Star.
London, England, 1812-04-17 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY OFFENCE.

Bow•STßEET.—Wednesday evening a very extra-
ordinary investigation took place hef"re Mr, NARES,
the Sitting Kagistrate. It appeared that on the same
Evening as Croker,. belonging to the (Nice, was pan-
log along the Hampstead-road, he observed, a shot t
distance before him, two men on a wall, and directly
after he observed the tallest of them, a stout man
about six feet high, hangii,g by his neck from a lamp,
post attached to the wall; being that instant tied up
and turned off deliberately by the short man. This
very unexpected and extraordinary sight astonished
and alarmed the Officer. He made up to the spot
with all possible speed, and just before. he arrived
there, the tall man fa' to the ground with the hand-'
kerchief by which he had been suspended. Croker
produced his staff, said he was an officer, and de-
manded to know of the other man the cause of such
extraordinary conduct ? in the mean time the man
who had been hanged recovered from the effects of his
suspension, got up, and, on finding Croker interfer-
ing, save him a violent blow on his nose, .which
nearly knocked him backwards. The short man was
then endeavouring to make off; however, the officer
procured assistance, and both the men were secured
and brought to the above Office, when the account
the fellows gave of themselves was that they worked
together on canals. They had been in company toge-
ther on the Wednesday afternoon ; had tossed up with
halfpence for money, and afterwards for their clothes
—the tall man, who was hanged, won the other's
jacket, trowsers, and shoes. They then, in the most
wanton and brutal manner, tossed up who should
hang the other; the short one won that toss, and they
got upon the wall, the one to submit, and the other
to carry their savage purpose into execution on the
lamp iron.
They both agreed in this statement ; the tall one,
who had been hanged, said, if he had won the toss he
would have hanged the other. He said he then felt
the effects of the experiment on his neck, in conse-
quence of the time he was hanging, and that his eyes
were so much swelled that he saw doable.

Mr. NARES and Mr. BIRNIE, the Magistrates, both
expressed their horror anddisgust at such conduct and
lanfuage, and ordered the man who bad been hanged
to find bail for the violent and unjustifiable absault on
the Officer, and the short one for hanging the other.
Neither of them being provided with bail, they were
committed to Bridewell for trial.

Mr. laviso, who fought and was wounded in a
duel on Bagshot-heath a few dap, since, with a per-
son unknown, died on Saturday last, a ball having
been extracted froln the lower part of the chest.—A
Jury sat on the body, and delivered a verdict of Mur-
der agaitist some person or persons unknown.
A duel was to have taken place yesterday at Wim-
bledon Common, between two Gentlemen, one of
%% horn is as Artillery Officer. Information of the in-
tended meeting was given to the Police, and whilst
in the act of taking paces, they were apprehended,
and held in sureties to keep the peace.

Tuesday afternoon, two women fell overboard,
from the OCF.ANs of 98 guns, sum Cavnand Bay,
and were drowned.

1- SALES BY AUCTION

To COPPER-SMITHS,WORM MAKERS, SLOPSELLERS,
MANUFACTURERS, and WHOLESALE DEALERS re-
quiring extensive PR EMIsE3, in the vicinity of 'CHANGE.
By Mr. SAMUEL PEARCE,
At the Auction Mart, on Friday, April 44, at Twelve,

VERY Capacious and Substantial PREMISES,
extending upwards of 140 feet in depth, with capital dry
Warehouses, Lofts, Cellars, and suitable accJmmodations for the
Residence of a genteel Family, No. 134, iloundsditch, desirably
situate for a Copper-smith, Worm-maker, Manufacture', or any
wholesale business or Factory, there being no restrictive covenant
in the Lease, and is equally adapted for mercantile purposes,
having been fitted up for, and now occupied in the Dutch
Tratiei There is access to he back warehou,cs wh,ch might be
cenva+ted into Stable and Cart-house ; held for '3B year, at a
low rent.

May be viewed with Tickets, with which descriptive particu-
lars may be had of Mr. Samuel Pearce, Auctioneer, Lombard-
street, where a plan of the property may be seen.

