Star.
London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

CO".7T OF'KING'S 13tYCIA-7'IFIS DAY

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T:TF KING V. WILLIAM ANDERSON.
Tnis nwidefendant, who was snrieyor of
2d• ansi collector of taxes for the parish of
W!lit.:chai-el, was brought up for judgment. He
11.13 been indicted for having given in a false account,
:lefrauding the Revenue in the amount of sums
re:cived by him as a public officer, to a-small amount,
that of only about 41. There were two indictments
against him, and judgment entered against him
in Isoth.
3T,.Jtistict RATLZY, in passing the judgment of the
Court, observed upon the seriousness of the offence ;
for, although the sums of which the defendant had
defranjed the public were small, still the practice of
which he had been found guilty was a serious one,
and mast be put an end to; and the aggravation of
t!le rose was, that .the defendant kad sworn to the
his Return, although he knew it to be false.
Try ;t• judgment had not passed by default, but the
(!e;,:idant had been advised not to defend the cause,
and, on that ground, judgment was entered for the
Crown ; it had been alleged for the defendant, that
he hid, in many instances, taken less sums than ap-
peared entered:as charged upon certain inhabitants,
and given receipts for the whole, and borne the dif-
ference himself ; if that had been true, and had ap-
plied to the cases in question, it would have been a
complete defence, and no professional Gentleman
would have advised him to suffer judgment to pass
vainst him; it must, therefore, be taken to be false;
ai.d it could not be that b.: suffeted this judgment to
pr.., against him to save the time of the Court, instead
cf consuming it by a trial ; there was no foundation
for th it, inasmuch as the time of a Court of Justice
was a.l` ays devoted to the administration of justice.
It Was true that his case had been, in a g:eat mea-
au e. prejudged in the parish of which he was Col-
icior ; that, to a certain extent, might be considered
s a sort of punishment, but had he stood atrial, that
v. cld uut have operated against him, but, as far as
i; went, would have gone rather in his favour, for
o.at was the general effect of prejudging a case that
carte to be tried in a Court of Justice. It appeared,
also, that he had previously had a very good cha-
racter, but that character was unfortunately gone by
this conviction—a thing much to be lamented. but
there as no help for it. The Court, taking all the
chcumstances of this case into consideration, did
or2er and adjudge, that, for the offence stated in the
first indictment, he de pay to the King a frne of £3OO,
and that he be imprisoned in the Coldbath-fields
Bison for four calendar months, and further until
tirch fine be paid; and that, upon the second indict-
ment, he be imprisoned in the same place for two
calendar months.

C.-IMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
CAMBRIOUIy NOVEMBER 25.
';':is town presents a scene of unusual bustle and
.:its ity. Post-chaises and stae-coaches are arriving
heurly,biinging a new accession of strength to some
of the rival candidates. On the London road a horse
or vehicle of any description cannot be procured for
any money, all being engaged for the purpose of faci-
b: rung the arrival and departure of the friends of
tae different parties during the next three days. All
the London coaches to this town are engaged for the j
same time. The hotels here are determined to make
a harvest during the election. They ask, without
exhibiting the least scruple of conscience, the immo- '
derate sum of one guinea for a bed, and they affect
t..) pay you a compliment by giving you the wort
bed in the house for half that sum. Most of the'.
bnise, which let lodgings being already occupied by
the students, there is butlittle rivalship between them
and the hotel-keepers,eand the latter take advantage
of this circumstance by maintaining their immoderate
prices. They will tell you, indeed, that they have
been engaged by the candidates for their friends at a
pisinea a.night ; but this I cannot believe. Provisions
of every description are proportionably dear. The
echlidates and their different Committees are active
and loud in their notes of preparation for to-morrow.
the day of contest, and each looks forward with the
certaiety of success.
NOVEMBER 26.
This morning, precisely at ten o'clock, Dr. GOD,.
enav, the Vice-Chancellor, preceded by three beadels,
with silver maces, proceeded from Queen's College
to the Senate House, to open the Election. Immedi-
ately alter, the candidates entered, and pi oceeded to
The hustings, where one of the officers went through
the usual formula of opening the proceedings in
Li:in. The Election commenced immediately after
the Latin discourse concluded. It differ s altogether
from the mode adopted at other Erections. The can-
6iates are not permitted to make any speeches, or
even a declaration of their sentiments. That would
:1,1 be considered consistent with the dignity of
Akita Alater—besides that, it may excite too much
warmth of political feeling, and where there are so
many of the learned who must possess the cc:collies
:Iguendi, the Election wont,' not terminate till each
:lad shewn himself off in figures of rhetoric. It is
trr.e that some speeches were made at the last Elec-
timr for she University of Oxford; but even that was
•:,:isidered an infringement on ancient custom, to
which the University of Cambridge is determined
idly to adhere.
The election is conducted in such a way as renders
it utterly impossible to discover the state of the poll,
unless it is declared by the Vree-CnAeceLLort, with
whom it is not usual to make it known till the ter-
mination of the election. In the Hall of the Senate
ILause are placed two tables, at each side on which
are slips of papers printed with the names of the di&
fe•ent candidates. On these the voters write" Elect,"
and immediately carry it to the Vlce-Cnarrecuma's
table, which is ',laced at the upper extremity of the
ball. Here he presides with a Proctor and scrutator
at either side, who receive the slips of paper from the
voters as they come up, and hand them to the VICE-
CUANCELLOR, who just looks at, and throws them
into a small box with a slit in the cover, just large
enough to admit the paper.
HALF-PAST TWO OCLOCK, P. M.
The Heads of the University would wish the elec-
tion to terminate this evening, but I understand it
will not terminate till to-morrow. The prevailing
opinion is in favour of Mr.'lLs.)tss, and his friends
are most active in their exertions. The election is
proceeding v.ith more spirit now. Chaises of all de•
scriptions are arriving every moment, filled with
voters. Everything preteuts a scene of active bustle.

E%ECVTION Tills MORNING.
This morning, an immense concourse of *tont
assembled in the Old *Bailey, to behold the last mo-
ments of the folleming wretched convicts ;--William
Reading, Frank Purim,' William Watson, alias Cor-
bett, Jobe Roberts, and Edward M. Williams, for bur-
glary ; and Sanniel Greenwood, for a highway robbery.
The crimes for which these men forfeited their lives
were only characteristic of 'unexampled daring, the
culprits being all for a long period of time known to
the police.

Samuel Green.wood was acquitted at the last Sep-
tember Sessions ; but his first act on his enlargement
was to stop a sailor, and plunder him of his watch,
&c. on Tower-hill; but he was secured, and for this
crime he forfeited his life.

Reiding was concerned in the burglary at Mr.
Wzsrwoon's, Prince's-street, Soho, from which two
thousand pounds worth of jewellery and watches
were stolen.
Roberts was convicted of a burglary in the Com-
mercial-road ; and MiWilliams was also convicted of
a similar offence in King-street, Bloomsbury.
Purdom and Watson were convicted of robbing
public-house in White's-court, Rosemary-lane. These
wretched men had expected a reprieve, and an inves-
tigation into the circumstances of the robbery took
place, when two other persons were impeached, but
nothing was adduced that could alter the fate of the
culprits. Purdom solemnly denied being concerned
in the robbery, and in his denial he was supported by
Watson, who admitted being in the street. They so
confidently expected a respite, that on the Sheriffs in-
timating to them, last night, that the law would take
its course, they burst forth into the gleatest anger,
and it was with the utmost difficulty the officers of
the prison could in the least appease or keep them
quiet. The Rev. Mr. COT roN, Mr. BAKER, and some
other Gentlemen, sat up with them the whole of the
night, and succeeded in getting their minds into a
state of calmness.
,Reading displayed great com2osure ; he was a
Roman Catholic, and was attended by the Rev. Air.
DaVEREUX. The demeanour of this uufortuna:e man
in the Press-yard excited great attention ; his com-
posed appearance and respectful address, coupled
with his devout attention to the Clergyman who at-
tended him, was vary affecting.
About a quai ter to eight o'clock, Messrs. Trrosap-
SON and LUCAS, the Sheriffs, arrived at the Prison,
and proceeded directly to the Press-yard, where
Reading was.
Purdom was next brought in : this man was com-
posed, and on Mr. Sheriff TuostPsosi asking him
whether he knew anything of the robbery ? he ex-
claimed—" So help me GOD, I know nothing of it ; I
was not concerned in it, and never was in the house!"
this he repeated several times.
Watson was then disencumbered of his irons; he
cried bitterly, and seemed extremely wretched.
Greenwood and Roberts also shrieked loudly, and
were dreadfully affected.
*Williams was firm, and walked erect; he said
the only thing that troubled him, were his children.
Mr. Sheriff rnoraPsosi said he would do something
for them. The wretched man then shook the worthy
Sheriff by the hand, and exclaimed, with tears start-
ing into his eyes, " Thank you, Sir—may GOD bless
you—had I been an honest man, they never would
have required your protection!" On leaving the Press-
room,' this culprit bowed to the Gentlemen present.
The whole of the wretched men returned the Rev.
Mr. COTTON, Mr. Davitazux, and Mr. BAKER, thanks 1
for their attention to them; they also expressed their
grateful acknowledgments to Mr. WONTNER, for his
humanity towards them.
A few minutes after eight o'clock the awful pro-
cession Moved to the place of execution, and the ago-
nising moans of Watson and Greens'', od were dread-
fully affecting. Reading was the first who ascended
the scaffold, he walked firmly erect, and during the
time he was on the platform, kept his eyes on a
Prayer-book. Purdoni, on being placed by his side,
looked around and gazed eagerly at some person in
the crowd, to whom he nodded his head ; the unfor-
tunate man then resumed prayer, and, we understand,
made some admission of his guilt to the Clergyman.
Watson, Greenwood, Al‘liVilliams, and Roberts,
were then placed on the scaffold, attended by Mr.
BAKER and one of the Sheriff's Chaplains ; they con.
tinned praying for a considerable time, when the
signal was given, and the drop falling, the unhappy
beings, after a few struggles, were no more.
Roberts, in the lobby, before he ascended the seaf-
fold, made some allusion to his father, who, he said,
had saved many poor wretched persons, but he did
not save him—he had brought him to that untimely
end ; and it is not understood what the man meant,
'as lie was summoned to his fate directly after.

NEGOCIATIONS BITH THIEVES FOR THE
REtOVERi OF STOLEN PROPERTY.

Upon this subject, which, since the Ipswich Mail
affair, has been much talked of, Mr. Ham.% the Ma-
gistrate at Bow-street, took occasion yesterday to
make some strong observations. A Mrs. Seale, in
whose house, in Rosemary-lane, about £lOOO worth
of property, which had been stolen by burglars from
the warehouse of a Mr. Emerson, in Watliug;street,
was touud yesterday se'unight, was brought up for
re examination, when Mr. Atmaews, as Counsel for
the prosecution, begged that she might be again re-
manded, to give time to procure further evideuce.
Mr. HALLS said he should not object to delay in a
case of so much importance as this. Now, however,
that the Solicitors on both sides were present (Mr.
ISAACS attended for the prisoner), as well as all
the parties concerned, he felt desirous of making
a remark or two upon another subject. It had
come to his knowledge, that, of late, where ex-
tensive, and, indeed, enormous robberies had been
committed, negotiations regularly conducted had
been entered into with the rObbers, for the* restora-
tion of the stolen property, upon the payment of
stipulated sutras, and other conditions ; and hi viat
very sorry to add, that men in the profession of the
law, or at least practising as such, had lent thifti
selves to these negoeiations, and had been indeed the,
go-between in disgraceful transactions of this kind.
There were men who had often been profeisionallf
.employed in that very Office, and been admitted Ail
a matter of courtesy to the Bench, who had been
negotiators between the robbers and the robbed.:

What was to become of the justice or ttle eeentry if
its courts was to be thus obstructed by men whose
duty it was most peculiarly to aid it in its operations ?
But let these inaividuals take care; they should not
be suffered, *sista been the ease' to carry about
stolen property in their blue bagel arid, stipulate for
the price of its restoration to the !Awful owner.—
Such persons might shelter themselves within the
limits of the city, but'let them, or any of their clerks
or agents, take case how they did anything of that
sort within kis jarlidiction, for if it came to his kns A•
ledge, they might rely upon his pursuing the severest
measures which the law would authorize. He was
not to be understood as applying these remai ks per-
sonally to any individual then present ; they we:e
thrown out generally, and he hoped Would be at-
tended to. Mrs. Seale must be remanded.

