Star.
London, England, 1814-08-15 00:00:00

MIWHELI, HE mil EDE ;ZEE.

row stirrer.—'The doors of this Office were slut
totinded at an early hour on Saturday morning
.be
persons collected together in expectation of seeing
this • pet sop. who.. it eits reported would be brow Ott
up for examination in the course of the day. About
tv:Are h. arrived at the office in a coach, in the cus-
tody (If raunton aid Adkins, who had been down to
Salisbury tor the purpose of bringing him up to town.
The prisoner was apprehended on Wednesday last,
within about three miles of Salisbury, having been re,
Cognised by an old man with whom he had formerly
lived as ploughboy. When first observed by this per.
son, he was walking in the house where his mother,
who was buried only four days previous to his appre-
hension, had resided and his dusty, tired, and fuled
appearance ilia attracted the attention of his old mas-
' ter, who, on a nearer inspection of his countenance,
soon recognised the features of his ski servant. He
tnmediately wive the alarm, the prisOner waesecur.
• ed, and alter an examinationbefore a magistrate, was
tomthitted SoSalisbury jail. Immediately informa-
tion was seht to Bow-street of his apprehension, and
Taunton and Adkins were dirpatthed to bring him to
town. About two o'elock on Saturday morning the
officers arrived in town with the prisoner in their eus.
Jody. Several persons who knew him were sent to,
and ho difficulty arising in identifying him, and as-
tertaining that he was the Person who had paid bis
addresses to the untortuoate Miss Welchman, and
wits seen in the house so recently previous to the mur-
der, he. was detained in custody, and the witneises
ordered to attend at the office in Bow-street at twelve

o'clock. •
About twelve o'clock Sir N. CONANT and Mr.
SKETCHLET having taken their placeson the bench, the
prisoner was pm to the bar, and the following evi•
dense was prodtreed
Miss Ann Welchman, sister to the deceased, de-
posed, that she had lived in the same house with her
sister, at No. el, •Mimint-street. She knew the pri•
soner, and recollected. his calling at the house on the
*ening of the 4th instant, and asking for her sister.
• Ile was shewn into a room on the first floor, in which
teat the deceased, a Miss Maynard, Miss Macey, and
Mary Sisson", a servant in the house, and the witness.
The witness and the other ladies retired, leaving the
prisoner, Mary Sissonsi and the deceased in the room
together. Shortly situ- she heard the prisoner and
her sister at high words. The witness went down
stairs, and in about a quarter of an hour after she was
Informed her sister had been Murdered. /
Miss Mary' Macey resided in Mount-street ; the de-
ceased was her forewoman: Recollects the prisoner
coming to her house on the evening in question ; she
was In the room with the deceased when the prisoner
entered;. deceased amused him of having taken away
a small pa r of scissors, which he denied, and became
extremely abusive. The prisoner wanted the deceased
°to send out for salmon for: his supper, which she re-
fused to.do ; he thee urged her to give him some
money, which she also, ref used to du ;: he then pressed
her to go oat with him, this also she refused to com-
ply with. Witness left the room shortly afterwards,
and went down stairs. The deceased :followed her,
and said she must be alone with the prisoner for a
few minutes. The deceased then went up stairs, and
time minutes elapsed, when the witness head the de.
ceasedscreans, and almost immediately afterwards two
shots were Fired: The witness rushed op stairs, and.
faund the deceased lying on• the floor dead. The pri-
soner. was not then in the room.
• • Robert Watkins was landlord of the house, The
deceased and. Miss Macey occupied his first floor ;
• had some knosehairof the prisoner o rememberedhis
oorni, g to' the house on the •Igh of August ; heard the
screams of the deceased, and the shots fired o rushed
up Rain, and found the deceased lying dead in the
daor.way. The window next the door was open ;•
found a pistoion the table,.and another on the fluor in
the next room: they had been recently discharged,
William Calloson, landlcrd of the Barley• Mow,
next door to Mr. W..tkins's house, was sitting in his
own house on the night in question, and heard the
eateamsuf Miss Welshman, but did not hear the soots
filed; looked• out of his window, and Taw a man lay-
ing on the paeement opposite Mr. Watkins's door.
on his hands and face • had a knowleJge of the prih
sottei% person, • and believed the titan he saw to be
him. The man got up immediately,. however,• and
ran off,. so that the witness had not an opportunity
of eorrectly seeing his person. It appeared to him
as if he had got out of the first floor. window.
.ThomasMorn-prodiiced a hat and pair of pistols,
vhich were picked op in tise room on the morning of
thee:nuttier; they were picked ep in Ilis-preieneee and
'e had kept them since. The pistols were SAUL
pot keopistelia.
Thomas Chapman, hatter, in gondtstreeto mit d,
that in the month of lone last, V.e erisoner purchased
. a hat.ef him which he believed to be that now pro-
. dueed.
..9n that ticeasion the:prisoner told him he
was paying his addresses to•a young lady in Bond--
street, and asktd witness if be knew her?. Witnesi did
-not recollect what the tidy's name wash
After the evidence was closed, Sir N. Cotratir ad-
used the rioiner,, observing, that liis identity have
log been so fully proved, nothing now. rtmainedfor
,him to do in the discharge of his' duty, but to com-
mit him' for trial: any thing• which he could now
urge in his defence could avail him nothingo he had,
therefore, hem r reserve it for his trial;. and •at the
• same time advised hint to consult his legal advisers
on the subj.ect. it was his duty, however, 'as a' Ma=
gistrate, to a..ivise h'm to think seriously of the very
awitikittmticn in wi,ich he stood, as the evidence
- was cf so clearand distinct a nature, that very little
chance appeared of hir escaping condenniation.
The prisoner appeared very little affected by any
thing which passed, and preserved a sullen silence
throughout. A draft which had been 'found in• his
possession when taken into custody, and taken away
by the officer, was, by the desire of the Magistrate,
returned to him, as not being at all connected with
the chat-,e. The prisoner received the draft, but
said notiitag; and• with an air or carelessness tore it
in pieces, and scatteryd the irigmenti on the floor,
Ile was fully commit :ed w Newgate for trial.- •
The prisoner, in person, very mach resembles Wit=
tams, who, it will be recollected, was apprehended
Aloe die murders of the Marrs and Williarnsons at
Shadsvell, with the exception of. his hair, which is
very dorko

ArttLLMPAtcO.
IN THE cotitT POP THE ittELIET Ot IMIOLVEN r
DIBTORS, AUOUb r 12.

TN titZ MATTiIt Or Mix CASoltn (Mitt, o'IiANLoN.
Mr,. Phi Nos SMIIIIH stated, that he opposed the pri-
soner'; discharge. on behalf. of several persons whom
he had defrauded by the most spetloui and deceitful
contrivances. • He did hot expect his clients would
gain any pecuniary Advantage by keeping the defen-
dant, who was aeowiplete beggar, in prison, hot their
object was, upon public grounds, to check the farther
career of a man who seemed born to deceive, and who
lived only to obtain a precarious support from the
credullti• of others : 'who had sheered that he had no
feelinq• for toting or old. Fathers or -daughters, but
sought only to • pillage the public, and shock every
f.,:eltng of one natures He then detailed the circuits-
stances of the ease, which Were as follows t
•,
hi February, Mika Mr. 11—, a private Gentles
man, of die count,' of Surrey, was with his daughter
at Bath, and lb:Veiled to London in a post chaise
.The defendant, *ho 'imitated himself as just ar-
rived from Passages, where he had made a large for-
tune, joined them. and bore Fart of the est:knees.—
On the iota he conducted limit& with great pro-
priety, paying for every thing regularly, and talking
very largely of his great connections, particularly
with Harry Clifford, the son of Lord Clifford, and
with Lord Wellington and others. The party slept
at Salthill, and arrived in town the next day. But,
shortly after, the defendant pretended that hii port-
manteau, whieh contained £60,000 in Spanish bills,
was left at Botham's, at Salthill, and he immediately
ordered a post chaise and four and returned there.
and came back to Hatchett's before Mr. 1-1. had
quitted. Up(iii parting, the latter Gentleman invited
him to his house, and the defendant pretending that
he had but a few days to stay in tondo's, said he
would come soon. On Sunday., after dinner, he ar.
rived in a hired carriage, and stayed the night. Dur-
ing the everting lief made proposals of marriage to tie
daughter, Miss Eliza Georgians H. and offered to
settle i€ 20,000 on her immediately. The father was
induced by his address to overlook the premature
nature of the offer, and the Lady was married to him
on the 28th of February, 18E4, he having previously
executed a deed, by which he covenanted to pay
/120,000, in two years, to the Honourable H. Clifford
and the father, as trustees. Mr. H. Clifford was ex-
pected to be at the wedding, but did not arrive', and
bride-take-was sent to several persons of rank by the
,fendant's direction. To Garry on the fraud, he
purClased on credit dresses to the value of £240 of a
milliner in Tavistoek-street ; and at a linen ware-
iioese in the Strand he took up £9O worth of goods,
gave' a check on Coutrs and Co. for £lOO, receiving
:€lO in exchange. Finding, however, said the Coun-
sel, that he should be soon detected, and birds of prey
being always birds. of quick flight, he found it neces-
sary to Move about. He therefore pretended that it
was necessary for him to go to the great mantthic-
t sting towns of Birmingham-and Manchester, to make
contracts lior the Bt itisla and Spanish army,- he being
a Commissary; and as the young Lady's tether could
not accompany them,. her uncle, brother, and sister
•went with them, first to Cheltenham and then to
;Birmingham, at which latter place they stayed five
days. Here Mr:dHatilorty. in his assumed•charatter
!ot the rich Commissary, made contracts and bought
samples to a large amount. He introduced himself
'to every great dealer in the town, and was so well re-
ceived, that they proposed a deputation to wait on,
bin) with public &talcs, for the benefits conferred by
