Star. — 1806-02-11 (London, England)

DIBDIII. fen. Its principal feature teemed to depend upon the confiancy of an Officer, who fought in the aaion off Trafalgar, who had broken a piece of gold in two, and left one half with his titian(' in England, while he carried the other abroad. The fccne, we believe, is laid at Dover, where this lady is expofed to the addreffes of a Mr. Carrot, a fooliffi, prating, fafitionable partner of a Mr. Golfererti, and who, to gain this lady's favour, gets Tiail. a Amman, perfuaded to confirm the fad of Ifehrs'r (her lover) infidelity. Trail!, however, difclofes the truth to Mifi C.royfaffice, fo that all inter& in the conclufion is entirely deftroyed. The dialogue, moreover, is extremely irdipid, and the magic altogether common. place. It was completely damned I The oppofition of the audience manifefled itfelf very early, and in. creafed to a terrible flora towards the sad.  Laft Friday, the wife of a tradaihsam at Maidflone, eloped from her hatband, who was found dead in his bed the next day; various conjeftures are formed on the occafion.  Tuefday J. Gowthorpe, of Patrington, expofed his wife for file, about one o'clock, in Hull market, but owing to the crowd was obliged to defer the bufinefs. About four he again brought her out, and Rte was fold for so guineas, and delivered in a halter to ......Houreman, who had lodged with them four years! —Frcm the frequency of thefe difgraceful hem, without any interference on the part of the Police, the vulgar have imbibed a miftaken notion that it u legal ! It is furely high time they were undeceived. Oa Thurfday laft the young Gentlemen of Eton College had a bull baited in the Brockhurft-meadow, near Eton, which caufed a great deal of (port, and not a little confufion. The animal had not long been tied to the Rake before he broke loofe, and ran for the Thames, into which he plonged fo deep as only to leave his bead above water ; the crowd, confißing of three or four hundred perfonsk repaired to the edge of the river, anxious for the fafety of the bull, when a barge, dragged by feveral bodes, paired along, the rope attached to which was lack, but on the people hallowing, the horfes took fright and attempted to run away, when the rope became tight and two perfons were (wept into the river, a grenadier belonging to the Stafford(hire Militia had his arm broke,and.had not the honks been timely flopped, the whole of the people between the rope and the river would inevitably have been (wept in. The bull was got out, and baited until four o'clock without any other accident happening. On Saturday evening, Henderfon went to St. Giles's watch-houfe and gave himfelf upto juflice, as having been a murderer in Ireland eight years fince, which prevented him from enjoying a happy moment. The watch-houfe keeper detained him until yeßerday, when he was brought to Marlborough-greet Office. On being queflioned by the Magiftrates, he Rated that it was not done by his own hand, but that he became a member of a committee of rebels, whole aetions had fince difturbed his repofe. A refpeflable perfon who ferved his time with the accufed in a printing office in Edinburgh twenty eight years fince, de(crtbed him as the molt inoffenfive man he ever knew. He was confidered infane during his apprenticefhip, and particularly when doing a work called 4' Satan's Invifible World Dil covered." He was at the mad.houfe in Edinburgh, but recovered from his malady and went to Ireland. Other perms corroborated what had fallen from this witnefs, and defcribed him as a lunatic, Rating that at intervals only, he was able to work at his trade, and he was then employed by Mr. Hanfard of Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Magiltrate humanely gave direc. tions for the unfortunate object to be conveyed to a place of fafety.