Star.
London, England, 1813-09-02 00:00:00

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Yesterday *is field tax.
!Adis House, specially summoned at the requisition
of more than forty Proprietors. . •
The dsual forms hating Been giff* throusit;
Mr. Perim Mooch stated, that this *as the pfoper
time to follow Up the Resolutidtis of the last Court,
by subMitting -certain propositions, which; frodi MO.
lives of delicacy; he had not imparted 'to the Execu-
tive Body. He adverted to a prior Vote of Thanks,
given generglly.to the Directors, and was extremely
desirous of giving noW something mote Solid than
thanks, to a body of men who had so uniformly acid
to ably conducted themselves, for the benefit of the
Proprietors and the nation at large. He also thought
something was due to the Proprietors *ith rest:Ott to
the payment of the Property-tax—a proposition which,
Government had negatiVed on a former applications"
lie trusted, however, that his resent proposition would
trial with better success.—. The principle he Should
adopt, would be founded on those reasdirs.Whickis.
duced Parliament to intrease the .alloviatics- to 4he
Board of Controul; which now received yearltae96,ooo.!
an allowance which, considering the arduous' dutiept
• to lie.perfarmed, might be considered as moderate.
This principle might faitly.be applied to thr.:Court
of Directors; but he should confine himself,-.in the:
• first insunce, to the payment of the Propertrilax oti
the dividends; Which in the present state of the stock
did not realiie iota fide five per cent: If he were
asked how the funds for the payment were procur-
able! he 'should simply. refer to the territorial rein-
rues The Honourable Proprietor then reildhls Moat
Boni viz. • . .
rbat this Court having duly considered the conditions
emeed bal-
by the Legislature in the recent renewal of the Charter of
the Eastsindia Conmany, and deeply impressed with the corn-
Cnerdal advantages, the grhat and constant Maul of wealth, and
vwit political importance derived by the nation at large from 'the
possessions of the East-India Company; and justly considering
these cirturnstancts, especially under the concessions now gran-
tkil to the whole British Comtnercial World, by the Regulations
.hove referred to, ate decidedly of opinion, that the Company
possesses the strongest possible claim on the justice and erititude
Of their country; and, under thus impression, that the compen-
satiob allowed them for the employment Of their capital, by
which all these advantages have been obtained, and are preser-
ved, should at least be free from any diminution of its mdderate
amount, this Court do most earnestly fecommend it to the Court
Of Directors, again to spiky to his Majesty's Ministers, And to
the Board thiCommissioners for the Affairs of India, to give their
sanctibn to such Measures as shall be competent to authorize the
Property on the Dividends on the Capital Stock to be Char-
ged on those territaial revenues which the said Capital Stock has
exclusively acquired, and to defray the amount as an ordinary
outgoing of the Company."

The Resolution having been read by the Clerk,
PLuststr.u, In a `►cry able addteis, seconded
the Motion.

•
Mr. DIXON thought nine-tenths of the preeeding
speech had nothing to do with the subject. Instead
of a pretty speech, be should have been much better
pleased to have heard where was the surplus cash to
pay the Property Tax: Solomon had wisely said,
44 there was a time for all things I" but,he must in•
deed be a Sotomott who should be hardy enough to
assert that this was the proper period fora measure
of so extraordinary a natures The boon demanded
lad already been refused, and little prospect was
there ofits now succeeding. The conduct of die'pre-
•ent Directors deserved every_ praise ; but was it cer-
tain fibre Direetors might be equally praisesedtthy?
He should like to hear the individual sentiments of
the Pirectors, and *idled the motion might be with•
drawn, rather than negatived. , )
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. R. Thornton) disclaitned all
knowledge of the motions. He knew nothing further -
ofthem than what rumour had reported.
Mr. LUSHINGTONI Chairman of the Committee -for
Ways and Means, supported the Mover and Secon-
der, who deserved rather praise than censure for not
having communicated their intention to the Execu-
tive Body ; not that he approved of their unsports,
.nlike conduct in convening a Court on the Ist of
September. tie then expatiated on the propriety as.
welt as Merits of the proposition, and dwelt with con-
siderable force on the paltry remuneration• at present
given to the Directors.
The Rev. Mr. I'HIRLIVALL observed, thit the hues=
tion of remuneration to the Directors was not then
before the Court. •

