Star. — London, England, 1821-08-24 00:00:00

-- - TO THE KING'S SHAMROCK. A Gentleman of Dublin wrote the following Lines, on seeing the large Sitamrock which his Maxon- wore in his hat, on the day of his Grand Entry into that City : Sweet plant'. beloved with steadfast truth, And water'd by my tears; The bitter ;• rtion of my youth, The solace of my years ! Sweet useful plant, too long oppress'd Beneath the feet of Pride, Expand at last thy lovely breath, And shake the dust aside ! filest be thy pliant stems, that bore Misfortune's iron hand ; When pride and passion fly the shore, The meek possess the land ! Belev'd, revive ! thy Kisc appears, To wipe our tears away ; The sorrows of a thousand years Have vanish'd in a day ! VAUXHALL. The Naval Fete given on Wednesday evening, in honour of his Royal Highness the Duke of CI.ARENCPS Birth-day, was as brilliant as either of the former one; ; and nothing can more fully evince the eager ness the Public feel to witness the splendid spectacles exhibited at this place than to state, that before ten o'clock the Gardens were literally crowded. The de corations were beautiful, and appropriate to the oc casion.—This evening a new scene of magnificence takes place; and we have no doubt but the short re mainder of the season will continue to prove the anxiety that prevails with every one not to lose an op portunity which affords such gratifying enjoyments. RICHMOND, AUGUST 22. Monday last, our flowing Match, given in honour of his MAJESTY s Coronation, afforded a fine day's amusement. There were three prizes given by the spirited Manager of the Theatre, Mr. KLANERT, and they excited a very great degree of emulation among those who were thought skilful in the management of the wherry. The first and grand prize in honour of our beloved SOVEREIGN'S Coronation, called the Co• ronation Cup and Cover, was won in grand style by JOHN HALL, of Richmond; the second by JAMES SNELL, of Richmond ; and the third by THOMAS GILDON, of Twickenham; all of whom seemed ani mated by a spirited enthusiasm to gain a name on this memorable occasion which might descend with honour to their offspring. The day was peculiarly auspicious; the fanning wind seemed scarcely to move among the trees ; and the banks of the River were lined with beauty v.nd fashion. In the evening the Theatre was crowded to an overflow, and Mr. KLA NERT, Mrs. KLANERT, Miss SYDNEY, and in fact the whole dramatis persona., were greeted with loud and well merited applause. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE. Monday se'nnight a most distressing event occurred at one of the Slatherill coal pits, near Audley, in Staffordshire, originating in a neglect of duty in the persons whose attention was required to clear the mine of the foul air, and who unfortunately fell a sacrifice to their temerity. Owing to the wakes and races in the neighbourhood, the pit had been unem ployed the previous week, and in consequence an in creased accumulation of inflammable gas had taken place; notwithstanding which, the usual precaution of suspending a chafing-dish, or lamp .of fire, in the communicating pit, to rarify the air, and draw out the obnoxious part from the working pit, was not taken until the morning of the accident, which when in regular work should be done the preceding even ing. About eight o'clock in the morning of the day above named, four men and five youths were at work in the pit when the inflammable gas came in contact with the flame of the candle by which they were working, and ignited, when a most tremendous ex plosion took place, and the flame issued horn the mouth of the pit as from a furnace ; the whole of the party became a sacrifice to the effects produced. As soon as possible means were taken for descending into the pit; several persons went down, but were unable to proceed for want of pure air, and sustained injury in the attempt—one to such extent that his recovery is considered doubtful, in consequence of a second explosion. About eight o'clock in the evening two men descended, and found the bodies of the sufferers, when they were brought forth from the pit, some of them in a very mangled condition: not less than a thousand spectators were collected on the mournful occasion. The force occasioned by the explosion was such as to tear up the railway at the bottom of the pit, shatter and destroy different articles, and cause great devastatior. The remains of the deceased were interred in Audley Church-yard on Thursday se'n night ; and the accident being of the most awful de scription ever recollected in that neighbourhood, some thousands of persons were collected to witness the solemn scene. Four men of the name of Barnett, a father, two sons, and grandson, were among the suf ferns. