Star.
London, England, 1802-02-24 00:00:00

COUNTAr NEWS.

NswcArrxx Fes. as-We congratulate our
friends and the public upon the difcovery which
has been made at the Guildhall this week, of a
numerous and defperate gang who have for fome
time pall infefied this town and neighbourhood, for
the purpofe of pairing forged Bank notes and bare
coin, and committing various other depredations.
Upwards of 701. has been feized from different
members of the gang, in half guineas, (even fhilling
pieces, and fixpences : the half guineas and (even
fhilling pieces are not worth a (Ingle farthing, and
are dircoverable from good ones, being very light ;
the fhillings appear fcratched. and are fold by the
gang at fo low a rate as sl. for a geinea ; the fix-
pences are heft executed, but on examination of
the edges will be found rough and uneven, bent
thereon, and not round. _ _

' David Anderfon, who belongs to Hull, upon
whom 471. worth of bad money was found, is in
cuitody.—Henry Molton. alias Sampfon, charged
with the fame offence, is alfo in cultody.—Cathe-
rine Palmerly, Edward Holden, Thomas M'Kib,
Elizabeth Turnbull. and Jane fackfon, all charg-
ed with the fame offence, arc admitted to bail. _

Forty—five pounds more of counterfeit coin, of
various kinds, were yeflerdav feized by Mr. Al-
derman Clennell, making in the whole upwards of
z Isl.

ELdIN, FEL 14.—0 n Friday morning, the sth
inßant, about fix o'clock, there came on here, one
of the moll dreadful hurricanes of wind, accotn-
panied with thunder and lightning, that ever was
experienced in this place. Fortunately the Rom
only hilted about half an hour ; but during this
(hurt fpace feveral houfes in the country were to-
tally unroofe,l, trees broke down and torn from
their roots,befides damage done to corn in the yards.
A very daring robbery was committed on the
evening of Ft iday lan the 12th inR. in this neigh-
bourhood. A woman belonging to Invernefs, had
that afternoon ere fed the water of Spey, at the
Boat of Bog, and was proceeding on her way to
Elgin, when the was overtaken by a fellow, who'
it teems had eroded the water in the fame boat,
and who pretended he was going the fame road.
When in the middle of the wood between Elgin
and Fochabery, the villain laid hold of the woman
by the neck, and, threatening her with death if
The made the leafi refinance, robbed her of money
to the amount of forty (billings, being all the had
upon her, and a bundle of wearing apparel, which
he immediately made off with. The poor woman
ivss much terrified, and with difficulty got to the
full houfe, whe:: the put up that night, and came
here next morning. It is fomewhat linguist, that
this robbery was perpetra,ed on the very fpot where
Kenneth Leal,about 29 years ago, robbed the Elgin
poll, and where lie was executed for that crime.
The fame day, a man of the name of Grant was
apprehended and brought before the Sheriff of
Elgin for examination, -being accufed of nabbing
a perfon in different parts of the body, with a dirk
or knife, at Bridge of Spey near Grantown, in the
month of November lag. He has been admitted
to hail to nand trial before the Circuit Court of
Ju fliciary.
The body of a young man, much disfigured, was
few days ago thrown athore on the banks of the
river Findhorn. He had unfortunately perished in
that river in harven laR, while fitting for falmon.

ABERDF FN, Fes. t7.—On Saturday fe'nnight,
in the evening, a butcher who lives near the bridge
of Dee, was attacked in the Summer Road, as he
was going home from market, by a foldier and a
woman, (or a man in woman's drers) and robbed
of a few Millings, which was all he had in his poc-
ket. He made a Rout refinance for fome time,
but was at length overpowered, and the villain
had the barbarity to Rab him feveral times in the
thigh with his bayonet. He was able to crawl to
neighbouring houfe, where be had his wounds
ed, and is in a fair way of recovery.
Lail week a young lad in this place fired off a
fowling piece at his brother, not fufpelling it *as
loaded, by which his leg was much Chattered. In
a day or two after, a young man fell into the fame
unlucky millake, and (hot a man in the thigh.—
Both are now in the Infirmary.

Laft week a daring but ingenious attempt to
efcape was made by the convias in jail. They were
confined in the upper room, over the roof of which
is the leaded balcony of the fteeple ; and had con-
trived to get up the chimney, and Teach that part
of it, which is level with the balcony; they re-
moved a (lone. fo as to have no difficulty in get-
ting on the balcony, and would next night have
efreded their purpofe ; luckily, however, fume
plumbers going to repair the roof of the New Inn,
faw what had been going on, and gave the alarm.
The ringleaders (one of whom is fuppofed to be
Campbell. who broke out of Glafgow jail), are
now properly fecuredagainft Any further attempt.
Eng au ;to a, FRO. 20.—0 n Wednefday there
was a great quantity of oats in Edinburgh market,
which fold heavily, and prices fell confiderably.
The belt feed oats !Old at t6s. 6d.—Some good
oats fold as low as twelve !billings.
Ycfterday, in Haddington market, wheat main-
tained laft week's prices, or nearly fo.--Oats de-
clined greatly, fo that the bell could not bring more
than 15s. 6d.—Barley declined a little.—Peafe and
beans met a great fall; the beg of the former giv-
ing only ifs. which laft week brought as. and the
Latter only t 6s. 6d. which !aft market daybrought
twenty Millings.
We are informed a young gentleman from the ,
Highlands, was attacked -betwixt the hours of 8
and 9 o'clock on Wednefday night lea, at the cor-
ner turning from Richmond.ftreet intoDrummond-
erect, and litddenly knocked down, and afterwards
attempted to be (tabbed, but this was fortunately
prevented by the inftrument ftriking a tooth-pick,
cafe in his waiftcoat pocket, after having penetrat-
ed his outer and body coat, and the outer part of ,
his wailtcoat pocket. 'The circtunftance of the
perpetrators immediately running off, conveys the
idea of affallination rather than robbery.
Yefterday we had a very heavy fall of (now,
which was fucceeded in the evening by a thaw.;
which Coop melted the (now from the arse% We I

have had a long and revere winter. The frog fet
in with rigour much earlier than ufual ; and the
alternate changes from frog to &eft has been very
revere upon weakly people; and indeed the obi-
tuary of this city contains a greater number of
deaths this winter than has been known for many
years pan.
Wednefday night, a countryman who had pur-
chafed a lot of goods at a public fale in an auction-
room in Glafgow, while waiting for the change of
a bank note, which he had given to the auctioneer
in payment of the articles, had his pocket cut, and
his pocket-book carried off. It was immediately
miffed by the countryman, who, without freaking
a word, fprung to the door and locked it ; upon
a fearch the book was found on the floor, but the
thief was not difcovered.