Star. — London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

CO".7T OF'KING'S 13tYCIA-7'IFIS DAY - T:TF KING V. WILLIAM ANDERSON. Tnis nwidefendant, who was snrieyor of 2d• ansi collector of taxes for the parish of W!lit.:chai-el, was brought up for judgment. He 11.13 been indicted for having given in a false account, :lefrauding the Revenue in the amount of sums re:cived by him as a public officer, to a - small amount, that of only about 41. There were two indictments aga i n st him, and judgment entered against him in Isoth. 3T,.Jtistict RATLZY, in passing the judgment of the C our t, observed upon the seriousness of the offence ; f or , although the sums of which the defendant had defranjed the public were small, still the practice of which he had been found guilty was a serious one, and mast be put an end to; and the aggravation of t!le rose was, that .the defendant kad sworn to the his Return, although he knew it to be false. Try ;t• judgment had not passed by default, but the ( ! e; , :idant had been advised not to defend the cause, and, on that ground, judgment was entered for the Crown ; it had been alleged for the defendant, that he hid, in many instances, taken less sums than ap peared entered:as charged upon certain inhabitants, and given receipts for the whole, and borne the dif ference himself ; if that had been true, and had ap plied to the cases in question, it would have been a complete defence, and no professional Gentleman would have advised him to suffer judgment to pass vainst him; it must, therefore, be taken to be false; ai.d it could not be that b.: suffeted this judgment to pr.., against him to save the time of the Court, instead cf consuming it by a trial ; there was no foundation for th it, inasmuch as the time of a Court of Justice was a.l` ays devoted to the administration of justice. It Was true that his case had been, in a g:eat mea au e. prejudged in the parish of which he was Col icior ; that, to a certain extent, might be considered s a sort of punishment, but had he stood atrial, that v. cld uut have operated against him, but, as far as i; went, would have gone rather in his favour, for o.at was the general effect of prejudging a case that carte to be tried in a Court of Justice. It appeared, also, that he had previously had a very good cha racter, but that character was unfortunately gone by this conviction—a thing much to be lamented. but there as no help for it. The Court, taking all the chcumstances of this case into consideration, did or2er and adjudge, that, for the offence stated in the first indictment, he de pay to the King a frne of £3OO, and that he be imprisoned in the Coldbath-fields Bison for four calendar months, and further until tirch fine be paid; and that, upon the second indict ment, he be imprisoned in the same place for two calendar months. C.-IMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. CAMBRIOUIy NOVEMBER 25. ';':is town presents a scene of unusual bustle and .:its ity. Post-chaises and stae-coaches are arriving heurly,biinging a new accession of strength to some of the rival candidates. On the London road a horse or vehicle of any description cannot be procured for any money, all being engaged for the purpose of faci b: rung the arrival and departure of the friends of tae different parties during the next three days. All the London coaches to this town are engaged for the j same time. The hotels here are determined to make a harvest during the election. They ask, without exhibiting the least scruple of conscience, the immo- ' derate sum of one guinea for a bed, and they affect t..) pay you a compliment by giving you the wort bed in the house for half that sum. Most of the' . bnise, which let lodgings being already occupied by the students, there is butlittle rivalship between them and the hotel-keepers, e and the latter take advantage of this circumstance by maintaining their immoderate prices. They will tell you, indeed, that they have been engaged by the candidates for their friends at a pisinea a.night ; but this I cannot believe. Provisions of every description are proportionably dear. The echlidates and their different Committees are active and loud in their notes of preparation for to-morrow. the day of contest, and each looks forward with the certaiety of success. NOVEMBER 26. This morning, precisely at ten o'clock, Dr. GOD , . enav, the Vice-Chancellor, preceded by three beadels, with silver maces, proceeded from Queen's College to the Senate House, to open the Election. Immedi ately alter, the candidates entered, and pi oceeded to The hustings, where one of the officers went through the usual formula of opening the proceedings in Li:in. The Election commenced immediately after the Latin discourse concluded. It differ s altogether from the mode adopted at other Erections. The