Star.
London, England, 1815-07-20 00:00:00

THZATREL

HAYMAIIIKET.—The tragedy of Richard the Third
was last night pert Imed at this Theatre ; and a
gentleman of the name of MEGOITT, from the Edin-
burgh Theatre, made his first appearance on these
boards. as "the crsol-bati'd tyrant." He was received
on his earl, with those manifestations of welcome
. which are never refused to a new performer, however
humble his ability, and which, as we have always
construed them, speak a willingness in the audience
to give a fair trial to the candidate !or histronic fame.
On this occasion, however, the :ipplause with which •
Mr. MFAGETT Was greeted, reminded us, in the end,
of the deceitful language ot those fiends—
" Who keep the word of promise to the ear,
To break it to the hope."
Scarcely had this ttranzer to the metrottolit ceased
from bowing to the audience, in return for the plau-
dits which his appearance had produced—scarcelY
had he uttered four lines of his opening soliloquy
.when an opposition, commencing in laughter, Ku.
ceeding in hisses, and ending in groans, proceeded
frenudiffeient quarters ot the House.—This conti-
nued, with little intermission, until the were with
Lady Anne, in the second act. Here the uproar be-
came so .violent—the friends of liberality endeavour-
ing to encourage the performer to proceed—while
his opponents, whose precocity in the science of cri-
ticism had taught them to' condemn. before trial,
were equally anxious to put him down—that Mr.
111EGGETT felt himself obliged to address the audience,
which he did, nearly in the following words :
" Ladles anti Gentlemen--t stand here your victim ;lam a
stranger, and have no appeal from your cruelty, for the seventy
with wltiAh I have been treated bas been canned to the uutioat
stretch of cruelty."
" No, no!" hisses, and other marks of disapproba-

tion, here compelled him to pause for some moments.
He was then suffered to resume his speech, which he
did in these words :
" 1 beg to be allowed to esplain what I have del. 1 appre-
hend I may with pudic aver that t have been mated with
cruelty, whets you :chase eves me hear a stranger speak wkbout
hilteb g.*
This tair and honest appeal to the feelings and to
the justice of the audience, produced a temporary
o:knee ; but, from time to time, the outcry was re-
peated, so that it is utterly impossible to speak ot
/sir. Msoorter's perkirittakte with any thing like pre-
cision ; and we are very unwilling. on the mete au.
th ',icy of the very-river artist of the pit and gallery,
who prevented us from forming an accurate judg-
vieut, to describe it as a performance totally devoid ot
merit.—Mr. Moment is a tall, fine-looking man—
bis features handsome, and capable of a very varied
eepreseicm. His voice is excellent. Its most power-
ful tones (where others strain and labour to produce
a bold and commanding sound), appear to be sent
forth as easily, and boast almost as much harmony as ,
Its lowest. Many of his impassioned speeches were
given with strong effect ; and it is somewhat re-
markable, that where, in the eye of sober judgment.,
* hit was made, the greatest disapprobation followed.
These is something inarvellouely curious in this, 44 if
philosophy could find it oat." We can merely con-
jecture, that it arose from a feeling in the minds of
some Of the audience, that Mr. MEGIGIELT was guilty
of presumption in attempting a character which Mr.
Kean has played with so much• eclat. We admit
that it was an arduous task—but we are well assured
that it sv..s not courted by Mr. Mtooterr. But, even
if it had been, the malcontents ought to have suffered
him—" so give a taste of his quality." When Mr.'
MEGGETT fill, the 'noise occasioned by hissing and
applauding became so great, that it was found ne-
cessary to drop the curtain on the unfinished
te,lings of Mr. &LEGGETT must have been deeply
lacerated—yet, torn and wounded as they were, we
would not exchange them for the reflections of those
whose incipient opposition embatrassed and op-
ressed him.
Lvciirm.—The Opera of the Cagle of diaddissie
intiocloceit Mr HA tu.ze, in the character of Pedrido.
Our 141vota.thle opinion of this gentleman is con-
tinued, if not rakanct.d, by every successive per-
formance. He treads the stage with great ease and
ccnii.!ence, and possesses a very_ considerable mea-
sure of superior comic talent. He was warmly ap.;
plAucitt4 titioughout. A. Mr. Haoscaw, from the
Berth Theatre, made a successful first appearance in
Dom Coier. His voice is a good ham, and be gave
Lis songs with a great deal of taste and effect. He
Was unanimously encored in one of his soogso'and,
upon the whole, was very well received.