Mr. LOWNDES expressed his wish, that if what he I
should say•found its way into the Public Papers, it
would be given correctly, or that it would be made
better, instead of worse. He had been charged on a
former occasion with saying, li that if the East-India
Charter went into a ComMittee, by God, it was gone
to the devil !" He hoped that no More absurdities
would be attributed to him than what he should really
utter. The Hon. Mover of the Resolution was accu-
sed by another Hon. Gentleman of not being a sports-
man t he himself thought he was a sports Man, but in
a different field—the field of corruption I He (Mr.
Peter Moore) came there
" To shoot corruption as it Me%
" And catch the manners living as they Heel
lie wanted to work his way under ground, and Play'
off another Highgate Tunnel upon them. The Hon.
Proprietor proceeded th argue that India Stack had
not risen in value as It ought t it had risen only from
100 to 175, while other property was worth six times
what it was a century agoi except the Three per Cent.
Consols. He objected to the motion, because it
would give their enemies a'handle against them. He
was entirely against raising the Directors' salaries,
because he was nbt for being generous before he was
just. The porters who attended there four and twenty I
hours round had only eighteen shillings a week.
These men %mired as hard, and Jleserved as well of
the Compa: o. as the Directors, and yet he must say, i
in candour, that when he came there just now with al
party of Ladies to shew them the Library, not roe
of these fellows was to be found.
Mr. Flume insisted, that the motion stood on the
bread ground of public credit. The Company's
stock had fallen considerably; in consequence of the
Alarm Which had prevailed as to the renewal of the
Charter. Should his Majesty's Ministers be induced
to comply with the boon requested, which he had
little doubt of their doing, the stock would be resto-
red tei its proper level.
Mr. BOSIstiQUIT professed himself most cordial to
the motion, but expressed' is doubts of its being car-
ried into effect without the approbation of Parlia-
ment. He saw, however, no objection to the appli-i
cation being made : the timeb in his opinion, was'
most appropriate.
Mr. MOOR/ solemnly declared, that no human
mature except the Seconder had seen hi* Motions,

teitit k t tit flidttedi fof tit* cdetiei t trlri to
thie Ceder; which only went .to eletaie that priiperir
had hien ae htiproptay &Seised:
The motion was at tenth 'allied hi the aillrnia.
rive, with only two ditientsentp.
Ivri.Mboat.thetiobservedb that he should now Only
table his naexaproposition, as it would be net:maid/et:
have it p at a Bectmd General Court. He
drew a comparison between the dutiet pf the Direc-
tors, who *ere obliged to attend at all hours and at
all times, and those Boards, who thetely.met to Sign
their names. He stated the object of his motion, I
which win, to rescind the Bye Law limiting the Al-
lowances to the Chairs to £300:). and tO Directors
MOO, and to increase those Of the Chairs to
and of the t)irectors to £lOOO per annum.
Mr. LUSHINGTON passed a high eulogium on the
serVies of the Directors, during the renewal
-51 the Charter, and concluded by sect:mains. the
Motion. •
•. Mr. BOSANQUET contended, that in point of order
the. motion . could not even be entertained, without
convening two special Courts as it went to a grant
'pill of the Cortiparty's Cash. •
r. !Await was against taking the Court by stir-
:prise, although he could not exactly agree With his
Hon. Ftiend'i objection as to the point of form.--
lute he was, that the more time was allowed for con-
siderition, the stronger would be the prospect of suc-
cess ' he was therefore willing to withdraw his motion,
in order that it might be rendered unobjectionable.
Mr. Home thought all the Company's home este-
bliiihment should be submitted to the consideration
of a Committee of twenty-one Proprietors, for' the
'Ptirpiises of general increase or retrenchment.
Mr. Alderman Miura was inclined to believe,
notwithstanding all that the Hon. Mover had assert-
ed, that there did exist an endeatour to take the Court'
by surprise. The Directors ought themselves to bring
forward their sentiments on so important a subject :
they would be powerfully supported; they could not,
indeed, he too highly rewarded, but it was their duty
to give up their whole time to the Company. It had
been hinted, that patronage was not an object to the
Directors—if they really thought so, let them give It
up to the Proprietors.
• Mr. PLUMMER disclaimed all idea of surprise, and
ridiculed the idea of the preceding speaker as to the
plan of patronage.
Mr. MOORE asserted that the einplre of India afforded
the noblest proof that the patronage of the Directors
had been well•bestowed.

