Star.
London, England, 1812-03-10 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTMENII:

Lieu tenant William trim* King, to command the Centivel
f un-brig, at Sheerness ; Lieutenant C. Leaver, to command tl e
Ceres slop-vessel, at Sheerer-,; Lieutenant Glerge Crichton, 1031
the Rhin, 36 guns; Lient. Thomas Crawford, to the Pylades;
Lieut. John Treeve, to the Magni/least', at Nymouttt; Lieut.
John Rowto the rank ofidmmander; Lieut. Rokeby, to the
Royal Oak, at Portsmouth; Mr Wm.*l ireman, the Punier of the
Cornwall, to be in the Heresies, 74, build ng; Mr. job,' Ferrier,
to be Purser of the Coruwzllis, building; Lieti-enant Liticey,
commanding the Crat'acr .gun-vessel, has been promoted to the
I rank a Commander; Mr. Samuet-Curry, the Purser of the
Crown, to be In :he VErgeance; Lionenant Sampson llargo, to
•he Ocean, at Plymouth.
The YORK arrived at Cilbra!tat on the 10th ult.
with •several vessels, from Alicant ; the Lama*
arrived the same day, with the foil (wing vessels from
Malta, viz. Paragon, AUBONE ; Jane, JOLLY; Ri.
chard, MACIIASTER ; Rock, JACKSON Ann, BALL
Dianai Witu.sa ; Zemera, ANOICLO ; Navigator,
FORSTER; and-General Greenfield, The Nepe
tune, MURRAY, from Aberdeen, bound to Croca, put
lirto Limerick, on the 4th inst. with her• rudder un-
shipred. The Two Patricki MURPHY, from Roes to
Bt itt-1, was driven on shore, at Bideord, on Saturday.
,T!le ligeria, Captain Hoi.e, which returned to
from a cruize oft' the Scavr, on the 17th Wt.
tell in with four Danish brigs of war, and 20 sail
d merchant vesqls, but no oppottnnity presented
of attacking any part of them. She captured, on
the same.evening, a galliot of 175 tons, laden with
oil and candles: The Brett:nous, Lieut. Nuoncro
has captured Ave coasters in the Slieve, 1 +den with
rain ; three of which have arrived at Leith. The
Sanproote, LiCUL POPPLEIVELL (acting), is ukilea
from Leith en a true.

Captain .ROWLEY has received a letter from Lieu.
tenant BRINE, late of the Laming now a prisoner in
France, stating, that all the officers and men were ha
good health.
An accident. threatcning very serious consequences.
occurred on Sunday se'runght on board a sloop
Lapp's Island, Cork, bound for Belfast;
some inattention of those who had her in ch.
melted her hold, in which were 90 puncheiint
/whiskey; sortie small portion of the spints cat,
flame, and produced an alarm; fortunatAy it
high water, and by the timely and prompt assistance
ofit number of persons, the vessel was scuttled,
with her cargo, preserved from conflagration, wi
would, in all probability, also have communicated
die several ships near her.. .
• Thursday morning several dead bodies were
on the north shore, near Liverpool, which were
course suppposed to have come from some
which must have been wrecked during the very
gales of the preceding bight. By. the inscription
part of the stern of a vessel which has Veen found,
-appears to have been the Fly packet, from NI
Liverpool. There is reason to believe, front
information that has yet been received, that
her of persons on board was not less than 40,
one 4f whom appears to. havF petishyd.
Two'Oentlemen and etvo French Ladies ,
the Isle of France, CMp palscrgers in the la
from France: One of the Gentlemen left
'a few days ago : he states, that nothing of
had lately occurred there ; immense timbers
troops were daily marching to the North
rope, and it was rtimoured that BONAPARTIC
thortly quit the capital, and repair to the
rontier. No nevus had been received from the armies
lately.
The intended Break-water in Plymouth Sound,
I'which is to render that anchorage sate from the Clan-
gerous swell which now rolls in from the Atlantic,
is estimated, will cost AE1,300,000, and will, -
1,6U0 men nearly seven years in completing.
be formed of 850 fathoms of sunken masses of,
rock (only 180 feet short of a nrle), at a distance
about halt a mile from the shore, a proper height
abcive the water; and on which are to be a pier and •
light-house.
Two women were drummed through Leith,
Thursday, for uttering bast money.

