The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-22 00:00:00

.TU!fil tit •on the nights in retention, and the manager sad proprietor, the defendaut, was quite hatt,fied that the :iiitt"r WeUld be swell filled: he became, i!wretore, quite indifferent to, and i n d epen d en t ° po s e olaintiffoiSo, iffinhadremainedin Stamford, vonild probably have &mar teS but a comparatively small company, for the play_gfing disposition of the town would be nearly satitfied by the two slights when the Marquis was there; lie wirdit have drawn all the beauty and fashion of Stamford 4o the theatre, and Mr. Booth might .have played to empty • Undies. W'.en Mr. Booth returned In London, he made i -wry moderate proposal to the defentlint, that his expenses ahorilil be paid ; and in answer, he received a letter from the deft mlant, which would be *lesson to ad young players onto' +Wien to the flattery of managers, *limit suited their interest to be civil ; for when it no longer suited Mr. Manley's interest he could be as coarse and as abnsive as he had before been .e t b a znuions and complimentary. The letter was dated March 13, and %,,;., in these terms ; h av e alzed your humour by conduct more nearly which I believe is, without a paral allied to absurdity than felly, lel in the history of theatrical concern. ..Icknowledged genius and admired talc 't may have its pardoned weaknesses. 1 .;`,.!t an actor of your humble kind can have no pretence for givin himself airs of tpopular favourite: when he does, it becomes provokingly ridictt• lous. Yon Lyric down here by stealth to play two characters, which emws your precarious tenure in London. ittc. Novelty, however. was in-request with us. and I thought that you would take for your trouble what I offered : a is scarcely to he believed that you refused tO guineas for playing three nights No; Master Booth weakly thaught that we rimed not do without him. Weak little man ! Now, -Sir, as your actions we full of unmanner'y and coar e arrogance. I t• ink it nrsyssary that Mr. Ilarris should be made acquainted with ctzurnstar -es, and as there are two excellent papers published here, I shall fsirly give it to !hem : it will put country managers on their guard, that they may view such star. as you without wink. lag or alarm. If you say you were a little tipsy. it inaK He forgotten, and that will be yo;:r best excuse, &c. Alters respectable family. at my request. %Aim; apartments to reersive you, you left them with out any remiurzation. Is this the great Mr. Bomb. the fearful rival of Mr. Ecant &c. •• T. W. MANLEY." In consequence of this ungentlemanly and most unjust treatment the plaintiff had been compelled to bring his case before the public, and to seek remuneration at the hands of a jury: the amount of the damages would probably be governed by the lirection of the learned Judge, and was to be gathered chiefly from the terms (lithe correspondence. Lord Elletiborough—What was wrapped lip in•the letter ? The defendant observes, " if you say aye, wrap it up in a letter." Did the plaintiff say aye; and if he did, where. is tie letter in which he wrapped it? Mr. Marryat. for the defendant, produced Mr. Booth's answer to Mr. Manley's proposal of the 7th of March. It was -read as follows; " Monday evening, coach-office. " Dear NTanley.—All the inside places were taken for to-night, and I did not like to venture on the outside ; therefore I will come to-morrow by the morning coach. It carnot be helped; cannot you play the farce first ? If we can agree, when I arrive we will see about Rvhard. Pray be kind enough to procure me a lodging. Yours. sincerely. "J. B. BOOTH." Mr. Adolphus said, that this letter had been sent by the post ; but to avoid the possibility of disappointment, the plaintiff had also attached a note to the waybill of the Stam ford coach. Lord Ellenhorotigh observed, that it seemed as if Mr. Bondi expected an answer. " Canard yam play the fame ft►st ?" was a question requiring a reply ; andthe words" if we cam rteree, when I arrive we willies. about Riehord" implied that the agreement wins net dosed. Mr. Adolphus submitted that site agreement was complete, tlioa t th minor arrangements were vet to be made. Mr. alarrvat observed, that besides the imperfectness untie contract, he had anoshet defence, that Ilr. Booth had not accused in Stamford to play until sometinie after the per formances had !wpm. This star did not rise quite soon enotizh, or unlike other stars, according to his own letter, he did nut aNtrove of be;ng out at night. •Lord Ellenborongh regretted that this nufortnnate yoting man had come forward with go imperfect a case. This star might turn out to he only an :'gotisfattius. Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Chitty both urged that the engage. anent was complete. and the latter referred to a case decided .in t h e last term. where it .Lad been held that a contract con• .taioril in a letter was binding until an answer had been re• turned : here•no answer had been rs•t•trned. He offered to prove also, that Mr. Booth was at Stamtorcl at - 7 o'clock, the boor at which the performances atthe theatre usually com menced. Lord Ellonborottch did not think the authority referred to applicable, bat suggested that the question should be put into a ease•. Mr. •%dolplins did not wish to resist his Lordship's decided *pinion in point of law. Mr. Marryat -observed, that he was desired to state, that when Mr. Manley required the waited!' to play two succeed." itog+nights, he refused nnlelo the former wonld be answerable •for his the plaintiff's) salary pt Covent-garden. Lord Ellonhorough recommended, that the defe:•dant shout , / consent to withdraw a juror, and Mr. Mattyateomplied with the proposal. 'Lord Ellenborougli.— I think that liberal. A juror was then withdrawn. )11G11 COURT OP DELEGATE P. 6ERGPANT'S.INN. before Mr. Jusr.:^e ANDOTT, Mr. JUsti..i. BURROI , OII, Mr. BLIDA GARPOW, and a Bench of Civilians. !i vruttuAv, JUNE 13. ',DI .NN V. DUNN. This was an appal from tile Arches Court of Canterhory, where the rase was oriainally a suit fora divorce, instituted blJnhn William Donn. an officer its the army, against 'bii wife, on the ground of adithe:y hetween her and a Cap tain Clay. It Appeared from the evidence in the Court of Arches, that Mrs: l) 'on eloped with Captain Ci'ss on the. ➢s!b of October IBl.i. llrs. °app., Mrs, ... soother, traced then•, aft( r some this tc St. Oine,'s, in Fiance, where she sncceedrd• in separating •hero, and returned .with her daughter to England. 24r. I) receised her Iwo his hoisso. hut she soon afterwards eloped again with Mi. ( Soy, and Mr. Mon then insiiinted the present snit. The learned Judge , f the Arches Court (sir .loirsi Nit-natl.) was, - however, sit opinion that tlitre were eire;:rostances at:ending the lin , - hand's forgiveness of the first adultery. sufficient to depot . him of the remedy lie sought for the second offence ; and lii . therefore, rep t-tell his prayer for divorce. and dismissed the suit. Flom this segos Her Mr. Dunn appealed to the Fre*eut tribunal, and to obviate the inferences drawn (torn his conduct in the C..4111.he10w. fin 'het plea, intro ducing new matter in the nay of explanation ; but this file* was. npou at smilieut, rejected by tb. it Lordships as inaihnisse talc au that 346 e of. the plocceding,..and. the case, therefore, TIIE NATIONAL MISTER. . now came on fora rehearing upon the evitteme. • dueed. originally Jenner and Mr. e t7. 4. ..es Warren were heard at great Length in of the appeal, and Dr. Swab Dr. Dr. Dodson, and Mr. l'Olt e against it. TtZt....uurt deliberated, with closed doors, for near an hour ; and, on the re.admission of strangers, judgment was delivered, reversing the sentence appealed front, and wanting the di• vorce ; their Lordships observing, in particular, that thi y did not consider the cis sintistancev attending the husband's lot (flywayss of the first offence to be of such a description as I. give a license to the second adultery of the wife, or screen her from its legal consequences. -.....1.111..- - BOXING. The nauseous task is again assigned ns of detailing one of those scenes which took place on Tuesday last be tween Randall and Burke, which render us the disgrace of neighbouring states, the inhabitants of which must conc. ive us a Iteterogenous rare, as Mule we are boasting of our phi. lanthrupy, in establishing Bible Societies, mirsuracing systems of education among the poor, of our acquisitions in the polite arts, and of our superior refinement, we turn out myriads of spectators to glut their inhuman curiosity with the exhibition of two fellow creatures bruizing and mangling each other, not from y of revenge, but coolly anti premeditatedly. for a pecuniary prize. It must, however, afford saissfaction to the