Star.
London, England, 1801-03-12 00:00:00

cotJNrßr KEIPS.

Mr. j. Lamb, of Guy Thorpe, Norfolk, was
killed by a fall from his horfc a few days ago
when courting.
A few days fince, a refpeaable inhabitant of
Norwich narrowly efcaped being burnt to death,
by her apron kindling into names as the was lining
by the fire; but having the pretence of mind to
throw herfelf on the carpet, and by immediate of
finance, the flames were happily extinguithed.
A highwayman was Lift week committed to
Norwich CAtile' who robbed two young ladies :
he fired a pittolin the face of the perfon who took
him ; fortunately there was no ball in the pittol,
but the powder is buried deep in the poor man's
fkin.

On Tuesday fe'nnight, a woman called Sharp
Chalmers, was committed to the Tolbooth, at
Edinburgh, for fwindling. She had been in the
practice of borrowing money and other articles in
the names of feveral people in that city and neigh-
bourhood; and after having defrauded a grocer
in the Crofs-caufeway of 4. fhe abfronded to Kirk-
caldy, where fhe was apprehended. She is a very
genteel young woman, and well dreiTed in the pre-
lent fafhionable tafle.
Late on Wednefday night, the 18th ult. two
villains in difguife entered the dwelling-houfe of
Mr. John Brown, farmer, at Deane-Bridge Gate,
near Felton, Northumberland, and carried away
calk to a confiderable amodnt, befides feveral
portable articles. Mfs. Brown afcended the chim-
ney, and fat upon the crook-tree, with a young
child, While her hufband and brother were con-
fined in bed by one of the robbers, till the other
ranfacked the bottle. Oil Saturday fe'nnight two
men were apprehended on fufpieion of the above
burglary, bdt efcaped from the conftables as they
were carrying them before a rnagiftrate.
Laft week was committed to Warwick goal, by
the Magillrates, J. Checkley, for breaking open
the houfe of Mifs Waters,at Smallheath, near that
town. When he had forced that part of the win-
dow of Mifs Waters's houfe, by Which he meant
to enter, finding it too (mall to admit him, he went
home, awoke, and made his daughter (about
eleven years of age) get up, and putting her
through the window, fhe handed him the articles
he carried off.
Tuefday fe'nnight, a Coroner's inqueft was
taten on the body of the wife of John Maddern,
butcher, of St. Jun, near Penzance, fuppofed to
have been inhumanly murdered by her hufband.
It appeared in evidence, that on the Sunday be-
fore, Maddern, on entering his houfe, found a
man, in the prefence of his wife, buttoning up his
trowfers, which he had opened to get at his money
to pay for fome feet he had been buying of the
deceafed. The jealoufy of the hutband, however,
onitrued this a& to the prejudice of his wife's
chaftity ; and, feizing a dick, he beat the unhappy
Woman with the mod inhuman violence. She died
on Tuefday morning.—The Surgeon who exa.
mined the body, however, gave it as his opinion,
that fhe might have died of an apoplexy ; and the
Jury gave their Verdid—Masamighter.
On Friday laft an inqueft was taken at Mepal,
in the hie of Ely, on view of the body of JAN ES
PIDLEY, an infant of the age of three years, who
was accidentally poifoned. It appeared, that the
father of the child, an lionefl, induftrious, labour-
ing man, had begged fome arfenic of a neighbour
for the purpofe of poifoning the rats, which very
much infelled his houfe, and the mother had laid
the poifon in a plate under a theft of drawers in
their bed-room ; on the following morning, the
mother being bufily employed in wafhing in an
adjoining room, the infant, unnoticed by her, went
into the-bed-room, and the mother obferving the
child to be very (till, went to look after it, when
((hocking to relate) fhe faw the poor babe fitting
on the floor, with the plate on its lap, having
(wallowed nearly the whole of the arfenic. Every
poffible antance was procured, but in vain, and
the child expired about two hours afterwards.—
Verdid, ilccidemal Daft&

