Star.
London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

THEATRICAL.

MR. SMITH'S I.FTTER TO MR. SOOKE, THE ACTOR•

During the year 1801, the following sensible and
corrective letter was written by that estimable Gentle-
man, Mr. S 141111) of Bury, in Suffolk*, to the late
Mr. COOKE, upon hearing of some post irregularities
in which that eitraordlthirt Comedian had indulged
himself, to the annoyance of the public, to the degra-
dation of his own character, to the debasement of the
profession to which he belonged. and to the injury of
that -very resputable establishment cf he WAS
then a member.

The original i,ztter, from which this is literally
copied, is n(iw in the possession of Mr. EUELI iON, of
Covent-Garden Theatre.
Bury, April 27, ISOI.
bear Sir—Dcpctlillng on the assut":!,-e, you gave me in y.),tr
letter, with ninth you favoured me, I ventui. pl.dge myself
for your conduct to various friends ; amongst whom -re
Coots (who tells me he kis keen you) Lord and Lady Guildford,
and many other., of eomequence. I have heard with rial ph...1-
sure of your success—with real conceru of your indiscretio,s.

My dear consider, seriously consi !er what you have
at Ake—fame fortune ! comfort and esteem I Contider the F 4.
nonage and applause Which the Public have shewn, and are IL.
eluted to shew you. To insult them fs shameful ingratitude, to
degrade yourself by intemperance is madness. You owe the pub-
lic much; pay it as a man, as a Qentlemsn, by good manners,
by re-peet and gratitude. Have some regard, too, to the character
of ao Addt of the first rate, and du not disgrace the Drama.
have said enough either to offend or rouse you from your digs
temperature: but mutt recommend Anthrmy't specch in Ass.
rod Love, to your frequent contemplation :
" Tho' Fortune did hot
come smiling to your yeul
• Yet purpled greatness meats your ripen'ot ears, " ate.

Bnw-sTaerr.---Saturday C. Henry, a surgeon, was
chafged with bigamy. It appeared that, about 12
months since, he gut actpainted with Miss Charlotte
Wyatt, dayghter of .a respectable Gentleman at
Eali:,g, and, 'after a short intimacy, induced her
.to
klope with him, and they were married -by banns at
Christ tout*, Surrey. • They cohabited tt)gether.
Ittoutfi two months, when the knowledge of his for-
mer marriage reaching the ears of the ladri father,
he took her trOen him. Mr. Julian, of Brentford,
stated, that the prisoner called bimseltCharles Henry,
bit the former was an assumed name, which the rri-
toner, after sortie time, confessed. and acknowledged
that he had gone by Ibid. name faur years. • Mrs.
Shaw proeed-the prisoner's first marriage with her
sister, at Sligo, on the sth of Yebruary, 1808, and
that 1* then bate name of Thontets Henry. He
declined Saying any thing in his defence, but withed
die examination to be postponed till Monday, chit he
risi,,AChave the advantage of Counsel in his behalf ;
Ottaffau obierved, that the facts were too
strong to tender such assistance available. He then
obarved, that he did not consider his Irish marriage
vilitt, as he was not a Catholic. This, however, was
not attended to, and be was fully committed.
. Ilaisabridge, one of the suspected street-robbers,
*as admitted to bail, and afterwards detained by a
iudge't Warrant for an assault; but fur this also he
&Eked bail.
Saturday morning, a foreigner of respectability
leatkiipprehell4ed in th• neighbourhood of Mary-la.
bonne, by Lavender. the Bow-street officer, on a
elute of aechicing.ecetain artizans of this country, to
emigrate to the teXtieciry of the enemy.
. Friday 'John krabony, royal marine, of the Hora.
tin, Was, tried by a Gunn-martial, on board the Gla-
diator, at Portsmouth, for insulting a corporal of ma-
rines in the execution of his duty, and for seizing Mr.
I Jattea Catsp master's-m .te of that ship (the officer
of the Watch at the time), by the collar. The charge
was ;proved. but in consideration of the ill-treatment
he had received, and other circumstances, the Court
adjudged hins to.receive only 50 lashes.
A it:olut martial Was hetd.oa board the Raisonable,
alt filteernetsHirbifar. 4111 Thursday,- Captain Han. • Thls truly respectable character, and excellent actor, wts
of the Sceptre, President.; when Lieutenant W. known in his clay by the name of amileassa Smith, He retired
INits27. of the Devastation, was tried on charges tr)ffilhe 1111" 'eve" Tea" 14°'
P*ferrea against him by Lieutenant Moonlit. of the
It'a'tal 'Marne Artillery, fet breaches of die 7th arti. f
cle of the printed general. inlyuctinns, and of the
2.32 lied sad articles. of *lr. 0* Court were of
opininn,tatt the first and. last Charge, had not been
,moved, but that a brench of the ffSd article of war,
had 'been 'proved agtiriitAe prisoner ; who was in
couseipkence of turiber good conduct, only sentenced
to 'be Admonished, -itt;d'ilisraissed,the ship. ,
A dashing was thrown froth her horse in -
Piccauillx, op BICH 'MATSU. All'1.020)0:14 amigo a TO-Mi2OROW.
. hy.'oiliir,h her shoulsier int
Mir ..• ........ • i 5 unhetta otsro
t; Afternoon. ..... .......... 40-winnitea after a