CODMICIR Council was yeiterday held at Guild.'
Ball, which was fully attended.--A considerable de-
bate took place relative to she most proporwasode to
be adopted for presentinl the swords voted in lone,
1814, to Field Marshals ScawaRTZENIERat BARCLAN
DL Tour, and BIJVCIUIR. and Count PLATOIT. The-
Lon D •brl A voa stated, that it was his intention to pros-
ce-d to Paris to present the same i and it was axially
resolurd that it would be inexpedientiorlis Lordaho
to quit his 14,1 i station for that purpose. .
The Ticket, No. 11,172, drawn yesteedvy a Prise
.ef i6i0,000, was Sold in One Quarter, Two EiLohtt
and Eight Sixteenth Shares, by RICHARDSON.
• xt.c.ic, and Co. at their OffiFes,Cornhill and Charing-
Cross. flie Second 1/47 of Drawing will be the
27th of July. Tickets and Shares, Wasranted
straw°, are on Sale.
A violent outrage was committed au RICIIIARD
1141oNSsm., Esq. of Prospect Lodge. near 'Donnas',
about s.at-past two on Monday se'nnight. On his
way from Limerick to Milltown he was metnt New
Bridge by 60 or 70 fellows, who beat him in a
shocking xitinner, and robbed him of from to A6OO
crud -bond of 41180(1. Mr. Mosisam la la.a most
-alarsuitkg butt of illaesst and ihCilD3l:l, e4pected 41a
UAW/0U

xaArr Assags,brui.r 18.

NEWCOMB% V. ROBERTS AND Otninni.
This was an acti in against the defendants, as pro-
prietors of the Old Canterbury Coach, for an injury
which the plaintiff had sustained by the coach being
overturned near Dartford.
'Mr. Serjeant BUT, for the plaintiff, stated the cir-
cumstances of the case at large. as they were after-
wards detailed in evidence. It appeared that the
coach was much overloaded, both as to passenger&
and luggage, and that the plaintiff was one of the
outside passengers, and was taken up at the Half-
way-house, between the Bricklayers' Arms and Dept-
ford. The coachman was stated by one of the wit-
nesses to be in liquer at the time the coach started
from the White Bear, in Piccadilly. In going
down the hill near Dartford, about ten o'clock at
night, die horses having no breeching. and the coach-
man not having locked the wheel, the coach wa
driven down ss ith its ordinary velocity, which soon
became increased from the declivity of the
until, at length, at a turn in the road, the horses rani
upon the bank, and the coach was overturned. The,
plaintiff was found lying in the `middle of the roacl,l
upon his back, incapable of motion. and was taken as
soon as possible to a neighbouring inn at Dartford,
where medical advice was instantly sent for.
• It appeared by the evidence of the surgeon who war
called in, that a great discharge of blood had taken
place without any external wound, in consequence of
a severe contusion of the periuxum, and that the,
plaintiff was et nfincd at the inn from the middle of
March, when the accident happilted, till the latter
end oi May, when he was scarcely able to leave Lb*.
place with his crutches ; during which time his ex•
penses it the inn, and his doctor and nurse, amoun-
ted to little short of ill5O. The surgeon also stated,
that he had seen him about a week ago, and that be
was just but able to walk with his crutches. and that,
in his iudgmetat, be.would never be free from the act
cident as long ac he lived.
Mr. G URN ILY then addressed the Jury in mitigation
of damages, but called tto witnesses.
Lord ELLENSUIAV6H, in summing up, stated, that
no pets: flat fault Was alleged to attach to the defen-
dants. It was, however, their duty to keep a watch-
ful eye Aver their screams, and to employ such as
would be likely to execute their duty properly.
this instance, lie thought, that sufficient negligence
had occurred, on the part of the coachman, to render
the defendants liable, and the Jury would assess what
the pLiiiitiff ought to hay.- in addition to what he had
laid stet.—The Jury gave a vetdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 02.50.

150Y1 W. EDMONDS.