can 6iates are not permitted to make any speeches, or even a declaration of their sentiments. That would :1,1 be considered consistent with the dignity of Akita Alater—besides that, it may excite too much warmth of political feeling, and where there are so many of the learned who must possess the cc:collies :Iguendi, the Election wont,' not terminate till each :lad shewn himself off in figures of rhetoric. It is trr.e that some speeches were made at the last Elec timr for she University of Oxford; but even that was •: , :isidered an infringement on ancient custom, to which the University of Cambridge is determined idly to adhere. The election is conducted in such a way as renders it utterly impossible to discover the state of the poll, unless it is declared by the Vree-CnAeceLLort, with whom it is not usual to make it known till the ter mination of the election. In the Hall of the Senate ILause are placed two tables, at each side on which are slips of papers printed with the names of the di& fe•ent candidates. On these the voters write" Elect," and immediately carry it to the Vlce-Cnarrecuma's table, which is ',laced at the upper extremity of the ball. Here he presides with a Proctor and scrutator at either side, who receive the slips of paper from the voters as they come up, and hand them to the VICE CUANCELLOR, who just looks at, and throws them into a small box with a slit in the cover, just large enough to admit the paper. HALF-PAST TWO OCLOCK, P. M. The Heads of the University would wish the elec tion to terminate this evening, but I understand it will not terminate till to-morrow. The prevailing opinion is in favour of Mr.'lLs.)tss, and his friends are most active in their exertions. The election is proceeding v.ith more spirit now. Chaises of all de• scriptions are arriving every moment, filled with voters. Everything preteuts a scene of active bustle. E%ECVTION Tills MORNING. This morning, an immense concourse of *tont assembled in the Old *Bailey, to behold the last mo ments of the folleming wretched convicts ;--William Reading, Frank Purim,' William Watson, alias Cor bett, Jobe Roberts, and Edward M. Williams, for bur glary ; and Sanniel Greenwood, for a highway robbery. The crimes for which these men forfeited their lives were only characteristic of 'unexampled daring, the culprits being all for a long period of time known to the police. Samuel Green.wood was acquitted at the last Sep tember Sessions ; but his first act on his enlargement was to stop a sailor, and plunder him of his watch, &c. on Tower-hill; but he was secured, and for this crime he forfeited his life. Reiding was concerned in the burglary at Mr. Wzsrwoon's, Prince's-street, Soho, from which two thousand pounds worth of jewellery and watches were stolen. Roberts was convicted of a burglary in the Com mercial-road ; and MiWilliams was also convicted of a similar offence in King -street, Bloomsbury. Purdom and Watson were convicted of robbing public-house in White's -court, Rosemary-lane. These wretched men had expected a reprieve, and an inves tigation into the circumstances of the robbery took place, when two other persons were impeached, but nothing was adduced that could alter the fate of the culprits. Purdom solemnly denied being concerned in the robbery, and in his denial he was supported by Watson, who admitted being in the street. They so confidently expected a respite, that on the Sheriffs in timating to them, last night, that the law would take its course, they burst forth into the gleatest anger, and it was with the utmost difficulty the officers of the prison could in the least appease or keep them quiet. The Rev. Mr. COT roN, Mr. BAKER, and some other Gentlemen, sat up with them the whole of the night, and succeeded in getting their minds into a state of calmness. ,Reading displayed great com2osure ; he was a Roman Catholic, and was attended by the Rev. Air. DaVEREUX. The demeanour of this uufortuna:e man in the Press-yard excited great attention ; his com posed appearance and respectful address, coupled with his devout attention to the Clergyman who at tended him, was vary affecting. About a quai ter to eight o'clock, Messrs. Trrosap- SON and LUCAS, the Sheriffs, arrived at the Prison, and proceeded directly to the Press-yard, where Reading was. Purdom was next brought in : this man was com posed, and on Mr. Sheriff TuostPsosi asking him whether he knew anything of the robbery ? he ex claimed—" So help me GOD, I know nothing of it ; I was not concerned in it, and never was in the house!" this he repeated several times. Watson was then disencumbered of his irons; he cried bitterly, and seemed extremely wretched. Greenwood and Roberts also shrieked loudly, and were dreadfully affected. *Williams was firm, and walked erect; he said the only thing that troubled him, were his