Star.
London, England, 1812-03-09 00:00:00

03MMAS

AMERICA.

WINCIWI)4I,, MARCH I.
Harriet Magner, for au, es. tult on William
1.11,is arose out of the circumstance of Mr.. Mapes
stealing tl;e c!iild in Londrn, in November last (as
stated in the public pipets) ; and, after imny argu-
ments urged by Counselor both sides, it WAS agreed
the offence was committed in London, and nut in
H .nts : consequer tty %lie was --Acquitted.
Rol let Iklagi on a sec,,nd inSctmen►, f.r
having two liuso.o.ds. 'Theme being wi evidence to sub-
simitiate the ch.trz.: she was again —Acquitted.

iCLW-YORK, FEBRUARY S.

LAW IN I'ELLICENCE.

THE PEOPLE S. HESEKIAH WADsWORTH AND :DUN DOD-
GLAM.—COWIE/A Y TO DEIDADD MRS. S. sTAIITIN.
It appeared cm the trial that the following Lettr
was written by the prisoners, put into the Pcst-offite,
and carried by the Penny-post to Mrs. Startin

" Ntw-York,Fanuary 4, 1812.
" Madam—lt is thrrufh necessity I 'am new addres-irg rut'
and at is kr the sum of four bundled dollars, which you
are to c!cpeutt at the back of the Panorama, near the house, and
there you will find two or three bricks piled: on rub other. Be
careful to find the place exact ; paid sum we expect you well de-
posit on the sth day of this month, exactly at tight o'clock in the
evening, said money to be in gold, or A least one half, and the
rest to be silver. In caseof failure on your part, you may he cer-
tain of fire or poison. We are desperate on account of mister-
tune ; there is eight itt ntmiber of us; you will neither mention
or chew this to ale ore; ft you do you niay expect the same, and
you will derusit the wont" yourself. You may dtpetid wt it, not
seen the arm of the I.oxis will save you iu case of nt•glt ct or. da-
-1 cowry."

OXFORD.
()xrintl Assizes commenced on Wednesday. The
ft h tic beta convicted Stevens, for
stt .1 in ire ; Mary Jacksup, for concealing the
till tit of In r iufu,t ; T. Musto and.). Churn, for steal-
ing ; G. Castle, fur stealing plate, dtc. ; J. Cooke,
for stealing A pig ; R Smith, for sheep-stealing ;
and W. Yiurner. for stealing wearing apparel.

HERTIORD, MARCH 7. •
'11:e Rev. Samuel liorabucik,the person of Watton►
in this county, was capitally indicted under Lord El-
lenhotoug?,'s Act, on a charge of administering
drugs to Sal all Weeks, his maid-strvant, in Oct. ISM
with intent to procure -abut tion, bhe being then quick
with child.

When the letter was received by Mu. Stattin she
was very much alarmed. Having consulted son.e
friends and the police officers, she was advised to pre-
pare a hag and put something in it, having the ap-
pearanCe of money, and dep.sit it in th..: place ap-
pointed. She accordingly took a bag containing
cers and Rhode Island coal, and placed it under the
bricki on the spot designated in the above letter. Mr.
Werner, and three officers of the police seemed them-
selve* near the Panorama, and when ;the prisoners
wok away the supposed booty, apprehended them,
and found the bag in the possess;oo of Vs'adsivorth.
In Wadsworth's pocket was found a letter frt m the
Secretary of War, notifying him that he had been
appointed an Ensign in the fourth regunemt of In-
fantry, aluiut to be raised by the Uni;ed State!.
The risme; s had no Counsel, and the case being
perfectly plain, the cause itas submitted to the Jury
without argument.
They were both found gitilty. Their pttnis'..ment
cannot exceed three years confinement in t!.e City
Prison.

