Star.
London, England, 1820-01-05 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE •THEATRE.

A SCHOOL-BOYS SOLILOQUY.

Summer's green is now departed,
Yellow Autu,mn's past and gone;
Rural scenes I've now deserted,
And have relish left for none!

Since the hbary Frost's appearance.
And the Ice has bound the floods.
To my sports I've no adherence.
Since fair FLonA's left the woods i

For, behold the Snow descending ;
See the flaky pieces fly !
TO the folds the flocks are tending.
To the stalls the oxen the !

Seltcol-Boy, sow your walks are over,
You must to your learning bend ;
To your books now prove a lover,
Fur the laurel now contend!

Three brothers, William, Thomas, and Joseph
Hull, were sliding last week on a pond adjoining
Silverdale Furnace, near Newcastle-under-Lyne,
when the ice breaking, they were all plunged beneath
it, and in this situation remained for some time with-
out hope of relief. The exertions, however, or a
young man, named Pickin, were successful ; he
brought to shore the two eldest, but the youngestl
was taken up a corpse.
An Inquest was lately held on the body of Sarah,
Walker, aged 14, at the Middlesex Hospital. The
deceased was reaching a watch from the mantle
piece, when her clothes caught fire. A Ladv in the
room was so alarmed that she fell in a fit, and could
render no assistance. The child's cries brought a
Gentleman up stairs, who found her with her head
thrust under the carpet, to prevent the flames reach-
ing it. She was, however, so much burnt, that she
died. Verdict—Accidental Death. I
Last night, an Inquest was held at the Blue Last,
Great Distaff-lane, on the body of the Landlord of
the house, Mr. Green, who encountered his death by
coming in contact with a waggon, last Saturday
night, while taking a pot of porter to a house oppo-
site the OlirChange, when the horse shaft of the
waggon struck against his breast, and broke several
of his ribs. The verdict was, accordingly—" Killed
by the shaft of a waggon ;" and the shaft was for-
feited as a deodand to the Crown.
An Inqui.ition has been held on the body of Mr.,
Claridge, a tavern-keeper, in High-street, Blooms-
bury. The decin,ed, it appea-ed, bad fallen over
the staircase, in a fit of apoplexy. Verdict—Died by
'be Visitation of Goo.
The house of the Honourable Mrs. YORK, at Bath,
was robbed on NVednesday last, by some thieves who
entered the garret window from an empty house.
A few days ago the Church of Llandwailog-vach
was robbed of ail the communion plate, &c. and St.
David's Church, in Brecon, was robbed of all the
articles that the depredators deemed portable.
Sunday night the house of Mr.Beerage, in Snow'sr
fields, Southwark, was entered by ftlse keys, and £27
in notes and silver stolen; also ten silver spoons, a-
4u,ntity of linen,. and a gold locket.
Mr. Askew, of Windmithstreet, was stopped on
. .
Monday evening, in open day-light, in the road be-.
tween the Alpha Cottages and Lord's Cricket Ground,
hy three ruthans, who knocked him down and rob-
bed him of three pounds and his watch, with' which
they escaped into the Park.
Dust..—On Saturday, the Ist instant, a meeting
took place near St. Omer's,. in France, between two
Officers (who arrived from England, the day bçfore),
R Colonel D— and a Captain M—. The second
fire the former was slightly wounded in the neck,
and the latter in the left arm ; the seconds then inter-
fered, and an amicable arrangement took place.
GREAT SPF7D.—Two great matches took place on the Ash-
ford-road yesterday. The first Was a het made by Mr. Alexan-
der, to trot hi, chosnut mare, and to ride himself, fifteen miles
in an hour, for one hundred guineas. Mr. A. rides mere than
twelve stone, and time was backed freely at six and seven to
four. The first mile was done in six Seconds under four minutes,
and half the distance in twenty rfine minutes and six secoads.
The mare went on at a winning rate rather quickening upon her
?peed, and wwn the match easy in fifty seconds within the
given time.
Another match took place over the same ground, made by J.
E. Smith, Esq. to gallop a horse of foot teen hands eleven miles
in half an hour. A quarter or an hour was occupied in doing
the first five miles ; and as it was evident the horse bad not speed
to accomplish the task, the rider pulled up in the sixth mile.
Saturday se'nnight, between the hours of nine and
ten o'clock, the house of Mr. Thomas Crosby, a re-
spectable farmer, of Cordogan, (eanr Cellon, County of
au
Louth, was entered by agg nine villains, dis-
guised with brown paper over their faces, and rifled
of every portable article -of value. They obtained
admittance by knocking at the door, which was
opened bfan old servant man, conceiving that his
!raster, who dined at a friend's house, had returned.
The villains instantly rushed in, knocked the man
down, and beat him in a k.rbarous manner ; his head
is shockingly cut, and one arm fractured ; they then
threw him into a coal-house, where they also put two
women servants, who concealed themselves for a
time in a loft, almost in a state of nakedness, and then
deliberately nailed up the door. The work of plun-
der then commenced ; a quantity of honse-linen, blan-
kets, a down pillow, tea, sugar, and several other
articles to the value of about £5O were taken, and
after remaining for several hours, they decamped
with their booty. At day-light the women contrived
to open the door of the coal house, but it was then too
late for pursuit ; however, we are happy to hear that
a clue has been obtained to the discovery of the perpe-
trators of this atrocious outrage.—(DroghcdaJoureal.)
The detachment of Police stationed at Ballintub-
bet succeeded; on Monday tennight, in apprehend-
ing four ribandmen, charged with offences of the most
heinous malignity, in t: e vicinity of Ballinlnugh.
Having broken iato a house where arms were kept
by the owner for his protection, to extort a discovery,
they beat and abused the poor man unmercifully
with clubs; they then tpceeded to torture hini,har-
rowing and hackling , tc naked .body with a Wong
thorny bush, until thp, e:s.h wad tOrir and *tangled 03
a jelly : lastly, they. ha, recourse tIO the novel punigfi-
mont of impaling I These monsters were idetitl-
fied.bz tbe. man iAnFth4 ~Fife; vi' bp'iriore itifOr`Mitlaiis
against them, before Major. WiLLs, by wiititfl thty
wete committed to Roscommon Jail.—(Athlone Her.)

