Star.
London, England, 1816-01-11 00:00:00

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aRfGJfION, J'ANtlitAr 10.
Yesterday her MAtEIDITY, ith the Duke of Cut-
tteNcit and the Princesses Euxurro and Maly, took
a drive as far as Shoreham and along the West Cliff,
for upwards of two hours. Afterwards the Princesses,
attended by Sir B. BLoommt.s, hewed the Paviliooi
riding school and stables.
The Steyne Promenade, yesterday afternoon. pre-
sented mandistiiguished ehtraeteus. Prince Eau
-
mazy and Lord CASTLZRRAOH were in conversation
daring the time they remained. The Doke of CLA-
RK/46E, the Marquisses of HaRTIPORD and SALISBURY,
Lords ERSKINE and Cant.rroo; Sir THOS. LYDELL,
Lady H. Pause and her daughters, Lady BUR-
sgrr, and Mr. Homes, M.P. were among the pro.
menaders.
This morning, at half-past twelve, her MAJESTY,
with the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALEF, the Prin•
cesses &mum and Many, is two carriages, with
their Ladies in Waiting, took a drive as far as Lewes.
Last night the Theatre was opened for the benefit
of Mr. CAB!, a tragedian, who belonged to the com-
pany that performed here last season. The Play of
Dellis was performed. Tom Norval was persona.
ted by a Matter LEE • G&eallyinv, by Mr. EOERToN
tief
Lord and Reado;ph. by Mr. TROTTER and Mrs.
E durrorr..tster Les's juvenile performance was
honoured with the most enthusiastic applause by one
of the most crowded audiences every witnessed at this
Theatre. After the Play, Master Lu executed his
song, f 4 Is there a heart that never limed?" accompa.
smog himself on the pianoforte in a most exquisite
style. Hit picture song, from the music of the Do
veil's &asks, accompanied, with the piano, displayed
the richness and compass of his fine soprano voice.—
A variety of Entertainments were petformed, to the
entire satisfaction of the bouts. The boxes displayed
much fashion. There were present—
Sir John add Lady Caldwell, Sir Robert and Lady Burnett,
Sir D. Oeuld, Lady A. Diem Hon. Mr. Mothers, Lady Jones,
C.oloosi Vernon Graham, Mr. Gideon*, Mrs. Nugent, and va-
rious odnir parties.
The Earl of BARRYMORZ (who is the friend of
Master Loa) and a large party sat in the Royal Box.

COVINT•GARDEN THICATSI6.-.—Last night, in the
slew Comedy of Smiles and Tears. Mr. TEARY per-
formed the character of Mr. Stanley, usually sustained
by Mr. FAwcirrr, who was absent on account of do-
mestic calamity. Mr. TERRY was esceediugly well
received.

Mrs. DICRONS is arrived in town, nearly recovered
from her severe indisposition.
Yesterday a Court of Directon was held at the
East India House, when the following Officers were
sworn into the command of their respective ships :
Captain Taztaesnzzaa, of the Asia, for Madras and
Bengal ; Captain TLLPIR, of the Sovereign, and
Captain MASON, of the Providence, for St. Helena
and China.
The Brussels Papers contain :he following letter
from Vienna, dated December 22—., The Pops is
Indisposed, aod it is feared that his Holiness may
have a serious illnesv.—A report has been spread that
the Cabinet of Berlin had offered to our Court its-
good offices to lessen the rectification of our frontiers'
with Bavaria: these negotiatiOns seem to effer many
obstacles, however, they have been terminated wit).-
out foreign intervention, and as was at first proposed,
between the Courts of Austria and Munich. Though
the territorial acquisition made by Austria is not con-
silerable in extent, a positive advantage results from
it for the trade in corn and itnportatitn of timber.
According to accounts from Italy, two Neapoli-
tan frigates sailed on the 4th from Naples to go to
Kilta, to fetch the Neapolitan ships of war which the
English have carried thither, and which they restore
to the King."
Couustwo.—A match had been made after the de-
cision ot the Flixton cup, betwixt Mr. Ceoke's black
dog, who won it, and Mr. Hall's black bitch, who
was then beaten. After waiting for upwards of six
weeks, from the continued frosts, for a day to decide
it, it w ts run on Tuesday last, over the High Wolds,
the best of three courses, every one of which was won
by Mr. Hall's bitch, after very severe runs. The
hares were so excellent, that notwithstanding the
speed of the two greyhounds, not one hare was killed.
Mr. John Major was the tryer of them.
Mu HOIIIB and CONFISMONS of CAPTAIN AMIE,
Author of • tht Spirit of the Book.'—This work is cer-
tainly without a parallel, not excepting even the
Confer:low of Rotuseas, or the Lades de Breisaisaris.—
W hatevec impression, says the Author in his Preface,
my Memoirs may snake, I assert that truth alone is
their foundation ; for so singularly eventful has been
my life, that I have no occasion to fly to the ebulli-
tions of a distempered fancy for the purpose of filling
my Volumes, or affording the Reeder a temporary
pleasure. A g-eal „many of the first characters in
the Church and the State, in the Army and in the
Navy, know me well I they are referred to in my,
pages, they will recognise my hints, and I dare them;
to deny any of those dumeroas transactions in which
they and I have been so frequently coastal:ed. and
associated ! !I
Maddoele, who was recently convicted at the Old
Bailey Sessions of forgery, but whose sentence was
postponed until the apmioli of the Judges could be
• taken upon a point ot law, has died in prison. It will
be recollected, that the prisoner, unauthorisedly, en-
dorsed a bat, as by procuration of his master, with his
owls name, received the money, and appropriated it
to his own use, and the point was, whether this was
a forgery or a fraud ? The opinion of the Judges bad
not been declared.
( FROM THE MONTREAL HERALD OF NOF• 4., 1815.)
" Drummond Island, September 5.
" Captain Anderson is just arrived from the Mis-
sissippi, and has performed. his important duty term-
tisfactton. Captain Anderson will give you some in.
teresting details as to the Mississippi Red Children.
Some of their speeches evince mach shrewdness and
good sense, and are, besides, animated, expressive,
and affecting, in no small degree.
,g They, in some measure, darkly foresee their fate,
which you may be assured, if they oppose (brave and
high-spirited as they are, oppose they will), is an In.
discriminate- slaughter. The Americans had not at-
tempted to move from St. Louis, on Capt. A.'s de-
parture. In fact, I am inclined to think their schemes,
of conquest and subjugation mita be postponed
till next years and if so, a blessed respite for the poor
Indians, which I am convinced was chiefly owing to.
oat; late retention of Makina.c.N'

