Star.
London, England, 1818-01-15 00:00:00

THEATRES.

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Daunt-LAKE.—The Dramatic Romance of Lia-
put was repeated last night, and the audience were
again astonished by the extraordinary_talents of the
juvenile corps enlisted in its support. Miss C. Renee's
personation of Lord Flinsnap is exquisite—her
play admirable. The new Pantomime is still in great
favour. The House displayed a full and very fashion-
able audience, who testified their unqualified appro-
bation of the performances throughout.
COVENT Gannex.--Last night the Play entitled the
Point of Honour was revived. It is a translation, or
adaptation, from the French, by Mr. C. KaJSILJ,
and performed originally at the Haymarket Theatre.
The reception which it met was of the most favour
able kind : there was not only great applause, ex-
pressed in the usual way, which must be acknow-
ledged to furnish no infallible criterion ; but there
was that less questionable symptom of success which
is expressed by tears and agitation on the part of
%hose, who, though they do net profess the office of
criticism, are, after all, the supreme judges of everyfr
dramatic effort : in fact, we have seldom seen a
House so strongly affected. Miss O'NEILL, who ap-
peared for the first time in the character of Bertha,
afforded an additional proof of her extraordinary ta-
-ler.ts: beginning with a tenderness and de#icacy
which it is impossible to describe, she delighted her
audience. As the distress of the drama advanced,
her powers rose gradually, until at length they burst
forth into the full expression of grief and despair
her audience were then in teats. If we were to par-
ticularize her merits, we should be obliged to notice
every scene in which she was concerns 4 The man-
ner in which she received the first intimation of Da-
rin!' being a deserter was most impteisive. Her
partiag from him was touching to an eminent de-
gree—her broken and disordered slumber, as he was
nlgnit to meet his fate—her horror on awaking from
the dream in which she supposed hes self supplicating'
Aar mercy, and succeeding in the supplication—her
shriek upon hearing the signal, as she imagined, of
his death—and, above all, her frantic joy onwitriess•
ing his unexpected restoration, were instances of dra-
matic excellence to which it is almost an abuse of
language to apply the name of art. Mr. YOUNG, as
the Chevalier de St. Franc, was very great. The,
meeting with his son, who had just been seized as al
deserter, afforded hinvflue scope, as far as the situa-
tion goes ; and he made the situation triumph over
the language, or rather Made the language partici-
pate with the situation in a triurnphto which it was
not entitled. Mr. C. KisikiraLs, an -Durimel, deserves
the most flattering mention in the sank scene; as well
as in that where the sentence is about to be put in
execution. They supported each other in a manner
worthy of each. Mr. Asisozr, as Vakeer, did every
thing that could be done for the part, Mr. LISTON,
as Steinberg, had little room for display, but he made
the most of that little. The characters of the drama
are few, they were distributed in the best hands, and
we have little doubt that the Managers will find the
benefit of the arrangement. The House displayed
a very numerous and elegant audience.
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FATAL I?U2L.

INQUEST ON Luarrr.N INT EDMUND BAILEY.

Yesterday morning, a Jury consisting of respect-
able householders in Hampstead, and its neighbour-
hood, was impannelled at the Load of Hay, amp-
stead-hill, before the Coroner for Middlesex, to hold
an-inquisition on the body of Lieutenant Edmund
Bailey, of the 58th regiment of foot, who was shot
in a duel on Monday morning near Chalk-Farm, as
stated in our Police reports. The body lay at the
house of Mr. Adams.