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was—Ac cidental Death. Monday se'nnight, as Mr. Thomas Snowdon, of Running waters, near Sberburn, Durham, was pto ceeding across the country, on horseback, to New castle Fair, he was thrown, near Itainton-gate, and so snuck hurt that he died in the course of the day. MANSION HOUSE.—Yesterday, IVilliam Rance, Car lite% shopman, was brought up to give bail.—Mr. Murray, after the customary examination of the bail, stated, that in any future application which he might probably have to make, he should request of his LOrd,hip to ask for higher bail than was required on the present occasion (two persons in £4O each), as it appeared that more efficient proceedings than any that had been yet taken would be requisite to sup press the evil complained of.—The LORD MAYOR said, the time was so near when the charges would come before the proper Tribunal, that he thought no other proceedings would be necessary before the prosecu tions already commenced should have been disposed of. The defendant entered into recognizances to an swer the charge of having wilfully vended the libel, &c. The usual fees were not demanded iu this case. ASSIZES. DURHAM ASSIZES, AUGUST 20. FURIOUS DRIVING. The charge was killing two men by furioui and negligent driving of the Mail, at Sunderland-bridge. The present trial was for the manslaughter of Samuel Whitaker, who died a few hours after the fall. Thomas Chater.—l am a solicitor at Newcastle. I took my place by the mail-coach on the 16th of June, from this town (Durham) to Darlington. There were two Gentlemen, whom I did not know, on the roof. I was on The box. About three o'clock in the day time, and about half a mile on this side of Sunder land-bridge, we were going at a full trot. I ob served a Gentleman's servant riding on a level with the leader on the near side. We moved at the same rate till near the bridge. We approached the bridge on a flat. The prisoner was the coachman. He ap plied the whip just before we came to the bridge. — The horses went into a gallop. They were on a gal lop at the turn. It is nearly a right angle. The man on horseback appeared to quicken the pace of his horse to extricate himself from the leaders. He made the turn first. 1 think he was free from the leaders on making the turn. A very few yards past the turn the coach went over on the right side. I was thrown off before the wheel, within the bridge. The coach was then on her right side: it had struck the battle ment in falling, and had then fallen. We were taking a short tutu to the left. I first saw the two men under the bridge. I had immediately got up, and looked over. Both appeared to be dead. One (Mr. Whitaker) revived. • I continued there half an hour nearly. There was no fright or unruliness on the part of the horses. The tumbling of the coach stopped the horses. I conceived myself in danger, for I thought the coach lost its balance at the turn. I think it was not prudent to make the turn at that speed. It occurred to me that the prisoner's object was to pass the horseman. I saw no other cause. By Mr. Wiwasis.—The man on horseback was very near; and on the near side. The coachman was perfectly sober. No conversation had taken place between him and the rider. Within the parapets it is a smartish rise. The whipping was a short way before we came to the rise. I cannot speak to the manner in which the whip was applied. It is a very common case to lay the whip on the off horse in turning a corner. It is usually done with the thong doubled. Whether it was so here I cannot say. I understood from himself that he was partly over the parapet. He was of course in equal danger. By the COURT.—The faster he drove the closer he came upon that horseman. John Anderson.