Star.
London, England, 1817-07-11 00:00:00

GRAND DRESS B f,AT ALMACK'S.

The Fete at Atstaat's, on Wednesday night, was
of the most brilliant description. The rooms were
fitted up in a style of unexamplel splendor, decorat-
ed with a men and shrubs, and illuminated by chan-
deliers and variegated lamps. At half past twelve
o'clock the Quadrille sets mastered five, with eight
performer.. As usual, in each. They were migniß-
cently attired in the costume of different nations,
consisting of Croatians, Danes, Peruvians, Tyrolese,
and Poles. These parties entered the hall room, when
the music struck tip, two and twa. The dances were
ex-cuted with uncommon prec.s'on and taste. There
were present Rom'n Emperors and Romin Matrons
el- the most dignified aspect ; Virgins of the Sun,
t2aniards, Turks, Persians, natives of Hindostan,
C:recians, Prussians, and Russians. In old English
L....sits were many, and among them were the Barons
so nobly aovocated their country's cause in the
reign of King Joirg. Licly ELLasnoitnuott appeared
Mary Queen of Scots, and Lady STUART as Queen
Llizabeti.. The spirit of the scene suffered no dimi.
r.ntion until f. ?e ft .lock ir. the morning. The only
check to th~ riety which prevailed was the absence
Of the Pr:N^F. Rt:c.7.:a. It was the most lively and
agreeable d:eertisent.nt this season has produced
There Weir present 46 persona, among whom were
the following :
liseellereles the Trerth. itnrtliguese. BAIA' ian, and Sae-
al! ;in Mb:latent; the :pause Cbarge d'Affilirea. the loutall
DepatisN.
lluktl—rnanfort. A ogle.
, Duchene —At gyle 1% eland, P lemmas), Leeds, licatifort.
:NT, I .anolowne.
Marc..inties.es—Tai \Wincheemr,Clinhisoudcl.y;, Corn-
In a Lanialloarrio.
huh—shaftesluery. Marcia, Also7ne, 8.,!t0n. 'Westmorland,
Ctutsmell, Clasioi hum, Ancrum, Laledon•
Couuteso-e—l 1«/ en, Bathurst, Galloway, Marcia, Aboyne,
EL ton, Anttim, Manetield, Cardigan, Caledon.
I.ords—Cu:bre:o, G. Somerset, Urn& nen, Palmerston,
Calm., C4se, Fal 1, Cranhorne, Valletort, F. Lentinci..,
C. spencer, G Murray, /I anchffe.Strathaven, Forbri, Hayward,o.
I..idles—Castkreasii, J. Vyiler, Macdonald, Floyd. Grtvole,
C. Chbornr,Wsterp..ra, Vlelbourue, lidgroumbe, A. Wyndham,
Mn.,.. joy, Firtiny, J. Stuart. F.. Fielding. Gordon, Jones,
HOIPI.

LAW INTTLLIGENCR.

CONSISTORY COURT. DOCTORS' COMMCW, Jot T 10.
ADULTERY.
BITPCIVIS v. stmorss.

This was a suit originally instituted by Mrs. Elin
Burgess against her husband, for restitution of con-
jugal rights. Tin husband, &aye Burgess, Esq. of
Clapham Rise, Sorre', pot in a counter allegation
in bar of his wife's cl aim, praying to be divorced
from her, on the grctind of her adulterous intercourse
with a Mr. Thomas Lane, a partner in the banking-
house of Williams, Burg's', Lane, and Co.

After an argument of several days upon the evi.
deoce et the adultery, which was contended to be
insilMciently established, Sir W:LIZAM Scorn gave
judoment thii day.
This cause commenced by a citation of Mrs. Bear-
gess against her 11,tsband. pleading the marriage,
which took place at Lambeth Church, in Augt:st,
1303; and that of his having voluntarily separated
from her without just cause. The husband, it ap-
peared, to prevent exposure, was anxions the separa-
tion should be as private as possible. .../4r. Thomas
Lane was introduced to the parties•about the latter
end of 1811, when it appeared he had met with a
disappointment of marriage. His intimacy nich the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Burgess continued tip to 1816.
when he emarked for the East Indies, as appeared
by the father's evidence, in order to break off all
communication with Mrs. Burgess, and had continued
abroad ever since. The principal evidence of the
adultery arose upon a visit to the family of Mr. Cham.
berlain, of Rise, in Essex, where Mr. and Mrs. lint-
gess were met by Mr. Lane in becembt.r, 1815. It
was remarked by the company that Mr. Lane and
Mrs. Burgess used to be missing from the rest of the
company in the drawing-room, and used to return
nearly about the same time by different doors and
that their attention to each other was that of a mark-
ed attention extremely indecorous between a young
single man and a married woman. He had been ob-
served on one occasion to sit almost upon her lap.—
Cthe WAS seen twice coming out of his bedroom by
the se: wants of Mr. Chamberlain.