Flizabeth Tomlinson, who was lately committed
to Stafford ebunty jail, charged with the wilful mur-
der of her husband, by poison, died on Thursday
evening (21st instant). She was infected with jaun-
dice, and confined to her bed when the unnatural

crime was perpetrated. During her short imprison
ment, she was regularly attended by the county sur-
geon, but her complaint was not be subdued by me-
dical skill. To the exhortations of the Clergyman
the wretched woman manifested great indifference,
and observed, that " she wanted neither Doctors nor
Parsons but to the last moments of her existence

she asserted her innocence of the crime with which

she was charged. An Inquest was held on her body,
when the Coroners Jury came to the unanimous con-
clusion that she " Died by the visitation of GOD."
S:le was upwards of fifty years of age—her ill-fated
husband uearly 70.

Among the libels for the breach of the Revenue
Laws on the Canada frontier, of which official notice,
is given in the Detroit Gazette, and for the trial of
which 7th October was assigned, are the following,'
viz.—" The United States against three turkies and a
basket of sallad ;" " the United States against one red
ox ;" and " the United States against six bushels of
wheat."—Boston Daily Advertiser.
A distressing event took place at Dunbar House,
the residence of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, on Wed-
nesday evening, the 20th instant. Some time after
the son of Mr. BALFOUR, of Whittingham, who is
married to one of the daughters of the Noble Earl,
had been pot to bed, the bed-clothes, by some unac-
countable accident, took fire ; and before it was dis-

covered, the poor boy, a fine infant of about four
years of age, was so dreadfully burnt, that he expired
in about two hours.

Friday, Keswick was visited by a ro.m of thun.
der, accompanied by hail, rain, and wind. About
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a fishing•boat, belong-
ing to Mr. J. PEA RSON, of Keswick, which had been
previously drawn ashore, was taken by a sudden gust
and driven quite across the race-ground, a distance
of 300 yards. The summit of Crow Park, over which
it was carried, rises upwards of 40 feet above the
level of Derwent Lake! It is needless to add, that
the boat was broken to pieces.

Friday evening, about seven o'clock, a flash of
lightning descended at Whitrigg, in the parish of
Torpenhow, Cumberland, by which four cows, the
property of DAVID M‘KiFvpr, were killed; three
others in the same byer remained uninjured. A large
sycamore tree behind the byer was rent at the same
time from the top to the bottom.
IRISH WEDDING is said that this unpleasant
mistake did not go so far as stated in the papers.—
The version of the story now current is, that only one
of the grooms was shewn into the wrong chamber,
through the devilishness of " Mistress Flora," other-
wise the chambermaid. The brides, having recited
in due time each to their respective apartment, were
followed, after a short interval, by only one of the
happy grooms, a Gentleman said to be of a very se-
rious turn of mind, and, meeting Mistress Flora, was
by this envious gipsy shewn, as already stated, into
the wrong apartment. He, unconscious of the mis-
take, proceeded, as was his custom, to prepare him-
self by a prayer, previous to retiring to his repose,
and accordingly, without noise or disturbance, went
upon his knees to implore protection. The expecting
bride, after waiting for a considerable time, and bv
ginning to feel uneasy at the silence that prevailed,
particularly as she was aware a man was in the room,
held a council in her own mind as to what she should
do. She resolved again and again. Still the silence
was not broken, except by now and again an audible
aspiration. Kept on the tenter-hooks of suspense, at
last she boldly determined to have ocular demon-
stration of what was passing, and peeping through
the opening in the curtains beheld, what !—nut a
ghost—no, but a man, who " was not Mr. Casey l"
Her surprise, terror, and fright, may easily be ima-
gined—her screams immediately undeceived Lo.
thario, who instantly fled, and the room was soon
filled with friends, relatives, chambermaids, &c. all
anxious to ascertain the cause of so much alarm, and
upon such a happy occasion. An eclaircissement im-
mediately took place, and Mi-tress Flora was de-
tected in her pious fraud. It ended by the bride-
grooms respectively taking possession of the room ori-
ginally intended for them.—Dublin Evening Post.
Extract of a letter dated Bilboa, 10th November :
Within the last three days about fifty-four insur—
gents have been killed or wounded in the neighbour-
hood—a service we owe to our spirited militia. We are
now preparing for another excursion, in union with
Sanchez, known by the name of the vacero (cownan),
who has arrived at Balmazeda, siz leagues hence
from Santona, with six hundred men; and also the
shepherd, Jauregui, who is at Durango, with 260 men.
The party is to be joined by about 500 men from this
place, under the command of our Political Chief
Suane, who yesterday went to see Sinchez for the
purpose of combining the operations which are to be.!
followed. At the pre.ent Bilboa is perfectly fortified
aadentlenched, so that we are completely at ease." t
HAARLIDI, Nov. 18.—We learn from Hamburgh
that the Assembly of -the Citizens has rejected the
proposal of the Senate to let the existing Tariff of im-
port duties continue in force for some time longer,
and it will therefore cease from the Ist of January,
1823. The deficiency in the revenue of the city which
will be caused by this measure must be provided stir
by rather• taxer, the burden of which, it is expected,
will be compensated by an increase in the commerce
of the city.—Zoiiteh Parr,

