Star. — London, England, 1817-10-25 00:00:00

-TOE ARmr. , • r te 55 t h Regiment, ago* stationed at Jersey, was' zu ,.; nt, the 2th instant, by Major-General Goa „hen the General was pleased to pass the env awn fits on the state of discipline displayed r s, c orps, and the care and attention which It air luir• L h exerted on the pan of Lieut. Col and ti a Officers nodes his command. r,:l day ~'notititt Regiment was inspected p, t; y, by Major-General titlatare, who rams -1,1111,ar sa tistaction in remarking, that the same r e,it sysiem of discipline and interior ece.nonsy, 1 3.,iitic , 1 perftct approbation at the Spring si .1 prevails in r. corps; evincing thereby ii,:r•wittiug zeal of Lieutenant Colonel HILL, 3 .tentjan ur the 016. ers under his command, ~ of their duties. eN;oight, M.,j .r General CrIAGIII.DI •y, kit Liu. , tick, no their way for London. Ge• et f t I's st batnce, the claimant! of sthe ~„j tleselvec on Colonel Baostnaan, 77 c; ,e'l Captain Watala, lately ap e k! i r use Garrison of Limerick. .v 2 ,1 if.k re, and assumed. ti duties of his office, ht•en for oate time transacted by Adju. of the 93d Highlanders. NAVAL INI ELLIGENCA. MAlLS.—ate. DVS. wait. DUI. trn -. o i France .a . t o Ltr*.rd -. 1 0 ‘tottenbutgb .. • 1 ,itwyaadieial 0. I 1 143r:dem • • . 0 • . o" • li•w York . . 0 0 -• u a s t roar ga . . 0 1 • KINGSTON, (lAMAICA), ISOUtiT if. lirirtcl tt,e ship Fi.oios, Iron London—An the ii , 14 saw a Si.Alliri bhp. wbish bad been cap .,l ti.e day vomit, by two Independent cruizers, 1 ti cm supposed to be the Potosi, Cspt. CLIAM• s, which enas•J the Florida tor two hours, then 1, il her wind.-00 the 12th instant, tea leagues ill of Gal na P int, passed the Baines Ayrean irct Patriot, of 14 guns. Captain TAYLOR, SUB& to the westward. - kad FALMOUTH, OC roma CP. firrived the Duke ut Yurk packet, with Dlailttfrom 1141c4 in 65 days. Sailed tb Active, JOHNSON ) MI V. tip j nail Victory, NICKOLAS, for Bremen. It Duke - Ot York left at Jamaica the Montague tket:ln the 13. h iiirant, in list. 49. W. long. 11. • •I••• spokr thel;stiy Boults, ot B 106101), from Col o.', out is months fur banns, sbortot provisions. PLY MOU DUMBER U. htrivrd his Mijessy's ship CYRUS, from Cork ; /11 Yeoman, MADDOCK, 104.411 Quebec. leaky ; I tphia, DODDLAY. burin EiyAl lot Amsterdam. Tared . Off the Bountl the Hehr, 'FIIOMMON, from .1;a1 IST London, ailed she 21st ct big, on ber iage she spoke ate Argo, foe Lavrzpool, and Lord olpive, tor London, both from Bombay.— ind PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 24. I kd the Lady Ratil.s, for N.E. DEAL, OCTOBER 24. C:•me down froin the River and sailed, the New e ii, tot Trinidad ; and Virginia, for Virgjoia. iv‘el his Majesty's ship PION SER I trom a ctuize.— nd E. COWES, OCTOBER 24. • ,rrived yesterday and sailed to-day, the Elliee ;sport, from London, with troops for the Medi- •SCILLY, OCTOBER is. • arived the Swallow, Faire, from Bombay for • GRAVESEND, OCTOBER-44. Arrived the Prince of Wales Robson, From Oottenburgb; ban ' l trameyters, from Ulelorg ; the Sarah, Dunklo, from rain; the Sophia, Hulverson from Norway ; Crown Prince, trnni Cronstadt ; Wolgasit, Kruger, from Petersburgh.— lied the Eitzabeth. Cookesley,. for Ndls • Rebecca, Row, (Cr Thomas; hlann:ag„ Reed, for New O rleans; the Nimble. fur 3 etterife ; Louisa, Dubbelaar, for Amsterdam ; and Penn, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope. CUSTOM ROUSE. OCTOBER 24. impr swim) iswslas.—The Elisabeth, Attwood, from Slur Hopper, Kroak, from Gefle ; Maly Flower, fansby, fu llunkirk ; Choice, Murray, from Memel; the Waterloo, Isadler, from Harlingen ; Regent, Boyes, from New York; — arks, Agasse, from Rouen; Ann, Cowie, from Archangel; si Mao, Ramberg, from Ilteckholm ; and Caractacus, hues, at Amsterdam. • lin:wasps—The Colombo, Webb, for Forts St. George and Bony Prince of Wakes Island, Sumatra, and Bombay; the to of Wellington, Martin, for Ostend; Ply, Land, for Roam; nba, l limas for limerick; Maria, Hornblow, for Madeira, ions St. George and Witham; Swift, Walker, for Gibraltar. snub, Carpenter, for Yucatan, Bay of Honduras ; saw: n, Wilson, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Tiger (Revenue