Star.
London, England, 1802-08-30 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Si a—The f‘llnwing Anecdote being written by
a Convert, i. Illialv true, and I beg your infertion
of it in your next STAR. Yours, &c.
ETTRAIIRDISARYEcnorv.—During the late
troubL. in Ireland, a fa of thole bloody marauders,
who alu ays carried death and deftruaion in their
train, having taken umbrage at a country gentle-
man of the name of H—, agreed to furprile and
pillage his houfe, and put himfelf and family,
without exception, to the (word ; for which pur-
port they concealed themfelves in a fmall provin-
cial town at a th,-)rt diftance, in which there hap-
pened -n he a let of (trolling Players. The night
in which this horrible Winds was to be tranfaeted
being arrived, and every engine of death in readi.
nets, to while away the time till a proper hour,
they all agreed to go to the Play, and to avoid
fwfpicion, feparated themfelves into (mall patties.
At length the piece, which had been newly intro-
duced by one of the ftrolling Thefpians from Eng-
land, began—lt was called True l'a!tiotifm ; and
from the Patron's name prefixed, appeared to have
been written by fame obfcure perfon in Lincoln-
thire, and founded upon the landing of the French
at Killala. The oppotite charaaers of Royalift
and Republican were pretty ftrongly drawn, and
ftria poetic jultice done. They heard, law, and
felt, each one for himfelf, almolt to diftraaion;
and after the fcene clofed, changed their bloody
purpofe, retired to their own homes, and never
more, during the troubles, railed a hand to violate
the laws. May the Author never know an hour
of forrow!

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

PALACE COURT, AUG. a.
THOMAS V. THOMPSON.

This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas, a
hatter and dealer in mafquerade dreffes, for the
recovery of the fum of 3181. for goods fold and
furnithed to the defendant. It appeared that the
defendant had been a taylor, but fcorning the vul-
gar drudgery of the fhop board, had thrown afide
his goofe and thimble, and affumed the condition
of a gentleman ; he kept his horfes, his livery fa-
vants, and all the append ages of confequence and
fortune. He was at all the falhionable routs, ru-
ral fetes, public breakfafts, and maiquerades. All
this required calls or credit ; the taylor had hut
little of the former, and his want of punctuality
loon loft him the latter. He had run up a bill
with the plaintiff for livery hats, dominos, and
fancy dreife ; and when his creditor found he had
no means of paying it, be determined to punifh
him by a vile incarceration. He accordingly
took out a writ, but the taylor got fcent of it, and
outvied Proteus in the form he affumed, in order
to elude the gralp of the bailiff. He was at IA
caught, and the circles of Ildbion loft one a its
molt ardent devotees. No one of Lis friends
would hail him, and he was obliged to quit his
elegant lodgings in Pall Mall for a difmal room
in the Maratallea pi Yon : The defendant attempt.
ed to cut down the plaintiff's demand, but without
fueeefs.

The Judge obferved, that when perfons under
circumllinces filch as the defendant were, turned
milqueraders, they were juilly punithed if their
milcondua at last reduced them to a jail. The
Jury gave the plaintiff his full demand.