Star.
London, England, 1814-09-12 00:00:00

CHESTER SUMMER ASSIZES.

CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.—Henry Rigby, aged 99,
a cotton-spinner, from Manchester, was indicted for
bigamy, he }ravine, on the 10th of October, 1812,
married Isabella Flemine, at the parish church of
Wigan, in Lancashire; his former wife, Sarah Kel
sail, whom he married in 1804, being still living. A
copy of the marriage register in each instance was put
in and sworn to, and witnesses examined in support
of the prosecution. The prisoner being asked what
he had to say, made rather a long and curious de-
fence. He began by stating, that he was left to
himself at an early age, and became acquainted with
his first wife a very short time previous to their mar-
riage; that her father was at that time unknown
to him, under sentence of transportation in Lan-
caster Castle, for felony, where he remained till the
expiration of his sentence ; that he then went to Car-
lisle, where he invited the prisoner and his wife, pro-
mising to provide for them ; but when he arrived,
he was coldly received by old Kelsall, who accused
him of stealing his daughter, saying, " he was sure
she would never have married such an
blink-ey'dorotincl.shouldered as he was !" That
the old man (Kelsall) afterwards took his wife from
him, and got him turned out of his employ • and his
wife, through the persuasion of her father, declared she
would not live with him: that she stripped his pre-
mises during his absence, quitted him, and went on a
roving cruize of seven months to Dumfries, when she
returned, and confessed to him that she had been living
the greater part of that time on her prostitution.
—After he had taken to'her again, her behaviour be-
came worse than before ; she refused to do any thing
for him, and continually beat the children, if he took
the least notice of them, tauntingly assuring him they
were none of his ; that she was tit ed of his company,
and would rather see his back than his face. His wife
again quitted him, and after an absence of two years
and a half, returned, and presented him with a fine
boy, 15 months old. This trifling error lie likewise
overlooked—but still her conduct was so bad, that he
could not endure it. On one occasion she turned him
out of the house, and got a number of men to ill, use
him, urging them to throw him into a pond. He had
been advised to put a halter rouui her neck and sell
her ; but he gravely assured the Court, he could not
think of doing any such thing, as his conscience would
not allow him to palm so arrant a thin on any man.
The simple manner in which he recited his cata-
logue of grievances, frequently excited the risibly fa-
culties of the Bench and auditory.
The Judge summed up the evidence, and as both
marriages were fully proved, the Jury, without hesi-
tation, returned a verdict of— Ggilry. Sentenced to
pay a fine of Sixpence, and to be imprisoned twelve
months in the common gaol.
Bow-rrasm—Saturday the driver of the hackney.