reflecting mind to learn, that some of the Magistrates are alive to tho-ir dotty, ;maim the alert to prevent, as far as in them lies, the dire disgrace failing within their district ; as ow the appearance of the pugilists at lilonlsey Hurst, the in tended Academe. they were pat to the route, and retired to CoambWarren,where they were no sooner completed, than the motiey gronpe waisagain driven off, and N'initiledou Common was the place assigned by Jackson, their leader. We wish the Magistrates had exerted their authority a little fart her, and taken this gentleman and other principalagents in custody, they being,toatlintenis andpurposes, disturbersof the public peace, anti acting contra bolos mores. The following is a de cription nf the rounds : found I. Ilandallifibbed his opponent's head most severely, and in the close threw him.—Bating t to 2. 2. Much sparring. Burke chewed first blood ; Randall bit him on the bewl.and both went down. 3 •Burke with a sliidit hit fell down. 4. Burke's head began to swell very much. In a close both went down. Burke undermost. 3. Randall planted twn blows on hie antagonist's head without re ceiving any return. Burke again down. 6. Severe fighting. Both down. Burke undermost. 7. Both down again, and Burke under. $. Burke had gather the advantages 9. Much sparring. and Burke was again down. 10. A complete hugging round. Randall had considerably the worst of it. _ 31. Randall threw Burke s tremendous cross•buttock. *2 and 13. Burke thrown again, after much hugging. 14- Randall was in this round undermost; but he fibbed his op . Anent severely and had the best of it. .15 andl6. Muth hugging occurred. Both down, and Burke under each time. 0. Randall planted a severe blown the neck of Burke, and hews' again down. ' 18. Randall planted a tremendous b;t on the head of Burke, which the latter returned with interest, fur he hit Randall four severe blows on the side of the head, neck, Ste. without receiving any return. In close they both went down. 19. Burke had decidedly the beat of this round, and in a hug they • both went down- To. Randall hit Burke a tremendous blow on the face, which the platter returned with some sharp hits. Botirdorm, and Berke under most-4 to t on Randall. 21. Much sparring. Randall plantalsooae severe blows on his an-' tagonist's head, whisk was now tivly terrific. gt. Burke,from a slight hit, fell, and appeared very weak. 23—Randall planted three terrible blows, and in a claw threw • Burke. most severely.—'fime was called, but Burke haJ dislocated his collar bone, and Randall was declared victor.. after a light of three quarters of an hour. REMARKS.--In several rounds they were two or three nib .notes before a blow was struck, and a great deal of hugging occurred, which occasioned much disapprobation. Randall had scarcely a scratch. The Kennet Cir..r.'er. of Tuesday. last, gives the following ex planation of a mysterious affair of the two human heads, . which had been discovered In our last we related the mysterious cit . cumstasce of tw9 human heads having been found in a basket, in an Ash plantation, near the Half-way House, between Rochester and Gravesend. Ou Monday afternoon, the WI inat. one of the Gentle men of the Medical Staff, at Fort Pittowent to view the heads; when he recognised Memos those of two soldiers, .who had died at Fort Pitt. duling the preceding week, and who had been buried on Friday evening. On returning to Chatham, and making this eom• munication, the graves• in the burying ground at Chatham wore opened, in v/Aich.the tr.en had beea buried, when it was discovered that the nails of the coffushad been drawn. and the head board taken ; out, and replaced. On opening the coffins. the hudies acre found to be decapitated. and as there was no doubt of their identity, the two heads were fitted to their respective bodies, and re-huried. never, we hope, to be again thstiabed. Oil the investigation n hick took place previously to the heads being :waits consiew it was ascertaine&that two resurrection men came from London by the Gravesend boats, on Thursday week, and returned on Sunday by the same conveyance, and there is no doubt that they were the per soils, in conjunction with some assistant at this place, who were eon cernA in this disgusting and unnatural tnuisactioa. It alsoappeated that, at this season of the year, when the whole body becomes too putrid fo7 dissection, that