The Rev. Gentleman against whom the charge
was made, holds the living of Watton, which is of
considerable value, and is cousideted a person of ex-
cellent" Character, and great respectability.
Mr. Ponta led the prosecution, and Mr. ALLEY
was brought down specially to assist in the conduct
of it. It was carried on,at the instigation of the lt-
rish officers, and by. some other individuals.
Thb first witness called was Mr. Taylor, a med'-
cal Gentleman at Watton. He stated, that in Octo-
ber, 1208, (the 16th or 17th) he was sent for to see
Sarah Weeks, Mr. Hornbuckle's maidservant. He
saw Mr. H. who told him tliat Sarah Weeks had
had a fit; that she was in a di opsy, and he appre-
hended the water had flown to h_r head._ lie re-
plied, poll 1 it was no such thing. He went tip
stairs to examine her, and found Ler lying in bed.—
' She was pregnant, and had labour pains tip n her.
1 Her mouth and tongue were also very much swelled,
Laud he detailed the symptoms wh;cll ensued for seve-
ral days ; the result of which was, that the girl was
lin a deep salivation. He told Mr. H. that the re-
' port of the neighbourhood was, that he was the father
of the child, and it the girl died, he would be in
lan awkward situation. Mr. H. burst into tears.—
Mr. Tyce was called in, and the girl recovered.—
' Mr. H. told him that he thought the girl had been
dropsical, and he had given her some oxymel rf
squills, and sheaved him the phial with some remain-
ing; but he was of opinion that a large dose of mer-
cury had been administered in some shape or other.
On the cross-examination of this Gentleman by
the Common Scrjeant, it appeared that Mr. H. and
himself had formerly beet intimate, but that they
had since that time been at open valiance; and sub-
sequent to this transaction in 1808, Mr. H. had po-
i secuted this witness on a special statute, and made
h'm pay a fine of £2O.
The next witness was Mrs. Vigis, whose Husband
lived servant at Mr. H.'s farm-yard. She stated,
that one day, about the latter end of October, 1808,
Mr. H. came from the parsonage, which was near to
their house, and begged her to come up, for Sarah
Weeks was in a fit. Sarah Weeks, as she understood,
had lived with Mr. H. about seven oreight yea: s. Vaen
she got to the house, they found the girl insens ble en
the floor in a closet. They got her up, and caroled
1 her to bed ; her tongue was v-ty it.ucli swe..d,
I hanging •out of her mouth, and i.e, teeth cleticLe.i .
1
1 upon it. Mr. H. shed tears. Mr. 'l'il lor was sent A fire broke nut-oe the 15 hof last March, at t: e
: for, and he attended several days, and she WAS Bienth Bazar, in Ca ictitta, ethic!, destroyed 310 11:1••
delivered of a child, which was dead. Mr. H. :telt eve hits. A blind man perished in the flames.
her to tie clerk with half a crr.wn, to desire hint to Monday se'nnieht, in Belmont-street, Aix rdeen,
bury the chili directly. The child was buried at a woman rather advanced in life, in passing :war die
dusk. After the girl recovered, she was sent to her tire, the flames communicated to her clothes, :tad she
where she remained was
father's house, for same time; burnt so much, that she died next morniitg.
. and the witness deposed, that she was sent by Mr. Sunday se'nnight expired, after endurin4 seven
H. several times to fetch her to the parsonage, and weeks' unparalleled sufferings, Miss Hannah Rhodes,
related a wisher olmessages which it is hardly cue- aged 17 years, daughter of the Rev. B. Rhodes, ef ,
. dible any man in his senses would haee.seiit ; such as Margate, occasioned by her clothes catching fire, '
to enquire of her (mm Mr. H. whether she felt her- which burnt her so dreadfully to every part of her'
self wit'e child again? not OS be fersu tded to say who body, that it terminated in a morification.
was the father of the last, &c. Sec. 1 A fire, which consumed three cottages, broke out
Upon the cioss-esamination of Ibis witness, it ap. on Tuesday last, at Midsham, Bucks, in the house ef
peared, that she left Mr. H.'s service in the mooth•of Mrs. Critaior, and occasioned by the neglig ice of a.
March following; that there had been a seriOus guar- servant, through whch some clothes in the laundry
re between them, as Mr. H. had accused her of in- took fire.
conthence, andrepneached her with bringing up her
The value of Dr. FREEMAN'S Gurra Satarrattis
slaughter in loose habits ; that her husband had sued has been so long proved, that nothing of the present
Mr. H. on the accounts between them, and had also day can bear a competition with it, in all the dia.er
threatened hm with an action for defaming his cha- rent stages of a certain diseaseexhich it effectually
ratter. cures and eradicates from the habit, without exciting
The husband was next called—he spoke in confer-. the painful feelings and exposure that attends saliva-
mation of sonic parts of his wife's testimony ; and on non—without debilitating the constitution in any deei
ergs ecxamination admitted he was in 11°3614 with gree, or even requiring confinement from business or
the prisoner. restriction of diet. The radical virtues of these ines-
The Learned Judge here addressed himself to the timable Drops have proved their claim to publ c ap. I
Counsel for the prosecution, and observed, that if the probation for more than 30 years. In all the debility
prisoner were convicted of the crime laid to his of both sexes they prove a never-failing restorative—
charge, he certainly must leave him for execution.— whether the debility is produced by too free use (11,
It was therefore most important fmat the fact should mercury, by illicit pleasures, or the effects of a warm I
be proved by clear and unsuspected testimony. The climate. To travellers and those going abroad, they
Charge was a very wale one, as it was above three cannot be recommended too strongly, as they will re-
years old, and no reason assigned why it was not be- ceive a safe, speedy, and complete cure, in all old
fore inquired into. The witnesses already produced, stul.born gleets, and every weakness that affects the
it was clear, acted forth other impressions than the bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many '
desire of justice, and he had carefully rcad the depo- women have become mothers, who for many years'
sition of ziarall Weeks herself, who was most con- had been deprived of that happiness.—Sold wholesale
versant ef the transaction; and if she detailed in eve. and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheer side, corner
&rice what she there stated, it clearly acquitted the of Paternoster-row ; and retail, by Belem and Sharp,
prise net, for she denied that the prisoner had ever Portsmouth • Hall and Johnson, Gosport • Allnutt,
administered any medicine to her, or that he was the Weston, Mallory, and Jones, Portsea; Treuenan,
father of the child. Now, ought they not, at least if Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilkett, and Hoz.
they thought they could bring the fact home to the land, Plymouth; Newbury, D'iblin; Baxter and Mac.
prisoner, to do it by witnesses against whom no im. donald, Glasgow ; Smith, Manderston, Seca, and
putation cf malice could be urged. Cargill, Edinburgh; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck',
The Counsel for the prosecution admitted that Hull ; Gregson and Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains and:
they could not make the case stronger. The Jury, Lynch, Manchester; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and
therefore, found the prisoner Not Guilty. , Lloyd, Birmingham ; Gregory, Brighton ; Edwards
and Penny, Liverpool; and most Medicine Vendsis.
Disturbances in the vicinity of Huddersfield conch-. in bottles, at 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d. & £2s. • :
nue. On Wednesday an armed party broke into a
null, situated between Slaithwaite and Huddersfield : BIRTH.
At Perham-place, Hants, on the ist instal t, the Lady of WI.
after they had effected their purpose, the leader drew ham Alves, Esq. of a daughter.
up his men, each man answering to a particular num.
HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORK . • .
ber insttad of his name, then fired off their pistols, M0rning..........6....1...«..-...-.... ...... 37 =bates aftar o'llt 1
and znarehed away. ' Afternoon ore s• . mimes after 11