cutter), Lieutenant S AGAN • carried into Grimsby the Young Thomas, bouqd Hull, from Rotterdam, laden with apples, bark, d hoops, in consequence of a passenger having eon hand goods found on his person. lest week, the fisherman off Dungeness perceived immense large fish entangled in their nets, which y killed. It is that species of the shark, called the ling shad, in length about 80 feet, and from the ionise size of its liver, which weighed upwards of a ton, it may be conjectured is a female. The herring season is generally commenced by the etmen on the Kentish coast, and with a fair pros tof a bountiful produce, one of the Margate .ate caught on Monday night, a last (10,000), Lich fetched £2O. The boats from Deal And Dover re also met with bush soften that the 6th are sold' the rate of £ per last ; and purchasers can scarcely found at that price. The Directors of the Dank of England have come s a resolution, that any Clock in that Establishment' editing himself of the benefit of the Insolvent Act, hall be deprived of his situation, and shall never Le Mployed again in that Bunk. Yesterday afternoon, as a f uneral hears* was going long 'Fleet -street, and the undertaker's men fitting c the top, one o f t h em was se i ze d with a fi t, and fell oto the middle of the street, before the wheels of a 1 .4 waggon, which were nearly passing over him, ►titn a man jumped from the foot way, and form lidety rescued him from a dreadful death. He was krried_ into an apothecary's shop, in an inanimate Lite, where every humane attention was stance him, Isd in the course of an hour, with the assistance of A -end, he was easlbled OD walk home. TRML FOR NIGH TRZISOM DERBY, OCTOBER O. The Court met at tight, and the trial of hoar Lud lam the elder, was resumed. Mr. Chose opened the defence, by submittlnp, that the prisoner must be acquitted, notwithstanding the explanation of the law of treason oontended for by the prosecutor, and sanctioned by the Curt, since there was no plod of at definite general purpose having ever existed in bis mind. He insisted that it V/45 mere delusion on the part of the ignorant vil lagers of Wingfield, that the simple arc ever the dupes of audacity, and that it would be both cruel end unjust to punish tor a delusion which they could neither detect nor resist. After having examined the evidence with great ingenuity and feeling, he con. eluded by a most solemn Catl6oll to the Jury against intimidation from the former verdicts, or 11,:m the censure of theit neighbours. Mr.'Cattoo, the gaoler, gave evidence in a very humane and feeling manner of the prisoner's general good conduct add affection to his sons since hi. confinement. Mr. Derisimu began by pointing out the peculiar circumstances of the prisoner's case. His innocence could not be proved for want of witnesses, his sons being indicted, and his wife inAdmis, , ble. He re peated his challenge to the public. prosecutor to pre dace the evidence which they possassetl of the origin of the mischief. The prisoner, as well as all the other prisoners, was but an instrument in the hands at Brandreth ; and he was but the instrument of deeper, darker, and more ingenious persons—of infamous spies and informers, who created the evils they were employed to detect. Jcre,..iah Brandreth's character and influence ever the deluded inhabitants of Wing field he embellished by a quotation from , 4 The Cur 'sail.' He repobated the insinuation, that the pd. Isom had led his sons into danger, in the finest strains o: eloquence, and animadverted at great length on the Character of the first two witnesses, and on the sindecisive name of the rest of the evidence; con cluding by soliciting the compassion of the Jury with great warmth. The SoLierron-Genenni. replied. The law was laid down to them by the Court, and they were bound by their oaths to receive it. The prisoner was proved to have willingly and actively engaged in the treason and outrage : he must therefore be convicted. Mr. Justice ASIOOTT summed up with precision and candour. The Jury retired, but in less than ten minutes re turned with a verdict of—Guilty. The prisoner was collected and serene during the whole trial. While the Jury were out he sat down , on the bench behind the bar, covered his face with his hands, and seemed to be engaged in prayer. On the return of the Jury be ruse, and listened with the most anxious attention for the verdict. On hearing the wort 46 Guilty," he shook his head, closed his eyes, and was much agitated. The Court then proceeded to the trial of George ifeightostut. He seems to be about 22 ye ars of ogr , and very good looking. His youth, the simplicity of his looks, and strong apprehensions of his future fate,' excited a visiblesinterest in all who saw him take his place at the bar.