Mr. COTTON was for as long an adjournment to the
nature of the case would admit of.

The motion was at length, on the suggestion of Mr.
Mooac, adjourned till the Gth of October next.► and
at three o'clock the Court broke up;

ASSIZES.

GLOUCESTER.

TRIAL FOR MURDER.

rrlday, Lae Heath, aged twenty-eight, was in-
dicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Harris, spinster,
ism the night of the 22d, or early on the morning of
the 23d of June, 1809, in the Orish of Cow-Honey.
bourne, in this county.
James Harris, the father of the deceased, was the
_first witness called. He stated, that his daughter
lived in the house with him, and that they went to
bed cn the 22d of June, 1809, about eight o'clock.—'
His daughter slept in a room in an opposite corner
`of the house to that which he occupied ; her room
was nearer the stair-case than his, so that she could
go down stairs without paising his apartment. He
rose soon after four o'clock on the 23d, and observed '
his daughter's door open, which was an unusual
thing; he went out at the back door, which he found
a-jar, into a pent-house. Here he saw lying on the
ground the dung-fork, which he had placed against
the wall over night. He thence went into the gar-
den to see if his daughter was there, and afterwards
to the village to inquire for her at another daughter's,
and here he heard* for the first time, that his daugh-
ter Sarah, the deceased, was with child; he next pro-
ceeded to a third daughter, who is married and re•
sides at Dumbleton; he was told, on his return home,
that the body of his daughter was found, and was
much affected on viewing it. There was a scar on
the left temple, and a hole on the back part of her
head. He now saw blood on *the dung-fork, which
he had not observed before, and likewise on the wall
of the pent-house and the stones. His daughter had
washed some stockings the night before, and hung
them up to dry ; one pair was bloody ; hz did not
hear any thing in the night ; the pond Where the
body had been found was about sixty yards from
the house.
John Price gave in evidence, that on an alarm given
on the morning of the 23d of June, 1809, he went to
Harris's house, and saw blood on the stones and the
dung-fork, and a pair of stockings, which appeared
to have been used in wiping off blood. He went for
Mr. Brain, and on his return pursued the track of
blood to the pond, and found the body ; there was a
bruise on the temple, and two holes, as if thrust, on
the back of the head. There was a path by the ,
pond. Witness went for a constable, and saw the
prisoner (who had been suspected) in company with
Mr. Brain, on his father's farm, about half a mile
from Harris's house. The prisoner was taken ir.to
custody, and had on an old dirty smock frock. Be•
ing disappointed in not obtaining'a warrant, no search
of the house was made at the time. A day or two
afterwards witness saw the hinges of the doors (five
in number) leading from the room of the deceased
to the pent-house ; they were much oiled, and would
open and shut without noise. The prisoner was pre-
sent at the Coroner's Inquest, and was discharged in
consequence of the verdict" Wilful murder against
some person nr •persons unknown." Another appli-
cation for a warrant was made a few days afterwards,
when the house was searched, but the prisoner was
not found. He saw the prisoner once or twice after
the inquest.
William Brain corroborated some parts of the tes-
timony of the former witness as to the finding the
body, &c. He arrested the prisoner on the morning
of the murder. Prisoner then said that he had not
seen the deceased for three or four months.
William Bennett saw the prisoner in custody on
9.3 d June, and talked with him about what he was
charged with. Prisoner said be was in the habit di
going to see the deceased at nighty after her faller,
and herself were gone to bed ; tbat he wept to call
her up ; and that the last time lie had seen hes Was