The pr;vilege of ade, love for the reputation of the Actor, and
honour of the Drama, I offer to excuse :or this lib rty ; .tod you
are bound to admit It ; and I trust you wi 1 at the same time be-
lieve me, your very sincere friend and well-wisher.
lidr. Cooke, 'I heatre-Royal, Was. Satire.
ConNne-Gardest, London.
✓savrai.

What a train of melancholy ideas rush, naturally; I
upon the Mind of a thinking man, after perusing this
admonitory epistle What an estimable member of
society Mr. Cooke might hive been, had he paid
adequate attention to the letter end spirit of this ne-
cessary and wide warning ! Instead of receiving and
enjoying the respect of the noble, the virtuou.,, and
the meritoricut }onion of society in his native land,
to which he.was entitled by his rate and great t:4l. nts,
he became besotted, groveling, and contemptible !
Asso.:iating with mean persons, whose praises %vete a 1
.satire upon his understanding, and a stain upon his •
condition. it is believed that he was entrapped, dur-
ing One of these low excesses ; and found himself upon
the trackless ocean, passing, without hope, and for
ever, from the plaudits of his regretting countrymen,
to perish among strangers, ere he could gradually
depict, by his returning reason, one moiety of that
! misery which awaited him in embryo !
Aftet wandering from New York to Boston, and
Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and Charleston, he was
Pirrested for debt, by some of those persons at whose
baneful solicitation he had thrown his Country be-
hind him, and became a vagabond in principle and a
pauper in fact !
1 his ill-starred find tmliappy man, died, as we have
been informed, in the rules of the debtors' prison, at
New York; in which he had been confined for the
penalty of.it bond, which had been exacted from him
in a moment of intemperance, and he paid the forfeit
of irs fraudful tenor with his life.! Thus gloomily was
terminated the mortal career of Gramme Fileninucic
Cooke, who was, indis?ut.vlrly, the best inaithicial
actor that we have seen, on the stage of any country.

I)I'ED. •
At. %Worth, on Pada', hit, Mr. James &Ayer, of the Be,tk
of Englaad.
At Bombay, on the eth February last, I.leutenant J. Veltch,
of the Vis native infantry.
Saturday, the ith %Wt. at Oatham, Rsitlandshlre, Charles., acln
of the late Rev. Christopher AtJunsun, formerly vicar ut Woo!
theesteld.
Monday last, at Maidstooe,'after a fete hoots illista,llfith the
orainp in his stomach, in the S'..td gear cf his sge, liffatlient y
Oliver. master of the Tut k's Hold Porter ilootiec