ASSIZES.

BERKSHIRE.

Assizes t.o k;,13 county, which ended on
,y last, Tir,mas White, for horse-stealing ;
Daniell, for a highway robbery, received
of death. John Symons and John White,
iv Onee watches in a dwelling house ;• and
grave, fur steal:ng divers articles in a dwel-
se, to be transported for seven years. Thomas
, for privately stealing a quantity of silver,
wis-tned two yea: s. John Yeats, for man-
; and William Whiting, .for stealing a res
tote ;to Ire imprisoned twelve months.--
-Farrow, John Hank, and George Arnold,
laughter ; John Field, for burglary and fe-
tal John Parrett, for ste ding oats ; to he im-
tii mouths. And James Spokes, for burg-
:lmprisoned one month. James White, for
isremoved to Hereford, to take his trial.
toner was discharged, and five acquitted.
',rand Jury found a bill against the county of
not keeping in repair Folly bridge, within 1
of Oxford, but in this county.
.us to our Assizes two prisoners of the names
Bennett, and Edward 13ooth, had been com-
p), the Magistrates, fer trial at the next Ses-
id it bad been usual to return commitments ,
.More in the Calendar for the Assizes, but
tent Sheriff thought it his duty. in obedience
wing's writs for summoning the Assizes, to '
return of these prisoners to the Judges, with
of their being. detrained, and the Court ap- ,
if the return, and the prisoners were dischar-
aoclamitiou. This is noticed for the infor-
Oathe public, that prosecutursandodters may I
tat when the Assizes intervene between the
mint of a delinquent and the next Quarter
the the proceedings must go on at the
or the accused will be discharged, notwith-
' the commitment itself is for the Sessions ' • 1
is Congenial to the laws and spirit of our Con.
and the Habeas Corpus Act.
BUCIONGHAWHIRE.
ickinglr am Assizes, Joseph Etile,-and Sohn
'or. horse-stealing ; and Edward Gurintrip, for
a sheep, the property of Mr. W. NVatson, of Dor-
Te found guilty, and received sentence of death.
'n 'former" are -ieflrfor execution, the. latter
A. William Hobbs, for stealing a piece of
the, property of Mr.-Treacher, of Wycombe,
irately whipped, and discharged. Joel Ware,
ioseph Moore) and Thomas' Milman, for a
in the hems, of. Mr. }ladder, of Uxbridge,
removed for trial to the county of Middle-
'rancis Todd, W. Cook, tad Thomas Mead,
.quitted.

ISI E OF ELY, MARCH 5.
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.
tad Whitimg, a shopkeeper at Downham, near
ad a Dissenting Preacaer, was indicted under
Ellenborough's Act, on a charge of admini.'
poison to George Longman and to Joseph
an, his brothers-in-law. It appeared in evi-
!hat the Langmans resided together at Down-
-Icl were small farmers ; and that their family
!el of themselves, a sister, named Sarah, about
.5 of age, and a female domestic, of the name
nine Carter, who acted as their housekeeper
/ant ; they had anoti:er sister who was married
prisoner. On the morning of Tuesday the
if March last, they sent their sister to the pri-
house to borrow a loaf ; the prisoner rctur-
ith her, and brought a leaf with him, and told
-,gmarts, that as he understood their house-
was going- an a visit to her friends, for a day
he %wild bring them some flour and pork to
pudding for their dinner. He went away,
shortly afterwards returned with a bason of flour
pork ; and, addressing himself to the house-
said—" Catherine, be sure ) ou make the boys
;ng befbre ynu,go." He then took the young
,me with hien to dinner. The housekeeper
,•io puddings, but observed the Rour would
Iperly adhere ; she left them in a kneading.
and the Langmans boiled one for dinner ;
. hardly swallowed two or three mouthfuls
they were taken exceedingly ill, and seized
lent vomiting. Suspecting the pudding had
isoned, one of the ,Laugmans gave a small
a sow in the yard, which swallowed ir, and
immediately taken sick, and after lingering a
to died. The elder brother soon recovered,
younger one continued in a precarious state
oral days. The remnants rf the puddings.
,lfsed by Mr. \Voolaston, Professor of Cite-
the University of Cambridge, and found to ,
considerable quantity of corrosive sublimate
prisoner, who it appeared was a deiler in I
•:empted to account for the puddings being
I, by stating, that he had then lately laid sonic
Ica to poison vermin, and that some of it must
illy have been carried into his flour bin.—
nolaston, however, positively stated, that the
-contained no other poisonous ingredient than
sublimate ; and it came out in evidence,
prisoner, who sold drugs, had purchased of
person whom he succeeded in business, a consi-
derable quantity of that poison. It also appeared,
flour-bins belonging to the prisoner had been
and that immediately upon its being disco-
lat the Langmans had taken poison, the pri-
ptied his bins into the privy, and washed i

