Star.
London, England, 1808-04-22 00:00:00

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CALICUT, Ot:10,01i1t 10, 1110 T.
On the Bth of last month at day-break in the more%
ing, as a guard Of Sepoys were taking' out a the jail
ten criminals, who were sentenced for execution on out
day, the rest of the prisoners, to the amount of 100,
suddenly fell upon them, deprived them of their arm,.
and put several of them to death in a shocking atd
cruel manner, by cutting off the joints of their finget elk
and otherwise mutilating them. A strong party ox
sepoys were immediately sent down to quell the in.
surrection—who, to their astonishment, were received
by a smart volley from the prisoners, who had barr's
caded the doors, and taken post on the roof. It Willi
found necessary to make use of a six-pounder, the snot
from which seemed not in the least to intimidate them,
as they were summoned to surrender with a threat of
putting every man to death if they refused, which how-
ever, they did without hesitation. It was not until four
o'clock in the afternoon, when some of the timbers
having taken fire, the walls being much battered, began
to shake, that they made a sally, and endeavoured to
escape by running in every direction, which many of
,them effected. The ten criminals under sentence of
death, were eonsnmed in the flames of the building,
In this unpleasant business we had one Naigue and
seven Sepoys killed, and one Soubandar wounded,

CHORINGHU, NOV. tr.
The Comet isvery rapidly advancing towards its apLlii
lion, and is scarcely discernable without the assistance
of a telescope—if it do not become totally invisible
by the reaaon of the parabolic and amazingly eccen-
tric farm of its orbit, before its apparent elevation is
equal to that of Lyra, it will be seen to pass about
three degrees to the southward of the bright star Vega
in that constellation. Its northern declination is
about 26 deg. 30 min. right ascension 259 dee. -,--
plitude 30 deg. north—but it is now so very dim, :pat
to measure its distance from any of the fixed sta: s
with accuracy is impracticable. A very good idea or
its velocity may be obtained by observing it with a te-
lescope, to which one of Cavallo's simple micrometers
is affixed, by which its daily proportional decrease of
magnitude may be ascertained, until it totally disapt
pears. The best time to observe the Comet is be-
tween the bours of seven and eight o'clock in the.
evening. It appears like a faint blur of light, a little
below, and to the southward of Vega—.but with a
common reflecting telescope its nucleus may be disco,
vered nearly in the midst of the beard, for the tail has
now assumed a different form from that which it ex-
hibited at first, owing to the change that has taken
place in its relative situation, as it respects the sun and
the earth. The part of this Comet is considerably in-
clined from that track in the heavens, which Cassini
denominated the Zodiac of the Comets. This he
makes as broad as the other Zodiac, and it includes a
space, within whose bounds most of the Comets have
been observed to keep. He marks it with the constel,
lations 4ntinous, Pegasus, Andromeda, Taurus,
Orion, the less Dog, Hydra, the Centaur, Scorpio,
and Sagittarius. We have before remarked, that the
path of the Comet, discovered by Miss Herschel, in
1793, must be nearly parallel to the orbit of the pre-
sent one, or that the orbits of the two intersect each
other nearly as the star Delta in the Serpent.

The last Ealing Ball for this season, took plaoe on
Wednesday evening, and was eminently distinguish-
ed for the brilliant assemblage of beauty and faishion
which graced it. The Ball was opened at half-
past ten, by Lord MACDONALD and the Hon. Mrs.
Pam, to the lively tune of " Paddy 0' Rafferty."—
Among the company we particularly noticed Ladies
BANBURY, W4NTLRTON,and Hamlin GILL. The danc-
ing, which was continued till a late hour, was kept up
with great spirit and vivacity by some most elegant
dancers among whom we observed Mrs. HUM;
Misses BARNWELL, L. KNOX, BURT, CA.RRS, and_DET

vim's. The supper consisted of every delicacy the
season could afford.
On Saturday, about 12 o'clock, as Lieut. KELLY
of his Majesty's ship the Triumph, was passing along
Holborn, near Middle-row, he was surrounded by one
of those daring gangs of pick-pockets, who infest th
streets of London, and robbed of his pocket-book, con-
taining Bank notes to the amount of £450, and naval
papers. One of them trod upon his heel, and on his
turning about appeared very politely to beg his pardor;
while this pretended apology was making, it caused
Lieutenant KELLY to stop a little, and he found him.
self surrounded by four or five men, and soon. alter
missed his pocket-book. •

Wh eat, 455. 601. 725. Beans (old) ;Ns, Seo. W.
Fine ditto, 725. 755. Tick ditto (old) zue, 554, pa
Rye, 445. 48$. Oats, 335. Mk.
Barlity, 445. 41E04.Polapd ditto, Sgt. Cs, 041,
Pipe P9ur Os, ow 699, 504,

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Bow-sTßEtT.—Yesterday Isaac aswierry, the coachman, was
brought up for re-examination, on a charge of a violent outrage
and rape upon Margaret West, in a stable yard in Duke-street,
Lincoln's Inn Fields. Mr. Andrews, the surgeon, who attends
her, stated that he did not consider the girl to be in a proper state
to give evidence against the prisoner; in consequence of which
the examination was postponed.
The young plan who is in custody for uttering an altered 11.
bank note to a 101. at the Cecil-street Coffee-house, was fully com-
mitted for trial.
MANiAcs.—Windsor Castle has lately been much infested
again with Maniacs.—A very genteel man, who has every appear-
ance of an Officer, and also a woman, have been using various
stratagems to get into the Palace, with a view to gain admittance
to his Majesty, under pretence of their having business with him.
Mr. READ, the Magistrate, being Informed of this circumstance,
sent directions to Edwards one of the resident PoliCe Officers at
Windsor, to apprehend the Officer. Edwards accordingly went
to the Windsor Castle iqn, on Tuesday, where the person
scribed was was living in grand style, and apprehended him. He was
afterwards brought to London, and underwent examination. He
was ordered to be kept at the Brown Bear public house, Bow-
tutu, until it can be ascertained who be is, as he refuses to give
any other account of himself than that his name is Holm, The
woman has been about Windsor for some time past, and has made
many efforts to get into the Palace ; but being disappointed in all
her attempts, she went to Cumberland Lodge, in the Park, and
there contrived to gain admittance, a few mornings since, when
she concealed herself in the coachman's room where he slept. It
not being customary for him to lock his door, she entered while
he was asleep, but was discovered, and takes into custody. She
underwent an examination before General HARconar, who or-
dered her to be confined in Windsor gaol.
CORN MARKST, MARK•LANE, 2,--To-day
there are some fresh arrivals of Wheat, which is in to-
lerable quantities; sales thereof are extremelydull,
and scarcely support last prices—Barley
with nshiea rtnsof
sup-
ply;e
C h aknd i
d arene as ratherlittle ,1411404r4ett011-4,9—Majft Oats there are
suppliest and
a d
sales
in
null in thissa " sale, and
~re quotedhardly
nearlytol
supportserb le
at
last prices—Flour
the general prices quoted.
Gib:sada cuauttcy AS UNDER: