Star. — London, England, 1811-12-25 00:00:00

goal elect on the four iternitost that the most of them appeared to be altiply sinking: kXTRACT OF A LETTS2 10 . 1011 ViIINIKAg DATkb NOV. 11. Z 6 The Assembly of the States of Hungary held consecutive sittings on the sth, 6th, and 7th of this month:-This great activity, which hithertb has not been equalled, causes many rerfiarks. 66 Letters received from Bucharest State, that an' immediate peace bet Ween Russia and Turkey is no longer doubted. The negotiations have commenced; and are continue Without interniptioni" 46 Novessiza 13.--- , The President of the Cham ber of Finances, Cotint Wallis, is still iri Presburgh. A few days ago he transmitted to the Governbr of Austria a letter from his Majestyof nearlythe follow ing tenor : " Nothing shall turn me from the plans upon Which i have resolved for the welfare cf my States ; I will nut, either in Hungary or any other country subject -to my dominion, any opposition, any limitation of any right; or any resistance whatever; I will not therefore permit in any case the States of Hungary to render my beneficent and general measuies for the good of my other subjects abbrtive." 66 NOVEMBER 13.—The Archduke Palatine of ifungary; and Count Joseph Erdoedy, have arrived here; It was reported that the Hungarian Diet was abodt to be, closed ; but this dews, which is totally mithout foundation, was purposely circulated by tome speculators in the funds. _ _ _ g , It is certain the Diet will t ontihue its labouts, and that it is not pcssibleto assign the precise epoch of its termination. The is4obles of the Kingdom, the belt hilamed he ►ds in the State, the gresiter number of the people, are openly in layout of the measures proposed by Governmen•.f' The American ship Symetry, CapfahLtiowrotr, of New York, has arrived at Plymouth ; a day or two before s' e left St. Mary's, there wxs an account re ceived Of a severe hurricane having been experience() rtt Charlestown, which lasted twAve hours, and blew filth most incredible fury/ Upwards of fifty houses Were blown down, and a great number cf . persons Were hurled in their ruing. Although it rained etces siVe hard at the timei the wind did riot abate : Many ships were ()liven on shore, and many more went down at their anchors ; the greater part of the crews of the latter perished, such was the violence of the tempest. Yesterda? a Cabinet Cottneil assembled at the Fo. feign Office. There were present the Lotto CIIAN ttm.on, the Marquis WELI.t.SLEY, the Earls of LIVER.. rbOL and BATHURST, Lori MULGRAiE, the Outs czt.t.olt of the EXPIEQIISI, Mr. Secretary RYDE' and Mr. _C. YoRKE. The Council continued sitting tfatil near six o'clocki Yesterday the Duke of Yost: transacted military lAsiness with the PRINCE AMEN - • floor about twelve -o'clock until half-pgst one. The Puma REGENT daily improves in the state bf his health: Having found much benefit from the airings which lie has recently enjoyed in the his Royal Highness again ha4l recourse yesterday to his carriage, in whieb be rode round them for some time. _ _ The Duke of YORK yestetd:iy afternoon left town for Oatlands immediately after his military levee, his Royal Highness; having a dinner party there, ac• Cording to annual custom, it being Christmas-eve. The party was expected to be a very select one. 'l'hc nuptial ctremony between Mt. WELLESLEY PoLe and Miss Tit.tiev LONG wid take place at Chip- Tapnhani, Wilstsltite, immediately after Christmas. Great preparations are making for the event. Cu ats CH AS •DA Y.—The prisoners in the diffetent cols of tire City of London, were ordered bt the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to receive one tionnd of beef, one pint of porter, and half a 3d. loaf each, pursuant to annual custom. Ten chaldrens of Coals have also been given them by his Lordship.