Star.
London, England, 1830-06-12 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The faiture of which we spoke in our last, is
of the house of Messrs. T. and B. Hogg, of
and Leeds, extensive woollen-manufacturers and
chants. Their affairs will be wound up, we untie:.
stand, under a commission. We hear nothing to 1,
depended on as to the probable amount of the dividend._
Leeds Intelligencer.
On Friday Squire Farrar was brought before the Nit
gistrates, according to his own account, for the wet,
teenth time, charged with having neglected to provid
for his wife and child. The defendant admitted the col.
rectness of the charge, but pleaded inability and conju:,ll
misunderstandings as his excuse. He paid the sum
which he was summoned, and entered into an arran,zi,
ment with the Town's Husband for the future.—/W.
The Earl of Euston is appointed Colonel of the
Suffolk militia, in the room of the late Sir Win. Pa; ke:.
and the Earl of Stradbroke is appointed Colonel of ti.t
East Suffolk militia, rice the Earl of Euston.

Wednesday, the eldest son of Sir John Henry Palmer
Bart. having arrived at the age of twenty-one, there eel-,
rejoicings at Carlton Hall, and in the neighbourhood. a
party of friends were invited to a handsome elitertain
ment, and the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire a
nantry, as well as the labourers employed on the respee
tive estates, partook of the festivities of the day
Northampton Mercury.
IRISII AGRICULTURAT. REPORF.—" A wet itoii
windy May fills the barns with corn and hay."—Neeo•
within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has the Green
Isle put forward a more vigorous claim to the honour of
such a name than during the present season. The enteral,'
is the " first gem" of every field ; and a most cheering
promise of abundance delights the ewe of the traveller on
all sides. Tho wheats are particularly strong and bloont
ing. Hay also will be a most plentiful crop, and th,
supply will be doubly acceptable this year, inasmuch :is
the old stock is nearly exhausted. The early potatoc,
are shooting up with a rapidity of vegetation almost un-
exampled in our climate. There has een a verb genera;
failure in the growth of oats, which will be the more ae•
verely felt as the supply on hand is extremely scanty.
The sale of Mr. Smith's rams at Dishley took plae:
on Tuesday. It was very numerously attended by mane
of the most eminent breeders in the kingdom. The
sheep welt) in excellent condition, and realized good
prices. A two-shear ram (lot 67) sold for one hundred
guineas, and many others at proportionably high prices
They were allowed to be the finest animals ever offerer:
to the public.
CONFEssION OF A Munn euen.—Our readers ma%
recollect that, some years ago, a woman of the name c:
Margaret Shuttleworth was tried in Perth for the mur-
der of her husband. She was convicted entirely up:.
circumstantial evidence, and executed at Montrose, afte:
being respited for two weeks. She maintained her inno-
cence to the last—even when standing upon the drop !
We have heard the contents of a private letter which
arrived from England last week, which states, that a man
who has just now been executed in England, confessed
(upon the scaffold) that be was the sole murderer of Mar-
garet Sltuttleworth's husband.— Duiidee Adrerriser.
A GARDEN ROISBEa Sitoa.—A respectable individual
in this town, who has a garden at Portobello, and is it:
the habit of stocking it with choice plants and flower
roots, has frequently experienced the mortification of hav -
ling those things which he most prized carried off in tie
night, without being able either to prevent the robber‘
or detect the thief. As the articles stolen would not
attract the notice of the young urchins, who fre•
quently save the owners of gardens the troalile of g., •
thering fruit, the party concludad that his garden
was the convenient resort either of some un;‘rincip:ed
botanical coneoisseur, or of that fraternity who aa.
able to supply gentlemen with any rare plant for whir.,
they may indulge a fancy. Ile therefore detenuitaal
to punish the miscreants, and for that purpose planted
several well-charged si ring-guns in his garden, one of
which proved effactual ; for on Tuesday merning, he had
no sooner opened his garden door, titan he saw a felloe
prostrate on the ;round. The wretelt pleaded for mercy.
and stated that in coming late the preceding night with an
intent to rob the garden, he had no sooner entered than
he was shot in the leg by a spring-gun, and such was hi:
terror lest he should fall in with cone other, that although
the rain had fell in torrents, he dared not stir, not even to
make his escape. On examining the fel.lov: minute!....
the owner of the garden knew him ;he was a sat-a.. ta
I dustrious gardener. As he had suffered severely, he ea,
allowed to escape without prosecution.—Shaffield /r;s.
On Sunday last, on the return of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
wood, of Union-street, in this city, from a place of wor-
ship, the female servant (who is about 2O years of age , ap-
peared to be in much trepidation, and informed them that
during their absence the house had been robbed. Informa-
tion was immediately given to two of the police officers.
Orchard and Garland, to whom the girl stated that jest
after her master and mistress were gone out, a man knocked
at the door and enquired whether her master or any of the
family were at home, saying he had particular businees;
after some time he went away; her attention was afterwards
engaged with some domestic matters for a little tiete. and
when she next went up stairs, she saw the same man in
one of the rooms, opening a drawer with a picklock key :
site immediately knocked him down, but he rose and re-
turned the compliment in a similar way; she howe‘Er at
length overcame hint and got several articles he haJ
stolen out of his pocket ; she hallooed " murder" out of tiai
window, but he drew a razor from his pocket. and threat-
ening to cut her throat, he made his escape. net before
he had cut her on the arm ; this cut (a elialo cue; -sae
exhibited. The officers soon perceived that the ‘,. Leta
tale was made up for the occasion, and taxed her wAit
being the thief, which site stoutly denied ; they hr.
ever, went up to her room, and upon the bed, and in aer
drawer they found the stolen articles, consisting of a
andgold
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des which have been stolen, have not been found. After
this discovery, she still denied the robbery. She ea.,
immediately sent away to her parents, her master dale
ning to prosecute her. Orchard subsequently obtained
such information as induced him to believe that this girl
had been guilty of two acts of shoplifting, and upon
searching her boxes, the articles stolen from two shops
were found ; she was then taken into custody. She %vat
this day examined before the Magistrates, and was COM-
mitted for further examination on Monday next. Her
name is Ann Court.— Worcester Journal.