Star.
London, England, 1825-07-13 00:00:00

MAJESTY'S REGIMENTS.

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Head-quarters, Jan. 21, 1825.
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to publish.
for the information of all concerned, the following extract of a ge-
neral letter from the Honourable the Court of Directors in the Mi-
litary Department, under date the 21st July, t 824, and to direct that
the requisition therein conveyed he fulfilled by all Regime:tits com-
posing his Majesty's Army in India:—
Par. 3d. " We have to acquaint you, that we have obtained the
sanction of his 3lajesty's Secretary at War, to deposit with the Lo-
cal Government by every l'aymaster of a Kings Regiment now
serving, or that may hereafter se rte, in the Company s territories,
of his own separate security, to the Company for 5,000 rupees, and
that of another person in the same sum.'
OFFICE OF 8R16.1D8-MAJOR ABOLISHED.
Fort William, Jan. 28, 1825.

The Governor-General in Council is pleased to abolish the °ince
of Major of Brigade at the Head-quarters of each of the divhio os of
the Army, and to direct that in lieu thereof a Deputy Assistant-
Adjutant-General be appointed to conduct the Stair duties of divi-
sions, with the rank and allowances fixed in G.O.V. 21st October
1817. The Bajpootana, or NVestern 13:vision, being extra to the
permanent allotment of Staff, will rem ,in as heretofore.

A splendid specimen of printing in gold letters, has
just been produced in the Protestants' ,S'ong. hich, we
understand, his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoe); has
been pleased to accept personally from tie Editor of the
English t,entleman, which was precortd to his Royal
11'g .tress in the name c Editos ao.! Prooietot sof
that Paper, and was worthy of such illa oes patroitage,
even as a v.° k of art.
In the w,.ol:en manufactories in the West of England,
the following is the average rate of earnings :—Pickers,
39.6 d. a week ; spinners from 6s. to Bs. a week ; weavers
from 81. to 16s. a week; shearmen from 10s. 61. to
Is. a week; hurlers 10,1. a day; billyboys from tds. to
Ss. a week ; feeders from Ss. Od. to 4s. a week ; slo ,bees
from 10s. 6d. to 1.55. per week; millmen and gigmen,
who have much night work, earn about a guinea a a eek.'
In some branches a the trade, extraordinary good work-
men may get considerably more than is lie,e but ed ;
but a respectable manufacturer says, that up the
whole, the preceding statement is rattier above than
below the average. There was lately established at
Shepton Mallet, a lace manufactory, but the earnings of
the persons engaged it are not more than one-third of
those paid in Nottingham about last March. The lace
machines have lately experienced a great depression in
price. They have fallen more than one half. The crape
weasers at Seepton Mallet have lately struck. Ac-
cording to their masters' statements, they earned about
ten shillings a week ; but the men say not more than
from six to eight.
Rwes.—Several disgraceful. acts of popular outrage
have been perpetrated in Bristol and its neighbourhood
during the past week. A number of Iris's labourers
have been working, it is said, in the Bedminster tan-
yards, at prices less than customarily given for such
labour ; this excited the animosity of throe usually
employed in these yards; and the popular ill-will was
further increased by a pitched battle on
Monday evening, between an English lad and a yonn
Irishman, during which it is said the c, untrymen of
the latter interfered improperly. A general haule
between the Englishmen and the Irishmen was the
consequence, which ended in the retreat ef the latter,
who took refuge in a row of houses in Brown-street,
Bedminster, the windows of which were demolished by
the Englishmen. On Tuesday evening, a numerous body
of the latter marched into Bristol from Bedminster, and
attacktd the dwellings of the poor Irish in Marsh-street.
Here, not contented with breaking the windows and
endangering the lives of the inhahitants, they plund !red
two shops of their contents. The greaten alarm pre-
vailed in the neighbourhood until the arrival of the
police, headed br the Mayor, whvn order was restored,
and the mob graitmlly disper,tel, vowing vengeance
against the Irish. On the fuller.% ing evening (Wednes-'
day) note than 3 000 people were congre4atedin Corn-
-treet, Clare-street, and Marsh-Areet ; but the pre,enre
of the city constables, and the knowledge that a
sqoadren of the 10. h Hussars were in readiness at the
guard-house, to act at a moment's notice, ke; t the
populace in awe, and prevented farther mischief. In
the all, ay on Tuesday night, seven Englishmen and
two Irishmen were badly wounded, and conveyed to
the lafirmary.
MURDER.—A most diabolical murder was committed
at Nottingham, on Sunday se'nnigi't, about el. yen
o'clock. A female of the name of %Inv Austin, a
married woman, and who had resided at Leicester with
her husband, by whom she had two children, in con-
sequence of some disagreement, left him some time
ago, and went to Nottingham, where she took lodgings
on the river Beck side, opposite Snow-hill ;in an
adjoining apartment lire I one Thomas Dewy, a frame-
work knitter, tegether wi:h his wi:e. It seems that a
criminal connexion took place between Dewey and
Mary Austin. are of her sons, by her husband, was
apprenticed at Nottingham; but absconding from his
master, he was taken and lodged in the House of
Correction; this circumstance induced Austin to go to
Leicester, in order to prevail with her husband to
return to Nottingham to effect the lad's liberation,
which he did, and they both travelled by the Leicester
coach, on Saturday evening. The unfortunate woman
cent shortly after to her lodgings, where she was met
by Dewey, who shook her by the hand, gave her a
kiss, and retired into his own apartment, where his
wife was at the time ; shortly after, he took a knife,
such as butchers: usually kill pigs with, and returning
into Austin's room, plunged the weapon into the poor
creature's. side, so as to reach her heart ; she gave a
loud scream, which brought in Dewey's wife, who
found the p'or woman on the floor, bleeding profusely
and expiring, with the knife sticking in her side. The
murderer. then kissed the deceased, went to his wife's
father and mother, and told them what he had done;
he was soon after taken into custody, and on Saturday
an Inquest .was held at the Neptune Tavern, and a
verdict of "Wilful Murder' returned
ge was t
al,
ainaken,
sthim . At
six o'clock, on Monday morning, h
Coroner's warrant .toao o the . townpreparatoryonthtoe
undergoing his trial at the Assizes.
. A tall has taken place in the price of tea. Very
good may be obtained. at Ss. 4d. and very superior at
6s. ptr pound. . . •