r'lsOtt a ioitnight kierote teeter.' Upon Wieneii Or-
hitil fell he left off visiting tier? he ;aid; after a
little hesitation, that he went to call her iip bpe
night, and She. would not come dtiwn., Witness Arid
if be supposed she was intimate with any one else ?
Pristine, said, No. When witness told him he was
suspected of the Murder, prisoner said he supposed
he Ahotild be.
William SeWthan lived in the adjoining house to
Harris's; had known the prisoner ten or twelve
years, and bad seen hied tiVeral tinies with &rah
Harris, between old and new Christthas day; prisoner
'was id deceased's bed.room; svhere he staid two
hours, whilst old Harris was at hii labour ; had seen
prisoner there often in th^ evening before and after
that time. One morning, between four and fie
o'clock, he had occasion to get up, and saw the pri-
soner come out of the back door of the pent-house
he walked a smart pace out of the yard, got over
the gate,,and went along the road by the pond.—
The witness was hot at home at the time of the
murder.
Joseph Bradley, carter to Mr. Price, saw the pri-
soner in Mr. Harris's pent-house, one morning, in
February, 1309, about three or four o'clock. Wit-
ness-saw him the morning of the murder, between
four. and five o'clock, in Mr. Price's meadow ; be
hung his head down, and did not speak ; witness
could not tell whether prisoner saw him that Morning.
Mary Stanley, sister to the deceased, knew that her
slater and the prisoner were acquainted ; she went to
her father's house on the morning of the 2Sd of June,
and found the deceased's shoes and garters in her
room ; she saw the 'prisoner on the inquest, and hays
ing asked him whether he did not how that her
sister was with child by him? he said he could not
say but she was.
Edward Ashwin, beftire the murder, mentioned to
the prisoner a report, that the deceased was pregnant
by him ; prisoner did not deny it, but said there
would be no child, for he had seen her take savin
and warm water. The. night before the. murder,
witness conversed with prisoner, remarking that it
would be a bad job, and that the prisoner's father
would be very angry. Prisoner replied, he supposed
he would.
J. Harman Was present at the inquest, when the
prisoner wore a dirty smock frock ; prisoner, his fa-
ther, brother, and sister, all said it was the only frock
he had. Witness was appointed a special constable,
and searched the prisoner's house ; found some savin
in the loft, between a spade and the roof; he went
down to apprehend the prisoner twelve or-fourteen
days after the murder ; did not find him at his fa-
ther's ; went ten days after, but prisoner was not
there ; was in pursuit of him 65 days, and made a
most diligent search ; saw him next in the gaol at
Kidderminster, when be was last apprehended had
the prisoner in custody at Catnbden, in his way to
Gloucester ; prisoner told him he had been in Kent,
and on board a .thip for a quarter of a year. When
half a mile from Gloucester gaol, the prisoner said,
66 I wish Ibad gone farther, but let me go where 1
will, some of you would have found me." fhe pri-
lsoner had once before absented himself from his fa-
ther's house, but he could not tell how long.
Many other witnesses were called, who proved that
previous to the murder the prisoner wore a diArent
frock ;rem that which he had on when apprehended,.
which last was affirmed at the inquest to be the only
one he had.
Joseph Allbut, constable, keeper of the gaol at
Kidderminster, stated that the prisoner lived at that
place about two years, in different services; before he
was taken into custody, and that he pasied .by the
name of farmer John. Witness apprehended him on
the 12th of April last, after some hours search, as he
abruptly left his place that morning. Prisoner trem-
bled on being taken, and after walking 100 yards
with witness, endeavoured to escapes Witness told
prisoner there was a serious charge against him, and
asked him if he knew any thing of Cow'Honeybourne
or Gloucestershire ? The prisoner repeated 44 Glou.
cester.shire I" and starting, put his hands up to his
head, appearing to shed tears. The Magistrate asked
the prisoner several questions about his family : pd.
soner said he had left home vet y young, and was
born at Witney, in•Oxfordshire. He aenied that he
knew any thing of Sarah Harris, or that he had ever
heard of her murder, and said that in June 1809, and
for twelve months before, he was at sea. An Officer
of Marines being present, asked him some questions-
about his ship, from his answers to which, ,it was
evident that the prisoner had never been oft' board
any. The ship, he said, had 70 guns and two
masts, &c.
G. Allen corroborated Allbut's evieence.