This was a whimsical case of an action against a
young Lady for a poetical libel. The plaintiff was
an attorney, residentat Margate, and the defendant a
young girl of twenty, the daughter of an innkeeper,
at the same place. What the cause of the quarrel
was did not distinctly appear in evidence ; but the
tattler of the defendant had been employed as Clerk
of the Works at the Pier, and the plaiutig had also
been employed at the same Works, under the late Act
of Parliament.
It was stated by Mr. MARRYATTI that tae libel
complained of was but one among many by which
the plaintiff had been assailed for the last twelve;
month. There were three read in evidence, which, it
appeared, had been placarded about the Olen. and of
which duplicates had been sent te the plaintiff. TON
one related to a suit conducted by the plaintiff, re.l
specting a lime-kiln, which he had professionally pro-
secuted as a nuis.ince, and in which he filed. This'
. was a deggerel copy of verses, imputing to him a
' consultation with the Devil, to remove the kiln, in'
whichattempt he was beaten. It was nailed on the lamp-
posts, accompanied by a caricature of the Devil apd
himself in consultation, but that he was knocked on
the head by a winch—an the caricature a bed-winch
felling on his head. Another represented him and
the Devil filling the ortan.pipes of the church with
sand, and a doggerel describing that be did so. A
third was a history of his stealing an iron roller.
Taws witnesses were called to prove the hand.
writing ; and after a speech for the defendant from
Serjeant Besr, the Jury found the defendant Guilty
—4/images JO I O.

. •

At the Norwich County Sessions John Georisain was
convicted, under the 52d of Geo. 111. e. 1,55, of dis-
turbing Mr. Lake, the preacher of a licensed Metho-
dist Chapel, at Ormsby, and his congregation, on
Sunday the 4th of February, by frequ•tnt interrup-
tions dyeing their devotions. so that the cqngiegation,
was obliged to break up. The defendant was sea;
towed to pay 1 penalty of 420.
liarrotrZannaa—Yesterday Mary TeNey, Char.,
lette Cooke, Elie. Neil, Sarah Dunning, Ann East-
wood.Elixabeth Hooghton,Cath. Nicholls, and Mary,
Ana Bun, wore examined on awe/separate charges;,
the four first-mentioned were charged with attempting
to take away the life of Wm. Barrage, by strangling
him. and afterwards throwing him in a pond of stag-
nape water with intent to drown him. Telley and
Cooke were both committed for trials the others woe]
reprimanded and discharged. ,s
-Henry Butler and William Green, two young men,,
were brought up in the custody of Mr. Chambers the;
charged with being found basishigi
about lye dclock on Tuesday evening .in the Re.
genes Canal: the charge being proved, they were
convicted in the mitigated penalty of 10s. each and
costs, aad in default of payment they were commit-
ted to the House of Correction far one week.

Bryan Lacey, a Idary-la-borinif watchman, was
charged with robbing James bil,Cardy, a groom. of,
his watch, chaip and seals. in Bond-street, on Tues.]
day night, the former being in the execution of his;
duty. The prosecutor, as it appearcd,tad been drink-
ing freely and he tell down. Who prisoner was •ery
:ready to help him up, but on the prosecutor getting
home he missed his watch. A friend accompanied
him back to the arm of the night, and the stolen
property was found Upon him.—He was fully .coas-,
mitted for trial.

SidiDWlLL.—Thwass Mitchel and Sarah his wife'
were committed on the charge of attempting
drown their awn infant child. The female, prisoner.
who was a very loose character, had sworn :the.child
to the mate of a ship lying in the River, who paid a
"4WD of money to the parish, who allowed her three
shillings per week •for its maintenance.; but when the
ship 1 ft the River she made up with the anale,priso.
am', whom. it Apprarethshe waspreviously mcguaiatedi

tte
with, and made • • believe he was the lath& of bet
child; since the y cohabited as man and wife
until about the of this month, when it wss re-
ported that the vessel which the thate belonged t.,
was again arrived in the River. They both took a
bo4t, having no person on board besides themselves
and the child, and when they came to a certain place,
they slipped the child into the water, as i• suppos..d,
with an intent to drown it, but it floated, and w.r.
observed by some wateriness, who instantly pickt 41 it
up. The prisoners, instead of attempting to save' it,
pulled away from it.

