Star.
London, England, 1813-11-02 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS!

Yesterday fiet Chinese seamen in the employment
of the East India Company, named dining, 4rchong,
iftysin, Arpong, and
,Ckagha, were indicted for being
cnncerned in a riot among about 300 of their country-
men, at present resident in the building at Ratcliffe-
Highway erected for their accommodation.
The principal novelty in the case ccusisted in the
mode of swearing the witnesses, which was by light-
ing up a fire of sandal wood, lighting two wax can-,
dies with some emblematical characters inscribed on
them, lighting also some reeds, resembling rush-lights,
plated in a bed of sand, and by setting fire to some
pieces of oiled paper, also having emblematical cha-
racters inscribed on them, over which the witnesses
first bow six times in an erect posture, and after-
wards six times bending towards the ground, and
finally take the oath kneeling on a cane mat.
With the circumstances of the case our Readers

are already acquairved. A very serious riot, and one
attended in several instances with fatal consequences,
had broken ont, and continued for a number of days,
among ti:e natives of China resident in this country,
which all the authority of those entrusted with the

ge of them was unequal to restrain, until a num-
• ber of them were cut and wounded in a dreadful
manner, by the tremendous weapons which they are,,
accustomed to use, and also by a sort of instrument
which they fix, by means of a swivel, to their fingers,
and with the other end, which is armed with small
• sharp pikes, wound and' lacerate the faces of their
antagonists. Of the wounds thus inflicted, three men
have already died, and several are still in the hospital
in a dangerous state..
,The five men at the bar were
charged with being concerned in this riot, aad the
evidence detailed by a number of their companions,
through the medium of an interpreter, named An-
ning, leaving no doubt that they were present,- and
rnore or less concerned in the business—
The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoners
Guilty, and the Court sentenced them to be impri-
soned for two months each.

'fendant with a writ. Tile following morning after
this the defendant called on the prosecutor, informing
him that he expected a remittance from Ireland,
when he should be paid, and that
_he needed not call
again in the square. The prosecutor,- however, did
call again at the house, when he found that the de-
fendant was gone, having. sold fifteen sacks of the
prosecutor's coals fora guinea.
Mr. ALLEY, stated these as being the facts of the
case, and they were afterwards given in evidence by
the prosecutor and his wife.
Mr. Ilattar, on the same side, called "Mr. Stock-
dale, of Pall-mall, bookseller, who proved this addi-
tional fact, that the defendant took the house in St.
James's-square under the name of King, pretending
that he was, or expected to be, auger or. Keeper of
Windsor Park, or Cranboum Chate.
Mr.WALEORD addressed the Jury on thepartnf the
defendant, but called no witnesses. _ _ _

The Jury found the defendant Guilty ; and the
Court ordered, he being a well known character, that
he be transported beyond seas for seven years. .
There was another indictment previously tried
against the same defendant, for a fraud on another
person, to whom hehad pretended that he could pro-
cure for him the office of Ranger of Cranbourn-
Chace, which, he stated, had formerly been held by
the Honourable Mr. Villers ; but of this charge, in
consequence of an informality in the indictment, be
was acquitted.

