Star. — London, England, 1820-11-25 00:00:00

. , . . ..- • . . dersfleld, Chorley, Withiel, Boston, Females o f the dueena a great proportion of the inhabitants of Worcester, Glastonbury, New Moulton, Kinghorn, -this town resolved to illuminate their houses, in testi- Hawick, Dunstable, Benefit Society (Berks), and moo) , of their joy at her Majesty's triumph, and Carlow (Ireland). I Wednesday se'nnight was fixed for the occasion ;but Her MaJesrr was throughout the day attended as the Magistrates, -and some other individuals, had by her Vice-Chamberlains, Lady ANNE Hastinron, f signified their disapprobation of the measure, they and several other Ladies of distinction. Several of , were not so general as was expected, till seven o'clock, the banners were brought into the Audience-chains when a blaze of light issued from almost every win ber, and displayed during the presentation of the doW, and in a few moments the whole town assumed Addresses, the bands playing popular airs on the the most brilliant and animated appearance, whilst lawn. The whole had a niost splendid and imposing the sailors belonging to the vessels in the port, amused; effect. Mrs. Alderman WOOD and her daughters themselves by paradiqg the streets with the different arrived in the course of the day. The presentations ships colours, and, Aram ing with them a moveable occupied her Maar.srr until five o'clock. bonfire, composed of tar and other combustible ma- THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE CITY ADDRESS terials. Several devices were u s ed, to adorn the . a i amdeeply impressed and unfeignedly obliged by this loyal windows, and that heroic sentime n t ex p r e sse d by the Queen, when signing the last protest, " Regina still, ar.i o f Address from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and comsnons of the City of London, in Common C ouncil as..entbled. in spire of them ;" and the representation of Majoc .. Th at powerful conspiracy which 10 lately menaced my de.. chi and De Mont, personified by two mischievous ~r:!zion is humbled iu the dust. Toe fabric of accusation monkies. The tout c.isembk was brilliant in the ex ul:tch it had raised on the buts of fraud and falsehood has been treme, and the evening concluded without the least v.l:l. , tisava-1t has been shattered by the touch of truth until t , urbance. tile -....b01e is vanished into empty air. Th e victory which we die . laree cbtrined is a stsbject of rejoicing on various accounts ; but CASTLE-Dononits.—ln consequence of an in vita pi-tic:am-1y because it .s the victory of the best principles over Lion, signed by Mr. Harries of Spottes, Major Culton, the worst :it is the victory of truth over falsehood—of integrity and one or two other individuals, no feWer than forty fort ' - Over injustice—and of humanity over malignity, in Its most re- three independent Gentlemen dined at the Douglas totting aspect and mo.t hideous form. Arms, Castle-Douglas, on Fziday sennight, to cele " But what is in the highest degree satisfactory is, that it is a victory by ..saich tlia must valuable rights of the nation have In brate the abandonment of the Pains and Penalties Bill. some measure been securer:, and by wLich a more free tapas- Mr. Harries officiated as Chairman, and by his fervid siun has Li en g iven to Lb.: principles or liberty. eloquence in prefiicing the different toasts, contri " If my enemies b..d prevailed, the people, who arc now buted in no small degree to increase the interest and n anal, %would have been despised—their oppression would have harmony of the Meeting. Lieu is lt fi-itely increased ; and what can be mote intolerable Garnuouse.oe-Pneer.—The news of the fate of the.; oppression aggeavatvd by contempt? the Bill of Pains and Penalties gave rise to an extra .' 1t is to the good feelingoaail good principle*, to the sympa ta,..i..4 leLderuess and the generous support of the people , ex . ordinary burst of joy and e n thusiasm among every t:,. .1 and eiserz;ized 1 - 1 the all-powerful .agency of the resss class of the inhabitants of that -beautiful town. Onl Illat lam principally indebted for my present security from the - Thursday se'nnight, every shop and house in the town I .yrsp of such a gi i ,anti: conspiracy as never before threatened tie: a:culity of au individual. was br illiantly lighted up to a pretty late hour; and I am far from believing that my presence in this in the early part of the evening, the Magistrates and ~ mouzii couLtry can be so cuoduclee to the national welfare as the nation Council, together