Star.
London, England, 1801-03-25 00:00:00

COUNTRY NEWS.

MA/ICHFSTIII, MARCH 21.—Troops are march-
ing from different quarters of the inland diftriel
for this town, on account of apprehenfions of a
riot.. This morning at three o'clock, two (qua-
drons of the s 7th Light Dragoons, arrived from
theinland diftria, and at twelve o'clock, two more,
under the command of Major Goat ; and fhortly
after a part of the 7th Dragoon Guards marched
in.—All is alarm and confulion—fixty people are
t.tken up here and at Bolton.
BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 23.—0 n Sunday a me-
lancholy and fatal accident happened to the guard
of the Cheftcr and Holyhead Mail Coach, who
was feated on one 'of the fore horfes, to dired
their comic over a confiderable extent Of road near
Tamworth, entirely inundated by the late fall of
fnow and rain. They had proceeded in a proper
line Plum Hopwas nearly to the (mall bridge at
Coton, which being imprudently conftrufted with-
out parapet wals or rails, WAs rendered totally. in-
vilittle, when, owing to the rapidity of the current,
the horfes were directed too much on one fide,
but immediately fet right again by dirations from
the driver. but the horfes gently ref-timing their
firmer courfe, imperceptibly to the guard, but yet
ebferved by the driver, though too late to effeCt
a variation, the leaders and the guard were inftant- j
l;• plunged from the bridge into the rapid current, 1
And no ino;-.er had the palfengers (five in number)
and the providentially alighted from the
':(.3 eh, al).nit tw.f..et deep in watcr,than the other
horfes and the coal !hared the time fate.
guard let:tined the inns of his horf:s, and at- 11
t:roptvd t t rei over hi: I:at until his Itrength was
haun ed, aid ore of the horfes !kinking him on!
the intk:ouly Jiiappeared. Owing to the
in tepidity and exertions of Mr. Piondman, of
I km is C u ho 01:n9;e into the water, and got on
the He of the t cash, at the imminent rifoue of
hi, life, to cut the Irate:, which he with difficulty
etTeoed) the pr or animals were faved.—The body
was not tin-covered tuna the next morning; a wi-
dow and three children have to deplore his death ;
and it is much to be regretted that the budge
I should have remained Co sea y unfecure, particu-
larly as an accident of a timilar nature occurred
tome time :Igo.
Oa Friday, rfi. B. Nerhys. conviBe..l at WOTCa-
tL: Atrit ''S for eep•licaling, was executed at Red
I !ill, portbant to his fentence. His behaviour ever
tin. c hi.: coil detonation has been that °fa tincere
penitent; aid he died with pet lea refignation.
Vi,SC • ~s rut, MARCH i.—Vefterelay an in•
quell was ta:::n at Leckfc:d Hut, on the body of
Naltauicl Muth:, farrow to Mr. Lacey, of brit-

cheldever, who, in endeavouring to get on th.:-
!hafts of a waggon, fell under the wiieel, sv:ii I
going over his body, fo. much b:-aihtd .
Ile (portly afterwards died. Ver.:ia—Accid;r.t.:
Death. _

This morning the five under-named malefilanrs
were executed near this city, wy°reeahle to their
refpedive fentences at our late Affixes,
Mat-fial, for healing two heifers at Fellow, the
property of J. Aldridge, jun. y. Purtiae and T.
Varna!, for breaking open the dwelling-lionl-
W. Seymour, at Odiliam, and lie sling frcrn thence
feveral pieces of cloth, &c. D. Belion, fi,t• lealio
two weather Iheep out of a field near Bramilwii,
the pi “perty of Sir T. Miller, Bart.—and 7.
N.tnar.r, for itcaling a grey gelding poncy belong-
ing to Stephen Taylor, of Southampton.
A moft audacious robbery was committed on
Friday lift, on the highway in Chattoir.nid,
about three miles from this city :—As Mr. New-
man, jun. of Britford, was riding towards Down-
ton, he paired a man, remarkably well mounted
on a bay horfe, whom he had before feen on the
road, and as it rained heavily, and the loan had
no great coat, it 'truck him as extraordinary that,
the man Mould fo loiter, yet, from the hour or
the day (between ten and eleven in the morning).
and the public fituation he was in, gave him no
fufpicion of what flailed :—when arrived at the
part of the road above-mentioned, mused up in
his great coat in confequence of the beating rain,
he was fuddenly arcufed by a piftol prcfented
dole to his face, held by the perfon mentioned,
who had overtaken and now (lopped him, but ut-
tered not a word. Mr. Nev..nran demanded what
he wanted ? the highwayman replied, " your mo-
ney or your life." Mr. Newman faid he had no
money ; the highwayman t eplied, " Give me your
money diredly,or I will (hoot you." Mr. Newman
perceiving that the pillol was cocked, that the
fellow had his finger on the trigger, and appeared
determined, and fortunately having litzle in Lis
purfe, delivered it to him. The fellow toffed the
purfe in his hand and ailed bow much it con-
tained ?lie was told half a guinea andfivc fhiliings,
he faid that was cl—d little ; and then aiked
Mr. Newman if he had no watch; being anfwered
in the negative, he laid lie had a great mind to
?hoot him for having no more. Ile afterwards or-
dered Mr. Newman to ride on, and not turn back,
or he would certainly fulfil his threat. Mr. New-
man, however, foon got force friends to join him
in letting off after the robber, who appears to have
had a very narrow efcape : he had rode through
different ftreets of this city, as if ignorant wh4
road to take ; he afterwartispukup at the Clough
lan, where he remained near an hour, and, as
afterwards appeared, was at ually there the whole
time his purfuers were enquiring for him, and till
after they had left the city to continue the purfuit
in different routes.

He took the road for Amefbury, and called at
the Inn at Old •Savuak where he had a pint of
beer and fume breacl; a young man engaged in
the purfuit obterved him, but rode back for the
alliance of friends; the robber was by fome
means alarmed ; he ran out without waiting to
finiih his bread, er pay for his liquor, and gallop-
ed off fur Amefbury, where lie was feen a very
fuort time before his puifuers arrived; but they
could not learn what road he had gone cn quit.
ting Amefbury. That he fhould have, ventured
to put uptwice within the liant diflailec of about
four miles from the fpot where he committed the
robbery, and have loitered near five hours within
ten miles, appears moft extr,ordir :try ; and his
cfcape, when Cenral perfons core ..mgaged nearly
the whole time in fearch of him, ri-Was it Will
more fo.

EDIN mita Pi, MARCH 18.—On Thurfday night,
betwixt eight and nine o'clock, 4 tire was difcover-
ed at the Townhead, Kati), in the roof of a
thatched [!able, belonging to Thomas tillpatrick.
The alarm was inaantly given, and the engines
were conveyed to the fpot within ten miuutes
afterwards. Every effort was employed to flop
the progrefs of the lianas; but they were not got
multi until the ‘vhole row,coilfilting of the liable
in which the fire broke unt, a barn, and another
liable, were burnt to the bare walls.. Indeed it
Was with extreme difficulty that the adjoining te-
nements, molt of which were covered with thatch,
were protated from the ravages of the deltroying
element. The premifes were mimed.
MAACK 10.—TucklAy, while a boy was amuf-
ing himfelf by firing a piliol at fpirrows in the
Meadows, the pieee.bnrft and wounded him fo fe-
verely in the head, that be.was curiedtothe Royal
Infirmary with littlehopes of recovery.
Sunday night a haberdalher's !hop in Falkirk
was broken into, and every thing valuable carried
off. No difcovcry has been made of the aggrelfors.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED
April 3n Jdepb Jones, of Liveressol,rktualler, at tan, at the
Globe Tavern, Liverpool.
April 30. Thomas Chamky, of Liverpool, eArthenware-dukr,
at ten, at the Glebe Tassro, LiverrooL
BANKRUPTS.

John Scotr and Waker Scott, of Gainsford-greet, Southwark,
tallow.thandtera, tnfurrerder March fir, April t t, and May

c, at tint." at 'Guildhall. Attorney,- Mr.. Williams, Si(lo,.
Collage Garden, Aldismatihury.
John Pant of Winehefler, hardwaremsn, April 8,9, and May
5, at twelve, at the Shakelpeare Tavern, in Birmingham.
Attomies, Mr. Smart, Staple-tan; or Mr. Sadism!, in Bk-
witigharn.
Richard Marne, of IV April 8. Si. and Mays,
at twelve, at the Shatrilh:rnhe Tavern,er Birmingham. Attar-
nics, Mr. Smart, Stapim nal or Mr. edford, Ilhennagbani.
George Fiddler, of N.lbricige., Madden, haekneyinattand
*table-keeper, March aS, April 4, and May S. at twelve, at
ftuildhalL Attarm , Mr. Clark, New-inn.
illomm Amos, of Hai, inciter, Muth at one,
April 4, at eleven, and Mays, at one, at Guildhall. Attornies,
Millis. Collins and Reynolds, Spdtal-fyuare.
Tlwraas Weft. of Blackburn, Lancafhin. cotton-fpintier. April

8, so, and May 5, at ten, at the St. John. Tavarti, Blackbt;rn
Attornlea, Mr, Wigan, CaMe-ilrcat, Holborn, London; or

hieffre W. and T. Car;, Blackburn.
Gregory Knipht, late of Llvcrpoul, `lair-manutaftuirr, April
19, 30, and May 5, at eleven, at the Glote. Tavern, Liver-
pou L Att *rules, Mr. T. W intik, Bartletes Buildings, Lend co,
er Mr. J. Phillips, Liverpool.
John Da at Liverpool, linen-drew, April tl, se, and May
3, at four, at the Spread Ergle Inn. Man.:baiter. Attar:nay,
Mr. Lowe, MaraticAer, or Mr. Ellis, fiorlitor4treet, Loudon
DIVIDENDS.

Mardi si. A. Chew sod A. Lev bean, both of Svrithiter Laze,
Loudon, madams, at ten, at 061141hatL
Much aE. Wta itswildan. at Sas joisAres, Sialistaks
warcissarst as, at Osildlial.

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