— The Sheriffs have ordered the like donations on New Year's-day nest. Yesterday . was a busy day in Covent Gatden, in Orovidirrg holly and ivy for the decorative ornaments for the }resent merry Christmas ; as to tire Liss-inviting ii;nletce; the damsels had purchased etet y bush of it at art early hour: Yesterday the Norwich, Burp Stowmarket, and itarious other Coaches, arrived at late hours at the swan with T'svO Necks, Golden Cross, and other Inns, with locked doors and sealed windows, having nothing but gone, iurkeys, chines and sausags, inside as well as *lnside rasstngets I Mrs. SuipoNs, as the Roman Matron, on retiring from the stage on Monday night ' , after having over tonne Ceriolansu, adroitly blended her parting reve fence to b with obeissance to the audience On leay. ing the Theatre till Easter. The audienchic e teceived this mark of respect with g reat applause, wh indu ced bee then more distinctly to pay homage to them. A Whale, who had partaken of the porridge by which a Mr: STOYH ART, at Ecclefechan, near Diiti fries, was poisohed, also died of the same cause, on Tuesday last. Helen Kennedy, the criminal, is only 21 yeats of age • and since her confinement in g aol, t e ems to carry her ' lamentable situation as lightly as if she was no wise implicated. On Wednesday evenhtg, about sr 4n o'clea, farmer was attacked one the Kirltinfulloch road, near to Bishop-bridge, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, knocked down, and robbed of his pocket book, con taining several bank notes, *promissory note for thirty eight pounds sixteen shillings, and several accounts. The robber was stout made, and of middle size; had on a shoredark coloured coat ,andspokewith an Irish. accent. A west wanton teptart *at tlismoth. ing, that the landlor d and landlaaly 4 the Five BeES publie-hoosei Oa the Greenirich-road. had Ist•ett mur . dewed, with Owe of theif thildren. The 'Whole sto in ry is an infamous f a l s ehood, anti thtfse Who first origal , ted it ought to Ve seeded), iwoniihed. % 1 i rAL tALL PALMCAYTH, DECtMlitat Sailed the Speedy packet, for Cadiz ; Marl%rough packet, fbr Lisbon ; and the Nymph packet, fol the West Indies.,—Wind PLYMOUTIt, iIiCEMBiR 234 Arrived the St: FiliPe Josef, M. BANORYO in star, from Cotunna, with a cargo of wool and nuts for London ; IN . reta.rosturi of 14 gims, from Liverpool. Cane up harbour the Mom, of 38 gone, to refit ; went out of harbour to Cawsand Bay the MALTA.— Sei!ed the ABERCROMBIE, 74 guns, with a bird con voy for Porttmoath ; the ScartitAsus, 38 guns; for the Lough Swilly station, in lieu Of the unfoitunate Saldanha, lately lost on that cthist ; -the ELIZA and JANE tender, for Liverpool. Arrived the Mayflower, Capt. BOWES, from Quebec, with timber for the Dock yard here—tile has been 35 days on her passage. PORTSMOU CH, DECEMBER 24. Arrived his Majesty's ships HAKE, ZEPHYR, and Rtitica,- from. a cruize t COURAGEUX, GRAMPUS, GJIL NYMEDE, and NIOBE, from the Downs.—His Ma jesty's sh;p HAVANNA!! takes convoy for Cadiz. LOVER, DECEMBER 24. Arrived the Bell, ALLISON, from Btsenos Ayres. DEAN DECEMBER 44. Five o'clock.—Wind North. The wind appears to be getting round its the Eastward; consequently the ccnvoy has made a signal for pfeparing to sail.— Arrived the -PINCHER gun-brig, from Heligoland. FOLKSTONE, DEC. '22. About 11 o'clock on Thursday night lad; so loud and inceisant vas the firing off at sea by this place/ that many of the inliabi tants could rot rest in their beds until they had ascertained the cause but from the darkness of the night notbirg could be dis tinctly seen, though not more than a mile from the shore, but repeated Itastes frem the musketry of the contending parties.— Conjecture, however, says, that there eppeared to he bur of the enemy's priva , ter,. The firing was kept up on both sides for nearly three hours; but bow the affair terminated is not satisfac torily known, though it Is reported that the assailed immediately availed themselves of a faiv.prable bree ze which sprang up, and made the best of their way for the Downs. 4 1, THE ARMY. The CoststAimert IN CHIEF lesterday held a Mili tary Levee, at his Office, in :he Horse Guards. It was not numerously attended; but among the per- sons of diitinguished r.►nk who were present, were the following : Viscount RA m ccan it. Lieinenant-Gcoei al Sir 1 - i. Licutenant-Gent nd Sir . I*. Tit,our. Lieutenant-General Fdrucs, Exc. Major-General OSWALD is appointed to the coni man(' of the Severn District, in the room of Majora • General Hoeri who is going upon actual service. The followina , extract of a letter freirti a Serjeant of the 92.1 Regiment, to another Serjeant in Canter bury, u ill be loutid to contain some intermit* parti culars relative to General Hiuls surprize of the French, on the 28th of October last : " We took the meta front this town (Portalegre) about the Std of October, by Albuquerque, and so on without any thing material happening, until