Star.
London, England, 1822-10-02 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

This splendid House opened for the season last
night with SHA KSPEA Re's comedy of Twelfth ?sight,
and The Miller and his Men. When the curtain was
drawn up, a considerable number of the Performers
appeared upon the Stage, who, after having *greeted
their old friends and patrons with a respectful obei-
sance, sang the National Anthem, which was warmly
applauded. In the Play, which was heard and seen
(for ample entertainment is provided both for ears
and eyes) with such feelings of pleasure and *ratifi-
cation, and which remained unimpaired by us fre-
quent repetition during the last season, Miss M.
l'REE's Viola forms the chief power of attraction.—
She appeared in the full enjoyment of all those
charms of voice, person, and manner, which have
rendered her an established favourite. She was loudly
encored in "Bid me discourse," and delivered several
passages of the text with a deep tenderness of expres-
sion which " sinks into the heart," and dwells in the
recollection long after the tones which have awakened
the emotion have ceased to vibrate on the ear. The
only novelty in the cast was Mr. BA aTLEY's Sir 7'017
Belch. It is the eminent feature of this (lentleman
theatrical life to he most at honsoin the characters of
BHA ICSPEA RF. His Sir John Fasts" is w ell known,
and if we mistake not, his Sir Toby Belch will soon
be as well known to the Poblic. ,He represented the
jolly toper with the most rakish good humour. We
were glad to see the part of Sir Andrew Aguecheek
I once more in the hands of Mr. BLANCHARD. The
reading of the part does not represent a more ludi-
crous picture to the mind than his acting exhibits.-1
This is no small praise when it is remembered that
the author to be read is SHAKSIMA RE, who generally
inflames the imagination, to the disadvantage of all
personifications. Mr. FARIIEN'S Malvolie avas pro.
ductive of great amusement and laughter. His read-
ing of Maria's letter was rich in humour and dm-
racter, acd the whole display was that of a man of
highrgenius. FAWCETT'a clown was equally good.
Miss LovE was very successful in Olivia. She has
improved considerably both in singing and in acting.'
—The evening's entertainment concluded with the
melo-drame of the Miller and 'his Men ; the parts of
Grinddf and Karl by Messrs. FARLEY and BLA N-
CII A RD, and those of C,laucline and Ravina, by Mrs.
VINING and Mrs. FAUCIT. The audience appeared
highly delighted throughout. The House was well
attended. We wish the Company a prosperous sea-
son ; and, if we may judge from the auspicious na-
ture of their commencement, the wish is not unlikely
to be realised.

It is said that Mr. CROLY'S Tragedy of rataline is'
to be brought forward at Covent-Garden Theatre. It
is a work of a very high order in point of poetical
merit, and the variety cif- characters which it com-
prises admirably adapt it for dramatic purposes.
We understand that it is no fault of Mr: CHARLES
KEMELE that Mr. YOUNG is not engaged at Covent-
Garden Theatre : the requisitions of Mr. YOUNG were
incompatible with previous contracts with other per-
formers. In consequence of Mr. MAcueeny's ab-
sence till November, Mr. CHARLES KEMAL! will feel
himself compelled to assume .characters which he
would otherwise have been glad to leave in the bands
of others.

The house lately occupied by the Marchioness ofl
ExErEn, at Whitehall, is pulling down, for the pur-
pose of extending the projected terrace next to the
Duchess of BuccLcuou's, to the mansion known by
the name of Pembroke House, and adjoining with
the new terrace that is forming on the ground where
Richmond House, in Parliament-street, recently stood.
—The projected terrace will be a great ornament to
that part of the town, and along the Thames.
Woodley House, the seat of R. W. BULLOCK, Esq.
near Barlow, Herts, was discovered to be on fire about
eleven o'clock on Monday night, and in two hours it
was a heap of ruins. The flames were first seen issuing
from the eastern wing over the laundry, and the
building being mostly of wood, the conflagration was
seen many miles around. The house had been rt.
cently beautified, and not a vestige of goods was
saved. The family escaped unhurt with the exception
of a boy. who slept in an tipper room in the wing
where tke fire broke out, and wa% dangerously burnt.