coach, No. 165, was charged, under the new Act,
with refusing to produce a ticket. Mr. Horne, SUI•
veva., of Brownlow.street, stated, that his serwint
haJ fetched the defendant to his house, to take a lady
to Sun-street. The lady was in the coach, and Mr.
Horne paid tilt defendant '2s. as his fare, at the same
time asking for a ticket. The defendant said he had
no tickets, and Mr. Horne declared the lady should
not go without one, and she got oat of we coach ac-
cordiogly ; Mr. Horne desiring to have the 2s. back
again, when he threw down one in the passage, saying
it was all he would return. Upon this the lady ex-
pressed a wish to go with him, even without his pro-
diming a ticket, but he declared, with an srarh, he
would not take her on any terms. The defendant
denied having refused to take the lady, and said Mr.
Horne refused to let her go without a ticket being
produced, although he, the defendant, had not been
able to procure any from the Office. The Magistrate
observed, that the complainant had sworn to the re-
fusal, and that was sufficient to subject him to the
payment of the fines)! 40s. or to imprisonment in the.
House of Correction. The defendant said he would
appeal agaiast the conviction ; he was, however, in-
formed there was no appeal'allowed. He then de.
clared be would go to the House of Correction, and
seek redress afterwards. Upon this declaration, he
was committed for 14 days.
Two men, named Rubin's,: and Sntith, were, on Fri-
day night, charged with being beggars. The priso.
tiers had fullowed the philanthrot ist, Mr. Webb, from
Richardson's Hotel, Covent Garden, as far as Sr.
James's Market, demanding charity. Robinson said,
he was a Tunbridge-ware maker, and had been four
months in town out of employ. Sm:th stated he
lived at Cheltenham, and had followed Mr. Webb to
town in consequence of his promising to do samething
Lc him. At the request of Mr. Webb's Solicitor,
they were dismissed with a reprinvord.
Maristori House.—Saturday R. Smith was charged
with stealing several pounds of it-id from the premises
.ot his master, Mr. Jones, plumb r, r f little Moor-
.fields, and was fully committed fr.r trial.
• GUILDLIALL.—Saturday J. U fie, charged with
stealing various articl• s of apparel, the property of
blr. Humphrey, with whom he lived as servant, was
.agxin brought up, and was fully committed for trial.
Mantsonovou-sTrim.—Saturday J. L. Dositylae,
servant to Breadalbane, was charged with steal-
ing a welch, the property r f A. Cohen. The prose-
cutor, a salesman at W. itechapel, went into a public
house near Grosvenor-square, in which the defendant,
w:th two or three f: flow-servants were, and he having
produced a watch for sale, it was conveyed from his
posstlii4M. Hr accused several persons of the theft,
and was at last pushed out of the house by the land-
lord.... The nest morning he took Douglas, by war-
rant, and endeavoured to tr ice the watch. The de-
iandantt and other servants in the room, one of whom
was' valet to the Duke of Argyle. proved-that they
had beep many years in the same service, and as there
was not the least ground to charge them with the fe-

Inny, they were dismissed. The Magistrate presumed
that the watch had been detained through a joke, and
therefore advised the landlord of the house to' produce
it. observing that an action would be brought against
him, in case he did not.
Quazti-sowins.—A Lady, on Saturday, preferred
a charge against a hackney-coachman, for abuse, &c.
She stated, that she hired him at the bottom of the
Haymarket, to take her to the end of Clarges-street,
agreeing to give a shilling for the fare. Coaches, how-
ever, did not take her above two-thirds of the way,
and refused to go any further for a shilling ; and on
the Lady's remonstrating with him, lie abused her
with a most voluble tongue. She then expressed her
readiness to pay him, provided Le would give her a
ticket ; but this he refused, saying, that he cared not
a d -n, ell her for the Commissioners or the Act. The
Magistrate ~bserved, with respect to the new Coach
Act, that by the coachmen it was made a mere nul-
lity. It cc►tainly was full of imperfections ; and it
woill.11)0 impossible to carry it into effect. He would
willingly grant a summons ; but to indict the man at
the Sessiops, for extorting the shilling, would be the
Lest mode of proceeding. The Lady expressed her
intention of so proceeding at the Sessions.
UnioN HALL.—Saturday W.' Overton was fully
committed, charged with stealing a sheep, the pro-
perty of Mr. Vizard, of Croydon.
Elizabeth Field, for stealing a quantity of hare and
rabbit's wool, belonging to Mr. M'Arther, a furrier.
in Norfolk-street, was committed to the House of Cor-
rection for three months.

Friday, J. Smith, owner of the Chelsea stage, was
fined 10s. by the Commissioners, for refusing to book
a Gentleman, who, on applying in another name,
procured a place.
Tuesday an inquisition was taken at the sign of the
Duke of York, in the parish of St. Botolrh, Colches-
ter, on view of the body of Ernest Meyers, a trum-
peter in the 2d Regiment of German Hussass, who
slipping from a baggage waggon in the said parish,
broke a blood vessel, whicli caused his death. The
above soldier had lately been discharged, and was re-
turning home. He bore a good chat acter as a sol-
der and a sober man, and has left a wife and five chil-
dren to bewail his loss.