children. Mr. Sheriff rnoraPsosi said he would do something for them. The wretched man then shook the worthy Sheriff by the hand, and exclaimed, with tears start ing into his eyes, " Thank you, Sir—may GOD bless you—had I been an honest man, they never would have required your protection!" On leaving the Press room,' this culprit bowed to the Gentlemen present. The whole of the wretched men returned the Rev. Mr. COTTON, Mr. Davitazux, and Mr. BAKER, thanks 1 for their attention to them; they also expressed their grateful acknowledgments to Mr. WONTNER, for his humanity towards them. A few minutes after eight o'clock the awful pro cession Moved to the place of execution, and the ago nising moans of Watson and Greens'' , od were dread fully affecting. Reading was the first who ascended the scaffold, he walked firmly erect, and during the time he was on the platform, kept his eyes on a Prayer-book. Purdoni, on being placed by his side, looked around and gazed eagerly at some person in the crowd, to whom he nodded his head ; the unfor tunate man then resumed prayer, and, we understand, made some admission of his guilt to the Clergyman. Watson, Greenwood, Al‘liVilliams, and Roberts, were then placed on the scaffold, attended by Mr. BAKER and one of the Sheriff's Chaplains ; they con. tinned praying for a considerable time, when the signal was given, and the drop falling, the unhappy beings, after a few struggles, were no more. Roberts, in the lobby, before he ascended the seaf fold, made some allusion to his father, who, he said, had saved many poor wretched persons, but he did not save him—he had brought him to that untimely end ; and it is not understood what the man meant, 'as lie was summoned to his fate directly after. NEGOCIATIONS BITH THIEVES FOR THE REtOVERi OF STOLEN PROPERTY. Upon this subject, which, since the Ipswich Mail affair, has been much talked of, Mr. Ham.% the Ma gistrate at Bow-street, took occasion yesterday to make some strong observations. A Mrs. Seale, in whose house, in Rosemary-lane, about £lOOO worth of property, which had been stolen by burglars from the warehouse of a Mr. Emerson, in Watliug;street, was touud yesterday se'unight, was brought up for re examination, when Mr. Atmaews, as Counsel for the prosecution, begged that she might be again re manded, to give time to procure further evideuce. Mr. HALLS said he should not object to delay in a case of so much importance as this. Now, however, that the Solicitors on both sides were present (Mr. ISAACS attended for the prisoner), as well as all the parties concerned, he felt desirous of making a remark or two upon another subject. It had come to his knowledge, that, of late, where ex tensive, and, indeed, enormous robberies had been committed, negotiations regularly conducted had been entered into with the rObbers, for the* restora tion of the stolen property , upon the payment of stipulated sutras, and other conditions ; and hi viat very sorry to add, that men in the profession of the law, or at least practising as such, had lent thifti selves to these negoeiations, and had been indeed the, go-between in disgraceful transactions of this kind. There were men who had often been profeisionallf .employed in that very Office, and been admitted Ail a matter of courtesy to the Bench, who had been negotiators between the robbers and the robbed.: What was to become of the justice or ttle eeentry if its courts was to be thus obstructed by men whose duty it was most peculiarly to aid it in its operations ? But let these inaividuals take care; they should not be suffered, *sista been the ease ' to carry about stolen property in t h e i r bl ue bagel arid , stipulate for the price of its restoration to the !Awful owner.— Such persons might shelter themselves within the limits of the city, but'let them, or any of their clerks or agents, take case how they did anything of that sort within kis jarlidiction, for if it came to his kns A • ledge, they might rely upon his pursuing the severest measures which the law would authorize. He was not to be understood as applying these remai ks per sonally to any individual then present ; they we:e thrown out generally, and he hoped Would be at tended to. Mrs. Seale must be remanded. Flizabeth Tomlinson, who was lately committed to Stafford ebunty jail, charged with the wilful mur der of her husband, by poison, died on Thursday evening (21st instant). She was infected with jaun dice, and confined to her bed when the unnatural crime was perpetrated. During her short imprison ment, she was regularly attended by the county sur geon, but her complaint was not be subdued by me dical skill. To the exhortations of the Clergyman the wretched woman manifested great indifference, and observed, that " she wanted neither Doctors nor Parsons but to the last moments of her existence she asserted her innocence of the crime with which she was charged. An Inquest was held on her body, when the Coroners Jury came to the unanimous con clusion that she " Died by the visitation of GOD." S:le was upwards of fifty years of age—her ill-fated husband uearly 70. Among the libels for the breach of the Revenue Laws on the Canada frontier, of which official notice, is given in the Detroit Gazette, and for the trial of which 7th October was assigned, are the following,' viz.