The co Sect is, the Boor.of the laundry caught fire.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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asiaed her what was the niatieit rand she said she Batik stake
• heat the ihsblis Petrie. Ito the back garret so make, *j the thinness for a yam Sian,
The .636rS# detitntined trout it dud Of JOH ration. who was to sleep in *bows fee peacce,/oni as per. p had
It had been propos/4i dothe pat t of the Bishop, that lentbet ; SW Mmi slii opeied she door she etw pts opposition,
he shPeld genii at once MI his ecclesiastical digni- or 8 0.2! I ad lade sdr• Wair4 Was she Word. • (The wise..;
ties ,in order mode the nethibities end pai ticularly .''"7__..'we Prinaerrir said. . silorklkisl, _ .
_dhla lite waiii, be was
she
the Right Memo she setreateo, int nonermisted to Itliw et i itshe
toms' asbe there saw something hat
II was,ore be-
Re Prelates who are to be his judges, ' returned to the
the Pain of a procedure so distressing, and 60 CaBffikallir- .
caellfilse diessacuctariomple. whisat.oo
shudefusedsol4
sit
IthaitattasheehadadropereaPedrete
listed at the same time to keep the unhappy
bed, and that a great deal of bleu, two .111 Dotes, and bore so:
,still longer fresh in the blic views But, alter
pui verrigns, had been takeb out of the deal drawers. I then ox-
gonsidetation of the subject, it has beep deemed indis- I ambled the drawee, and in the biomes see I found several
passable to take the course sternly directed by the pieces of rags beret, met gybe to tinder, botthey had sutured by
with oil, and a bottle of oil,
jaw. The Church Establishment dervands the anger- in. breli largutertil.thtaggan aebeaZ pdaarwas among the rags. There
tion of its purity; and the stain whicb the criminality
was aboa small piece of eand‘. The drawers were a consider-
.of an individual connected with k has so lamentably able distance from the bed. Bete was a young Lady, Who is
taut upon tht high and sacred order to which be be- new presentewith Mrs. Neville, and I asked lisle was any rela-
lOnged• must, consequently, be effaced by open de- privation and punishment, enforced and pronounced doo to her? and she said she bras net, bet that she had known
her far nose wan, andshe bed bet there for a short time only,
SU (the young Lady) said she kid saes the bottle of oil, and a
In the face of the country.
which was benne In the hitch= below. My The necessary necessary citations have been somestinst issued, peecapn= woe, from all partially
that I saw and bard, that the home bad
and the charge or libel has already been furnished to bins assn fire on Pontos!.
the accused party. The process, which required the In answer to a question from Mr. Haunts, the wino= said,
time wh;ch, has elapsed, is now nearly completed, and. ' Mrs' Neville 9bjeeteil to" paring the ptemiuM, on amount of
some doubt as to the title of Lard Grosvenor, the grouod lend-
it is expected that the jpdicative proceedings will take lord. Mrs. Neville told him that she bad called in some of hat
ttillinvuesheati :embolus,. iut.,. Chapel-mmet.amnamoetisiNevuisincriOtno
-place in the course of another fortnight. • . • neighbours.
The LORD PRIMATE, as head of the Church and
attitGusuelgerdayseh‘ve%en.bkailitditglilaLwrawn.nunas—sil
-Supreme Ecclesiastical Judge in Ireland, will _sit. in
the Metropolitan Court of Armagh. The following cone weer and sm. I weir Up suits with Mee. Nevillemod her
ate the five Right Rev. Prelates who have been ap- friend, abil-aaw the room In a /lame. The door was shut when
pointed his Gs aces assessois—Dr. ALEXANDER, Lord I first went up. I saw DO man nor ghost in the room. I went
Bishop of Down ; Dr. SAUItIN, Lord Bishop of Dro-
down stairs to get a pail of water, but Mrs. Neville said she bad
- no pail in the house, aode!
was
boruneugfrhotmtu
put
aunt
efought the fire. MT!:
more ; Dr. K sox, Lot d Bishop of Derry ; Dr. Bisset, persons came in, and itrat
Lord Bishop of Raphoe; Dr. littaitsFoao, Lord Bishop bed-curtains were burnt, and the fire had caught the wainscot:
of Kilmore. . The body of the wood bad in my opinion been caught by the
It has been stated to us as somewhat doubtful, whe-
flame. I think the wood had actually caught fire.
ther the Lord Bishop of Down, owing to peculiar Mr. HARMS' said the wainscotting ought to be taken down
and produced, and Mr. Amaze= said this should be done.
circumstances, will act as an assessor. In such an This point was most narrowly inquired into throughout the
event, another Prelate must, of course, be appointed investigation, because to establish the capital Charge of arson.
in his Lordship's room. some part of the building itself must be proved to have suffered
by fire; otherwise it amounts (supposing the proof to be Ban.
