Star. — London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF-THE STAR. SIR—At this momentous crisis in our political state, should you find the following worthy a place in the Star. you will oblige a number of your Readers. In the Preface to the translation ofEuAGRIUS SCRO-' LA ST ICUS'S Ecclesiastical History, published about two hundred years since, is found the following.(Gon be praised for it) There are of the Nobility, va liant men, virtuous, godly, studious, politic, zealous, of ancient houses, and blood never stained : there is hope the days shall never be seen, when the prophecy of Cam:cm( shall take place, where he sayeth— , When faith faileth in l'riests sawes, • And Lords' hestes are holden for laves; • And robbery is holden purchase, • And lechery is holden solace • Then shall the laud of Albion ' Be brought to great confusion!' • ed And to the end our wished desire may take ef fact, let us hearken what exhortation he giveth unto the Chief Magistrate—his words are these: • Prince, desire to be honourable, • Cherish thy bike, and hate extortion: • Suffer nothing that may bsteproveable • To thine estate, done in thy region. ' Shew forth the yard of castigation : ' Dread Goo, do law; love truth and worthiness : • And wcd thy folke ayen to stedfastness !' E. CONGRESS OP WELSH BARDS.—The Meeting of file Welsh Bards and Minstrels, which was held at Wrexham on the 13th and 14th instant, created a' lively interest throughout the principality of Wales. About eighty compositions were sent in on the vari ous Subjects proposed, many of which possessed great merit. bardic chair was won by Roszar Davies, of Nantglyrr, and the silver harp by RICHARD Ro raima, of Carnal von (both blind and lame.). The Exg tisk Essays—on Ancient British History, and the Character of Arthur—were written by the Rev. J. W. REES, of Ca.gob, Radnorshire, and the Rev. J. }incites, of Brecon. Both gained premiums.—Se veral medals and premiums were given for extem pore Englynioa, orE pigrams—on subjects given at the Town Hall, by Sir WATININ WILLIAM WYNN, President of the Cymmrodorion in Yowls, which proved highly interesting, and shewed that there appears no lack of poetical talent in Cambria, when properly fostered and encouraged. Concerts were held in the evenings at the Assembly-rooms, chiefly consisting of selections of Welsh Melodies, with En;lish words, relieved by singing with the harps, in the ancient British language. Mr. C. SMITH (from Liverpool), Miss HALL, Mrs. CORRAY, Master CLOUGH, and Mr. PARRY (Editor of the Welsh Melodies), did ample justice to the vocal compo sitions. The whole was under the direction of Mr. PARRY, to whom the Society voted a handsome piece of plate for his zeal in the cause, and indefatigable exertions in the management of the Eisteddfod. A few days since, as some persons were drawing up some casks by the crane into the cask-warehouse of Messrs. Rix and Co. Mark-lane, Tower-street, the rcpe broke, when, unfortunately, the whole of the casks fell upon a poor labouring woman, nho hap pened to be passing by with a load on her head ; she was crushed in the most dreadful manner. Coro ner's verdict—Accidental Death. Sunday afttermon, about four o'clock, a fine girl about four years old, daughter of Mr. SAMUELS, in Wilson-street, Finsbury-square, was playing with her brothers and sisters in a room on the first floor, and during the temporary absence of the maid-servant, the child stood on a chair under the window, and having over-balanced herself; fell into the street, and was killed on the spot. Monday forenoon It. Charles fell from the mar chine on which lie was standinw, painting the second floor window of a Gentleman s house in Lambeth walk, and, pitching on his head on the iron railing in front of the house, his skull was so dreadfully frac tured that he died while conveying to the Hospital. Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, a fine healthy looking boy who was wheeling a bar row near the Angel, at Islington, dropped down suddenly. He was carried into the tap, where, not withstanding immediate surgical assistance was had, he expired. A son of Mr. BUSHNELL BISHOP, of Conduit street, a fine youth of fourteen years of age, was un fortunately drowned above Vauxhall on Monday, whilst bathing with a schoolfellow of the name of BILLINGHUEST ; the former had waded out of his depth, and Bru.r.Nerwasr, who could swim, alarmed by his shrieks, went to assist, and both were drowned. ()n the evening of Monday se'nnight, Mrs. Gene ral Taseauo met with a serious accident. Landing on the Hot Wall, near the bathing machines, on Southsea Beach, with Captain BRIUGS, and a party of friends, on returning from the Isle of Wight, and being unable, from the darkness of the evening, to see the exact extent of the wall, she walked on too far, and fell down a height of four feet into the ad joining ditch, by which she broke her leg. Wednesday afternoon, a fine boy, seven years of age, returnin ,, to school in Bridgetown i pear Glas gow, after receiving a piece of cake from his mother, was rode over by a cart loaded with wood, and killed on the spot. As James Firhy, a young man, was employ le in a mantfactory at Ealing, at a machine worked by horses, he was drawn under it, and crushed to pieces. About two o'clock yesterday morning, the family of Mrs. SOPHIA JOHNSON, of Ivy - house , North - end , Hampstead, were alarmed by hearing some persons in the house. The alarm-bell was immediately rung, and alter a short time the watchman and some of the neighbours came to their assistance. On examin ing the premises, a lighted taper was found on . one of the chairs the hall. Two time-pieces had been taken from the mantle-piece in the parlour, and placed on the floor; and several other articles were deposited in places the most convenient fur carrying them off. Owing to the precipitate retreat which the delinquects were obliged to make, they had only time to take t Lady's gold watch and a black silk pelisse. and the latter article was found in an adjoin ing field in the course of the morning. Entrance to the house was gained by breaking open with a crow bar a door leading into the garden at the back of the bogs; and by die-same %sty the escape was effected. OLD BAILEY. Monday ten persons were tried,four of whom were capitally convicted, viz :—Charles Lee, Sarah Price, Thomas Goodall, and Henry Harris, for uttering forged Bank Notes, with intent to defraud the Go vernor and Company of the Bank of England. At the Sitting of the Court, the COMMON SEN JEANT passed sentence on the following persons con victed on their confession, of having forged Bank Notes in their possession without legal excuse, viz : John Ditgard, Robert Ellis, Edward Dowden, alias Sykes, George Brown, Geotge Corket, Charles Watkins, John Smith, Joseph Aston, Jonas Wright, John Wood, John Smith, and William Howard, to be transported for fourteen years. William Sidney Smith was capitally convicted for assaulting John Middleton on the King's highway, and taking from his person a gold watch, &c. Yesterday, Elizabeth Callaghan, J. Newman, and J. Madden, were indicted for uttering a forged £1 note, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Callaghan and Newman had already pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes in their possession. S. Cordell keeps the Lord Hood public-house, in Bridge-street, Limehotise. The prisoner Callaghan came and purchased some liquor on Saturday, the 12th of June, for which she paid with a £1 note, and on it he wrote the name of Murphy, because she looked to be Irish. On Saturday, the 17th of June, Callaghan and Newman came for more liquor, and. tendered another note; but Newman, who offered it, was stopped, as the former note had, in the mean time, been found to be a bad one. The prisoners were all found Guilty— Death : but Mr. Justice BEST said, that Callaghan and Newman should have all the advantage of their former plea of Guilty to the minor offence. William John Pannington was indicted for uttering a forged note, purporting to be a genuine one, he well knowing it to be forged and counterfeit, with an intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Sophia Green stated, that on the 21th of June the prisoner came to the shop of her father, who is a butcher, residing in King-street, Holborn, and purr chased some meat, in payment of which he gave a one pound note, giving his address " Pannington, Phaenix-alley, Long-acre." Upon inquiry, it was disl covered that he did not reside there. This note was afterwards proved to be a forgery. A short time after, a man came into the shop and purchased a shoulder of mutton, giving in payment aEI note, with the address, " Kemp," Legg-alley, Long-acre, which turned out to be false ; this also was proved to be a forgery, and the prisoner was seen watching the shop of the butcher, neon which he was taken into custody.