Star.
London, England, 1803-07-08 00:00:00

DUBLIN THEATRI.

Yefterday fe'nnight, Mr. Jonn JOHNSTOWN, the
celebrated comedian, made his firft appearance in the
characters of Sir Callagbax O'Brallagbass, in Leona-1a-
Mork, and Looney 111,Woo!tor, in The Was: of Wiadfor.
He was welcomed by his countrymen with great and
cordial warmth, and he performed each character
with fine conception, receiving in both the unanimous
applaufe of an elegant audience. He introduced the
following fong with great effect :
Safe I'm here, and with joy aimed wild,
For in Ireland I firlt faw the Sun,
Nth the nation, man, women, and child,
You're my countrymen every one !
By the packet I fent pretty fait,
Both letters and parcels to greet ye,
rnn my own fell I pack'd up at lalt,
And my bean jumps with tranfport to meet
Thkteen years, or the Almanack lies ,
Now ate pat finer I left Dublin Bay:
Tho' I rode in a Rip, my poor eyes
Were fwiniming the whole of the way
And while abfent, to fay It I'm proud,
Of dear Ireland I lack'd so reminders,
Nature's voice In my breaß fituake fo loud,
That it bunt in a brogue throe my grinders.
Dear &eland's my mother, arab,
Old England, her titter I 'rait-..
Thee it fauns &ice this land's my mamma.
That I've Raid a long while with my aunt.
London !wafts of the Thames for its Sze,
Its angels no foul can eall feightfu
Patrick owns all &de charms, hill he crier,
Oh ! the Liffey and Sheekles delightful !"
V you'd know what I've done while away,
rn tan you before you can a& It,
I have waded for John Ball, and mull fay,
He bas put a few eggs in my balk&
Dat If eggs are "pledge, I fear
Dublin aides may foes have difpatcled 'ent,
Pei& nay cep may be all may here,
SO I won't came my chicks till I've hauled 'em.
Now low/ Vie to yoa, jewels, fay 1,
You have judgment, wit, all that is odd,
* as Powers rn mat certainly die,
If I'm dunn'd by the foes of the fod ;
Nat you won't vex your countryman fo,
Thanks to Wand far Nub I'm a debtor,
Asd Weft "widow's& 1 go,
Neogilit but death Salk e'er make me forget her.
triday-evening, Mr. Mooney aged the chatader
of Sir difisi Has*, leBls.lfbe Plorgh, and Captain
Iftwkeas, in Tia Deaf rower, with ditlingniihed
probation. His popularity was eminently difplayed
by the early hour at which the Theatre was crowdtd.

LAW INTALLIGENCE.

COMM OF pliCti, JULY f•

• data. CD*.
tNITM 0. SNITM.
),fr. Eakiwi bad the cafe. lie regretted that
pit became his duty to open to the Jury a cafe of pro.
iniquity, and mortice like the preterit : be
wmM have wok bed, with all his heart, that the duty
~hia devolved upon Come other perfon, inmate it had
bee his built the courfe of his profeffional life, to Rate
:Alifla of this actors (thou gh not Of equal enormity)
,fe often, that his mind had beeonwtired of the rub.
jea ; and although the injury complained of was
lam Of the moft firkins which could be offered to any
..individual. it maid probably be dekribed in more
'glowing colours by a perfon wbo had not like bim
been obliged to deipribe over and over again the
crime which defiroyld the foam of his client, and was
thecae of the pretest wean. To fay that this was
as silica of adultery, brought againti a perfon wbo
bad violated the ties of tootanginity, and every
obligation of gratitude, wbo bad reduced and Rolen
away the wife bis relation, his guardian, and his
benerador, would perhaps be, to a Jury of morel
men, a folieion ihnement of the enormity of the
crime. The instal/does wore as follow :
The Pk ■dff and the Defendant were mains.
german, children of brothers. The Plaintiff had
received the Defendant, (who was left an orphan in
his infancy.) into his honk, and under his fpecial
care and poteilion ; he had fuperintended: his edu-
cation, wished over him with the care of a father,
and-with a brother's affedion, during his apprentice.
kip. and afterwards introdueed him into bastes,
procured him reeememilations and orders,gave him
part of his hook is *gingham, to make a wag&
houfe, and always from W Infancy admitted him to
his hook on the Haile& footing of fritunifbip and con.
fanguinity. tut what was the mums tOn the lith
of March the Plaintiff was apprifed, by a letter which
his wife left %Wad, that the bad eloped from his
honk. and with that near relation whom be had fo
long fokered with the care of a father. Althoagb
the Jay mak be able to contrive, yet he &odd alto
be enabled to prom, how poiguant was the dikes
which one of the hiddenA indulgent, and affec-
dilate hatbands amailbage iliffered. on learning that
a wife, to whom he babas married for sear twelve
Teats, who had daring that time borne him many
children. aad had few Whips thew living, and
when be had always lend mel liaserely. had been
thus taken hen him. The fees of the eafe, which
he was inlinibed be timid be able fogy prove.
, ! were thafe—shm for above tea years the eaeiha of
the Behar to hie wife was repaid by apai albeime
es het PO that their hips was enteoil toidl
ter the 1•11 tor before the -delMllsllo4 Darla' that
din the Pisiatiff's wife benne without any rift.*
jade, fan tmd inmeadre to bee littheode IMOD'
jive to her iblidgeo.gefianlisfe of an the dodge of a
wife, and a matter, kin ens the risiosof saw-
aad a dein-fee ilipeow
tics, that" Pit was an heopy..•
This alisseas dim: steliom, this tomb" (4 so
anattatable to food and eaaAdiej hefinade woe
merely the awl of the fodoftioa of As
Dlha
who bad ittfiatte!ed histilif into her afreaionieditt
*Mid bar MO frees its fanny 'obits and mot!
isspeetaat *M. The only "mason. ht conceived,
that then wool be far the jury to akertain was.
whit daimon would be a anape!fation for fo cruel
sad agosvated as iyary. Certainly no tumid 'no-
gg add nine embitClicat his log peace of mead,

and that happinefs he Was deprived of by the ael of
the Defendant; but fince the law gives no other Mode
of punifhing this crime, except by damages in money,
he thought the prefent was a cafe for large, and e►en
►indllive damages. The damages were laid in the
declaration at 60001. and he trolled if this cafe was

made out in evidence, as he had Bated it, the Jury

would not diminifh any thing of the (urn the damage
was laid at.

The Rev. Francis Smith was the firft witnefs ; he
was the Clergyman who married the Plaintiff and his
wife on the 23d of March, 1790. The Plaintiff's
wife was educated at his houfe, and he was always in

the habits of perfefl intimacy with the Plaintiff. and
frequently 'lilted at his hirife. He himfelf lived

livid abiut t 6 miles from Birmingham, but when-
ever bufinefs called him to that town, he vifited at

the Plaintiff's houfe. lie never faw a more indulgent
and affedionate hufband ; this affeetion appeared to

him always mutual, and he confldered them a very
happy couple.
Mr. W. Smith, brother to the Plaintiff, had been
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in the conftant habits of ftriet friendfhip with his bro-
ther for about 35 years (Plaintiff is about 4o). He,
as well as his brother, had formerly lived in Birming-
ham, but afterwards removed to Harburn, about two