Star.
London, England, 1815-08-09 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Mr.. Aftsir.a's favourite Opera of Frederick of
Fruisia, was performed last night at this The itre.—
Mr. COOKE, who had just recovered from indisposi-
tion,•was received with the most distinguished ap-
plause.
He was encored in both his songs—the as-
tonishing facility with which he executed several
viJalas, or running passages, was such as to electrify
his audience.
Mr. HIONIANt the new bass singer, rapidly gains
in the public favour—his voice comprises two octaves
and a half, descending so low as double C, a power
of tone which must be heard to be credited; and with
all this immense compass his voice is perfectly fiexi.
ble, and his tones are rich and melodious. We need
scarcely add, that such musical endowments are rare
in the present age.
Mr. RavraoND enacted the part of the Great Fmk-
rick with all that graceful dignity and ease which we
are accustomed to respect in a superior : few charac-
ters, perhaps, are better calculated to exhibit this rv.
spectable and worthy favourite of the public tu ad-
vantage. If a dignified form, and the commanding
enunciation of the sentiments of a manly under-
standing, are among the heir-looms of Sovereignty,
Mr. RAYMOND possesses them in high perfection.—
! ivieriel the Great, as lie• represents him, is one of
thote superior beings whom the sturdiett Republican
could refuse as his Sovereign.
Mass KELLY went through her arOurius part in the
piece with great spirit, and sang with unusual anima-
von. The audience was crouded and fashionable.

His Highness the Duke of GLouctisTrii, his
sister the Princess SOPHIA, occupied one of the' Or-
chestra boxes.

CHELTENHAM, diUGUST 3.

List night a most brilliant and numerously atten.
ded 13tH took place at the Assembly Rooms, fur the
benefit of the. Widows and Families of those who tell
at the ever-Memordble Battle or Waterloo. The pa-
triotic emulation spread thrtnighout our fashionable
ranks, at4l concentrated a. greater galaxy of beauty
and fashion than we have fur some time witnessed.—
The following Gentlemen undertook the Steward-
ship fur the evening, and received the rich compliment
of general approbation, for. their suggestion the
Ball, and their polite attention chiri:s,4 the evening :
Major General Sir HENRY Tonttxxs, K. C. B. Lieu-
tenant Colonel Sir FIENILY CARR, K. C. B. Deputy
Adjutant General Major General D.situnc, C. I.
MATTIIIICSSILN, Esq. THODIAS GRAY, Esq. NUGENT
NU:NAMARA, Esq The Rooms we r• t bly decorated
Sad illuminated, and the cold dtzi/ grand and effec-
tive. The subscription amounted to neatly Tmnce
Hundred Pounds.

MissO'Nen.r.'s first pet formance at the Edinburgh
Theatre, (Belvidera,) was received rich rapture, by
an audience crowded almost to suffocation.
The new bridge which is to he erected at I.:(fin•
burgh, is to be called Wellington Bridge, in comeri•
Nam to the Hero of Waterloo.
The wheat harvest has pretty gene' ally commenced
43 Sussex, and the sweat of the reaper's brow every
where bears ample testimony of the largeness of the
siop.
RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK. and Co. Contractors for
the prtsent Lottery, recpectfully recommend thoy.e
persons who wish for particalar Numbers to ni..!:e
an early application as the Lottery wile he d Ta
24tii August. The Scheme, with only Fe. • Thou-
sand Tickets, contains a Grand Prim: of £30,000,
and 3000 Guineas. Tickets and Shares aro on Sale
in variety of Numbers, at their Offices, Cornhill and
Charing Cross, where they Sold, in Shares, in 'ht.
Etsr. LotLry, Nos. 11,172, a Prize of £20,000, and
G 197, a ize of 1000 Guineas in Gold. •

