Star.
London, England, 1812-12-03 00:00:00

PENT-GARDEN 7 HEZIRE.

it, a new dramatic pifce in three acts, en-
new grand Historical Play," was produ-
l'heatre. It professes to be altered from
,elastian of DRYDEN, and appears under the
Renegade. The following ate the
DRAMATIS PERSONA
roatuossa r.
Sebastian (King of Pprtugal). Mr. C. /Crusts.
• Om Admiral) Mr. Cu A TMAN•
Mr. Jonas.
Mr. SINCLAIN•
• .•••• ••• Mr. BLANCIIMID•
....................Mr. LISTON,
. Renegade) ........ .. Mr. You Not
MISS BOLTON.
steoas.
icdoch (Emperor of /
Mr. Boarrasoas•
Barbary)
(his Minister). Mr. FGERTON•
MOO ..IMMO OW Mr. ATKINS*
Mr. Jirreatts.
.......
11 DOW 114•.••••• •••••• Mr. SIMMONS*
_ •••••• .......... •• • • •_. Mr. Dvitya ST •

. (the Deposed Empress) Mrs. H. JOH N STO sr. business of the hi her departm' ents seemed to have
. plot of the above Drama is founded upon the chitral.
opt of Don Sebastian, King of Port ..gal, to rescue the been conducted witheut that due degree of caution
which might have been expected. It was hardly pos-
Almeyda from the power of Mooch, who having depo-
death her father, has usurped his throne, and de- silk to have read the certificates in question, and
:ess a prisoner in the castle of Alcazar, on the coast not, on the face of them, to have discovered proofs of
the first engagement between the Portuguese and their ... • • For instance,
•
falsity. instance, in one certificate, lunar
.s, the latter, by the courage and conduct of Boras,
months being the mode of calculating time, there
.eterr--stbastian and his principal officers are taken
Dorn, unjustly concetvatt himself slighted by Sebas- was an entry of eight weeks ; and, in another, a per
deserted his lawful sovereign, became a renei„ade to his son of the age of 9.5 years, WAS, after an intent:el of
enlisted under the banners of Mu! .cli, in whose see- 2t years, stated to be 26 years of age. It was ins.
military talents a•.el bravery had raised him to the
(of the Usurper a armies. By his great itiluence Possible, his Lordship conceived, for any person
.st. troops, Doraz deposes Moloch. not with die common understanding to have read those certificates
preserve Sebastia.t'shfe, but personally to gratify hi, re- and not to have detected their falsity ; and such inst•
for though he r 4,:tus his sovereign for his many heroic •
tenuon on the part of the officers whose duty it was
• does he medicate him, destruetion, for having refused
to have perused them before they sanctioned them
, Violute, and given her its Mal cage to another.—
meeting with Sebutian,Dotax I-. c.n.vit.cedby Ws by their signatures, proved not only an unwarrane
!he fatal error tr.. • r .‘... 11 he labours, 2nd lenril• table degree of confidence in the inferior officers, but
Ii me that his oe.o.ed V e.ante Is sill so* •to a culpable degree of negligence on the part of the
I vows, tie throws himself at Sebastian's feet, and, u superiors, who, not content with waving all check on
implores and ..burin his zelvereigtes parch Ti. In the
Moloch hay.er, by treaelery, obtained possession of the truth of the certificates presented to them, chose
, is in the act of forcing Almeyda to the altar, even to adhibit their signatures to documents which
4,.Adrniral of Sebastian's Beet, and who hadmadebis they did not take the trouble to read, and the falsity
prison), landing with his forces, gives battle to Mo-
'e Princess—and defeats the Usurper, who loses .of which, if they had read them, -they must inevi-
e
piece concludes with the union of Sebastian and tably have detected, ex facie of the certificates them-
selves. The-facts of each case, however, being clearly
.enegade is full of incident, and has consider. i proved, the Jury, without hesitation, in each found
' ; the escape of ithiareks introduces what the Defendants Guilty.
i sailors a water-spout, which destroys the , OLD BAILEY.
vessel pursuing him:—the rush of the clouds ,
Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the
and hurried sweep of the waves that ;
LORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice GROsE, Baron GRAHAM,
meet them
of sudden gathering of a
the RECORDER, &c. &c. when twenty prisoners were