Mr. W. Adanu, of England-lane, Hampstead-road,
stated, that on Monday morning last, between- nine
and ten o'clock, as he lay in bed, he heard the report
of fire-arms. He suspected that some Gentlemen
were duelling ; he leaped out of bed arid threw up
his chamber window, and saw four Gentlemen in a
field. (This witness continued his evidence precisely
as stated in our Bow-street report of Tuesday.) Mr.
Adams continued—When he arrived in the field
where they were, the pistols were fired a second time,
and he saw deceased turn round ; he suspected that
he was wounded, and when he got up to him his
(deceased's) clothes were unbuttoned, and he ap-
peared to be wounded on the right side, his shirt
being covered with blood. Mr. Theodore O'Calla-
ghan was the person who fired at the deceased.—
Mr. O'Callaghan fetched a coach from Hampstead
to convey the deceased to his (Mrs Adam's) house.
When they arrived at his house, he recommended the
parties to send for a peace-officer, and resign them-
selves into his custody, to which they assented. While
the deceased lay on a sofa he called Mr. O'Callaghan,
and put out his hand to •shake hands, which was
granted by O'Callaghan ; the deceased said, " I for-
give you, for every thing has been conducted with
the greatest honour, and if you had been wounded,
I know you would have acknowledged the same to-
wards me." Mr. O'Callaghan instantly replied, "My
dear fellow, I am sure that I should, and I wish I
had been wounded instead of you. I felt your first ,
ball about my legs, it palled through my boots and
trowsers, and I wish It had taken effect." Witness
saw the holes in Mr. O'Callaghan's boots. —Coroner
—"How do you know that it was O'Callaghan that
fired at the deceased?" Witness saw the seconds,
Newbold and Phelan, after they had given the pis-
tols to the deceased and O'Callaghan, retire to the
flank previous-to their firing the last time, Witness
had just got over the gate into the field when the
pistols were fired the last time. During the time the
parties were at his house, Mr. O'Callaghan said that
the deceased challenrd him. O'Callaghan and Bai-
ley said that their meeting had originated from the
quarrel of other parties. Mr. O'Callaghan and the
seconds informed him what was the cause of the de-
ceased and Mr. O'Callaghan meeting; but they beg-
ged him not to mention it, and he did it with great
reluctance. On Saturday two Gentlemen (whose
names he did not mention) quarrelled at an hotel;
the present principals (O'Callaghan and Bailey) were
to have been seconds, and they agreed to meet on
Sunday morning. It was appointed they should meet
at either the White Hart or Load of Hay public-
houses ; they misunderstood each other ; and Bailey,
and the Gentleman for whom he had agreed to be
second, went to the White Hart, whilst O'Callaghan
and the other Gentleman went to the Load of Hay.
Mr. O'Callaghan, finding that the parties did not
meet at the time appointed, took his friend away.—
Mr. Bailey was waiting with his friend at the White
Hart ; and being irritated at the other party nat
meeting them, he went to his hotel, where the quarrel
first commenced, and placarded O'Callaghan's friend.
O'Callaghan placarded Bailey's friend.—When Bai-
ley and O'Callaghan met at the hotel, they charged
each other with purposely avoiding to meet that
morning ; a challenge ensued, and they agreed to
meet next morning (Monday), not at a public-house,
but on the ground- where they fired.
Mr. G. Neville, of England-lane, Hampstead, and-of
Somerset-place, said, that about ten o'clock on Mon-
day morning, Mr. W. Adams, and Mr. W, Newbold
called to him when he was a short distance from his
house, proceeding to town, and informed him of what
had happened. Ile went to Mr. Adams' house, and
saw the deceased lying on a sofa. Mr. Roth), sur-
geon, of Hampstead, was present,. and attended the
deceased. The deceased said, " I know that I can-
not live long." He asked if the ball had been ex-
tracted, and the deceased replied, " no," and said,
" here it is," pointing at the time to his left side. He
put his hand to the deceased's side, and felt the ball
through the skin. The ball was immediately ex-
tracted, and the deceased called to O'Callaghan to
rub his left hand, he said it was getting cold. O'Cal-
laghan was very much affected while rubbing his
hand, and said, " I wish the ball had broke my legs,
and prevented any thing further." He afterwards
shook hands with the deceased, and went away with
the officers ; there appeared to be no animosity be-
tween the parties, and they frequently Shook hands
before they parted. Bailey said several times that
he forgave O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan said, " I hope
you and I (the deceased) will in less than a fortnight
be walking together down Bond-street." The de-
ceased replied, " No, never, I saw the Sun rise this
morning, but I shall never see it again ; I shall be in
Heaven before that time 1"

Mr. Rodd, surgeon, stated the nature of the wound;
the ball had penetrated from the side of the navel
through the bowels, which were injured in three
places, in a direction towards his left side After wit-
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;less had extracted the ball, he asked the deceased if
every thing had been fair? and he said, " decidedly
so.' Mr. O'Callaghan was in the room shortly be.
fore his death, and appeared deeply affected. The
i deceased asked him to hold his hand in a particular
position, as it gave him ease, which he did. The de-
ceased during this, said to witness and to O'Callaghan,
" God bless you, and I thank you for your attention."
Phelan, who had been Mr. Bailey's second, was in the
room ; and after witness had told the deceased that if
he had any thing to communicate to afriend he had
better do it forthwith, witness quitted the room, and
left Mr: Phelan and the deceased together. The de-
ceased appeared conscious of his danger; O'Calla-
ghan said, " Never mind, my good fellow, we shall
be walking together again in a few weeks." Deceased
replied, " I shall be in Heaven before then." Witness
said, no men could behave more kindly than all of
them did to the deceased. They went away to exe-
cute some kind offices Air the deceased, and irtvi4K