I:ek ants, J. It nvvlcy , C. Creville,W.Elliot, C. Eullivan.
Colonels— :sutra:yr, Uptur, ttasky, Alen., Ilphisasoue,
at tutu,

Messrs.—Dawson, Forbes, Standish, D. Burrell, Cust, F.
Douglas
Mis:ressee--Drax Gr.svrror, Stanhope, D. Burrell, Panther,
Len, Beaumont, Vitzherbrn.
Ali us—l•lphut.:oue, Vyour, Levr, Seymour, Lloyd.
The following were among the most accomplished
wiatzers:
L:.rsl SAN 1111‘ - - Lady G. Dal-musts-v..
Colonel Szrmdua . lady H. Hit ELL.
Ivi r. Ali 3:; Ws I't77-Ut.aarvice.
Lord MOLT!. F. t.:T • - Lady L Cosxwnt tors.
VI% 3. ST A ItorA - - Mns PALI.
Mr. Holt ...cr. Mlli,s JON 1.3.
LI: was Lim larevrcli Assembly.

T 1: E PITT CLca.—Wetinesday a General Meeting
o! :t.is respectable Club was Itcld in the City of Lon
d Tavern, to arrange the r) pritig Dinners for the
ensuing year, and to ballot for Metsitiets ; when,
'amongst many otl.ets, the following Noblemen and
'Gentlemen were elected :
The Earl Mountriarm, Enrol Viiirmilit ntia, !eh, Golr!s-
bwougli Ray-casks.", Esq. Wed Nowa, Eq. I. G. Suter, E. 4:
Citor4e tiliielier, M P. Grr:tril ijasc.iivie, M.l'. Jorlius
41110 Whatelty, John Jacob Bump, C. P.
Air!, Ettwya Otaccy, Esi. W. C. Clarkson, El. Me.
Intso Flits zscnootai.—Yesterday a Gential
ot the Fr.ends to Education took place at the
New London Tavern, the Lorn Mayon in the Cba,r,
for the purpose of peintinently establishing Fice
Schoels, for instructing tile-children of pour Irish pa-
rents, resident in the neighbourhood of ti iffron-hll.l
The Lorzs MAYmt, the Rev. Mr. Motions,. lops
TAit,ott, L.q. and Sir T. BELL. severally spoke in
behalf of the institution t and before the Meeting se.
pawed. a very liberal collection was made. The
Linn MAYON was appointed YatiOn.
CATIIOI.IC CIIANITAT.LE INSTITUT:ONa AT S. MEM-
Tows. Yesterday the trends and benetacauts of these
benevolent Establishments, for the purpose of cloth.
lug, supporting, and educating 180 boys and girls,
the children of indigent Cliholics, dined at the Fiee.
masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Sttaaslr took the Chair, sup:
ported on the. right by the Earl of Susawanowit, and
on the left by Lord KINLERN. In the GAltry, which
was filed with Ladies, were the Conntess of Sinews.
hunt, and Lady TaELAWNSY. After the cloth was
removed. Now &bit Daytime was sung in fine cyle by
Messrs. DlONUtii. Bow.a, MEAD, doe. Alter the usual
toasts of the KING, QUERN, 85:. the Duke of Sufic
rose and made a must eloquent speech on die benefits
resulting to society from the Institutiors. The
tsstewards then led in the children, beaded by their
Masters and Mistresses, the band playirg 44 ?wrier;
af.ty in the moreing ;" they marched round the room
in procession, each carrying a &pet of flowers, and
appeared remarkably healthy, clean, ind neat.
ExTMAORDINAKT AND ROMANTIC Dos:L.—The re.
snarkable story of die Fair Rivals (Miss N— and
Mss W—.) which lately canted so great a dm
terbarce i,i tare neighbourhood of Parson's Green, is
stall !real in the recellection of our Readers. The
i; :crest excited by the diearpointment. jealonst, and
sob.eqtrent spirit •d conduct, of Miss (on the
dicovery of her lover's inconstancy) oppored tfit•
in2.tcent fault of Miss N—, was likely to have
proved fatal In a young Gentleman of respectability
le Os metropolis. It seems that, a few Jars aka. a
ciscussom arose between Mr. 13,-- and his friend,
Mr. C—, COeceining the propriety and merit of
are d.fferent courses pursued by Miss N— and
bliss W— towards each oti'er on a late occasion.

