Star.
London, England, 1830-12-25 00:00:00

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

WINCHESTER, DEC. 23.
Mr. Henry P.dle.rfros, an attorney, was indicted for having sent •
threatening letter to Mr. Purvis, a Nlagistrate.

The facts prov,tl were : -
The prisoner is an attorney, praethdng at Gosport, and in the month
of Octni)er was taken 1):•fore 11r. Purvis, with some other persons, on a
charge of disturb:wet-. At the conclusion of his examination an ex-
pre.ion fdl from the lips of Mr. Purvis, that they had got five of the
del ,gates. The letter was evidently in a diguised hand, and many of
the words were very improperly spelt. It appeared, however, to have
been written by some person wbo had only had recourse to that method
by way of diverting suspicion from the real author.
The letter ran as follow 4

4fyrant—At seven o'clock last evening the mussel! of a gun was
elevated at your heart, and in one moment your soal would have been
in hell, but your momentary impulse in starting as the gun was aimed
at you—l lost the present opportunity. and must wait another. Tyrant,
prepare to meet yr.ur GOD—your iltc is short—and your death certain
if it can be at a post or lamp iron- it is your meret to exalt such a pit.
tiro' Poor as you are. As your house is not worth blowing up, or
we would have done it last night. Five delegates as you call them,
three et Gosport, and two at Portsea, have sworn on bible to your death
first chance, so you are watcht in all your movements."
Several witnesses were called, who proved that the letter was in the
defendant's handwritirg. Other witnesses, however, proved that it was
no: and the Jury crediting them, acquitted the prisoner.
A. Harding, J. Cobb, W. Hoare, 'l'. Hoare, H. Bone, J. Newland,
W. Becknell, B. Smith, R. Bennett, and J. Trimming were indicted for
pulling down the poor-house, at Te'borne.
Rev. W. R. Cobh°ld, Vicar of Telbume—On the 22d of November
I saw a mob, among which were Trimming and Aaron Harding ; I went
out to'them ; they inaidithey should do no mischief ; they said they
wanted to turn nut old Harrison. and would have him out, he is one of
the guardians of the poor. Harding said, the labourers' wages must be
raised to 12s. a week. I told them I had no objection to that, I thought
it very restorable. [larding said, we must have a touch- at you ;
we think 3001. a year quite enough for you-41. a week. Trimming
said yes, 41. a week is quite enough. I told him I would never descend
to that. He said, you shall ; we'll pay you a visit presently. I went
home, and about nine o'clock I heard a horn blow ; I looked out and
saw two flags carried by two men, with 3 or 400 people ; they stopped
at my carriage gate, upon which I went out to them. I said, my friends,
what are you about ? Cobb and Harding said, we are come to lower
your tithe, we think 3001. a year enough.
Other witnesses who were examined proved that the mob afterwards
proceeded to the Poor (louse bad destroyed the building after attempt.
ing to set it on fire. The Jury, however, acquitted all the prisoners,
considering that they did not intend to destroy the house, but only to
injure it.
Thomas Goodall was indicted for extorting money from Mr. Taker.
The prosecutor staled, that a large'mob came to his house on the 20th
November. Upon:the door being knocked he opened it, and saw the
prisoner there with an iron bar in his hand. Upon asking what he
wanted, he said two sovereigns, and that he would have. He told
him to go about his business; but the prisoner said, " That wont do,
give us the two sovereigns." A blow was then aimed at him ; he then
gave the prisoner a sovereign ; witness was induced to do so as he con-
sidered himself in danger ; the mob then left—they were armed. The
Jury trued the prisoner Guilty.

MONTHLY RETURN OF CORN,
PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MA-
JESTY'S CUSTOMS.

Custom House, London, Nov. 23,
An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour,
imported into the United Kingdom in the Month ended the lit of
Dec. 1830; the Quantities upon which Duties have been paid for
Home Consumption during the same Month ; and the Quantities
remaining in Warehouse at the close thereof.
(Published in conformity to the Bth sec. of the Act 9th Geo. IV. c. GO.)
'Quantities Imported in the United Kingdom
in the Month ended lit Nov. 1830.

