Star.
London, England, 1812-03-26 00:00:00

SUt~~X ASSIZES.

xH04404A.M. MARCH 24.
Jciha inward was tried On theCoi oiler's Inquest for
Manstatighttt, in kiting; and slaying Benjamin prigg
'.l*,oe pi fs..ner was a tespectable miller at Lewes, 1,
this county,'who had .given an ostler in that town a
blow or CV4 0 ou the head for impertinence, and the
man died a few days afterwards. It was, however,
proved, that his death was occasioned by another
cause, for a few days before that time he had guar.
relied with a soldier of the 72d regiment, who struck
him on the head with his sabre ; as the man felt no
immediate ill effects from the wound, it was thought
to.be of no conseckece • but after his death his head
Being examined, it was found that the sword had pe-
netrated tl.xough the skull, and a splinter of bone ha.l
entered the tuembrane of the brain, which the me-
dical nien were cleat ly ( f 'opinion was the cause of his
.stilt.` The Jury found. the prisoner Not Guilty.
• 'Mostar Rerun and Rolert Carr, two privates of the
10th regiment of dragoons, were convicted of a high-
, nay robbery in stopping Thomas Standon, near Has-
tings, and taking from him his pocket-book, contain-
ing £l9 in bank notes.
JJn Pain was convicted of stealing 75 guineas in
the property of Arthur Matthews.
' The prosecutor was a shoemaker at Shipley, near
Horiham, and the prisoner a journeyman who worked
With him.

James Blab was cenvicted'of a burglary in the
dwelling house ~f Wi liam Whappum, and stkaling a
quantity of silver and copper money. The prosecu-
tor lcpt It public house at Lougnton. , The foot-
steps of the robber were traced by the mark of his
shoes for ten miles, and when he was overtaken, a
'bad sivrence was lonnd on his person, which the
pf,,seicutor proved was among the money which he
bad lost.
lienry Sandal:: was indicted for an assault upon
Maly Casco% in the parish of Newick, on the kith
June, 1810 with intent to ravish her.

The prosecutrix, a gill not tLea more than 15, sta-1
ted, that she and ..nother servant were on the Com-
monat Newick with their mistresses' Children, on the'
15th June, 1810, when the prisoner came up to them
to inquire his way; they went across a field w:th
when he seized the prosecutrix and threw her down. i
The girl, however, could not proceed to state further i
particular s, for she fainted, and for two hours remain-
ed stupified and insensible ; at length it was found!
impossible to proceed with her examination : her
oorapanion, however, stated sufficient to shew the
,violent c6dact of the prisoner towards her. He
w4s'not taken into custody for some weeks after-
wards; but the women of the place one day caught
him, and they put him into a tub and pumped upon-,
him ; they next tossed him in a blanket; and atter ;
they were tired of that amusement, they threw him
into a horse pond ; they next rolled him in the mud,
and scrubbed him down with birch.brooms. At
length, the Parson and Churchwardens hearing of the
case, insisted on a legal inquiry, and after a length
-ot time be was apprehended. • 1
The Jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced
to "two years imprisonment.

At the Bury Assizes a cause was tried, Archer v.
Ilinche,, for a breach of promise of marriage, in
which the damages were laid at £lOOO. Miss Eliza
Arctic., the plaintiff, is the daughter of an Attorney
in Suffolk, and the defendant is a young man of cre-
dit in Essex ; they are both 23 years of age. When
upon the point of being married to the plaintiff, the
defendant suddenly became enamoured of her ycainger
sister, a Mk Archer, and declared off the
match on acccu;.t of this new attachment. The
Counsel for plaintiff stated, that the only object of the
action was, to make it clear that the defendant's con:
duct was not the result of any impropriety on the part
of Miss Eliza Archer. The matter terminated in
- -satisfactory compromise between the parties.

TO TAX #ll'oll OF THE STAR.