Stephen Richings stated, that he WAS in confine-
ment at Kidderminster gaol, where the prisoner was
committed ; witness was charged with forgery, but
the bill was thrown out by the Grand Jury. He
asked the prisoner why he was brought in ? Prisoner
said for murder. Witness remarked, that if innocent
he had nothing to fear. Prisoner said that he was
not the man, for there was no proof, and asked them
(there being another person present) not to reveal
what he told them, which tthey promised. The pri-
soner then, in answer to their questions, told- them
that he was taken up about three years ago, on sus-
picion of murdering a girl who had been found dna
in a pool near her lather's house; that he was acquit-
ted by the verdict of the Jury on the inquest ; that 1,
he had been at Kidderminster two years; that soon
after his acquittal a fresh warrant was taken out
against him ; that he went to London, and entered
aboard a man of war, and changed his name. Here
they were interrupted, and the prisoner afterwards
repeated his statement, adding, that the girl was
pregnant by him, and that was the reason why she
was murdered ; that she was beat on the head with
a dung-fork, and that he was the man ; he hoped
they would not tell. This witness was severely
cross-examined, but nothing came out to invalidate
his testimony.
J. Bishop confirmed the account of this conver.
sat ion.

R. Lewis was again called to corroborate the for-
mer witness's testimony, but was not examined.
Nine or ten persons spoke well to the prisoner's
general character for humanity.
Justice DAIIIPIIR summed up the evidence, and
the Jury, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation,
returned a verdict—Guilty.
The Judge passed sentence in the usual form, and
ordered the prisoner to be hanged on Monday. He
haa gate confessed his guilt. During bis which

tasted Oren hours, the prisoner betrayed not the least
emotion even on hearing the sentence, not a slhgle
muscle of his countenance was convulsed.