—The following were the Jury Was. Swan, of Hartington Up- George Hodskleson, ditto per quarter, fanner John Ward. ditto Jelsu Rogers, of Hardest= John Endear, of Parwich, dm hliddle.quarter, farmer . Thomas Deakin, ditto Roger Mellott, d itto Joseph liodgkinson. of Bar Joseph Needham, ditto law, miner George Bagshaw. ditto John Barnes, the younger, of Wigley Hodgkinson, of Mat- Oftener, cotton spinner. lock, ditto Mr. BALGUY opened the proceeding, and the Sou- CITOR-GetitßAL stated the case. The witnesses examined were Anthony Martin, Shirley Ashbury, Francis Shipman, and Thomas Turner. Henry Tomlinson was called, but, in con sequence of the lateness of the hour, their Lordships did not think It advisable to proceed, and the Court adjourned till eight o'clock to-morrow morning. DERBY, OCTOBER U. The Court met this morning, at eight o'clock, cording to adjournment. when Henry Tomlinson was examined, and the evidence closed. Mr. Caoss, in addressing the Jury on behalf of the prisoner, said he should not any farther controvert the law laid down by the Judges, with respect to High Treason, nor should he enter into any length. ened comment upon the evidence. That evidence had no doubt made a due imprmsion with regard to the disposition and character of the prisoner. It was manifest, that this unfortunate man, however he might be led by delusion into a riotous assemble e, was incapable of committing any outrageous act. On the contrary, he had evinced. even is the midst of, tumult and violenite, a strong disposition to humi lity and mildness. This circumstance would, he was persuaded, incline the minds of the Jury to grant a gracious reception to that appeal which he felt it his duty to make in favour of this unhappy man. Recol lecting that he was only the instrument of others, con sidering that be was young and inexperienced, and that he had yet, if it pleased those who had the dis pensation of his fate,'a long life before him, in which, no doubt, he could never tail to reflect upon the suf fering in which the incaution of eirly.youth had in volved him. This reflection, there was every reason to hope, would serve to correct his errors, and to re. store him to his coetry, a faithful and a grateful subject of that Sovelflign, to whose mercy a just ap. peal was never made in vain. He therefore took leave to implore that the Jury would recommend the prisoner to _mercy. He was encouraged to hope that his application would not be unavailing, and that which was. the annivere. -y of the accession of our gracious Sovereign, would form a new' era in restoring good harmony to the country. Strong testimony was offered as to the character of the prisoner. Mr. DENMAN made In appeal to the Jury, pecu liarly remarkable for that pathos and eloquence which he Yes so eminently displayed in the course of these trials. He hoped, that they would attend to the en treaties of his Learned Friend, that while the ori ginal author of the calamities which gaye birth to those trials was allowed to escape with impunity, they would not consent to multiply those v ictim's which he bad contrived to ensnare, for his own diabolical . plumes. GOD knows that enougnwere ;already doomed to suffer for' his criminality s but' let d blood of thole unhappy men be on his head, the execrations of the world would follow his name! The AT rolls BY-GENERAL, ip his address to trieJury, said, that unless impelled by dal, he would never step in between any prisoner and the Royal mercy. The Judge briefly summed up, and the Jury brought in a verdict of G u il ty , b ut strong l y recwo mended the prisoner to mercy. In consequence of a