Star.
London, England, 1814-07-23 00:00:00

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Reeked by the Rev. Joust WIG!' rat AN, Minister of Kirkmahoe,
at the Meeting of the Yrrr Ctua in Dumfries, May egth, the
Anniversary of the Birth-day uf• that Illustrious Statesman.

Father of verse, Lord of il,e golden lyre,
Give me a Patriot's zeal, a Poet's fire,
To sing of Freedom's laurels bravely won
Anilplant them on the grave of CUATVArei son.
There shall they grow while Thames shal Bow,
There still be seen wide spread and rreen„
There Britain's sons shall catch the patriot fiame,

And fan the fire with F 1 r a immortal namr!

When fierce NA POLtON sway'd his iron
And vanquish'd Nations trembled at his nod,
" •With scowling eye, lie look'd across thi! niain,
And vnw'd to bind Britannia in his chain !
She soorii'd his vow, nor once would bow,
With dauntless look her spear she shook,
Then 'cud and long her martial Alien she blew
Till all in anus confederate Europe flew.
Great shade, see now fulfilll thy mighty plan.

Mrbich minds alone like thine could form or scan;
See CaWes despot humbled and dethron'd,
And Loots as her rightful Sovereign own'd.
Losed patriot, see the nations free !
Hark, hew they raise to Htaveet their praise!
They tell how Britain's Premier pav'd the way
To those results that gild this glorious day,
This day—record it all fe vocal Nine-
-Ist Europe s West annals bright shall shine,
Poi HEAVEN, this day, propitious sinni on earth,
And gave, in love, our deathless Statesman birth !
His memory here to all is dear,
Then let us pour, in this glad hour,
A free libation to the Pilot's name .
Who dar'd the storm and sav'd his country's fame !

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11;11-MARKET:IHEdITRE.

The performances announced in the bills of yester-
day, were Way and Meant, No Song no Supper, and
Come and See. 'The house was very well attended, and
the audience, as they reasonably might be, were san.
guine in their expectations of enters ionmeut,when they
had the mot tificAtion to see Mr. BRUNTON enter in the.

character of an apologist. He brought them intelli-
gence of a very unpleasant twine, which not a lade
damped the mirth of the evening, as Le was charged
to communieale the distressing fact, that two of the
best comedians of the day, whose names were in the
bills, could not appear in consequence of an accident,
Whiela made it impossible for them to continue
their profesional labours. lie stated, that Mr. MA-
THEWS and Mr. TERRY had that day been unfortu-
nately thrown 'out of agig,bywhich they were so much
hurt, that neither could attend the Theatre. Their
absence made it necessary that a change should take
place in the performances cal the evening. Mr. Rus-
But on the spur of the Moment took upon himself
the characters which were to have been acted.by MA-
lffeWs, Sir David Dandir, in Ways and Means, and
Esidlesi, in tie Song na Salop ; and the part of Tiptoe,
in the Play, which was to have been nerforme4 Uy
RUSSELL, was very ably sustained by,RAVNER. As
no substitute could be found for Mr. TERuy its the
new Farce, it was proprsed that Raising the If lad
should be acted instead of Conte and Set. To this ar-
rangement the audit nee, under such circumstances,:
could offer no objection. It was a-xeded to with as,
much cheerfulness as it was possible for them to dis-
play on such an occasion.
The accident, we understand, occurred in Parlia-
ment-street, near Cannon-row. Messrs. MATHEWS and
TERRY Were together in a gig ; when the reins be-
came suddenly entangled with the horses' legs : their
efforts to disengage them were unsuccessful, and tilt),
were thrownttorward from the vehicle on the stones
with violence. They were both much bruised, but
Mr. MAT ews is stated to have suffered considerably
more than Mr. TERRY. His face was dreadfully cut
and bruised, and it is feared he will n,-it be able to re-
sume his professional duties for some time.

L 41, INTELLIGENCE.