Sir Wtwast Scorn observed, it was not from one
particular circumstance the adultery was to be in
ferret!, but from the whole of their conduct, coupled
with Mrs. Burgess's confession, by which he was of
opinion the adultery was sufficiently proved ; and
theittote the wife must not only be di*appointed of
hrr suit, but the Court was bound, bntli in a legal
and moral point of view, to admit the allegation of
the husband; from whence the Court pronounced
and decreed the separation prayed for. Ordered
accordingly.

CHARGES OF TREASi)NA3LIi PftACTlCFS.—Tuesday
several of the persons in custody on thaws of trea•
sottable practices, um:crater.' examinptions at the
Secretary of State's Office for the noire Depart.
ment, before Lord Vi:count Smantrin, the Crown
Lawyers, Sir Il.vrta:.:Et. CONANT. and ether official
Gentlemen. Ber:airin Irhitr:ey, from lindderstield,
who was brought to Lentlon on Saturday evening
by a King's Messenger and -a Bovr.street officer, was
taken to the Office by Mr. Adkins, the Gos•eruor of
the house of Correctson ; when, atter he had under-
gone an e;:am:uation, he was sent off in the custody
of a King's Messenger and a Bow-strict officer, to
Salisbury prison. Orders were given at the same
time to remotes Mr. Knight from Reading to Salis•
bury prison, in the custody of Messengers and Bow.
street officers.

Wonbiiip.tanprr.---INITUMANTTY rt. PAtttkille•-•
Yesterday JcAn Brod ;Ind lihrabeth, his wile, rest&
isig in York-street, Bethnal Greeiv, were charged
with erUelty :1,1_4 starving their own child, a boy, only
four years old, to such a degree, that he is not likely
to live. l'he parents pleaded poverty, but that pride
prevented their mating the real state ut their dis.
tress known. The Magistrate observed, that amongst
the crowds who come to the Office daily for parochial
relict, be knew of nu instance where any person
would starve their own child, althongh some of them
were treq.uently 24 and 48 hours themselves without
food. The parish nfficers must take the child under
their care, and have him esan.ined by a surgeon, in
order to ascertain whe her starvation was really the
cause of the child's deplorable situation, and the pri-
soners must be committed for further clam nation.

Manrzotr.Hovse.—A young woman, calling hen
self afartsres Wade, apparently not more than 16
years of age, was borne into the Mansion•Heuse by ,
two Officers. Her appearance evinced great distress
and dims:. She was immediately conducted to the
Cumpter, where. by proper care, she-was soon re-:
stored to a little strength. She stated that she was
born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. where she had left I.er
father two years since, with the intention of corral!'
to this country. She, however. strived in Ireland,'
and for some time gained a suprott by knitting
stockings. Becoming soon afterwards acquainted
with a tradesman. he seduced and left her pregnart..
Starvation and distress soon stared her iii the faie,,
arid to avoid prostitution. she j'.inrd a company of
mountebanks, who were embarking for Englatid..--!
At Liverpool shy remained with them some time,
hut becoming disgusted with their habits, she dr-
serted the company, and set snit for London. penny
less, in the hope of procuring a gratuitous psssage
to her lather in Nova Scotia. On her journey she
I fell sick, and was delivered of her Wan: in a ditch,
near to which the owner of a cottage hearing her
groins brought her to her home. Alter a short de-
by, the fear of being sent to a pr;son as a vagrant,
induced her to renew her jorrney, and half starved
and nearly dead. she reached the Metropolis. Pre-
vious to her arrival she had waited ttpon'a lady, who
having heard her tale, desired her to wait on the
Lord Mayor, The statement of the unfortrrate
?girl excited much interest, and some money was
given for her assistance by persons present. TN.
LOAD Marne ordered her to be taken every care of
until-her health was sufficiently restored, when some
WMe plan would be adopted in her behalf.
'Bow-water.—Yesterday Scored! was fully
committed for trial, tharged with having broken into
a house at Hammersmith, and stoleavaluable articles.
Early on Tuesday morning last,the mansion of the
Earl of LANDMY, at Uffiogtoo, near Stamford, was
discovered to be on fire in two separate apartments
of the house. By a providential discovery the dames
werehtingoishedo after doing damage to-theism:at
of about one hundred pottr.d. laaverder; the Bow.
street tater, is at present eleerrorlin to asccra'2
tie cau.c of the fire.