proposition from the Crown Solicitor to the Agents for the prisoners who hay not been tried, that mercy would be extended to them if they would withdraw their plea of Not Guilty, the latter have acceded. The whole of the prisoners will this morning be brought into Court. Brandreih, Turner, and Ludlam, who were last night committed to the condetEued cells, will no doubt receive sentence of Death, which sentence, it is understood, will be speedily carried into execution. G. Weightman, with three of the other prisoners who have not been t:ied, will, it is said, be sentenced to Transportation. The remainder of the Owners sill be sentenced to different terms of im prisonment, according to their youth and eharacta. SESSIGNS. WES miNsTv.R. Yesterday Jame: I; aka-, a publican in Curzon -street, Mayfair, was indicted for an assault on John Parsons, a corporal in the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards. '['he Secretary of State ,had on Sunday the Bth of June, the day before Watson's trial, issued orders for the Non-commissioned Officers of the various Military Regiments in the Metropolis, to see whettivr all the men were at home that evening in proper time. Tne Prosecutor stated, in his evidence, that about eleven o'clock on the night in question, he went to the De fendant's house, wiiere one of their soldiers was quar tered. His object in going was to see whether the man was at his quarters, as, in consequence of a re port that a rubbery had een that night committed in tue neighbourhood by a person like a soldier, an order was issued that the non-commissioned officers should immediately see that every soldier was at his billet. When he entered the house he asked to s..:e the soldier, and was refused ; he went away, and returned again not less than four times before the defendant would call the man down to him. He was in the end pushed out of the house and assaulted. The Prosecutor's evidence was corroborated by two Serjeants who bad accompanied him after his first visit to the Defendant's house. Mr. WALFORD addressed the Jury for the Defen dant, and stated that the Prosecutor, when he wont to the house, refused to tell-the name of the soldier, and was therefore refused permission to go up stairs. He immediately obtained leave to do so, when, in his subsequent visit, he stated the name of the soldier quartered there, and the object of his inquiry. This he would prove by the following evidence; John Dalby stated, that be lived with Mr. Baker, as a pot-boy. The prosecutor, Parsons, came to his muter as they were about to shut the house. He asked his master whether he had net a soldier quar tered in the house? on being answered in the affirme tire, he wanted to go up stairs, but was refused, as be dij not know the soldier's name. The prosecutor went away, and returned in a few minutes, and said he must see the soldier, and in attempting to do so, his mistress pulled his coat, and made him corns back, and his master just touched his shoulder, and he went out. A third lime he returned, with a Ser. jsant in the Guards, and again went out. A fourth time he came, add the Serjeant said there had been a robbery ia the neighbourhood, and he wished to see the man in his quarters. Witness's master mediately said they might have a light, and go up to see the soldier, or that he would call him down.— The man came down, and the serjeant was satisfied, and desired him so return to bed. The prosecutor then put his back to the tap•rnom fire, and called on his master to touch him then if he dared, ia the pre sence of . his comrades—master said that be would, and immediately pushed him out of doors. They also abused his mistress. Joseph Warner and William Houghton corrobo rated the testimony of the last witness, as to what occurred subsequently to the first •isit of the Pro secutor. They were not there at the origin of the transaition. The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence to the Jury, wbo found the Defendant—Guilty. Robert Kitchen, a respectable looking man, was in dicted fur stealing from the dwelling-house of Juhn Pierce a framed and glazed print. The Prosecutor stated, that he was a publican. The prisoner came to his house on the 10th of Octo ber, and went into the bar to take a glass of porter. He soon alter went out, and the prosecutor instantly missed a print which was hung next a looking-glass. He at once pursued the prisoner, and found it upon his person.