Star.
London, England, 1815-11-13 00:00:00

COY ENT' GARDEN THEATRE.

Saturday night the Tragedy of ,Perey, which has not
been acted for several years, was revived, purposely
of exhibit Miss O'NEILL as Elwina. This play is
well constructed, and the language is polished. It
has the merits and demerits of what is considered, by
some critics, to be the most regular species of the
drama. Miss O'NEILL charmed with her usual
sweetness, shone with ber accustomed lustre, and
gained what she merited, a rich meed of appl (use.
Mr. C. KF.NIBLE and Mi. YOUNG, as Percy and Dati-
st:s, were desrt ying of great plai.e. The Tragedy,
kith such efficcitt supporters of the principal charac-
t,.‘ s, will, doubtless, attract a fair number of crowded
houses.

L 4W LNTELLIGENCE.

colmr or XING'S 13ENCII, NOVEMBER 11.
A curious argument came on before their Lord-
ships respecting the settlement of a pauper, upon an
appeal hom the Sesiions. The pauper was a soldier,
and had deserted, and went for concealment to his
wife, who was living in the country. The wife hired
the tenement, which, it was now contended, gave the
pauper a settlement ; but the landlord had no know-
ledge whatever that she had atty husband when she
bred it. Here the pauper remained, unknown to
any person but his own family, for seven weeks; and
this, Mr. Sc.tut.er contended, gave him such a set-
t:ern:la, as entitled him to relief if he had applied for
it, and deprived the parish officers of the power of re-
m-ming him, as, thouLth he did not himself hire the
house, it was hired by his wife, who was his agent.
The Court were of opinion, however, that this did not
give him a settlement ; he got into the hoirse by
stealth, unknown to the landlord, who, when he let
the house to the wife, sop posed he had let it to a single
v.otiman. That could not be called a settlement, where
the pauper only stole in for concealnient; and, as to
the par sh officers not having the power of removing
him if he had dared to have shown his face, it was
probable the serje.iut of the regiment would have re-
moved him without ceremony, and that very quickly.
That could not be called a settlement, where he only
perched fc.r rest in his fight from the perturniance of
those duties he owed to his tiovettign.

AaCHES COURT, NOVIAIDEa 11.
AI catATII trGRATII.

This was a cause of divorce and mutual separation,
brought by M. M'Grath, F.A. against Ameli t Jenny
his wife, by reason of adultery. This case came on, on
the admission of the allegation. It appeared from the
libel, that Mr. *Grath now reside] at Chertsey ; that
the mattiage took place in 1802 ; that they cohabited
together eight years, and had is sue dire children; that
in 1810 It: Costar came to live in the family as foot-
ri in ; that in about three or tour months atter, an
iniprOper intimacy took place between hint and Mrs.
M•Grath ; that some time alter, Mr. M'Grath dis-
charged Costar in consequence of Which. words arose
between Mrs. M'Grath and her butband, and she quit-
ted his house on the same night ; that Mr. M'Grath
afterwards consented that his wife should live separate.
from him in his Cottage, near Oakenham, and he
cams to London, but was obliged soon after to go to
:spin, and Formal, from embarrassment arising
!rum debts contracted by his wife, and did not return
to England till 1813. The libel then went on to al.
ledge various acts of adultery. committed by Mrs.
141•Grath with Costar, at the Cottage already stated,'
in Charles-street, Hatton Garden, and other places ;
that Mrs. M'Grath became pregnant, and was *de-
livered of a male child; that they constantly cohabit-
ed together as man and wife, and passed by the name
of Mr. and Mrs. Costar, and still continue so to do.
The Counsel on behalf of Mrs. M'Gtath objected to
the admission of this allegation, on the ground of the
husband's inattention to the conduct of his wife. The
Court (Sir J. Mellott) said, it was inclined.to admit
the alleg.,tioa to prow, though there was certainly a
want of vigilance on the pan of the husband, and he
would do well to satisfy :the Court that he had not
given a licence for this adultery.

GUILDHALL—Saturday J. Woolley was charged
with steal,ng a quantity of books in quires, the pro-
perty of Messrs. STIIAIIAN, and Co. King's- Printers,
in whose warehouse the prisoner was employed. Mr.
Daum, &Ater in second-hand books, in Holborn, de-
pos:ll, that on Thursday last the prisoner offered him
for sale ten volumes of Statutes, 4to. as the property
of a Gentleman leaving town, and the price was, ten
guineas. Mr. DAUCEY, knowing their value to be £3O,
suspected all was, not right, and having given iutor-
znation, the property was traced to the house of the
ptosecutors. Fully committed.

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