A General Meeting of the Proprietors was held
yesterday in the Saloon of the Theatre, to take into
consideration the nomination? by the General Com-
mittee, of a*Sub-Committee, and also to consider of
the applitation now making to Parliament for an
! Act to amend and explain the two former Acts.
The Advertisement under which the Meeting had
been convened was read by the Secretary (Mr. WARD).
Mr. Catcaarr, having been called to the Chair,
briefiy.stated the objects for which the Meeting was
called.. It was to inform them of the steps taken to
realize to the Bond-holders and new Renters those
promises which had been made to them, and with-
out which it could not have been done. They had,
'therefore, applied to Parliament for the purpose cif
enabling them to do so, and the business was now
proceeding, with every prospect of success. Another
object was, the auditing of the Accounts, and also the
confirmation of the appointment of the Sub-Com-
mittee. The application to Parliament, he had the
satisfaction to inform them, would occasion no ex-
pense to the Proprietors; and, as far as the present
season had gone, every thing was highly satisfactory.
In fact,-so sedulous had Mr. Elliston been—so punc-
tual in every thing that he had undertaken, that no-
thing was left to be wished for ; and he hoped, from
the ability displayed and the exertions that were
making, he should, at the end of the season, have the
same favourahle report to make.
Mr. MITCII•ELL moved the confirmation of the Re-
solutions drawn up by the Committee. . •
A PROPRIETOrt asked if the new Renters were not
to come in before the Bond-holders,?
Mr. Caccnarr replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Rosins, after the very clear and satisfactory
statement of the worthy Chairman, should only de-
tain the Meeting but a few moments. Ile could only
account for the Meeting not being more numerously
attended by the confidence entertained, generally,
by the Proprietors, that their affairs were now going
on prosperously. The sun had now begun to shed'
his rays on them, and they appeared to rest con-
tented. He (Mr. Robins) and his colleagues were
something like Ministers, sine:- they now came be-
fore the Proprietors to ask for an indemnity for what
they had done ; but they were thus far envialoly si-
tuated, as the indemnity they asked was for having
done all the good in their power for the Proprietors.
He concurred to the full extent in all that had been
done, and concluded with congratulating the Meet-
ing on their present situation. .
The Resolutions were then put and carried, and
the Meeting broke up.