Ilqr It wrest Route from: Lontim t r Paris is by way of
Rye, from which port the Ro,:e in June packet, lurks
SOUDEN Master, now sails regularly fer Boulogne...._
This vessel was remarkably fortunate in gaining her
passage during last summer, havilig uniformly made
is iii five or six hours. She is capable of taking on
board a family, and has been pat in comple:e order
for sailing. The Rose in June posseses an advantage
over many packet-boats, in having separate apartments
for Ladies. A regulai couveyance, by Coach, from
the Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet-street, to the George Inn, Rye.
Reveatse. OF FORTUNE.-011 the 16th of June 83.
Naratere was at the head of 150,000 choice troops
in Belgium, and on the 15th of July he was a pri-
soner on board a British man of war:
When Madame Multar received the French Bul-
letin of the battle of the 16th, she drove at noon with
great pump through the midst of the Merchants as-
sembled on 'Change, all over the city of Trieste, and
through all the public walks, and on the following
Sunday gave a great enterteinment in her house ;
but after the nth she no more she Wed herself in
A letter from Paris, written by a French gentleman,
eontaitr.; the following passage:--" The-conduct of the
I.yonese is execrable. The Jacobins have but too suc-
cessfully revived the revolutionary spirit, not only in
that city, but thrdughout France. We see many no-
ted copier still proudly walking our streets (it front
few). This grieves us deeply, and makes its dread
the period when the allied armies shall leave • us.
"—The Prussians now repay us for all our wrongs to.
wards them. The finances of the country are in such
au exhausted state, that it will be many years before
their losses can be repaired. 11 BONAPAIITL escapes,
we are lost ; for his party becomes stronger every
day, and we should all be massacred by his partizans.
But we hope for the best, and it is but too true that
we must owe our safety to the Allies."

Three villains, on Wednesday night last, attempted
t,► break into Ale Parish Church of Ashbury,in Staf-

fordshire in order, as it is supposed, to steal the sa-
cramental plate, which is very valuable. They suc-
ceeded in breaking open the outer doors, and, ere
just upon the point of entering the Church, w
sudden noise occasioned them to desist, and they
with the utmost precipitation. In their flight they I
stumbled' ver a new.made grave, and one of the three'
villains was taken ; the other two escaped. The noise'
IMAS occasioned by the clerk, who at that moment
was passing through the church yard, with a lanthorn
is his hand, to the Vestry, for the parish book, the ac-
counts of which sus making up. The prisoner,
whose name in John Wilson, las bew sanunitteci
its trial:

-LAW INTELLIENCB.

COURT OF CHANCERY. AUGUST 7.

F.Z-TABIE EDRIDGE, IN THE MATTER OF ICDItIOOE, A

LUNATIC.
In this case Sir S. ROMILLY applied, on the part of
the Committee of the lunatic' (person (who is a Lady
of large p:operty), that it might be referred to the , ,
Master, to enquire whether-or not an advance of from
£3OO to &SOO a-year should be granted, to pay the
exprnce ot maintaining the lunatic in comfort, and in
respectability, suitable to her fortune ; and whether or
not she ought to be allowed the use of a library, or
to go to sea bathing, for the benefit of her health, by
a change of scene. The Committee of the lunatic
had, at first, undertaken to provide for and maintain
the lunatic for £3OO a-year : but it being the opinion
of a medical man who attended her, that a carriage
was necessary to be kept for her, it. would be impos-
sible fur them to do so on so small a sum. As to the
library, it was sworn that she took much delight in
it ; and whether she understood what she read or not
was immaterial, so that the very turning over the
books conveyed an agreeable sensation to her mind.
He (Sir S. R.) had also the affidavit of a respectable
medical man, who swum, that going to some hath;ng
place would be of beneficial consequence to the luna-
tic's health. Oa the other side, affidavits were put
in, and read, that in the opinion of a medical man, it
was only necessary for the lunatic to be occasionally
accommodated with the use of a hired carriage, and
not to have one kept.expressly for her own use. There-
fore, the additional re:ZU a-year sought for by the
Consmittea of the lunatic would only add to their
comfort, and not to her's.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in almost all
lunatic cases which he could not be supposed to un-
derstand, his judp,ment was yet more perplexed by
the conflicting opinions of medical men. However,
ht' should reter it to the Master to say whether this
addition was necessary or not ; and if the master
should find that the Lady's income would aft.rd her,
the use of a carriage of her own, he would order_her
one, as he well knew that it was in his power to do
so ;- and he thouglit it his duty to do every thing in
his power for the health, and even the comfort of a
lunatic, without attending .to the representations ()I
the next of kin, who might be anxious to keep the
lunatic's property as much entire as possible for their
own benefit. He meant no imputation whatever
again.t the next of kin in this case ; his observation
was merely general.—Motion granted.

At the last Winchester Assizes was tried the ful
lowing c.iuse, peculiarly interesting to Bankers:

GRANT AND OTHERS V. ALEXANDER.

The question was, its to the legality of Bankers
charging the interest on Money advanced, and com-
mission on business done, half-yearly ; placing the
same to the debit of their customers accounts, and
including such interest as part of the principal tor
ch. inswing half-year, on the termination of which
rl3- .r.terest was charged on that sum. The Counsel,
•,,r the defendant argued, that interest upon interest
was illegal; and that the commission charged by
Messrs. Grant and Co. was exorbitant. But it was
held, that it was not interest mann interest; and as to
commission it was necessary that a reasonable com-
pensation for transacting the business. in question
should he made ; :find that Bankers ofight to Ire p ►id
for the trouble and expense they were put to. Ile
Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount
of the balance due from Mr. /Thunder.