—The print was produced in Court. It was an engraving by Ryland from Angelica Raul man s picture of " Thi Anguish of Achilles for . the j Loss of Patroclus." The Prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, stated, that he was a medical man, most respectably connected, but unfortunate in being out of employ ment since the peace. On the 10th of October he had been walking about the town for two days, with- I out tasting food. Having two or three halfpence in his pocket, he went into the publican's house, and took a glass of porter. While drinknig it, he ad mired the print, and, for the purpose of seeing it , better, took it dowitrom the nail on' which it hung. His mind soon relapsed into the abstraction which his distressed state excited, and he unknowingly car ried away the print. He put in a written parr, stating his connections, former situation in lift, and enumerating the names of several professional men of eminence ander whom be had served, and to whom he was well known. _ _ The Jury retuned a verdict of—Guilty. The CHAnaliso‘ Prisoner, how long is it since you have been tried before me last ?" The Prisoner, who had previously covered his face as well as he could with one of his hands, as it in shame for the situation in which he stood, now let the hand fall, and said It is mote than two years, since, Sir." The CLIAIRMAIII...." How old are you ?"—Ans. Nearly - 40." The Cueitualto, after consulting with the mites Magistrates on.the Beach, addressed the 'Prisoner ir. :he follows% terms 1 1 The Coari is extremely sorry to find' a man of Toolprettictsions and education is the habit of _ . , committing offences of this description ; and k is also astonished at your. thinking yon conj., impose upon it b, the rigmarole written st. 4 m nt yen have put in. It is in vain to hoi4i to rArrm y u. The Court. .s its datr requ:res, tit irks old off riders, and at once • recognised lon as cm! ''l tt.la chars, and as a person whom with( r admonition nor example can reform. It becomes theretore mitynttant that a In in who Oats misvplies education and chiatacter, shoilld he r into. vcd ?tom the chance ot &hag farther ii.;to.y to tie c:intrunntty. Your acqiiiseiLents 'slake you infilite!l more damitroias to the community than an ordinary nta t. Tt•e•sentence of the Court upon you is, that you be tranyfirted for seven years." The prisoner, who manifested great agitation dor. mg the address of time Chaim Mill, the instant he heard the word " ttansported," uttered a loud cry, and fell MI his back in the sloa.k. was immediately tiken up and temoya J. He scented in a mitne.nt to re coder, and put his li gs very cautiously ...n the ground. The CHAIRMAN ellqU red whether there was any protess•onal man in Cour: ? he was pessuaded t! at on muslin:ant it wi•uld be four.d the prisoner's sud den indisposition was assumed for the occasion. Sarah Sliaries, a laundress in Clemeat's Inn, was convicted of stealing a pair of silk stockin:.i . s, the pro perty of Mr. J: H o lla n d. I n consideration of her fcr aier goal character, She was sentenced to only one month's imprisonment. Some trivial assault cases were also heard. SOU rHWARK. These Sessions were yesterday held at the Town H4ll, in the Borough, before . the LORD MAYOR, the . REC.)I(MR, Sir JOHN EANIER, and other Aldermen. Caeherine Slump, aged twelve, and Norah Lee, it child of but eight years fot age, were indicted for stealing a quantity of tobacco from the warehouse of Salomon Davis, Esq. High street, Borough.—The pri4secutor that he carried on an expensive fll3. nufactory, and was daily subjected to losses of a most alarming kind. The two prisoners were eneaged by some et the men in his ssaredouse, and h.