Star.
London, England, 1814-12-16 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DatritY-Latm—The Tragedy of Madeti was per-
formed last night, and Mr. KEAN, in sustaining the
difficult phrt of the hero rf the piece, received the'
msuked and merited applause of the audience. Mrs.
IBAinTLEY'supported the character of Lay Mittbeth
k•voith good effect, and was particularly impressive in
the sleeping scene.
COVENT GARDEN.—Last night Mr. KRNIBLE ap-
peared in Corblaners, for the last time of his perform-
ing that partin the course of his present engagement,
which is about to close. It is needless now to rf.
mark on a performance which has so often been seen
and felt, further than to say, that Mr. KEAIBLE gave
to the representation all the grandeur and dignity
with which he is accustomed to invest this character,
sand which makes him in it soar above all competition.
The manner in which the play is got up, the fine
taste of the decorations and the excellent imitation of
Roman costumes, give force to the scenic illusion.--
`The House was elegantly filled.

Thursday evening the Duke of YORK honoured
Covent-Garden Theatre wtth his presence, to see
Miss O'NEILL, in the Gamester.
One of the travelling trunks which was thrown
overboard from the Brighton packet, in a storm, on
her passage to Dieppe, belonging to Mrs. JACKSON,
,widow of our late Ambassador to America, who was
on board at the time, floated on shore on Monday the
sth inst. at Boulogne.
During the high wind on Saturday evening last, a
stack of straw in the farm yard of Mr. Crissell, of
Melford, Suffolk, was blown down, and between 30
and 30 sheep, which had sheltered themselves near it,
were completely buried under the same ; but only five
fat ones, the property of John Spalding, Esq. were
found dead next morning, the remainder were all alive.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday C. Weller, late a Mail'
Coach Guard, and Jane Iltchnan, were charged with
robbing the coach which tuns from Newport, near
Monmouth, of upwards of £2300 in cash, Bank-
notes, and bills. It appeared, that in October, 1813,
a parcel containing the above amount, was sent from
the Newport Bank, of Foreman, Fothergill, and Co.
directed to Messrs. Down, Thornton, and Cat in
Bartholomew-lane, London, and the box which con-
tained the parcel was directed to Mr. Fothergill, at
Messrs. Shee's, merchants, in Lawrence Pountney-
lane, Cannon-street ; and to give the appearance or.
a parcel, and that it might not be suspected to be a
banker's parcel, it was covered over with canvas. The '
box was secured by two screws, and tied with a rope..
The box reached Lawrence Pountney-lane in due time,l
but on opening it, it only contained a letter. A wit-
ness stated, that 'the prisoner had confessed being
concerned in the robbery, and that he was instigated
to it by an old woman. After the robbery had been
committed he endeavoured to get the parcel back,
when there nas only ei'2o taken out of it, but Hick-
man would not let him. The prisoners have lately
been taken into custody, in consequence of some of
the notes having been passed at linen-drapers, in
London, for goods, which notes were yesterday pro-
duced and identified. They were committed for fur-
ther examination.
Mnsist9N-Hogue:—Yesterday J. Farquhar, G. Hunt,
W. Lowder, and H. Sibbald, underwent a final exa-
mination, charged with stealing a ity of teals
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on the Thames. It appeared, that a abut day-break
on Sunday morning, while Matthewitv Harris, and
Robinson, officers, were going their tounds, they ob-
served the prisoners with two boats, which they pro-
ceeded to load withcoal from a barge. The Officers
took a boat, and pot off ; when the prisoners, per-
ceiving their approach, divided themselves, two to
each boat, and rowed down the River. They were,
however, after a smart pull, overtaken and secured.
They were fully committed.
F. Vermin, a German, was dinged by his wife
with assaulting her, and threatening the life of her
infant. The woman exhibited marks of dreadful vio-
lence ; and the wascbman, who took the prisoner, de-
posed to his having twice knocked her down, and
having thrown a chair in the direction of the bed where
the child slept. He was .folly committed.
GulLDHALL.—Yesterday H. Collies, a labouting
bricklayer, was fully committed, charged 'pith steal-
ing a quantity of lead, from a house in Gutter-lane.
HADION-GARDR14...40/1 and Elilli. Aoberts were
yesterday charged. with takinginsurance for a Litik
PQ, and also in she last State Lottery. On 'the '
fir 4
charge they were bdth ,i,mmitted for trial ; and f
ihe second, John was sentenced to three months :m•'prisonment in the House of Correction.
• Margaret Hirst was fully committed, charged by S.
Levi, a furrier, for whilm she worked, with robbing
biro of tiko swan tkins.
QgaaN-sQukita.—t. Nett was charged. by Messrs.
Rivers and Milner, of the Haymarket, with having oti:
tained from them an elegant bronze lamp, suspended
above circular plate glass, worth about tourteen gui-
neas. Mr. Milner suited, that about three weeks ago,
the prisoner came to their shop, saying, that he wanted
some chandeliers, lamps, &c. far his drawing-rooms:
' that he was a land surveyor, and would pay for theta
in three mouths.. Mr. M. examined the rooms where
' they were to he fixed. audiound that t 4. articles yr:
demi were quite inappropriate, being fuss too grab, i ;
yet, nevertheless, one chandelier lamp was sent worth
about 14 azipeas. A Mr. M'Carthy bad this lamp
brought whim by the prisoner for sale, for seven gni.
neas, but suspecting it 'had net been honestly ob.
tattled, had him secured on returning to complete the
1 bargam.—The prisoner stated, that he had held. a
commission in the Rutlatidshire Militia, that he woe a
"Gcnthernan by birth, and haying obtained the goods
oti his uwn.credit, be had a right to do what he
'pleatietwith dicifit-44t. ttaLtingi, hoWever, not ap-
prolliig this .t." , tidied him to be reaAnded. i
Lately, at Miasma, a person, dressed like a I ,
demo, cilledist a house, and inquired if any o
lod were at home ? bliss answered in thenegatied
he ... leiiberately walked into the back park)*
Itherelbe lady of the house 'followed him, he askeil
'again% any of the servant! were in the way ? die lady
replied Ittarshe wasibe tidy person in the lierse.—
He then jumped up hail the chair, an/ Oaring her
in ir, he said be cagy Ohnted to (lad der alone, and at
the amp. tile presentsd st pisml to her breast, and
! swore beivotdd- blow tier brims out,' if she made an
noisd. 'The lid/ feinted. aad *lien she recovered,'
found the- man was gone, taking .with him a silver
watch, a gold ring, thfee pounds in notes, and sr-
°di,tin D sirdeles,altordielaboUt the tell,

