Star.
London, England, 1824-02-09 00:00:00

About three weeks before Weare's murder, John
Thurtell, Thomas Thurtell, and myself, were walking
towards Spring-gardens ; John Thurtell said he would
go and see Rexworthy, and we all went.into his billiard
room, which had been newly fitted up. I there saw a
gentlemanly looking man sitting. lown, John Thurtell
went up to him, and-said " Mr. Weare, how are you r
--The Gentleman got up, they shook hands together,
and appeared very friendly ; and after conversing
for about a quarter of an hour, they went out together,
and remained absent an hour. On their return, Thomas
Thurtell said he must be off, and we went away. When
we got out, John Thurtell told me that the man I had
seen him in company with, and Bill —, had won
£e.300 from him in one night, at blind hookey. I said
that was a great deal of money. " Yes," said he, " and
what is worse, when I asked them, and particularly
Weare, to lend me £5, he told me to go a thieving for it,
as he did ; and that I had better say nothing about it, as
the money was my creditors'." Thurtell also said, " I
do not forget this treatment, and shall soon settle ac-
counts-with some of them, and shall never die easy until
I have my revenge of Weare."
Shortly after the indictment for the conspiracy was
found, and when the officers were expected to be on the
look-out for the 1-11 m-tells, Probert introduced them to
Mr. Tetsall; told him that warrants were out against
them, and begged he would let them stop at his house,
and keep a good look-out to deny them, if an;- person
should make inquiries of whom he had suspicion ; and
Mr. Tetsall accordingly let them have a private room
above stairs. Probert and John Thurtell were almost
continually in company together, either in London or
' in going backward and forward to the cottage; and I'
believe they arranged and settled the plan of Mr.
Weares murder before the particulars were communi-
cated to me; for although I heard it mentioned several
times that it was to be done, I was not informed of the
manner in which it was to be perpetrated until just be-
fore the murder took place; but although I was i;,no-
rant, Probert, from the observations he made, and the
directions which he gave, appealed to knew every par-
ticular. It was not until the Friday morning that the
murder was committed at night, that I was let into the.
secret as to several of the arrangements. I understood
from Probert that be was in great distress and difficulty,
and that unless he got some money lie should be com-
pelled to leave the cottage clandestinely ; and as he was
in daily expectation of his landlord coming to seize and
take possession of the place, he told Thurtell not to
delay any longer than he could help, and said, " if it is
done there, it can never be found out, because it is so by,
and private a place; for I kept a private jigger there,
and it was never discovered ; and from his represen-
tatims it was, as I believed, determined by Thurtell to
commit the murder at Gill's-hill, or its neighbourhood.
Thurtell told Probert and me thatWeare, the man it was
intended to serve, never carried-less than from 1,000!. to.
14001. secreted about his person, and that he knew where
to find it. He besides said, that he should tell him that
.he had become acquainted with a young gentleman
who had just come into possession of a large property,
and who had an inclination for gaming, but could not
be tempted to play unless it was for large stakes. That
this gentleman had given him an invitation to go down
to his country house and bring a friend with him to
take two or three days' shooting; he should, therefbre,
persuade Weare to accept this pretended invitation, and
impress on his mind the necessity of taking a large sum
if he intended to do any good, because, as he (Thurtell)
had no money to entice the gentleman to play, Weave
must provide it, and if he did so, they could introduce
cards, hazard, or backgammon after dinner, and make
a famous thing of it.- Thurtell said he had no doubt
this would be a sufficient bait to-catch Weare; that he
would take plenty of cash with him, and they should be
sure to get 4001. or 5001. a piece. which would be no
bad thing. Probe' t answered, " No, that sum will just
relieve me from my present difficulties." About two
nights before the murder, a conversation took place a
Tetsall's, between Probert and John Thurtell, in which
Probert said—" You had better make it Friday night
