Star.
London, England, 1805-10-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSAiNS.

Yeflerdav commenced the Qt.t.arter Seffons for the
City and Liberty of Wellmituter. In the Guildhall,
in King-areCt, before WILLIAM MAINWAItING, Elq.
and a pretty full Bench of

R Y -1. AN E THEATRI.
jjbs Stewart was indicted for an affAult upon Eli-
zath Fretinan, and Mary Ann Watfon, two young
ladies. in throwing a quart glafs boree from the
Two Shilling Gallery of Drury.lane Thea.r., into
the Pic, during the performance on the tinning of
the Sth of February tali, which (truck them.

Mr. Coral., in taring the cafe on the pan of the
profecution, obferved, that the profecutors were
merely nominal, as the Winds was instituted by the
delire, and at the expence, of the Proprietors of that
Theatre, whofe mit eipal objed was, to proted the
perfons frequenting it for their recreation and amide-
rnent, from violence and injury ; the public at large
had a claim nn them, upon this head. and it retied
with the Covet to make an example of an offender of
this defeription. He had hoped that the examples
which had already been made of perfons offending
in this grofs and diabolical manner, would be a warn-
ing in future ; but the late occurrence rendered it
highly neceffary that foul: fevere panifhment fhould
he inflicted. An ad of infitnity might be excufed ;
but an ad of temporary infanity, from intoxication,
was nut merely inexcufable, but more punifhable ;
lie admitted that, in this cafe, there was to particu-
lar malice attributable to the patty; hut the ad it-
felf was the very effence of a bad ar.d wicked mind;
and be did not hefitate to fay, that, had the woman
died of the blow, the defendant's life would be the
forfeiture. He underflood the defendant was groom
to a Nobleman (the Earl of Cardigan). whom he
was fatisfied would not have retained fetch a perfon
in his fervice, could he have fuppofed him capable of
fuch cnnduft.
Elizabeth Freeman being (worn, faid—" On the
evening on the 9th of February lan, I was at Drury-
lane Theatre, in the Pit, near the middle of it. Dur-
ing the first ad of the entertainment I received a
fevere wound on the back part of my head, from a
glafs bottle, which was thrown from the gallery, but
from whofe hand I do not know : I had a beaver hat
on, not a thick one. The blow cut my head to the
(cull : the bottle was not broke. On receiving this
blow, I turned round and obferved another perfon,
Mary Ann Watfon, behind me. I remember her
fainting, and falling backwards ; but I did not un-
dertand my own hurt at that time : the hat was not
eat through, although my head was cut. It was a
eontufion ; the Surgeon attended me three weeks,
all but two class, to the belt of my recollation."
Mary Ann Watfon (worn.—" I was at the Play
on the night in queflion. I was the next to the IA
Wirnefs. I remember the glafs bottle; I law a gen-
-tieman pick it up and fay that was the bottle.' 1
received a blow mytelf on the !boulder ; it was a
violent blow ; it made my arm fo bad, that for a
long time I could not lift it up but by a fling—a
Donor attended me."
Richard De Cotta fivnrn--" On the night in quer-
tion I was in the Pit of Drury-lane Theatre. I was
exa&ly behind the former witnefs, Mifs Watfon.—
The bottle paired over my bead, and truck Mary
Freeman on the fide of the head. I law it hit fome-
body after it rebounded, and i law it fall: I picked
it up : this is the bottle (producing a glafs quirt bot-
tle.) I did not find any cork in it :it fell exactly at
my foot. It truck fomebody after it rebounded, and
then fell, and I picked it up. I did not tee the wound,
but Mary Freeman laid her head was cot. In about
ten minutes fhe left the Theatre, and the other who
had been truck fainted away."
Robert Foreman (worn—" I was in the Pk alfo;
I few the bottle come : I law it arike there two per-
fons. It came from one of the Galleries, but from
which I cannot tell. There was no more noife than
is usual in filch places. It was during the time of the
reprefentation, and in the midtl of the firft ad of the
entertainment."
Mar y Kemp, one of the fruit women attending the
two flitting gallery of Drury-Lane Theatre, fworn—
" I remember being there on the night of this acci-
dent ; but I cannot fay the_ day of the month. I re-
member feting the bottle flung during the entertain-
ment ;- it was flung into the Pit. The prifoner flung
it. I heard him fay nothing at all. I was behind
him : there was another perfon with him. I did not
fee more bottles than one. lam lure I did not hear
Lim fay any thing. The entertainment was going
on at that time ; it was while Mr. Bannifter was per-
forming the .inatomig. I never law the prifoner be-
fore, to my knowledge, but I am Pure he is the man
who threw the bottle. Ile was taken into cultody
immediately, and taken to the Green room. I rather
think he was in liquor."
Charles Seygar fworn—" I was in the Gallery
al this happened. I remember feting the prifoner
another young man was with him, but I did
him do ant thing : I law the prifoner throw
ifs bottle from the Gallery : he did not fay any
in my hearing. I was about four fitting from
I have no doubt he was the perfon who threw
Was the perfon who pointed him out."
imas Hickney, one of the doorkeepers of the
w the accident, went up into the Gallery, and
tended the Defendant, who was pointed out to
is the perfon who had done the ad. He took
to the Green-room.
Conflable gave an account alfo of apprehending
lefendant, who faid they were going to murder
for there was then a great cry of " throw him
throw him over." He was protected from the
if the audience in the Gallery, and fecured.—
ting afked why he did it ? He faid "he was
for it," and learned to he much concerned. He
then taken to the watch houle.
Blanford fat by the fide of the prifoner in the
1-y. who bad a companion there ; they were very
lelome, and in liquor, and removed higher up,
fornething was thrown by the defendant, witnefs
thought it was a fhne, but it turned out m be a
Saw the defendant taken into cultody, who
" the perfon who took him, was no conftable,
ad no right to take him."
Hathaway, a friargeon, proved he was called
afford medical affiliatice to Elizabeth Freeman
hall pat ten in the eveniug on the night this
ipened. There was a great effufion of blood from
atind which divides! the lcalpe but it was not very