RECONDARIES' OFFICE, FRIDAY, JULY
(Before the Under. Sheriff, and a Special Jury.)
CUD?. CnN.—LEIOIII V. BOWAINCi.
Mr. Fref,u opened the pleadings.
Mr. &jean' BEtiT then proceeded to detail the cir-
cumstances of the case. The plaintiff was married
in the year 1800 ; both he and his wife were young,
and it was a match of affection—being contracted
even without the consent of the plaintiff's father.
The plaintiff entered into business as an insurance-
broker, and foreseeing some prospect of success in
mercantile speculations, during the short Peace of
180'2, went to Havre-de Grace, where he formed an
es,ablishment, and toots his wife over to reside there
with him. He had just settled himself in business
when the war was renewed ; and in consequence of
that infamous measure, by which the laws of nations
were violated, he was arrested in the middle of the
night, and C.rowit into prison, where he caught a
pestilential lever, which the affectionate attentions of
his wife could alone assuage. After three weeks' im-
prisournent he was conveyed to Chateau Doulons, in
Picardy, a distance of 70 leagues, whither his wife
acco.npanied him, and cheerfully shared the misery
of his subsequent imprisonment. After another month'
the plaintiff was sent with his wile to Fontainbleau,
where she was delivered of a son, which, after a liie
of ten weeks, fell a victim to the inhumanity of the
French Government. The prisoners at Fontainbleau
were suddenly ordered to Verdun ; and the plaintiff
and-his wife being unable to procure any other con-.
veyance than an open-tart, thus travelled 90 leagues
in the depth of winter. They had not proceeded
many days before the child died in the plaintiff's
arms. At Verdun, the plaintiff and his wife were
supported for six months by that patriotic fund, to
which the Jury had doubtless contributed ; and du-
ring all these trials Mt s. Leigh betrayed no desireto
quit her husband, no abatement of affection, no symp-
tom of impatience. In the summer of 1804, he saw
-her for the last time—he was suddenly tom from her
ams and his bed by the military, and marched in
irons to the fort of Bische, on the banks of. the Rhine,
a distance of 70 leagues from Verdun ; nor could the
prayers of the wife procure her the , miserable privi-
wlege of sharing her husband's fate. She followed him
as fir as the gate el Verdun, where they were torn
asunder; and they parted to meet no more. She was
then full of Virtue and affection—and little dil the
plaintiff think, that he should return to England only
to find her" living in open adultery with the defen-
dant, and surrounded by children, the offspring of
her crime. At Bische, the plaintiff endured hard-
ships and miseries which it would only amict the
Jury unnecessarily to hear; and Mrs. Leigh, after re-
maining at Verdun* with another lady, the wife of a
fellow captive, for about a month, found it impossi-
ble to rejoin her husband, and was advised to return
to her friends in England. She arrived here on the
30th of August, 1804, and was received into the
house of her sister, Mrs. Puce ; but she soon after-
wards made a visit to Mrs. Maillard, at Kennington,
which her agreeable manners and interesting situaaron
induced the Landrum request her to pro,ong for a
whole twelvemonth. She then returned to her sister's,
where she found the defendant, who was a young
man of pleasing manners, a boarder in the family.
He quitted this house for a time, as a residence, on
the Ist of Jentsry, 1806; but still visited Mrs. Price,
Coming frequently. to drink tea with Mrs. Leigh,
while Mrs. Price was confined, and returned to take
up his abode there in August, 1806, whether for the
purpose of accomplishing the adultery he meditated
the Jury would decide. Mrs. Price had observed un-
due famikarities between the defendant and Mrs.
Leigh, and had remonstrated with her thereon; but
Mrs. Leigh was offended at any suspicion of her ho-
nour, and Mrs. Price was silenced. in the mean
time, the defendant insinuated himself into her good
graces,- and. her ruin was completed. The Learned
Serjeant concluded with calling on the Jury for ex-
emplary damages.
James Phillips, with whom the plaintiff and his
wile lodged, for several months, upon their marriage,'
proved their happiness and apparent affection.
Mrs. Stead, late Miss Milliard, proved the wife's
visit to her family after her return from France; he
always conducted herself very well : and was vet y
pleasant, agreeable, and accomplished. She had also
been acquainted with the couple beta re they went to
France in 1802. He was always particularly kind and
affectionate to her ; and she equally returned his
kindness and affection. After her stay in Mrs. Mail-
lard's family, she continued to make occasional visits,
anti it was then that the witness first saw the deten-
' dant, who frequently came to conduct her home.—
The witness heard Mrs. Leigh speak of her husband
in the detentiant's,presence, in the highest terms, and
appeared much to regret his situation. About a year
and an half after Mrs. Leighl return to England, the
, witness observed her to receive attentions from the
defendant, which did not become a married lady; the
defendant's manner of speaking to her was not m-
ica & he used to call her his Wag woman.
Captain cloud was a fellow-prisoner with the plain-
tiff at Verdun, and thought him perfectly happy with
his wife.

Mrs. Price, sister of Mrs. Leigh, knew the plain-
Ea when he married, and never saw any parikular
disagreement between them.—Being questioned by
the Under.Stieriff as to what she me.nt by this term,
she could not say they lived unhappy ; there did ap-
pear tb be an attachment between them, and they
lived as happy as man and wife usually do. When
she returned from France, the plaintiff's wite's con-
duct was that of a virtu• us woman. During the first
tour months that the plaintiff's wife and the deka-
slant were at her house, she observed nothing be-
tween them—the defendant knew she was married,
s9d where her husband was. The witness now
visits her sister; who is living at Chelsea with the
defendant, by whom she has four or five children.
—The witness had heard her sister speak of her hus-
band in the defendant's presence; she never expres-
sed any particular feeling as to his situation. She
saw her sister ten days ago; she visits her occasion-
ally. It was the latter sod of May, 1807, that she
first knew of her sister's intercourse with the defen-
dant. She had been a twelvemonth in,England the
30th of .clugust before. The'defendant took an op-
portunity of asking the witness if her sister had men-
tioned any thing particular to her? The witness re-
!Shed, What r she ' concerning you?"
Avered. "She is