Sift —The newspaper writers of this cos:mist have
long enjoyed, by the sanction bf prescriptive impu-
iity, thy .priviler, if not the right, of canvassing the
motires•WhieloiWoentie 'the ciniduct, and of examin-
ing and relating the most minute, and sometimes the
most trilling actions of our public men.—Privacy has
been subjected to their scrutiny, and conscience has
.tseen summoned before their tribunal. The patriotic
wigs of an enlightened, but suspected Roman, has
been realized in the free though Monarchial Govern-
ment of Great Britain. In a Constitution which,
both in its practice and its theory, is, or at least ought
to Ise, essentially popular, the advantages which result
from this constant appeal to public opinion, are so
great an I so niimarous, that every attempt at con-
y aciina ille. agency of so beneficial a practice, should
he v:ew:d with the most jealous attention. As long
as the libtriy of the press remains the Palladium of
English Freedom—we may smile at the imaginary
danger from, and deride the impotent efforts of ar-
bitrary power. But when falsehood, from its auda-
cious impudence, may pass with the ignorant, for the
voice of truth, it behoves every good citizen to step
forward, and protect the profanation of virtue from
the pollution of calumny. These remarks have been
called forth by a false statement in the Morning
Herald of Tuesday last :—the basest trial which has
hitherto been made to enlist popular prejudice into
the service of party politics. I will not dwell on the
great indecency of the writer, who selects his moment !
fur attack, when the keenness of private anguish—
when the poignancy of domestic affliction forbid the
intrusion of other thoughts and of other cares. He
may perhaps have revelled in the ideal gratification
of seducing the confidence of the many, by the very
circumstance which stamps his infamy—the prospect i
of temporary security. His dream of pleasure, how-1
I ever, shall not be long. I will inform him that,
i though tie death of a wife and of a parent, may
silence, for a while, the voice of a whole family ; -as
long as any regard is paid to truth, or to honour,
such falsehoods can not remain unanswered. The
refutation, under other circumstances, might have
been more full, and certainly would have been more
able ; it could not have been more complete.
f On Monday the Marchioness of BUCKINGHAM ex-
' pired in Pall-mall. On her virtues 'this is not the
proper place to descant. Those who knew her, were
acquainted with her affability, her zeal to oblige and
her anxiety to serve ; those who have resided at
Stowe have witnessed the extent of her charity and
. the profusion of her benevolence. The gaiety of
, fashh n was checked by the melancholy news of her
death, and those who beheld it can alone judge of
the effect, so sudden a catastrophe had oa the mind
of all ranks and of all parties. The writer of this
letter saw her on Sunday, alive to the pleasmes of
life and the gratifications of society. The following
k night the rumour of her dissolution reached his car.
You, Sir, may conceive, though I cannot describe
' my feelings, at reading the succeeding morning so in-
! famous a libel. That either Earl TEmPIR or Lord
IGEORGE GRENVILLE, (now Lord NLJGENT) have, by
word or deed, given the slightest support or occasion
Ito the alledged charge of their abjuration of Pro'es-
I tantism and assumption of Popery—l do most abso-
! lowly, most positively, andmost unconditionally deny.
f The assertion, I declare, on my honour, to be a noto-
rious, a profiiiaate, and a malicious falsehood.—
! Whenever the Editor of the Morning Herald shall be
inclined to publish his authority, I will engage to di-
! vulge my name. 1 am, Sir, Yours, &c.
Mach 20. , . VEIUDICIM 1

The new draft of My. Rose's Parish Register Bill
being prepared, in conformity with the general semi-
ments of Clergy, will new.- it is thought, be una-
nimcusly supported on the part of the Episcopal
Bench. Anacntg other ridiculous clamours raised
against the former draft of. this Bill, an opinion was
circulated with great indoitry, that it was a produc-
tion of the Dissenters. In positive contradiction of
such an extravagant idea, we can state, that the plan ,
was drawn up by on orthodox beneficed Clergyman of
the established Chuich ; and, in it, original form, was
honoured with the approbation of his own Diocesan,
the &sump of LICIthELD and COVENTRY. and several
other Right Reverend Prelates, distinguished for their
longest experience as juclges in ecclesiastical affairs, as
well as with that of the Right Honourable Author and
Patron of the Bill; who. it must be remarked, was
favoured, some time after he had received the plan
now alluded to, with varies: other communication:, from
different persons, on the same subject. •
Fasseu Paisestarts.--On Saturday evening Vic-
kery and Adkins went to a•public house in Whet-
stone-park, Lincoln's Inn-fields, in pursuit of a
French officer who had broke his parole of honour,
from a considerable distance in the interior of Scot-
land. They took a person into custody who proved
to be an Italian, but who had no alien licence. Toe
prisoner told Vickery he had been valet to Lucien
Bonaparte ' • that he was coming out as a singer at
the Opera House under the patronage of Madame
Catalans, and had attended rehearsals at the Opera-
House for that purpose, and requested the ellicer to
go with him to the Opera House and to Madame Ca-
tailani, to satisfy himself that what he said was cor-
rect. Vickery told him he must satisfy the Trans-
port Board, and lodged him in Tothill fields Bride-
well. Soon after Vickery had left the public house,
the French officer entered it with a box of artificial
flowers, and Lavender took him into custody, and
told him that he had an information against him for
a breach of parole. The officer, who spoke English
pretty well, acinowledged the charge, and said he
had been in London about twelve months, and had
got his living by selling artificial' flowers. He was
extremely candid, and said he considered his detec-
tion as the fortune of war ; he had lost his fingers for
his country, and should not mind losing his head.