dangerrong, He attended her three greets. The de-
fendant paid the bill, the charge in which was a gui

nea a day.
Mr. Field, another Surgeon, who attended Mifs
Watfon who had been hurt in the arm by the re-
bounding of the bottle, proved that the was not able
to ufe her arm without a fling for forte time.
Mr• ALLEY, for the Defendant, admitted the fad
of throwing the bottle, but obferved, that many cir-
cuntflances had !tripped it of its atrocity. It was a
cafual ad, and committed in a moment of frenzy—

The mifguided young man repented of what he had
done, the moment he was taken into cußody, and
had fince made every reparation in his power to the
parties ; he had paid all the expences of the medical
gentlemen, and was always willing to make every
other coneeffion his means would permit. He had
long been the favourite groom of the Earl of Cardi-
gan, in whofe fervice he had been for upwards of three
years, and who always confidered him a young man
of humanity, of mild and gentle temper, uniformly
good behaviour, and perfealy correft in his conduft
0 upon all occafions.
The Steward of the Earl of Cardigan came for-
ward to (peak to the Defendant's charafter, but it
was not thought necdtsry to examine him.
The Chairman, in a few words told the Jury, that
all they had to confider v'as, whether the fat, was
or was not committed, and by whom? On the other

hand, the Court had a very great and important duty

to perform.
The Jury, without hefitatien, pronounced a Ver-
did of Guilty.
Mr. MAINWARING addreffed the prifoner as fOl
lows John Stewart—l Paid to the Jury, that I
thought their duty lay i a very narrow compars in
deed, but that I thought the Court had a very im-
portant duty incumbent upon them in a cafe of this
fort ; becaufe this is an offence of magnitude, and of
a ferious nature, being In very material to the due
order and regularity which Should be kept in all
places authorized by law for public entertainment ;
whenever filch regulation and order are tranfgreffed
by ads of outrage and violence, committed by any
body, the Court is bound, in its duty to the public,
to punifh the offender, in order to check the offence.
I am forty for the man before us, perhaps, but the
Court is called on to make an example in filch a
cafe as this, for it is a dangerous mifdemeanour ;
indeed, as high almoft as any thing can be, that is
Short of murder. The Court is therefore called on
in this cafe, to order that fort of punifhment that
may operate as a terror, not only to the ill difpofed,
but alto to the inattentive, in places of public amufe-
ment, and who think they may do any thing they
pleafe, however dangerous ; and to hold out a leffon
to them to be cautious in their conduct, this the
Court ought to do, for the benefit of the public.—
Every man who goes to the Theatre, or any other
place of licenced entertainment or exhibition, Should
be confcions that he is there as Safe as if he were in
his own dwelling—that is no more than what every
perfon is legally entitled to; the innocent amufement
of Such places he has alto a right to enjoy, as well as
he is entitled to receive that fort of inftrudion which
they fometimes afford ; for intlrudion may be had
at fume of them, by tome who frequent them, parti-
cularly the licenced Theatres • and, therefore, every
perfon Should be confcinus of fecurity while he is
there ; for although nothing is done with mifchie-
volts defign, or with a view to butt any individual,
yet if any thing be done that has that effect, the au-
thor Should be punifhed. It is not what this prifoner
intended, or how far the party was hurt by the blow,
that the Court is to look to—the Court Should take
care that the thing Shall never be done. It is the
Crime, and not the man who commits it, that ought
to be the objetl in view of the Court. A man would
not hurt me by -forging a pound note in my name,
and cheating me of a pound ; it is not the lots I
Should thereby fullain that would make me appear
againit him and caufe him to he banged, but it is a
duty I owe to the public, for the Safety and conveni-
ence of public affairs require that I Should profecnte
a man for the crime of forgery, which is attended
with the death of the man who commits it, although
• he may be a good fort of man in other refpads, and
who may, perhaps, by accident, have been led into
the doing of the thing ; and the punifhment of the
law is not a refentmcnt upon the individual, but a
terror to thofe who incline to fuch crimes, by a pub-
lic example of thole who commit them. Nobody
will think either himfelf or his family fate in any place
of public entertainment, if Such ads as the prefent
are not marked by the punifhment of the Court, and
therefore the fentence which the Court has directed
me to pats on John Stewart, is, " That you be
imprifoned one year in the Houfe of Corredion."
BAKING A CAT.