UNION HALL.-mSTEALING DEAD BODIES' —Yester.
day Thowat Light was charged by Mr. Mason, a
plumber at Newington, with a misdemeanour. It ap-
peared from the statement of Mr. Mason, tha: he was
passing through Newington church-yard about half
pmt tax o'clock on Wednesday evening, when he
beard the watchman (who was at a short distance)
say, d• They are in the ground now." Just at this
time, Mr. Mason saw the prisoner and another man
coming towards him, and at the same time heard the
watchman say, 4g They can't be far off, for here are •
their tools." Mr. Mason stopped the prisoner, and
said he must be the man the watchman was looking
for, and therefore he must stop. The prisoner de-
nied it, and Mr. Mason having laid h'ld of him, he
struggled, got away, and struck Mr. Mason, who re-
turned the blow, and knocked him down, and at the
same tune calling the watch, who came up and took
him into custody.—Griffin, the watchman, stated,
that on going with his companion at the usual time,
half past six, to, their duty; they observed a new-made
grave near the centre of the church-yard had been
disturbed, and on examining it, found a shovel and
other tools in it, and at the same time heard a cry of
41 %Watch !" On gojng to the spot from whence the
cry came; they found Mr. Mason holding the priso-
ner, VI/10112 they took into custody, and conveyed him
to the watch-house ; in his way he said he bad fol-
lowed the trade some time, and would not give it up.
The prisoner, on hearing the evidence, enquired with
great apparent unconcern, if it was not a bailable
*ace ? and on being told it was, he enquired what
bail would be required ? The Magistrate informed
I him that he should require two sureties in4so each,
!for his appearance to answer for the misdemeanour,
and two sureties in the further sum of 830 each, for
his appearance to answer for the assault on Mr. Ma-
; son, and that till good bail to that amount was ten-
itered, he would remain in custody.
Maitz.Boaotion.rritarr--Yesterday a boy, nine years
old, was charged with deliberately walking into the
shop of a grocer, in Oxford-street, and stealing a ss.
paper of half-pence off the counter, with which he ran
away. On being interrogated by the Magistrate,
the boy stated, that his father had sent him into the
shop to commit the robbery; a summons was ordered,
to confront the father with the boy on a future day.

COURTS-MARTIAL....-A Court-martial war held on
board the HIBERUIA, off Toulon, un the 13th day
of August, for the trial-of H. Martin (A. B.) of his
Majesty's ship Scipion, " For having, on or about the
30th of July, robbed the bag of G. Brown (A. B.) of
la, blue jacket and trowsers, and for having after cards
sold the same to a soldier of the Spanish service, and
gotten drunk." The charges being proved in part,
the prisoner was sentenced to receive 300 lashes round
the fleet.
_ _ _

A Court-martial was held at Plymouth, on Wed.
nesday, to try Lieut. Charles Tovey Leaver, Com-
manding the Martial gun-brig, for disobedience of or-
ders, in not putting to sea when directed. The charge
was proved, and he was sentenced to be dismissed
from the command of the Martial.

On Thursday Wm. Fitzgerald, carpenter of the
Bonne Citoyenne, was tried for leaving the ship with-
out leave, and for remaining on shore beyond the time
given him. The charge being proved, he was sen-
tenced to be dismissed from the Bonne Citovenne,
but, in consideration of his long sufferings in,a French
prison, and his shipwreck in his Majesty's ship -Mag-
nificent, he was recommended to the favourable no-
tice of the Admiralty, and in the mean time to serve
as Carpenter's Mate.
MATRD,ER. —Monday night, the 11th ult. about
eight o'clock, as Mr. HENRY HAMILTON, (brother of
the late Dr. HAMILTON) of Ballinahinch) was going
from his father's house to that of his brother, situa-
ted about three miles from Ballinahinch, on the Rath-
friland-road, he was way-laid by a party of men, sup-
posed to be about twenty in number, who attacked
him, and beat and inhumanly abustd him in such a
manner, that he died the following morning.,

Also a Chinese, was found guilty of assault-
ing John Clare, a watchman of the bounds where the
house in which the Chinese live is :ituated.--He was
also sentenced to two months imprisonment.
Jeremiah James Reading was indicted for a fraud on i
John Warren, dealer of coals and wood in Windmill
street, in falsely obtaining to Ann, ti,.t wife of the
hr secutor, Jt.hn Warren, that his name was King,
and ordetinrz her to send a sack of coals and a shil-
ling's worth of wood to No. '2, St. James's-square,
and also two chaidrons and a half of coals to the
same place, and to send a bill, when the money
would be paid. In consequence the single sack of
coals, with the wood, were delivered as ordered, on
the 11th of April last ;* and on the ltStb of the same
month, and also, iri consequence of the order, the two
and a half .chaldrons, or Si sacks of coals, were also
delivered, in the usual manner, with tickets contain•
ing the name of King as the purchaser. In a few
days afterwards the prosecutor sent in his bill, also in
the name of King, and repeatedly applied for pay-
meat but in vain, till be tbreatened to serve the de-

Saturday se'nniglit Robert Newman, a private In
the Sti regiment of Essex Local Militia,was committed
to the. House of Correction at Chelmsford, by the
Rev. JOHN SMITHIES, Clk. charged with not appearing
at the last training and exercise of that corps, where-
by he was deemed a deserter, and not being able to
pay the penalty of se2o, was sentenced to hard labour
for one month.