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The Sessions commented yesterday in 164'14014-
before the. Right Honourable the Loan Melva and
RECORDIR. the LORD CHI HIP. BA RON, Mr. Justice DAL-
LAI; and Mr. Baron &makes.
Wilfiam Celia, sta.s' indicted for stealing six sheep,
value twelve pounds, the property of the Rev. R. H.
'S. Heale. J. Kempster, shepherd to the prosecutor,
proved that the sheep were numbered on the 2d of
October, and the six in question were missed on the
Bth of the same Month- He had seen one of them
since at Mr. Ire's,- at Harefield. Mr. Ire proved,
that in the first week in October the prisoner brought
six sheep to him, marked as Mr. Heale's were. He
asked leave to pin the sheep into his field till they
should be taken to market. Four of them were taken
away a few days after ; but the prisoner never same
back. One of the two that were left died, the other
has been owned by Mr. Heale's steward and shep-
herd, as being Mr. H.'s piokrty. Guilty—Death..'
The following were also capitally zonvictect, viz.''
Seymour, for stealing two pieces of toilinet, value
five' pounds, the property of G. H. Hodgson, in his
dwelling house ; J. Thomson, for stealing a truss,
containing five pieces of hosiery goods, value 40s.
and upwards, the property of J. Nicholson, in his
dwelling houses and J. Davis, for robbing J. Shute
on the highway, and taking from him two mama of
paper, the property of E. Harrison.
E. Page, lir. Seait, and R. Cole, were indicted for
stealing eighteen pair of shoes, the property ,of D.
rd'Queen, privately in his dwelling-house. The pro-
secutor is a ahoensaker, in Drury-lane. On the 234
of December, about a quarter past six o'clock in the
evening, Page, and a lame man (not in custody),
came into his shop to purchase shoes. The lame man
tried on several pairs of shoes, but none of them
would please hint, till at last a pair, unbound, seemed
to suit him; and he said he would call for them in an
hour, when the shoes would be bound, but they never
returned. Witness missed some shoes after they were
gone ; and, on searching, discovered that eighteen
pair had been taken away.—Plank, a Constable, of
Bow-street, saw the three prisoners in company with
a lame man, coming out of a public-house in New-
street, Covent-garden, about six in the evening of
23d of December. Suspecting something was wrong,
he fellowed them into Drury-lane, where Page and
lame man went into M'Queen's shop, and the boy
Scott followed in, stooping as he walked. He soon
came out again with a bundle of shoes under his arm,
Page making way for him to come out of the shop,
covering him as much as possible from being seen.—
Witneu let him go about 4.0 yards, and then took him
into custody. Scott began to halloo, but Plank quieted
him; be, telling him it he made a noise he would
cloak him. Plank took him away, and left his bro-
ther officer to watch the others. . .