— Other evidence corroborated theabove. —The Jury, after an absence of two hours and a half, found the prisoner—Not Guilty. Mr. Justice BEST then addressing himself to the prisoner, observed, that he ought to be particularly careful of his future conduct. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Saturday last, eight notorious vagabonds were prosecuted by the Slendicity Society, three of whom are well known at the west end of the town, viz. John Fentrick, John Thompson, and Joseph Liverpool . John Fenwick is a black, and was apprehended by the Society's Officers, in Park-lane, last July ; four other blacks attempted to rescue him; after a severe struggle he was secured. This fellow, some time previous, drew a large clasped knife upon S. Pyall, one of the Mary-la-bonne beadles, and effected his escape. The beadle was subpoenaed, and gave evi dence, and Fenwick was sentenced to be imprisoned three months, and to be twice flogged. John Thomp son is a strong able seaman, and continually infested the parish of St. George, in which be was apprehend ed, abusing an elderly Lady who refused him relief. Many complaints have been made against this men dicant, and he is supposed to be the same fellow that insulted two Ladies some time ago, in or about South Audley-street, who were so alarmed that they took refuge in h Gentleman's house. He was sen tenced to be ►mprisoned six months. John Liverpool is an old offender, and has been apprehended four times by the Society's officers. He was sentenced to six morals imprisonment. The house of Mrs. ABBOTT, in Oakley-street, Lam beth, was entered a few nights back by means of false keys, and robbed.of a quantity of plate and ape parel, besides seven 1:10 notes, and tea Cl notes, with which the thieves escaped. Sunday the house of Mr. WILSON, of Portland street, Walworth Common, was entered, while the' family were at Church, and robbed of a quantity of plate, &c. of considerable value. Bow-STREET.—Yesterday, Henry Wilmot, other wise Lance Corporal Henry Wilmot, of the Chatham Division of Marines, a genteel young man, was brought before the Magistrate under the following circumstances :—A serjeant in the corps stated, that he enlisted the prisoner himself in February last ; since which time, till very lately, he had attended to his duty, was a clean soldier, and took his drillings fairly ; but about four or five days ago he obtained twenty pounds from the Paymaster *jean, under pretence of having been sent for it by the Captain, and immediately coming up to London, he set up for an exquisite. The Serjeant added, that he had much trouble in finding him out; but he at leng+h appre hended him in his present fashionable dress, as , he was entering the box lobby of the Coburg Theatre.— This evidence was conclusive, and the prisoner was sent to the Savoy Guard ; and the Serjeant went to, Chatham to make his report accordingly. GUILDHALL.—SOme of the Officers of the Parish of St. Sepulchre's, applied to the Magistrate for an order to an inhabitant of their Palish to pay his tithes. He was of the Society of Friends, commonly denominated Quakers, and the ground of his refusal was, that the Vicar or Curate of the Parish acted most illegally in not putting up his prayers for the Queen in the Liturgy, and that by so doing, he had forfeited his claim to the tithes. This the inhabitant had stated he was ready to prove by some old Acts of Parliament, but he had not come forward to do so, and the Parish Officers now requested that an order aught be issued ont against him for the pay ment of tithes, which. if not attended to, the payment would be enforced by other meastges.—The -order was immediately granted. MANCEIE:STER POLICE. Two Members ofthe Committee for obtaining sig. natures to the Address to the Queen, from the Arti sans and Mechanics of Manchester, were taken into custody on Monday se'rinight, on a charge of va ' grancy, preferred by Mr. Heffor, who keeps a barber's shop in Market-street. It appeared from the statement before the Magis trate,, that Mr. Lang and Mr. Tetlow, (the two gend ers in question) were soliciting subscriptions to defray the expenses incidental to the obtainment of signa tures. Passing from shop to shop, in due course they arrived at that now in the occupation of Mr. Heffor, by whom they were instantly seized, and delivered over into the custody of an officer, Heffor, at the same time, inveighing in the most gross and scanda lous language against her MAJESTY. Mr. Lang and