with a number of other Gentlemen, seenv us ,uppo.e, yc t, %%hen that sentimernis so warmly cherished assembled in the Town-hall, where, what with the and so ei k teusieely diffused, I feel it a duty to make it the rule of flowing bowl, the cheerful song, and the loyal and my ccauct, ant: to confor:n my will to that of the community. C onst i tut ional toast, they completely realized the Wnilst my resid-rcc in tin.: country is the earnest desire of the • n-tier, my !Iran svia newt oppose itsAl to that desire. descriptions of Burns— ". The considerations of heads or cam:lime will yield to • " The night went on wi' sangs an' clatter, that ..: the gents..' pull. • " And aye the punch was growing better !" ~ ' lb , : ' , woe have made many sacr i f i cer for me, and t will it the same time a band of music paraded the town, live :•..r the People r' occasionally halting near a huge bonfire, and mark- The account in the Papers of the QUIDIN having ing the progress ants lesi than ten tar barrels, which dined with Mr. Winntasts, at Belmont licluse, on from their salamandrian tails and erratic motions, ap- Satin day, is not correct :her Maus . ' y has n"t dined geared like so many comets to the eye of. the more from home s i nce she neat to .tes id e at Bianden- distant spectator. Such a night of gaiety,bustle, and burgh House. joy , has seldom been witnessed in Gatehouse. WIIITHOBY.--Thursday sennight, the ancient Burgh of Whithorn was brilliantly and splendidly illuminateti, front six till nine o'clock in the evening, in honour of the Queen's acquittal, while the great bulk of the inhabitants paraded the streets, huzzaing and cheering the Queen in the most joyous manner. As soon as the lights were extinguished a Ball com menced, which was attended by upwards of 100 of the most respectable Ladies and Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, who scarcely required the nid of four excellent musicians to put 6 , life and met tle in their heels," such was the enthusiastic joy which beamed on every countenance. The same even ing, the inhabitants of the Isle of Wh idiom, after illu minating their respective houses, assembled together, and spent the evening in the most social manner.— In Newton-Stewart, Wigtown, Stranraer, Creetown, Glenluce, and various other towns, there were also great relbicings. Gnsustass.—The inhabitants of the Glenkens were so overjoyed at the intelligence of the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen, that they kindled large bonfires on all the surround ing mountains. The news reached NeveGalloway on Monday, the 19th instant ; and the preparations for the illuminations were continued till Wednesday, the 15th; when, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, the whole hills appeared to be in a blaze. The scene was certainly one of the grandest which the eye could behold, and every one seemed to parti cipate in the same feeling of exultation. The Scotch are not so forward in the expression of public feel ing as their southern neighbours. They are more a moral, a thinking, and religious people; they cul tivate the ties of domestic life with Christian cha rity, benevolence, and love, and they deprecate and abhor every measure o f ! a contrary tendency : they are adverse .to mingle in a political conten tion, but prompt at every call of loyalty; and the failure of an attempt to dethrone and degrade their Queen, by a vile and abominable conspiracy formed against her life and honour, was hailed in this range of Galloway with an enthusiasm worthy of the heroic spirit of ancient Caledonia. ItEJOICINGS IN THE COUN7RE SCOTLAND. RENvitEw.--The inhabitants of this Royal Bo- Ktigir have not been backward in testifying their pal tizipation in the joy which so universally pervades tae cou.ary at the late defeat of perjury, conspiracy, and corruption. A partial illumination took place on IVe,hie,da) len:right; on Saturday following, the re s ere renewed, when the Town-hall, Council r, Provos:s house, and every ether in the , excepting two, were brilliantly illuminated. iarge bonfires blazed in the Borough and its neibboui hood. The populace conducted themselves . in the nio.,t orderly manner; they formed a proces sion of several hundreds, carrying lighted tar- barrels.l .After parading the town and neighbourhood for some hours, loudly cheering the Queen, they burnt a va riety of strange figures at the Cross, amidst the hi:ses anA execrations of the assembled multitude. Dt; FRlES.