ex-cured them, returned, unattended by any ofrcer
They might have gone away if they had thought fit.
Mr. Caine Neva!, of the Tax-Office, Somerset-
House, and Ingrazn's-lane, Hampstead, stated, that
he did not know any of the parties previous to Mon-
day last, when he was proceeding to town about ten
o'clock in the morning, and had not got more than
a dozen yards from his house before he heard a con-
versation between Mr. Adams and Mr. Newbold; he
proceeded with Mr. Adams and LieutenantNewbold.
Mr. Adams said there had been an unfortunate duel,
and the Gentleman was in his house. Witness went
into the house, and found Lieutenant Bailey sitting
on the sofa as described by Mr. Adams. Witness
did not know that he could say any thing more, but
in confirmation of Mr. Adams. O'Callaghan re•
peatedly expressed his sorrow at the occurrence, and
said that had the shot broken one of his legs it would
have prevented the affair going any further. He
shook hands with the deceased, and went with the
Officer. There did not appear to be the slightest
animosity or existing amongst the parties.—'
O'Callaghan told the deceased, that in about a fort-
night or three weeks they would be walking down
Bond-street together. To which the deceased re-
plied, " No ; I- have seen the sun rise this morning,
but I shall never see it set again:" He died in about
an hour and a half.
The Jury took a view of the body ; there were se-
veral wounds on the body which he had received in
battle. It was stated also that O'Callaghan had
been twice wounded at the Battle of Waterloo. The
Jug afterwards returned to the Load of Hay.
The Coroner addressed them ; he deprecated the
practice of duelling, not only as immoral, but ille-
gal. That it was immoral was evident; because we
'had no right to take away the life of any person,
and not the less because any person should be foolish
enough to consent to be shot. at. But it was the ille-
gality of the practice that was under their conside-
ration. He did not hesitate to say, that if one man
was killed in a duel, not only the man who fired the
pistol, but all who were concerned, were equally
criminal in the eye of the law, which declared them
to be murderers. In this case the parties fired twice
at each other, that was a circumstance upon which
he should not animadvert, because it was probable
the parties would come before another Jury, whose
minds, he should wish, might not be influenced by
any remark he might make.
The Jury consulted about an hour ; and, at two
o'clock, returned 3, verdict of Wilful Murder against'
Lieutenant Theodore O'Callaghan, Thomas .roseph
Phelan, and William Newbold, Lieutenant, R.N.
The Coroner issued • his warrant to the Keeper of
Newgate.

An inquisition was taken yesterday at the Falcon,
Sutton-street, St. Anne's, on the body of Elizabeth
Evans, said to have been murdered by ner husband in
Falconberg-court, on Sunday tat. There was no eti-
dence in addition to that which appeared yesterday
in the Report from Marlborough-street Office, with
the exception of 'Mr. Tennent, a medical man, who
proved that the blows on the back of the head,
which had scalped the skull, were the cause of death,
and White, an undertaker, who put the deceased into
the coffin. The body was opened during the sitting
of the Inquest, by Dr. Carpue, of Dean-street, who
was of opinion that the wounds at the back of the
head would cause death. But death might have
been occasioned by an inflammation in the stomach
from cold. Such inflammation did exist. The vex,
diet was—Wilful Murder against the Husband.
An Inquest was also held at the King and Queen
public-house, Paddington-green, on the body of R.
Ramsey, late of the 18th regiment of foot, who was
drowned by falling into the Canal labile stepping
rote a boat, with several of his comrades. Verdict—
Accidentally Drowned,
An Inquest was likewise held at the White Hart,
Tottenham, on the body of Mary Cockle, a widow,
aged 36. Elizabeth Buckingham said, on Tuesday
morning the deceased's daughter told her, her mo-
ther had been sleeping on the floor since Saturday,
and would not speak to her. Witness went to her,
and found her as described, in a cold room ; she was
speechless, but recollected them. The room smelt
strongly of brandy, and a gallon bottle, nearly
empty, was by her side. Dr. Holt was Called in,
who said she was'
,perishing from cold. They put
her into bed, and offered her some coffee ; but at.
the moment blood issued from her mouth, and she
shortly afterwards died. Witness said, she thought
her death was occasioned by cold and excessive
chinking.—Verdict accordingly.

