Star.
London, England, 1822-08-06 00:00:00

POOR EMERY.

Yesterday the Committee received a most gratify-
ing and kind letter from his Royal Highness the Duke
of 'form. inclosing a draft for £5O. His letter ex-
pressed in very feeling terms a sanguine hope that
the Committee who are conducting the Subscription
will not close their labours until a sufficient sum is
received to make a permanent provision for the whole
of this distressed and surviving family. Huonas
BALL, Esq. sent £25 for a box; HENRY Batarrro,
Esq. 10 guineas, and JOHN SOANE, Esq. 10 guineas.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
There never was a more splendid demonstration
of genuine sympathy—of heartfelt sincerity, the ap-
pearance of which is sometimes but vainly assumed
by that mawkish kind of sentiment which exhausts
itself in words, than that which this Theatre exhi-
bited last night. The House was literally filled to
the ceiling—pit, boxes, and galleries overflowed, and
when the mind reflected on the object in view, it was
surely no mean gratification to behold them so thickly
tenanted. They seemed like a fairly-proportioned
building, in which, though the lower parts were more
highly ornamented, yet all contributed to its strength
and effect. The whole scene was calculated to excite
the hest feelings of the human heart ; there were on
the Stage, Actors from almost every Theatrical Esta-
blishment in the Metropolis, all united for one sacred
purpose, all testifying their respect for him who had
once been their " own familiar friend." The Play
selected for the occasion was the admirable Comedy
of the Rivals, the characters in which were supported
by some of the most talented and esteemed favourites
of the Public ; ii is therefore needless to descant on
the merits of the representation. The veteran Mum-
DEN played Sir Anthony Absolute with wonderful
effect. After the Comedy several songs were given
by Madame VESTRIS, Miss POVEY, and other cele-
brated vocalists, in their usual style of excellence;
and a duet was performed by Mr. BocusA and M.
Puzzt on the harp and horn with a brilliancy of exe-
cution which delighted the audience. The Entertain-
milts concluded with the Operetta of Belles without
Beaux, which was exclusively represented by Per-
formers from the English Opera House, headed by
Miss KELLY, Who had here an opportunity of dis-
playing those tender feelings which she can express so
well. It is needless to add, the audience was highly
gratified; indeed, their bosoms could not have been
filled with other than pleasurable emotions. They
recognized the Performers with cordial warmth, and
greeted them with loud clapping of hands, " which
had hearts in them !'"Ehe following Address, written
by Mr. Geonce COLNIAN, the Younger, was spoken
by Mr. BARTLEY :
Friends of the Muse ! who in a polish'd age,
Support the Morals of our British Stage;
Who, when a Public Favourite gives birth
To feeihrls of respect for private worth;
• 'With generous and equal ardour scan
The merits of the Actor and the flan;
• Need we, to-night, express our grief?—or tell
Sorrows, in which you sympathize so well:
Poor EMERY is gone! who lay'd his part,
Each day he breathed home to the very heart,
True to the Drama's, 'as to Friendship's call,
1k charni'd us—fur 'twas honest Nature all.
• How oft, when scarce an effort would appear,
He drew the giant's bow of Genius here !
Seem'd like a random shooter in the dark,
But never, never fail'd to bit the mark :
Various his range—hut, in the peasant vein,
0 We ne'er may look upon his like again."
'Twas his, well studied in the rustic school,
To shew the arch, the vicious, and the fool ;
'Twas his, with matchless kimour to pourtray
The Lumps, and Dartflie Dilemmas of his day ;
'Twas his, in Tyke, with Truth's resistless force,
To fill the lowly villain with remorse ;
"Fuss his to feel, too, with becoming pride,
How Talent can support its own fire-side ;
Till, in his prime, alas! of life bereft,
Life's dearest objects shelterless were left.
Patrons of Genius! Guardians of Distress!
Friends of the Destitute, and Fatherless!
For you, his Widow will her prayer repeat ;
Fur yOu, his grateful Children's bosoms beat;
And may his spirit now look down and view
The succour they obtain this night from you!

IlAYmAnitzz.—Last night Miss PATON re-ap-
peared in the character of Susanna, in the Marriage
of Figaro, and more than realized the high hopes
ilich her debut had excited. Some dissatisfaction
was excited, inconsequence of the delay before the
commencement of the Opera ; and at the rising of the
curtain Mr. lASTON came forward and said—

" Lames /au GcxnrmEN—Can it he necessary to make further
apology for the delay, than to state that I was the cause of it,
Laving only just come from Covent-Garden, where I contributed
n:y humble assistance at the benefit for the relief of the family
of poor FZIEIIY
This simple appeal instantly restored perfect good
humour, and the piece went off triumphantly.