yaws Rickey anY4le;assder g , with feveral
others, were indicted for an *fault upon Thomas
Humphreys, on the 18th of Augull laff.
The two former only had ferved notice of trial.
It appeared from the evidence of the profecutor,
that he had taken tome premifes from the Defendant
Rickey, who was a baker, refiding at No. 409, Strand,
next door to the latter's houfe, where he, the profe-
cutor, laid out between Sol. and 601. in improve-
ments. As loon as this was dune, Rickey took every
means in his power to drive him out ; he frequently
affaalted him and abufed him; but, on the morning
of the day laid in the indiament, he, along with
Hog and the other perfons indicted, way-laid him as
he came down flairs. Rickey kicked and knocked
him down, while Hog feized him by the leg, and
they both endeavoured ro drag him down to the
bake houfe, (wearing they would bake him alive, as
they had already baked his cat ; he (creamed out
murder, and efcaped into the flreet, where they fol-
lowed, and pelted him with (tones and mud. On
his crofs examination he admitted he did owe three
quarters rent, and was arrefled for it 'bout that time
by Rickey. He alfo admitted he was ditlrained for
another quarter, but there was no neceflity for fo
tiling. His wife corroborated the Profecutor's ter-
titnony, adding, that having miffed her favourite
cat, the enquired for it, and the Defendant Rickey
acknowledged that he had baked it alive ; he alfo
broke the neck of her poor dog, with a blow of a
broom flick, and committed many violent afaults
and outrages upon her hufband's perfon.
Mr. ALLEY'S defence chiefly retted on the incredi
bility of the Profecutor's Rory, and the injury which
the Defendant, Rickey, had ultimately fuffered from
the malignity of the Profecutor, who was not con-
tented with not paying his rent, but alio abufcd him;

running into the fireet julk. itt the hot bread wobid
be drawn, crying out that heliad baked a cat 'hie
in the oven ; fo that the unfortunate Defendant,
from being a man of ;Affluence, in la esteem trade,
had aCtually loft all his Winds, and was reduced to
extreme neceffity. His character and future means'
of livelihood were in the hands of the Jury ; and
he trulled they would not, upon fuch an evidence,
call him again upon the world, with fuch a stigma
upon him.
The Jury found both Defendants guilty ; and the
Court fined James Rickey in a funs of 51. and Alex-
ander Hog, 405.

PANCAKES. •
William Modes, a refpeaable apothecary in the
Haymarket, was indiaed for an alfault upon his fer-
vant, Mary Wheeler, on the 15th of Sept. 1804.
The Profecntrix Rated, that on the day laid in the
indiftment, The had prepared the materials to make
Come pancakes for her mailer and millrefs's dinner ;
the had dreffed three of them, and, in toiling the
fourth, it fell into the fire. Her miftrefs always al.
lowed a pint of milk and two eggs for five pan.
cakes. When the brought up the three the had
dreired, her mailer alked her for the reit, flew into a
violent palfion, turned her down ftairs, tore her
clothes from her back, and beat her violently, In as
to make her bleed copioufly from the head. She was
corroborated in this Ilory by a fellow fervant.
Mr. HART, for the Defendant, obferved, that fer-
vants, in former times, were anfwerable to the com-
mands of their mailers and mifireffes, and condudled

themfelves in a peaceable and quiet manner; but that
was not the cafe no wa-days. If a mailer dare to re-
primand his fervant for a fault, it is made.the fubjea
of indiament. The truth in this cafe was, that the
maid chore her matter lhould eat the burnt pancakes,

and kept the good one for herfelf. This itory was
now twelve months old, and he Paid he would prove
by many witnefles, that the Profecutor wasa woman
of Inch conduft, as that her former mailers would
not give her a character.
Some vcitneffes were called to this point—after
which the Jury found a verdiet of guilty againft the
Defendant,- and he was fentenced to pay a fine of 51.
and difcharged.

