Star.
London, England, 1805-07-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

7. &oda, 7. airk, and W. Clark, were indiefted
for an affitult on James Morris.
The profecutor is porter at Furnival's Inn, and
the defendants young men refiding in the Square.—
The affault arole from the defendant Brookes throw-
ing a dick within the railing in the Inn, which he
went in for, and was followed by the porter. A
quarrel enlucd, and the other defendants anted
Brookes. The Jury found Brookes—Guilty—and
acquitted the others. Judgment refpited.

Mary liarford was indiaed for perjury ; in fwear-
ing in a caufe tried before Lord ELLECIOROUGH,
that the faw the defendant, Hinkle, drag Mary
Jones, the plaintiff, by her hair, a few yards. Se-
veral refpeaable witneffes proved the perjury, and
the Jury found her—Guilty.—Sentence deferred.

DREADFUL STORM.—A Gentleman, refiding at
Kingllon-upon-Thames, Surrey, has furnifbed us
with the following particulars of the uncommon ef-
feas of a (form upon that place, en Saturday laft
The whole of this neighbourhood," fays he,
" on Saturday latl, experienced a tempeft that will
be ever remembered; it was dreadful in the extreme.
For feveral miles round us, a torrent of hail and rain
fell, that threatened deflruaion to every thing ex.
poled' to its vengeance ; the water, which fell in
Breams, ran down our neighbouring hills in torrents;
and, for a time, completely inundated the low coun-
try ; in this town, the rain was not to heavy a; it is
reported to have been in the vicinity ; but the light-
ning was more vivid, and the thunder more tremen-
dous. About fix o'clock, the lightning Struck down
a flack of chimnies belonging to Dr. Chambers's
houfe, then entered the parlour of Mr. Cheney,...
builder : its dials in this room were aflonifliing ;
on a tide-board, among other articles, were a filver
tankard and punch-ladle; thefe it partly melted, and i
made a hole through the fide of the former, as if a
piflol fhot had palled through it ; it alfo melted a
plated copper fnuffer Rand ; in tracing its direaion,
it appears then to have paired through a beaufet,
where it broke feveral china bowls, dillies, &c. next
fbaped its courfe through the chimney, to the bed-
chamber of Mr. Cheney, where it immediately fet
fire to the paper of the room, the bed-furniture and
bedding: it appears that the door of this room being
open, it took its next courfe down the flaircafe,
paired the family who Were fitting at tea in the
kkitchcn' and evaporated, without doing further mit.-
chief. The fire in the bed-room was immediately
extinguifhed by Mr. Cheney's workmen, who, for
tunately, had been detained by the feverity f the'
Morro ; and thus prevented its ravages from being
more fevertly felt."

MR. Brar.

[The Tußowing communication is infertett with the
acquiefcence of the refpcdtable veteran, whofe
name is Cubjoined.—Earopean Magaziete.)
4, Mit. A spit N e—.l fee by your elegant Magazine of the hft
month you are Row of credit to a newfparr authority for Mr.
Betty's having refired to urge Ida fon to play one night for the
Decayed Adors of the Theatre Royal Drury-lint. You may de-
pend on the fad ; for I wrote the fubjoined letter ; bot, thinking
I should arrogate too much to myfelf, I laid it before the Com-
mittee, who flattered me by their adoption, fent is to hint by their
Secretary, and, in fix weeks after, received an anfwer in the ne-
gative. I am. Sir, very truly your's, J. MOODY.
u Barnes Terrace, June is, 1805."
" TO MR. RE TTY.

" Teach me to feel another's woe." •
P St R.—From a liberal mind lam lure of pardon in the eaufe of
humanity, for this trefpafs on your time. To be brief and fimple
is the life of Winds and the (Jul of feienee.

" We, the underfigned, the Mailers, Truftees, and Committee
for managing the Fund for the Decayed Adore of. the Theatre
Royal, Drury•-lane, railed by that great mafter of bit art, David
Garrick, Efq. and by him incorporated by an Ad of Parliament
for the purrofe ; finding, at this time, our finances lo low, have
been obliged to pare down the income of our poor claimants by
a fevere and heavy poundage ; and, =left your foe Banda forth for
us, with his tranfcendant abilities, one night, we iball be poor in-
deed. We have chofen you, Sir, our advocate to him for this libe-
ral deed of benevolence to be extended to his aged dial-cited bre-
thren ; which, joined to hit prefcnt popularity, will confecrate his
name to time's end. With great refpcd, we are your obedient
Servants, " MADDOCKS, Scc. for Committee, dm"
• " Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, March, aos."