—" The United States against three turkies and a basket of sallad ;" " the United States against one red ox ;" and " the United States against six bushels of wheat."—Boston Daily Advertiser. A distressing event took place at Dunbar House, the residence of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, on Wed nesday evening, the 20th instant. Some time after the son of Mr. BALFOUR, of Whittingham, who is married to one of the daughters of the Noble Earl, had been pot to bed, the bed-clothes, by some unac countable accident, took fire ; and before it was dis- covered, the poor boy, a fine infant of about four years of age, was so dreadfully burnt, that he expired in about two hours. Friday, Keswick was visited by a ro.m of thun. der, accompanied by hail, rain, and wind. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a fishing•boat, belong ing to Mr. J. PEA RSON, of Keswick, which had been previously drawn ashore, was taken by a sudden gust and driven quite across the race-ground, a distance of 300 yards. The summit of Crow Park, over which it was carried, rises upwards of 40 feet above the level of Derwent Lake! It is needless to add, that the boat was broken to pieces. Friday evening, about seven o'clock, a flash of lightning descended at Whitrigg, in the parish of Torpenhow, Cumberland, by which four cows, the property of DAVID M‘KiFvpr, were killed; three others in the same byer remained uninjured. A large sycamore tree behind the byer was rent at the same time from the top to the bottom. IRISH WEDDING is said that this unpleasant mistake did not go so far as stated in the papers.— The version of the story now current is, that only one of the grooms was shewn into the wrong chamber, through the devilishness of " Mistress Flora," other wise the chambermaid. The brides, having recited in due time each to their respective apartment, were followed, after a short interval, by only one of the happy grooms, a Gentleman said to be of a very se rious turn of mind, and, meeting Mistress Flora, was by this envious gipsy shewn, as already stated, into the wrong apartment. He, unconscious of the mis take, proceeded, as was his custom, to prepare him self by a prayer, previous to retiring to his repose, and accordingly, without noise or disturbance, went upon his knees to implore protection. The expecting bride, after waiting for a considerable time, and bv ginning to feel uneasy at the silence that prevailed, particularly as she was aware a man was in the room, held a council in her own mind as to what she should do. She resolved again and again. Still the silence was not broken, except by now and again an audible aspiration. Kept on the tenter-hooks of suspense, at last she boldly determined to have ocular demon stration of what was passing, and peeping through the opening in the curtains beheld, what !—nut a ghost —no, but a man, who " was not Mr. Casey l" Her surprise, terror, and fright, may easily be ima gined—her screams immediately undeceived Lo. thario, who instantly fled, and the room was soon filled with friends, relatives, chambermaids, &c. all anxious to ascertain the cause of so much alarm, and upon such a happy occasion. An eclaircissement im mediately took place, and Mi-tress Flora was de tected in her pious fraud. It ended by the bride grooms respectively taking possession of the room ori ginally intended for them.—Dublin Evening Post. Extract of a letter dated Bilboa, 10th November : Within the last three days about fifty-four insur— gents have been killed or wounded in the neighbour hood—a service we owe to our spirited militia. We are now preparing for another excursion, in union with Sanchez, known by the name of the vacero (cownan), who has arrived at Balmazeda, siz leagues hence from Santona, with six hundred men; and also the shepherd, Jauregui, who is at Durango, with 260 men. The party is to be joined by about 500 men from this place, under the command of our Political Chief Suane, who yesterday went to see Sinchez for the purpose of combining the operations which are to be.! followed. At the pre.ent Bilboa is perfectly fortified aadentlenched, so that we are completely at ease." t HAARLIDI, Nov. 18.