Yesterday, a plasterer, of the name of Hill, fell from
the top of a four story scaffolding, it Kentish Town,
and was killed. He has left a wife and three children.
Friday, at the Guildhall, Exeter, a charge was
made before the MAYOR against Mrs. Street, mother
of Misi Drusilla Street, of an attempt to poison her
husband, subsequent to the elopement of which the
Public have already heard so much.—John Bennett,.
shoemaker in St. Sidwell's, deposed, that he called on
the defendant to borrow seven shillings; she said she
could put him in a way to get twenty pounds; he
asked how ? and she replied, 46 By poisoning my
rogue of a husband ;" she shewed him some white
stuff mixed up in a tea-cup, which she said was arsenic
she got to poison rats with, but she did not think it
was strong enough, and gave him money to go to
Mr. Reeve's to buy some more. He went and asked
for some arsenic to poison rats; Mr. R. told him aux
ibomica was better, and gave him some. While this
deposition was making, the defendant cried bitterly,
and exclaimed—" LanD have mercy upon me r
A conversation then took place between the Counsel
and Attornies, on the amount of bail necessary.,
Mr. Street said he feared he should be obliged to
leiveEieter, to.besafe from his wife: Mrs. Street (in
great agony), " I won't. injure him—l won't injure
Elm a his point." It was ultimately agreed to take
the bail of two persons -in £2OO each, for her ap-
pearance at the Sessions to answer the charge.—(Shag:
borne Mercury).

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POLICE. -

Manstrotabitsn.—Yesietday, hlr..Edteartt Gerrit, M-broker,
appeared at the Justice-room, his assignee and solicitor having
given their undertaking, on Saturday last, that he would be
to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr.
fpoirtulinkcoettl:ing,
of Cannon-street-road. timber-merchant, fotahaving
pledged with a banking-house a bill of eachange, drawn 'by W.
Plunkett upon, and accepted by, Thomas Marsh, for the pay-
ment of £3O, and another bill of exchange, drawn by W. Plun-
kett upon, and accepted by, John Reynolds, for the payment of
971.145. which were deposited with Edward Harris for a special
purpose, as the brolter and agent of W. Plunkett.
The facts stated for the prosecution were briefly these :—Mr.
Plunkett having, on the 15th of April, occasion for cub, applied
to his friend Mr. Marsh, and chewed him the bills alluded to,
which Mr. Marsh advised him to tender to Mr. Harris, who
was in the habit of discounting bills. Mr. Plunkett put the bills
into the bands of Mr. Marsh, for the purpose of getting cash for
them from Mr. Harris, who said he could not discount them,
but offered to cash Mr. Plunkett's acceptance, drawn by Mr.
Marsh, for the whole amount, if the two bills of exchange were
left as collateral security for the payment. This arrangement
was agreed to, and Mr. Harris cashed the proposed bill for
971. 14s. This bill became due on the 30th May, but there re.
mained a balance upon it unpaid for two or three weeks. The
whole sum Was, however, now paid, but the two bills left as
collateral security had never been returned. In fact, Mr. Plun-
kett had, to his astonishment, been arrested upon one of the
bills which lay at one of Mr. Harris's banking-houses as a pledge
for money advanced to that gentleman—a practice which existed
extensively in the City between banking-houses and brokers.—
This cenduct of Mr. Harris was represented as in violation of
the 52d of Geo. 111. cap. 63. which punishes persons convicted
of embezzling, secreting, or pledging for their own use, bills in-
trusted to their care, with transportation for fourteen years.
The Solicitor for the prosecution said he should prove, by the
clerk at the banking-house, that the bills were, to all intents
and purposes, pledged for the service of the defendant, and that
he had got money upon them before the bill for 971. 14$. bad
been dishonoured.
The case having been postponed in order to arrive at this cer-
tainty, yesterday a number of Gentlemen attended at the Justice
Room, while Mr. ALLEY appeared as Counsel for the defendant,
and a full investigation took place. It appeared that Mr. Harris
has been very extensively engaged as a bill broker, and that he
had been in the habit of borrowing large sums of money at dif-
ferent banking-houses upon securities such as are mentioned
above. Unfortunately he became a bankrupt, pending the deal-
ing with Mr. Plunkett.
The Solicitor for the prosecution called John Sulgrave, cashier
at Barnard and Co.'s, No. 50, Cornhill. Witness stated, that
Mr. Harris had an account with his house as well as at other
banking-houses. They were in the habit of advancing money
upon loans to him, and had extensive dealings with him. The
bills attached as securities were left as pledges on such occasions.
The LORD MAYOR supposed that if a bill-broker were to offer
bills to the amount of £lO,OOO, the banking-house would lend
half the money upon them.
Mr. Sadgrove said, that entirely depended 'Ton circumstances.
On looking over the securities for money advancKl, be found an
item of two bills of the description spoken of. Upon one orthose
bills he believed Mr. Plunkett had been arrested.
Mr. Attn . said, the matter was very easily settled, and de-
sired the bankers' hooks might be produced, hy which it would
soon be seen that ncthing had been done with the securities until
the bill for £97. 145. was dishonoured, and Mr. Harris became
a bankrupt—an event which completely tied his hand. In fact,
the securities had not been left at the hankers until the evening
of the 30th of May, on which da,. the bill alluded to was disho-
noured. • ;Mr.- Alley added, that he expected in such a case the
banker would have attended himself.