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INQUEST on THE BOST of LORD FIREPICH,
.ttorday an Inquest walk. held in Dublin on the ,
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hogy of late Right Honourable Lorsktfrench.-
1 M. Rawden, tifyitnt to G.' frenchtElq. sworn : saw
Lord Ffrench, far, the last time alive, on Friday,
about two o'clock; (*eased called witness into the
room, and told him to sign his name to -a 'paper : wit-
ness asked the contents, deceased said no matter,
sign yOur name alter mine ;" witness did so; de-
ceased remarked (as witness thought in a jesting
Moe) you take up much room :" witness did not
remark any thing unusual, but thought that deceas-
ed looked frightened, and paced, the room backwards
and forwards very fast ; witness remained about five
mil:tarts in the room, and then went to the room of
Mr. Pakenham,• opposite; heard a shot; did not
know from whence it was fired ; thought it not extra-
ordinary, as some young gentlemen might amuse
themselves by firing their pistols: remained about
half an hour when he ag tin entered the room of Mr.
Fliench, it was full of smoke ; he saw Lord Mend'
lying on the carpet, with his face covered with blood;
thinks he heard two shots, almost at the same mo-
ment ; is .sure he was the first who entered the room ;
he returned immediately to Mr. Pakenham's morn,
and said there wits a shocking sight in the next room.
Mr. Pakenham, Mr. Smyth, and witness entered, and
saw Lord Ffrench apparently dead ; witness sass the
deceased at M'Donnell's hotel, in Mary-street, the day
before; saw him during the day un which this event
happened ; heard persons say he appeared deranged ;
there was no person in the room when witness signed
the paper ; it was a printed paper, with the name of
Ffrench subscribed. Mr. Magrath, the Police Magis-
trate, here produced a letter, marked "private," di.
rected to the Honourable T. Ffrench ; it was found
on the thimney-piece. The letter was not opened.
C. Hughes knew the deceased for many years ; saw
him last on Thursday, in the hall of the Four Courts ;
observed, that he looked men jioyons than a man un-
der the pressure of such misfortunes could be supposed
to do. WitnesS dined with him on Thursday last, at
Radcliffe's Tavern ; they drank small beer at diluter ;
had. no wine ; deceased called for a glass of rum, part
of which he made into punch. Deceased talked very*
incoherently, so as to impress witness with it notion
that he was insane ; deceased talked something of one
man being fed on venison, and another on mnuott
but it was so foolish that witness could not understand
him ; witness dreaded some misfortune : on his oath
did not consider deceased to be of sound mind. Mr.
J. Ormsby, It. B. Forster, P. N. Daly, J. D. Byrne,
I. Cahill, and J. F. Maden, Esqrs. deposed to several
acts frOm. which they imputed distraction and insa-
nity to Lord Ffrench.—R. Pakenham, Esq. sworn.
Is a Member of the University ; entered the room
where the deceased lay, along with Rawden, whose
testimony he confirmed. Counsellor O'Dwyer com-
mented on the evidence. .He hoped that the Jury
would not, by returning a verdict, aggravate the mis-
fortunes of thi: afflicted family, by which the chattels
and goods •ot the -deceased must revert to the Crown;
but- of tits he had no apprehensions, satisfied as he
was, that their verdict would flow from the evidence
before them.—The Jury, after consulting about half
an hour, retui ned the following verdict We find
, that the late Lord Ffrench came by his death by dis-
charging a pistol, loaded with balls, through his head,
being at the time in •t state of insanitV° •