Mr. Tetlow were immediately conveyed to the Police office, whither they were foamed by some friends, who arrived almost at the same moment. As no Magistrate was sitting, it was proposed to send them at once to the New Bailey, where they would remain confined until the next morning, when their case would be-decided. One of their friends strongly objected to this pro ceeding ; he said no doubt could exist, even in the mind of Mr. Shawcross (who was the highest person " in authority" present), that this was no common case of vagrancy : it was an arrest for political pur poses. The very appearance of the two respectable men in custody, he remarked, was sufficient to refute the charge, which was trumped up to annoy and in jure them ; besides, the box in which they received the subscription, and which was brought with them, indicated by the inscription upon its outside, what was the object they had in view. He added, that whatever bail for their appearance the next morning might be required should be instantly furnished, and urged the extreme hardship and injustice of confining them a single night under such a charge. Mr. SIIAWCROSS replied, that he had no power to interfere ; his duty, he conceived, to be simply to detain them in custody. He could not take bail, nor could he liberate the Prisoners. The same Gentleman then suggested that Mr, -Shaw cross should step over to Mr.Norris's house, to ascer tain Whethet he could not accept the bail that evening. Mr. SHAWCROSS accordingly left the Office, and after an absence of 40 minutes, returned. He said, he had not been able to meet with Mr. Norris, or any other Gentleman qualified to interfere, and there re mained, therefore, no choice as to committing the prisoners to the New Bailey. He however promised that they should be well treated, and suffer.as little inconveeience as possible. The box was then sealed up, and Mr. Tetlow and Mr. Lang were removed to the New Bailey. The next morning (Tuesday) at twelve the case came on before Mr. Norms. The Boroughreeve was sitting on the bench. After some trivial cases, Mr. Lang and Mr. Tetlow were placed at the bar, and the seals on the subscription box were broken. On three of the sides it was inscribed " Subscription boa for the Queen's Address," and in the front a • paper was fastened, stating that the Committee requested the assistance of their friends, to defray the expenses which they had incurred. The officer who took them in custody being sworn, deposed that Lang and Tetlow entered Heffor's shop, and begged money from him, pretending that it was for the Queen, and that he was immediately directed to take them into custody. Mr. fouunts, who appeared for the defendants, asked the witness whether he was not told by them that the money solicited from him was to be applied towards the expenses of the Address to the Queen? He replied that they did not ; they asked for money, and he was directed to apprehend them. _ Mr. FouLxxs.—Have you not already stated that they pretended it was for the Queen? Yes ; they said so afterwards but not at first. They asked for money without saying for what purpose. Mr. MILNE gave it as his opinion that this was cer tainly an offence under the 17th Geo. IL cap. 5. wherein one of the descriptions of idle and disorderly persons was, " All persons going from door to door, or placing themselves in streets, highways, or pas sages, to beg or gather alms in the parishes or places where they dwell." He submitted that the defend: ants fell within this description. Mr. FouLKEs denied that the Act which had been quoted could be fairly applied to the case of the de fendants. Alms meant personal relief. These men were not asking money as alms, that is, for personal ' relief. They were engaged in collecting subscriptions for a public object. He remembered a case which had occurred in the South of England, completely decisive of the point at issue. A subscription was opened in the neighbourhood of Margate, to enable the poor to enjoy the benefit of bathing. Collectors were sent round to gather in contributions for this purpose. A Clergyman interfered, and caused some of these Collectors to be imprisoned. An action was 'afterwards maintained. against the Clergyman for false imprisonment, and damages were recovered. Mr. NORRIS inquired if that case was reported? Mr. Foymes—Not in the-books, Sir ; it was re ported in the Newspapers. Mr.Nortais-1 cannot allow it then. The reports jport of Newspapers are