}May se'nnight the military, stationed at and
bear Gosport, were drawn out in order to witness the
infliction of corporal punishment on a soldier of the
Kildare Militia, who had been tried by a Court-mar-
tial, in consequence of neglect of duty. Brigade Ma-
jor GIBBS began to read. the proceedings of the Court,
wherein the prisoner was stated to be a private. The
tolotiel of the Kildare Militia here interfered, and sus-
pended all proceedings, telling the Brigade Major
the prisoner was not a private, but a drummer, and
that the punishment could not take place. In conse-
quence the troops were dismissed, and the prisoner
will be held in durance until thepleasureof the PRINCB
RUMAT be known, to who= the business is referred.

ECCLESMSTICiIL PROMOTIONS.'

Rev. James Otrisett, M. A. Vicar of Marden and Minor
Coon of the Cathedral of Hereford, and formerly of Christ
Church, Oxford, is appointed to the Prebeitdal-atall or Hinton,
in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, vacant by the decease of
Dr. Ford, Principal of Magdalen Hall.
Rev. H. Rebbel, D. C: L. late of Sidney Sussex College, Cam-
bridge, to the Vicarage of Wistow, with the Cbapelry of New.
to Harcourt annexed; and the perpetual Curacy of Kilby, Leices-
tershire, vacant by the decease of the Rev. T. Willows.
Rev. John Stevens, M. A. to the Rectory of Great Poringhnd,
Norfolk.
Rev. G. Brice, to be Chaplain to his Majesty's ship Medway.
Rev..J. Roberts, to be Chaplain of the Centaur.

Rev. T. Groynne, to be Chaplain of the Latona.
The Right Rev. Charles Tuohy has been appointed Roman
Catholic Bishop of Limerick, in the room of the Right Re►. Dr.
Young deceased.

- .
The Rev. him M,Whir, Minister of the Chapel of Ease at
Dunfermline, has been admitted Minister ot Urr, in the Ste wartry
of Kirkcudbright.

PARIS NAWS.II is stated in private letters from
Paris, that the invasion, directed by Lord WELLING-
'mu, has caused a great sensation there, but of a na-
ture very unlike that excited in England by the bril-
liant prospect of the Lottery, to begin drawing To-
morrow. The demand for Tickets and Shares is now
excessive. and this is the moment to secure on easy
terms an ample fortune.
At this moment many of the Capital Prizes in the
Lottery that begins drawing TO-MORROW, may be
lying unsold at 'Wnsa's Office, 17, Ludgate.street,
where those who intend to adventure are recommended
to purchase immediately—Two Twenty Thousands !
—Only 8000 Tickets ! —O3OOO for the first drawn
above ,C2O.

Sunday se'nnight a fine boy, of the name of Arm.
strong, was accidentally drowned in one of the pits.
of a tan-yard in Belfast.
Saturday se'nnight a lad, only nine years old, was
sent for some cows across the river Teign, in Corn-
wall, on horseback, when the rapidity of the current
was so great as to carry the horse down the stream.
The animal gained the' bank, but the boy was unfor-
tunately drowned.
J. Tutner, of Bucknal, farmer, aged 42, was lately
drowned at Fiskerton, near Lincoln. He fell from a
boat in the presence of his father and his son ; but
the current being rapid and the wind high, they could
not render'him any assistance.
John Ham, a poor man of Lanteglos, who had
been asking alms in Looe on Wednesday, fell over
the quay at West Looe, on Wednesday night, and
was so severely injured, that when taken up he was
but just able to tell his name, and expired almost im-
mediately.

