Star.
London, England, 1814-09-17 00:00:00

TIM alßmr.

Yesterday the 21 Battalion of the 21st Regiment,
the !Id Battalion of the 56th, and tbe 2d Battalion of
the 91sT, arrived at. Deal from Ostend, and iromedi.
a:ely disembark d..
Mon:lay and Tuesday last the Ist regiment of Get.
rain Hussars marched from Ipswich Barracks to
Harwich, to Atha' rk for the Continent. Wednesilay
part of the '2l/41 Hussars, and 2d Dragoons, proceeded
to the same place. The Ist Dragoons remain at pro.
sent in quarters in Ipswich.
Monday the Tipperary Regiment marched front
Cork on their route to Kerry. The Scl battalion of
the Ist Regiment of 12 oyals marched into the New
Barracks at Cork, from Mookstown.

Tuesday the Galway Irish Regiment of Militia.
embarked (In board the different transports lying is
Dover Harbour, aid sailed the same day tor Ireland.
The 21 Royal Lancashire militia marched from
Limerick on Wednesday sernight. Ler Birr. The
92d is expected to replace the Lancashire in Limerick.
when That garrison will cc.nsist of these three gallaat
Highland regiments, the ilst, 91st, and 921.
Friday sennight, as a troop of die Staff Cavalry
stationed in Canterbury', were on their return at full
trot from Starry, whither they bad been to water their
horses, a soldier, named Hunt, slipped from his horse.
:;nd fell with great violence on his head ; he was im.
mediately conveyed to the Military Hospital, but his
skull was so badly fractured as to cause his death in
three hours after the accident.

NiIVAL INiILLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER IS.

The Lou.jee Family an extt a ship from Bomber,
that arrived off this port yesterdays was chased the
day before by an American privateer, and would, in
all probability, hate been captured, had not the
ACIIATES and WANDEItlitt brigs of war come up,
when tl:e ptivateer sheered off. The brigs went in
Chace of liar.—Arrivt.d the Voader Portuguese sloop
of war, from Rio Janeiro, having on board a Mint•
ster from the Prince Regent of Portugal to assist at
the Congress at Vienna.—.-Sailed the EMMA to dill
Webtward.—Wind East.
I'ORTSMOU fII, SEPTEMBER 16.

Arrived a few vessels with cattle from France.--
Sailed his Majesty's ship Fox for Plymouth. His
Majesty's ship DUNCAN gives instructions for the
BEAzils, Bonet► d& as, and. St. Helens.—Wind

DEAL, SEP (*EMBER 16.
Arrived the Honduras packet, bass, from Smyr•
na, and has sailed for Rotterdam. Came down from
the River, the Albion, bound to Bermuda ; and the
Quest, Phylleria, Liebe, Friends, Elizabeth, Unity.
Romulus, and Ilfracombe, bounJ to Lisbon.
HARWICH, SEPT. IC

Arrived the Prince of Orange packrt with a Mail
from Holland, the Mary and British Union trans•
ports from the Downs, and the Success transport
from ()steads—Wind S.E.

SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER. 16.
Arrived two orhis SwediA.M.ijcsty's frigates, vie.
the Galathea and Eurydice, to take on board the
Norwegian priscners of war that remain in the prison
ships in the Medway, and proceed with them to their
native country.—Winct E.
GRAVESEND, SEPTEMBER IS.

Arrived the St. Vincent, N 04., from Havre; the
Yonge Francis, HERNENSI from Antwerp ; Sharp,
BERNAM, ifi)M Ostend; and the India, linnawoon,
from Jamalc4. Sailed the Harry Medway, Ksee,
for Havre.

OLD lalLik.