POLICE INTELLFGENcr.
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MANSION-HOUSE. . .
A young man from Edinburgh, together with his wife and child,
were brought before the Loam Melva, charged by Mr. Duncan
Campbell, the owner of the King's Head public-house.Tower.stuet.
with having obtained lodging, See. to the amount of 10n. without
being able to pay a farthing.
The defendant had on a frock coat, which was most fantaitically
braided in the front, a Highland cloak. a pasteboard cap, and he held
id his hand a little work-basket, which be acknowledged contained
his own, his wife's, and his child's wardrobe.
The complainant's statement was to the following effect :—lle
bad been frequently cheated by well-dressed persons, who ate, and
drank, and slept iu his house, and who went out early in the morn-
ing on pretence of getting money or a check. He was therefore on
his guard, and resolved, for the benefit of the body of which he was
a member, to bring the first defaulter he found before the Lord
Mayor. The, defendant, on Saturday, accompanied by his wife and
child, entered the house, called for some runs and water, and a bed,
upon being asked to pay for which, he said, rather haughtily, he
would settle the reckoning next morning. The next morning ar-
rived without enabling the defendant to pay. He went out without
leaving any money with his wife, who had the child at her breast,
and returned at night with as little ammunition. The landlady,
however, finding that neither wife nor child was supplied with the
means of existence, sent up some meat and porter, and insisted that
it should be used. Monday morning came, and the defendant, who
had ten shillings to pay, was walking out without settling the ac
count, when the landlord, who apprehended that he was about to
be burdened with the wife and child by the desertion of the father,
called to a constable, and had the whole family conducted before
the Lord 'Mayor.
His Lnalship very soon perceived that however strong appear-
afters might he against the poor Scotchman, there was no ground fur
supposing that he was experienced i 3 the art of swindling.
He had, lie said, a small annuity, upon which he and his wife hail
lived in France, but as that country was now as expensive as any
other, hr found it necessary to leave it, and came to London with
the view of making hie way to Scotland, for which purpose he h .d
c died upon a brother Naval Offirer to bore ow the nt -ans, as he was
without a farthing in the world. lle WAS disappointed, his ft lend
being out of town, and was therefore unat,le to pay his landlord;
but he had lived as economically as nature would permit, and be
hoped us he able.to borrow the amount of the bill, which he should
pay with thanks. Ilia grandfather was, he said, Comptroller of a
very high office in Etliuhtirgls, but the distance prevented imme.:
Slate relief. lie had offered his cloak in pappent of the bill; it
was wei.7ll twice as much, but the landlord refused to take it.
Mr. Campbell said his object was to ascertain whether he wag
dealing with a swindler ? as to the amount of the bill, he thought
nothing of it in a case of distress.
The Logo Ma volt asked several questions, the answers to which
convinced him that the unfortenate defendant and his family were
real objects of charity. His Lordship then inquired of the Scotch-
man why he wore so fashionable and extraordinary a coat?
Ile replied that every one wore a coat ornamented in that man-
ner in France. Upon turning round, however, to chew that it
.vas not exactly such a one as a man who was able to pay his bill
would he likely to wear, hr exhibited a deplorable contrast in the
threadbare condition of the back and skirts.
The Loan MAYOR—Mr. Duncan Campbell, you see that the
defendant is a distressed man. Now lam sure you will have no
objection to reduce his bill.
Mr. ('a ••phell—iteduce it, my Lord ! I don't want it. I'll
not take a farthing of it.
Defendant—l am not able to pay you now, but I think I can
borrow the money before Igo away, and pay you all, as sure as

I live.
The Loan blares' 131.1, the landlord W. 1% an ornament to his
calling, and that his good feeling should be gratified by excusing
his poor lodger one-half.
Ills Loansuir insisted tkat the publican should take from himself
five shillings. The money was very reluctantly received. His
Lordship then handed over to the defendant, out of his purse, as
much money as will defray the whole of the expenses of the family
to Edinburgh. The poor Scotchman received the money with
astonishment. -Ile uttered not a word, hut burst into tears. •
Thr case was, in all its circumstances, one of the most interesting
that ever recurred here, as it exhibited a sort of competition in
charity Ltt wren two persons id very different stations in life.