MAxstoar-noust.—Thorns Morgan, the man who
stood charged with plundering a number of coffee-
houses and taverns of spoons, &c. was yesterday
finally examined, and committed for trial.
Bow-sTnear—Yesterday the notorious Bill Soantes
was again brought to the office. The case against him
arose in the month of September last, when several
of the inhabitants of the Strand, particularly near
Catherine-street, Somerset House, and from those
place's to the Adelphi, saw the prisoner, in company
with others, robbing persons in the most .audacious
manner. Soames at that time made his, escape and
has since been concealed in the neighbourhood of,
Ratc.liff Highway till Tuesday night, when Oddy ap-
prehended him in the gallery of the Surrey Theatre.
Mr. HICKS, the Magistrate, convicted the prisoner
under the Police Act as a reputed thief.

MAIMBOROVOII-smear. Anutrorth, a private
in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, was charged
with assaulting a boy, named Morgan, about thirteen
years of age. Two witnesses proved that defendant
and another soldier were elbowing every one off the
payment, from Gloucester-place to Quebec-street.
They did so to the boy ; who called out " Lobster."
Ainsworth pursued him, caught him by the waist-
band, and dashed him on the ground. In defence
the accused stated, that a parcel of boys had called
him and his friend, (a Serjeant in the 62c1 regiment)
Piccadilly Butchers. He admitted the assault in its
full extent, and said he took him by the neck for his
insolence, and he would lose his life in his own de-
fence. Magistrate—" You might have last your life
in this instance. Your regiment was formerly con-
sidered as composed of civilized, temperate men; but
from your abuse and offences which come every day
to this office, you have lost your characters altoge-
ther, and become brutes. A soldier should feel him-
self above the insult of a boy." The defendant was
bailed by two Quarter ;Masters. •

