Star.
London, England, 1801-02-10 00:00:00

COUNTRr NEIVS.

CAMPRIMIE FE R. 1.-111 e attention of the In-
habitants of this town has, sli&iat the ancient
week, been much occupied retpatinn., the shim-
veries which have at length been made of fome of
the plate flealers from the different colleges. A
perion of the name of A./di/b.:a, living in Bell•lane,
in this town, and who appears to be concerned in
moll of the robberies, has made difeovelies of a
very important nature; in confeauence of which
the haute of Grit/I/hay', a chimney-fweeper, fituated
on the road tide le•ading to Barnwell, was fearched,
and under his flail-cafe the whole of Mr. Alckuman
Su re it st's plate, which was Bolen about a fort-
night ago, was found, and Grisgbast, hindhlf im.
mediately committed to the Cal le. Information
alto having been given again( one Coke, a Jew,
lately refident in this town, of having aconftantly
bought the %rations articles of plate, as often as
they were Orden, he was taken at March by•a war-
rant from Dr. Maxart., Maftcr of Trinity College,
and on Wednefday night committed to prifon.
Sitarrtirtn, Fes. s.—On Monday morning a
Vim: mapi nearly eighty years of age, was, fOund
drowned in the dam adjoining to the lead works;
near this town : and a few days ago the body of
a rag.gatberer, vifici had been miffing feveral
"tee-ks. w*sifarrered in, the river, pear Wadfiey.
It.hax'heen Euppofed that the Mil hnfortiinate man
benched of his own aecord,.and that the latter was
inhumanly murdered by fame undetected villain.
SisEEIOR.III, Frs. e.—Tuefday loft a gun was
uarelefsly left loaded in a haute behind a door of
fir: Dompansoa,at Minehead ; on opening the
door, the gun fell and went off, and part of the
contents was lodged in the cgs and hips of one of
his' children, a boy about four years old ; but there
ire hopes orhis, rfcovery.
• 08 Saturday night Mr. Silas FeaverJarmer of
.13. arrow, in Soroeffet, was unfortunately drOwned
ut a pond in his own barton, into which it is fup-
Road he fell backward. It is rather remarkable,
that two brothers of the deceafed met with a fini-
lar fate tome years ago in the river near Ilebefter.
A few nights ago Henry Lye, a poor labouring
man of Queen Camel, was robbed of too guineas
and tope illvertbe flied earned favings of his
Whole life.
' . Friday laft an ingne& was taken by D. Scadding,
Gent. one of the Coroners for the e.onsty of Somer.
fet, on the body of J. Taylor, who was killed by:
the fall of a tree, and on the fanleslal_, another in-,
emit was takenhy Mr. Seadding, attic:ll'th Perrot,
on.ibe,lsoily of. George IlickWell, who was killed
front a tree as he was cutting wood.,—
ky,
VeNt2gaccidentalleatlas.
. ATR, JAW. ael.—Upon the 18th intl. Mr. Jaws.
Camp, •Supex*Or .of Excite here, and two of his
I:IR?! tk. Vlttaaalacnt and W..M.Lean ac-
e MO- lay
it Part of the loth, or Edinburgh
Ws, ,finled roni• is port on board thePRINCII
40012..tv...viii1;mitaica Revenue Cutter, Captain
DoW,ti, for.% a :Oland of Arran; where they Ail-
coyered Ireveripaate dillilleries, five private malt-
and feized 'three large Rills, which Mr.
C,11410 has logged in, the Facile-Office here. Pro-
fitipna %ma
,the Anders will immediately
Plug,»
taitoitsfilNl.s.—Yellerday we had a very
violent gale qf wind from S. W. The ftreeas were
hiiiiany places covered with tiles,' &c. and it was
very dangerous to walk on the fide pavement.
The north mail, due yefterday, owing to ,the'
wysh winds, did not arrive till this morning at Re
'"•
o clock. •
Op Friday pig& laft, about half-pall eleven
o'clock, an Wanntng Ore broke out in the Town-.
bead Of Vrlfo, iylfieh, nearly at the fame moment,
tv• Akcixerefi` vi a bain, and in all the flacks of
a barn,yard ' cfpre any all'illance.could bike°.
cured, the Raines bad co'mmunicated to tesferall
honk:, Jim! 'the whiiie being thatched, he Are
raggi,with dreadful fury for npwards of five hours
bekre its, rogrefs could be arreftecl, although
every
forthfc
exertion was uted by the towntinen,
alllfle by the fire engines, and a plentiful fupply
of water. We Lunent to Rate that a number o
dwelling-books, betides barns and flables.were con-
tinued, while the unhappy inmates, driven naked
from their beds, by the apprehenflon of initant
dgethoecre unable to fare the fmalleft simile 'Of
elo,4bm, or houtelicild furniture. One unfortu-
nate "inEviduar 101 l his life—a labourer of the
name of Chugon. After baying fueceeted In
Raying his cOw,. he returned to his cottage, in the
hope of being able to carry off tome part of his
furniture ; but before he could leave it, the roof
fen in, and he was buried in the ruins. The body
wis Riortly.after dug out, in 41 Rate too fhOcking
fqr dcgriptacm. HT; wife is dreadfully feorched,
but may be expcded to furvive. Tivo horstei, a •,'
esid, aod feveral bullocks, were dellroyedm the
dames, as were the flacks of core and bay, already
sieaciOnild, to a large amount. The morning of
Saturday prefented the at:Biding aele of "op-
era
wards of eighteen wrietched fa s, including a
number of infant children, de lot 4 of loettinSi
ralment, and -food- ' No part of the .deftroy pro-
perty wax intured.
It gives us heartfelt pleature to add, that the
unit *dive meafures were immediately retorted to
he the sr lial of the unhappy falterers. A eimil•
der-4We Ana** money was tub(cribed and clitin.
bated in the courfe of Saturday, arul a liige hap
piy.Of clothing has already been provided.
The fire, which commenced about eleven o'clock
• on tke evening of Friday, was not got under till
nor 5Te neat attuning; aqd that it did not involve
a-peat paia9f'tlie own in indifcrinainate cleftrue.
Lion, was own& under Pao! iota cr, to the great
a&ivity ordiokesulfged at the fire engines, *nsi
the unwearied exertions of the women who fup-
pried them with water. The troop of dragoon
guards, Rationed here, were ..lfo in the utomil de
nee re:via:able. A detachment of the volunteers
a@ attended during the progrets of the calamify,
angler guard till a late hour on Saturday room-
ing.—fhe origin of the fire has not yet been dif•
coaered. •
• pay. 7.—We arc in the utmoll degree ihockr.4
Ili fists that the aLuso of ere was apip fpiip