we got to Antiparticle, where *e were joined by a body of Spanish troops cavalry and infantry, aboLt six thousand i■ number : we thought to burp rise the French itl the village, but owing to the wet, and the long rmach all night, we were rather late : the French went off at three o'clock In the morning, and we did not arrive until six, so that they got off clear; but we were not to be put off thu4, we halted pud drew rations; tookid and then marched again, in goad spirits, wishing to gt t up with them; we continued our march all that day and th e ensuing night, in the most rainy weather you ever raw, our bti gale in front, until day-brook on the lolluwirg morning, whet•'w•e came within a quarter of an English mile o; th. nr, cantoned in Rio Malinos, a small village, aboht 7000 inraatry and 4000 ca valry, and you may think what was their surprise. We farmed itr mass of columns, in rear of a email hill on the road ka•ling to the town; when we bad got every thing ready, we moved off; the 71st leading in double quick thue,and we (the 92d) following anti the 50th at common ttme. " 'I here was a small grove of olives a little to the Id:, and a section of the 71st was ordered to reconnoi re it, and, strange to tell, the French dragoons knew no;hirg abOut ft, until the 71st wrie in the act of taking their horses by the bridle. By thi s time we had pushed on to the town, and en:ered it in such stile as made the French wonder, some were at their tea, others a t their coffee, but we soon made ourselves welcome to a share bf it, they never stirred, *nil our Highland bagpipefs played ' Jeknay amp, are ye :reale yet I' We took their General in his chin. We cha:Eed up and down the streets, killing every one we met with, and that etas a good many, for they fired out of windows, doors, and of the house-tops, at us : bat some of them, and the cavalry, took to the fields, and our regiment and the 71st after them, and never dhl the ind shine ieftrh Arch lustre as on this occasion. We formed up with each prc'cision, Ulf we ' had been at a common field-day, and as cool and prepared to charge. When the French got into companies, then vial tire Itime our cavalry and artillery played their part. We had only three guru, but well served; every shot toid t as the French were so confused. Our cavalry under General Es SKIN a charged( and went through their lines, just like herrings through a net: They took to the mountains, but that Would not do; we shelled them that we could climb hills as well as they, for we toil a whole regiment (the 40th). Ilse 'kit took the 34th just atthey stood on parade•-:=E6ionels, Field Officers, drums, and every person, siith the whole of their cannon and baggage; nothing escaped, for I took a big drum for my share: ** We have been favorrreid with the inspection of the Journal of a distinguished officer in command of a brigade at the late gallant attack on the Isle Of Jastar Willa is said of the cliinate will be highly gratifying to those who may have relations and friends there, it being in direct contradiction to the received opinion of the climate of that lslsurd. The' writer observes A We have not so many sick as I think we should hate had in "a similar Campaign in any part of Bengal proper,br in many other parts of India. The nights are cool, sod . if one is sheltered from the dew, they ate fefreshing. 'fhe sun is certainly hot, but the ground Is covered veldt veteluro, and there are floe breezes every ttru • day. Ibe country is Itiously rich, and the penes begin to bring us every thing, thus IldiPire our hard Mousy much more than the Dutch Paper vak ' Cad, to Web that Will sive tio' ' credit at all." '4nd under the data of ale silt., Anput froth General lansen's bows at Cornelis (5 miles fain Betatio)isri ' adds, ,' ors airtime's of do climate, t sag no ramie to irigi so Igo away from it. It is as rich s =rosy as Bong* mosis min bcsatifulAsul as CO a I we Judy es loot fliosb Mc 41ps"." • .. _~.