—Although the news of the Queen's acquittal was universally known in Dumfries on the morning of the 15th instant, it was not until the Friday following that our townsmen thought of cc lei:aating this event by a general illumination. The High-street in particular, with the exception of the County Reading Rooms, the Council Chamber, and one or t..vo private ?louses, presented one uniform blaze of In most of the back and cross streets, aild even i the outskirts of the town, the Illumina tion seemcd to be still more spontaneous and univer sal. Here and there a few devices and inscriptions were disMayed, but from the hate in which they were no doubt got up, few of them were so much, distinguished for taste and execution as to justify a particular description. Ci.osEautts.—Thursday se'nnight, the inhabitants of Closeburn Village and its neighbourhood, in testi mony of their joy the Ministers have now abandoned the odious Bill of Pains and Penalties against their gracious Queen, were not contented with illuminating their houses, but they erected a number of bonfires on the hills and rising grounds. The farm and cot houses in Closeburn being pretty numerous, and - the tight hazy and dark, the scene presented to the eye a grand and striking appearance. Having thus kept up their merriment to a late hour, and barnt in grand : , tyle the effigy of that veritable witness, Majocchi, they all returned to their respective houses in a quiet and peaceable manner. LANGLIOLM.—The inhabitants of Langholm were rot behind their neighbours in testifying their joy at the abandonment of the odious Bill of. Pains And Penalties, which has so long engaged the at tention of the nation. On the evening of the 16th, rest of the inhabitants illuminated their houses, and tv.n or three instances very ingenious devices were tx:libited. In the course of the evening a party met at )11.. T. Reid's, when a number of political toasts C 7 . e pledged with every mark of enthusiasm and re- Ecct. The illumination went off in capital style, and everything was conductOo in the most orderly manner.l Locxenay.—Monday se'nnight the inhabitants of T ula:et-by illuminated their houses in honour of the ',l•:zen—all illumination which extended to every in that large and populous village. In the •:%-urse of the evening a number of bonfires and tar a::els liglr.ed on the well-known hill where gralest sheep market in Scotland is annually held, • which in a pastoral and level country were seen great advantage. Lochmaben, Clarencefield, R uthwell, Gasstown, 4r:A a number of other places, the rejoicings were ::;:ch more hearty and extensive than could have been tit',l?ctvll, considering the bite and population of the o.k:es. In the village cf . Gasstown, all the wives and .'ves of the place assembled in a house, where they ad a grand dance ; and, what is rather singular, ;. , cy excluded from this fete ever y individual of the t....isculine gender. KtIiKCCOBRIGHT.—Cen receipt of the intelligence th* the rate of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Sunday, the Duke of CLARENCE attended Divine SerN;ce at Rochester Cathedral, when the Rev. Mr. STEVENS read himself in as Dean. The KING left town last evening for Windsor, in his travelling chariot, escorted by a party of the 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons. Yesterday, Lord CASTLEREAOIL left tow., for his seat, North Cray. The Hampshire Hunt meet on Monday, Nov. 27, at Herriard House; on Tuesday, at Hinton House; on Thursday, at Medsted Green ; and on Saturday, at Nutly Church, at ten o'clock, each day. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Louvaine and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent. Sir John and Lady Shelley., at their house, in Berkeley.' square, from their seat, Madetsfield Park, Susser. The Hoe. Mr. Smith, at his father's (Lord Carrineton) house, Whitehall, from a 'visit to the Earl of Lase:, at his seat, Cashio bury Park, Herm Major Fane, M.P. and Mrs. rants at Warren's Hotel, Ile gent-street, from Tunbridge Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Chandos Pole, at the St. James's Hotel, Jar. myn-street, from a tour. At Blake's lintel, Jermyn-street : Sir John Newport, M.P. from his seat, in Ireland ; I. P. Tudway, Esq. from his sea t, Desonsh ire. . . Lord Nugent, at his brother's (the Marquis of Buckingham), Paliana% from his se3t, LiHeys, ilusjts. DEPA HUMES. The Duke of Devonshir:, to his scat, Chatssem tsi, Derbyshire'. The Earl of liosslo, on a visit to Lord Hobert Seymour, at his seat in Sussex, for a few days, on his way to Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wynne, on a slit to Lord and Lady Grenville, at their seat, Dropmore Lodge, Bucks. Captain Thompson, 85th Regimer.t, and Mrs. Thompson, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, to Brighton. Robert Palmer, Faq. from Blake's Hotel, .7er:lln-street, to his seat, Home Park, Berks. Captain Garth, li. N. and Mrs. Garth, front ditto, to their seat, Ilaine's IIW, Berks. Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, to their scat, Wroth= Park. Sir Abrahams Hume, Bart. to bis seat, Wortnlrlusty, Honk, 'Ur Barroushs, Bart. M.P. oa a taw, 1 b - r THE EDITOR OP T SA . - . Sta—l trust to your eindour in tottecting a 6lstake alit i: pears in your accduot of a Meeting in Bethnal-griin Pari sh, relative to the (brims, viz. " The tefneal of the Rector to grint 1 the use of the Church for the purpos e of addressing the Qualm.' Now I beg to say, the Rector is, and Ass beets, between three 'and four months, , await from the Church, in Cheshire: be was not written to upon the Meeting in question, and therefore gave no refusal. In fact, his "real" principles would not have in duced him so to do. It *as one of the Churelkwardens who would not quit the Vestry-room.—l am, Sir, West-side, Bethnal-green, Tour obedient servant, Nov. t 4, Ist°. W. WILLIAM& LAW INTELLIGENCE. . - COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 24. TUB KING V. BYRNE. This was an indictment, under the Act of the 49th of the late King, against the defendant, William Byrne, fur negotiating the sale of a Commission in the Army at a higher price than that fixed by the, regulation. There have been two trials in the case; in the first the cause was undefended, and a second was obtained upon the affidavit of the defendant, alleging surprise, and that he had material witnesses and a good defence to the prosecution. The facts were these ; Byrne, residing.in Fludyer-street, and terming him self an Army Agent, in the Spring of ISI9, was ap plied to by a Gentleman named Loraine, who wished to enter into a Regiment of Cavalry. Mr. Byrne said that he had several Commissions to dis pose of, and, among others, a Cornctcy in the 16th Lancers, belonging to a Gentleman named Hodson. For this Commission the defendant asked £1,200 (i.:700 being the regulation price). Mr: Loraine agreed to give £1,200 ; paid £9OO in advance ; and, in conclusion, could neither obtain his Commission nor get back his money. The action was tried at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: the Jury found a verdict of guilty ; and, Mr. GURNEY prayed the judgment of the Court. The defendant addressed the Court in mitigation from a written statement, in which he attributed per secution to the pzosecutor, and even perjury to one of the witnesses. The COURT Were obliged to interrupt him in some part, of his statement. Mr. Justice BATLEY, in delivering the judgment of the Court, commented with merited severity on the enormity of the offence, and suggested, that had the defendant been indicted for a fraud at common law, instead of a violation of the statute in question, he might have been transported. The sentence of the Court was, that he should be imprisoned in the King's Bench Prison for twelve calendar months. THE KING V. ISAAC SENDALL. This was a conviction for an oatrageous assault by the defendant, a young man of 20, upon alit-. Richardson, a man of 60. The defendant was tried .at the last Somersetshire Assizes, before Mr. Justice BEST. It having been arraned that sentence should be passed without defendants personal attendance, The COURT, after hearing Mr. F. WILLIAms and Mr. ERSKINE for the prosecution, and Mr. A. Moonz and Mr. ADAM for the defendant, under all the cir cumstances of the case, adjudged him to pay a fine of £lOO, and enter into security for his good beha viour for three ye.irs, himself in £lOO, and two sure ties in £5O each. CRIbIINAL INFORMATION. Mr. SCARLET? moved for a rule to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Matthew Thack*ray, Esq. an Officer in the King's Own Dragoons, for writing a libelous letter to Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart. of Cheshire, tending to pro voke him to fight a duel. The former Gentleman had been prosecuted by Sir Thomas for some offences against the Game Laws. On the 19th of October last be sent Sir Thomas a letter, animadverting upon his conduct in that proceeding. The letter, amongst other rLproachful imputations, charged him with being one of the meanest and dirtiest muck-worms thin ever crawled upon the face of the earth, and added, that he was no Gentleman, &c. The affidavit on which the motion was made, stated, that since then Mr. Thackray bad said he had sent Sir Thomas a 'challenge, and that if he did not give him a meet ing he would post him.