Species of Corn,
Grain. Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat ..
Barley
Oats ..
Rye
Peas .
Beans....
Maize or Indian Corn...
Buck Wheat.. ..
Beer or Bigg .. ..

Total of Corn and
Grain

Wheat Meal or Flour..
Barley Flour.. ...
Oatmeal.
Rye Meal
Indian Meal.

Total of Meal and
Flour

Wheat Meal or Flour
Barley Flour .....
OatmeaL.....
Rye Meal ..
Indian Meal

Total of Meal and
Flour
By 0:

Imported
from

Foreign
Countries.

15,357 2j

2,055 2

of, and im.

ported from,J
British Posy

sessions a
of Europe.

IThe Pr

of, anti ii

ported fro
British Pt

sessions
or Europe.

70 0

829 3 21

Total.

Cwt. qrs. lb.
1,049 3 14

IQuantities remaining in Wm
United Kingdom on the let

!The Produce)
of, and im-

ported from,
British Pos-
sessions out
of Europe.

0 2 12

Qrs. Bus
80,560 1}
154,343 1
90,606 Oi
16,359 7

436 4 i

A ROYAL AUK'

802 2
4,150 2
137 4

277,595 11

Cwt. qrs. lb.
70,797 0 151

1 3

70,798 3 1
r of the Comi

ICwt. qrs. lb.
,9,944 1 4

ICwt. qn. lb.
10,721 1 17

9,924 1 2!

1 5 0

80,723 0 17

HITMORE, Secretary.
E-KING'S WINES.

PA R IS, Dec. 11. —The.7erer)rated private cellar of Chas.
X. consisting of seven thousand bottles of the finest wines,
was sold the other day by auction at the Tuileries. In go-
ing to witness the proceedings I was actuated like many
others, more by feeling of curiosity than by any desire to
possess what had been destined to gratify the palates of too
many of the potentates of Europe. The scene, in fact,
was at once curious and interesting. All classes of society
were there represented, from the prince to the peasant, and
from the archbishop to the humble artisan, each anxious to
share in the enjoyments of royalty, or form his opinion
of the science of a kingly connoisseur. Add to this motley
melee of living contrasts—the mixture of men who, under
ordinary circumstances, so seldom jostle each other in the
walks of life, the gurglong and glouglou of sundry echan-
tillons of Champagne—the jingling of glasses—the buzz
of bidders, and the witticisms of the auctioneer, and you will
have a scene which it would require the fantastic pen of a
Hoffmann, or the pencil of a Cruikshank, or a Van Os-
taJe to pcirtray.
Think too of the lesson in morals which such a picture is
calculated to teach ! The sale of the cellar of a dethroned
monarch for the purpose of paying his private debts ! What
a history might not these old and tarnished fiaccus reveal !
This imperial tokay was a present from the Emperor of
Austria to Napoleon, the recent conqueror of Vienna.
That Constantia, these slender long-necked bottles,
fifty years of age, were found in the Stadt-
holder, and fell into the hands of t: e Emperor
of the French by right of conquest ; Louis XVIII. got
Ithem by right of legitimacy, and Charles X. by right of sac-
cession. Now, by order of Louis Philippe, they are adjudged
to the highest bidder, be he king or courtier, prince or
peer. Here again is some old &vivid, presented at the period
of the treaty of Badajos by the Queen of Portugal, the mo-
ther of Don Miguel, to Lucien Bonaparte the ambassador of
the French republic. Syracusan, Muscatel, bearing the date
0f1750, during the hey :day of Madame de Pompadour.
Destined in its origin to re-animate the doating amours
of Louis XV. it may serve perhaps, after so many reigns
and revolutions, to gladden the hearts of a party of humble
citieens, assembled in honour of a burgher birth-day.
• Who will buy those two last bottles of champagne:—
the one made its appearance at the coronation of Louis
XVIII. the other at that of Charles X ? All that remains
of these august and splendid ceremonies going for fifteen
francs !—fifteen francs! Nobody bids more ! Going, go-
ing, gone, for fifteen francs, to that man with the well
patched jacket, and the leather apron—a working black-
smith, who is going to be married te-morrow.