~ - iitiitbkita AT iiiADwiii: The eigthinitiode of person: apptehended, ion stispiekin of having perpetrated tie inhuman murders Which hate of late excited so much horror, were con tinued yesterday, , with renovated vigour by the Mi gistrates of this district. , Three Seafaring men, unfilled Michael karr;ngtoi!, William "tails, and Wan* Ewe, the first a tall man, sit feet in height}} with a long dark cbat, in some respects corresponding .with the description given by Turner, (the lodger) and one of the others lame, Were first examined. They Were apprehended on the preceding night, by Woodnife, a Wilitechapel officer, from the appearance of Harrington. On being asked where they ha: been on the night of the murder of Mr. Williamson...his wife, and ser vant, Harrington and Emery said, they had slept on board the Aston East Indianian, at Gravesend, the whole of the la4t week; and Austin said he had only been discharged from the King's Ber:cli prison on Satilrday, where he had been confined for a week: • Upon a further interrogation of Harrington, he said he Slept on Sunday night at No. 25, Angel-' street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, with a person of the name of Smith. This fact was afterwards indirectly confirmed; brit in order to ascertain their innocence beyond doubt, they were committed until inquiries I can be made on board the Indiaman at Gravesend. Two Irishmen, both named Dennis Mahoney, were i next examined, but they gave so clear and, satisfac tory an account of the manner in which they had patsed the night of the murder, that the Magis.rates acquitted them of the slightest suspicion, and warmly applauded the readiness with which they met the most scrutinotts interrogation. Several gentlemen, inhabitants of Poplar and Shadwell, took that opportunity of bearing testimony in the most forcible and favourable terms to the peaceable and friendly demeanour of the Irishmen resident in their neighbourhood, a vast number of whom they examined in their lodgings and clseiehere that they had visited. William Mitchell, of Burbtidge•stive., Lambeth, was afterwards examined ; he was apprehended by Goff and Wortley, on Sunday night, from his ap , pearatice gefierally tallying with that uf the man whom Turner saw standing over the body of Mrs. Willi:4lmm'; His account of himself was se con ect, however, that he was also discharged. IMPORTANT EXAMINATION BEFORE MR. MAREI.AND, MII: CA Pita, AND MR. KIN NAIRD, AT THE SH.ADWELL POLICE °Fete& The eSamittation of John Williams took place at this Office late last night, when the facts and eircum stances disclosed weft found to be uf a very extraor-' dietary nature. On Sunday lest, from private information obtain ed by Hewitt and Hope, two cl the Police Officers' at Slerdwell, they went in search of Williams, and appraiended him in Wapping. On his person were found a duplicate for two pair of shoes pledged for Elsi and tel. 14.5. in silver, with a Jel now. On Mon dAy the prisoner was fist examined, and the fact of his having little money in his pocket on the night of the fatal masracre of Mr. Wiliiamson's family had been proied, from his borrowing six-pence of the landlady of the Pt!.-.tree public-house; stating sus , pickers, however, arose yesterday morning, in con sequence of the Magistrates haying received a tom• municatiott from an unto:mem:de person confined in • Newgate for debt. lmmediamly Mr. Capper pro ceeded to the prison, and held an official examination, when it appeared that he was the landlord of the Pe.tr-tree public-house, Wapping, and that the pri son( r in custody was his lodger, and that he had a maul in his hotise, answering the description in every respect of that found in the late Mr. Mate's house. Every vigilance was immediately adopted, on re- Ceivin7 this account, to obtain the attendance of per.' sons likely to bring the mysterious bus:tress t an issue. About seven o'clock yesterday evening the prisoner was brought into the Police-Office, which was completely crowded. Mary Rice was examined. She washed for the prisoner for more than three years: Knew his stock of linen perfeetiy well ; bat had not washed for him the last fortnight. The Magistrate here rigidly examined the wit ness : Q. Have you not seen blood on his shirts ? A. Yes, I have— ; on one of therm—Q. Have you seen any blood on his shorts since last Saturday week? A. Yes, I have; one of his shirts was bloody about the collar, like the mark of two fingers.—Q. Was there no other part stained ? A I took no particular notice; the shirt was torn in the breast.—Q. Did you not take notice of the 6lart being torn ? A. Yes ; hit judged the prisoner had been quarrelling—and so might have had the sh ft turn. Q When was it you had this shirt without being torn? A. I.ast '1 hursday week.—Q. Will you swear there were no other marks of blood en the shirt ? 