No appearance will be entered by the accused—a
elusive against a defendant) only to an indictable misdemeanour
circumstance which, however happily it may operate in attempting to set the house on fire. i
in other respects, will necessarily retard the proceed- A brother to the witness Whiting gave the Mine opinion
upon
ings considerably. this point.
It ha, been confidently rumoured during the last
nion that the wood bad been on fire.
Elisba Williams, foreman to Mr. °Lenten, gave it as his opi.
few days, that the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of James Shiells, the Bow-street patrol, said be WM called to tie
St. Patrick's is to obtain, not the Bishoprick of Down, house about 20 minutes past nine. He saw the Wainscot, and
but that of Clogher. We believe, however,' that Dr. observed the paint was very black, but did not examine it mi.
ALEXANDER, the present Bishop of Down, will be nutely enough to give any decided opinion. Witness produced
translated to Clogher, as
the burnt rags, oil-bottle, and bit of candle found in the drawer.
as originally mentioned. ; He saw some tallow in the centre of the drawer, which appeared
and that the then vacant See, Down, will be worthily to him to have been dropped there for the purpose of making
conferred upon the excellent Di. PONSONBY. the candle stick.
• John Scott, another patrol, said he thought the wainscot
was only Scorched by the fire being near to it.
Mr. Whiting, sen. said he broke open the drawers by desire
of Mrs. Neville, and found the things produced. The oil:bottle
.
appear.
-eat lying on the rags. Gemnitem—A middle-aged female, of respectable.
ante, who gave her name Mary Ann Ansud. was brought up The Magistrates thought, that upon this evidence, the piece
yesterday before Sir JADES SHAW, the sitting Magistrate, under .should be examined must minutely by competent persons; and
the following circumstances: if necessary, to bring away the wainscotting in order to set the
" The prisoner, it appeared, had a son, who was Convicted and question at rest as to whether Mrs. Neville war to be ehatged
sentenced to transportation at the last Old Bailey Sessions, for with the-capital offence. or a misdemeanour only.
picking pockets. Every exertion was made by the mother, pre- For this purpose the hearing was adjourned till the reinings
vious to the trial, to procure evidence to his character, and sub- Mrs. Neville remaining in custody.
sequently to obtain recommendations that might tend to procure Soon after seven in the eveninz the Case came on fix hearing
a mitigation of the sentence. She was most particularly desirous again, when Ellis and Jones, two officers, depoied that in per.
of interesting inhis behalf Mi. liansard, printer, in Salisbury- suance of instructions from Mr. HALLS, the Magistrate; they bad
square, a Common Councilman, with whom the lad bad formerly been to examine the room in which the fire took place, erkkh
been an apprentice. , Mr. Hansard, as he could say uo good of they had done most minutely, and they were enabled =either,
the boy, avows, declined all interference. At this refusal the to state that no part of the wainscotting had been actually on fires
reseetmempf the mother had broken all bounds l such had been It =is scorched and the paint blistered,but the troodwas not burnt.
the violence of her conduct, and so dreadful her threats, that Upon this evidence Mr. Hama said the offence ametinted only
Mr. Hansard had found it necessary to have her brought before to a misdemeanour, and he should therefore Call upon Win
he M agiorate. Neville for bail for her appearance at the Sessions.