From temperate discussion the cotiversatiou s nd.len I y
assumed the aspect of a serious dispute, when Mr.
F,--, after declaring that he would defend the
conduct of Miss W— with all his might. instantly
challenged Mr. C-- to advocate thersitite of
and stand het charrnion in the Leld. The
consequence was, a Meeting between the 'parties, ac.
companied by their seconds, on Wednesday morning
last, at the early hour of four o'clock, in a retired
spot a few miles out of town. The parties
changed shots the first time without effect, and a re.
conCisiation, it was then hoped, would hare taken
place ; but Mr. B— demanded further satisfac-
tion. They then again exchanged shots, when the
latter Geneman w..s slightly wounded on the crown
Of the head, his adversary's ball basing perforated
bias!, and graced his skull on its passage. The se.
elide again Interfered. and Ws sine.= dispute was
badly aszticablty ad;t:s:cd.

Durhar.
property
of
meTlahnechfnolilyowexinz tunre particn' er eccennt of the 1.-e.
eilnuetahrellecoal n r
ge'reer: Co3.es was indicted for felonio7slystealino.
twelve pieces of silk, value se2oo. thepruseeutor, e extract fromPitTei°N.l
an
ti
nOwn
Pal:entry
Foot.—This was a singular case. The
forenoon
dtren'lniel Hatt
* 'cc"rrc.'l
's
331"
Mr. Foot, is a silk-manufacturer in Spitallields ;
the facts of the case. as proved by his foreman and wit,ce se men and hey. w• e•tthi .."rib '
?.;
manager, were as follows t—That on the 9th of June! at the time, six of whom teere to:richt .0 I-v..,
last, the prisoner came to their warehouse, and or-i'?frh:'"' 44"1"un atrrw."lll otter O've-e wane r.;.1; i:.-
dered a parcel of silk,
of
the
value
of
din
is. ;
this iblopown, hotowt tetrityheeTpt,:ac,ttrainftant...l,l?peei errser..f. •r0.,...a the •all'erte,
he desired might be sent home to his house, and gave I eetnvnt. -rere (wind at genie dioa.r.ee-fltrontbtr7hie., tn.!'
hit card, S. Cohen, St. George's-row ; he elso de- of or- them repsrated tram ti t hotly and tea
sired them to he sent after five o'clock, 'Change hours. !`"".. Fe."' ; 'l.‘" hack nt the t'"i ''f the other "'j• at.., tern,l;!,
Its the evening the foreman carried it home, and crot'n'itetinhui.rdhleirstlralontrMoe earelree iioroethlor, in the *IV:. 't
found the house according to directions, with the end coal diet, the snt, '170,7a-th°crin:ri.e.ra„.llel„:l.nnel"ttiht obet"i•hek*"" *
name of Solomon Cohen and Co. Ship Agents, on and halt d•-taut tort p.t for .ever•l*,...e. !Mr?. Ni•Sete
the done. He found the prisoner at home, who re.l",.urerers pairoe Tiltre are tee of the nam..tt
ceired the Roods and paid him the money. The house 175trf.lr, ("e .":Irn Irraa'hot"4. an, an ,a-r..!
had the appearance of a house of business Oillthere are wen; few.i
11.111!,11)4,1.,r;..7455.)'"t755e7 rat.„
the next day, June 10, the prisoner came ag tin for t en,.er.y ay the rerver.e ,v!,? ef y. 004 011‘,.1,,,,,,,;.:4J.1071.,‘
goods, which were in like manner sent home and , Moody, one or thy h d•-vit• Cr of 11. • pro,r,
paid leer. On the 1I th he again bought to the amount I "."':".''f"'ed 1" tamp, assal.reen.g.....,
eeve, het rt !Or 1.7 ti e eye""--
"chic!' lam, twice VIII eu• t'•••• ••,ntiottan ••• •
of Elio, which he ordered to be sent home at the
ry-
use,l tiine, and were regnlarly paid for; the two het nced eo,ti .tr,t !he bee. of WI 't:n"
parcels were left in the evening, and he called and tin! 'ha". the f.heeed ":""'Thml39 •
"re of die et%eit.
pai3 for them the nest merning after delivery. fir'a n
r"" "4c .‘" ar *waft :An leet, h few, he
be twat b'e.tt Corrant
had stated when he 'sought these goods, that he et- tet,°„l ...