him ou the manutacturing community. He visited
.a large house, and- offered a?-12,0(X) for the house,
Furniture, and wines, and comeived-to borrow .474 v
of the landlord at the Hotel.- After staying five days,
he offered to pay the bill with a check upon Courts
land CO.-but this was refused, till the Lady's uncle,
who was known at Birmingham, indorsed it. During
the absence of the party, rite Lady's father received
an anonymous letter fions frel ,nel, stating that the
detendant was a,swindler from Newry, in the county
.of Down, and that he had four wives in Spain and
:America. Upon further inquiries,• this was confir-
med, except as to the other wives ; and Lord Clif.
ford, upon being applied toy said he knew of no such
man, and that his-son, the Hon. Mr. Hugh Clifford,
'came over with him- in the packet lately horn Pas-
:',wiges, but parted with hint at Falmouth. The de--
lendant, however, called: at Ugbrook Park, to bring
shim aailk handkerchief which lie had left at the inn,
!and after takingsetne slight refreshment was niffered
4t) depart: On site return of tlic party from Bir-
, miagloun the defendant was arrested the sils of
March. 1814, by the person to whom he had given
Ithe £lOO cheok on. Coutt s. and Co. The other draft
!was also unpaid, and the uncle of the defendant's un-
'fiappy wife was obliged to pay it, and now appeared
Against hint.
, Thisgentleman- was now called as a witness,: and,
with the young lady's brother confirmed the whole of
the above statement,- giving also innumerable in-
st,altes of his frauds and boasting. •It appeared, that
so far fromihaving any real.funds he had borrowed.
£6O of his father-m•law, 860 of the uncle, £.35 of a
friend of that gentleman, and various sums-of other
persons, and, among. the„kst, £l6 of Mr: Bothatn,
-of Salthill, pretending that he had only Spanish bills.
The nephew stated, that in a-conversation with the de.
fendant just before the arrest,. he asked him what he
meant, whether he did not suppose he deserved tobe
hung i to which the young gentleman replied, no--
but he hoped such a scoundrel- would be transportedi,
for seven years.
The defendant appeared perfectly tranquil• during.
the whole of the enquiry ; • andupon being questioned
as to the gross misrepresentation's he had given of
himself, said; he was burn at Newry,. and baptized
,Felix,O'Hanlon, but that GeneO'Reille
pal in Chief of the Spanish forces,
by the mother't side,- and upon going
wai induced by. him to be confirmed,
other- name of Casar O'Neil. On
where he was confirmed, he ceulil
was thirty year% ago, but he said he
r.by the Bishop-of Saragossa; he had held'a commis-
..lon of Lieutenant in the 89th British regiment, at
Coulon, and had been a Lieut.-Colonel- by brevet in
:die Spanish furces,•but bad chiefly served'as a volun-
teer, to which he was recommended- by COI. Suther--
latid, with whom he sailed' to Toulon.- He went
;from Ireland ater the death of his first wife to Ame-
,rica,. and thence to. Spain, iu order to get some col-
--rts for the arm xpbut.he had no awn s.• On Mot

nealtinea what I•eltad done with' a ring itihict was
iven him by the family, he said he had pledgA it
with ;11.1natt in the Oison, whmn.he did not know; im
money to prccure his discharge. . , I
Tile prisoner was ordered to be brcu&ht tip awgniA
nn the .1d of Septernber next; When other tirtirs miy
appear against him. He waned . a map of con.
summate addtest and great command of ctitye-
name ; he said he wis between 50 and 60 yenta ef
age ; he would the next time fefer the Court .to a
Gentleman, who should give a full aceciint of him.
but he did not like to state that genticrnan's name
without his authority.