Wednesday, a Coroner's Inquest sat at the Coach
and Horses, Chiswick, on the body of a child named
E. M. Powell Price, found in its coffin on the late Mr.
Moreing's premises, where it turned ont to have been
five or six years. Mrs. Molt remembered the deceased
being brought to Mr. Moreing's about five or six years
since, from London, in Lake's errand cart, and that it
was said the child was going to be buried about 300
miles from there. Lake remembered bringing the
coffin frovn•London to Mr. M.'s malt-house, that gen-
tleman paying fot its carriage ; but he never said for
what purpose the child was brought. It appeal ing,
however, that the child had died a natural death, and
that it had been forgotten, there was a verdict of—
Did Is the visitation of GOD.

MARR 03.
On the 6th Instant, at Fort William, N. B. Captain Rohrer
Cameron, 35th Regiment, to Jesse% way slaughter of Mr.
Cameron, of Menhir.

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sr* TER AT LONDON 011Db6E TO 4404110 W.
• ; - minutes aftei.
• - 44 minute, p?fter
TN the various complaints incident to the human
.1. frame; there are none more dreadful in their n:.•!ure, nor more
alarming in their consequences, than the GRAVEL and STUN!,
PAINS in the BACK, LOINS, and BLADDER, and Lind •
SAGO. They are complaints to which every person is liable,
and are a foundation for every usher species of Disorder.
HICKMAN'S PILLS,
Campos, d of the most innocent ingredients, have been foend of
efngular In not onty strense- the vessels - vainir

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eficacy,. _lgihening --tit Copt_ ine
tbiurthe, but le !uppity destroying the petrifying quality of it,
from which proceed the above coniplaiats, &c. removing the
calculi, or gutty secretions, and banishiug every pernicious ten-
dency to those disorders, wiihout confinement. From a conscious-
ness of the powerful quality of these Pills, fully evinced by a
• private praedoe of many years, they are offered tdthe afflicted,
and recommended as a curs for the above complaints.
Sold wholesale and retail at Mr. Butler's, 4, Cheapside, cornet
, of St. Paul's Cburch-yard; and retail by &lam And titian; Purrs-
, mouth; Hill,Harding,and Jahnscp;dospcirt ; Affnutt, Weston,
Mallory, hem, Ponies ; Tredenan, Exeter; Crialraitin lir, niers-
ndle.Gilbert,and Hoxlind,Plymouthl Newburyalnbate ; Baster
nn4Matdpnald, fillasgew,; Snitch, Manderspn. Senn, in Rea-
born, ildintourzts ; et'utwe&Bath ; Ross& !tick, Hell; Cresson,.
Went& hnd Pea 4, and Mb*, Ltanepool ; Stains and Lynch,
Manchester; Bowen, Norwich eKnen and Lloyd, Rifting/lAm;
fintiory, alighten; Whits, Brighton; diamonds. Blandford ;
Roach, Plymouth Dock said MAO Miedisme Venders, w boxes
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