assaucvs.
Jahn Bengal, a Black, and his wife, who keep a
publichoufe, in Berwick-fireet, were indicted for
affaulting John King, who came to their houfe in
liquor, and demanded Come gin.--The hulband was
found guilty, and the wife acquitted.—Huiband fined
five pounds.
A man named Dennis Kelly was profecuted for al
faulting Elizabeth Murphy, who (wore, that, on the
day Rated in the indidment, the traverfer came to
her relidence, and fell upon his knees in the nreet
before her door, and, with his fingers acrofs, uttered
the molt bitter execrations againn her, called her a
foldier's trull, and many other opprobrious names ;
charged her with informing againft bis Con, and
having him taken on board the tender, though he
never had been to fea before ; and then that he flung
feveral buckets of water into the cellar where fhe
was at work, andiluiced her and every thing about
her with the water. Her hufband was proceeding to
take him into cuftody ; but the witnefs feeing the
traverfer catch up a broom-flick, followed her huf-
band to proted him from injury, when the traverfer
made a.violent blow at her head with the flick, and
narrowly efcaped fraBuring her fkull.
The prifoner's Counfel,Mr. AiLev, admitted the
fads, but faid the traveller had aged under the in•
fluence of an almoft datraded mind, perfuaded that
the profecutrix was the perfon who procured the im-
prelfing of his Con.
The Jury found him guilty ;—and the Court, tin-
der the circumftances of the cafe, fined him 13s. 4d.
A Mr. Dearfky, was indided for an affault on Mr.
Keats, apothecary and accoucheur, on the 7th June.
It appeared from the liatement of Mr. Agar, that
the profecutor lives in Great Marlboroughdreet, and
on the 9th of May he was called on to attend a lady
in a hate of pregnancy, who from a .fright was ap-
prehenfive of a mifcarriage. Mr. Dearfley had this
lady under his protection, and he hated to the pro-
fecutor the had been frightened by fome of his friends,
but if he could get hold of them, he would throw
them out of the window. After defiring the lady
might be kept quiet, the Doctor withdrew, and next
morning he found fhe had left her lodging in Poland-
greet, and gone into the country. In about a month
after, the defendant called. in a very urgent manner,
at dr. Keats's, who was then vatting his patients;
he followed him and at lalt found him; he defired
him inltantly to attend the lady, who was in labour.
Mr. K. did fo, and left her likely to do well. On
the &it occafion, the Dodor alked the lady's name,
in order to label her medicines properly, and Mr.
Dearfley told him to put any name on his labels he
liked. At length Mr. D. mentioned Eafiwood as
the name, and medicines were fent accordingly to the
lodging.

On the day (Wed in the indictment, the defendant
came to Mr. Keats's, called the profecutor a damned
inquifitive fcoundrel, and sliced how he dared to put
the name of Ealiwood on the bottles. Mr. K. de-
fired him to ufe civil language, and to go away ;
with the latter he complied, but, in departing,
(truck the profecutor two or three times. Since the
aftanit, it was alto Sated, Mr. Dearfley had more
than once infulted the profecutor in the public fireets.
It farther appeared,. that the object of the profecu-
tion was not fo much for punithment on the Defen•
dant, as for his being bound in a recognifance to
keep the peace.
Mr. Keats confirmed the general Ratement, ad-
ding, that the Defendant, when be called on him,
told him he need not attend the Lady in Poland.
fireet any more, as he had put her under the care of
Dick Croft. He alfo faid, after calling him feverai
opprobrious names, that he was ready to give him fa.
tisfaftion. He then committed the afrault. Mr. K.
next particularized (even' occafions of fubfequent &-
tutu which he had experienced from the Defendant.
Mr. Ccnisv addreffed the Jury for the Defendant,
and argued much on the delicate fituation in which
the Lady was, and endea.voured to imprefs the Jury
with a belief that Mr. Keats had made certain inqu.-
' ries retpeCting her which he was not entitled to make.
The Defendant was found Guilty, fined sal. and
ordered to give his own recognizance in 2001 for his
good behaysdur, mid fa keeping the peace for twelve
months.