Godfrey, another of cer. was in company with
Plank on the evening in question. Cole was looking
in at the window ; but, when he missed • the boy
Scott, he looked at all the corners of the street for
him. Witness followed them, and overheard them
say, that they supposed the boy had carried back the
shoes to the house from which they had come. In
Southampton-street, Cole knocked the lame man down,
because they supposed be had done them out of the
ma: (theft). Witness took Page into custody, and
Cn)e soon after followed-to Bow-street Office, to eh-
quire if any thing particular had occurred there
within two hours ? He was then taken into custody.
Guilty cf stealing to the value of ;39,. only.
The following were also convicted of felonies, viz.
J. Brown, for stealing 24 yards of printed cotton, the
.property of Messrs. McGeorge and Marsh ; and G.
Bus, for stealing several pieces of printed cotton, the
property of Messrs. Phene and Co.
Mary Cooldly was indicted for stealing various ar-
ticles of wearing apparel, in the house of John Ban-
nister, in Portland Mews, on the night of the 25th of
December last. It appeared that the prosecutor had
left the door of his apartments open during his ab-
sence for a short time on the above evening, during
which time the prisoner took an opportunity to enter,
and perloin the property, with which she was stopped
by a watchman. In her defence she said she bad
been shut out of the workhouse on that night, and
while wandering the streets had found the things,
'tied up in a bundle. Site was found guilty of steal-
ing, but not of the burglary.
John Kelly, 7 hostas Prieshard, and John Simpers were
indicted for stealing three pints of rum, from a cask
left in the charge of Kelly, who was an extra watch-
man of the Excise Office, on the night of the 9th of
November last. It appeared by the evidence. that
the prisoners were found together drinking rum and
water on the night in question with the instruments
for drawing off liquor lying near them. The cask.
too, on being gauged, was found to have lost the
quantity of rum laid in the indictment, as stolen by
the prisoners. The Jury, however, on the ground of
the good character given to all the prisoners, acquit-
tedjethhea om.
i and was tried for barglariously breaking
and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Kerhon, who
keeps a public house, in t ssez-street, Strand, on the
22d of December last. This ease not appearing to
be supported by sufficient evidence, the Jury, under
the direction of Mr. JustiCe DALLAS, found the pri-
soner Not Guilty.
James Bares and Jones Afacslairals4 the latter a
little boy, were indicted for burglariously entering thel
house of Frederick Dawes, and stealing therein three
brushes, his property. It appeared that the prisoners
were seen together, by a police officer, oaths evening
of the 4th of January, and after being followed some
time, Baynes was observed to look into the prosecu-
tor% shop, and then, atter attempting in vain once or
twice, he succeeded in raising the latch of the door.
He then entered, but Macdonald remained witheet.
On his return he was apprehended by the officer, and
the three brushes were found upon him. Macdonald
was also then taken into custody. The prisoner,
Baynes, in his defence, denied any acquaintance with
the boy, and said, be bad served his Majesty twenty-
three years, since which time he had known nothing
but sickness, misery. and want he threw himself,
therefore, on the merciful consideration of the Coati.
The Jury acquitted Macdonald. but found the elder
prisoner Guilty.

• Monday night, the stables of Lord MACDONALD, in
"Hinde-street,-Manchester-square, were broken open;
and robbed of liveries and other property to a
detable amount. _

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if =LUZ SESSlONa-
voider Mary Ceitiftelhe elder, and Hussy Cattitr,
the you're father and son, coach and coach whe.l-
- in brury.lane, were indicted for assaulting
seven watchmen, of St. Giles's parish, whilst- in the
exercise of their duty. , It appeared that the defen-
dants were, on the night on which the assault took
place, at the Three Compasses public house, in Drury-
lane. There was at the same time a woman, who was
riotous and assaulted a young man in the tap-room,
and insisted on having his coat. The young man
resisted, a scuffle followed, and the younger Capps
taking the part of the woman, a general row ensued ;
two watchmen were calltd in, but they were soon
vanquished, and were driven from the field by the
defendants. They, however, only retreated till by
an accession of strength they should have put them-
selves in a situation to renew the attack, and in a very
short time they returned, seven in number And the
elder Capps having joined his son, a desperate battle
ensued, for some time the two defendants kept the
seven champions at bay ; but they were at length
overcome and conveyed to the watch-house, but even
here they renewed the attack on their opponents, and
were not finally subdued until several ut the night's
guardians bad lost their lanthorns, and' had their
heads fractured in the contest. These facts were
proved by, eight witnesses, namely, the seven. watch-
men, and a woman who was present part oldie tin:e.
Mr. BAuRY, for the defendants, callrd eight wit-
nesses also, who told a tale equally favourable to
his clients. The Jury, however, havitt weighed the
testimony on each side, lOund both the defendants
Guilty, and they were both sentenced to six mouths'
imprisonment in the House of Correction.
Jabs Colver was indicted for a brutal and Unmanly
assault on a young woman in the street. The per-
sons who saw the transaction, it appeared, inflicted se-
vere punishment on the offender, at the time the as-
sault was committed. The Jury, however, found
him Guilty, and he was sentenced to two months im-
prisonment in the House of Correction.