The Gestette of Saturday contains a Proclamation,
offering his Majesty's pardon, aild a reward of 4230
kr the discovery of the murderers of Mrs. E. Norm
of Fawley, near Southampton; she was found on the
mottling of Monday, the llth of July last, lying upon
her face in a state of total insensibility, covered with
dirt, and her nostrils filled apparently tnr the purpose
of rroducing suffocation. She had -i• a short inter-
vals of understanding, during which sue three times
declared that she did not see the person whd struck
her, but sl-a distinctly heard him cone out of Mr.
Covey's field, over the gate, and wail: behind her—
She lingered till Fridays the 15th of July, and then
died,

BANKRU pre! ENLARGED.
/obi Reef late of Princes-street, Cavendish-square, Middlesex,
paper-hanger, dealer and chapnian, from August 30, to Sept.
30, at ten, at Guildhall.
James Walters, of Studhatu, Hertford ibirci farmet, and d-aler
th word, from July 30, to Sept. 17, at eleven, at Gli:ldludt.
Samuel Flood, of Bread-Clistl Dricustire' tusiltr, from August
16, to .August 30, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
lames James, of the TOven of Haverfordwest, shopkettef, dea-
ter and chapman.
BANKRUPTS.
John Blnnet, of Charles-street, Strathwatk, baker, ne surrender
August 16, 27, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at Oulldhall. At-
torney, Mr. Newton, I.yon's-lcn.
Leeds Bryant, of the City of Bath, wine and spirit merchant,
Aogust 25, 96, and Sept. 24, at twoott the Greyhound Inn,
Bait. Attofnies Mr. Woodhouse, No. It, Harcourt-build-
ines Temple, London; or Mt: Edward Salmon, Gallaway's-
buildings, Lath.
Alexander Gumpertz, of Greaf Winchester-street, London,
merchant; dealer and chapreani August 20, at one, and Sept.
6, 24, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Young, Charlotte-
row, Mansion-Houre.
Pat:hard Whittington, cf Reath, Glatnorganslitre,
dealer and Chapman, August 1, 26, ana Sept. 24, at twelve,
et the Rummer Tavern, Attorntes,
Messrs. Poole and Greenfield; Gray's-Inn, London; or Mr.
• D. Baynton, Bristol.
Mtn Thackeray, Of Garrett, Mzncheitef, iAnca4ire, cotton.
spinner, dealer" and chapnntti, August 22, 30, and Sept. 24,
at eleven, at the Palace Inn, 1111:tchester.. Attorney, Mr.
' Edge, St. Ann's-street, Manchester.
flob'ert Bland, of Lancaster, mercer and tailor; Sept: e; at seven,
a'ed Sept. 9, 24, at eleven; at the Royal Oak Inn, Lancaster.
Ationnes, Mr. Chippendall, Great Queen-str,set, Lintoln's-
Inn-fields, London; Messrs. johns.sn and Robinson, I.an•
caster.
John Of liartset, Hants, baker, dealer and cbarmao,
August 24, at one, Ind 25, at eleven, zed Sept. .2.4, at one, at
the George Inn, Poi tsmouth. Atti.rnies, Mr. Briggs, Essex.
street, Strand, Londt.n ; or Mr. Haward, Portera.
Thomas Dent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, t Frit-merchant; corn-face
tor, dealer an l chaphsan, Aneust t 3. 24, and Sept. 20, at
eleven. at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Attontlea,
Mr. trilastu Grey, Gray's.-Inn, London; or Mr. Kirtong
Durham.
William Bag and Robert Needham, of Mancherler, cotton-
tneechatics,. dealt,rs. chapnten, and partners, Au;-..:st 99, SO,
and Sept. eta, at two, at the Mosley .1-rts hat, :danchaster.,
Attonws, Messrs. 11-w itt and K.rit, Mat:cites:et; or Mr.-
' Herd, Inner Temple' I.ondcre.
Lewis Agassia Liddard, of l.angbeurn-Chambers, Tenths:reit:l
street, Lund w, mere .ant, dealer and. chapinane August eO,
CO, and Sept. 24, at twelve, at Guildhall: Attorney, Mr.
Nind, Throginorton-artreet. • • . .
Isaac Farlow, late of Scotland yard, but now et Nonlittisbet;
land-street, :::tram/, coal-merchant, dealer and' &apnea," Au-
gust :0, SO, atel Sept. 24, at eleven. at Guildhall. Attord9p,
Mr. Upston-, Charles street, C-vendisb-sqoare.•
John Gray, now or late of Holloway, IVitddlesex, merchant,
dealer and chapinan; August 16, 27, and: S-pt. 94, at ten,
at Guildhall. Attoinirs, Messrs. Mayhew and Price, Sy-
motrs-Inn-
„Joseph Smith, Bristol, cabinet-maker, dealer and chapman, AU-
gust 25, 26, and wept. 24, at ten, at the Greylinund Inn,. Broad-
mead,. Bristol. Anomie,' Mr. Thomas Heelis, Staple-(nn,
London; or Mr. Richard Haynes, Castle-street, Bristol.
William Kemp, Bath, banker, dealer and clapinan, August 23,
96, and Sept. 24; at one,- at the Talbot Tavern, Bath street,
k Bristol. Anne:ries, Messrs.- Sweet and Stokes, Basioghatl-
stmet, London; or Mr. Clissold, Bristol.
Andrew Boyesoti, Allilon-street, Blackfriars, Surrey, merchant;
dealer and ehapntan, August 16, 30, and Sept. tt4,. at ten, at
Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. ShefiLl , Great Pre-scut::
• street,. Goodman's-fields.
Francis Kno and John Saleyer,- Sheffield; Yorkshire, mer-
chants, nuumfactarers of nails, dealers and chapman, and cos
partners, August 20, 22, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at die Ton-
• tine lnnrShelfield. Atturnies, Mr. William Tattersall', Campo-
lane, Sheffield; or Mr.Antirew Duncan, Holborn-court, Gray'a
Inn,
DIVIDL4NDS to be made at GUILDHALL.
Nov. 20, Edward, Ambrose, 10'12T-street', warehouseman, at
ten. September 13, William English, Lewes, cutler, at eleven;
'August William-John Richardson, Nicholas-lane, meralant,
at twelve.

