Star.
London, England, 1809-05-17 00:00:00

POLICZ, &c.

.Bow-srazer.—Yesterday, Mit York, aged 24. was
charged with shooting 'at Mr. Coombes. Mr. C.
stated, that on Sunday last, :rill k looking at some
men playing at cricket, in Kempt(ai Park, Sunbury,
Le obsenred Miss Y. in a _paddock, parted by scme
paling, tiring off a gun, on which he went towards
her, and heard Henry Parker• tell Fer, if she fired
again in that careless way, he would rake the gun
from her. Miss Y. asked her servant who that fel-
low was ? said she should take the liberty of firing at
_him, and immediately presented and snapped twice.
Fle then got behind a tree, when she presented at him
again, and the piece went of. He s•tw her put shot
into it, and prime with powder, which her servant
gave her. Henry Parker confirmed the above testi-
molly, and said he saw the ball strike the gravel,
about three paces before him ; and on his asking what
she was firing at, she replied, that if lie insulted her,
in her private walks she would shoot him. The ball
made an aperture in the paling, on' which Coombes
and he jumped oyer, and wrested the gun from her.
lu dcfonce, Miss Y. stated, that Coombes had made
use of very improper language, and thrown pieces of
paling at her.
Mr. Rolfe, uncle of Miss Y. nod part proprietor of
the Park, stated, that the Park had no road through
it, and therefore the witnesses, as well as the cricket-
ters, were guilty of a trespass; and endeavoured to
discredit the testimony of Coombes, observing, that
he was far from-being a respectable character. This, the
Magistrate übseved, was to justification of the Trio-
knce ; he would, however, grant another bearing, on.
Mr. R. undertaking to produce his niece and the•ser-
vain, who, he observed, was equally culpable.
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r. R. nersett to% Mt maidOlb tvotild pioduce three
"metes to discredit thietaatirneoy of the voinpikin.
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sianwuz.--Yesrerday Phebe iirrservi was fully
cosunitted, charged withfentering the apartment of
Mrs. Yeowell, by means of false keys, and stealing
therefrom €l5O in notes.
WHITS:MAP/J.—Yesterday G. Ware was fully corn-
miued, charged lvith.burglariously stealing frum-the
house of Mr. Sifken, Prospect Place, Stepney-green,
watches, plate,.id. to a considerable, amount.
. A private letter from Waterford, gives an account
of the murder of Mr. Powest, of Benvoy, in that coun-
ty, a most worthy -and respectable man, by some
ruffians who attacked his house to. rob it of arms.—
Mr, Power was in his 70th year.
On Saturday se'nnight George Glover. and Wm.
Proudlove, convicted of shooting at and wounding
the officer of excise while on .duty, were executed at
the back of the New City Gaol, Chester. At the
.laee of .execution they took leave of each other in
the ,most affectinn4te manner; .and on being tied up
and. the. fatal signal given, the platforM fell, and,
Shocking to relate, both the ropes broke, and the.poor
men were precipitated: to the bottom of the scaffold !
They were taken into the chapel ' (neither of them
materially hurt) till other ropes could be procured,
each exclairs'ng ."
What a sad _business is this !"
They then requested the Rev. Mr. tisb to be ag.ain
vent for, aid after taking a little refreshment, jointed
him most fervently in praying nearly two hours, when
ropes being prepared,- they met their unhappy fate
with the most manly fnrtittule andresiirnation.

Bik fH.

On the S43th alt. at Weetmead,•
Angton, of a son.

MAkillEll.

!, Lady Icen-

• At Clifton, the Hsn. Captain Gardner, R.N. to Miss C. V.
S!raubenzee, third daughter of C. S. V. Straubenzee, Esq. of
Yorkshire. •

On Sunday the ftth ult. at outh Dalton,. Mt. 'llnas Fisher,'
aged 62, to Miss Granger, his housekeeper, aged short
court Alp. The bona of niarria: letween the bride a::el a yrieNt
man, her fellow servabt, Nrk.ry tti have been puhlislued 6,1 that tia;-.
Nionday, the Ist inst. at kotheley Temple, Leicestershire,
Rev. l'oNeplt Rose., to Misc Bibingion, eldest daughter of T. :la.
bineton, EA. Merill.t r 'for !.( to sten.,

Lai).
Tuesday senniyht, a? his houre in Merrinr-square, Dilllin,
Doctor Flu ket, au einittena physician, and bruchtr 'or ti.i
Hon. W. C. l'iunicct, his late. Attorney-Ge:ivrJi is
Ireland.

On the 17th of March, at sea, a few days after Icaviny St.
Helena, Captain Thomas li ithon, Commander of the limos:-
Able East-India Company's, ship Cevion.
At his house in ChariotLe-Arvet, litzny-square, Dr. Morgan
Hu h Kem. dy.

On the 13•lt i )st.ne3r Dorking, Surrey, Mr. George Birch, lice
second son of Mr. Alcianlan Ihrch, London, age 4 ln. _

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ABOUT ONE HUNDRED RIFLES of modern
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further perticulars may lae -knowo'by applying to Mr. Wood,
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