FASHIONABLE TOWN. RESIDENCE, NEAR PORT-
MAN.SQUAR E.
By Mr. SAMUEL PEARCE,

At the Auction Mart, opposite the Bank of England, on Friday,
April 24, at Twelve,
AN Excellent FAMILY RESIDENCE, built in
a substantial manner, eligibly situate No. 15, Montague-
street, Montague-square, possessing every requisite aceemmod t-
lion for a genteel Establishment, inclu ling whole:row; Sleeping-
chambers, a suite of three elegant lofty Drawing-rooms, hand-
somely finished, with folding sashes to the floor, and Balcony,
commanding a cheerful picturesque view over Montagne-Gar-
dens. Dining and Bre..kfast-par!ours, Study, caotal range of do.
mestic Apartments, Coach-house, four-stall Stable, Ste. The
situation is cheerful and healthy, a short distance front Portman-
square, I lyele-park, And contiguous to the intended Royal red.
deuce and elystunt; and it is presumed, from the arrangements
now forming, and the plans already laid out, that it will be the
most fashionable retreat for society and amusement or any place
in the empire, which renders the, property particularly adapted
for 'a Family of distinction, at the same time offering an eli-
gible opportunity for Investment, being nearly equal iu value to
freehold.

May be viewed with Tickets, which with desceptive paqicu-
lan, may be had of Messrs. White and Fownes,;:olcitors, Ni :t,
Lincoln* Inn; and of Mr. Samuel Pearce, Auctioneer, No. 41,
Lombard-street.

SPORTING REiIDENCE, SWANMORE-HILL, NEAR
BISHOP'S WALTHAM, HANTS.
By Mr. SAMUEL PEARCE,

At the Auction Mart, oppo4ite the Bank of England, on Thurs.

day, the 28th of May, at Twelve o'Clock,
A FREEHOLD -COTTAGE, neatly finished,
having been fitted up for the proprietor's own re,idence,
and contains five Bed-rooms, two Parlours, Kitchen, Brewhoute,
Chaise house,. Stable, and Garden, pleasantly situate in a fine
Sporting part of the County, with a Pack of Fax-hounds in
the neigl.bourhood; one taile and a half from Bishop's Wal-
tham, and ten to fifteen from Winchester, Southampton, and
Gosport.
May be viewed, and Par'icuiars had of Messrs. White and
Fownes, Solicitors, Lincoln's-inn; Mr. Grainer, Bishop', Wal.
that's ; Mr. Mottley, Bookseller, Portsmouth; and of Mr. Samuel
Pearce, Auctioneer, 44, Lombard-street.

Valuable FREEHOLD ESTAI ES, MONMOUTHSHIRE.
By Mr. SAMUEL PEARCE,
At the Auction Mast, opposlte the Bank of Entland, on Thurs-
day. May 2R, at Twelve, in Two Lou, unless previously dis-
posed of by Private Contract,
Lot 1. A VALUABLE and Improvable FREE.
-11- HOLD ESTAIE, wi(h a comfortable Dwelling-
house, Barn, and Stables, and numerous Out buildings, called the
Niacervineth and Penhrein Farm, with part of Cribba 'Farm,
containing ttnether upwards of 3:39 Acres of rich Arable Mel.
ilow, Pasture, and Wood-land, lying in a ring fence, with valua-
ble right of common„ to the Parishes of Carweut, id Llanvair
Diaoad.

Lot 2. A yaks:shit Freehold Estate, called the Coady Myrnid,
and Magor Farm, with a good Dwaing.house, Barn, Stable, and
Out•buildinv, containing about 195 Acres of rich, Arable, Mea-
dow, Pasture, and Woodland, with very valuable and extensive
right of Pasturage over the adjoining Common, situate in the
Parishes of (Judy and Magor. The Eitatfi abound with Lime-
stone, and are situate a short distance from the s. a ports and
market towns of Newport and Chepstow, and both merit atten-
tion, u they offer an eligible opportunity for any Gentleman who
nosy wish to retire to agricultural pursuits, as each Estate pos-
si. capital slturions for the erection of a Family Mansion ;
and Lot 1. corodrands a beautiful prospect of the River Severn,
and King's Road, including a ti:11 picturesque view over the
ferkile Counties of Gloucester, V.rtits, Somerset, Devon, and Gia-
tnorg.m.

Moy be viewed, and descriptive particulars had of Messrs.
White and Fosvnes, Solicitors, I.lncAn's Inn; and of Mr. Samuel
Name, Auctioneer, No. 44, Lombard-street, London ; where
plans of each Es:ate may he seen ; p irtlcnion my also be bad at
Mr. Walker's, Priotcr, Gloucester; Mr. Gutch, Printer, Bristol;.
the •l'hree Salmons, Usk; the Beaufort Arms, Moi.inouth; the
West Gate House, Newport; the King's Head, Abergavenny;
the Btaufort Arms, Chepstow; the Bush, Bristol; the White
Hart, Bath ; and Marine Library, Bristol.