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able THEATRES.
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Deunt-LAKE.—•The Dramatic Romance of Bill- INQUEST (
put was repeated last night, and the audience were Yesterday
again astonished by the extraordinary talents of the househo
juvenile corps enlisted in its support. Miss C. Fisueft's hood, was it
personation of Lord Flimnap is exquisite—her bye-- stead-hill, bi
play admirable. The new Pantomime is still in great aninquisitio
favour. The House displayed a full and very fashion. Bailey, of t
able audience, who testified their unqualified appro- in a duel on
bation of the performances throughout. stated in our
Coverer Gastoest.--Last night the Play entitled the house of Mr.
Point of Honour was revived. It is a translation, or in a duel on
Mr. W. Ac
s• adaptation, from the French, by Mr. C. BOWL% stated, that c
and performed originally at the Haymarket Theatre. and ten o'clo
of
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able kind : there was not only great applause, ex. were duellinThe reception which it met was of the most favour fire-arms.
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pressed in the usual way, which must be acknow- his chamber
lodged to furnish no infallible criterion ; but there field- (This
was that less questionable symptom of success which as stated in i
is expressed by tears and agitation on the part of Adams con:
those, who, though they do net profess the office of where they s
criticism, are, after all, the supreme judgesof every and he saw
dramatic effort : in fact, we have seldom seen he was wou
House so strongly affected. Miss O'NEILL, who ap- (deceased's)
peared for the first time in the character of Bertha, peared to be
afforded an additional proof of her extraordinary ta- being coven
ler.ts: beginning with a tenderness and de#icacy Lhan was thi
• which it is impossible to describe, she delighted her oar. O'Callal
audience. As the distress of the drama advanced, to convey tt
her powers rose gradually, until at length they burst When they a
i forth into the full expression of grief and despair_., parties to se
her audience were then in tears. If we were to par- selves into hi
.
, ticularize her merits, we should be obliged to notice the deceased
1 i every scene in which she was concerns 4 The man- and put out
nor in which she received the first intimation of De- granted by
'give you, fo
, rime' being a deserter was most imentisive. Her
.
. partiag from him was
.touching to an eminent de- e greatest
iii 1 gree—her broken and disordered slumber, as he was I know you
-aliout to meet his fate—her horror on awaking from wards me."
the dream in which she supposed herself supplicating• dear fellow,
Aar mercy, and succeeding in the supplication—her had been. we
shriek upon hearing the signal, ns she imagined, of ball aboe ir
- his death—and, above all, her frantic joy onwitriess• 'trowsers, an
ing his unexpected rest Oration, were instances of dra- saw the hole
manic excellence to which it is almost an abuse of —"How do
. language to apply the name of art. Mr. YOUNG, as fired at the
• •the Chevalier de St. Franc, was very great. The Newbold an
' ' meeting with his son, who had just been seized as a cols to the d
! ' deserter, afforded him fine scope, as far as the situa- flank Previa
Zion goes ; and he made the situation triumph over had just got
the language, or rather made the language partici-
;pistols were
pate with the situation in a triurnphto which it was Parties were
not entitled. Mr. C. Kismet*, as - Durimel, deserves the deceased
the most flattering mention in the wee scene, as well ley said tha
. as in that where the sentence is about to be put in quarrel of 4
er..!cution. They supported each other in a manner seconds infer
worthy of each. Mr. ABBOTT, as Vakorir. did every, ceased and I
IVthing that could be done for the part, Mr. LtsroN, ged him not
) as Steinberg, had little room for display, but he made reluctance.
the most of that little. The characters of the drama names he d
it are few, they were distributed in the best hands, and the present I
we have little doubt that the Managers will find the to have bee
benefit of the arrangement. The House displayed Sunday mor
a very numerous and elegant audience. at either th
; ''• . houses; the)
ROYAL ACADEMY. and the Gen
second, wen
. and the oche
i '. Mr.TURNER, the Professor of Perspective, delivered Mr. O'Calla
his second lecture upon that science to' a numerous „,,,,„, „ th.
assembly on Monday evening. In the last, the Pro- iii-", R—Zie -
fessor had pointed out the system of the science of Hart - ''''''',„yd
1 . Perspective, and had proceeded in its application, as
far as it influenced particular forms: the purpose of first common
meeting—the
the present discourse was to animadvert upon its in- creaTiarrimehae'r
fluence over design in general. In his observations icy an cro.c
upon that gq, at master of Perspective, Albert Durer, • L other
he each miler
he regretted ale disadvantage under which his design morning ,' a
, so frequently appears, (and consequently the science meet nett re
l 4 of Perspective employed in producing that design,) but on the g
i -
- on account of the imbecile practice of the German
al-1....its in his days, of clothing their figures in stiff and - Mr. G. Ne
•,'‘ crude drapery, blue and gold; but i.f we turn to Ra- Somerset-P1
day mornins
phael, we directly see the application of the science
called to his
In his Ascension, the group in the upper part form a
i
house, proce .
• triangular figure; in his cartoon of the .Death ofAna-
had happen/
mac, there is an octangular platform, which, though
saw the deci
it has the appearance of no more than a mere stand
of .
Ha
for the figures, yet in reality his a powerful influence r°a'
fiver the design of the whole. It may be advanced, deceased. •
not live lon
that the appearance of these geometrical figures in
tracted, and
the cartoons was mere accident; yet, considering the
"here it is,"
powerful influence they have in the designs, we might.
put his ham
~.. with almost equal propriety pronounce, that the de-
ii signs themselves were mere accident. through the
tractecl, anc
-The Professor next adverted to the power of geo-
rub his leftl
. , metry and perspective in the designs of sculpture
la tan was
and architecture. A beautiful bas-relievo cast was
hand, and s
•.,
exhibited of a female figure, approaching the Temple
-. . of Fame, which was truly classical, and executed and prevent
shook hands
1., 4
~. with much taste ; but yet, not being performed ac-
the officers ;l' . cording to the science of perspective, it offends as an
~ , unpardonable blemish ; from the siza of the temple, tween the p:
li'4l the mind would naturally conclude the figure capa-
before they
bk of carrying it away. Observations next followed he forgave I
1. L upon the celebrated dispute concerning the Tra'an you and I(t
• column, Du Piles and others having affirmed, t at be walking
I the figures near the top are considerably larger than ceased rep
~ t
those at the bottom, and that by their false propor- morning, be
f' ,
• lion they counteract the science of perspective. In Heaven bef
'j consequence of this dispute, the drawings of the co- Mr. Rode'
- looms by professors, greatly vary; Mr. Turner con- the ball ha
sidered Du Files's assertion to be fallacious, and that through du
it arose from a deception of his sight ; for the heads places, in a
of statues appear greatly out of proportion with the ness had ell
body, when seen from a certain point of view, which every thing
is the case in architectural columns. The Professor, so.' Mr. C
after entering upon the more particular application fore his dea'
of perspective to sculpture, proceeded to observe the deceased asl
influence of geometry in the erection of steeples; and position, as
I here he exhibited several beautiful drawings of Or• ceased durir
i ford, Salisbury,' Peterborough and other Cathedrals. " God bless
The support of the walls of Cathedrals by the power Phelan, wh
of geometry was pointed out, it being accompiishei room ; and
• in some by, pillars in the interior, in others, by but he had any
, tresses on the exterior. The architect of the steeple better do it
of Salisbury Cathedral had such complete power in left Mr: Phi
.1, the application of Geometry, that he placed large ceased app
roses upon it, for the purpose of catching the wind, ghan said,
that it might rock, being at the same time perfectly be walking
• safe.—The Professor concluded by observing, that his replied, " I
present purpose was to point out the great presiding said, no in
power of geometry and perspective in design, whether them did tr-
as applied to painting, sculpture, or architecture. cute some I
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