~k,h,
peered a very large order ; and, ACCOldirgly, on tne I the rn,„r...i. „,t„, twit
si.s..,sts
12th he called again, end ordered silks to the amour' r•eirc than 140 prJ.. frown the
▪ i• to he trgtettr,t
of Sut), which he directed to be sent borne its thelitha"`-te ill reit ir'h':'^*hiett amen: the mime. to ti.e tkr
I...itirtrirahretati7o.rtnrinh:r.stizfietrii;r„, appears
Utr of a
evening as tutu!, and said, at he was to pay ready ,217„?,:f
money, he expected a discount of 10 per cent. I
t:rrly oft 41.• ch ,talegr.e•La phmea cora:Prat e
.t nanrw „7:
foreman, from the lergevess of the reeler. being s.):. n next Any heldea on ow hotter, Ihe T.-raie,
picious, sent in twelve pieces out of eighteen, an:.dreaaard had g"t 'h"ir &oh° I'l an ox m fire •Limr, 0
ca,eroned,
..bryd three nyeawgrt eon.% a notes! of the -A er LA.., 0,3.
Went with them himself. When they arrived at Inc .r
Prisoner's house, he said he had only a cheque for dir„ ,kaly oaf 7). ,21 m..n
wit,,
4'600, and asked the foreman if he could gave him if-hie:ea atf e a.e.ineaitigt wit ch had he ,s
the difference. The man :Rid he could not ; tic then I WA..., were radvncated in the 'ante mM tee e. •,
said he must wait until the morning. The next day. I,‘.l.,',i'lhr;rln7l:railnl"eedikess, tbeh."i"""'" by r". ' • I.tir'.
about eleven o'clock. the prisoner called at Mr. Foot's, thel,,ait hero. en"rut temirsittlawy lint.,,
Lour', Io•VHA Wrie end Milord •
n 1 e;;.r ree,,,,,ltyrr al;
and said he cam • for the residue of the silk. and to h
give an order for tis pieces more. The foreman said ayr .ix.r inn otetrlinme &chi vu
the goods could not be sent unless he paid ready Stemmer: 01:c; me. sees —A ni.,sciwne.,
money. He replied hr intended so to do. and that residing on the island of Trescaw. m Scilly, having
n
he did not desire the goods to be left without the some damp gunpowder in his p isst ssi in list week,
money. At five o'clock the foreman and a porter very me:or:ol34y :Jut show rim rpow.d of it in an
carried home the goods. The prisoner was at flume, fro.[ pot over the Ere', in order to ..fry it. He em-
and desired they might be put down in the counting- ployed hi; wite to Minn the roe. whilst he stirred the
house, and he began to unroll a piece ;he then took combustible matter with an iron poker ! The pot
up his cash box as it he was going to pay, and told beconiing heated, a dried; ul explosion took place.
the porter he might go. as he would give the foreman attens.ed with lametmela :faults. Tne man was
something for him. He then desired the foreman to struck blind, his thumb and hand were lacerated is
write a receipt, and took him into the parlour. While a shocking manner, and his clothes, I am., sev, rit warts
he was there the prisoner went into the countinn- of his body, were flinch buret and ieierel. His Vito
house, and he heard him apparently quarrelling with likewise %v.v.; test reiy tccrcaett. But what ie most
some one, calling him a hlockhead and fool ' • lie then reniet kahle. is, that not a vestige of the pot hal been
came back and said, " Wiwi a fool my C 141; is, 1 foetid since !—CernenallPalier.
desired hint to call at the banker's first, and he has
been at Lloyd's, and now it is too late." .11c there-
fore could not pay the amount until the next morn-
ing. The foreman said he could not leave the goods
without the money, upon which the prisoner said,
then he must go out and borrow it. The foreman
said he would go with him ; they accordingly went
to the house of a Mr. Davis, or at least that name
was on the door, when the pi isoner came out and said