if you can, because I am usually down at the cottage
on a Saturday, and by shewiag myself to the neigh-
bours, no suspicion will fall on me, if the man is missed."
Thurtell promised to arrange for that night if I, e could.
On the morning of Fridmr, John Thurtell said he had
settled everything with Weave; that he was to meet him
that evening at Cumberland-gate with a chaise, to take
him down to the Gentleman's mansion ; and that no
time was therefore to be lost in making the necessary
preparations. In the forenoon of Fl iday I went with
Thurtell to purchase the pistols. They were bought at
a jeweller's in High-street, Mary-la-bonne, for 11. Iss.
At about two o'clock the pistol-balls were made. The
two Thurtells, Probert, and myself were present in the
front room on the first floor at Mr. Tetsall's. Thelead
for making them was melted in a fire-shovel, which
held over the fire. Four bullets
were cast while we were all present. Probert handled
them, and said they did not appear to him to be large
enough to kill a man on the spot ; on which JohnThur-
tell replied, " You wouli be d---d sorry,to have one of
them through your head, small as they are; and if you
had, you would not get to Gill's-hill cottage in a hurry."
Probert said he was sure the air-gun would not kill
any one on the spot, and John Thurtell replied, " I
know that as well as you,. Bill, or what the hell should
I buy these pops for, if it was not because I would not
trust to the air-gun;" and added, " I was a bl—y fool
to go all the way to my friend Harper, at Norwich, to
borrow that air-gun; but I will take care not to miss
that bl—y thief Weare, as I did Jour short—(using a vul-
gar expression) friend Master Wood." l'robett laughed
and said " You made a bad bu-iness of that, Jack, for
I expected Wood would have been dead, and you would
have had the girl long ere this." John Thurtell then
made answer, " Well, you shall see what sort of a miss
I u ill make of Weare before this night is out; and after
him comes Wood and two or three mote that you know,
Bill." Probert said," I hope you will do your business
well, and that your friend may have plenty of money
with him." Thurtell replied, 64 There is no fear of that,
as lie thinks I am going to take him into the country a
fiat. catching." Probert and
heartily at this observation, and John Thurtell went on
saying, " It will be pretty flat-catching, Bill, for I will
lay the - flat enough before I have done with him."
We were also all four present when the pistols were
prepared and loaded. The lock was tried, and being
found stiff in consequence of the pistols being new,
was sent to get some oil to grease the hammers and the
triggers-to make the pistols go off readily.
In the course of conversation, Thurtell said, " How
shall we manage about your old woman, tb prevent her
looking out?" Probert replied, "Oh, never fear, I have
a plan to get her to bed.' Thurtell asked what it was,
. and said he should like to know it, so that we might ail
know how to act when we got there. Probert ;aid
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id Why, Hunt must sing us two or three. songs, and,
after a little while, the old woman will get sleepy, and I
can then say that, having my friends down, I must sit
up with them to keep them company, and as we mean
to enjoy ourselves, that she and Nancy had better go to
bed; and when they find we are determined to sit up,
they will be glad to go to bed." It was arranged that
Probert and myself were to watch Thurtell and Weare
past Field's, and then to follow at a little distance, so as
to prevent any one following up the lane, to interrupt
John Thurtell ; and if any one approached, we were to
give him notice. Thurtell was to pass the cottage, out
of hearing of pistol-shot, and then to shoot Weare while
sitting beside him in the gig. Probert himself toldThur-
tell how to do it : he said, ‘, Jack, if the man has any
suspicion about the lane, you can tell him you think
you have missed your way, and when you have got to
a convenient spot, as you are the driver you can make
some remark, and point his attention to make him look
to the left, and directly he turns his head, that is your
time to shoot him." After the act was done, the body
was to be put into a sack and brought to Probert's, and
thrown into the pond by him and Thurtell, while I was
to be engaged amusing the people in the house, as had
been before settled.