CUSTOM-HOUSE SEIZURE-51.—A ship owner, whose
vessel had been seized, obtained an order from the.
Board for her release, " on a moderate satisfaction to
the seizing officer being made." He accordingly
went to the seizing officer. to make the satisfaction.
The sum demanded was thirty guineas, which the ship
owner refused to pay. However, Mr. Seize,- remain-
ing inflexible and the delay being likely to be fatal to
the proposed voyage of the ship, he deposited the
money, reserving his right of appeal to the Board.—
This appeal was accordingly made; and fin as short
a time as the business could be passed through the
proper channels), an order canoe down to Mr. Selzer
to refund 25gs.
A boat, laden with provisions, was seized by the
Custom House Officers, at Margate, a few days since,
hiving concealed under her forecastle, French lace of
the value of 82000. •
At 'Waterford, Judge DAY, in alluding to the dif-
ference between the English and the Irish peasantry,
said— What is the cause of this striking difference ?
ft is, because in that country the laws were strictly,
promptly, and imitertially administered, and because
the interest: and. feelings of all classes are Mere identi-
fied w ith the preservation of good order and subordi-
n ition to lawful authority. The same cause would here
produce the same effect ; if the Gentlemen of the
c-,utrry were to treat the peasantry with a due mix•
ture of hinshtett anJ controul, they weal., sturdily dis-
cover that to be the true art and mystery of governing
men. It was a remarkable fact in the history of tins
country, that crimes had always increased in propor-
tion as the criminal code was exasperated. I recollect
that the Wbiteboy Act; and several other sanguinary
statutes, framed for the declared purpose of tranquil-
lizing the country, had notori,usly failed to produce
that effect, and had increased the evil. It is, there-
fore. evident, that it is not by severe statutes, increase
of Barracks, and military stations, or by the adoption
of mere coercive measures, that the root of the evil is
to be got at."
EM—Thursday morning a fire broke out in an
out-house of the Angel public house, in Waterbeer-
street, Exeter, which spread universal terror through
that city ; but by the active exertions of the inhabi-
tants, aided by the prompt arrival of the engines, the
house escaped ; but the stables, brewhouse, and other
detached buildings were consumed. It is singular
that these premises have been on fire three times with-
in the lan twelvemonth.

At the Suffield Cocking, which succeeded Warwick
Races, eleven battles were fought. between Stafford-
shire and Derbyshire, wlsich were decided as follow:
Ist Rattle, won ►y !Staffordshire 7th 13,,ttle,won by Staffordshire
2d Ilizto . . . Derbyshire Bth Ditto . . Derbyshire
Stl Ditto . . . Ditto 9th Ditt• . . Ditto
4th Ditto .. . Ditto I loth Ditto . . Staffordshire
Stb Ditto . . . Staffordshire 1 lth Ditto . . Ditto.
6tb Ditto . . . Derbyshire

SHAVING BANK.—Penny Shaving-notes, to a con-
siderable amount have just been issued by an ingeni-
ous Tonsor at Stockport, to the following effect :
SHAVING BANK.

" At my shop I promise to pay Mr. Henry Haar, or Bearer,
ON! Tait; ' "R. S. Shaver."

Wit PENNY.
Round the note are the following apologetic lines :
" While, any friends, so scarce hard change is,
Aud so wide my business ranges,
Humbly, as my betters do,
I must issue paper too I"

A L A NCAS HI R FAMlLY.—Jonathan Andrews, of
Waterhouse, in the parish of Ashton-under-Line, and
his nine sons, were lately engaged by Lieutenant.
Colonel Smith, of the Ashton-under-Line Local Mi.
litia, to mow some hay grass. The father led the van,
and the sons fullowed according to their seniority.—
When the work was completed, the father and his
sons were respectively measured and weighed, and
their ages taken, which were found to be exactly as
follows :

yrs. feet. Inch. score. • lbs.
Jcnathan Andrews 56 6 o 10 o
lasn.:s -... 39 6 1 9 12
Samuel .---- 34 6 S 9 5
Aaiun .------ 33 6 . fl 9 IS
WlMain ----••••• 31 6 1 9 0
John -- -49 6 1 9 4

I unah .------ 97 41 $ 9 10
Jonathan ----- .Qs . 6 $ 9 10
libelant .--...--- 19 5 10 9 0
Mathew ............ 111 5 10 6 10
....--. ...... IMO 41==, MMIII
NT if 4 ill NI

A DES'CRIPTI9N ea* DRIPPING tam.,
NEAR HASTINGS.