not sufficient authority. Mr. BAIIROW- said, the case had been regularly r ed. He had seen it himself. Mr. Fr:KILL/a said, that without reference to any case already decided, he would appeal to the mani fest design and principle of the Act. Mr. Nonsus—lf you do so, I cannot hesitate a i moment in saying, these men have committed no offence against the law. Let them be discharged. Mr. Four.xxs—They ought never to have been brought here. The defendants were immediately set at liberty, and the bqa having been returned to them, they departed out of Court with a numerous body of their friendi, who had attended to witness the proceedings. On the night of Friday last, the house of JOHN THORNTON, Esq. of Allam's-terrace, Kensington, was broken into, and a considerable quantity of plate stolen therefrom. The entry was effected by means of perforating with a centre-bit several holes in the shutters of one of the rooms on the ground-floor, and breaking the holes into one, an aperture was thereby made of sufficient magnitude to admit the hand and arm of a man. and the bar which fasteh4the shut- I hers was then easily displaced. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Friday last we inserted a letter from one of the Emigrants of rather a gloomy complexion—partly to be attributed, perhaps, to the writer having lost his wife. The subjoined is from a Mr. JAMES RICII A NIP. SON, formerly a earn-merchant at Sheffield, who, with his wife and family, and a number of other persons from that place and neighbourhood, emi grated to the Cape of Good Hope in December last : Algoa Day, June 17, IS2O. Data FRIEND—We an safe at the. Cape, after a ve-y tedious, though not unpleasant passage, on the 9th of Apri after staying there about three weeks we all embarked vgail fur this place, from whence we immediately proceeded to the place marked out as our new Settlement, which is about seventw English miles from this. We all enjoyed tolerable good heaps during the passage, and were well supplied with good provbirns all the way. Our friends all continue in good health ; and, net withstamiing the change of climate, 1 think there have beers, fewer cases of sickness than there would among an equal num ber of persons in our own country. The soil here is er:trentely fertile • and we have an abundance of fre s h meat and.iish of vo rious descriptions. The earth yields forth its crops of vatieus kinds almost spontaneously. We have already a comfortable place of warship erected, and many good dwellings, with out buildings for our stock, &c. " I have met with so many old acquaintances, that I could sometimes fancy myself in Old England ; but, alas ! there is a vast distance between us and the lane which I had often vowed never to quit.—' Oh! England, with all thy faults, I love thee stilL' " Yes, my friend, I am not so much of a Stoic as so soon to forget the land of my birth; and though there is every prospect of myself and fellow.emigrants enjoying comfort, and eventual affluence, in this land of our adoption, yet we often heave the deep sigh after now unhappy England, and the friends left be hind us. The uncertainty whether we are ever to meet again in this world, is the chief alloy to our otherwise comfortable condition here. " My journey hither is to wait the arrival of some vessels from England, on board which we expect acme essential ~upp lies; and shall probably be joined by an accession of fr,,,ls Emigrants. There are two vessels now preparing to sail fur England, on board one of which 1 shall send this letter. When you write, you may either direct to the Cape or A lgoa 13ay, as there is a Commissary at each place, with whom each settler's name- is regi stet ed, and through whose departments our letters come safely to hand. 1 should like to see you here ; but I will not persuade. You may tell all inquires s that the country and our prospects equal our most sanguine expectations, and when the regret for absent friends, and the leaving' home, shall have worn trE, we shall all feel more comfortable. Adieu! "J. IL," The late F. Poem, Fog. of Bath, has left a sum, said to ex ceed Forty Thousand Pounds, for erecting on a field he pur chased a short time ago, thirty neat cottanes, far the free resi dence (with endowments) of the Widows or Daughters of ten poor Clergymen, and the Widows and Daughters ot ten reduced Professional Men, and the Widows or Daughters of tet decaye d Merchants, for ever. Homy &mous, Esq. gave an