Star.
London, England, 1808-09-06 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 2.

A curious circumstance occurred at the Citadel at
this place last night, which has excited a great degree
of attention. Between twelve and one o'clock, a
man was observed by one of the centinels making
towards the Store-keeper's Magazine. On being
challenged four times by the centinel, and declining
to answer, the latter snapped his piece at him, upon
which he immediately retreated. In a short time,
however, he again returned, and being again chal•
longed, and declining to answer, the centinel fired at
' him, but missed him.—A short time after he had the
audacity to return a third time : the centinel on his
still declining to answer the challenge, levelled at
him a third time, bat again missed him. He then
pursued him with his bayonet, and was within a fees
feet of him, v hen he stumbled and fell, in conse-
quence of which the man escaped. It appears from
the centinel's account, that he had actually got upon
the roof of the back part of the Magazine; which
was nearly level with the parapet. The other cen.
Units heard the proceedings, but saw no person. One
of them, however, thought he heard a noise, as if
some person was
,getting upon the roof of the Maga-
zine. The firing was heard by the Guard, but the
Officer on duty was not informed of the circum.
stances, until too late to interfere. One man said,
that a little before this affair, he saw an appearance
in an adjoining field, as if so±ne person was snapping
a pistol tinder-box.
On the above affair being reported to Major-Ge-
neral Hewgill, he ordered a Court of Inquiry to be
Olds to investigate the circumstances. The Mem-
&.ti of it, viz. Col. Farley, of the 68th; and Lieut--
Colonels Wilion, of the 2d Royal Lancashire ; and
Lacy, of the Royal Cumberland militias, met this
afternooh at the Citadel, along Mr. Alderman
Osbourne, and the centinels underwent a strict ex-
amination • but nothing' transpiring to throw any
further light upon this mysterious subject, the Court
broke up, after sitting upwards of two hotits.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.

Tuesda'

