Star.
London, England, 1802-03-10 00:00:00

COUN'TAr NEM.

GLASGOW, MA/CH 4.—Yefterday Janet Yolk-
Ron, keeper of a tambounng work in the Drygate,
widow of James MtLellon,wright in this city, ap-
peared before the Magiftrates in the Council
Chamber, in confequence of a fummons given to
her, and to her cautioners to prefent her, and paid
a fine of 501. Herling, with 121. 17s. of coils of suit,
and found &amity Mr her good and peaceable be-
haviour for twelve months, all in terms of a fen-
tence pronounced by the Magiftratcs of this city
against her, for cruelty and oppreflion towards
Agnes Livingffon, an orphan, employed in her
fervice. This fence was pallid upon the 4th of
April tßot, but execution upon it was flopped by
Mrs-M'Lellan prefenting a bill of advocatiun and a
bill of fufpenfion and liberation totheCourtof&.tlion,
in which a violent attack was made, not only upon
the Procurator Fifcal, who was the purfuer in the
inferior Court, but upon the Magi ftrates and Town
Clerks. Lord Mr ill vrx, Ordinary upon the bills,
repOrted thefe hills upon information to the Inner
Haute, and on the 3d of February igt the Lords
unanimoully refufed both bills, and affirmed the
fentence of the Magiftrates in all points, with ex-
pences ; to which interlocutor they adhered upon
the 23d of that month, upon advifing a reclaim-
ing petition for Mrs. M'Lellan, without answers.
—lt was proved by the evidence taken in this
cafe, that Mrs. M'Lellan, affifted by Marion
Yorkaon, her niece, and Bell M'Farlane, and
Barbara Gunn, two girls in her fervice, had been
in the praCtice, for feveral months together, of ex-
ercising the moilatrocious cruelties upon the or-
girl before mentioned, on pretence of her
rehatting her work fall behind ; that the burnt her
on armoft every part of the body with red hot
tongs, held the foles of her feet to the grate,
lathed her with a knotted rope and a horfewhip,
to the effufion of her blood, and fometimes car-
ried her cruelty fo far as to throw herring-brine
upon the wounds to make them titian. The
poor victim at Taft made her efcape from the
honk, and having obtained admiffion into the In-
firmary of Glafgow, the Magiltrates were made
acquainted with her cafe, and direeted the Procu-
rator Fifcal to begin this profecution. Mrs. M‘l.el-
lan defended the action with great obitinacy, both
in the inferior Court and at Edinburgh, and ad-
duced as witnelli:s in exculpation, feveral tambour-
ing girls, whore whole tettirnony appeared both to'
the Magiffrates alld Supreme Court, a tiffue of
perjury. This woman bore a tolerably good cha-
rafter in the world.

The Jury on the trial of George Lindfay. with
exemplary liberality, fent fevep guineas and a half,.
the allowance made thcm by the Crown, to the
father of the dcceafid John Allan, who owed his
death to the unhappy man who, in confequence or'
their verdia, is to atone with his life for the crime.

On the night between the sd and 3d inflant. the
poll-boy from Peebles to Howate was robbed.
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On the night of the 23d ult. the bottle of Capt.
ICaitpart.i., of the Dumfries (hire militia, at Dal.
keith, was entered and robbed of a quantity of
money, clothes, &c.
On Sunday fe nitiglit. during the time of the
f'eirenoon fervice in the. Burgher Meeting-horde of
New Town, near Wrote, while the Rev. Mr. EL.
owe was preaching, one of the lofts fell down in a
complete body ; but, what mull appear a very mer-
ciful interpofition of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, not fo
much as one perfon was killed ; feveral indeed were
much bruifed, but it is hoped they will t ecover.—
The Houfe was remarkably crowded, as the Sacra-
ment was celebrated there that day. It appears
that much blame attaches to the carpenter who
erected the gallery, by his not having given the
fmall bems above one inch indenting into the large
beams, and thus the heavy preffure from the great
crowd forced them to yield, and fpi ing from their
slender hold. After order wai reflore4 the fervice
prncceded.
On Sunday the 28th ult. as the Rev. Mr.Staits,-
reetor. of St. Michael's, Wincheller, and one of The
Minor Canons of that city, was petforming his
afternoon duty in the cathedral, and had jua read
the text of his fermon, fuddenly his voice faultered,
and he fell back lifelefs. Ile was immediately ,
taken home, but every endeavour to reftore him
preyed ineffeftnal.
A few days lance, a perfon of Norwich, in the
ae of devotion, had his pocket picked, whilft kneel-
ing, of a purfe, containing bank notes and cafh
to the amount of nearly 361.
A (hocking accident happened at Beccles on Sa-
turday Taft, as a poor woman was (landing under a
wall which was taking down, to which place (he
had repaired to a(k work in cleaning the bricks, h
fuddenly fell and cruthed her to death.
A waggoner, who was riding on the roof of the
Lincoln mail coach, on Monday feanight, fell off,
and was killed on the (pot.
Thurfday evening as a young Gentleman, fon of
Wm. Knight, Efq. of Folkaone, was returning to
Canterbury from Sheerncfs, on holfebark, he was
flopped by a footpad armed with a hatchet, on the•
top of the hill, at Harble-down, and robbed of a
pork, containing a guinea and a (even fhiillng,
piece ; the fellow then gave the youth four (billings
and fixpence, and defired him to go on.
Etirly on 'fhurfday morning, the Banking-honfe
of Meffrs. BacsaoLty and Co. in Mahon, Yorkfhire,
was broken into by tome villains ; who, after bind-
ing in his bed, and otherwife ill-treating Mr. TAY.
Loa, the principal Clerk, who flept in the room
above the Bank, took away cafh, bank notes, and
other property, to a confiderable amount.
A few days fince a farmer, near Cambridge,
cilled upon another farmer, in a village near New-
market, to buy two cows, which were in calf; the
feller anted 301. for them ; the buyer; bid him 281.
when they fplit the difference, and 291. was thepur-
chafe money. In converfation afterwards, each
thought hitnfelf wrong, and agreed to make the
purchafe at as. per lone alive; when taken to the
weighing machine, the cows weighed 146 lone,
which came to 291. as. It was conjatured by the
farmers, that had the cows been driven round the
yard a few times, it might have been a dead heat.
Such is the perfeiftion acquired in the knowledge