—l keep a public-house nearly ad joining the north side of Sunderland-bridge. I was in my garden on the 16th, and saw the mail-coach coming about twenty yards from me. It was coming very quick ; in a gallop. I saw a person on horse back opposite the leaders nearly. The prisoner was using his whip more than common, and shaking the reins, shoving •the horses forward. He was about sixty yards from the bridge when I first saw him. When they took the turn they were in a gallop, the whole of them. I have frequently seen the mail pass there before. I cannot say I ever saw it at that pace. It appeared to me an unusual pace. Just before be entered the bridge at the turn, he applied the whip ; I heard it crack. I feared for him running down the groom. When the coach took the turn I saw it go over. I ran as hard as I could, and I saw two Gentlemen lying on the frame-work. Thomas Do naldson appeared dead. Samuel Whitaker lay on his side, and asked me to help him up. He asked if the man beside him was dead. I said he was. He said he was dying too ; he had a wife and seven children at Bingley, in Yorkshire. He died in about six hours. _ _ _ By 11fr. WILLIAMS.—I did not apprehend the coach was going over till I saw it over. Thomas Salk:ll.—l am a surgeon. I saw Whitaker lying on a bed in the last witness's house. He had fallen twenty-two feet. His lower jaw was broken. He died from the fall. His pulse was scarcely per- 1 ceptible. He said his name was Samuel Whitaker, and desired me to write to his wife. Henry Kiplifig, the guard, was called by the Counsel for the prosecution, and examined by Mr. WILLIAMS for the prisoner.--I have known the pri soner three years. I am not the regular guard of the mail. He is a very good coachman. I never heard any complaint. I had a main bar on that day. One of the regular bars had broken, and the spare bar was used. It is very dangerous to turn, it will give no way. If the horses get a little out, they won't I I turn as with another bar. I By Mr. JONES.—I cannot tell whether the pri- . I soner knew of the temporary bar, it had been used before we came to Durham, and when he was not the driver. The prisoner said, that if the groom had not been there, the affair would never have happened : it was to avoid him that he had gone so far to the other side. John Pattison, proprietor of the Telegraph, had known the prisoner nine years, and always considered him a very steady driver. He could say that he had never seen him in liquor. Thomas Holt, innkeeper at Rusheyford, employed the prisoner four years to drive the Wellington first, and then the mail. He never heard a complaint before, never saw him in liquor, and never heard him swear an oath. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. His Lordship, in passing sentence, admonished him In strong terms on the great impropriety of his con duct, and said that it could hardly be taken in exte nuation of the offence that he himself had been also in danger of being deprived of his life; but in conse quence of the very good character he had borne, the Court was only disposed to inflict on him nine months imprisonment. He was charged on another indictment against him for the murder of Thomas Donaldson, but as the circumstances were precisely the same, he was not arraigned upon it. BIGAMY. Jane Nicholson was indicted for marrying Jol Smith, on the 2d of August, 1819, in the parish of Jarrow, Richard Nicholson, her former husband, being then living at Jarrow. The marriage of the prisoner to her first husband, in 1807, was proved by the clerk of.the parish. The marriage of the prisoner to John Smith, on i the 2d August, 1819, was proved by the Clergyiuml. lie also married her to her first husband, bat he did not recollect her person. Dorothy' Hill was present when the prisoner was married to her first husband ; it was about sixteen years since. They lived together for many years, but• just before the peace he went out in the transport service. She thought it was eight years since he lived with his wife. Mary Young was present when the prisoner was married to John Smith, in 1819. She had seen Rich ard Nicholson within the last three months, and she also saw him about• a month or two before the second marriage. The prisoner lived at Jarrow. The witness was present at the wedding dinner, and Richard Nicholson was near the house at the time, and the neighbours asked him why he did not go in and have a glass with his. wife? and, on his going in, John Smith turned him out. She never heard the prisoner say that her first husband was dead. The Learned JUDGE said, if the Jury were satisfied that the prisoner knew her husband was alive within seven years previous to her second marriage, they would find her 7uilty, and, if otherwise, they would acquit her.