Pym, and John Frandrr, were ar raigned on an indilment for confpiring to raife their wages ; and alto on another charge, for preventing other perfons,who were willing to abide by the regular wages, firms working at their trade. Mr. KARYAT T opened the cafe againtt them, and called Mr. Brent, his foreman and others, to prove the fa&s. Mr. Serjeant BEET made a very able fpeech in teply, on the part of the prifoners ; and the Learned Chairman fummed up the evidence, at the conclulion of which he cxprcfred his opinion that the cafe was not made out fatisfaaorily.—The Jury, without retiring, acquitted all the prifoners. It was a very long and important trial; but the late hour to which the Court fat, prevents us from giving, at prefent, more than the above flcctch of the proceedings. THE KING V. SAMUEL MVMEORD, JOHN HOSE, J. ROGI•RS, JAMES FLADGAUE, JOHN bTL/RT, AND ELIZABETH ETVET. Mr. LAWES opened the cafe by Rating, that this was an indictment againft the prifuners for an illegal and criminal coulpiracy againft James Lee, to c harge - him with having begotten a ballard child on the body of Elizabeth Sturt, one of the pri foners, whereby Mr. Lee confidered himfelf very grofsly injured ; and on that ground had taken this remedy. However, on a cunfultation with Mr. Serjeant BEST, Counfel for the firit five per- Inns, it appeared they were men of great refpeaa bility, and incapable of committing 11'6 an at as they were charged with, intentionally what they had done was from an error in judgment, and there was not reafon for the flighted imputa tion on their conduet. By content, therefore, of all parties, no evidence would be adduced againft them ; and as no evidence could prove a confpira cy on one perfon, The mutt necciTarily be acquit ted ; which, after a few words on the fubjcacr from Mr. Serjeant Bass- and the Learned Chairman, was done accordingly, and they withdrew from the Bar. OLD BALLET. Yefterday morning Captain William Pearce and Mils Mary johnfon. charged wi-h malicioufly (hooting - Cobb, in Paddingtotatreet, wet e put to the Bar, but the Counfel for the profecu lion having confented to let the trial (land over till the next Salons the Court acquiefced in the confent, and the pr ifoners were taken back. Mr. Pearce approached the Court with much firmnefs, but Mifs Johnfon was agitated in the extreme. She was led from the Bar apparently in a fainting fit, quite infenfible of her fituation. Eighteen Prifoners were tried, three of whom were capitally convicted, viz. .7oba Davit for burglarioufly breaking and en tering a dwelling houfe, in Dorfet-fireet, Portman Square. The houfe belonged to a Lady who oc cupied two boufes, contiguous to each other, the greater part of which (he ufed to let oat in lodg. ings. Her fervant flept in the houfe that had been broken into. The Prifoner with another, entered it by means of falfe keys, early in the morning, long before it was light, and were feen packing up feveral articles. The Prifoner was immediately taken by two men who had been let to watch the houfe, in confequence of a previous attempt that had been made ; the other man at that time made his efcape. Guilty.—Death. gobs Mon*, only 17 years of age, for being at large during the period for which he had been fenrenced to tranfportatinn. It appeared that the Prifoner had been convi&ed of grand larceny, at the lait September Salons ; and Mr. Kirby, jun. delivered him on board the Captivity hulk, at Portfmouth. On the t ith of December he was met walking in one of the fireets by a Bow-fireet Officer, who knew, and took him into cullody. The Prifoner admitted he was guilty; but beg ged for mercy. Guilty—Death. yawn Haydens alias Marta., for borglarioufly breaking and entering the dwelling-houie of John Rogers, and dealing therein two gold rings, his property. John Rogers, the Profecutor, laid, that he is a Jeweller and Silverfmith, living at No. so, High- Itrect, Bloomlbury. On the 4th December loft, between five and fix o'clock in the evening, he foil feveral articles in his trade, diamonds and gold rings to the value, as far as he had been hitherto able to ellimate, of about sgl. Among the articles hc 1011, were two gold rings, which were in a (hew glafs in the (hop window, fecured in the ufual way. As he twat at tea in the parlour behind the !bop, he was alarmed by a noifc of a pane of glafs being broken, and his Shopman jumping over the coun ter, and afterwards endeavouring to open the door, but which he was unable to do, for it was dirco crered to have been tied by a cord on the outfide, which was fattened to the latch at one end, and the other to the railing of the area. After a great deal of difficulty Mr. Rogers himtelf fucceeded in opening the door, and by that time a mob had colledcd at the door, fo that he thought it advife able to (hut op. He then difcovered that his pro• petty was taken out of the (hew glafs, but he knew nothing of the perfcm who took it ; he law the gold rings again in the care of the Officer of the Watch, who apprehended the Prifoner. John Bacon, the Profecutor's Shopman, gate the fame account as his Mailer as to the breaking the glafs window, and the door being tied by a cor4 fo that he could not open the door until Mr. Rogers came to help him. He law the band of a nun an the glafs after it was broken, fo that there was no doubt that the property was taken away at the time the glafs was broken; fo that the breaking and entering the dwelling . bona, and the Ilealing of the goods, was at one time. It then appeared that the Prifoner was appre. bended in the flreet by order of a Mr. March, a Jeweller in the neighbourhood, and dun when hc was taken up, he made all the reinforce in lii• power, fo that two or three Watchtrzu h.td much ado to cgaduit him to the watch heufc ; this was between eight and nine at night. He was fearched there, and in his fob were found two gold leak which the Profccutor fwore to