On Monday !aft the attendance of Mr. Buck-
land,
one of his 11/414;elly's Coroners for the county
of Oxford, was required at Blenheim Lodge, on a
very melancholy occafion : a poor woman, named
Jane Watts, and her three children, having on
Sunday been found drowned in the Lake, in Blen-
heim Park, near the old bridge. It appeared on
the Inqueft, that the mother was an inhabitant of
Steeple Barton, and had abfented herfelf from
thence on the preceding Wednefilay, taking with
her the three unfortunate children, who were the
youngeft of ten ; and notwithftanding fcveral
perform were difpatched by her hufbiutd-in fearch
of her t;tr three days, no information was obtained
until flue and her children were accidentally found
as above. Evidence having been given to the
Jury that the molter was fubjeft to fits, and had
frequently difeovered fymptoms of infanity, they
returned a Verdi& that flue was a Lunatic, and as
fuck had drowned the three .hildren and herfelf.
The eldell of thefe children was a girl ten years of
age, and the others were boys, one of whom was
fix years of age and the other three.
The following ftrange infiance of mortality oc.
currcd !aft week: Mr. Jolin Sheppard, flopfeller,
of Lymington, and one of the chorifters of the
Church, after attending the evening ledure, went
home, eat a hearty flipper, fmokcd his pipe, and
went to bed in good health.—The next mrning,
his wife, turprifed at his ant rifing as anal, attemp-
ted to awake hint, but difcovcred him a corpic !
Her feelings are more eafy to be conceived than
deferibcd.

'--The fnUowiog circumilances; which are not lefs
fingnlar than true, occurred very lately. A tradef.
man of Bath, having fume time fence removed with
his Wife and family, to reftde in London : foon
ter his arrival that his child was unfortu.
nately burnt to death. The father procured a
packing-cafe, and tent the remains to his brother
in that city : about a fortnight fence his wife died
alfo, svhen he procured the then of an harpftchord,
packed her up in it, and forwarded her alio to
Bath, hy the fame carrier, dircaed as before to
'his brixlier, a poor know, in eh cumilances not
Gtuatud to pay the espences of fuch prcicats.—
Drraffier ad Oniony Purist

BANKRUPTCT Eta ARC.P.D.
April if. Robert Mllion, of Greenwich, Kent, marina', at tcn,
at Guildhall, London.
DIVIDENDS, _

March 3t. Andrew Chcap and Andrew Loughman, of New-
court, Swithiiis-lane, merchanta,at ten, at Guildhall
April to. Wm. Low, of Staulllh xith Langtrec, I %.,,fhire.,
miller, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Chunky.
April at. John Jarratt th• younger, of Water-lane, London,
merchant, at twelve, at t
March 31. Hutchifon Mitre, R. More, and Wm. Mum of
Yenchurch-itreet, merchant., at ten, at Guildhall.
April as. William Moore, of R ichmond, Surrey,ltablc-keeper,.
at twelve, at Guildhall, Loudon.
March 24. John Acne, of Dread-area, London, warehoufe.,
man, at ten, at Guildhall.
March sit. William Wills, of Orford-ftrect, grocer, at ten, at
Guildhall.
April at. E. J. Yates, of Bilhopfgate-ftreet Within, drug-bro-
ker, at ten, at Guildhall.
March 31. James Whitaker, of Doncafter, Yorkihire, wine-
merchant, at ten, at the Angel inu, Doncafter.
April it. George Porter, of Charing-croft, baberdafLer, at

twelve, at Guildhall.
April 2. Jofeph. Payn, late of Kiiderminfter, innkeeper, at
eleven, at the King's-Head Inn, Glouccßer.
March at. Nicholas Van Sponger', of Well.-liseet, Goodman's
nuirchant, at twelve, at Guildhall.
March 30. J. 'nipper, late of Chichtfter, merchant, at tea, at
the Bear inn, Havant, Hants.
Muth 30. Newnham Lane, late of itarcham. Southampton, i
yeoman, at the Red-Lion inn Farehms.
April in Richard Kitchen, o/Great %teen-Brett, coachma•
her, at one, at GuSdhall
April t z Robert Pitkt athicy, of Taviftock-ftrect, bookfeller,

at ten, at Guildhall. .
March 31. William Grigg,. of Wickham-Markey Suffolk,
lnen•draper, at ten, at Guildhall.
April 23. Henry White, of Witham, Fifes, tayior and draper,
at ten, at Guildhall.
April 1. Thomas Peach, now or late of Loughborough, holier,
at eleven, at the Bull's-Head inn, Loughborough.
April 21. 'l'.Harrifon, A. Kidder, and J. Kidder, late of Croy-
don, Surrey, calico-printers, at ten, at Guildhall.

COURSE OF EXCHANOE.
Haniburgh 31 9at U. Naples . so
Anima . 31 10 U. Venice - - 45
Leghorn - jst Lithou .L 59
Genoa 44 Oporto 59

Palermo, 90 pence per es:

Diablts - - iii

PE& O•De/..
Portugal Gold in Coin 0 0 0
Ditto in Ban - o e •
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