JOHN theGRtAT DU'KEof MA RLBOROUGI

The following character of this General is transla.
ted from a French collection, the iiint work of sevo.,,.
rat distinguished scholars and wits of' the day, still
deservedly held in high estimation. It is entitled,
Alethode pour Etudier l'Histoire, 2 toms. Received the
Royal Imprimatur at Pali April.l7l2. Published
at llrossels 1714 t
" The English have produced great men of kinds. The
Arts have contributed as well as the Sciences, and PoWits as
well as War, to firm tient. It shout., seem as if the mutation
of the Dutch aid the Frauds bm awakened in then that nisrtial
spirit which had been smothered for some time. They way even
boast of having given Items sn warlike operations to all o, her
MODE% lei on, as they are, by this invincible General, die
terror of conquerors; whose name alone is capable of overwhelm
tni the most formidable enetnie... lie is mere than wcrthy to
be the favourhe of a great Queen.
" An agreeable physiognomy, manners still more agreeable,
draw upon him the eyes and gala the Ist arts-of all those who see
bun. He dames off *irking of the character of bit nation, but
what is bail. The French soldier, who fear!, him as x Gentml, loves 1
him as an individual. Formerly, alter gaining abaci?, the victor
took some villages, or at most a city. hut helots created and at
die satin- time reserved to himself the act of taking whole provinces.
lie would take provinces if he did not care to moderate his amble
don. In short, if he drank in the same style that ha fought, I c
would have passed for au Alczander."•
• The convivial and jovial mode of living which was Intro.
duced in England on Hie restoration of Charles II still mairrained
its ground In the reign of Queen Anne; but the Mike of Marl-
bomugh, in his habits of living, we* retuarkahly temperate.

DIED.
July .5, at Liverpool, Gtorge Coring, Esq. M.A. of Brawn.
nose College, Oxford.
Lately, at Gibraltar, Lewis Marcell Cottnan, Esq, youngest
son of the Rev. John Cotman, of Bury St. Edmend's.
Monday sennight, William Brownlow, Esq. many years Re-
presentative in Parliament for the county of Armagh.
Lately, ist London, Counsel's.: Lecher, son of Alderman Win.
LeekPy, of Londonderry.
June 29, at Farmhill, near Colerain, Major David Ross, hste
of the Nuth regiment of font.

SARACEN'S HEAD INN, MO W•kiLL.Lo
LONDON.
WILLIAM D. MOLINTALK _ _

The bed Ateommodathn for 17,:avullers, good Beds, dsolce
LliFonl and moderate Charges.
TRAVELLING FROM LONDON TO LIVERPOOL IN
LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS!
rill FIE UMPIRE, new LIVERPOOL Post Coach,
11 cub/ one night oti the toad, carries (nue trades sod four
Outsides ; sets out every day at oar o'clock, anises at Liverpool
neat evening before seven eelock, lay way of Dunstabio, North-
ampton, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Atherunne, Litclafield,
Ridgely, Newcaale, Kontsford, Warrington, and Presort:.
%.:V.4OI"TH UNION ELEGANT COACH ; earri.s four
insides; thmughsDorcheeter, Blandford, Salisbury, and Ando-
ver; every afternoon; arrives at Weymouth neat day, : t one
o'clock. The Packets sail on Wolierdays and Saturdays, of
five o'clock Ii the afternoon, fur Guernsey and Jersey.
BRIGHTON elegant new Post-Cords ; carries four Intldes
only, every Morning at Nine; through Crawley, RehpLe, Scc.
FALMOUTI I and FRU RO New Pen-Coach every •Mcrubig.
EKE't'ER, Plymopth, Weymouth, Dorchester, Fa:mouth,
Jl)erwiseutio, and Salisbury Hew Post Coach, every Morning at
'Mb o'Clock, with a Guard. yLruugh Hanka:. Axminetur, Brit&
pet, Blandford, Basingstoke, and fiagshot.
BOSTON, Spalding, Peterhortmah, Sedum, and Hanringdoe
new Rofal Mail Coach, sets out every Evening.-..Coac:ies from
Roston to Spilsby, Loath, Orirtis'iy, and Hull.
LWER POOL Post• Coach, to carry 4 Insides, sets outuvery
Morning, through lAuterworth, Hihh Cross, Hinckley, Adieu
stomp, l'aetworth, U.llebthorp, Northempton, and
Dunstable; Arrives * Liverpool next Afternoon.
'AVER POOL, Warrington, Knutsford, Stone, Ind Ltchf eld,
Peet-Coach, called The Expedition, 'eery Evening at Five
*Thick, to B. Bentherton's, Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street,
Liverpool. Guarded throughout.
BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post.Ceaches, through Cl.ippen.
horn, Caine, nd Marlborough, every Atte, noon; arrive at Mr.
May's, die Oreyhound Inn. Bath, and the Lorr.!on Tho
sus-street, Bristol, neat Morning..--Coaches to Wells, Bridge.