—The Court granted a rule to shew cause. THE KING V. WOOD. Mr. GOULBURN communicated to the Court, that in this case the parties had consented to go before the Master. IN THE MATTER OP JOHN RICHARD PRATT. Mr. WILDE moved for a Habeas Corpus to bring up the body of this perion, who was committed by . Commissioners of Bankrupt, for not answering cer tain questions touching an assignment of his property to one of his creditors. The objection to the com mitment was, that the questicins put to the bankrupt were for the purpose of extorting from him evidence of an act of bankruptcy. The COURT, after hearing thequestrons complained of, ruled that they were such as might have been le gally put, and therefore refused the writ. THE KING V. JANE CARLILE. The defendant came up and pleaded Not Guilty to the information mentioned a few days since, and she received notice that she would be tried at the Sittings after this Term. FURTHER PARTICULARS OP THE DARING ATTACK SY A NUMEROUS GAitO OR THAEVES. It is a notorious' fact, that the formidable gangs of thieves which at present infest the public streets, to the terror of passengers, are unprecedented, and that from their force they have only to select their object, and plunder follows even at noon day. But of all the daring acts of villainous enterprize we have ever heard recorded, that which we gave some account of yesterday, but are enabled to relate more particulars of to-day, stands foremost. Four reputed thieves, of the names of Jones, Dunn, Murray, and Gad:ey, were fully committed for trial, for robbing the house of Mrs. Watkins, in Mayfair, and another man ( William Paddock) was handcuffed with them and fastened to the drain, to be taken to Newgate, Paddock's offence was simple larceny. They left Marlborough-street Police-office about dusk, under escort of Marsden the jailer, who took them his usual way for privacy along Great Russell-street, and in crossing Tottenham Court-road, a woman of the town got into conversation with them. In passing along Great Russell -street, some whistling was heard, and opt of the burglars called out, " Now for a rescue." Immediately after, between twenty and 'thirty • ru aas sallied forth from George sareet, St. Giles, and the Oppo.ite side, and knocked Marsden down by a blow on the batk with bludgeon, and they continued beating him until he was senseless, when on the &quid. We scarcely need state, that the prisoners escaped: Marsden was taken into an apothecakyikshop, and his head, which Wait dread fully cut in four different places, was dressed. He is alto much bruised about the b:tck, and btit faint hopes are entertained of his recovery.. About half-past ten o'clock at night, Paddock, one of the prisoners rescued, and who was a stranger to the four burglars, gav e hi mse lf up at the Kariba.- rough Head, opposite the Police•office, to Valentine the Officer, who was there, and he was conveyed to St. Anne's watch-house. He was yesterday examinea before Messrs. CONANT and ITARkANT, and his de position was as follows t He was not aware of the rescue until it happened. There were more than twenty persons came upon them, and suddenly hurried them on, and in turning round he saw Marsden was not with them. They ran down Museum-street into Charles -street, Drury-lane, when the party who restned them attempted in vain to get the irons off. They proceeded to Lincoln's Inn-fields, where they again were attempted to be set at liberty, but it could not be done. Here witness was exhausted with running, and being one of the two foremost on the chain, he was lifted on by the collar of his coat and the breech. They proceeded through Clare-market and the Temple, over Black friars-bridge; other attempts having been made to get off the irons. They were led down the first street on the left in Blackfi iars-road, and proceeded by the back streets to the Obelisk, and from thence into the Kent-road, where a supply of files, chisels, ham mers, &c. was obtained, and the prisoners were let loose. But previously to this, some of the gang asked witness if he knew eithet of the other fours? and on his answering in the negative, they took the handkerchief from his neck, and placed it over his eyes, while they released the whole of them, and the fellow who untied the handkerchief kept it. On separating, the burglars said, " You