, TEM KING 9. OVUM) A$lD OTHERS.
Mr. Toatrao itated, that this was an indictment
against the defendants, wh&wire overseers and inha-
bitants of the township of ton, tot conspiring to
effect a marriage betweett two paupers, for the purpose
of burtheding the tiavhiship of Barth with an addi-
tional charge. The telltale pauper Was a wiclotv of the
dame of Ann place, about 40 years of ag?, And who
had long been a heavy burthen to the township of
!Denton ; the had been left by het husband with four
children, and since his death had neatly doubled the
number, and at the time this marriage was solemnix.•
ed was supposed to be again pregnant. In the adjoin-
ling township of Barth, resided Matthew Lockwood,
an old man and a pauper, whom the defendants had
fixed upon as a proper husband for this lady, though
there was no earthly reason why Matthew should
wish for a wife, except that it was cold weather, be.
ing the Month of November. To accomplish this
union, it was suggested to old Matthew, that it would
be very convenient to him to have a wife, and that if
he would take Ann Plate, means would be found to
procure him setae money. The bait was irresistible
to poor Matthew, who agreed for the sum of ten gui-
neas to an union with the accomplished Ann Places
which was accordingly solemnised with all convenient
dispatch, within about three weeks of its first sugges,
tion. The money was paid to Matthew by the Over.
seers ; but in order to have some colourable pretest
for the payment of this tfioney, a formal indenture
was draWn up, by which old Matthew covenanted to
perform a certain quantity of hedging; ditching, and
draining, for William Slakes, the standing Overseer
of the township of Denton.
This contract, which was couched Inasformalterms
as if it had been thecontreyanceofanestate,wasread by
Mr. Topping, and excited great merriment in the Courts
Mt. TOPPING said he should be obliged to, go into the
enemy's quarters for evidence, and should first pto-
duce old Matthew, whose evidence he shoidd corrobo-
rate by that of Ann his wife ; and when be had
proved that all the defehdants had interfered in bring-
ing about this scandalous marriage; they wduld feel
it their duty to find the defendants guilty.
The risibility of the Court had been so much er.
cited, that when old Matthew appeared in the wit-
nesses' box, a general burst of laughter took place.
Matthew Lockwood stated, that he lived at Eccup,
in the township of Barth, and occupied one of the town
houses; for which he paid no rent; the town,also found
him in coals, and.he had occasionally received other
relief from it. In the month of August his wife died,
and he was married to his present wife itt the Novem-
ber following. Being asked his reason for taking ono.
thet wife, he replied that Money was very tempting.
In November the witness was working ih the township
of Denton, and lodged in the house of Jonathan Haw.
croft, one of the defendants. Hawcroft recotnmended
him to take another wife, saying, ..She would keep
him clean ;" but, added Matthew, with great feeling,
fi I have not found it so." Hawcroft, to back his re-
commendation with a more cogent argument, added,
that, " if he should stand forward, to marry Ann
Place, he did not doubt but money would be found
for him." This suggestion overcame the reluctance of
the witness, and he promised Hawcroft to try the wi.
dow, and the very next evening he paid a_visit. His
reception was as flattering as any lover could desire,
and every impediment was removed at the very first
Interview ; and at the end of a week the bans were
published, or, as the witness expressed it, the spur-
rings were put in. The ardour of Matthew's love did
not, however, reader him unmindful of the fortune he
was to recive with his accomplished bride, and after
various negotiations and conferences with the over-
seers and other inhabitants, who interested themselves
in this important negotiation, and in the course of
which all the defendants became implicated in the
transaction, it was at length settled. that the sum of
ten guineas should be paid to him as soon as the nup-
tials were solemnized ; but before this took place,
the witness was required to sign, what Mr. Topping
huthourously stiled the marriage articles, the contract
for hedging and ditching. Every ohatie being re-
moved, the marriage took place to the 9th ofl4lo-
- the marriage dinner, with its concomitant
eocpses, cost, however, a large sum of the marriage
portion-rno less than se4en guineas., The over.
seers being wisely .determined to have something
'for their money, partook of this splendid. nuptial
' entertainment, and the next morning, it is pro-
bable, that all the parties were better satisfied
than old Matthew. Witness said, he had cost his
township many pounds since his marriage ; but this,
on cross-examination, turned out to be on account of
an accident, by which he had been confined three
months to his bed nor did it appear that any addi.
tional charge had been brought upon it on account of
his sea.
Ann Lockwood, the wife of the last witness, said
she had been chargeable some years to the township
of Denton ; her present husband was introduced to
her by John Hawcroft, who told her that he had
brought her a husband; witness said she had no ob.
lemons to marry him. Witness was then questioned
as to thernanner in which her children were disposed
of and it appeared that she had only two for which
she received pay, the others having been disposed of
by the overseers, and for which she supposed they
were repaid by the fathers of the children. Witness
said Mathew Lockwood was the only person who
persuaded her to marry.
Mr. Justice Commit thought it would have been
better to have tried this cause at the Sessions, than to
put the parties to so much expence in defending it at
York ; and he intimated that as it did not appear that
any increase of expence had accrued to the township
of Barth,and that it originated with a poor man, aho
certainly had himself no interest, it would not be pro-
per to bring the parties up for judgment in case they
were found guilty.—The Jury acquitted the defen-
dants.

