Star.
London, England, 1825-03-21 00:00:00

HENRY THURTELL.

This young man seems to be really deserving of much
pity. When he was discharged, on Friday, Mr. Alli-
son,. a respectable coal-merchant, in Surrey-street, not
only gave him shelter fur the night, but prevailed upon
him to attend u iih him before the Magistrate next morn-
ing, in the hope that something might be done for him.
Mr. HALLS received them kindly ; and.a conversation
ensued, in which Henry Thurtell admitted that in early
life his conduct had been very reprel ensible, though
not criminal. Among other irregularities which had
given great pain to his parents, he enlisted as a private
soldier, in a dragoon regiment; and it appeated that
this was the principal cause of their now refusing to
receive him as their son. It,is said, his discharge from
that regiment was purchased by his brother, the late
John Thurtell ; but, be this as it may, he afterivards
entered as a seaman in the Brazilian Independent ser-
vice, from which he is now recently returned, with
ample proofs of his good conduct IA hilst he remaintd id
it, as the following copy of a certificate, signed by Lord
Cochrane himself, will abundantly shew ;
•• This is to certify, that Henry Thurtellf after serving some tins*
on board the frigate Piranga, was ordered to join the Pedro Pri-
micro ; which he did, at the Moro, St. Paul's, on the lath day of
May, 1825 • and, on account of his very active and useful conduct,
was promoted to the rank of masters mate ; in which capacity he
continued to discharge his duty in a zealous and satisfactory manner
up to the period of his discharge, which was given him at his own
request, in the post of Maranhao, on the 14th day of Nov. 1824.
" Gives at the Palace of Maranhao, the 17th day of Nov. 1824.
(Signed) " COCHRANE and MARANHAO.
" To >lt. Henry Thurtell.
" Wm. Jackson, See."
(It appears, however, that his discharge was not exactly by hie
own request, but in consequence of some new arrangement of the
Brazilian Government, by which many others were also left un-
provided for).
Besides tbe certificate of Lord Cochrane, he bad other papers of
a similar nature, and a very neatly-written journal of the voyages he
has made, illustrated with charts and harbour plans of his own draw-
ing, all which skew him to be a sailor of no very ordinary merit ;
and yet, for the last three months, as he assured the Magistrate, he
has been almost continually seeking employment at sea, by every
means in his power, without meeting with the slightest success let
any one instance. " They object to the impediment in my speech,"
said he • " but I know that is not the real objection—it is the name
of Thowlell which alarms everybody : and I never shall be able to
do any good in this world."
Mr. Hats, endeavoured to reason him out of his despondency,
and assured him he would make a point of endeavouring to serve
him. He bad no doubt, he said, that some vessel or situation
abroad might be found, in which he might become both useful and
happy ; and, in order that he might be the better able to answer
any inquiries respecting hint, he begged him to leave his papers in
his care.

The poor fellow seemed quite overpowered by the interest ma-
nifested in his behalf; and withdrew in the company of Mr. Alli-
son, who also promised to further the ►ind intentions of the Ma-
.gistratt to the utmost of his ability.

ITALIAN OPERA.—Saturday evening the perform-
ances commenced with the firrt act of Il Bar6iere di
Seviglio. The part of the Count was performed by
GARCIA, who appeared to be in the very best disposi-
tion ; Rosina was undertaken by Madame CARANORI,
at a few hours' notice, on account of the indisposition of
Madame Vanua. In the Divertissement which fol-
lowed, Monsieur and Madame Ronal VUTRIS distin-
guished themselves, and were encored in the graceful
Spanish Castanet Dance which was so much *in favour
last season. In place of the second act of the Opera,
a new one was produced in one act, entitled Adelina,
the plot of which reminds us slightly of Mei, at Co-
vent Garden Theatre. The music, by GENERALI, with-
out having great pretensions, is light, pleasing, and
effective; the pans are well cast, and the Opera was
altogether excellently performed and well received.
Film—Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the
house of Mr. Coyston, toy and brush-manufacturer,
No. 23, Bolingbroke-row, Walworth, which for some
time occasioned considerable sensation in the neighbour-
hood. Scarcely an hour elapsed before the whole
building was completely demolished, carrying the wall
with it, which fell in with a loud crash, leaving nothing
but a heap of burning ruins. Great apprehensions pre-
vailed for the safety of the adjoining houses, but the
arrival of several engines from the metropo;is, and a
supply of water, prevented it.
Saturday, the extreme sentence of the law was
carried into execution, at Winchester, on .lolt Smith,
aged 26 ; James Dawes, aged SO; and William
aged 22. Smith, whose real name was IL
who had been convicted of horse-stealing, w;
and had always led a windering life. Ho
to be a rat-catcher and basket-maker, but

that he had subsisted chiefly on plunder.,
dations weie nor confined to one county,

single species of property, but extended toil,
ins, sheep7stealing, and indeed to every othi
tion of robbiry. He acknowledged the
which he suffered, and the justice of
—James and %Vm.Daa es weir brothers, am

of burglafy, attended with consider.tblv per
lence towards the prosecntor. They were
and resided at -Diiiptad in Hampshire. Bate acknowkob
guilt, and stated that the offence was planned and conintiti

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