—We learn from Hamburgh that the Assembly of - the Citizens has rejected the proposal of the Senate to let the existing Tariff of im- port duties continue in force for some time longer, and it will therefore cease from the Ist of January, 1823. The deficiency in the revenue of the city which will be caused by this measure must be provided stir by rather• taxer, the burden of which, it is expected, will be compensated by an increase in the commerce of the city.—Zoiiteh Parr, „ T_. Aff ~'ow. ' &PORTING IS BOAT ft.tek Monday the lonveitpected *tiger wed tieelik.ti ht Brodie; beatiug Naghten. frocking kept the lead from London.hrldge till he came opposite the Shot-auumfactory, when Naghteu passed him, and kept the kid t ill h e came to the Beacon, near Ch* sea College, where Hrocking, by manrnvring passed Itha, and turned his boat completely round, which won hint the wager. I The Chelsea people immediately gave three cheers, the old man having beaten the young one: Brocking was considerably/maw than Naghten at the termination of the wager. The bets were considerable, especially those made by the friends of Naghten. The wager:was fOr ten sovereigns. The match was perforated in style, according to the initiated. V CHALLENGE TO ALL THE RIVER, Plater, of Whitehall, has declared that he and FurUw, slid of Whitehall, will row any other two on the River, for one hurt. . cited guineas, and the money shall be heady whenever the chal ' lenge is accepted. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY. Three old men, whose united ages amounted to lith tear% were matched to walk yesterday as follows: William Churchill, aged SO years, to walk from the 13 miki atone on the Uxbridge road, to the seventh mile steno, and back, in three hours—maths 12 miles. William Weedon, aged 67 years, to walk from the stallegihnit and back again in three hours, and to ecn%pkte the dilate 81 seven miles and a half. John Childs, aged 76, to walk front the sable stone to the eleven mile none, and back again, in three hours, making SAllsz caner of lout miles. The three men are inhabitants of Ryslip t and the twelyosulger were thought incapable of walking the distance, being so tett , infirm. Churchill walked the 12 miles two minutes and a halt within time. %Verdun walked his distance one quarter of an hour within time; and Childs did his four miles half an bout within time. BEAR CHASE. Toss: Meets CANADA), Barr. 25.—Tbe Week before list Milk, boys, the one ten and the other eleven years of age, sons of Mrs Wm. Johnson, of Campenfield Bay, Lake Siespcoe, observed ad old bear and three young ones swimming across the bay; they put after them with a bark canoe, and by the use of their fire+ arms soon dispatched the young ones, and took them on board of their canoe. They made several shots at the head of the old one, with little or no effect; at length coming in contact with her, one . of them fired and broke her shoulder; the savage ferodousneu of the animal was now raised to desperation—she endeavoured to upset the canoe. A sister on shore, seeing the hazardous si tuation of her little brothers, took another boat and put out to their assistance. The bear saw her coming, left the boys, and made towards her; upon which the young Nimrods cried out— " Don't fear, Sally, rist=p_her on the nose and keep her back; we have broken one of her shoulders; keep her back till we can load again, and we will break the other." The boys were as good as their word, they did so; and having both legs disabled, they pushed her head under water with their paddles and drowned her. They with some difficulty got her into the boat, and took the four in triumph to land. Tho names of these lads are James and William Johnson. pm f mr- . ..-w l i . , ito A PANTHER KILLED. On the Sd of September, a little before sunset, Samuel Allen; a boy 13 or 14 years old, son of Mr. Joshua Allen, who rents one of Governor Thurston's farms in Hopkinton, observed that his little dog had driven some animal into a tree in a thicket ; about a fourth of a mile from the house. He went to the house ; and took down his father's gun, which was already loaded with shot, and with an axe went to the spot. When he had got within at.out thirty feet of the tree, hu saw a large animal in it, about the same dist.ence from the ground. The creature was so large that the boy concluded to put a bullet into bis gun; while be did this, the animal growled dreadfully and flourished his tail. He endeavoured to take aim, but the gun being too Leary, he west and cut a forked stake, which he stuck in the ground to rest on t then taking very careful aim, he -fired. The monster fell to the ground, mortally wounded,,and the boy ran to him, and knocked him on the head with the back of his axe. The bullet, it seems-, went through his hreast obliquely, so uear the heart as to pierce the pericardium in two places. This animal was so heavy that the boy could not move him, and went home, where he found his father, who bad been away that afternoon. The next morn. , ing Air. Allen went with a yoke of oaen,*and drew him out of the thicket. He weighed 144 pounds, was seven feet ten inches from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail, and as broad across the breast as a horse. His skin was very carefully taken off cured and stuffed ; and will be exhibited at the Pautuxet fair, next week. While he was in Hopkinton, it is supposed be de stroyed 15 or 20 sheep. The bones of some were found in, his stomach.