Mr. Hansard stated, that the hey had lived with him two Mrs. Neville was not inked to my anything in answer to the
years as an apprentice, during which time he had bad occasion charge. She made no observation.
to take him more than once before the Chamberlain. He was Two Gentlemen who came With her immediately tendered
of a most dissolute character, and subsequently absconded from themselves as bail, and entered into a recognise:lse of el° each
his service. The parent applied to him, some time afterwards, for her appearance at the Sessions.
to take him back, and, although he had learned that the boy had mAiii.suleuuu.sTueer.—me. Quigley, a barber, in Crows.
been associating with the very worst of characters, he was will-
street; St. Giles's, complained of the conduct of his hudicircL—
ing to try him once more, proposing only, with a view to the
The latter, it seems, had tried to eject by every means the barbers
good of the boy, that he should first be taken be.ore the Chem-
on account of his having a mischievous son. He had filled hbi berlain, and subjected to such punishment for his misconduct as
sh with unsavory smells, but in vain. He at first hit on the
be should think proper to direct. - The parents refused to coin- °P . . • .
experiment of
stopping up the cnunney-pot, and accordingly;
when the barber lit the fire, the smoke poured forth into the
ply,- and he heard no more of the boy till he learnt he was in
custody for felony. The mother had applied to him, both pre-
shop, in spite of all his efforts to prevent it; at length he ran out
viousiy to the trial and subsequently, to interfere in various ways
to avoid suffocation, volumes of smoke issued into the street, a
on the boy's behalf, which, under the circumstances, he could not
conscientiously do. She had since been exceedingly troublesome vast crowd assembled, and the engines came. The cause was
to him, by repeated applications at his various places of business,
then discovered, and the barber obtained a
riot. (hi hearing the case, however, it was d warrant for causing a
ismissed, there being
and at his private house ; and had threatened to his foreman that
ide
if her child were sent out of the country, he (Mr. Hansard) no evnce to prove how the chimney became stuffed.
should be laid low, if she were hung for it at the Old Bailey.— Mr. Lowndes (the East India Proprietor) appeared to answer
It was to guard himself against the fulfilment of these threats,
the complaint of the Parish Officers of St. Pancras, for refusing
to obey an order made by the Magistrates in 1818, directing hint
that he had given her in custody : he suspected also that it was
to pay for the maintenance of two bastard children, at the rate
to her resentment that he owed a filthy nuisance which had been
committed at the door of his private house on Monday evening, of 10s. a week for each. Mr. Lowndes warmly remonstrated
against the order, which he said was enormous in point of
when a heap of everything that was nasty was congregated, sur-
amount ; and, moreover, was unjust, as he was sure, front the
mutated with the dead body of a rat, to the great annoyance of
infamous character of the mother of the children, that they were
himself, and a party of friends he had to dinner with him that day.
not his. The Magistrate said he could not intertere : Mr.
Reid, Mr. Hansard's foreman, proved the threat as uttered
by the prisoner. Lowndes must settle the matter with the Parish Officers. The
parties at length retired, for the purpose of a consultation.
She denied having occasioned the nuisance complained of;
but when questioned with regard to the threat, she evaded a baccarat-sraiter.— Yesterday W. Fairchild, a sailor, was
direct answer, and hunched out into a long complaint of her charged with assaulting ring George, a constable of West Ham,
unhappy situation. The boy mentioned, she said, was her only while standing at the Church gate on Sunday last, without any
child, and the dread of losing him for ever had driven her to cause. Being pressed, however, for the cause, he said the de.
desperation. She now, however, saw It was in vain, and bad fendant had frequently accused him of selling the body or his
given up all hopes of saving him, and indeed since Saturday last father for dissection, which he solemnly averred was untrue..-a
had ceased all endeavours in his behalf..- The Magistrate said, at any rate the defendant had no right to
Sir Janus SHAW observed that the malignity of spirit and dis- take the law into his own hands, and ordered him to find bail
position she had evinced, must, fur Mr, liansard's safety,' be TT
Lonort-Hatt..—Mrny Adele, was brought before the sitting
guarded against, and he accordingly directed her to find bail to •1...._:.
