Star.
London, England, 1814-09-09 00:00:00

HARWICH; SEPTEMBER s.

Sailed the Auckland packet, with a Mail, for Hol-
land, an .I the Earl of Leicester packet, with a Mail,
for Cuxhaven, and the Active, with a M 41, for G3t-
tenburgh : the two latter have since put back. E.N.E.

The harvest is general in the county of Norfolk,
end the wheats appear to have received little or no
harm from the heavy rains, and promise a great
abundance.
Preparations are making for carrying into effect
the resolutions of the Magistracy of the counties of
Monmouth and Gloucester, for erecting a cast-iron
bridge over the Wee, at Chepstow, on a very grand
scale. A native Poet has said of the present bridge,
" The startled traveller gives Goa his thanks,
When rased in safety o'er the railing planks !"
The son of a poor woman in Holloway, near Bath,
(.t fine boy about four years of age) had for a consi-
derable time part complained of violent pains in the
chest, which, notwithstanding many remedies being
resorted to, increased to such a degree that he died a
few days since in great agony. His body was open-
ed, and near the heart was found a brass ring, which
it is supposed the poor child had accidentally .swal-1
lowed, and thereby produced the great torments he
must have been afflicted with previous to his prema-
ture death.
As a Mr. Longden, of Staines, was proceeding
from thence to Bedfout, on Wednesday evening, he
was attacked by three men, in the attire of soldiers,
armed with bludgeons, who seized him with went
violence, and dragged him into an adjoining field,
where they robbed him of his watch, on which his
name is engraved, and two £lO notes ; one of which
is of the Staines Bank, and is made payable at Messrs.
Roberts and Co.'s. Not content with this, one of the
ruffians took off the coat and waistcoat of Mr. Long-
den, and put them on himself, leaving his own jacket
and waistcoat as a substitute. They then severely
beat their victim and ran off. Mr. Lengden crawled
back to Staines in a most deplorable condition, tak-
ing with him the jacket and waistcoat of the robber.
—Yesterday morning intelligence of the robbery was
sent to the Public-Office, Bow-street, and Bacon, the
officer, was sent to Roberts and Co. to stop payment
of the notes. Upon arriving there, however, he
learnt that a I‘lo Staines note had been paid that
It will be seen by an Advertisement in a preceding morning, but whether h was that taken from Mr.
page. that the DUKE of WELLINGTON Packet, of New. Longden or tot, could not be told, as Bacot' did not
have., hitherto advertised to sail from that port for know the number. The Officers are now in pursuit
France, is now to sail, in fine weather, regularly from of the robbers. By a button found in the pocket of
Brighton, on Monday Evenings. This alteration has the waistcoat left by the tuffians, there is reason to
originated on account of Tuesdays interfering with believe they belonged to the 45th regiment.
the day of the Eliza, Captain LIND, who has been A Bath Paper has the following article :—"
EJiaa-
many years Master of a Packet from Brighton. The ksh CO4llll, alias Myers, and Dennison, two notorious
owners of the WELLINGTON, in order to avoid doing impostors, were lately aprehended in Twerton-parish,
Captain LIND an injury, have handsomely agreed to where they had been impoiingbn the credulity of the
the alteration in question. There are now Packets inhabitants. Cozens issued hand-bills, purporting,
from Brighton every day in the week. The superior that she was a Doctress, born deaf and dumb, the
vessels are the DUNE of WELLINorme, arm, Tao- daughter of Alexander Myers, a very learned and
teas, Ncpvvna, and FLYINII-111814 which sail regularly eminent physician, who was born in Len-ashire, and
after the arrival of the London coaches. after an expensive education at the English Univer-
Amongst the causes for complaint against the Sc- cities, travelled into foreign countries for further im-
cretary of a public Board, we hive one laid before us provement ; at length settled and married a wife at
by a very respectable individnal, who, with other ship. New York, North America, where the said Mrs.
owners, waited on him to request some force might Myers was born. The Doctor was universally be-
be sent for the future protection of their shipping, loved and esteemed for the many surprising cures
many of which had been captured by the Americans. he performed there ; and though this lady was born
The force asked for. was five frigates and two sloops ; deaf and dumb, yet she, by Divine decree, having
the Srcrctary, to the astonishment of the parties, told naturally an extraordinary genius. her father tack
them that the protection they asked was equal to the the utmost care and delight to instruct her, especially
employ of SS sail' of men of war. 'They asked for in the most useful remedies—from thence she m-
a force to be sent into the Pacific Ocean ; and be, to barked to her parents' native country, with Goo's
their further astonishment, said, that, is his Oslo*, a blessing, to the relief and comfort of her fellow-crea-
force on the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of tures. By means of the above hand-bill, and affec-
Brazil, would be a better protection for the ships than ting to be deaf and dumb, together with the assistance
one in the Pacific Ocean. On the parties leaving the of Dennison, who acted as interpreter, she sold medi-
room, the Secretary observed, that their losses by cap- tine: to a considerable amount, and would have escaped
tures would be reduced, by the value of the article horn the parish with her golden harvest, had she not
rising in consequence of the captures. The conduct been too covetous, and made free with a Lady's
of the Board has been uniformly as polite, as that of purse, in which were two ris notes, anti 15s. in silver.
the Secretary has been flippant and abrupt. We They both underwent a long examination, when they
*thought the latter possessed worldly prudencesevough were committed by G. Route:oN and I'. EAURANT,.
to perceive the danger of insulting the mercmtile Zsqrs. to 'Waster gaol, to take their trial at the next
Body of Great Britain. A man of far greater tptents, ;slioeissofor the felony. During the examination the
and greater weight of every kind, would sink into tint elestivassi dumb, lady quickly recovered her speech and
dust under such opposition. The Secretary has, hteriare• and .many poor. deluded young women came
our opinion, bees actin, for some time, a veq' fancy.to the
lid
with bottles t.l medicine, for which
OW part. limy, _!_a UM. .6d. 'reaeSs. and caw sums."