—(Providtnee Journal). A private 1 tter from Paris, speaking of the impri , sonment of BENJAMIN CONSTANT, says—ii. A strong proof is about to be given of the way in which he is considered. One of the Deputies of the capital (whose name I am not at libel ty to mention) is about to vacate his seat for the purpose of CONSTANT'S being elected in his place, and he will then take his station in the Senate in that fitting positic n as one of the Represen. tatives of the place, whence every effort for the deli verance of the country mu t emana e:' Bow-rrearr.—.4no Francis was chargei with cruelly treating three of her children, of the ages of three, four, and six years.— C. Bower, beadle of St. Giles's, stated, that in consequence of information be received from John Clipperton, he endeavoured to gain admittance into her apartment (the back garret of a house, No. 40, Great St. Andrew's-street), but he found the door fastened by a padlock, and on looking through a hole, saw three children lying upon some shavings, covered with a small piece of dirty canvass: being unwilling to break open the door, he went away and returned in about two hours, when he knocked, and the_prisoner told hint he could have no business there, but at length she let him in : the children were naked, and crying very much; he told the woman to give them some victuals; she Retched some bread, which he gave .to the children , and the voracious manner in which they devoured it, convinced him that they were starving. The prisoner was drinking her tea, but she did nut offer to give the children any of it ; she had a fourth lid at her breast, about five months old ; the third child, a boy three years of age, is so ill from starvation, that it is the opinion of a Medical Gentleman that he cannot recover.—John Clipperton said, he had resided in the garret adjoining the pri soner'.. room since the Ist of )larch; she was then living with a man iu the house who was not her husband ; both of them frequently beat the children in an unmerciful manner; they used to go out between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, and return frequently at seven and even ten o'clock at night ; during this time the children were left alone, generally with:Jet either victuals or fire; their cries were often dreadful; the key of the padlock which fa stened the door was put in a cupboard on the landing-place ; and he and his wife frequently opened the door and gave them something to eat, but they were themselves (very poor, and could spare but little. The prisoner and her male companion would sometimes have a hot supper, but the chil dren never participated in it. The children were fat and healthy when the witness first took the lodging, bet for several weeks they have gradually declined, and have now more the appear ance of skeletons than human beings. Witress went in search of work on ithmday, and on his return home his wife told him the children had be. n crying for hours together for food ; he went to the door, and through the key-hole heard the boy, six years old, say to his sister, o Don't cry, Sally, we shall have something to eat by-and-bye;" which so affected him, that he went in search of the Beadle, to whom he related the parti culars. The woman has for mouths received parochial assist ance from three different parishes. The Magistrates after ex pressing themselves warmly in deprecation of the unnatural mother, and in praise of the conduct of Clippet ten and his wife, said, that they would sign an order for the removal of showman molter pariah and also fur that of the children, and particular directions should be given to the Parish Officers, that proper care should be taken of the poor children. The woman and children then left the Office in custody of the Beadle of St. Glles's The Parish Officers are on the look-out after the pa ramour, who is the father of the youngest child only. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, NOV. 17. - - Twelve o'clock.—Contrary winds still prevailhtg, our aa_ppliee . continue small. Wheat remains dull at elondefs prices. Prime Barley, for maltin;:, sells better--otber kinds remain unaltered. Beans and Peas are much the same as last Monday in price; and Oats fully maintain the price of our lay quotation. Importa* Lions; }lout 27004... Wheat 7.4X.0-e-Bettley.l:4o-.oats CO% ' A