'there was a little blood on the arms, and several spits on other parts of the body ; bit, tilting no particular nc tice at the time, I washed it, and kept the shirt, in order to mend it.—Q. Have you washed out all 'the stains ?A. t think 1 must, for I balled It wettin hot water.—Q. What linen have yotl generally washed for time prisoner ? A. Four linen ihirts and some stockings; but never any white handkerchiefs — the ' prisoner used to wear Neck handkerchiefs. Mrs. VeasiteLlow, the landlady of the Pear-tree, Was next examined : Q: ts your husband In confinement ? A. Yes ; tie Is in prior! I tot a debt of Aito, and has been for seven weeks —Q. is there a cant of toots in yobs' house ? A. Yes ;it belonged to a peewits now gone abroad; *Se had never locket intu it ; knew it con tained two or three mauls; one of them her husband sometimes used, and It lay in the yard.—Q. Did you never notice the markt on Hill mauls ? Yes; en one or two: they were marked 1. P. and belonged to one of her badgers, who had gone abroad since February last ; his name was .t. Pease.—Q. Dtd you never know the mauls were missing ? A. Not till Monday, when there *ere inquiries made.—Q. Could you identity the maul, if yen so* it ? A. t don't know. The MagistrateX here' ordered tilt fatal maul to be produced: The witness was extremely agitated, and burst into tears After some pause, and a chair being handed for her iteeomniodationi she recovered het fright. Q On your oath,. wile you awls &is not the nista ? A. I don . 't know.—Q. Wlll yeou swear it is tta nututt A. cannot my. The prisoner attempted to accotlnt fot hit shirt being torn and bloody ; and said he had been in com: pany with some men, who prevailed on him to play at cards ; he had played one game, and was going! home, when he was seized by The collar, and had his mduth cut. He related a anweisation he had with his landlady : but she denied his telling her the story as now related y and it appeared the from was ante: cedent 100 *area murder. Hama and CIPTESURIt the prisoner's fellow-lod: girt* she Pear-tree, stet E, that the pritneier came ... V ••• , • .„ , • • hoini on the iiiirshig tit the midis ibeet osis o'clock; ditfilitirs was in bed, but .not asleep ; the erstebnies; was calling past ope O'clock I be was positive that thp plisoner said, .“ for Goo's sake, put out the light! as else something will happen but was not. antes whether it was the same morning be beard of Irtairli inurder. Harris went to bed about lf, arid *wok* When the prisoner came home, but did not take nodes of the prisoner; they all slept is the same room hi had seen the chest of tools; it was left open; he DOW examined the whole of its contents, but had observed the maul—it was like a ship Wisdom, and he belirred it had a sharp. point. . . [Tee maul *as again piodui. Harris thought it was like one he had seen the chiU dren . play with in the yard. The hhildren here anti ded to were the nephews of Mrs VerMlllll4l4 . The Magistrates ordered the ildeit to be rent for. As soon as tl.c boy appeared i i Critirt, Mrs. Vermil lion wai exceedini:ly affected; And reared. The little boy excited much interest. The first piestion was, Q. Huw old are you ? A. b liven years. —Q. Did you.ever play at your ? A. Ye.; I have many time., with my bro ther.—Q. Did jou ever play with a large hammer? A. Yea, I have, when I wanted a hammer to do my work.—Q. Wheas! you see the hammer bit ? A. I am sure. I dom't knout.—Q. Shoull you know it again, if you was to see it? A. I think I should ; it was broke in the point. [The maul was shewn to the little boy • he care lessly took it up, and tried to carry it, and looked on it with the most composed innocence.] QDo you think that tqls i 4 the Lune hamme r? A. I think It is.