►vicgr been intormedotf the concealment of same b igs of tobacco by the elder prisoner, he had her Witched, and upin leaving the premises searched her, when a large of tobacco was found concealed in her :,pron. Do.r.. ing the search the younger prisoner contrived to escape to the p-►vy, where she threw down a qu :ntity of tn. ! bacco. This fact, however, could not he es:l4l6ller/. ... The RECORDER, in addressing the J.iTy, lamented the depravity mani!estcd by such young characters, encouLigeJ, no doubt, by their parents or fume perieaced thieves. The Jury acquitted Norah Lee, but found Cathe. r ine Shaw Guilty. ' COUNTURFEIT NEW Corm.—Mary Reit/ 7 was iodic ted for having unlawfully procure:, with intent to utter, seven pieces of money to the likeness and simi litude of hallo crown, purporting to be coin of the realm. Mr. Powell, of the Mint, proved that the seven halt crowns found upon the prisoner were counter. frit, and were all made from the same die. The defence of the prisoner was, that she received the money froM her husband, and was entirely igno. rant of its being counterfeit. The prisoner received an excellent character; and Toe Itseortnen having summed up the evidence, the Jury, atter some hebitatiou, found the prisoner' Nut Guilty. _ _ A few other cases of assault and misdemeanour were tried, after which the Sessions adjourned. Sunday last, a little before eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. GEE, the gaoler of Newcestle.'accerne partied by the turnkey, procerdid to examine the cells for the night. On opening the doer of that which contains she convicts of the last Assizes, he pt rceived limy Scope (wh. se sentence was death, but since coinmutedeo transeeeeetion)huheng hp a scut tle tull of ashes, which he threw towards Mr. Gec's eyes, obviously with an intent -to blind him, a n d to favour his escape. Luckily, however, Mr. Gee in stantly turned it aside, notwithstanding some ..evere blows received from Scope with a small hand-brush, and, by the assistarice ul the turnkey, soon succeed , d in closing the door. A smith being sent ter, the prisoner was douisle-ironed. 'there are at this time in the. Poor-house of Saint Margaret's, Rochester. IS persons, whosebnited ages amount to 1010 year.e which is an average foreach person, of b. 5 e ears and 6 months. • The existing d stress or many of the poorer classes of society uequestionebly cads for great atteselalls from the parochial overseers, and we trust most of them feel so. Thsir duties reqi.ire much activity and humanity in their exicut'on. It may Hie be useless to mention some of the ACts of Parliament by, which, for neglect of duty, le.:nalties ire inflicted on were:ens: The 43d Eliz. cap. 2, enacts, that t veneers b is.g gligent in their office, shall, tor every defaelt, forte's& 405. for the use of the poor, and shell he committed to prison until pail. By 17 Geo. II c. 3S, anoverseee or other parish cfficer, neglecting to nbey'any of the dirt C. bons of that Att, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding .C 5, nor less than les. to be applied to the use of the poor. And by the 53d Glee 111. cap. 65, it us pro. video% that any Overseer who 51.4;1 disebey the lawful order of a Magis rate tor the refer of any pOor etre son, may be consectee in the penalty of 405.; and ill case of stun-reeteene setell be impricenel for aoy time rot erceedieg ten days. . . CHRIST CHetial tiCttooL —Thursday being the Anniversary of tt e Birth-day of King Edward Of. the founder of CbriseHospital, a numerous company of Gentlemen, who wire educated in diet exceeent. Institution, met to coneeemorate it by a p sac elles. tee at the London Tavern ; and the tecollect7on of the years of early lute, and interview with old segued ' tell .ese, many now raised to respeetal.ility in e e ete t r by their own indueey and merit, and a grateful le. membranes et the royal and benevolent fJender, must surely have been pleasing feelings to all cv;.o where present. About a bundled and silty Geseletnen sat down to dinner; the appropriate toests were tisank, and very pertinent addi esses made to the compeey by HAUSIKE HINNEV, Fere• tett Ch Menet. ; - NNW! Wooternoftee, Esq. the !'own-clerk ; and the Rev. Ir. STEPHENS, One of the Grammar Mast , rs ;--the evening was serest with the accustomed ceNive.lity and harmony ; and we most cies. eeee nun ' wishes in the favourite toot—'• Christ ! 'nay they prosper who love it ; and Goo IIIEIeASS their number."