A few days since, as - Walker, a boatman
of Harthill, Nottinghamshire, was drawing one of
the locks of the canal, at Mislerton, near Gainsbo-
rough, the key. of the slide slipping off, he fell into
the canal, and was unfortunately drowned.

Saturday evening, while an elderly man was
knocking at the door of a Gentleman's house, in Ed-
ward-street, Portm.m-square, he was seized with an
apoplectic fit, and expired immediately.

A widow lady, of the name of Pointen, residing in
Northampton-buildings, Mary-la-bonne, set fire to iier
garments on Sunday night, and was so much hurt
that she cannot survive.

IIRTHS.
The 13th ult. at Jersey, the Lady of Captain Pipon, R. N. d
•on.
The 22d ult. at Falmouth, the Lady of S Symons, Esti of a sea

A poor old woman, named Connor, residing at
Grenane, near Clonmell, was stricken so severely. a
few days ago by a ram, that she died in consequence.
Sunday evening, a hackney coach was overturned
in Whitechapel-road, occasioned by the fore-wheel
coming off; when the coachman was thrown off his
box, by which one of his arms was broken, and he
was otherwise much bruised.

Rev. G. O. Fenwieke M.A. of loddirsgton, Bedfordshire, to
Elisabeth Aare, ablest :laughter of R. Walker, Esq. of Stocieto
ton, Bedforesistre.
Wednesday, at Ottery St. Mary, Richard Hicks, Esq. of Isis
Majesty's 51st Regiment of Foot, to Mary, eldest daughter of de
late lames Yelverton, Esq,.of Bishop's Court.
Wedtinday sr night, at Aughnacloy, in the county of An.
magi), Edmund Freeman, Esq. Captain in the West Suffolk Mi-
litia, to Miss Margaret Hughes, the youngest daughter of Wm.
Hughes, Esq. of Wexford. •

Friday E. Pierre's, carman to Messrs. Cook and
Co. of Budge-row, was kil!el, by a sudden turn of
his cart, through the extreme narrowness of that part,
where serious accidents so frequently occur. Were
the Budge-row corner rounded, many fatal accidents
would be prevented.
Isoustsas.—An Inquisition was taken on Friday in
he Isle of Wight, on view of the body of a man found
tdrowned, near the Motherbank, on Thursday. From
papers found in his possession, he is supposed to be
. Bessou, a native of France, but afterwads become
a citizen of New Orleans. He W 36 naked when
found ; but had a bag, containing some clothes and
money, tied round his body.
An Inquest was held on Saturday last, at the
Triumphant Chariot, Grosvenor-mew', on the body
of a carter, who was brought front Stanmore to St.
George's Hospital, where he suffered amputation of
his leg, in consequence of the wheel. of the cart going
over it, and died in a few hours afterwards. Verdict,
Accidental Death.
SINGULAR FACT.—The infant child of laseirrs. BMW"
ning of Southsea, having been ill several months, ap-
parently .of a violent pain about the lower part of the To THOMAS TAYLOR, ESQ.
body, and one evening of last week being more than r BE' leave to inform you, that ever since the year
usually restless, its mother robbed its side with her 179G,1 had been afflicted with the Imes Venerea, which (rem
hand intending to give relief; in doing which she its obstinately resisting every course of me.lidne prescribed by the
felt something scratch her fingers, and on inspectiots car
ofiinentivoatf theafnadcutyicheerdie;chaaurd
dtsundergoinghlisever.alasTre
discovered and drew from the child a needle, since little relief, WO Id to be of theamaitiminvteterat.e"nPajtture' .
which timeit has been quite well. The child is stip- , the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a head,
posed to have swallowed the needle about three nearly to put a period to my existence. In this state, I was re-
commended by Mr. 1. Thompson, (who received so great a cute
months ago, about that time it being troubled with by them here,) to take your Leake 's Pills,which I been
violent retchings, and ever since has continued in the mde on the 26th May ; in the course o. a fortnigh. I hrga..
above described uneasy state. j receive benefit. In little more than a month I .beesm:
haser of
your liberal advie and medicine, perfectly free from mysf.n•
At We hill fair, Mr. Perry, a great purc suer complaints,have recovered my former spirits aad strength.
cattle for the navy, was robbed of two hundr.al mid um become jolly and fat, in which state having continuisi
pounds in bank-notes. • many months to the astonishment of all who knew me, I us
Thursday Right the dwelling horse of the Rev. at a log in what terms to express my gratitude, hut heg fir
the good of ()tiler suffering mortals, to make this toy case
Dr. Starkey, at Bromham, Wilts, was broken open ...I shall on every occasion—in so d.nng yus
p%tual c as iso.sibie, a'
and robbed of some silver table spoons with a stork greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful %I:mitten( very huitear
at the crest, and five unmarked teaspoons. I vent, s
ss i,EX.