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CASE 83.—T0 Mr. BAR gar Goes?, 9' Jekfriarwtoasl, Lonjia:
1 1, ELIZ. PRATT, No. 47, 4imeliailice,. w
A worth, was for three years afflicted with a cancer is air-
breast, after atter.ding vveral Medital Ott-Airmen without 0,
te.iing at y rel•ef, was then recommended to Guy's Hoin w,
and a.ltnitttd in there on clst November. mitt), was regularly
attorded f. r ttieteesi weell6 without Gatlin! any alteration fur
attest ; ,a c•mgaltosice took place, and au opera iutt.was pto,
nouireed'aebeiag, tile only'posslblo means of a cure. On a coy
saltation with my' fikols,it was fortunately & ertnited. tlAt 1
should try the toestanlin Ale:Heine; and. neat day I intrude'.
liefr. Guest, No. 9, t:reat.:Nrrei-street, Illackfriarwb:;Age, whin
sty ',Ants was exceeding great, and cravat as it mar secni, %A ,
' completely relieved in twenty adourt•t, 'nut 113 nay rner.ttzeia
rwoutid,. as to! tike ? Otos et Mt vourk: hotaissiktat•t•
' bled to wolk, at. dye. witch-t.botkistßiat Mama to.t'ee sathfactin
.of My employers and by attendll'g to ME Giiel,'S Ll:r.c:Lin,f •
skul
abtiot four sontitt%, wreipettattkrevn4.. If anywri.Anotd •
the truth of my dctlarwicoh. the tank* lo
,(Iny't, 114'504w.
?rote the bet past a doubt, or I wUrgl4e tbect tie ham, of I •
9ahey.who4 Treonodesidid aye Aiwa I love only t .rt'-er "; 44.
Berle, that I still cocontinue in a periact good nate ot is: 1ij,.11. 3. 4,.
am my hand this Sth day ofOctobstr, ioi t, Et. t 7.. ri! We l',
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THE VAN@ of Da. FUEESIAN'S d"---'-----------SUTTiI SAL1"r 4
his been so long proved, that bathing of' the preset*
can bear a cempet tion with it, in-all the different stapes ti
certain disease • w ich it effoc:ualty cures and eradicates '
did hair, with Out exciting the painful feelings and ripneure
fi
simile soraveu—svi:hout debilitating the Constitution*. sof
degree, or even requiring confinement front burners or re.ttir.
don 'Of diet. (he radkal irrtues ()Attest inevtintable Drops;
proved their elaimln pnlilleapproba_inas fur more thall 34.1
In all the debility of both .rxes they
.prove a nevi r-f .iii-g reee,
ruler—Whether the debility Is produced by too free use dews.
eisrytily illicit pleasures, or tLe effects in a warm clinute. To
travellers and those gulag abro id, they tannet be recommend
too. wrongly, as they will recave a safe, speedy, and
temp
cure, in 'all o:t1 stubborn gleets, and every sveatn'ess that aff, 4
the bladder and organs of wane. By is illicuy man, ~ A
Live become nio;hers, who fur many years bad been d4teeK d
that happbusp.
Sold ie 'Ovule and resit, at Mr. Beersti,.No. 4, Chet{ildei
corner of Preternoster•r4w ; ail ;vat by Belem anti' .hsil•
Potielspontis; Hall and loin mon, GO .1 'Ott :, At' Ott , IVoavu, Maletory,
ry to, and Jones, Tort--ra • I rew man, Exeter ; Cotikwurity„,
Oletrvtle, Gilbe4, apni if:island, I4.yinnutti • Newbory, NINA
lin ; • paver and Mactlonalel,, (Hawes I, S:mik, Llsialiame.
Stott, and Cargill, Ed !borgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; '. ors and Ka,
Hull; White; Brighton ; Roberts, s4swas sod Pod, Clieltve.
• ham; Ciregsbu and Billinge, Eilwarth 'wad Teeny, I...,veipiNlo,
Stains and Lynch, M..nchusier; Bowen, Norwicn ; heott sail
, Lloyd, Birmingham ; ft-regory, Brighton; and moat MedtU.
Ven'urs, Li botslei, at •zs. 94..4s 6d: and 22.. ,