At Thtntiet, em the tttk tiftant, the Liar of 'Avatar-ant • Cdr.
to l WEenaie, 534 Regiment, of i fen.
On the VIII initant, the Lady of John Reade, Eh. of [Oka
Hoak, of a 'laughter.
I Agßraiifivltt the Lady of John Talbot, Efq. of a foo.
1 At Gamy, on the 9th inftant, Mrs. Davidfon of Cantray.of a
ton and heir.

MNRRIED.

On the isth inft.int, at aln Church, Cao-t
aim H. M. Far.
rington. of the Royal Artillery. fon of General Farrington, to heft
Laura Maria lkomley, youngeft daughter of the late Charles
Bratnky. Efq. of Madras.
Tuefday, at St. Pancras Church, Henry David Erfkine, Efq. t
Mils Mary Anne Cookfey.
In the land et Mull, Argykihire, in September laft, Murdoch
Mantaid, tenant to Cove, to Flora Macdonald, aged 7,9 year%
being his fifth wife.
At St. George's, Hanover-fimare, Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M, Pt
for Tamworth, to Mifs Clarke, filter to Sir Wm. Clarke. Baru
At Woodham Mortimer; near Maldon, Wet, Mr. John Wyatt
Lee, of Mahlon, to Mifs Ann Dunkin, daughter of John Dunkin,
Efq. of Woodham Mortimer.
On the 7th init. at Alltonefield,Staffordibire, Mr. Wm. Bane"
aged 85, to Mifs Hannah Whchion, aged tc. The happy collide,
on that morning, walked is miles in three hours and a half.

DIED.
Wednefday, at her Mare in Weßminfler, Mrs, Hull, wife or
Thomas Hull, Efq. late of the Theatre Royal, Covent (Arden.
On Saturday lalt, at Sudbury, Thomas Sutton, Efq. late OAS
Engineers, Woolwich, and a Magiltrate of the county of Kent.
At Edinburgh, on the nth lnftant, Daniel Alexander, few*
fon of Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, Efq.
On Monday Taft, at his houfe in Yolk-Brett, BrigadienCracrai
Ferdinand Beckwith. third fon of the late Major-General %ch.
with, I:re of the Connnlffioners of Military Inquiry.
On the Bth inftant, at Upton Houfe, near Rotacy, in the 79tIg
year of her age, Mrs. Anne Lefsly, widow of Thos. Lefsly, EDI.

timer! WAThilt AT LOND(M-BRIDGE TO•MOAROW.
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1 he Stoutbridge Canal—the laft half yearly Dividend was SL
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Brea, London.

1

LEAVING dedicated nlyfelf to the ftudy, and Mei
E A gratified by the waft eonilderable pradice in that beim&
which I thought proper to felon% I trot that I have same* OW
employed my time than dude who, in the extenave field of 1111
profeffion, are mealionsay immerfed in uncertainty, sod emelt
always attain that Mavis Which I;ifiwg=ed by maemittsdng
Intelledual power to ono eh& of
The &fake of DEBILITY are peculiarly . • foe that
bring with them a train of concomitant (macaws, by a fla
prdßon of all vital energy, exiftence MeV becomes ashittaelLoo
Whether they Wife from the prevakzm of 11l example, thodeibms•
dye habits of reboot-boys, or the Indulgences of maturity, thees►
quire the moil arduous profefficool tirltl ; but by the timeless
of uneducated men, the iymptemearenggravatod, and the milb,
talon 4 ddtrnyed.
• As a MBEER of the ROYAL COLLEGIef BURGEONS.
I ground my protendons on regularity of edam:ions and plans
every privilege to practice. I feel mytelf entitled to that meddles*
with which I have hitherto been fo fibers/1y humored.
• In the Ent Gelation' of load weeknefs, early application win
prevent the calamity of a debilitated frame; but when' the
fern, from a confeloufnefs of the unmanlinefs of the vice wild,
canfed his mi,fortune. is fearful of the contempt or eta&M of Ms
family phyfician and broods over his inernity with careful can.
ceasnan, it mug be fatis4diory for him to be allured not only d
capability of treatment. but alto of the mot inviolable (weer.
And in recent Venacal Complaints it is 'WSW to prevent pal%
danger or diftrefs ; in the mott complicated cafes it is the acquits.
meet of excliifive experience in this tine to died a tale, Undo.
and kleedy raettablidanent.
I offer the advantage of this experience to thole of either let wile
are afilided with any kind of DEBILITY, of any fyinptome
YEN/MEAL INFECTION, and in al cafes the terms of remu-
neration are dated on the firft interview.
Pat:main Cm country are expedted to Ind* a Bank nob; anil
are valuated to fpecify their agelL and manner of living.
MATLN BRIM,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
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