The Judge the said, the offence imputed to the
defendants was a very heinous one, and one punisha-
ble by the law. It was extremely wrong in Overseers
or others, enaeavouring to bring about an union be-
tween persons, who neither by circumstances nor in-
clination were fitted for each other, for the purpose of
relieving their own townships from expense, and more
especially when it was to be effected by but tlaening
(pother township.

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• taloa wu.t. ,
Brest tbon the gay Inansloe that vends on yon hill, •f ii
With gatdens before and behind ? • ;
• .?here once stood the cottage of poor peasant Witt....
But Forturte.s—alt she was unkind. r.
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•s . y father (Goo save him) there tolled for hAinh :1 s
Till age saw totering decay ; ti
• Misfortune *eon mask metro up...,tbedeiKl44 1:
And ferc'd me a soldier away. •
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' Of many a slaughering campaign I might tell,
• • -Where Pante leads weak man to the Arid i •
Of many a battle where brave comrades fell—.
For to death ev'n the bravest must yield ! •
Now, old, poor, and feeble, I beg nth* spot,
And assalt the dear groves with a sigh :
•••
la vain have I sought the remains of mY cot, ,
► Where grandeur but wets my dim eye.
ad% powerful sod wealthy's yon lord of the
I. .
etre to kin ilitotten geld
-haloPlets they tell me, is old Begpr WILL,
IW
• it° VW/ VOA abetter from cold : .t
• • ..7P7erisasestsiese, 'tie add; and cock day at WOO
matched teak pity In vain ;
likst WILL, irt. a barn, can sleep fearless of !Este, •
" fliladistutb'd by the wind and dm rein ! •
.:11hes' &bakes, tho' wretched, why should I me*
A tear gives no cosnliet tonne;
Want is the golf ismipsolan of mine, .
Pram dot Osatkiiii son pet me free! • • .
.Thillt!tra, mPr9ll pray they aisaff-penny,spare,
Andlinavawnwill a blessing bestow;
.
Por the heart that a beggar's dime, loves to_diarer
The psalm of pleasures aunt knew I
CUISMODIty. 11411IRT AAIDgiSON.