D. A. L;ndi,

was indicted for uttering

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. R.emain hi tile bowns--PrinceaefOrange,lieTlerophon; nerd, 1
Monk deposed, that on the evening of last Whit- Colinsel entered into a very learned disquisition of what
frvincll,le, Blustioue, Leviathan, Bombay, Venerable, Trusty, •
sunday, the prisoner, in company with another man,.' constituted a felony, and very clearly pointed out the
Clyde, Alzrt, Pandora, &Rik, Kangaroo, phantasm, and hi. ; came into a public-hous, at Atighton, where he and distinction between takirg property to convert to their
4Pant4 several other persons were After a little time,' the own Use, and taking property metely to deprive the
GRIMSBY , SEPTEM-BrAc--' , :- - , priioner began talking of aim hardness of the times, owner of the use of it. He instanced, if a man was
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he Pailtassev Waxes cutter, Lin Bourses and (14,—.--d the King; thanked GOD that he wag forcibly to take hi, watch from him, and throw it
tots., sailed this forenoon With a fleet of 20 sail for. blind, and
.hoped he would soon be rio more, and t down to injure it, to deprive him of the use of it, that
t ottenburgh.—Wind'S.W. j wiked d---ri. to seize all royalists. He likewise would not be a- felony. In the present case he was
laid the Prince of Walei was the biggest vagabond afraid, tho patties could only be said to have taken
HARWICH, SEpTriIBER S. • England everproduted. This was c'rroborated b 7 the two shuttles to prevat the prosecutor *from work-
Arrived lasfnight a gun-brig •
from the Baltic, with anothei witness: Tliey,both acknowledged the per- ing with them, *at he might not thwart their views;
&Patches, which were forwarded iinitsediately for toner was very binds intoxicated at the time, so much andit appeared that in the violenr acts they had act-
London ; also arrived the Lord Duncan, Captain so; that be sat down, and went to sleep for upwarls ed in this die with some degree of caution and pru.
HAMILTON, from Gottenburgh, with thailip•lfie.=--
of five hours. A considerable time was occupied by ; denct, fbr hid they injured the machinery, or had
A fleet of trairsports are •Sioar coining into the hay -The Counsel for the prisoner and prosecution, respect- • there been work in them, and they had injured that,
ing the exact wads being proved as stated in the there was a particular Act of Parliament to punish
lour ; re hear 4000 men are to embark bete On indictment. The Judge acknowledged that the in- i such conduct.
Wednesday. dictment was very badly drawn, but held, as there i Jtidge Ciraminie observed, that for the sake of
VAR.MOUTH, SEPTEMBER S. was one Sentence correctly proved, the trial might ' puni.o.hing an individual, crimes and punishments must
Sailed the NAssAu, 64 guns, for the Baltic, and the ,gopn : and the Jury found the prisoner Gtiilty. ! not be c onfu sed, and that actions for damages,trespaises,
ttoorniouxn and EVSTLER on a cruise.—Arrived this I
John Bramwell was indicted for killing John Ball, ! and misdemeanours, must not be confused with fe-
I a boy about 14, in Liverpool. It appeared that on I long: He confessed, he thought it the most like a
morning, from the Baltic, the CHARLES armed ship, . Stindav4 the 10th of July, the prisoner was much ! misdemeanour and trespass of any thing, but consi-
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with a convoy.-. Remain, Roebuck, Admiral DoY7Lintosiiated, in which stale he endeavoured to gain dered it a vei7 hotel case, and for which the law was
te.a:, Phosphorus, suid Acute. Wind S. W. adinittoce into a public-house, but Was refused, on hardly prepared to meet it.
. LEITH, SEPT. 3. account of the state he was in, and he staggered se I Mr. SCARLET, in consequence, declined taking up
tine . Much that he could scarcely keep upon his legs, . the time of the Court in calling witnesses* and- the
Thursday evening, arrived in Leith Roads,
I which caused a number of boys to assemble and ridi- : prisoner was of course acquitted.
Lady Forbes, Ring,
and Expedition, PI
DERI i enle bins, calling him, by way of deristbn, " Cbutttry 1 Mr. SCARLET observed, that he hoped the Legisla-
from Jamaica. Thursday arrived the CHILDERs sloop • Thai= ;" this enraged him, and he ran at the de- ture would notice this case.
of war, with a con, y from Gottenburgh : the Cntz.-1 ceased, and gave him a violent kick in the lower' m
The Learned Judge replied, certainly. they would,
bras gave chace to three Danish privateers, off the • pant of his belly with a very thick shoe, which he •as the manufacturers'ust be protected. •
hfiadaintna.on ; this caused -an iinmediate steppage and in- I Serr..S.-1-Yesterday the, trial of Charles Angui,Esq.
island of Lessee, but having got into less thin three tion in the bowels and he died in conse-1 of Liverpool, which has been the subject of much
fathoms water, and the convoy at a considerable dis- quence in a few hours. Tie learned Judge, in sum- ; public interest and general conversation, came on,
tance, she was obliged to give up the chace, though monieg up the evidence, observed with respect to the , for the murder of Miss Margaret Burns, of Liverpool.
not before the batteries from the shore had opened a defence set up of drunkenness, that it was no pzcuse ; It,attracted an immense concourse of people from all
fire upon her, from which, however, she received no j slaw, but was held to be an aggravation of the ; parts of the county, and the Court, although capable
damage. Arrived also the Harmony fishing boy 04
,trirne.—Guilty. !of accommodating-one thousand persons, was crowd-
AVOCar 18.—William Johnson, Sarah Jahnson, and:at an eafly hour. At eight o'clock the prisoner was
Kniphausen, FARDEN master, out ten Weeks, having ;fame: Cllarlsoa were indicted for uttering and having placed at the bar. He is a tall stout man, and was
a cargo of 50 barrels herrings and 4 barrels cod, and a number of forged Bank of England Notes in their dressed in a suit of black. The indicunent charged
15 men on board ; captured 60 miles S. E. of Ste' possession. i I him with hating poisoned the deceased ; and another
Abb's Head, by the Royal George and Ro, Mr. PARKE briefly stated the case ten the part of the ipant charged him with having given her poison to
cause abortion,

)yal Char-

lotto Excise cutters.

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prosecution. The Prisoners all pleaded guilty, and , an she being pregnant.
Mr. Parke observed, that the gentlemen with whom Serjeant Cocasu., for the prosecution, stated the
he acted on the behalf of the Bank, had been induced, substance of the case as follows—
after mature deliberation, to abandon the capital part The Prisoner married the deceased's sister, who
of the charges against the Prisoners, they having no died about three years since, and left two children,
dotrbi but two former Prisoners had been the since which the deceased had lived with the prisoner,
dupes and tools_ of others, and therefore deserved as his housekeeper and governess to the children.—
commiseration ; and circumstatices had come to his For some time previous to her death, she was sus-
knowledge respecting the latter Prisoner last night, pected by the neighbours and others to be pregnant.
that in some degtee etched for WS crimes, which She died on the 25th of March ; for two days pre-

FROlsi LLOYD'S Lisr
Saavzst:tn, Saar. b.—Sailed thd Dolphin., !Ter, for Cork;
t, Bennet, for Caracas; Nati& fen, Monti`, for Oporto;
, Carr; and Nancy, BaU, for Goitenburgir.
The French.pinque Conception;, CApot,A, from Bar-
celona for Marseilles ; and the French bombard la
Gabrielle, Limo, from Aide, are taken and sent into
Gibraltar by the Bravo privates►.