The Cashier stated, that the books did not contain any parti-
culars of the bills, and he could not say whether the securities
had been pledged on or before the 30th of May.
Mr. ALLEY said there was an end to the case, as far as re-
garded his client.
The Loan Maros said, that the defendant stood completely
exonerated from the charge of having violated the Statete.
A ruffianly boy was brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged
by a serjeant of the Guards, serving at the Tower, with having
used language towards him in allusion to the late horrible trans-
action which was detailed at Marlborough-street Office. A mob
had collected In consequence of the conduct of the young rascal,
and some hooting commenced; but the serjeant seize/ him, and
determined, whatever attempts might be made to rescue, to
drag him off to the Police.
The LORD MAYOI wished that the serjeant had laid his cane
as smartly on the prisoner's back as he could, and was about to
commit the boy to prison, when the parents interfered and pro-
mised amendment. The boy cried bitterly, and the serjeant
spoke in his behalf, and had him discharged.

UNION-41ALL.RIOT AT A FUNERAL.DiZtAPeat on was
brought before R. J. Cif AMBUIS and L. B. ALLEN, Esqrs.
charged with having been concerned In a riot at the funeral of
William Inwood, a fisherman, of Lambeth. _

Seagrove, the sexton. of Lambeth church, stated, that on
Tuesday afternoon last, as the body of the deceased, William
Inwood, was proceeding for interment in Lambeth Church-yard,
a mob of persons collected and followed the procession ; and on
its arrival at the Church-yard began shouting and hallooing. The
witness was assaulted with the most horrid language, and the
mourners were pelted with mud, and with great difficulty en-
tered the burial ground, the gate of which was instantly closed
to exclude the mob. However, some of the ringleaders scaled
the walls of the Church-yard and interrupted the Minister in the
service by loud cries. On the return of the procession they were
again pelted with nand. The prisoner was one of the most
active of the rioters.

The widow of the deceased described the prisoner as having
been conspicuously engaged in the riot.
The prisoner mas held to bail, and committed to prison for
want of sureties. Warrants have been granted for the appre-
hension of others concerned in the disgraceful outrage.
QUEZN-SQUARZ.—Yesterday, Stephen Lanford was charged by
James Morrison, a private in the Foot Guards, with abusing
him near the Barracks at Constitution Hill. The complainant
stated, that on Saturday evening be was on duty, when the pri-
soner uttered the most provoking and abusive language towards
him, calling him all sorts of infamous names. The prisoner ex-
pressed his sorrow for what he had done; he said he was a little
in liquor at the time, and trusted that the Magistrate would
look over his offence. The worthy Magistrate (Mr. Iltynsroan)
observed, that it was his bounden duty to protect individuals
like the complainant, and it was most scandalous that they should
have applied to them such disgraceful language as the prisoner
had used; but as the prisoner had expressed his contrition for
his offence, he would suffer hinnto be discharged, provided he
could nuke his peace with the soldier. The parties then with-
' drew, and amicably arranged the matter.
.HATION43ARDEN.—FALsz ALaass.—Sunday night the greatest
curiosity was excited, and various conjectures were afloat, at a
light being observed by the watchmen and passengers, in St.
James's church, Clerkenwell. The general idea was, that it
was some supernatural being paying its nightly visit to the edifice.
At length the circumstance was named to the sexton • and he,
having possession of the keys of the church, proceeded In com-
pany with several others to ascertain what it really was. On
opening the doors of the church all was very silent, and, with
fearful steps, they explored the interior, when, on searching the
Vestry, they were dreadfully astonished at a loud snoring; and,
on further inspection, they found the fire alight, and two wo-
men very comfortably seated in chairs, fast asleep. They were
instantly roused from their slumber, and called upon to account
for their being in such an extraordinary place at that hour in the
night, when it turned out that they entered the church to hear
a funeral service in the afternoon, and, having fallen asleep,
were locked in, and did not awake till it was quite dark, and
they had found out the coal cellar, and the tinder-box, by which
means they ignited a fire. They were taken to the watch•house,
and yesterday morning were brought to Hatton-garden Office,
where they related their adventure to the Magistrate, and there
being no reason to doubt the truth of their statement, they were
discharged.