RCE3ERY OF Tile GLAsGOW BANK.--Yesterday
.79ha .01,C0td, and.two females of interesting appear-
: Juice, were charged at. Hatton-Garden Office, with
being concerned in the robbery of the Glasgow
, Bank,
`about air months ago. A reward of was offer.
ed for them ; and they were apprehended in Sentbn-
esreee,,,near Somers' Town, by the officers, Wood,
Reed, and' Son. Some Scotch Bilk were found on
the Malt prisoner. -An Agent on behalf ot the Glas-
gow Bank attended, but had no evidence to offer;
and the case, after some discussion; was referred to
Bow.street Office, by the Magistrates of which the
warrant for the apprehension of the prisoners had
been backed. •
BURGLARY AND RODRBRY.O-Yesterday, Mb, a
genteel man, and King, formerly the gardener of Mr.
Montgomery, in the county of Suing, whose dwell-
log-house in that county was lately twice robbed,
Were chnrged with a bu!glary and robbery in the
home of Mr. William Inn, of Kennington Comnion,
on the night of the 12th of October last, when sort e
ankles of plate and linen were stolen.—They were
fully, committed.
EXECUTIONS,—On Monday, at 12 o'clock, were
'executed at Ipswich, in the presence of as immense
number of spectators, E. Thrower, for the murder of
'fhoraas and Elizabeth Carter ; and John and Eliza.
Smith, for the murder of the daughter of the former.
The particulars of the trials cf these criminals have
already been given to our Readers. Thrower con-
fessed himself guilty of many enormities, but denied
all knowledge of tile murder laid to his charge, and
affnmed that every thing he had said about the same
was mere idle-Llk, and not true. Smith and his wife
- both coniesst: their guilt, acknowledging it to have
been their intention to destroy all their children.—
:Nlichad Whiting, who was convicted at the last Ely
Assizes, of administcriag puis‘n to G. and J. Lanz;-
man, his brothers in law, was executed at Ely, on ;
EC C LIS I ASTICA l. PR:O ; OTIONS
Thursday last. At the gallows he fully confesstd I Th'e Rev. Thomas Wright has been appointed 10 the. Perpetual
the fact, but declared that neither his wife nor any . Curacy of St. Mary's, Thetford, in the room of the late Rev. J.
ether person was privy to the crime. S. Mackenzie.
Sunday se'nnight, Mr. T. Morgan, of the Custom- His Royal Hdighness the Prince nee Regent has been pleased,
Mathew,o
Mater t hofi sAMrtasj,esttoy ,
ht presente
rir et pleased
house, Dublin, returning to that dip from the PiC.. lie'vli.'ereinniCeeoarge
von Ir use. fell over the wall near the new bridge tit Grtenwich, in the county of Kent, and diocese of Rochester,
.ttingstnd, and was killed on the spot. void by the death of Doctor Andrew Burnaby.
It is not less curious than true, that a pair of spar- i MARRIED.
tms'have built their nest in the mouth of the lion I Sunday Wt, at St. Mildred's, in the Poultry, George Upton,
that forms one r‘f the supporters of his Royal High: r.l. 01 FinaburY-place, to Miss Swift, eldest daughter of 'L hos.
mess the Prince Regent's coat of arms; which adorns Switesd,
iEs4,;o the Poultry.
Tuesday, at Mary-la-Bonne Church, Lord Chart., Town-
lbe front of the Chapel Royal ! Auld, to Miss Luaus, daughter of General Loftus.