EXTRAORDINARY ALLIANCE.—Yesterday morning
a concourse of persons were attracted to Paddington
Church, in consequence of an amorous swain of SO,
well known in that neighbourhood by the name of
Old Jemmy Junks, leading a fine-looking young wo-
man of 21 to the hymeneal altar, surrounded by a
group of chil.h.en, geand:children, and other rela-
tives, the gran.-children alone amounting to thirt7-
eight. He is a sawyer by trade, and had fourteen
children by his first wife, all living, the youngest of
whom, a damsel between forty and fifty, with a good
flow of spirits, accompanied the procession, to witness
the felicity of her-papa ! The amiable r cue was an
inmate of the Duke of York, Queen-street, Edgware-
road, and the ceremony was the result of a long court-
ship. The happy Adonis was dressed in antique
style, with a red night-cap upon his head, and cut an
extraordinary appearance, and being almost double
from age, caused much laughter. After the cere-
mony was concluded the happy pair and their friends
repaired to the residence of Junks, in Bell-street, Pad-
dington, where the company was regaled with the
usual delicacies of the season, and the night was spent
in mirth and conviviality !
TRUE STORY OF A GHOST AND CANSUOA I. FIDELITY.
Mr. S. Fisher, was acquainted with a widow Lady of
high chaSacter, who resided at Cork. This Lady'
was inconsolable for the death of her husband ; the
day was spent by her in sighs and incessant lamen-
tati and her pillow, at night, was moistened.with
the tears of her sorrow. Her husband, her dear
1-husband, was the continual theme of her discourse,
and she seemed to live for no other object but to re-
cite his praises, and deplore his loss. One morning
her friend Fisher found her in a state of mental agi-
tation' bordering on distraction. Her departed love,
she said, had appeared to her in the night, and most
peremptorily ordered her to enter. the vault where
his remains were deposited, and have the coffin
opened. Mr. Fisher remonstrated with her on Ihe
absurdity of the idea ; he said, that the intensity of
her sorrow had impaired her intellect ; that the
phantom was the mere creature of her imagination,
and beg.Fscl of her, at least, to postpone to some fu,
cure period, her intended visit to the corpse of her
husband. The Lady acquiesced, for that time, in
his request ; but the two succeeding arornings the
angry spirit of her spouse stood at het bedside, and,
with loud menaces, repeated his command. Mr.
Fisher, therefore, sent to the Sexton, and, matters
being arranged, the weeping Widow and her friend,
attended in the dismal vault ; the coffin was opened
with much solemnity, and the faithful matron
stooped down and kissed the clay-cold lips of ftei
adored husband. Having, reluctantly, parted from
the beloved corpse, she spent the remainder of the
day in silent anguish. On the succeeding morning,'
Mr. Fisher (who intended to sail for England on'that
day), called to bid his afflicted friend adieu. The
I maid-servant told him, that the Lady had not risen.
6' Tell her to get up," said Mr. Fisher, 66 I wish to
give her a few words of consolation and advice be-
fore my departure." " Ah ! Sir, said the smiling
girl, " it would be a pity to disturb the new-married
couple, so early in the morning !"—" What new-
married couple My mistress, Sir, was married
list night."—" Married! Impossible ! What ! the
Lady who so adored her deceased husband ; who
was visited nightly by his ghost, and who, yester-
day, so fervently kissed his corpse? surely ;you jest!'
" Oh I Sir," said the maid, a my late master, poor
man, on his deathbed, made my mistress promise,
Ait ilia would never mary any man after his de-
'eeise, till he arid die should meet. again, (which the
good Min; ri6 ththiglit Would never happen
till they met in HaAvair) ; and ybu ktibyr, my dear
Sir, you kindly inttoillictil them to each other, face
tq face Testefcray. Mt iiistress, Sir, sends you her
dot ,
ind thanks, togethet. with ttrii
bride-
, cake, to distribute among your young friends !"