A }mice, carefully wrapped up, was found at the
door of de Workhouse, in Notthumiserland-street,
Mary-la.bonne, on Sunday morning, and on rxamin.
ing the contents, a fine child, about four month► old,
and fast asleep, was discovered; amongst other things,
which were kft with it was found a billet, in which
WAS written the following lines :

" I am little KITTY, my parents are poor,
I cove your pity, being left at your door;
I do nai despair, hut a hoped do shaft s,
I abaft be taken sure of, as I am left to the parish
The.parish officers are making strict search for the
unnatural parents.
111ANSION HOUSR.I--HACRSEY COACII
ACT.—Yes-
terday John Gib:on, the driver of the hackney chariot,
No. 368, was brought before the LORD MAYOR to
answer the complaint of a Lady, named Hadbrook ;
first, for demanding one shilling beyond his lawful
fare ; secondly, for violent and abusive language.—
The complaint was confirmed by two other females
of respectability. The defendant • being called upon
for a refutation of the charge, denied, in the, most po-
sitive terms, having used the language attributed to
him ; the additional charge of a shilling he felt him-
self justified in exacting, having carried two other
Ladies, beside the complainant, in his chariot. The
Loan MAYOR reminded him of the late Act of Par-
liament, by tillich such vehicles are “ compellable to
carry' three grown persons, without any addition being
made to the regular fare." Of this clause, however,
in the Act,, he defendant affected to be wholly igno-
rant, but his plea was of Course disallowed. He was'
fined in the penalty of 40s. and costs; one half for the
insolence he had betrayed, and the remaining half for
the money he had extorted beyond the regular fare.
Bow-stam.—A short time since when the Queen,
the Prince Regent, the Princesses, Etc. honoured the
Earl of Harewood with a visit, cherries were at that
time considered very greet raretp, and several
pounds were bespoke several days previous at a frui.
terer's shop in Osford-street, who arranged with a
gardener to get some of the finest that could be pro-
cured. On the morning of the royal visit an apology
of regret was sent to Lord Harewood's house stating
that the fruitcret had just been informed that all the
cherries intended for the royal party, had been stolen
from the trees that morning. In the course of the
morning two men called at the fruiterer's shop and
enquired if any cherries were wanted the fruiterer
was rejoiced at the offer, and very readily agreed to
take them all, especially as they proved to he the
same sort of cherries as were intended for the royal
entertainment. It turned out that they were the very
cherries, and the two men who sold them proved to
be the journeymen who worked in the grounds of the
gardener who was to procure them for the fruiterer.
Sunday night, about ten o'clock, four men were
detected in the Duke of Devonshire's house, at Chis-
wick, who, no doubt, had been robbing gardens of
'choice truit..as a quantity of nectarines, apricots, and
three bushels of apples, were found concealed near
them. Two of the men made their escape. Those
secured were George "fader:on and Atwell
,Brew.-..
They were brought to the Office and committed.

HORRIBLE VIPERS" ITION AIVD CRUELTY.

The following extraordinary and almost incredible
details arc translated from the French Papers:

." Orleans, July 18. 0
44 The Royal Court this day entertained an accu-
sation against five perbuns, accused of a most atro-
cious