Friday, the iron gates at the new entrance to St.'
James's Park, at the end of Pall-mall, were thrown
open to the public for the first time.
The informations against Mr. Adams and Mr. Tiley,
the retail brewers, in Reading, for penalties under the
35th Geo. 111. cap. 113, were heard on VI iday, before
WILLIAM ANDREWS, jun. Esq. Mayor, and LANCELOT
AUSTWLCK, Esq. Magistrates for this Borough. Mr.
PLAT T attencliag as Counsel for the informants, and
Mr. TALFonno for the defendants. The case was
argued at great length by the Learned Gentlemen, the
hearing of the first information having occupied nearly
fi ur hours; the Court, however, deterred their judg-
ment until Wednesday sennight, it being fully expected
that this important question will be argued in the
Court of King's Bench before the close of the present
Term. The interest occasioned by this question was so
great, that the Council Chamber and the avenues to it
were crowded ro excess.—Bucks Gazette.
The office of Receiver-General in the different Reve-
nue Departments in Ireland is to be dispensed with, and
all remittances made to the Bank of Ireland.

Wednesday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, as
a Gentleman of the name of Thompson, was returning
from NVate, in Hertfordshire, in a gig, the horse took
fright between Tottenham and Edmonton, and becoming
unmanageable, ran against a bank by the footpath, and
overturned the vehicle, by which the Gentleman had
both his arms broken. He was conveyed home to his
apartments in the City, in a coach.
It appears from the qtlattei ly retUrif Of the Coroner of
Manchester, presented last week, that during the pre-
ceding three months, out of the numerous cases of
death, no less than twenty-nine have been owing to
drunkenness, and twenty-six to drowning, caused by
the effects of intoxication."

DEATH BY FlGHTlNG.—Saturday sennight a fatal
affray took place in Halifax. Between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night, a number of men were noticed
to be making a considerable distu:hance near the North
Bridge, and appeared to be fighting. One young man,
however, of the name of Riley, appeared to be lifeless;
he was taken to Mr. Garlick's surgery, but vitality was
extinct. A Coroner's Inquest was held over the body
on Tuesday, but from the number of s itnesses to he ex-
amined and the contradictory evidence of some, it was
adjourned to Wednesday, at ten o'clock.
An atrocious murder was perpetrated on'Saturclay
se'nnight, at or near Whitestown, in the County of
Waterford, a short distance to the west of Curraghmore,
the seat of the Marquis of Waterford. The hapless vic-
tim was an industrious man, who had lately taken a
farm (on which he had not yet gone to reside) belonging
to Richard Duckett, Esq. of Tramme, and from which
the previous occupants, though largely in arrear, had
been suffered to depart with all their stock, produce, &c.
The proposed trial in Dalzell parish of Mr. Owen's
system is at length fairly commented. A :umber of
workmen are constantly employed in spade-labour,
digging and levelling the ground. Every one that
chooses gets constant employment at 10s. a week, which
at this season of the year is a great benefit to labourers.
Mr. Owen was personally present on Friday se'nnight,
superintending the operations, and receiving estimates
for the building of the houses of the new establishment.
MAIL COACH ROBSERY.—A very extensive robbery
was committed on the York and Shields mail on Satur-
day last. A leather portmanteau (under the care of
'John Dobson, a clerk in the Tees Bank), containing six
paper parcels and a pocket-book, in which were New-
castle, Shields, and Scotch notes, and checks upon the
Newcastle bankers, to the amount of £4970. 4s. Bd.
two memorandums, and a great number of bills, also
belonging to the two Stockton Banks, was stolen. The
robbery is supposed to have been committed while the
mail was changing horses at Stockton-upon-Tees, by a
man who got upon the mail at York, and travelled out-
side to Stockton, where he suddenly quitted the coach;
and although the most diligent inquiry has been made,
no tidings have been heard of him.
LLOPIIMENT.—About a quarter past 11 on Sunday
sennight, Mr. F. ltobertson (nephew to Mr. Robertson,
Manager of the Lincoln Company of Comedians), and
Miss 'findall, only child and heiress of Joseph Tindall,
Esq. of Greenhill, Grantham, started from the latter
place on a trip to Gretna-green. The young Lady took
a lover's leap out of the window of her father's house
into the arnis of her swain. A carriage was in waiting,
and away they drove to consummate an ardent attach-
ment of seven years' standing. The Lady was not missed
until the breakfast hour on Monday. At about ten
o'clock her father, accompanied by a Gentleman, who
is said to wear the willow, set off in a chaise and four
in pursuit ; but as the young couple had ten hours and a
half start, they arrived uninterruptedly at the temple of
Hymen beyond the borders, and were united indisso-
lubly, at two o'clock on Tuesday morning. The happy
pair were expected back at Grantham yesterdak,• to re-
ceive the congratulation of their numerous friends, and
the acknowledgment and benediction of the bride's for,-
giving and wealthy father.
Such is the effect of perteverance and industry in
the science of Medicine, that great numbers, many of'wkpm had
lingered under the moot painful and .obstinate disorders, who
were pronounced incurable by respectable practioners, and'aeier4l;
discharged from Hospitals, have been restored to perfect health
the celebrated Dr. EADY, who, after. a long and.laboriOna-kic,
lice, is enabled to remove the most obstinate Venereal:COntiotaints,.
however long and deeply fixed in the habit.—Eruptioris, Pain io
the lambs, obstinate Gleets, Dimness of Sight, Nodes on the slid ;
bones, Ulceration, and • Sore Throats, are among the sytneolns
arising out of improper treatment-;and *a icihmillout;MPW
shaatiee prove fatal. The Doctor is consulted, daily •pr paiteutstel
both sexes, at 38. Dean-start, Sohn, and 1, Hatfield-street,gcatici:
ford-street, Blackfriars ataterloo Roads, by persons from every
part of the country, and by Letter (if poi' .04)- silik4ol.l.

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