water, Taunton, &c.
I .KEDS new light Coach, called the Rockingham, sets nut every
Morning at Eight o'Clock; carries Four Insides only, and goes pf.
toarkaisly easy, with a Guard throughout. Passes through Sums
flood, Newark, Reflood, Doncaster, and Ferrybritigei to the
, WOW J.,ion lairds, next Day, at Noun. Notwithstatssilag the
smagessasoe ispedition of this Coach, it is I ilowcd to he the most
'agreeable and complete Public Conveyanal on the North Read,
'being unequalled in Accommodation by any other.
KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lomas*, Belton
Cher*, Ormskirk, and Garstang Pao Coaches, every After.
lon at Five o'Cluck.-.-Guirded.
GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-Green; Annan, Dumfries,
Krownhill, Thornhill, Slutquhar-Kila, Cuscumek, Kisigswel, and
an Parts of Scotland, Casaperdoven Coach, Daily.
YORK, Newcastle, and ldinbisrgh saes Coach, performed
with a Guard throughout, sets out every Morning atflak-past
Sex o'Claek, by way of Newark, Rutford, Tadcastar, Darlington,
sorthaflerton, Durham, Morpeth, and Serwick. Parner4ers
ilastiqg themselves fatigued from the itiogth of ahe journey, may
rest what dots they plow, and than ,proceed en without any ad.
inland Fare. J. Cx.taa, the Black Swan Coney street, York,
runs Coaches to &Wetland, Hall Scarborough, vo
Whitby, and
other Places.

BRIDGENORTH and Walsall Post Coach, every Evening.
CARLISLE, Penrith, and Whicehaven rag Coach, goes with'
, Few Horses, ando Guard all the way. Passes through Brough,,
Appleby, Greatahridge, Richmond, Catterick, Baroughbiddge,
Wetherby, Aberford, Doceaster,.and Grantham (the nurses
way by eighteen miles). Sets out creri Meriting, sod performs
the jouroey with the peat** iacility. Passengers detained on
'mad by business, pr pleasure, have thA.petuliar arasusge of
%her seats being secured in the neat -Coach.
CHESTER and PARLGATk: eiw Post Coach, Daily. '
ECLIPAE, a new Plying Post Coach, to York, Sunderland,
Newcastle, and Edinburgh, carries Four Insides only, every Af.
lemony, at Three o'Clock,lsy way of Decimeter, Grantham, and
Stamford.

Stockton, sod Yam, new Coach, every
Morals', to the Gftrge Inn, Sunderland.
MANCHESTER, Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Wahit;
and WolvartsamptoarostCoadAfternoon.—Guarded.t, *stay Afternoon.—Guarded.
SHREWSBURY, W.eUlagton, and Shiffaal Post-Coach, the
Royal Charlotte, every Evening, at Five o'Clock.—Gbaded.
EIRMINGHAM New Post Coach (to carry 4 insides only.,
In One Ray, through Stony Stratford, Leadagton, and Warwick;
sets out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morniag, and
arrives .at Birmlashanuthe sone Evening.
SOUTHAMPTON, Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Coach
Wiry &Mimi
IMMINGHAM Mercury Post: oach, with a Guard, set,
Wit every Afternoon, and reaches Eicailoghani UfXt day at Noon.
Pains -by Oxford, Enston, and Shipstose, to the Saracen's Ural,
Bull-street, Birmingham.
HULL., Northeast, Hoyden, Thorn. and Doncaster Post
Coach, every Morning at Savcn o'Clock, to the Bull and liner
Styttu?..gate,

I.lhmeng ors and Parcels booked for the above Coaches.
at the Wrw White Hone Cellar, Piccadilly.
Wuxi** B. IVlotisivatti and CO. reagenhilly awiteint their
fclands widths Public, that they will sate accountable for any
Parcels or Luggage, Sus. of moss than Five Founds Value, if lost
"ist damaged, tunless entered as suchaaidosind for accordingly, at
fie MEMO Mead in% $a w• L gUs •

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TAR. JAMES'S ANALEP FIC PILLS, trntti
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the butt remedy for Hier au.l ity cimiplai,it..; for hoed Or,
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Warehotvie in tit. lb.sui's Chinch-yard, London, prce cid. A
box cuptaiiiiii 36 rill,, with the name, f• U. New lierr," en-
graved in the stamrs. But a, mail per ion- m-it ihe the !souse,
obistrve flat the Number is 15, the hum Cheareiitte. 'l9
be had a1..1 at Dr I antes% in Bruton-creet.

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