Star.
London, England, 1804-04-19 00:00:00

ASIIPTIAD, APRIL 13.

There was a grand field-day yeßerday of Major.
General Srewarr's brigade. The line was formed
at feven o'clock in the morning, when the troops.
croffed.she country, with the flank companies, (kir-
writhing and keepiag up a brilk fire in front, and fup.
ported by Sir E. Kaarenaut.r.'s troop of Yeomanry
Cwialry on the Ranks.; /morn/ atAied at the foot of
a lbep hill, they charged to tbe top of it, when they
formed into open columns of eocopaniessaad marched
back to the heath ; here the line was again formed,
and the cavalry charged from the flanks; abdot this
time, the whole brigade of Light Artillery arrived at
Braybourne Lees, from this place, and began to ma.
nceuvre and keep up a (harp fire, which added much
to the brilliancy of the fpeflacle. The day was re.
markably fine, which attraded i crowd of fpedtators.
Betides General STEWART, Major G:neral Foists
and Staff were in the field. The EMI Middlefea re•
giment of Militia have unanimoufly volunteered for
Ireland. It is, however. foppoced, that Governaseut
will not avail itfelf of their (putted offer. They mak
however, approve of it in the bight li degree.

On Monday fe'onight, the trial of Mifs
who is potreffed.of a fortune of adool. per annum, in
the coutty of Durham, and who Clads charged with
Ilealiug a coloured apron from am inn, was expeßed
to have come on, but, contrary to the expedation of
the molt crowded Court ever'fcen in that county, a
writ of certiorari was prefented, to remove the trial to
the Affizeb :—this being unprecedented in a petty
larceny cafe in that place, occafioned much debate
in the Court ; but it appearing from the opinion of
H. WILLIAMSON, Efq. that the writ was mandatory,
the trial was of courfe poaponed, and Mifs S. re-
manded to prifon. So indignant were the populace
at a perfon of her property reducing herfelf to fuch
a fituation by fuch a petty theft, that they were with
difficulty rearnised from treating her with perfonal
violence. .

Lag week a young woman of the name of Green-
er, fervent to Mr. CARR, brasier. Cagle-greet,
Windfor, being fuddenly indifpoled. the family fent
for a medical praditioner, who on bis arrival declar-
ed bis opinion that the had been recently delivered,
and queltioned her as to what the had done with the
child ; but the pofitively denied the affertion, affirm-
ing that no Inch circumfiance bad happened. The
dottor was however In well (edified in his own mind
of the truth of his opinion, that he ordered a peace
officer to be fent for. who on his arrival lurched the
unfortunate girl's box, where he found the body of
a new born child, wrapped in an apron, with its
&nil literally beat to pieces. A coroner's inquelt
was fummoned, and after the ufual chirurgical cape
fitments were tried, to afcertain that the infant was
born alive, the jury returned a verdia of wilful warder.
T. Smith, found guilty at the Dorcheiler ARires
of the wilful murder of Ann Clark, at Briant's Pid-
dle, was I have been executed on Monday, bat on
that morning he was found dead in his cell, having
got otf the curd which fattened his hands,' and
fixed it to the bar of his window, when, by a fudden
plunge, it appeared he had diflocated his neck. He
was immediately taken to the New Drop, Where his
body was furpended fur (even hours.
Jofeph Waller, for a highway robbery, was on
SsturdSy executed at the new drop of the Cagle of
York,purfuant to his fentence at the lag Aihzes.—

The circionflances of the crime for which this unfor-
tunate malefaftor his fuffered the fentence of the
law, it appeared in evidence were peculiarly marked
with the features of inhumanity :—On the 18th of
January lA, Waller went into a public houfe at
frulford, a village within two miles of York, and was
invited to drink, by a perfon of the name of Potts,
from York, who then happened to be in the haste.
Having both (laid there until it was nearly dulls,
Putts Paid he would pay the reckoning, as he willed
' to be at home ; and Waller obfcrvcd that, with fume
calls, he had two bank onset. They left the public-
houfe, and walked together nn the road till they
had paired the barracks, about half way on to the
city ; when Waller demanded Potts' money. Potts
argued ssith him, and Paid he was furelyjeliing ; but
he kited Potts by tie throat, dragged him under a
hedge, from whence he drew out a flake, and at one
blow laid the object of his fury fpeechlefs. He then
robbed and left him ; but confidering that Potts
would certainly impeach him, he returned, and gave
him fuch a number of dreadful blows v ith the hedge-
-3i he expected cnutcl nut fail to deprive him
of e.ifhnce. Ile then rh.d. Putts craw,ed home in
neva deplorable condition, related the circumitance;
aid ratittit was made alter Waller, who was taken,
tv the Cattle fir trial. Being found
ries, he was left for execution. The
v CWI.I WAS Lrely I,fident at Holme upon
, :n the Lati Riding ; was a labourer,
; and fin, left a wife and two children.
....I the Ittia jullice of his (entente,
deporudetalhswing every

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