Star.
London, England, 1815-08-12 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, AUGUS 1' 11.

Embarked this morning, on board three transports,
seven Officers and 160 men of the fAI Battallion 9th
Foot, going out to join the Ist Battalion, in ft AMC.
About twenty horses, belonging to the Ist Hussars,
King's German Legion, a•id! SeVe: Offizers' horses,
lut.:ly returned from Ansetica, h..ie also been em-
barked for France via ()stem! : the transports will
not get to sea till nest tide, as they have not been
aide to ship all the baggage in time for this, though
the greaLt-st exertions had been made to effect. it. A.
.!etacfment of ea: Waggon Train is rxpected
to artive on Tuesday next in: embarkation. French
bouts are daily 3rrivirv± from the other side, with fruit._
eggs, lte. for sale ; ay.: know not whet;:er they bring
the worst of their twit best, but it is by no mhos so
good as that we can boast of in Oil England.

.-reease.-rts.-111: nigh:- bet* eee lee* 'Met/ e'CeIF
took place at the l'..c:: of the Goodwin Sand. Ap-
pears that a boat te!lenging to the Fox, Revenger
cutter, fell in wire a latge smuggling boat, wk.), on
to :ittempt being mete to seize her, the CTe'V imme-
diately fired on the Fox's boat, killed three of her
einple, and afterwards, sun her down, drowning
three others. Two men (the remainder, of the Fos ll
boat's crew), have been picked up oaf the beet,
which had turned bottom upwards, and were landed
at Dell, which we trust may be the means refunding
out these desperadoes. One matt was shot deed on
board the smuggler, and several wounded, •
ANOTUER FAMILY PoISOSILO..—An event of a most
melancholy nature had nearly occurred on Settirday
last, in the family of a' merchant of the first respecta-
bility, in Aldersgate-street, from the fatal effects of
arsenic. —On the day above mentioned, the Gentle-
man in question had a select party of friends (two
Ladies and two Gentlemen) to dine with him. The
dinner passed over, and wine and fruit were placed on
the table as usual, when in less than ten minutes, the
Lady of the house felt herself so much indisposed.
she was obliged to quit the room, and was instantly
followed by the other Ladies. The indisposition of
the-Lady was almost instantly succeeded by that of
the master of the house and one of his guests, who
were seized with violent sickness and every symptom
of being poisoned. Mr. Wheelwright, of Falcon- .
spare, was immediately called in, and on he.tring the
symptoms of the invalids described, declared, with-
out hesitation, that they had taken strong-poison...-
The medicines proper for expelling the poison were
administered, and an enquiry was instituted as to
what they had eaten ? The kitchen was visited, and
the cooking utensils were examined, but nothing was
discovered which could at all paint out the cause of
the accident; and what tendered. the circumstance
Mote perpltning was,' that the cook and how-maid,
neither of whom had partaken of the dinner sent into
the Parlour, were both 'at this period taken ill else.—
Dr. Babington, who had arrived in the interval, seg.
gested that the deleterious ingredient niust have been
eonteined in the wine which had'beeil deink, and to
account for the servants being ill, (leo ; : d th.e, v
having dune that which is too freq. i.uy prictised,
tasted their master's wine before i: reached his table.
This was at ht st stoutly denied I,y both, but on being
told their lives depended on their speaking truth,
they confessed they had each tasted a very little drop
before the butler took up his tray. This led to a
discovery of the source from whence the evil had
flowed, the wine in the decantn was examined, and
was discovered to t c a strong s' lotion of arsenic ;
the bottom left in the black bottle •was also anale zed,,
when Dr. Behine ton took nearly a dessert spoontel
of the powder nett el it, which, from appe irences, hod
been in Liu bottle bale the wine was put into it.—
Two of the Ludic:: ant'. one of the Gee:l-nice had ter-
tunately not taken any ut the wine, at.,! the rest ef the
company only one glass each when the providentiel
tielispasition of the Lady of the house feevented :me
more being Laken ; had any one taken a second glass,
it is the opinion cf the medical gentleman that tae
cfl'ect most have been fatal. At present the suff::rers.
tk4ugh still weak, are considered out of all danger.