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' &PORTING IS
BOAT ft.tek
Monday the lonveitpected *tiger wed tieelik.ti ht Brodie;
beatiug Naghten. frocking kept the lead from London.hrldge
till he came opposite the Shot-auumfactory, when Naghteu passed
him, and kept the kid till he came to the Beacon, near Ch* sea College, where Hrocking, by manrnvring passed Itha, and
turned his boat completely round, which won hint the wager.
I The Chelsea people immediately gave three cheers, the old man
having beaten the young one: Brocking was considerably/maw
than Naghten at the termination of the wager. The bets were
considerable, especially those made by the friends of Naghten.
The wager:was fOr ten sovereigns. The match was perforated
in style, according to the initiated.

V

CHALLENGE TO ALL THE RIVER,
Plater, of Whitehall, has declared that he and FurUw, slid
of Whitehall, will row any other two on the River, for one hurt. .
cited guineas, and the money shall be heady whenever the chal-
' lenge is accepted.

PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.
Three old men, whose united ages amounted to lith tear%
were matched to walk yesterday as follows:
William Churchill, aged SO years, to walk from the 13 miki
atone on the Uxbridge road, to the seventh mile steno, and back,
in three hours—maths 12 miles.
William Weedon, aged 67 years, to walk from the stallegihnit
and back again in three hours, and to ecn%pkte the dilate 81
seven miles and a half.
John Childs, aged 76, to walk front the sable stone to the
eleven mile none, and back again, in three hours, making SAllsz
caner of lout miles.
The three men are inhabitants of Ryslipt and the twelyosulger
were thought incapable of walking the distance, being so tett ,
infirm. Churchill walked the 12 miles two minutes and a halt
within time. %Verdun walked his distance one quarter of an
hour within time; and Childs did his four miles half an bout
within time.

BEAR CHASE.
Toss: Meets CANADA), Barr. 25.—Tbe Week before list Milk,
boys, the one ten and the other eleven years of age, sons of Mrs
Wm. Johnson, of Campenfield Bay, Lake Siespcoe, observed ad
old bear and three young ones swimming across the bay; they
put after them with a bark canoe, and by the use of their fire+
arms soon dispatched the young ones, and took them on board of
their canoe. They made several shots at the head of the old one,
with little or no effect; at length coming in contact with her, one.
of them fired and broke her shoulder; the savage ferodousneu
of the animal was now raised to desperation—she endeavoured
to upset the canoe. A sister on shore, seeing the hazardous si-
tuation of her little brothers, took another boat and put out to
their assistance. The bear saw her coming, left the boys, and
made towards her; upon which the young Nimrods cried out—
" Don't fear, Sally, rist=p_her on the nose and keep her back;
we have broken one of her shoulders; keep her back till we can
load again, and we will break the other." The boys were as
good as their word, they did so; and having both legs disabled,
they pushed her head under water with their paddles and
drowned her. They with some difficulty got her into the boat,
and took the four in triumph to land. Tho names of these lads
are James and William Johnson.

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