be his property, and he fwore that they had been in his (hew glals half an hour before it was broken. • • The Prifoner gave no account of himnlf further than that he found thole goods in the facet. The CHIEF Balton of the Excu toy te faid,that in order to conflitute a burglary, there mull be a breaking and entering in the night. together with a healing, or an intent to Real. As to the break ing and entering, fo (acted did the Law of Eng land hold a dwelling houfe, that the bare lifting up a latch, with intention to commit a felony. was a breaking, and the putting in the hand through a pane of glati was an entering of the dwelling houfe. Here the breaking and entering were clear, and no doubt it was in the night. The healing the goods alto was at the fame time 25 the break. ins ; the only quellion was, whether the Prifoner was the man who did, or was concerned in the doing of it? and upon that the behaviour of the man when he was apprehended, and the finding the property upon him fo recently after it was holm, were material points for the confideration of the Jury, who perhaps might exped of the Pri-• Loner a better account as to the manner by which he came by them, than by barely Paying that be found them. His Lordthip left the cafe to the Jury, who found the Prifoner Nine were convicted of felony, viz. Williaw7twarpfun, a black man, for a burglary in the (hop of James Carey, Richard Carey, and John Kelly, and 'loafing feveral pair of !hoes ; and . ItRZ Bewley, fur receiving the fame, knowing them to have been Bolen. James Carey dated, that the thop is on Great Saffron hill ; that Come time in November lag he miffed fix pair of floes from the (top; Thompfott the prifuner, lived next door, and about a twelve- month ago he purchafed a pair of (hoes ; there was a loft adjoining his boufe, and lad Friday week Ee examined it, and found that a paffage had been forced through the rafters ; when in the loft there was nothing to prevent any perfun from going down into the (hop. John White Paid, the prifoner lodged with him, next door to Mettrs. Carey's (bop, for nearly 12 months ; he law him tall Friday week among the rafters between feven and eight in the morning. Chapman, a police of of Hatton Garden- Office, had examined the rafters, from whence it was eafy to enter the (hop. On Friday, the 7th of January, he fearched the (hop of the prifoner Bentley, near Brook's Market, and found four pair of shoes in thewindow along with others dif played for Cale. The witnefs asked where he had got them ? He pondered for fame time before he could mode& and at length Paid, he had put. chafed them from a Mulatto man nearly three months ago. Elizabeth Wheeler, fervent to the ptifoner Bent ley, laid, that about three months ago Thompfun came to her mailer's (hop with five pair of shoes for fale ; he hefitated about buying the (hoes fuf pating Thompfon had not come honealy by them. Thompfon Paid be need not be afraid of buying them, as he had been two years at lea, and not receiving his wages, be had got the (hoes that he might make fame money by them. Mr. Carey was then called up, and be identi fied the (hoes produced to be his property by the private marks. The (hoes when Bolen were in an unfiniffied date, not having been bound round the edges or lined, which improvement they bad re ceived fiace. Elizabeth Wheeler (wore that the (hoes were all bound before they were purchafed by Bentley. Thompfon, in his defence Paid, that he found the (hoes in a part of the yard where he frequently went for a bit of wood to make a fire ; he deuied that he had (Wen them. Bentley laid that he had bought the (hoes from Thomplon, and did not know that they had been Bolen. The Jury found Thompfon guilty of healing, but not of the burglary, and acquitted Bentley. Yalu' Godwin, an elderly man, for healing two holies. a quantity of bumf', and tome wearing apparel, laid as the property of Mils Horfeiey. It appeared, that the horfes in queftson were let to Mifs Horfeley on a job, a Lady who retitled near Shepperton. The prifoner was a kind of iti nerant dealer, or pedlar, and vended his articles frequently in the neighbourhood of the profecu tri x. The prifoner was (*ferret!, by one of the witneffes, in that quarter, a day or two before the robbery took place. One morning in the begining of aft month, the coachman found the liable door open, the two horfes, which were put in the over night, gone, as well as the various other articles laid in the indiament. It appeared. that in a day hor two after the affair took place, the prifoner of feted the hamefi in. queflion, to one of the wit neffes, fora guinea and a half : as alto two bodes for tale, tamely fintilat to thole defcribed to have been (oleo from Mifs Horfeley's (labile—he laid they were the aroperty ofhis Mader. a Mr. Hind. of Portland P lace, who. he alledged. bad_ Om him theltarnefs. and commidloned him to fell dm hosfes. A Mr. Benton, keeper of the Dolphin Ina and fl,ble yard. in W.tthampton, fisted, that the pro toner. early in December, fold him a black geld ing, which he told him was one of four which his mailer. a Mr. Huffey, had ordered him to difpvk of, as be intended to replace them by four bays; he gave hint eighteen guineas and .1 half for the hotfe in queflion. In about ten days after, Mr. Bentr.n was (hewn a hand-bill at Barnet, refpea ing the Itolen horfes, which convinced him the hod' he had purchafed from the prifoner, was use of them. An inquiry was let on . foot, when it ap peared that his eunjedure was right, and Ilse boric was given up to the coachman of Mifs Hortsky, and to Mr. Mafon, who had originally let them to the profecutrix on hire, and by whom it was duly identified. The fecund hods wakpasa rd of. The Learned Jude having foamed up . the evi • dente to th e fotegoing aid, the Jury, atter vest fisortly deliberating, pionuun,:ed a verdidt Guilty. Nqj Ckarki and Hwy Boozes, for Ilesiieg. as