About two fields from the• fish-ponds, in st line of
direction to the East, and a mile and a half from
Hastings, the traveller gradualiy descends under
an avenue of arched trees, through a gate way, to
the Dripping Well, a high rock covered with son's,
situated at the superior part of a beautiful wo
sloping to the verge of the cliff, (and it derives its
name from the constant oozing of water) extremely
romantic, and universally admired for its boldness
and wildness of scenery. Those individuals who fre-
quent it, would feel in a greater degree gratified by
approximating the precipice previous to entering the
wood, by turning a little to the right of the gate, and
where there is a seat erected, which will afford them
an opportunity of seeing the lonely Cottage by the
sea-shore, termed the Govers► (now in a ruinous state
and uninhabited) as well as an expansive ocean, and
the Lover's Seat and Signal-house, at no great dis-
tance. Travellers, in their perambulations and tides
from Hastings, would also do. well to take occasional
coup d'ails at a luxurious surrounding country, ren-
dered doubly delightful from being contrasted and
combined with various sea views; if not too much
fatigued to extend the walk to Fairlight Church,
visiting the Lover's Seat on passing, and returning
home by Fairlight Down, would excite additional
pleasure.
Here bills and vales, the woodland and the plain,
Here earth and water seem to strive again;
Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'il,
But as the world harmoniously coafus'il.
Where order In variety we see,
And where, tho' all things differ, all agree.
Here waving groves.a chequer'd scene display,
And part admit, aad part exclude the day. •
As some coy nymph ber lover's warm address,
Nor quite indulges, nor can quite repress:
There, interspers'd in lawns and opening glades,
There trees arise that shun each others shades;
Here full in light the russet plains extend,
There, wrapt in clouds, the bluish hills ascend;
Ev'n the wild heath displays her purple dyes,
And midst the desert fruitful fields affix,
Tbat crown'd with tufted trees and fringing eon,
Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn.
Let India boast her plants, nor envy we
The weeping amber or the balmy tree, '
While by our oaks the precious loads are borne,
And realms commanded which those trees adorn !

ITALY.—The excavations of I'onspei are pnrsneti
with the most unremitting zeal by the Neap,.litan Go
vernment. The most secent discoveries have been three
new magnificent tombs, adorned with sculpture, and a
hail which is supposed to have been the court of justice,
and which is decorated with a triple row cf ctAumns.
Bronze stoves were also found in the same r.l ice, r.f the
most beautiful form, with a Faun and a B.,cchus ket
high and ezq.lisitely formed. Lastly, a small brunet
GI idiator, precisely similar to that which has boeit al.
ready so much admired, and which is in the attitude of
supplicating life from the spectators. A short tittle
ago, there was also found a beautiful silver vase uhith
seemed to have been used in religious worship ; it is
covered with figures in relief, and resembles in form
that of the royal cabinet of' France, which has been
published by Caylus and Dom Martin. Tuere is a
third vase quite similar in the cabinet of the late Car
dinal Borgia. There has been discovered in the Ca-
binet of medals at Milan, a Chinese work published in
1750, by order of the Emperor Kien Long, contain-
ing drawings of upwards of nine hundred antique
vases, resembling chose denominated Etruscan. Se-
veral appear to be of very remote antiquity.

Di H
Tue4day, In Harley-street. the Right Hon. the Lady Isabelle
Brydges, of a son.
Tuesday, the wife of the Rev. Thomas White, of Queenhith,
of a daughter.