DIVIDENOS tote made in the COUNTRY.
•
Sept. 6, Edward Angel Harwell; 14111, auctioneer, at eleitn;
at the Dog andDuchithali. Sept. t 4; I,ater, Nunney,
!linen-draper, at eleven, at the George, Piton* Seiwood. Sep:
20, Roger Pocklingioni Winthorpe, and' William Dickinson,'
Newark-upon-Trent, bankers, at ten, at the Kingston's Anna,
Newark. Sept. 5, Charles Clement, Sheffield, nsetchaht,•aß
eleven' •at the Commercial lam, Sheffield,. Sept. 7, Mark Ni-
chols, Gosport', victualler, at eleven, at the Pubtieltoorns, New
Sarum, t ept. 6, Samuel Berry, Buckfast•Abbey, woollen.ma•
,nufacturere at ten, at the Star, Litter.
CERTIFICATES, SEPTEMBER
JohnGitiba, Suilton,•victuallert• Joseph Clements, Ajlapping-
walls ship. chandkr. Joseph Gibbons Merle, Piccadilly, auc-
tioneer. Elisabeth Jbnes, Apple-tree-yard, wholesale perfumer
John Leach Hirst, Woodastriet, warehouseman. John White,
Horton, merchant. Freder.ek Ferree, Angel-court, Throginor-
ton.street,.hisurance-brolter.

OOURSIE OF
Parts Pday'rds.23 40 LAY:
23 410
2C 60
4U Meet.
40 Effect.
36 8 2 U
36 4
1. 11 1 4 U
o U
33 1 ^ u
Aglo•on the Bank.of

:CHANGE.

Naples,
Lisbon,-
Oporto,
Dublin,
Cork-
s

- 4S•
- - 66,1
. 7

Palermo, 14S
1 elhorn, 53
Genoa, 0'
Venice, n. C. Liv. Plccote.
inenective per /. otos 22 Ou
folland, 3 per cent.-

PRICES OF GOLD AND SIL#Ek.
Pdrtitgal Gold in Coin, -- ' mes ss. 003. pee at.
Foreign Gold in Bars a6O Os. Od.
• New Dosbloons .C 4 1 8
New Dollars 5 Si

iIIGH` WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW.
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Reilly, the Gene- Ditto,.s
was his sweat sonde Bourdeaux,do.
icing • Madrid,
andT
erdun,
n being , %jolt,
not recollect, it a4m, c-
he was confirmed r2gmburea,