DIED.

Thursday sennight, at Shipton on Cherwell, Otford,hire, is
the 61st year of his age, the Rev. John Ast.mole, tornwsly aI
Cahn College, Oxford.
October 17, aged 59, the Rev. John Jackson, rector of Chealle,
Staffordshire.

Rev. S. Donnithorne rector of I lolme Pierre-Pont, Notting-
hamshire, and in comn:ission of the peace for that county.
At Cottrance Hill, on the 21st ult. Mr. Thames Sitortt, at de
advanced age of 97 pars. For a long pekio.l he dischargid the
duties of one of the Magistrates of Lochniaben. with Sdaity and
integrity. •He was most honourable in all his dealings--a cheer-
ful and face:ions companion.
At Lanark, the lath Jilt. P. A. Aymard, Captain Adjctatit
Major in the 17th regiment French light infantry, Knight of the
ll:efich Empire, aged 33.
Thursday, aged 16, Caroline, eldest daughter of the Rev. James
Adams, rector of asastleton, Oxon.

'1 hursday, Thomas Davis, Esq. of Whitehall, formerly a ban.
ker of Eti.tol, and brother to the present member for that city.
October 18, suddenly, at Portsmouth, aged 7S, Mr. C. Higgins
The deceased had retired to bed, on •Mothlay wght, in apparel*
good health; but on being called, as usual, on the fulluwing
morning, was found a corpse.
On the 12th instant, in the Fre mnan's hospital, Newcaldr.
aged 89, Mr. George Young.—He was the oldest burgess sof
Newcastle, and had keen fur many years the ancient man of the
Cordwainers 'Company.

Swan's Clow, Hig -street, Edinburgh.
Saturday evening, the lower part of the house of .
Mrs. Rayner, a widow, in Church-street, Bethnal- MenTearro"lfthean dui', at lii. flu:. •
green, was forcibly entered, during the absence of the _,i soLli
üb)i the sole PI up:artor, Thomas !'.lyot
family, and robbed of wearing apparel and furniture, ' They are also sold by his appointment, at the Perfunser'►, Nci.
SS, at. Alban's-street, Pall Mall ; the Toy-shop, No. 103, (31-
to the value of near twenty pounds, with which the ford-street ; Mr. Disborough's, N 0.7, Fish-street-hill, nearlyar
thieves got clear ofE i N 9. 9, New Brixdayeo .i.arcolete.ge of Surgeon. in Lon
dui',
posite the Monument ; and by one person in every considtrable
Saturday evening, about six o'clock, u a person town in England, &c. in boxes only 21.9 d. earls, sealed up with
plain direction, whereby persons ofeither sea maY ollv
named Frith, residing in Printing-house-lane, Black- themselves and
friars, was passing by Vauxhall, he was accosted by n ___4nselblverseartrytßoh ease and
Gsereczcpvita.
two ruffians, who instantly knocked him down, rob- in wi!. ,It lavourof the Comtnissioners, is printed at the Stony
bed him to a large amount, cut him on theneck, Otric ic
•
dig.. e " r. Taylor, No.o, New bridge-street:'
Britain is sealed op with a sum
located one of his fingers, and then threw him into a
ditch, and it is supposed would have murdered him,
had t. not been for a fishmonger going by at the time,
who d stet bed them. Unfortunately, the villains
escapee. as I have not since been heard of.

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