Amongst the distinguished company at the Pan.
. . Theatre onTuesday evening were the Ausnuair
, Earl STANHOPE, Lord BeROHERSII, &c.
. .
The following is a copy of a Letter addressed from
'the LORD. CHAMBERLAIN'S Office to Mr. :ARNOLD,
.;Proprietor of the • Lyceum Theatre. The perusal of
this document will show. that Mt, RATSIOND has suf-
fered much undue .censure for obeying• the law, And
appearing to. give evidence before a Magistrate when
regularly summoned ; the neglect of which would I
have been an offence, and rendered him liable to,pu.'
• thin** :
Lord Chamberlain's Once, fr/th July, 1813.
41DissE Stn—AsMr. Candy his bad the tanteritif to resist the
power. of the .Latd Chit:aerials; fiiik Ia defiance of his Lord-
' ship'ainjustetion, WO mobil, is itVforming the klub!: pleats
• which belong to the authOrlzedf Theatres, I have reeetind the
" command of the Low.' chamberlain to premed against thesaid
. and, lo consequence, an Information hat bees laid
.tips of the pikers of ttahDepartmeat sagest hire.
N.1111'4,41/ understood that Mr. Raymond witnessed the first
tughibitbw4.49sl la so fully capable of deciding•wbether the _piece I
.ierforised at. the Pantheon by the dtkof Tux Caatxcr was.the
,acme es acted at the regular Theatres, I shall avail myself of bit
**dente, sad trust that Gentleman will trot hi offended at my
ikeiipg.aoyegeonetorkd to woman him to
.04de 44 feat Afore ae
bfloopieerater.
If this proceeding on the part of the Lord Chamberlain to
apPust blatiethocity sea out soRWIR4 Mr. Clustly of his error,
and silence the perferoamees at the Pantheon isemediskly, the
yerferiners Airtime-Ives will have to answer for a breach of the
:law; Und-coosequent/r it will be for Mr. Caitiff& comider if he
-can afford the Means to geuaistee those performers front the pc-
' amities which his cooslactivfil subject them to.
.4'Jb interest of every regular Theatre being involved In this
stair; and the Lyceum being the only one sow open, I ewpferyou
-will give me every assistance in your polio-, to enable me to
carry the Lortt Chatnberlain's orders into effect; and I shalt feel
:obliged If You will send to me a person of the name of Lonsdale,
ratio, Ism informed, is employed In your Theatre, and is well I
:acquainted with the drama, to receive my instructions. The ex-
testes aitetidlnglis visits to the Pantheon will of course be paid
-by Ma, remain, Dear Sir, your'b very testy,
- (Signed) J. B. SIAM."
THE THEATRES.—Drury Lane and 'Covent Gar.
• den are about to re-open with additional splendour, -
-but the old Theatre at Coopers'.Hill will surpass
them all. Thetproseenium is uncommonly interest..
ing, and instead of Tragedy and Comedy, is suppot.
led by real Blue Coat •Boyi ; it opens on FridaT, the
-IF7th'inst. with" IVho want, tiCtrinea ." "The Prize,"
and .• How to grow Rich." `Tickets may be bad atall
the Lottery Offices.
,FESIALE SAILOR.-.:A discovery of rather a curious
natore transpired a few days ago at Ipbwich.
'Embleton, master of the rdmund and Mary, copier, j
having reason to suspect that one of his apprentices
was a female, took an opportunity of making. some r
inquiry on the subject. A confession was • mne. 1
diately made. This was on the.. pabsage from Blyth
'to Ipswich. Mrs. Embleton happened to be on
board at the time, and to her the young adventurer I
-related the particulais of her case. She was the
ilfughter of a widow, near Blyth, in Northumber.!
:land, and 'becoming pregnant, she determined after
`leer delivery tir quit her. maternal house, never more
to return. She accordingly procured male attire, I
and waade a Coastiag voyage ; lifter which 'she ap-
::plied to the owners of the Edmund and Mary, to
whom she was indentured. It was during her se-
cond voyage that the discovery was made. She re-
fused to discover her name, and:declared that nothing
shpiald incluce bee to retorn.home.---It is supposed,
however, that Mr.. Embleton.had discovered the name
and rtssidence of her mother. It is due to the female
tar to mention, that aboard the Edmund and Mary
she conducted,herself with extreme propriety, and
,was consida4d. -*cry active clever lad.
t • Monday last a mid dog tnadellis. Itmearance in
'trite streets in Arundel. where. :After biting .several
-titase was :destroyed. itratißlS,
had been .pursued an the .adjoiningt,rtiesslses,
peiteral- dines alttriug 7theday, hist -*lug a very airing
and large dog, of the Will breed, 'he -escaped-
very. aventg.eord rouodAis_peck. Apr the ap.
legttnce, 9f whir (here 'fliere is *reatriearacs obgii the ,bis
. ,c.,%!nc.e.sp.preliended hers gas .19,0! 41?4efr .of his
Aulug in, ad. Aruos3g the bi..tanselpgac
veurtte ouch belOorg tcr4e.p.ithe ottrollno.linde
- pointer bats Hot.tanin; Bis e• to red
t.tent the possibility of ilaoger at Abe Caititle, or Mdse-.
*here, from Us doga. oideted thensistiikirkbeitilled;
wa4" by 'Ms libe
'manner destroyed.