—Q. Do you know when rim last sass It I A. 011! I think I recollect; it was about a mouth Once. The Magistrates, on account of the ln:eness of the houf, postponed the turiher invecigation. The Priiiiner attempted to speak ; but the ink qUestion he a?.ked was of such a tendency that he win desired to.desist. He was ordered fur a fintlai cu naination. ,~, «ea. j IDENTIFICATION OF THE MiCl rouni hi TR' LAM ARM'S }told: In the' Odic, of the morning M. Capper, a moat active Magistrate of tlis Office, stated, that..in con. sircpience f sow , suspicious circumstances attending the examination of tae man named John Williams, whom we yesterday mentioned as being in custody; he was induced to go t.t the Jail of Newgairii where Mr. Vermillion, the landlord of the Pear tree pahFc house, was a prisoner fcr delft. It may be in the, recollection of our readers that SCilliants was a lodger at this public-house, and that, on the night a n Mr. Williamstm's murder, he &A not retain until after twelve o'cloct. He took wi,h Lim an cfncer. and the' maul which was found in Mr. Mart's house, ;ind with which there is doubt the murder r.f that tinhtmoy family was eT•cted. shewiiig this maul to Vermilli , m, he almost immediately retogr nised it to be the property of a num startled 1.1:u Pearse, who bad lo.!ged in his houso, and who left that institiment, together with other tools, in hilt care: The m4Ol in question he (Vermillion) was in' the habit of using to break woost, and he -recollected having ft:icon-ea 'lto p in such an r.perationt From his general iectitect'on, as well as fr , ni thi letters .1. P. being . punctured upon the head of its he WAS almost positive it was that which had been left in 11;5 house. Mr. Holdsworth, the City . Marshal, gwe sow private inf traction to the Magistrates respeLtingthif mast during the dcy. APPREHENSiON AND IMATIi OF A MAN TAkIN CUSTODY AT CUESHUNT, IN ENTPORDSIIIRC: A Magtstrite of the Ctrinty of Hertfotd; nimbd Cooke, attended at the Office, and stated, that ist! the Wier end of last week a bricklajer'i labeneferi named John Bailey, wr , s brought before Jim ort - stri. * picina tf theft, at Cheqrant. On srarching.bias apt veral articles of silver plate were found in his rhs. session, and his shirt was disvovered to bc &Med with blood. He was must interrOg4ted ass to his knowleds,l of any mur,:er; brit be denied all participation in snch an offence, and said he should . be sorry to impeach inn-cent persons; he s.:il he ivaf a Norfolk man. The M tgistrAte thought pi opei to commit hint as. t suspicions charact, r, ai d on the en. suing morning he was found suspended by the reek! completely 1 feless! -.1011 Mr. 14llis!r, who we yesterday stared to 1 . 1 tro.hregi severely wounded by the discharge of a p;rel in hii face, remains in a daegerous state. Seven then are in custody, who were apprehended in a hottse opposite Williamson's. In tii r apari. ment were found a shirt and waistcoat, sraii!e.l very much with red spots. One, of the turn cht ms the articles, and says the stains were got in hrls.pickinr during the last season. A chymist has beets s applir to, for the purpose of astertainnig A hailer the stains are not in truth those of blood: FernintAL OF TUB WlLLimdscx FA MYLY.—:At twelve o'clock yesterday, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liamson, and the servant-maid, were broright nut for interment. The body cf Mr. W. wes brought out first, immediately after the body of Mrs. W. .The chief-Moaners were Mr. Stroud, n son of Mrs. W. by a former husband, and his wife ; then followed a long train of mourners, consisting of the whole of the male and female part of both families. Then came out the body of the servant maid, followed by three couple of mourners.. To convey any idea of the melancholy scene would be impossible. The glsoni of the morning added much to the solemnity of the scene. The shops near Shadwell Church were close' shut up dusting the time the procession passed. When they arrived at the (hutch-yard,. the Magistrates very prudently had placed a numbee of officers inside to keep the multitude from rushing, and when the prsi cession had got inside, the gates were immediately shut. The bodies were then taken into the Church, where the Rev. Mr. Davis read the church* service in a most impressive manner—in the course of which his feelings became so oterpowcred;as to prevent his pro ceeding . for ionic time: when at the grave, in reachng the sertree, he was again overpowerad in silence. ~: Mtlanzu..--Soine circumsiancevl , ave te4mspired specling the woman of the name of Matp:tret Fagg., who was. lately found with her throat cut in a wool near Bishopsbourni Kent, which setm to indi , :a.; that her death was not occasioned by her owrt It appears, that the razor found besidt , belongt-J and.wai marked with the name of a person by Whom slie was pregnant—other suspicb , us entente.: dances hare die appealed . ; which; as an invesliffe -1 time is saint on, it wonlet be impropet to meittims: