Star.
London, England, 1802-11-23 00:00:00

DUBLIN, NOP. lE.

Refpeaing the impoftor who afumed the name I
of the enlonel Hope,the following additional
particulars have come to our knowledge :
a We firft find him at Antrim.' *here be flop-
ped Come days and hire 4 a perfon to accompany
him on a &ling expedition to the Bufh, to the
Giant's Caufeway, Billycatile, and back to An-
trim ; while at Glenarm a veffel came into the bay
in (Wirers, and he encouraged the people on fhore
to was 'a boat and put off to her affiftance ; on
the return of the boat, one of the men was drown-
ed, and he gave the widow ten guineas, which, in
addition to his infinuating manners, fo far ingra-
tiated him with a Gentleman then prefent, that he
advanced him 25 guineas. and received in return
2401. in Bank of England Notes, which he left
with a honfe here to be converted into cafh by the
time the Colonel arrived, which happened on the
teeth of June, when he called for his cafh, flayed
about two hours, patted as the brother of Lord
Hopetoun, franked feveral letters, and departed
for Donaghadee. We.have not heard a fingle in-
Rance of his cheating any perfon in this country
out of more than their good opinion. which be
never failed to do."
On Saturday laft, a caufe of much inttreft and
importance, commencing on the preceding Mon-
day, was terminated at the Court of Common
Pleas, before Lord Nosnuav and the HMI. Juf-
tiCCS FINUCANE and JOHNSTON. It WAS 1 trial at
bar, direeted by an order from the High Court of
Chancery, to determine whether a will made by
the late NICHOLAS FRENCH' of Ballinafloe, in the
county of Galway, Efq. in favour of his wife and
a relative named WARD, to the prejudice of the
heir at law, MANUs FRENCH, the teftator's next
brother, had been fraudulently and by undue in-
fluence obtained ? After a variety of arguments
by Counfel on both fides, and a minute recapitu-
lation of the evidence, and a learned and fuccind
explanation of the law, by Lord Noasuiv, in a
charge which occupied five hours, the verdie of
the jury confirmed the will.

Mr. ELLISTON is-engaged at the Haymarket-
Theatre, to fucceed Mr.EsvicErr. as ailing Ma-
nager.
The fubjeft for the Norrifian Prize, at Cam•
bridge, this yea? is—" What are the haafes that
Chritiianity fpread itfelf fo much in the ages im-
mediately fucceeding the age of the Apoitles, and
fo little ever fence ?"

The inhabitants of Jamaica experienced much
fatisfaaion on receipt of the intelligence that the
Royal Affent bad been given to the Coiporation
Aa, by which the town of King(ton is conftituted
a city, and is in future to be under the Govern-
ment of a Mayor, twelve Aldermen, and twelve
Common Councilmen.

On Saturday laft, Mr. BOND received a letter
from the Earl of WincNILSIA. dated Nov. r 9,
Burley-bode, near Oakham, •in Rutlandfhire,
Rating, that in confequence 'of Mr. Bonn having
apprifed his Lordfhip that the Man and womab
fdpetted of the murder of Mr. Steele, were fup-
poled to be in the • vicinity of Leicefter, he had
immediately caufed the molt fedulous inquiry to
be made, the refult of which was, 66 that a man
and woman, exactly anfwering the defcription
tranfmitted, paired through Oakham, on Saturday
the t 3th inf. that after remaining two nights it
Melton Mowbray, they went to a village sailed
Winaefarould, and from thence were traced to the
Toll-bar, at Qtyrendon, in Leictlterfhire, in which
place they we Peen on Tuefday the itsth, in the
morning. The woman appeared fometimes in
boots, and fometimes without either (hoes or flock-
ings."—lt is therefore highly probable, that from
the judicious direEtions of the Earl of WINCHILL+
sea, and the attire exertions of the two Offiters
fent down by Mr. BOND. from Bow-ftreet, the!
above mentioned man and woman may be now on
their way to town, in order to undergo the requi-
lite examination.
A poor woman was apprehended on Thurfday
night, as diforderly, and taken' to-theitstehhoufe
or-St. Margaret's. On being fearehed, '319. in
gold was found on her, befides Tome' Oyer.' On
being brought before the Magifirite, it 'Qlecn-
fqnare, on Friday, a warrant was ittird'to-Fsgch
her lodging, where was found her fon,it lad gilt,
blind and dumb, in the utmOß diftrds for araiis of
food and raiment.• A great dial Ofiliroperty or
various kinds was alto found ; alto beggingletteri
to many ladies of rank, and papers, by 48114 ch it
appeared (he ufed to -beg in tbe ftreet's' with alio,
unfortunate objett, foe whom, befidee, Bre has re-
ceived for many years, a `weekly allOwanee from
the parifk of Clapham. Many of the articles found
appear to be new, fuch as are hung out at flop-
doors, and others taken out of kitchens, &c. The
woman's name is Jane Howell, alias Birch. She is
committed-for farther examination to-morrow.
Sunday morning, atethree o'clock, a fire broke
out in a Carpenter's (hop in Charlotte Mews,
Charlotte-areet, Tottenham-court-road, which en-
tirely confumed the interior of it ; but its ravages
extended no farther—and at twelve o'clock the
1 houfe of Mellis. Barrow and Lee, glafs-cutters, in
' Bread-Rreet, Cheapfide, was-difcovered to be on
fire, and though every exertion was ded to im-
pede its progrefs, it was no; extinguifhed till it
had done confiderable damage to the houfe, fur-
niture, &c.
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SPILSBURY'S ANTISCORRUTIe Daors.—This
well known excellent Medicine, having been aw
proved by the public near 3o years, hardly seeds'
any further recommendation: but as . a Gentle-
man of refpeEtability, refiding in the neighbour-
hood of Spilfhy, in the County of Lincoln, and
whofe cafe was novel, had the goodnefs to call on
the Proprietors, at'the Difpenfary, No. r 5, Soho-
(quare, to acquaint them of the cure he had re-
cently experienced from the ufe of their Medicine,
_ Mars. &manual, and Co. beg leave to acquaint
Wirt. that by applying to Mr. Hors, of
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