—The Jury found her—Not Guilty. . The prisoner is a respectable woman in her appear ance, and was greatly grieved during her trial. SUSSEX SUMMER ASSIZES.-LEWES, Accurr 21. THE KING V. HAISELL AND ANOTHER. This was an information filed by the ATTORNEY GENERAL against two Custom-house Officers, named liaisell and Gurr, for a conspiracy to aid, assist, and abet certain smugglers in the landing of unaccus tomed goods at Gufidford, near Rye, in this County, on the 4th of September, 1819. The witnesses for the prosecution were all noto rious smugglers, with the exception of one, a Cus tom-house Officer, and the substance of their state- ment was this:—in the evening of the 4th Septem ber, 1819, a large quantity of smuggled spirits and foreign silks were landed at a place called Jew's Gut, near Rye. Whilst the smugglers were landing the cargo the two defendants and another - officer, named Chapman, came up, and it was sworn that the de fendant Gurr, in the presence of others, said to one of the smugglers, named Ilersfield, " We must have some of the tubs." The smugglers said, that if they clki not make any alarm they should have some.— Gurr then said, "We must have 30 of them." The smugglers answered that they could not let them have so many, as it was but a small crop. The de fendants then agreed to take 22 or 25 tubs, the wit ness could not say which, as their share, and pro mised net to give any alarm. The goods were ac cordingly landed, and the defendants received as their share 22 tubs, which they carried off, and took to the Custom-house, but suffered the smugglers to take away the remainder of the cargo. Under these circumstances the prosecution was instituted against the defendants. In opening the case, the Counsel for the prosecution gave the defendants the benefit of having been active, meritorious Officers previous to this transaction. _ _ On the cross-examination of the witnesses for the Crown, great pains were taken to shake their testi mony. It appeared that the information which led to this prosecution had not been given by them until a year and a half after the alleged transaction. One of them admitted that he had been ruined by the de fendants and other Custom-house Officer, in his trade of a smuggler. The witnesses, however, four in num : ber, acknowledged themselves to be notorious smug glers, and had supported themselves all their lives by such illicit means. They were examined separately, and all gave an urvaried account of the transaction, and were consistent in their story. Their testimony was corroborated by that of Mr. Chapman, the Officer above mentioned. Mr. Serjeant TARDY remarked upon the novelty of this singular coalition of the Board of Revenue, with notorious smugglers, against their own Officers. The defence he had to set up was, that the evidence of the smugglers was founded in vindictive motives towards the defendants, in consequence, as one of them ad mitted, of the activity which they had shesvn in the suppression of smuggling. He particularly dwelt upon the staleness of that information upon which this prosecution was founded—a year and a half having elapsed before the slightest hint was given of anything of this kind having taken place. It was manifest from this that some malicious feelings had influenced the witnesses, and the Jury, therefore, ought to watch their testimony with the greatest jealousy. The Mayor of Rye, tlr: Town Clerk, Mr. Watson, a Collector of Customs, and several other respect able persons, gave the defendants a most unexcep tionablecharacter for being active and zealous Officers. The case went to the Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, and after retiring for three quarters of.an hour, they ound the defendants—Guilty. AUGUST 21.