human heads arc sought for by anatonists, for whicl: they pay hidf,a-guinist each : before the '.reads are diTosed of for dissection, however, all the irons teeth are e...traieted, and they are suit( to We..tists in toe inetrolalis, the 3s. each, by whom tiaev :are cleaned,. filial 41 a regular shape,.rnd duly prepared to be placid .in the jaws oLthose who are unforteuatzly in want of such usend and ornamentalassistants. •Tile two soldiers nad remarkably good teeth, imd the whole of the the front ones hall freer extracted, previously to the discovery of the heads." An art::ie from Appleby, of the i:fth inst. aaye--` A 'daring attack -was made on J. "l'hompson, a miller,near the Guide i'ost, at Tock Green. about half a mile from Appleby. by two fellows, mecum panial by a female. They first asked Thou:peon for some money. which he refusal: when one of them knocked him down, rifled his ,inekets of a 11.- note, ss. fal. in silver. and a knife. ; anti another .ot them cut his throat in a dreadful manner. Tat wouodal man atill survives, but is in a very dangerous state." Duce...--A meeting took place on Tuesday morning at seven o'clock at Farm, between Lieut.Willimr.s, of the Royal Navy, and lie. Wideot. The parties exelumgeti shots twice. and on the but Cite Mr. Walcot received a wound in lit left arm. The seconds then interten ml. and Cie parties lett the_ Around on friendly terms. The meeting originated in a dispute at Viitudiall Gardens on Wednesday inquest was bad at the Albany Tavern, Camberwell, on Wed y, on die body of Samuel. Pon of Mt. Kentish, of I .ong-Isre. ti nt ondsey, aged to. who was drowned while bs.:l3:r.g it :be Surrey !nal. Verdict.-Aacklenuecatk, 300 OLD BAILEY. WEDNESDAY, Jove 17. The sessions commenced this day, liefore ?.fr. Justice Pare end Mr. Justice Ahbntt. There are 200 prisoner* for Ilial. William Henry Howard, commonly called the Sprig of Fashion, stood indicted for •felnuionaly forging, on the 10th April, a certain order for the payment of 101. with intent to defraud John George Draper, The prosecutor stated he was waiter at the Key, in Chandos street, Covent ggralen ; it was an hotel. On the night of the tntli of April, the pi isoner and another man, end two a omen, came to the Key; alter they had taken refreshumats, See. the other person, in the presence of the prisoner, .offered witness a cheque for 101,, and he objected in it. The pri soner said, se• need not be afraid, and wished it was for ~0001. instead of WI They had supper, and desired to have breakfast at 'clock in the inarniog, say Mg they be— longed to the Guards, and had to he on duty at ilie Horse Guards early. Willies* did not •see the cheque in the pri soner's band. On the following morning the other person gave hie name and address," Captain Arinstroog,Clareiklim Hotel, Bond-street," and he gave him the change. The sinner at the lie, said, the last witness put the cheque produced into his hands, and told him :ir take it to Sir John Lubbock and Co., Mansiini House street, which he did, mid it was-retused payuient. Mr. Justice Park observed, that there was no evidence of the forgery ; the instrument 'Might be a valid one-; but the hanky's' clerks behaved very improperly, in not coining for ward to give their evidence- Nut Guilty. The prisoner was again indieledloi feloniously forging cud littering a certain under for the payment of 51. with an in. lent to defraud Elizabeth Hurat. The prosecutrix keens site Crown and.• Anchor wine vaults in King-street, Westminster. This witness could nos speak to the fact, and the witnesses who could were absent; they were smiled, but did nut answer. The prisoner was consequently acquitted. Mr. Justice Park addressed him as follows :—" Young man, I see by thecaletolar that you are only 18 years of age : you have been • extremely fortunate, and I trust the situation in which you have been placed will tioltize you to reform your life and ydureooduct in future." John Hawkins and W. Ball, two very yonno, boys, were convicted of assaulting Louisa Ilaynee on the King's and forcibly taking from her per ou e handkerchief, cuntaiu ing 15s. in silver, the property of her husband..TlM jury recommended them to mercy on account of their youth, one of them bring but 13, and the otber-1.5 years of age. Thomas Hayes, a soldier, was. indicted for-a highway rob.. bery ypon the person of Berijamin Hooker, and stealing from • his person a gold watch, value 501., a gold chain, leo geld seals,and two Napoleons his property. It appeared that the prosecutor is a gontlsonan of fortune, who was upon a visit to his brother-in-law, iu Parliament_ street. Ou the evening of Simday, the 24th of May, he and his brother went to take a walk, and about a quarter past ten o'clock his brother left! , and he.ltheproseetstor)proceeded throiroh the Stable-yard and over the Pagoda-brido,e, at the foot of which a man came up tohim, seized him by his horsdn, as ber:hought, for the purpose of stealing 111. broach ; be then kuocked his fare against the sentry•box, awl demanded " w hat he had." Prosecutor-srized him, and di egged him up towards the top of the bi ridge, where there wasu senuuel ou duty, and lie begged him to interfere in his beliai2','.liiit he would not, and said it was no business of his. The prisoner said it was no good to ask the sentinel, as. he was a comrade of his, and that the prosecutor had given hina .100 gurinias far a particular purpose.. _Prosecutor begged the sentry to sl..tain them loth-11461 Use relict came, but he refused so iiiterfert, and the orisciaersnatebed his %smelt from his fob, aosi . went hastily away, arid as heasaseed the•seutry put something into his handownich proved to -be a corner of dm prosecutors neckerchief, which he lied tow utf.. The-cry of" Sto,. thief" wassisised, butt the prisoner was hot. oiliest thist night, .0u the.failowitig day a buy, named Joseplalteatleyoylor was pot boy at the Three Jolly Butchers its Hoogerford-iiiarhet, took the watch in question to Mr. Jarman, a silvesaluith in the Strand, to have a glau pot in it. `lr. Jarman, 1/11 Weyer, suspectingthat ittast out been honestly comfit by, wade some excuse to the boy to detain the• watchasbert t • •, and in the interim be wentao Mt. Eiliminds, s the inakercif it, and then aseertaiued that it bad been stolen , from the oroseviimi. Is • the eve • g the prisoner who had sent the hoparith it. railed Itims.:ll fur it in a state of in visitation, and said It had bees given lam by a gentleman. -He wits thes detained. The prisoner-Aid slot make any defence, hilt instructed pi s counsel, both in their cruss.•examinatiwr, and in calling pi_ deuce, to insinuate that the prosecutor had given hint the Mr. Smith, a highly respectable person, living iu Nork street, Wesiiiiiii , ter, corroborated many of the principal fea ture, of the prosecutor', testintuuy, paiticutarly that of the priy.tualer', running away. Ilruidolphiis called two witnesses to the prisoner's,eliarae ter ; stud lie also ratted a %I.: Uses% tianied•Julut Gilliam, for the purpose ot• contratlictiug the prosecutor; but the Court held that he could not be zkamitied consistently. with the rules of evidence, • Putlard, the 4etitly,tvas also called, and•said, the reason he would not interfere Aral, that each. charged the other. He denied that toe prisoner gave him the corner of the necker.„ chief, hut baid,he piaci! it upon the.bridge. • the trial lasted a lung time.. aunt . the jury found the pri -2.0.1CL Guilty —Deallt—aged 19. FRIDAY. . Joha Derma, the ani.otable old dean who killed Jane Roger., .was round guilty of non der c iind ordered to be Mk' euuted WI Monday mai - wing ne‘l. Eviooll %a% cottvicted of basing uttered a forged • bill f knowicg it twin; forged. A moat deplorable catastrJpbe took place upon the :assal between - Bolton and Bury, about halt past six .o'clogir on the evoking of ' turlay week. The packet boa:, on its passa t ;c to Bury. .witintAy, short.. distance of Phattoice, um! witrio about toot) miles Irons Bolton. . upset, in the &eye,: part of the 0:an..1; the inelanci:oly conaequtnce ut which was. that several know creatures were eoaagoka :o art Untimely mart: ; !firer ;imam. two.Mcti..ktitt tile boy-, arc reptio.aiorm. al to 05 abru,uur t ao. rus Tne boat hail au tn.u,u vl eons- . pltstielit of r.e.scrtgers. The ihs:rewing ertat sea o , eusioncti. %c age given to notlerstand, by segue own in „liquor on the uatsittc of tllca ve ,, c ; i n d u king the ridoculaus wirim of akrsaioat the.conipsny .be low.—/Mus..hester pap,. A roller pump, on an improved principle, fur widely* pare b been ~,,,ü b e d , is erected at kVtliei stet, for the putposeuf rawing.stw ter I:.im the river Severn into the large basin of the Wonsan/ emu, where it brow; I:'y 90 6i51101,3 of wata per mimic thzeufb.a fie. m bore.