through lEelto bit Ltniriefiiay nigh. t. On repair-
ing to the fpot, the thatch of a houfe lituated in a
garden on the Chaikheugb, wasdlfcovered on fire,
and a wifp of burning ftraw was taken out of the
eating at the end neareß the gardens The. flame
was. maantly extinguifhed.
It thus appears certain that the place was wil-
fully fet on fire; whence there arifes the ftrongeft
reafon to conclude, that the calamity which took
plaice on Friday evening is to be afcribed to the
fame diabolical origin.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 3.

Three of the robbers and murderers of Mr.
Anata, of Sherlockftown, were apprehended on
Friday by Mr. Warr, jun. of Skinner-row, gold-
frnitia i thefe villains came to his fhop to difpofe of
part of the plunder, which Mr. Warr recolleaed
to have fold abort time fince to Mr. ADAIR I he
amufed. the fellow for a while. with enneerfatinn,
during which be fent for. Major SUM ; that gentle-
man loon arriving, the ruffians were fecured, and
(uch .difeoveries procured, that alrnoft the whole
gang have fince been made prifoners.
-Sunday, three defperate robbers were brought
to, and lodged in Dublin barracks, by the Soutll
lingal corp, who received information at their
barracks, Clontarf, on Saturday evening, that Mr.
Deets tioweßns bf the New Buildings, Grange,
had been robbed and fhot, on his return from
Smithfield; the guard having fet out on diZerent
routes, they had the good fortune to take up fever.d
fufpicious perfons, three of whom are fully identi-
fied by Mr. liowaao, to whom the guard at an
early hour on Sunday conveyed the prifoners. Mr.
Howaao lies in a molt dangerous (late, having by
his refolution induced the ruffians to fire three
(hots ac him' one of which it is feared is mortal ;
`'he bad a horfe-piftol broke on his fcull, and in
every,refpea was molt inhumanly treated. •
Fes. 5..-About is o'clock, on Tuefday night,
a defpleata fire broke out at the umber-yard of
late Mr. Jona flaarwer.t.,* Golden-lane, which
raged With,great violence for fiune time, and was
not completely eatinguiffied until two in the morn.
, ins. It was occafioned by the inattention and ne-
ghgence of tome carpenters that were at work
making a coffin for Mr. HARTWEII., who died the
preceding day, by their fuffering a fituff of a can-
dle to communicate fire to are fhavings in the
;work-chop.
A few days !ince, Mr. .Bsetaw, of N. G.
IGeorge'aftreet, returnin_g to town from Navan, ac-
companied by one of his cleeks, and attended by a
fervent, was (topped at Dowdfiown, near Naran,
by two aimed ruffians, and robbed of half bank
notes, cab, Ste. alter which the vplains mounted
the fervant's twee' and .rode spff. .On an alren
being given, Polka DARIO', Efq. of Navan, two
ofjus few, ,RICHAID LEDWIDOit miller, and a
(errant, pirefued the offenders lor:feveral mlles,
and afterwards ,divided, when fortunately Mr. J.
Attar end ,Ltaretrice came up with, and after
efeaping feveral .piftol ,shots, fucceeded in appre-
hending one of them, who has been identified by
Mr. BARLOW and others, and committed to prifon.