magistrates. Mr. Cummins and Mr. Swaim, charged with
keep the peace towards him ; and ugt being prepared with the outrageous conduct the preceding „ening ; when haying dressed
same, she was committed for want a sureties. herself in regimentals belonging to an Officer whom she had ems
deed home and left in the arms of Morpheus, she sallied out,
Bow-svaxre—Fetteliy, and the other men who were charged,
with robbing the White Bear lan, at Hounslow, were bongos and not only assumed the" martial hero, but 4. put to flight.' a
up and committed. A detainer was also lodged against them. bevy of unfortunates, threatening to complain of the watchmen if
respecting the watch found near the spot where they were se-
they neglected their 'duty. Her authority was net disputed, and
cured, which has 'been Identified by a Mr. Hayes, who was success in deceiving her associates induced a "bakes flight;".-s
robbed of it at the Fdham Races. She assailed young and old with a volley of abuse, end was at
CHASGL or Assom.—Yesterday Mrs. Moak, a- Teri respect- length taken to the watch-house, not without having previously
?able looking woman, apparently about 30 years of age, was evinced her prowess, to the discomfiture of some of the guardians
brought before the sitting Magistrate, in the custody of Sbielko iof the night. On being brought up, still dressed in her assumed
a patrol, charged on suspicion of having wilfully and maliciously ! character, she begged hard fur forgiveness, and promised ismer
me fire to a certain dwelling-house, belonging to Thomas Glen- . to commit a similar ilsalic ; and not being known as an old og.
too, of which she was the occupier. The defendant was accent- , fender, she was discharged, after a severe reprimand. On leaving
'paid by several respectable persons, and was allowed to stand the Office she got into a coach and drove home, to the great re.
et the table in front of the Bench. She was taken into custody 1 lief of her gallant, who had been obliged to substitute her rennin
cm a warrant issued oo Monday, at the suit of Mr. Glenton. 1 attire, imd sat on the bed, like Philosopher Square in the cottage
Mr. Aeotritus appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hats. I of may geagrun.
sum on behalf of the defendant. I FURIOUS DRIVING,
Thomas Menton, of No. I, Wilton-place, Grosvenor-plane,
About a t ago, two men, residing at Rateliff-highway,
Pimlico, bricklayer, sworn.—l have a house, No. 40, Chapel.
were chargedfarrenion.Hall Polite Office with furiously driving
an cet, Grosvenor-place, which I let to Mrs. Neville in Nevem-
aborts and Mit and riding over a female,' nam.d Pearlman. ai
bet last, on an agreement for a lease of twenty-one years. She was tha hag id Low'idniehridge. Thelnd
of being the
to give me a premium for the lease, and I had lately pressed bet
cause of her injuries were subsequently admitted to bail. Last
for the Faynlenr,..A°f is, but n° 1114 Frucesdialsbart bran night, the unfortunate woman, after lingering ever since leSt.
threatened, nor "'''' any angry words taken place between 11$ Thonsas's Hospital in great seal, was released from pain by
upon the subject. The house was partly fungshed by b4ra- the band of deed,.—.Ao Inquest is suonsoncd.
Neville and partly by a Mr. Forbes, who lodged on the bit floor, .
but who quitted the house= last Friday or nwirldog. • ..—.........:—.........0
Mrs. Neville had not given as. any notice that oho ma shout** come glows.' 14 m;axquips.ocTon, 2,4,taarly at the teat
quit the house. On Saturday evening last, about t &dock,
my attention was drawn to the house by my forma who said ritanL6ndahlennsenn's muter ei,e sudden dp t"koliPlawlyrr sepha it; nourPriees‘ef•
there was ait there. I went to the hoses, and die for- --'..._.. the pile., and some of the boat runs woes
akin in Vest disorder. The whole of it had been removid ree4re'cr v" •
Setei
sadly Offend at a redaction of Se. per quarter; and d.
from the upper to the lower parte, tbrbeosiemitlathotionipties
though we have had *Arrivals. except two •
of a deal chest of drawers, an old bedstead sod moues% sad
/brio& coast, Wheat is eaossasingly heavy •
one or two other trifling things which were in the back garret. ,_____-,
sent. New Barley Ii also very dull
—Some furniture, I boners, hod aeon removed from die home ''"`""'
..,..... aaaw.ann nennfiske.
altogether. Two or threember persons were with me when I Tree 7,1" ''' liTui;„,e, ais
went into the house. I went up ism the hack garret, where I as° erreeedY at t
hi& and ether articles no atterenba.
saw firs:hville sitting 00 the bedstead seembely muck OP , -

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