$1

WHLN Men Gi ooaleiott weld prottwoonai skit
use persevering esideayours to d'ocovi.v the most safe*
certain method of treating a' few preva:iing DiStill4vf, the SNOW
fiat resuk of their experience Is the bee pruo( of superiority.
. Messrs. GOSS aid co. Surgeons, have been Induced is spite
the*Nwe of the followlm the 0te...1 of tioir particular cody,
a certain Di,urder, frequency contracted fa a lOoment of Moo.
cation, and its concomitants, Stoctum and Glees, whicielq
an improved phin, are spoedify and effectually cured; n Ands.
Witty, %%It:titer arising trout Bacchaual'an intiulgeucos, big ten-
dency 1r c:inixei, feClrci calf too 01 en O.
happily porsuod by the re.:th tit bolt sexes, hi the clue musing
stenli y or barrenness, sod in she other a nomenset trait Elmo
vows ieseasesowl,lch, if not timely remedied, terminate in Maps.
tense and constinteron In that distressing state of debility or
deficiency, .vhether the c orsequ.nce of such baneful habits, er
cosh% from any ether caster, by which the power. of the tooth.
tut ion become enfe.bied, as roeulorly educved Surgeons ref lode
don, tlin. offer 4 film, safe, sod ,speedy restoretlon to mad sed
vigorous
the result of a long and extendie praetteo has enabled •
by a superior method, to reere.ve venereal complaints, b
inveterate or complicated, without subjecting toe p. teat touts
least restraint in tilt or extocife ; and in recent Caw white an
early application is made on discovery of the in[ction, they ire-
queutly perform o cure iu the short space of two days. The us.
prece:ientail success of their mode of treatment (which las mote
been blown to fail la one single in*ance it' a premier of lowan,
during which period mall nationalist persons of both woes ham
been cured, even after severe and injurious methods had beta
pursited by other i'rac i•ioner, without effect), induces demo
thus publicly offer their :-.4vice.
Messrs. Gout and Co. excia.iv,ly professing the cure of tine
; particular mitoplants in order that they may nut be, by a
mistakenfew, marked with the obloquy so justly waled to
the ignorant empiric, think it hut justice to themselves to state
• that they have been properly educated and initlwed into every
branch of the profession (certificates of which, from dinircat
Hospitals, and tistimoutois front he most eituntut Physician,
they have to clanvince any irquirer) that the succrss resuitiog
front their endeavours first induced them to quit the trietke ef
the general Praetiti o,er, and they presume that thrtr preeortoffs
constitute a 'air ground for the atipreco.tented coofidoste with •
which they have, by the Public. been so liberiely humored. .
Patieeas iu the country are requested to sate the oar ictifare
of their case, age, and manner of living,' enclosing a Rollout@
for advice anti medicines, arid the same will be forwarded to
patt of the kingdom.
To be consulted at their house daily (personally, or by letter), •
by patients in either sex, with secrecy, delicacy, and attauhir-
GOSS and Co. Slinteilto. 13 notoirerito tree' F'• tt• wee"
RRI AGE shotildle the fcitindation Sottal
Happiness, which is often disturbed through the palsies •
that•form the union not taking these precautirs which would te•
cure them the epjoyment of that greet domestic blessing. People
of every rank pay adoratiou to the shrine of wtdksek ; hut wham
the constitution has been tainted by disease, or debilitated by a
certain habit contracted of an tart! age, a repovefitio of stalidity
precious to entering 'hat state is indopensibly requisite totes**
the slumbering sparks of live, and to MaTliniZte the system. Fie - ,
no disorders have contributed more eseentially to destroy Hymn
neap happine as t4i4an those which are theconsequeoceot u.guartiol
pleasure. R was this consideration which Induced /Atom
CURRIE and Co. for these last twenty years, to dreetthrirlisie
; dies and practice exclusively to the treatment and cure of the Vest
I nereal Disease, and the disorders arising therefrom, main" TOMS
derangement of the system, produced by the destructive habit
the inconsiderate school-boy, which brills on those d,streussig
Debilities and Deficiencies tb.t prevent or embitter the Merl•
monial state. The successful rook of their plats, Diva the
additional ardour to oppose the ravages of these come:"
I which are the moat important in the catalogue of huswainfire
mines. lt behoves every person who has indulged in die sob-
tary vice to seek relief by consulting profewsional men of emi-
nence and honour, to which Messes. Currie and C. elite
tin
sanction of scholastic authority, tre well as the imitate)/ of aft
Contradicted tarts. In professore the cure of these cemplainiti
they hold out no inducement to vice; but, sensible as all M.a
et be of the existence 01 weft calamities, they oiler their sob-
lance as regulatfy educated Members of Royal Colleges of
I &wrong of Londost anti Edisibu:gis.
' Messrs. Currie and Co. have selected the following knee from
the many they are daily receiving, from GeMiemen remit:li
them thanks for their restoration to sound and vigorous Imola"
ir was sent so them unsolicitod, from the sat 'ef a £ade
who lead laboured under this distressing and pairing) moladt /13r
t.si years; he had been under the core of mortal Surgaifinf w ,
prolessiorol eminence, none of whom affnrclei him perfumes!,
relief; but horn the sore: lar mode of treatment .[opted avei.
y wooled by Mame. Carne acid Co. he yeceiseed a radical can,
the short apace di one month.
, - " To Dr. Curry, 10f, natton4larden.
' I.ord feels Inert pleaseru in eueintimitortieg to Doers
Currie the perfect roostalarsionent of his health, cotiseesiove7
of his mi:d and adm•rable treatment of otricteres in the 1-:ed.
He may Old, that he has not fur many year (Mewed set siorm,
comfort and (feet:ant from palsi; and he eutertinn no
his hieing obtained, Ciruttgh hid tail and attention,a rerir:.)4o,
radical cure of thee rid complaint. As hr was tier wei
to the manner that where treated the couple:MA& laa it Maw\
powri, trout a fair trial aid akin comply son, to pao that Inhere-
of-appiarase Co Pr. Circle which he ooesitily feels- and Anil Wet,
be most ready and naittr.g to ocknowbooe."
Messrs *Currie and f.a.o. may be cot:stilted by patient's of Mt/
Sea, with the Greatest seciecy and honour, at thektowrolvilf.'
107, Hottun-Garden. Patients in the country. Aril 4.0. so'd
it portictilars keir case, age anXpestersileaVt • rif Ifligh
liisi remit t nice for aelotee anti usedicities,'e vilf
mr win be given nil rent to any per te f 11!, inpAhos.

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