Thtufday fe'nnigbt, the Edward 7.4woarj.
of Llangum, near -ink, was committed to Mon-
mouth gaol y the Coroner's warrant, for the wil-
ful murder of his fervant 'any, about t 2 years.ohi.
Saturday night the houfe of Coax tit us DE NNE,
ffq. in CurzoLltreet, was broke into, and robbed
of wearing apparel to A confiderable amount.-1t
is fuppoQd they were difturbed, as the garret
window they .forced was left open, and they
efcaped ever Earl MACAILTNIIei houfe.
On Friday tenniglit, the houfc of Mrs. Pier-
point, of Lindfield, was burglarioufly entered, and
robbed of a number of flyer tea.fpoons, and other
property. Sofpicion having the next morning
fallus on a man named Mitchel, he was taken into
cuftody ; apd tonne of the fpoons being found upon
him, was on Saturday committed to the Houfe
of,Correaion in Lewes, from whence it is expeCted
he will be iint to the County PAW at Horlham,
for trial at the earning Affixes. Mitchel, who
has been in a reputable ,lituation, was a 'bort time
fipce publicly whipped for licaling a goofe.
On Thurfday Meow Erramse, iaa, ChalHey, was
eziunined before the Loan kraut, at the Idanfion.
IJopfe, charges' on forpicion of nettling two cows,
which he offered for fide. Mr. William Challdey,
of •Tolworth Court Farm, at Ditten, appeared at
the examination, in coufequence of an advertife-
:nen', and depot-et!, that the cows were his property;
the pritoner mingled the name of Challsky, in
order to give facility to the tide of the beaffs, Mr.
Chalkley being a refpcaablc farmer at the elvre
place ; the prifoner was fully committed for trial.
A S'iNcut.aa Rosecey.-4 few evenings Gime
a hole Wee made in the bails part of the oven of
Benjamin 4irton, of Stow nine-Churches, and
fig loaves of bread and a rice pudding were itolen
thereout, a very (bort time before they were in-
tended to be drawn. .

.chs Monday the fecond of next Month the Eng-
lifh State Lottery begins drawirl. The Tickets,
Haives,(barters, Eighths, and Sixteenth Stamped
ISJiares arc foaling in the greatelt VAtiety of Num-
bers, and lowalt terms, at /sir. Manx:4o7es Office,
'No. i 6, Cornbill, 4.ppotitt the Bank of England ;
wUre the (themes a large, containing the parti-
culars oldie extraordinary fuccefs which • has at-
tended the porthafers at this office, arc to be had
grAtii. N. B. As Tickets awl Shares will alt k
Amsvr, Merchants, Clubs, &c. ice. will lave money
by an immediate porthole.
No. 26, CORN A Pt, LONDON —al fo at Liverpool
mil Exeter. Pigot Diamond Tickets are felling,
at Two Guineas each, by Honour and Co. The
Eriae is valued at so,oool. and u to bedew-min-
ed by the Drawing of the prnfent Englias Lottery.
—lt will be the tirli4irawn Ticket of the Num.
ben from 1 to 11,428, inclulive.• The only
Diamonds that ever were difpofed of by Lottery
were fold by Hoarser and Co, in the year 1774.
• at their old caahliated. State• Lottery Office.
tioxissav and Co. beg leave to recommtni to
karly Porehafe, on account of the very tailing
Nimbar.they bavi for oak.