Star.
London, England, 1815-07-22 00:00:00

MR. WALTER SCOTTS SPRECH,• .
AT THE SIZETING OF THE INHABITANTS Olt EDINBURGH,
UPON TUE LATE GLORIOUS VACTOiti.

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He stated his opinion, that the iktory, of which
we had just bad intelligence, was not only of a oha.;!
ratter unexampled in the histurr of the tomierjr• but
likely to be followed with the* 131°St iloportaeloisibsil
.quences to the liberties of Europe.
--,-. Such a lield,
So fought, so followed, and so tarty: woo,
. Came not till now to dignify &Otitis
Since Crts.an's. fortune ! • :. , •
" Yet bought as it was by the lives of so many of
our gallant Defenders, he approved of the Resolu-
tion, which subnitited the present Meeting.for the
snore ordinary testimonies of rejoicing. Our:triumph.:
without being less intently felt, was of a -chaeacter
too solemn and awful to admit .of the usual expres-
sions of brilliant and buoyant festivity, and ought
rather to be expressed in humble thankfulness to Goo,
and arts of henefieetiCe towards our fellow-creatures.
How many of the'gallant men who had fallen, that
Britain might stand unrivalled among the nations,
mutt have been soothed in the moment of death, by
'effecting, that those who were dependent on their
lives would now . become. a legacp to their grateful
country I How many more of our brave defenders,
Mast we ?e prepared to .see return to their native
land, deprived, by honourable wounds, of the means
of following, their military or peaceful profiissions :
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Ti ' the mullions of these brave men we owe the
ufety, the c mfort, the luxuriei which we here enjoy;
Ind he who could hear unmoved the appeal now
witf., not to 'our liberty, but our justice, was un-
worthy of sharing the advantages which their blood
had . purchased. and the fame which - their exertions
bad acquired for their. country. He rejoiced in his
own ,particular case, that the liberality of his pub.
liilters enables him to dedicate.to the purpose of the
Meeting a sun far indeed blow his, wishes, but yet
;note commensurate with these than with the limita-
tiiins of his ordinary income. He claimed no fin Cher
*merit in this than that'of a grateful player, who ex-
*wet . his thanks *tor the indulgence of public,
by giving his exertions for the benefit cf those suf-
ferers ip whom they 'were so de;:ply and so justly in-
terested.,"
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I„.**Rei• TiouTue.—illi.: Ficiienri: lasa . night ,
aside his first appearance, in the present season, ,at
this Theatre, ,as Peat, in the operatic anecdote of
Issiisriek she: Greg- He waslonottred, throughout
tie evening, with the most flattering applause. Mr.
T. Comm, by whom the skeeter pan of the music is
oraposed, sustaised his original character of the
' or of Feleheim He sang with much force and
e 'ct. H ao. is' song, which is pectiliarly adapted to
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his voice, wait'incored. Mr. KNIGHT, for the first
time. appeared arl/4444, a character originally sup-
ported by Mr. LISTON* Mr. KNIGHT cannot support
any part without, affording _entertainment. Miss
ll.au.y.us Ileiiiik..was both in her oak and feesele
tip acter,itatremelyarei and amusing.
7:-Havitanstar..--Last night the Comedy.of A. Bold
Sirairi . fer a Ifeeksed was repeated with increased
effect. The *loaners are become more mellow, in
flick iiiits, aid,Xtich is the strength of the company,
that it hat seldom, on thg whole, been better cast.—
Taitny, Joon, and Mrs. GUM. were particularly.enn-
lpicuous, and Miss GREVILLE and _Mis—paimat.in
were deservedly applauded.—The Farce of ,Darisen
mewls followed. The House was a good one. ..
Snooze Ditar.s.—Artatarkable instance of sud-
den. diisolution. happeaed on Thursday, on, the
Debtor's Side'of Newgate. A young man, aged.%
Years, who had beea.recendy married, was unfortu.
sately.taken from the :patty_ of his .wifp by prows,
at the suit of a creditor. Unaccustomed to the de-
privation of liberty, and•impressed with'a peculiar
sense or the horrors of a gaol, lia.eatatetOjewsate
with his legal cooduCtor, in: s sutowlinosrairwi" . "
ditipondency. Having tea ken his seat-under ifs op-
Passessco of excessive grief, be suddenly fill elowu,
overcome, perbifps, by die poigoapcy of his feeling.,
and unhappily to rise no more. • The plileneas of
death came over hiscountenance, and thou who ob..
served the occurrence were alarmed. lie.,seis con:
.vied. to the felons' side within a few inisaawaftai
he fell, to obtain the most prompt nisi:tante 0-;,-tletta
every effort was made to restore suspended animating
but without success..—be expired I ...
.CfilLD Doormats bworrous.—Thuesciay neon*
. Jam O'Neil, a young, loptrestioi, and well-droned fe-
male,preaented herself at ,the rimed the workhouses
of St. Pancras; with.* -See but ragged child in..bea,
signs. whiCh she said she hailjust.picked up out of tbe
road: tii, prevent .it from being run over, nits inhui
man mother '44 left it there. She said, as s*ch was
Os case, .die parish musitske care of it, :and she
• ir4044 i4s9oißiftifxve it at the tvotrkhgaset but
circainitiinces exciting suspicion, partieidarly thel
gKeat likeness between the female and the child, chi,
,parish oftniers detained her. By a curious coioci.,
ileaCe,, the hitattand of this woman ,was &Iliad to be ol
. , Ass,u.4l. patient in the. hoc and the fact of the child,
bettiglter, own svacchps *mad, But, strange as tri
PP 4.4P1itt.,•• she. persisted is saying that 'She soulW
got, and iatuxtuppeen Attempt to Wig tan Of . ore',
lii Ttiii. cpstioiitted her to prison to
itasiveitfie Ns •'
osiattshe would consent to protect
.bot chill.

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