all know where we are to meet." Witness went into the first public house he came to, and related the whole fact, and then returned and gave himself up. He was re committed to Cold Bath-fields as a witness, with an order to be leniently treated. He would be able to identify some of the gang. John Hitchen, a porter in the Inner Temple, stated that he was struck by the gang as they passed through the Temple ; and several persons were seri ously injured, but particularly a:lamp-lighter, who was in their way. They were too strong to be re sisted, and the manner in which they flourished their bludgeons was very intimidating. Witness would be able to identify one of them, and he came to the Office to see if any were apprehended. Mr. CONANT, at the close of the business, went to the Secretary of State's Office to report the affair, and no doubt a Proclamation will be issued. Marsden is worse, and is not likely to survive. Bow-sTnerr.—Within the last two or three days numerous complaints have been made at this Office, by persons who have been robbed of their watches, and other property, in the public streets, in the open day. Yesterday no less than ten Gentlemen lodged complaints of a similar nature. One of them, an attorney, was hustled in the most daring manner in the Strand, and robbed of his watch, by a gang of fellowi, who absolutely laughed in his face. He had £6OO in Bank-notes in his breeches pocket, and the thieves seeing him place his hand anxiously there, they made a violent effort to get at the pocket, but failed. During the time that the processions with Addresses to the Queen, were passing along the Strand, gangs of from twelve to thirty or forty ruf fians, were seen rushing about amongst the erne/44 robb:n .. ; ev ry passenger who had anything to lose i , and treating several persons with the most wantoit cruelty. An elderly Gentleman informed the Ma. gistrate, that as be was passing along the Strand a few evenings sinc• , he received a blow on the head from some heavy blunt instrument, which brought him senseless to the ground. On recovering, he found he had been robbed of his watch and pocket-book; and a few yards from the spot where he fell, he found a short bludgeon, one end of which was cased with iron, and was a little spotted with fresh blood. QUEEN-SQUARE.--J. Hill was charged with desert. ing from the London Militia, and enlisting . into another Regiment. He bad only received Is. and he deserted before he was attested. The Maistrate, as he had not committed perjury, commuted the punish meat to six months confinement in Coldbath-fields. • The Turf Club of Ireland have most fully and ha. nourably acquitted Lord ItossMoßs of the cllarges pre. ferred against his Lordship by his late training-growls DA any, respecting the ages of a chesnut colt, by Sir Walter, out of Josephine, and a brown filly, by the same horse, out of Oriana, which I)ARWr alleged were foaled in the year 1817, and not in 1818, as stated by his Lordship. A field of seven acres, situated in the county of Surrey, was last year prepared for barley by the spade. The labourers employed during the winter earned fifteen shillings per week—twopence per rod being given for digging ; and the proprietor consi• ders that it would have cost him double the expense if he had had it ploughed. The circumstances at. tending this fact are valuable. Ft ea.—Thursday night, about half-past ten &cloak, a fire broke-out in a closet under the first floor stair case of the house of Mr. TaLTMAR, a grocer, in Upper East Smithfield. In a short time the first floor, and a considerable quantity of very valuable furniture were destroyed ; but the further progress of the fire was arrested, and the remaining part of the house and property preserved. Yesterday evening, between the hours of six and seven, a fire broke out in the Chaplains' Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford. Assistance was immediately procured, and the are, in a short time, completely extinguished. Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Monmouth's Head, in Castle -street, Leicester-square, on the body of William 1-Lorrige, a child, five years Old, who:* pin-a -fore, caught fire accidentally, and before as sistance arrived, his neck, arms, and -breast, were so dreadfully burnt that he died in the Middlesex Hos pital a few minutes after. Verdict—Accidental Del.. During the last week three Inquests were held in Birmingham, on children who were burnt to death by their clothes taking tire—verdicis t Accidental Death}, a s }: . y. ‘4«l ■ 9~ :~