entertainment a few daysago on his estate at Tun, in Somersetshire, to upwards of four hun dred poor inhabitants of the Parish, on account of the coming of age of his Lady, when the happy assemblage were regaltd with a plentiful dinner at roast beef awl plum-puddings, and as much cider u they thought proper to drink : during the rep'st a band of music played on the green, and the church bells at in tervals rung during the day. CHIMNEY4S EIEPERSoOa Monday se'nnight, an Inquest was held at Sunny Hill, in the County of Kildare, on the body of a male child, aged about seven years, who was found dead in a shrubbery at Sunny Hill, and supposed to have lain there about three weeks. From the evidence, it appeared that the deceased was the apprentice of three sweeps, brothers, of the name of Stone, and had been sold to them for two guineas; that he received from them the most brutal treatment at different times. It was sworn, they used to bury him in a sand-hole, and when he was thus almost suffocated they would draw him out again. The body was discovered accident ally, the sods that covered it being partly washed away by the rain. Marks of violence were per.ep tible on the head, and a blow, as if from a sweep's scraper, was visible on the right temple. After exa mining a number of witnesses, the Jury found a ver dict of Wilful Murder against Patrick Stone, John Stone, and Michael Stone. These men have been since apprehended and committed by the Coroner to Naas gaol, to abide their trials at the next Assizes. BIGAMY.—A few days since Mr. G. Carroll, of South King -street, Dublin, attorney, was brougl4 before the Magistrates, at the Police-office there, on the above charge. What appeared on examination was as follows:—From the testimony of the Lady he had last married, it appeared that she and her former husband had gone to reside at Brussels, that in the month of November las; her husband died, and she, wishing to return to Ireland, wrote to some friends in Dublin stating that wish, and that if they knew any person or persons on the Continent, or who had to pass through Brussels on their way to Irelan4 whom they could recommend, she would take ad vantage of their escort and revisit her native land. —Mr. Carroll being acquainted with the contents, stated to the Lady's friend that he was going to Lon don on business, and would think it a trifle to go to Brussels; he obtained the Lady's • letter, and pro ceeded to that city,- and by it obtained an introduc tion to her, where he acted the part of an unmarried Gentleman with much gallantry, and escorted her to London, where, on the 4th of July last, they w ete regularly married according to the rites of the Esta bhshed Church ; here they lived as man and wife until about three weeks back, when he came to Dublin to provide a suitable residence for her, and had the folly to make a request of her friends that his fast wife's being in existence should not be told to the Lady; her friends indignantly but silently ap plied at this Office, where they were advised to wait until die unconscious dupe of the transaction should arrive in Ireland, which she did on Saturday last by the steam packet, and was escorted to lodgings in Harold's Cross by her supposed husband. info- . ,mations,were immediately sent to Mr. Farrell, chie f peace-officer of Dublin, who instantly dispatchei peae cers Lynch and Mauly, who arrested the Gentle at dinner, on the charge of bigamy, to the great consternation of the Lady, who for the first time was made acquainted with her real situation' , and that he whom she looked upon as her husband. bad a wife living in his house in King-street, to whom he was married, several years back, in Rath drum Church, and whose family are as respectable as any in that part of the County of Wicklow. These facts being sworn to, the , prisoner was sent to NOV' gate, to abide hi; trial at the next Commission. _ DIED. At one o'clock on the morning of Monday, after a short but severe illness, aged 56, James Chas. Mottley, EN. of Portsmouth. September 14. at Dover, after a short and sevLse lieu tenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Allan, But. of Baker-street, Port' nun-square, aged 56 years ; one of the I)irectora of the Eat- India Company, and late M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed. - - LONDON. Printed mid published by Uric. Kan, 11µ' Tcalp:e-Vos. P to bi An Ha IS I 41 I "I ea I In, UI •' 1 'I E. I I. GI !Sit . vb. Sal< ft 'I Is` A 4