it was unlucky, his hiend Mr. Davis had just paid a
large hill, and had but seeS, which he offered the
foreman ; he said that would not do, he must have
it all. The prisoner desired him just to write a me-1
morandum for that sum on the bill of parcels, and
he would go into the City and borrow the rest. Upon
this he ran cif, leaving the foreman. After he was
gone, the foreman, upon reflection, returned to Co-
hen's house ; but was told he was not at home. He
said he would wait for him, and went into the par-
lour; he attempted to go into the counting-house,
brt found the door locked. Shortly after, Mrs. Co-
hen and another Lady came in. While he was there
be thought he heard the rustling of silks as it unrol-
ling in the counting-house. But Mrs. Cohen imme-
diately made a musical clock in the parlour play,
which entirely drowned the noise, and prevented his
hearing mote. At length. waiting until eleven
o'clock, Mr. Cohen came home, and affected to wipe
Lis feet on the mat, though his boots were very dry.
Wien he came in, he said he could not get the mo-
ney that night, but that the foreman should have it
early in the morning. The foreman said, then he
must have the goods again : he replied, that Iv as im-
possible, as they %sere cold, and opened the counting•
house door, to chew him that they were gone. Find-
ing that he could get neither money nor goods, he
went away; and the next day the prisoner was taken
before a Magistrate, who held him to bail fs r the lar-
ceny. The porter confirmed this case.
Messrs. Awir, Cenweoo, and WAL roan emen-
ded, that this case went beyond all the cases of con-
structive felonies, and that the facts did not amount
to a larceny.
The COMMON SEMI!' IXT hiving summed sip the
case. the Jury found the prisoner—Guilty, and he
was sentenced to seven years' trAnsportation.
I.r.:s•well, a boy of 13, was convicted of picking
the pocket of Mr. Oxley of a silk handkerchief. The
robbery took place on Tower-hill. on the 29J of June.
and although the prosecutor did not feel the hand-
kerchief go, he saw the prisoner put it into his bo-
som. The prisoner was told that he would not be
allowed to remain in the country.
Wm. Ktrie alias .Tads.nr. wrs found guilty of steal-
ing a miniature, value eight guineas, the property of
Mr. Hayter, an artist, in Well-street, Oxtord-street.
The posoner, by the name of Jackson, described
himsett as Mr. Jackson, who was collecting money
for tha aid of a decayed artist and his family. Mr.
Hamer gave him some silver, and lent him a book,
for his opinim of it : and when the prisoner returned
the book. in Mr. Hayter's absence, he stole the
miniature.

OLD BAILEE; JULY 10.

ACCIDZA7 XE.1.7? DV-1211,1.1T.

iIIKII4S.

Cr :ht• ft!t of Jr.ty, et t!andegaes In halite, the Lady of
Li airrnat:t•Coloorl 79+ R.q;liten,, of a (laugh ce.
At Clifton, do Lady of thr late W. cmgyugni, et cbmetet,
E.g. of a thing! ter.

Sardis Cr.;ertore was indicted for stealing Exchequer
Bills to the airoant of JCSVO, and T. Argent, for re-
ceiving the same. The property was stolen from
Mr. filnclviih. on the '22.1 ALLEY conten-
ded. that the ':airs was not rightly laid, inasmuch,
as by a late Act of Parliament (the New Post•office
Act), St. Martin's-le-Grand, where the robbery was
cr.mmitted, was no longer in the right of the Dean
and Chapter of Westminster, but in that of the City
of London ; and therefore a bill should have been
preferred before a London Jury.
After Mr. ADOL.I'HOS had replied, the RECORDER
decided that the vtnire was not properly la;d. The
prisems were consequently acquitted ; but ut4.ltred
ce be cilt.;ted anctl•s; t. 41 t,. found.