--THE KING V. BARROW AND ANOTHER. This was an information against the defendants, charging them with offering a bribe to Mr. John Burn, an Admiralty Midshipman, employed in the Preventive Service, to induce him to permit the defendant and others to land a cargo of smug gled spirits. The case was opened by Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW,• from whose statement it appeared that the defend ants, Barrow and Henbery, having obtained an in troduction to Mr. Burn, darkly hinted to him, that, by means which they could point out, he might get a little money for himself. They lamented that he was employed on so fatiguing a service, and hinted at his allowing them to land a cargo of ? contraband goods on his station, by which he might get £4O or £5O, and ultimately they agreed to give him £lOO. The time arrived when this.landing was to take place, and a part of the crew of the Severn frigate were concealed around the intended landing place, and the, above named defendants were apprehended in the fact. Mr. Burn was called, and proved the above cir cumstances; that he had communicated the result of' the different interviews he had with the defendants to his superior Officer, Lieut. Chappel, who was also called, and confirmed the statement, on which Mr. ADOLPHUS acknowledged he had no means of resisting the strength of this case, and the defendants were found Guilty. ohn I Friday morning, FRANCIS WALKER, son of Mr. WILLIAM WALKER, writer in Dundee, (who had at tended Monifieth Races on the preceding day) was found dead on the east side of Dighty water, at Mil ton of Monifieth. The manner in which this dis tressing event happened has not been satisfactorily ascertagted. The deceased was in his 18th year. SINGULAR LAW CASE. 111 1 BRIDE V. HOOPER. An indictment for maiming, tried at the late Ci r . cult Court for Bedford County, America. In this case it appeared that the defendant h a t employed M'Bride as his storekeeper, and, in the course of the defendant's absence from hom e , 44 intimacy took place between the said M'Bride and the said Hooper's wife—this continued for some time. Hooper dismissed M'Bride from his service, and after: wards his suspicions became so strong, that he di , . rected M'Bride not to visit the house. *Bride persisted, and finally Hooper feigned a journey o f considerable distance, but returned and watched hi s house at night. On the second night, about ten o'cl oc k . he saw M'Bride enter his wife's chamber : he rushed himß c*Per pnri. into th h i e m h n o e u a se d , y but mile,f a l3 r i e a n e d s c c a a p: d. caughttin tue act of saddling his horse in a stable, when he raised a club knocked M'Bride down, and then drew his knife and castrated him. It appeared that Hoope r had asked a physician, some short time before, whether such an operation was likely to produce death? A long cm. respondence between M'Bride and Hoopees wife was produced in evidence, in which both acknowledged to entertain towards the other a most infatuated pas. sion. It appeared that Mrs. Iluoper had borne .eve. ral children to her husband, and her letters mani. fested talent and great vehemence of feeling. After an interesting trial, which excited universal attention, the Jury, after being absent two hours, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Monday se'r.night, during a thunder storm st Craike, near Easingwold, JAMES SHEPHERD, E A . a Magistrate of that place, was struck by lightaiag, and remained several minutes, to all appearance, 13 a senseless state. Providentially, however, animatio n soon returned, and he is in a fair way of rocovery. I _ BIRTHS. Tuesday, in Conduit-street, Hanover-square, the Lid; o f D A Thompson, of a son. Sunday, the Lady of the lion. and Rev. Wm. Efiza,of a son. Alonday, in Upper Grosvenor-street, the Lady of lieutenants Colonel Sir Guy Campbell, Bart. of a daughter. On the 15th inst. at llendersyde I'ark, the Lady of Cap* George Edward Watts, R.N : of a son. At - Eglish Glebe ' County Tipperary, the Lady of th e R es . John Exbhaw , of a daughter. MARRIED. Yesterday morning, at Lambeth Church, Mr. Henry &A m , of Lombard-street, to Miss Whitmore, second daughter of T. Whitmore, Esq. of the Custom-house. Monday, at St. Martin's Church, It H. Ileac' on, Esq. tithe 66th Foot, to Marion, daughter of Robert Veal Cunningham, Esq. late of Seabank, Ayrshire. August I I, at Inverness, Capt. Gair, of Fort rose, to Erbata, I third daughter of the late Wm. M'lver, Esq. of Jamaica. July ?A in the Cathedral of Dromore, James Graham, Esq. of Richardby House, Cumberland, Captain in the 2d Royal North