• The Commissioners of Customs have reported their
belief that there has been no clandestine importation
of fureign corn.
WIGTONSHIRE ELECTION.—Tuesday came on, at
Wigton, the Election of a Member to represent hat
County in Parliament ; the suffrages of the freeholders
were then taken, when the numbers were--
For Sir Wrumai MAzwzaz... 20
TotAonss IliLtooowALL,Raq.
Idsiority fur Sir W. :441ww, —ls. •
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SUMMER ASSIZE&
EXETER, AUGUST
John Chapman, agea27, was tried upon a chat's
of having murdered his wife, Sarah Chapman, on tba
20th of May last. _ _ _

Mr. STEPHINS stated the case for the ptosecution.
The first witness called was James Oxenham, who lives in the
parish of St. Pancras Wick. He knew the prisoner and his wife,
the deceased, and he knew alto a man named Robinson. On the
20th of May last he saw Mri. Chapman and the man named Ro-
binson together, drinking at a public-house on the Mayor:lly-
road, between six and seven o'clock ht the evening. After
drinking some ale together, they went away, smd.preweeded up
the road, arm in arm. The witness, at about thirty yards
from them, met the prisoner, John Chapman, running, with a
gun in his hand, and be looked in such a " wished," or mad waT,
that the witness was afraid to stop him, for fear he should take
his life. The witness had only time to ask him where he was
going? to which, as well as he could recollect, the prisoner re-
plied-1, lam going after my wife, and if she does net come
back I'll shoot her." Shfirtly after the prisoner had passed, the
witness heard the report of a gun, and saw his wife fall to the
round. He was prevented, by the interposition of a bush, from
seeing the prisoner. There was no difficulty in taklisg him. He
seemed as if he had come out of a mad-house.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wtwasts.—The prisoner had been
married nine months, and appeared to have great affecdon for his
wife. He worked very hard, and made nine days a week, to
provide for her. He appeared at the time in dreadful distress
of mind, and scarcely to know what he was about ; and when
same one said—" John, your wife is dead I" he said—" Is she?
Who has killed her?"
Grace Chapman stated, that on the evening of the Seth of May
last, she saw Mrs. Chapman and Robinson together on the OVls-
worthy-road, about a quarter of a mile from Oxenhanis house.
She saw, soon after, the prisoner, John Chapman, with a gun in
his hand, come running up to his wife. Ile asked her to oome
back ; when she replied, No. He said if she did not come back
he would shoot her, but she disregarded him, and turned her
back to walk on with her paramour Robinson, when the pri-
soner fired, and she fell
Cross-examined.—The prisoner appeared in a higher passion
than the witness had ever seen him in before that moment, for
he was in general a very quiet and inoffensive man. Mrs. Chap-
man touched her paramour by the arm, and said, " Come along,
Robinson ;" and she fell dead.

William Lloyd deposed that, on the 20th of May last, he met
the prisoner running on the Oldsworthy road, with a gun in his
hand, and foaming at the mouth, and looking like a aaad dog.
Witness saw him touch his wife by the arm, and endeavoured
to persuade her to come back, but she said she would not, and
went on saying, " Robinson, come along." The prisoner levelled
at her, and shot her dead.

Cross-examined—Then had been a sham wedding that morn-
ing at. a public-house, between Robinson and Mrs. Chapman,
over a broom. The witness saw the prisoner come in whilst
all this was going forward, and in tears ask his wife to come
back, promising her that, if she would return to her home, he
would forg've her everything. She sat with her arms round the
other man's neck, and disregarded all the solicitations of the pri•
setter. When the prisoner had done the deed, he foamed•at the
mouth, and his face was as white as snow.
Several other witnesses were examined.