A.LEY, from London, conducted the priso-
nc e ; the trial lasted till six o'clock at night,
Jury, after deliberating about ten minutes,
the prisoner Gui 4, and the Judge immediately
.ounce of death, agd he is left for execution.
deaths of the two Langmans, under age, the
's wife, and the child he took home with him,
lave• become entitled to the father's estate, as
.sees of tl.eir IN others.

Jay a large barge, laden with wheat and rags,
milts about Woburn and \V y comb, sunk close
‘ndsor-bridge. The lading. was so high that it
dear the arch ; notwithstanding which the
gemen obstinately compelled the horses to persist
tg all their strength to force it through, which
scarcely effected when the line broke ; and
swinging round against the piles of the
statitly sunk. The rags alone are said to be
katti

111129
At the Acsl
Wednesday Lt
and John Dar
sente lee of de
torsi'
John iliagrave
ling house, to
1111. tis• ck, for
' to TE iMprirsn
sla ; an
ba •k note ;••
hArd -Earn
f -.T rtiinslaoggt
1 its ; and .14
'p ironed sii m
1 ry, to beimg
rse-reil:l%,
0 se prisoner I
The Grand
Berk*, f it not
.uie city of Ox
Previt.us to
of James Ben
mitted by du
sinus, and it b
of this ntture
the present Si
to the /Eine!'
snake a retun
the canstof
proved of the
red by proch
:nation 4the
know that w
commitment
Sessions, tba
Assizes, or ti
sun, ting.the
and tins is co
stiattion and
At Buskin
Exile, tor. hot
steal;ng a shet
ton, t ere fon
The two fol
reprieved. '
timber, the. p
to be private
. (alias Josepl
$ burglary in t
are to be ren
sex. Franci
were acquitu
Michael W
Ely, anti a 1
Lt,rd Olen,
stering poise
Langman,
deuce, that t;
harm, and ter
consisted of t
ten years Of
of Cabe' ine
and servant :
t,t the prison
12th of Man
sorter's house
ned tvith her
tine Lai,grnd
keeper was g
or two, he 'A
make a ptids
ani shortly a
and pork ;
keeper. said—
a pudding to
child Lome
trade two p
not properly
trough ; and
they had bar
before they
ith violent
.been poisone
piece to a so
was immedit
long time diiy.-. but tlyowl;
for several
were rnalfse
mitt y at the
crntain a con
of mercury.
The prism
flour, attemp
Fo;s; fled, by
mix vomica tr
acck!entally I
Mr. Woolasti
puddinn,eont!
corn sive silt
that the priso
the person w
derable quani
that the flour,
searched, and
vered that tl
saner emptier
them out.
Mr. A 1.1. r
rt.:'s defence
and the Jury
f uad the pri
ps,sed senttn
By the deaths
pr •sones's wit
would have E
the litiresles
Saturday a
for the milts i
to Windsor-b
did not dear
bat gemen obi
in tterting all
they had scar
the hirgc sw
bridge, instati