British Dragoons (or Scots Greys), to Miss Elizabeth Jane Sastrin, second daughter of the Bishop of Dromotc. _ _ August 13, at Kilmarnock, Captain Join White, of the 311 Ceylon Regiiment, to Miss Janet llegbie. August 13, at Canaan Grove, Captain Archibald Fullartoe, late of the 38th Regiment of Fuot, to Janet, younge,t daughter of Mr. John Robertson. Wednesday se'nnight, at Hackney, Mr. U.S. King, of the Ordnance-Office, Tower, to Lydia, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Eyre. Monday, at Bath, Harry Scott Gab, Esq. of the Royal Ar tillery, to Ramsay Eliza, daughter of the late Colorel Cover. Wednesday sennight, • Mr. Joins. Penny, to Miss babdla Penny, both of Preston : The Lady thought upon a plan To turn a Penny—just to,try it : She laid her Penny out on man, And got a handsome Penny by it! DIED. In Henry-street, Dublin, Mrs. Margaret Peacocke, aged':', relict of the Rev. Robert Peacocke, of Ross House, county of Tipperary. August 18,at Camden Town,Ueut. Samuel Smithßamsay,RN. August 12, at Edinburgh, aged 19, Robert, third son of Wm. Dumbreek, St. Andrew's-square. Monday, at . White Itoothing, Essex, aged 38, Jane, wife (idle Rev. Henry Budd, Rector of the same, and Chaplain of Bride well Hospital. August 15, at George's-place, Leith Walk, aged '25, Me. Me . George Thompson, bookseller in Edinburgh. August 12, at Lydd, in Kent, aged 60, Mr. Thos. Goldsmith. Sunday, Mr. John Baker, Warden at the Royal Powderldills, Faversham, aged 92 years, 59 of which he had been in the Ord mance Service as an honest and deserving man. He has left a widow in her 116th year. Sunday, at his mother's, Bromley, Kent, after a long and se vere illress, Mr. John Blu che, of the Secretary's Office, Chelsea College. Monday, in Hertford-street, Elizabeth, wife of Lord [leaky. In the wreck of the Earl Moira packet. off Liverpool, the 9di instant, Priscilla, wife of Mr. William Yates, of Fleet-sued, formerly of Canterbury-row, Newington, aged 46. At Northampton, on the 9th ult. after a severe illness of in months, Henry !Alarm, F.*q. Barrack Master, and late a Car rain in his Majesty's 56th Regiment of Foot, in which service he distinguished himself in a remarkable manner, during the memorable siege of Gibraltar. March 2, at Kandy, in the Island of Ceylon, Ensign A. Montgomerie, 45th Regiment: February 14. at Calcutta, of a bilious fever, Mr. Thom Campbell, aged 18, son . of Mr. John Campbell, schoolmasterof Riccarton. _ In New Orleans, after 5. few days illness, Mr. Lancelot Cab laghan. August 12, at Falinburgh, aged three years, Robert, the youngest son of Mr. Alexander Dallas, W. S. August 18, aged 16 years, Riehard-Hennes, youngest sea of the Rev. William Hughes, A. M. Rector of Bradenham and Pitchcot, Bucks. Lately, William Phillips, Esq. sen. one of the Canners d the city of Cork. August 11, at his residence, Blackrock, Cork, Capt. %he f t Farmer, aged 74, late of the 50th Regiment. August 11, at Bangor, Ireland, George Hannah, El. Mel 56. A fete months ago, on his passage from Belfast to visit some of his friends in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, ye ar struck with palsy, by which he lost his speech and the power 01 his right side, which he never recovered. At Copen hagen, at a very advanced age, Admiral Wiaterftidt, the senior of the Danish navy. July 4, at Baltimore, America, Mr. James Neilsen, son 01' the late Mr. Gilbert Neilson, merchant, Edinburgh. At Auchtermuchty, tifesbire, on the sth instant, Magdikoo Gardner, eldest daughter of the late Rev. James Garber, Newtonards. Monday, Mr. Bridgeman, tallow-chandler, in Cannnn-stres• road, St. George's in the East : while serving behind the counters • he was suddenly taken with a fit, and almost instantly espire• Aug. 6, at the village of Hopeman, parish of Duffus, Lear nant John Gordon, late of the 18th Foot, aged 32. At Ilaybole, on the 14th instant, William Adair Goodie, Esi• surgeon there. MAILS THIS DAY:—ARR.DUT. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 0 1 Guernsey and Jersey 0 Holland 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 0 111.• DCX Lisbon 0 I 0 France a Hamburgh 0 a Gottenburglt 0 1 Leeward islands 0 a 0 a Brazils HIGH • WATER at I,UN DON MU 1/GX TO-MOBILO% Meriting - 14 minute, ther 12 Aft*. moon . - 43 13 LO NDON ; Yfina•d and published by Lim Kw', Fr 1.1..cv,