The prisoner, in a written defence, stated that he
was driven to distraction by the infidelity of his wife,
and took the gun to frighten her back, but did not
know that it was loaded.
James Baker, den. knew prisoner six months; prisoner was a
vet y kind and inoffen.ive man ; very kind to his wife ; he always,
on a Saturday night, gAve his money to her.
James Baker, jun. examined-Lives at Pitworthy; has a corn-
chamber, with a door, fourteen feet from the ground ; saw the
prisoner, on the 20th May, jump from it, like a madman ; there
are stairs another way ; he had a gun in his hand ; it had been
charged the latter end of March ; Henry Cory charged it. Pd-
*ones had the privilege of going into the corn-chamber ; he usu-
ally slept there.
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON, in charging_ the Jury,
said, that the deceased came to her death by the act
of her husband there could not be the slightest doubt.
With respect to the law," said the Learned Judge,
a a person who is out of his mind is by it deeMed in-
capable of crime, because incapable of reason. But
you must distinguish between a high degree of pas-
sion and decided insanity ; for the law does not al-
low the same indulgence to a person under the con-
troul of a furious passion, nor allow the plea of an
absence of reason from that cause to mitigate the
offence; for every man is bound to curb his passion,
and the law allows no man, however great the pro-
vocation, short of a blow or personal violence, to be-
come the executioner of his own vengeance, and to
deprive another of life. In this painful and distress-
ing case, some parts of which it is impossible to hear
with dry eyes, it is evident that the unfortunate prisoner
had very great excitation,from the bold and shameless
infidelity of his unworthy wife; but if, notwithstand-
ing, you should be of opinion that he set out after her,
being under the influence of jealousy, the most deadly
and irresistible of the passions, with a loaded gun,
with intent to shoot her, then, I am afraid, you must,
in your duty, find the prisoner guilty of murder."—
The Learned Judge then read over his notes of the
evidence, and observed, if they should think fiom it
that the prisoner had set out with the gun, as he stated,
not knowing it to be loaded, but that he had levelled
and pulled the trigger merely to frighten the deceased,
but not intending to kill her, then they would find
him guilty of manslaughter. If they thought him
devoid of all reason at the time, and absolutely mad,
they would find him not guilty. If, however, they
were satisfied that lie went with the gun and shot his
wife under the influence of a blind and furious passion,
then, however great might have been his provocation,
they must find him guilty of murder.
The Jury deliberated for about ten minutes, and
returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of Man-
slaughter.—The sentence was, that the prisoner should
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the jail of
this County for the space of one year.
Mary Gibson, aged l 6 years, a beautiful girl, stood
charged with the capital offence of maliciously set-
ting fire to some houses, the property of William
Matthews a,nd Ann Searle, in Staverton, on the 21st
of March last. The first count of the indictment
failed, inasmuch as it did not state the tenant's name
who occupied the cottage; on the second, it went to
the Jury, by the Learned Judge's directions, to say,
whether they could believe a girl like the prisoner
cotald be guilty, from the evidence they had heard,
of wilfully setting fire to the houses stated in the in-
dictment?
and it they did not, of course she must be
acquitted. All that had been said was, that she had
thrown a lighted stick into the pig-sty, by which two
cottages were burnt down ; and that, when questioned
as to her having committed the act, she said, bursting
into tears, lam sorry for itl" and again—a 0, if
they had sent me but to London, this would never
have happened r—words, said the compassionate and
feeling Judge, I think too vague to convict the pri-
soner of this dreadful charge.
The Jury instantly acquitted her.

AUGUST 4.
John Raddon, an unfortunate maniac, was charged
with having, on the 2d of May last, at Stoke Dame-
rel, cut with a razor, or some sharp instrument, the
throat of Mary Raddon, his wife, with intent to mur-
der her. The keeper, Mr. Brown, stated to the

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MARRIED.
On the 25d ult. at Wells, in Norfolk, by the Rev. V. ilin,
James Cassidy, Esq. to Mrs. Hill, widow of the late John LLB,
Rsq. of that place.
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DIED.

Monday sennieht, at Brixton, J. E. Mullinger, Esq. lee Ad-
jutant of the 10th Regiment, aged 46 years.
On the 224 utt. at Exeter, very suddenly, aged 49, Mr. James
Meynell, Lieutenant of the York Light Infantry, and many
years Adjutant of the Yorkshire Wolds Yeomanry Cavalry.
On the 26th of May, at Spanish Town, Jamaica, in the Stith
year of her age, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Custanee, of the .50th
Regiment of Foot, and only child of James White, Ea+ of
Pauhgrove, near Fareham.
Lately, on the coast of Africa, Mr. W. Lane, Assistant Sur-
gems of his Majesty's ship Iphigenla.

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