44 In the nineteenth century, in the midst of the
most enlightened civilization, under the reign of the
most humane religion, ignorance and superstition
have just;ptesented the frightful spectacle of a nian
who has been burnt alive on a charge of witchcraft.
The iodmeing are the facts connected with this hor-
rible proceeding:
A mariner at Blois had a child afflicted with a
languishing sickness. Physicians were called in to'
no purpose ; the aid of their art was tried in vain ;,
the complaint resisted all means applied for its cure.
The neighbours, infected with that prejudice which
still pievals among the common people, believed
that the child laboured under a spell. They pointed
out to the parents a woman who was considered as
very skilful lo discovering those who dealt in ch.:: ms,
and in compelling them to restore the persons be-
witchei to their former health. This woman was
called in. After examining the child, she declared
that it had been bewitched, and that the spell was to
last for three years. She undertook the cure, obser-
ving at die same time, that it would be Necessary to
have seventeen masses, seventeen gospels, seventeen
ave.marias, and seventeen wax candles. She took
every thing upon herself, anti demanded thirty-five
Irancs. She repaired to an adjoining garden, there
fastened together three blades of grass, and affirmed
that she stopped the charM, and consequently the
progress of the eiseate.
66 The woman had already received a part of the
thirty-live francs, and received more on the 11th of
July. On that day the lather of the child perc:ived
that so tar from being improved, it was growing'
worse. He sent for the sorceress, who promised him
to discover the author of the charm. When the wo-
man arrived, she declared that she would not leave
him till die made known the enchanter, but that her
art dip not permit her to name the person ; and that
she could only describe him. 44 He is," said she, "a
little man—a shepherd by trade—he is marri..d-he
has a child—he passes every day by your eham with
his sheep."—" it most be Antoine, then," exclaimed
the mother of the child.—" Go and inquire," ex-
cl limed the sorceress, " and you shall see." Inqui.
ries were immediately made concerning Antoine, who
appeared to agree exactly with the description given
by the modein Sybil. In order to remove every kind
of suspicion, a person was sent to desire him to come
and k-11 a sheep.
Antoine came immediately to the house. The
sorceress conducted him to the bed where the child
lay. 46' Behold," said she, 46 the sheep we speak of!
you waist .immediately relieve this child, on which
you have thrown a charm for eight months past."—
Antoine declared lie did not understand her, and
that he never dealt in witchcraft. It was then that,
in order to force him to confess and atone for the
imaginary crime, die unfortunate shepherd underwent
a martyrdom from two to sx o'clock in the evening.
'nil made a great fire of faggots. thrust his feet re-
peatedly into the flame, %dont:owing them only to
inflict blows, all the time requiring him to remove
the enchantment, and to inflict it upon A cat or some
other animal that they brought for the purpose.
" The prot:stations of the victim were useless, and
six times he was placed in the fire, while he called
up fin them rather to cut his throat at once. Neither
the torture of this most cruel punikhment, nor the
shoeking cries which they excited, nor the suppliant
entieaties ter inimeuiate death, nor the constant de-
nial of an act physicahy and morally impossible
nothing could. appease the Assassins, who prolonged
their .rime for tour hours.
66 At last. at six o'clock in the evening, the Com-
missary of the Police arrived, and rescued the un-
happy shepherd from the indefatigable barbarity of
those ignorant wretches. lie, however, died of the
burns, bruises, and injuries he had received, tour days
afterwards. Five persons have been charged with
being accessories to this horrible crime. The pro-
phetess who was to disclose the I:nth:inter persisted,
in a most confident manner, upon her intallibility,
and upon the efficacy of the modes in which she was
to discover the author of the sgell. She pretended
that it was done by masses and by prayers. The pa-
rents still continue to think that the shepherd could
have removed the enchantment, and that filial affec-
tion gave them a right to compel him to do so.—
Thus a crime was perpetrated in the name of the
sacred religion which at has outraged, and in the
name of the finest sentiment of nature, which revolts
Hagainst it!"

T/IR JESUITS Ix SPAIN.—A
.German paper com-
municates the followeig article, under the head*.
Madrid, June 20 : 1.1 is Majesty the King, by a de.
tree of the 29th ultimry abolishel all the edicts against
the Jesuits which have been in force since 1767 ; and
has restored this order to the p issession of its former
rights throughout all Spain l"
We are informed that Dr. COOPER, and three enii-1
rent Surgeons. of 30 years experience in Strictures,.
Fistulas, Debilities, &c. &c. have established a Medi.
cal Board at Charlotte-house, Great Charlotte-street,
opposite ROWLAND limes Chapel, Blackfriar's:roati,
where the public are relieved from the most dangerous
diseases without salivation or confinement. The In-
', siitution claims the attention of those who may have
attempted the cure of themselves, or who have been
so unfortunate as to consult men ignorant of so im-
portant a branch of the profession, whose improper
treatment have mercurialized thousands out of their
existence—eruptions on the bead, face, and body, sore
eyes, throat, mouth, and nose, vertigo, noise in theears,
deafness, dimness of sight, often ending in blind-
nos ; pains in the head and limbs, frequently mss
taken tar rheumatism ; extreme weakness in the knees,
swelled ankles, with a general debility, &c. are only a
few of the dreadful symptoms which frequentlyappear
years after, and too often embitter the matrimonial
state. Messrs. COOPER and Co. are consulted daily by
all ranks of people, from ten till eight or by letter, in-
closing a fee (for no others are answered), stating
their case, when medicine and the best advice is sent
to all parts of the kingdom. They also cure the
piles and fiends, without • burning or cutting, and
give advice gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sun-
day nemnings, till twelve o'clock.