solid column of water—and, when it stood
tried, four of whom were capitally convicted, viz.
destined spot, the fierce and irresistible burst
I if. Tifue, for being at large before the expiration of
cataract, filled the mind and eye with
the term for which he had been ordered to be trans-
iusual power ; it is executed exceedingly
ported ; Susan Foster and Ann Loci, for stealing eight
we believe, an exhibition perfectly novel
pair of gloves, the property of M. Broughton, pri.
The underplot in this play pe.duces a
vately in his shop ; and J. Kelly, for passing bad
the punsters would say, a trying scene ;
money, he having been convicted at a former F,:ssions
ertainly was to the patience of thau-e a- ,
of a similar offence. This is the prisoner who threw
it was the only one that drew forth marks
snuff in the eyes of Marsden, the Officer, to effect his;
irobation. Mr. REYNOLDS has succeeded
in the serious than in the comic parts of , eicaPe.
7: Siram and H. and J. Fulmer were indicted for
tons and additions ; some of the former ;
stealing, on the 29th of October, a qn intity of tea
ugly well, but the latter universally bad.
have induced him to recite for the ten from a lighter belonging to Mr. J. Beckett, lying off
,
.ime, the joke of a man telling a story of
b, an longg to e T
ith three men, killing two, and being killed ' Parson's Quay, on the River Thames.
. Poliß. Dalce, statey d, thatOffi atc er be
tour o'cloin ck on theth mohames rning;
1? This is really unworthy of the very
the robbery was committed, he, with another Officer,'
I
of the worst farce that ever sur-
lation for a single night. In the con-
' was
rng up the River, when they saw a boat, in '
! whic were the prisoners, coming from the lighter
scene, violent shouts of disapprobation ren-
whence the property had been stolen, and imagining
erformers inaudible : when the' piece,
that all was not right, they sailed after them ; aa
ame to be announce .I for a second re-
en coming near, observed two bags to be thrown into
the voice of the auJience was in its
though not without a strong expression of • the River by one of them, which heafterwards yiihld
up, and found them to contain a quantity of tea, the
of Don Martian was very well sup- i property of Mr. J. Beckett, the owner of the barge.—.
The Jury retired out of Court for nearly three hours,
Mr. C. Resters ; and Mr. YOUNG, in Do-
and then returned, finding the prisoners Guilty.
enegade, merit( ;1 and received high ap- ; 1
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.—
,;nnymons, in Muted 410/oe/hand Mis. H. I
t the deposed Empress Alnst W. Buckley, tor stealing a hat ; 1). Malony, for
y la, did every ;
err respective characters of which they
stealing a quantity of lead ; J. Cloney, for stealing a
itible. '
'
' frock and other articles • G. Ansley, for stealing seven,
Penny-pieces and 180 halfpence; J. Richards, toe
1
embezzling certain sums of money • R. Moss; for'
stealing a copper kettle and other articles ; J. Greniese
for stealing a gold watch ; S. Adams, for stealing
21. bottles of foreign wine ; and Catharine Bitd, lot
stealing 28 yards of stuff.
And five were acquitted, viz.—Mary Welch, Ann
Walker, Sarah Moss, Catharine Bird, and R. Bold.

,Housa—Yehterday Jaws Smilh,
19, Newgate-street, underwent a fi,141
, charged with wilfully and feloniously
to leis shop and premi,es upon the night
November. The prisoner, it appeared,
his property for £2,600, in the Atlas.
:h, after the conflagration, he presented
recover. Mr. Bull, an oilman, proved,
time before the fire the prisoner came to
Ise, purchased a gallon bottle of turpen-
'uantity of tar and some links. These the
red to send home, but he declined this and
away himself. It likewise appeared that
had purchased two sacks ot shavings.—
declining to offer any thing in his de-
fully committed.

As a man was walking upon the pavement in
Bishrpsgate-street, on Thursday week, his foot slip.
ped, and he fell into the kennel; unfortunately, at
the moment, Mr. ASTLILY COOPEWS carriage was
passing, which, going over the man's head, scalped
one side of it. He was taken to Guy's Hospital,
where, under the hal .ds of that eminent surgeon, the*
is every bops that he will recover.