Yesterday the interest excited by the trials of the
different persons charged with the commission of
m,),,+, rs was so grw, that long before eight o'clock
in the morning the doors of the Court were crowded
by oersons of respectability, both male and female,
who remained with the utmost impatience till nine
o'clock, when they were admitted, and took their
places in a Court as numerously attended as we ever
before observed. Among others on the Judicial
Bench was his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.
The first prisoner arraigned vreVassts Mitchell; he
was dressed in a new suit of bilek, and appeared
with great confidence at the Bar. He pleaded—
Not Guilty.
H. Honing:, Joan de Silva and Edward Medlin, also
charged with having committed divers murers,
were next arraigned, and respectively pleaded—Net
Guilty.
Several persons charged with minor offences were
taext arraigned, after which the Jury was sworn.
MURDER OF MISS WELCHMAN.
Janet Mitchell was then put on his trial. The in-
dictment charged him with having wilfully murdered
Miss Mary Ann Welchman, with a certain pistol,
loaded with powder and ball, in the parish of St.
Mary-la-bonne, on the 4th of August last.
Mr. WALFOND having opened the case,
Mr. GURNEY proceeded with his usual eloquence
to state the circumstances of the atrocious act impu-
ted to the prisoner. The prisoner, he observed, had
introduced hiftself to the deceased, a few months
back, by shewing her some civility during a shower
of rain in the street. He then represented himself
to be the purser of a large ship in his Majesty's ser-
vice; and as his appearance did not afford around
for a different contlusion, he was received in that
light, and became a constant visitor to the deceased,
to whom he paid his addresses in the most ardent
Manner. The brother of the deceased, however, per-
ceived something in the conduct of the ,prisoner
which led to an unfavourable impression, and on in.
'quirt', it was ascertained that he had in truth never
held a higher rank in society than that of a gentle-
man's servant. This discovery, of course, gave rea-
son for objection to the farther obtrusion of the prise.
ner ; 'but be persisted in his visits down to the evening
of the 4th of August, on which the melancholy scene
of which he was the author was exhibited. The Lear-
ned Counsel then proceeded to describe the minute
circumstances which preceded the horrid deed, and
remarked, that although he should not be able to
prove that the prisoner actually fired the pistols
which caused the death of the deceased, yet he should
be able most clearly to establish his guilt by facts of a
el:annum:dal nature, from which it must be inferred
that he bad gone to the deceased with the diabolical
deterinketion to deprive her of life, and that he had
(tarried his atrocious iatention &to effect.
The witnesses to support the charge were then {
called :
Miss Mary Macey deposed, that on the 4th of Au-1
pst last she lived at No. 27, Mount-street, Groove.
nor-square; was a dress-maker; knew the deceased
'Miss Welchman; she had been in her employment
about three years; the prisoner came to her house on
the cretin gibe 4th of August; be bad been there
freqtreneWbefove ; he wet by the same of Smith.
He came a little before eight in the evening, and was
sheen: into the work-room, which communicated
with the front-room. The house in which the wit-
ness lodged belonged to Mr. Watkins. At the time
the prisoner went into the work-room, witness, Miss
Welchman (the deceased), Miss Maynard, Mary Sis-
son, and Miss Kew were present; on coming in, the
prisoner sat down very quietly. The deceased ac-
cused him of having taken a pair of her scissars,
upon which he became very impertinent. They all
then left the room, except the deceased, and went
into the front room. While in the front room, wit-
ness heat d the prisoner invite the deceased out to
supper; she would not.go; he then wished her to
send out for salmon, that they might have supper at
home; she would not; did not hear any thing else.
When dine work, witness went again into the room„
where the deceased and prisoner were ; she desired
the prisoner to go ; he said he would not go till Miss'
Welchman bad given him a letter which she had of
him. Miss Welchman said she had destroyed it.
'Witness then left them together, and with the other
young women went down to supper. The deceased
and the prisoner were alone. When she left the front
room, both windows were shut, and the shutters were
boltid. They went down to supper in the kitchen.
In about five minutes the deccabM came down to
tl.:on, aid ~aid she must return to the prisoner, and
that she believed she should soon get him out. In
five minute: more was alarmed by the screams of
the deceased. Heard the reports of two pistols ;
ran up stairs, but not further than the parlour, where
she stopped. Did not see the prisoner any more that
:f he street-door was shut ;" she did not hear
n opea.
Cron-examined Ly Mr. KNAPP.
. .174 Prisouer might have opened the street-door,
and gene cut after the report of the pistols, without
witness's seeing him. There were other persons lodg-
ing in the house beside herself. They were all at
home at the time the pistols were discharged ; that
?ea: beepeen eleven and twelve o'clock ; saw the win-
dows in the front room fastened.
Robert Watkins kept the house in which Miss Ma-
tey lodged. On the evening of the 4th of August
he went to b'.d about four o'clock; slept in a room
in the yard, behind the house. At a little before I
twelve was called by his housekeeper. While dress-
ing heard a scream in the first floor; this was follow-
-4.1 by the repo. t of a pistol, and this again by the
report of a second pistol. Rao up stairs as quick as
he could; when he got up stairs saw the deceased
lying on the floor, part of her body in the room, and
part without the door ; she was bhteding from the
)lead, and appeared to be dead ; went into the room,
out saw no person there; the window over the street
door was open ; there was a lead over the door oa
which a person might have got, and from thence it
the street. Saw a pistol lyeig in the front room, asst'
another in the back-room; did not examine them—
SAW a hat in the room in about a quarter of an hour
afterwards. A sergeon was sent for.
Thomas Moon, constable Of St. George's, Hanover-
• • square, on being alarmed, went to the house of Mr.
Watkins. On going up stairs, saw Miss Welshman
supported ire it chair, with two wounds in her head;
in a quarter of an boot afterwards saw two pistols

and a lot picked up.a hat end pistol in Ofill Odom,
and the second pistol In the hick room—(produced
the hat and pistols). The pistols were examined in
his presence, and appeared to have been recently dis-
charged.
Miss Macey, en being again examined, said the
prisoner was dressed in a dark, she thought black,
coat on the night in question, and wore light breeches
and gaiters.
William Collinson keeps a public-house next door
to Mr. Watkins's. On the night of the murder, a
little before twelve, heard a scream in Mr. Was-
kin'es house; got up and looked out of his window;
saw a man laying on the pavement, opposite Mr.
Watkins's house. The man got up directly and ran
away. He had no hat on. Could not say the prisoner
was that man.
William Kingston was in Mount-street on the night
of the 4th August, a little before twelve o'clock, saw
a man run bybim, between Mr. Watkins's house and
Charles-street, without a hat.
Mr. Russell, a surgeon residing in Mount-street,
was sent for to see the deceased. When he went he
found her just expiring. per death was occasioned
by two pistol wounds, one on the right temple, and
the other on the side of the head. He saw two pis-
tols which were in the room, examined them, and
perceived that they were discharged.
Mrs. Anne Stennett deposed, that after the confu-
sion was over, she found a pistol bullet lying ceche
ground, where Miss Welchman's head had lain.—
Gave it to Mr. Watkins.
Thomas Chapman, a hatter in Bond-street, knew
the prisoner when be was servant to Mr. Crawford,
in Old Burlington-street. In the eirly part of June
bought a hat of witness. At that time the prisoner
told him he was going to be married to a young lady
in Mount-street. The hat produced had been bought
in his shop by the-prisoner.
John Pickea, a soldier in the 3d Foot Guards,
knew the prisoner very well ; he borrowed of him a
hat on the evening of the sth of August, about a
quarter before ten.
Thomas Foy, an Officer of Police, searched the
prisoner's lodgings, 16, Grosvenor-mews ; —found
cases for a pair of pistols, a mould for castlug bul-
lets, four balls, and a key, all of which fitted the
pistols produced.
Mr. Edward Bracker, a farmer at Sutton, near
Salisbury, formerly knew the prisoner : he was in
his service. In the beginning of August last saw
him near Salisbury. From the description he saw in
the papers, he suspected him, and caused him to be
taken up.
Here the evidence for the prosecution closed.
Mr. JustiCe HEATH then asked the prisoner whether
he wished to say any thing in his defence ?—He an-
swered, that he never harboured an intention of mur-
dering Miss Welchman. The hat produced was not
his; he never had a pair of pistols in his possession
since he returned from Spain : he never called upon
Miss Welchman w send out for salmon, as the wit-
nesses well knew—he went down stairs and out of
the street door, a little before 11 o'clock, to the best
of his recollection.—This was all he wished to say.
Mr. Justice HEATH then proceeded to address the
Jury, and observed, that as in such crimes as that
imputed to the prisoner,' it was not likely witnesses
would be present, it could not be expected that testi-
mony to the actual commission of the murder by the
hand of the prisoner should be produced. It was'for
the Jury to say, however, whether the evidence ad-
duced was not of a nature equally decisive ?
His Lordship thcnread the evidence, and the Jury,
without a moment's hesitation, pronounced a verdict
of—Guilty.
The Prisoner, on hearing the verdict, maintained
the same steadiness of countenance which had charac-
terized his appearance throughout the trial.
On being asked what he had to say, why judgment
of death should not be passed upon him he bowed,
but did not utter a word.
The RECORDER then proceeded to pass the awful
sentence of the law, in doing which, he commented
upon the peculiar atrocity of the crime of the Pri-
soner. The Prisoner was ordered to be executed on
Monday next.
The Prisoner did not change a muscle during the
solemn address, and quittefi the Bar with perfect non-
chalance.